Back to the small fishing village in 1982

All day long, the whole village sat at the door, and there was no house without a mountain of shells in front of it.

In the afternoon, there were people pushing scooters to deliver goods to the pier one after another. Sitting at the door, they could all see scooters in the distance.

As time went by, there were more and more cars. Some people who didn't have a cart used a shoulder pole to pick them up. No, the line got longer and longer, and they lined up more than 100 meters from the pier.

This has never been done before, and the ranks continue to grow.

They were all speechless.

"There are... so many people? How can this be sold? It probably won't be sold today." Ye Mu stretched her neck and kept paying attention to the direction of the pier.

Ye Yaodong looked at the corner, there were still two bags left to pick, the efficiency was too low.

His father and mother were busy repairing the roof of the old house and settling the pig. They didn't come to help until two o'clock. The old lady helped look after the child, and when she was hungry, she called Ah Qing to nurse. The two of them could only count as half of the labor.

Where can the two children sit? After eating, they ran and played. Only Lin Guangyuan and him kept picking, but Lin Guangyuan couldn't pick if there was meat or not, so he could only sort and classify various shells. pick yourself.

He and Lin Guangyuan did it too slowly, and they scoured more shells than others, two bags more than his elder brother and second brother's.

There are more goods than others, and less work than others. The queue at the dock is very long, and they can only sit at the door and stretch their necks to watch.

His eldest brother and second brother also just went to line up first after picking.

"When the sorting is over, we'll pile it up in the yard first, and then sell it tomorrow, so we don't have to wait in line, and it won't go bad after a day." Ye Yaodong stretched his neck and looked at the long queue, "It would be nice to collect half of it today."

Father Ye looked at it worriedly, "I'm afraid that tomorrow the price will not be as high as today, and suddenly so many scallops will disrupt the market."

"That can't be helped. They have to be collected by the dock. Let's sort them out first. Fortunately, some have been sent over in the morning."

"Father, Ah Dong, come over and help carry these shells to the corner over there to pile them up."

Mrs. Ye finished cleaning the door, packed all the empty shells in sacks and tied them up, and quickly called the two remaining men in the family to help carry them.

The second sister-in-law Ye is also packing the bag, and she said, "Help me carry it later."

The father and son hurriedly got up to help carry the shells.

Some people came to collect these empty shells. Although they were not very valuable, they were better than throwing them back into the sea, and they could be sold for some money.

In the future, oyster farmers will need to tie these scallop shells into strings, but no one has cultivated them in this era.

However, feed factories will use shells to grind them into powder and add them to duck or chicken feed to supplement nutrition for poultry.

Or burn the shells into powder by yourself and sprinkle them in the fields to sterilize them, which will help the growth of crops.

Nowadays, scallop shells are used to pave roads in many places, and paving with scallop shells can harden the road surface, which is very strong.

After tidying up, Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye came over with a small bench to help them pick and chat together, and three or four older children were also sent over to help them do it together.

Ye Chenghe's buttocks were like being oiled, he twisted around, his eyes kept looking at the four little ones gathered around the door, he really wanted to go and play!
"Look at it, pick it up quickly, and call it a day." Sister Ye saw that he was dawdling, holding a clam in her hand for a long time, so she quickly kicked him.

"I don't want to do it anymore, okay? I've been sitting all afternoon, and I still have to do it, my butt hurts." His heart has already gone to nowhere.

Ye Chengjiang also turned his head to look at other people playing from time to time, and said unbalanced in his heart: "Why do we have to sit here when they can play?"

"Why are there so many opinions? Who made you older, thinking about playing all day long, telling you to do a little thing, and talking so much."

"No matter how much you sit for a long time, you will get tired and your butt will hurt. I don't want to do it anymore."

The second sister-in-law Ye raised her hand and wanted to hit someone, but the old lady quickly stopped her, "If you don't want to do it, go and play, there are so many grown-ups who don't need you, anyway, there are not many, go and play!"

Usually they teach the children, the old lady will not stop them, they just coax them after the beating, and today they are really well-behaved, they have been helping for a long time, and it will be unreasonable to beat the children again.

When an old lady spoke, several people glanced at the faces of their respective mothers, and immediately slipped away "babe".

They worked until it was almost time for dinner before they sorted all the shells.

At this time, the team outside the pier had already lined up 300 meters away along the shore, and some people were still standing at the intersection, watching and discussing.

The neighbors next to them, because they were one step ahead, slid more than others, and they were all sorted at this moment, and they all stood at the door hesitantly.

"How long will this long line of riding horses last?"

"I guess it's going to be all night?"

"You don't need to sleep, I guess you have to wait for a shift? The whole village has come here to line up, and the neighboring village has also come here, right?"

"Guess so."

