Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1116: Millions of Seafoods Flood the Beach (9400 words, to make up for yesterday's missing words)

The two men ignored everyone else and went straight into a room, closed the door, and calculated quietly.

There are a lot of documents in A Guang's account book. Each document has a name and date. If you look carefully, you can tell at a glance who owns the goods and how much they were sold for.

He clipped a date onto a page, took out handfuls of them, and sorted them into different categories for Ye Yaodong to see.

"Take a look first. Each document has a number. It says three per ship per day. If you don't want to bother, you can just flip through the documents and count them."

"Okay."

There are hundreds of lists, how can they be checked one by one and counted again? Ye Yaodong just listened to him and counted the number of lists by date. Anyway, they have so many ships every day.

After you place the order, they will add up the commission fees for each day. The sales volume and commission fees for each time are clearly written on each order. You just have to add it up.

It was all word numbers. Ye Yaodong's eyes kept blinking as he watched Ah Guang read and add words.

"The calculation for the first day was done. At that time, we only had half an afternoon, so it was a little less. The agency fee of 1 points was 5 yuan..."

“第2天的，还是你这边最多……第2天的中介费是445块6毛4……”

"The amount started to increase on the third day. As the amount increased, everyone had more jellyfish blood. On this day, the amount was 3 yuan..."

After listening to him read out three lists, Ye Yaodong knew that the agency fee he took accounted for almost 1/3 of the total.

He calculated the whole process of each order and also went over it in his mind, thinking that if he didn't ask for A Guang's share this time and just waived the agency fee, it would probably be about the same. After all, he had so many small boats and hadn't moved since the day before yesterday, so he caught a lot of fish.

It took about 10 days from the time some people were captured to the day it rained. It rained for another two days before they got the result and went to redeem the people.

"There are 10 days in total, and the total is 7235 yuan. Do you want to calculate it again?"

"No need, just do the math. It looks like this year's agency fee is more than half less than last year's, right?"

"Almost. Although the number of fishing boats seems to be the same, we fished for too short a time and shared with the locals. The amount we caught in the last few days has decreased a bit. Last year, we fished for a month, which is about half the amount. It's a pity that you have more boats, otherwise the agency fee would be less."

"It looks like I contributed one-third."

"Almost. You and we still have some jellyfish blood. Let's wait for two days of sunny weather to dry it out and then sell it. We'll divide the money then. Let's divide the money calculated on these orders first. It was agreed that you would take 2893%... that is... 1 yuan."

"Then let's round it up to $2893. Damn it. This is not enough to pay the workers."

Ah Guang looked at him curiously, "Did you use all the money to buy a boat?"

"Yes, I originally had more than 1 yuan left with me, thinking that I would use it to pay my salary before I go back. Who knew that plans could not keep up with changes, and I used it all to buy a boat. Can you lend me the agency fee to pay my salary first? I will return it to you when I go back."

"That's fine. Anyway, I have so much money and I won't feel comfortable living in a guesthouse if I keep it with me all the time. This is a good opportunity to pay you a salary."

Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and said, "It should be about the same. I still have about 100 kilograms of jellyfish blood that I haven't sold yet. I can still get another thousand dollars."

Ah Guang's eyes widened. "You want to pay several thousand yuan as salary?"

"Yes, there were more than 40 people there. What a concept. They even had to give out red envelopes as compensation for this dangerous trip. Some of them were detained in the police station for ten days. They had to calm down."

"That's right. No matter how much you plan to pack, I will pack the same amount."

"50 yuan. The people in town won't give it to them. It's good enough to give them the same wages. They were picked up along the way. It gives them a chance to earn money and deliver them home safely."

"There are so many. I spent 300 to redeem each person..."

"That's true."

"50 is equivalent to a month's salary for most people. I've only worked for half a month. Last year, I worked for one and a half months. It's a big difference. Some people haven't even started working yet. It's good to have a salary. It's already a comfort. I don't need that much. 30 at most."

Ye Yaodong touched his chin and said, "That makes sense. It turns out that you are a qualified capitalist. I will listen to you."

I make too much money, and it's too easy to spend it, so I don't feel bad about it anymore. I deserve to be beaten! I can save as much as I can!

