Ye Yaodong checked the recent daily filling volume of fish sauce and found that the output was quite fixed every day.
It's not that the workers are not diligent, but that what is filtered out is limited, so that the amount of bagged output cannot increase. It is no different from before. Everyone works for half a day and rests for half a day.
When I first got the machine, I kept drying it for the first few days. After it was dried and matured, the quantity couldn't keep up, so I had to keep some of it in large tanks. After all, some grocery stores also need to pack it in tanks.
After reading it, he knocked on the workers again, drew the cakes, and then went next door to see the goods being weighed. By the way, he also chatted with Lin Xiuqing about the order.
The suitcase that had just been taken out of the car had already been taken home by the eldest son. He asked Ah Qing to check the order later, prepare the goods in advance, and remind him in advance when the time came.
When the time comes, he will arrange for the ship to be delivered according to the time on the order, and he will also go to deliver the goods and collect the money.
Now the arrangements for the staff of the two workshops at home are in place. As long as the ship comes back, there is no need for Lin Xiuqing to make any arrangements. Everyone knows what to do and she only needs to supervise it.
After visiting the workshop, Ye Yaodong walked home with Ah Qing, but he did not go directly into the house. Instead, he went to the surrounding wasteland slopes to watch them work, such as weeding, planting bamboo, and pulling ropes.
If there was an old lady at home who went back early, she would naturally provide him with food. Lin Xiuqing was not in a hurry to go back and followed him to explain to him.
No one wanted the land around here before. It was too close to the sea and everyone was worried that the waves would come up. Also, it was too close to the beach, so the wasteland was often washed away by the waves and nothing could be planted.
When their family was still building a house, they went to the mountains to dig out a lot of yellow mud. There were also workers ready to tidy up the land and fence the yard so they could grow some vegetables.
It doesn't matter if you dry kelp, and it doesn't matter if the terrain is ups and downs.
"The village committee went around the village before arranging it here, and asked people to tidy up the land. They also cut down all the trees that should be cut down on the slopes and cleared away the garbage."
"Originally, the old primary school in the village was borrowed by Wang Laowu and his family to dry fish. Now that the village committee wants to dry kelp, they have no choice but to move it. I heard that it has now been moved to the eldest daughter-in-law's natal village to dry fish."
Ye Yaodong responded casually and walked over when he saw Secretary Chen was there.
When Secretary Chen saw him, it was like seeing the God of Wealth, with a smile on his face and extra enthusiasm.
"I'm back. Oops, it's a lot darker. It's hard work. Haha. It's just the right time to come back. The weather has been good these two days. I think I can collect some kelp tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
"It has to be completely dried in the sun. It doesn't matter if it gets a little bit wet. I'm back anyway and will rest at home for two days. You don't have to worry, you can't run away."
"It must be all done, don't worry, everyone is pointing at these kelps now, they must make things well."
Ye Yaodong also smiled and said: "Okay."
"In the past two days, there has been a lot of discussion in the village about A Guo and his family's children being sent abroad. It has overshadowed the kelp harvest."
"You can talk to your father later and ask him to come and talk about it. After all, this is illegal and not so glorious. How can you bring it up and talk about it like this?"
"When they were borrowing money from everywhere a few days ago, I came to remind them. Who would have thought that they would be so high-profile? I wish the whole world would know about it."
Ye Yaodong just listened to everyone's discussion in the workshop and felt that it was inappropriate. It was so high-profile that if someone investigated, it would be troublesome to expose Lao Hai and others, and they could easily get into trouble, and the smugglers were also ruthless characters.
"I'll tell my dad later and let him remind me."
"Well, everyone seems to be confused."
"Collect the kelp in these two days. As long as they don't talk about it, it will probably be over and everyone will focus on the kelp."
"I think so too. We are all from the same village, and we can't just watch them cause trouble."
"Okay, I'm going back first. When I came back, I was all dirty."
"You go back first. It's just land preparation work here. There's nothing interesting to see. I'm going back too."
Lin Xiuqing said as she walked: "Secretary Chen is a very clear person. He has considered everything."
"Absolutely. Otherwise, how can you be a village cadre? Go and help call dad over for dinner. I'll mention it to him by the way."
"good."
Father Ye had been busy in the workshop for a while and knew everything about the village these days. As soon as Ye Yaodong said it, he immediately agreed and hurried back after eating.
They came back late, but it wasn't time for dinner yet. Now that they had eaten in advance, they didn't need to eat dinner.
After dinner, Ye Yaodong went to the workshop to take a look before going home to sleep.
