Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1062 Planned Donation
The investment in fish sauce last year has already paid off, which is very gratifying and shows that his efforts were not in vain.

Although we need to continue ordering large water tanks, this is also a necessary part of the cost expenditure, and we can use the money to pay for it and reuse it, and we will definitely earn more in the second half of the year.

It really is the kind of thing where small things add up to a lot, which is equivalent to him now having earned a piece of land and a workshop for free.

"The basket I brought back contains 20 kilograms of kelp, which has been dried on the boat. You should put it away so it doesn't get damp. If you want to eat it, just soak a piece and cut it into strips or slices to cook soup."

"Where did you get it from? Did you pick it on the island? Is there still kelp at this time?"

"When we were trawling, we caught a lot of them in the nets. Then the boatmen heard that they could be sold for money after drying, so they were very active in fishing at sea. So we kept drying and fishing at sea, and in a few days we collected more than 100 kilograms."

"Can they be sold? They were all over the beach where the waves washed up a while ago, and some people were too lazy to pick them up, so they just picked up a few and cooked one or two meals."

"Everything can be sold for money. Don't underestimate our seafood. It's just that the transportation is not well developed and it's not convenient. People outside want to eat it but it's not available. This also contains iodine, which can prevent goiter."

Lin Xiuqing took a basket filled with dried kelp and hung it on the wall as usual, listening to him talk with her ears perked up. But when she heard that it could also cure diseases, she was stunned and turned away.

"Big neck disease?"

"correct."

"The newspaper said that? Why didn't I see it? I've read every newspaper at home. What is goiter?"

"I don't know either. I haven't seen it. I heard about it from people outside."

"Oh."

"Forget it, just put it away. It's a dish anyway. It's hot now so you can make a cold dish with some coriander and some sour and spicy food. It would be best if you add some fried peanuts..."

Lin Xiuqing was innocent for one night, "Blast your head, you'll think so, and you want fried peanuts, it would be good if you can sprinkle some salt on them and cook them."

"Seriously, why don't you go buy some peanuts and fry them? They'll keep for a few days without getting soft."

"I can't even poop after eating it."

"Eat my shit?"

Lin Xiuqing slapped him a few times and said, "Eat your own food, go take a shower quickly, eat and sleep after you take a shower, why are you still sitting there and not pooping?"

Ye Yaodong laughed and flexed his arm muscles to give her a hit.

"Where is my daughter?"

"At Pei's house, Pei Yu's aunt brought them all over to play."

"Oh, then let's go to bed together later. It's noon now. The child is not here, so you can take a nap."

"Hurry up and take a bath. Who knows if your daughter will come back to me later."

"I'm too tired to move. I haven't slept all night."

"Just rinse your hair and feet clean. I'll take the money in first."

Ye Yaodong brushed his growing hair twice. It was wet and dry with sweat, dry and wet again. In addition, he hadn't washed it for five or six days, so the hair was stuck together and looked sour and smelly.

After touching his hair, he touched the stubble on his face and looked at himself in the mirror. He felt that he looked like a homeless person.

His eye sockets were sunken and his face looked haggard and tired. If it weren't for his messy hair and beard, one would have thought he was almost drained of energy.

But you have to say, if you ignore his messy hair, he really looks like a handsome uncle.

He took a mirror and walked into the house, "Ah Qing, what do you think about me shaving my head? It's just right to keep cool in the hot summer."

"It's up to you. Shave it if you want." She was counting money and had no time to pay attention to him.

"Do you think I'd look good with a bald head?"

boring.

She said nothing, just muttered to herself, and as a result, she miscounted because of this distraction. She was so angry that she had to start over with the money in her hand.

"Ah Qing, I think I'll look good even if I shave my head. I'm handsome, so I can pull off any hairstyle."

The sound of counting money never stopped...

"But I also feel like he's just been released from prison. When Brother Afan came out, he had a big bald head..."

Hold back!

"But shaving my head is cooler, and I don't have to cut my hair for several months..."

Inhale!

"But if I shave my hair, I won't be able to comb my hair back..."

Again!

"Hey? Let me ask you, do you think I should shave my head?"

Take another breath!
Ye Yaodong, clueless, held the mirror in one hand and pulled the chicken feathers on his head with the other hand, and stood beside her and continued to mutter to himself.

"It's better to shave it. It will be easier to wash your hair after shaving. Just wipe it with a towel and wash the two little ones at home..."

"boom!"

