Back to the small fishing village in 1982

"Let me take a look. Why are you so anxious?"

Ye Yaodong took out the one with the smallest amount, but before he could read it, Aguang stretched his neck and took a look, and then spoke first.

"1012, this was sold by the fresh food delivery ship the next afternoon. It was a bit cheap, but my dad said it was normal."

After saying that, he wrote down the numbers in his notebook and urged him to take a second look at them.

"1406!"

Aguang immediately wrote it down again and said, "This was sold at the shore the morning before returning. There were more goods sold this time, and I have been saving for two days."

"The last one is 1053. This must have been sold on the shore when I came back on the last day."

"Yes, let me add one plus, it is...3471."

Ye Yaohua happily pushed the other orders on the table to Ye Yaodong and said: "These three are for oil and ice. If you reduce them, you should still have one thousand seventy-eight dollars left."

Ye Yaodong also picked up the oil and ice orders, flipped through the amounts, and read out, "532, 606, 664, just three of them. They should be for oil and ice when selling goods..."

"Yes, let me add something while the fresh harvest boat is coming over."

A Guang nodded while remembering. In fact, they had already calculated it themselves. They did it once on the boat and again when they got home.

However, I have to play it again for everyone to listen to.

Father Ye suddenly interjected: "There are also those rice grains and vegetables. Lao Pei brought them on board alone from home. We have to calculate some money and give them to him. These are also consumed, and everyone eats them together... "

"What's the point of this..."

"It needs to be calculated, it needs to be calculated..."

"This has to be calculated..."

The three old men said happily.

Aguang took a pen and added, subtracted and subtracted on the paper, "First subtract the ones that add ice and oil, and there is still 1669."

"Save another 50 yuan and use it as rice, food and vegetables. Yes, coal also costs money. We have coal stoves on the ships. Coal stoves, pots, pans, baskets and other things also cost money."

"Forget it, these coal stoves are old ones from home and are brought on board. If you have more at home, bring some over tomorrow and take them to the ship together. You also saw the baskets brought a few days ago, and they are not enough at all. Most of them can only be poured directly into the fish warehouse."

Uncle Zheng also said cheerfully: "Okay, okay, let's go back and get some from each family and put them on the boat to put them together."

Father Pei nodded and said with a smile: "If you didn't spend money to buy it, you don't have to count it. We are not outsiders. If you can, just take what you don't need from home and put it on the boat to make up for it."

In terms of shares, their family earned the most from this trip. There was no need to worry about this little thing, since he was using it anyway.

Aguang took the note and said, "Then 1619..."

"Those trash fish and shrimps should also be counted..." Ye Yaodong stopped what they wanted to say, "This is also public property, everyone has a share, it is not appropriate to give them all to me, anyway, it is a little bit of money. , so I can take it with peace of mind.”

"Originally, I used it to make profit and sell it for money, so I can't just take it for free. Moreover, when you bring it back, it also increases the burden on the ship and consumes fuel. It should be treated as a little bit of fuel money."

Father Pei said with a smile: "Actually, it's just a matter of convenience. It's too wasteful to keep pouring it into the sea. In the past few days, I have been pouring basket after basket into the sea. I don't even know how many kilograms have been poured. We can see I feel bad too.”

A Guang also added, "Our father said that we could give you the rest and use them, otherwise we would just throw them away. We dumped more crabs than the fish and shrimps we brought back, so we brought them back These are nothing."

"Then we still have to calculate the money. This ship doesn't belong to the same family. Everyone has a share. We should calculate the money. One yard belongs to the other."

"Actually, it's okay. It doesn't consume much oil. It's only a thousand kilograms. The ship itself can bear several tons. It can be put to use and avoid waste when it is brought back." Uncle Zheng also said politely.

"Then you have to calculate some gas money. I also want you to bring back as much as you can when the fishing boat comes back."

