Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1141: Dragnet
After doing the bad thing, everyone was very excited and started chattering as soon as they walked out of the circle. Ye Yaodong was afraid that their voices were too loud and would disturb the surrounding residents, so he asked them to lower their voices.

By the time they got home, their excitement had faded away, they calmed down, washed their hands, greeted each other, and went back to their rooms.

Father Ye was also awakened by the noise of the door, and looked at Ye Yaodong and asked, "Did you finish it? Did it go smoothly?"

"Ah."

"Are there no barking cats or dogs around?"

"Yes, just throw in a few leftover bones and they'll be quiet. How could they not be prepared?"

"Then go to bed early, we have to go out to sea tomorrow."

"Don't be so anxious. Let me sleep until I wake up naturally tomorrow. If I'm not awake by 8 o'clock, wake me up."

"So late? Who goes out to sea so late? It's better to go early than late..."

Ye Yaodong stripped off his clothes and lay down, saying nonchalantly, "Let's see the situation on the first day. There's no need to rush. It's useless to go too early. The local fishing boats will definitely fish in the trench first and leave only when they have fished out everything. We also fished intermittently until mid-September last year, and we spent the second half of the month fishing for sea urchins."

"That's right. Let's do it later. Let's get away from the local fishing boats. We don't plan to catch jellyfish anyway."

"That's not necessarily the case. If we see it, we still have to salvage it."

"Go to bed quickly. It's so late. I don't think you will be able to get up at 8 o'clock tomorrow."

Ye Yaodong didn't say anything. He put his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.

He wanted to sleep until he woke up naturally, but he had been living too comfortably at home recently, going to bed early and getting up early, and he was in a particularly good state. Plus, he had to go out to sea tomorrow, so he was worried about it.

Then at 6 o'clock in the morning, he woke up after hearing his father's noise. After tossing and turning a few times and unable to fall asleep, he simply got up.

Since he was up, there was no reason for anyone else to still sleep there.

After the person on duty finished cooking, he woke up everyone else, and after eating, he went out to sea, leaving only the two people on duty at home to watch.

He also gave a few words of advice, "If someone comes to your house to make trouble, just open the door and go out to curse them. Anyway, they won't dare to do anything to you, and the neighbors will also dissuade them."

"Maybe they don't have time to come here so early in the morning. They were busy all night with all those things last night. By the time they finish their work and take a nap, they will come to bother us again. It will probably be after lunch."

"I know! When they come to our house, we will scold them to death and tell them that you are an official. See if they dare to do it again. Two of them have already been imprisoned. If they dare to make trouble again, let their whole family be imprisoned. Then they will stop."

Ye Yaodong chuckled and left with his men.

The sun is already shining brightly at this time of year. There are no people going out to sea at the dock, and even few fishing boats. Birds that wake up late have no insects to eat.

Everyone carried the baskets and other miscellaneous equipment onto the boat. Ye Yaodong checked the machinery and other things on the boat. After making sure everything was OK, he waited for his father to finish burning the yellow paper before driving the boat away from the shore.

The sun is shining brightly in the sky, and the dazzling sunlight shines on the sea, as if it has coated the sea with a layer of golden light, and the sparkling sea surface seems to be sparkling.

Ye Yaodong took out his frog-eye glasses and put them on to alleviate the dazzling golden light. The others had already hidden in places with their backs to the sun. As long as they were not exposed to the sun, the sea breeze was still very cool.

He drove the boat straight to the destination. At the speed of the Dongsheng, it would only take about 1 hours to 1 hour and 40 minutes to reach the trench.

It was just a little after 9 o'clock when we arrived, but there were no signs of fishing boats in the trench, and even fewer jellyfish floating.

Probably after this period of intensive fishing, all the fish have been caught. The number that floats up after daybreak should not be enough for them to fish for an hour early in the morning. He has experience in this.

The jellyfishes at the bottom are not endless. They are caught all every day, leaving no small ones behind. They are not even given the chance to sink. How can so many jellyfishes float up in large numbers every day?
If anything is overfished, there will be a point where it is exhausted, not even the roots will be left, and it will only become less and less every year.

Father Ye was happy when he saw that there was not even a fishing boat here. "We came at the right time. There are no boats or jellyfish. We don't have to worry about being stung."

"I saw two or three of them up ahead, but I didn't expect there were none here."

"It was scooped up so cleanly that I guess everything that was at the bottom floated up and was gone."

After Ye Yaodong parked the boat, he came out and stood on the wheelhouse, looking at the sea in all directions with a telescope.

