Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1108 Salvage
He looked at the scorching sun hanging high in the sky, sighed in his heart, and walked into the sunlight first.

The others immediately followed, asking questions as they walked.

"Since we have to wait for three days, why don't we all stay on the boat and wait for news?"

Ye Yaodong immediately stopped and started thinking seriously. There were 18 people on his boat now. Five of them were not from his side. After they all took their positions at night, only one was left from their town, and he stayed on his boat for the time being.

It was agreed that until things came to a conclusion, we would stay on the boat and work to earn some food and drink.

If there is a turnaround, and we can get back on their boat, we won't have to trouble him later. If the result is not ideal, we can only send him to town on his way home, and then we'll pay him an additional boat fare.

In total, there were 19 people including him, who slept on the deck and ate, drank, defecated and urinated on the boat. It would not be nice to have the locals pointing fingers at them. It was acceptable for a short period of two or three days, but I was afraid that the problem would not be resolved so quickly.

He thought for a moment and said, "I'll go find a guesthouse and rent two large bunk beds to spend the next few days there. We'll talk about it later when the results come out. Anyway, we can't leave until the results come out."

"I still have to spend money to stay in a guesthouse..."

"You guys are welcome to do what you want. If there aren't many people on the boat, you can just make do with it for a few days. I have a lot of people on my side, so I'll arrange two big bunk beds. With so many people, the people coming and going on the shore are all local fishermen, and it won't look good if they keep pointing fingers at them."

It was only one or two dollars a day, so he could still accept it after staying for a few days. Food and drink cost more than accommodation, with so many mouths to feed. But at least when they escaped, half of the people got on the boat and half of the supplies were left, so there was no need to spend any money.

He didn't lose any money, and luckily he had earned 1 yuan a few days ago, so he had a guaranteed income.

Ah Guang hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget about me. There were originally 10 people, but now there are only 6 left. The cabins on the Harvest are enough for us to sleep in, so we don't have to lie on the deck."

"It doesn't matter if we are few in number..."

The others looked at each other and shook their heads.

They didn't earn much money, so how could they afford to spend money to stay in a guesthouse? There were already casualties on the ship, so there weren't that many people on board. It would be fine for them to just sit on the deck and take a nap at night.

Ye Yaodong didn’t say anything. If they wanted to sleep on the boat, they could sleep on the boat.

"So are you going to go back first, or wait for me to go over together?"

"Let's go back first. The morning is almost over. I guess everyone at the dock is getting impatient. Let's go back and report the news."

"That's fine, then you guys go back first, I'll go ask for directions."

After saying that, he walked towards the locals who were sitting in the shade by the roadside. Ah Guang also trotted after him, "I'll go with you. They go back first to report the news."

"it is good."

Ye Yaodong returned to the dock only half an hour later than them, but when he returned to the dock, he found that most of the boats were gone? There were only a few and his long line.

A Guang also discovered it.

"Why is the boat so empty?"

"Go up and ask."

In an instant, he thought, would the lost fishing boat be rushed to the trench for salvage?
When they got on board and asked, it turned out to be just as he thought.

Half of the fishing boats went out to sea to salvage jellyfish. Some of them hurried away after they left, while others watched and waited for a while, and then saw that they had not returned for a long time, so they followed them anxiously.

Some of them also felt relieved and hurried there after Xiao Xiao A Zheng and the others came back and learned that they had contacted the director of the local Coast Guard for help.

"Fuck the Gobi Desert... what a dog..."

"We were so anxious too. We saw them all running away, but you didn't come back. We didn't dare to move."

"They are really good at taking advantage of others. After both sides suffered losses, we ran around to solve the problem while they went to take advantage of the situation. It's really great." Ye Yaodong laughed in anger.

The boatmen on the boat also cursed and said that they were too immoral.

"The matter hasn't been resolved yet, and there's no guarantee that they can be released. Everyone is worried about losing money. It's okay to lose people, but can't they lose money?" A Guang was also cursing across the boat.

Some people also mocked: "It's not you who got arrested. You came here to make money. It's such a good opportunity. It would be a waste if you don't make money."

Ah Zheng shouted at them, "We have to hurry up and go too. We can't let those bastards get away with it. They took advantage of us to make a phone call to sort out the matter and ditched us to sneak out and salvage the items."