When he woke up at night, unable to sleep, he looked up at the dark ceiling, thinking in his mind and planning the next arrangement.
It was mid-to-late April now, and the squid season would begin next month. He planned to let his father sail the Dongsheng on his next trip to sea. After all, his father still had to take care of several other ships.
And he planned to sail the boat No. 007 he had left on hand and take his own people to catch squid.
Don't ignore the flood season just because you are rich. After working for more than half a month, you can make a lot of money, and he also has to harvest squid.
He didn't know when the flood season would come this year, so he left it to Ah Qing to arrange it. He was afraid that she wouldn't be able to do it alone, so he could organize it better if he was at home.
He just did it, and he mentioned it to his father during dinner the next morning.
Father Ye thought for a while and thought it made sense, "That's okay. You can also arrange to collect squid at home. The price of these things is decreasing day by day. You have to be careful about when to collect them. Last year they sold quickly, but this year you can
If you want to store more goods, you have to ask Ah Cai to leave them for you."
"I thought so too."
"Then you might as well make use of the longline or trawl at home, and don't be idle these days."
"I know, the previous fishing nets were rented out together with the fishing boats. The new boat doesn't have a large trawl net, so weaving it temporarily is laborious, so let's use it for longline fishing. I still have some leftover materials at home, please hire someone.
Just sort it out and add a little more."
"It's up to you."
Lin Xiuqing and the old lady were also happy that he could stay at home for a while, under their noses, and not go to sea.
The old lady was particularly pleased, "It's good to be at home. Let me tell you, don't work so hard. Ask others to do what you should do. You have so many workers, so you don't have to do so much work anymore.
Just let someone else do it."
Father Ye said angrily: "I am someone else, right? Someone else who works."
"What did I say and what did you say? It doesn't matter if you share more. You can help more while you are young."
"Okay, I'll help him more and let him rest more."
"Why do you always talk like this? Am I sorry for you, or who is sorry for you? I owe you?"
"You are really stupid. Even if you are not sick, I will make you sick even if you are angry."
Ye Yaodong quickly changed the subject, "Dad, did you tell your second uncle yesterday?"
"I told you, he said that when he comes back, he will tell his family to stop talking nonsense, so as not to cause trouble for himself. He also knows that smuggling is not a good thing, so he can't say it openly."
"But some time ago, because of borrowing money, relatives leaked the news, and it spread everywhere. Also because of the meeting, too many people knew about it, so it was impossible to stop it for a while. He said that it was not them who had spread the news so fiercely in the past two days.
What he said when he went out was what everyone started spreading after he came back."
Mother Ye said disdainfully: "It's hard to say. I think your second aunt is very proud of her. She even told us that if she goes out to work one month, she can earn the family money for ten years. Otherwise, why would everyone suddenly want to go abroad? Everyone was still saying this before.
They are messing around, thinking that there is nothing wrong with using 6,000 yuan, just to go abroad."
Father Ye frowned, "In other words, what can you do with 6,000 yuan? You can buy two boats, but you just want to send a child abroad. Two children are more than 10,000 yuan, and a household with 10,000 yuan is not enough."
No, why are you so stubborn?"
Mother Ye looked at Ye Yaodong, "Is it true that one month abroad can earn the family's money for ten years? How much money do you have to earn in a month? Is it true? Isn't that the same as picking up money? Here we have forty or fifty a month.
The money is not bad, but going overseas is risky, the salary is high, and you can still earn a salary of seventy or eighty."
Lin Xiuqing also curiously asked: "If you can earn what we have earned here in ten years in one month abroad, why don't you go abroad like crazy? What is the smuggling fee of 6,000 yuan? You can get your money back in one month?"
Ye Yaodong also asked Ye Yaohai about his salary situation in recent years in the provincial capital.
Now is indeed a prosperous period of rapid development, and the economic bubble has not yet burst.
Earning ten years' worth of money in one month may sound exaggerated, but it's really not an exaggeration in a more formal job.
There are many places in China where people can earn thirty or fifty yuan a month, which is only five or six hundred yuan a year, and only five or six thousand yuan in ten years.
How to compare...
In other words, if you are engaged in manual labor or working in a fast food restaurant, the labor force will be cheaper, which is why I like to use these migrant workers.
"Actually, it's not an exaggeration. 6,000 yuan is a lot for us. We may not be able to save so much money in ten years. You may also think that the smuggling fee of 6,000 yuan is as high as the sky-high price. What can't you use it for? But overseas, these 6,000 yuan
Maybe it’s really just a month’s salary for an office worker.”
