Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1067 Confirmation of Breeding
The old lady patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't say that next time. Isn't Huimei fine the way she is? She's going to have two children now, and they're right next to her. It's not necessarily good for someone who's in the army and is away from home all year round."

"You've changed so quickly. Just now you were all praising Captain Chen."

Lin Xiuqing smiled, "He's my family, so I feel good just because he's a soldier. It's good for my own sister to stay by my side, so I can see her. Besides, isn't A Guang a good person?"

The old lady also spoke the truth: "Everything is afraid of comparison. After comparison, you will know which one is better. The soldier is also compared with the two people I met before. Of course, the young soldier is better, but if he can't bring his family with him, that's not good either."

"Look, it has nothing to do with us. Don't worry about it. Everyone has their own fate. If there is a power outage, then go to bed early. Do you hear me? Ye Chenghu, Ye Chengyang."

"hiss……"

When Ye Chenghu heard his name being called, his hand trembled and burned the candle wick, causing the candle flame to dim.

"Know, know."

Seeing how clumsy he was, Lin Xiuqing went to the window to get the iron box of canned fish, lit a candle and soldered it to the iron box, then took it upstairs to give it to them.

Ye Yaodong was also ready to light one for the old lady, but she waved her hand and said no, she would go back to her room and lie down, there was no need to waste the candle.

It was raining and there was no electricity, so everyone went back to their rooms early.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, pouring down as if there was a hole, but there was no thunder like last night.

However, the wind and rain outside did not affect the warmth in the house at all. Under the dim candlelight, there were the laughter of children and adults.

"Big bald head...Little bald head..."

“Touch, touch…”

"Go away..."

Lin Xiuqing thought it was still early, so she didn't urge them to go to bed. She took out the account book and started to look through it.

Or maybe Ye Yaodong was annoyed by the two children. Four little hands kept trying to touch his head endlessly. He couldn't stand it anymore, so he turned around and urged her not to watch it at night when there was no electricity, as it would hurt her eyes.

She closed the account book, gave them some malted milk, and urged them to go to bed, not allowing them to play around.

But after she coaxed her child to sleep, she couldn't help but touch his bald head.

Everyone went to bed early yesterday, and they were all asleep when she entered the room. She didn't reach out to them for fear of waking up the father and daughter.

After touching the small one, I couldn't help but touch the big one.

"You come too! The little ones touch the big ones first, and then you touch them. It's endless, you guys."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help laughing, "You know what, this round head is quite nice to touch, just like a peeled egg."

"I think so too. It's soft and tender, like a big steamed bun. It's also very nice to touch. It's soft and fragrant."

"Where are you touching..."

"You touch my roundness, and I touch yours, it's fair."

"Haha, you are much bigger than me..."

"Then you can compensate me with another one. Add this steamed bun below and it will almost make up for it."

"Not serious..."

You know what, in the end she could only hold his round head.

Outside the house, the rain was pouring down, and the sound of raindrops hitting the leaves, the roof, and the grass, the crackling sound gradually increased from slow to fast.

Sometimes with the help of wind, it can blow from left to right, sweeping across, and the sound and movement become louder and louder.

The noise inside the house also responded to the noise outside, which lasted for a long time and became more and more intense.

The heavy rain continued until the next day. It was raining so heavily that we couldn't go out. We didn't have to go to school. The happiest person was Ye Chenghu.

But Ye Chengyang couldn't laugh. He got up early in the morning and squatted at the gate with a worried look on his face, watching the rain outside. Then, when the adults were not paying attention, he secretly took an umbrella, carried the basket and ran outside.

When he came back all wet, the adults discovered that he had picked a large basket of weeds.

Lin Xiuqing was about to attack him with a whip, but he said, "I want to feed the lambs. It's raining and the lambs have no grass to eat."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "You silly boy are quite responsible. I gave it to you to take care of it, and you really took it seriously. You even went out to pull weeds in this weather."

Seeing that he was quite well behaved, Lin Xiuqing reluctantly let him stretch out his hand and hit him twice as punishment.

The rain never stopped. This time it rained heavily for three days without stopping. The village also had a power outage for three consecutive days. It was inconvenient to come in for maintenance when it was raining heavily.

The children at home were also locked up for three days, but they were not afraid of having nothing to play with, as there were a lot of precious toys at home, and they had a group of brothers and sisters next door. The rain did not affect their running back and forth, and they were just scolded a few times.

