After doing bad things, everyone was very excited and started chirping as soon as they walked out of the circle. Ye Yaodong was afraid that their voices would be too noisy and disturb the surrounding residents, so he asked them to lower their voices.
When they reached home, their excitement also subsided, they all regained their composure, washed their hands, said hello to each other, and then went back to their houses.
Father Ye was also awakened by the movement of the door. He looked at Ye Yaodong and asked, "Did it work? Did it go well?"
"Um."
"Are there no cats or dogs barking around?"
"Yes, just throw in a few leftover bones and everything will be quiet. How can you be unprepared?"
"Then go to bed early, we have to go to sea tomorrow."
"Don't be so anxious. Let me sleep until I wake up naturally tomorrow. If you don't wake up at 8 o'clock, just call me."
"So late? Who goes to sea so late? It's always early rather than late..."
Ye Yaodong took off his clothes and lay down, and said nonchalantly: "Let's check the situation on the first day. There is no need to rush. It will be useless if we go too early. The local fishing boats will definitely fish in the trench first and then leave after all.
We also fished intermittently until mid-September last year, and we spent the second half of the month fishing for sea urchins."
"That's right. Let's do it later. Let's get together with the local fishing boats first. We don't plan to catch jellyfish anyway."
"That's not necessarily true. If you see it, you still have to salvage it."
"Go to bed quickly. It's so late. I don't think you'll be able to get up at 8 o'clock tomorrow."
Ye Yaodong didn't speak, put his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.
He wanted to sleep directly until he woke up naturally, but his life at home had been too comfortable some time ago. He went to bed early and got up early, and he was in very good condition. In addition, he was indeed going to sea tomorrow, and he was also thinking about it.
Then at 6 o'clock in the morning, after hearing his father's movements, he also woke up. After turning over a few times and still couldn't fall asleep, he simply got up.
Now that he's up, there's no reason why everyone else can still sleep there.
After the person on duty finished cooking, he called everyone else up and went to sea after eating, leaving only the two people on duty today watching at home.
He also gave a few words of warning, "If someone comes to make trouble, you can just open the door and go out to scold them. Anyway, they won't dare to do anything to you, and the neighbors will also dissuade you."
"Maybe they don't have time to come here so early in the morning. The things they had last night were enough to keep them busy all night. It will probably be after lunch when they finish their work and have a sleep before they come to trouble us again."
"I know! When he comes, we will scold him to death, and tell them that you are an official. Let's see if they still dare. Two of them have already gone in. If they dare to make trouble again, let their whole family go in, and it will stop."
Ye Yaodong laughed and led the people away.
At this time, the sun was already shining, and there were no people going out to sea on the pier. There were only a few fishing boats. There were no worms for the late-rising birds.
Everyone loaded baskets and other miscellaneous equipment onto the boat. Ye Yaodong checked the machines and other things on the boat. After everything was fine, he waited for his father to finish burning the yellow paper before driving the boat away from the shore.
The bright sun shines in the sky, and the dazzling sunlight shines on the sea, as if it has coated the sea with a layer of golden light, and the sparkling sea feels like it is sparkling.
Ye Yaodong took out his toad glasses and put them on, which alleviated the dazzling golden light. Others had already hid away from the sun. As long as they were not exposed to the sun, the sea breeze was still very cool.
He drove the boat straight to the destination. At the speed of the Dongsheng, it only took about 1 and a half to 1 hour and 40 minutes to reach the trench.
It was only a little after 9 o'clock when we arrived, but there were no fishing boats in the trench, and there were not many jellyfish floating there.
After this period of intensive fishing, they have probably caught everything. The amount that floats up after dawn is probably not enough for them to go out and fish for an hour early in the morning. He has experience with this.
The jellyfish at the bottom are not endless. They are fished out every day, not even the small ones are left, and they are not given a chance to sink. How can there be so many jellyfish floating up in large quantities every day?
Overfishing of anything will eventually lead to exhaustion, leaving no roots at all and only making the fish less and less abundant year after year.
Father Ye was happy when he saw that there wasn't even a fishing boat here. "It's just the right time to come. There are no boats and no jellyfish, so we don't have to worry about being stung."
"I saw two or three of them in front of me, but I didn't expect that there were none here."
"It was so clean that the fish at the bottom probably floated up and were gone."
After Ye Yaodong parked the boat, he also came out and stood on the helm building, using a telescope to look at the sea in all directions.
Looking through the binoculars, he could still see some scattered ships nearby, but they were all scattered. He was not sure if they would come here. Anyway, no ships were coming now, so he went down to the deck.
