Ye Yaodong listened to his father's question and happily stretched out his fingers to make a 3 and then a 5.
His father was so happy that he almost lost his way.
"That's a lot. Okay, okay. I'm lucky today. It's a near miss."
"It's not just a near miss, it's obviously a very powerful move."
"Nervous, I would rather not be exposed in such a limelight, I will be scared to death."
"But when you think back, don't you think it's quite majestic and novel? No one else will ever have such an experience in their lifetime."
Father Ye also laughed when he told him. Although he was really nervous at first. Seeing those big mouths following behind him, he panicked and wanted to run away quickly. But after being followed all the way back by them, he felt pretty good.
Novel.
The main thing is that I came back safely and nothing happened, otherwise it would be such a novelty.
"Stop talking, stop talking, and go back as soon as you finish selling the goods."
"Have you taken down the antoas and lampreys from the boat?"
"Yes, it's here. I can't put it down. I plan to carry it..."
"What are you talking about? Let Ah Cai keep it here for now. I'll come back to pick it up at night. Then take it home and it will die when there is no oxygen in the water. It won't even get dark."
"Why are you raising this thing? I just wanted to throw it back into the sea for you."
Ye Yaodong grabbed the bucket and said, "It took a lot of effort to catch it. If you throw it away, you have to go down and catch it for me."
After saying that, he went directly to the purchase point. He didn't know what he was going to do with those sea lampreys, but he kept them at Ah Cai's place anyway, so he didn't need to worry about them.
When the time comes, he will remember what he was using it for and then take it over. If he dies accidentally, forget it, but he will have use for those few antoas.
I caught a few last year, but they died of a power outage during a typhoon. Now I finally caught a few more with the help of basking sharks, but I have to keep them first.
He hesitated whether to take it out directly at night and test it to see if he could catch fish? Should he wait two days before trying again and focus on trawling during these two days?
After agreeing with Ah Cai to put him there for foster care, he came back.
"How much did the other boat cost?" Father Ye asked as he pushed the cart.
"It's more than 38 yuan, which is not bad. It's enough for the fuel expenses of two ships plus today's wages."
In fact, the extra cost of the ship is not small, and the people who support it have to pay a lot of wages. Fortunately, they are also creating labor value.
"When I just came back, the Harvest had disappeared from the sea. She probably went out at night. I don't know how long it will take to come back this time."
"Don't worry about it. We only have three shares anyway. Uncle Pei will arrange anything and everything. We can just wait and divide the money."
"Dongzi, did those basking sharks just leave?" Brother Asheng couldn't help but ask from the side. He had been moving goods just now, and there were so many people talking around him, so he was embarrassed to ask.
"What if?"
"Haha, I'm just curious. I haven't seen it up close. It's a bit strange that such a big fish doesn't attack people. I followed it all the way, but stopped following it when I found that the water was not deep enough."
The eldest cousin also smiled and said: "If I had known that such a big fish would not attack people, but just follow it, we would not follow behind, but also followed together to see what it looks like up close."
"They are actually quite slow to react. When our fishing boat made such a loud noise, they might not have even reacted. Anyway, you will know if you encounter them in the future. They do not attack people."
Father Ye also said: "I used to occasionally see fish of this size wandering around, but in recent years I haven't seen so many."
Ye Yaodong thought to himself that these would no longer be seen offshore in the future, and they had become protected animals, and they would have to hide away if they encountered them.
Maybe it’s because fishing in other countries was too harsh during my childhood.
After all, our country has not developed yet, and the fishery has only just started. Overfishing has become more and more overfished, and fishery resources have declined. Our country can only hold a small part of the responsibility. In fact, the most important problem is environmental pollution.
Today's episode has become a topic of conversation among the villagers after dinner, but it is not too sensational. After all, resources are abundant now, and occasionally everyone can still see some big guys appearing offshore.
Some fishing boats can often see some dolphins and sharks when they are operating. It’s just that there are so many of them and they escort them all the way, which is a bit rare.
The most talked about thing in the village that day was the matter of rats. I heard that the couple were getting divorced. Originally, his mother had been acting like a monster, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had been quarreling. However, after the couple's quarrel reached the point of divorce, my mother calmed down and did not dare to make a fuss.
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These days, not many people get divorced, and they always encourage reconciliation but not divorce.
But I heard that in the evening, the old Wang family wanted a divorce because of the rat, so they called on the door and beat the rat again.
His legs and feet were not well at first, but now the injuries are getting worse. His family members have stopped working and now support his divorce, and things are getting into trouble again.
