Chapter 775 Fresh Squid

After dinner, Ye Yaodong went into the house to calculate the accounts with Ah Qing, and both of them felt happy.

"How much money does our family have now?"

Lin Xiuqing smiled brightly, with stars in her eyes, "After deducting the purchase of land and the purchase of a boat some time ago, there are still more than 13,000. In the past half year, we have made another 7,000 to 8,000 from selling dried fish."

Ye Yaodong also smiled and narrowed his eyes, "I've told you, I can definitely make back the money for this big ship. When you booked the big ship before, you were worried that you didn't have enough money on hand. After paying the final payment, you would still be in debt. There’s no money or anything.”

"Yes, yes, everything you said is right. Whatever you say is what you say. Who made you the head of our family? You can make whatever decisions you want, and do whatever you want..."

"Hey, hey, hey... talk carefully, but everything has changed. The head of our family is me on the surface, but behind my back, it's you!"

Lin Xiuqing stared at him and sat up straight. She quickly smiled and stepped forward to hold his shoulders and comfort him, "Why are you so anxious? I'm just teasing you. What I said is true. We now have more than 13,000 yuan." , and I can earn thousands more by catching squid.”

"With more boats, we can make money really quickly. Normally, the catch is not big and not obvious, but this flood season is great. Hundreds of kilograms are caught every day, and it is squid. We are really going to make a lot of money this year."

Ye Yaodong smiled and hugged her waist, pressed her onto his lap, then hugged her and said happily: "In two months, I will go to Zhejiang Province to catch jellyfish, and I will make a lot of money for you. If you can dry the fish in the second half of the year, you won’t have to worry about anything.”

"I told you originally that we only need to pay a deposit first, and the remaining payment will be 8,000. Don't say that we barely had enough money at the time, so we just said no. I can make whatever I earn this year. Do you think that's right? ?”

"If I order a ship a year later, the delivery time will have to be pushed back. If I order it earlier, I can get it earlier next year. Now I can make money without delaying the receipt of the goods."

"Yes, everything you said is right, but is it too dangerous to go to Zhejiang Province? It was so dangerous last year and you didn't even say anything. After all, you were fishing on someone else's territory..."

"We went to the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian. It was actually not bad. There were a lot of Fujian fishing boats operating around. Although it was a little bit uneven, everyone just needs to be careful. High risk means high profit. You can do anything. risk."

"When there are more boats, everyone will take care of each other, and it should be better if we don't live in the village. Anyway, it's still early. Let's see when the time comes. We now have three boats on hand, and we can make money very quickly, swish, swish, better than others. It’s much faster.”

Lin Xiuqing said happily: "It's much faster. It feels like a dream. I can't even imagine that I suddenly have more than 10,000 yuan in savings, three boats, two shops in the city, and A big ship can be delivered next year, so many~"

"Well, there is also a small workshop, you forgot, that is also our newly settled property."

Lin Xiuqing chuckled, "Just that simple piece of land, just surrounded by fishing nets, is the newly settled property? Don't be ridiculous, let's wait until the wall is built."

"Don't underestimate it. If we dry fish there all year round, how much money will we make? Isn't that an industry? It's a big industry."

"Okay, as you said, go to bed early after taking a shower. Are you going to sea at night?"

Ye Yaodong hugged her and didn't let go. He muttered and rubbed her neck, "Sleep later."

"I'm so tired when I go to sea every day. Don't think too much. Go to bed early and recharge your batteries. I'll go to the village tomorrow to see who has old hens for sale. I'll buy one and stew it for you tomorrow night. Old My wife has been talking about it in the afternoon."

As Lin Xiuqing spoke, she patted his shoulder again and asked him to let go, "I also have to go out and do some work. There are still a lot of things waiting to be done outside. How can I stay in the house with you all the time? You go to bed early." "

Ye Yaodong wants to say it will be fine soon...

But when I think about it, it’s not a good idea to say this. She should laugh at her, so forget it. I’m really tired these two days.

"All right."

Light-dried cuttlefish is fresh cuttlefish that is dried without adding salt, while salt-dried cuttlefish is dried with salt added. These two types of cuttlefish are different.

Light dried cuttlefish is lighter to the touch and has a smooth surface. It maintains the original flavor of the cuttlefish and has a fresh and fragrant taste. The disadvantage is that it is not durable for storage.

The salt-dried cuttlefish feels heavy to the touch, has salt stains on the surface, and is highly salty. It must be soaked and rinsed repeatedly to dilute the salt before it can be eaten.

Due to its high salt content, salt-dried cuttlefish is not easily spoiled and has a relatively long shelf life.

In the past few days, they have been using light-dried food, because light-dried food tastes better. In order to get a good reputation, they definitely had to use light-dried food to let people try it.

If you plan to stock up on large quantities in the future, you can consider dried salt.

However, nowadays people are short of material resources and like to accept new things. They like to try out everything, and they won’t really keep it for a long time after buying it, except for the elderly who are reluctant to eat or wear it.

