Chapter 1022 Returning Halfway (7000 Words)

Ye Yaodong was drenched in light rain. After bleeding the fish, he took it to the fish warehouse and added crushed ice to it to keep it fresh.

Such a superb fish deserves his own attention.

After finishing this, he put on his raincoat again and prepared to boil water for a bath. After being soaked in the rain for a while, he had already sneezed several times. He felt that the medicine he had taken during the day would come in handy at night. Unexpectedly, it was given to him. eat by yourself.

The rain was dripping continuously, and it kept falling, but the intensity of the rain never became heavier. It was just that the sky was very dark and gloomy, as if there was no daylight.

In the past, during the dark nights, there was still the moon and starlight in the sky, and the sea looked sparkling under the moonlight. Tonight, there were dark clouds, and the sky was as dark as the sea. If it hadn't been for the faint light on the ship, the Harvest ship not far away would have been there. When the light is on, everyone should be afraid.

Fortunately, everyone finished their work and went back to the cabin to lie down again without seeing the inky black night.

Ye Yaodong turned to look at the sea while heating water, and muttered there, "This darkness is scary enough, it makes you feel like you are going through a tribulation... Oh my god, isn't it a tribulation? That one just now Mao Yu is just trying to survive the tribulation."

"Well...it's not easy to grow so big. I weighed more than 100 kilograms and it was almost time to leap over the dragon's gate. But I failed to cross the tribulation. I was beaten back and hacked to death. I was advantaged. It was miserable~"

"It's a pity, Amitabha. Will eating this fish that failed to escape the tribulation directly strengthen the body? It's enough to become an immortal immediately, but it should be reluctant to strengthen the body?"

"Fuck, no wonder it's said that after one bite of the isinglass from this fish, a child will grow taller. It turns out that's the truth. It's a pity to sell it like this..."

No one talked to him, so he just thought and muttered by himself. After muttering a lot, he also felt that it would be a pity to sell it like this?

After storage, the one pound of fish maw alone is really worth a house. The larger the fish maw, the more valuable it is, especially the rare hairy catfish maw.

In addition to the top-notch yellow-lip isinglass, the second to fourth places are hairy catfish, large yellow croaker and catfish respectively.

Yellow-lipped isinglass has always been said to be as valuable as gold. A pound of yellow-lipped isinglass is worth three to four million yuan. The hairy catfish maw is slightly less valuable, but it is still worth a house. And if this isinglass is kept in good condition, it can be saved. Forty or fifty years is not a problem.

Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still for a moment. Although the current money was valuable, if he directly exchanged the current money for him, he thought he couldn't use the current money to give birth to the equivalent of 1 million in the future. How many dollars did he have? He still knows how much it costs.

Thinking of the short growth of his two sons, he returned to the cockpit and prepared to ask his father, ignoring the water still boiling in the pot.

At first, I was so happy to receive such a big fish. I didn't think much about it. I just thought about getting lucky. This fish was so valuable. I was so happy that I was stunned.

Now that he has finished cleaning up and cleared his mind, he is not willing to just sell it. It's not like he has never seen the money. He now has a lot of assets on hand, and he is no longer the poor boy he was before.

Moreover, he is not in urgent need of money and has a lot of cash on hand. It doesn't mean much to him to exchange this thing directly for money. At most, he can gain some favor and gain some limelight. It is better to save it in his hand and give it to him. Accumulate more good things.

"Dad, is such a big hairy fish worth a thousand yuan?"

"Didn't everyone say that? It depends on the boss's price. It's hard to say how much it will cost."

He said decisively: "Then I won't sell it. I will take it out and dry it myself, dry it and store it."

"Why are you keeping it? Do you still want to keep such an expensive thing for yourself? Are you stupid? You have kept it for a long time. If it gets eaten by insects, you will lose money. You can take advantage of it while it is valuable. If you can change money, change it quickly.”

"It won't be eaten by insects. Just store it in a rice vat and change the rice frequently. Anyway, you and your mother are eating here now. The rice in the rice vat at home will bottom out quickly and it won't be damaged."

Moreover, this thing becomes more expensive as it ages, and becomes more moist as it ages. It will never get damaged after being stored for decades. It retains its value better than gold, and its value increases faster.

Oops, I can’t sell it now that I think about it.

Why should I buy gold? I should stock up on some isinglass. The price is several times higher than gold.