By the fourth day, the rain had eased a little, turning into a drizzle in the afternoon. After being gloomy for three or four days, the sky finally brightened.

It was not until around three or four in the afternoon that the rain stopped completely and the sky cleared up.

"Rainbow! There's a rainbow!"

"There is a rainbow. There is a rainbow in the sky..."

As soon as the rain outside stopped, the children couldn't wait to run out. They were also the first to discover a rainbow in the sky and shouted and jumped with excitement.

It had rained heavily for so many days and no one knew how leaky the houses in the village were. After the rain stopped, Ye Yaodong gave some instructions and went to check out the old house with his elder and second brothers.

The dirt roads in the countryside were covered with mud and puddles of water. After a few days of rain, some of the puddles were higher than his calves. Every household ran out to clean and tidy up their doorsteps, and some families could not wait to move their quilts and clothes out to dry in the sun.

Just as he was halfway there, he met the gatekeeper of the village committee.

As soon as they saw him, they immediately pulled him aside and said, "A Guang called to look for you two days ago, but it was raining too hard outside and it was inconvenient to run back and forth, so I asked him to wait until the rain stopped before calling me, or wait until the rain stopped and then I would go to your house to call you and ask you to call him back."

"Oh, I'll call him back then."

Ye Yaodong looked at his elder and second brothers and asked them to go to the old house first. He would go and call A Guang back. Who knows if it would rain heavily again in the evening.

The call that A Guang made should be about the fishing boats in the city. If it was about Huimei giving birth, he should have asked his mother to answer the phone.

It just so happened that he also wanted to talk to him about the jellyfish, and asked him to pay attention to contact him more often in the near future.

After telling his elder and second brothers, he turned around and followed them to the village committee.

It had rained for a few days and the village committee was empty. It looked a mess everywhere and no one had come to clean it up.

After he finished talking on the phone for nearly half an hour, he saw Captain Chen and his men coming again, and the village chief and the village secretary were also sent to call them.

Looking at their feet covered in mud and the original color of their shoes unrecognizable, you can tell that they walked in on their own two feet.

"Come here to fix the circuit again?"

"Yeah, it's been raining heavily for several days. I can't do anything, I can't even go out. I can only wait until the rain stops before coming here."

"It's already this late. It will be dark by the time we finish repairing. Come to my place for dinner tonight."

"Ha ha……"

"Yeah……"

"Then I'll trouble Comrade Ye Yaodong..."

Captain Chen laughed and didn't respond, but his comrades beside him started to cheer excitedly.

"You are so rude!" Captain Chen stared at the people around him speechlessly.

"You're welcome. From now on, anyone who takes a detour will be one of us. Hahahaha..."

"I'm taking advantage of you in advance, and I'll pay you back slowly in the future, Captain."

"Nonsense!"

Ye Yaodong laughed. Seeing them like this, he realized that they had been chatting and teasing Captain Chen a lot in private these days.

And looking at Captain Chen's expression, he didn't issue an order to forbid it, otherwise he probably wouldn't dare to make such a joke so casually. He probably knew what was going on.

After the village chief and the village secretary came to greet them and took them to the power box, he also turned to Pei's house, preparing to invite Uncle Pei to his house for dinner in the evening. By the way, he mentioned that Captain Chen and his men had just arrived.

Father Pei was surprised for a moment and immediately walked towards the power box.

Ye Yaodong went to find A Zheng again, and asked them to go to Xiao Xiao's house together. He told them about the phone call with A Guang just now.

"A Guang said the city would cost 18 to 000, and the delivery date could be the end of next year. It's better than the county, which won't accept it now. As for the provincial one, I'll have to wait until I go out to sea. Then I'll go to the provincial one to ask. But I'm not familiar with the provincial capital, so I'll have to ask around."

"Then wait and see after you inquire about it."

"Did Hikaru say he wanted to participate?"

"He said if we don't have enough people to share the burden, he can help."

Maybe he was too embarrassed to say directly that he wanted to get involved.

"Then we can share the burden together, and each person can pay less." Ah Zheng said.

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes at him, "Are you stupid? You don't have to pay the full amount at the beginning, just a deposit. What's not enough to share? Let's buy two boats together. Whoever gets one first will get it first, and if there is a second one, we can share it together then. Whether it's two people sharing one boat, or four people sharing two boats, we will see when the time comes. With so many people, we will definitely have to buy two boats. What's the point of one boat?"

