Back to the small fishing village in 1982

"Did you weigh yourself this morning?"

Ye Yaodong was walking before he remembered that he had asked someone to rest first after he got home last night, and he didn't say anything about it. He only told his father while drinking, and he didn't know if his father had weighed him this morning.

"We weighed it. Before they started working, I asked a few boys to help weigh it together. The total was 3392 kilograms. The estimate on the boat at that time was absolutely correct."

"The total weight of those miscellaneous fish, shrimps and crabs is about 800 kilograms, and they are all weighed separately. You don't plan to sell them anyway, so I will let them kill the ones that deserve to be killed, and let them dry the crabs. I also helped pickle them and make them into drunken crabs. It’s almost Chinese New Year, so I’ll share some with relatives and friends.”

Although people nowadays dislike crabs because they have too many shells and don’t like to eat them, no one will dislike the white ones if they are well marinated. People at the beach also like to drink, and they will drink two glasses of it when they have nothing to do. It is also a good choice to use with drinks and dishes. .

"Okay, pickle it and put it in a jar. It's cold now, so it won't go bad if you keep it for a few days."

"Put it in a vat. How many kilograms can the malted milk can hold? Marinate it and put it in a big vat. When you want to eat, it's convenient to use a big spoon to scoop out a bowl."

"Oh, let's go to the workshop first."

He still believed in the craftsmanship of the old aunts. Middle-aged women these days are basically good at everything, they are very capable and can do everything.

Lin Xiuqing said with some uneasiness: "Those people don't know if they will blame us for ruining their good deeds. Although we are from the same village, we know people and faces but don't know their hearts. Some people are very heart-warming, and our workshop has to be there." Be more careful and make people watch more closely."

"There are people watching in our workshop day and night. We work in shifts 24 hours a day. There will probably be no problem. I will beat the boys a little later to make them not sleep to death at night and to be more alert. And there are dogs here, so there will be no problem." Big. Don’t be afraid during the day, people are coming and going.”

"You also need to keep an eye on these dogs, so they don't get lassoed again. Xiaohua was lassoed once before. Fortunately, she was discovered in time."

"They also don't eat randomly."

"Anyway, keep an eye out, those Wang families are having a bit of a holiday."

"Ah."

They are all from the same village. Even if there is a festival, Ye Yaodong doesn't think it will kill anyone, and it's not a big hatred. At most, it can cause trouble, and the problem of people should not be big.

However, you may be unwilling to damage the goods, and you have to guard against this. You need to pay more attention to avoid unnecessary losses.

Dogs may be really dangerous. I just heard that they wanted to trap all his dogs.

Ye Yaodong looked at the dogs gathered around them and trotted along, "Tomorrow I'll buy some soup with ribs and pork ribs, and give these dogs some extra food. Eat more good food and you won't be tempted." .”

"I'll take a look at it tomorrow."

After raising them for so long, of course their whole family has feelings for these dogs.

"Next time they are in heat again, don't kick them away. It's okay to have two more litters. It will be just right to keep them in two workshops and guard them."

"I'm also worried about giving birth to too many. There are four of them all female. If they all give birth to cubs, and there are dozens of them, how can I raise them?"

"Many people want one or two, and they won't be enough to share."

"Then keep an eye out next year."

The old aunts in the workshop are busy cleaning the small tubes.

The small tubes weighing more than 3,000 kilograms were not cleaned that quickly. Half the morning passed, and there were still dozens of baskets piled in the open space that had not yet been dried, and the fish, shrimps and crabs had not yet been processed.

"There is no need to cut it open and take out the belly. It is quite convenient to dry it whole like this. Just wash it, fish it out and throw it on the Internet."

As soon as Ye Yaodong finished speaking, the old aunties beside him agreed.

"Yes, this saves a lot of trouble. You can dry them all by noon."

"But it definitely didn't spread out to dry in the sun. It dries quickly, so it should be exposed for one more day."