"But... you are letting it go. If you don't sell it, it will be equivalent to a loss. Why don't you quickly sell something that costs hundreds or thousands of dollars for money? If it is no longer valuable in the future, isn't that a big loss? "

"It's no loss. Do you think I'm short of hundreds or even thousands of dollars now? What's more, if it's worthless, I can still feed it to my children so that they can grow longer. Can you take a look at our family's genes? "

"What's the sound of chickens and dogs?"

Ye Yaodong glanced at his father's head up and down with naked hints in his eyes, "What I mean is that if you look at our family's genetics, I am the same as someone picked up. I stand out from the crowd. You all..."

He reached out and made a gesture on his father's head, then smoothed his hand to his chest, "Did you see? The whole family is like this. Keeping this thing can also improve the next generation of the family."

When there is no shortage of food and drink, people's desires will expand and other needs will emerge. That's why it is said that people's desires are never-ending.

Father Ye's face turned dark when he saw his gestures, and he kicked him in the face.

"Oh, oh, you committed murder. I'm just telling a fact. Are you going to get angry out of embarrassment?"

"Go away, do whatever you like." Father Ye glanced at him angrily, and immediately closed the hatch to block him out.

"Tsk, this old man is very bad."

Ye Yaodong rubbed his calves, sneezed twice more, rubbed his nose, then looked up at the sea again, and held the hat on his head to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.

Because of the rain, he felt that the evil wind blowing was colder, and he shivered again.

"I'm really going to freeze to death in this spring, freezing to death."

There was darkness all around, with only the lights on the boat flickering, and the rain falling like ink, rustling. On the sea, darkness and rain intertwined to form a void, as if it were the abyss of the universe, which could make people feel endless silence. and loneliness.

Fortunately, there was still the sound of the machine breaking the silence, otherwise he would be really scared just wandering around on the deck alone.

After sneezing a few more times, he brought a basin of hot water into the cabin, wiped himself, put on clean autumn clothes and long trousers, put on a sweater, and took a sip. Hot tea makes me feel comfortable.

Even the quilt was still damp. He couldn't help but cursed in his heart. He couldn't answer his father, he would have to answer Chen Shi later.

He lay comfortably in bed, half asleep and half awake until dawn, when he finally woke up. He touched the watch under the pillow and shined a flashlight on it. In an instant, he suddenly sat up quickly.

It’s fucking 4 o’clock?

This sleep actually gave him a dazed sleep for seven or eight hours?

I guess two nets have been dragged into the sea, right?

I turned around and looked at the other beds. They had all been changed.

He hurriedly got up and put on his cotton coat and trousers. When he went out to the door, he saw that it was still raining there. In an instant, he shrank back and put on his raincoat and hat.

It was still dark at 4 o'clock in the morning, and there was no light at all, except for two dark figures on the deck squatting there to pack the cargo.

"Have a few nets hauled up. Are these just collected?" They spoke louder in the rain, all by shouting.

"Just collected it for a while."

"Is there still thunder and lightning?"

"I haven't seen him in the past two hours."

Seeing that both of them were busy there with their heads down, he didn't want to be disturbed and went straight up to the cockpit to find his father.

Father Ye was also waiting for him to wake up and take over, and stood up as soon as he saw him coming.

"It's been raining all night and it hasn't stopped. Don't fall asleep and be alert."

"I know. How many nets have you collected since last night?"

"Four Internet Cafes, this net has just been put down for a while, and the fish are jumping around fiercely on rainy days. The harvest of these nets is good, but if the wind picks up and the rain gets heavy, we have to go back quickly."

"I know, is there any thunder and lightning?"

"That's not true."

Ye Yaodong nodded, if it just kept raining like this, that would be okay.

"Did you kill that fish?"

"Which fish? Oh~ no, isn't it raining all the time? Where can I hang it to dry? There is no ventilation in the cabin, and it will be damaged if it is hung inside. It is better to let it stay in the belly of the fish first, and it can stay fresh for a few seconds. God, wait until you get ashore and go home before you disembowel the fish and take out the isinglass to dry it in the sun."

"You really don't want to sell it?"

Father Ye is still struggling with this. He feels that he is lucky to catch and sell it for a few hundred yuan. If he doesn't sell it quickly, he will keep the money in his hands and waste it.

It feels like if he keeps it home, it will end up in his stomach. Where can he take it out and sell it for money?

That's a prodigal thing, you have to take a few bites of everything.

