After Father Ye finished cutting a pile of red paper, he grabbed a handful of large pieces of paper and counted them by himself.
Ye Yaodong shook out the sack that had been stuffed into the corner a few days ago. He wanted to find a handful of straw, but thinking about the cold weather, where could dry straw come from?
He thought for a while, then stuffed the cotton-padded jacket he was not wearing into it for cushioning, and arranged it well, freeing up the space in the middle for coins and banknotes, and then wrapping it up so that no traces were visible and the sound could be heard.
Smaller.
After playing with it for a while, he grabbed the banknotes and coins from the lockbox and threw them into the sack. After throwing them away, he stuffed the clothes he was not wearing into the sack again.
Anyway, after I came back from the sea today, I won’t go out to sea anymore, and I don’t need to take a shower. It’s so cold, and it doesn’t matter if I don’t take a shower for a week. I can save it and take it home again.
"Perfect, you can't see it at all. You can only see the pile of clothes inside, but you can't see the money."
Father Ye counted the money and looked up, "If you can't tell, then use a rope to tie up the sacks. When you leave, you have to get another sack to hold the quilts. I'll just pick up a load then."
"Then I need to buy a few more sacks. There are too many quilts."
"Buy more. There are a lot of odds and ends. You don't need to wash them after you take a shower today and change into clothes. Put them in a separate bag and save them for your mother to wash later."
"You are so kind to my mother. You didn't even buy any gifts, but you already prepared a bag of dirty clothes and took them back all the way."
He just wanted to go home covered in dirt and let Ah Qing rub it hard for him, but his father was more considerate than him.
Father Ye said confidently, "Isn't this just trying to save trouble? Showing it here, who knows if she will do it, this is what she should do."
"Okay, okay, after all you make money and go back, you should be the uncle."
Father Ye grinned.
Ye Yaodong lifted the sack filled with clothes and moved it to the corner.
"Let's go out to eat first. It's already past 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Let's have dinner now. Everyone has probably woken up. We can put other things away later."
Father Ye showed him the money he counted in his hand, "Then you should put mine away first?"
"You put it away, hide it yourself, and you can go out and buy something tomorrow with the remaining 200 yuan."
"I'll go with you tomorrow. If you want to buy something, you just have to pay for it. You don't have to give it to me alone..."
Ye Yaodong nodded, "Also..."
"...You can secretly give it to me when you get home."
Ye Yaodong: "..."
"Otherwise, your mother would be circling me when I got back, and I would have to leave all my things to her. I would have no place to hide them, and it wouldn't be a good idea to hide them."
"You're quite thoughtful, aren't you?"
"For sure, she will definitely suspect that you gave me money alone, and I must have other money with me. Small money doesn't matter, and I won't care about it. If you put hundreds of big money on me for her to know, that's a big deal."
"Okay, got it."
Satisfied, Father Ye collected his salary first.
Ye Yaodong came over and asked, "How much money have you saved for your private life? Do you want to let me go first? Otherwise the whole army will be wiped out."
Father Ye pondered hesitantly, "Then I'll give it to you before I go back and hide it with you first. You can secretly give it to me after the Chinese New Year. I'll dig a hole in advance."
He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, "How many holes have you dug at home? Are there moles? You're not afraid of being eaten by mice."
"There aren't many, just two or three. They have to be hidden separately."
Ye Yaodong looked at his father with disgust, hiding some private money like a spy.
"You don't want this expression. I have a lot of money. Those are my coffin books. I can't give her everything. She already has a lot of money."
He didn't bother to say anything, so he just gave his father a look and let his father realize it for himself.
Without him, how would his father be able to save money for his private life? Shit.
Ye Yaodong went to count some of the one- and two-yuan banknotes that he had reserved in advance. He put several 50-yuan notes into red paper and wrapped them up. It felt like a thick package.
It just so happens that one or two yuan is convenient for them to take out to buy things tomorrow, and it can also give him some space.
Father Ye hid the money and helped to count and wrap it.
Looking at the red and bulging bag, he couldn't help but feel that Dongzi's words made sense.
It was all mixed into the salary, and he felt nothing when he saw it. The red paper wrapped it in a package, which looked festive and lucky. After looking at it twice, he was also happy from the bottom of his heart to have this extra red envelope.
After wrapping 21 bags, Ye Yaodong tied the remaining money with rubber bands and stuffed it back into the sack.
He picked up the account book on the table and tucked it under his arm, and went out with his father holding a pile of money.
There were people talking outside, and everyone was probably waiting impatiently for their wages to be paid.
