The two exchanged a few words, then quickly stopped talking when they reached the door.
Ye Yaodong knocked on the door before entering.
"Godfather."
Director Chen stood up with a smile, "Here you come, come in and sit down, sit wherever you want. Isn't your father here?"
"He just finished selling the goods. He took the boatmen back to the boat to rest first. Everyone stayed up all night. There is no need for everyone to follow."
"You've been up all night, so you have to go back and rest quickly." He opened the drawer and took out three envelopes and gave them to them. "The three ships are here, three envelopes, one for each person, and the reward is inside."
The four people stood up immediately and took the envelope.
A Guang secretly nudged Ye Yaodong twice with his elbow and winked at him.
Ye Yaodong turned his head and glared at him.
The two of them winked and winked, but little did they know that all their little moves fell into Director Chen's eyes.
He looked at the two of them with a smile, "What's the matter with you two?"
Ye Yaodong immediately turned his head and put on a smile, and said with a smile: "That's it, my brother-in-law said that getting a reward would be worth bragging about for half his life. He was worried about using the reward money, so I want to ask you to come here.
Sign the money and put a fingerprint on it so that he can keep it as a souvenir and identify it."
"With your signature, the value of this money will double. When you get old, you can take it out and brag to future generations."
"I think so too. This money has a special meaning. I also want your signature to be the icing on the cake."
Aguang quickly agreed, "Yes, Dongzi expressed my feelings. This is a symbol of our glory. Being a fisherman can also be recognized by the country and receive national awards. This is an honor. Who has this?"
Luck. If it has the signature of the leader, that would be even better."
Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua were both stupid and did not dare to say anything. They just laughed and nodded in agreement: Yes, yes, yes...
Director Chen looked at them with a smile and shook his head, "That's not okay. You probably don't know that you can't scribble on the RMB. It's illegal. It's okay to make a small mark every day, but leave your name or stamp yourself
It would be a mess if my personal seal is private."
"What if the banknotes with your name on them go out into circulation and are seized in some illegal and criminal situations?"
"RMB can only be stamped when it is issued and invalidated, but it can only be stamped with official seals. Do you understand?"
Everyone was a little disappointed.
A Guang asked again, "Can't we just keep it as a souvenir and never circulate it?"
"No, ordinary people can't do it, let alone me as a cadre."
For this kind of thing, if the circumstances are not serious, the nature is not bad, the social response is not big, and it is not enough to pursue criminal responsibility, even if ordinary people discover it, they will not care about the extra name on the banknotes, but they, as officials, need to pay attention.
Ye Yaodong immediately said: "Forget it, we can't do this kind of violation of regulations. Originally, we just wanted to keep it as a souvenir for easy identification. If it doesn't work, it's okay. You can't embarrass yourself."
"You can't write on banknotes, but it's fine on envelopes."
After a sudden turn of events, everyone's faces immediately showed expressions of joy again.
"Okay, okay, it's the same thing if you write it on the envelope."
"Envelopes are fine too!"
"This has the same meaning. Anyway, the reward is in the envelope. Thank you very much, leader."
"Thank you, leader. Please forgive me."
Everyone happily handed the envelopes to Director Chen one after another.
Director Chen also picked up a pen and wrote a few big words, "This is the encouragement and reward given by the Dongsheng's whale capture and submission to the Ocean Bureau..."
Also write your name and date at the end of the envelope.
He also took out his personal seal and printed it on it.
Although there is no need for a personal seal after having a signature, the meaning is always different. It is easy to do anyway, and it is not printed in a blank space, so there is no fear of it being used for other purposes.
"Leader, my name is Harvest..."
"My name is SF Express..."
"Okay, they are all good names. No wonder you all have good luck. Mazu will bless you with success and make a lot of money safely."
After Director Chen finished speaking, he wrote this sentence on the envelope for them one by one, also wrote the signature date, and stamped his private seal.
Everyone took back their envelopes, feeling satisfied.
"Is it okay?"
Ye Yaodong shook his head happily, "No, no, your handwriting is so good. The strokes of this pen are like those of an agent."
"No matter what happens, you should practice your calligraphy more. Your calligraphy is just like the person you say it is."
"Definitely, I have a pile of copybooks at home. Even if I can't practice well, I will definitely force my son to practice."
"Hahaha."
"Then I won't disturb your work for now? I'll talk to you at home when we're not out at sea."
"Go on, you all have stayed up all night, go back and have a rest first. I originally planned to send it directly, but I thought that 50 yuan is a lot, and it is not safe to send it directly. I thought I would wait until you receive the mail sent before.