Looking through the telescope, he could still see some scattered ships nearby, but they were all dispersed and he was not sure whether they would come here. Anyway, there were no ships coming now, so he went down to the deck.

"Let's get started. Let's get started. Whether we eat meat or vegetables today depends on your performance."

As soon as he came down, he roared, and the others followed suit.

"Oh~ work, work~"

"Rock, Paper, Scissors, if two of the same kind go down first, if there are more of the same kind, just pick two at random... Come on, come on..."

Ye Yaodong asked them to make their own arrangements and line up in pairs to go into the water.

Two were left at home. There were nine people on the boat now, including him, so six of them actually went into the water, and three stayed on the boat to help sort the cargo.

He stayed on the boat and watched, waiting for the last one to go into the water.

Six people form three teams. If there is no pause, one cycle can be completed in about an hour. However, it is impossible to have no pause, as the handover will definitely delay getting ashore.

So after they completed one cycle, almost an hour and a half had passed and a new round began.

The deck was filled with baskets of black balls. Some people just picked one up and started eating, saying how smooth and tender it was.

"The bigger ones are better, with lots of yellow seeds inside. It's a feast to eat in one bite, but if you dig them all out, you'll only get one spoonful..."

"Don't eat it. This thing is too expensive. If you eat a few more, it will cost you a day's salary... and you only eat the big ones..."

Father Ye looked at them with a smile and said politely, "It's okay, it's okay. You worked hard to get it out. It's okay to have a taste."

Although the words sound nice, his heart is bleeding. Every time he opens one, he stares at it for a while, feeling so heartbroken that he can't bear to eat it. But they are all working for them and helping them earn money, and they are all fished out by their hard work. There is no reason not to let them have a few bites.

You can bear not to eat it yourself, but how can you have the nerve to gossip and make others unhappy? A little slowness in working will be enough to cause them losses.

"Haha, no, no, no, this can't be eaten as a meal, and it's all raw, with no other sauce to stick to it. I'm afraid I'll get diarrhea if I eat too much."

"Just take a few bites. If you want to eat some, you can take some home to make stewed eggs or fried rice. Ah Dong will definitely not say anything."

Father Ye also nodded in agreement, "Yes, if you want to eat it, save some and cook it with eggs at night. It's better than eating it raw like this. Try it raw. Eating too much will easily cause diarrhea."

"Adong is going to get rich again this time. He has already collected two or three hundred kilograms in just over an hour. I don't know how much more he will get by the time he works until dark..."

At this time, Ye Yaodong was underwater, having just finished digging out sea urchins and was about to float up.

He put both net bags on the seabed, looked at the small fish swimming around, picked up a sea urchin and pried it open with his iron claws, then scattered the sea urchin roe inside to the surrounding small fish.

The surrounding fish immediately opened their mouths wide and swam towards the sea urchin roe, swallowing them in big gulps. Even the fish not far away swam over quickly. Seeing this, he opened his mouth again and threw it at the fish.

Seeing another person swimming up from the trench, he made a gesture and the two of them swam upwards together, ignoring the small fish that were still eating the sea urchin roe.

After completing two rounds, it was already past noon, so he let everyone take a break and have lunch first.

The three people who stayed on the boat and did not go into the water were also responsible for cooking. It was impossible for them to run back halfway to eat and then come back.

While they were in the water, fishing boats kept coming, and even a patrol ship from the Ocean Bureau came by. However, there were no jellyfish on the nearby sea, and theirs was the only boat that stayed there. They just came by to take a curious look and then left.

Everyone had seen the label nailed to their boat and knew that they had also applied for permission, so no one was looking for trouble. There were no jellyfish anyway, and there was no need for them to stay here, so the situation was relatively calm.

The main reason is that there is nothing here, so there is no conflict of interest. Maybe it's because we have been fishing in this area for some time, and we all know that there should not be many jellyfish left.

Because of the gun battle, the secret of the trench has been spread more and more widely. Now it is not only known by the fishermen around the original town, but has spread to the entire city.

So there are too many people and too little jellyfish, and the fish are sold out in an instant every morning. They don’t see a few jellyfish all morning, and there probably won’t be any more to catch later.

After finishing lunch and resting for an hour to digest the food, they went back into the water.

Six people took turns in three waves until the sun went down, and then everyone went back home with a tired look on their faces.

After they returned to the shore, the fishermen on the shore suddenly realized what had happened. After all, many people saw them staying in the trench without moving.

Although it was strange at the time, no one cared about it. After all, their boat was big, and the Dongsheng had been staying at their dock for some time, so some fishermen in the city knew it.