The whole family had their mouths open. They always thought it was Uncle Ye's family bragging, but no one took it seriously.
Is it still true?
"However, since they smuggled over there, it's impossible for them to get such a high salary, but if they wash dishes in a store, they should be fine with one or two thousand a month."
"One or two thousand!! One month!" Mother Ye was shocked.
Lin Xiuqing was also surprised, "Washing dishes costs one or two thousand a month?"
Father Ye can no longer speak.
The old lady murmured: "I can also wash dishes..."
"Hahahahaha..."
Ye Yaodong laughed loudly, "If you can't do it, no one would dare to ask you for money."
"Dad, I know how to do it. I'll wash the dishes, and I'll give you half of the money I earned. I'll go! With so much money, why should I study?" Ye Chenghu's eyes gleamed, and he was so excited.
Ye's mother was also excited, "Then their family has sent the right ones? If they send their children abroad and work for a few months, they will get their money back immediately, and there will be extra money to send back? Not ten thousand or twenty thousand a year? How can they make a fortune?
Already."
"Although you can earn one or two thousand a month, the same expenses are also huge. Don't underestimate it. You need money for food, drink, and housing."
Lin Xiuqing said: "That's better than being at home. If you have a little bit of one or two thousand yuan left, even one or two hundred yuan is much better."
Father Ye looked at Ye Yaodong hopefully, "Then our family can also send two of them out?"
"Send me, send me..."
Ye Yaodong glared at Ye Chenghu who was making noises, "What's the matter with you? Isn't it just for your future that I'm working so hard for you now? As for asking you to wash dishes when you are only eight or nine years old? You don't even know how you died.
.Shut up, do you have the right to interrupt what the adults are talking about? If you keep talking, go stand in the corner."
Ye Chenghu immediately shut up and lowered his head to eat.
Father Ye explained: "I mean you can send your eldest and second brother's children out. Anyway, your family has a big business now, so you don't need to send your children out to make money."
"It's not that simple. It's chaotic abroad. Who knows how much hardship you have to endure to earn so much money? How can it be so easy if you are of a different race or from a different place? I heard that those who smuggled there are all fighting against gangsters.
Workers have to be bullied by the locals and have to hide everywhere to avoid being discovered and sent directly back to the country."
"Then...it really doesn't seem that easy."
Father Ye gave up the idea immediately, he was not that cruel.
"If they can really earn so much, they will have to raise their tails?" Ye Mu pursed her lips.
"I just sent you away a few days ago. I still don't know what it is like. What should I say now?"
The old lady hurriedly said: "Then we have to ensure that they get there safely, and then they can make a lot of money and send it back, and everyone will be happy."
Father Ye nodded in agreement, "Yes, if it's so easy to earn, they will be able to repay all the money they borrowed in a few months."
His 500 yuan.
"Then you should eat more fasting and recite the Buddha's name, and recite more Amitabha Buddha."
Lin Xiuqing said with emotion: "I didn't expect wages abroad to be so high. No wonder they dare to ask for 6,000 smuggling fees. They can earn one or two thousand a month. Even 10,000 is not too much."
"I heard that the price was seven thousand. I thought it was from my family, and my second uncle and the others kept saying good things, so I discounted it."
"Then if they really go abroad and send money back, the people in the village will go crazy and run away with them. One to two thousand people a month will go crazy."
"Don't think too simply. How can it be so easy to send money across countries? Wait for them to work abroad for three years and get a black card."
"Oh, I also thought that everyone wants to go abroad to work and earn money, and no one raises kelp anymore."
"No, the benefits of kelp are right in front of us. It's all a lie to work abroad. From what I heard, there are so many people in the village, and most of them are rushing to breed it."
Ye Yaodong is not worried about this. There are more down-to-earth people, and it is not so easy for the two children sent abroad to see results.
"Sure enough, those who like to use their brains are easy to make money." Father Ye muttered.
Ye's mother didn't believe it was so easy to make money, "Just wait and see, I haven't earned the money yet, and everything I say is false. If I say it so happily now, I won't know anything by then."
"What are you talking about? Can't you say something nice?" Father Ye was unhappy.
"Don't let anyone tell the truth anymore? I just can't bear to see how high-profile they are, what they do is obviously illegal, and what they do is so glorious. They seem to have made a lot of money in their pockets. Everyone feels that they are superior to others. I
Not as majestic as her."
Ye Yaodong lowered his head to eat, not caring about his mother's petty thoughts.
