Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1068: Almost Enough
The two cadres were surprised to hear this.

I didn't expect that he could donate two more small wooden boats. Even though they were used second-hand or third-hand boats, each one would cost one or two hundred dollars.

This is equivalent to saving the village committee a lot of money.

Without fishing boats, we really can’t operate at sea and can’t do anything.

Several other navy officers also praised him for his high awareness and his willingness to contribute to the development of the village.

"But I have a condition. You have to buy the kelp that is collectively cultivated for me. You can't just ask for it from someone else. That would be a sign of your instability. Of course, I will buy it at the market price and I won't deliberately lower the price or bully the villagers in our village."

The village chief agreed immediately, "Of course, it was you who proposed the development of aquaculture, and it was you who contributed fishing boats to support the aquaculture construction of our village. We can't turn our elbows out."

Secretary Chen also agreed with a smile: "Yes, there are so many people at this table who can testify."

Father Pei also smiled and said, "Without your help, even if the plants are grown, we may not know what to do with them."

“Hahahahahaha, right, right…”

Ye Yaodong raised his glass happily, "Come on, let's have a drink. I hope that the kelp farming in the village will be a great success in the future."

"Okay, okay, this is worth a toast."

The atmosphere at the dinner table was particularly intense, and everyone continued to talk about the topic of breeding.

"You are planning to buy two small wooden boats from somewhere, right? Why do you have to wait until you finish catching jellyfish? Didn't you say that there was a lot of preparation work in the early stage?"

"I ordered a few small wooden boats, but the boat builder hasn't finished making them yet. When they are finished, I will take them to Zhejiang Province to catch jellyfish, so I have to wait until the end of September and hand them over to the village committee when I return."

It’s already mid-June, so it doesn’t matter if you tell it in advance. It’s too late to follow the trend now, so it doesn’t matter.

“Why bring a wooden boat?”

Except for Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, everyone else was not very clear about the situation of jellyfish fishing and was a little confused.

The two brothers were surprised and looked at each other. They didn't expect Dongzi to be so smart that he actually ordered a small wooden boat to go fishing.

But since he has a brain, there's nothing to say about that.

But it will definitely be difficult this year, this thought came to both of their minds.

Ye Yaodong laughed and said, "The more boats there are, the more fish we can catch."

"That's true... your boat alone can catch up with the whole village combined. How many boats do you have?"

Father Ye also laughed happily and said proudly: "Five have been rented out. In half a month, the sixth one may be available."

This time, except for their own family members, everyone else opened their mouths wide, including several sailors.

"Six...six?"

"Six diesel trawlers?"

"Really? So many?"

Captain Chen was also amazed. "You have already bought six boats in just two years? This is too fast, too incredible, right? Buying boats is easier for you than buying meat."

"Isn't it? Some families can only eat meat a few times a year, but he can buy several boats a year. This is his sixth boat?" The village chief was very surprised.

"No, including the big ship he owns, the one called Dongsheng, right? There are already 7 of them."

"Then... it seems that he still has a share of the Harvest. The two ships are parked side by side in the middle of the sea. My goodness, you are really good."

Ye Yaodong waved his hands repeatedly as they looked at him with surprised and passionate eyes, "No, no, one of the boats rented out is my father's old boat. He just asked me to help him collect the goods, so he just put it with me first."

"With those two big boats, there are seven of them now. That's right, you are amazing! Even all the people in the village combined cannot compare to you."

Secretary Chen said to the village chief with a proud look on his face: "I told you two days ago that if we listen to Adong, we will definitely be right if we develop kelp farming. Look at him in recent years, he has been making more and more money, with one boat after another. Since he said that kelp can make money, it must be right. As long as we grow it, the living standards of all villagers will be improved, and the county will have to commend our village."

"Hahaha, it seems like he can be right."

"Now that we have even found a ship to operate at sea, there is nothing to hesitate about. Let's do some work and study it carefully."

The village chief nodded repeatedly, feeling that the meal was not in vain and he became more confident in kelp farming.

Captain Chen also smiled and said, "When I came here a few days ago, I saw that your house had a TV, a washing machine, and a two-story building. I thought you must have made a lot of money in the past two years. Now it seems that I was too conservative. You didn't make money, you got rich."