"It's time to do it. It's time to do it. Whether we eat meat or vegetables today depends on everyone's performance."
He roared as soon as he came up, and the others followed suit.
"Oh~ work, work~"
"Rock, paper, scissors, if the two are the same go first, if there are more of the same, just pick two... Come, come, come..."
Ye Yaodong asked them to make their own arrangements and launch the water in two by two order.
Two of them were left at home. There are now 9 people on the boat. Including him, only 6 people actually went into the water and 3 people stayed on the boat to help sort out the cargo.
He stayed on the boat temporarily to watch, waiting for the last one to enter the water.
Six people form three teams. If there is no pause, one cycle can take almost an hour. However, it is impossible without pause. There will definitely be a delay in handover when landing.
So after they finished one cycle, almost an hour and a half had passed, and a new round began again.
There were a bunch of baskets of black balls piled on the deck. Some people just took one and ate it, screaming that it was smooth and tender while eating.
"It's still big and delicious. There are many yellow seeds inside. It's enjoyable to eat in one bite, but it only takes a spoonful to dig them all out..."
"Don't eat it. This thing is too expensive. If you eat a few more, you'll get a day's salary...and you only choose the big ones..."
Father Ye looked at them with a smile and said politely: "It's okay, it's all you worked hard to catch. It doesn't matter if you try it."
Although the words sounded nice, in fact, his heart was bleeding. Every time he opened one, he would stare at it twice. He felt so distressed that he couldn't bear to eat it, but all of them were working for them, helping them earn money, and...
They have worked so hard to catch it, so there is no reason not to let people eat a few bites.
I can bear to be reluctant to eat, but I have the nerve to talk nonsense and make other people feel unhappy. Just grinding off foreign workers is enough for them to lose.
"Haha, if you don't want to eat it, you can't eat it. It can't be eaten as rice, and it's all raw. There is no other sauce to stick it to. If you eat too much, you might get diarrhea."
"Just try a few mouthfuls. If you want to eat, just leave a few to take home to stew eggs or fried rice in the evening. Adong will definitely not say anything."
Father Ye quickly nodded in agreement, "Yes, if you want to eat it, save some for stewed eggs at night. It's better than eating them raw. Try eating them raw. Eating too much can cause diarrhea."
"A Dong is going to make a fortune again this time. He has made two to three hundred kilograms in just over an hour. I don't know how much he will have until dark..."
Ye Yaodong was under the water at this time. He had finished digging out the sea urchins and was about to float up.
He put both net bags on the seabed, looked at the small fish swimming around, then took a sea urchin and pried it open with his iron claws, and scattered the sea urchin yellow inside to the surrounding small fish.
The surrounding fish immediately swam toward the yellow sea urchins with their mouths wide open, swallowing them in large mouths. Even the fish not far away swam over quickly. When he saw this, he opened another one and threw it at the fish.
Seeing another person swimming up from the trench, he made a gesture, and the two of them swam up together, ignoring the small fish that were still eating sea urchins.
After two rounds of walking, it was already past 12 noon, so he asked everyone to take a break and eat first.
The three people on the boat who were not in the water were also responsible for cooking. They couldn't run back to have a meal halfway and then come back.
While they were in the water, fishing boats kept coming, and even a patrol boat from the Ocean Bureau came over. However, there were no jellyfish in the sea nearby, and they were the only boat stopping. They just came over curiously and took a look before leaving.
.
And everyone has seen the stickers nailed on their boats, and they know that they have applied for permission, so no one is looking for trouble. Anyway, there are no jellyfish, so they don't need to stay here, so they are quite calm.
The main reason is that there is nothing, so there is no conflict of interest. Probably because everyone who fished here during this period knows that there are not many jellyfish.
During this time, because of the gunfight, the secret of the trench was spread more and more widely. Now it is not only known to the fishermen around the town, but has now spread to the entire city.
As a result, there is too much food to eat, and everything is sold out at once every morning. They haven't seen a few jellyfish all morning, and there probably won't be anything left to salvage here later.
After finishing lunch and resting for an hour to digest, they went back to the water.
The six people took turns in three waves, until the sun went down, and everyone stopped working and went back with tired faces.
After they docked and returned, the fishermen on the shore suddenly realized that after all, many people saw them staying in the trench without moving.
Although it was strange at the time, they didn't mind their own business. After all, their ship was big, and the Dongsheng had been staying at their dock all this time, and some of the fishermen in the city also knew each other.
After all, there are only a few such big ships in the city, and they basically go to distant seas. Whoever stops at the dock every day is wasting money. If he doesn't go out to sea for salvage for a day, he will suffer a loss.
