An old man is like a treasure. Recently, Lin Xiuqing has been busy very late at night, so she wakes up late in the morning. She doesn't get up until she hears voices around dinner time.
Although the old lady also worked late at night, she still slept less as she got older. She still got up as soon as the sun was shining and cooked porridge, fed the chickens and ducks, and watered the vegetable fields. She did not miss a day.
It has indeed reduced Ah Qing’s burden and saved him a lot of things.
As soon as they finished eating, they would each use a sack to collect the dried squid and balang fish. After collecting, they would carry it to carts and transport them home by cartloads.
When the sun was high in the sky and they were weighing themselves at the door, they saw several cadres from the village committee walking in front, followed by several villagers, heading towards their house and just passing by their door.
"Why are Secretary Chen going? Leading so many people to inspect?"
"No, there are villagers who want to build a house and want to build it in the surrounding area. They have already chosen the land. We will bring people over to measure it."
"oh."
"Everyone says that the feng shui here is good. Every home that lives here has a trawler, and I want to move here to see if I can improve the feng shui of my home and have good luck."
"Okay, it's quite passable."
Mother Ye said in a loud voice: "Whose family is coming here to build a house? Don't tell me, our area has good feng shui. When the time comes, more families will move here to be neighbors, and the area around us will become lively."
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"It's on Sanping Mountain. It's not as lively as the village on the mountain, and there isn't as much open space, so we moved down and built two rooms."
"Oh, no wonder it looks a bit unfamiliar."
"Let's get busy first..."
"Hey, good."
Mother Ye seemed to see people walking towards their door, stretching their necks to look around. The open space on their beach was quite big, and there was a large open space as you walked inside.
"With these few more households, our area will be livelier and it won't seem so remote."
"It's okay. It's also in a village, but it's remote." Ye Yaodong said, "Don't make any noise. We are still weighing the goods. If you want to watch the excitement, just come over and have a look."
"Then I'll go over and have a look..."
They were very busy, and how could they not have as much time as Ye Mu? It was just a good idea to send them away.
A lot of squid were caught on the second and third days, more than on the first day, and more cuttlefish were harvested than on the first day. After weighing the two days' goods, they weighed a total of 1,056 kilograms.
There is also Balang fish, which is over 500 kilograms. Their Balang fish is cooked before being dried.
The dried Balang fish can be eaten directly, stir-fried with garlic sprouts, or used as an ingredient to cook salty porridge or rice noodle soup. It has a good texture and fresh taste.
Different fish have different flavors after being dried and cooked. He focuses on diversification. Anyway, the fish caught in each season are different, so you can eat it in various ways without getting bored.
He was going to send these 500 kilograms of Balang fish to a store in the city to restock the stock. The retail price was higher, and the store happened to be short of inventory, so he refused to buy it.
After delivering the cuttlefish weighing over 1,000 kilograms to a warehouse in the city, he paid for the goods, and Ye Yaodong went straight to the store.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been here. It’s been over a month, but it’s a lot more lively than before.
It was already mid-afternoon, and the market was closed. There were still many people nearby, many of whom were staying in nearby shops.
Needless to say, I haven't been here for more than a month, and there are actually more than a dozen shops nearby, selling everything from breakfast, to food, to noodle shops, and one is also a grocery store, and there are two that sell the same things as him.
Good stuff, business looks good too!
My father-in-law mentioned it before, but I heard that the selling price would be a little more expensive than them.
Because it is said to be sold in the market, the market price is originally higher than what they catch themselves, not to mention that the shop is rented, so it must be sold at a higher price, otherwise what will they make?
So he didn't worry. They themselves had a natural advantage. They caught all the goods themselves, and the stores also bought them themselves. Small profits but quick turnover made them more profitable.
After Ye Yaodong arrived at the store, he unloaded the goods and was not in a hurry to load them. He walked around the market first and found that there were five or six shops around the second entrance, and three on both sides of the third entrance.
It seems that it is not far away from his eldest and second brother's shop for rent. If they could not find a suitable person to look after the shop, and they are relatively honest and not so smart, they would probably think of taking advantage of it.
Father Lin saw him coming back after walking around in a circle, and said, "I think it won't be long before another store can be rented out."
"Don't worry, just watch first."
"Hey, you guys came so late. It was already dark when we got home. I couldn't wait until after one o'clock, so I called back. Ah Qing said you just left, and I was afraid that these fish products would be released.
The door was damaged by the sun, so we moved it to the warehouse inside for storage."
"Well, let's leave after pretending. It gets dark very late now. It's already around 6:30. It doesn't get dark until it gets dark. It's probably just dark in the county."
"Go back early, I'll call you if anything happens."
"Well, when Uncle Zhou comes to deliver the goods in two days, he will paste a few more pieces of the red paper for rent. The ones posted before have faded and are no longer conspicuous."
"OK."
Before leaving, Ye Yaodong wandered around the nearby shops a few more times and discussed with his brother-in-law that it would be good to open a food shop nearby.
There are people there from morning to night, and eating, drinking, and eating are top of the list. People come and go, and there are always needs.
