Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1101 Remittance
The father and son had not yet gone out and were still chatting there when someone outside shouted that Chen Jianian was coming to find them. The two looked at each other and immediately went out.

They arrived really quickly. I guess they heard that they were back, so they came here immediately.

However, Chen Jianian didn't talk about anything when he came over. He just smiled and said that they would live in peace in the future. They all came from the same place and should take care of each other.

Of course Ye Yaodong would not refuse. He nodded with a smile and politely invited the man to have dinner with him. However, the man was tactful and knew that he had just returned and had not eaten yet, so he left after chatting for a few words.

When they arrived today, people must have known in advance how many ships they had. By comparison, it happened that Ye Yaodong's side had fewer large ships and more small ships, while their side had only large ships and about the same number of people.

All in all, the two groups are indeed a considerable force, stationed directly in the small town.

In order to coexist peacefully, you have to say hello when you arrive. Everyone essentially wants to make more money, and may have to work together to resist the rejection of the locals.

As for the large amount of hairtail that he dragged back today, no one kept asking about it. Maybe they thought the rumors outside were too exaggerated and didn't take it seriously. What's more, their target was jellyfish.

Ye Yaodong did not specifically tell Chen Jianian that the situation this year might not be so good. In any case, it all depends on the situation.

After dinner, the boatmen began to organize their longline fishing lines so that they could continue fishing tomorrow, and they also continued to work with the materials they had added today.

Ye Yaodong thought it would be a good idea to find something for them to do at night so that they wouldn't have to run around everywhere or gather together to gamble. Generally speaking, there was too little entertainment.

When everyone got together, they couldn't help but chat a lot. Other villagers also came over to ask how much they sold the hairtail for today. Everyone had heard the news outside and knew that they had caught several thousand kilograms of hairtail today.

"How did you fish? How did you catch so many cutlass fish?

"I saw you guys doing longline fishing yesterday. Are you guys not able to catch enough fish today? You said you found a school of cutlass fish yesterday. Why didn't they swim away? It's amazing that we were able to catch so many of them today, isn't it?"

"How come those hairtail fish are still there? We can catch so many of them, thousands of kilograms. Don't they have to be collected and sorted after they are used once?"

"You guys are doing longline fishing now. Are the schools of hairtail still there?"

"This is too strange, isn't it? Aren't schools of fish always moving?"

"Is there a school of cutlassfish in the trench where you fish for sea urchins?"

"It must be in the trench, otherwise how could we have caught so many..."

"Old Pei seemed to have said today that he caught several thousand kilograms of fish. You two families went in and out together, and all the money was earned by you."

"Can everyone make this money with you guys? I don't know when the jellyfish season will start, and the money earned by trawling is much less than what you guys make..."

"Your line is full of hooks. Is this the secret to catching so many fish in a day? I saw it yesterday and was wondering..."

"Sea urchins and hairtails, you guys are going to make a fortune right after you got here, you don't even have to wait for jellyfish... Tell everyone about it... Let's make money together..."

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A bunch of people knew yesterday that they were doing longline fishing and were going to set out longlines to catch cutlassfish.

They didn't say much, but they were actually complaining in their hearts that they were wasting time and if they waited until they finished before going fishing, the fish would have already run away.

I haven't made any money yet, but I have to spend a lot of money first.

However, after hearing about their harvest in the evening, no one could sit still, and dozens of people came over to inquire about their gains after they returned.

Father Pei came back before everyone else, so everyone else came back later and didn't run into him. And the number of people he brought back was not as many as Ye Yaodong's, so it didn't cause much shock. Instead, the number of people Ye Yaodong brought back caused everyone to talk about it, so much so that everyone came to him to inquire.

There are dozens of boatmen on his side. Those who went there come back and communicate with those who stayed behind, and then people from the village come over and talk about it, and basically know everything.

Unexpectedly, the fish live in the trench. No one has ever gone down into the trench, and no one knows how deep or wide it is. With their limited imagination, they can't even imagine it.

They talked about it for a while and couldn't help slapping their thighs.

"I didn't expect there to be so much in the trench...it's all in there..."

"Oh my god... we don't have the ability to go into the water..."