The loud slamming of the table startled him so much that he threw the mirror in his hand directly onto the table. He jumped back a step, blinked a few times in confusion, and looked at the tigress going crazy.

"What are you doing………"

Lin Xiuqing's face was dark. "Since you came in, I have counted three times from the beginning."

"Are you so bad at mental arithmetic?"

Fed up!

She threw the money on the table, clenched her fists, and pushed him out while hitting him, "Go, go, go, get out of here, get out, I don't care if you shave your head or not, I won't care if you shave your whole body..."

"That won't work. Some of these places are my wealth hair. The thicker it is, the better my fortune. And if I shave it all off, won't I become a eunuch?"

"Don't care if you're a eunuch or not, just stop making noise."

"You have no conscience when you speak. Whose loss is it that I am a eunuch..."

Lin Xiuqing slapped him in annoyance and said, "Go take a shower quickly. You are still talking nonsense here. You keep saying you are tired while looking at yourself in the mirror for a long time. If you are not tired, you can wash your clothes after you take a shower."

"I can't do the math myself, and I'm angry out of shame..."

"boom……"

The door slammed shut in front of him, blocking him out.

"Hey……"

"Go take a shower!" a fierce voice came from behind the door.

Ye Yaodong muttered, "Really? His temper is getting worse and worse. He gets angry even when counting money."

He knocked on the door twice more, "My underwear and shorts haven't been given to me yet, how am I supposed to wash them?"

After a while, the door opened and a pair of shorts was thrown directly into his arms.

He quickly caught it and called out again, "Do you want to wash too?"

"Shut up."

Ye Yaodong chuckled twice, shook his shorts in his hands twice, then put them on his shoulders, went to the washbasin rack to get a basin with hot water to wash his hair and take a bath.

He hadn't slept the whole night and it was already past dinner time when he got home. After he washed his hair and took a shower, it felt like it was already mid-afternoon. Lin Xiuqing also counted the money and came out to cook noodles for him.

After eating, he took the person to bed and went to sleep.

"The dishes haven't been washed yet..."

"Wash after you wake up." Ye Yaodong said as he pulled people into the house.

"The old and the young will be back soon..."

"Why don't you just get up when you get back? I'm going to take a nap. If I leave, I won't do anything. I'm exhausted. Do you want to kill me?"

"Then why do you insist on dragging me to sleep?"

"It's easier for two people to lie down..."

"It's so hot, it's better to lie down. You think it's not hot enough..."

"It's not hot, it's windy..."

"It's so annoying..."

Lin Xiuqing was pulled into the house by him while muttering to herself, and the door was closed. She had no choice but to accompany him for a nap. In fact, she felt very sweet in her heart. He even pulled her to sleep with him and asked her to take a nap with him.

When he came back, the old lady also went to the workshop with a radio, then watched them unload the goods, stood around and asked a few questions.

After he and his wife returned home, she did not follow them home, but stayed in the workshop and watched others work. It was a rare day that she did not have to look after the children.

By the evening, when the fishing boats in the village returned to the port one after another, they saw their two large ships already docked on the sea. After Ah Zheng docked first, he couldn't wait to go home and immediately ran to Ye Yaodong's house.

He started shouting at the door, but the guarddog wouldn't let him in. When he got close to the gate, the guarddog barked wildly, but the guarddog didn't bark if he stood still. He was so angry that he had to run to the back door to bark, but he ended up stepping on duck and sheep droppings.

He rubbed the stone with his feet in disdain, "Dongzi, Dongzi, are you there?"

"Oh my god, there are chickens, ducks, geese and sheep here. Can you finish them all? You don't mind the stench. There's shit all over your feet..."

Ye Yaodong and his wife were woken up from their drowsy sleep and had to go to the window.

"Who is it? You didn't go through the front door, but went through the back door. What kind of crooked way is this?"

"Your dog is guarding the gate and can't get in. Ouch... Ouch... Help... Help... Your goose... Stop nagging... Stop nagging... I'm leaving, I'm leaving..."

Ah Zheng had just said a few words as he was leaning against the window when he saw two big geese swaying towards him. They stretched out their necks and pecked at his thighs, which hurt him so much that he dodged left and right and quickly ran towards the front door, not forgetting to shout a few times.

"Go to the front and let me in... Why is it so difficult to get into your house..."

Ye Yaodong woke up after hearing him screaming outside.

"Your friend?" Lin Xiuqing stretched, her voice still sounding grumpy as if she had just woken up.

"Ah Zheng is here, please find my clothes and pants for me."