Xiaoxiao also held the bowl and ate while shouting: "Yes, let's hurry up and catch up. At the beginning, three ran away, and then four or five ran away. Half an hour ago, we came back and told the results, and then five or six ran away. Now we are the only ones left. Let's go quickly, we can't let them get away with it."

"Walk around..."

Ye Yaodong immediately told the others to prepare to leave the shore and he climbed into the cockpit.

Anyway, now is the stage of waiting for the result. Since he has already asked people for help, as I just said, it is easier with fewer people, so his father will be fine. He only needs to protect his father and his boatmen, and let the others suffer the consequences.

The remaining boats nearby also started moving immediately, so as not to let others get away with it.

This prefecture-level city was farther away from the trench, and they drove out in a hurry, but it took them two hours to reach the destination.

When we arrived, we saw that the boats from their village were indeed making a big haul, as if they had forgotten the embarrassment of last night. They all had smiles on their faces and were enjoying themselves, sweating profusely.

There were also several local boats among them. During the gunfight yesterday, some of them ran fast and escaped, so they can still be brought out for salvage today.

Looking at the boat filled with various buckets, it is easy to imagine that the local boats were at a disadvantage because they were missing for half a day.

There are more jellyfish today than in the past few days. A large number of them are floating on the sea, but there are only a dozen boats there to salvage them. This time, it is no longer a case of too many people and too little food.

When the local fishing boats saw so many of their ships coming all of a sudden, including the iconic large ships Fengshou and Dongsheng, they immediately panicked.

They had just had a fierce fight yesterday, and now there are so many foreign ships all of a sudden. They only have a few local ships left, and they are all scared.

Their boats also have some evil tastes and specifically squeeze next to the local fishing boats to steal goods, just to make life difficult for them.

The local fishing boats knew that they all had guns and were now at a disadvantage, so they did not dare to confront them head-on. In addition, after this round of salvaging, they had a lot of harvest on the boats. After one boat ran away early, the other fishing boats wanted to leave immediately.

To avoid the same situation as yesterday, where they fought to the death and no one benefited. Moreover, they had fewer people and boats today, so they would be the only ones who would suffer and lose their lives.

As soon as Ye Yaodong arrived at the place, he was busy assigning other people to the small boats. For a while, he had no time to care about the runaway fishing boat. Others had already been attracted by the large groups of jellyfish and were too late to salvage them, let alone care about the locals.

Now there are only 19 people left on his boat, and there is a serious shortage of manpower. Only one experienced person can be assigned to each small boat. Most of the remaining 9 people have little experience. Four of them rowed to 4, and five stayed on Dongsheng.

Everyone was busy scrambling to catch jellyfish on the sea.

I have been here for so many days, but I didn't expect that it would be after a big battle that I could start fishing in large quantities with peace of mind.

Those who were clamoring a few days ago that facts were inconsistent with rumors are now excited after seeing the jellyfish on the entire sea. If it weren't for what happened yesterday, they would probably be happier.

After making some money, on the way back, some fishing boats came over and said with a smile: "There are really so many. There should be more tomorrow, right? It's a bargain for us..."

Ye Yaodong mocked, "You guys got it easy. They fought and killed everyone, and then I ran around for you to solve the problem. You guys are having a great time here, and you make money comfortably."

The other party was embarrassed, "Haha...haha...I don't think waiting there is the same as waiting, save a little time, you will know when you go back."

After saying that, he immediately ran away. It would be too embarrassing to stay any longer.

After Ye Yaodong gave a disdainful glance, he went to watch the small boat moving goods.

The trouble with his side compared to other fishing boats is that once they arrive at the destination, they have to assign the personnel to small boats and have the small boats row into the jellyfish pile to salvage the jellyfish.

And now, if they want to go back, they have to wait for the small boats to come from all directions, move the goods onto the big ship, and then tie the fishing boat to the back of the big ship, waiting to be towed back together.

Although it was a bit troublesome, the harvest was also gratifying. The catch that emerged from the trench today was enough for their dozen or so boats to salvage. If there were two or three more fishing boats, it would probably be enough to catch enough.

By tomorrow, the number of jellyfish will probably double again, and we will almost enter the peak season.

After the salvage, A Guang drove the Harvest back first. He also had to contact the factory to come to the city for the harvest.

Most of the other boats had also left, and the Dongsheng was the last one to arrive. However, the Dongsheng was fast and overtook the other fishing boats while sailing, and even surpassed them, arriving at the dock before dark.