After seeing the commotion, Mother Ye came back and talked happily to the people enjoying the shade and the workers at the door. She also said that the two families were having trouble again.
Ye Yaodong felt that he and his family had not seen peace in the past month. Anyway, it was either a fight or a conflict between neighbors, a conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, or a conflict between husband and wife. Hearing his mother talk about it later, he felt it was extremely exciting.
Just the two of them have been responsible for the gossip in the village for several months now, and they are simply more famous than him for making a lot of money.
However, his reputation is louder outside than in the village. After all, the villagers in the village can often see him, and they can also see him working at sea, which is no different from everyone's daily life.
This often makes people ignore the assets in his hands. After all, no matter how rich he is, he is just fishing like everyone else. It's no different. He doesn't have such a big filter.
It's different for people in other villages. Just based on imagination, the built-in filters are all turned up to the maximum.
So much so that after he and his two brothers joined a boat together, Wang Guangliang and others became even more messed up during the days when they were resting from the typhoon.
I would always run to his house when I had nothing to do. I would also run around here when I had nothing to do, and he would carry water and firewood. I would also bring everything I had at home, such as a basket of peanuts, a basket of firewood pears, water chestnuts, etc.
The hand that takes someone is short, and the mouth that eats someone is short.
The children also became familiar with them, and they all loved to play with them, and even asked them to play ball together. They also loved coming over, and no man could resist the temptation of playing ball.
Now I basically stay in front of their house during the day if I don't have anything to do.
Ye Yaodong felt relieved after seeing it. If someone caused trouble when he was not at home, someone at home would be watching.
On the day after the typhoon, he also asked Ah Cai to send 2,000 kilograms of fish every day as long as the weather was good and there was stock. He would send whatever fish was abundant or cheap that day, as long as it was suitable for drying.
Wang Guangliang and the others are not afraid of running out of work, and several people will take turns watching the workshop during the day and night.
Tonight, Ah Cai didn't know if he found someone to collect the 2,000 kilograms of paddy fish from the dock in the town. He just interrupted his mother's talk and asked her to find two aunts to kill them.
fish.
These young men are not as good at killing fish as the old aunts. Setting up a pot for them to cook the shrimps is fine, but now they can only help dry them.
However, they still need young people to keep vigil.
After the arrangements were made and he saw that the workshop was in good order, he felt relieved and went to bed early, as he would go to sea at night.
Originally, he saw the group of basking sharks receding during the day. Ye Yaodong thought that the injured basking shark probably either sank into the sea or was lucky enough to follow the group of basking sharks back to the deep sea.
After all, being sucked by a hagfish was not certain to die. He heard that there was a 1/7 chance of escaping. With the basking shark's powerful physique and tonnage, he thought he would not die directly.
However, when he was preparing to go out to sea at night, he found a crowd of people gathered outside the pier, standing on the shore with flashlights shining in front of them.
And his father was there too, and he heard the sound.
"They should be the ones I saw the day before yesterday. I don't know how they got here. The water here is not deep enough for them to move around..."
"Yes, I saw them all gone at that time. Why is there still one here..."
"I didn't see it when I came back in the evening, why are you here at night..."
"I don't know if he is dead or alive..."
"Such a big man shouldn't die, right? How could he die here?"
"Poke it with a stick and see?"
"It's a bit far away. I have to climb onto the boat and try with a long stick to see if I can poke it..."
"I'll do it, I'll do it...I have experience, I'm familiar with this fish..."
As soon as Ye Yaodong walked in, he heard everyone talking to each other, and he didn't know what they were talking about. Azheng's voice sounded again, and he felt particularly excited when he heard his voice.
He walked up to his father and patted his shoulder.
"Dad? What are you looking at? What happened?"
His father couldn't help but Azheng, who had just turned his head and squeezed out of the crowd to get on the boat, said with excitement: "Dongzi, among the group of basking sharks that surrounded our boat the day before yesterday and sent us back, one of them suddenly stranded on the
We were at the edge of the pier, and we didn’t know whether it was dead or alive. Everyone looked at it with flashlights for a long time, but there was no reaction. I was about to get on the boat with a stick and poke it to see."
"Basking shark? Basking shark stranded outside the pier?"
"Yes, it's a short distance from the shore. It was accidentally illuminated when everyone was using flashlights to shine, so they were all wondering if they were dead or alive. Logically speaking, how could such a big person die? At most, there may not be enough water here.
Shen, is it stranded?"
"Then you still dare to poke it?"