She immediately got up and went to the closet to get him some clothes to wear. "I slept till now and the sun has already set. Luckily your friend came to wake me up, otherwise I don't know how long I would have slept and the meal wouldn't even be cooked yet."

"Sleep well, huh? I told you that sleepiness is contagious."

"Your daughter didn't come back this afternoon. That's rare. Usually she would come back to sleep with me in the afternoon."

"That's good. I'll send them out during the day and they can just come back and sleep at night. It'll be quiet."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said nothing. She put on her clothes and went out to cook.

Ye Yaodong followed closely behind to let the people in.

"What are you two doing? No one answered my door call in broad daylight. You are still lying in the house at this hour. It's harder to get into your house than into the house of the God of Wealth. There's a dog in front and a goose behind..."

"Go to sleep. I just came back in the afternoon. I just slept for a while and you came knocking on the door." He yawned as he spoke.

"You'll be back in the afternoon? I thought you guys would be back early in the morning."

"If nothing unexpected happens, we usually get home at noon or after lunch, because on the way back, unless something unexpected happens, we will stop by the city to sell some goods before going home."

"Have you gone to the shipyard to ask? Have you found out anything?"

"Is that why you came here?"

"if not?"

"No hurries……"

"The sooner you order, the sooner you get it."

"Did you handle your dad?"

"No, I haven't told him yet. It will be more convincing when we have a charter."

"Execute first and ask for permission later, right?"

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, he was familiar with this.

Lin Xiuqing listened to their conversation, turned her head to take a look, and rolled her eyes subtly. Birds of a feather flock together.

"Haha, that's a good thing, he must be willing. When I came back, I saw your two boats floating in the middle of the sea, so I thought I would come over to take a look and ask a few questions."

"I haven't checked yet. We've only been fishing at sea for three or four days. It rained heavily last night, so we came back. If you're in a hurry, go check it out in the next two days. Go to the county and have a look. If it's in the city, call A Guang and ask him to go and ask."

"That's fine. Since we've asked him to go and ask, then Guang will definitely get involved, right?"

"It all depends on what he wants to do. If he wants to get involved, then we can have two boats. One boat only makes a little bit of money, and it's not enough for four people to share."

"That's fine too. If you don't have enough money, I'll ask my sisters to pool together and lend me some."

"You really love your four sisters."

Ye Yaodong was speechless. He could always think of his sisters at the critical moment.

However, he is now a millionaire, and his sister's husband's family probably won't be as hostile to him as before.

In the past two years, A Zheng has stood up straight and made a lot of money. His sisters are very proud of him, and they can also bring some things back from their parents' home to save face.

He made a lot of money in Zhejiang Province last year, and he bought a lot of gifts for his sisters, nephews and nieces. This is much better than before when he just asked for things without giving anything in return.

Ah Zheng's face was full of pride. "I know you envy me, but this is something you can't envy."

"My wife, Mouse, supports her entire family by herself, and you have four sisters supporting only one."

"Nonsense, how can you compare? I have paid back everything. I am making a lot of money now. I support my parents and I will have to provide for their retirement in the future."

"I'll be at home tomorrow and call A Guang tomorrow. It's already this late. I'll go to the shipyard tomorrow to take a look. Do you want to go with me tomorrow?"

"Let's go together. Tell my dad to take a day off. I'll also tell Xiaoxiao to take a day off as well. Let's go and take a look together."

"I was originally thinking that maybe after we finish fishing for the jellyfish next month, you'll have more money..."

"No, no, since you've already made up your mind, just book it early. You only need to pay a deposit anyway."

“Two boats…”

"Two boats then."

"Okay, Boss Li is indeed wealthy. As for Xiaoxiao, you can go over there later and tell him about it."

"Okay, I'll go back first. I just came back from the sea and my body is still wet."

After Ye Yaodong sent the man out, as soon as he returned to the house, Lin Xiuqing asked, "Two more?"

"If A Guang gets involved, there will definitely be two. He will most likely get involved. The profits of fishing boats are obvious. There is no reason to refuse something that is delivered to your doorstep."

"Oh."

"We all have big boats at home, so we can take a smaller share and let Zheng and Xiaoxiao take a larger share. Or we can join forces, so I can take 4 shares and one of them can take 6 shares."

"There are different delivery dates."

"Then order two of the same boats, and calculate it as 20 shares. After both boats are in hand, we can divide them up. Two people can occupy one boat, and it will save the trouble of accounting."