After all, there are only a few ships of this size in the city, and they basically go to distant seas. Who would waste time by keeping them at the dock every day? It would be a loss if they don't go out to sea for salvage for a day.

"I see. There are harmful sea urchins underwater there. I was wondering why their boat stayed there during the day. I went there twice to look for jellyfish, but both times I encountered their boat was motionless. Even the fishermen on the boat were sitting there chatting. I thought it was broken."

"I thought so too. I saw them three times on the return trip..."

"Is that so? I noticed that there weren't many fish in the trench these past two days. I only went there to take a look in the morning when I went out to sea, and I never went there again. It's really all gone. I don't know if there will be any more next year."

"Let's talk about next year's affairs next year. It feels like the flood season is coming to an end..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you curious about these sea urchins?"

"Let's go over there tomorrow and take a look in the water..."

When Ye Yaodong and his companions were carrying the sea urchins to the shore, they heard everyone's constant discussions and realized that the sea urchins could no longer be hidden because the location of the trench was exposed and the entire city knew about it.

Fortunately, those people did not have the equipment to go into the water and could only watch and sigh.

"Dad, tomorrow we're going to go out to sea and trawle the nets for three to five days. We won't fish for sea urchins there for now."

"Ah? Not fishing anymore? We have such a good harvest today, there are several thousand kilograms here..."

"Tomorrow there should be many local boats going to the water to salvage sea urchins. Although they are definitely not capable of catching them, we should not stay there for now. We should go out and trawle for a few days, and then come back to continue salvaging. With a few days of buffer time, they will probably give up, and we can salvage with peace of mind again."

His real purpose was to make money. He had learned from past experience, and there was no loss for him to avoid trawling for a few days. They would definitely give up on this trench after trying it, so it would still belong to him.

"That's true. Anyway, no one can go that deep, so it's still yours. If so many boats gather there tomorrow, something might go wrong. It's dangerous for you in the water, so you must ensure the safety of the surroundings."

"Yep."

When they were carrying the goods up one basket at a time, many people gathered around and came up to ask questions.

When he moved to the city, he had never caught so many sea urchins in front of everyone. He came here to seek refuge.

Ye Yaodong and his boatman also cunningly spoke in their native dialect, so after asking for a long time, everyone still couldn't understand what they were saying. They had to give up and made up their minds to go and have a look tomorrow.

Today, the three groups of people caught a total of 2260 kilograms of sea urchins. After all, the total number of people was less than last time, which meant that the intervals were shorter. Everyone also needed more time to rest, so they could only extend the time during lunch break, and came out a little late today.

2260 kilograms, regardless of size, the unified purchase price was 2 yuan, and the total sales amount was 2 yuan.

After deducting the wages and fuel costs of 9 workers, and the subsidies for 5 people to go into the water, the net profit is still more than 300, which is worth it.

Seeing how much money was made from the sale, Ye's father felt reluctant to give it up. After all, he couldn't earn that much by trawling in a day.

"Are you really going to trawling tomorrow?"

"Well, don't worry, these sea urchins are in the trench. They won't grow legs and run away. They are still ours in the end."

"alright."

On the way back, Ye Yaodong also talked to others about it. No one had any objection. After all, they were just employees and just had to listen to their boss.

Only the five people who went into the water were a little disappointed. After all, just by going into the water they could earn two dollars more than others. Others made 5 dollars a day, but they could get 4 dollars a day, which was the highest salary they had ever had.

I couldn't even imagine earning 6 yuan a day at home. If I work for a month, I can earn nearly 5 yuan. Even a ninth-level worker can't earn that much.

“This is for everyone’s safety.”

"I know. We'll do whatever you say."

Everyone nodded, and Ye Yaodong was satisfied.

When they walked home, it was already dark. The first thing he asked when he entered the house was: "Did anything happen at home today? Did those people come to make trouble?"

"Yes, I came here not long after lunch. Everyone was still taking a nap there when I heard the gate being smashed and a lot of cursing."

"When we got up and opened the door, the family looked at us like quails, suspicious but also scared. Their expressions were hilarious no matter how you looked at them."

"Neighbors kept saying it was true. They heard the news yesterday. How could they not know since they live nearby?"

"Before we could do anything, they asked us if we had lost those snakes, rats, toads and leopards yesterday. We shook our heads and denied it, saying we didn't even know where their homes were and we had been at home all day yesterday. They just said something cruel and left immediately."

"Adong, your method yesterday was really effective. The neighbors all know that you are an official. You can scare the people. Who dares to fight against the official?"

"We were worried that they would attack us at night in the same way, so we went out in the afternoon to buy realgar powder and insect repellent and spread them all over the yard and in the corners of the house."

