The two boats walked back slowly one after the other, continuing their work as they sailed.
They were not in a hurry to go back. The first thing they needed to do was to fill up the fish warehouse and get to the shore to sell the goods, and get things done in the meantime.
The crew members on both sides also have orderly shifts, from day to night, and from night to day, a boring but fulfilling life on a fishing boat, all for the purpose of making a living.
However, knowing that they will be able to go home soon, everyone is full of expectations and smiles on their faces as they speak, which is second only to the joy of a good harvest.
They all calculated the fishing time, and waited until the wholesale market opened at night before they went ashore. However, they only brought fish that could be sold for money to the market, and kept a few cents of fish.
Ye Yaodong wants to keep it back to dry, including the goods on the Harvest, and keep them home for drying. This is the last time in the near future. The next time to dry fish will probably have to wait until October, in autumn.
Summer is really not suitable for drying, so there is very little drying in these two months. It depends entirely on the drying at the end of last year and the first few months to support the whole year.
It’s also a good time to take advantage of the large-scale sales in the second half of the year to clear out last year’s goods.
While moving the goods, Ye Yaodong was thinking, it's only just over June, but why does he always feel like it's the end of the year soon?
The plans are all for the second half of the year. It seems that this year is about to be over again, and it is obviously only the fifth month of the lunar calendar.
They had been saving the goods for two days, and the quantity was quite large. They both sold them until dawn.
Since they were planning to go to the shipyard to order a ship and drive a new ship home, the two of them simply went to the shipyard first and then just sailed from the shipyard to the dock to meet up.
The two of them didn't stay in the store for long. Aguang went to pay attention to Huimei, and Ye Yaodong also took the store's sales in recent days with him. He would have to pay a deposit when booking a ship later.
Useful.
When they went to sea, their pockets were empty, and they filled up their fuel in advance before setting off. In the past few days, they had to replenish the goods they sold, refuel and add ice. In total, they only had less than 2,000 yuan left in their hands.
A little, and a small half was obtained from selling goods this morning.
The Harvest number will be a little more, after all, he returned to the city halfway and was delayed for most of the day without harvesting.
Together, they only had just over 4,000 yuan, and including the profit from the store, they only had 6,000 yuan. After all, when his mother was sent here, she had just taken the money from the store home, and it had only been about a week, and sales were limited.
It was a bit different from the original idea of ​​taking 10,000 yuan as a deposit. At first, they only wanted to go to the province to ask questions first, and then go home and consult with others before making plans, so they didn't bring any money with them.
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Who would have thought that they would go back to the city and make a reservation now, and the price is only 6,000 yuan now. The city can only accept an order for one ship, so they will place an order for one ship first and wait until they go out to sea in two days.
Come and place an order.
Just in time to go back and discuss it with Xiao Zheng again.
But if the discussion is complete, it would be better to drive a tractor immediately and let them all come over to take a look. At least the money must be spent so that they can see it.
By the time the two of them boarded A Guang's new boat, it was already 1 pm. They left the market at 7 or 8 am. The delay lasted for five or six hours. They were both eager to return home and worried about the other two boats.
It was a long wait at the pier.
The first thing to do when boarding the ship is to meet at the dock. There are no fishing nets or tools on the new ship, but Father Pei had prepared them in advance when he came, and those things are now on the Harvest.
After reuniting, they could just test the waters on the sea and try fishing on their own, then return by the way.
It doesn't matter if there is no good day today. Go back and watch the good days before setting off firecrackers.
It's not the first boat anymore, so they don't pay that much attention to it. What's more, for them, this boat is considered a small boat now, and the sense of ceremony doesn't need to be so heavy. They can be more casual.
Ye's father originally knew that they had sold out and were going to the shipyard to not only book a ship but also bring a new ship back, so when he saw a new ship docking, he guessed that it was them coming back.
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After getting closer, I saw the two people standing on the deck, and my heart that had been hanging around all day was relieved.
