"That's for sure. I don't know how many kilograms of fish dad can bring back today?"
At this time, he couldn't help feeling regretful. If he could have two boats at home like A Guang, he could earn even more!
No, if he can't buy a boat yet, he has to order one after the new year. He can't just wait around. Some families need money to celebrate the new year. If he can't buy a boat before the new year, he doesn't have to wait after the new year.
Lin Xiuqing didn't know what he was thinking, but she just said: "It shouldn't be less, right? I heard yesterday from the sister-in-law Zhou next door that the amount of trawl goods has increased in the past two days."
"We'll have a look in the afternoon. I'll go out for a walk and let them save as much fish as they can today."
"Hey, go ahead. I'll put the rice down and cook it. I didn't know you came back early and didn't cook the rice earlier. I originally planned to cook some noodles."
"It's up to you, just eat whatever you want."
Ye Yaodong said and walked out again. He first made peace with the neighbors and then walked into the village.
Next to him lived several brothers of the Zhou Jialan family, who also owned two boats.
Unexpectedly, while he was out for a while, his father-in-law came and pushed a cart of leftover oranges and a sack of grapefruits.
Lin Xiuqing looked at him happily and said: "Didn't you say before that you want to send some specialties to Team Leader Zhao? These oranges and grapefruits that my father sent over are just right for Team Leader Zhao. Although the oranges
It’s a little less, but my dad said he would carry another 100 kilograms over tomorrow.”
Ye Yaodong also looked at the corner full of baskets and a whole sack.
"Dad is too kind. He sent me everything he had and nothing was left behind."
Father Lin smiled with an honest look on his face, "I've just harvested it, so I'll deliver it to you while I'm selling it. The oranges are so good, otherwise there would be a little more left. If you want to give them away, I'll carry 100 kilograms of bitter oranges tomorrow and deliver them.
They hold better than oranges, you can eat them slowly, and they are eaten cold without getting angry. I originally brought 100 kilograms each today, but I didn’t expect that all the bitter oranges were sold out.”
"Okay, you don't need to send it over. I'll ride a bicycle to pick it up, which will save you a long way to go. I'll give you the price at that time. Just treat it as if I bought it. The quantity is too much, so I can't let you go."
deliver."
"No, no, no, what does the family say to buy? There is nothing else in the house, only these fruits and vegetables are the most popular."
"Well, if you don't have enough money, let's talk about it. Is the harvest good this year? How much do oranges cost per pound..."
The money must be given, but you don’t have to talk about it all the time, otherwise you will always shirk it and carry the money with you tomorrow, just put the money down.
Ye Yaodong changed the topic and started chatting with his father-in-law. When they had lunch together, they drank a lot of wine with him.
Originally, Father Lin planned to go back after dinner, but he got drunk and had to rest here at noon. He temporarily took a nap in the beds of his two children.
It was already dusk when he got up, and Ye Yaodong told him that the fishing boat would come back in the evening and he would take some fresh fish back with him.
But Lin's father kept refusing, unwilling to ask for it again life or death. He only asked him to sell it for money, and then went back in a hurry, for fear of costing them again.
The old lady saw Father Lin pushing the trolley away quickly, and said with a smile: "When you go to carry oranges tomorrow, bring more fish with you. The in-laws are always thinking about us. In the future, you will accept other people's things, too.
They all have to be returned.”
Of course he understands this.
"Yeah, I understand. I'll go to the dock to see if the boat has come in. With three people doing it, it should be quick."
Ye Yaodong pushed the bicycle outward, straddled it with his long legs, and rode on it.
Ye Chengyang squatted on the ground but said stupidly: "Dad's feet seem to be longer than mine?"
"His feet are bigger than your face!" Ye Chenghu agreed.
"Is there any?"
"Yes, you will know if you put your face next to Daddy's feet tonight and compare them."
Ye Chengyang nodded in confusion, "Oh."
"Ye Chenghu, did you do your homework tonight?"
Lin Xiuqing's voice sounded faintly above his head, but Ye Chenghu raised his head and said, "Ah? You haven't had dinner yet?"
"You don't have to do your homework if you don't eat?"
“You will have the energy to do your homework after eating!”
Lin Xiuqing almost laughed at his confident words, "Hurry up and do your homework. You are not allowed to eat until you finish. You have to light up the lamp to write every day. You dare to ask me for New Year's money. Your New Year's money has already been paid for the electricity bill."
Ye Chenghu muttered and walked into the house, "I was deceived by you. If I had known, I wouldn't have gone to school. I would have done homework every day, done homework every day..."
Lin Xiuqing was so angry that she wanted to slap him on the back of the head, but somehow, this guy seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, so he ran quickly and escaped.
Then he stood at the door of the room and made faces at her, almost making her angry again.
She finally understood why her elder sister-in-law and her second sister-in-law were shouting louder than the other all day long, either scolding this or that, but it was too late to scold her, and her throat felt so itchy.
"No one likes to read..."
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm still young, just teach me slowly..."
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes, her man was probably spoiled in this way too.
As soon as Ye Yaodong arrived at the pier, he happened to see Father Pei and Rat carrying baskets of goods, so he went up to help.
