"The ancestors are honored!"
"It's amazing that a man from our village can become an official in another province. It's amazing that someone who catches jellyfish can become an official."
"Your father's life is too good. Now he can walk around the village with his face glowing."
"Why are you fishing? You don't need to fish anymore. You can just become an official in the city. Why do you have to work so hard?"
Ye Yaodong hurriedly stretched out his hand, "Who are you? I just have a name. I have no salary and no rights. After all, I am still a grassroots team. I can't make a living from this. If you want to make money, you have to fish.
Fish, if I don’t fish, I’ll drink the northwest wind?”
What's more, facts have long proven that he is powerful at sea. If he doesn't use such a good cheating artifact, he goes to the city to act as a mascot for others, shouting and drinking, and it is not as easy as being at ease on the sea.
I have long understood that I just have a good name, so that people who don’t know why can envy me, and it sounds good to others. In fact, who takes him seriously? He is an outsider to begin with.
If he can't see clearly and takes himself seriously, he will really have to go back to his hometown in a few days.
If you understand your status clearly and become a mascot, you may still be able to sit in the position of vice president for a few more years and brag about it for a few more years.
"Then...then he is also the vice president. This title sounds so big, just like the deputy mayor. He looks so powerful..."
Ye Yaodong couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, "You really think highly of me and are really good at using metaphors."
"Well, Adong, since you have written so much on this piece of paper, do you have to speak under the national flag tomorrow? Will there have to be a large group of people watching?"
"We are going to applaud you tomorrow afternoon to increase your popularity. We can't let you be looked down upon by others. By then, our palms will be swollen."
"Yes, yes, I will tell the villagers after dinner and ask them to come together to support you tomorrow afternoon..."
"Wait a minute, where are you thinking? Giving the speech under the national flag? You really think that there is no speech at all, just a group of people in the meeting taking turns to speak. Stop thinking nonsense, nothing will happen without you.
"Ye Yaodong was a little helpless, every thought he made was exaggerated.
"Don't you need it?"
"No, you don't need to do anything. Just eat quickly. This is none of your business. You don't need to get involved. If you really want to help, just go to the water alone and replace me. Anyway, you still have two dollars in the water.
money subsidy.”
The remaining three old people looked at each other in confusion. You looked at me and I looked at you.
"Then let's take turns to go out and try. See if your father can't do it. We also think we can't."
"My dad can do it, but he's old, so I didn't let him go into the water. You are the same, you're all a little older, so I didn't think about letting you go down and try it. There's no need to force it. It's okay if there are 5 people in the water.
It’s almost enough to be so-so, and someone needs to be left at home to watch the cooking.”
This is completely true and not a polite word. The manpower called out has been planned. It is impossible to only invite a few people to go into the water. We also have to leave people to look after the house and do chores and cook. On the fishing boat at night
We also have to keep people on duty, since we are out of town after all.
"Oh, then we will still take turns on the boat at night, and during the day we will look after the house, carry water, and chop wood."
Ye Yaodong nodded and said nothing. If you want to try it, just try it. If you don't want to, forget it.
After dinner, he continued to sort out his drafts.
In the past two years, he has not stopped reading newspapers. As long as he is at home, he will catch up on the newspapers he left behind and the unread ones, but he writes less.
I can recognize most of the characters, but sometimes I am missing arms or legs when writing them. Only he can recognize them. If it is too complicated, he will sometimes write half of it and replace the remaining half with circles and crosses.
When the book was put to use, he would regret it less. When he actually started writing, he would scratch his hair a little. It was so ugly that he was too embarrassed to take out the draft paper for others to see. It looked very uneducated at first glance.
He took a pen to write and draw, added something, and then sighed.
"Looks like it's not Ye Chenghu who should practice calligraphy, it's me. Made, I'm going to buy a copybook when I go out later. I have to hold a copybook for temporary reasons. I don't know when I will be able to use it again. This calligraphy is a bit embarrassing.
.”
"I think my writing is pretty good. I can only write numbers, and then circle and draw characters."
Ye Yaodong glanced at the three curious people beside him, folded the paper again and again, and then put it in his pocket.
He didn't say anything, but someone next to him spoke for him.
"Dongzi is a boss, can he be like us rough guys? What's more, we are already very old, who knows how many years he will live. He is still a young man and will soon be an official. He will definitely write a lot in the future.
Of course, your signature must be written well for others to see."
What he said was true, it spoke to his heart.
There is no need to practice other characters first. He has to practice his signature first.
Just do it.
In the afternoon, he finished the speech and started writing his name. Although he didn't know when it would come in handy, he had to write his name first.
