Chapter 177 The rich have distant relatives in the mountains
While moving, he listened to Uncle Lin praising him. After all the goods on the boat were moved, Ye Yaodong smiled and pulled out two cigarettes for him and asked, "How was Uncle Lin's harvest today?"
Uncle Lin smiled and took the cigarettes, tucking both of them behind his ears.
"Don't mention it. The boat didn't work before it even towed two nets. I drove it back quickly and sold it for about ten yuan in total. How can I compare with you? That manta ray is three or four times as expensive as mine.
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I don’t know when the manta ray’s gills became valuable.
Penguin gills are bony fish with two rows of bony protrusions juxtaposed on the inner edge of each gill arch, also called gill rakers.
This thing called "expanded fish gills" has been considered by many people as a panacea for all diseases since I don't know when. I heard that many manta rays that have been hunted in recent years have been sent to Guangzhou.
Qingping City.
The price is not cheap. I heard that the wholesale price of penguin gills is 3 cents per gram, and 15 per pound...
But in fact, as far as he knows, there is no difference between the gills of bloated fish and the gills of ordinary marine fish.
But the price of this manta ray is really not cheap. It weighed 43 kilograms and cost 7 cents per kilogram. This fish alone sold for 30 yuan, and the mackerel, sea wolf fish and sea bass together sold for 15 yuan.
The other smaller fish were not light in weight. They were weighed by categories and sold for more than 20 yuan in total.
The first time I tried longline fishing was very successful. I sold more than 60 yuan on the first day, and the ground cages also sold for almost 20 yuan.
Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "With good luck, if Uncle Lin doesn't come back early, he can drag dozens of trawls in one day."
"It also depends on luck. I just happen to come back early today. I'm going to talk to some friends who make fishing boats and see if there are any second-hand boats that I can help you with."
He thanked him happily: "Thank you very much, Uncle Lin. I'm sorry to trouble you."
"You're welcome. It's not a problem. I just asked. It's rare for a boy to make progress. Your father is so happy. In the past, when he was drinking, he would scold you and complain. It's rare that you can give him face now.
, do your best from now on."
"Hey, okay, okay."
"Go back early, it will rain heavily soon."
Ye Yaodong looked at the sky that suddenly became dark again. This was the dark clouds drifting over the sea. It was obviously still bright when he just entered the purchasing point, and it might really rain heavily in a while.
"Okay, then you should go back first. It's raining, and it's inconvenient to be muddy and wet everywhere. I'm not in a hurry about the fishing boat. Just ask me when you're free."
"Um."
Ye Yao, who originally planned to go home quickly, looked at Xiaoxiao and Azheng who were coming ashore. He went over to help them move the fish twice more, and then rushed home with the bucket.
Just as he ran to the door of his house, it started to rain. He rushed under the eaves. It didn't matter whether he ran or not. He was already soaked to the skin anyway.
Lin Xiuqing also saw him coming back from inside the house. She quickly came out with a towel and wiped his face and neck, "Didn't it just rain? Why are you all wet?"
"I encountered a big fish and was splashed with water all over my body."
He thought it was a special experience, quite novel, and vividly told her how the devil fish flew into the air, and how the boat was dragged away by the devil.
Lin Xiuqing was stunned when she heard this, but she came to her senses immediately and quickly asked him if he was okay.
"It's okay. What can happen? It's not like we're in the deep sea. It's just around here. If you fall in, you can swim back."
"Be careful next time. Things are unpredictable and the risks at sea are very high."
"Um."
"I'll boil water for you. Take a hot bath. Don't catch a cold. I don't know if it rains today and I'll come back early. The water hasn't even boiled yet."
"It's okay, don't be in a hurry, just give me a bowl of noodles first! Keep the order first." He took off his clothes as he walked, wearing only a pair of shorts, and sat there waiting.
Lin Xiuqing was pleasantly surprised again when she saw the receipt. She knew that he was going to longline today.