Xiao Xiao was also a little worried. "If it's just two pairs, the cost will be too high. Two pairs won't cost around 4 yuan? If we split it in half, each person will have to pay 1 yuan, which is a bit much. We'll have to put all our savings into it. If it's just one pair, it won't cost much."

"Didn't I tell you? Pay the deposit first. The boat will be delivered next year. You won't go hungry anyway. You can probably make some money by fishing for jellyfish next month, but it won't be as much as last year. Save up this year and save more next year. What's 1 yuan? You won't go bankrupt on this gamble."

The two looked at each other hesitantly.

"Do you want to do it? You have to be proactive in making money. You can't catch a wolf without risking your lamb. Think about how fast the price of fishing boats has increased in the past two years. They were so cheap at the beginning, but in the past two years, the price has increased before I even got them."

Ah Zheng said angrily, "Fuck! It's up to you. If you and Ah Guang have no objection, then I have no objection either."

"How about we wait until we make some money from jellyfish in the next month or two before deciding?"

Ye Yaodong patted Xiaoxiao's shoulder and said, "Then you can wait until next month to decide how much you want to invest. Anyway, we will just order two in advance. As for how to divide it, we can decide next month. If you feel too much pressure and want a smaller share, that's fine too."

He nodded. "That's fine too. Then you decide first, and we'll discuss how to divide it when the time comes. If you have more money, you'll get more, and if you have less money, you'll get less."

In this case, A Zheng had no objection, so they just agreed to it.

"Okay, then we'll do it later. Once we've decided on two, we can decide on how to divide them. We can decide next month."

It's a bit early to let them take 6 and he and A Guang take 4. It would be a bit too much for them to split it equally. It would be easier to wait until next month when they make some money and then decide. There's no need to worry so much.

"It has been raining heavily for several days. You can't go out to sea in this weather. You will probably have to stay at home for a few more days. If you go out to sea, it will probably be the end of the month when you come back. If you discuss it a little before booking, it will have to be confirmed at the beginning of next month."

"Then it's not too late to wait two months to decide how to divide it."

"Well, we'll talk about it later. Since you have no objection to booking two ships, then it's easy to talk about. I'll tell you after I've asked clearly."

Partnership is so troublesome. You have to talk to others about everything and discuss it before making a decision. It adds an extra process and requires you to make more trips.

The most important thing is that communication is inconvenient. They have to rely on manpower to run back and forth to discuss and talk. If they want to make a phone call, they have to be at home to discuss it. Considering the irregular time of his hauling back and forth and docking, it is impossible for it to be so coincidental.

He made himself look like a messenger, but he was still worried about leaving the task to them.

"I'm going back."

"Hey, wait, do you still want some kelp? My wife's relatives on her side of the family also have some kelp. My mother asked about it a few days ago, but unfortunately it rained and they didn't deliver it. Now it's sunny, so I guess they'll bring it over later. Do you still want some?"

"Yes, I want as many as you want. You can have it delivered this afternoon or tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll talk to my mom."

Ye Yaodong also wanted to go to the old house to take a look and tell his mother that he wanted to collect kelp. It was still far from the 1 kilograms he expected, so he had to gather a full truckload for him to take away.

It has been delayed these days due to rain. Otherwise, after a few days of publicity and fermentation, even if we can't get 10,000 kilograms, we can at least get 8,000 or 9,000 kilograms.

After the three of them finished chatting, they went back to their homes.

It had just rained heavily, and although they didn't have to do the laundry and drying of quilts, they still had to help with other chores at home.

Because their hometown has been repaired frequently in the past two years, the doors and windows were replaced again last year. The heavy rain this time did not have much impact. There was just a little water leakage in some rooms, which was inevitable. There was nothing else. His eldest brother and second brother came over and took a look around and then went back.

He came over to take a look, and told his mother that he still needed to collect kelp. He also asked his mother to come over later to help with cooking, as he also wanted to treat Captain Chen and others to dinner in the evening.

Thinking that she had nothing to do right now, Ye's mother went back with him. Since they had to prepare all the dishes in advance for a dinner, it was already 3 o'clock and it was not too early. They still had to buy some meat dishes.

It has been raining heavily these past few days and no fishing boats have gone out to sea. If they didn't have dried fish at home, they would have had to eat only vegetarian food. Now they can't let others eat only vegetarian food when they are inviting guests to dinner.

Fortunately, Ye's mother came to prepare dinner, otherwise Lin Xiuqing would not be able to prepare dinner for the guests.

Not long after the rain stopped, she started collecting kelp again.