However, their family does not have the energy to do this. The whole family has work to do and everyone performs their duties, so there is no one idle.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. The brother-in-law really paid attention and looked at it a few more times.
Originally, the prosperity of the city had opened his horizons for a country bumpkin like him, who dared to think too much. But when he saw that the food business in the surrounding shops was quite good, and Ye Yaodong also said it there, he immediately became interested.
A Dongdu is so good at making money and has opened a shop in the city, so what he says is definitely right.
However, he was about to leave. Along the way, he heard the roar of the tractor and was shaking. He could only suppress his thoughts and talk about it later.
Ye Yaodong didn't know that his brother-in-law's mind had become agitated when he brought him out like this. He leaned on the tractor and covered his mouth and nose, his mind flying to the sea, wondering if the fishing went well today?
These days a boat can catch six to seven hundred kilograms, and it will certainly be the same today, and maybe even more can be caught.
If you dry 500 kilograms a day, you can sell it for 1,200 yuan and earn 900 yuan. Three boats can earn a household of 10,000 yuan in one flood season!
It’s still cost-effective to dry it in the sun and make money!
Ye Yaodong thought about it, the corners of his mouth raised, and he felt happy in his heart.
But when he returned home, what awaited him was heavy bleeding.
I followed a large truck back without incident all the way. I had just jumped out of the truck to report that it was safe and was about to unload the truck when I heard Ah Qing's nagging talk.
"There is no place to pile up, so we have to let the tractor drive to the small workshop to unload the goods. If I had known better, I should have left for the city earlier. It was already dark when I got home, and there were already a lot of squid piled up at the door to kill. Plus, there were so many squid here.
A car full of people, they may not be able to finish killing them until dawn."
"Then take this cart to the workshop for unloading, and then ask four or five people to bring their own knives to kill them. Call the other aunts, aunts, and sisters-in-law over. Kill them quickly while they are fresh.
It has been piled up all day during the day. The weather is hot and it will not be fresh after being piled for a long time."
"Well, Mom went to help carry water. I'm going to call someone. You unload the goods first. I have something to talk to you about later."
Ye Yaodong was confused, "What's going on? Didn't the trawl go smoothly today?"
"No, it's not about the sea. We've caught so many squids and brought them back. What else can happen at sea? It's about Aguang. He just came over, but you weren't here. He went back after a while and said he would wait.
Will come again.”
He was even more puzzled.
"What can happen to A Guangneng?"
"There's no rush. You can talk anytime. You can unload the goods first. I'll quickly ask someone to come over and kill the fish. I'll talk to you later when I come into the house."
"Oh, okay."
If he didn't say it in a hurry, then it wasn't an urgent matter, so he wasn't in a hurry.
Anyway, after getting out of the car for so long, I didn't hear the women who were killing squid talking about related gossip. It shouldn't be important, it's not a big deal.
After Ye Yaodong unloaded the goods, he asked his uncle to go to bed first. There was no need to watch tonight. After all this work, it would probably be dawn. There were people around, so there was no need to guard anything.
He would have to carry the big pot over here later, and the Balang fish would have to be cooked and dried. If he had known better, he would have asked his father-in-law to buy other fish today. To save trouble, he could just kill and marinate it for half an hour, wash it and then dry it.
I don’t know if there are so many Balang fish these days and my father-in-law only buys this kind.
He cursed, paid the fare to Uncle Zhou, thanked him profusely, and packed a basket of fresh Balang fish to take back to him. The courtesy was light but the affection was heavy.
"Dongzi!"
"Ah? Oh, you're here. When I just came back, Ah Qing told me that you were coming to find me."
A Guang got off his bicycle and said, "You just came back? Did you bring back so much fish? There are so many squids, you won't be able to finish them until dawn."
"Aqing went to ask for help. Anyway, they should be piled up separately. We can handle both sides at the same time."
"Your little workshop is getting more and more prosperous, and the number of manpower is increasing."
"Hahaha, blah, blah, blah, I came back late today. I was so busy that everything was piled up, so I called a few more people. What can you do? As soon as I came back, Ah Qing told me, you
Find me."
"Let's go and talk to you at home."
"Okay, let's go home and talk."
Aguang pushed his bicycle and said as he walked: "A few days ago, in a village in this town, four fathers, sons, uncles and nephews died at sea. Have you heard about it?"
Ye Yaodong was stunned, "Ah, I heard about it, what's wrong? Have you found out who did it? Can't you?"
"No, do you still remember Uncle Zheng who sold you 30,000 kilograms of dried dragon head fish before?"
"Yeah, remember, what happened?"
"He said before that his friend ordered a 26-meter boat at the shipyard..."
I don’t know if it’s due to Yang today. I’ve had a headache all day long. I’ve been feeling groggy all morning and afternoon, half asleep and half awake all the time.
It wasn't until after dinner that I went out to get some medicine. After taking it, I felt better and more energetic, so the update is late again. Please bear with me.
I'll arrange an update later depending on the situation. I'll try to see if I can add a chapter tomorrow.
Chapter completed!