Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1189 Fighting
Ye Yaodong promised Wang Jianxin a big promise and encouraged him a lot before letting him go back and come to the store to work tomorrow.

Regardless of whether you need to run around for something he has asked you to do or not, you must come to the store and punch in before you can find a place to place an order.

Now this shop is where he works.

After Ye Yaodong and the others left, he chatted with Lin's father for a long time.

From what Father Lin said when he came in, he had been curious about what the reward was.

Ye Yaodong had salvaged an unmanned submarine, he had known about it a long time ago, they were still talking about it yesterday.

The father-in-law and son-in-law chatted until it was completely dark, and only then did Lin's father send him away with a smile on his face.

There was a cold wind blowing at the dock, but there were still many people coming and going.

When Ye Yaodong arrived at the dock, he saw a group of people weighing and lifting goods there.

"Haven't you finished collecting the goods yet? What time is it?"

"Brother Dong, we are not lazy. We have actually collected all the goods and spent all the money. It's just that everyone saw that you haven't come yet, so they thought of continuing to collect goods and waiting for you. Sister-in-law said it's not a big deal if we collect a little more goods."

"Oh, how much did it cost?"

"Wait a minute, the scales here haven't been finished yet, I need to calculate it. Luckily the people who came back earlier have money in their pockets, so I can use it as a cushion."

"Let's load all the goods onto the ship. We'll go back directly after we weigh them."

At this time, the boat owner who was selling goods said, "Boss, can you set up a fixed receiving point on the dock? You stop working when it gets dark, but we usually dock after dark, and sometimes we can't catch up with the goods we bring back."

Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and said, "We have just started receiving the goods. We will have to wait until after the Chinese New Year to get to the fixed receiving point."

"We have to wait until the New Year is over... that's fine too."

"Is it worthwhile for you to bring back so many small fish?"

"It's not bad. A little subsidy is enough. A shipload of dozens of tons of cargo doesn't matter if there are a few more tons. It would be a waste to dump them into the sea."

"I think so. I have my own boat, so I can count it."

"What are you little bastards planning to do out here?"

"it works."

He didn't say anything when there were more, but turned to his own people and said, "I'll go to the boat first, you can come up after you finish collecting."

"Ok."

Since he didn't have much money on him, Ye Yaodong didn't lock it under his bed, but hid it on his body.

After they loaded all the goods and stuff onto the boat, he counted the number of people and made sure that no one was missing before ordering the boat to sail back.

It was indeed very late now, much later than usual. It was already 8 o'clock, and everyone was eager to go home.

However, this did not prevent them from excitedly communicating with each other on the deck. Of course, they were all talking about their commendation meeting, how much money they had been rewarded and so on.

When we were receiving the goods at the dock before, everyone only had time to discuss a few words and glance at the certificate, and there was no time to discuss in detail.

Now they can’t wait any longer, and the boatmen can’t wait to show off.

There was a lively scene below, and Ye Yaodong in the cockpit was also pondering what the captain had just said.

If you want more quantity, you still have to set up a point and have someone there to receive the goods 24 hours a day.

After all, wholesale markets are traded at night, and larger fishing boats will also choose to dock at night. If you want more volume, you have to collect it at night.

What they collect on the shore during the day are also scattered bulk cargoes from fishing boats that return on the same day.

But there is no rush now. We have only started harvesting for a few days, and the additional containers at home are limited. We have to wait for Wang Jianxin to order more containers and put them in the factory in the city first.

Once we really set up a fixed receiving point at the dock, we can really achieve continuous mass production.

Ye Yaodong was thinking about his own business empire all the way until he got home, when he focused his attention on unloading the goods.

"Take down the beds and quilts in the cabin and wash them. They stink."

"Ok."

"Whoever sleeps with it should take it home and wash it. Don't expect my wife to wash it for you."

"Ok."

"I don't even know how to tidy up my personal chores, and I have to wait for others to tell me all day long."

"Yours doesn't seem to smell that good, does it?"

"If I hadn't told you, you might not even wash it until the New Year."

“Haha, everyone is the same.”

