Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1145 Another idea
Several people who were originally looking after houses in their hometown also came out to help shortly after they landed. There is strength in numbers.

More and more fishing boats were docked around them. Their decks were full of fish, which had attracted a lot of attention. Every fishing boat that docked would look over at them and ask a few questions.

Ye Yaodong always replied with a smile, saying that it was because he encountered a red tide in the open sea. The cargo on the deck was all suffocated due to lack of oxygen due to the red tide, and then drifted with the waves and gathered together, where he encountered it, so it took him a whole day to get it back.

"There is a red tide, but we haven't seen any near the coast..."

"It's not a big deal if it doesn't affect the coastal areas..."

"Maybe it hasn't spread to the offshore yet..."

"What kind of fish is that on the boat? Why is it tangled in the fishing net like that? Did you pick it up, too?"

"Oh, I've wanted to ask this for a long time. I've watched them for a long time, but I didn't see them untying the fishing nets, and no one answered. Can't they just cut it open with scissors? It's so laborious..."

"This fish is too big and looks so weird. What's that thing growing on its mouth..."

The discussions around me never stopped. After the boatmen sorted out the fish on the deck, they immediately began to untie the fishing nets. The three fishing nets, some thick and some thin, all tightly entangled the sawfish, and some were not easy to untie.

If they just wanted to release the fish, it would be easier to just cut it off with scissors. However, Ye Yaodong had to keep the big net as he still had to rely on it to make a living.

This big net is several hundred meters long. Not only does it cost money to make, it also takes a lot of time. It takes two people more than a month to weave a net of more than 300 meters long.

Although the big net has been damaged a lot by the saw teeth of the fish, it can still be repaired, which saves time, effort and money compared to weaving a new net.

Moreover, this sawfish might not be sold for much money. It is probably not even as valuable as this fishing net. It is not worth it. I will save money if I can. It doesn't matter if I throw the net by hand.

Sawfish can be eaten, but its meat is relatively rough. Its economic value is similar to that of sharks. Its fins can be made into shark fins, its skin can be made into leather and scabbards, and its liver can be made into cod liver oil. To be honest, it is a treasure all over. It just depends on whether people today know its value.

While others were untying their fishing nets, Ye Yaodong turned around and started chatting with a few people, who were the bosses who collected the goods at the dock.

When their fishing boat docked, they came over one after another and asked to receive the goods on his boat. However, the goods had not been sorted out yet, so he just asked them to wait until the goods were sorted out first to see how much there was.

When they were almost done sorting, these people no longer cared about the scattered loose goods on the stalls, and all ran to his side to wait, wanting to receive his entire shipload of goods. After all, the more goods there were, the more money they could make at once, which was better than those scattered goods. After all, this was a prefecture-level city, and its digestion capacity was still strong.

Ye Yaodong asked several companies to quote the prices of the twenty or so main goods. He did not ask for quotations for goods that were not in large quantities or were not valuable.

Since those people were present at the same time, of course their quotes were the same. After all, they all made a living at the dock, and no one wanted to quote a higher price than others. Once someone made a quote, others would not object or raise or lower the price.

Since they were all acquaintances, they agreed to quote him the day's harvest price for all the goods and let him choose who to sell them to or sell them separately.

Ye Yaodong has a rough idea of ​​how much each type of fish is worth. The price of fish caught in different seasons will definitely fluctuate.

It is hard to say whether they will be conscientious towards him as an outsider and whether the others will collectively lower the price, but if the price difference is not too big, he will be able to accept it.

If he doesn't sell it to them, he will have to drive out again to find another pier and ask for the price. Who knows if the price at another pier will be higher than here in the city?

After going around in circles, what if the price is lower than here? He has to look for it again? It's already dark, who will he sell the goods to? It takes a night, and he has to look for it again the next day.

When you are out, just be roughly sure and it will be relatively reasonable.

That’s why, when mobile phones came out, bosses were not equipped with them, but many ship captains were equipped with them first.

However, he also had his own way of asking questions. He could chat with anyone and never regarded himself as a foreigner. While the boatmen were still sorting the goods, he chatted with them for a while and tried to get close to them, appearing to be a very experienced person.

When asking for the price, he said that his ship was so big and had a lot of cargo, and if the price was fair, he would dock here every day, otherwise he would change to another dock.