I just feel like I have been sisters-in-law for decades. I have been comparing each other for decades. It is obvious that I have a decent job and my son is promising, but now I feel that I am being squeezed by others. I feel uncomfortable. I have to say something to calm my heart.
happy.
He doesn’t know his mother yet?
Ye's father also followed Ye's mother, and the couple kept bickering there throughout the meal, neither letting the other take advantage.
The whole family is used to it. They don't fight about right or wrong, but only fight for superiority.
After finishing the meal, clearing the dishes and getting off the table, they naturally calmed down, then went out with smiles on their faces and greeted everyone they met.
Ye Yaodong also walked to the open space next to him after dinner.
When he got up and stood at the door this morning, he saw several carts carrying kelp back and forth to dry it.
The rich smell of the seafood kept hitting my nose while eating. That was because their family was so busy talking about smuggling people, no one went out with their rice bowls and stood around to watch.
At this time, when he walked out, he saw a bunch of neighbors nearby holding rice bowls, eating, watching others working, and chatting by the way.
In the open space not far away, on the soil slope, there are neat rows of bamboo poles, which were inserted when clearing the open space yesterday.
Some bamboo poles had large ropes on them, with pieces of brown kelp more than one meter long hanging from them. Some had smaller leaves, and the rich smell of kelp came to his nostrils, a smell he was familiar with.
Some of the villagers worked together to lift the large ropes filled with kelp and supported it on the bamboo poles, some separated the pieces of kelp that were stuck together so that they could dry more evenly, and some worked together to lift the kelp to hang.
These kelps are cut directly on the seabed, and then the kelp is dragged from the sea to the ship, and then the whole rope of kelp is dragged ashore and put on the cart.
A rope carrying water weighs one to two hundred kilograms, which is quite a physical job.
According to Ah Qing, most of the people who work here take the initiative to help and do not ask for wages.
Because everyone wants to check the output, they will also work with the village committee in the second half of the year.
Anyway, everyone's labor force is very cheap, so it doesn't matter if they help a little bit, they all think it is just a matter of helping others.
If you help in advance, you can become more familiar with it, and you will have more say when you participate.
Ye Yaodong looked at how busy everyone was, and walked towards a cart with a smile. The kelp piled on it was taller than a person. It was slippery when he touched it. The leaves were thick, but the texture was a bit hard, with a plastic feel.
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"This kelp looks good, like a small quilt."
The village chief said cheerfully: "Your guidance is good, and it's all thanks to the two workers who took good care of it. After raising it for a few more days, they said it has grown a little bigger."
"That's good. However, I have to remind you that if the harvested fresh kelp is not dried in time, it will easily spoil. And in May, the temperature will rise, and the kelp will easily rot in the sea. In these two days, it will be easy to rot.
Thank you for your hard work, please hurry up and receive the goods."
The village chief and Secretary Chen suddenly became anxious.
"Ah, then we have to collect it quickly. It's the end of the month. No matter how late it is in the past two days, we have to collect it. There are still a lot of them in the sea. It's just that the two boats rowing back and forth are too slow. We still have to catch the high tide.
Go out when the time is right and come back before the tide goes out.”
Ye Yaodong thought for a while and said: "My trawler has not been used for the past two days. Let me lend it to you. You can use my boat to pull kelp. You can pull more in one trip, and the round trip is faster, so you can collect it earlier.
Come up to dry."
Fishing boats can only go out to sea when the tide is high.
At the same time, they had to come back before the tide ebbs, otherwise the ship would not be able to dock, so they also had to compete with the tide for time.
Under normal circumstances, when their fishing boats go out to sea, they will calculate the ebb and flow of the tide in advance, so as to avoid wasting time when the tide has not arrived and the fishing boats cannot come in or out.
"Okay, okay, I still have to rely on you at critical moments."
"Everything is for the collective. I have donated both boats, so it's okay to borrow them again. But I will take that boat out to sea in two days, and I won't be able to borrow it if I need it, so hurry up these two days.
We should also take advantage of the good weather in these two days to show it out as soon as possible."
Secretary Chen agreed, "Okay, let them work overtime today. No matter how late they stay up, they will be charged more."
The village chief also said: "Fortunately, we cleared this area in time yesterday and cut down all the trees that needed to be cut down. Now we can have a place to bask in the sun."
"If we breed more next year, we will have trouble with the drying area..." Secretary Chen added.
"What are you worried about? There is such a big open space on the beach here, what is there to worry about?"
Ye Yaodong pointed to the large beach in front of him. Isn't this all open space?