As soon as the father and son opened the door and came out, a group of people standing or sitting in the hall immediately stood up and looked at them with joy.
"Brother Dong, wake up..."
The movement in the room caused the people sitting outside to squeeze in excitedly, and the small room was instantly filled with people.
"Did you sleep or not? I just listened to your voices all afternoon."
Everyone said everything, some didn't sleep, some squinted for a while, and some said they were so excited that they didn't want to sleep and would save it for the night.
At the same time, everyone also saw the large amounts of money he and Father Ye were holding in their hands, their eyes gleamed, and they smiled even happier.
Ye Yaodong himself didn't expect to hear their answer. He raised the money in his hand and said loudly with a smile: "The wages have been paid. They have been counted for you. Get in line."
"Wow~"
Everyone immediately cheered and stood in two rows, pushing and shoving.
When they were queuing up, Ye Yaodong also put the money on the table first and opened the book. Those who had advanced money had the name of the person on them, as well as the corresponding amount and date.
The 21 wages he just counted were all exactly the same, but he was worried that they would be mixed up when paying them out.
Now, as long as you see who is going to receive the salary, go to the book and look for a name that corresponds to the advance. If not, you can give the entire amount.
"The last time wages were paid was at the end of August. From September 1 to December 31, wages were not paid, a total of 122 days..."
As Ye Yaodong spoke, he played the computer's sound and then played it for them to listen to.
"The total is 549 yuan. I will calculate the round figure of 550 for you. I will note the advance and will deduct it directly when it is distributed later."
"Everyone has worked hard in the past six months. They followed me from home to Zhejiang Province, and from Wenzhou to Zhouzhou. I am also very grateful to everyone."
"I'm going back soon. I also wanted to send a red envelope to everyone. It will make you happy. You can go out and buy things for your family tomorrow."
As he said that, he also raised the two red envelopes he grabbed casually.
Everyone shouted happily, "Okay~"
Ye Yaodong looked at Chen Laoqi, who was the first to receive the money, and said with a smile, "I haven't paid any money yet. It's so economical. Now, you have a red envelope for your salary."
"Haha, it doesn't cost anything to eat and drink, so why should I pay for it? I can't even spend all my salary."
"Then you're rich and you've earned a lot of money."
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he looked at the next person, "Ajian made an advance of 50 yuan a few days ago. I will directly deduct it and send you 500 yuan, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes..."
"Haha, you can just take it home and marry a wife. If you are quick, you can get married before the year."
"Hahaha...good, good...thank you Brother Dong."
The workers were also there to make noises, "If you have money or not, get a wife so that you can celebrate the New Year..."
"It's a cold day, of course I have to find a wife to warm my bed, haha..."
"I've been out for half a year, and I've made enough money to go home and marry a wife..."
Ye Yaodong counted 5 big cards out of a portion of money, took another red envelope, and then handed it to Ajian.
The young man happily received the money and stood aside to count the money.
He sent them one by one, and if he had an advance, he told them on the spot and then withdrew it.
The atmosphere in the room was particularly strong, and everyone was happier than during the Chinese New Year. Those who had received money stood in the corner and counted the money, and those who had not received it stretched their necks.
After a while, everyone received their wages, grinning almost to the back of their heads, and the sound of counting money kept ringing in the room.
After Ye Yaodong finished paying, there was still a small amount left on the table. There were still relatively few people who had paid in advance, just those five or six. He had already paid two months' salary before.
Except for those who lost money in gambling, or who visited the brothels too frequently and squandered their money, most of them did not need to advance their wages. After all, some people who came out with him in advance could receive up to 300 yuan for the first two months' wages.
He sorted out the money on the table, folded it and counted it. He had 130 yuan left, which was almost enough for him to go shopping with his father tomorrow. He casually put the money in his pocket.
"I've already counted it, is it okay?"
"No problem..." everyone said in unison.
"Then it's time to eat. After dinner, go to bed when it's time to go to bed, pack your luggage when it's time to pack, and make preparations in advance. If the weather is good these two days, we can leave at any time."
Everyone agreed.
The workers' wages have been paid and the accounts have been settled, but he still has more than a dozen ships' rental dividends that have not yet been calculated, and there are several other ships that have not been paid for the sale of goods.
After finishing the meal, he put on his backpack, took his account book and calculator, and went to each house with his father to collect money.
He first collected the rent from his own dozen or so fishing boats. After collecting the money, he called his eldest brother, second brother, and the Zhou brothers to go to Aguang Na to settle the accounts of the fresh boats.
Fortunately, they had dinner early, and it was only getting dark when everything was settled.