"Damn, Adong has so many connections. He can get anything. Those people who came to our village to salvage in the past two years seemed to have equipment that could go into the water. Must he have some connections to get it?"

"Adong knows a lot of people. Doesn't he have a good relationship with the leader who came to our village before? I heard that he got it from there. This is amazing."

"It turns out they found it yesterday when they went down to the water, and then they came back and did longline fishing as fast as they could, so they caught so many today."

"I said, it was originally in the trench, so they threw it directly into the sea to fish, that's why they caught so many..."

"I've really made a fortune. When luck comes, it's unstoppable. I can make money with my eyes closed. It's a good thing for Old Pei... I can even benefit from this..."

"Yeah, yeah... How can we find the target so accurately without diving into the water, and put the longline fishing line accurately into the trench..."

"It seems that we can't earn this much money... Alas..."

"I was thinking of coming here to ask if we could do the same. But now it seems that we can't do it. We can only wait for the jellyfish season..."

"It's jellyfish season, they can't fish, right? There are jellyfish everywhere, and they can't get into the water, right?"

"Maybe. Do you guys still want to go out and trawle the net at night?"

“Are there a lot of jellyfish this year?”

Everyone was discussing the matter at once, and finally came to the conclusion that Chen Jianian and his team had arrived today, and would definitely go to the trench to check out the situation early tomorrow morning. The scattered jellyfish now would definitely not be enough to share.

If everyone doesn't go trawling at night and joins in the fun early in the morning, there will definitely be little catch. It is better to go out and trawle the nets for another day and then check back the day after tomorrow. At least the catch from trawling is real and you don't have to share it with others.

As for the hairtail that was discussed at the beginning, no matter how jealous they were, they had to give up unwillingly. Even the food Ye Yaodong replenished today was only enough to make two more. If they put it off for another day and went to buy the ingredients tomorrow, they would probably have to start catching jellyfish the day after tomorrow.

What's more, even if they can make it, they don't have the ability to go into the water. And I just asked, but the materials are not available for purchase. They can't do anything. Even if others want to get a piece of the pie, they can't make that money.

Having said that, I can only look forward to the arrival of the jellyfish season with regret.

The next morning, when Ye Yaodong and his team set out, Chen Jianian and his team were indeed gathering at the dock waiting for people. There were also many local people around who were pointing and talking about them.

He just went over to say hello and then left.

But not long after, the 20 or so boats behind him also set off. It looked particularly neat and spectacular. It was rare to see so many fishing boats coming in and out in an orderly manner in a small place.

After he and Guang arrived at the place, they divided up the scattered jellyfish floating on the sea. Because it was early morning, there were not many jellyfish floating on the sea, and they could not estimate the situation for the day.

While the boatmen were dividing the jellyfish, the two of them put on their equipment in advance, did some warm-up exercises, and went into the water as soon as the boat stopped.

When Chen Jianian arrived, they also released all the longlines.

Ye Yaodong stood on the deck, all wet, looking at the large group of fishing boats in front of him and listening to their whispers. Chen Jianian couldn't help but ask him why there seemed to be so little stock here.

"Because it's not the time yet, there are very few fish floating up these past two days. Our boats all went out to trawl at night, so you can only see our two boats and two small boats here this morning. If there were more cargo here, you would see more than just our four boats."

"If there's no stock, what are you doing here?"

“Fishing for sea urchins!”

Chen Jianian also understood. He knew that they had discovered sea urchins at the bottom last year. After they caught all the jellyfish, everyone went out to look for them on the sea surface. They also fished here for several days.

After he nodded, he explained the situation to the fishing boats that came out. Although everyone was disappointed, they could still accept it since they saw that others did not get any advantage.

So after a while, most of the fishing boats disappeared. Ye Yaodong guessed that they should have gone out to trawle, but there were a few that were unwilling to give up and still lingered on the nearby sea, looking for them to see if they were really catching sea urchins.

What was even funnier to them was that after they saw them pull up several net bags of sea urchins, some people actually jumped under the water to see how they caught the sea urchins and to try their luck.

However, the people who went down came up soon. Ye Yaodong watched coldly until noon, when those fishing boats finally couldn't help but leave one after another because they didn't catch much.

