Chapter 878: More money (two chapters combined, 7,000 words)(1/3)
After carrying it back and forth, he borrowed a few trucks from his neighbors and took three or four trips to transport all the goods back.
As soon as Uncle Pei landed, they were too embarrassed to follow him immediately to settle accounts. They only said that they would wait for him to finish eating and take a bath before everyone came back later.
Taking advantage of the free time in the middle, Chen Qishui asked Chen Qishui to go back and call Wang Guangliang's two cousins and the twins over to work. They were busy at night.
Some of the shrimps that were dried a few days ago are already so crispy that they are about to fall off after three or four days of exposure, while some larger ones are a little bit worse.
Today, Lin Xiuqing was there from morning to night, picking out some of them, crushing them with a mallet, and picking and shucking them.
They thought that the fishing boat wouldn't come back so soon, and they weren't in a hurry to hire someone to do it. They planned to collect the rest tomorrow in the sun for half a day, and then she and the old lady could do it while watching TV.
Before he went to the dock to pick up the goods, they were still sitting in front of the TV shelling and picking.
But now it's no longer possible. Now we have to collect all the goods, crush them, pick them, shell them and put them away to free up space for drying, otherwise there will be more today.
The children in the open space nearby were playing football and playing football when they were suddenly stopped by Ye Yaodong.
Then when everyone looked at him curiously, he walked over and confiscated both balls.
The adults were busy coming in and out without even touching the ground, so there was no reason those children could play there happily.
"Ah? Dad?"
"Third uncle?"
"Stop for a moment and help me with my work. Bring me a few sacks to collect the dried shrimps that are being dried in the workshop."
Wails came and went...
"Did you hear that?"
"I heard it, Third Uncle, I will supervise them to do it immediately."
Ye Chenghai responded positively, and then he operated on his own brother first, "Why don't you go to work quickly? You can only play after you finish. No one can play until you finish."
"I know, right now, I will do whatever my uncle tells me to do, and I will eat shit if he tells me to eat shit!"
Ye Yaodong: "..."
"You idiot!"
Ye Chenghai cursed and then shouted to the other children: "You all go and help, or you will never come to our house to play with us again."
"We're going to help right away, hurry up, let's get to work..."
When one of them started to move, the others followed suit.
Child labor is on the move.
"Don't worry, bring a sack with you."
He handed each of the sacks that had been arranged in the yard to each of them.
The children who received the sacks were all excited and ran to the workshop. After Ye Yaodong distributed them, he also took the keys and hurriedly followed.
This group of child workers are like hard-working bees, interspersed among the fishing nets in the faint light, and like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, they shake the fishing nets back and forth, gathering all the dried shrimps in the middle, and then slowly
Pour it into the sack little by little.
And they all seemed to be competing to see who could pretend more. Their shouts could be heard everywhere in the open space, "My, my, my..."
After collecting one piece, he dragged the sack to the side again.
The ones hanging on the fishing nets are particularly easy to collect. Several children collected the fishing nets and then the bamboo flats. They obviously felt the inefficiency. They had to pick the bamboo flats one by one into the sacks, which was too troublesome.
They simply skip it.
Ye Yaodong also dragged a sack. If no one picked up the bamboo sticks standing in the corner, he would pick them up himself.
He lifted up the flat end of the bamboo stick at the bottom and shook it against the mouth of the sack a few times, and the dried shrimps on it fell into the sack.
When Lin Xiuqing came over with a quilt and mosquito coils, most of the dried shrimps in the open space had been collected.
She smiled and said: "You still know how to instigate others. No one who comes to play football will be left behind."
"There is no such thing as a free lunch. You have to pay for it. What's wrong with children working hard? They can play whatever they want in their free time, but they have to be more diligent when it's time to work."
"I'll go push the cart over and load these sacks."
After Ye Yaodong collected the bamboo sticks standing by the wall, he called to a few children running around and took the sacks in their hands and poured them over each other into a big bag.
The same goes for other people's bags. What they save is a small bag and a small bag taking up space.
By the time he transported the dried shrimps back home, Wang Guangliang and the others hadn't arrived yet. There were so many people and so much strength that they could collect all the dried shrimps in just a few clicks.
But the person hadn't come yet, and the work hadn't been finished yet, so he didn't feel confident just going to A Guang's house, so he could only wait.
The second brother came to call him, but he just asked him to go first.