If you don't sell it right away, the longer you leave it in your hands, the less likely it is to sell it, and in the end you will just lose it, which is worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Father Ye was sitting there just now, and just thinking about it made him feel more and more distressed. Money would not be lost just like this.

How can they afford to eat such expensive things? It hurts to think about it.

"I won't sell it anymore. I will keep it at home for later use. If the three children in the family don't grow taller, there will be no place to buy this thing. Unlike that peng fish gill, you can go to a big store to buy it if you have money. At that time, After I sold the one that was hanging there to dry, I felt a little regretful, and I suddenly became obsessed with money."

At that time, after I suddenly knew the value, I felt a little inflated. I didn't think about it carefully. If someone wanted it, I would immediately sell it for money.

The common people were greedy for cheap, so they just wanted to exchange for more money, without thinking that they were already considered wealthy people with small assets.

After all, I am still used to being poor.

In unexpected situations, sometimes the mind does not change immediately.

Poverty is a disease, and once you have money, it cannot be cured all at once.

"Who knows if it's a lie..."

"Oh, don't be nagging. Do you think I'm short of those hundreds or thousands of dollars now? It's easy to earn these hundreds or thousands of dollars, but once the things are sold, it's hard to buy them back."

If my son eats and drinks well in his life and grows in size, it would be better if he doesn’t need it anymore and it can be worth a house in 40 years.

Father Ye shook his head and there was nothing he could do about it. He couldn't control his son anymore. If he didn't want to sell it, forget it. If he kept it well in a rice vat and didn't get eaten by insects, it wouldn't be bad. What are you waiting for? I'm really short of money now, so I'll take it out.

Ye Yaodong sat in the cockpit without taking off his raincoat. Although it was thick and took up a lot of space, it was difficult for a person to squeeze in and even turn around. However, the windshield was covered with rainwater, so he couldn't see clearly. He couldn't see around the fishing boats, so he had to step out from time to time to take a look.

After Ye's father went to bed, he concentrated on taking over the fishing boat. In this weather, he had to be very energetic.

Fortunately, it's already past 4 o'clock, not long before dawn. After dawn, the light will be better, and there will be no danger at night.

The rain in spring was gentle and continuous, never heavy, but it never stopped.

It wasn't until the sky lit up little by little and the darkness gradually dispersed that the rain slowed down a bit. However, the entire sea surface was still shrouded in fog and rain, making it look hazy and the visibility was extremely limited.

Because of the rain all night, their fishing boat did not dare to sail towards the East China Sea, but kept working on the way back.

Yes, the fishing boats returned to work after the rain last night. They did not continue to the East China Sea, but they did not return directly. They just shortened the return distance and just kept wandering around the surrounding area.

Just in case it rains heavily, just rush back with all your strength and it won't take too much time.

This is also because it rained just after we came out, so I was unwilling to go back. When I came out, I had already gone hundreds of times to refuel and ice. I thought I could catch more, so I caught more to reduce losses.

He had made a profit because he had picked up a catfish that had survived the calamity, but the Harvest had not. Although the two old men were worried about their safety, they were reluctant to go back like this.

The drizzle is continuous and continuous.

After it was completely bright, Ye Yaodong also called to the two men who had just picked up the goods and were standing at the hatch to take shelter from the rain to prepare to set up the net.

At this time, streaks of lightning began to appear in the sky again. The sky, which was originally bright because of the dawn, began to become dark again and became dense with clouds.

Two bolts of lightning flashed across the sky one after another. He raised his head and said with a frown, "I won't go out to the Internet cafe once the net is put away. The rain has just gotten lighter and lightning has come again. It's better to go back directly."

Chen Shi and another boatman nodded quickly. They had wanted to go back for a long time. When there was thunder and lightning at night, everyone had already retreated. However, the wind and waves were not strong at that time, and the thunder and lightning passed by in a flash. It’s gone.

Unexpectedly, it took a lot of time to survive until dawn, and the lightning started again.

Ye Yaodong asked them to get ready to set up the net, and then he started to connect to the Harvest. If the rain lightened up this morning, he could still continue the operation. Now it started to thunder and lightning again, so it was better to go back as soon as possible. Don't It’s a gamble at sea, who knows when the spring thunder and rain will stop.

And he is also a little worried about the goods at home. It has been four or five days since he last docked. A small part should be barely dry, but most of them are still in a semi-dry or wet state. He doesn't know what will happen next. If it rains, the nylon bag above the head will not hold up. Will it be attacked by wind and rain?

