Chapter 504 Remittance

It was inconvenient to wash up on the boat, and there wasn't much fresh water. Everyone just brushed their teeth and didn't even have water to wash their faces. The remaining half a bucket of fresh water was used to cook noodles.

The fishing boats also sailed away from the random shore and drove slowly towards the town, fishing along the way, one by one.

During this period, everyone has earned a lot of money. We hold it in our hands and count it every day. We feel very happy when we look at it. However, when we go out and have so much money in our hands, we don’t feel safe. They are all willing to spend half a day and save whatever they can.

There weren't that many jellyfish floating on the sea along the way. We only encountered a few floating ones here and there. Based on the principle of not letting them go after seeing them, they pocketed them all, which could subsidize their gas money. With wages.

We also encountered many small boats working around us. Some were old men working sweatily on the sea, some were old couples working together, and some were the whole family on board.

Ye Yaodong estimated that these families, all of whom were on the boat, should be Dan people, also known as Lianjia boat people, who were floating residents along the southeastern coast who made boats their home.

I didn’t expect that besides southern Fujian, they can also be seen here. He just glanced at it and ignored it.

There was no trace of sunlight in the overcast sky, but it didn't look cool. Instead, it was a bit hot. Even the sea breeze brought by the boat couldn't relieve it, and there was no wind at all after landing ashore.

After Ye Yaodong docked the boat at a dock near the town and handed over the jellyfish work to others, he went to the post and telecommunications office with his two brothers and Pei's father.

At present, the postal service and telecommunications have not been separated yet, so everyone refers to them as the Postal and Telecommunications Bureau.

Chen Jianian also went to the shore. He had to make a phone call. The car had to be picked up at the town dock this morning. He had to call in advance, otherwise the car would have to make a wasted trip to the village.

Ye Yaodong fanned himself with his hand as he walked. When he felt it was not enough, he pulled out the hem of his clothes and fanned himself upwards.

"It's so muggy, it's obviously almost autumn."

"This is called Autumn Tiger."

"I don't know whether it will be here or at home on August 15th next month."

"It should be almost time to go back."

"When the time comes, you can go shopping in the town and buy some things for the children at home to take back."

"I have to buy something to take back. This time I have traveled far away from my boss, and I have left the province..."

"This is the first time in my life that I have traveled so far. I thought that the city would be the farthest place I have ever been, but I didn't expect that I am now out of the province."

"Yes, in the past 30 years, the farthest we have been is the county town. Unexpectedly, one day we will also leave the province. When we go back this time, we will come to the town to stroll around and buy some things to take back."

The two brothers have learned their lesson. Even before they go back, they are already thinking about bringing something back to their families.

Ye Yaodong also echoed there, "I can also bring back several months of mooncakes. I heard that the mooncakes here have meat in them. I don't know what they taste like. It turns out that mooncakes can also have meat in them."

"Yes, the taste is quite strange..."

As they walked and watched, they all talked about what specialties there were in this town and how they would buy some for their wives and children.

After asking three or four people along the way, I found the post office after walking for more than ten minutes.

This town doesn't look big. It should be said that the current towns don't look big. After all, they haven't developed yet.

As soon as they arrived at the door of the post and telecommunications office, several people became a little embarrassed. You looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't dare to walk in.

Ye Yaopeng smiled awkwardly and said: "Dongzi, you go first, we will follow you."

Ye Yaohua also nodded and said seriously: "Yes, we are illiterate, but you are literate and you can speak Mandarin. We will do whatever you want later."

Father Pei also smiled and said: "I can't read or speak Mandarin, so I will follow you."

Ye Yaodong laughed and shook his head. He didn't expect that he would become the most cultured among them all!

He walked in first and said: "Brother, second brother, I suggest you also go to a literacy class. Literacy is still very useful. At least you can understand the list and you will not be easily deceived in the future."

"I want it, I don't know how to read, so it's hard to go out. We don't even know the words at the door of the post office."

"Yes, it doesn't matter whether you can write it or not? But you need to know it."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he walked to the counter. At first, the counter sister was rude and spoke a local Hokkien dialect with a strange accent. However, several people could barely understand it and they were all very happy that they could finally understand it. I can barely understand the language.

