Chapter 643: When I Say It’s a House, It’s a House

After the fishing net was completely closed, the three of them worked together to avoid the tail and put the fishing net on the super large black-backed ray, and lifted it onto the wooden table together.

Father Ye could hardly close his mouth with laughter.

“I didn’t catch a whole net of manta rays, but I was able to catch such a big one which is still a profit.”

"This one is so heavy, it must weigh more than 100 kilograms, and 2 cents per kilogram is worth more than 20 yuan! I have made a fortune. This is the first time I have seen such a big one..."

"Who would buy such a big one? Isn't this a direct discount? Seafood is a big word. The bigger it is, the more respectable it is." Ye Yaosheng looked at Ye Yaodong in confusion. What do you mean?

Father Ye guessed what he was thinking,

"Are you going to send it to Hongsheng?"

"That's for sure. Only the Young Master's family over there wants the sea chicken feet. The others don't know what they're selling. They have to make a trip anyway, so I'll definitely send this black-backed ray as well."

"Such a big one, I don't say it's rare, but it's not common either. Let's take it for a look. It's still two yuan for an extra two yuan. Anyway, it's just a trip. Don't bring it back to Ah Cai again." If you have money. Don’t make money, bastard!

Father Ye nodded in agreement,

"Yes, yes, yes, rich people want to eat rare things. I bought back such a big squid last year. This one should be easy to sell. How many yuan can I get for it?" Ye Yaodong touched his chin,

"I don't know if such a big squid is delicious or how to eat it. Eighteen is enough to feed 20 tables, right?" It's a pity that he has no experience in catching it the first time. The next time he encounters it, he will definitely eat it. One must be cut off and kept for yourself.

"You don't care how people eat it? Poke it with something to see if the fish is dead? Every one of them is poisonous. It's such a big fish. I'm afraid it won't look good if the tail is cut off. What if I can't sell it at a high price? ?I heard that some people pay attention to what is intact." The tail sting of the black-backed ray carries highly toxic substances, just like the back sting of the stone fish. Once stung, it can cause excruciating pain, or even cause shock. die.

However, under normal circumstances, black-backed rays disdain the use of poison and only release poison as a last resort when their lives are threatened. They are so willful and kind-hearted.

Ye Yaosheng turned around and took a short stick and slapped its tail a few times, but found it motionless.

"It's dead. It can be freed. I can lift it into the basket and use it as a lid."

"Let me do it. It's better if I wear gloves." Ye Yaodong stretched out his hand and gestured. It felt like a whole circle was bigger than the toilet seat. There was nothing wrong with the comparison between his father and Brother Asheng. It took up most of the table. , there were two sole fish trapped underneath. Fortunately, they were flat fish in the first place.

He untied the fishing net skillfully and ignored the other fish. He first pulled out the black-backed ray by picking its nostrils. Father Ye and Ye Yaosheng were also helping to untie the fishing net from the black-backed ray and hold it up. Body.

There was no space on the table, so they dragged it to the floor while untying it.

"I'm really old and heavy..."

"It's worth the money. I'm going to get a basket and cover it with a rag. Don't let it get burned by the sun. Even though it's winter, the sun won't do it for a long time..."

"If we can get a good product every day, why worry about making money?"

"Then you should go to Mazu Temple to worship and offer incense..."

"Tug it into the cabin first..." They were busy for a while, and after settling the black-backed ray, they continued to close the net. All they talked about was the black-backed ray, and their excitement was palpable. .

When the sun went down, they collected all the sticky nets in the sea, and then started to lower the nets from the beginning, preparing to come back to collect them tomorrow. It was a rare few days of good weather, so they had to seize the time to work.

After setting up the net and going back to the shore, there was only a little light left, and it took nearly an hour to drive back.

However, they were not the only ones returning late. It had been too long since they had gone to sea for work. Everyone was greedy and reluctant to finish work early and come back early. There was no wind in the evening. Except for some small wooden boats parked on the shore, all the big boats were still there. Outside.

There were quite a lot of people coming and going on the shore. Some were waiting for their families, some were helping to pick goods, and some had just returned from the shore.

They were not in a hurry to lift the small wooden boat and the black-backed ray onto the boat. Instead, they carried other goods that needed to be weighed and weighed them first. The goods that were to be kept for drying were also carried on the cart, and finally they carried the goods. A black-backed ray.

At this time, two large boats also docked, one on the left and one on the right directly on either side of their boat. Before their super-large black-backed ray could even be lifted off the boat, it had already attracted the attention of people on both sides of the fishing boats.

"Huh? Dongzi, my God, you caught such a big manta ray?"

"Such a big one! I've never heard of it, and this is the first time I've seen it caught by our villagers."

"Dad, how did you catch it? Did it stick to the net?"

"This is bigger than the pot in our earthen stove..." One of the two boats that just docked belonged to Brother Ye and Brother Ye. Today they took their daughter-in-law to dig shells on the island. They were also greedy for money. I came back late, just in time to land on the beach.

