Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1187 Frustrated
They came back not too late, not long after lunch time, so there were not many people on the dock, but there were old men and women sitting everywhere in front of the workshop to bask in the sun.

There is no way. The workshop is very busy and bustling every day. Everyone in the village likes to go to their workshop.

There were a bunch of women inside chatting while killing fish, a bunch of old women outside basking in the sun and chatting, and a bunch of children running and jumping nearby, all of them going wherever there was excitement.

As soon as their boat returned, people saw it from afar and shouted. Many people ran out to take a look before going back to continue killing fish.

When the tractor drove into the workshop, a large group of them trotted to the door, and immediately a group of people surrounded them and talked in a buzz.

The boatmen were extremely eager to share and started talking to everyone with smiles on their faces.

Everyone was surprised.

"Everyone gets a prize. Is fishing profitable?"

"Who says it's not true? Otherwise, how can we say that Adonghai has strong shipping and with Mazu's blessing, it's hard not to get rich. This luck is really good. He can get all kinds of strange things."

"A few days ago, the rumor spread in the village that A-Dong had salvaged something incredible and handed it over to the country. Now you are all benefiting from it."

"This time it really worked out."

"You can even win prizes by fishing..."

A group of people gathered at the door and chattered there, which attracted the people inside to come out, and more people gathered around them and talked.

"I've never seen anyone so successful at fishing, and so rich and glorious. Old Third Ye is blessed with a good son."

"Huh? Where are the people?"

"Were you here just now?"

"Have you gone inside?"

Ye Yaodong looked around but didn't see his father, thinking that he must have gone in as well.

At this time, Ye's father's voice also sounded, and he shouted from inside, "What are you still talking about at the door? What are you talking about? Come over here and move the goods quickly. You don't have any eyesight at all."

"Oh, here it comes..."

After Ye Yaodong responded, he also shouted, "Stop talking, hurry in and move the goods and weigh them. There is another batch of goods waiting to be transported at the dock. Unload this truckload of goods and move them to the dock. After all the goods are unloaded and weighed, you can go home and rest."

"Oh well, don't worry about it..."

"Hurry up, be quick..."

Everyone immediately came to their senses from their complacency and rushed in to help.

There were actually enough people moving the goods inside, not just Ye's father, there were also people moving and lifting things in the workshop itself.

The people from the Dongsheng and Ye's father Ye Yaopeng just came back with the first truckload of goods. The workers from the Shunfeng and Ye Yaohua are still waiting at the dock.

There is still a lot of cargo on the dock, and it will take several trips to move it all, so someone needs to be left there to watch over the moving of the cargo.

There were quite a lot of small fish on the two boats, including nearly 2 kilograms of cheap fish, including those from the Shunfeng and Dongsheng.

The ones with SF Express numbers were specially asked by Ye Yaodong to be kept back, and the price was calculated according to the market price.

Before selling the goods, he went to their ship and selected a batch of goods that he wanted to keep.

Collecting privately and calculating the price according to the market price is good for everyone. After all, if it is sold at the market price, both parties will have to pay a three-point commission from the market, and there will be a travel fee for transporting it to the market.

Let them keep the goods he wants, and they can save some commission.

They moved their positions to move the goods and weigh them. The people at the door couldn't get in, but the women who were killing fish nearby shouted at them curiously and asked them all sorts of questions.

When Wang Guangliang came back a few days ago, he had already publicized it a lot. Today, everyone brought back the news that everyone could receive the prize, which further aroused the villagers' emotions.

Everyone was discussing the matter enthusiastically, and the work of moving and weighing goods was also done with great enthusiasm.

Lin Xiuqing handed the recording work to Pei Dongqing and went to Ye Yaodong to ask about his well-being.

"You must be tired. I see that your eyes are all blue. Let's go back and eat something first."

"Well, I didn't sleep for a whole day and night. I just took a nap on the boat when I came back. When did the Harvest come back? Has the cargo on that ship been accounted for?"

"You guys came back not long after we settled the bill," Lin Xiuqing pointed to a corner, "Look over there, it's all the goods from the Harvest Ship, piled up like a small mountain. They've already picked them out there."

The small fish brought back are big and small. The big ones can be picked out and dried, while the small ones can be fermented.

There are really a lot of people working in the workshop now. People are coming and going everywhere, either picking fish, moving goods, or killing fish. There are dozens of people.

Ye Yaodong took a look and thought, with this scale, if it were moved to the city, wouldn’t it be doomed?