Then, as if someone else was chattering a lot...

The counter girl shouted impatiently, "What do you want to do? Do you want to buy stamps, send a letter, withdraw money, or remit money?"

When Ye Yaodong heard about buying stamps, he was stunned for a moment. He remembered that he had heard people say in his previous life that some editions of stamps seemed to be very expensive, but... which edition was it? ? ?

As a fisherman, he doesn't pay attention to this at all. He usually watches videos of all kinds of fish. He also pays attention to social information related to current affairs, politics, people's livelihood, and marine fish.

How could he understand this stuff like stamps, antiques, and stocks?

Seeing that no one responded to her, the counter sister said impatiently: "What are you doing here?"

Only then did Ye Yaodong come to his senses, put aside the thought of stamps, and said quickly: "We want to save money, can we withdraw it across provinces?"

The counter girl looked them up and down with a skeptical attitude. These people didn't look like they were rich, but she still explained the process of saving money clearly and told him that it would be easier for him to choose to remit money. .

Ye Yaodong also thought about it. Now that there are no computers and no nationwide Internet connection, it would be easier to remit the money directly and let his wife pick it up.

Don't blame him for not knowing the process. After all, he had never had money in his previous life. He had no money to withdraw or save. He just heard a rough idea. When Ah Qing was still alive, she took care of everything.

He didn't even remember when the passbook came out. He only knew that it existed in the 1990s.

"Okay, let's remit the money."

"Do you want wire transfer or letter transfer?"

"Just wire it. Wire transfer is faster."

“The wire transfer fee is a little higher.”

"It's okay, just wire transfer."

Letter remittance means writing a money order, stuffing it in an envelope and sending it to the other party.

Wire transfer means writing a telegram and asking the post office to send the telegram to the other party's payee.

At this time, both the intra-bank and inter-bank systems were extremely imperfect. Bank remittances, letter transfers and wire transfers were all completed with the help of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau.

There is only a post office in their town.

Ye Yaodong filled out the remittance form and handed the money to her. He watched in surprise as she took the money, counted it and sent the telegram.

After he finished, the three of them hesitated.

"Is this good? This... your wife can go to the village to get a certificate and a telegram to get the money?"

Seeing Ye Yaodong suddenly running out of money, they were a little panicked.

"Yes, there happens to be a phone here that you can call. I'll give her a call and ask her to pay attention."

"Is this... safe? Can I get it?"

The counter girl rolled her eyes and said angrily: "This is the post and telecommunications office, it is state-owned, how can it be unsafe?"

They can barely understand the local Hokkien dialect spoken by the cabinet sister, and of course the cabinet sister can roughly understand their real Hokkien dialect.

"Yes, yes..." they quickly agreed, "Safe, safe..."

"Does the handling fee cost so much?" Father Pei couldn't help feeling a little distressed, "Why don't we save some more?"

Each remittance is charged at a rate of 1%. The minimum fee is two yuan and the maximum fee is 50 yuan. There is no cap on wire transfers. This fee makes them feel a little distressed.

Dongzi got more than 20 yuan out of more than 2,000 yuan!

The counter sister urged impatiently, "Do you still want to make remittances?"

Ye Yaodong glanced at her, his attitude was really bad!

"Hurry up and remit it. It's not safe to keep it on hand. Send it back directly for peace of mind. We'll make a call together later."

The three of them hesitated for a while, then gritted their teeth and ruthlessly took out all the money in the bag. Just like Ye Yaodong, they had the Great Unity, the cents, and the pennies. The Great Unity had the majority.

The counter sister was really surprised now!

I didn't expect that the four people who looked so poor actually had so much money on their bodies. They really can't be judged by their appearance!

When I next arranged the wire transfer, my attitude was much better...

By the time they walked out of the post office and experienced the joy of their families, it was already an hour later.

"Why are the remittance fees so expensive? No wonder it's deserted and no one is here. Who wants to come here? Dozens of dollars are gone just by coming in."

"That's it, ask your wife to withdraw the money quickly, and don't leave it in the bank at home. This is too sinister..."

Ye Yaodong smiled, said nothing, shook his jingling pockets, "Let's go, buy some food and put it on the boat, buy some noodles, dry food cakes and the like. After so many days, the food on the boat is almost finished."