It shouldn’t take long for the appointment letter to be issued, and I will also call you.”
"Okay, so where is the address of the Fisheries Association? When should I report and fill in the information?"
"The address and contact information are written on the appointment letter. You can just bring the appointment letter to register when the time comes."
"Oh, you can only wait until I go home in a few days, and come back then."
"You have sold out all the goods, why don't you go home?"
"No, I have just been out to sea for three days. I just thought that the waves are relatively strong at sea. Today is the Lantern Festival. It would be good to rest ashore for a day to celebrate the festival. Selling goods ashore can also be a little more expensive. Although it will delay a whole day's fishing.
Time, but once or twice once in a while, it doesn’t matter. If you should celebrate it, just pass it if you can, unless there is no other way."
"Yes, it happens to be a festival when I come back to sell some goods, have a good meal, and celebrate the festival. It's normal. So since you don't go home to celebrate the festival, why don't you come to my house to celebrate the festival in the evening?"
Ye Yaodong was a little hesitant. Logically speaking, he had been invited to celebrate the first holiday after the wedding, so he should have happily accepted.
"I want to, but there are several boats of people..."
"What's the point? There are several people on board, there are other partners, aren't your brother and brother-in-law here? There are dozens of people, they can greet themselves."
"That's okay, let my dad keep an eye on it."
"Okay, then it's settled. When I get back from work, I'll ask your godmother to buy some more vegetables and cook them more sumptuously at night."
"There is no need to prepare anything, just home-cooked dishes. There are only three of us, so there is no need for trouble. I will go there early in the evening and bring a few bowls of seafood. There is no need to buy anything."
"Well, let's talk about it later."
"Then let's go first."
"good."
Ye Yaodong thought about going back to the boat to take a nap, get up after enough sleep, and then buy some cigarettes, alcoholic drinks and gifts, so he would come to celebrate the festival anyway.
At this point, I really need to go to sleep first.
"Dongzi, do you think you are a godfather? I even invited you to my house for the holidays. You are a real relative."
"Aren't you talking nonsense?"
"When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, don't forget us in the future."
"Chickens and dogs can't do it, but cows and horses can."
Aguang was confused for a moment, not understanding what it meant. After digesting it for a while, he figured out what the cow and horse meant.
"Okay, so you want me to be a cow and a horse first."
"It seems you are not stupid either."
"Hey, tell me how you got me on my lap and how you met Director Chen at that time?"
"It's been so many years... Why do I tell you? Go find the car quickly, I almost fell asleep standing up."
"Didn't I sleep too? I'm not as exaggerated as you."
Ye Yaodong kicked him, "There are four people here, who do you think should go find the car?"
Aguang looked at his first uncle, second uncle, and third uncle...
"It seems like it's my turn to go."
"It's good to know!"
He resigned to his fate and ran to the roadside first, trotting all the way to look for it, but he didn't see it for a long time.
Not only tractors, but not even a rickshaw was seen. The four of them could only walk in front and three behind, watching as they walked. As a result, they walked all the way to about 1 kilometer from the pier, and then they saw more cars coming and going.
Ye Yaodong quickly stopped a rickshaw, "I feel like I'm like a donkey hanging a carrot in front of me, but I can still make it this far."
"Dongzi, we will arrive at the pier soon, do you still want to take a car..."
Ye Yaopeng looked at the busy pier in the distance, hesitant and felt that it was a waste of money.
"It's no longer possible. I can't walk anymore. Someone is paying for it anyway. Why don't I take a ride? I have to take a bus for 200 meters."
A Guang had already climbed up and was hesitant to come down. Ye Yaodong pulled him and he could only sit down.
"You guys can also call one, and Aguang will pay for it anyway."
A Guang glanced at him speechlessly and turned his head away from talking to him.
In fact, he was tired from walking, and he didn't want to walk for 200 meters, let alone 1 kilometer left.
The rickshaw started moving.
The two brothers at the back looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally raised their feet and walked away slowly.
Everyone followed Ye Yaodong. How could they have the nerve to call a taxi and wait for him to pay? If they could just ride together, that would go without saying.
Ye Yaodong waited for the rickshaw to stop, said hello to A Guang, and got on the boat first.
He first locked the good money and the envelope in his arms into the iron box under the bed, then took off his coat and went to bed peacefully.
The cabin was filled with snoring one after another. No one heard the sound of his return, and everyone slept soundly.