"We should come early tomorrow morning. We can't take advantage of the locals and other boats. Damn it..."

"They are nothing. Fortunately, we have more ships than anyone else and we didn't suffer any loss..."

"It's just that there are too few people. We can't kill all the fish on the boat. We have to fish them out and kill them at the same time. It's a big loss..."

"When we sell them later, let's see how much the other boats sold for. There were three boats that went out to sea right after Adong left. No one in their family wanted them anymore..."

"It's just right for them to earn more money to redeem the people..."

Everyone on the deck was cursing.

Ye Yaodong was also thinking about the problem of the small number of people. Fifteen people from the town had sneaked into their group yesterday, but there was only one person on his boat. So while waiting on the shore to sell jellyfish, he hooked the man from the town's neck and took him to the corner to talk.

He said it very nicely, all the sailors on the ship were paid, they all did the same work, there was no reason why men were left out, so he decided to pay him the same salary as the other sailors on the ship.

As long as you go out to sea to catch jellyfish, you will be paid, and when you return, they will be delivered to the town for free.

Of course, if they didn’t catch jellyfish, they would naturally have no salary, but food and accommodation were provided. They had originally sneaked into the team, and without everyone’s shelter, they would have nowhere to go.

The man was also very happy. After what happened, he didn't expect to earn money to go home. He just wanted to work for free, get food and shelter, and return home safely.

After all, everyone now says that the other people in the same trip will either be shot or sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison. Compared with others, he is lucky that he can return safely, and he needs the blessing of Mazu.

Now that I can still earn the same salary, it is really a blessing from heaven.

He also saw what happened in the morning. All the people in their entire village had to rely on Ye Yaodong to find connections and pray that he could get the others out. It was much better to follow him than to follow the others or the original boat.

Ye Yaodong also expressed his worries appropriately, saying that he was seriously short of staff.

The man immediately patted his chest and promised that he would go and get all the other people he knew to work for him. As long as they could get the same treatment, everyone would definitely come over without hesitation.

Ye Yaodong patted his shoulder with satisfaction. It seemed that the problem of shortage of manpower was solved immediately.

The remaining people in the town just made up for his insufficient manpower.

The man was very active. While everyone was selling goods, he persuaded all 15 people who had sneaked in from their town, and they all came to Ye Yaodong's boat together.

When he learned that Ye Yaodong had booked two more large bunk beds in the guesthouse, he was even more pleased that he had made the right decision.

After selling the goods, Ye Yaodong returned to the boat with a bag of money. As a result, people from other boats came over and said that he had brought everyone from the town over, and they did not have enough people to work on their boats.

Originally, a small number of people were missing yesterday, and the locals who sneaked in were not enough to make up for the missing personnel. Fortunately, these locals did not dare to ask for wages, and only hoped to stay on the ship and work to pay for their meals, and be sent home by the way.

Now that they have all been poached by him, there are fewer people working on other ships, and everyone is very dissatisfied.

Ye Yaodong snorted in his heart. They were the only ones allowed to stab him in the back, right?

He smiled and crossed his arms over his chest, "They wanted to work on my ship, I didn't go looking for them. If you are short of people, you can also give them a salary and ask them if they are willing to stay on your ship."

"It's agreed that you can work for us to pay for our meals..."

“But they don’t want to anymore.”

"If you don't pay them..."

"It is only natural to pay for work. All the workers on my ship are paid. No one works for free. Now that I am short of manpower, I have to pay them since they are working for me and earning money even though they are not hired by me. They also spread the word among themselves and then came to work for me. I have no reason to refuse because I am short of manpower too."

Everyone was speechless, but they were reluctant to pay salaries. They had originally agreed not to pay any wages, but suddenly they had to pay a large amount of salary, and everyone felt disappointed.

After all, it is not certain whether the people in their village will be released directly. If they are released, they will immediately have more manpower.

If he is not released, he will cause trouble when he returns and I will probably have to pay compensation.

"What if we don't have enough people..."

"Yeah, there weren't enough people to begin with, and now they're all running to you..."

"You can also pay a high price and dig it back at night..."

After Ye Yaodong said this, he turned around and went back to the cabin. He was too lazy to listen to their whining. He was now extremely fed up with this group of people. He just wanted to get through this period of fishing and get his father out.

