Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1094 Arrival
As the departure time approached, he couldn't fall asleep at night. He didn't know whether it was because he was too full from the big bowl of chicken soup or because he was worried about something.

I went to bed early and lay down all night. I even had sex for a while, which made me tired. I thought I would fall asleep soon, but I was extremely clear-headed.

He didn't get up until he heard the old lady opening the door outside.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. The slightest movement would be magnified infinitely, especially since he was tense and waiting for the time to come.

In fact, Lin Xiuqing had always been a light sleeper, and the sound of the person turning over beside her would wake her up from time to time. Until she heard that this time he was not turning over but getting out of bed, she sat up as well.

"Got to go?"

"Well, it's time."

When he heard the old lady open the door, he knew it was time. The old lady would get up now and either heat up chicken soup for him to eat on the way, or boil eggs for him. He guessed she would come and knock on the door soon.

Lin Xiuqing also got up and put on her clothes.

Ye Yaodong did not stop her. After all, this trip was a long one. According to last year's statistics, the trip would take about two or three months. If she wanted to go, he would let her go.

Neither of them spoke, as if a lot of words were said without being expressed, only the old lady kept talking there.

Only when they walked out of the house did Lin Xiuqing remind him to be careful and come back early.

In the middle of the night, Ye Yaodong asked them to come into the house, so she didn't go out of her way to send him to the dock.

If she went, the old lady would definitely follow, but their slow pace would delay their departure.

This wasn't the first time she went on a long trip, so she wasn't being clingy this time.

A Guang’s new boat is just an ordinary trawler with only a small cabin. Fortunately, it is a new boat and it is empty inside, so it can hold a lot of things. Things that cannot be put in are piled on the deck.

There was no place for everyone to rest, so they just sat on the ground or on top of the supplies.

Except for Ye Yaoguo, everyone else had been there last year. Even the boatman on the Dongsheng was invited to work there as a boatman last year.

So after getting on the boat, everyone sat there and chatted comfortably. Everyone asked questions and they all got answers. After chatting enough, everyone sat aside, closed their eyes and went to sleep.

It's late at night and it's still dark everywhere, so it's only suitable for sleeping.

They set off, swaying on the sea and feeling the sea breeze. Ye Yaodong was able to close his eyes for a while, but the roar of machines was all around his ears, and he was in a half-asleep and half-awake state.

It was not until dawn that everyone opened their eyes one after another and ate the dry food they brought with them.

Ye Yaodong's equipment, fishing gear and other things were all on the Dongsheng. He had only made a sudden decision yesterday afternoon to set off early on A Guang's boat, so he didn't bring anything with him.

There was nothing on A Guang's new ship, and all the salvaging tools had already been prepared on the Harvest.

He was so exhausted that he could not do anything. After filling his stomach, he could only half lie and half lean on the rice bag, with his feet crossed, looking at the blue sky and white clouds in boredom.

He waited until A Guang called him to change shifts before he moved to take over.

The others were smarter and brought a deck of playing cards. They started a game of Pai Gow with the cards after dinner and everyone could participate.

After Ah Guang found out that they had started playing cards, he hurriedly called Ye Yaodong to take over, but he saw Ye Yaodong lying there lazily and had no intention of playing.

Ye Yaodong took over and laughed at him, "With your luck, are you sure you're not going to give away money?"

"A little gambling is fun. I'll just take a look and bet on a couple of rounds. The important thing is to participate. Who is so unsociable like you? Everyone else is having so much fun, but you're still just standing there in a daze. Besides, don't underestimate my luck. It's accumulated over decades. If it explodes, I'm sure I'll win."

"With just 1 or 2 cents, are you sure you'll win? If I give it all to you, how much can you win? Just listen to their shouts."

"Boss Ye now despises even a dime?"

"Cut~"

The more Ah Guang spoke, the farther his voice became. He was already close to the crowd. Ye Yaodong did not say anything either. After taking over the job, he followed the Harvest in front.

With the Harvest leading the way, he didn't need to think, he could just follow.

Apart from the sound of the machines, the waves and the wind, the loudest sound in his ears was the sound of the group of gamblers behind him.

After Ye Yaodong took over, he never asked A Guang to change shifts. He was not interested anyway, so he just let A Guang have fun.

