Chapter 1012 Unloading (7000 Words)

Ye Yaodong cut the red paper and folded two-dollar bills on each piece of red paper. Then he folded the red paper in a square shape and put a dozen of them in his pocket.

It wasn't until the fishing boat had sailed through the town's port and would arrive at the village pier in about half an hour that he went back to the cabin and woke up the snoring boatmen and asked them to prepare to dock.

"You can pack your luggage. You'll be home in half an hour at most. The goods in the fish warehouse can be moved out one after another in advance and put on the deck so that they can be easily moved to the ship that receives the goods."

"Hey, okay, okay..."

Everyone immediately sat up, those wearing clothes put on clothes, and those wearing trousers put on trousers.

Ye Yaodong also gave each of them a red envelope that he had just prepared in advance, and they were all so happy that they couldn't open their mouths from ear to ear.

Originally, they were paid as wages when they went to sea, but now they receive a red envelope every time they go out, which is an unexpected surprise. Two yuan is almost equivalent to their day's wages.

"This trip has been hard. I can buy one or two kilograms of meat for extra meals when I get back."

"Haha, you are also kind. You are doing the work we should do."

"There's no way to make money without hard work. We're already this age, so it's good to still be able to make money."

Everyone was so happy that they didn't even eat at night, but they were instantly full of motivation.

After they all went out to move the goods in the fish warehouse with great enthusiasm, Ye Yaodong took out the cloth bag he had prepared and swept all the money from the iron box locked under the bed into the cloth bag.

This is the income from the sea this week, as well as the turnover of stores in the city.

The coins clattered loudly as he grabbed them into the bag, but the roar of the machine directly covered up the sound, and only he could hear it.

I didn’t make much money on this trip either. I only caught more fish from the wave of fish brought by the killer whales, which were all horsehead fish and were sold for a bit more money.

Although the fishing nets cast at other times have yielded quite a lot of harvests, there are relatively few good products. Many of them are mass-produced goods that are cheap and only cost a few cents. You can only rely on quantity, and most of them can only make more money by selling more.

After deducting expenses, they probably earned more than 2,000, mainly because they were off work for most of the day yesterday to salvage the cargo from the sunken ship at sea, and they still had the cargo for the past three days. Except for the valuable ones, they were sent to the city to be sold, which weighed tens of thousands of kilograms. I kept them all back, and sold them here for hundreds less.

The store's turnover compared to what was sent home a few days ago is also less than half. Last time, there was dried sea rabbit for sale, and most of the money was earned from selling this.

This time, the sales volume in a week was only a thousand pieces. The shopping desire after the New Year was a bit sluggish, and maybe the New Year's goods purchased a year ago have not been finished yet.

Anyway, it’s not bad. Now I’m selling the tens of thousands of kilograms of goods I’ve kept home. The cost has been reduced by at least half, which is equivalent to a greater net profit.

After he packed all the money, he took off his sweater and hung the backpack on his body, then put on the sweater again, hid it inside his clothes, and then put on his cotton-padded jacket and went out.

They carried the basket out in pairs. There were already a lot of groceries piled on the deck, but now it looked even fuller.

Aguang leaned against the side of the ship with a pensive expression on his face, looking at the dots of lights retreating in the distance.

He walked over and asked softly: "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about what to do. Otherwise, sitting at home and watching over my wife and children would feel like a waste, eating soft food."

If he hadn't known that he was talking about himself, Ye Yaodong would have thought that he was making insinuations.

After whispering "Selin Mu" in his heart, Ye Yaodong spoke out.

"Don't be ignorant of your blessings. Your only child has such a good life. You don't have to do anything at home to get rich, and yet you call yourself a waste."

"I really feel that way. One by one you are going overseas and opening stores, but I am at home every day. My dad is still working hard, and it is almost time for him to retire."

"When you give birth to a son, your father will probably be able to let you follow him without worry. You don't have to think about anything else. It is certain that the son will inherit his father's legacy. Your father only has your son, so you will definitely have to leave the family ship to you. He definitely won’t last a few years.”

"I understand that, but I'm not thinking about you setting up a workshop and opening a shop selling dried fish, fish sauce, etc., all kinds of things, to make it look decent. I'm also thinking about doing something else?"

"You can't compare. When I run a workshop and open a store, I have people to help me. I have my mother-in-law, my father-in-law, my wife, and my sisters-in-law at home. Everyone who can help me is helping me. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to do this alone. ."