Ye Yaodong and Father Ye were not in a hurry to leave. They sat down and chatted with them for a while about their return.
During this period of time, everyone has been at sea. Except for the winter solstice, when we had a temporary discussion and reached a consensus, we never sat down together to communicate about going back.
It's time to finish settling the accounts now, so everyone can sit down and chat about the arrangements for going back.
Ye Yaodong was the first to say: "I have paid all the workers' wages. Let's check the weather forecast in the past two days. If the weather is good, we can go back directly. The accounts are settled anyway."
"Also arrange for everyone to collect your luggage as soon as possible and prepare it in advance to avoid being temporarily blinded."
"The weather here is too cold, and it snows from time to time. The wind in the port is also very strong in winter. If there is no wind, we can't wait."
A Guang said: "We also paid the wages of the workers in the afternoon, and we will ask everyone to pack their things tomorrow. We also need to sort out the things on the fishing boat and move them onto the boat in advance."
"We have to leave some time for everyone to go shopping and buy things..."
"There's enough time. Isn't it just getting dark tonight? You can pack up the useless things in advance in the evening, go out for a walk tomorrow, and then come back in the evening to add some more."
"Then there's no need to be too hasty..."
Everyone was sitting there chatting with each other.
Ye Yaodong suddenly spoke again: "I'm thinking that this trip is a bit far. If the wind direction is wrong, we may not be able to drive for a whole day and night. I'm thinking that I might be able to stop in Wenzhou to rest for a night."
"I also have something to do, and I also want to stop in Vancouver for a day to get things done, and then go back."
"If you are in a hurry to go back, don't force it. When the time comes, you can split into two routes. One part will stop with me in Vancouver to rest, and the other part will go straight to home."
Father Ye asked: "Why are you stopping in Wenzhou? To transport lighters? Tens of thousands of them were sold out last time?"
"No, I thought it was approaching the New Year, so I had to give New Year gifts to my acquaintances and friends. I just happened to buy some more specialties here in the past two days."
"Also, the twins who work in the lighter factory have to pick him up and take him back for the New Year."
"By the way, I also want to ask Fang Jingfu to settle the accounts for this year. It's New Year's Day, and there are only about 20 days until the New Year. I want to settle the accounts in advance to save me from having to make another trip. How tiring?"
"Who knows if there will be good weather for going out? It's such a long distance away, not close to home, so it's not convenient. We can solve it together by the way."
"I haven't been at home for more than half a year, and there must be a lot of things and accounts at home. Who knows how long it will take me to finish my work?"
"It just so happens that I can dock ashore for a rest, get everything done in advance, and then I can rest peacefully during the New Year when I get home."
Everyone nodded, thinking that what he said was right. He could get things done along the way and save himself from running back and forth. After all, traveling across provinces was not that convenient.
"Then we'll see when the time comes. We'll also talk to other ships tomorrow and see if they will dock with you, or go back directly, or split into two waves."
"Um."
They continued chatting for a while, but left after it was too late.
When Ye Yaodong returned to the rental house, everyone had almost packed everything on the boat. They were piled everywhere, and a lot of luggage was put away, as if they could leave at any time.
"So efficient? Can you leave overnight?"
"There are a lot of people, so let's all clean up together. Isn't that just a matter of twos and twos?"
"We've probably collected almost all the stuff. We just haven't confiscated some pots and pans that we can use daily. We won't be able to collect them until we leave. Now we don't know when we can leave and still use them."
"Tomorrow morning, let's move these things to the boat and lock them up, right?"
Ye Yaodong nodded, "Well, the things that are no longer needed will be moved to the ship and locked up tomorrow. The rest will be moved at a later time. Anyway, we have more people and more strength."
"The quilt has nothing to hold..."
"I'm going to buy some more sacks tomorrow. The new ones are also clean. I'll arrange it. Everyone, go to bed first and go out for a nice walk tomorrow."
"OK."
Everyone went back to their rooms happily.
Ye Yaodong could hear the excitement inside even though he was separated by a door.
He thought that many people would be too excited to sleep at night.
He and his father closed the door, closed the windows and turned off the lights and returned to the room. He still had unsettled accounts.
He has not yet calculated how much he has earned in total in the past six months. He has only calculated how much he earned this month and counted the wages of the workers.
The weather was bad this month and the wind was strong, so he only went out for less than half a month, and his dozen or so small boats only went out for about ten days. His income dropped sharply, with a difference of 30,000 yuan compared to last month.
Fortunately, there are a few shrimp boats, otherwise the income would be even less.
But no matter how you say it, it's better than the previous one, and it's much better than at home.