Ye Yaodong listened to them speaking one by one. After they finished giving the general idea, they repeated it again in detail. After listening clearly, he felt relieved.

"They are all bullies. At first, they must have thought that we were outsiders with no relatives or friends, so wouldn't it be easy for the locals to bully us? Now they know they have hit a wall, so they dare not move. How much did you spend on medicine today? I will reimburse you later."

"OK……"

"We all felt a little confused when we saw them coming in aggressively and then leaving in disgrace."

"Well, don't worry about them. As long as they don't come to cause trouble, just leave them alone. I guess the news will spread everywhere in two days. You guys take these sea urchins and clean them up. Crack the sea urchin roe and use it to stew eggs for dinner. There is also a basket left for me to deliver to Director Zeng at the Public Security Bureau tomorrow. By the way, I'm out trawling at sea and may be back in three to five days."

"Ok."

"Dongzi is really amazing. He can make connections everywhere..."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "People are kind to each other. If you are kind to others sincerely, they will feel it. There are always more good people in the world. There are not so many evil people without reason. Most of them are driven by interests. Put yourself in their shoes. Anyway, if you are nice to others, you won't suffer any big loss."

"That sounds reasonable! Even though I didn't understand it, you must be right after saying so much."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Come on, let's eat. There are many great truths in life, but it's not my turn to talk about them. I'm not that old. When we're done eating, let my dad tell you some great truths."

Ye Yaodong hooked his father's shoulder and walked inside, but Ye's father shook his shoulders impatiently, shook his hand away, and said unhappily.

"After all that talk, I thought you were older than me."

"Wouldn't that mess up the generations? You are my father and you will always be my father. Even if I am older than you, I am still my father."

"You're crazy, what nonsense are you talking about..."

He went into the house first to collect the receipts and the money from the sale, and then spoke to his father who followed him in.

"Let's sleep until we wake up naturally tomorrow and then go out to sea. The original crew of the Dongsheng will go out, and the few people who went into the water today should stay at home to look after the house. Give them some time to rest. Otherwise, when the sea urchins are fished up, I guess they won't have any rest."

"Okay, then call home to let them know you're safe before you go out to sea tomorrow. After all, you'll be away for three to five days, so send a message back in advance."

"Ah."

When it was time to eat, he also talked about it with everyone at the table. This was a way to take advantage of the situation and let everyone have a rest. It just required more concentration, but it was nice to get paid without working.

At night, everyone went to bed early as they had nothing to do. The next morning, as usual, they waited until the sun was shining before sailing the boat away from the shore.

However, this time it took a lot of time to add gas and ice.

When he went out to sea, he deliberately turned around the trench. As expected, there were two or three ships parked there motionless.

I don’t know whether they have just arrived or have been staying for a long time; I don’t know whether they have already gone into the water or are taking turns to go into the water; I don’t know how miserable their faces look and how they are cursing.

After taking a few glances, he accelerated and drove away. He didn't stop at all, but just slowed down just to take a few more glances.

When they left the surrounding area, his father climbed up to the wheelhouse and came to the cockpit.

"Do you want me to drive? You are not familiar with the sea area ahead, and we can't go too far. We have to keep a close eye on the compass."

"I'm watching. I can still identify the direction and coordinates."

The sea areas he has been to are much wider than his father's. His father has only come here from home, which is the farthest he has ever been. He still has basic judgment.

"Then I'll watch here too." Father Ye was really worried.

Ye Yaodong let him do whatever he wanted.

But after his father sat in the cockpit for a while, he felt that the two of them were too stuffy. Their arms were pressed against each other, and their body temperatures rose too quickly. It was too hot.

The key point is that his father was sweating and had body odor. It was very uncomfortable to smell it when he was so close.

So after a while, he didn't want to work with his father anymore, so he just left the boat to his father and ran to the deck with a telescope to look at the scenery and cool down in the breeze.

Just as he picked up the telescope and looked into the distance, he saw a place in the southwest where a lot of seabirds were gathering, and those seabirds were flying towards there from all directions.

There must be something wrong when something is abnormal. In their opinion, where there are a large number of seabirds gathering, there must be schools of fish.

He was worried that he had seen it wrong, so he took off the telescope, put it back on, and moved closer to get a closer look.

After he confirmed what he saw, he quickly called him dad.

"Dad, there are a flock of seabirds gathering in the southwest ahead. Go in that direction and see if there are any schools of fish."

"A flock of seabirds? Why don't I see any? Nothing at all?"

Ye Yaodong threw the telescope in his hand to his father, "Take it and take a look on the deck. I'll drive here."