"Captain Chen, you underestimate him. He has several shops in the city. Did you see the two empty lots with walls next to them when you came here just now? They are also his. They are also the workshops he built in the past two years. Adong has been the signboard of our village in the past two years. Others may not know our Baisha Village, but everyone knows Xianyudong when they mention it."

Secretary Chen spared no effort to help him brag.

"What about the military motorcycle at the door?" a navy comrade asked curiously.

Others also added, "Haha, I saw it a few days ago, but no one was embarrassed to ask."

Secretary Chen looked at Ye Yaodong and said carefully: "That was left by a leader."

No one is quite clear about the specific circumstances. All we know is that the county leader left behind a broken motorcycle, and then we heard that Ye Yaodong sent it to be repaired. It has been kept at his home ever since, and he can be seen driving it out occasionally.

Ye Yaodong asked curiously, "You know it even though there's no mark on it?"

"Of course, although it's unmarked, this model of vehicle is not something that anyone out there can have, not to mention how expensive motorcycles are."

He smiled and said, "It was a leader I know well. He passed by our place during a mission. His motorcycle rolled down the hillside at a bend in the mountain road at night. His motorcycle was damaged and he was injured. He left to get treatment."

"Then the motorcycle was temporarily kept with me. I was worried that it would break down if it was not repaired for too long, so I sent it for repair. Then it was kept at home. My boss told me to come back and drive it when I was free."

"Oh, I was wondering why you had a motorcycle like that parked at home."

Captain Chen said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Comrade Ye Yaodong is so familiar with the leaders above."

Father Ye spoke enthusiastically, "More than familiar with him, the leaders can take care of Adong. Before, someone in the village reported Adong for speculation, and the leader was so anxious that he called the border guard post and asked them to release him."

"Nonsense, the leader just asked about the situation, and the border guard station also found out it was a mistake, so they released me. I was not speculating at all, I was just selling agricultural products, that is not speculation, making huge profits through reselling is called speculation."

"Yep."

Secretary Chen smiled and said, "Although this is the case, it is true that the leader has taken a liking to you."

"No wonder Comrade Ye Yaodong has done so well in recent years. His family looks very different."

"Haha, leadership is just an external force. What's more important is your own hard work. Others can't work for you or go out to sea for you. They have their own things to do. You still have to earn your own money."

Father Ye quickly agreed, "Yes, that's right, you have to rely on yourself for everything."

"But having a leader you know will always make things go more smoothly."

"Indeed, haha, come on...it's already night, and there's no need to do anything. Drink more. I have several rooms in my house..."

"No, no, we have to go back after we finish eating. We can't stay outside."

"It's clear now. We have a mission tomorrow, so we have to train as usual."

"Can't you just stay overnight?"

"No way."

Since that didn't work, Ye Yaodong didn't force it and just asked the two village cadres to drink more.

There is no old man who doesn't like to drink. He likes to have a couple of drinks when he has nothing to do. It's also very humid at the seaside, so he needs to drink something occasionally to get rid of the moisture. And women in every household basically know how to make wine.

In the local area, rice wine is used to stew fish, soup, and chicken during the confinement period. The rice wine they drank at night was made by Ye's mother herself, specially for Ye Huimei to drink during her confinement period, and she also made some extra for home drinking.

That's why Father Ye wanted to take the opportunity to drink a few more sips. The four old men in the room kept talking to each other.

Ye's mother also kept filling their glasses with wine. She rarely frowned and scolded Ye's father. She also smiled and urged them to drink more and not to be polite.

Captain Chen and his men said they were going back and they were determined to go back. They had a simple meal, drank two small cups of wine, and then got up and left.

It was completely dark at this time. Ye Yaodong politely tried to persuade him to stay twice, but to no avail. He said nothing more and everyone stood up and walked him to the door.

Ye Yaodong asked the others to go back and continue eating, and he walked with them for a while and chatted with them.

He stopped when he reached the village entrance, told them to walk slowly, and then went back.

Except for the four old men and his eldest and second brothers, everyone else in the house had already left the table, and even the two younger brothers had gone home first.

Ye's mother also cleared the garbage on the tables of the people who got up and left, and did not disturb the people who were drinking happily.

Lin Xiuqing also went back to the house to bathe the two children and play with them.

As soon as he stepped into the house, he was called by them to sit down and continue drinking and chatting.

There was an evening breeze outside and the atmosphere in the house was high and heated. After drinking the horse urine, everyone talked more, boasted louder, and spoke louder.