After locking the money in the iron box under the bed as usual, he began to think about the arrangements for the evening.

By the time he returned to the deck, everyone else had already returned to their own ships.

They were reluctant to spend the money, but also felt they should be able to make do with it.

Ye Yaodong told everyone about the sleeping arrangements for the night. There were currently 18+15 people in total, and there were 6 beds on the boat. He planned to sleep in the cabin at night, with a few familiar and trusted boatmen.

Anyway, there are beds to lie on, and they have to get up and set off in the early morning when it is still dark and the dock is the noisiest. It doesn't matter.

Then after dinner he took the remaining 27 people to the guesthouse to sleep on a large bunk bed. There were more than a dozen people sleeping horizontally on the bunk bed, and they could barely fit even if they squeezed together.

The leftover jellyfish blood from today can be boiled on the boat, dried on the boat overnight, and then stored after being exposed to the sun for half a day tomorrow, which is not a big problem.

Feeding so many people is also a problem. They have to take turns eating and have to cook all the time. There is no other way. There has been no news from there in recent days, so this is the only arrangement for the time being.

He would rent a house again once he knew for sure that his father could be released and they could continue fishing here.

We don’t know what the situation will be like right now, so we have to keep everything simple.

All the staff followed his arrangements and no one had any objections.

Ye Yaodong and the other two groups finished their meal first, and then he immediately took them to the guesthouse, told them to be at the dock at three in the morning, and left them alone.

It is difficult to manage such a large group of people, and we also have to arrange food and drinks, which is the most tedious thing.

After finishing his meal and instructing the people on the boat to finish their work, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening. He also drove the boat away from the shore and docked in the middle of the sea.

There was so much jellyfish blood drying on the boat, he was worried about being next to a bunch of fishing boats. Although he went late today, he caught more than anyone else, two or three times more than some people.

After all, there are two large and ten small boats, a total of 12 boats. The number of small boats is a little less due to lack of manpower, but since there are so many boats, they are still stronger than people when combined together.

Today, so many boats were sold for a total of 667 yuan. More than one-third of them were Dongsheng boats, small wooden boats also accounted for one-third, and trawlers accounted for the smallest number.

When the goods were loaded onto the ship, he had them stacked separately so that he could see the quantity at a glance.

The jellyfish blood we collect can be sold for two to three hundred yuan.

He also watched other fishing boats selling their goods. The boat that went there in the morning sold more than 300, and the boat that went there a little later also sold about to .

The fishing boat that went with him later sold a little less, only about one or two hundred yuan.

When Ye Yaodong lay on his bed, he cleared his mind and thought about what he had gained that day.

It was already past 2 o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived there, and the actual fishing time was only more than three hours. However, because he had many boats, the harvest in these few hours was equivalent to the harvest of the fishing boats in a whole day last year.

Thinking that there will be more fish to catch on the sea tomorrow and there will be fewer fishing boats, he feels quite excited. But when he remembers that his father hasn't come out yet, his enthusiasm is extinguished.

Now we can only try to fish for two more days before other fishing boats know about that place. However, if we wait a little longer, the news will probably spread more widely...

Those locals who fled early today will certainly not watch the trench being occupied by them. They will definitely spread the word and call all the familiar boats from the surrounding villages over to continue fishing bravely.

I just don’t know if the subsequent developments will turn out to be like what happened yesterday evening.

Moreover, it is not known whether these ships will report to the Public Security Bureau when they return, saying that their fishing boats are still there.

However, if they want to arrest them, they may have to file a report and ask the Coast Guard to send out troops. With Zeng Weimin around, they probably won't go out of their way to arrest them, but will probably let them go.

He put his hands behind his head and thought for a while, but couldn't come up with any good ideas. He could only take it one step at a time and deal with the situation as it came up. Anyway, they had more ships now.

Now they are just hoping to make a little more money in these few days. There will be more local fishing boats in the future, so at worst they can just go and fish on the sea. After a few days, there will probably be more fishing boats on the sea.

Money is hard to make...

As he was thinking about this and that, he fell asleep with the sound of waves and snoring in his ears.

In the early morning of the next day, he woke up immediately after hearing the roar of a machine passing by his ears. He also heard rustling sounds from other beds.

He shone the flashlight on his watch and saw it was a little after 3 o'clock. He immediately sat up and knocked on the board, "Get up."