"It's only a month before the Chinese New Year. Why not save it for the Chinese New Year? If you wash it now, you have to wash it again before the Chinese New Year?"

"It's a waste to wash it one more time?" Ye Yaodong said unhappily, "I don't want you to wash it anyway. My wife will wash it when I take it home."

"It's troublesome to carry it back and forth."

"It's up to you. Whoever sleeps on the quilt gets to take it home and wash it."

They are all lazy and will not move more if they can get by.

It was already the middle of the night, and except for Ye Yaodong, no one had come down to bring the quilt. He didn't care about them. He just had to move the goods to the receiving ship.

There was no one else in the workshop except the person on duty, as everyone had gone off work.

Everyone delivered the goods to the workshop, piled them in a corner, and went home to process them tomorrow.

Naturally, someone helped Ye Yaodong carry his quilt to the door of his house. He ran to knock on the window skillfully. This time, Lin Xiuqing didn't even need to open the window and directly let him go to the front door.

As soon as he stepped into the door, he kept muttering, "Why don't you open the window to see who opened the door? Or ask, you said you were going to the front door without even asking. What if a wild man came in? Wouldn't that be dangerous?"

"Which wild man dares to come here and knock on the window?"

"That's hard to say."

"The yard is full of dogs. They would have barked if they had smelled a stranger."

"What if the perpetrator is someone we know? Those stupid dogs..."

"At night, they will still bark if there is even the slightest noise, unless you get close and they can smell something, then they won't bark. When you came over, didn't the dog at home bark twice before stopping?"

"You weren't yelling at me, you were yelling at the person who was holding the blanket."

"Stop nagging and go in quickly. It's the middle of the night and I told you to bring your keys but you didn't. How dare you keep nagging here?"

"Then you should ask next time when you hear knocking on the window."

"If I ask you, you'll be my mistress, my adulterer, and my father."

Ye Yaodong whispered, "Then should I call you sister-in-law next time?"

Lin Xiuqing stopped, turned around and gave him a fierce look, "What's going on in your head every day?"

He said honestly, "Yellow waste."

Lin Xiuqing was annoyed, "You are quite self-aware."

"You're kidding."

Helplessly, she threw the quilt she was holding onto the washing machine and made a fire to cook him a midnight snack.

When the old lady heard the noise, she came out as usual to ask about his well-being, but she was sent back by him after a meeting.

It's the middle of the night, and I have to get up to check as soon as there is any noise. What a shame.

While lighting the fire, Lin Xiuqing asked, "What did you get as a reward today? Did you bring back any enamel pots, wash basins, thermoses, or anything like that? In the past, there were always rewards. Where's the pen?"

I didn't think about it when I first came in, but now I see him sitting down, but the table is empty. I'm a little confused, why didn't he bring anything back?
"Who told you about these rewards?"

"No, if there were any rewards in the past, weren't they basically these?"

Ye Yaodong took out the commendation book from his big pocket with a smile, "I won't give those as rewards this time. We have enough at home. We already have three or four thermoses and one washbasin for each person. Why do we need so many?"

Lin Xiuqing stood up and walked over, glancing at the book he had taken out. "Is this your certificate of commendation? Just this one?"

He continued to search his pockets, pulled out a few big unity notes and put them on the table.

"50 yuan?"

“I haven’t finished taking it out yet.”

As he spoke, he took off his clothes and took out a red envelope from the lining of his cotton coat.

"And this, this is much more valuable than your washbasins and water bottles."

Lin Xiuqing was instantly surprised and pinched the red envelope, "Is this the one? So thick? There are more than 5 here, right? So many..."

"More than that, there are 1000 yuan in here."

"1000 yuan!!!"

She had already seen a thick bag through the opening, but was still surprised when she heard the price of 1000 yuan.

"Yes, the number is 500 for each boatman and 1000 for me."

"The boatmen still have 500 each? So much? Are you so generous this time? There are six of you in total, so it must be 6 yuan? The sun is about to rise in the west?"

Ye Yaodong explained to her the special features of the unmanned submarine and that the reward money was not much and was relatively normal.

The country should have a standard for rewarding these things.