Ye Yaodong also took a flashlight to shine in the distance, and said casually, but in his heart he thought of the injured basking shark.
The villagers nearby were still muttering about whether to live or die.
"Aren't you people who don't attack? I watched all the way the day before yesterday, so what does it matter if I go over and poke you?"
"I'll take a closer look with you."
"Okay, okay."
"Let's go take a look too..." Some brave people also thought of taking a closer look.
Just having heard about it in the past two days, many people are very curious.
"I didn't see it during the day, and I don't know why it stranded at night. I feel like this fish has a bit of a bad eye..."
Ah Zheng muttered and got on the boat. He shone his flashlight back and forth, took the spare bamboo pole on the boat and walked to the stern of the boat. Then he poked at a bulge with a fish fin on the sea far away.
Ye Yaodong and everyone else turned on the flashlight to shine on him, but saw that the bulge did not react at all. The place where it was poked was only dented, and the bamboo pole rebounded when it was retracted.
"Huh? No response?" Azheng muttered unexpectedly, then poked it a few more times, but still no response.
"Hey, is it moving?!"
"Did it move?"
"I saw the fins on its back move!"
"I saw it too!"
"Are you dazzled? Why didn't I see it?"
Ye Yaodong took the bamboo pole in his hand and said, "Let me try it..."
As soon as the bamboo pole hit the meat, it bounced back, and the fins on his back actually shook twice.
At this moment, everyone's flashlights were shining on the fins of the fish and they all stared there, and they really saw the fins shaking.
"Alive!"
"It's alive!"
"It's not dead? It's because it was too big and it was stranded."
"Let me tell you, the water is quite deep underneath, and only the fins on the back are exposed on the surface. How could he die like that..."
"It's hard to say. Without seeing it move, who knows whether it is dead or alive? When the tide goes out, the water level is as high as it is now. It is high tide now, so the water level is high."
"Nonsense, there is no sun at night, how can it dry out and dehydrate it, and it is not stranded in the evening. Now I find that the interval is not long. It is not the first or fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and the tide has not receded very much.
Low, how can it be so easy to die as long as there is water?"
Ye Yaodong ignored what others around him were saying. He felt that the basking shark seemed to lack some energy.
He slapped it hard a few more times. As a result, the basking shark's tail flipped hard and hit the water surface, causing a large splash of water in an instant.
Just like a large rain curtain coming towards us, it sprayed overwhelmingly onto everyone's faces, drenching everyone from head to toe, giving them a chill.
In addition, the fishing boat swayed and moved outward. Everyone swayed and failed to stand. Some fell on the deck, and some held on to the edge of the boat in time to avoid falling.
The people on the shore were not far away, only about ten meters away, a boat's distance away. They were shocked when they clearly saw the accident.
Everyone shouted, "What's wrong? What happened?"
"What's wrong? Are you alive? Come back soon?"
"Dongzi..."
"Azheng..."
One by one, they called the names of familiar people, anxious to call them back, for fear that something might happen.
After all, how scary the mouth of the female shark was during the day and how big it was were witnessed by many people.
At this moment, everyone thought that the fish was still alive and was preparing to attack humans madly, so it caused a huge splash.
After the people on the boat stabilized their bodies, they asked Ye Yaodong one after another.
"Damn! What are you doing, Dongzi?"
"What are you doing, Adong?"
Ye Yaodong threw the bamboo pole on the boat, wiped his face, and smiled awkwardly.
"Haha, I'm sorry, I just think it's a little half-dead. I want to give it a few hard shots to see if it's really about to die."
"You can't cause such a big splash, it looks like you are about to die."
"This is like being stranded. I will probably swim back to the sea later."
"Aren't you going to catch him? Such a big guy..."
"How do you catch such a big one? It weighs several tons, and its mouth is so wide, so scary. If it gets angry, even one bite won't be enough for it to eat. This is a shark."
Others think about it and think it makes sense...
Just because you don't go crazy for a while doesn't mean you won't go crazy at all; if you don't eat people all the time, it doesn't mean you won't eat people all the time.
"Let's go ashore first, and then we'll talk after we get ashore. People on the shore have been shouting, so let's go up first and explain."
Ye Yaodong said something and walked to the bow of the boat first and climbed ashore.
Others quickly followed and came ashore together.
After landing on the shore, he explained to the people on the shore what had just happened, and said that the fish was the big fish that appeared on the nearby beach during the day and followed their fishing boat around.
"Ah? What should I do? It's stranded here..."
"Catch it. Such a big piece must be very rare, right? It can be sold for a lot of money, right?"