"Then go quickly and buy whatever you want to fill your stomach at noon..."

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Father Ye and the others have finished their work on the ship. Even Chen Jia Nian returned to the ship after making phone calls early, but they haven't come back yet.

Everyone was looking forward to it, and Father Ye was waiting anxiously.

It was almost two hours before they appeared in everyone's sight. Seeing their brisk footsteps, everyone felt relieved.

When they arrived, Father Ye asked complainingly: "Why have you been gone so long? I didn't know if I would come back early, and you were still wandering around."

"I didn't go wandering around. I just went to buy some dry food and noodles after transferring the money. To add, there is almost no food on the ship."

"Hurry up and get on the boat. It's already noon. Hurry up and find a village to stay. We've already spent half the morning. We can't delay any more in the afternoon."

"It's already dinner time. Let's get off the boat and go to the hotel to eat together?"

"No, what restaurant should we go to? The food outside is too expensive. Let's just cook something to eat on the boat while sailing. Save money and come up quickly." Father Ye quickly urged him with disapproval.

Others also agreed that just eating dry food or cooking noodles yourself would be enough.

Ye Yaodong sighed, even though he would save money for him, he wouldn't be able to eat either.

Drifting along the coast, they passed one village after another. Some villages had no centers for educated youth and no vacant houses to rent. Some villages did not welcome foreigners at all. A wooden boat cannot stop a larger boat.

They drifted all the way on the sea and asked all the way.

Ye Yaodong only felt that they were lucky to settle in that village at the beginning. They had just looked for several villages, but none of them were suitable.

It took them another hour to find another big village that they could rent for a few days, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's hard to make money, but fortunately I have a place to stay for the next two or three days."

"It would be quite troublesome to change places every two or three days. Not to mention moving things around. The key is that the village is not that easy to find."

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"We won't be able to stay too long. We are foreigners, and we have made too much money, making people jealous. It will be good if we can calm down for two or three days."

"That's what Dongzi said. Let's move the things off the boat first. Fortunately, we have many people and can move them in one trip. Don't move things that are not needed temporarily and put them on the boat."

After settling down, they went out to sea to continue fishing under the curious eyes of the villagers, and left the sorting matters to Ye Ersao.

In the days that followed, they fully demonstrated what it means to take a shot and change places.

They would not stay in a village for more than three days before running away, unless it rained, in which case they would stay a few more days.

It's a bit more troublesome, but at least it's safe.

Run away before others can react or gather, otherwise who knows when the God of Luck will stop caring about them.

In just over a month, Ye Yaodong felt like he had lost almost ten pounds.

"For a few taels of silver, it's really hard to be a human being."

They had just moved out of another village. They took advantage of lunch the day before to send a boat out to find the village in advance. Now they had to rush to a new place to stay.

Everyone is also a little tired. Although they are all members of the same family and relatives, they are just working to earn wages. How will the host family arrange it? Just do it.

Father Ye also said comfortingly: "Keep going for a few more days. There are fewer jellyfish recently. It is estimated that they will be gone in a few days."

"Indeed, the number has obviously decreased a lot in the past few days. I don't know if they were eaten by the turtles. The turtles must still be feasting on the jellyfish."

"It would be a pity to eat them..."

"As long as everyone persists, we should be able to go back in a few days."

Ye Yaodong also said, "Otherwise, how about we find a small island nearby in the past few days? Sleep on the boat at night, and leave the second sister-in-law on the island to cook during the day? Bring her a few more buckets of water a day in advance, and by the way Also leave someone to help her collect firewood? It would be too troublesome to keep changing places like this."

"There is Danshui, which can be cooked and dried on the island. Everyone can sleep peacefully on the boat at night. There is no need to communicate with the locals, and there is no need to worry about the jealousy of the villagers."

"Besides, we are going back soon, and it probably won't be many days. Don't let anything happen. We have asked many villages during this period. In these villages, there are inevitably relatives who are related to each other. Everyone spreads the word to each other, and we point out Maybe one village will catch them all?"

The more he talked, the more urgent he became, and he thought it would be good to live directly on the boat, like those other people.