Hikaru looked at him puzzledly, "What is a capitalist?"

"It's like in capitalist society, where you were told to read more newspapers and books, but you refused to listen. Now there's a generation gap."

"Psycho! Inexplicable"

Ah Guang scolded him and said, "I'll go back and get you the money."

"Don't worry, let me calculate how much money I want to lend you."

"Can you lend me an integer? I'll lend you another 2893 yuan out of your 4000 yuan. 6893 yuan? I'll have or yuan left. I'll see what I can buy when I get home. If it's not enough, why don't you go get some more from my dad?"

"No need, just lend me 4000 yuan. Give it to me later. Anyway, I don't know when I'll be back. If I give them my salary in advance, they'll lose it in a few bets."

"Yesterday, Ah Sheng came to me and asked me to borrow 1000 yuan to redeem him."

"Well, he redeemed his two brothers and several of his brothers' uncles. He said that he was reluctant to part with the supplies, but was beaten down by the locals and didn't have time to run away."

"There are so many things to do. Anyway, I'm not afraid that he won't pay it back. I can just go back and ask whoever borrowed it for it. The rain has stopped now, and it will be almost calm in two or three days. Then we can go back. It's a good opportunity to take advantage of the good weather these two days, so we can all go out for a walk and buy some local specialties to bring back."

"I buy it every year, and it's no longer a rarity after several years in a row."

"Well, our family is poor, so it's still rare."

"cut……"

After the two of them settled the bill and made their deal, they walked out arm in arm.

It was rare to see no one in the main room. In the past few days, everyone had gotten used to running to his place at dawn, and the place was packed with people from morning to night.

The rain stopped today and the sky cleared up early in the morning. Everyone went out for a walk. They were all bored after being cooped up at home for a few days. Anyway, they didn't have to work.

"They're all out for a walk, so why don't we go for a walk too? I haven't really walked around the city yet. It's not that hot right after the rain. It was so hot a while ago that it could dry people out."

Ye Yaodong had no objection. He had never been to this city before, so he just took a walk around and bought some local specialties in advance.

But when the two of them stepped out of the house, a large group of people all ran back, shouting as they ran: "Hurry, hurry, everyone take the basket..."

"What's wrong? You're in such a hurry..."

"I heard that there were a lot of fish on the exposed beach at the easternmost end of the pier, so people from all over the city went to catch fish with buckets, baskets, and sacks."

"Yeah, we just went out for a walk and saw a lot of people holding basins, buckets and baskets, and running in one direction..."

"We hurried over too. Everyone was saying that the typhoon had passed and many fish had been caught on the shore."

"Come on, everyone, bring your baskets and go catch some fish. We'll have fish to eat today..."

"Oh my god, I've been eating vegetables for a few days and my face is all green. I'm going to go catch some more fish for lunch..."

The two of them didn't bother to go shopping anymore, and followed everyone else, picking up the basketball hoops and walking out. Ye Yaodong also locked up several rooms and the yard.

However, it doesn’t matter whether it is locked or not, because he has spent all the money.

Dozens of people, all holding bamboo baskets, followed the crowd outside and ran towards the beach 2 kilometers away. Everyone had a happy and excited look on their faces, and shouted to their friends to run faster.

Some local people who were heading in the same direction were terrified when they saw such a large group of men with shaved heads. They ran while staying closer to the people on their left and right and farther away from them.

"Where did these people come from... Why do they look so strange..."

"Yeah, he looks wild and has a buzz cut, and he doesn't look like a soldier, so he's definitely not a good person..."

"Some time ago, I heard that a group of outsiders came to the dock and lived on the boat. There were many bald people. They must be these bald guys, but their hair is a little longer now..."

"Stay away from them. They look very fierce. Maybe they were just released. I don't know how they got to our side..."

No one paid any attention to the locals. The rain had just stopped last night and the sun was not very bright in the morning. They were not out to sea, so they all walked around with their big heads on, ignoring the pointing and criticizing of the locals.

Anyway, they thought they were going home soon, and they wouldn't have any conflicts with the locals if they didn't go out to sea.

When they ran to the beach, they found that the entire beach was already densely packed with people, and more and more people were running towards this side with their weapons.