Anyway, he is an outsider, so it makes no difference to him where he docks. He will dock and sell goods where the price is higher.

He used both soft and hard tactics to prevent them from looking down on his image as a young boy, and also emphasized that the boat belonged to him, not his father.

At his age, he can afford such a big boat, which immediately makes people feel that he is extraordinary and not someone who can be easily fooled.

After hearing their offer, Ye Yaodong just nodded, and did not immediately say who he would sell it to. He just thought about it and decided to leave them alone. He did not appear to be so anxious, nor did he appear to be overjoyed.

They were a little anxious. No big ships were docking today, and they didn't have any big goods to collect, so they had to waste time here.

In addition, the Dongsheng returned early, and the entire shipload of cargo had been noticed long ago at the dock, so everyone was watching it. Otherwise, if it had returned at this time, they would have been busy receiving the cargo and would have had no time to care who he sold the cargo to.

"Our price is very fair. This is the price we paid for these fish today..."

Having just sold sea urchins in the city a few days ago, he had an idea of ​​the prices of fish in the city, but he did not agree immediately.

Ye Yaodong pointed at the sawfish on the deck that had not yet been untied from the fishing net and asked, "Are you going to catch that big guy?"

"This thing is wrapped tightly. Although it's big, I don't know what it looks like. The mouth looks weird..."

"I haven't seen it, so I don't want it. I'm afraid it will be a waste of money."

"Although it looks big, it also looks very strange. It's hard to handle if you haven't seen it before..."

The people who were speaking all shook their heads as they spoke.

"I don't know what it looks like, but at least we have to untie the fishing net and take a look at it."

He said, "This is a sawfish. It's estimated to be more than three meters long. Let me measure it specifically. Do you know this fish?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion.

"Forget it, let's untie the fishing net first and lift these goods up to be weighed first."

It was wrapped like a rice dumpling, with no other parts of its body exposed except for a small part of its head and the tip of its snout. Everything was hidden tightly by the fishing net. It would be difficult to ask these people to identify it and negotiate the price.

"Then these goods of yours..."

"You should give these to the boss who collected the sea urchins the day before. You'll know them the second time. If you think there are too many to eat, you can find someone else to share them with."

"Okay, okay... Then carry it to my place first..."

He shouted and asked a few boatmen to carry the goods ashore first, leaving only two people to continue working on how to free the sawfish from the fishing net.

After basket after basket of goods were carried ashore, the people who had been watching their fishing boats on the shore also moved their positions and walked towards the purchasing point to continue watching so many goods.

It’s not that people have never seen big ships docked or so much cargo, but that all of his cargo was suffocated by the red tide, so he was able to take advantage of it and catch so much in just one day.

So it was given a bit of magical color and attracted people's attention because of the topic. As for the sawfish, it was still wrapped in the fishing net like a rice dumpling and its true appearance had not been revealed. Everyone just felt strange and was not very shocked.

Ye Yaodong stood in the open space in front of the purchasing point, directing people to stack the goods one basket at a time. Then he asked people to stand in front of the pile of goods and watch them. He then took two people with him to carry the goods one basket at a time to go in for weighing.

By the time all the mountain of goods were sold out, more than an hour had passed, and the sawfish on the deck had not been completely unhooked, with only half of its body exposed. But even this half attracted the crowd's attention again. Everyone was whispering, discussing what kind of fish was so big.

The brave ones even pulled him aside and asked, "Boss, what kind of fish is that big fish on your boat? Why is it so big? It was buried under a bunch of other fish before, so we didn't see it."

"I thought it was some kind of ship or something, and they were squatting there repairing it..."

Ye Yaodong said, "It's a sawfish. It looks a bit like a shark, but it's a type of manta ray. The long thing on its mouth is the tip of its snout, which looks like a saw, so it's called a sawfish."

After saying that, he returned to the deck and looked at the two people who were still sweating profusely as they tried to find a pattern to untie the fishing net.

"It's time to use scissors to cut it. There's no way such a large web can be untangled without any damage. As long as you don't cut it all off with scissors, it's still possible to repair it."

"We just wanted to try our best. Otherwise, it would take too long to ask someone to repair it, and it would also affect our trawling out to sea."

"It's okay. We can take a two-day break. After that, we can go back to the trench to salvage. By then, the locals will have given up and we won't have to drag the nets. It's getting dark now. You should hurry up and don't wait until dark to get anything out."

