Chapter 570 Red Friend Fish

"That's the way it is calculated! You don't have to spend money to eat other people's things, but you have to spend money to eat your own. Of course, you have to eat other people's things. This is called eating big money! Dongzi said it." Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes.

"You are the big dog owner. Both of your boats received nearly 2,000 kilograms of goods today. Half of them are dragonhead fish and half of toad fish, which are twice as much as other people's. There are also two large swallow pomfrets weighing more than 3 kilograms. , you’re already making money, and you don’t have to do it yourself.”

"Huh? A big swallow pomfret weighing more than three kilograms? So powerful? I had a lot of luck today."

"Well, everyone else's harvest seems to be pretty good today. Let's move the goods off the boat first. Ah Cai ran home for dinner and will probably be here soon." Mouse's episode, when he gets home, his father Naturally speaking, he won't talk too much.

At this moment, he had to quickly move a boatful of goods down. After nightfall, the sea breeze blew over and it became even colder. He came out early in the afternoon and didn't wear a scarf. The cold wind kept pouring into his neck, making it chilly.

They had many people working at the moment, and they carried baskets of fish out of the boat in pairs. Those three baskets were sold directly for money. After they were poured out and weighed, Ye Yaodong borrowed his scale and weighed all the fish that he wanted to keep home.

The more Ah Cai looked at it, the more heartbroken he became.

"As a result of your actions, our delivery volume has shrunk. We used to be able to transport two or three trucks a day, but now we can only transport one truck."

"Those small boats can't catch anything with nets compared to boats like yours. Moreover, it's cold and all the sea cargo has gone to the outer sea. The small boats can't put any cargo around."

"Hey, don't be so stingy. These fish are not worth much. If they are dried and collected by me, I can earn more money. This is good for everyone. You have to be more conscious."

"High on your head, high on! Now even Hukou's money is gone, so enlightenment can be eaten!"

"I heard you call me poor and you made it up. Come on, help me calculate. How many kilograms are there in total? The kilograms are recorded here. Come on, we are in a hurry to go home for dinner." Ye Yaodong wrote down the weighing of the baskets just now. The order was pushed in front of him and he was urged unceremoniously.

"You cut off my hair and still use it?"

"Hurry up, don't be wordy, it's slow to add them up one by one. If I knew how to use an abacus, I wouldn't call you." After Ah Caidi muttered, he picked up the abacus and shook it twice, adding up everything. The beads were put back into place, and then they started tapping with the list.

Everyone else craned their necks to watch. Father Ye looked at Ah Cai's smooth movements and couldn't help but said: "Dongzi, you had nothing to do last year and went to literacy class. Why don't you learn an abacus?"

"When did you see me idle? I'm as busy as a spinning top. I took some time off last year, so I didn't have time to learn the abacus."

"It's quite useful to learn an abacus."

"We'll wait until it's empty. We've already weighed it. You can put the goods on the pallet and take it home first. You won't be able to finish it in one trip." What's the use of learning? Calculators will come out in a few years.

"Wei Zero Wei Zero" is pressed so quickly, why bother with it. Ah Cai stopped after finishing the calculation and said: "If you want to learn abacus, pay me some tuition and I will teach you. I will teach you how to do it. I can teach you even a wooden donkey."

"You're just a stupid donkey. You can deceive me from people, but you can't deceive me from money. How many kilograms are there in total?"

"Why did I lie to you? No one wants to sell it to mine coal. It's 1,111 kilograms in total."

"They are all 1." Mother Ye said with satisfaction, "A little over 1,000 kilograms is enough." Ye Yaodong was also calculating in his mind that the delivery would be delivered in five days. If it is sunny, almost all the goods that everyone saved today can be dried. This should be enough quantity, there will be more.

What is collected in the next few days can be placed on the next delivery. As long as it doesn't rain and is sunny for a few days, he will definitely be able to earn one or two thousand yuan. But if it rains, it will be hard to say.

Not only is he looking forward to a few more sunny days, but several other families are also looking forward to better weather, allowing everyone to earn more money.

Although his move to collect dried fish was only in a small area, it spread throughout the village on the second day.

There are no secrets in the countryside. Everyone is free and likes to listen to gossip. What's more, the entire door of several families was hung with fish that had been slaughtered overnight, and many of them even asked people to help kill them. It was only half the morning, and the whole village knew about it.

It's just that Ye Yaodong went out to sea to collect the net early in the morning and was not at home. He didn't know that his wife had a headache at home.

I spent the whole morning dealing with the villagers who came to ask questions. Everyone also wanted to sell dried fish to them, and people in the next village also wanted to dry fish and sell it to them... Several nearby villages are close to each other, and they are close to each other. Intermarrying and intercourse are all related by relatives, and messages are spread very quickly.

She didn't have any free time all morning, and she was done talking. As soon as she sent this group of people away, she quickly bolted the door, not daring to open the courtyard door any more, and hid in the house.

"The tea I just poured is still a little hot. I'll drink it later. I'll hold it to warm my hands. I'll keep standing outside. It's freezing." The old lady poured her a cup of tea in advance and left it there to cool.