"Wow... so many people, so many fish, jumping around..."

"There are still many jellyfish, all washed up on the beach by the waves..."

"Hurry up... Luckily we all brought a hand-made net..."

They all rushed to the beach screaming, but before they bent down to pick up a few, they realized it was too slow and looked up at the sea.

Although there were many fish jumping onto the beach, they were not as many as the ones boiling out of the water. The waves outside were constantly hitting, bringing in many large and small fish, shrimps, crabs and jellyfish.

"Don't pick them up here. Let's go ahead and fish them out in the water, it will be faster..."

"Yes, rush into the water..."

A bunch of people around were listening to their shouting, wondering what dialect they were speaking. They all looked up and found that they all had crew cuts.

Everyone was so surprised that they involuntarily moved a little further away from this group of people. They all took a few steps back, and then whispered to the people around them, expressing their disgust.

They could not understand what the locals were saying. Their eyes were focused on the sea. They were so excited that they all took off their clothes and pants and threw them in a pile on the beach. They went straight into the water in their boxer briefs.

This beach is some distance away from the pier, there is no dam built, and the surrounding houses are also quite far away. It seems that it has just been discovered not long ago, and it doesn’t look like everyone has caught much.

After all, except for the dead ones, the living fish are very slippery and not easy to catch.

Many local men also rushed into the water, but they were all afraid of the waves. The yellow waves kept rolling in, so they didn't dare to run too far and could only stand in low places to catch the waves.

Some people are not fishermen, so they don’t have any equipment. They can only use ladles or basins and baskets, or whatever tools they have…

Ye Yaodong looked at the large jellyfish weighing dozens or hundreds of kilograms being driven in by the waves. He immediately grabbed two people, took out a key and asked them to run back and bring back the kitchen knives and chopping boards. These goods were another fortune.

After finishing his instructions, he rolled up his trouser legs, dragged a basket into the water, and grabbed the hand scoop net from a bald man nearby. Anyway, any bald man was on his side and was very easy to identify.

The fish that were blown into the water by the waves were like boiling water in a pot, constantly bubbling up to the surface. He used a hand net and could easily catch more than a dozen fish with one scoop.

All of them were dunked into the basket, and he continued to scoop them around.

Some locals around me were chattering away excitedly, saying a bunch of words that I couldn't understand.

The same goes for these people.

"There are too many fish. It has been raining heavily these past few days. It must be a typhoon..."

"There are so many people. Everyone in the city must have come here. There are so many people that there are more people than fish..."

"How is that possible? The sea is filled with fish, at least hundreds of thousands..."

"Bullshit, I see millions of them, the waves outside keep coming in, and there are a lot of jellyfish, each of these jellyfish looks like they weigh more than 100 kilograms..."

"I caught one, but I don't have a knife to cut it..."

Ye Yaodong shouted at them, "I've sent someone back to get it. Drag whatever you catch to shore and put it in the basket. Remember to leave someone to watch over the goods, so that they don't get taken away by anyone in the chaos."

"Fuck! Someone really stole it! Hurry up and get up..."

Ye Yaodong turned around and saw that there were already many baskets full of clothes where so many people had piled up their clothes. Some women came over to look, and some even used ladles to steal clothes from the baskets.

People who saw it immediately ran to the shore and demanded that the fish they stole be returned, but the fish had already been fished away, so no one cared about them. Although they were afraid of so many bald guys, they still forced themselves to curse and then quickly ran to the side, making it difficult for them to catch them.

"Forget it, leave two of you here to watch, and don't go down. Otherwise, we'll be robbed while we're fishing, and our work will be in vain."

"When will the person who went back to get the kitchen knife come back? It's been a long time. Otherwise, we can cut up the jellyfish while we are waiting here to guard these goods."

"Wait a moment, it should be done soon. If you can catch as many jellyfish as possible, please catch as many as possible and bring them up so that we can cut them up together later."

After saying this, Ye Yaodong hurriedly dragged an empty basket and continued to go into the water.

Their group was soon isolated by the locals, and everyone stayed away from them, and they formed a salvage circle.

When a basket is full, the people waiting on the shore will run over to exchange the empty basket for the full one, and then pull the full basket ashore.