A little bit can be used as a consolation, to subsidize the gas money, otherwise, it will be free of charge. If you give it away too many times, there will always be people who feel uncomfortable, or family members and people around you will murmur, after all, he is also using it to make a profit. .

Aguang looked at a few people, his eyes turned back and forth, and he thought it would be better to calculate the money.

After all, if I get back a few thousand kilograms, each one of them has a share, and I won't have any ideas, but there's no guarantee that others won't have any ideas.

Who doesn’t have a few relatives and friends? If someone really asks for it from a relative and can’t shirk it, and asks, who should it be given to?
It doesn’t cost money, just use it as a favor or sell it to a pig farmer.

He was also worried, what if any of his relatives came to ask for a share?

It’s free anyway, so don’t take advantage of it. This is what most people think.

Just now, he saw a lot of figures at the door and windows. They were looking around. They were settling accounts, so he just pretended not to see them.

If this is a matter of money, it can directly dispel 99% of people's ideas.

"Or just give it ten yuan? This will also save everyone if any relatives or friends want it in the future. It can also be said that it is not free."

For two to three thousand kilograms of goods, if you pay 10 yuan, one kilogram will cost 4-5 cents, which is about the same. The leading fish, green fish, and fish are all sold for a penny per kilogram. Even the fresh ships are disgusted and take up space. I don’t want it, but it’s just right. I planned to return to Hong Kong to unload the cargo, so I reluctantly accepted it.

It's okay to pack these groceries together for 10 yuan, and it can also persuade people to quit. Dongzi will definitely not care.

Father Ye remained silent until now and nodded, "It's okay, just think about it, it's not free of charge."

Everyone else nodded along.

"That's okay."

Ye Yaohua smiled generously and said: "My wife asked me to take some to feed the pigs before, but now I sell it directly to Dongzi. It can make her give up. The groceries left over from the trawling at home every day are mixed with some pigs." Grass is actually enough.”

Ye Yaodong didn't hear what his second sister-in-law said. Maybe he went into the house after taking a shower and didn't hear it.

"Then it's a good thing to sell it to Adong like this. It saves you from having to pay for a little of this and a little of that." Uncle Zheng also said with a smile.

"That's no problem, I'll add them in, and the total will be 1629."

Father Pei nodded, "Making 5 in five days is considered a normal range. After all, the money for gas is great and there are a lot of groceries. I will have better luck next time and catch more valuable ones, so I can sell more."

"This is good. I went safely and came back safely. I brought back the money and the gun was not used." Father Ye was already very satisfied.

When they went out, Pei's father and Aguang brought a homemade gun just in case. They came back this time to see if they could ask the village committee to buy two more guns, because they saw that fresh food was being harvested. The boat is equipped with several boats, but I always feel uneasy.

Ye Yaodong also agreed, "It doesn't matter if you make more or less. The risks at sea are too great. You are risking your life. If you come back safely and smoothly, you are very lucky, and you have earned more than 1600."

In this era, laws are imperfect, chaos reigns everywhere, and death is easy on land.

If you were walking on the road with a sum of money in your arms and someone saw it, you wouldn't know how you would die, not to mention that the death rate in this lawless place on the sea is even higher.

"Okay, if you don't have any objections, then let's divide the money. We are all on our own these days. It's our father's fault that Dongzi doesn't have time to go, so it won't be counted as wages and will be divided directly according to the shares."

"One share is 162 yuan and 9 cents. If you just calculate it as an integer, it's 163 yuan. Second brother and Uncle Zheng are both 163 yuan. Dongzi is three shares. Let me do the math... 489, right? It's all correct, right?"

"That's right, that's right!" Everyone responded happily with smiles on their faces.

"Yes, then Huimei will go get the money and count the money."

"Hey, okay!" Ye Huimei quickly put the child in the cage and went into the house to get the money.

"Just give me 479, and I'll deduct 10 yuan."