When the network machine was starting up the network, he also connected the connection with Fengshou, but the person connecting the line was an old friend of Uncle Pei. Uncle Pei stayed up all night and went to bed this morning. His shift changed in the morning.

As a migrant worker, he had no choice but to wait until Uncle Pei woke up two or three hours late before asking for advice. Moreover, he said that the current network of the Harvest had only been offline for half an hour.

Ye Yaodong hesitated for a moment, then told him to follow the Dongsheng and return slowly, working while returning. When the time came for the Harvest to close the net, he would connect again and wake up Uncle Pei.

This can be regarded as a buffer waiting, and then they will decide whether to continue on their way or continue their work depending on the situation.

As for him, he was also determined not to continue setting the net. After collecting the fishing net, he planned to drive the fishing boat back slowly.

It takes more than ten or twenty minutes to collect the fishing net before and after. If there is no need to lower the net, after the net is collected, it will be placed directly on the deck.

Ye Yaodong also walked out of the cabin and looked at a large net of fish poured out in the drizzle. The harvest was really good, and it looked like it weighed four to five thousand kilograms.

Fresh fish were jumping all over the deck, and crabs were crawling around. Only some fish that were crushed to death by the full package of seafood did not move. The two people below also quickly took the basket and started sorting.

At this time, another bolt of lightning flashed across, splitting the dark clouds on the horizon into two, and the sky became bright for a moment before darkening again. Ye Yaodong stood on the deck and watched the lightning strike directly towards the sea, followed by a roar. A loud voice also rang in my ears.

"Damn it, really, go back, go back..."

After all, he was also the second-in-command of the Harvest. After the bolt of lightning struck the sea and the sound of thunder, he quickly connected to the Harvest and directly directed the boatmen to collect the net.

But the other party was a little hesitant. Maybe the other boatman felt that he was too young and had a criminal record, so he looked down upon him and said he wanted to wake up Uncle Pei and tell him about the situation.

"Grass!"

After cursing, he opened the cockpit and walked out. He looked out from the helm and felt that the rain was getting a little heavier. But at the same time, he also discovered that there were white things floating on the sea in patches. rippling with the wind.

Another bolt of lightning flashed across the sky and struck the sea in the distance. The flash of light allowed his 5.3 eyesight to see that the patches of white were fish with their bellies turned over.

That large area was electrocuted by lightning.

Water is conductive, and the conductivity of sea water can be imagined.

But seawater also has resistance. Even if thunder hits the sea, it will not harm the fish in the deep layers.

It’s just that the fish living one layer below the sea level are probably not so lucky, because they are close to the sea level, so they have to withstand very large currents, which also leads to their fate of being grilled fish.

"Made, your life is at stake."

He didn't even think about fishing for the goods, but immediately returned to the cockpit to control the ship, preparing to speed back. However, before running away, he had to speed up to the Harvest and connect to the line again.

"Selinmu, go back quickly. There is constant thunder and lightning. Do you want your life? Leave quickly. Just say it was me who said it. If you don't..."

"I know, I'm already launching the network. I'll speed up in 10 minutes. You can go first..."

It was Father Pei's voice that interrupted him.

Ye Yaodong immediately felt relieved and stopped moving closer to him. As long as the connection was settled, he directly adjusted the direction and took the first step.

In ten minutes, in this foggy weather, at most the Harvest could be out of sight, and by then the speed behind it should be able to keep up.

When the boatmen saw the fishing boat speeding back at the warehouse door, they felt reassured and took off their raincoats and lay back down with confidence.

This trip was not in vain, it was worth it. He didn't feel bad at all and quickly sailed back without any worries.

But as the fishing boat drove longer, they got closer to the offshore, the sky became brighter and brighter, and the rain gradually became lighter, until they reached the county town, the rain stopped completely, the sky was bright, and there was no more rain. The area in the deep water was gloomy and dark.

He was also lamenting the weather in his heart, but two hours away from the sea, the weather was very different. He just didn't know if it was raining in the village.

Ye's father was sleeping in the cabin. He didn't even know that the ship had returned, and no one went to wake him up. It was already returning anyway, there was no work to do, and Ye Yaodong was sailing the ship.

It wasn't until the fishing boat was approaching the village dock that Father Ye was woken up and realized that he had returned.

"Isn't this a wonderful day? It's so bright, why are you back?"

He had already walked to the cabin door and put on his raincoat. Looking at the bright sky, there was no rain at all, and he immediately took it off.