The boatman on the boat said, "Finally he left. He has been staying here all morning."

"Aren't they just afraid that we'll deceive them? Let's take a look at how many jellyfish have come up in such a short time."

"Now that we are here, we must stay a little longer to see the situation. After all, they just arrived yesterday."

"It's good to go. It's noon now. Should we collect those longlines as well? Dong?"

"That's about the same. Take it."

We collected it around noon yesterday, and today there are two more lines, so it will probably take a little more time.

When A Guang saw him start to collect, he followed suit.

Today, A Guang and his crew only brought out a new trawler as usual, while the Harvest was still parked there.

Ye Yaodong didn't understand when he set out this morning. They clearly said yesterday that the ship had no fish warehouse, and the cargo was all drying on the deck. There were also jellyfish and baskets of longline fishing lines, and there was almost no place to step. Yet they still didn't send the boat out today.

But now, seeing them happily harvesting the fruits of their labor, I understood.

If they were to go out on the Harvest to collect the fish, then the fish they collected would naturally be counted as part of the Harvest's earnings, and half of it would be divided out. However, if they used their own small boats to salvage the fish, then naturally it would belong to them and would not need to be divided.

He doesn't have a clever mind, nor does he have so many twists and turns in his heart. He just realized it now.

But think about it, it’s human nature. Who doesn’t want to earn more money?

He even brought two extra small boats out today and asked people to salvage the jellyfish that emerged from the sea. This was also a move to snatch the goods from them.

And A Guang also helped him to go into the water to salvage. Although he had enough manpower and there was no need for it, it was a token of his kindness, and he also wanted to go into the water to take a look at the situation below.

After figuring it out, he withdrew his gaze and only looked at his own gains.

By the afternoon, several more boats brought by Chen Jianian came over one after another, but what they saw was still an empty sea with only four boats of different sizes.

But they also saw two boats collecting cutlassfish, with their fishing lines full of them. A Guang's boat was also full of cutlassfish. They couldn't hide the looks of surprise and envy on their faces, and they all came over to see them collecting the goods and asked questions.

Having seen it all, Ye Yaodong sighed in his heart and told them honestly that there was a school of cuttlefish underneath.

These people only then realized that the hairtail that were sold for several thousand dollars at the dock yesterday evening were actually caught here.

While they were watching, some boats from both sides came back one after another, and everyone immediately came around to see what was going on.

Ye's father also came back.

"These ships have been here all day today?"

"No, they came out later than us this morning, and then some boats stayed here until noon before leaving. Now they probably want to come and check the situation before going back."

"Then we won't go trawling tomorrow. Let's just stay here to prevent you from catching too many fish and making others jealous."

"Well, I don't think I can fish for two days. There are a lot of jellyfish that have surfaced today..."

Because he brought two small wooden boats out specifically for catching jellyfish, and after A Guang and his friends started collecting hairtail, they no longer cared about the goods on the sea, and they all became his.

Maybe it was because they caught more and more hairtail and the deck was getting fuller and fuller. They also had 10 longline fish today, and they replenished half of them last night, so they had two less than him.

All the fishing boats that came back one after another did not leave immediately after seeing them collecting hairtail there. Everyone was very curious and shocked that they could catch so many with just one fishing line. After seeing it with their own eyes, they realized that the claim of selling it for several thousand dollars was not an exaggeration.

What's more, some people jumped into the water and were even more shocked after getting into the water. They came out and told everyone that the entire line under the water was full of hooks and they had never seen such a high full hook rate.

No one could see Ye Yaodong's total catch because when his basket was full he would carry it to the fish warehouse. They could only see the deck piled up over there on Ah Guang's side.

After Ye's father came back, Ye Yaodong asked him to help collect the other longline fishing boats at the same time. If two boats worked together, the process would be faster.

Even after all the longline fish were caught, everyone was still reluctant to leave.

"Have you collected all of them? Are they gone?"

"There are so many that a whole boat can be filled. Can we sell them for thousands?"

"I came here to make money by catching jellyfish, but in the end I didn't make any money from jellyfish, and now I can only see you making money from hairtail fish..."

"That's right, that's right. Can we make a few lines and throw them down tomorrow to try our luck?"