After a while, he quickly fell asleep, and even the noise outside the dock could not affect him.
He didn't wake up again until 3 pm. He checked the time and realized it was still early, so he continued to catch up on his sleep. He didn't get up until 4 pm, half asleep and half awake.
His father and some people on the other boat were already awake and tinkering with things on the deck.
He said hello to his father and said he was going to Director Chen's house for dinner in the evening. The boatman on his ship asked his father to take him to dinner with him. He also left 20 yuan for his father and agreed to come back around 7 o'clock at most.
After landing, he rarely met his second uncle. He was afraid that he would not have a car when he came back and would have to rely on two legs, so he asked his second uncle to pick him up at Director Chen's house around 8 to 8:30.
He figured that a meal and a drink would be enough for two hours, since he would have to go to work the next day.
When he went to the department store at this time, he didn't ask his second uncle to deliver the goods. He just waved for a rickshaw.
After all, if you call, my uncle will definitely not charge you, which will make people run back and forth in vain. If you stay here, you can at least try your luck and get an order.
When he came to the door with his things, it was almost the rush hour for get off work. Standing in front of Director Chen's house, he met several nearby cadres, and some even took the initiative to say hello to him.
"Are you the adopted son that Old Chen just adopted? I heard that you are also a very handsome young man."
"Haha, it's me, happy leader's holiday!"
"Happy holidays to you too! Are you coming to visit during the Lantern Festival?"
"Yes, I happen to be in the city today, so I came over to celebrate the festival with my two elders and have a meal."
"Quite thoughtful."
"hehe……"
"Let's go now. They should be back soon."
"Okay, thank you."
Ye Yaodong smiled and didn't dare to say more. After all, he didn't know anyone, so any more words would make mistakes.
After just waiting for a few minutes, he encountered several waves of people looking at him curiously.
Seeing a woman trying to carry rice from the back of her bicycle, he quickly put down what he was carrying and actively went to help.
"Sister, let me help you carry it. Which floor do you live on?"
"Thank you very much. I should call you aunt. I'm almost fifty years old. How can I call you eldest sister?"
"50, no? I think it's 40 at most. I'm already 30. It's normal to call me eldest sister."
"You're so good at talking. Why haven't I seen you before, young man?"
"Haha, I came to visit relatives today. It's normal that you haven't seen me."
"Which family are you related to?"
Just at this time, Jin Yuzhi came back pushing the bicycle. The basket in front of the bicycle was filled with vegetables, and the basket was hung on the front of the bicycle.
"Ah Dong?"
Ye Yaodong turned his head and responded, "Hey, wait a minute, godmother, I will send this bag of rice back to this eldest sister first."
"Ah, you are Bureau Chen's newly adopted son?"
"yes."
"Your newly adopted adopted son is quite nice. He is very polite and hard-working, and he also speaks nicely."
Jin Yuzhi smiled and said: "He is a good person, and we have known each other for several years. We know our roots well and often come to visit us. The dried fish, fish sauce, and jellyfish blood that I gave you before were all from him."
Send it over."
"That's it. That's good. Thank you, young man."
"You're welcome..."
Jin Yuzhi introduced her, "She is Director Yu of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Her husband is a retired soldier and is now the director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau."
Ye Yaodong said a few more greetings without changing his expression, "Hello, hello..."
Sure enough, people of the same species flock together, and everyone you meet at random is a big shot.
"He is a young man who is older and stronger than us. Let him move you home."
"Okay, I'll trouble you." Director Yu smiled.
"It's no trouble, it should be easy." Ye Yaodong said a few words politely.
Then he quickly followed them and delivered rice to people's homes.
After returning to Jin Yuzhi's house, she said: "You are lucky. You met Director Yu when you first came here, and you even helped her casually."
"I saw her trying to move rice, so I helped her by mistake."
"I heard from Lao Chen that you bought a large piece of open space, sorted it out, and built a wall to surround it."
"Yes."
"Now unemployed young people in urban areas are encouraged to engage in self-employed business activities, but if the scale is too large, they are still not allowed. You need to pay attention to this."
"I understand that my site is large and I haven't arranged the labor yet. I just made a plan in my mind. The equipment is not complete yet. If I really want to use it, I may need to take care of it."
He has already thought about it. He still has a shop. Later, he will recruit a few people to hang up under the shop. They will go up and down. There will be no more than 7 people on both sides. In this way, there will be about 10 people available. At the beginning, there is no need to do it.
You don't need so many.