"Are you still asking people to make row hooks today?"
"Yes, I plan to make 1,000 of them first, and then try to get a larger ship and go to farther seas."
"I don't know when I can buy it. It's hard to buy. Who would be willing to sell a boat?"
"Let's wait a few days and see."
He also knew this, so he could only do it slowly, and it might not always be a coincidence.
In fact, he was very attracted to the A Guang family's boat at that time, but he didn't have the capital, otherwise the boat would be quite suitable. Now he can only pay attention to it slowly and try his luck.
There is no need to buy a new boat. The main reason is that you don’t have that much money, so you have to search and save a little. If you can’t buy it for a long time, you can only consider it after you have saved enough money.
On a rainy day, nothing could be done. Ye Yaodong went straight to bed after eating and taking a shower, planning to take a nap with his wife in his arms.
He kicked his two sons out to play with ants at the door.
Ye Muyu stopped and saw the two brothers squatting in the corner of the door, playing there with a bamboo, not knowing what they were playing with?
"What are you doing here? You don't even go inside when it rains?"
"Dad said he was going to sleep with mom and asked us not to go in and disturb him. He gave me and Yangyang two branches and told us to play with ants and not to run around, otherwise the dog's legs would be broken."
Ye Mu: "..."
"Go inside first and don't let the cold wind blow outside."
"It's so boring. My brothers and sisters have all gone to school, so I can only play with Yangyang at home."
"Well, they will come back from school in a moment, and you can go to school in the second half of next year."
"No, didn't we agree? I'm going to herd sheep."
Mother Ye looked at him in confusion, why doesn't anyone want to study?
She said angrily: "Go into the house and don't say such things so loudly to make others laugh."
"Oh." Ye Chenghu scratched his head and led Ye Chengyang into the house.
Mother Ye took down the basket she was carrying and took out a painted basin with the word "happy" on it and placed it on the table.
"Grandma, did you bring something delicious again? What kind of delicious food is it?"
"I'm just thinking about eating. Why don't you climb up and see if you dare to eat?"
After Ye Mu finished speaking, she searched around the room, then took a sink of the same style from the top shelf in the corner, picked up the washbasin on the table and poured it into it.
The two children looked disgusted, "It's so disgusting... Why is it like this again? Dad has brought it back before."
"What's disgusting? You haven't eaten it before?" Mother Ye said, reaching into the basin, grabbing a handful, and handed it to the two brothers, which scared them so much that they took several steps back.
"yue~It's so scary~"
"Terrible~"
After catching them, Mother Ye took the washbasin to the boss's house and shared some with the family, and then turned around to help kill them first.
At this time, Lin Xiuqing woke up when she heard the voices outside the house, and climbed out of bed quietly.
"Mom, are you here? Has the rain stopped outside?"
"Stop. Your Uncle Lin just sent over a basin of sea centipedes. I'll bring them over to share with you, and kill them for you on the way."
"Ah, oh! Let me do it."
"No, please stop working. This thing is too ugly. Stop looking at it and don't be affected."
Lin Xiuqing was still a little confused from her sleep. She glanced at the basin and woke up instantly.
I saw Ye Mu grabbing a 30-centimeter-long sea centipede in her hand, holding a pair of scissors in her other hand, inserting it directly from its mouth, pulling out one end, and then throwing it into the soup bowl next to it.
Be straightforward, proficient in work, and not sloppy.
Come to think of it, she still won't reach out, right?
"Uncle Lin said that a friend of mine seems to be changing to a larger boat of more than 30 meters recently. After he changes to a new boat, he may not want his iron boat of more than ten meters and want to resell it. He has already revealed that Dongzi
If I want to sell it, I should come to your father."
Lin Xiuqing nodded happily, "Okay, I'll talk to A Dong later."
"I heard."
Ye Yaodong came out of the house and stretched. He woke up when his wife got out of bed. Hearing the sound outside the house, he slowly got up.