"I'm finally back. I went out at night and haven't come back until now. A whole day has passed and I can't contact you. I've been worried for a long time. I couldn't eat well or sleep well."
"You didn't sleep?"
"I went to bed. Didn't I wake up now? Didn't I see that you guys haven't come back yet? The ship has sailed back, and there are other ships to be booked. Have you booked them?"
"I've decided. I've decided on the same specifications as my Dongsheng. One with the same configuration costs 16,000. Aguang's money from selling the goods is only enough to make up for the balance of the fishing boat. Fortunately, the store still has business.
I scraped together 4,000 yuan to book a boat first and pay it as a deposit. If I wait a few days to book a second boat, I have to make up the missing deposit."
Father Ye frowned when he heard the price, "It's really expensive."
"It's not too expensive. The price in the county is almost the same. This time in the city, the price is still a good deal. It is said that it can be paid by the end of next year. If I order another one, I can also arrange it by the end of next year. There will be a difference in order.
Ten days and a half month, but the difference won’t be too big.”
"Okay, you and your friends have already made up your mind, so go back quickly. If you rush back now, you can probably get home before dark."
A Guang nodded, "Okay, let's not test the water now, just sail the boat back, go home and see for a while before testing the water, and then set off firecrackers. It's not the first one anyway, it's better than
All the big ones are already open."
"Then you don't need to come over. You can just drive a new boat over there. I'll drive a boat with my father, and you can follow behind."
"good."
Three boats, two large and one small, set sail again. This time, apart from the boats full of groceries, Ye Yaodong only had a few dozen dollars left on him.
After arriving home, the person who delivered the errand to Ah Qing also took out all the change in his pockets and took out the bag and shook it open. There were only a few cents in change, which was scattered all over the table.
Lin Xiuqing's originally smiling face suddenly froze, "Is that all?"
"That's all, it's all here."
He deliberately didn't tell her immediately that the money was used to book a fishing boat, just to see how she would react.
"Is it because the goods received at sea are not good these days? It's not like it's just this little change. There aren't even a few big ones worth one or two yuan. The sellers take care of the goods and give them to the United Nations. You should just take the money."
Are you going to pay in advance for the fish that Aguang just weighed?"
"How much are those fish and groceries worth?"
"Then what happened? What happened? Were you robbed on the way to the dock after selling your goods? It doesn't look like it. No bruises or swelling on the face?"
Lin Xiuqing curiously took his hand and looked back and forth, then lifted up his clothes, but she didn't see any injuries.
"Did you hide it? Are you teasing me on purpose?"
She laughed and pulled off his clothes and then tugged on his pants, pulled his pants open, lowered her head and looked inside.
Ye Yaodong took the opportunity to press her head and almost stuff it into her crotch. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and slapped him a few times and pushed him away.
"What are you doing, gangster!"
"The evil one is the first to file a complaint. It's obvious that you are acting like a hooligan first, so you can take off my pants and pull down my pants in broad daylight to see my baby."
"Look at your size..."
"Don't you want to see my little head..."
"Bah, you shameless rascal, I'm just checking to see if you have any private money hidden in your crotch."
"Come on, come on, go inside the room, I'll check it for you, let you look carefully from the inside out." As he spoke, Ye Yaodong hooked her neck and was about to lead her into the room.
"I don't want..."
"Don't go in the house? Damn it, you still want to be in the main room! I like to have such exciting games in the clear sky. Fortunately, the old lady and her two children were staying in the workshop just now to watch the fun, and there was no..."
"You're talking nonsense, shut up and keep your voice down..."
"What are you afraid of? There is no one next door. They have all gone to the workshop to watch the fun and help."
"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law are going over there to help, but the eldest brother and the second brother are definitely at home..."
Lin Xiuqing pushed him away. She blushed and had a red neck when he made such a fuss, but she also realized that it must be nothing. Otherwise, he would not be in the mood to play around with her and talk dirty words like this.