Ye Yaodong caught a large jellyfish and pushed the basket to others. He dragged the jellyfish to the shore bit by bit and then continued to go into the water.

Father Ye came up to him without knowing when, with a smile on his face, "There are too many fish, so many that we can't catch them all in a day..."

"It's hard to say. There are so many people here. All the people who are not working in the city are here. Some people are running here..."

"I didn't expect that I could catch up with this trip again before leaving and earn a little more money..."

"Oh my, Dad, this shoe-bottom fish is so big, it weighs over ten kilograms. It's rare to see such a big one. Come on..."

Ye's father excitedly caught it, and when he pulled the fish into the net, the fish was still jumping there trying to get out, so he quickly threw it into the basket.

Seeing that the basket was almost full and the fish was about to jump out, he immediately pressed the net on top and then dragged the basket to the shore.

The other people around were also quacking as they salvaged the fish, with excited smiles on their faces.

"I've got the kitchen knife..."

“Catch more jellyfish…”

"Oh no, we didn't use a knife to cut it up, and the jellyfish is about to melt..."

"Let's catch the fish first..."

"Dongzi, let's catch some more jellyfish..."

Ye Yaodong nodded, of course he knew.

Most of the fish that are washed up by the waves in the sea are small fish, but there are also many good fish. You just have to rely on your luck to see whether they are washed up in front of you.

Thousands of fish were constantly washed ashore by the waves, and most of the people on the beach went into the water to scramble for them. Only women and children stayed on the beach to pick up the fish.

The sun rose higher and higher in the sky. Under the scorching sun, everyone was busy working, and no one was willing to stop.

Some people would ask others to go home and get sacks when their containers and baskets were full, so that as time went on, there were fewer fish on the beach, and only baskets and bags of fish were left, densely packed.

Human physical strength is limited. After a morning, everyone was exhausted from working. The efficiency was not as good as at the beginning, and more and more people sat down to rest.

Ye Yaodong had been dragging jellyfish non-stop, each one weighing at least several dozen kilograms, and some of the largest weighing over a hundred kilograms. After a few hours, his arms were already weak, and he sat down on the beach with everyone else to rest.

"There are so many, we can't catch them all, we can't catch them all..."

"Our baskets are almost full. What should we do? The sun is so strong that they will get damaged..."

"During the half-time break, let's drag these goods and sell them first. I'll find a tractor so that we don't have to spend half a day carrying them." Ye Yaodong said as soon as he sat down and took a few breaths.

Father Ye said, "I'll watch here, you go ahead."

He had no choice but to stand up again, shake his arms, then go up to the shore and ask around in the nearby villages, and finally got him a tractor.

This is a city after all, and some villages originally had tractors, which are also important means of production and transportation. What's more, now they are open to individuals for purchase. The number of them in towns has greatly increased in recent years.

With the tractor, it became convenient to transport goods, and everyone helped to move the goods onto the tractor.

The people next to them were loading goods onto the tractor, and they all came to ask if they could put the goods on his tractor as well and sell them together?

"I'm sorry, I have too much cargo here. Dozens of people are fishing here. All the baskets are full. There are several sacks. The tractor is probably only big enough to carry my cargo. Please go ask somewhere else. I went to ask in the nearby village."

Seeing that the goods had been stacked quite high on the tractor, everyone stopped talking and immediately ran to the shore to ask for a tractor. If some people did not have much goods, they could put two or three together to form a tractor.

After all the goods were loaded onto the tractor, Ye Yaodong took a few people to sell them first, while Ye's father and the rest of the people stayed on the beach. After they had enough rest, they planned to load the goods into sacks.

The efficiency of the forty-something people was terrifying. The entire elevated tractor was loaded to the brim. The fish catch alone weighed at least tens of thousands of kilograms, not to mention the jellyfish, each weighing over a hundred kilograms.

However, most of his goods were miscellaneous fish, and he had no time to pick them out. He had to pour them all into baskets or sacks and load them onto the tractor. Only after they were delivered to the purchasing points did the huge project really begin.