"There seems to be quite a lot of cargo in the trawl today."
"The goods are not bad, but lately they are all dragonhead fish and toad fish, which are not valuable. Today I only caught a few kilograms of nine-section shrimp, which are more valuable." Father Pei said as he walked, "You want the dragonhead fish too, right?"
"
"I want it, I want it, even the trash fish."
Mouse couldn't understand what they were talking about, so he quickly asked: "What are you talking about, do you want it or not? Uncle, aren't you going to let Ah Cai collect the goods today? Dongzi has changed his profession to receive goods and won't go to sea anymore?"
Ah Cai also stared wide-eyed, "I said I was just about to drag this product in for weighing. Why did you say you had to wait a while? You didn't want to collect it from me?"
"No, these are not worth much. I want to take them back to dry the fish, and A Dong will collect these dried fish. I will need to borrow your scale later, weigh it, and calculate the weight. Then we will have to ask the big bowl
My son split it half and half."
Ye Yaodong almost laughed when he heard his father Pei talking about his son. The older generation really cheated their sons and even their grandsons by naming them.
"So much to dry?" Ah Cai looked at Ye Yaodong, "Your eldest brother and second brother's ship, you have kept all the goods back in the past two days and said that you want to dry them. Isn't it you who collected them there?"
"yes."
"Damn it, you're a monopoly! And you're stealing business!"
Ah Cai's intestines would probably turn green now. If I had known better, I wouldn't have told him how much he could sell it for after it was dried.
This is shooting yourself in the foot and cutting off half of your financial path.
I didn’t expect that this guy would actually do something like that. Within a few days of selling dried fish, he would actually make a lot of money, and he would collect it all over the village!
"Why do I call this a monopoly to grab business? You collect the fresh ones, and I collect the dried ones." Ye Yaodong said with a playful smile.
"The dried ones are more expensive than the fresh ones. You collect the dried ones there, but everyone has to keep them to dry and sell them for more money."
After finishing speaking, Ah Cai patted his mouth twice and said, "Look at this bad mouth. It's okay. Why are you talking so much?"
Ye Yaodong smiled and hooked his shoulders, pulled out two cigarettes, put one behind his ear thoughtfully, put one to his mouth, and lit it for him.
"These fish are extremely cheap. How much can you earn if I harvest them for you? Just don't waste those three melons and two dates. Harvest them for me. Let me earn more. I will catch more fish and sell them to you."
, let you earn, come and go!"
Ah Cai raised his head and glared at him, took a sip before taking it out, and said: "Three melons and two dates are still money, and mosquito legs, no matter how small they are, are still meat."
Ye Yaodong was about to have a good chat with Ah Cai, but he saw that something seemed to have happened on the other side of the ship. Seeing the three of them facing each other, the atmosphere was a bit off.
He quickly put down his arm on Ah Cai's shoulders and said, "I'm going to take a look. It seems like something happened over there."
As soon as he walked over, he saw that Father Pei was holding a small basket in his hand. There was a swallow pomfret as big as a small basin in it, and he was holding a rag in his other hand.
Mouse on the side looked a little embarrassed, while his wife bit her lower lip and looked at Lanzi with a somewhat unwilling expression.
He thought with his buttocks and knew that they must have caught the big swallow pomfret and were reluctant to hand it over, so they hid it secretly.
"I'm sorry, uncle, this...I couldn't stand my wife's begging, so I was confused. I will definitely not do it next time."
"I picked this one up..."
The mouse glared at his wife.
"Uncle, she didn't pick it up. Don't argue with her. It was indeed her who picked up this fish. It was dark at night and I didn't pay attention while sailing the boat. I almost hit the rocks. My eyelids kept twitching with fear, so I stopped at the small island next to it.
When we got down, my wife unexpectedly saw this fish stuck in the crevice of the reef."
Father Pei frowned so hard that he could kill a fly, "Okay, we can't do this next time. If it does again, I will replace him."
"Okay, okay."
"Did the ship have any bumps? Has it been checked?"
"Yes, yes, yes... no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...
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"Well, it's good that you didn't bump into it. Otherwise, if there is any damage, you will be responsible for it. When I handed it to you, it was in good condition. Of course, if you return it to me, it must be in good condition."
"Definitely."
Ye Yaodong just watched and said nothing.
Father Pei saw that the mouse was sincere in admitting his mistake, so he didn't want to hold on to him, so he raised his hand and let him go.
When they went over to weigh the goods together, Ah Cai was depressed and sat there without moving. It was not until he saw the big swallow pomfret that his eyes lit up and he stood up quickly.
"Big swallow pomfret! Oh, it's so big? It's as big as a washbasin, and it covers the bottom of the basket. It's the best!"
Ye Yaodong also said with a smile: "This fierce thing is so delicious that it can stick to your mouth."
"It sounds like you've eaten it before." Ah Cai rolled his eyes at him and happily took the fish in his hand, "Oh, it's really heavy. This is bigger than the big pomfret."
I wrote a draft of more than 2,000 words in the evening. I deleted it when I was not satisfied with it. This chapter was rewritten.
It's too late. The second chapter has been postponed. Don't wait any longer. I don't know if I can write it before going to bed.
Chapter completed!