Of course, it also needs to be managed, otherwise if a large open space is surrounded and built, it will be a clear handle.
It's just that the time it was built is still short, not even a month, and no one comes in or out with the items, so no one cares enough to report it.
Jin Yuzhi nodded, "It's for sure. It just so happened that you helped me a little today. Although it was insignificant, it still left a good impression. In the past, you gave me a lot of things, and I often gave them to my neighbors.
How much can we all share the same sentiment?"
"Thank you godmother for the tip."
Ye Yaodong would really like to express his sincere gratitude, reminding him so clearly.
"It's also because you happened to meet me today, so I said a few words, otherwise I will have to ask someone to do something for me in the future. If you sharpen your skills temporarily, there is no way to have the stability of a friendship that was established early."
"Yeah, I know, I understand."
Socializing with these ladies is also very important.
Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and then said by the way. The old man who greeted him at the door just now had easy-to-recognize features. He was a Mediterranean bald old man who looked sixty or seventy years old. He even had a dimple when he smiled. He was quite kind.
"That's Vice President Sun from the Jiefang Hospital. He didn't live here originally, but because it's close to the hospital, one of his sons was assigned housing here. He wanted to make it more convenient and moved here last year. He's old and has a son and a daughter-in-law.
Being around makes it easy to take care of you.”
"Oh, he looks very kind and kind."
"Yes, he is a very nice old man. He always smiles when he sees him. I'll go cook first while you sit down and rest for a while."
"Let me help together..."
"No, Lao Chen should be back soon. You sit and talk with him."
Talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here.
Just as Jin Yuzhi finished speaking, they heard the sound of the door key turning.
"Let me tell you, this man just couldn't stop talking about it. As soon as he started talking, he came back."
"What are you talking about me? A Dong is here? Sit around, I got a new box of tea today, let's make a pot and taste it..."
Director Chen closed the door, still holding a small can of tea in his hand, smiled and asked him to sit down, and then began to play with the teapot and cups on his coffee table.
The teapot inside looked dark and stained with tea, and I didn't know how long it had been since it had been washed.
"I'm telling you, this teapot can't be washed. The stuff on it is all good stuff, but it's not dirty. This teapot of mine is an old one..."
Director Chen introduced him to his teapot and the new tea he got.
He had known for a long time that Director Chen liked to drink tea, from the first time they met at Ah Qing's parents' house. When he left, he gave him a bag of home-made white tea.
So when he came back, in addition to the dried fish, he also didn't leave any tea leaves. Today he also brought a box of Dahongpao tea leaves.
Director Chen's family is really just the old couple. The children have already returned to their workplaces to work with their children. They are not in the same place. The Lantern Festival is not a big festival and there is no holiday.
From the moment they walked in to the time they left after eating, there were only the three of them. From chatting over tea to the people they met at the door, to the tips they gave, Ye Yaodong really felt that he had benefited a lot.
Network is really a good thing. You may not use it, but you can’t live without it.
If he hadn't made an appointment with his second-in-law to pick her up around 8 to 8:30, he would have just spent the night here.
However, the meal was a lively one, and the two elders seemed to be quite happy, too, and drank a lot of wine.
Hearing the sound of the tractor downstairs, they walked out to the corridor and saw that it was indeed parked downstairs before letting him go and asking him to come back for dinner if he came to the city in a few days.
Ye Yaodong nodded in agreement.
However, the two of them still accompanied him downstairs and sent him downstairs.
After chatting for a long time, Ye Yaodong got in the car and the two of them went upstairs together.
"You two are quite nice and passionate about making love, aren't you?"
"Who says it's not the case? At least Ah Qing and three children were here last time. This time I was the only one. I almost couldn't resist, hiccup." Ye Yaodong let out a wine burp.
"Thank you for your hard work, second brother. I have to ask you to come pick me up at such a late hour."
"What's the hard work? It's just one more trip. Aren't you driving the tractor all day long? You don't have to rely on two legs. It's much easier than farming."
"Well, it's very cold now. The temperature is even lower at night. Your tractor doesn't have a windshield, so it's still very cold from the direct blowing."
"What's the matter? We have to go out to work even if it snows in the mountains."
Ye Yaodong chuckled, changed the subject and asked a few questions: How is the business today? How is the business after the recent New Year?
The elder brother-in-law was tied up in the breakfast restaurant. Recently, he and the second uncle-in-law have been chatting more.
The second brother-in-law still has a lot of hard work and is not as flexible as the first brother-in-law, but he will work hard when he does it.