It had been raining for several days and everyone was very worried, fearing that they would not want the kelp. As soon as the rain stopped, people from several nearby villages who had kelp at home came running to ask about it, so they didn't even need to advertise for it again.

Ye Yaodong was also helping Lin Xiuqing weigh and collect kelp in the workshop. During this sunny afternoon, they collected another 2000 kilograms.

Together with what was harvested in the previous few days, the total is nearly 6,000 kilograms, which is not too much, but not too little either.

Several people in the workshop were so busy that they were sweating. Even the bald-headed Ye Yaodong had beads of water on his forehead.

It was raining heavily in the morning. After the rain stopped and a rainbow appeared in the afternoon, the temperature unexpectedly rose. The air was still chilly when it was raining, but now it is five degrees lower than that. They were sweating while moving and sorting the goods.

Lin Xiuqing held the jar in one hand and played with the coins in it with the other hand, then watched the others tying seaweed on the bench.

Because it had just rained and everything was wet, they pushed a cart over and put the goods directly on the cart. This prevented the sacks from coming into contact with the ground and getting damp.

Ye Yaodong used a hemp rope to tie the opening of the sack tightly, and told Wang Guangliang and the others to tie it tighter.

"Tie it tightly to avoid moisture. It's been very humid these two days since the rain."

Lin Xiuqing grabbed the coins and made them clatter. "After you tie them up, weigh them together and calculate the total. I'll also keep a record to see how much you still need."

"Okay, I think I can collect some odds and ends tomorrow."

"I hope it won't rain tomorrow. We've harvested less than 6000 kilograms in the past two days, which is much less than you expected. Is that okay? Or should we wait another two days?"

"Wait for two more days and gather some more. I think there will be more people coming tomorrow. There's no rush anyway. I'll just collect them in the next two days and then gather a truck to take them away. I won't collect them anymore after that."

"If I had known that you guys would have caught as much as you could when you were at sea a few days ago."

"Don't think about knowing in advance. When working at sea, there is no way to stop the boat to pick up those worthless kelp. At most, when sailing, we can pick up the kelp floating beside the fishing boat. If we knew in advance as you said, and announced that we would collect kelp a month in advance, we could easily collect 10,000 or 20,000 kilograms of kelp."

"Brother Dong is 468 pounds, sister-in-law, please remember this."

Wang Guangliang carried a few sacks from the car and put them on the scale to weigh them, then asked the couple to take note. After that, he continued to move the sacks away and weighed the ones on the car again.

It took several rounds of weighing before I finally weighed the entire truckload, and then I carried it home in two trips.

Lin Xiuqing also wrote down today's total on a piece of paper, "2651 kilograms, plus the previous few days, a total of 5923 kilograms, just a little short of 6000 kilograms."

"Well, let's go back first and talk about it tomorrow. Captain Chen and the others will come over for dinner later."

"what!"

Lin Xiuqing was startled. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I haven't prepared any food yet. I've been busy until now, and there's no meat or vegetables at home..."

"I've asked my mother to take care of it. I asked her to buy meat this afternoon. Anyway, we have no shortage of dried squid, dried fish, and dried shrimp at home. Just buy a few meat dishes and you can make a big table."

"That's good... I thought you were going to treat us all of a sudden, but there was nothing at home. How embarrassing."

Ye Yaodong put his hand on her shoulder and walked forward with her in his arms, "Let's go home for dinner."

"Don't hug each other, it's not nice if others see it..."

"What are you afraid of? We are legal, and it's okay to kiss on the street."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and patted him, "Nonsense."

"Oh, there's a sunset!"

The sky had experienced a thorough baptism, and there was even rosy clouds all over the sky, which reflected half of the sky red. The golden, orange, and purple colors blended together, like a flowing ink painting, colorful.

It was clearly evening, but the sky was brighter than during the day, and its reflection was on the sea, along with the large and small fishing boats floating on the sea, giving a feeling of fishermen singing in the evening.

"It's quite pretty."

"The waves are quite big and the tide is higher than usual."

"It just so happens that you also have to arrange for the shipment of kelp in a couple of days, so you don't have time to go out to sea."

"I'll go to the city to collect the bills when the time comes. It's been raining heavily recently, so the store probably won't have much business."

"Rainy days are so annoying..."

The couple walked and talked, and returned home happily. Wang Guangliang and his team had almost unloaded all the goods, and were planning to push the cart back to the workshop.

Ye Yaodong simply called them over and had dinner together in the evening. Since the table was already filled, it wouldn't matter if he had two more pairs of chopsticks.