"Okay, then we'll cut some more."

Ye Yaodong let them handle it themselves. After thinking it over, he went to the purchasing point again and called over the two people who had just purchased goods from him.

The fish is already half exposed, so you should be able to recognize what it is. Call it over to take a look if you want it. If not, ask them to help measure its length. Otherwise, what will you do if it gets dark and the shop closes?

However, when the two people were called over, they all shook their heads and didn't want the fish. They both said they didn't recognize the fish and had never seen it before so it was hard to offer a price, and they were also afraid of losing money.

"You don't know each other?"

He thought that the wholesale market there had a fixed organization that could attract people, and it also had fixed sales channels, and the fresh things were easier to digest.

"The body looks a bit like a shark, but the long mouth doesn't look like one."

"Why does it look a bit like a manta ray to me? Like a combination of the two, the one on its mouth... looks like a saw and is weird. Why don't you ask other people?"

"never mind."

Originally he thought that this fish might not be able to be sold at a high price. After all, it was ugly and not popular. He might not even be able to make back the money for the fishing net. But now it's different.

But it was also within his expectations.

This kind of strange thing would definitely not be easy to circulate in the market, unless there was a sucker to take it over, such as the open-minded Young Master Hong in their town who had studied abroad. Otherwise, who would buy this thing?
However, even if he had known that the fish could not be sold and no one wanted it, he would definitely have fished it out. After all, it was rare, and not everyone could come across and catch such a big fish.

This is a strong color and experience in his life as a fisherman. It doesn't matter whether he makes money or not, he doesn't lack the money, but he has salvaged it, which is very cool and he can take pictures and brag about it.

He is now waiting to completely free the fish from the fishing net, and then take a perfect photo to preserve it.

Suddenly, another idea came to his mind.

Maybe this idea is better than just selling the goods directly, and it may even make him famous for decades.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but smile when he thought of this, and his eyes were sparkling with anticipation.

He looked at his watch anxiously and found that it was already 6:. He was instantly disappointed again. It was time to get off work. He didn't have the address and only had the office phone number, so he had no way to find anyone.

All we can do is ask them to carry the fish into the fish warehouse, store them with ice to keep them fresh, and we'll talk about it tomorrow.

There was too much work and it was done too late. There was nothing we could do. We had returned early, but the sawfish was pinned down by the small fish.

Seeing that they were still busy there, he couldn't help but urge them again, "Hurry up, or just cut them all, it's almost dark."

Father Ye asked, "Did you ask the two bosses just now and they told you how much they would charge for the fish?"

"Not only do they not recognize the fish, they will be upset if they take it, and they don't know the value of the fish or whether it is useful."

Father Ye frowned, "Wasn't it a waste of time? It took a lot of effort to catch such a big fish just now, and I used up several bullets."

"It won't be in vain. If you take a picture of me later, it will just be enough."

Ye's father's face darkened and he glared at him fiercely, "You take pictures all day long. You bought the camera just to take pictures of fish. Did you catch this fish just to take pictures?"

"That's fine. I bought the camera to take pictures of fish, so of course I have to take pictures of the fish after I catch them."

"You'll be pissed off sooner or later if you talk like this every day."

"Why am I talking? I was thinking of selling it, but it's not possible. But we didn't lose money. At least we took a photo, which will be a glorious history in the future."

"boast."

"Boasting is just bullshit."

"So are you going to throw it back into the sea after you're done taking the photos?"

"You're crazy. Am I having a seizure or something's wrong with my brain? You caught it and you're throwing it back into the sea? At worst you can chop it up and feed it to pigs, but you can't just feed such a big fish to pigs. You can definitely eat it, but I've discovered another economic value for it."

"What?" Father Ye pricked up his ears curiously and looked at him again.

"I won't tell you yet. Untie the fishing net first and take a picture for me."

Ye's father suddenly felt bored and glared at him fiercely before turning his head to watch everyone untying the fishing nets. He even forgot about asking him how much the goods were sold for.

Seeing that the fishing net was almost untied, Ye Yaodong returned to the boat and took out his camera to fiddle with it.

Everyone laughed and said, "In Adong's eyes, people are not as worthy of being photographed as fish. He wants to take a picture of any strange big fish he sees."

He didn't say anything, that was the fact.

