After the children stopped making noise at home, the couple suddenly felt peaceful and comfortable.
Only the old lady felt uncomfortable and would turn around to look for her from time to time.
"Send them off now and bring them back later. Why go to all this trouble? Why don't you just find something for them to play with?"
"Be quiet."
After the old lady muttered for a while, seeing that the couple ignored her, she wisely shut her mouth, then replaced the batteries in the radio and prepared to listen to the radio.
This one can be used both by plug-in and battery. If there is a power outage and the power cannot be plugged in, you can just replace the battery and listen. It is also good to listen while working.
"How many more days until the new tomb worship service?"
Ye Yaodong stood up and looked at the calendar hanging on the wall, "There are still 7 days."
"Oh, don't worry about that."
"When the time comes, I'll go to my fat father-in-law to order a pig head and pig tail in advance."
"Okay, okay, then I'll make a few bowls of whatever chicken, duck, or fish you like and take them up the mountain."
Lin Xiuqing interrupted and changed the subject: "Would you like to see if their circuits have been repaired? Go there early and wait to be invited over..."
"Go and pull the light cord and you will know if it has been repaired. If Dad waits there and it is repaired, he will bring it over. If it is not repaired, he will bring it over when the time comes."
"Oh, dad is watching over there, that's good."
After a while, Ye's mother also came over after work, and was shocked when she saw his bare head.
When she came over for dinner this morning, he had already gone out, and she didn't know that he had shaved his head last night.
"Ah!" She stared and took another look before she recognized her son. "What are you doing? You should shave your head properly. It would be unlucky to shave your head after being released from prison..."
Ye Yaodong reached out and touched his head, "It's okay, cool down."
"How do you go out and meet people like this? Before, you were wearing a strange hat, covering your face with only one eye exposed. You looked like a ghost. Now you shave your head, don't know anything, and are messing around...
"
"Why do you care what others think? I'll do whatever makes me feel comfortable."
"Comfort...comfortably twist your head. When you go out to the street, when people see you, they will think you are released from prison and they will have to hide and walk away."
Ye Yaodong patted his forehead and his eyes lit up, "What a great idea! Let all the boys at home shave their heads and go to the city to deliver goods. Let's see who dares to make up their minds on the way. The ruthless man who just came out of the prison. I met him on the way.
You have to avoid it when you arrive!"
Mother Ye's face was full of disgust and she frowned, "What the hell is this idea?"
"That's a good idea, hahaha."
Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but smile and said: "Then when you go to Zhejiang Province next month to fish for jellyfish, let everyone shave their heads. By then, a lot of you will be bald. If you walk on the pier, who will
You have to hide, how can you dare to provoke the local second-rate people? It will be safer if you look at them."
Ye Yaodong laughed happily, "A group of ruthless people released from the prison can really scare people on the dock. However, when we have hundreds of people there, no local gangsters dare to provoke us. After all, people
There are many and there are guns.”
"Isn't it possible to get twice the result with half the effort if you go bareheaded? It's more likely to scare people."
"That's right, hahaha... I'll let them all shave their heads by then. Anyway, they'll be able to grow into bald heads after a month. It's also cool to have a bald head, so you don't have to fish all your hair out of the pickle vat every day.
It's the same thing, it's sour and smelly, so it would be easier to have no hair."
"What's the benefit of shaving your head?" Ye Mu said angrily.
"Yes."
He really thought it would be wise to shave his head before going out, so he called for a barber and shaved everyone's head the night before departure.
"Mom, did you call everyone yesterday? Let me add something to them. Before setting off next month, I will ask someone to come over and shave their heads, so that their hair will not look like straw. It will save trouble to be outside without hair.
It also saves you the trouble of washing your hair.”
"Are you serious?"
"Of course, I don't want them to pay for it. I'll pay for the haircut."
"Is this a matter of money? Forget it, it's not that embarrassing if a group of people shave together and have a companion. When the rain stops, we can go door to door and talk about it."
"They are all from their own village. Everyone knows the basics. There is nothing to laugh at and no one will misunderstand anything. When we go out, it doesn't matter. No one knows anyone. We can come wherever it is convenient and we will grow up when we come back."
"Well...every day, my mind is full of ghost ideas..."
After mumbling for a while, Mother Ye planned to check if the food was ready, only to find that the table was already full of food.
She was surprised and said, "Why, you are having a hard time? To prepare such a big table, you have to invite the whole village to eat?"
"I'm going to invite Captain Chen and the others who came over to repair the circuit to have a meal. I'll also invite the village officials to talk about raising kelp."