Thief Ye Yaodong was satisfied with this harvest. He had earned so much on his first trip out and divided 1 directly. Although it was not as exaggerated as his second brother said when he came back, he could earn 489 or 500 yuan, but it was still pretty good, nearly [-] yuan. .

This is equivalent to a daily income of almost 100, which is equivalent to the combined income of his two boats.

Sometimes if you are unlucky, the two and a half boats combined will only earn this amount, and the amount of money you share is net profit after deducting the fuel cost.

Ye Yaohua was also grinning happily. He divided 163 in just one share, which was too much, too much. In total, it was over 30 a day.

In the past, when he partnered with his elder brother, after deducting the gas money, he could only share more than a dozen yuan a day. But Dongzi took the boat and gave it to them to join together. Each of them had to share a little more, so that they could have more than 20 yuan.

This one share is more than what they earn from going to sea every day. It’s so worth it.

While waiting, Father Pei said with a smile: "There is still a lot of fuel left on the boat after the last trip. We can add a little less when we get on the boat tomorrow."

"Then should you go tomorrow or A-Guang? I want to prepare." Father Ye asked.

"I'll go tomorrow, and if I don't have a break next time, I'll let Aguang go, and ask my in-laws to help keep an eye on it."

"If the weather is not suitable and I can't go to sea, I can have a break and free time to let me relax. I won't let him go again. I can just go by myself. He can just look after the house at home. ."

Everyone instantly understood that Father Pei was protecting his son and planned to bear the risk himself if possible.

He is indeed a loving father. After all, his son wants to stay and carry on the family line. He has no grandchildren yet, so it is better for him to keep his son than for him to stay as an old guy.

Father Ye couldn't help but feel glad that he had more sons and didn't have this kind of worry. In the past, he only bothered his son so much that he couldn't make progress, but now he doesn't even have this worry anymore. He feels windy every day when he walks. Everyone says he is ten years younger now. .

He feels the same way. Although he is not 10 years younger, he still feels that he is 5 years younger.

Aguang also understood his father's thoughts and remained silent.

Father Ye smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Ye Yaodong changed the topic, "Then the workers will have to get a charter for their wages, and Uncle Pei will have to calculate his wages when he goes to sea."

"As for workers, I plan to hire a regular boatman. A month's wages are calculated as [-] yuan. I asked and found out that this year's wages are a little higher than last year. I will give another red envelope during the Chinese New Year." "Anyway, the ship is there, even if it doesn't go to sea, then A large fishing boat requires a lot of people to maintain it.”

"I also found that there are not enough people for sorting this time. Now I am going to call for two more. Do you and Lao Zheng want to arrange a quota for each of you?"

Everyone immediately understood what Father Pei meant, which was equivalent to asking each of them to arrange for one person to be the supervisor.

Uncle Zheng agreed immediately, "I'll ask one to go with you tomorrow."

Seeing that he agreed, Ye Yaodong also nodded, "I'll also call one tomorrow. The person I call should be younger. Logically speaking, those with no experience don't have to be counted as wages, but it's still a risk. I'll pay less as I see fit. Let’s count it as half.”

He thought about the group of teenagers. It would be good to throw one of them on the big ship for some exercise.

In fact, his first thought just now was about Brother Afan. After all, he seemed to be honest and willing to work during this period, never being lazy and working hard.

But considering his eldest aunt's virtue, he might as well forget it, so as not to visit the Pei family every day. After all, they are their in-laws, and they can't waste their love for her, otherwise his mother will be angry to death.

Father Pei responded directly.

Father Ye was curious, "Are you going to call one of your younger brothers?"

Ye Yaodong was embarrassed by his father. What do you mean by his gang of brothers? Do so many people think he is engaged in gang activities and forming cliques?
He hasn't agreed yet, he just plans to arrange work for them first to see if they can be used as talents. After all, he needs to hire people everywhere.

You can arrange for those who go to sea to go out to sea, and those who see the workshop to see the workshop. When the time comes to transport the goods to the city, you can also arrange a follow-up truck to deliver the goods.