"It's okay, just do whatever it takes to save trouble."

Anyway, if you show it out, it will still sell for money. If you show it with your whole belly, it will have more weight and proportion. (evil)

"You haven't done any work in the past few days, have you? Are you going to take a break early for the New Year?"

The old aunts are all thinking about doing more work and earning more money.

"It's not like there haven't been many ships going out to sea recently, and there's nothing to dry in the sun. Once you've processed all these goods, you can continue to filter the fish sauce. It will take a few days to filter, so there won't be no work. It will be just in time to take a break during the New Year. "

"That's good, that's good."

"After you make fish sauce here, it becomes much more convenient for everyone in the village. You don't have to go to other people's houses to beg for some, and you don't have to ferment it yourself. It's so troublesome. It takes more than half a year to eat it, and it ferments in a big tank. I can’t eat much if I’m serious.”

"Yeah, it's much easier now. You can just go to the grocery store and buy a bottle."

"It's better to be in business now. Everything can be sold for money. Those of us who are not smart can only follow the work."

"I heard that Lao Li's family also fermented a lot of fish sauce a few days ago and made several tanks. I don't know if they will also ferment it and sell it for money."

"How much can you get from selling so many jars? It takes more than half a year to ferment, and you only earn a few dozen yuan in half a year. Isn't that hard work? If you want to make money, you have to be like A Dong, and make such a large batch, but Who is willing to spend so much money? I don’t know how much I can earn? Can you get your money back?"

The old aunts asked Ye Yaodong while working.

Ye Yaodong shrugged, "I don't know. Isn't it just a few days after the sale? Anyway, I am already prepared for a long-term war of resistance."

"Before, there were people in the village who followed your example of drying fish, but as a result, they went around the village selling it, and even after picking it up in the town, they didn't sell much. They are all from the seaside. Who's in need of fish? They can dry it at home, and no one has to spend money to go there. Buy? It’s only one or two loads in total. We were happy to sell a little bit in the first few days, but later it became difficult to sell. Who cares if it’s just trash fish? After a few days, it didn’t sell anymore.”

"If you want me to tell you, you have to go to a farther place to sell it. A Dong doesn't always send it to the city."

"It's easy to say it with your words. Not many people in the village have been to the county seat. It takes several hours to walk on the mountain road with 18 bends. Why go to the city? It's not easy to say, but don't come back. Well, not everyone is willing to hire a tractor to drive around every day."

"Don't tell me, there are only a few trawlers in the village, so A Dong and the old Pei family bought a few more this year. Otherwise, everyone would just use small boats and catch all kinds of fish. I'm sure they can be sold for some money. Sell ​​them all, and only expose the useless ones. How many can you get by selling them? Save them for a year and see if you can get enough to sell them in the county."

"Yes, who is willing to spend a large sum of money to harvest tens of thousands of catties of the same fish like him and dry it without making any money? I am not willing to do it."

"So you can only work here and you can't make a lot of money."

"You can do it, why are you working here too?"

"I didn't say that my business is willing to spend a lot of money. Normally spending one or two yuan is enough to feel distressed. We are just suitable to work and save some money."

"One of us can't bear it, and the other can't bear it. We deserve A Dong to make money."

"He really deserves to make money. He is willing to do anything. He hasn't even started selling fish sauce yet, and he hasn't even earned any money yet. He bought the land for several thousand yuan, built the wall, and the money is all posted on the wall. It's on the ground, even if I'm killed, I won't be willing to do this."

"Don't talk about buying land to build a wall. I see you are reluctant to even buy wooden barrels and large tanks. You didn't look at the wooden barrels and large tanks filling the empty space. Not to mention, these cost several thousand yuan. They sold my whole family. You can’t sell it for that much money.”

"It's better to kill me and bury me in the wall, and save some money on materials."

"Hahaha……"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... I've spent all my money on this, how many years will it take to get back the money?"

