There was flashlight light everywhere on the island, and everyone was awake, probably just finishing packing their things.
Awnings were erected everywhere, making it a temporary camp.
However, they still had to sleep on the boat at night, where they were only suitable for cooking pots and killing jellyfish.
He was afraid that while he was lying on the beach in a daze, a crab would claw him, or there would be some unknown object.
It is more peaceful to sleep on the boat, and the fishing boat is rocking like a cradle, which makes it easier to sleep.
We are very tired today. Many people did not sleep much the night before, and then they took a boat ride for a whole day and were busy until midnight. Everyone was very tired.
After hearing Lin Jingye say that he had called back to report that he was safe, everyone felt relieved and planned to go back to their respective boats to sleep.
It is indeed very late. It will be dawn in 4 hours. Tomorrow may still be a day of working hard to make money.
When Lin Jingye got off the boat and talked to everyone, Ye Yaodong was also making his bed for the night on the boat. His mat had already been slept on by the dead man, so he could only rub the boatman's mat.
They spread their mats in a row, and everyone slept in a row, barely sharing a seat. His father and the boatmen also boarded the boat again.
Because there was no work, everyone spent the whole day on the fishing boat blowing the sea breeze without sweating. Fresh water resources are also in short supply. No one took a shower tonight.
Ye Yaodong smelled the smell of sweat and body odor next to him, so he could only turn over and face away. Fortunately, he was sleeping on the far side.
The tip of his nose was now filled with the smell of the sea. He closed his eyes and let his body sway with the rocking of the ship. He listened to the sound of the waves mixed with the one after another snoring. After a while, he fell into a deep sleep.
It wasn't until the sun burst out the first ray of color on the horizon that he was kicked awake by his father, and there was constant noise and talking around him.
There was no need to sleep. Looking at the ray of red light on the horizon, he sat up with his big panda eyes.
However, when he heard clearly what his father said and the chatter in his ears, he woke up instantly and immediately stood up and looked towards the sea.
"What are you looking at? Come down and work quickly. Hurry up. Each person takes a hand net and goes into the water to fish it out. The sun has just risen and it's not hot yet. Fish out these floating jellyfish on the sea and kill them first.
." Father Ye's voice was full of joy when he spoke.
"Yeah, here we come."
I don’t know when there were a bunch of jellyfish floating on the sea. Under the refraction of the morning sun, the colorful colors were even more eye-catching, and each one was transparent and beautiful.
At this time, many people were already wearing only shorts and wading into the water to fish. Everyone's faces were full of joy. It was really worth it. As soon as they opened their eyes, they picked up money.
"There are so many, so many..."
"When I opened my eyes and saw it, I was almost shocked. There were all around the boat..."
"Haha, I've seen so many jellyfish since we came together, hurry up and catch them..."
"Hurry up and get it, hurry up and get it, these are money..."
"Hurry up and get more, don't just talk..."
Ye Yaodong was urged by his father and hurriedly wore only shorts and a vest, so he picked up the hand net and climbed out of the boat to fish.
The preparation work last night was not in vain, it came in handy early this morning.
Everyone is very greedy, and they all pick big ones when it comes to netting. In fact, they have no experience. The bigger the jellyfish, the greater the effort. On the contrary, it is more efficient to drag the medium-sized jellyfish up to 40 to 50 kilograms.
It is faster to drag two people weighing 40 or 50 pounds in a row than one person weighing 70 or 80 pounds.
Early in the morning, everyone was sweating profusely and dragging jellyfish back and forth on the shore, with joyful smiles on their faces.
No one expected that when they first opened their eyes early in the morning, they would see a large number of jellyfish floating near the fishing boat, all washing towards the shore with the rising tide.
Ye Yaodong was wearing a vest and large pants. After catching a large sting in their temporary camp, he stood and rested for a while. He kept wiping the sweat from his forehead, thinking that he had come to the right place again to catch up.
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The beach at your feet is covered with nylon plastic film. After dragging the jellyfish up, it is very convenient to slaughter them on the spot without being stained with a pile of sediment.
At this time, no one cares about slaughtering, they all want to catch as much as possible while there are still a lot of fish on the sea. After all, there are so many fishing boats here and everyone is a competitor. If you net more, I can't tell you.
There are fewer people online.
With everyone's concerted efforts, the jellyfish floating near the fishing boat were divided up by them in a short time. Hundreds of people were very efficient.
There are also scattered jellyfish floating on the sea a little further away, washing and swaying as the sea water rises.