Full of passion, he was stimulated by the title of vice-president of the Fisheries Association, which he had never dared to think of. It was as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood, and his whole body was filled with energy.
If I had had this motivation when I was studying, why would I have worried about not being able to get into the top university?
All the strong energy in his body is now here, but he still has some heat for three minutes. After a while, the writing is full, the medicinal strength of the chicken blood has passed, and his heat has also subsided. He put down the pen and went back to the house to sleep.
go.
After the sun went down and Father Ye and the others came back, he went to the dock to help.
When Father Ye saw him, he immediately asked him why the Coast Guard called him there today.
Ye Yaodong also explained everything, and Ye's father was shocked. He had the same reaction as everyone else. The first reaction was that he had been promoted?
He had to explain it again, asking his father not to be happy so early, just in name.
"That's great honor for our ancestors. Now we have become a high official. He is even more powerful than I said before. His name sounds different."
Father Ye's old face was full of smiles, he was so happy, and he even uttered a few words of blessing from his ancestors.
"Have you called home to tell me? I also need to tell my family so that everyone can be happy in advance. This trip was not in vain. I made money and reputation."
"Why are you so anxious? Things haven't been completely settled yet, so there are still variables. Don't rush to publicize it now, lest it gets out loud and it will be embarrassing when the time comes."
"Ah, that's right. Let's wait until you finish the meeting at noon tomorrow to implement it. Don't be in a hurry. Don't be in a hurry, so as not to make people laugh."
After saying this, Father Ye couldn't help but laugh again, "Hey... I'm really promising."
"Hurry up and move the goods. We're back home after moving."
"Yes, yes, sell the goods quickly and talk about it later when you get home."
It was rare that he was not here today, so the harvest was really reduced, losing several hundred kilograms.
Originally, after the rain stopped, they were able to collect about 3,000 kilograms of goods during the intermittent salvage in the past few days. However, the amount has shrunk to only more than 2,300 kilograms, and they sold for just over 500 yuan.
Father Ye watched them settling accounts and stretched his neck to see, "Is there so much missing? Without you, we directly made more than a hundred yuan less. Looking at the receipt today, I knew there was a little missing, but I didn't expect it.
So much less.”
"Well, let's talk about it when we get back."
Ye Yaodong was also distressed about the lack of money. It was too big, but he would not be able to go to sea tomorrow.
Fortunately, it was only two days.
He consoled himself.
Anyway, the sea urchins underneath can only be salvaged by him now, and no one else can salvage them, so they belong to him only. It doesn’t matter if he can salvage less now. It’s not cheaper for others anyway. He can just salvage more in the future.
When I think about it, I don’t feel sad anymore, it’s all his after all.
After returning home, Father Ye also thought about arranging another class for the five people in turn, taking less breaks, and trying not to fail. Today there were three teams of five people, and only one person from one team went down, and one person failed.
Ye Yaodong felt there was no need to stop his father.
Fortunately, his father just followed up and mentioned it when he took the money back to the house and hid it.
He explained: "Originally, frequently going into the water hurts the body. Now they go into the water six or seven times a day, which is enough. If we don't give them a little break, the body can't bear it. You let five people take turns and don't give them byes.
Then at least each person has to make two extra trips, that would be too painful and it won’t work.”
"Isn't there nothing wrong with this?"
"It looks fine, but accidents happen all the time. Fortunately, it rained intermittently during this period, and I didn't go to sea every day. I can give everyone a break, so I can't increase the workload any more. That's it.
, no one is trying to steal our goods anyway.”
"Oh well."
"You should treat the loss as a rainy day. It rained intermittently in the past few days. If you really want to count it as a loss, then it shouldn't be a loss of several thousand yuan? Now you only lose a hundred yuan a day, so it's nothing."
"Okay, everything you said is right."
Father Ye did not retort, but changed the subject and asked: "Do you have any rights after becoming the vice president?"
"No."
"No power? Is there any benefit in that?"
"If there is any benefit, it would probably be that you have a good reputation and you can brag about it in front of people who don't know about it. When you return to your hometown, the whole village will be honored when they know about it."
"that's all?"
"That's it. I didn't just put my name on it as I said before. It's just a good reputation. Just be content. Others who want to take advantage of this have no chance. This was obtained with the help of their leaders."
Father Ye was a little disappointed, he thought he would get some glory.
When I heard what Ye Yaodong said before on the pier, Ye's father only listened once and listened only to what he wanted to hear. He didn't pay attention to the rest. Moreover, it was inconvenient to talk outside because it was all noisy. Only now did he really understand.