"So, I feel that a child without a mother is quite pitiful. With my mother here, I can at least hold up half of the sky. I don't have to say that I have to help with the work. I just do some random things, which is very helpful."

"That's true."

Ye Yaodong strongly agreed. Although his old lady talked a lot and liked to show off, sometimes just lending a hand and helping out could save him a lot of work. The old woman knew many special skills and could not be underestimated at all.

"Besides, Huimei hasn't even given birth yet, so we can't leave her alone in the city. We have to accompany her first and help you with your free work."

"I don't pay wages!"

A Guang rolled his eyes at him, "Am I short of your three melons and two dates?"

"Then go and help carry it. Don't stand here and think about life." Ye Yaodong raised his chin towards the workers who were busy moving the goods and motioned for him to do the same.

"Together."

Aguang grabbed his cotton-padded jacket and forced him to work together.

They didn't stop until the deck was piled up to only the aisles on both sides, and the fishing boat was not far from the shore.

Looking at the scattered lights in the fishing village from a distance, the workshops not far from the shore were still brightly lit. The orange lights allowed them to see clearly from a distance, and the heads inside were shaking. Still busy, haven't got off work yet.

However, there was no one waiting there on the shore, and no flashlight was seen.

But not long after, as their fishing boat slowed down and got closer, several flashlights lit up at the door of the workshop, and then moved all the way to the shore of the pier. There was probably someone who had been sitting at the door and paying attention to the sea, and happened to see them. The light of the fishing boat was bright, so I hurried out and prepared to receive the goods.

Father Ye slowed down and looked at the position to park next to the Harvest. After waiting for a short while, two fishing boats on the shore also came out to pick up the goods.

"Brother Dong, did you arrive too late? When Uncle Pei arrived home in the afternoon, he said that you should arrive before dark just like last time. But we waited and waited and didn't see the boat. Fortunately, we didn't see the boat. The whole workshop is busy there, and no one has time to think too much.”

"Well, it's been a bit delayed. Let's help pick up the goods first."

"Are two boats enough? If not, we can come over later to transport it."

"We'll see later, there will be more things today..."

Wang Guangliang and the others sailed the ship owned by his eldest and second brother, and the ship he rented to them. Anyway, they only sailed out every now and then to pick up cargo. No one cared about it among the brothers.

There were more than ten tons of cargo on the ship, which filled two large ships. He originally thought about taking the quilt off the ship, but found that there was no place to put it. There was seafood everywhere, and the quilt would smell fishy if it got even a little bit on it. .

I can only do this today, and then I can come out and pull the quilt back when I wake up tomorrow morning.

After all the cargo was moved, he and his father checked to see if there was anything else missing on the boat. Then they locked all the cabins that should be locked and climbed onto the waiting fishing boat.

They had already sailed a boat back. When they arrived, his mother was directing a group of women to help unload the goods. They were all common faces working in the workshop. There were also several older children in the family who were also laughing and joking and very active. .

"The workshop hasn't finished yet, mother?"

"What kind of work do you have to do? You have to kill fish all night long. Otherwise, how can you kill all the tens of thousands of kilograms of goods? In the afternoon, my in-laws weighed the goods he brought back, which amounted to 18,000 kilograms, and there were more than 10,000 kilograms of groceries. "

"You have brought back tens of thousands of kilograms here, at least sixty or seventy thousand kilograms. How can you kill them? Now the weather is getting a little warm again. Only the wind blowing at night is still cool. Now it is hot during the day. There are so many goods. What should I do if it breaks?"

"Tomorrow we will have to call in dozens more women to help kill fish for the shift. There will be no room for drying in the field. In the next two days, wherever there is open space, all the fish will be left to dry."

"What you're doing is either sitting at home and dying of idleness, or you're so busy that you can't even sleep..."

After Ye Mu finished talking to him, she also shouted and pulled a woman to move the goods with her.

"Hurry, finish moving these goods first, and then you can go back and continue killing fish..."

"When it's full, put it on the ground first. The cart is too small and can't even hold a few baskets. Fortunately, it's close. You can pull it over later..."

Standing on the shore, Ye Yaodong felt that the sea breeze blowing over was no longer so biting. Although it was still cool, it was much better than at sea. The temperature had risen a lot in just a few days.

"Let's bring the tractor over and pull it. How long will it take to pull this trip? The tractor can hold more, and it will be faster if it makes more trips."