She looked him up and down suspiciously, "Did you use the money to buy something again?"
"It's in your crotch, take a look."
"Liar."
"I'm not going to lie to you, I'll hide it in my crotch."
As he spoke, Ye Yaodong took off his clothes, shirtless, and then took off his trousers, standing in front of her wearing only his boxers.
"Look, it's just hidden in the crotch, not inside the clothes."
Lin Xiuqing glanced at his crotch with doubtful eyes today. It was so loose that he couldn't tell that he had hidden a lot of money.
"You are so flat and have no bulge at all. How could you possibly be hiding a lot of money?"
"You did it on purpose, didn't you?" Ye Yaodong felt humiliated and depressed. After saying this, he grabbed her hand and pushed it into his pants.
"No drums? Drums or no drums? Drums or no drums? Drums or no drums?"
Lin Xiuqing laughed out loud at his excited and depressed look, and pinched him.
"hiss……"
Ye Yaodong took a deep breath and immediately hugged her, and the couple laughed and made a mess.
"Shameless, don't do it in broad daylight... Hey, there really is something!!"
She pinched it twice, making him take two breaths of air before taking it out and taking out a piece of paper from the hidden compartment she had sewn.
"What's this?"
Worried that there was still something left to take out, she pinched it twice through his pants. When she didn't feel it, she opened his crotch and took a look.
"No more?"
Ye Yaodong covered his crotch and laughed angrily, "Did you do this on purpose? What do you mean it's gone? If such a big man didn't see it, it's gone?"
Lin Xiuqing gave him a blank look and said, "Be more serious and talk about business. Don't be so playful and smiling."
"I'm very serious. Who was not serious just now? Are you embarrassed to accuse me? You are the most shameless person."
"What list is this?"
"See for yourself."
He rubbed the soft ribs that had just been pinched, and then took the basin to fetch water for a bath, leaving her alone to study, and then punish her properly after he regained his energy.
Lin Xiuqing opened the list and took a quick look and knew it was a fishing boat ordering contract. She immediately followed him to the front door.
The back door is now either filled with chicken or duck excrement, or goose excrement or sheep excrement. Ye Yaodong doesn't like to go to the back door to wash himself when taking a shower. He always takes the washbasin to the front door yard to wash.
"Have you decided on the fishing boat you discussed with your friend? The money you earned from this trip will be used to book the boat? I didn't tell you earlier, but we only ordered one here. Didn't you say you wanted to order two?"
"I don't have enough money. I didn't bring any money with me this time, so I just used the money from selling goods and a little money from my father in the market to make a deposit. When I go out to sea next time, I will go to the market to make up the deposit first, and then
Order one."
"Oh, let me tell you, how could you just get that little money for no reason? You are so dishonest..."
"Why am I not serious? I'm always serious. It's obvious that you are not serious, but I don't do anything to you. You treat me like this and that."
"Shhhhhhh...outside, at the door, shut up."
"You know how to be shy? You were so bold just now...hiss..."
Lin Xiuqing pinched his bare arm again, then turned back to the house and stopped talking to him.
If she stayed with him again and didn't know what words to say, she would go into the house and put away the contract first, and then sweep the pile of change on the table to the side first, and give him something to eat first, Father Ye
I guess I'll be coming over for dinner soon.
It was almost dark when they arrived home. Dinner had already passed, and there was no food left. It was so hot in the summer that any leftovers were thrown away.
Ye Yaodong shouted to her from behind, "Don't put the list away yet, wait until I finish eating... Forget it, I'm quite tired. We'll talk about it tomorrow. It's getting dark now, so you put it away first."
He originally thought about going to Azheng and chatting with Xiaoxiao later after taking a shower and eating, but considering that he had stayed up all night and a whole day without closing his eyes, he might as well take a nap first and talk about it tomorrow when he woke up.
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If they go to sea tomorrow, it would be too late to wait until tomorrow night.