"Then... that's pretty good. It's not bad. I have a name, and it's higher than I expected. That's better. Then let's make a name first, then take your time and wait until you get used to it.
It’ll be fine.”
Ye Yaodong didn't attack him either.
"Then you should hurry up and get ready, and get this done tomorrow afternoon, so that we can call back and tell the folks that you are an official here."
Father Ye adjusted himself and quickly accepted it. A smile appeared on his face again, with pride on his face. It was too late to brag.
He pursed his lips and said nothing.
There were quite a lot of people at the meeting the next day. I visually saw that there were thirty or forty people sitting in an empty room. The space in the middle was free. Everyone sat around in two or three circles, and then took turns to stand in the upper middle.
Location speaks.
When Ye Yaodong was the first person to introduce himself, he was completely confused. He didn't hear a word of the local dialect spoken by everyone. He quietly asked the person next to him. The person next to him glanced at him and said nothing.
Didn't say a word.
After cursing in his mind, "fuck, what's so great about a local?", he turned his head, sat upright, and pretended to listen attentively, and then when others applauded, he also applauded.
When the second person came up, he spoke in local dialect again, and he could only sit calmly, looking confused.
But at this time, someone on the other side patted him twice out of curiosity, and then started talking to him in local dialect. He just said something directly, and I couldn't understand him. I'm from out of town.
The man was surprised, then immediately switched to Mandarin and said, "Oh, I see, you are the vice president of the fishermen from other places."
Ye Yaodong nodded reservedly.
"It's amazing. You are a foreigner and a fisherman, and you can sneak in and become the vice president. It's amazing. And you don't look like a fisherman at all. You look so upright, I thought you were a soldier. Don't all fishermen
As black as charcoal, with a weathered face?"
"It's just a promotion from the leader." He touched his face again, "I don't know how to tan."
"I thought the fisherman vice-president who was thrust in would be an old man in his fifties or sixties. I didn't expect him to be so young and so handsome. My name is Fang Jingfu, you can call me Ah Fu. I am also the vice-president.
, my dad works at the Oceanographic Research Institute, and he was very happy when I heard that you donated the big fish the day before yesterday, saying that he studies shrimps every day, and it is rare for a rare big fish to be sent to you. "
Ye Yaodong was surprised, "So you were also stuffed in."
"What nonsense are you telling the truth, brother, everyone is the same." Fang Jingfu pursed his lips towards the person who was speaking, "Look, this person who is speaking has also been stuffed in. He is the son of the president of the chamber of commerce that was just established in the past two years.
The president who spoke first is from the Ocean Bureau..."
Ye Yaodong listened to him talk eloquently about the combination of this grass-roots team, and he immediately knew that this was really a grass-roots team, which was built after balancing the organizations of various departments.
In addition to the president, there are several directors and secretaries-general. Half of them are crammed in from here and there, and the remaining half are some idle personnel transferred from other departments. This is for them to supervise and do practical work.
After it becomes regular, it will be handed over later.
Then, after today's meeting ends, the news and newspapers will announce that the Fisheries Association has been officially established, and then recruit new people to strengthen the Fisheries Association and train talents. Newcomers will have to pay another membership fee.
Of course, they, the senior backbones, also had to pay membership fees for start-up capital, which was a trivial matter to Ye Yaodong.
Fang Jingfu seemed to be a talker too. He kept talking when he caught Ye Yaodong and pointed out everyone he knew present to him.
It wasn't until the speaker in the middle changed and Fang Jingfu's name was called that he stood up instinctively, called out, then smiled sarcastically, took out the scratch paper in his pocket and started speaking.
But this time he did not speak the local dialect, but Mandarin.
Ye Yaodong listened to his talk with excitement. After he finished speaking, he clapped cooperatively. Then when he came down, another person came up. Ye Yaodong's name had not been called yet.
"How do you speak Mandarin? Don't you all speak local dialect?"
Fang Jingfu folded the draft paper in his hand and stuffed it into his pocket, "I just graduated from college and I have always spoken Mandarin in school, so I speak Mandarin."
Ye Yaodong gave him a thumbs up, "That's awesome, college students, there's no limit to it."
"Hey, I couldn't pass the technical secondary school entrance examination, so I randomly enrolled in a junior college. I was originally assigned to the tractor factory, but my father got me a job at the research institute and asked me to work for him. Now he got me here again. Give it to me.
It’s given a beautiful name.”
"It's amazing. He has multiple jobs. It's not like me who is uneducated and only knows how to fish."
"As I said, with three hundred and sixty, you will be the number one scholar. You are also very good. I have seen your boat. It is quite big. I heard that the boat costs tens of thousands."
"Haha, it's not as valuable as a college student like you."
