Chapter 686 Keep One

When Ye Yaodong saw Xiao Qinglong, he felt like he had been resurrected with full blood. He had been exhausted physically and mentally after staying up all day, but now he felt energetic again.

He picked up the net faster and collected the remaining half of the net in one go.

"Ah! Three! Three of them came at once..."

Father Ye gasped for air and endured the discomfort in his throat. He also pointed at the shrimp pot with his index finger and said: "This is good, this is good..."

Of course this is good.

Ye Yaodong untied the rope that tied the fish bag underneath, and poured the entire net of goods into the basket. When the green crayfish was poured out, it turned over and crawled around actively. It looked gratifying.

He reached out and grabbed one in his hand, watching its tail keep curling up, "It's okay, it's a big one, weighing one pound, and the other two will be smaller, probably only seven or eight taels." "

"I didn't expect there were lobsters to be caught here." Father Ye also caught one and looked at it.

Ye Yaodong didn't expect that he had just collected so many shrimp pots, and he didn't see any small green dragons. He didn't expect that there were three shrimp pots in this one.

"I don't know if there are any left, so keep watching."

"Hey, hurry up and collect it. I'll get it in a separate bucket."

Father Ye walked to the corner, put away his precious hookah, and then went to get an empty bucket. After thinking about it, he filled another bucket of sea water, and then he caught all the little green dragons in the bucket.

Then he leaned against the side of the boat and watched with eager eyes as Ye Yaodong lowered the row of shrimp pots and then continued to put them away.

However, after collecting the whole row, they only saw one more in the last net.

"Four."

"Okay, okay. I thought it was only under the reef over there, but I didn't expect it to be found here too."

"They are all in the same sea area. It is normal to have them." After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he continued to collect a buoy and brought it up, as well as a row of ten shrimp pots.

This row of shrimp pots was collected quickly or slowly. The last row took half an hour to collect and put back.

There really is another surprise.

"There are six in total! Two are relatively large, probably weighing more than a pound, and the remaining four are probably about seven, eight, eight or nine taels."

"Okay, okay, these can be sold for several yuan, plus that big mackerel, this basket of sword shrimps, and there are a lot of fish, today's harvest is not bad." Father Ye I mentally calculated the approximate value of today's harvest and was very satisfied.

That is to say, they are more diligent. When they come to release the nets, they also set down the shrimp pots and trawl the nets. They use all the time they can use.

If this were left to the future, the average fishermen would only put out one kind of net at a time. After setting the net, they would go home to rest and collect it again the next day.

Where else can they go out and set up many kinds of networks like they are doing now, making the best use of everything, just to make a little more money.

"This basket is not all sword shrimps. If you pick them out, it is probably only half of them at most."

Ye Yaodong didn't dare to reach out and fish it out. The thorns on the shrimp heads were very sharp. No matter how rough the hands were, if they penetrated into the meat, they would still be painful and make people hiss.

It would be even more exciting if it penetrated into the nail seam, and there were crabs and fish inside.

He only reached out and fiddled with the surface a few times, but even so, his hand was pricked several times, and a bloody bead popped out. He took a few sips indifferently.

"That's quite a lot, half of it weighs more than 20 kilograms, and can be sold for more than ten yuan. Shrimp are quite expensive now," Ye's father said while walking to the stern of the boat. "Okay, you can go sail the boat. I'll Get some goods from the stern of the ship and pack them away, then sort this basket."

"Um."

Ye Yaodong pulled up the anchor before starting the boat and heading back. The sun had already set on the top of the mountain, but it was still bright, and now the day was gradually lengthening.

He looked at the time out of habit, it was 5:40, so it would be almost 7 o'clock when he went back. It would be hard to make any money...

In this life, he really did all the work he didn't do in his previous life, and by the way, he earned all the money he didn't earn in his previous life.

Thinking of this, he felt that he could do it again.

Touching his pocket, he took a cigarette and lit it, taking a few puffs to refresh himself.

He didn't have any free time all day long. When he wasn't working, he could only manage a pack of cigarettes for one or two days, but on the ship he could manage it for three or four days.

He held the steering handle with one hand and steered, holding half-burned smoke in his other hand, and headed into the wind. He looked a little high-spirited, and he didn't know what he was thinking of. The corners of his mouth kept rising.