He took the account book and calculated it all, and he made more than 90,000 yuan. Last month, he made a net profit of 120,000 yuan.
Originally, he was still having sweet dreams, thinking that he could go to sea this month until after New Year's Day, and in 40 days, he could probably earn more than ten or two hundred thousand.
Unexpectedly, the weather was bad, and most of them stayed at home. Compared with last month, they made about 30,000 yuan less, and it was even less than half of what he expected.
Just now, more than 14,000 yuan was given out from his salary plus red envelopes. If you deduct the gas and ice, you will probably have to deduct about 20,000 yuan, so he will have a net income of more than 70,000 yuan this month.
As of the end of November, he originally had more than 140,000 in savings, but now adding them all up, he has about 220,000 to take home.
He went to Wenzhou in mid-to-late June. After the trench became overcrowded, the jellyfish market this year was not as good as last year. He still relied on the fresh harvest boat to earn a total of 47,000 before leaving.
After coming here in August, he earned more than 30,000 yuan.
I have remitted a total of 50,000 yuan back in pieces in the past two months.
Later, he thought that the remittances were too frequent, and it was not safe for Ah Qing to get them. He still had twenty or thirty thousand left in his hand, so he put them all in his own hands first.
With what he earned in September, he used the savings on hand to buy the 100,000 yuan cargo ship. At that time, the money was not enough, so he asked Aguang to borrow 35,000 yuan to make up the money.
But by October, he paid back all Aguang's money and bought a piece of land worth RMB 20,000, leaving more than RMB 20,000 in cash.
By the time the accounts were settled at the end of November, he had more than 140,000 in cash on hand.
As of the end of last month, he had probably earned around 320,000 from this trip.
And just now I calculated the net profit for this month to be more than 70,000.
In total, he has earned about 400,000 yuan in the past six months since he started working.
Now I have 220,000 yuan in cash on hand, plus the 50,000 yuan I remitted back before August, plus a piece of land worth 20,000 yuan, and a cargo ship worth 100,000 yuan that is still being renovated.
"That's pretty much the same..."
Ye Yaodong wrote calculations on paper and pressed the calculator for a long time. It took him more than half an hour to figure it out.
After Ye's father came in, he didn't dare to breathe when he saw him settling accounts. He didn't dare to make a sound at all, for fear of interrupting his train of thought and being scolded.
After hearing his voice, I dared to ask: "How's it going? Is it settled? How much have you made in total in the past six months?"
"Quite a lot."
"How many are there? Is it hundreds of thousands?"
"It's pretty much the same."
"How much is that? One or two hundred thousand is also hundreds of thousands, eight or nine hundred thousand is also hundreds of thousands."
Father Ye leaned his head over to take a look at the notebook. Ye Yaodong immediately closed the notebook.
"Why are you so curious? What's the point of knowing my family's fortune? I don't even know how much private money you have hidden, and you want to know my family's fortune?"
"I don't want you to take care of yourself in old age."
"It makes it seem like your private money was not given by me."
"sleep."
Father Ye had nothing to say, so he stopped talking, took off his clothes and walked to the bed.
Ye Yaodong turned to his father and said: "Go out for a stroll tomorrow morning, buy some specialties, and make a phone call to inform you. Tomorrow afternoon, you can go to the shipyard with me to see if the cargo ship has been renovated."
"tmd told me that it would be ready before New Year's Day, but it was delayed because of the snow for a few days. He said that we would go and have a look tomorrow around New Year's Day. After urging him, he said that we have to go back. We must go back in the next two days.
good."
Father Ye said in surprise: "I thought it had already arrived at the pier."
"I'm sorry, I'll do it tomorrow. I've been busy going to sea these two days, so I haven't been there for two days. I spent the past few days watching them and hurrying up."
"Then you have to hurry up."
"Well, it should be about the same. It hasn't snowed in the past two days and the weather has been better."
"Go early tomorrow morning. Go to bed early and get up early. Go and remind yourself. Only after seeing it can you feel at ease."
"That's okay too."
The renovation cost of the cargo ship is estimated to be about 20,000 yuan. I have already paid 5,000 yuan in advance, and I still have to pay another 15,000 yuan.
Ye Yaodong has already prepared the money. He is just waiting for the ship to be ready for him in the next two days. He will pay for the goods after he checks and accepts it and there is no problem.
Speaking of which, he almost brought home more than 200,000 yuan in cash.
The father and son lay on the bed and chatted for a while, what to do first and what to do next tomorrow...
Ye Yaodong was still thinking that if he still had free time tomorrow, he would have to say hello and farewell to the lay people and Jin Laixi from the Chamber of Commerce. He couldn't just leave like that.