"I guess there are still people who haven't lined up? Such a long line is scary to look at."

"Hey hey~ There are three tractors coming over, they should be here to pick up the goods..."

People who lined up and chatted together in twos and threes when they had nothing to do, when they saw the tractor coming, they all gave way to the tractor. Fortunately, everyone usually pushed the cart to and from the dock, and the road was quite wide.

Ye Yaodong pushed all the shellfish back to his yard, and after he piled them up, he said to his father, "Let's go outside the pier and have a look? I feel that the speed of receiving the goods is really slow."

"Well, that's what I was thinking, and I don't know when I will receive it."

The father and son didn't stop for a moment, and then went outside the pier.

Not allowing them to be indifferent, they sorted out a total of two big bags, one bag half a head smaller, and three bags of empty shells.

Other shellfish were also sorted into several baskets, several baskets were not full, but the quantity was really quite a lot, he reckoned it took up about two or three bags.

It’s because of the careful sorting, that’s why they took a little more time, because they also need to sort when they go to sell goods outside the dock in the morning, big ones, big prices, small ones, small prices.

When the father and son hurried to the outside of the pier, they saw the chaos outside, everyone was cursing there.

"Isn't this quite big? What's wrong with putting it inside the big one?"

"We have all divided well, you still have to pour it out and pick it out, what a waste of time, they didn't need it before..."

"That's right, the time was delayed by you in this way, that's why it's so slow, the queue behind is already long."

Ah Cai jumped there angrily, cursing with spittle: "You bastards, I thought there were too many people at first, so I thought I'd take them away quickly. The folks in the province lined up for too long, making the chickens break, who are you?" I know you are all so treacherous, you mix the small ones into the big ones, and you mix the empty shells into a lot."

Agui from another purchase point was also scolding, "Every grandson, I believe you are a loser, and you are fooling us, Sai Linmu, add at least ten catties to 100 catties..."

People from other buying sites were also scolding, "The shitty ones, obviously they can be collected quickly, so it takes a long time to choose now, the Sailinmu ones, and the later ones, you pick them out for me first, and then weigh them after you pick them out."

"I even invited three or four people to come over and choose for you..."

The group of folks also retorted there, "There's nothing wrong with it, we all sorted the big and small separately..."

"That's right. Occasionally, there are elderly people with blurry eyes. It's normal to have meat and shells regardless of size. How can it be so clean?"

"That's right, everyone picked the right ones, and it's normal to pick a few wrong ones occasionally..."

Ah Cai scolded again: "Are you wrong a few? Look at the shells all over the floor, are you guilty? This tells you to sort them carefully? If it's just a few mistakes, we won't say, who the hell Mom wasting time here to get serious about those shells with you..."

"Everyone is so treacherous, Sailin Liang, don't you know how much you mixed in?"

"If you didn't cooperate, wouldn't you be able to pass a few scales for a long time?"

"I'm so angry. The tractor master just said it when he came back. As soon as it was poured out at the market, he said it was not as beautiful as the one delivered this morning. I picked a bag at random, but I didn't expect to pick a bunch of empty shells."

"Then...then other people's behavior doesn't mean that I'm the same, I've chosen well..." Someone also said confidently with their necks stuck.

Ah Cai raised his eyebrows, "There are honest people, and there are also treacherous and deceitful people!"

Immediately, Agui suddenly said angrily: "Whose product is this damn? This horse is almost [-]% mixed, thinking that we will go blind when it gets dark? You said that the old man has poor eyesight, how many mistakes did you pick? "

"When we are all blind, or stupid birds?"

"We need to discuss the price of the delivery."

"what?"

"Yes, we have to discuss it, because the goods that were sent away earlier were unqualified, so they were directly discounted, and now all the goods in the future will also be reduced in price."

Immediately, the crowd was boiling, and everyone was talking and booing...

"I can't help it. The market has lowered the price. I just selected a few people. You have seen the situation, right? Especially the one who mixed up nearly [-]% of the money. The small ones were mixed into the big ones. This is treating us as blind , being an idiot..."

……

Ye Yaodong and Father Ye looked at each other, no wonder the team didn't move for a long time, it turned out that the problem was here.

This... This kind of cheating, cheating, and greedy people can be found everywhere, and there is really no way to avoid them.

You are not adulterated, it does not mean that other people are honestly not adulterated.

"This is the end of the game... When will we be able to pick one by one?" Ye Yaodong suddenly felt tricky, there are so many numbers.

Father Ye also frowned, "Surely there is no way to pick them one by one? If you pick them one by one, you won't be able to collect many by tomorrow morning."

"Isn't this horse-riding heart too cruel?"

"What's the matter? We are all honest and well-chosen."

"Look at what they said after discussing? It's not discussing."