His workshop was unusually lively this evening, and he could hear noisy noises coming from the other side even as he was standing at the door taking a shower.
All the neighbors in the surrounding area also ran over there to watch the fun. Someone was guarding the door to prevent him from letting in, and it didn't stop everyone from standing outside the door to watch the fun and chat inside.
So much so that the area around their house looked deserted and there was no sound of conversation. Even the children were playing around the workshop instead of outside their door.
After a few casual chats with his father and Ah Qing during the meal, he was so exhausted that his eyelids trembled. He went to bed early after the meal and fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.
Ah Qing didn't have time to care about him. The fishing boat had just returned, and a bunch of fish were being weighed and slaughtered there one after another. Only with Pei's father and several younger brothers around could she get away to prepare dinner for the two men.
Ye Yaodong slept so deeply that he didn't even notice that Ah Qing and the two little ones went back to the house to sleep. He slept until noon the next day before waking up.
A long sleep did not make him feel refreshed. Instead, he felt a little tired, had a headache, and even felt soreness in his waist and back.
The occasional sound of a spatula colliding with an iron pot could also be heard from the main room outside, just in time for his lunch.
Lin Xiuqing was preparing lunch alone when she saw him getting up, "Are you awake? You'll have dinner soon. Seeing that you were sleeping so soundly, I thought you were too tired, so I didn't wake you up this morning.
, let you sleep casually. You are also amazing, you can actually sleep to this point."
"I'm so tired. When I came back, I hadn't slept a wink all day and night. Do you understand?"
"I'm so tired. I couldn't tell when I came back yesterday. Let's go wash up first."
"Has Aguang come yet?"
"No, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing. It means he's not much better than me. He probably hasn't gotten up yet. He might still be sleeping at the moment."
Lin Xiuqing glanced at him angrily. Is this a comparison?
After lunch, he felt a little better and his headache was gone. In fact, the most important thing was the headache, the soreness in his back and all the other things were fine.
Aguang also came over after lunch, just sat there and played with the child for a while, then went around the workshop and went back with his daughter.
Mainly because he came here to take his daughter back. He was too tired when he came back yesterday and he didn't have the energy to deal with the child, so he went home to sleep first and only came to pick her up today.
On the way back, he also stopped by Xiaoxiao to tell Azheng's house that he would go to his house to have a chat after they came back in the evening. Now that everyone was not here, it was not appropriate to talk about the boat. They should talk anyway.
We had talked about it before on the ship and in the shipyard.
The whole family was busy, and he was the most leisurely. He originally wanted to go to the workshop to see the excitement, but thinking that the old lady also loved the excitement, he decided not to go there and asked her to watch and listen to the excitement in the workshop.
Gossip, he stayed to look after the house.
It is quite pleasant to lie down on the armchair by the door to enjoy the cool air and take a nap at the same time.
When night fell in the evening, A Guang came over with A Zheng and Xiao Xiao.
And he also asked Ah Qing to show them the order that he put away yesterday.
"Take a look..."
Ah Zheng said with a playful smile, "Aren't you making things difficult for me? How many words do you know and how many words do I know?"
"You're worthless. I asked you to go to literacy classes but you won't go."
"Isn't it because there is no place to use words? It would be great if I could write my own name. My parents can't even write their own names, so why don't they still live to be old?"
"Look at your prospects. Is his generation the same as ours? They don't have enough to eat or keep warm. It's enough if they stutter. How can they still control whether they can read or not? You don't lack food, and you don't have enough clothes.
Yes, and with money in hand, what boss doesn’t know how to read? I still write my name crookedly, will it make people laugh if I tell it?”
Ah Zheng touched his chin, "It makes sense. After all, I am also a householder with ten thousand yuan, and I am somewhat famous in the village. I really can't do anything if I don't know a few words."
"Really, and you will get richer and richer in the future, but you don't know how to read. What if someone fools you, gives you a random slip to sign, and defrauds you of all your money?"