"Who cares? Anyway, he has money to spend. In the past few months, everyone who went to Zhejiang Province to fish for jellyfish has a household worth ten thousand yuan. He has so many boats, and one person can support several households worth ten thousand yuan..."

"If he works hard, we can make money..."

The old aunts had already ignored Ye Yaodong as they chatted and were enjoying themselves, treating him as if he didn't exist.

Ye Yaodong touched his nose and stood in the corner so as not to disturb the aunts' chat.

He walked around the workshop, and the fishing nets being dried were neatly filled with small tubes. Today was another cloudy day, and the cold wind was blowing, so the work should not be slow.

After shopping around, he returned home. Anyway, he could just leave the work to the old aunts. They were all his own aunts, so there was nothing he was worried about doing. Ah Qing didn't stay in the workshop all day long. Come and take a look from time to time.

"We have also got the big boat. Should we rent the other boat as well? When the aunties first came over in the morning, they all asked me a few questions. I said that I would wait until you wake up and ask before I tell you what you want. Intend."

She asked him while sitting in front of the TV and peeling radishes.

Ye Yaodong also walked next to her and sat down to watch TV. CCTV was actually playing Journey to the West and three dozen white-bone demons. No wonder everyone in the family was sitting in front of the TV with great concentration, watching it with gusto, without even moving their buttocks. Several children Quiet and quiet, neither noisy nor noisy.

"Let's rent it. I'll call my eldest cousin and brother A Sheng over later to talk about it. The second cousin has nothing to do now anyway. It's convenient for the brothers to combine the two brothers on the same boat. Brother A Sheng will decide what's going on." one."

"Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve. The Dongsheng, which we just returned from, won't go out during the New Year, right?"

"I actually want to go out and give it a try, but seeing as the wind and waves are quite strong, I probably have to wait until the next year."

The old lady immediately said: "Don't worry, the New Year will be here soon. Let's wait until the New Year is over. The weather has not been good these two days. The weather forecast last night said it would rain and snow today. Although I didn't see it, I guess it was a lie. But when I wake up in the morning, there is a thick layer of frost on the roofs of other people’s houses. It’s so cold that you’ll catch a cold when you go to sea.”

"Well, besides, I will probably prepare to go to the city and county again in the next two days to replenish fish sauce for the shops."

"Wear more clothes then..."

"That's a monster. Tang Monk is confused..."

"Ah, he also drove Sun Wukong away..."

"This Tang Monk is so stupid..."

Lin Xiuqing suddenly heard a group of children yelling and swearing, so she hit Ye Chenghu on the mouth with her backhand.

"What are you swearing at? Who is a kid who talks dirty all day long?"

"No, it's Tang Monk who is too stupid. He drove Sun Wukong away and will be eaten by monsters soon. It's so annoying."

"If you don't want to watch it, don't watch it. If you say bad words again, I'll beat you with a whip."

Ye Chenghu stared at the TV angrily, "I won't watch anymore, I'm so angry."

"Then go away..." Ye Chengyang raised the stool under his buttocks with both hands and moved forward to cover himself in front of Ye Chenghu.

Ye Chenghu immediately waved his hand and pushed him away, causing him to fall directly to the ground.

"Mom, he hit me!"

"He's trying to stand in front of me, and I can't even see him."

"You said it yourself that you don't want to read it."

"I want to see."

Not to be outdone, Ye Chengyang pushed him away, "You said you didn't want to read it, and you still pushed me."

"You care about me, I'll just sit here..."

The two brothers reached out to each other and began to fight. Seeing Tang Monk driving Sun Wukong away was already frustrating enough. Their anger instantly rose. Lin Xiuqing shouted a few words, but the two of them were still fighting. With.

Annoyed, she immediately went to get the whip.

Ye Xiaoxi clapped her hands happily, "Whip, whip, you can beat me~"

Ye Yaodong also gloated, "Oh~ here comes the whip~"

The two brothers lay on the ground with their shoulders crossed, and immediately separated, quickly got up using their hands and feet, and ran up the stairs before the whip came.