"How can we catch him? He's so big, will he swallow us whole if he gets close?"
"Or just kill them? Aren't there some guns in the village?"
"Would the gun be ineffective? He's so big and must have rough skin and thick flesh. He doesn't feel like he can be killed."
"Or wait until daybreak and tell the village committee and let the village committee see what to do?"
Everyone agreed.
"Let's leave it to the village committee. It's hard for us to deal with such a big animal suddenly stranded here..."
"Hey? Can we offer it up like the big fish last year?"
"Why offer it? The reward is only 50 yuan at most, and it's not for us. If it's shared by the whole village, 50 cents for each family, it's useless. It's better to kill and eat the meat.
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"It's just that I have never eaten such a big fish in my life. It would be better to kill it and eat the meat if I offer it."
"That's right... Then let's wait until tomorrow morning and ask the village committee what to do."
Ye Yaodong couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth as he listened to their discussion.
Everyone was shocked.
In the past two years, everything has been rewarded with 50 yuan, which has become the standard answer.
However, he was quite excited to hand it over to the authorities.
You can have the opportunity to contact Director Chen openly and enhance the relationship by the way.
After all, he knows rich and powerful people, and the one he knows best is Director Chen. He is not snobbish, but also very kind and easy to talk to.
When it's time to build relationships, you have to build relationships.
Maybe you can also make some contribution to marine industry and fishery development?
The development of the ocean is not yet complete, and we don’t even know the habits of living things, so we are just trying to figure it out. The government should also like to study such a big guy, right?
Moreover, he felt that this basking shark must have a sea hag eel inside its body, so it looked a little half-dead. He only had a big reaction after hitting it hard.
If those sea lampreys hadn't been removed from the body, they would probably have taken pills sooner or later.
It's bound to fail sooner or later, why not take advantage of it?
However, if it survives, he is still more inclined to let the basking shark return to the sea. After all, it is not easy to grow so big, and he has also had friendships with the shark.
"Then what do we do now?"
"Go ahead and do what you have to do! What do you want to do with this fool? Can you still go down and push it up?"
"Nonsense, this big guy can crush me into a meat pie in just a few clicks."
"It's time for everyone to go to sea. We can only leave this big guy here first. When daybreak, let someone go to the village committee to report it. Anyway, it's stranded and can't escape..."
"Hey, let's go to sea..."
"When you go out to sea...you can't delay going out to sea just because of a fish..."
"Maybe it will still be there when we come back tomorrow evening..."
Everyone talked in twos and threes while walking to their respective boats.
"I'm a little reluctant to go. I don't want to see how it will be handled with my own eyes. I'm a little unwilling to do it. I've just met such a big guy. Dad, why don't we just take a day off today and not go?"
Ah Zheng was so itchy that he didn't want to leave at all. It was already evening when he returned from the sea trip, and all the dishes were cold, so he could only listen to what others said.
And he also felt that he didn't get enough sleep at night. If he took a day off, he would watch the excitement tomorrow, and he would be able to sleep again when he went back~
"You still want to wait here? What's the point of waiting? You'll know how to deal with it when you get back in the evening."
"Then I haven't seen it with my own eyes."
"What does it matter? It's good to know anyway. If you don't go this day, it's a day's loss. You don't want to go as soon as you buy the boat. If you turn around, you'll kill me for spending so much money..."
"So much money has been spent, and we still have a day or two left? How about taking a day off and seeing what happens?"
"Look at your head..."
As Li Jianguo spoke, he dragged him to the side and boarded the boat without giving him a chance to stay.
Some of the others were itching to stay and have a look, but thinking that it was only midnight and there was still time to wait until dawn, they had to go to sea and go home to sleep again? That would mean making a lot less money.
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Hesitantly, everyone still got on the boat and went to sea when it was time to go to sea. After all, making money was their top priority. This big guy would know how to deal with it when he came back in the evening.
Anyway, it's not their turn to do any good things. If they really have a share, everyone should have a share. This can be regarded as discovered by everyone together.
In just a short while, several boats on the shore were empty, but there were also people who had just arrived, and the old and new ones took turns, so there was no shortage of people on the shore.
Ye Yaodong stood with Father Ye for a while, chatting a few words with people he knew well and people who had just come over and didn't know what was going on.
"Dongzi, let's get on the boat and go to sea too, shall we?"
"Dad, how about we take a day off?"
"What are you thinking? Do you still want to wait and see the result?"
"Yeah, I want to see what to do with this basking shark, and it's stranded here. If the tide goes out in the morning, will it strand directly and die?"