"Where did the sea centipedes come from? Mom, don't kill them all, leave a few alive for me."
This thing was very useful when used as fishing bait. He went to get a bowl, grabbed a handful and put it alone.
"What are you doing with this?"
"Useful, as fishing bait."
"Why don't you stop doing your business and just think about fishing? After you change the boat, you have to be more diligent. The boat is not cheap. Make money back as soon as possible."
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. He was doing serious business, okay?
"knew."
When Mother Ye saw that he was not harsh or nagging, she killed all the sea centipedes in the basin and went back first.
Ye Yaodong didn't let Lin Xiuqing touch this ugly thing, so he took it to the back door to wash it.
After cleaning, put the basket in the basin and fry celery and garlic leaves in the evening.
Although this thing is ugly, it looks a bit disgusting when alive, but it tastes really fragrant and delicious.
Before it was time to eat, as soon as the sea centipede was served, Ye Yaodong poured two taels of rice wine and started tasting the food and wine.
But I don’t know who spread their reputation of being rich, and at this time someone actually came to ask for a loan.
Ye Yaodong looked at his uncle's cousin with whom he had not interacted much inexplicably, "Cousin Meiying, how can you tell that my family is rich? We have no money. We have just moved to a new home. If we don't have to buy all the things in the house, where will the money come from?
Can be borrowed."
"I'm calculating the interest. The loan is not in vain. My family is really in trouble and the children are young..."
"But I really have no money. I also have two children to raise. I used to rely on Ah Qing to weave nets for a living. Recently, I just put in a ground cage for two or three months, which can barely improve the food at home. Where did you hear about my family?
rich?"
Ye Yaodong was speechless. He was not familiar with him, but he had the nerve to come to borrow money?
Is he that rich?
If she wants to support her husband and children, shouldn’t he want to support his wife and children?
Her husband is a loser and a gambler. Who is to blame? Think he doesn't know her background? It's just that it hasn't been revealed in the village.
"Ah Dong, I'm a relative. If the family is not in trouble, I won't talk to you. The kids are always sick during the recent seasons, and at the beginning of the year, we were fined a lot for having children. It's really hard for us..."
It’s hard for him too, because his wife still has a baby in her belly, and he’s worried!
"Well, every family has sutras that are difficult to recite. I understand you, but my family really doesn't have any. You should know about my past virtues. My family is also in a difficult situation."
"A Dong A Qing, if you are a relative, please help me. Don't shirk it. It has been spread throughout the village that you dug dozens of oyster pearls in the past few days and sold them for thousands of dollars."
Ye Yaodong stared, how could he not know that he had dug dozens? How many thousands had he bought?
They can really tell each other nonsense!
He really is rich and has distant relatives in the mountains.
Lin Xiuqing also frowned and spoke out, "I have also heard rumors in the village. They are all spread nonsense. How can you believe them? They are spread to ten, and they are spread to hundreds. Later, it is said that we have become a household with ten thousand yuan.
.Where did our family get the money? Did it come from the strong wind? Who in the village got rich just by leaving a cage for two or three months?"
"Yes, you have been misled. How can you believe the lies spread outside? Why don't you go to other people's houses and ask again? Our family has just finished building a house, and we are tight on money."
As the saying goes, helping people in emergencies does not help the poor. They are not even considered poor. They simply deserve what they deserve. They have hands and feet. Why can't they support their family by working?
When he was useless, his wife could still work to support the family.
Gambling is a bottomless pit. If you borrow it, it will be wasted. What a bad person.
Wang Meiying frowned, with a bitter look on her face, "There are not as many as the rumors say, so there should be some, right? Can you help me borrow some?"
"Did your cousin-in-law force you to borrow money again? Just leave him alone. If you have a stutter, just starve to death. Are you still letting him gamble?"
"ah?"
"Do you think no one knows about his gambling? Is there anyone in the surrounding villages who doesn't have any family ties? It's just that everyone whispers a few words in private. Gambling kills people, so you shouldn't get involved. You'd better give him some advice.
