Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1115: Calculating the Broker Account
"We have earned enough now. If you want to earn more, you should go back first. Our people have been redeemed, and the locals should also be redeemed."

"And you've bought a boat, so why aren't you leaving? You bought a boat from a local. His family is ruined, and he has lost even his boat. If he knows we bought it, he will definitely ask around. He will also be able to find out which factory you deliver the goods to."

"During this period of time, the locals know that we have not left. If we continue to stay here, the risks will outweigh the benefits."

Ye Yaodong persuaded them for a few words, and everyone else immediately nodded.

"You're right. I didn't think it through. I just can't bear to part with that little bit of money. Let's wait until the rain stops and the waves are smaller and then go back together."

Ye Yaodong added: "I'm going to drive the boat to the safe harbor first, do you want to go?"

"Now? Why are you heading to Haven?"

"It's raining heavily and the wind is strong. It feels like a typhoon is passing through. I don't know when it will stop, and I don't know if there will be stronger winds and rain. Let's stay in a safe harbor first, just in case."

Seeing that it was still raining heavily outside, they had no choice but to follow suit.

"Then let's all park them in the shelter. The boats we bought yesterday are parked in the shelter, so let's drive the remaining boats in today as well. When the rain stops and the sky clears, we can all drive them out together."

"It's just a little troublesome. I have to walk a long way back."

"It's like that. It's windy and rainy. We have nothing to do anyway. Let's go."

Some other people around who were originally discussing whether to go back or not, heard that they were going to sail the boat to a safe harbor to avoid the typhoon, so they followed along.

Even if they had no idea about it originally, but seeing so many people going, they could not help but follow the crowd. By the way, those who did not go to redeem the person yesterday had to go too.

So a bunch of people went back and forth in the wind and rain, and most of the day passed like this.

When they came back in the afternoon, the room was full of people again, and the number had not decreased at all. Ye Yaodong saw that they had not left all day.

He didn't want to chase them away, so he let them stay in the main room. After coming back, he took a quick shower, put on his shorts, cooked something to eat, and then found a room to lie down. He was exhausted after running around for most of the day.

Those who went to the safe haven and then came back to the public security bureau to redeem their loved ones have not returned yet.

When he woke up after sleeping for an afternoon, the sky was already dark. Outside, there were still the sounds of rain and wind, as well as the noise in the main room. He looked at his watch and it was almost 5 o'clock.

He walked out of the house and saw that there were more people than during the day. Those who had gone to redeem people in the afternoon were all there, and even those who had just been redeemed were all there. Did they really think that this was their base camp? They rushed to him as soon as they came back?

"What? Are you all here? Don't you want to eat?"

"Haha, I just got back and thought everyone is here, so I came over to chat."

"what's the topic?"

"Aren't there people who were captured and held captive? They weren't working there, so no captain took the initiative to redeem them. When we went there, we had already calculated the money we had, so we couldn't redeem the people who were still inside..."

Ye Yaodong asked curiously: "Who else has not been redeemed?"

As soon as he asked the question, a light bulb went off in his head. He seemed to have seen Ye Yaoguo's name on the list yesterday. He glanced around the room and indeed did not see him.

At this time, everyone spoke up.

"Aguo, his two cousins, and his wife's two brothers-in-law."

"When we left, we had counted the money and redeemed all the people, but we didn't expect they were still inside and no one was redeeming them. The other people who were related to us had already counted their heads and were redeemed first."

"After we redeemed the people, we were still in the lobby going through the paperwork when the police told us there were a few more people inside and asked us to take them away together. There was also a commotion inside asking everyone to help redeem the people."

Ye Yaosheng felt a little awkward when he told everyone. Everyone else looked at him, after all, he was his brother.

He said with an embarrassed look on his face, "I have remitted all my money back, and I only have the money from the last two days of sales. I used it to redeem the person yesterday. I saw you guys buying a boat yesterday, and I wanted to buy one too. I wanted to ask Dongzi or A Guang to lend me some money, but in the end I didn't buy it, so I didn't ask for money."

"Aguo is shouting inside, asking you to redeem him first. If you don't have money, you can go to Apeng and Ahua to borrow money."

Everyone's eyes fell on Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua again. Their faces turned dark and their brows furrowed.

Ye Yaohua immediately said: "I just bought a boat yesterday and redeemed someone. I have no money left."

"What boat did you buy? Why did Ah Sheng say he was buying a boat, and you guys were also talking about buying a boat? What boat did you buy? Where did you buy it yesterday? What does that mean?"

"Yeah, I don't understand. What do you mean by buying a boat? Where did you buy it?"

"You were able to buy a boat yesterday in this weather?"

Someone interrupted and said, "They bought fishing boats that were confiscated by the Public Security Bureau. I heard they bought several of them. The newer ones were 1800 yuan and the older ones were 1500 yuan. They got a great bargain."

"You walked too fast this morning..."