"That's none of our business."
Father Ye's attitude is not that tough. He has now learned not to refute or object immediately, but to listen to what Dongzi has to say first.
If it makes sense, obey it. If it doesn't make sense, it's never too late to object.
This can be considered a good change after learning a lesson.
Ye Yaodong pulled his father to the corner and said softly: "You are stupid. If the village committee plans to hand it over, it is not allowed to contact Director Chen. Then you are not allowed to ask me to call and ask? Then call the people over.
, we can’t greet people properly? How can we do it without a man at home?”
Father Ye thought about it and thought it made sense. For such a big leader, if they could have a chance to climb up to the leadership level, they had to show their faces and entertain those who should be entertained.
"That's okay. Let's take a day off and see what happens. What will the village committee plan?"
"Um."
"But Dongzi, didn't you catch a few of those lampreys before? Didn't you say that it would grab the basking shark's wound and suck it dry?"
"Yes, so I also thought about waiting for the tide to go out tomorrow morning and come over to take a look. By then the water level will be lower, and the wounds on its body will probably be exposed. Is there any sea hagfish?"
"If you catch these and it survives, you can just let it go back to the sea. It's so big, so it probably won't die that easily."
Father Ye was surprised, "And let it go back to the sea?"
"It depends on the situation. Who knows whether it will be dead or alive tomorrow morning, or whether it will be wanted? If it swims back to the sea on its own, who can do anything?"
"That's right. If you swim back to the sea by yourself, there's nothing you can do."
"So go home and take a nap first." He put his arm around his father's shoulder and walked back.
"Dongzi? Why are you leaving?" Xiaoxiao came belatedly and chatted for a while just now. Now he saw the father and son walking back and quickly stopped them.
"Oh, my father and I plan to go home and take a nap, and then come over tomorrow to watch the fun. We won't go to sea today?"
"Damn! Is it so exciting? Why don't you just go if you don't want to?"
“If you have money, you will be willful!”
"Damn it... I'm so envious that my eyes are red, even a handful of them are purple..."
"Hahahahaha~"
Ye Yaodong smiled and ignored him.
Father Ye also shook off the hand on his shoulder and shook his head helplessly. Now the young man didn't even bother to talk about anything. He pushed the cart and hurriedly followed.
It is true that if you have money, you will be willful, but if you don’t have money, you can only work obediently.
So they came out halfway and went home to sleep. Others were watching, and after discussing it, they went to sea honestly.
I have to bow to life.
Not long after Lin Xiuqing locked the courtyard door and lay down, she was in a daze when she heard someone knocking on the window. She was startled and woke up immediately, thinking that something had happened in the workshop.
She walked to the window and asked quietly: "Who?"
"Your concubine!"
"Ah? A Dong?"
"It's your boss. I know your husband is not at home, so I came here to accompany you. Come and open the door for me."
Lin Xiuqing's head is covered with black lines...
"What nonsense are you talking about? Wait, I'll open the door for you right away."
"Hey, hurry up, I can't wait any longer."
Lin Xiuqing: "..."
When she walked to the front yard, as soon as she opened it, Ye Yaodong came in pushing the cart.
"Are you surprised? Are you surprised?"
"Why are you back again?"
"Knowing that your husband is not at home, I specially took the opportunity to accompany you during the long night..."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and patted him twice, "Let's be more serious. I want to ask you something. Why did you come back when everything was fine? The machine is broken?"
"Boring."
With disgust in his mouth, he still put his hand on her shoulder and led her into the house, explaining to her as he walked.
"So you won't go?"
"What else? It's rare to see such a big guy stranded, why don't I just watch the excitement?"
"Okay, come back when you're back."
"What? You're not happy that your husband is back, and you want your boss to come and accompany you?"
Lin Xiuqing pinched him hard and spun him 90 degrees.
"Hiss~" Ye Yaodong took a breath, "I was wrong, I was wrong..."
"Huh, sleep!"
"Hey... just sleep when you go to bed... so fierce... I'm just teasing you, I can't even say a few words."
As he spoke, he rubbed the flesh on his waist.
"You know how to pinch my waist every day. My waist is also very important, okay?"
"I have a husband. If Boss Dong dares to sleep with me, he is acting like a gangster, and you will be shot if you act like a gangster."
"It doesn't matter. If you die under peonies, you can be a ghost and be charming..."
Ye Yaodong quickly took off his clothes, climbed onto the bed with a playful smile, pressed on to him shamelessly, raised and lowered his hands...
"Rogue..."
Chapter completed!