Mother Ye was reluctant and quickly turned around to retort, "Then we don't have to pay for gas. Just use a trolley to make more trips."

"How much fuel does it consume? It's such a short road, and the truck only pulls a small amount in one trip. How much time will it take to go back and forth? How many fewer fish will be killed? Use the tractor faster, so that you can free up your hands to continue killing fish."

"Okay, okay, you kids go and drive the tractor over here..."

Wang Guangliang sent his cousin to drive the tractor. He continued to help and muttered, "I said in the afternoon that I should drive the tractor faster when pulling goods, but my aunt scolded me."

"Ignore her. My mother just feels bad about the gas money. If you tell her that it only costs a few cents to haul all these goods, she won't feel bad about it."

"Why."

Everyone was moving goods back and forth from the boat to the shore, muttering a few words about how much goods there were, and making a lot of noise.

But it can be seen that everyone is very happy. With so many goods, they have to kill for several days, and they can work for several days in a row.

These women who are called to work are all temporary workers. They are paid according to the number of days. After all, it is just like what his mother just said. When she is free, she sits at the door and swats mosquitoes. She is busy. Sometimes I can't even sleep.

Of course, it's a good deal for a day's work. You can't just invite people to sit there and swat mosquitoes. In addition to the group of little brothers he brought, they also have to take turns watching the workshop 24 hours a day. They really have to calculate their wages on a monthly basis. .

When he really gets a fresh-harvesting boat, which will dock once every other day, there will really be work to do every day, and there will be a steady stream of fish killed every day, then he will have to hire regular employees.

After moving most of the goods, he stood aside and looked at the workshop not far ahead. In the dried fish workshop, there was always a large nylon bag on the top to prevent sudden rain. , but the newly built workshop next to it does not.

These two days have to be rescheduled, otherwise there will be a lot of rain in the spring, and it will definitely rain after the Qingming Festival in a few days.

If caught by surprise, tens of thousands of kilograms of goods would be in trouble, and it would not be possible to collect them all in a short time.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh. He was going to be very busy in the next few days, and he couldn't just wander around the house and rest like he had the past few days.

A bunch of people were using flashlights to move around at the dock. Trucks and tractors were coming and going. It took several trips to pull the two ships of goods to the workshop and unload them.

And he stood at the dock and watched until the fish were finished, and finally moved the boxes of canned fish. He asked everyone to move them to the tractor, climbed up after him, and drove the tractor to the door of the yard.

There was too much noise when he came back. When the neighbors knew that he had brought back a bunch of goods, they went wherever the excitement was. They all watched and talked at the door of the workshop when they saw the lights on the other side of the workshop.

The tractor drove directly past the entrance of the workshop. Everyone just turned around and looked at it before continuing to point at the goods on the floor, pointing and talking, and kept calling his mother, do you still need anyone?

The children at home had long listened to the sound of the tractor, and they were no longer surprised by it. After running out of the door to take a look, they went in again, and they did not even run up to him and call him uncle.

"Damn... the little bastards are too realistic. They know that I don't have gifts for them when I come back from the sea, so they won't come close to me."

Lin Xiuqing was counting the goods in the workshop. When she saw the tractor passing by, she followed it and trotted home. At this time, she said with a smile from behind.

"You go to work at sea, and you don't go far away to make a lot of money. They all know that when you came here a few days ago, you didn't get anything. Of course, there is nothing new."

"The girls at home also went to the workshop to help kill fish. Only a few boys had not finished their homework and were still doing homework at home. The adults at home were busy and had no time to care about them. They also played until they were beaten just now. , just came back to do my homework."

"If you don't want to do your homework next time, I'll drag you to the workshop."

"Then they must be really excited. What are the boxes on your tractor?"

"Help me move it down together first and carry it into the house." Ye Yaodong said, climbed on the tractor, took down the stacked goods, and put them on the edge for her to pick up.

After his father had just finished transporting the goods, he also went to the workshop to count the goods, and took a look at the goods that Pei's father brought back in the afternoon.

Lin Xiuqing rolled up her sleeves and took it, "We can't fit it in the house. They are all bags of dried fish, so we can only put them in the yard."

"Then put it in the yard first."

The old lady also walked to the workshop on crutches before, and now she walked back slowly and watched the couple busy at work.