When they got close to the border of Zhejiang Province at noon, they could occasionally see one or two floating jellyfish, but the number was not too many.

The two boats were moving one after the other and never stopped at all. Pei's father would know this route after taking it several times, so they avoided taking detours and accelerated as much as possible along the way. The weather was also good today, so they naturally arrived earlier than expected.

The group of gamblers behind him had been immersed in gambling since their morning meal. They did not stop at noon and did not need to eat. Seven or eight people gambled from morning until they reached the shore in the afternoon, and then they finished their work with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

His attention was only on the playing cards the whole time, and he didn't even look at the sea. Fortunately, he didn't take them away to sell them.

There were many small wooden boats salvaging along the coast, and some of the boats had shadows of jellyfish. The sun was just setting, and it was not yet time to finish work and go home for dinner, so all the fishermen were still working diligently at sea.

Ye Yaodong looked at the familiar pier, his heart sank back into his stomach, and then he scared the gamblers who were shouting "thieves" loudly, "The gamblers are being caught, the gamblers are being caught..."

"arrive?"

"We're here now?"

"Then we'll call it a day. This is the last one..."

Ah Guang also finished work. Ye Yaodong saw him walking towards him with his hands in his pockets, and he knew that he must have lost money. If he had won money, he would definitely hold the money in his hand and count it out to him proudly.

"How much did you lose?"

"It's all because of your bad mouth that I lost 3 dollars."

"I'll tell you, gambling isn't for you."

"A little gambling is good for fun. It helps kill time on the boat."

"Who won?"

"Chen Shi, even though he keeps quiet, he has pretty good luck in gambling. I followed him and lost less. He won about eight or nine dollars, while some of the others already owed money when they set out."

Ye Yaodong laughed out loud. He had just set out to make money, but he ended up owing money before he even earned any.

"These people's wages have to be paid when they return home, just like last year. Otherwise, they won't earn any money and will have to go back with a lot of debt."

Ah Guang also smiled and said, "That's true, but sometimes I need to spend money, so I can get an advance."

"Okay, we're almost at the shore. Let's go find a house first, and the others can wait on the boat first."

"Let's first check if the houses we rented last year are still available. After all, they are close to the Public Security Bureau, so it will be convenient if anything happens."

"The town is so small, how can it not be close to the Public Security Bureau?"

If he had an electric scooter, he could make a round trip in less than 10 minutes. Everywhere in the country, there was a lot of work to be done, even in the big cities.

"I hope they're still willing to rent it, then it would save a lot of trouble."

"Well, we'll find out when we get to shore and ask."

When they arrived, it was only around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. This was the result of not taking a detour. The others were very happy to see the pier right in front of them. They also told Ye Yaodong to remember to call back and report that they were safe. They stayed on the boat to watch over the things and luggage first.

Ye Yaodong docked next to the Harvest. It was not yet dusk, and few fishing boats had returned. The dock was still empty, making it very convenient to dock.

Although the fishing boats are floating on the sea, there are quite a few people on the shore. For a small town by the water, the wharf is a prosperous area, and there are many people working hard for their livelihood. Everyone is poor these days, otherwise no one would be willing to walk back and forth under the scorching sun in July.

Just by looking at the coastline of this pier, Ye Yaodong could imagine that if a dam was built here in the future, there would definitely be a lot of food stalls opening along the shore.

On a hot summer night, it is extremely pleasant to sit on the beach, eat seafood, drink beer and enjoy the sea breeze.

A Guang also chatted with his father for a while, and after explaining something to him, he followed Ye Yaodong to find a place to stay.

The people on both boats were from outsiders, and one of them was a large ship called the Harvest. As soon as their fishing boats docked, they attracted the attention of many local people on the shore.

When the two men went ashore, Ye Yaodong could hear the locals talking, saying that they must be the same group of people who came here to catch jellyfish last year, as the Harvest was also very conspicuous last year.

By the time they had gone around and rented several rooms, the sun had already set, and the whole town had heard that they had come to catch jellyfish again this year. Fortunately, everyone was wearing hats.

Bald heads could not bear the scorching sun all day long. They were also worried that exposing all the bald heads would scare the people in the town, so they at least hid for now.

After they rented a house, they went to the shore and heard the locals talking.

Their languages ​​are similar to begin with, and they chose this small town to settle down last year because the locals speak a mixture of Minnan dialect and other dialects, which they can half understand, and they can communicate without speaking Mandarin.