I immediately went to wash up, and then looked at the surrounding sea. There were a bunch of flashlights shining everywhere, but there were no ships out to sea.

He immediately went to the cockpit and drove the boat back to the shore. The twenty or so people who stayed in the guesthouse yesterday were already waiting on the shore. When they saw his boat dock, they immediately boarded.

Other fishing boats were also busy there. Most of them woke up when they heard the noise on the shore. Some of them were so anxious that they had already driven away. After all, the pier was farther away from the trench and the delay on the road would be longer.

After picking up the people, Ye Yaodong ignored everyone else and drove the boat away on his own. The boatmen on their boat also prepared breakfast in an orderly manner.

Pot after pot of porridge was cooked continuously. I also cooked two pots in advance last night, for fear that I would not have enough time to cook breakfast.

When we arrived at the place, everyone had just had a full meal, and the pot was not idle. After cooking breakfast, we immediately arranged to cook lunch. After all, there were many people, so we had to keep cooking, and we could only get a bite to eat when the time came.

The sky was completely bright, and Ye Yaodong saw the locals who were more active than them and had already started fishing there. The number of these local fishing boats was twice as many as yesterday, and they had caught up with them.

It was early in the morning and there were not many jellyfish floating up to the surface. Fortunately, their boat was still behind and a little far away, so they had not arrived yet.

After moving to the port in the prefecture-level city, they have to spend twice as much time on the road as before, but there is nothing they can do about it.

When he arrived, he immediately asked them to find companions on their own and go to the small boat in pairs. He assigned the remaining people to five of them and asked them to remember today's arrangements. If anyone came to fish in the next few days, they could just get on the boat by themselves.

He left 8 people on the Dongsheng, 4 to split the ship, 4 to stand on both sides to salvage, and one person could occasionally be free to cook, which was just right.

When the local fishing boats saw that he was the only one with a bunch of small boats coming, they thought he was easy to bully. They wanted to replicate the scene of them being bullied yesterday, so they deliberately surrounded him and tried to steal his goods.

He snorted coldly, raised the gun that had been placed beside him, pointed it at them, and said nothing.

There were clearly not so many boats yesterday, but today there seem to be about 17 or 18 of them. Maybe those boats from yesterday were called over from other places.

His action immediately made them fearful and they dared not to fight again, for fear that it would turn into the gunfight on the sea like the day before yesterday.

The locals saw the outcome of the accident the day before yesterday. No one benefited from it and all were arrested.

But they were unwilling to just let these hateful outsiders rob their local resources. Who doesn't have guns?
Some of their boats had learned from the lessons of the past few days and yesterday and were well prepared. Those who had guns drew them and pointed them at them.

At this time, a large group of fishing boats behind also came over one after another, and everyone looked over to see the fishing boats approaching from a distance.

It only takes a moment to get from far to near.

The fishing boats that came over saw the confrontation between the two sides and drove to the side of the Dongsheng. Those who had guns pulled out their guns and pointed them at them.

When there is an enemy, of course we must unite against it.

The two sides did not speak at first. It was only when the fishing boats on both sides seemed to be evenly matched and confronting each other that they began to whisper.

After seeing that all his fishing boats had arrived, Ye Yaodong felt more at ease and took off his hat.

The boatmen on the boat also followed his example and took off their hats.

The people on the opposite fishing boat immediately widened their eyes.

"So many bald heads...what's going on..."

"Ah, the guy on that boat is also bald..."

"Over there... over there... they are all... damn... what kind of people are these..."

"No wonder they are so arrogant and dare to come to our territory to salvage... So... have they all committed crimes? No wonder they are so fierce and all carry guns..."

"Damn, these outsiders are really so bad... No wonder my cousin asked me to bring a gun today..."

"Yesterday I heard someone say that they were all bald and had been released from prison, but I didn't believe it. How could so many of them be gathered together..."

"what to do……"

The discussions on the other side were carried along by the sea breeze and reached the ears of everyone on the Dongsheng. Everyone pretended to be fierce, intending to confirm their guess.

Some people also whispered: "Scare them to death, there are more boats coming today than yesterday, they have caught up with us..."

"I was scared to death just now, now it's their turn to be scared to death..."

"Everyone, please put on a proper expression..."

　I sneezed twice and I knew everyone was scolding me. The rest of the text was not enough for 7000 words, and I was afraid of breaking my promise, so I copied a paragraph and replaced it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)