Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1025: Rare (Monthly Ticket Compensation and Additional Update)
Having many sons is something to be proud of.

The preference for sons over daughters is not just talk. Although there is no heir to the throne, the idea of ​​raising sons to provide for one's old age is deeply rooted in the minds of the previous generation.

In that era, sons were the labor force, and not having a son would be looked down upon. If one really went out to sea and something happened, all the family assets would go to others and the family would be wiped out. That was why people were so obsessed with having sons.

After the two old men talked and boasted to each other for a while, Ah Cai came back.

He said he had to take him to the boat to see how much ice there was. They definitely didn't consume as fast as the fishing boats, and the amount they could collect each day was also limited.

"Not much. We only added two days' worth of ice. We thought the weather would be bad, so we didn't dare add more. But we only had to come back after a day of strolling. Only a little more than half of the ice was left, and the storage space was limited."

"Not a lot, but that's OK."

"Let my dad take you to two boats to have a look? Then you can estimate the amount and give it to him."

Ah Cai nodded.

Ye Yaodong then turned to his father and said, "I still have to go back to kill the hairfish and fiddle with the fish maw. Can you take him to the boat to have a look?"

Father Pei also handed the key to Father Ye, "Please help me open the cabin. I haven't slept for a whole day and night. I'm old and my body can't bear it anymore. I have to go back first."

"Okay, I'll take it on board and take a look." Father Ye responded as he took the key.

No matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat. A few pieces are still a few pieces. It is shameful to waste it.

After handing the work over to his father, Ye Yaodong and Pei's father slowly walked home.

The groceries on the open space had just been collected by the tractor twice. Lin Xiuqing had arranged for these goods, and his mother would take care of them later when she got off work, so he didn't need to worry about it.

As for the baskets that had just been vacated from unloading the goods, they were also pulled into the workshop, along with Pei's father's empty baskets. The two of them walked slowly into the workshop first.

Ye Yaodong also instructed his younger brother to deliver the basket marked with the word "Pei" to Pei's father later.

"This saves me a lot of trouble. I don't have to borrow a cart to push it back."

"People are hired here to do work. It's just delivering a basket. It's not a big deal."

"Your place looks more and more presentable, but the place is a little small. The goods cannot be dried in the sun. You can only dry them in the open space nearby. I'm afraid it's not safe at night."

"We can't help it. Land is scarce on our coast. It's not easy to reserve such a large piece of land. But no one wants it because it's too close to the coast. In the past two years, more and more people have come here to build houses. Look at where our house is. It used to be a large piece of land, but now it's covered with houses."

"The feng shui is good. Everyone says that the feng shui here is good. If my house wasn't big enough to accommodate me, I wouldn't even need to add to it. I would have wanted to build a new house here."

"Good Feng Shui, these are all rumors. As long as you make money, it means you have good Feng Shui..."

"Then please take this basket to your two young men. I'll be going back first."

"Okay okay."

After Ye Yaodong and the others left, he asked them, "Where is the fish I asked you to carry back just now?"

"At home, she put it on the stove and was thinking about how to cook it in the evening. She said she was too old to kill such a big fish, so she kept gesticulating with the knife."

Ye Yaodong's eyes widened when he heard this, and he didn't even bother to talk to Lin Xiuqing who was walking over, and hurried home.

Wang Guangliang watched him run away, totally confused as to why he ran so fast.

Lin Xiuqing saw him running away, wondering what was going on, and ran over too.

"Why are you running, Dong?"

"I do not know."

"Then go and divide the goods that have just been delivered..."

"Brother Dong asked us to send the basket to Uncle Pei first."

"Oh, then you guys send it over first, and leave one person here to watch it. I'll go back and see why he's in such a hurry."

Isn't he in a hurry? That's a hairfish. If the old lady kills the fish with one knife, how can he take pictures?

However, his concerns were unnecessary. The old lady pondered with the knife for a long time and felt that the fish was too big to kill. Then she suddenly remembered that Dongzi had kept such a big fish and did not sell it. She did not know what it was used for, so she gave up and planned to wait for him to come back and ask.

Ye Yaodong ran back panting, and when he saw the intact fish, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"You scared me to death. I thought you had killed him."

"Why are you running so fast? Are you tired? Take a breath first, and don't sit down. It's not good to sit down before you have caught your breath." The old lady said as she stroked his chest, treating him like a child.

"I didn't kill the fish. It was so big that I felt I couldn't kill it. And you haven't come back yet. I don't know what you are going to do with such a big fish or if you are going to give it to someone else, so I put down the knife again."

"I'm going to kill it and take the fish maw to dry in the sun."

"Oh, isinglass. For a fish this big, isinglass is really big. One ounce of isinglass is used for every ten kilograms of fish. It may shrink a little for a fish this big, but this one should weigh about one kilogram when dried. This isinglass is really valuable. It's a good thing."

"I'm glad you know. I was worried that you might kill the fish, empty its stomach and throw it away."

The old lady smiled and said, "How is that possible? This big fish is edible from head to toe. How can we just take out the belly and throw it away? Not only fish maw, but also the liver is good stuff and can be saved for frying."

It’s good that he didn’t kill her, then he can still use her to take pictures!

"What kind of fish is this? It's half black and half white. My eyes are blurry and I can't tell what kind of fish it is."

“It’s a hairfish.”

He told him again how the fish was struck by lightning.

"Ouch, it was struck by lightning? That fish must have grown too well, and God couldn't stand it, so he didn't let it grow any more, so he sent down a bolt of lightning to strike it. Wow, eating this fish will definitely help you grow and nourish yourself."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but laugh. The old man's thoughts were very direct.

"What kind of fish can help you grow taller and provide nourishment?" Lin Xiuqing quickened her pace and came in from behind, and heard this.

The old lady repeated what Ye Yaodong had just said to her. Lin Xiuqing also widened her eyes and looked at the fish curiously.

She had never seen or even heard of a fish that could be struck by lightning in her life.

"I was wondering why you came back so early. The weather in the open sea is so abnormal. It's a good thing you came back. It would have been dangerous to be so close. This fish is so big, it should be worth a lot of money, right? But fish struck by lightning are rare, so you can keep it for a rare treat. We don't need those few dozen dollars now."

Ye Yaodong grinned and didn't tell her how much the fish could be sold for, otherwise she would strangle him to death. She would wait until he killed the fish first before telling her how much.

　I haven't been in the mood to write, so I'll just write 2000 words and post them first. I'll add more tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)