"That's true, I will definitely become richer and richer."
Ye Yaodong was speechless. This man only listened to what he wanted to hear and did not listen to anything else.
Xiaoxiao smiled and took the list from his hand, "You fool, keep dreaming, let me take a look at the list, at least I know more words than you, I can even guess it."
"You two should find a chance to go to a literacy class and learn a few more words. It won't hurt. At least you can read the newspaper and show off."
Azheng patted the table and said, "That's true! When I was passing by the town, I saw some people holding newspapers in their hands and wearing glasses, sitting at the door, pretending to be just like you said, they can pretend to be intellectuals.
"
"Maybe he is an intellectual."
"When I have some free time, I will go to literacy classes, and then order a few newspapers. I will sit at the door and read the newspapers in the winter. I can bluff people no matter what..."
"Hahaha……"
Everyone was happy with him.
"Stop talking nonsense, it's more important to talk about business. Because when I went there, I still wanted to visit the province, but I didn't expect that I couldn't find a place for a long time. The local fishermen didn't speak Mandarin, so they talked a lot in local dialect, and I listened.
Can't understand."
"We asked other people, but the explanation was not very clear. We asked them to go to the boat to show us the way, but they were not willing. It was dark again, so we had to come back. I thought we didn't have to look for it anymore, wasting time, and just went directly to the city.
After booking, it’s close and convenient, so you don’t have to worry about being out of reach.”
"So I didn't bring enough money. I originally wanted to order two, but the money we made from selling the goods this time was barely enough to use as a deposit for a boat. I will bring more when I order the second one.
"
"The fishing boat I ordered is the same as the Dongsheng, but the price has increased. Take a look at the amount on the contract. It's all written down. After reading it, we can talk."
Ye Yaodong roughly explained the situation to them.
Ah Zheng sat at the table with his feet crossed, without even looking at the contract, "You just make the decision, we don't know as much as you do, anyway, everyone has a share in this matter, and you can't screw yourself if you screw anyone.
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"Then you still have to take a look at what you should read. I don't know a few of the words, so at least take a look at the numbers."
"Are you sure you want to book two boats?" Xiaoxiao was a little hesitant.
"The ship will be delivered at the end of next year. Don't pay immediately. Can't you all earn more next year? Make a decision early, and the price may increase again next year."
Aguang also persuaded: "Think about it, we can make back the investment in just one ship in less than a year. If we order two ships, it won't be too much for the four of us to divide it up. I still feel that Harvest has less shares.
The old man made more money with less money, and half of it was given out."
Xiaoxiao and Ah Zheng looked at each other and felt that what they said made sense.
They also know how profitable their two boats are, which is more than what outsiders know.
Azheng was the first to respond, "Okay, then I have no objection. Anyway, we can afford to pay a deposit first. The deposit for this boat is 4,000 yuan, so does the deposit for the second boat need to be 6,000 yuan?"
Just make up 10,000?"
"It's almost the same. When you left, you told us that if you come back to book the second boat, you have to pay a little more deposit, 10,000 yuan for both boats."
"Then there are four of us, and we should share it equally? One boat, and each person should have half?"
Xiaoxiao saw that Azheng had already made his decision, so he didn't hesitate. Anyway, he couldn't lose money and he really couldn't get the money out. When the time comes, he could just transfer some of his shares to them, or he could give some to his family.
brother.
Ye Yaodong shook his head, "No, for the 3322 share, you two will each hold three shares, and A Guang and I will hold two shares. If the two boats are handed over to you, we can also separate them. Two people will share one boat, 64 points
, or 3322 in total, but you two have to take the majority, and then the ship will be driven by you two."
"That's right, Adong and I both have a lot of boats, and both of us are a bit busy. If we were asked to drive another boat each of us, we wouldn't have the time. You rent the trawler at home to your brothers or relatives,
I am driving a big boat with my father or another brother, which is more suitable."