We still have to stay in the village first, and fence off the piece of land in the city and keep it there for the time being. At most, we can arrange things in advance, or use it to ferment fish sauce in advance.

Fermenting fish sauce does not require much manpower and the fermentation time is long. It can be used as advance stock and material reserves. The two sites in the village are indeed very limited.

Now we can only wait for the policy to be relaxed, and then slowly move over here.

With a current scale of dozens of people, we still have to stay in the village and seek the protection of the village committee.

"I'll send the money to them later after we've settled the bill. As for my eldest and second brothers, their goods are still at the dock, and one or two trucks won't be enough to move them all."

"I know. I've already given it to Dongqing to do the accounting. But I'm free at this time, so I'll do it with her. I'll report the weighing to her for the record, and when I'm free, I'll give it to her to do."

The two men were standing aside and talking. Seeing that the goods on the tractor had been moved and it was about to drive out to the dock to pick up more goods, they quickly stepped aside.

"You should go back and eat first. The Harvest has returned ahead of us, so I thought you might be able to make it back for lunch, so I left some food for you."

"Well, let me take a look first."

“Is it true that everyone can get a reward?”

"Yes, I waited there for a while on purpose. I didn't come back with the Harvest just to make a phone call and ask. I also wanted to go get some rewards and bring them back. Since you said you wanted to take pictures, I must go home and do some research first."

Lin Xiuqing looked at his untidy bearded face, smiled and reached out to prick it.

"At such an honorable time, you really have to dress nicely and wear better clothes."

"Ah."

"Let... let..."

The old lady at the back was holding two bowls in her hands, shouting at the people in front to move aside.

The people blocking the way moved aside, and the couple looked over at the same time. Then each of them stretched out a hand and quickly took the food from the old lady.

"Seeing that you are all surrounded by people and talking so happily, and you haven't gone home to eat for a long time, I will heat up the food and bring it out for you."

"I know you all love to hear nice things and are reluctant to go in, but you can't go in hungry. It's just right to sit here and eat, get some sun, and listen to everyone praising you, haha."

"Eat it while it's hot. It's cold now and the food will get cold soon after it's served."

Ye Yaodong gave the old lady a thumbs up and said, "That's great. I don't even need to take the initiative to go into the house to get food. You just bring it out for me. It makes me seem passive and I have to listen to everyone's praises."

"Haha, why are you so complicated? Just eat your food quickly. I'll bring you two stools."

Lin Xiuqing quickly stopped the old lady and handed the plate to Ye Yaodong, "I'll go move it. The ground is wet. Don't move around. Your cotton shoes are slippery."

"Okay, okay, I'll watch here," he said, taking the plate from Yaodong's hand, "I'll get you some food, you eat first."

"alright."

It was already in front of him, and he just had to eat it while it was hot.

People nearby were moving goods back and forth non-stop. After weighing, they were carried inside and placed next to the goods that the Harvest had brought back earlier.

After a while, a tractor pulled in another truckload of goods, and another person came to unload the goods.

Ye's father was rolling up his sleeves to help when he saw the old lady holding a plate for Ye Yaodong and standing by to watch him eat so that it would be convenient for him to pick up the food. He instantly became furious.

"What are you doing? Everyone else is still busy, but you've already started eating? And I have to wait on you while you eat?"

The old lady immediately retorted, "Are you crazy? You don't allow people to eat? I brought the food to him. There are so many people here, why are you scolding him? He is the boss, he has to work there."

Father Ye cursed a few dirty words, "You've spoiled him. He's old and doesn't know what's going on. And you're still standing next to him serving him food. Is that right?"

"I'll just take it for free, otherwise how can he eat it?"

"Can't we go home and eat?"

"How can he be relieved? There are truckloads of goods that have not been unloaded yet, and he has to watch over here. How long will it take for the goods to be unloaded? You have so many complaints just to have a bite of hot food."

Ye's father almost exploded with anger, but fortunately Lin Xiuqing brought two stools and ran over.

He could only curse a few more times in disgust and swallow his grievance.

Ye Yaodong remained silent.

If he said anything, his father would be so angry that he died.

Originally, everyone on the ship had a prize and could have a moment of glory, except for him. This was depressing enough.

After working for a while, I heard all kinds of jealous comments from people around me, and I was probably even more angry...

Seeing him eating, the old lady was still serving him, and she instantly lit up the firecrackers and became even angrier...

He clearly praised his second brother when he was scolding him on the boat before.

The old lady placed the dishes on a stool and put down another stool to make it easier for him to sit and eat.