The people who are worthy of his taking pictures are all at home, and his father is not worthy of him taking pictures every day.

If he himself doesn't want to be photographed, how can he photograph his father?

At most, taking one photo every year is enough, which is a luxury for ordinary people. Who can take photos every year?

The same goes for fish. He would only take two photos as a souvenir if they were rare.

No wonder people say that photography is an expensive hobby. From today's perspective, it is indeed quite expensive.

"Please make way. Take a picture for me before it gets dark. I don't know if I can take it. I'll take it out again tomorrow morning after it gets light and take a good picture."

"Tomorrow morning? Do you want to carry it out again?"

"what does it mean?"

"You're not selling it? What do you mean by bringing it out again?"

After Ye Yaodong took the photo, he explained, "No one wants this fish at the dock. They don't recognize it, and they think it's too ugly and they're afraid it will get hurt. You guys carry it to the fish hold first, and spread the remaining ice on it to keep it fresh. The two people on duty at night, be alert and keep an eye on it. Don't sleep like pigs and not even know the fish has been stolen. I have a great use for this fish. If it's gone, you'll bring it to me with its head."

"Haha, no, we will definitely be optimistic about it."

"What are you going to do with this fish? You can't keep it in the cabin to keep it fresh, right?" asked Ye's father.

"I have an idea. Let's carry it to the fish warehouse first and then talk about it when we get home. It's almost dark now. I'm already starving, sleepy and tired. Let's talk about it when we get home."

Ye's father asked him several times but he didn't say anything. It seemed like he was deliberately teasing him, so he got angry and stopped talking to him.

The workers started to work, sorting out the debris on the ship and locking it up in the cabin.

After everything was packed up, two people on night duty were left to watch the fishing boat, while the others carried a basket of the fish to be taken back and walked to the shore together.

It was already getting dark, and most of the people on the shore had disappeared. All that could be seen were the backs of people carrying their loads on their shoulders and going back home from work. However, there were still some people who stayed up until late to sell goods at the dock.

"I'm so tired. I feel like my feet are floating."

"Brother Dongdong...you...you are...weak, right?"

"Go away, do you know what is 'empty'?"

"Hehe, I don't know. I have endless energy."

"Fuck, being a virgin is great, being an 18-year-old virgin is even more amazing."

"Hahahaha..." Everyone laughed.

In an instant, he started to tease Chen Shi with dirty words one after another.

Chen Shi was used to hearing this, so he didn't blush or feel embarrassed, he just laughed.

We had a great harvest today and returned with a full load. We were out for just one day and we are back now. We can rest for at least two or three days. Everyone is in a good mood.

It’s so cool to get paid for nothing!
Everyone chatted and laughed all the way back home. Ye Yaodong did not sit down immediately. Instead, he asked everyone else to eat first. He took the two fresh fish he had brought back and went to find the nearby neighbors.

He would have to ask his neighbors if there were any women nearby who knew how to mend nets, and then ask two people to go on the boat and mend the nets.

The more than 300-meter-long fishing net is equipped with not only shuttles but also lead sinkers. It is very heavy and it is very difficult for many people to lift it, not to mention that they live not far from the pier.

If I borrow a cart, I still have to carry the fishing net back. It is too troublesome to move it back and forth. It would be better to ask someone to repair it directly on the fishing boat, which would save trouble.

When his neighbor Aunt Xu saw him coming to her house with two fresh fish just to inquire about this matter, she was very happy and told him everything she knew. She immediately and enthusiastically took him to find people to help him mend the net.

When he was about to leave, I picked a few tomatoes and cucumbers from the yard and stuffed them into his arms for him to take back.

"I heard the noise next door. You just came back from the sea, right? Other dishes need to be stir-fried, but these two can be eaten directly. Or just mix them with sugar and have them with rice."

"Thank you, Auntie, you are so warm and humane."

"Oh, why are you being so polite? We are all neighbors. You just asked me something and you were so polite that you brought two fish over. I will give you a few worthless dishes in return. That's what I should do."

"This is what I should do. I just arrived here, and I will need the neighbors to take care of me in the future. Yesterday, everyone helped persuade the troublemaker family to leave. Today, I was in a hurry to go out to sea, and I haven't thanked everyone yet. I'm a fisherman, and I have a lot of fish, haha."