Lin Xiuqing sat on the armchair, rubbed her cheeks, and then held the bowl with tea.

"My mouth was crooked when I was making money, and I almost froze when I faced these people. This morning, everyone was like a cat smelling a fishy smell. People they knew and didn't know came to the door and asked if they wanted more. I don’t want dried fish, I really treat A Dong as my boss, and I can say good things without any money.”

"You are a young wife with thin skin. If it were your mother, she would just say no, that's enough, just close the door."

"Everyone said good things to their smiling faces, and I was too embarrassed to chase them away." The old lady smiled and said,

"It's okay. It will be fine when you have more experience. In the future, if you want to hear good things, just talk to them for a while. If you don't want to hear them, just say something is wrong." Lin Xiuqing laughed.

"It would be better if we had more experience? Do you think people will come to our door every day to fawn over us? A Dong is not that promising yet."

"That's not necessarily the case. I see Dongzi becoming more and more promising."

"You used to feel that way too."

"This shows that I was very accurate before. Dongzi is the most promising of the three brothers." Lin Xiuqing was very happy when she heard this. She sipped the tea in small sips and swallowed the hot tea into her stomach. She instantly felt her whole body warm. .

Ye Yaodong didn't even have time to take a sip of hot tea. It's not pleasant to go to sea on a cold day. The cold wind keeps blowing in your face, making a huffing sound.

Ye Yaodong wrapped himself up so that only his eyes were exposed, and the sewing cap on his head was also wrapped up to his ears to make it easier.

His father and brother Asheng were not as well protected. Their faces were blown by the wind, and their lips were purple from the cold. His father was better, and he still wore Ah Qingou's sewing hat.

Brother Asheng's ears were red from the cold and he felt like he was about to get frostbite. His hair was standing on end from the wind and became a mess. He didn't know how long it had been since he cut it.

The cotton-padded jacket on his body looked very thin, and there was a hole under his armpit. The cold wind kept pouring in, and he didn't hear him sneezing. It was considered that he was in good health.

It's really bad if there is no woman in the house to help. He turned his head and shouted to Ye Yaosheng: "I will ask Ah Qing to hook you up with a hat tomorrow. It will keep you warmer." Then he said to his father: "Didn't I give you a mask before? Why don't you wear it? My nose is all red from the cold.”

"I can't breathe smoothly when I wear that thing. It can suffocate me to death. What should I wear? What does it matter if a grown man blows some wind? I won't wear it." If I don't wear it, I'll be down!

Ye Yaosheng smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I'm not cold. I'll be fine if I get used to it. The wind direction seems to be relatively favorable today. I should be able to go back early. The sun will be out now and I feel a little warmer."

"When I woke up in the morning, there was a thin layer of frost on the roof. I don't know how many days we can go to sea. Fortunately, it didn't rain, and it was rare that there was still sunshine." Father Ye said while collecting the fish in the fishing net: "Maybe we can pick up the fish. The frost will get heavier and heavier as it goes on. It would be great if we could dry up 10,000 pounds in the past few days and put it there, so we don’t have to go to sea anymore.”

"Go back later and calculate today's harvest. Yesterday I was standing outside the dock waiting. I know how many kilograms of goods each family will take back. If everything goes well, we should be able to show off a ten thousand kilograms of goods in the next few days. There, there is no need to dry it in the back, just deliver it on time." It's getting colder and colder, and the wind is actually a bit strong today. The boat is rocking quite hard, but it can be tolerated. They only take risks because they want to make money.

If they can get enough sunshine in a few days, they may not necessarily come out in this kind of weather later.

The wind and waves were strong and freezing, and it was too painful to go out to sea. Ye Yaodong was collecting the fishing net while talking, but he happened to see a big red and purple fish spinning up on the rolling wheel, which looked very pleasing to the eye.

"Hey, young, young, young, there is a red friend fish. This fish is very good, bright red and purple." The scientific name of this fish is purple snapper, and it often moves in offshore waters, but the red friend fish in deep water is redder than the red friend fish in shallow water. They are more vivid. The body color of red friends caught in shallow waters near the coast is usually gray and not as beautiful as those in deep waters.

Generally speaking, there are more fish with bright colors in the deep sea, such as tiger fish, horsehead fish, wave fish, and redwood fish. These fish are all brightly colored, and they are all red, with the exception of Shi Jiugong.

Ye Yaodong didn't stop after seeing it and continued to collect the fishing net. Father Ye behind him also kept collecting the fishing net. He was also very happy to see this red fish.

"It's a pity that it's not big, only two or three kilograms. This fish can grow to dozens of kilograms."

"I heard that it can grow up to 50 kilograms, but when I was running a boat before, I only saw one that was about 15 kilograms at most, and never any larger than that." Ye Yaosheng said.

"Fifteen pounds is already a lot. This one is probably only about three pounds. It can be sold for two or three yuan. It's not bad. It's quite... hiss..." Father Ye accepted When the fishing net arrived, he stretched out his hand to catch the red fish first. As a result, the fish was still alive and bit his thumb fiercely. Blood immediately flowed all over his thumb.

It hurt a bit, and he quickly put his thumb in his mouth.