Moreover, he is going to be in the newspaper now, to set him up as a model of a dedicated, patriotic and party-loving fisherman, so as to mobilize the enthusiasm of other fishermen.

Fishermen are the lower-class working people and they also need to eat. Without more rewards, how dare they chase after foreign boats to fish? They are patriotic, but they also need to eat.

The country should also recognize and encourage their behavior and not let people work for nothing. His case was purely an accident.

After crushing it and feeding it to her mouth, Lin Xiuqing nodded happily, thinking it made sense.

"For us, a 1000 yuan reward is not much. After all, we lost a day of fishing, and we have to pay for the gas to go back and forth, but we have to pay for all that ourselves. The boatmen have made a lot of money."

"Yes, they made a lot of money. 500 yuan per person, which is half a year's salary. It's a big profit for them. It's a pity that my father didn't get on the ship at that time, otherwise, he could have an extra 500 yuan for his retirement."

"It's a pity indeed. If he hears it tomorrow, he'll probably be sulking again."

Lin Xiuqing put down the money in her hand and went to cook noodles for him so that she could talk while working.

"Then why did you come back only now after receiving the award?"

Ye Yaodong told him about his arrangements for Wang Jianxin and some plans he had in mind when sailing the boat.

"The land at home is definitely not big enough. We must expand it slowly, sell it throughout the coastal market, and then sell it overseas."

"That piece of land in the city must be used. Fortunately, it has been built. However, this fish sauce has a disadvantage. The fermentation time is too long. We must prepare and plan in advance for mass production..."

Ye Yaodong spoke eloquently and said a lot. Lin Xiuqing listened and nodded in agreement, feeling that what he said made a lot of sense.

"Then do whatever you want. It's up to you. We've already bought the land and built it. We can't just leave it there and waste it."

"It's rare, finally there's a time when you don't object."

"What did I object to?"

"You opposed everything I did in the past two years. Not only you, but the whole family opposed it!"

"You were unreliable before, weren't you? You were lazy and idle every day. If I didn't object, how could I let you do whatever you want with my house? Who knows if your diligence is just a passing fad? It's not just me who thinks you're unreliable, your whole family thinks you're unreliable."

Ye Yaodong had nothing to say.

"Then you objected when I bought a TV. You also objected when I bought a washing machine. These are obviously for the benefit of the whole family."

"I didn't think it was necessary at the time. I didn't have much money. Who knows if something unexpected will happen? It's definitely better to save as much money as possible."

"What happened?"

"That's hard to say. There are so many natural and man-made disasters. Of course, you have to save a lot of money first. If you have money in your hands, you won't be panicked. And there are so many gamblers now. Who knows if you will develop bad habits? You don't have any good habits anyway."

"Fuck, you talk about me like that. I am a waste, but I don't have any bad habits."

"Just because you didn't touch it before doesn't mean you won't touch it in the future. Men become bad when they have money."

"I've given you all the money."

Lin Xiuqing took the spatula and stirred the noodle soup in the pot. She turned her head and looked at him with a laugh. "So, don't I support you now?"

"That's because what I said made sense and was well planned. I wasn't just talking nonsense."

"Yes, yes, yes, you are mature and stable now. You know how to think about your life and plan. You will not make people think you are unreliable."

Ye Yaodong was satisfied.

"That's pretty much it."

"Eat quickly, then go to bed. It's very late."

"Ah."

Lin Xiuqing brought the noodles to him, took out the chopsticks and handed them to him, then picked up the red envelopes on the table to count them.

"Are these 10-dollar bills on the table also?"

"That's not what's on the table. I brought it with me when I went out today. I didn't spend much on lunch. But when they received the goods today, they waited for me on purpose, so they received them a little late. It seems that they paid a lot. You can weigh the goods you brought back yesterday tomorrow morning and reimburse them. I was going to reimburse them, but they didn't finish their work and I got on the ship first. By the way, give them a little more starting tomorrow, so that they don't have to pay for it all the time."

"understood."

"Please keep my certificate of commendation safe for me."

"Got it. I'll keep it for you. I'll also keep the money for you. Don't touch it, okay?"

"Yeah, that's right, that's what you have to do when you're a wife."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and patted him on the shoulder with the certificate, then took it into the house and put it away.