When A Guang came back from the front, he saw Chen Shi next to him. He clicked his tongue, "Awesome, have you started to recruit younger brothers?"

"Ahem, no, don't listen to my dad's nonsense. I just asked someone to do some work for me. It seemed to my taste. I thought there was a lot of work at home and I needed to hire people to do it, so I planned to arrange work for them."

"Oh~"

Aguang winked at him, and probably guessed that they might be the ones he called to beat people a few days ago, so he said he would be younger.

Ye Yaodong quickly changed the subject, "Let's arrange the workers' wages like this. Uncle Pei's wages should be higher. Dad, Uncle Zheng and my second brother, how much do you think is appropriate?"

Ye Yaohua smiled naively, "You can just discuss it and decide. I don't have any objections."

Pei Fuqian smiled, "It's okay to be the same as a worker..."

"You are the helmsman, and everyone on the ship must listen to you, and your salary must be higher than theirs." Father Ye said.

Uncle Zheng thought for a while, "How about calculating the integer of 100? That's how my boat was calculated as well."

"Ok, Ok."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The matter of wages has been decided for the time being, and the atmosphere of discussion and discussion is very good. The main reason is that there is money to share. Of course, everything is easy to talk about. With so many people sharing the wages equally, it is actually not much.

After the matter was settled, everyone began to chat freely, and they all said that it would not be long before they could get their money back...

After Ye Huimei came out with her dividends, everyone stopped joking and took their money with smiles on their faces.

Ye Yaodong also took a handful of 479 yuan in his hand. He fiddled with it casually with his other hand and swiped it. All of them were in big numbers, except for the nine one-yuan notes on top.

"You all check it out and see if the amount is correct. If not, we will calculate it on the spot and refund the excess and make up for the excess."

"well……"

After everyone nodded, they all dipped their thumbs in saliva and began to count the banknotes, with a constant flow of money...

Ye Yaohua and Uncle Zheng counted the money back and forth twice before Ye Yaodong finished counting the banknotes in his hand.

In fact, he forgot about it as he was counting, but he was too lazy to order it again, and his sister wouldn't trick him, so he just counted it for a show.

They all said it was correct and the amount was correct. Then they put the money in their pockets and sat down to chat again.

But after taking the money, not a single thought was here anymore. Only Father Ye and Father Pei were talking happily, and Uncle Zheng occasionally responded.

When it got a little dark outside and they had been sitting for a few minutes, Uncle Zheng said he wanted to go back.

"I'm afraid that it will be completely dark and I won't be able to see the road while riding a bicycle. It will be bad if I fall into a ditch. I'm afraid it's not completely dark now and I can still see."

"Okay, go back early to avoid being in the dark."

"Then let's go back first..."

Anyway, we sat and chatted for a while before running away without taking the money.

Father Pei, A Guang and Ye Huimei all stood up quickly and sent everyone out of the house with a smile.

Father Ye still had to go to the carpenter's house in Dongqiao Village to buy a barrel, so he rode Ye Yaodong's bicycle alone with Uncle Zheng. Anyway, when the time came to buy it, he would have it delivered to his door without him having to push the cart there.

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to ride back on the back of his second brother's bicycle.

When it got dark, it was only for that moment. When he was in front of A Guang's house, there was still a little light. By the time he rode to the village, it was completely dark. Fortunately, the lights in every house were on, so he could still shine. Know your way around the neighborhood.

It wasn't until we rode to the beach that it became pitch black again, but the laughter of children nearby continued.

Their family also looked forward to sitting in the yard, chatting and working, while waiting for them to come back after settling their accounts.

Ye Yaodong and the others were far apart, separated by a courtyard wall, so they could hear his second sister-in-law's excited voice, but only after they got closer did they hear what she was saying clearly.

"Ahua said, although we only mixed one share, we can probably divide it into one hundred sixty-seven and one hundred seventy-eight this time. It's amazing. We've only been there for a few days."