After thinking about it, he also fell into sleep.
The next day, just after dawn and it was gray, he was woken up by the noise next door.
I don't know if the group of workers were asleep or not. There were voices early in the morning, and there were also a lot of noises in the main room. They must have gotten up and ran over.
It was time to go home soon. Everyone was in high spirits and high spirits. He was urged by his father and could only yawn and get up.
"Ha~hey~ It's so early, I've taken aphrodisiacs, one by one, I don't usually get up so early..."
"Get up when you wake up. Don't you have a lot of things to do yourself? While the shops are not open early in the morning, let's go to the shipyard first."
"knew."
Ye Yaodong responded with his mouth, but his body lay still and honest.
Father Ye didn't care about him and went out first.
Ye Yaodong continued to lie down with peace of mind. It was only around 6 o'clock on a cold day, which was a bit early. Even if he had to do things, he would still have time early in the morning.
But while he was lying down, he felt a little panicked. While he was half asleep and half awake, suddenly there was no sound at all outside?
He opened his eyes suddenly and pricked up his ears to listen. Was there really no movement?
"No one left?"
"Everyone is out?"
He picked up his watch and saw that it was only 7 o'clock.
Suddenly he didn't feel cold anymore. He sat up straight, put on the cold sweater and stopped shivering when he got out of bed.
The sudden silence gave him the courage to resist the cold.
He got dressed and went out to see, and sure enough, no one was there, except for his father sitting in front of the stove, warming himself by the fire and smoking a hookah.
"Where are the people? Are they all out?"
"You think it's all like you. You don't rush when you're in a hurry. You just stay there. Yesterday you were still there saying that you still have a lot of things to do. But today you're still waiting and you didn't get up early."
"What can you do so early in the morning?"
"They all went to the morning market. They looked at what food, drinks and entertainment there were and bought some first. Then they went shopping when the stores opened."
"Yes, there is a morning market where you can buy things, so let's go too? We're going to the shipyard at this time. Director Shen isn't here either, so there's nothing we can do to urge people."
"I'm just waiting for you to get up. Hurry up."
Ye Yaodong hurriedly brushed his teeth and washed his face. He didn't even eat anymore. He locked the door and went out with his father. He was going to the morning market for breakfast.
There are still some special breakfasts in the local area. In recent years, due to the large number of foreigners who have been able to do business, a bustling street has long been formed. It is called the morning market by foreigners.
Everything is sold inside, including breakfast, vegetables, seafood, meat, food, drink, entertainment, and clothing. It's just like the markets in the countryside, except that the varieties are richer and more novel.
There were so many people coming and going early in the morning, it was almost packed.
Ye Yaodong deliberately did not go out on his bicycle. Instead, he and his father carried a large basket, which was filled to the brim before leaving.
Both of them felt that they had not bought enough, but that the basket was full and they had to go to the shipyard, so they went back first.
During this period, he also met a lot of people from his village. Most of them came out early in the morning to visit the morning market. Everyone was very willing to spend money. When he went with his father, many people had their baskets full. .
Ye Yaodong has not been idle all day, he has been running around outside.
After going to the morning market, I went to the shipyard and got the exact message. I was relieved to be able to sail the ship the next day.
After lunch, he and his father went back to call to report that he was safe, and then went to say goodbye to a few acquaintances from the chamber of commerce.
He also went to see a layman, but was told that the layman was out carrying goods again and would not be able to return until the year before, so he left a message.
Father Ye followed him around and regretted it a bit. If he hadn't been thinking about buying gold with him, he would have gone shopping by himself. Who would follow him everywhere?
"Are you done? Is there no one left?"
"Well, it's almost time to say goodbye."
"Why do I know so many different people? Fortunately I was riding a bicycle, otherwise my legs would have been broken."
"I didn't ask you to follow me, you can go shopping with others."
Father Ye didn't accept the words and only urged him, "Let's go, go home quickly and get money to buy things."
"I've brought enough. There's no need to go home. Let's go directly to the market to have a look. There are also several alleys here, so you can also take a stroll first."
"Buy the important things first?"
"What's something important? A gift for the leader's godfather?"
Ye Yaodong was a little confused. He had already bought a bunch of food in the morning. Wouldn't it be nice to go shopping and buy more local products, bring some gifts to his family, and some children's toys?
What else could be important?
There’s no need to give anything too expensive, just some local products. Besides, there’s only a lot of seafood here, what other important things can there be?
"No, didn't you say you wanted to buy gold?"
"Oh, I bought it a few days ago."
Father Ye suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!