After she came out, she was not idle either, and started to take apart the quilt again, "Where are the other quilts? In the workshop?"

"On the boat, just let them die of laziness..."

Ye Yaodong cursed and called them lazy bastards, saying that they were all dirty.

"Anyway, we have a washing machine at home, so it's okay to bring them back for me to wash. They are our own quilts..."

The couple chatted incessantly, one ate noodles while the other worked. When Ye Yaodong finished eating, she put down the work at hand and went back to the room to sleep with him.

The next morning, before he got up, the news of their award-winning yesterday had spread all over the village.

Because I got home late at night yesterday and had nothing to show off, I almost felt suffocated.

So many people got up early in the morning to set off firecrackers. After attracting a large crowd, they quickly told their neighbors about their glorious deeds.

Money or not, although everyone is envious, it is nothing compared to being famous in the newspaper. They were excited to hear that they would be in the newspaper later.

This is no less than appearing on TV in later generations, and it can be seen by people all over the country.

Ye Yaodong was also awakened by the sound of firecrackers outside his own door.

He got up without knowing why, and saw a bunch of people gathered at the door, talking to his parents. There were red firecracker papers on the ground, and a bunch of children were squatting on the floor looking for unused firecrackers.

"Why is it so lively?"

"Mom said we should set off some firecrackers. You participated in the commendation meeting, received a certificate of commendation, and it will be in the newspaper. She said this is worth setting off firecrackers to celebrate. Others set off firecrackers early this morning, so we must set off some more."

"Ok."

He looked at his father who was talking to the neighbors with a smile on his face. He probably knew that he felt very happy when being complimented, and was not depressed about the 500 yuan.

As soon as Ye Yaopeng saw him, he couldn't wait to ask: "Dongzi is up? Are we going out to sea tonight?"

"It was windy the night before yesterday and last night. When I came back last night, the waves near the sea were quite big. Let's take a look in the evening?"

"Alright."

"Uncle Ye, this is such a pity, isn't it? Others have certificates of commendation and can be in the newspaper. This is probably the only time in a lifetime. Not only did you lose 500 yuan for such a rare opportunity, but you also lost the chance to be in the newspaper."

The old woman who was originally talking to Ye's mother turned around and said to Ye's father. She said that she had no ill intentions in saying this, she was just smiling and teasing Ye's father.

Father Ye sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it. Who knows if good or bad things will happen? I wish I could predict it."

He thought to himself that he had to follow Dongzi so that he could gain more experience and encounter good things.

However, this opportunity probably won't come again in the future, and Father Ye felt regretful.

If he could be in the newspaper, his life would be worth it. Unfortunately, now he can only watch the other boatmen showing off in the village.

Thinking about the 500 yuan, plus the opportunity to be featured in the newspaper, which he had missed out on, his heart was bleeding.

Ye Yaodong didn't continue listening to them and went back to the house to eat.

After the meal, the people at the door dispersed, and many gathered at the door of the workshop. He also went to the workshop to patrol and help.

There are now about 30 people working in his two workshops every day. They need people to move, lift and sort the fish, and they need even more people to kill the fish, clean and dry them.

In addition to the fifteen or sixteen workers he hired regularly, the remaining twenty or so women were temporary helpers, but now they worked every day and earned as much as others.

At this time, everyone was talking about the fact that they were commended. Probably the whole village would talk about it for many days. After all, there were many people involved, and their families felt it was an honor, so they would definitely talk about it a lot.

Ye Yaodong walked to the fish drying area and looked through the dried fish. Some fish would be completely dry in two or three days if they were cut horizontally from the belly, such as toadfish and dragonhead fish; some fish had to be cooked before drying, such as balanga, which needed to be dried longer to be better preserved; and some needed to be sliced ​​and dried, such as black carp.

At this time, Ye's father came over and sighed, "It's a pity this time. Once I have trained your elder brother and second brother, I will continue to follow you and work for you."

He laughed, "I thought you wanted to say that once you have brought up your elder and second brothers, you would quit your job and just stay at home and bask in the sun and retire."