Some purchasing points for miscellaneous and small fish don't want them at all, and only accept those that are worth a little money. So after sorting, about 2/3 of their goods are eliminated, and the remaining 1/3 can be sold for more than 200 yuan if sold in small pieces.

However, these do not include jellyfish.

The jellyfish that were salvaged and cut up weighed about 600 kilograms. These jellyfish were much more valuable than those groceries. The jellyfish were sold for more than yuan.

"What about our groceries? Throw them back into the sea?"

"Let's go back. There's no point in keeping so many."

"I have gained so much in vain, but it is all useless..."

Everyone looked at Ye Yaodong.

Ye Yaodong could only nod his head regretfully, "Have you picked out the ones you want to eat? Then just dump the remaining small fish back into the sea."

Although the rain has stopped and the sky has cleared up, the waves are still very big. I don’t know when it will be calm enough for us to go back.

These small fish will go bad if left for one day in such hot weather, and even with ice they can only be kept for two or three days at most. It's not worth it, and the fishing boat is still in the sheltered harbor and hasn't come back yet.

After they picked the goods, tractors kept coming to the dock, all loaded with fish.

As soon as we got off the car, we saw them carrying baskets of fish to the shore and dumping them back into the sea. We all felt very sorry.

"Dongzi, why don't you keep it back to dry in the sun? You have a yard anyway..."

"How do I dry it? I want to dry the jellyfish blood. The jellyfish blood has been hanging there half-dried for the past few days, and it hasn't dried yet. I just cut another batch and have to boil it and dry it again. I'm worried that there are no bamboo flats to dry it. It's too late to dry the valuables, let alone the tools to dry the fish."

"That's true. We have no place to sunbathe when we stay in the guesthouse. What a pity. We got so much for nothing..."

"It's okay. We should give back to the ocean. We've already caught so much fish. We've sold everything that's valuable and can be sold."

“How much did you sell it for?”

"The total cost of the fish and jellyfish was 900, right?"

"Damn... so many! No wonder you don't feel bad at all when you pour it out."

Ye Yaodong laughed. It was true. The jellyfish blood was dried and sold, but the morning's harvest could immediately exceed a thousand. Those miscellaneous fish were really worthless, but there were so many of them and it was a pity to see them.

"We have to leave first. We have to go to the scene."

After saying that, he saw that everyone had almost unloaded the goods, with only a few baskets left. He felt reluctant to leave, so he asked them to stop and everyone carry the goods home together first.

Wait until they are done with their work and then make plans. If you don’t want the money, you can give it to the neighbors. There are some elderly people living nearby, so not everyone may go there. Those who have difficulty walking are definitely at home.

After returning home, he left two people to cook, and the others followed him back to the beach.

When they ran back to the beach, there were fewer people there. On the way back, they saw a lot of people carrying baskets and shouldering loads. They were probably afraid of getting sunburned, and it was time to go home to cook, so they sent some of them home first.

Ye's father was sitting on the beach guarding four or five sacks. When he saw him come back, he immediately stood up and asked him how much he sold them for.

"About 900 yuan, and the jellyfish alone cost more than 600 yuan. These fish are too worthless, so we caught less. If we see jellyfish, we caught more. We don't have anything to dry them now, so we used them to dry the jellyfish blood. These miscellaneous fish are also troublesome to handle, and we can't take them back, so we just dumped them back into the sea."

"Back into the sea? So much cargo..."

"I have left a few baskets. When the time comes, I'll see if anyone in the neighborhood has come out to pick up the fish and send some over."

"That's fine. After all, you've bought the house. We can give some of our useless things to the residents around here. A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor."

He nodded and ran back and forth without exerting any effort. However, he felt that his strength had almost recovered, so he picked up the scoop net and ran into the water.

He also shouted to others not to fish anymore, and to catch jellyfish if there were any, and to fish if there were no jellyfish.

The number of people on the beach increased and decreased, except at lunch time, when everyone went back to eat. After lunch, many people came over one after another.

There were people busy at the beach all day long, catching fish.

The water level rose because the typhoon had just passed and there was no ebb and flow. The water level did not drop all day long. The waves from outside kept pouring in, and the fish were also numerous, jumping densely on the water surface.