"I'm afraid I won't be so lucky. The sea is quite vast. Who knows how wide and long the trench is? I can't see anything when I first dive into the water, and I can't go too deep. I can only come up..."

Ye Yaodong had finished collecting the fish before A Guang. There were more than a dozen fishing boats around them watching, and he was keeping an eye on them the whole time.

Ignoring the discussions of other fishing boats around, he moved the boat towards A Guang.

"I've finished collecting here, are you almost there?"

"I'll be there soon. Let's go back together. It's already 3 o'clock. Why don't you catch some more sea urchins? It's still early before the sun sets."

"No, I'll go back early and sell the hairtail first, and then remit the money before the bank closes."

Seeing so many fishing boats gathered here to watch, and that more would come as the sun sets, Ye Yaodong didn't want to stay any longer to catch sea urchins, so he took these hairtails back and sold them first.

Take advantage of this time when there are fewer local fishing boats docking and there are not so many people at the dock, so go back early to sell.

Ye's father thought so too. The quantity was too large and so many people were watching. It would be better to go back and sell them early and remit the money.

"With so many people watching, I don't know if it will be easy tomorrow."

Ye Yaodong comforted him, "We have a lot of people, so we are not afraid. Besides, we are all waiting for the jellyfish season to make a fortune. Right now, we are just envious."

"That's true. With the big money from jellyfish hanging in the balance, they can only look on with envy and don't dare to think of anything bad."

"To avoid unnecessary trouble, let's go back early. We've caught so much fish anyway. Dad, go and drag those small boats over and tie them behind my boat. I'll use my boat to pull it faster later."

"it is good."

A Guang also urged the people on the boat to collect the fish faster.

"I only have one line left. There were too many, so I was a little slow in collecting them. It will be done soon."

They were all busy there finishing up.

After they were done, when they were all moving, the other fishing boats saw that there was nothing to see, so they followed them back.

When they docked, it was only 4 o'clock, and the sun was still shining brightly. Most of the small boats along the coast were still floating on the sea in the dark.

However, after they moved all the goods ashore one after another, it caused a sensation again. Fortunately, it was too hot at that time and there were few local people on the shore, so the people who caused the sensation were basically these outsiders.

The quantity was too large, and the small purchasing point had to scrape together money to barely be able to buy so many of his goods. Fortunately, he did not sell the goods to the same family as Pei's father yesterday, otherwise, one store really would not be able to buy so many.

With two more longlines today, he caught even more. After weighing, there were a total of 7310 kilograms, including 540 kilograms of those that didn't look very good. There were fewer sea urchins, but still, there were 3912 kilograms.

He kept 100 kilograms of those with poor appearance and sold the rest.

Sea urchins were sold for 782.4 and hairtail was sold for a total of 3765.

After counting the money, a total of 4547.4, he put it in the cloth bag he had prepared in advance, held it tightly in his hand, and held it in his arms.

A bunch of people outside stretched their necks to look inside, all wanting to know how much he sold it for, and they gathered around him, making a lot of noise.

He ignored them and asked them to move aside because they still had to weigh the trawl goods and jellyfish.

These goods are less, and weighing is faster. The trawl nets sold for 35.68 yuan. I caught more jellyfish in the afternoon, and sold them for 75.77 yuan.
After collecting this part of the money, he went to A Guang surrounded by dozens of boatmen. They had already sold their goods and were also walking towards him.

After dozens of people gathered together, they went to the rental house in a mighty manner.

The people around saw this and no one dared to get close. They could only whisper to each other, asking how they fished and how they could catch so many cutlass fish, for two consecutive days.

Father Ye's heart relaxed, and he walked quickly while saying, "Fortunately, we have more people..."

Father Pei also nodded and said, "Yes, if there were only two or three people, there would probably be chaos."

"The place is too small and the cargo is too much. If it were in a city or province, where large ships often dock at a port, it wouldn't be a big deal."

"Hold on for another day or two."

"Dongzi, are there still more down there?"

"Today I see some empty black gaps. I don't know what it will be like tomorrow."

"It's not easy to make money under everyone's nose..."