"Don't worry about your father. Eat your food. He's just feeling unbalanced. Let him go home and eat by himself. No one asked him to do it. Is he afraid that he can't handle so many people? Won't he go home to eat first? We left some food for him, really."

"Do you want me to serve him at my old age? How old is he and you still want to compete with him? Do you have any shame? Do you have the face to do that?"

Lin Xiuqing shook her head, said nothing, and walked aside to help.

The old lady was happy to see him eating so happily, "Eat more and finish all the food."

Ye Yaodong nodded.

The old lady stood beside him and chattered on and on with caring words. He nodded and occasionally agreed with her.

The more Ye's father moved, the more unhappy he felt, so he simply stopped moving and just stood aside and watched. When someone came over to talk to him, he forced a smile and said a few words.

After the last truckload of goods drove in and Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also came over, there was not much left to do, so he walked out.

As he walked out, he did not forget to glare at the old lady.

The old lady received his gaze and poked the floor twice with her cane, "What kind of eyes are you looking at? Why are you staring at me like that? How am I bothering him? The eyes are not eyes, and the nose is not a nose."

Ye Yaodong continued to remain silent.

His father was unhappy, so he just had to bear with it.

Lin Xiuqing asked Ye Yaohua, "Is there nothing more to come?"

"No, it's all here."

"Then wait until all of these are weighed, and we'll calculate the total bill for the goods we brought back this time, and we'll pay you after that."

Ye Yaohua smiled and said, "Don't worry, take your time, it's okay to leave it alone for now."

"Settle them one by one, and make it clearer when the time comes. Otherwise, too much will accumulate and it will be too troublesome."

She has plenty of money on hand, not that she is short of it, so there is no need to drag it out. She should settle the accounts one by one, and everything will be clear at the end of the month.

"Okay, you can do whatever you want."

Lin Xiuqing waited until all the goods were weighed before taking over the account book and going back with Ye Yaodong.

The rest of the work was what everyone was used to doing these days, so she didn't need to give any instructions. The goods were piled there, and everyone would naturally sort them out, killing those that needed to be killed and picking those that needed to be picked. After picking, the rest would be automatically carried away for fermentation.

In the beginning, we still needed someone to direct us to do this and that, but after we became familiar with the work, everyone knew what to do and was very self-conscious.

When Ye Yaodong returned home, his father was gone. Only the dishes and chopsticks on the table proved that he had left after dinner.

"Why do I feel like Dad doesn't seem very happy? Although it was hard work when he came back in the past, he never had a sullen face." Lin Xiuqing asked curiously after sitting down.

Ye Yaodong was also helpless, "Let me ask you, whose ship did Dad board this time?"

"Didn't I say that I would help my elder and second brothers drive for a while and take care of them first?"

"Yeah, so what? Why do you think he's unhappy?"

Lin Xiuqing was stunned for a moment before she reacted, "Oh, then everyone gets a share of the reward, so there's no share for him?"

Ye Yaodong nodded, "That's right. My second brother foolishly approached him and started talking about all sorts of things, and he got scolded by him."

"That seems to be really unlucky... I have been following you in the past, but I didn't follow you this time..."

He has a part in jail, but no part in the glorious moments. It's really that...

"I was wondering why he looked at me with eyes that weren't eyes and a nose that wasn't a nose just now. It turns out he was unhappy and took his anger out on me. Really." The old lady started nagging again.

"Don't tell him tonight, but he should be fine by tonight. Today's incident was just too sudden. He just found out not long ago and hasn't recovered yet. He's feeling depressed."

Lin Xiuqing nodded, "I know. It's good to know why Dad is unhappy."

After saying that, she immediately reacted, "Hey? How about taking Dad along to receive the award? It shouldn't be a big deal, right? Have you told your boss how many people are on the ship?"

"No, but he wasn't there at the time, so how can I take him there? Wouldn't that be a false award?"

"It doesn't matter if he's one more person. He's always on the ship anyway. He's the only one not on the ship this time. The leader should know that Dad has been following you all the time."

Ye Yaodong shook his head. "That's not good. We have to seek truth from facts. We can't pretend to receive the award. We will feel guilty if we follow him. It's not worthy of the title. Besides, there are so many boatmen. Who doesn't know it?"

"If Dad goes to receive the award, people won't say anything to his face and will help cover it up, but they will definitely discuss it in private. With so many mouths, if the news spreads in the village, will he still have face?"

"He who didn't get on board wants to take credit for this, he can't afford to lose face."

Lin Xiuqing felt that what he said was right. If she really went to take advantage of the situation, people in the village would definitely talk about it, and she would lose all her face.