It's just that he came back late yesterday. They were already clearing the land here, so he didn't say much.
"Sunbathing on the beach? How is that okay?"
"Why isn't it working? Anyway, you hang the kelp on a bamboo pole to dry. Wouldn't it be better if you hang it higher? Anyway, there are two high tides and two low tides a day. Wouldn't it be good if you can't touch the kelp during the high tide?"
The two of them thought about it and looked at the kelp hanging on a bamboo pole to dry in front of them. They thought it might be possible?
"Then let's talk about it next year. The old primary school should be able to collect it later, and the space can be freed up to continue to show off."
"I'll go take a look later."
"It's very busy here now, and we don't have time to accompany you. You can either go there by yourself, or you can go together when it's almost time for dinner."
"It's okay, you're busy with your business, I'll just turn around."
After the two elders finished talking to him, they also rolled up their sleeves to help. They didn't have the airs of village cadres at all, and they all participated hard.
These kelp are cultivated by the village committee, and in addition to paying the expenses, the rest will also go to the public.
If a village becomes rich, there will be more things it can do.
Ye Yaodong stood aside and watched, listening to the nearby villagers chatting. During the period, some people came over to watch and then joined in to help.
After a cart of kelp is dried, the empty cart will be pushed outside the pier to wait.
He said he would lend the boat to the village committee to collect kelp, and just now they asked for someone to sail the boat immediately.
Seeing that they were rushing to harvest in the autumn, Ye Yaodong could not wait to collect everything in the sea quickly.
Therefore, when harvesting kelp, you must also pay attention to the weather and calculate the time. You cannot let it grow as long as you want.
"Ah Dong, how much do you think we can sell for so much kelp?"
"You have to weigh it to know how much it can sell for. Anyway, this year is more expensive than last year. It costs 7 cents per catty. You can do the math for yourself."
"They also said yesterday that a rope carrying water weighs more than 100 kilograms, and there are 400 ropes in one acre of land. So how much does it weigh? 20 tons?"
"You are stupid. You just said that you would carry more than 100 kilograms of water. Now you are dragging it here to dry. The water has dripped out. How can there be more than 100 kilograms left? Everyone said that there is only seventy or eighty kilograms left after hanging it up. A lot of it has fallen off.
It’s in the sea.”
The villagers all want to know how many kilograms of output can be produced from one acre of land, so that they can calculate the income and see whether it is worthwhile to follow the breeding.
A villager pulling a rope to dry the kelp said with a smile: "Some weigh 70 to 80 pounds, and some weigh only 60 to 70 pounds. You can't tell. Some of the kelp on the rope is a little small, and many of them have fallen into the sea."
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"Recently, we can pick up a lot of them on the beach. Some children and the elderly are picking them up on the beach."
"We picked it up and dried it, will A Dong keep it? Don't look down on us scattered things?"
Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "Collect it, you can pick it up, as long as the quality is good, I will take it."
"Okay, okay, my family has recently picked up dozens of kilograms and left them hanging in front of the house..."
"Me too……"
Ye Yaodong did the math. After drying the kelp, he would have to tear off the yellowed ends and repair them. According to the estimates of the villagers just now, the yield per mu may really be 10 tons, which exceeded his expectations.
It’s really a bumper harvest, maybe because there was little rain last winter and there was plenty of sunshine.
It's not as good as future production, but it's really not low, and it's a big harvest. Before last year, he thought that 5 to 8 tons would be good.
"You can't calculate it now. You have to wait for this batch of kelp to dry in the sun. Cut off the yellow ones with holes in the tail. Only after weighing them can you know the total weight. I also received dry goods. Once they are dried, weigh them for me.
It’s just a reference.”
"Haha, everyone is looking forward to it."
"This year's harvest will be great. Let's follow suit next year. If our luck is as good as this year's, next year every household will be able to buy a TV and a washing machine."
"Hahaha... everyone is looking forward to this day."
Ye Yaodong's words touched their hearts. Just thinking about it, they all felt happy that all their efforts would be rewarded. There was nothing better than this.
He saw that the venue was in full swing, and everyone was talking enthusiastically. His father and his mother came out first, and they were already surrounded by people.
After watching for a while, he also left and went to the old primary school.
As he walked in the village, his nose was no longer filled with the smell of salted fish and sea, but with the strong smell of kelp.
It seems that everyone has picked up a lot of kelp from time to time and dried it in front of their homes.
It can be seen that the technology is not up to par, and so much kelp still fell into the sea.
Chapter completed!