Ye Yaodong looked at the rental house in front of him and said to everyone, "I'm going to the post office to remit money later. You can all go together. By the way, call home to report that you are safe. The phone bill will be on me. I'll go back and get the money and then come out."

"That's great. I've been here for three or four days and haven't called home."

"Then we'll wait at the door."

Ah Guang also said: "Dongzi, wait for me."

"Row."

While waiting, Ye Yaodong distributed half of the 100 kilograms of hairtail he had saved to people in his own village, and asked someone to send another 40 kilograms to Chen Jianian. He still had to do him a favor.

Keeping 10 kilograms for yourself is enough for eating, after all, there are other fish to save.

They had just come back and went out again. There was a large group of people coming in and out, and they were particularly eye-catching on the road.

When they entered the post office, the people at the bank became nervous. They all stood up and looked at them warily, until Ye Yaodong put a bag of money on the counter and said he wanted to transfer the money by wire. Only then did they all breathe a sigh of relief.

A large group of people had nowhere to sit, so they all sat on the ground and waited in line to make a phone call.

Such a large group of people rushed in, almost scaring people to death, and the attitude of the bank people also became extremely nice.

Ye Yaodong looked at the staff opposite him with shaking hands and smiling faces. Everyone was still wearing hats. If they all took off their hats, wouldn't they be so scared that they would pee on the spot?

Fortunately, everyone knows that their bald heads will scare people, so they wear straw hats when going out.

After the remittance was completed, he ran to the side to call A Qing.

He earned more than 4600 yuan today, more than 5300 yuan yesterday and the day before yesterday, and a total of more than 9900 yuan in three days. He added a dozen yuan to make it a round number of 1.

When they set out, A Qing also gave him one thousand yuan for his expenses when he had no money. Apart from renting a house, he didn't have to spend any money on food and drink, as he brought everything with him.

I have been making money since I came here. Now it is enough for me to have a few hundred yuan on me. I will continue to earn money anyway.

Based on the principle that he was the one paying, it would be a waste not to call, so everyone waited there and called one by one until the bank was about to close. Those who didn't get their turn had to leave with regret.

However, Ye Yaodong also promised that when the money is transferred in a few days, those who did not call today will be given priority, and he will reimburse all the money anyway. Only then did everyone come out of the post office with smiles on their faces.

He felt relieved even though he had no money left, and everyone went home to eat in a relaxed manner.

However, when they returned to the rental house, they did hear others say that some villagers had also bought materials and were doing longline fishing, but in small numbers.

Ye Yaodong didn't care. He thought that if he was one step late, all steps would be late. Anything he did now would be in vain.

He himself was not sure whether there would be more tomorrow. After all, quite a few jellyfish floated up today, double the number of the day before. Especially in the afternoon, they floated up more frequently, so he could see that the schools of cuttlefish below were not as dense and the trench was exposed.

"Don't worry about it. Whoever wants to follow the trend can follow it. It doesn't matter."

"Dongzi, just leave two people here to guard here tomorrow, and let's take the others out to sea early tomorrow morning."

"Yeah, I know. Let's take a shower and eat first. We still have to work after eating."

While they were eating, Chen Jianian came over again to reminisce about the past. In fact, he came to ask where he bought the equipment. He also said that they searched the entire town before dark but couldn't find it.

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard it.

"Don't even think about it. We got Adong's equipment only because of connections. You can't buy it outside."

"Yeah, didn't you see that we only have Adong here? The official he knows is very powerful."

"Yes, he is very familiar with the leader..."

The boatmen boasted to him in all kinds of ways, which frightened Chen Jianian and the visitor.

Ye Yaodong felt embarrassed listening to everyone's flattery. He could only keep silent and go take a shower, letting everyone flatter him.

Anyway, when he was out, he gave himself his identity. Now someone was helping him to brag about it, and it would be better if he could brag about it more...

When he came out of the shower, Chen Jianian was gone, and all the villagers gathered around him to chat, just like the previous two nights. The locals thought they were holding a meeting at the door.

Ye Yaodong ignored what others said and just enjoyed the cool breeze.

After all the longline fishing lines were sorted out and brought into the house, he also went back to the house to sleep.

What he didn't expect was that the next day, the whole town was rumored to have official background...

(End of this chapter)