"He said he would continue going tomorrow night. If he goes this time, he and dad won't go with us..."

"The small fish and shrimps I brought back weighed several thousand kilograms. Ah Qing had just cooked several pots of them. Looking at how much they had been dried in the yard, I didn't know how long they would have to cook at night. There are two pots inside and outside where the shrimps are cooked..."

"Oh, all the little miscellaneous fish have been sent to my hometown to make fish sauce for my mother. I don't know how they will calculate it at that time? Is it A Dong's or my mother's?"

"It would be nice if you could take some and feed it to our pigs. It's free of charge anyway..."

"A Dong is back..." Lin Xiuqing happily greeted him.

Sister-in-law Ye had been carrying everyone on her back, talking excitedly to the neighbors standing in the yard. It was only after Lin Xiuqing reminded her that she suddenly turned around and saw her, and she hurriedly greeted them.

"What about your second brother?"

"At the door, he parked his bicycle at the door first."

The big pot placed against the wall of the yard was blazing with blazing fire. The nearby neighbors were enjoying the cool weather in his yard and chatting by the way. Just now at the door, I heard his second sister-in-law talking.

"Have you finished settling the accounts?"

"Um……"

While they were talking, Sister-in-law Ye also rushed out and shouted, "Ahua, have you finished settling the accounts? How much did we share?"

"163, when I was riding my bicycle, it fell out of my pocket. Fortunately, it hit Dongzi's leg when it fell out, and I picked it up. Otherwise, it would be over if someone else picked it up."

"Ah? Bodhisattva bless you, Bodhisattva bless you. Fortunately, I picked it up, otherwise I would never be done with you..."

After Sister-in-law Ye took the money, she ran over happily with the money, "We divided 163. Your family invested in three shares. It should be more than 400 and almost 500."

Lin Xiuqing happened to be holding a large handful of banknotes that Ye Yaodong had just given her. She smiled and nodded, "I'll take it in and put it away first."

The neighbors nearby said one after another: "You guys make money from whatever you do..."

"I just went out to sea and I got almost 500 yuan, which is much better than going out to sea to trawl by myself..."

"That's right. We'll deduct the gas money and divide it between the two brothers. If you're lucky, you won't make 500 yuan a month."

"I can't earn 500 yuan in two months. I think it will take three months. It will be even worse if there is a typhoon..."

"Ah, bah, bah, crow's mouth..."

Sister-in-law Ye was all smiles, "Buying a share is indeed much better than going out to sea to trawl by yourself. This 163 yuan, when we two brothers joined the same boat, we would have earned it in a month. Now we can divide it after only 5 days at sea." so much……"

"Yes, yes, your investment is worth it..."

"There will be a steady stream of money later. You can make money much faster than us..."

"Yeah, I was still hesitant at the time. Fortunately, my man said to listen to A Dong. Now I see it is so right. Fortunately, I made the right move, otherwise there would be no money..."

These words really hurt Sister-in-law Ye's heart. She knew that Sister-in-law Ye would go to the yard next door to chat as soon as she finished eating. She deliberately didn't come out tonight and only stayed at her own home to avoid being uncomfortable.

But Sister-in-law Ye's voice was too loud. She didn't know whether it was intentional or she was too happy. Every word she said was transmitted to her home, which made her heart, liver and lungs hurt. She would also look at Ye Yaopeng with small eyes from time to time. .

It's just that she never knew what to say. It was obviously a decision made by the couple after discussion, but in the end the two of them were relatively speechless.

Ye Yaopeng actually felt no better than she did. He was the one who said the fishing boat was unlucky, and he was the one who rejected it from the bottom of his heart and refused to join at first.

Okay, now people are making money and sharing it, but he feels uncomfortable here, and he is afraid of making people laugh when he talks about it.

So he didn't go out to enjoy the cool air when he came back at night. It was better to keep out of sight and avoid having to force a smile. It would be fine after a while.