"I was wrong. That really shouldn't have happened."

The older he gets, the more face he has. Plus, his three brothers have always made him look good in the past two years. He walks with his back straight and can't afford to lose face like that.

Although he did not get a share of the reward this time, he is Ye Yaodong's father and has already gained glory, so there is no need for him to do so.

"Ah."

However, Lin Xiuqing did not mention it again, but at dinner, Ye's mother brought it up again, with a bad idea in mind, and wanted him to go with another reward. Anyway, the leader would not know that he did not go.

This time, before Ye Yaodong could say anything, Ye's father started to curse back.

"What a lousy idea! What's in your pig head? Do you care about me? You have to take credit for something that didn't happen, and it's ridiculous."

"Why is it so funny? How many people know about this? The rumors out there are all true and false, so what are you afraid of?"

"You don't want shame, but I want face."

"You are shameless. Your face is like the bark of an old tree. You are still shameless. Everyone else has a share."

"They follow Dongzi, but I don't follow Dongzi, so why should I take credit for it? Don't give me bad advice. I'm a quiet person, so who wouldn't praise me? When I go out, everyone will look up to me. Do I still need to take credit for the 50 yuan?"

Mother Ye whispered, "That's true, it's not a big deal."

Father Ye glared at her again before saying nothing.

Mother Ye looked at Ye Yaodong again, "Another reward of 50 yuan this time? So little? Didn't they say that the item was some JD equipment from abroad? It sounds so advanced, but it's only 50 yuan?"

Ye Yaodong shrugged, "I don't know. No one told me. I don't know how much the reward is or what it is. I'll know when I go there tomorrow."

"The boat is yours, so you should have more than others, right?"

"I've already said that. I don't know. Let's just pack up and go there tomorrow."

"Okay then, I'll tidy up your messy hair later."

Ye Yaodong grabbed his hair twice. He really had a lot of hair, a lot of dense hair, and each strand was very hard.

Lin Xiuqing also looked at his hair. "If you cut it now, you can cut it again before the New Year."

"The reward is given straightforwardly this time. For example, when we fished out the big cauldron two years ago, the guy kept asking for it and was reluctant to give it to us for a month. Now he only gave us 50 yuan. It was so funny." Ye's mother pouted in disgust.

"They belong to different departments. That one was the museum, this time it was the Ocean Bureau, and it was approved directly by the city, so it will be faster if it goes directly."

“I hope it’s not 50.”

Ye Yaodong said seriously: "Mom, you can't just look at the money. How can I be short of this little reward money? We should look at the honor. Look at the banners hanging on my wall. I have two letters of commendation in my drawer. These may be passed down to the family in the future."

"Heirloom? Do we have to open a separate page for you in the family tree?"

"If that's the case, I can accept it."

"Bah, you climbed up when I gave you the ladder, and you're just flattering yourself."

"Hey, we have a sense of honor. Can the meaning of catching something from our own country be the same as catching something dropped by a JD overseas? It's a whole sublimation, you know? Those foreign things are spying on our country and are our enemies."

"Okay, okay, okay, I can't argue with you, whatever you say is what it means, anyway you have plenty of money. It's just that the other boatmen are cheaper, I didn't expect that they would take advantage of this."

"That's not the case. It took everyone's joint efforts to salvage it. It's only right that we get paid according to our work."

"In the final analysis, it is the city leaders who are more generous and allow everyone to have a share."

"That's true."

He also didn't expect that everyone would have a share.

After dinner, he rode his motorcycle to Dongshan Village to find a barber to cut his hair.

There was no barber in their village. In the past, barbers would go from village to village every now and then to offer haircuts.

If you encounter it, just trim it. If you don’t encounter it, just use scissors to cut it yourself. If you encounter it again, you can trim your hair next time.

He has to go to the city to take photos and receive an award tomorrow, so of course he has to look handsome.

It’s a pity that the barber didn’t have mousse, otherwise he would have been more vain.

It was already dark when he left. He simply gave himself a buzz cut and hurried back.

"After my hair got shorter, it couldn't withstand the cold anymore. My scalp was even cold from the wind."

"I don't even know how to wear a hat."

"They are all small strands of hair. Why are you wearing a hat? Is there any hot water? I want to wash my hair."

"It's already cooked."

Ye Yaodong looked at the three kids sitting in a row over there, watching TV intently. He walked over, squatted in front of them, blocking the TV.

"Look at my new hairstyle. Is your dad handsome?"

"old!"

"handsome!"

"Who said I was old!?"

