Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1111 Bought a Yard

After Ye Yaodong came out of the Coast Guard Station, he wiped the sweat off his face, looked at the scorching sun outside that could burn people, and rushed out again, continuing to run towards the shore.

He only stayed in the Coast Guard Station for more than half an hour, and including running back and forth, it took him an hour.

When we returned to the dock, Guang had finished his work. He found a shady spot and squatted there, slurping noodles from a large bowl.

"Have you finished receiving the goods?"

Ah Guang squatted on the ground, looking up at him, holding a large bunch of noodles with chopsticks in his hand and biting them. He quickly bit off the noodles, stood up and asked vaguely.

"So soon?"

"Just asking a question, I'll be out after I'm done."

"How to say?"

"The matter is still being determined. We haven't discussed how to deal with it so quickly. They said the situation is too serious and they won't just let it go. But they will try their best to help. My father is also safe in there and he is not injured anywhere."

Ye Yaodong briefly explained the leader's intention.

"I'll try my best to help. If I don't, you probably won't be able to get out. Anyone who goes in will be doomed."

"I want to rent a house later. It's really inconvenient for so many people to eat, drink, defecate and urinate. We still have to find a house to keep people to cook. For example, when we docked this morning, we could just deliver the food to the sea. This would save 30 people having to fight a war just to eat. It's too much trouble."

There was also a jellyfish that had no place to dry. It was too inconvenient on the boat. As the number of jellyfish increased in the past two days, there was no place to spread them out on the boat.

It's only 11 o'clock now, and the next ship will dock at 1 o'clock. I'll go eat something later and ask the locals if there are any empty houses or yards to rent. I'd like to take advantage of the free time now and do nothing.

Besides, they all have backers here now. As long as they don't cause trouble, and go out early and come back late like they do now, they won't have conflicts with people in the city.

"It's OK to have a leader here to protect me. It looks like this matter won't be resolved so quickly. I have to stay here and wait for the result."

"That's right. We have to wait for the results here, so we have to rent another house to save trouble. Although it is a bit far from the fishing spot, it is a blessing in disguise. It will be night when we come back, and we don't have to interact with the locals."

"I won't bother. There are only a few of us now, and the beds on the boat are just right for sleeping."

I guess he was scared by what happened two days ago and was afraid that it would be too late to escape if he stayed there.

It was a personal choice. Ye Yaodong didn’t say much. He went to the noodle shop nearby, cooked a bowl of noodles and brought it over, then squatted down with him to eat.

After eating, I returned the bowl and asked about renting a house.

There are not many migrant workers these days, and few people rent houses. Fortunately, he found one after asking a few more families. One family went abroad decades ago, and only came back in the past two years of reform and opening up to deal with the house and take in the elderly who were reluctant to leave their hometown.

Ye Yaodong was so happy when he accidentally came across such a pie in the sky. He had originally thought of renting it, but now he wanted to buy it, so he immediately bought the house.

The money he had was all on the boat and not with him, so he went to ask A Guang to borrow some.

Pei's father drove the Harvest at sea all day, fishing all day, and only sent a small boat back to deliver goods, so the money from their sales was in A Guang's hands, which made it convenient for him to embezzle some of it temporarily.

A Guang saw him running back and forth in a sweat, and when he heard him say he wanted to buy a house, his jaw dropped.

"Are you planning to settle down here and buy a house? You're crazy!"

"They don't rent, they only sell. I thought it was cheap so I bought it, for only 2200 yuan. The house is a little run-down, but it's habitable. It's like a courtyard house, with four or five rooms, and there's a big yard at the back door, and it's facing the street."

Ye Yaodong's face was tanned red by the sun and he looked very happy. He knew people here, so he was not afraid of being cheated, nor did he have to worry about the procedures.

What's more, he had asked the neighbors before and knew that the family had indeed moved abroad in the past few decades. This time they came back with the intention of selling the house, taking the elderly with them, and moving with the whole family.

"Aren't you afraid that we won't come next year, and the house will be left there abandoned, which would be a waste of money, right? Look at the situation this year, can we still make this money next year?"

"That's hard to say."

Even though he can't catch jellyfish, he can catch sea urchins. He doesn't know if there will be hairtails next year, but there are plenty of them under the sea urchins. He can come back after the jellyfish season is over.

I just don't know what the leader meant when he said before that he should behave himself and salvage as much as possible in the next two days, as there may be new policy arrangements by then?
Anyway, since foreign boats are not allowed to catch jellyfish, he will come earlier next year to catch sea urchins. The sea is vast and boundless, how can we restrict everything? There is no reason to not allow foreign fishing boats to dock.