Ye Yaodong fished for a day, but he didn't go to sea the next day because he had to deliver goods, so he asked Lin Xiangyang to temporarily take over for the day.

The fishing at sea these days has been going smoothly and calmly, and no one is looking for trouble. He is relieved to leave for a day to deliver goods.

He estimated that some time ago, the border guard had driven away fishing boats near the island, so no one came near the island during this period. In the past, one or two boats could be seen sporadically when trawling.

Today is considered a day off for him to rest.

When he got up early in the morning and came out of the main room, he smelled the alluring fragrance in the room.

"Is this steaming cuttlefish?"

The old lady stood up with a smile and said, "Yes, I steam a bowl of it every morning lately. It's great with porridge."

He goes to sea every day and doesn't get anything to eat every morning. What he eats when he comes back every evening is fried food. It's rare that he doesn't go to sea today, but he just catches it.

He casually opened the lid of the pot, and a rich and delicious aroma hit his nostrils. The steamed squid was slightly red, and he didn't like it too hot. He tore off a piece and put it into his mouth to chew. The more he chewed, the fresher and more fragrant he got. It's fresh with a hint of sweetness, and a hint of saltyness in the sweetness.

"tasty!"

"Then you can eat more later. When we are all awake, I will make the porridge cool."

"Okay, I'll go out for a walk first."

Ye Yaodong tore off another small piece and walked out while chewing it.

The ground and walls of the yard are full of large and small dumpling baskets, bamboo flats, and fishing nets with cuttlefish dried for drying. These were all freshly killed yesterday and laid out to dry.

He rubbed it casually and found that the flesh was still soft, but very elastic.

"I'll go to the small workshop and have a look."

Ye Yaodong shouted into the house, then took the sack and went out. If it was completely dry, he could put it away.

The big black dog at home saw him going out and immediately followed him. The little black dog who was squatting next door also immediately got up and followed.

The fresh fragrance around the small workshop is even stronger. It is densely packed with hanging cuttlefish and dried salted fish that are dried flat. There is no space in the whole place, and they are hung high and low.

Ye Yaodong walked back and forth around the venue, touching here and turning over that, before he found a large piece of dried squid at the edge.

The outside ones were freshly dried yesterday or the day before yesterday, but the large piece inside was dried the day before yesterday. The dryness is very good. You can pick up two pieces and knock them against each other.

The cuttlefish they dried were of the highest quality. They were slaughtered, washed and dried the same day they were fresh. The sun has been good recently, so the smell of the cuttlefish is not strong, and there are no mosquitoes or flies flying on it.

If you look at both pieces at random, they are well-proportioned, the knife path is correct, the flesh layer of the meat is complete and undamaged, the internal meat is thick and clean, smells of its own fragrance, and is pink and translucent.

It's a pity that there is no white frost yet after the sun has just been dried. It needs to be put away and covered for a while before it will appear.

He threw it into the sack and helped collect it before it was time for breakfast.

The brother-in-law is not here either, otherwise he wouldn't have to look around by himself, and he doesn't know why he is there. There are a group of dogs watching around the small workshop. Anyway, it is already dawn.

He slowly untied the sacks one by one and put them away, lifting the sacks from time to time and shaking them to spread them out more neatly.

It wasn't until the sack was almost full that I saw my brother-in-law running over with his trousers in hand. The waistband of his trousers was still tied there. He was probably afraid that no one would be watching him if he left for too long.

"A Dong collected cuttlefish so early? I just went to the hut and left for a while."

"It's okay. I went to bed early yesterday and got up early today. I wanted to tell you how the dryness was. I found that it was completely dry, so I put it away."

"Okay, I'll go get a sack from home and collect it together. I thought you had to wait for the sun to come out before collecting it."

"It doesn't make any difference. The dew hasn't been heavy recently. Anyway, just collect it when it's dry. Collect it early and weigh it and send it away later."

Lin Xianghui quickly went back and brought a sack, and he also collected it together, and said: "When I just went to the hut, I saw several families in the village taking a bunch of half-dried squid out to dry in the house. , do these people want to dry it in advance and wait for the big truck to come to collect the goods in the next two days?"

Ye Yaodong looked at his hands, wondering whether he had washed them or not, and said, "I think so. I guess the idea will fail, and I can only sell it myself."

"Maybe I'll take it to your house and want to sell it to you?"

"Whatever, that's fine. If they can't sell it and the quantity isn't large, I can just help them out."

"This is good, you can also earn a little more."

"That's hard to say. If the boss doesn't want so much, I still have to stock up on my own goods and accumulate inventory. Moreover, the price has been quite high in the past few days. It hasn't dropped to the cheapest yet, so it's not suitable to put too much away. In hand."

Lin Xianghui smiled awkwardly, "I don't understand this either. You can see for yourselves. Anyway, just call me if you need me."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "After breakfast later, you go and catch up on some sleep first. I didn't sleep at night. I think I can't bear it any longer. Let's wait until noon before setting off."

"good."