Neither of them paid any attention to the locals' comments. They would always talk about it anyway, so it didn't matter.

After they got on the boat, they asked the boatmen to take their luggage to the rental house first, and then asked them to come and take turns to move the supplies on the boat over. Those needed for going out to sea were locked in the cabin.

While they were moving the items in an orderly manner, Ye Yaodong asked A Guang and his son to help keep an eye on them. He wanted to call the village to report his safety before dark.

Many people in the village were waiting for his call to inform them that they were safe. They were relieved to hear that everything had been settled. After receiving the call, Ye's father also notified others and went out as usual at night.

When they rented a house in the afternoon, they deliberately chose one next to each other. This was also because they had rented it last year, so it would be easier to rent this year. Seeing that there was money to be made, the surrounding neighbors were willing to vacate one or two rooms of their houses, or take their elderly people in. After all, the rent was only for three months.

After Ye Yaodong rented the house, he also found two women landlords, paid them 30 yuan a month and asked them to help prepare three meals a day. The women were so happy that they nodded quickly.

Workers in the factory only earn 40 or 50 yuan a month for a day's work, and they only have to cook three home-cooked meals. It is too easy for women to do this, and it would be a waste not to earn the money that is already in their hands.

After they moved their luggage and supplies and settled down, they also had hot meals. In order to gamble, they had skipped lunch and ate voraciously at night.

Everyone on the two boats will eat together tonight. Since they've already been treated, it would be a waste not to use them. It's also a waste of taking a ride on A Guang's boat today.

"Are you going to the jellyfish factory tomorrow?"

Ah Guang nodded with food in his mouth, "Tomorrow I'll buy some cigarettes and alcohol and go visit the police from last year. I'll go at lunch time, when they're off work and have time. Then I'll go to the jellyfish factory tomorrow afternoon. In the evening, I saw one or two tractors pulling jellyfish at the dock, but there weren't many."

"Not many, there are so many ships, how much can a tractor carry? So most factories haven't started production yet. In a few days, the number will probably increase day by day."

"Your small boat is just right for this. If there aren't many fish on the sea, you can let the workers row their small wooden boats out to try their luck and catch as much as they can. At least there's no need to keep idle people. It doesn't cost any gas either, unlike our boat, which makes more money than it loses after a little movement."

"We'll wait until my dad arrives tomorrow. If we want to go into the water, we'll have to wait until the day after tomorrow."

"Ah."

Ye Yaodong booked two rental houses. One of the rental houses was the entire house vacated for him, and one house had three rooms. The other rental house had two separate rooms, which was equivalent to 2 rooms.

He planned to sleep in one room with his father. After all, he and his father were the bosses and there was no need for them to squeeze in with other people.

The remaining 28 people squeezed into 4 rooms. They had already brought their own beds on the floor, and all they needed was a roll of mats and sheets. They were very experienced. However, the main group had not arrived yet in the evening, so everyone could have a more spacious stay.

There were 10 people on A Guang's side, and he also booked two rooms, which were also together.

They also helped their family members and friends to make reservations, and they didn't care about other villagers. Anyway, the number of people in each boat team was not large, so it was not difficult to make temporary arrangements.

Also because they were the ones looking for the houses, they picked them first. They took the ones that were less scattered and more concentrated first.

There was no need to work the next day, so everyone had leisure time to go out for a stroll after dinner. Ye Yaodong was no exception, but he also left someone to look after the house.

But there was nothing interesting to see in the town at night. There were not many people walking on the road, and there were few street lights.

The residents of the town basically sit outside their own doors to enjoy the cool air. Those who have TVs at home will move the TVs out and place them outside their doors for their neighbors to watch together and satisfy their vanity at the same time.

When their people saw a group of people standing there watching TV, they went over to watch with them. They were quite brave, but they didn't watch for long before going back to sleep.

After all, they set off at 2 a.m. and gambled on the sea the whole day without closing their eyes to rest at all.

Ye Yaodong only took a round and saw that it was pitch black everywhere and there was nothing to see, so he was so tired that he went back home early to sleep. His father had not come yet, so he had a room all to himself.

However, by the evening of the next day, Ye's father also arrived safely with a large army.