The most troublesome thing about a partnership with multiple people and multiple boats is to settle accounts. This is especially true when the person has many fishing boats. He has to settle accounts with a bunch of people in turn, and probably has to set aside a whole day to do so.

If there is no problem with the amount, it will be fine. But if there is a problem with the account, it will take a long time to argue about it.

"You can see for yourself. It's not much anyway."

"Ah."

After talking, as nothing happened, Ye Yaodong went back into the house and lay down. He had only slept for a few hours in total and his head was still aching.

It was almost time for dinner, so it was impossible for him to sleep. But he could lie down for a while to relax and then go to sleep at night. By the way, he still had to think about the kelp.

It is not possible to ask the village committee to organize people to raise the dogs without any empty promises. Some results must be seen before people will believe it.

He lay on the bed with his hands behind his head and his feet up, staring blankly at the mosquito net above his head.

Or he could organize some people to raise the pigs first, and when they see the results, the village cadres would naturally believe it, and then organize a large number of villagers to raise the pigs.

Either he contributes money and effort to sponsor the project, and then the village cadres, in view of his ability to make money and his current prestige, give him a little trust and organize a small-scale experiment.

It's okay to spend some money, as it will be paid back anyway. The key is that he doesn't have that much free time to lead everyone in planting. What's more, there is no wild kelp that has been improved and cultivated, so it is not sure whether it will be easy to collect the seedlings directly.

If he asks other people who know even less to do something that he is not sure about, they will end up taking a lot of detours. At least he knows how to raise crops.

After thinking for a while in bed, he managed to sort out his thoughts a little bit, but Lin Xiuqing called him to eat, so he had to put it aside for the time being.

Anyway, we have to wait until late September, early October, etc. to collect and raise kelp seedlings.

Thinking of this, he immediately stopped walking. After returning from Zhejiang Province, he would immediately start the work of collecting and raising seedlings.

He doesn't have the time...

Lin Xiuqing called out to him several times to eat, but he didn't come out, so she walked in and saw him standing there in a daze.

"Eat, what are you doing? I thought you fell asleep again."

"No, I was just thinking about something."

After answering, he walked out again.

He was thinking the whole time during the meal. His mother was mumbling about the gossip in the village, but he didn't take it to heart.

The old lady looked at him with a strange look on her face, "What happened to Dongzi? Do you have a cold?"

"You look like you're lost. What's wrong?" Ye's mother also noticed that something was wrong with him and asked.

"No, I'm thinking about something."

"What are you thinking about?" asked Ye's father.

Lin Xiuqing interrupted and said, "Maybe he wants to form a fishing boat partnership with his friend again."

"You want to join forces with another fishing boat? You already have so many, and you've joined forces with several more. Do you want to join more?"

Ye Yaodong didn't explain that he wasn't thinking about this, and responded casually, "Well, I don't have the manpower to drive the boat, so I'll join forces with my friends and let them drive the boat. I'll just wait to share the money."

"You can hire someone to drive it. You have built a fresh-catch boat, and you can collect your own goods on your own boat when the time comes." Ye's father said.

"That's fine. At most, I can give 10% to 20% of the profits to the hired ship captains. However, I want to encourage them first. If I don't ask them to take the lead, they probably won't think of doing a big deal. Anyway, this is the only deal. If anyone asks me to cooperate later, I won't do it. It's too troublesome."

"Then see for yourself."

Mother Ye also started to mutter, "How many boats do you have? More than ten? The villagers have been discussing these days whether you are going to catch jellyfish again next month. With so many boats, you will make a fortune again..."

Ye Yaodong listened to his mother's nagging, but did not follow her topic. He just continued to think about his own things.

But his mother also reminded him that everyone knew that he was going to make a lot of money again, and most people had a hatred of the rich, and were envious and even more jealous.

The current policy of the leaders is to let the rich lead the poor. It is really necessary to encourage the whole village to plant crops, so that all villagers can gradually become rich, which can be regarded as giving back to their hometown.

Take the lead and make your hometown richer than other villages.

"I have decided that after the next wave of jellyfish fishing is over, I will donate the ten small wooden boats to the village committee so that the village committee can organize kelp farming and lead the whole village to become rich."

The sudden voice caused everyone at the table to pause their chatter, and everyone looked at him in confusion.

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but ask, "Do you really have a fever?"

"As soon as I sat down tonight, I noticed something was wrong with you..."

The old lady was a little worried. "Did you run into something dirty at sea? Do you want someone to take a look?"