This was a great opportunity to make money and no one was willing to let it go. Some people even had their families bring meals and sit directly on the beach to rest and eat, and then the couple would take turns to continue salvaging.

Some of the people on other fishing boats on their side simply bought some cakes to eat and then continued working after that.

Before Ye Yaodong came out, he asked them to send the food over after it was cooked. He didn't know when he could eat. Everyone was working hard there. At this point, let alone others, his stomach would have been flat by then.

We worked and rested at the same time, and finally the food came. After eating, we felt that our strength was restored and we felt full of energy again.

After learning from the lesson in the morning, they tried to catch as many jellyfish as possible. If there were none, they would reluctantly catch some fish, but it was inconvenient to pick them out. So even though they caught more jellyfish in the afternoon, there were still a lot of fish.

People who were tired and sitting on the side to rest would also help throw out the worthless ones, which resulted in a lot more miscellaneous fish on the beach and attracted a bunch of cats and dogs.

After tasting the sweetness, the tractors on the shore have been coming and going there constantly, helping people transport goods to sell.

While taking a break, Ye Yaodong looked at the tractor on the shore and the almost full cargo, so he went to find A Guang and asked him to contact the jellyfish factory to drive a truck over to pick up the goods on the shore.

"I think we can collect a lot in one afternoon, after all, the beach here keeps flooding up."

Ah Guang immediately said, "I just thought of that, so I went to the nearby village to make a phone call. I think they are on their way. Wait a little longer, our baskets are full too."

"That's good. We can just drive the truck here to pick up the goods instead of having to send them to the dock. This saves time and the trouble of going back and forth."

"How much have you fished this afternoon?"

"It should be more than 2 kilograms. After all, it didn't float to the front. It's too far and I don't dare to run out. The waves are also quite big. Safety comes first."

“That’s a lot…”

"Don't you see how many people I have here? About 40 of us. We're catching and throwing away fish as we go. Now there's a lot of fish piled up. After we sell all the jellyfish, we can free up the baskets and load more. We can pull them all to the dock in the evening, saving us the trouble of having to make a trip now and another trip in the evening."

"Take a break, take a break, sit down and talk."

Ye Yaodong also sat down, took off the hat on his head, and fanned himself.

"After collecting this pile of goods today, those people will probably be even more reluctant to go back."

"If they don't want to reply, then don't reply. Who cares? We've already said it and asked it anyway."

"I don't have time to bring the boat back today, and the wind and waves are pretty strong. I'll bring the Dongsheng back tomorrow morning, and the rest will hide in the safe harbor. When we get back, I'll pull the people on the full boat over, take the rest of the boat, and go back."

"That's right. After all, we bought a local fishing boat. It's sunny today, so many people must have gone to the local dock to check. Some people found that their boats were gone. They knew that their family members would be shot or imprisoned, so they must have asked around and thought it would be better to hide in a safe haven."

"So it's better to go back early."

"Let's see the wind and waves tomorrow, and then make a final profit today."

"Let's go, keep working."

Ye Yaodong put the hat on his head, tied the rope around his chin tighter, and walked into the water with the scoop net.

After a while, the truck arrived. After everyone in the village had sold their goods, Guang shouted toward the beach, "It's time to collect jellyfish..."

People on the beach rushed over to line up to sell their goods. Collecting them directly on the shore saved everyone a lot of trouble and allowed them to continue salvaging more quickly.

After Ye Yaodong and his team finished selling, they continued working.

Trucks were coming and going in the afternoon. When they were full, they would leave and then come back to collect more.

It was not until the sky was filled with rosy clouds and night fell that people gradually stopped working and lined up to sell goods.

After a whole day of intense fishing, everyone was exhausted. They felt like their hands and feet were not their own and they all collapsed on the beach.

Ye Yaodong seemed to be very conscious of being a boss, and he didn't work that hard afterwards. He basically just sat down to rest, or cut up jellyfish and watched others work.

He was also there queuing up to sell goods at that moment, while his father and others were sorting and selecting the fish.

The beach was still crowded with people, more than during the day, all of them exhausted, but everyone's face was filled with joy of a good harvest, as everyone had made a lot of money today.

Some people, with their whole family, can earn hundreds or even thousands of yuan a day, which is all they earn for a year. Even a few can earn a few hundred yuan.