"I understand, there are harmful sea urchins under the water. Why did the boat keep parked there when I said they were there during the day? I went there twice to look for jellyfish, but their boats were motionless, and even the fishermen on the boat were confused.
Sitting there chatting, I thought it was broken."
"I thought so too. I saw them three times on my return trip..."
"Is that so? I saw that there wasn't much cargo in the trench over the past two days. I only went to take a look every morning when I went out to sea, and then I didn't go there again. It was really depleted. I don't know next year.
Is there any more?"
"Let's talk about next year's affairs. Now it feels like the flood season is coming to an end..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you curious about these sea urchins?"
"Let's go there tomorrow and take a look in the water..."
When Ye Yaodong and the others were carrying sea urchins to the shore, they listened to everyone's constant discussion and knew that the sea urchins could no longer be hidden. Who let the entire city know about the location of the trench?
Fortunately, those people didn't have the equipment to go into the water, so they could only look forward to it and sigh.
"Dad, tomorrow we will sail out to sea and trawl for three to five days. We won't be fishing for sea urchins there yet."
"Ah? No more fishing? Today's harvest is so good, there are several thousand kilograms here..."
"Tomorrow there should be many local boats going to launch there to salvage sea urchins. Although they are definitely not capable of fishing, let's not stay there yet. We will go out to trawl for a few days, and then come back to continue salvaging. There is a buffer of a few days.
, I guess they have given up and we can salvage with peace of mind."
His main purpose is to make money, and there are lessons learned from the past. Anyway, there is no loss for him if he avoids trawling for a few days. They will definitely give up after trying this trench, and it still belongs to him.
"That's true. No one has the ability to go down that deep anyway, so it's still yours. With so many boats surrounding it tomorrow, there may be a situation. It's inherently dangerous for you in the water, so you must ensure the safety of the surroundings.
"
"Yeah, right."
When they were carrying baskets of goods up, a lot of people gathered around them, and they all came up to inquire.
When he came to live in the city, he had not salvaged so many sea urchins in front of everyone. At that time, he came here to seek refuge.
Ye Yaodong and his other boatmen also spoke cunningly in their native dialect, which made everyone ask questions for a long time. They had no choice but to give up and made up their minds to go and see it tomorrow.
Throughout the whole day today, three groups of them salvaged a total of 2,260 kilograms of sea urchins. After all, the total number of people was less than last time, which meant that the interval was less. Everyone also needed time to rest more, so they could only do it during the lunch break.
For a long time, it came out a little late today.
2260 kilograms, no matter the size, the unified purchase price is the same 2 cents, and the total price is 497 yuan.
After excluding the wages and gas money of 9 workers and the subsidy of 5 workers, we can still make a net profit of more than 300, which is worth it.
Seeing how much money he had sold, Ye's father was a little reluctant to part with it. After all, trawling could not earn so much in one day.
"Are you really going to trawl the net tomorrow?"
"Well, don't worry, these sea urchins are in the trench and won't run away. It's us who are ultimately responsible."
"Okay."
Ye Yaodong also talked to other people on the way back, and no one had any objections. They were working part-time anyway, so they just had to listen to the boss.
It's just that the five people who went into the water were a little disappointed. After all, they could earn two yuan more than the others just by going into the water. They could get 6.5 yuan a day while others had 4.5 yuan a day. This was a high salary that had never been seen before.
I can't even think about it at home. I can earn 6.5 yuan a day. If I work continuously for a month, I can earn nearly 200 yuan. Even a ninth-level worker cannot earn so much.
"This is for everyone's safety."
"I know, we will do whatever you say anyway."
Everyone nodded, and Ye Yaodong was also satisfied.
By the time they walked home, it was already dark. The first time he entered the house, he asked: "Did anything happen at home today? Did those people come to the house to cause trouble?"
"Yes, I came over not long after lunch. Everyone was still taking a nap there, when I heard the door of the courtyard being smashed and a lot of curses."
"When we got up and opened the door, the family members all looked at us suspiciously like quails, but also very scared. Their expressions were so funny."
"The neighbors kept saying it was true. They all heard the news yesterday. How could they not know about it since they live nearby."
"Before we could do anything, they asked us if we had lost those snakes, rats, and toads yesterday? We shook our heads and denied it, saying that we didn't even know where their home was and that they were at home all day yesterday. They just
He just said a harsh word and left immediately."
"A Dong, your trick yesterday was really effective. The propaganda made it known to all the neighbors that you are an official. You can scare the common people. Who dares to fight with an official?"