"You're welcome. We're all neighbors. They're too immoral. They keep coming to our house to cause trouble. It's annoying. You're an official. How can you be an ordinary fisherman? You're the fish boss."

Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched, and he smiled and thanked her before going home with an arm full of tomatoes and cucumbers.

"You're taking fish to exchange for vegetables? No wonder you kept so many fish. We had vegetables when we just got here..."

"no……"

He explained.

"There is still a basket of worthless fish left. I will send it to the neighbors after dinner. I will share it. It is worthless anyway, so it is just right to use it as a favor."

"I thought you were going to stay and pickle salted fish for a while."

Ye Yaodong said angrily: "I haven't eaten enough dried fish? You want to eat salted fish again? Is that basket for your meal?"

"Hehe... come and eat, we've all finished eating, isn't the auntie next door too welcoming?"

"Tomorrow I will sleep until I wake up naturally. Don't wake me. Two women will come tomorrow morning. You can take them to the boat and let them mend the nets."

Father Ye asked for the third time: "What about the big fish?"

Ye Yaodong finally showed mercy and told his father, "When I wake up naturally tomorrow, I will go find Director Zeng and tell him about the fish..."

"He's from the Coast Guard, why are you telling him about that fish?"

"Don't interrupt me. All these institutions are connected. How can the big guys not know each other? I know him. Who else can I talk to? I can't sell that fish. I plan to tell him to donate it to the Ocean Bureau. I want him to ask the Ocean Bureau to make it into a specimen and put it in the aquarium."

"Aquarium?"

"What about the aquarium?" Ye Yaodong was an old fogy guy who had never been there in his previous life and didn't quite know what it was called.

"Since there is a zoo, there should be an oceanarium or an aquarium. If they were made into specimens and brought to this place, wouldn't that be a very eye-catching sign? It's a pity that it died, otherwise we could have kept it alive, which would have been awesome. But if it was made into a specimen, it would also become the treasure of the museum. That thing is first-class."

Father Ye looked confused. "What is a specimen? What is level one? Is this fish divided into several levels like workers?"

"I knew you didn't understand."

"As much as you know."

"Just a little more than you..."

Ye Yaodong thought to himself that it was already 85, so the technology should be there, right? Anyway, he would go and mention it tomorrow. He didn't understand the technology, so he just had to convey his intention and see how they arranged it.

If this could be made into a specimen, with such a large size, it would definitely be the museum's treasure. It is very rare now, and will be even rarer in the future. It is also a first-class protected animal.

At that time, he can be recorded in the records, saying that he caught the fish and contributed it to the official to be made into specimens.

From now on, everyone who sees this fish will think that he caught it, his name will be recorded in the history of the aquarium, and everyone who visits the aquarium will know him...

Damn, it’s so glorious just thinking about it…

His name will always be recorded in the history of the aquarium, hahahaha...

Ye Yaodong howled in his heart and a mouthful of rice almost hit his trachea.

"That means we caught the fish for nothing and now we have to give it away?"

"No one wants it, right? How could it be a waste? I've taken photos of it. When it's made into a specimen, my name will have to be included in the origin story. Wouldn't I be famous then? And I'll be famous for a long time."

Plus, he took photos and had evidence in hand, so it was real.

Mr. Ye couldn't quite understand what he was talking about, so he didn't bother with the topic and just let him handle it.

"How much did those goods sell for today?"

Ye Yaodong whispered, "More than 31000 catties, sold for more than 3000 yuan, and more than 3200 catties of six-banded trevally, sold for more than 500 yuan. This fish is 4000 cents per catty, so the total sales were less than yuan."

Father Ye opened his mouth wide and looked around. Fortunately, everyone else had finished their meal early and left the table.

"So many?"

"The main thing is that many of the more than 3 kilograms of fish are quite valuable. Unlike our trawl, half of the fish we catch are unwanted, and half of the remaining half are still worthless. There are only a few that are valuable."

Father Ye sighed, "That's really good luck. There are many valuable fish floating up. I made a profit."

"Ah."

"You mean the six-banded trevally you saw when you dived underwater? That's what it's called? Isn't that a rip-off? You were talking about two or three cents during the day."

"It's seasonal, and we have a lot of it. We don't know the market for this fish anyway, so we'll just sell it when it's almost sold out."

"That's right. I've only been out for one day this time. It's really profitable. I caught up with all the waves."

(End of this chapter)