After he had sold all the goods in the queue, he immediately found a tractor and pulled another truckload of fish to the dock.

Also because a large amount of fish have come ashore today, the purchasing points outside the dock are still brightly lit and people are constantly weighing and picking the goods.

Because they have more people and more strength, and they have picked the products in advance, they don’t need to queue up when they arrive at the purchasing point, and they are weighed immediately. Others have to pick the products before they can sell them.

This pile of fish is for the whole afternoon, and I sold more than in the morning, for a total of 310 yuan.

Ye Yaodong took the money with great satisfaction, and then took his people back.

From afternoon to evening, he sold two waves of jellyfish, 720 in one wave, and the most he sold just after work was 1221, so a total of 2251 were sold in the afternoon.

Together with the 900 yuan sold in the morning, the total sales were about 3151 yuan.

They found out about it quite late in the morning, and when they rushed there it was already past 8 o'clock, and everyone was in a rush. The period from noon to sunset was longer, and everyone was familiar with it and knew that they specialized in catching jellyfish, so naturally they caught more and made more money from selling them in the afternoon.

When he happily brought his people back home, the people led by Ye's father walked slower and had not yet reached home.

Everything was normal at home. He went back to the house, counted the money, and locked it in the safe.

I was thinking that I had earned half of today's wages. I could dry today's jellyfish blood and the ones that were not dried before and sell them together tomorrow. That would be enough for everyone's wages and we wouldn't need to borrow from Guang.

Beautiful~
Suddenly, there was a noise outside the house. Everyone came back and sat on the ground chatting.

When he heard the noise and went out to look, he saw people sitting all over the ground, just like a refugee camp.

"Thank you for your hard work today. I will calculate the wages tonight and pay you tomorrow. In the next two days, everything will be calm. We can go back and pay you. You can also go shopping and buy some local specialties to take home."

"Okay, I wonder if there will be anything to salvage on the beach tomorrow..."

"I've rested for so many days, and today is the only day I've worked. How can I tell whether it's hard or not? This is how work is."

"Yeah, we've been out here for almost a month, and we haven't done any work yet... We only worked one day today, and I feel a little embarrassed..."

"It would be great if there is still some tomorrow. I can earn a little more by salvaging for another day, so it's not like I'm taking my salary for nothing."

"Adong is still very kind. You won't suffer any loss if you work with him..."

"Let's all take a break. The food is already being prepared. After you're done, take a quick shower and probably have dinner. I'll go settle the bill first."

We are almost out of rice. The meals we have eaten these past two days have basically been filled with beans. I was planning to go to the Public Security Bureau in the next town to get some rice today since it is a sunny day, but I was distracted by the fish and didn't make the trip. If there is no fish on the beach tomorrow, I have to go quickly.

I don’t know how many days it will take for the waves to subside. With so many people, the daily consumption is huge.

Fortunately, they returned very quickly, otherwise, the supplies they brought back would probably not be enough to last for a few days.

In recent days, Ye Yaodong has been counting accounts every day. He feels overwhelmed when he sees numbers and he doesn't even know how to calculate money.

Back in the room, he wrote down and calculated on paper again.

By the time he finished the count, his neck was sore, and his father suddenly ran in and asked him what to do with the five or six baskets of fish left over from the day.
"Keep half, pickle some, and dry some. It's just enough to eat in the next two days. I'll knock on the doors of neighbors and ask about the rest. The ones that are left are relatively large and have more meat. They're not difficult to prepare and can be given away as gifts."

"It's dark now. If you want to send it, just go over and knock on the door."

"Okay, oh... pick up another basket later... never mind, it won't be fresh if I carry it to the Coast Guard tomorrow. I'll take some dried jellyfish blood to the Coast Guard tomorrow and say goodbye to my boss while I'm there."

"As I should. Since we are going back in the next two days, we should go and say hello, let people know that we are leaving, and thank them by the way."

"Ah."

By the way, let me ask you about the fishing license.

If you can do it together, you don't know whether you can get it by then. It's always better to do it in advance. You probably have to wait for the certificate to be issued.

It would be even better if you could get the certificate for next year!

(End of this chapter)