Wang Guangliang was pleasantly surprised. "Will it be inconvenient?"

"No, there are many people eating at night, including the village head, secretary, and several navy officers. It will be more lively if we sit down and eat together."

“Ah, such a high standard!”

"What's the big deal? It's just a meal. What's the standard?"

Wang Guangliang was so happy that he almost lost his mind and felt that his social status had been raised.

"oh oh……"

"Forget it. Go to the power supply box in the village to see if they have repaired the circuit. Tell my dad to bring the people over for dinner as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Ye Yaodong also pulled the light cord, but there was no response, probably not that fast.

His mother had already prepared a large table of food, with only a few vegetarian dishes left to cook. He was sitting there playing, and had just been directing his younger brother to move the goods.

"When will you send the kelp to the city? I'll go with you." said Ye's mother.

"Ah? What are you going to do?"

"It's already the middle of the month, and your sister is going to give birth in about half a month. I'm a little worried, so I want to go over and take a look, and by the way, give her the little clothes I prepared in advance."

"okay."

"I haven't seen her for half a year, and I don't know how she is doing. It's really troublesome for your mother-in-law and her family. They have to help take care of her. When she gives birth, they will also need their help. We can't be there with her."

"Ah."

"I don't know how to take the baby back home after the baby is born. There's no place like home, so I have to take the baby back home. It won't look good if she's outside..."

Ye's mother kept talking on and on, and Ye Yaodong just casually agreed with her and went to play with the two children.

Ye's father and his companions finally arrived after it was completely dark, and the lights in the house were turned on after dark.

This seemed to be a signal. Ye's mother, who had been sitting there idly swatting mosquitoes, immediately stood up and fried some vegetables.

"It's a good thing we were waiting there, otherwise Captain Chen would have left after repairing the circuit, and we would have almost been unable to stop him."

"I can't bear to come over for dinner every other day. I haven't seen you for a long time. It's okay for me to come over once..."

"Oh, we are not strangers, please sit down. The other day we had a reunion dinner, and today is a thank you dinner. You are my benefactor."

"Just kidding."

"Sit down, sit down, you're welcome..."

Everyone in the room was calling out to them to sit down, and they couldn't refuse their hospitality. They were about to leave after repairing the circuit, but were stopped by a group of people, so they had no choice but to stay and eat.

Pei's father was also there. This time at the dinner table, he tried his best to inquire about the other person's family background and home address. He planned to wait for a while, when A Guang came back, and let A Guang and A Dong go to the provincial capital to look for a shipyard to inquire about them.

After one or two times, he got scared and didn't dare to be careless. Moreover, since they were so far away from each other, he had to understand the other person's family background first and check whether he was lying.

Fortunately, they are not complete country people. After all, they have been to the city and the provincial capital several times, and have seen the world a few times. They are not afraid to go to faraway places.

This time, the village cadres also talked about kelp farming at the dinner table.

"We discussed in a meeting two days ago that we could find four or five people to give it a try. If it works, we can use the collective income to share some of the profits. If it doesn't work, the village committee will give some hard work subsidies."

"After all, this is related to the development prospects of the village. We have all discussed it, and it is worthwhile to spend some energy to study it. But I may have to ask you more questions when the time comes."

Ye Yaodong was happy, for he knew that the two old men were not stupid. Even if he did not directly say to donate the boat to the village committee, they would still give it a try, thinking that the income from the kelp in the future could make the whole village rich.

After all, it can really be sold for money, and he has been collecting it there these two days. He also promised that as long as it can be grown, he will take it.

No one would do something that would harm others and benefit themselves, let alone a child from the same village. The two old men had watched him grow up since he was young, and they had also seen him become rich little by little over the past two years.

They were willing to believe that he had turned over a new leaf and accumulated such a huge fortune.

"Okay, that's easy to say. This is also related to the development prospects of our entire village. I also want to see our village become more and more prosperous and the villagers' living standards rise sharply. Otherwise, I would not have proposed that the village committee organize breeding."

"Well, let's talk about how to raise it tomorrow. We need to discuss it carefully."

"Okay, the waves are big these two days, so it's not suitable to go out to sea. I'm free, so we can have a good chat tomorrow. Also, since the village is also interested in developing aquaculture, this was also proposed by me. To show support, after I come back from catching jellyfish in two months, I will donate two small wooden boats to support our kelp research team. It's inconvenient to aquaculture at sea without a boat."

(End of this chapter)