"Do you really want one? Does anyone want it? What did you say on the phone this morning?"
After knowing that we were going to invite someone to dinner, Mother Ye also rolled up her sleeves to help with the arrangements, asking questions while doing so.
Ye Yaodong probably told her that if she was free in the afternoon, he would spread the word and send it to the workshop when the weather cleared. As much as she wanted, it was still 6 cents.
"How much do you want? What if I bring over all my relatives' belongings?"
"You want them all, I've said it all. Ten thousand kilograms is not too much, the more the merrier."
A tractor can only carry 5 tons at most. If the amount is larger than this, then hire another tractor to transport it.
"That's so much, 5 tons... It really needs to be spread farther to be harvested. Otherwise, who can show off so much? Are you sure you can sell it?"
"Um."
If he collects 5 tons, the cost is only 600 yuan, but if he can sell it for 1,500 yuan, he can earn 800 to 900 yuan if he resells it. The profit is very high. It is much faster than making a few cents in a store.
It took half a year to sell the fish sauce for only 6,500 yuan, barely recouping the original investment. The sales of kelp were much faster. Unfortunately, we can only do this now and have to wait until next year.
No wonder people say that the quantity should be as large as possible, even tens of thousands of kilograms is not too much. After all, it is seasonal, and the harvest is only one or two months a year. The dry goods will not go bad if they are stored, so you can just stock up and sell them slowly.
What's more, people probably use it for wholesale.
"It's dried fish, it's a boat, it's kelp... It's so good at doing things like that. There's no one in the whole village who can do it better than you..."
Ye Yaodong was too lazy to listen to his mother's nagging, "You help here, I'll go out and see if they are getting better soon."
After saying that, the person also walked out of the door.
There was no rain at this time, only a few drops, so he no longer held an umbrella or wore a raincoat, since he was bald anyway.
If you have a big head and a big head, you don't have to worry about it raining. Others have umbrellas, but he has a big head.
When he was halfway there, he saw his father coming towards him from a distance with a group of people, everyone talking and laughing.
He went up to meet him.
"Is it fixed?"
Father Ye said: "Not yet. We are short of cables, so I asked people to buy them. It's time for dinner now, so I asked them to come over for dinner first. It's too late to start work after dinner."
"Then let's go eat first. The food is almost ready. I'm afraid it won't be that fast. I plan to go over and let you eat before we start."
"Haha, I have to shamelessly go to your house for dinner again. I will buy the cable later and repair it and we will have electricity soon."
"What's so shameless about this? We're all old acquaintances. We all know each other so well. It's rare for you to come to our village, but you still come to help. You should say hello well. You can stay at my place for a few days."
"Haha, just stay here. After the rain stops and the circuit here is repaired, I still have tasks."
A group of them walked to the beach talking and laughing. When people nearby heard the noise, some ran to the door and came out to have a look, and some opened the windows and stuck their heads out to take a look.
Everyone was talking about his bald head. How could he not see such a striking bald head? But everyone was polite and asked without opening their mouths.
Ye Yaodong also took the opportunity to paraphrase what he had just said to his mother in the room, which made everyone admire his clever idea.
Even Secretary Chen said that it would be convenient for all the other fishing boats to have their heads shaved, which would also make the team appear larger and make outsiders more fearful.
He nodded in agreement repeatedly and was enjoying the conversation.
After the food was served at home, the atmosphere became even more lively, and he also called his eldest and second brothers over to accompany the guests.
As for the children who came back from school, Lin Xiuqing left food for them in advance, allowing them to carry it to the door or upstairs to eat.
They couldn't wait to do this, so they would go out to visit each other with a rice bowl in hand.
As for Ye Xiaoxi and Pei Yu, no one in the room thought of taking them back, and the Pei family didn't deliberately send their children back.
When you are tired of eating your own food, you will feel extra delicious when eating other people's food. Ye Xiaoxi is also very happy staying at Pei's house, eating deliciously, and does not clamor to come back.
After three drinks, Ye Yaodong told the village chief and village secretary about raising kelp when the atmosphere was getting lively.
"You want to raise kelp?" Both of them said in unison in surprise.
"I'm not raising them. I want you to organize the villagers to raise them. You can ask four or five people to try raising them on a small scale."
"How to raise this? Besides, does anyone want kelp? No one wants kelp here. When the season comes, we can just pick it up from the sea. Where else do we need to buy it?"
"I want as much as I can grow it. Now that the rain has stopped, after dinner, I will ask my mother to go to the village to advertise that I want as much kelp as everyone has on hand."