"You're crazy!" Ye Yaodong cursed angrily, "What can happen to me?"

Only Ye's father knew what he was talking about. When they were at sea, he heard him muttering about breeding. He didn't expect that he would donate the boat and let the village committee organize breeding.

When I first built it, I thought I could use the depreciation of the boat as wages for the boat workers after it was used. I didn't expect that my mind would change so quickly and become so big.

Although they are small wooden boats, there are 10 of them, and the total cost is not cheap.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course. When have I ever been fake?"

"What are you two talking about?" Ye's mother asked curiously, "And there are 10 small wooden boats, where did they come from?"

Given that Ye's mother was a big mouth, Ye's father didn't tell her everything. What's more, Dongzi had many secrets, and he was used to hiding them. Most of the time, he didn't tell her anything.

There's no point in saying it. Even if he knows, he will just keep nagging and he will be the one who suffers in the end.

"I have ordered ten small wooden boats, and we will use the Dongsheng to take them to Zhejiang Province to fish..."

Ye's mother's eyes widened, "Is this possible?"

"Why not? The local fishermen are rowing small wooden boats to catch jellyfish one by one on the sea. After dinner, please help me go to the village to call 20 people. Then two people will be assigned to one small boat."

He said this now so that his mother could call good people in advance. Who knows when the flood season will be, whether it will be advanced or delayed?
Last year, we set out in mid-July and decided on the staff in advance to avoid being caught off guard when the time comes.

"Are you serious? Ten really? When are you going to pull it back?"

"Maybe at the end of the month or the beginning of the month. You must give it to me at the beginning of the month as promised."

Mother Ye smacked her lips and thought this was indeed a good way to make money, although the investment was a bit large. But considering what they earned last year, this cost could be ignored.

"Is it really the same as what everyone said? Are we really going to make a lot of money? How much money can we make per trip this year? Can we make a 10 yuan household? Oh my goodness..."

"You're overthinking it. There aren't that many people. Others will bring people with them. We're not the only ones. What's more, with so many people and so many boats all concentrated in that area, they could have fished out all the fish in a few days."

"That's true... If we finish it early, isn't it a loss?"

"Then let them search on the sea surface by themselves and supervise each other. They can earn a little money later. Even if the locals haven't discovered the trench, they can still earn dozens of yuan a day. With so many boats, a little bit adds up to a lot, and it's also a lot. What's more, there is no need to spend money on fuel, only labor."

"Right."

The more Ye's mother thought about it, the happier she became. She didn't expect her son to be so smart and would get rich again.

"Won't it be hard to do next year? Everyone will follow your example."

"Then they probably can only drink the liquid, and they may not be able to drink it, and they will die."

It was already a great achievement to hide it from the locals last year. If the scale is expanded this year, it will definitely not escape the eyes of the locals. If someone else follows his example the year after next, a lot of people might die.

He could say this, which made Ye's mother even happier and a little gloating.

"Yes, yes, yes, so you deserve to make money again this year."

"I haven't made any money yet. You're talking too fast."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but laugh and said, "Aren't you the same? You count all the money you haven't earned yet in advance."

It turns out that this is also hereditary. The mother and son are exactly the same. The money they haven't earned has already been counted in their hands.

Mother Ye smiled and said, "Isn't this the end of the conversation? Everyone is saying this. I will go and call someone for you after dinner."

"Ah."

After they finished talking, Father Ye interrupted, "Do you really want to grow kelp? Can you handle it? Can you do it?"

"I know the general direction, but I won't grow it myself. I'll let the village committee organize people to do research. If it can be grown, I'll harvest it and it will also increase the income of the whole village."

"Can you do it?"

Ye Yaodong glanced at his father without saying anything.

Ye's mother also realized what he had just said about donating ten boats, but she was so happy that he was going to make a lot of money that she overlooked the matter.

"What are you talking about donating ten boats and cultivating kelp? Isn't there kelp on the island? Why do we need to cultivate it? Some time ago, everyone picked up a lot of kelp on the beach and took it back to dry. I'm too lazy to pick it up."

"Kelp is quite expensive in inland areas. Inland areas don't eat seafood either. Only dried kelp is easy to transport and circulate. So it's not rare here and no one wants it. If people outside want it, and if we really grow it, it will benefit the whole village."

If it could be grown in the next two years, it would just be the end of the 80s. I remember that in the 90s, kelp was promoted as being able to prevent goiter.

(End of this chapter)