"Ah? Because of the gunfight, the two sides were detained and the boat was also seized? So it can be sold now?"

"Oh my god, we left too fast last night and didn't stay long. When we came here this morning, we just discussed whether to go back or not. Then when we heard you said you wanted to sail the boat to a safe harbor, we followed you. Damn..."

"Then we missed it, didn't we? We can actually buy a boat so cheaply..."

"Don't expect that. It's impossible for us to buy all of them. We have to keep some for the locals. Also, almost all the people in our town have been wiped out, except for a dozen people who followed us. Do you dare to buy the boat in our town? You'll be troubled by people when you go back..."

No one wanted Ye Yaodong to speak, everyone just talked about everything.

So many people bought boats yesterday. Not long after they came back, their families basically knew about it. Those who didn’t know about it basically knew about it after being here all day today.

Everyone's topic changed. No one cared whether anyone had redeemed Aguo's people. After all, they had their brother Ye Yaosheng around. Everyone was only concerned about whether they could also buy a boat. They all regretted not going to redeem the people together yesterday.

Ye Yaodong looked at everyone discussing there, and randomly pulled two people over, "Have you cooked? It's almost dark, and you've been sitting here chatting all day."

"The meal is ready, and someone is cooking there. It's just that we're running low on rice, so we're adding a little more beans today."

"it is good."

Since the rain, they haven't eaten any seafood, only vegetables and dried fish. In the past two days, they have also picked all the vegetables growing in the yard. After the rice is finished, if the rain doesn't stop, they will probably only be able to eat pumpkin and potatoes to fill their stomachs. Fortunately, it rains, so they don't have to work.

Everyone was discussing it enthusiastically, thinking about buying the boat at a low price first, and then taking advantage of the next few days to make more money here. One more boat would also make more money, and then sell it immediately after returning, making another profit in the process...

Ye Yaodong didn't care about their sweet dreams. Let them discuss whatever they wanted. He had taken enough advantage anyway.

He was supporting his chin, wondering when the rain would stop so he could quickly drive the boat over and move the materials that needed to be moved to the Public Security Bureau.

He was the one who boldly asked about this matter when he returned yesterday afternoon. No one else heard it, so he simply didn't bring it up. Anyway, whoever followed him to sail to the town would benefit.

"Adong, are you really planning to go back once the rain stops?"

"Yes, if you want to continue to stay here and salvage, wait until the rain stops and go to the Ocean Bureau to apply for a fishing report."

"Alas, if you leave, we won't know anything. We will be in the dark and we won't know which way the door of the Ocean Bureau opens."

"Yeah, why don't you stay a few more days? With you here, if anything happens, everyone will be at ease. This time we all rely on you, otherwise everyone would be panicking and wouldn't know what to do, and they might still be squatting in there right now."

He said calmly, "No, I have too many people here, so I have to send them back first. It doesn't matter if I don't know where the Ocean Bureau is, as long as I have a mouth."

"Then you go back, will you come again?"

"You can also go into the water to catch sea urchins, right? You can stay there until the flood season is over..."

"I told you, there are too many people here, and some of them are in a hurry to go back." Ye Yaodong frowned, "Are the dishes ready? Let's eat. It's getting dark. The rain outside is a little lighter, but the wind seems to be stronger. You should go back early too. It's not good to stay outside in this typhoon."

Everyone saw that it was time to eat, so those who were tactful went back first.

Ye Yaosheng stood in the corner, hesitating all the time. When he saw that everyone was running into the rain and almost everyone was gone, he made up his mind and walked to Ye Yaodong and said, "Dongzi, can you lend me 1000 yuan to redeem the person? I really don't have enough money on hand."

"Do you send back all the money you earn from selling jellyfish?"

"Yes, I sent them all back. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to borrow from you now."

"You can lend it to me. Anyway, when we go back to settle the accounts, we can just deduct it from the dividends. But have you ever thought about this? If you redeem them like this, what if they don't acknowledge you, or just drag their feet and don't pay you? Wouldn't your efforts be in vain? Your wife is going to give birth in two or three months, right?"

Ye Yaosheng was in a dilemma, looking very bitter. "There is nothing we can do. My brother has to go and redeem him, and they have no money. They were arrested right after they arrived, and they didn't even earn any money."

"I have to help redeem their brother-in-law. I have to help redeem him. My brothers have to take care of their brother-in-law after they get out. Why did they follow me out? They had to follow me out, not only did they not make any money, but they also owed a lot of money."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes. This was a typical case of getting into trouble for no reason. It should have been his elder and second brothers who were chasing after him. It was Ye Yaosheng's bad luck.

"So I want you to be careful. Ask someone who can write to write an IOU for you in advance. When you pay the ransom, ask them to sign it. In the police station, they won't dare to deny the amount. They will definitely sign their fingerprints. If you don't get the money, ask your wife to ask for it."