Ye Yaodong drank with them for a while and saw that the two village cadres were already fantasizing about selling the kelp at a good price after the harvest, with the whole village cheering. Then they would expand the investment and have every household participate, making the village a prosperous one and gaining both fame and fortune.

He laughed too.

It’s all because of poverty. Any little bit of hope will be magnified.

Fortunately, he remembered that there was only one super typhoon this year, but it did not pass through their place. It went northward, and their coastal areas were only slightly affected. In the next few years, there were no super typhoons in the coastal areas around them.

As long as there are no problems with the steps of collecting and dividing seedlings for breeding, there is a high probability of success.

After a group of old men drank too much, they started chatting with each other endlessly. Later, their tongues became swollen and they could not speak clearly. Ye Yaodong asked his eldest and second brothers to take one of them back each.

He also supported Pei's father, and left his father's words to his mother.

However, as soon as his mother took action, she pinched him twice and then started cursing.

"It's late at night. If you want to scold someone, just take him home and scold him first. Now help him up first, one for each person..."

Ye Yaopeng also said: "The ground outside is not dry yet, there is mud everywhere, hold on steady..."

"He drinks every day when he gets the chance, and he drinks like this..."

"How about I put my dad here to sleep at night? Anyway, there's a room, and I don't have to help him around?"

"No, keeping him here will only cause trouble. He's the kind of person who drinks horse urine and then pees everywhere. He doesn't even know which way the door is. There's a pile of freshly harvested kelp in your room, so don't let him pee directly into that pile of stuff."

Ye Yaodong was speechless for a moment. Is his father such a bad drinker?
"Isn't it?"

"What do you mean by not? He is capable of doing such a thing. Last time, he was drunk and got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet. He mistook the closet door for his room door and peed right after opening it. I almost cut him to pieces. It was the middle of the night and I almost beat him to death while he was drunk." Ye's mother raised her voice, her voice filled with anger.

Ye Yaohua helped to speak up, "Dad was also happy that night, and he also drank with the village chief and the secretary."

"Look at how he persuades people to drink. Who doesn't know that he wants to drink so badly? Forget it. Help them back first. It's so late now."

"Ah."

They were all drunk and difficult to support. They staggered when walking and pushed the people who were supporting them aside from time to time. Then they sang loudly or talked loudly with their tongues wagging.

But as soon as they walked out of the yard, the sea breeze blew and they all fell to the ground. Fortunately, they were all young and strong, and with the help of a few old men, they could still hold on, except for Ye's mother.

Father Ye was a grown man, and she couldn't even help him up. She just watched him fall face down on the ground, and then started snoring in his sleep. She angrily put her hands on her hips and kept cursing.

"Oh my god, you're falling to the ground like a dead pig. How can I help you up? It's endless. Don't drink less. You'll die here tonight..."

"You're always looking for trouble for me... You drink like this, it's like you've never had a drink in your life..."

"You are so dirty, I will let you sleep on the floor at night..."

Ye's mother was so angry that she hit and slapped the baby, but she couldn't pull it up. It had just rained and it had not been a few hours, so the ground was still full of puddles and mud, and it was very dirty.

When Ye's father hit the ground, the mud on the ground splashed all over everyone.

The three brothers who had just walked out of the door started sweating after only a few steps. They stopped and stood by, each holding their father, watching in silence. No one had a hand to help their father up from the ground.

It was very difficult to hold on to each other's hands. The drunk people were particularly heavy and moved around a lot. Everyone was falling to the ground, and they were about to fall down as well.

"How about this, mother? You push the cart out, and I'll put Uncle Pei on it first, and then lift dad up with him. Push out the carts of my eldest and second brothers as well, and put two on at the same time. Otherwise, this messy road will be hard to walk on, and it will be hard to hold on to it."

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua quickly agreed, "Okay, okay, just use a cart to push it, it will be easier."

Ye Yaodong said again: "Mom, please push both carts out first. We will get the people on the carts first, and then we can lift Dad up together. Let him lie down for a while. It's okay."

"It's okay for him to lie down until dawn." Ye's mother kicked him unsatisfied, then turned around and pushed the cart.

"It's okay to let him lie there until dawn, but it will be troublesome for you to wash his clothes. By then, you will be covered in mud from head to toe, and you still have to wash his clothes."