Lin Xiuqing stood below with a whip, looking up at the two men lying on the stairs one behind the other.

"Just watch TV. Why are you arguing? If you continue to argue, take off your pants and beat us."

"It's all you!"

"It's all your fault!"

Ye Chenghu in front kicked Ye Chengyang below, and Ye Chengyang below slapped Ye Chenghu above.

Lin Xiuqing whipped her whip up the stairs. When the two heard the whipping sound, they immediately shut up and stopped.

Then the two of them didn't dare to come down, so they lay on the stairs and looked down.

She stood with the whip for a while, and when she saw it had subsided, she returned to sit down in front of the TV.

Ye Xiaoxi saw the whip that her mother had casually placed at her feet, quickly picked it up, and then happily ran to the stairs, imitating Lin Xiuqing's slap on the stairs, and shouted loudly at the two people on the stairs.

"Take off your pants and hit me~"

"Take it off and beat it~"

Ye Chenghu glared at her, "Shut up, if I try to show off my power, I'll beat you!"

Ye Yaodong also hurriedly picked up the little fat man, "Come here, scream twice, and they will rush down and beat you first."

"There is this."

"Who is this hitting?"

"You can beat it~"

"He beat you too."

"No~no~"

"Just sit and watch TV." Ye Yaodong hugged her on his lap and sat watching.

After Lin Xiuqing cut the radish, she soaked it in water. Then she took a cabbage and sat down in front of the TV. She said depressedly, "I didn't eat anything at home during the holidays. I was either quarreling or fighting all day long."

"Fortunately there are only two."

"There are three. How good do you think your daughter is? Fortunately, the eldest brother and the second brother have bought TVs in the past few months, so they are not all concentrated in our house. Otherwise, the roof will be blown off."

The old lady said cheerfully, "This is so lively."

Lin Xiuqing shook her head in disgust.

Ye Yaodong couldn't sit still for a while, so he thought he might as well just arrange the boat trip in advance, so as not to be remembered by others, and then waves of people would go to his house.

I just happened to take a walk around the old house, talk to his father, and take a look at the newly installed doors and windows.

I just asked a carpenter to make a bed. I just have to wait for the day when the bed can be installed. If I go to the city to deliver goods in the next two days, if the truck is empty, I will bring Simmons back with me and sleep on a new bed in the New Year.

There was no sun on a cold day, and everything in the village was deserted. There were only children running around with sniffles on the road, not afraid of the cold, while the adults were huddled at home.

Ye Yaodong went out for a walk, and after finishing his work, he returned to his home.

The next day, when the fish sauce was filtered again in the workshop, he wandered over again and took a look at the dried sea hares that had been dried and waiting to be dried.

After getting a car early on the third day, he directly started driving the tractor with his younger brother to and from the city and home. He was busy until the evening of the 29th of the New Year before he replenished the goods and brought back the empty vat, waiting for the aunts to continue filtering and reusing it after the New Year.

The aunties also do the filtering work intermittently. This is also to reduce the cost of buying a large tank. After all, the quantity purchased is large, and the cumulative calculation is not cheap. The initial investment is too much, and he is also waiting for the return, so he still Search a little bit.

The bed was also replaced with a wooden frame and a Simmons mattress on the 26th day of the lunar calendar when the weather was good.

The old-fashioned bed was also dismantled by carpenters and moved upstairs to be reassembled for the two sons to sleep on.

It will take ten years for them to grow up. After ten years, it will be no problem to buy new beds for them. This kind of old-fashioned canopy bed is very durable and can be used for decades.

Ye Yaodong also didn't expect that he could be so diligent. Like the 996 in the future, he would have to work until New Year's Eve before resting.

These days, women are used as men and men are used as slaves.

The social animals in the future will be similar.

After seeing off his father-in-law's family after dark, he returned home. He didn't even take a shower. After settling the account, he washed his face and feet and then lay on the bed.