The next day, he and A Guang only visited Public Security Officer Yang Guoan, took a tour of the jellyfish factory, and then calculated the time and went to the dock to wait.

Their large group probably had too many fishing boats and was sailing more slowly. They arrived at 3 o'clock yesterday, but today the large group did not arrive until 4 o'clock.

As soon as the large group of ships arrived at the shore, the locals were stunned. The number of trawlers in their entire town combined was probably not as many as the number of trawlers they had, and the people on the shore were shocked.

The Dongsheng was especially impressive. There were a bunch of small wooden boats piled on top of it, which almost shocked the locals.

When Ye Yaodong originally booked the boat, he was thinking about making a splash when catching jellyfish, but he didn't expect that he didn't shock his own people, but instead shocked the locals.

When they were unloading all the small boats on the ship into the sea, more people on the shore gathered around, watching the fun and pointing at the group of fishing boats that had just docked.

Their people also looked at the locals curiously, and packed up their things on the boat and prepared to disembark.

Ye Yaodong and his friends stood on the shore, and the discussions around them continued to reach their ears. Some people were even bold enough to approach them for a chat.

"Where are you from? Are you from the border of Zhejiang and Fujian?"

"Of course not. If they were fishermen from the border area, they wouldn't have to rent a house in our town and could go back and forth on the same day. I heard that they rented a house for three months..."

"Like this? You guys didn't come here specifically to catch the jellyfish season, did you?"

"Damn it, with so many of your boats coming here to fish, aren't you stealing all our local resources?"

"Yes, yes. There are so many ships, and they are all large ships. There are only as many large ships as you in our entire dock..."

The locals were talking about it, and Ye Yaodong quickly clasped his fists and said politely: "Don't worry, the sea is so wide, we will go farther and will not fish along the coast. We are just selling goods here. Our sales here can also promote local economic development."

"You have quite a few boats, how come you can run so far?"

"We will use the big ship to tow the small boat a little further away, so as not to stay near the coast and affect the local fishermen who are fishing near the coast."

"Is this true? It would be better if we run farther away..."

A Guang also took out two packs of cigarettes from his pocket, passed out cigarettes to some people who were talking around them, and then smiled and made the promise.

"The sea is boundless. We will go fishing near the coast, not around the coast. I saw that there are mostly small boats in our area. We just thought it would be more convenient to sell goods in the town, otherwise we would not settle here."

"I believe that there are many passing fishing boats docking at our pier. With more fishing boats docking, our local economy will be better, after all, everyone needs to consume."

No one listened to his rambling about economics. When they heard that not fishing around the coast would not affect local fishing, and that the two men were so polite, they started talking less.

"Are you sure you don't fish around us..."

"See that small boat on that big ship? We will use that big ship to take the small boat away and salvage it offshore."

"That's good……"

The local fishermen were not so unkind. When they heard that no one was trying to steal their goods along the coast, most of them nodded. Some even smiled and started chatting with them about all sorts of things.

By the way, some of them began to tell people around them that they were going to fish near the coast and were not around them.

Seeing that the voices of opposition had decreased, Ye Yaodong and A Guang breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that they would die before accomplishing their mission.

Now that the beginning has been resolved, the rest will depend on what happens next.

The people on the boat also went ashore one after another. Those who arrived yesterday took the initiative to guide them to where they were staying. After all, they were from the same village, so it was impossible for them to just ignore them.

However, they were also guided to a place to rest temporarily, and the rest depended on the arrangements of their own captain.

Ye Yaodong waited on the shore until all the small boats on the Dongsheng were unloaded onto the sea and tied up with ropes before they all came ashore one after another.

As soon as Ye's father got ashore, he asked, "Did everything go well?"

"It went smoothly. I also visited Public Security Yang and the jellyfish factory today. Fortunately, we came here early. The jellyfish factory said that the jellyfish situation may be better this year. The number has increased significantly in the past two days. Many factories have started work early. They may also have to start work two days in advance."

"That's great. If we start work earlier, we can also make money earlier. Otherwise, it would cost a lot of money to support so many people every day."

"that is."

Father Ye looked at the locals gathered around and muttered to each other, pointing and talking, and pulled Ye Yaodong aside to ask quietly, "Will the locals have any objections to our landing in such a big way?"