At a pier, more foreign fishing boats dock and bring more goods, which will naturally lead to local consumption, thus promoting local economic consumption. Look at this pier now, with the sun shining in the sky, and there are people pushing carts and riding bicycles to sell their goods.

When Ye Yaodong heard that someone was selling popsicles, he interrupted Ah Guang who was about to speak and waved to the man selling popsicles. He had been running back and forth and was getting very hot, so a popsicle would be just the right thing to cool him down.

Ah Guang took a bite of the popsicle and felt relaxed all over. "Why don't you reconsider it? After all, it's across provinces, and it's not in our area. If you buy it in our city, I definitely won't say anything. I won't say anything if you buy it in the provincial capital. This is across provinces..."

"What's wrong with crossing provinces? It will only take a few hours to drive once transportation is convenient. Have you heard that if you want to get rich, you must build roads first? In the future, we will definitely have to build roads. I heard that local business people are still traveling all over the country. Don't worry, there are people protecting us now. How come this place is a city?"

The main thing is that it's only 2200 yuan, and the location is on the street. It's already in his hands, so he shouldn't regret it. Besides, he has made a lot of money in the past few days, and 2200 yuan is just half a day's earnings.

If possible, he would like to buy the whole street, but unfortunately no one is willing to sell their houses, and many families are still living in one place.

When money comes too easily, you won’t feel as bad about spending the hard-earned pennies.

He really felt that he couldn't miss it, and he also felt that this place was not too far from their hometown, and that the locals now had backers. As for the gunfight, he felt that they would definitely not be transferred away in the next few years.

He definitely couldn't give up on the sea urchins in that trench. How could he not catch some? He could earn at least a few hundred dollars a day, which was much easier than going out to trawl.

It's easy to make money these days, but his brain can only make money in this ocean.

Also, if you can come across a suitable house and someone is selling it that would be fine, but the development is too slow right now. Buying a house means you are tying up your money there, and it will take a very long time for the price to go up.

Today is really a coincidence, and it’s only 2200 yuan, so I won’t suffer a big loss if I buy one, and I have some money now.

"Why don't you give your third sister-in-law a call and ask?"

"How can I call now? Dad hasn't come out yet. If I call back and my mom asks me all sorts of questions, how can I explain it?"

"I don't think you dare to say that it's a waste of money to throw it here. It's better to go back to our city and buy a house. The shabby houses in the city are about the same price."

"The area is quite large. Including the yard, it covers more than 200 square meters. Just tell me whether you want to borrow it or not?"

Seeing that he was determined to buy it, A Guang was helpless. Could he say no?

"Lend it to me... since you've already asked, how can I say no? I just want to give you some advice, so that you can be more sober-minded. Don't let the huge sums of money you've made these days get you carried away and you want to buy houses everywhere, thinking that 2000 yuan is not a lot of money."

"Don't worry, this house is definitely worth buying. I definitely don't dare to spend a lot of money, but I can buy one for about 2000 yuan and put it there to try it out."

If he hadn't come across it, he definitely wouldn't have thought of buying a house now, but since he came across it, it was fate, and he also liked the house he just saw.

2200 yuan is not a lot for him now. If he buys one and puts it there, he will have a place to stay if he comes here every year. If he doesn't come here every year, he won't have to worry about the house being occupied by others.

Besides, the house belongs to him. As long as he hasn't done anything wrong, it's impossible to drive him away.

"Let me take a look with you. There's no boat coming back yet. I'll be worried if I don't."

"Then hurry up, we're just waiting for you to pay."

The two of them hurriedly ran to the house that Ye Yaodong had just looked at, and after a while, A Guang handed him the money for buying the house. However, Ye Yaodong looked at the time on his wrist and felt that it was not worth it.

The fishing boat was about to dock, so he could just go back to the boat to get it by himself. He just needed to make a verbal agreement with the homeowner and go to the street office to get a certificate. Then, after the registration office opened in the afternoon, they could go to register together and pay the money. He no longer needed to borrow money from A Guang.

After he reminded him, A Guang hurriedly pulled him back to the dock to pick up the goods together.

Ye Yaodong must also be there to guard the goods on his own fishing boat, waiting for them to be weighed and receive the shipping order and payment.

After weighing the goods and receiving the payment, he sent the Dongsheng to pick up the goods. He did not have time to go to the sea in the afternoon, so he only told them that he was arranging accommodation for the night, and then hurried to trade the house.