"You can either go to Aguang's house to settle the accounts first. When they arrive, I will tell them to go directly to the workshop to cook it and dry it. Anyway, they have done it last time and they know what to do."
"It's okay. There's no need to be in such a hurry. Maybe Uncle Pei has just taken a shower and hasn't eaten yet. He's not so fast. If the second brother is free, let him go first. I'll carry the pot at home first and move the things over there early. Wait.
They will work early, there are too many today, I guess they will have to stay up all night."
After finishing the cooking a few days ago, I only moved the pot back home. The other pot was still kept in the workshop. It was used anyway and there was no need to move it around.
There was also the firewood that Wang Guangliang and others had delivered over the past few days. Fortunately, she always asked them to transport it to the workshop for unloading, leaving only a little in her yard, so she would not have to carry it again today.
"Okay, then lift the pot over first. It should still be a little warm. You can use a rag to pad the edge..."
"If I don't go to sea tomorrow, I'll take a look and take the time to go to town and buy a big pot back, so I don't have to move it around."
"Aren't you going to sea tomorrow?"
"Well, the wind has picked up. I heard that there is going to be a typhoon. I just have a few days of rest. I have been working continuously since the end of last month without stopping."
"Then are you going to take your eldest brother and the brothers next door to the shipyard?"
"Yes, dad has been thinking about it too."
Ye Yaodong said as he walked towards the door with a big pot in his arms, and then leaned upside down on the cart.
At this moment, several figures appeared at the door, each one panting and throwing themselves at the courtyard door.
"Dong...Brother Dongdong..."
"What? You stuttered too?"
Wang Guangliang slapped himself gently, "You're a bitch, I've been imitating Chen Shi's speech these past two days, and I almost couldn't get over it."
"Stuttering is poisonous. If you can't learn it, you won't be able to change it after you learn it."
"This is not just idleness. Brothers are joking among themselves and trying to imitate a few sentences from him. But they don't remember it long enough, so they go back to learning and stutter for a few days. After they get better, they forget it and go back to learning it again."
"Okay, stop talking, come in and push the big pot on the cart to the workshop for me. The shrimps will have been delivered to the workshop when you come back, so you don't have to move them today."
"Hello!"
Wang Guangliang stared straight at the dogs that were staring at him, and while they were sniffing wildly back and forth, they moved little by little into the yard, and then he said happily.
"Brother Dong, all your dogs recognize me. They don't even bark when they see me. They only let me in after a few sniffs."
"Well, they are all a bunch of good dogs. The smart ones are the ones. Hurry up and push them over to work. I have something else to do."
"Okay, okay."
Ye Yaodong also followed them to the workshop and asked the twins to go to their hometown by themselves. He pointed to the 30 baskets of shrimps neatly stacked against the wall outside the small house and handed them to Wang Guangliang and the others.
"Your task today is to cook all these shrimps, and then spread them out to dry. You did a good job last time. Let's continue to work hard today. There are more people today. You have to work harder at night. I will bring a bucket later.
When the mung bean soup comes over, I’ll treat it as a midnight snack for you.”
It seems that the bucket of mung bean soup cooked by the old lady cannot be brought on board the ship tonight, so it would be just right to bring it over for them to drink.
They were all pleasantly surprised, and there was also a midnight snack.
"Ah, there is also mung bean soup to drink, and the treatment is getting better and better."
"Brother Dong is doing us a favor, so we have to do it well!"
"We'll start the fire right away."
Seeing how excited and motivated they were, Ye Yaodong also felt that if he asked them to work in the evening, they would really need to prepare some midnight snacks, otherwise they would be tired from staying up all night.
"You guys go ahead and get it done, I'll bring it over to you."
By the way, I'll look for something to eat at home and bring some over.
Corn can also be used. I just harvested the corn two days ago and piled up two sacks at home. I haven't eaten it yet. I will put a basket together with the mung bean soup and let them throw it into the edge of the firewood pile to roast.
This move received another round of thanks from them.
Sometimes, small warm gestures are easier to win over people's hearts.
Before leaving, he gave Wang Guangliang an electronic watch by the way, which almost made him overjoyed.
This electronic watch costs a lot.
The food and the electronic watches directly boosted their favorability and loyalty instantly.
"It's convenient for you to check the time, so you don't know what time it is."
Wang Guangliang was overjoyed, "Thank you Brother Dong, I will work hard and not be lazy, and supervise them by the way. If they dare to be lazy, I will beat them."
To be continued...