"He just talked about it again, but A Guang and I explained and comforted him politely, and he didn't say much. He also helped convey our meaning." Ye Yaodong repeated what they had just said to his father.

Father Ye also nodded, "Yes, we are not robbing their goods. We can go to the offshore to salvage, which will not affect them. The sea is so wide, and they have many small wooden boats here, and there are more than a hundred of them."

"Ah."

"Chen Jianian hasn't arrived yet?"

"No, I don't know when they will arrive. Anyway, we have already arrived so we don't care about them."

"Well, leave them alone, they salvage their own."

"Let's go back and talk later."

The father and son also followed the main group, squeezed through the crowd and went to the rental house first.

After they all left, the people around were still discussing the matter, but they only stayed there for a while before going back to their own business.

No matter how important other people's affairs are, they are not as important as your own affairs. However, this matter spread like the wind to every corner of the town.

Their coming to the town would not affect ordinary people. Only the fishermen and some public security departments would pay attention to them, after all, it was related to their own interests. Fortunately, they were polite at the dock and made it clear in time that they would go to the near sea, so no big waves were caused.

However, the public security department came to their door in the evening of the same day to talk to them. They were probably surprised by the large number of people and fishing boats.

With the arrival of a large number of outsiders, it is normal for local police to worry about public security issues and show concern.

Ye Yaodong and A Guang also revealed their entire background. They were just fishermen who came here to fish. They were honest and did their duty.

The public security department did not say anything after the conversation, only asking them to behave themselves and not cause trouble.

Ye Yaodong and his colleagues also tried to comfort everyone after the police left. Otherwise, everyone would be nervous after seeing the police coming to their door. The people are afraid of officials, and this has been ingrained in the bones of the common people since ancient times.

"I was so scared. I thought they were going to drive us away and not let us live in the town. That would mean our trip would be ruined."

"How is that possible? We are not causing any trouble. We are just fishermen who come here to fish. How can we not be allowed to stay in the town?"

"Guilty, we bald..."

"Fortunately, we all wore hats when we went ashore. Otherwise, I would have suspected that they were here to arrest us and interrogate us..."

Ah Guang laughed loudly, "Hahahaha... really... luckily his bald head was not exposed, otherwise, with dozens of bald heads, the Public Security Bureau would have been on alert, and when they came to our door just now, they would not have come empty-handed, but with guns pointed at us."

Ye Yaodong was also very happy. "Haha, I probably thought that some dangerous person had gathered all the people who had just been released from prison together to carry out a terrorist attack, which would affect social order and the unity of the people."

Xiao Xiao also joked, "You are the terrorist, who else could it be? If we are caught, we will just push you out."

He was very proud. "I dare say that if they arrest me in the morning, they will ask me to come out in the afternoon."

"You're awesome."

"That is."

"Then should we cover our bald heads and not expose them to others? If they are exposed, the public will not be scared to death, but the police will be scared to death first."

"Wear a hat. You're working at sea. Are you going to get sunburned if you don't wear one? When you get home, you can do whatever you want."

"Dongzi, the jellyfish factory started work early, should we also start work early?" Ye Yaopeng asked with concern.

Ye Yaohua also asked: "You arrived yesterday. Have you visited the trench today? Are there any goods there now?"

"There are a few here and there, so I just wanted to take a look first so I have an idea of ​​how many there are. I don't have time to salvage anything this morning, and I have to come back in a hurry to do some work. I can take some to salvage tomorrow. If there aren't many, I can just paddle on the sea and look for them randomly."

However, after his Dongsheng pulled the small boat into the trench, it stopped moving to avoid wasting fuel. By the way, since there were not many jellyfish in the trench, he could also organize the boatmen to go into the water to salvage sea urchins.

The small boat was sent out to look for jellyfish while the large ship was catching sea urchins, and at the same time both could make money earlier than others.

A Guang also thought that at the end of last year, the Harvest had to rest early because of its uneconomical fuel consumption, but Dongzi was still there desperately catching sea urchins. If everyone hadn't been returning, he probably could have earned more by staying.

"Your sea urchin..."

"I thought of the same thing."

"Damn it, it's up to you to make money again."

"I don't know what the situation is yet. I'll go over there tomorrow to find out. I didn't have time to go in the water to take a look this morning."

"Then let me go in the water and see what it looks like."

"no problem."

(End of this chapter)