Ye Yaodong asked his cousins ​​and Brother Asheng to stay where they were butchering. The father and son drove two boats out to fish. After all, the three of them had slaughtered a large amount last year, so they had the most experience and the highest efficiency.
In fact, we didn't drive very far, it was just near the island, but the others were no longer on the shore, and they weren't gathered together.
Everyone was very enthusiastic, and two people from each boat were left to slaughter on the beach, while the rest of the people followed the boat and went out to catch fish.
An idea popped into everyone's mind, and it was so right!
In the middle of the morning, they surrounded the island, constantly searching the nearby sea, and then fished them out one by one. For the big ones, two people worked together, and for the small ones, one person used bamboo poles with hooks or hand-made nets.
While they were busy, the sun gradually climbed up from the horizon, getting bigger and higher, and the temperature rose faster and faster, but everyone's enthusiasm did not diminish.
Until the fishing boats were piled with jellyfish, and their boats were all around the island in all directions, and it was difficult to find any at close range, Ye Yaodong saw that it was already 8 o'clock, and after working for 3 hours, he decisively docked and went back.
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What they caught on the boat was cut up as they were being picked up, but there was still a small half that had not been cut yet. This was okay, and they could continue to cut it up later on the way to be sold.
They had to rush Chen Jianian to the town's dock and ask him to contact the processing factory to send a car to collect it. At the same time, they also had to transport the jellyfish to the town's dock and wait.
One of them docked, and the rest also docked first to unload their cargo.
"Dongzi, do we have to take these to the town first? Should we collect them and sell them in the town?"
"Yes, go directly to the town dock to sell some insurance." Ye Yaodong said while carrying it, "Hurry up, we will have a simple breakfast and send it to the town immediately, otherwise it will shrink or turn into water."
"Okay, I'll kill them all right away."
"If it's too late, we can kill them on the boat while walking."
"That's best."
The batch of jellyfish caught ashore early in the morning had already been cut up. After the cut, the three cousins ​​and Brother Asheng immediately started cooking. They came back just in time to eat them, and the jellyfish blood was also boiled and dried.
Got up.
The batch of jellyfish blood they have sent back now can continue to be cooked in the pot.
Once you have experience, you can work very efficiently. The other people who stayed on the beach watched them do it, and then they imitated it in a hurry, but the efficiency was not that high. The first pot of jellyfish blood was not even cooked.
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As soon as Ye Yaodong and the others finished breakfast, leaving only his eldest cousin on the island looking at things, he hurriedly got on the boat again, and yelled at the others to hurry up. Those who had not been divided were asked to walk on the boat and kill them.
That's all right. Anyway, just keep the jellyfish blood and bring it back for cooking. The rest will be taken away and sold immediately.
There were so many people that you had to wait, and it was relatively slow. Father Ye got angry because of the rush, but fortunately it didn’t take long.
However, after Ye Yaodong got on the boat, he told his father: "After taking them to the town and letting them all know the route, next time... no... we won't go together in the afternoon, and let them divide themselves and go to the town by themselves."
For sale.”
"Yes, yes, this one is waiting for the next one, it's really annoying."
"Well, and when the time comes to go fishing separately, the time of return may not be certain. There is no way to wait for all the boats to come back before selling them together."
"Later, let me tell everyone after this batch is sold out. Anyway, Chen Jianian asked him to wait at the pier in the town. When our ship docked, he asked him to contact someone immediately to come and collect it. Since he wants to make money from the intermediary
For money, we have to do a good job, we can’t just worry about everything.”
"That's what I think. He is on his relative's boat. I will tell him when he gets ashore. We will ask him not to come back with us later. Let him wait on the shore next time. Let's meet in the afternoon or evening
We'll check the fishing situation and then deliver it to the town, and then it doesn't matter whether he wants to come back with us in the evening, stay in a guest house or stay with relatives and friends."
This also avoids that everyone has to go in and out together. Anyway, after knowing how to get there and how to sell, just let everyone find Chen Jianian, so as not to cause trouble to himself.
"That's it. It's troublesome to have so many people and so many people. Just let them do what they want. We've brought them to the place anyway."
"I caught so many jellyfish early this morning. It looks like there will be more jellyfish in the future. Everyone is secretly enjoying themselves."
Father Ye also had a smile on his face when he heard this, "Yes, I saw a few from time to time yesterday when it was still dark. I didn't expect so many to appear so early in the morning. It seems that I won't be afraid of running out of things to catch.
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"I didn't have time to count just now, but there are quite a few baskets."