I plan to save the dirt and wash it tomorrow night on New Year's Eve. I will wash it clean and change into new clothes for the New Year. Washing it early will lose the sense of ritual.

"It's soft, are you comfortable, Ye Xiaojiu?"

"Shuhu~"

Ye Xiaoxi jumped excitedly on the bed. The old-fashioned canopy bed often made a banging sound when she jumped on it. After replacing it with Simmons, there was no banging sound, only the sound of springs. She liked it even more, and it allowed her to jump as fast as she could. higher.

Recently, after washing her feet and putting them on the bed every night, she starts jumping.

Ye Yaodong was shaking from her jumping while lying on the bed.

Lin Xiuqing also specially laid a mattress on top of Simmons to make it softer and easier to sleep on.

However, he felt that if he kept bouncing for her for a few more days, the springs would collapse.

"Stop jumping and rest for a while."

"Don't~"

"It's going to be bad."

He caught her directly and held her in his arms, but she kept struggling. Before she had enough fun, Ye Yaodong had to divert her attention.

"How old is the New Year?"

"Three years old!"

"Make a gesture with your fingers."

Then she stared quietly at her fingers, breaking them back and forth, and awkwardly stretched out the three soft, fat fingers in the middle.

"so?"

"Yes, I will train you in advance. Next time someone asks you, you will know."

She smiled brightly and playfully.

"And you are a pig, you know? You can't tell others that you are a duck, it will make people laugh."

"No, no pigs, just ducks."

“There are no ducks in the zodiac.”

"You pig!"

"I'm not……"

"You piggy!"

Ye Xiaoxi kept laughing in his arms, and even reached out to poke his nose, poking his nostrils up to make it look like a pig's nose.

"Piggy, you piggy."

Ye Yaodong also touched her nose, "You are the pig."

"You are the one, you are the one..."

The room was full of children talking and giggling, making it seem warm.

Lin Xiuqing returned to the room and smiled at the father and daughter who were in a quarrel. "Go to bed early. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve and we will start working early in the morning."

"Have all the wages been paid?"

"It's done. Just after the floor of their workshop was cleaned, I paid all my wages. I also gave each person a red envelope for the New Year. Everyone was very happy and kept saying good things."

"Congratulations on getting rich!" As soon as Ye Xiaoxi heard the wages, he immediately made arrangements with his hands and shook them twice in front of his chest.

"Not bad! I also know how to say Gong Xi Fa Cai."

"Bring the red envelope!"

She stretched out her hands in front of Ye Yaodong.

Ye Yaodong slapped her little hand with his big palm, "Who taught you this?"

"Definitely!"

"I'll give you the new year's money tomorrow."

She nodded happily.

"Okay, it's time to sleep."

Lin Xiuqing also took off her clothes and climbed onto the bed to urge the father and daughter who were still playing happily.

Ye Xiaoxi was reluctant to sleep and stuck her buttocks out towards her mother.

Lin Xiuqing slapped her on the butt, laughing and scolding her, "When did you learn to be so immoral and stick your butt towards me?"

"Do not sleep!"

"Turn off the lights."

"I'll come, I'll come~"

He shouted not to sleep, but as soon as he heard that the lights were turned off, he ran over to pull the wire excitedly, and then continued to roll on the bed.

The couple lay together and talked, ignoring her. As a result, she rolled over and fell asleep after a while.

"I saw Brother Asheng's new wife today."

"Oh."

"Looks quite young."

"Didn't Mom say she is only twenty-six years old?"

"Yes, the two daughters we brought here look clean. One is four years old and the other is seven years old."

"Oh."

Ye Yaodong didn't care much about other people's widows, but Lin Xiuqing had a gossipy heart.

"Brother Ah Sheng is already over thirty. Being able to marry a twenty-six-year-old widow is considered a profit, not a loss, and he doesn't ask for any money."

"Well, a young married woman is more sensible than a yellow-flowered girl."