"Why are you moving in such a hurry? Do you want to go home and eat first? Are you hungry? You won't come back until dark. It's already this hour. You should eat first and don't starve."

"It's okay. I'm done. The goods are almost unloaded, that's all."

"What are these boxes of stuff? Where did you bring them back?"

The old lady looked around mischievously, and then whispered: "Are you also going to do smuggling?"

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes at her, "What are you talking about? You are so old, and you still know this?"

"I know a lot. The women in the workshop talk about everything every day. There is nothing in the village that I don't know."

"That's amazing. At your age, you already have a place in the Intelligence Bureau?"

"Oh, I heard it when I was walking around and basking in the sun. In the next few days, the workshop became lively again, and I learned a lot of things..."

Ye Yaodong laughed. He was getting old, but he didn't expect that he still had enough interest in gossip. He could also break into the village intelligence bureau and maybe get first-hand information.

"Then what should I say? Who knows whether what those people say is true or false, just listen to it. Are you really not going to do smuggling?" She asked in a low voice after the last sentence, still struggling with this issue.

"No, don't worry. I'm a serious and honest person. Don't think blindly. Just listen to what other people say. Just listen to what the women outside say."

"I think so too. You've always been well-behaved, so you definitely wouldn't do this."

"Yes, so if you like liveliness, you can pass the time by listening to those people talking, but just listen to the liveliness for a while."

"Hey, okay..."

Lin Xiuqing said with a smile while moving the goods: "She likes to go to the workshop now when she has nothing to do. There are many people in the workshop and when they are working, she will move a stool and sit on the side and listen. By the way, I would like to hear someone say a few nice words and praise her."

"I'm very popular now. When I was working with them a few days ago, I brought a radio and played it to them. They were all very happy. They were busy working and listening to the radio. They looked forward to my going every day. ."

Ye Yaodong also laughed and teased the old lady, "Are you so popular? If you don't gossip to me, then tell me, what do people praise you for?"

"Haha, people praise me that I am getting younger as I live, and I am getting better and better at dressing up. The clothes I wear are prettier than my daughter-in-law's, they are red and green, and they are all flowers."

"Oh, he also praised me that after my teeth healed, I became more and more energetic and could live to be 100 years old. He said that I would definitely see the fifth generation of our family living under the same roof and have a great-great-grandson in a few years..."

"All the old men and women in the village are not as blessed as me, and none of them are as lucky as me."

The old lady's face was full of smiles, reflected in the orange light in the room, and her face looked rosy and energetic.

"Is your life good now? If I let you wear gold and silver tomorrow, then your life is good."

Thinking like this, Ye Yaodong also thought about whether to give the old lady a gold ring, a gold necklace, gold earrings, etc., and also give Aqing and his mother the same set.

What woman doesn’t like jewelry? From oldest to youngest.

Nowadays, the price of gold is only a few yuan. If you buy it, it will maintain its value and you can wear it.

At this age, she has never enjoyed any blessings, nor has she ever worn gold or silver. When she gets old, she has to make arrangements no matter what.

In his last life, he only lived until 1987, and this year is 1985. Thinking of this, he felt nervous. See if you are free in the past two days. If you go to the county town, you can stop by if you have extra time. If you don't have extra time, you can also Go to town, their town is much more lively than the county town.

The old lady was so happy when she said to him, "Hahaha, are you still wearing gold and silver? Then everyone's eyes should be glued to me~"

"Wait a minute. If you wait a little later, everyone will be jealous of you."

"Okay, okay~"

The couple moved and picked up one by one, and the three of them chatted there again. The atmosphere was particularly warm and harmonious. It took a while to unload half a car of boxes into the yard.

Lin Xiuqing wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Are these canned fish? I just saw it."

"Um."

"Did you go into the water and find the sunken ship from a few days ago?"

"Yes, I'll tell you more about it later. I'll wash this big bag of clothes for you and take the suitcase in. I'll drive the tractor back to the workshop and stop by the workshop to take a look."

"Oh, okay, then take a look and come over for dinner early. I'll heat up the food quickly."

"knew."

The old lady also shouted from the side, "Come back early to eat, don't be hungry..."

What the elderly care most about is whether they have enough to eat and whether they are clothed warmly.

The group of women in the workshop all sat down to work with great enthusiasm. All of them were wearing sleeves on their hands, and their knives were scraping the fish scales. They were whispering to each other without stopping, and there were bursts of noise.