After the dust settled and he got the registration certificate, he finally smiled broadly. Back at the dock, he kept waving the list in his hand in front of A Guang.

"Alright, alright, I know you're rich now and can buy any house you want, so stop showing off in front of a poor person like me."

"How can you say you are poor? If I am the richest man in Baisha Village, then you are the third richest man in Baisha Village."

Ah Guang looked at him in confusion, "Who is Erfu?"

"The Buddha said it cannot be explained!"

"Tsk, who doesn't know about this? Isn't it Linji? In the past two years, people in the village have been saying that he was smuggling, but later they said he was shining shoes, and now they say he's doing business. Who knows what he does? Anyway, he should be very rich. I heard that his family has all kinds of small appliances, just like yours."

"Do you want to buy a house here too?"

"Do you think I'm as crazy as you? Even if I want to buy it, I'll go to our city to buy it. I have too much money, how can I buy it here?"

"Oh, you don't understand!"

Ah Guang rolled his eyes fiercely and ignored him. He did have a lot of money anyway.

"If you buy it now, can you live here at night? Isn't there a whole family living here?"

"I told them that I urgently needed to check in tonight. Their luggage had been packed. They said they had been selling the house for more than a week, but no one had bought it. I thought if no one bought it after waiting for two days, they would just leave and let someone else look at the house. I just talked to them and they said they would stay at a guest house tonight."

"Oh, that's quite interesting."

"They were anxious to sell it and leave without worries. I didn't bargain with them, but just asked them to vacate the house today."

"That's perfect. There's still three hours until dark."

Ye Yaodong patted his thigh and said, "I'm going to buy some locks before it gets dark, and then I'll go change the door locks."

"Go ahead, don't be an eyesore here."

He started working as soon as he said he would, without even taking the time to sit down, he immediately started running around.

My clothes have never dried because they were soaked with sweat. I have been running in the sun from morning until now. I can probably wring water out of them when I take them off. Although I am wearing long sleeves and long pants, the hat on my head doesn't do much to block the sun, so my face and neck are still tanned and red.

At night, when the boatmen came back, they were very happy to know that they no longer had to sleep on the boat or squeeze into a large bunk bed, and that there was a place to dry the jellyfish blood.

Ye Yaodong was also very happy. He had been a hands-off boss for most of the day, and the fishing boat had not made any mistakes. It was still sold for more than 4200 yuan. He felt that he didn't need to go out to sea in the future.

"Adong, did you go to the Coast Guard this morning? What did you say?"

"You guys still know that I went to the Coast Guard? I made enough money, so you finally remembered to ask? If you don't know, you might think that those who were arrested were people I hired, so I was the only one running around."

Everyone laughed awkwardly.

"You are the only one who matters, everyone is counting on you..."

"Yes, you are the most capable person here. When something this big happens, we can only count on you to find connections to help."

"We are all useless. It's useless to follow you. We can't have a say and we will only cause trouble. I'm afraid it will delay your important matter."

"Yes, everyone is counting on you, so you should take more responsibility. The villagers are not outsiders, and everyone believes that you can handle it well..."

"What a bunch of shit! You were blaming me just two days ago, but today you're flattering me."

Ah Guang helped, saying, "Wait a minute. There is no news yet. Can they be released? What price will be paid to release a few people? We don't know what will happen to the rest. Just pray. It may take several days to salvage them."

"Is this true? What do you mean it can't be salvaged in a few days?"

"Are you not going to salvage for us outsiders? Are you going to drive us away?"

"How can you be so overbearing? The sea doesn't belong to anyone..."

A Guang slapped himself on the mouth, thinking he had talked too much. If he had known earlier, he would have done the same as Dongzi and ignored them.

"I don't mean anything else. I just said it casually. I thought that we caught about 40 fish together, which is more than last year. Last year, we only fished for half a month, so there were too many people and too little fish. This year, it should be about the same."

"That's true……"

Everyone was still talking about that sentence and started whispering to each other.

"It's good enough to earn that much every day. In the past few days, each of our ships can get more than 300 yuan, and we can earn several thousand yuan in half a month..."

"Yeah, yeah. I don't expect everyone to make 10,000 yuan like they did last year. It's already pie in the sky to earn that much in less than a month."

"I am also content. After such a big incident, I can still earn money and return home safely. I have to worship Mazu on the boat every night."

Ye Yaodong ignored those who were talking. He asked the boatmen to pack up their things and personal belongings and move them off the boat, and then led them to the newly purchased courtyard house.