After he was sent to the dock, he touched his pocket and wanted to give him a fare, but he was scolded and told that he was out of sight, and then they drove him onto the boat.
"Your father and the others had just returned to the boat when I set out to pick you up."
"Okay, thank you then. I'd be sorry to bother you with a trip."
"What's the trouble? You're talking like that again. I'll take over the job."
"good."
Ye Yaodong watched him park the tractor, then squeezed to the dock to ask the fishing boat that had just docked if he needed to haul cargo, so he got on the boat first.
Everyone on the ship has returned and is waiting for him.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time and you're finally back." Father Ye shouted to him across a boat.
"Well, let's go. I drank too much. I'll let Uncle Qi drive the boat later and ask him to follow you. I'll go take a nap first. I didn't get enough sleep at noon. I'm feeling dizzy now."
"You know you have to go to sea at night, why do you still drink so much?"
"This is beyond my control. Let's go. Let's go when everyone is here."
"good."
Ye Yaodong told Chen Laoqi and asked the others to follow the old rules, and then he went back to the cabin to catch up on his sleep.
He slept for three or four hours in the afternoon, drank too much in the evening, and didn't wake up until 8 a.m. the next morning.
At this time, we were already in the middle of the sea and had hauled several nets.
He simply ate some porridge before he felt his stomach felt better. He went to the cabin to look at the night's harvest. It was just so-so, so he went to the cockpit to replace Chen Laoqi.
The vast sea is endless, and the four fishing boats can only see each other's shadows as big as sesame seeds.
The howling wind outside made him yawn.
Yesterday, they had a full day's rest at the shore, eating, drinking and sleeping well. Next, as long as the wind and waves were not too strong to bear, they would have to stay at sea for a few more days to make back what they had lost yesterday.
There is no need to use your brain during the operation. Just pay attention to the shadows of other fishing boats and don't drive too far out. If you can't see a few other fishing boats, it's not a big problem. It's okay if you don't see them occasionally.
When Ye Yaodong was working, he was also thinking about how to use the 13 acres of land for the factory.
Years ago, Wang Jianxin was asked to order a batch of large wooden barrels and large water tanks. When he came over on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, he also inquired about the progress.
Since the order quantity was relatively large, and the factory was closed for the Chinese New Year, it was not yet time for delivery, so he did not go in to check yesterday. He just asked a few questions and took a look from a distance. It was empty inside.
.
It will probably take more than half a month before a batch of containers will be delivered.
If a container is delivered at that time, he can ask an aunt to come over and help with fermentation.
The goods that Wang Guangliang and others collected at the dock had to be sent to the factory first. The containers here were slowly filled and fermented. This fermentation itself also takes a long time.
The area at home is almost saturated, so we must make use of it, otherwise we won’t be able to mass-produce it by then.
There is a lot of open space here, so the focus in the future must be moved here first.
In addition, fish sauce takes a long time to ferment, and the container itself takes up a lot of space. It is still long-term. The large area here is suitable for fermenting fish sauce.
If we really start working here, Wang Guangliang and the others will have to stay in the city. In addition to receiving the goods, they will also have to watch the workshop.
Anyway, the factory here has a house to live in. You can just lay out a shabby quilt and have a quilt to sleep on.
People who are transferred from home can feel confident using it.
Of course, the job of purchasing containers from outside has to be left to Wang Jianxin. After all, he is a local and is more familiar with it, so it will be easier for him to do things than for them from other places.
There is no need for him to go outside all the time, he still has to be allowed to help Father Lin in the shop.
By then, there will be a lot of people from their village in the factory, and they can also help keep an eye on it and contain Wang Jianxin.
Ye Yaodong thought about it for a while and felt a little dizzy. Making money was really troublesome.
It's better to do physical work, which doesn't require using your brain.
At first I thought it would be convenient to dry fish in the open space here, but now it seems that it is more suitable for storage of fermented fish sauce in a warehouse.
The family has been using the fish sauce filling machine for the past month and has accumulated a large amount of bagged fish sauce, but he has not yet fully put it into the market.
After all, the quantity is too much to say the least, but it is probably not enough for someone to wholesale a car.
He planned to go back in a few days, count them, and try to put them in again.
According to the increase in the amount of fermentation in the first two or three months, it will take at least three months before he can achieve large-scale mass production. By then, he will be able to produce at least 4 tons per day.
Put it on the market now, and the response will be similar in a month or two.
The current inventory can be shipped in small batches, so it should be okay.
Chapter completed!