The sky was getting darker and the visibility was getting lower, so Ye Yaodong also turned on the flashlight in advance.

The fishing boats docked at different times. By the time they came back, it was already dark on the shore. There were fishermen's lights everywhere, and there were sparks on the sea. They were probably fishing boats returning, and there were also small boats rocking very hard on the shore. .

"It seems that we are not the only ones who are late, everyone else is also coming back late."

"Who doesn't have to work from dawn to dusk? Come on, hurry up. Before the fishing boat behind us docks, let's unload the cargo and have it weighed. This will save you the chance of being delayed and having to queue up."

It was already dark, and there were only a few people on the shore busy loading and unloading fish on pallets, or some were carrying buckets to go home.

After Ah Cai saw their boat docking, he quickly came over to help carry it.

"Are there many catches today? Didn't you catch anything good?"

"Are six small green dragons good? There is also a golden mackerel weighing about fifty or sixty pounds, a few other mackerels, and quite a lot of sword shrimps."

Ah Cai was surprised and said, "You are very lucky. Your harvest is much better than that of your eldest and second brothers. They only have some good stuff."

"Oh? They came back first?"

It's rare. In the past, his two brothers were always the first to get up early and stay late. Maybe they didn't have much goods, so they came back early.

"I'll give you an hour ahead of you. I'll be back before dark." Ah Cai said while searching on the boat, "Where are Xiao Qinglong and Huang Jinbao?"

"I put it in the cabin. The sun is a bit hot during the day, so I'm afraid it will get damaged."

Ah Cai went to take a look in the cabin and found that it was indeed big enough. There were not many trawlers in the villages around them and even the village next door. At most, they could only fish in the surrounding waters. Big fish were occasionally found, but five Sixty pounds is really not much, so you have to try your luck.

"This fish is a bit cheaper than Spanish mackerel, but it's big enough. One fish can barely hold up what an average person can drag into a net. Let's help carry it down first."

"Um."

Father Ye also smiled and said: "Today, I went to place a few rows of shrimp pots. I was quite lucky. I also caught 6 small green dragons and a lot of sword shrimps."

"You've never had bad luck."

They chatted for a while while carrying the goods, and habitually asked other people about their harvests.

Except for the boats that haven't returned yet, we found that they caught the most. They hauled three nets, which was just as good as others who hauled five nets, but the shrimp pots also contributed to the effort.

It's all for nothing anyway. If you put it outside, the waves will be really big, so you can't go out to collect it. It won't hurt you if it gets wiped out by the waves.

However, when weighing, Ye Yaodong specially picked a small green dragon that was smaller and good at climbing, and threw it into a bucket alone to put it away.

"You want to stay home to eat again? Haven't you already eaten and tasted it? You still want to eat it? This is too expensive..."

"Xiaojiu hasn't eaten it yet, so leave one for her. She is older and has two teeth. She can eat these things."

It just so happened that there were still five days before her first birthday. She was born on the third day of March. Today is the 27th day of the lunar calendar. He turned over the wall calendar yesterday. This month there are only 29 days on the lunar calendar.

Father Ye opened his mouth. He originally wanted to say something about girl movies, but then he thought about how much he treasures his daughter. The mother-in-law at home would often say "Boys and girls are the same", "Girls are no worse than boys", etc. Wait for these slogans to be on your lips.

He swallowed his words again.

Forget it, he still has a lot of good stuff anyway, he can't see it, he can't see it, and it's not spending his money. He still expects the three brothers to support him in his old age.

Ah Cai smiled and said: "Leave it for your daughter at home? I love my daughter very much, but it's a pity that my daughter is older. Why don't you give me half of your daughter and be my son's wife when she grows up?"

Ye Yaodong looked at him from top to bottom with disgust. Dragons gave birth to dragons, phoenixes gave birth to phoenixes, and mice gave birth to sons who could dig holes!

Like father, like son!

With his short stature and round belly, he was a little doubtful whether his son would succeed in counterattacking?

"What a beautiful idea! People who make money from me and still want to make money from me, don't let me see your son next time."

Ah Cai: "???"

Is this going to cause trouble for his son?

"Hurry up and weigh the goods. What are you looking at? Stop using your brain!"

Ah Cai shook his head. This kind of father-in-law seemed unreliable, and he still felt disgusted.