"I'm so angry at him. There are all kinds of people like him... Once they start drinking, they don't know how to stop... It just so happens that they are all drunkards and get together..." Ye's mother cursed before pushing the car out.

It is much more convenient with a cart. You can put people on the cart and then push it home, saving time and effort.

His father is just miserable. He doesn't know where his mother will let him sleep at night.

When they sent him home, his mother simply asked them to throw him on the main room. It was so dirty that it was not suitable to be placed on the bed. The three brothers obediently put him on the ground and did not dare to say anything to offend their mother.

Fortunately, we eat at his house now, otherwise his mother would definitely not cook for his father for three days, since she has not been doing anything recently anyway.

As the three brothers were walking back, Ye Yaopeng took the opportunity to ask him about building the small wooden boat.

"Are you going to build two or more of your small wooden boats? I don't know if it will be in time. Let's go buy one or two and see if it works. If it's one or two, we can put them on our boat and tow them over."

"I ordered 10. When I went there two days ago, they were almost finished. The master even asked two or three apprentices to help. They should be ready by the end of this month or early next month."

"Ten...ten?" The two brothers exclaimed, then looked at each other in shock.

"Are you going to catch them all in one fell swoop, Dongzi?"

"Yes, if you don't make money yourself, then others will have to make money. Chen Jianian must have brought a lot of boats this year, and there will definitely be a few more boats nearby. However, the area around us is so small, so a few more boats won't matter. But he will definitely have a lot more boats over there."

"That's true. If you don't make money hard, others will make it."

"Yes, so I also decided on ten points in one go. This kind of thing can only be done once. It won't be feasible next year. You can decide for yourself."

Ye Yaopeng pondered for a moment, "We can't do what you do. That trawler can only carry one or two fish. We also need to bring daily necessities. For several people, we must leave some space for movement. It's not easy to buy it now, and they can't make it either."

Ye Yaohua also said: "If I ask others, probably no one will sell the boat, so forget it."

"We can still make a little money this year. After we finish fishing in the trench, we can look for fish on the nearby beach. It's still better than trawling at home. I can't say for next year."

Ye Yaopeng was happy: "Next year we will also have a big boat. Then it will be convenient for us to go to Zhejiang Province or follow your two boats to fish."

"When the time comes, you can learn it. If you can't, just work for a few days and run away from you."

"Ah."

The three of them talked as they walked. The village was silent except for the chirping of insects and the croaking of frogs. They kept their voices low while talking so as to avoid being scolded by someone who opened the window due to the poor sound insulation.

When Ye Yaodong returned home, Lin Xiuqing was already washing the dishes and had cleaned up the messy table.

"Are the two children asleep?"

"Well, you should go to bed early too."

He drank a little too much that night and had a slight headache, but he was just holding on. After nodding randomly, he went into the house and went to sleep.

When he got up the next day, the sun was already shining on his butt and he was the only one sitting in an empty bed.

When he went out, he found out that A Qing had gone to the workshop to collect kelp. People from other villages came to deliver kelp early this morning.

The sun was shining brightly on the first day after the rain stopped. Today's sky looked particularly clear, but the wind and waves on the sea were a bit strong. The aftermath has not yet disappeared, and even the tide is still high.

After the rain stopped, it became more convenient to do things, and people in the village were walking around normally.

When Ah Qing was receiving the goods, many people from the village gathered around to watch and gossip, while Ye Xiaoxi and Pei Yu were moving around in the crowd, having a lot of fun.

Ye Yaodong wanted to laugh when he saw Ye Xiaoxi's shiny bald head, which almost reflected light under the sunlight.

He called out with a smile, then waved at her.

Ye Xiaoxi was also very happy to see his father coming. He ran towards him excitedly, shouting as he ran, "Dad, big bald head, big lazy guy..."

He touched her bald head and said, "I am the big bald head, and you are the small bald head."

"Yes, yes~"

"Come on, I'll take a picture of you."

Keep it as a souvenir and show it to her when she grows up. It will be difficult to see her with a bald head in the future.

"Yeah……"

She jumped for joy and was about to run out. Ye Yaodong quickly picked her up and picked up Pei Yu at the same time. The dirt road outside would definitely be wet for them both to walk on.

He had leveled the floor of the workshop with mud and sand. Although it was not very flat, it was bumpy and had particles on it, but it was definitely better than the muddy dirt road outside.