Ye Yaodong was the first to look at the goods unloaded by his family, then walked towards his father, looked at the goods that Uncle Pei had unloaded in the afternoon, and asked a few casual questions.

"There are quite a lot of goods..."

"I just took a look at the goods that my parents brought back this afternoon. I've already killed a lot, but there are still about 30,000 kilograms. Plus what we brought back, it's really too much..."

"I have already agreed with my mother that we will kill all night long and call another group of people to change shifts tomorrow morning, otherwise we won't be able to finish the killing at all."

"That's good! There are so many goods, it will take days and nights to kill them. More people should collect them quickly, dry them and put them away to avoid bad weather in the future."

"Um."

He took a casual look and then went to the workshop on the other side. There were also several people in the warehouse carrying pickling back and forth, and his mother was also there.

According to his mother's words, the people next door stayed up all night killing fish anyway, and people here also did it together. The job of fermenting fish sauce is not as troublesome as killing fish. It is very easy to do. It will definitely not be finished in one night. Come on early Done soon, don't worry.

Ye Yaodong looked at a row of two to three hundred large tanks placed in the corner of the open space beside him, and said nonsense.

"Did the big vat come over?"

"It's been delivered. I asked the boys in the workshop to go to the county to deliver the fish sauce two days ago. I asked them to stop by and rush it, and then it was delivered the day before yesterday."

"That also saves me a trip. I will bring back a lot of goods this time, which can also be used."

"They are almost ready for use. There are still a dozen barrels in the open space next door that cannot be filtered. They will have to wait until the filtration and packaging are completed next month before they can be brought over for use."

He nodded. He could really save a lot of trouble if his mother occasionally took the time to come over and make arrangements. His mother was very familiar with some of the women in the village, and many things were very easy to arrange.

The fish sauce workshop is now on the right track, and his mother takes the main credit.

Aguang is right, a child without a mother is so pitiful.

After Father Ye finished inspecting the workshop, he ran over to him again, "Are you done? When you're done, go home for dinner."

"Okay, let's go."

He responded and walked out, but after walking a short distance, he turned back to call his mother and took out the remaining red envelopes he had prepared in his pocket.

"Mom, come out for a moment..."

"Here are some red envelopes. You can send them to the boatmen at Uncle Pei's side later..." He gave his mother a list of names by the way.

Mother Ye took the pile of red envelopes with puzzled hands, "What are you doing? You have too much money and you are giving out red envelopes again? Why didn't you send a few to me? Send them to outsiders... The people over there are none of your business... …”

"Why are you complaining? You just gave me a red envelope when I asked you to. You still talk so much. I'll go back later and let dad talk to you again."

After Ye Yaodong said something casually, he followed his father out again. Ye's mother hurriedly caught up with the red envelope.

"What did you do again?"

"Uncle Pei and his crew helped me a lot when I was at sea, so I'd like to thank them."

Mother Ye became nervous, "Are you in danger?"

"No, don't think too much about it. Didn't you just see a lot of boxes being moved off the ship? Aren't you still asking what they were? It was Uncle Pei's people who helped salvage them."

"Oh, it's good that we're not in danger. Then I'll send it to them now so that they don't fall asleep for a while. What's in those boxes of yours?"

"What are you curious about? Go back and let dad tell you again."

"It's been so mysterious all day long, and I still have to go home to talk about..."

Mother Ye glanced at her little eyes and muttered a few words, then separated from the father and son and went to the village.

As Ye Yaodong walked, he talked to his father about buying nylon bags to use as rain shelters and pulling them up on the roof of the fish sauce workshop. He planned to leave this matter to his father, but he was not free.

He has to go to the county town to see Director Chen tomorrow morning, and he has to go to the shipyard to discuss the fresh boat collection plan, and then he has to go to Lin Jishang to deal with the batch of canned fish in the yard. He doesn't know if anyone is at home. .

Then we have to see if we are free in the past two days. If we are free, we have to call all the cousins ​​to talk about repairing the tomb.

Father Ye nodded and had no objection, knowing that he was very busy now.

"Also, by the way, let me ask the carpenter if the signboard plaque I want is ready?"

"I know, is there anything else?"

"Yes, remember to collect the quilts on the boat tomorrow and let Ah Qing dry them. If there is anything else that I can't remember at the moment, I'll tell you when I remember it."

"Um."

Father Ye is now fully committed to him and can only express a few opinions occasionally.

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