The boatman who was standing next to him came and said: "You were asleep, and you didn't know at all that at dawn, the lightning on the sea was one after another, and the thunder was one after another, not to mention how scary it was." It was obviously very early in the morning, but looking at that day, it felt like it was already evening, and it was so dark that I was scared to death, so I hurried back."

"Is this so? I didn't hear any movement in the cabin."

"My ears were filled with the sound of machines. I was half asleep and half awake. It's normal not to know. I heard a little bit of thunder. I got up and took a look and realized how scary it was. I didn't sleep at all after that. , wherever he could still sleep, he kept watching from the deck.

"On the way back, the sky gradually became brighter and brighter, and the rain became lighter and lighter. It didn't look like it had rained at all."

Father Ye nodded, "The weather wasn't very good last night. It was just that there wasn't much thunder and lightning after nightfall, so I felt relieved. I didn't expect that it would start again just after dawn. It's better to come back early and feel at ease. The weather at sea is not good." It’s hard to say.”

After saying that, he went to the fish warehouse to check the goods received, and found that they were not much different from before he went to bed, so he walked to the cockpit to find Ye Yaodong.

Ye Yaodong had already taken off his raincoat and threw it directly on the ground of the helm tower. When he saw his father coming, he quickly ordered him, "We're almost docking. Let the people below quickly move all the goods out in advance."

"Already moving."

Father Ye muttered again. There was only a few hours difference between the weather before going to bed and now when he woke up. It was only around 8 a.m. and less than 9 a.m. now.

"Fortunately, I connected to Uncle Pei several times in the morning and asked people to wake him up. Otherwise, when he wakes up now and sees that there is no wind or rain at all, he might blame me and come back directly."

"That shouldn't be the case."

"That's hard to say."

Seeing is believing, hearing is believing. If you haven’t seen it with your own eyes, how can you completely believe it? Since he is not his son, there will always be knots in your heart. After all, if you lose money, you will think that he is too young and his hair is not fully grown. Can make decisions.

Moreover, the Dongsheng also made money and caught a hairy catfish. There is no harm if there is no comparison.

"Stop guessing. Anyway, we know that the weather outside is bad, thunderstorms and lightning are always going on. It's better to come back early. At night, we can see the lightning striking directly to the sea, hitting big fish, and it's not far away from us. It's not safe to think about it." , fortunately, I came back early.”

"You haven't seen it yet. At dawn this morning, the lightning struck the sea one after another. The fish on the sea floated in large numbers. I also saw amazing lightning and thunder. It was dark again in the evening. Come back as soon as possible, we won’t lose anyway.”

"Um……"

Their fishing boat was approaching the village, and the Harvest behind it had already caught up. The two boats came to a stop at a suitable depth, one behind the other.

They set off at noon yesterday and came back this morning. No one expected this. Even after they docked, no fishing boats came to pick them up. Their fishing boats went out to sea at night and have not returned yet.

They were not in such a hurry at the moment, and started to sort out the cargo on the ship.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, a small wooden boat swayed close to them. This was a small boat that helped pick up and drop off people at sea. Sometimes the water is too shallow for trawlers to dock, so they will park directly in the middle of the sea like they did. Then this small wooden boat comes to pick them up and land, and then pays a small fee for the boat.

At other times, small wooden boats still set nets at sea to collect goods.

When they were sorting out the cargo on the ship, they were also waiting for this small boat to slowly paddle closer.

Who in the whole village doesn't know whose family the Fengsheng and Dongsheng belong to? At first glance, I knew that if I docked at this time, I would definitely not have a boat to pick me up, so I would have to rely on a small wooden ferry boat.

Just when their boat came in, the small wooden ferry boat saw them. Everyone stopped collecting their nets and came over to prepare to pick up the work.

Of course, the cargo on their ship cannot be accommodated by a small wooden boat. Although it is only a day's cargo, it still takes three or four small boats to transport it.

Fortunately, there were several small wooden boats approaching, and several others followed closely behind. Most people in the village have seen that every time they come back, the boat full of goods actively comes closer.

Like theirs, it costs 10 cents per trip to pull goods, and 5 cents per trip if you send people ashore.

The Harvest is very familiar with it. After all, the last few times it has docked have been at noon, while the Dongsheng has always come back late at night, in the evening or after dark. There is no need for this ship at all, and its own ship can sail freely. One or two are enough to carry the cargo.