Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Ye Yaodong came back from the village committee after making a phone call and told Lin Xiuqing, "Tomorrow around [-] noon, Boss Zhou will drive over to deliver goods. Depending on the situation, remember to bag the squid and dried fish together. The price is still the same as before. price."

"Also, tomorrow morning our father will send a car of fish back. He said that he will come back with the car. There are not many goods in the store, only a few kilograms, so I can just leave my mother to watch as she pleases. He is here by the way. Bring back the money sold during this period, otherwise they won’t be able to sleep well or eat well.”

"Ah, my father is coming back too? Okay, okay."

"Come back and stay for one night before going up. When the time comes, let Uncle Zhou send it up. By the way, you can bring back another cart of goods to dry out more, otherwise there will be nothing to sell."

"Should have asked my father to buy more fresh fish to dry, so that he can make more money."

"Earlier we had a lot of stock, and there was no place to pile it up in the first two months. Last month, Ah Zheng made a batch of supplementary stock in the sun every three days, and it was enough to sell. I didn't want to toss so much. The whole family in the province is busy with the work. It’s not too late to sunbathe more, but there are too many flies and it’s disgusting, otherwise it’s best to bask in the sun in winter and spring.”

"If you make money, why do you care if there are a lot of flies in the summer? We don't eat at home, we put them fresh outside to dry, so it should be fine. Anyway, my brother is watching over there, so they will catch them away. fly."

Ye Yaodong thought the same way. Anyway, he didn’t eat it at home...

Most people buy it after rinsing it before steaming it. Nowadays, people are not so particular about it, no matter what season it is in the sun, some are good to eat.

"Well, anyway, you have everything ready before 12 noon tomorrow. It's best to collect it all at ten or eleven in advance and put it there for preparation. This will save you money if someone arrives early. People are waiting.”

"You don't need to tell me, but I know that? You should go into the house and sleep early. You have to go to sea at night. Fortunately, it has been sunny these days."

Ye Yaodong looked at the baskets of squid in the open space around him. A dozen people were busy going back and forth there. Four or five women were sitting there with headlamps butchering them. There were also seven or eight children from their family. His mother Take them there with the old lady to help with cleaning.

With such a large amount, I guess it will take until midnight to finish sorting them all, right?

Tomorrow morning another batch of fish will be sent back, and they have to continue killing. This job doesn't look easy, and his mother and his wife have to accompany him to do it. Even if they don't work together, the supervisor will have to stay until midnight to kill. over.

"Don't work too late. When the time comes, go back to the house and put the child to bed, and ask my mother to share the money with you."

"I know."

No matter what, she had to wait until the killing was completed, spread and dried, and the aftermath work was done before she could sleep peacefully.

Ye Yaodong looked at his watch. It was just past seven o'clock. Not far away, Ye Xiaoxi was surrounding the girls in the neighborhood like butterflies. She watched them playing shuttlecocks. She kept picking them up back and forth, enjoying it.

After thinking about it, he didn't take her back to the house. She would definitely not be able to sleep so early. Now that she had some fun, she wouldn't have to make trouble and cause him to sleep.

Anyway, you can play with these children, and there is no need for adults to watch.

Ye Yaodong was lying in bed thinking about how much he could catch every day and how much he could sell the two boats for.Coupled with his eldest and second brother's side, this day's harvest can make hundreds of dollars.

If this were two years ago, he told his mother that he could earn several hundred a day, and his mother could slap him twice and tell him to wake up!

These two boats were obtained just in time. He silently prayed in his heart that there would be no wind and waves and that the flood season would be longer, allowing them to fish for a few more days and earn more.

As he thought about it, he closed his eyes.

The male protagonist was outside and the female protagonist was inside. The noise outside the house did not affect him at all, and he fell asleep with peace of mind.

This whole day, from night to evening, was so tiring, and all the work I did was physical.

He had no dreams until midnight, and when he got up at night to go to sea, there was no one working outside the house. Except for the squid drying in the yard, everything else was neatly piled up, and he didn't know how long he was busy. .

When she got up from the front, she saw that Aqing was sleeping soundly. When he woke up in the past, she would wake up right after. She must have been busy these past few nights, so she also went to bed late.

That's good, when the small workshop is set up, Ah Qing will also be busy with work, and won't worry about the work of the village committee, and don't have to stare at the one-acre three-point land at home, and can still have his own business to work on .

Huimei can also work in the village committee with peace of mind, getting the best of both worlds.

Although she said that she would give up her job to Ah Qing when she could let go of her family affairs and go to work, but if she had to work for a few years and suddenly give him up, she would definitely feel uncomfortable, and there would be a gap between the two. It's best for now.

The prosperous life gave him more goals to strive for.