The village chief and Secretary Chen looked at each other in confusion, feeling a little confused and unable to understand his intention.
Ye Yaodong continued to add, recounting what they had discussed at their dinner table yesterday about the prospects of raising kelp, as well as "individual prosperity drives collective prosperity."
Before the village cadres could speak to the village secretary, Navy Captain Chen nodded appreciatively.
"You have a great idea. Your consciousness is too high. Even after you become personally wealthy, you don't forget about the collective. You also want to bring prosperity to the whole village. Your thoughts and morals are so good."
Other navies also followed suit.
"Yes, your idea is great. You have your own shop, and you don't have to worry about the market to sell it. As long as you can raise it, and the village has income, won't the collective be able to gradually become rich?"
"Don't talk about the countryside now. It's not easy for people in the city to make money. A lot of educated youth who have returned to the city can't find a job. Some elderly people even quit the factory and let their children inherit their jobs.
Save yourself the trouble of being idle and make matchboxes at home."
"Yes, if the whole village can make an income, that will be the hope of the whole village."
Captain Chen continued to smile and said: "I didn't expect you to be so caring. You care about the whole village and want to lead the whole village out of poverty. No matter whether it is possible or not, you have to give it a try."
"If it succeeds, your village will definitely be able to show off as a model; if it doesn't succeed, it won't be a loss. It just took a few people's hard work."
"With only a small amount of effort, you can win big. It's worth it no matter how you look at it."
Others continued to echo.
"We rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and we rely on the sea to eat the sea. This kelp cultivation is also on the sea, which is very suitable. Comrade Ye Yaodong is so smart. No wonder he is so famous now."
"Anyway, as long as it can be grown, Comrade Ye Yaodong will sell it, right?"
Ye Yaodong nodded quickly, "Yes, as long as I can grow it, I don't have to worry about selling it. Selling it will be an income for the whole village. After all, there are more than 400 households in the village, and even 1/10 of them have boats.
No, everyone just makes a living and saves a little money. How can it be compared to the workers in the city who receive stable wages every month."
Tell them something like high consciousness and good moral character. His face will turn red and he will not dare to answer the question.
He has no consciousness, no ideological and moral character, he is just driven by interests.
Captain Chen looked at the village chief and village secretary, "Well, since it can bring benefits, it should be worth the effort to study it, right?"
You guys have said everything, what else can they say?
After being surprised for a moment, the two cadres pricked up their ears and listened to this and that lecture, pondering in their hearts.
The village chief pondered for a moment and asked: "A Dong, when you talk about collecting kelp, do you mean to collect it directly after the weather clears? Everyone in the village wants what they have."
Secretary Chen also asked with concern, "How much does it cost? How much can a pound be sold for?"
"I plan to charge 6 cents. I want as much as I want. If other villages picked it up and dried it some time ago, they will also want it. It won't be too much, it can be tens of thousands of kilograms."
The two old men immediately widened their eyes, "Ten thousand kilograms?"
Captain Chen and the others were also surprised, "So many? Is it so easy to sell?"
"I don't have to worry about selling it here. Look at my dried fish. Basically, I pull a cart away every once in a while. That's why I want our village to study growing it. As long as it can be grown, it will be a good thing for everyone.
, all the villagers can have an income, and do not have to rely on odd jobs every day to support their families. All year round, some families cannot save a few hundred yuan."
"No one knows how to grow it here. We all have no experience. The kelp grows on rocks... It grows naturally. When the season comes, everyone wants to eat and dig some, or rush up from the sea to pick up some and take it back."
"I know a little bit about it. I heard that some places have started farming, and they are not only raising kelp, but also sea cucumbers and abalone. These two things are very valuable, and they grow in the sea. Wild ones are not easy to get.
If you dive into the water and catch it, the price has always been high.”
"If there is a price, there will naturally be a market. Correspondingly, the problem of food and clothing has been solved in the past few years. Everyone has some pursuit of quality. Naturally, there are laboratories specializing in breeding."
"So there are people who raise kelp. This can be sold to people who raise abalone and sea cucumbers as feed. Otherwise, what will sea cucumbers and abalones eat? Moreover, this kelp can be dried and stored. It can be stored without fear of damage. It can also be transported to
Outback."
The village chief and village secretary were surprised again.
“Is there anyone who raises sea cucumbers and abalones?”
"Yes, I heard that there is a research institute that specializes in research."
"You know so much?"
"Listen to what the leader says."
The two of them nodded immediately, knowing that he had a good relationship with the leader, so it was normal to know more.
"So, I thought that kelp grows on some islands around us, and the environment is probably quite suitable for production, so I thought that our village could follow suit."