Ye Chenghu laughed, "You said it, Dad!"

Ye Yaodong walked over and grabbed his neck, watching him shrink like a quail, "Tell me again, am I handsome or not!"

"old!"

"You little bastard, I love you for nothing."

Seeing him playing with the children, Lin Xiuqing fetched water for him and then urged him on.

"Don't bother with them, go wash them quickly, the water is ready for you."

"You have no conscience. Remember this: the New Year is coming next month, and the New Year's money will be cut in half."

"Dad, you are so handsome... You are the most handsome dad..."

"late."

Ye Yaodong tapped him on the head before going to get water to wash his hair.

Ye Chengyang gloated, "I'll give you 1 yuan for the New Year's gift, and you'll give me 5 cents."

"You fart..."

Ye Xiaoxi stood up and laughed, walked behind Ye Chenghu, pointed his butt at his back, and farted loudly.

"puff……"

"Ah!!! Ye Xiaoxi!"

Ye Xiaoxi ran towards Ye Yaodong, "Help, help..."

"You fart!"

"You told me to let it go!"

"I beat you to death!"

"You told me to let it go!"

Ye Yaodong was holding a basin of water in his hand, and the two children circled around him, spilling water all over him.

"Get out of here, or we'll both fight."

"You can't hit me, you can't hit me..."

Ye Chenghu was furious. He rushed over, grabbed Ye Xiaoxi and was about to hit her.

After her clothes were pulled, she still hugged Ye Yaodong's thighs and tried to get under his crotch.

Ye Yaodong was forced to spread his legs. He wanted to protect his vitals, but he had a basin of water in his hand and was afraid that the two children would hurt him, so he could only stand on tiptoe.

He was already somewhat unsteady on his feet, the two children were pulling and tugging at him, and the water in his basin was spilling out.

His face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he yelled, "Ye Xiaoxi! Come out here!"

"Lin Xiuqing, look at your daughter, look at your son!"

Lin Xiuqing suppressed her laughter and hurried over to pull the child away, "You two, move aside."

"No, my brother is going to beat me."

"If you don't get out of my way, I'll beat your butt until it's swollen when I have my hands free." Ye Yaodong said angrily.

"You love me, you can't hit me."

"I love you so much that my heart and liver are swollen. Please get out of my way."

Ye Chenghu had already loosened her clothes and stood aside obediently when Ye Yaodong was yelling at him.

Only Ye Xiaoxi was still holding his legs and crawling under his crotch, preventing him from walking.

Lin Xiuqing grabbed her clothes, quickly pulled her out from under his crotch, and hit her legs twice with a whip.

"Who told you to fart in front of your brother?"

"Dad farts at me like this too!"

She didn't feel any pain at all. She was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket in winter and several layers of clothes. She didn't feel a thing when she was hit and even managed to keep talking back.

Lin Xiuqing was speechless. She glared at Ye Yaodong and turned to look at him, who hit her twice again.

"The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked."

Ye Chenghu encouraged her from the side, "Mom, it won't hurt if you beat her like this, why don't you take off her pants and beat her."

"I'll hit you first."

After saying that, Lin Xiuqing let go of Ye Xiaoxi's clothes and turned to grab Ye Chenghu.

"Why? I didn't do anything. She was the one who farted at me first."

"As a brother, why do you care so much about her?"

"Why do you care so much about me, mother?"

"Say something and you respond!"

"That's right, that's right."

Lin Xiuqing originally had no intention of getting serious, but she got angry after he talked back to her, so she grabbed his clothes, took off his pants and hit him twice.

Ye Chenghu was also thick-skinned. He cried out twice, then quickly pulled up his trousers and ran away quickly.

"It's not fair. You didn't even take off your pants when you hit her, but you took off my pants when you hit me."

Ye Xiaoxi was making faces with excitement, but her joy turned into sorrow. She turned around and her clothes were grabbed again. This time, her pants were taken off and she was beaten.

She wanted to pull up her pants, but ended up bending over and sticking her butt out, making it even easier to be spanked. Several red marks were left on her fair butt.

She let out a howl and rushed out like a cannonball.

Ye Yaodong was washing his hair at the door and still kept an eye on the movements in the house. "It's what they deserve. They both deserve to be beaten."

Ye Xiaoxi ran out and heard it, and slapped him on the butt twice.

"Beat you."

"You are really thick-skinned."

"You are thick."

"I didn't even cry after being beaten."

"Humph, don't sleep with her at night, and don't sleep with you either."

"Great, you go sleep in the doghouse."