"We were worried that they would sneak up on us at night, so in the afternoon we went out to buy realgar powder and anthelmintics, and sprinkled them all over the yard and in the corners of the house."
Ye Yaodong listened to what they said one by one. After they finished speaking in general, they explained it again in detail. After listening clearly, he felt relieved.
"They are all bullying. At first, they must have thought that since we are outsiders with no relatives, wouldn't it be easy for the locals to deal with us? Now that we know that we have kicked the iron plate, we still dare to move. You spent today
How much did you pay for the medicine? I will reimburse you later."
"OK……"
"Seeing them coming in a hurry and then leaving in despair, we all looked a little baffled."
"Okay, don't worry about them. As long as they don't come to your door to cause trouble, just let them be. It will probably spread everywhere in a few days. Take these sea urchins and clean them up, crack the sea urchin yellows and use them to stew eggs.
Extra food in the evening. There is also a basket left for me to send to the Public Security Bureau to Bureau Zeng tomorrow. By the way, I went out to sea to trawl and won't be back until three to five days."
"OK."
"Dongzi is so awesome, he can make connections wherever he goes..."
Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "Everyone loves each other. If you are sincerely good to others, others will feel it. There are always more good people in the world. There are not so many unprovoked evils. Most of them are driven by interests and comparing their hearts to their own. Anyway,
If you treat others better, it won't cause much loss to you."
"It makes so much sense! Even though I didn't understand it, you must be right to say so much."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"Let's go, let's eat. There are many great truths in life. It's not my turn to tell you. How old am I? When it's time to eat, let my dad tell you the great truths."
Ye Yaodong hooked his father's shoulder and walked inside, but Ye's father shook his shoulders impatiently, shook his hand off, and said angrily.
"After talking so much, I thought you were older than me."
"Isn't that confusing the seniority? If you are my dad, you will always be my dad. Even if I am older than you, you are still my dad."
"Crazy, what nonsense are you talking about..."
He went into the house first, collected the receipt and the money from the sale, and then spoke to his father who followed him in.
"Let's sleep until we wake up naturally before going out to sea tomorrow. Just let the original crew of the Dongsheng go out. Those who went into the water today can stay at home and look after the house. Give them time to rest, otherwise when the sea urchins are salvaged,
I guess they won’t even have a break.”
"Okay, then before we go to sea tomorrow, call home to report that everything is safe. After all, we are going to be away for three to five days, so I want to send you a message back in advance."
"Um."
While waiting for dinner, he also talked to everyone at the table. This was a good way to give everyone a break. It was just more concentrated, but it was very satisfying to get paid without working.
At night, everyone went to bed early with nothing to do. Early the next morning, they waited until the sun was shining before they sailed the boat away from the shore.
However, this time it took a lot of time to refuel and add ice.
When he went out to sea, he made a special trip to the trench. It really didn't exceed his expectations. There were actually two or three boats parked there motionless.
I don’t know if they have just arrived or if they have stayed for a long time; I don’t know if they have already been in the water, or if they are taking turns to enter the water; I don’t know how miserable each of them is now, and they are cursing.
After taking a few glances, he drove away at full speed. He didn't stop at all, but slowed down just to take a few more glances.
When the boat left the surrounding area, his father also climbed up the helm and came to the cockpit.
"Do you want me to drive? You're not familiar with the sea area next, and we can't run too far. We have to keep an eye on the compass."
"I'm watching. I can still identify the direction and coordinates."
The sea area he has visited is much wider than that of his father, who is the farthest from home at most, so he still has basic judgment.
"Then I'll be watching here too." Father Ye was really worried.
Ye Yaodong also let him do whatever he wanted.
But not long after his father also sat in the cockpit, he felt that the two of them were too stuffy. Their arms were touching each other, and their body temperature rose too quickly, making them too hot.
The key was that his father was sweating and had body odor. Being so close to him, the smell was too uncomfortable.
So after a while, he didn't want to work with his father, so he simply left the boat to his father and ran to the deck to look at the scenery with a telescope and cool off in the breeze.
But just when he picked up the telescope and looked into the distance, he saw a place in the southwest where many seabirds gathered, and those seabirds were flying there from all directions.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. In their understanding, where there are a large number of seabirds gathering, there must be schools of fish.
Worried that he had made a mistake, he took off the telescope, put it on again, and narrowed the distance to take a closer look.
After he was sure what he saw, he quickly called his father.
"Dad, there are seabirds gathering in the southwest ahead. Drive in that direction to see if there are any schools of fish?"
"A flock of seabirds? Why didn't I see anything?"
Ye Yaodong threw the telescope in his hand to his father, "Take it and take a look on the deck. I'll open it from here."