Ye Yaosheng nodded with gratitude, "Okay, I'll have someone write a few IOUs for me later, and then have them put their fingerprints on each one."

Father Ye said, "Dongzi has paper and pen. Ask him to write a few for you now. When you bring them over to redeem the people tomorrow, ask them to put their fingerprints on them."

Ye Yaodong: "..."

Just because he knows how to read doesn't mean he can write every word completely.

"You can go find Ah Guang. He must have account books, paper and pens. I only attended literacy classes for a few months, and I can recognize most of the characters, but as for writing, haha..."

"Then my IOU..."

"Forget about your IOU. I still trust you. I can just deduct the money from the profit share of the fishing boat."

"That's okay too."

"I'll get you some money."

He didn't have much money left. After buying the boat and redeeming the people, he didn't have much money left. Even for the salary money, he had to rely on A Guang to share some money in a few days.

At the beginning, I didn’t think I could buy so many boats. I originally planned to save the remaining 1 yuan for paying salaries when I returned.

Today is the 30th, and tomorrow is the 31st. We have to wait for the rain to stop and the wind to calm down. It will be the beginning of the month already. In total, it will be almost a full month.

一个人4块5一天，一个月31天的就是140，他手头29人是本村的，这就得4060块工资了。

The 15 city dwellers we picked up along the way started in the middle of the month, so if you calculate it based on half a month, it would only be a little over 1000.

This trip involved gunfights and jail time, and I was really scared. In the past two years, I gave red envelopes of 20 yuan, but this year 20 yuan is not enough, so I have to give 50 yuan.

Damn, it all counts as money.

In addition, for the three days when we went into the water to salvage sea urchins, the 10 people on the boat received an additional two yuan subsidy every day, which is another 60 yuan.

He also has to give a little more from his father, as the wages are too much.

Now that we have decided to go back, it would be a good opportunity to take advantage of these two days to finish all the work and redeem the people. I can then wait for the weather to clear up before going back and settling accounts with A Guang.

He has earned about 54000 yuan so far this month. He made more than 700 yuan by selling the jellyfish blood on the morning of the rainy day. The jellyfish blood that was dried the day before and half a day on that day were still half-dried hanging there these days.

He also hoped that the weather would clear up soon so that he could sell the last batch of jellyfish blood and make another thousand dollars.

All in all, after deducting the labor costs and fuel expenses from this month's fishing, I can earn more than 4 yuan, not including the agency fees and commissions.

After dinner, he took out the account book from the safe and did some calculations. He also had an idea of ​​how much money he had to pay out after the rain stopped.

On the sixth day of rain, the rain finally became a little lighter, and the sky became bright in the early morning, as if the haze of the past few days had turned into rain.

Early in the morning, a large group of people all ran to his side. They had just finished the second batch of pumpkin porridge. There were so many people that they had to take turns to eat.

"It seems like the typhoon has gone somewhere else, and the rain has become lighter."

"It's finally going to be sunny after so many days. If it doesn't, my clothes won't get moldy, but I will."

"I don't know what the tide is like outside the dock..."

"We checked. The water level was very high and the waves were quite big. Several small boats were washed away. Many fishermen ran out to see what was happening."

Ye Yaodong asked again, "You have decided not to go back yet, right?"

The newcomers looked at each other.

Someone hesitated and said, "We still want to stay here for a few more days and earn more money. Otherwise, we will be too embarrassed to go back."

"Okay, then you guys watch for yourselves. The rain is about to stop, so we'll go back after the rain stops and the waves die down."

No one tried to persuade him to stay anymore. Everyone knew that Ye Yaodong made the most money on this trip. After all, he had so many boats and everyone could see how much he caught every day.

Although I don’t know how much it sells for, it is definitely several times more than those fishing boats.

The rain stopped quickly. It was only a little rain in the morning, but by the evening, it had stopped completely. The sky was filled with rosy clouds, dyeing the entire sky red. The sky made by the afterglow of the setting sun was brighter than the daytime sky.

The next day after the rain stopped, A Guang also came running to the door with the account book.

Ye Yaodong originally wanted to wait until the waves died down and settle the accounts and pay the wages the night before returning, but he didn't expect that he would act so quickly.

"I was thinking that since I was going back this time, I wouldn't be here to receive the goods. They could sell the goods to anyone, and we'd made enough money as agents. It would be a good opportunity to settle the accounts before we go back."

"I thought of the same thing. I thought so too, but I'll settle the accounts and pay the wages when I'm ready to leave."

He had originally thought about going to the Public Security Bureau to move the supplies after the rain stopped today, and hiring a tractor to pull them back directly. Otherwise, the dock in the town would really not be able to dock anymore. Now that the rain has stopped, he estimated that the town would have to start ransoming people.

"Well, I happen to be free now, so let's count it now."

　It's too late, I'll send it out first. This is the update for today. I'll try to make up for it tomorrow night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)