, you can just find a job without having to borrow money from everywhere."
Wang Meiying's face immediately turned red, her mouth opened and she could not speak. After a long time, she whispered: "He has never done anything, knows nothing, and doesn't know what he can do. I just wanted to borrow some money."
It would be nice if I could make a fortune with the money..."
What kind of brain is this? How can it still say such things?
Are you still thinking about reprinting?
When Ye Yaodong heard this, he was speechless. With such a dominating wife, it would be difficult for a man to change his ways!
There must be something hateful about a poor person. No wonder he owed a lot of money in his previous life, and everyone yelled for him to be beaten. His children were left to the elderly at home and ran away.
He was also drunk.
"You'd better stop thinking about it. It's impossible to repay your losses. Gambling will only be a bottomless pit. The more you gamble, the harder it will be to stop. The more you owe, the more you owe. If you owe a loan shark, the whole family will be ruined.
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"A grown man has hands and feet and can't do heavy work, so there's no shame in helping to weave a net, right? My eldest and second brothers will help weave a net when they have nothing to do at home. If you work harder, even if you don't live a wealthy life,
But basic food and clothing will definitely not be a problem.”
When it comes to relatives, he can be considered a kind words to persuade. If it were someone else, he would not bother to talk nonsense, but he could still say the same thing. His brain is really muddled by shit.
Wang Meiying looked at the indifferent couple with a frown, and saw that they were unmoved no matter how much she begged. They just asked her to go home and persuade the man to work hard to support the family. If the persuasion was useful, she would not come out to borrow money.
She didn't even think about asking him to repay his mistake, so she had no choice but to return without success.
When the couple saw someone leaving, they looked at each other speechlessly.
"If one is willing to fight and the other is willing to endure, it is probably in vain."
"Fortunately, I don't gamble. I only play cards occasionally. I haven't played for a long time recently."
Lin Xiuqing gave him a blank look, "If you gamble, I won't fight with you either."
Ye Yaodong sneered. Fortunately, he was a bit self-aware in his previous life. He didn't get into anything he shouldn't have, and he was just a waste...
This is all in the past, so he quickly changed the subject, "Is it really rumored in the village that our family dug dozens of oyster pearls and sold them for thousands of dollars?"
"Isn't that right? In the morning, a cart brought textile fabrics to our village to sell. I bought a few pairs of insoles. A lot of people asked me why I didn't buy something else? They said that our family has become rich, so why are we still so frugal?"
"I felt baffled. It took me a while to understand. Later, I actually heard that our family has become a household worth ten thousand yuan. When was I going to buy appliances? I would come to our house to watch TV. I was confused.
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The ability to convey messages in rural areas is terrible.
Ye Yaodong couldn't laugh or cry, "It's just a few oyster pearls. I didn't expect it to spread so widely. Mom really can't hide anything."
"It doesn't matter if I use it to buy a boat, it will save someone from worrying about it. If someone comes to borrow money every three days, I can't handle it. It doesn't matter if I have an excuse to refuse. And within a few months, my belly will get bigger.
People come to my door every day and I can’t hide it.”
"Well, it's true. Keep a low profile. You won't be able to tell your mother everything in the future. Women in these villages like to show off when they have nothing to do."
"Isn't this what mom saw herself?"
"I know, I know. Let's eat first. The ship should be done soon."
"Well, I don't know where the two bastards went. It just rained and everything is wet. If they get all over their bodies later, I'll beat them up..."
Lin Xiuqing ran to the door while chanting, shouting at the top of her voice, getting louder and louder. After a while, seven or eight children ran up from the beach.
She slapped the sand on their bodies and scolded them. The two children were not afraid, they made funny faces and hurried into the house to serve dinner.
As a result, Ye Yaodong patted the back of his hand and said, "Wash your hands first. Can you eat with your hands? I don't dare to eat with you after seeing them."
"Slightly, slightly, slightly~"
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