Ye Yaodong was pushing the cart with great energy. When he passed by the small workshop, he saw that the deck chairs were empty, and his brother-in-law was wandering around the workshop. Several puppies that were following him suddenly rushed towards him. . "Go away and go to work." Ye Yaodong lightly kicked the dog that was pulling on his lap. It was so annoying. It always liked to pull on his legs. It was true.

After speaking, he greeted his brother-in-law again and told him to remember to lie down and rest for a while.

"At this time, some people in the village are getting ready to go to sea, so I got up to have a look. The fishing net is not strong, and it will be broken if you cut it. People passing by will pull it hard a few times, and the bamboo pole may be torn down."

"Okay, I've worked hard for you. There are people who come and go during the day. It's okay. Don't be afraid of petty theft. You can sleep a little longer during the day."

"It's okay, it's okay. We often sleep in the mountains or in the fields."

"Okay, then I'll go to sea first."

"Hey, you're busy, you're busy."

The sky at night was starry, clear and blue, and the next day was another beautiful day with strong sunshine.

Ye Yaodong spent a busy day at sea. When he returned home, what awaited him was still a busy scene in full swing.

Father Lin brought back a load of fresh Balang fish during the day. He was still killing and drying them. There were too many fish and the fish were small, so it was difficult to kill. Everyone performed their duties in an orderly manner.

When he came back, he only said hello, he had a lot of things at hand, not when he was chatting with the father-in-law in detail, he just asked Ah Qing, did the squid sell well today?I'm going to weigh the goods first.

Who would have thought that before Ah Qing could open his mouth, his mother would start to curse.

"Don't mention it. The sales are going smoothly, but all the women in the village are so inhumane. When they saw the liberation, they all came to our house and told people that they also had squid, and they also You can dry a lot of squid and sell it to the boss cheaply.”

"Ouch, they are so stupid. They came to our house to poach people. This doesn't make me mad. I have to drive them away quickly and lock the courtyard door. It's so disgusting."

"Everyone here is watching us drying cuttlefish to make money, and seeing that the Great Liberation is coming again, everyone is jealous. Fortunately, the boss Zhou didn't come, and today only the drivers who drove the Great Liberation came to help collect the goods."

"Dongzi, we can't let Da Jiefang come directly next. We can send it to the city ourselves, and let Da Jiefang go to the stores in the city to collect it. This will prevent everyone from taking away our business..."

Lin Xiuqing also nodded in agreement, "Yes, when the People's Liberation Army entered the village, a large number of people came to our house. When the driver got out of the car, all the villagers gathered around and said that they too had Squid, you can also dry squid.”

"Fortunately, everyone helped us push them out and lock the courtyard door, but those people didn't leave. They were all waiting at the entrance of our courtyard. When we were loading the goods into the car, they gathered around us again."

"The collar of the master's clothes was ripped off, and his hat was also ripped off. Later, he said that he couldn't make decisions on his own. He had to go back and ask the boss. He came back a few days later, and the group of women let go."

"It was really like a fight in the morning. The master almost couldn't leave. If I knew it should be sent to the city, all the villagers in the province would surround me."

Ye's mother added: "You don't know how scary those people are. They pull everyone together and won't let them go. They keep saying it will be cheaper than ours. I'm so angry that I want to go up and tear their mouths apart."

"Yes, Dongzi, we can't let Da Jiefang come into our village to collect goods next time. What if other people's products are cheaper than ours, and the boss accepts other people's products but not ours." The old lady also looked worried. look like.

Everyone saw it when the Liberation Army came into the village last time. As soon as the Liberation Army came this morning, the villagers knew that they were coming to their home and must be collecting squid. They all followed behind, trying to promote themselves.

Although I don’t know how much Ye Yaodong can sell it for, I’m sure he won’t lose money, otherwise he wouldn’t have posted so much.

Ye Yaodong was stunned when he heard what they said. He didn't expect it would be such a sensation.

"I also thought about sending it directly to the store in the city, so that when the tractor comes back, I can bring another load. But I talked about it on the phone a few days ago, and they made arrangements in advance. The delivery happened to be today. I just stopped by to collect it.”

He didn't object at the time, but he also thought that the payment for the goods would be hundreds of thousands of dollars, and if he kept it in the hands of his father-in-law, it would be too much money. Originally, there was a lot of business turnover every day, and it was not a good thing to carry too much money when going out.

You don't want to cause any accidents when you are out in an unfamiliar place. It's not that peaceful these days, so I don't object even if I think about it.

"Then don't come here after the Great Liberation? Let's just send them to the shops in the city and let them go to the shops to get the goods?" Lin Xiuqing frowned.

"I'm going to call and ask later. There should be 500 kilograms available for drying tomorrow, right? As long as the weather is good, it should be available basically every day, right? I'll call to discuss how to receive the goods?"

"That's right, you ask, we can't let the Great Liberation come to the village again."