The baskets of jellyfish heads and skins on the boat were packed in nylon bags to prevent moisture loss. He estimated that the total weight of the boat should be about 2,000 kilograms.
It’s not a lot. Last year they had more than 4,000 kilograms in one trip last year, but it’s still a lot. These should be sold for dozens of yuan. Plus the scraped jellyfish blood, these goods this morning
, no problem selling it for a hundred bucks.
This is only the first day, it has just begun. They will search around the sea in the afternoon and they should be able to find some.
"Let's see how much we can sell it for later. Let's go back to the sea in the afternoon and see how much we can harvest. By the way, we can also take a look at the trench from last year."
"Dad, you and I thought about it together, and I also thought about that trench. There are floating things on the sea nearby, so there's no reason there aren't in the trench."
He was thinking about last year's trench all the way here yesterday, and originally thought that he would quietly sail over there to have a look today.
"Haha, I hope there are large quantities floating there too, so we can have a bumper harvest from day one."
"I don't expect it to be available in large quantities now. After all, it's not the peak season yet. I just want to avoid being discovered by other ships."
"Yeah, that's right. When this batch of goods is sold out, let's go and take a look. By the way, let others fish on their own and don't let them follow us."
After Ye Yaodong finished discussing with his father, he sat back on the small bench, resting his chin and watching them divide the remaining jellyfish.
Aguang also lifted the small stool under his buttocks and moved it over, "I'm going to town later, can I make a call by the way?"
"Okay, I'm sure many people are in a hurry to call back. You can call us together when the goods are sold out. I called yesterday, but I won't call today. I will go back after the goods are sold out. You can
Follow the others back."
"That's okay too."
"When can your father come?"
"I don't know either. I was so anxious. My dad didn't come over at the critical moment. This made me depressed. So I thought I'd make a phone call to check on my dad when I get ashore.
Are you back?"
"Well, it's okay. It won't be a day or two. Why will your father come back in these two days?"
"Alas!" Aguang sighed heavily, "It's not easy to make any kind of money. I hope that when I call back later, my father will be back."
"Anyway, your father doesn't make money here, he makes money elsewhere. It doesn't matter. There is no loss. If you come one day late, it means you have earned one more day on the sea."
"That's true."
Ye Yaodong thought for a while, and told Aguang what he had just discussed with his father, and then continued: "Would you like to wait directly on the pier in the afternoon for your two ships to dock to pick up the goods?"
"Both of your boats have been released. If you follow one, the other will not be able to follow. If you keep following me for fishing, neither of the two boats will be able to follow."
"You are a charterer anyway, so you don't have to go to sea with me. You might as well just wait for the two ships at the dock. You can harvest whenever they dock, and you can also deliver goods to the factory with Chen Jiannian. See you.
See the world."
Aguang touched his chin and drew inferences, "Then after I find out the address and situation of the factory, can I also work as an intermediary to earn intermediary money? I won't participate in salvage anyway!"
Ye Yaodong slapped him on the thigh, "What a great idea! Wait for you to follow him quietly and figure out the intermediary's work. Find two jellyfish companies and act as an intermediary yourself. Wouldn't it be easier to make money?"
"It's just a bit unethical. It feels like you're robbing someone else's business."
"Who told you to steal other people's business now? You can follow me this year and take a closer look. Taking advantage of the fishing boats that have just been sold out, you have some free time to wander around the town and look for more factories?"
"There can't be just one monopoly, right? Generally, such processing plants are clustered together, or they are all not far from each other."
"Then next year, why don't you collect the entire village's goods? We don't need to call him. We can let him earn it first this year. Seeing as he has brought two more boats out this year, he may bring more next year.
Then people won’t have to worry about making money.”
A Guang touched his painful thigh and hissed twice. He was about to scold him, but was diverted by what he said. He thought about it carefully and thought it was feasible.
"Then I'll think about it this afternoon. If I don't go out to sea, I'll collect the goods on the shore. That will really leave me a lot of free time. I'll go and have a look. If I can do it, just do it. If I can't, forget it. After all, we are out of town.
If you don’t have any acquaintances, it means the factory may not buy it.”
"Well, you can take a look at it first. It's best to find one that can settle in cash, so you don't have to worry about not getting the money. You can pay with one hand and sell the goods with the other. You can at most be the middle man, so you don't need to take risks."
"Of course this is the best, let's take a look first."
Suddenly A Guang returned the favor in his own way, slapped Ye Yaodong on the thigh and shouted loudly.
