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 will 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. 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, it's just you who is so kind. All you have to do is what we should do."

"There's no way to make money without hard work. We're already at 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 a lot of fish from the wave of fish brought by the killer whales, which were all horseheads and were sold for a bit more value.

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 products that are cheap and only cost a few cents. We can only rely on quantity, and most of them can only rely on selling more quantities to make more money.

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 sell them, which weighed tens of thousands of kilograms.

I kept them all back, and sold them here for hundreds less.

The store's turnover compared with 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, and the shopping desire after the New Year was a bit sluggish. 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 left home, and 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."

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

After whispering "Selinmu" 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 make money, 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 can probably 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 be able to work for a few years.”

"I understand that, but instead of thinking about you setting up a workshop and opening a shop to sell dried fish, fish sauce, etc., and 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.

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"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."

"This is true."

Ye Yaodong strongly agreed. Although his old lady talked a lot and liked to show off, sometimes just lending a hand and giving a little help 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 unpaid work."

"I don't pay wages!"

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

"Then go and help carry the goods. Don't stand here thinking about life." Ye Yaodong raised his chin towards the workers who were busy moving the goods and motioned for them 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 with only the aisles on both sides left, 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, looked at the position and parked next to the Harvest, and after just waiting for a short while, two fishing boats on the shore 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. Please help pick up the goods first."

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

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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.

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

"What kind of work do I have to do? I have to kill fish all night long. Otherwise, how will I 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.

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"You have brought back tens of thousands of jins here, at least 60,000 to 70,000 jins. How can you kill them? Now the weather is getting a little warmer 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 so idle that you're going to die, 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 the truck this time? 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. If 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 continue to kill 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 is just worried about the gas money. If you tell her that it only costs a few cents to haul all these goods, she won't feel sad anymore."

"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. It takes several days to kill so many goods, 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, just like what his mother just said, when she is free, she sits at the door swatting mosquitoes. She is busy.

Sometimes I couldn'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.

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When he really gets a fresh-harvesting boat and docks it every other day, he will really have work to do every day and a steady stream of fish will be killed every day. Then he will have to hire regular employees.
To be continued...