"Oh, then be careful and don't run away."

"know."

Father Ye was fiddling with the new gadget, the telescope, in his hand. He only looked at it once or twice when Ye Yaodong first got it, out of curiosity. After that, he didn't let him look at it anymore, for fear that it would be broken.

Now I really want to use this to take a look and see if it is really that novel and can see the scenery on the sea in the distance. Before, I only used it to see the mountain scenery in the distance.

As soon as he put it on, he cried out in pain. Then, like Dongzi, he suspected that he had seen something, so he took off the telescope and squinted his eyes to look for two seconds. When he saw nothing, he put it on again.

"Ah, Dongzi, there really are. There are so many seabirds, so there must be schools of fish, that's for sure."

"Let's wait and see. Don't be so decisive yet."

Although he was more inclined to believe that there was a school of fish, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. He should put his mind at ease before confirming it.

As the fishing boat moved in that direction little by little, the distance to the sea surface shortened, and soon they could see with their naked eyes all kinds of seabirds hunting on the sea surface ahead.

"Ah... so many birds and schools of fish..."

“Are there fish?”

The sailors on the deck were also exclaiming.

Father Ye said, “If it weren’t for all those birds moving around on the sea, I would have thought it was an island, densely packed together.”

"Bird Island, it's almost there."

After saying that, he increased his speed again. Seeing that the fish were right in front of him, he rushed over to take a look in case the fish ran away. They would not stay there and wait for him.

As his fishing boat rushed forward, all the seabirds, like a bird island, were flying forward.

He accelerated towards the edge and rushed over, then slowed down a bit, stuck his head out and asked his father, "Is there anything? Is there anything under the water?"

Father Ye stared at the water with a telescope and asked in confusion: "No, it seems there is nothing..."

"No?"

Ye Yaodong was a little bit unconvinced, so he climbed out of the cockpit directly, snatched the telescope from his father's hand, and looked at the sea.

"Really? Based on wrong judgment?"

Father Ye watched the fishing boat moving forward, while the seabirds flew to the side, with no intention of following the fishing boat at all. He quickly ran into the cockpit and turned the fishing boat around, intending to follow the seabirds.

Under normal circumstances, seabirds usually circle around fishing boats, because most of the catch is unwanted and has to be dumped back into the sea. Seabirds can easily prey on the catch by following around the fishing boats, taking advantage of the food and being fed by the fishermen.

You don't have to fly around the sea looking for fish, which saves a lot of effort.

Today's situation was a bit abnormal. I clearly saw their fishing boats, but the plane flew to the side instead of staying around them.

Ye Yaodong also squeezed to the side of the cockpit and instructed his father, "Let's go and take a look. I don't believe there are no fish. So many seabirds don't even look at us. There must be a bigger temptation ahead."

"Take a look first."

Their fishing boat followed this group of seabirds that looked like islands. After about ten minutes, the group of seabirds stopped moving forward, but their fishing boat was still moving forward. In less than two minutes, they caught up with the group of seabirds.

"really have!"

"found it!"

Without radar to monitor, these seabirds are their radar.

"Look what kind of fish it is..."

Father Ye was also very curious, so after slowly stopping the boat, he let it drift freely and ran out to take a look. The boatmen on the deck had already shouted.

"Ah, they are spinning in circles, it's the storm..."

Ye Yaodong used the telescope to see more clearly. A cylindrical shape had formed under the water surface in front of him on the left. He didn't know how deep it was, and there were schools of fish circling around it. A storm had formed.

Father Ye was only able to see the surface of the water, but his face was already filled with surprise. He pulled Ye Yaodong's hand and said, "Give me the telescope, so I can see what kind of fish it is..."

　When I got home to take a shower in the evening, there was suddenly no water in the water tower. I asked someone to check it later and found that the float inside the water tower had blocked the opening. Normally, when the water tower is full of water, the float will float up and block the water inlet, preventing the water tower from continuing to take in water and overflowing.

　　If the water level drops, the float will continue to fall, allowing the water tower to continue to fill with water.

　　The water tower was blocked at night. It was actually a very simple matter. Someone just had to move the buoy down and then block the water tower after the water accumulated in the tower.

　　As a result, when the man was climbing down from the water tower, he slipped and fell... That was on the top floor, it was so close, luckily he didn't fall directly from the top floor to the first floor, otherwise he would probably have lost his life.

　　It was just a fall from a high place, which was not serious, but out of humanitarian considerations, I still sent him to the hospital for examination and paid for it.

　　It has been raining for almost a month, and the roads are slippery everywhere.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)