"Oh, then be careful and don't stray away."
"Know."
Father Ye fiddled with the new gadget, a telescope, back and forth in his hand. He only took a fresh look at it once or twice when Ye Yaodong first got it, but he would not show it later for fear of being spoiled.
Now I really want to use this to see if it is really so novel. I can see the scenery on the sea in the distance. Before, I only used it to see the mountain scenery in the distance.
He let out an ouch as soon as he put it on. Then, like Dongzi, he suspected that he had seen it, so he took off the telescope, squinted his eyes for two seconds, and put it back on after seeing nothing.
"Ah, Dongzi, there are indeed many seabirds. There must be fish schools. This is for sure."
"Let's see and then talk. Don't be so decisive yet."
Although he is more inclined to believe that there is a school of fish, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, so he should collect his messy thoughts before confirming.
As the fishing boat moved in that direction bit by bit, the distance to the sea also shortened, and soon they could see with the naked eye all kinds of seabirds preying on the sea in front of them.
"Ah... there are so many birds and schools of fish..."
"Are there any schools of fish?"
The boatmen on the deck also exclaimed.
Father Ye said: "If it weren't for the birds on the sea moving there, I would have thought it would be a small island, densely packed into pieces."
"Bird Island is coming soon."
After saying that, he increased his speed again, and seeing that it was right in front of him, he rushed over to take a look, lest the fish school ran away, they would not stay where they were waiting.
And when his fishing boat rushed forward, all the seabirds formed like a bird island were flying forward.
He accelerated towards the edge and rushed over, then slowed down a bit, stuck his head out and asked his father, "Is there any? Is there any under the water?"
Father Ye stared at the water with a telescope and asked with confusion: "No, it seems there is nothing..."
"No?"
Ye Yaodong didn't believe it, so he climbed out of the cockpit, took the telescope from his father's hand, and looked at the sea.
"Really not? Is your judgment wrong?"
Father Ye watched the fishing boat keep moving forward, but the seabirds flew to the side. He had no intention of following the fishing boat. He quickly ran into the cockpit and turned the direction of the fishing boat, intending to follow.
Behind those seabirds.
Under normal circumstances, seabirds usually circle around fishing boats, because when a fishing boat collects a net of goods, most of the goods are always unwanted and have to be dumped back into the sea. Those seabirds can easily hunt and pick up food by following the fishing boats.
Cheap and fed by fishermen.
You don't have to worry about flying around looking for fish on the sea, which can save a lot of effort.
This was a bit abnormal today. I clearly saw their fishing boat drifting to the side instead of staying around their fishing boat.
Ye Yaodong also squeezed to the edge of the cockpit and directed his father, "Follow us and have a look. I don't believe there are no schools of fish. So many seabirds don't even look at us. There must be a bigger temptation ahead."
"Have a look first."
Their fishing boat followed this group of island-like seabirds. Within about ten minutes, the group of seabirds stopped moving forward, but their fishing boat was still moving forward, and they caught up within two minutes.
Those seabirds.
"It really does!"
"Found it!"
There is no radar to monitor, these seabirds are their radar.
"Look what kind of fish it is..."
Father Ye was also very curious. After slowly stopping the boat, he let it float freely and ran out to have a look. The boatmen on the deck had already called.
"Ah, they are spinning in circles, it's a storm..."
Ye Yaodong took a telescope to see more clearly. A cylindrical shape was formed under the water in front of him on the left. He didn't know how deep it was, and all around it were fish schools spinning in circles, forming a storm.
Father Ye could only see the surface of the water and was already full of surprise. He took Ye Yaodong's hand and said, "Show me the telescope to see what kind of fish it is..."
When I got home to take a shower in the evening, suddenly there was no water in the water tower. I asked someone to check later and found out that the floating ball in the water tower was blocking the opening. Normally when the water tower is full, the floating ball will float up and block the water inlet.
The water tower continues to fill up with water.
If the water level drops, the float will continue to fall, allowing the water tower to continue to fill.
At night, the water tower was clogged. It was a simple matter to have people remove the floating ball. After the water in the water tower accumulated, the floating ball was blocked.
As a result, when the person was climbing down from the water tower, he slipped and fell... It was still high up on the top floor. It was very dangerous. Fortunately, he didn't fall directly from the top floor to the first floor, which would probably have killed him.
It was just that he fell to the sky, so it was not serious. However, due to humanitarian considerations, he was sent to the hospital for examination and lost money.
It has been raining here continuously for almost a month. The roads are wet and slippery everywhere.
Chapter completed!