The two of them were silent again, either looking up at the ceiling or looking at the wall thinking about this problem.
Ye Yaodong added: "If I hadn't thought about letting you control the fishing boat, I would have thought about splitting it 50-50. With more shares, I can get more money."
Aguang also said: "Although there is a little extra cost, it will always be paid back. If you split it 50-50 or 64-40, you only need to pay a thousand yuan more, and you only need to pay at the end of next year. Be realistic.
If you feel that there is a lot of pressure and you can’t give it, then we will split it 50-50, but now we will give it 3322 temporarily?”
Xiaoxiao nodded, "That's okay. Let's agree on 3322 now. When the time comes, we still want to split it equally or change it to a single ship. Then we can discuss it when the ship is delivered."
"Then you have no objection, and neither do I."
"Okay, that's no problem. Let's see if you are free tomorrow. If you are free, just drive the tractor to the shipyard and let everyone decide together. I have to give you a sense of participation, otherwise it will not work if I just ask you to pay.
?" Ye Yaodong joked with a smile.
"Haha, okay, booking a ship is a big deal. I just have a day off. I'll go back and talk to my dad in the evening. I haven't told him that I want to book a big ship."
Aguang looked at Azheng strangely, "Oh my god, how can you do this? You have to deal with this first and then tell it later?"
"Ah, I am the only son of my father, so of course I have the final say. If I go back and talk to him at night and discuss it, he will definitely think that I am successful and I will wake up laughing even in my dreams when I am happy."
Ye Yaodong silently lit some wax for him and patted his shoulder, "That's a good idea. I hope so. I hope I can see you completely when I set off tomorrow."
"Nonsense, he is my only son, and he has to wait for me to retire and die, so how can he kill me? What's more, I am still so promising. I can order a ship like the Dongsheng. How glorious will my ancestors be? My mother is probably midnight
You have to light incense for your ancestors and talk to them."
Everyone laughed to death hearing this.
Lin Xiuqing was speechless sitting in front of the stove. There was a nest of snakes and rats. If A Dong hadn't kept telling them to do this and that, how could he still light incense for his ancestors in the middle of the night?
Xiaoxiao also gave him a thumbs up, "You are braver, I don't dare. Growing up, my father broke a few sticks without even knowing how many sticks he had. I only told him to order one boat that day, and now I'm ordering two."
Ship, I have to have a good talk with him when I get back tonight, but I’ve already said hello before, so there should be no problem, and he’ll probably be happy too.”
"My father must be the same, and he must think that I am getting older."
Ye Yaodong felt that it was one thing for his father to think that he was promising, but he had experience in killing him first and then showing off...
A scolding for a trivial matter, but for a major matter worth tens of thousands of dollars, breaking two sticks is considered a light thing.
It's true that he would be happy to be so forward-looking, but if he said it when he was there, and asked his father to help him, he would probably be angry to death.
"Then it's settled. At 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, we will drive the tractor directly to the shipyard and order the ship. This way, we don't have to worry about it all the time. We can make the decision early and feel at ease."
"no problem."
"Then how do we divide the deposit now?"
Everyone looked at Ye Yaodong, after all, he was the one who advanced the money today.
"For 10,000 yuan, each person should pay 2,500 yuan. Let's divide it evenly. No one is short of the 500 yuan anyway. It doesn't matter if you pay more or less."
"Okay, then we will bring the money tomorrow and then return to you what you advanced today."
"Okay, that's fine. It's rare that such a big thing has been settled. Do you want to have a few glasses of wine?"
Ah Zheng shook his head in a rare way.
"Forget it, I was exhausted from going out at night and just came back. I have to get up early tomorrow. When I get back, I have to explain to my father that I don't have time to drink."
"That's right. The last sentence is the key point. You'd better go back and get beaten first."
"Nonsense, how could I be beaten?"
How can a joke not be punished?
This thought flashed through the minds of the three of them.
Chapter completed!