"We have to think about this."
"Yes, you have to think about it. This doesn't mean you can raise it by raising it. We don't understand either..."
"Is that why I asked you to organize people? I don't have the time, otherwise I could just ask people to do it myself."
In fact, he can ask others to do it himself. Anyway, he has to tell them how to collect seedlings, raise seedlings and clip seedlings, and what temperature is suitable for the weather.
But if he wants to get considerable profits after planting it, there will definitely be a lot of people in the village who want to ask for advice and follow suit, and they have to teach him. Then they will definitely be in trouble.
Originally, he didn't make money from farming. He wanted to make money by harvesting vegetables. It was really unnecessary for him to put in the effort and ask others to do it.
Therefore, it is quite necessary to directly ask the village committee to come forward for breeding and directly ask the village committee to organize manpower. Then it will be slowly expanded to the whole village and let the village committee worry about it. At most, he can tell what to do in advance.
Do.
It would be better if the village committee took care of everything, and he would give ideas.
If we really want to plant the seeds, we won't be able to leave him behind and give the goods to others to collect. We will definitely give them priority to him.
When it develops from a collective to an individual, it will be up to each family to choose who to receive the goods from, and by then he will have already made a lot of money.
"Then we have to go back and discuss it. After all, this is a new thing. As you said, it is very likely that it will directly bring wealth to the village. We also have to discuss who is more suitable to call."
"This kelp is grown in winter, right? I think it's in April and May, when there are more kelp floating on the sea, and the kelp grows bigger on the island."
"Yes, kelp produces seedlings through spore germination, and then the seedlings are attached to the incubator, and then the incubator is placed in seawater for temporary cultivation. After the seedlings grow to a certain size, the seedlings are divided and cultivated. Now kelp
When it's just ripe, its base will become darker and thicker, so just slice it."
Everyone was listening in confusion, but suddenly Secretary Chen caught the important point.
"To plant this kind of plant on the sea, you need a boat, and you also need to get a rope float or something. You don't mean to grow it on a rope, so the cost investment should be quite big."
"Yes, we can talk about this in detail later. Now everyone is eating, so don't affect everyone's eating, haha."
Anyway, it has already started, so let them know it. They will have to digest it after returning, and then discuss it again. They also need to watch the process of collecting kelp, so that they can be convinced that they will not worry about selling, and give them some motivation.
Then let’s talk about investment costs and donate two boats to him. This needs to be discussed after the village committee is interested. Rushing is not a business, so there is no reason to follow behind and donate money.
No matter what, they have to be moved and then take the initiative to discuss it with him.
Moreover, they were not the only ones at the dinner table now, so I had to eat first and greet several marines.
The village chief immediately answered with a smile, "Yes, yes, this is related to the development of the village. Let's talk about it later. It sounds like your original intention was good."
"Of course, I am also a member of our Baisha Village, and I also want our village to become more and more prosperous and wealthy."
Secretary Chen also said: "You are really becoming more and more successful. No one in the village can compare with you. Moreover, your brain is really powerful. You can think of everything. You have so many ideas."
"We will have a meeting later and discuss it together. If this kelp can really be sold at a high price, it would be a good idea."
Mother Ye answered immediately, "I'll go to the canteen after dinner and talk about it later. Then you can just watch us receive the goods."
Father Ye also said: "If this cannot be sold, it will be equivalent to Dongzi giving money. He will definitely not do anything for which he is asked to give money. It's not that the money is too hot."
"Originally, he went out to sea to fish and sell fish, and he did a good job. He had shops in the city and so many boats, and he made steady income every month. The kelp didn't matter to him.
In fact, he doesn’t need to bother with this.”
"It is for the sake of our village that he wants to ask the village committee to organize breeding. He also wants to make our village better and better, otherwise he does not have to do such a thankless job."
Everyone at the dinner table couldn't help but nod their heads.
Captain Chen also said: "Comrade Ye Yaodong is really very enlightened. No wonder he is becoming more and more powerful."
"Oh, stop boasting, stop boasting, I'm thin-skinned, and the compliments make me blush. Come on, eat, eat, eat. You're welcome. We've been chatting a lot here. Will it affect your meal..."
"No, eating is meant to be lively and lively, and it is also lively when we eat at home."
"Would you like two drinks? I have homemade rice wine at home. This is delicious..."
Ye's mother glanced at Ye's father, and then smiled and greeted everyone, "Eat more, don't be polite, just treat it as your own home, I will get you rice wine."
"No, no, no, no, we still have to work. Drinking in broad daylight will delay things."