"Do you go to sea every day? Do you often catch some rare and big fish?"
"It's not necessarily rare big fish, but you can still see a lot of magical scenes on the sea and various strange phenomena of marine life?"
Fang Jingfu suddenly became interested, but after the person in the middle finished speaking, Ye Yaodong was suddenly called by name.
Ye Yaodong's nerves that had just relaxed immediately became tense, and he quickly stood up with a serious face.
People around him looked at him in surprise and whispered in low voices.
Don't tell me, if he hadn't said he was a fisherman, no one would have guessed that he was.
After all, he is tall and has long legs, has a correct body shape, and his face is whiter than ordinary people, at least whiter than the people present, and he is also very young. This is because he has tanned a little during this period and looks a little more mature. Otherwise, he would look the same as before.
It's a pretty boy.
Moreover, I lost my bald head last month, and after a month and a half, the bald head that has now grown out gives people the first impression that it looks more like a soldier.
Everyone whispered and had a better impression of him. When they first learned that there was a fisherman vice president from out of town, they all guessed that he was an old man in his fifties or sixties with a weathered face.
Looking at it now, he is taller and more handsome than everyone present. Personal image is quite important. The first sense is better, and at least he can have a good impression. Although he is still xenophobic, he is not as disdainful as before.
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Ye Yaodong's draft paper has been read dozens of times. He has long been familiar with the content. After all, it was written by him. When he spoke, he only glanced at it occasionally, and most of the time he looked towards the people sitting in the room.
Everyone who is here.
And what he said was also refreshing to everyone. Those who just spoke were very official. They only talked about how they would do their jobs well, how they would praise the Fisheries Association, how they were optimistic about the development of the Fisheries Association, and so on.
What he was talking about were very targeted suggestions for jellyfish, including the prospects for aquaculture of some marine organisms, promoting the aquaculture industry, and building a jellyfish hometown. This is a resource gifted by the ocean due to its geographical location, and it must be utilized.
Then he also suggested supporting more marine research and advocating that the government provide some preferential policies related to fish production.
After he finished speaking, everyone was thinking, and Fang Jingfu took the lead in applauding, leading everyone to stop discussing in low voices and also applaud.
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief and bowed before returning to his seat.
"It's amazing. What you said is clear and logical. Each of your words is so empty. I didn't expect that what you said is so practical."
"Haha, because I am a fisherman, I have more contact with the ocean than you. I float on the sea every day, and I have a deeper understanding of some ocean experiences than you. I just think that our country can develop the ocean better, and in the future we can
It is developing better and better, surpassing some surrounding countries."
Fang Jingfu nodded with a smile on his face, and the look on his face was very agreeable, "You are right, we should promote more marine research. Only when more things are researched can we benefit the country and the people, and can be used for development. Let us become more and more
The stronger."
"Yes, science is the primary productive force. Only with technology can we have power."
"I have to go back and tell my dad that you have given everyone a refreshing experience today. Everyone used to look down on you, but now it seems that you are much better than others, and you are much different from what you imagined."
"hehe……"
"No wonder leaders always say that we should start from the grassroots. The working people at the bottom also have the wisdom of the working people at the bottom. There are 360 ​​professions. It is not wrong at all to be number one in any profession. To achieve the ultimate in an industry, even fishermen and farmers
It’s all impressive.”
Ye Yaodong only laughed twice, and then he kept chirping again.
The meeting started at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and lasted until 5:30. Everyone present took turns speaking once, but no one listened at the back. In the front, they could listen carefully for a while, but by the time they were there, they were already absent-minded.
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It was not until the end of the meeting that the president who presided over the meeting showed everyone the certificate of registration of the Ocean Society and announced that the Fisheries Association was officially established today.
After everyone applauded warmly, today's meeting officially came to an end.
Ye Yaodong was also smiling and excited as the dust settled.
Most of the people present were also very happy, and they clapped without sparing any effort. The applause was particularly enthusiastic. At this time, it was hard to tell that it was a grassroots team.
And he and Fang Jingfu also became familiar with each other from this meeting. When they left, they exchanged addresses with each other, and Fang Jingfu also left the institute's phone number, so that if he got any weird goods, although
Send it to the institute.
Ye Yaodong didn't know if he was chatting with him for this purpose, but the two of them had a pleasant chat, and he also learned a lot of information about this Caotai team from Fang Jingfu.
I made a new friend today, and he seems to be a new friend with some status.
After the two of them separated and walked away, the people behind them continued to whisper to him, but he couldn't understand it anyway.
Ye Yaodong completed a major event and walked back briskly.
More updates tomorrow
Chapter completed!