"This place is quite big, much bigger than the previous place..."

"Adong, if we move all these things here and get bullied by the locals again, we might not be as lucky as last time and won't have enough time to run away..."

"Yeah, why don't we just put everything on the boat and sleep here, and dry the jellyfish?"

"What are you afraid of? You don't have to run away now."

"Yeah, what are you thinking? Adong has connections in this city. Although it's a little far from the fishing spot, at least there are people protecting us here. It will be safer than in the previous town."

Someone murmured, "Didn't they say they knew a police officer in that town before..."

Ye Yaodong explained, "They are different. That one is just a temporary climb and is not that reliable at a critical moment. Anyway, you can just stay here without any worries."

He didn't mention the life-saving grace, nor did he say that the house was his. He kept a low profile, otherwise when he returned to the village, a bunch of people would spread rumors and then come to him for everything in the future. Although they are still looking for him now, their truthfulness is mixed, so he can find excuses later.

"It's good enough to have a place to stay. There's no need to worry about it. We've been getting along well with the locals these days. We just need to hold on for another 10 days or so."

"I'm afraid that when there's nothing left to fish for later, they'll have to rob again..."

"Don't worry about that. When there aren't enough fish floating up for salvage, we can just give up and go to the surface to look for them. We've made enough money in the early stages anyway, right?"

"Yes, Adong is right. Anyway, we have earned the money. Let's give way to the locals and give them some face."

"That's fine. After all, we are on someone else's territory. We have to give them some face. If there are not many left, we can give them the money..."

"No need to say, there are four rooms inside, you can arrange them yourselves. Leave two people on duty to sleep on the boat with me every day, I won't sleep here. And as I said before, the two people on duty will sleep on the boat, and stay here during the day to watch the house and cook three meals a day. This time I won't ask outsiders to cook."

This is to prevent outsiders from seeing the jellyfish drying in the yard.

As for the personnel arrangement, he of course had to match the people from their village with those from their town, one on one.

Ye Yaodong made some arrangements and watched them settle down. Then they started to cook and dry the jellyfish in an orderly manner. He sat and watched until all the jellyfish were dried and everyone went back to the house to sleep yawning. Only then did he take the two on duty with him to the boat.

The fishing boats on the shore were already busy, but they were drying jellyfish everywhere, making it difficult to lie on them, so some of them lay on the small boat over there.

When he arrived, we told him to execute the plan first and report later.

He didn't care and let them do whatever they wanted. Anyway, his boats were not used to dry jellyfish and were just empty. If they had no place to sleep, he would let them sleep there and watch over his boats at the same time.

But he didn't let them get on the Dongsheng, and just drove directly to the middle of the sea to sleep as usual.

After lying down in bed, he shone a flashlight on himself and wrote and drew on the notebook. He recorded today's account and crossed out one day from the handwritten date.

It’s only been half a month since I came out, but I didn’t expect so many things to happen. I also didn’t expect that I would buy a courtyard house directly in the town today.

He looked at the remaining dates that had not been crossed out. There was only a week left until the end of the month. More and more goods had emerged from the trench in the past two days. He believed that they could last until the end of the month.

If we work hard for another week, we will probably get news about his father.

I earn an average of just over 4000 yuan a day, and can earn another 3 yuan or so. I have earned 4 yuan in the last four days.

In addition, when I first arrived, I earned 1 yuan by catching sea urchins and fishing for cuttlefish.

If you count it up, he has earned 3 yuan in less than ten days since he came out. If he can earn another 5 yuan by the end of the month, he can earn more than yuan in less than a month.

As he calculated, a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth. If the number was small, he could just give the territory to the locals, or let others fight for it themselves, so he wouldn't have to fight for it.

Those 10 small boats have made him a lot of money. It's great that he can just keep fishing there without having to go back and forth every day.

If I'm lucky and can make a few more days at the beginning of next month, I'll make a fortune, probably over 60,000 or 70,000 yuan.

There is also a share of the agency fee from A Guang. The five fishing boats he rented out, plus the Harvest, are estimated to be worth nearly 5 for this trip.

After calculating this, he felt extremely excited.

After working hard for three years, he had saved up 13 yuan. This year, he was able to earn 10 yuan in just two months. He couldn't help but clench his fists and was very excited.

He is so strong and awesome, and those 10 small boats are so wise.

What’s the big deal about spending 2000 yuan to buy a courtyard house?
　It's too late. I will make up for the missing words tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)