She smiled and patted him, "What did you say? I'm telling you business, where did you think you were?"

Ye Yaodong was drowsy with his eyes closed. He woke up after giving her a blow, "What did I say that was not serious? Where did you think you were going?"

"You said you are more sensible than Huanghua's older daughter..."

"That's right. A yellow-flowered girl needs to be taught. This young married woman doesn't need to be taught. I'm talking about how to behave. Do you know how to change your position when you think of a pat on the butt?"

Lin Xiuqing pinched him.

"I knew you women were very obscene. I didn't even say anything, and you understood that yourself."

"No way, you are not serious in the first place, so I thought wrongly."

"So all you have in your mind is yellow waste."

"You only have this yellow waste in your head. I won't tell you anymore. Go to sleep."

"That's what you women are like. You can't argue, and you get angry when you are poked into someone's mind."

"Get out of here, don't come near me."

"Don't roll up the quilt, I don't have a quilt, otherwise you think I like to sleep next to you?"

Lin Xiuqing kicked her, and Ye Yaodong reacted quickly and clamped her down.

"Hey, you want to kick again?"

Lin Xiuqing also kicked him with her other foot, and the couple started to rub on the bed while playing.

"Stop it……"

"I was almost asleep. You did it to me first. Now you have to take responsibility."

"What did I do to you?"

"You told me about yellow waste."

"It's because you have an unhealthy mind. When I talked about my new daughter-in-law, you thought of a young married woman."

"I'm not wrong, you are also a young woman and a wife, come on, young woman~" Ye Yaodong joked while pulling off her clothes and pants.

Lin Xiuqing also smiled and struggled, "Don't make trouble, I've been tired all day, why don't you keep it for New Year's Eve tomorrow night?"

"You've already learned how to make New Year's Eve cannons. Is this okay?"

"Who asked you to think about it every year? Then I will remember it, right?"

"Come in the evening first, I can do it tomorrow too."

"Go away, you didn't take a shower at night, don't make trouble."

"You're telling me this when you've already taken off your pants? It's okay. It's okay if you haven't washed it once or twice..."

"Tomorrow night, tomorrow night, you should recharge your batteries first..."

"I am full of energy and a strong young man in his twenties..."

The couple tossed and turned in bed.

"I have to get up early tomorrow..."

"I'm quick..."

"Hahaha……"

"Shut up……"

Ye Yaodong would do anything and say anything in order to get meat.

The New Year's Eve is full of flavor. Their family had already bought the New Year's goods a few days ago. Ye Yaodong didn't have time to rush to the market, but Lin Xiuqing rushed to it and bought everything she needed for the New Year. .

Early in the morning, Ye Yaodong also got up early to put up couplets and window grilles.

Then he and Father Ye helped catch the geese and kill them.

They were tired of eating chickens and ducks, so they raised a group of geese this year. The geese were so big that killing one was enough to feed their whole family.

The children were running and jumping around the village, feeling the atmosphere of the New Year. Every pocket was filled with snacks and their mouths were full of food.

"Mom, when are you going to give me the New Year's money?"

"Wait until after the New Year's Eve dinner."

"Can you give me half first? I want to buy firecrackers."

"Won't you take your personal money?"

"That's not okay, that's my private money."

Lin Xiuqing glanced at him and ignored him.

"Brother, let's go pick it up..."

"Where can I pick it up? People only set off firecrackers when it's time to eat."

"No~ don't kill Bai Bai~"

Just as the two brothers were discussing where to go to pick up firecrackers, Ye Xiaoxi began to scream heartbreakingly.

Lin Xiuqing was also startled by her and quickly went to the yard to take a look.

Ye Xiaoxi was holding the big goose's neck, crying and shouting, "Don't kill~my Baibai~can't eat Baibai~555~Baibai~"

Ye Yaodong and Ye's father were both stunned as they grabbed the goose. They held their knives behind their backs for fear of touching her.

"Can't kill~"