"Oh, your idea is great. If I can find a factory that pays in one hand and delivers the goods in one hand, and the payment is ready, then I can at least collect my own goods first and make money from my own agency, instead of having to make money for others."
Ye Yaodong grimaced in pain and touched his thigh back and forth. He felt that this guy did it on purpose and was taking revenge on him.
It hurts me so much that I must have worked hard.
"Dongzi, you are so smart!"
As he spoke, Aguang raised his hand to pat his thigh again.
Fortunately, Ye Yaodong cleverly lifted the stool under his buttocks and moved it to the side.
"Huh? What are you hiding from?"
Ye Yaodong glared at him fiercely, "I gave you an idea to make money, but you didn't thank me and even beat me!"
"Why am I hitting you now? Isn't this just a rush of words and excitement?"
"Just die."
A Guang did not retreat but moved forward. With a playful smile on his face, he also lifted the small stool under his buttocks and continued to approach him.
"Do you think my idea is okay? If I can find one, I can act as an intermediary for my own ship first. There's nothing wrong with that. Moreover, they still get married, which is more pleasing and popular."
"Okay, why can't this work? You can find a factory that sells goods now. This is also your own way and ability. You are just doing your own business and you don't involve him. What's more, no one stipulates that you have to pay him. It's just
We also have to be more moral and can’t just let people run away empty-handed.”
"By the way, how much money did he make as an agent last year?"
"That's a lot. He drew 5 points. Last year, our three boats were sold for 15,600 yuan. He made a direct profit of 700 to 800 yuan, and it was a business with no capital. He only paid for some phone bills. That's it.
It’s a huge profit.”
"Fuck! So much!" Aguang's eyes widened, "Three boats have made so much, and it's only been more than a month. So if there are 17 boats this year, then we can't pay?"
Ye Yaodong first reminded Aguang that he didn't think about how much money he could earn as an intermediary, but it was really scary to give him such a calculation.
Three boats can make seven or eight hundred, but seventeen boats can't make four or five thousand? And this is only a little over a month ago.
If everything goes well this year and we can hunt for two months, then we won’t earn 91 million?
Damn it, make money with blood!
A boat can't earn so much, and he doesn't have to deduct the cost very much. No matter how much he sells, the net profit is 5 points. And the cost of their fishing boats is still very high. A lot of costs have to be deducted from the money they sell, which is the net profit.
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Thinking about it this way, the profit is too harsh!
Moreover, the harvest number has not arrived yet. If all the goods are collected by Chen Jiannian, there will be no problem at all in earning 10,000 blood!
Ye Yaodong also looked at him with wide eyes. Both of them were shocked after doing the calculation.
"No, I have to find a way out. I can't just let him earn so much money. Most of the people in our village were brought out by you. What does it have to do with him?"
A Guang was instantly unbalanced.
"We are not relatives, and we earned so much for him last year. Why do we have to give him 10,000 yuan for free this year? You can't earn money for your own people first?"
"You don't want to take someone with you and then run away halfway. I have no problem at all, and the people in the village have no problem. We have no friendship with him. We are not relatives or friends. Someone must have paid for it. Of course, the goods
Just give it to whomever you want."
"Besides, didn't he bring two boats with him? There is no way he would make less money and run out of money."
Ye Yaodong felt that Aguang was right.
He didn't feel like he was stabbing A Guang in the back by giving him advice. People are close and distant, so if you have money, you should give priority to your own people. What's more, last year was a win-win situation, and it was not just one person who benefited.
"Well, then you can take a look when you get ashore later. Last year, jellyfish fishing boats came back from the pier in the town at every time, and there were tractors pulling the goods."
"If you see it, go up boldly and talk to the two companies. We don't want to go through Chen Jiannian. Being an intermediary is just that, as long as you can contact the factory to receive the goods."
"No, you won't suffer a loss anyway. If you succeed, you will make a profit. If you don't step on him to get the position, even if he is depressed about the loss of money, he can't say anything. After all, you just followed him today and you didn't rely on him for anything."
A Guang nodded, "Good brother, if this works, I will give you a big red envelope."
"Come on, don't talk big now, who knows if it will work? Let's talk about it later."
"I'll give it a try after we dock."
"Come on!" Ye Yaodong clenched his hands into fists and cheered him up.
Aguang's face was full of fighting spirit, his eyes were shining brightly, and he was looking forward to it in his heart, as if he had found the meaning of following him, and it would all depend on his ability later.
"Why is our dad driving so slowly? We have been talking for a long time and we haven't even docked yet."