Father Ye was smiling and said happily: "It was caught with a sticky net. When I saw it, I was shocked to see that such a big one could be caught. This one weighs hundreds of kilograms."

"Dongzi is really lucky, he often encounters such big fish..."

"I collected it, not him today."

"Dad collected it? That's amazing..." Ye Yaodong and Ye Yaosheng carried the basket and got off the boat, while Father Ye walked aside and kept looking over his head while chatting with the two brothers. Even a fool could hear the happiness and pride in his voice. Feelings.

People on the shore who had not yet left also saw it. Everyone whispered and said that such a big manta ray is rare.

Ah Cai happily ran up to help carry it.

"This is the black-backed ray. This one is really big. It's rare. I found a treasure. Yesterday in the next village, I heard that someone trawled and caught a 40-50 kilogram manta ray. That one was already big enough. , I didn’t expect yours to be bigger, it’s even bigger than a sieve..."

"Hey, hey? Where are you taking it?"

"On the cart!" Ah Cai's happy expression suddenly stopped.

"Aren't you going to sell it? Such a big one costs dozens of yuan, aren't you going to sell it?"

"Don't sell it! Take it home first to build a house." Ah Cai: "???"

"What a stupid house? Hurry up and carry it in for me. I'll weigh you. I don't know how much it weighs..."

"That's okay..." Ye Yaodong motioned to Ye Yaosheng to lift his head into the small room first, go through the scales first, and then lift it onto the cart.

Others were also curious about how much such a big black-backed ray weighed, and they all followed. Even the eldest brother Ye and the second brother Ye didn't care about unloading the goods, so they came over to see how many kilograms it could weigh for such a big thing.

"It must be 100 pounds~"

"I also think it must be more than 100 kilograms..."

"It's definitely bigger than the one dragged up from Gutao Village yesterday..."

"That's for sure. How many pounds did theirs weigh? This one is obviously bigger..." Everyone was guessing, watching Ah Cai keep adding weights to the big scale.

"Hey, you, 108 jins. It's really over 100 jins. Wait... wait... there are still two more jins to be deducted from the frame... 106 jins..."

"That's big..."

"How much can this one sell for?"

"About 20 yuan..."

"That's not bad...it's worth the goods from two or three websites..." Ye Yaodong was also pleased with himself. He hadn't caught such a big one in a long time.

"Thank you~"

"Thank you, let me do the math for you..."

"Huh? No need to think about it, I want to carry it back." Ah Cai was shocked.

"Did you really carry it back to the town house? Use it as a mascot?"

"Don't you think this little one is very domineering?" Ah Cai: "?" Everyone: "?" Ye Yaosheng: "Little?" Father Ye: Just open his mouth to convince him.

Ye Yaodong doesn't care what everyone thinks, he can say whatever he likes. After saying that, he raised his hand to signal Ye Yaosheng to carry the basket away together and onto the cart.

Ah Cai watched helplessly as the big fish passed by, cursing in his heart, what a thief!

Keep the good ones and give them to him if you don’t need them! The crowd was also whispering, saying that he didn't even want to sell it anymore and even carried it away?

"Did you take the wrong medicine?"

"Are you really going to carry it back to the town house?"

"Nervous...it's obviously going to cost more, right?"

"Ah, yes, there are shops in his city..."

"I'm so irritated by people... I started shaking just looking at him..."

"Yeah...I heard there are two stores..."

"How long has it been, and you actually have everything..." Everyone whispered, but it did not affect Ye Yaodong at all. He was mediocre if he was not envied by others.

The cart was already full, and there were still two baskets on the ground that couldn't be piled on top. Ye Yaodong asked his father and Brother Asheng to push a cart home and unload it while he waited here.

Ah Cai thought for a while and walked over again,

"Are you really planning to take it to the city yourself? Aren't you selling dried fish? Suddenly you got a fresh one..."

"It doesn't affect..."

"You don't have any ice...even though it's cold..."

"Ah, yes, you need to spread a layer of ice cubes and cover it with a cloth to keep it fresh. It's safer this way. Get me a bucket of ice cubes later. Thank you very much." After saying that, Ye Yaodong asked his second brother to borrow some space. The bucket came over. The bucket he had not used just now was hung directly on the cart and asked his father to pull it back.

Ah Cai glared at him. He didn't earn any money, so he still had to put up a bucket of ice cubes? Talk too much!

"Why are you staring? I just sold you several baskets of goods. Go and get busy. My eldest and second brothers have brought in all the fish. I'll load the ice cubes by myself later. I'm familiar with the business, so I don't need you." He also waved to him and asked him to go about his business.

Ah Cai looked helpless. At this time, people in the small room were also asking him to weigh the goods, so he had no choice but to shake his head, turn around and walk inside.

If it doesn’t sell, it won’t sell! Ye Yaodong was bored with waiting, so he pulled out a cigarette and smoked, thinking that it was already dark now and it was too late to go to town. He could only wait until tomorrow.

Then tomorrow I have to call one more person to go to sea with his father and Brother Asheng. He will go back later and let his father call one by himself.