"Yeah, how can I drink when I have work to do? I have to go back to report in the afternoon. What's the point of drinking?"
Father Ye immediately called to the village chief and secretary, "Then you have two drinks..."
"No, no, we have to go to work in the afternoon. How can we go to work after drinking? The circuit hasn't been repaired yet."
"I'll drink it next time I have the chance. Don't drink it in broad daylight."
"Hehehe, then eat more..."
Mother Ye came out with the wine and put it on the stove, then sat down again with a smile.
The atmosphere at the dinner table became intense again. Everyone talked about any topic, but the most talked about was around a few navy comrades, talking about their recent lighthouse project.
While the table was busy eating, Father Pei and Sister Aguang each brought a clay monkey over.
When the two of them stood at the door of the courtyard and saw the bustle in the room, they were both stunned. They were a little hesitant and didn't know whether to go in.
It was Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang who saw them standing in front of someone else's house eating. They immediately ran over with their rice bowls and kicked the dog away to let them in. They also ran back home and shouted.
"Mom, my sister is back, she is so dirty..."
Then he put the empty bowl on the stove and ran outside like a gust of wind.
Ye Chengyang also followed suit and put the bowls and chopsticks on the stove, then ran out after him.
Everyone in the room looked towards the door, and Lin Xiuqing also stood up immediately.
With so many people around, she couldn't scold the child, so she just took Ye Xiaoxi over with a smile and asked, "Why are you so dirty?"
Father Pei smiled and said: "The two were playing hide-and-seek, and a small cauliflower snake crawled into the house. Xiaoyu caught the snake and went to find Xiaojiu, but Xiaojiu was frightened. She ran outside screaming,
She fell down, and Xiaoyu followed her, getting wet all over."
"There are no clothes for the two girls at home, so I brought them over to change."
Everyone looked at Pei Yu in Father Pei's arms with wide eyes in surprise.
People should not be judged by their appearance!
When Pei Yu saw so many people looking at her, she shyly crawled into her father's arms and buried her head in his neck to hide.
"She is so small and so courageous. She didn't dare to catch earthworms when I asked her to catch them some time ago." Ye Yaodong said in disbelief.
The old lady smiled and said: "I dug earthworms with Xiaojiu every day to feed the chickens, and I became addicted to it."
"Is this okay?"
"Dad caught him..." Pei Yu turned around and whispered, "Say I caught the boss..."
"Let me tell you, you can catch snakes at such a young age. It turns out that it was taught by A Guang. Like father, like daughter. It's amazing."
Ye Yaodong was amazed. When he looked at Pei Yu, he thought Wen Jing was well-behaved. The little girl was easily shy, but he didn't expect that he was really unambiguous about catching snakes.
At this time, Ye Xiaoxi also hugged Lin Xiuqing's thigh and cried, "Wow, wow, wow~ I'm afraid, I'm afraid, the old snake is afraid, my sister is bad, don't play with her, my bad sister~"
"Why did you shave your head?" Mother Ye said in surprise.
Just now, Ye Xiaoxi was being hugged from behind, and his view was blocked by Father Pei. Neither father nor mother noticed that Ye Xiaoxi had become bald. They started crying, and they were surprised when they lowered their heads and saw the little bald head on the ground.
Father Ye was also surprised, "Why should a little girl shave her head..."
"Your family is all bald, and the two sons who just ran out are also bald..." Captain Chen also smiled and said in surprise, "Four bald heads? Hahaha..."
Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "My hair is too long and I sweat easily in summer. To save trouble, I got a bald head and asked my two sons to shave their heads too. I didn't expect that this girl would also cry and make a fuss about bald hair."
, so I shaved her, it’s okay since she’s still young anyway.”
Father Pei looked at the table full of people curiously, "Are there any guests today?"
"They are from the navy, and they happened to come over to repair the circuit. Didn't the power go out due to thunder yesterday? The lighthouse outside the town happened to be unable to operate, so they were deployed to repair the circuit."
Father Ye added: "Captain Chen also came to our village to salvage the sunken ship two years ago. He lived in our house, so he is familiar with it, so he invited me back for dinner. I came to my in-laws and sat down to eat together."
"No, no, I've eaten..."
"It doesn't matter. You can sit down and chat after eating. We're not outsiders anyway."
Mother Ye immediately stood up and swept the mess on the table with a rag, making room for her and adding a pair of bowls and chopsticks for Father Pei to sit on.
Lin Xiuqing and Aguang's eldest sister took the two children back to the house and gave them a bath and change clothes first.
Chapter completed!