"It can't be that fast, and it doesn't have wings so it can fly directly over."
Ye Yaodong touched his with his knee, "Sit over a little bit, why are you so close to me? Don't touch me."
"Let's make out."
"roll."
Aguang looked at the person lying in the corner, raised his chin, and gestured over there, "Hey, why is this person still lying there half-dead? It's been a whole day and he hasn't woken up. Have you tried it?
Are you angry?"
"I feel angry. I also drank rice soup this morning. I guess my body function is too poor, so I am repairing myself in deep sleep."
"What skills, what are you talking about?"
"It means that he is still alive. Just wait for the person to wake up. Otherwise, go mouth to mouth, perform artificial respiration, and blow a breath of fairy air. You may wake up."
"Do you want horse urine? Return your immortality?"
"Then he must have been awakened!"
"Ah, it's moving..." A Guang patted Ye Yaodong in surprise, "Wake up, look at his fingers."
Ye Yaodong immediately stood up and went over, and took a closer look, "Huh? I was really right. I woke up as soon as I said I would, and opened my eyes."
The other boatmen heard them saying that the man was awake and followed him around to take a look.
The people lying on the deck saw a circle of heads above their heads as soon as they opened their eyes, and they were so frightened that they immediately closed their eyes again.
"Why did you close your eyes again?"
"Did you fall asleep again?"
Ye Yaodong squatted and patted his shoulder, "Hey, comrade, are you awake? Open your eyes when you wake up. It's time to sit up. Don't lie still."
The middle-aged man in the shirt opened his eyes again, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Am I saved?"
Ye Yaodong was surprised when he heard what he said. His Mandarin was so standard and his words were correct and well-spoken. It was completely different from their lame words.
"Yes, you are lucky. We will happen to see our boat passing by. If we see it, we will pick you up."
Ye Yaodong also changed his dialect and spoke to people in Mandarin. He also helped to help the person upright and leaned him against the side of the ship.
It was originally to divide the jellyfish, so I moved him to the edge of the corner. Now it is convenient for him to have a place to lean on.
"Thank you very much. If you hadn't picked me up, I would have met the King of Hell."
"It's true. When we first picked you up, everyone thought you were dead and your breathing was very weak. But if you touch your neck, you can see that the aorta is still beating."
After hearing this, he also reached out and touched his neck, and said with a smile: "Normally I don't touch my neck, I just try to see if I can breathe. I'm really lucky."
"Well, I just woke up. Let's take a rest. Don't talk too much. Just keep lying down. Are you hungry? But there's no porridge to eat now. It's already past meal time. You can drink some hot water first.
I don’t know how long you’ve been floating on the sea, but you just woke up and you can’t seem to eat much.”
"Just drink some hot water."
"Then I'll pour it." Aguang turned to help pour the water.
"My name is Zeng Weimin, what do you call me, little comrade? It sounds like your accent is Minnan, right?"
"My name is Ye Yaodong, and I speak southern Fujian. My Mandarin is indeed a bit lame, not as good as what comrades speak. Listening to comrades speak, you will know that you are a cultural person, and you are not from the local area."
"Well, I'm not from here. I'm from the north."
"The north is quite far away. You came here on business, right? Did you accidentally fall into the water?"
He nodded and said nothing more.
There are a lot of people running around doing business these days, which is not surprising. Everyone on the boat was just curious, and after listening for a while, they stopped crowding around.
Ye Yaodong explained to him where they were going now, their location, and that the jellyfish on the boat were all divided, and told him the current situation of the fishing boat.
"If you are in a hurry to go back or report that it is safe, you can disembark after we dock."
"I just woke up now and I can't walk yet. I'm not in a hurry. Can you let me stay on the boat for two days to recuperate? I will thank you very much when I get better."
"That's okay. You can keep it on the boat first. I'm afraid your family will be anxious."
He nodded, "I'll give you a number. After you get off the boat, can you give me a call to report that you're safe?"
"All right."
Help people to the end and send Buddha to the West.
"Thank you very much, Comrade Ye Yaodong. I met a noble person when I went out. I should not die. Thank you very much."
"Hey, it's a piece of cake. It's not easy for anyone to make a living outside the home. Just lie down. We'll be docking in a moment. I'll get a note and take the number."
"Okay, thank you!"
Ye Yaodong held a pen and waited for him to report his number, but was surprised to find that the beginning was the area code of Beijing!!!
My ancestors!!
He almost knelt down, it was Master Jing!
Chapter completed!