Ye Yaodong's camera had not been used for a long time. He let the children sit in the sidecar and took a photo with the two dogs who were reluctant to get off.

However, when he finished taking the photos, he found that the two dogs hiding in the sidecar and unwilling to get out seemed to have big stomachs?
He reached out and touched the dog's belly in confusion.

"Fuck, who got you pregnant? And both of them got it?"

"Damn it, we can guard against thieves day and night, but it's hard to prevent them. I want to mate you with a police dog or a wolfhound to improve your genes and optimize the next generation."

The two dogs squatted comfortably in the bag, letting him touch them, with comfortable expressions on their faces, and even licked his arm with their tongues.

The old lady sat on a chair at the door, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan and said with a smile, "She must have gotten pregnant during the squid season last month. Everyone was so busy that no one took care of the dogs. It was only a while ago that we discovered these two were pregnant."

"Damn it. Last year I wanted to take them to the border station to steal a police dog's offspring, but they were so useless that I failed. Now I don't know what kind of bastard they are pregnant with."

Last year, Aqing also felt that there were too many dogs at home. When he found them in heat, he kicked them away and kept a close watch on them. Fortunately, no one was harmed last year.

He was also thinking about the two wolf puppies he brought back from the forest market a few days ago, so he could breed another litter of wolfpuppies at that time. But now, two litters of puppies came at a later time, and he could only wait until next year to see if there would be any chance for wolfpuppies.

Seeing him stretching out his hand to touch the dog's belly, Ye Xiaoxi also curiously reached out to touch it, then touched the milk on it and started to pinch it to play with it.

"Nene...giggle...little Nene..."

Ye Yaodong quickly slapped her hand away, "Stop being naughty, Xiao Hei is going to give birth to a puppy."

"Puppy? Really?" Ye Xiaoxi's eyes lit up with joy. "I want a puppy, not a chicken."

"You get bored easily. You've almost made the chickens at home sick of you. You hold them in your hands every day."

The old lady added, "She almost stepped on one of them to death yesterday. Now she doesn't play with them anymore. She only dares to play with bigger ducklings."

"Don't touch them, you naughty one. In half a month, a bunch of puppies will be born for you to play with."

Ye Xiaoxi and Pei Yu squatted beside the motorcycle and looked at the two pregnant dogs curiously. They wanted to touch them but didn't dare to, so they just squatted there and watched obediently.

Ye Yaodong took a photo of them being so well-behaved, thinking that he could print two copies of Pei Yu's photo later and give one to A Guang and the others.

I have been carrying my camera to the sea for the past six months, and I have not taken many photos at home, mostly of fish. I have never thought of taking a few more photos for Pei Yu and then developing them and bringing them to them. What a sin.

Feeling guilty, he simply took two or three photos of Pei Yu alone, and then took a photo of the old lady sitting at the gate with a palm-leaf fan.

"Ah? Why are you looking at me? I haven't changed into new clothes... I haven't combed my hair..."

"It looks good, this is real."

"You didn't even tell me in advance. Of course I have to dress nicely for the photo. What a waste."

"It's not a waste to take meaningful photos. Okay, let's call it a day."

"When the two children come back in the evening, I'll give them a pat as well."

"Okay, take a picture of the four bald guys at home."

The old lady laughed.

At this time, Lin Xiuqing's voice at the door also came in. She was directing people to park the cart at the gate of the yard.

"Two people can just carry it in and put it in the empty room on the first floor..."

"Have you finished collecting this morning's crops?"

"We had just put it away, but they were still standing there, talking. I asked them to move in first."

"How many pounds did you harvest this morning?"

"1658 kilograms, a total of more than 7000 kilograms. Let's see if we can collect some more in the afternoon, but it's probably gone. Everyone in the surrounding area knows that we need kelp these two days, and almost all that can be delivered has been delivered."

"That's fine, that's almost done. I'll collect it this afternoon and check tomorrow morning. If there's nothing, I'll send it directly to the city tomorrow. It's a good time to get this done before we go out to sea."

"Well, the village cadres came to look for you this morning, but I said you were sleeping, so they asked you to come back in the afternoon."

"Oh, then I guess he wants to ask me about kelp farming."

"I think so. You can go there after you finish your meal and when it's time to go to work."

(End of this chapter)