"How can that be possible? I'm only 53, how can I just sit there and do nothing?"

"Well, it's up to you."

"In fact, your eldest brother and second brother don't need to take care of them. As long as they know how to drive, it's fine. If we keep the boats together, they won't get lost..."

Ye's father was truly heartbroken. The money and honor he had earned were gone just like that.

"You still have to lead them, otherwise they will think you are biased and unfair, only helping me and not them. After all, they are also novices, and they will be nervous in managing such a large ship."

"I still have a bright future following you. You can gain insights and always encounter good things..."

When Ye Yaodong heard this, his father's frustrated expression when he was in jail, and his excitement when he was released flashed through his mind.

"Ahem...why don't you take care of them for a month or two before the New Year, and then you can come back to my ship after the New Year?"

"That's fine. The Chinese New Year is only a month away."

With hope, Ye's father no longer worried about it. After all, if he missed it, he missed it. There was no need to dwell on it. After all, it was his son's credit and he could also be proud of it.

In the afternoon, Lin's father suddenly called and said that he had chosen a date. He planned to move into Lin Xianghui's house on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. It happened that the children in the family were on winter vacation, so he brought them all over to have some fun.

Ye Yaodong looked through the calendar, made some plans in his mind, and calculated that there was still a week left, so he told Lin Xiuqing that it was okay.

If nothing goes wrong, we will go out to sea tonight. It seems that there won't be much wind or waves.

Everyone discussed it in the evening and then notified the boatmen to prepare to go out to sea at night.

Because he had a plan for this trip, he docked early to sell goods on the fifth night of the New Year and came back the next day, the sixth.

The children in the family had known for a long time that their uncle was moving on the seventh day of the Chinese New Year and that the whole family would go to the city to attend the wedding. They were so excited that they had started looking forward to it a few days ago.

As soon as he got home, the three of them gathered around him and talked to him. This was the first time he was so welcomed by the three of them after returning from a trip to the sea.

In the past, he had to travel far away and bring back gifts before they could surround him so happily.

"Dad, you're finally back. I've been waiting for you for days."

"Me too, Mom said we have to wait until you come back before we can go to the city together."

"He went to the city. Dad came back and went to the city~"

Ye Yaodong looked down at the three people who were circling around him or hugging his thighs at his feet, "I wonder why you are so enthusiastic towards me today."

"Dad, go take a shower quickly. We'll go right after you take a shower."

"What's the hurry? Go away."

Ye Chengyang jumped up and down and followed him wherever he went, urging him all the time, which made Ye Yaodong very upset.

"Why didn't I know you were so long-winded before?"

"Hurry up, I haven't even been to the city."

"Your brother had to get 100 points in the exam to go to the city, but you don't even need to take the exam to go. If you keep asking me, I won't take you..."

"Ah, yes! Why?"

Ever since Ye Chenghu knew he was going to the city, he was so happy that he didn't think too much about it. The only thing he remembered was going to the city to attend the wedding.

When I heard this, I remembered that I had to get 100 points in the exam last year to be able to go!

Why!
He glared at Ye Chengyang angrily, "I still need to get 100 points to go, why can you go without getting 100 points? No! You can't go!"

Ye Chengyang also raised his chin and shouted to him: "Mom said that the whole family should go, including me."

“You were picked up.”

“You were picked up too.”

"But I got 100 points on the test and you didn't."

"Then the test paper you brought back yesterday only had 80 points..."

They stared at each other cross-eyed, with their eyes wide open, as if that would give them an advantage.

However, as they were cursing, they started to push each other, and it was not clear who pushed first, and then they started to fight.

Ye Yaodong ignored them. He was very tired and went to take a shower first, letting them beat him to death.

Ye Xiaoxi squatted on the side curiously, watching them play, clapping and cheering for them.

"Come on, brother..."

"Come on, big brother..."

"Come on, second brother..."

Ye Chenghu was so angry that he shouted at her, "Which side are you on?"

Ye Chengyang was suppressed to the bottom, but he didn't forget to retort, "Come on, second brother, big brother won't let you go!"

"Come on, second brother..."

"I'm so mad, you guys can't go..."

Lin Xiuqing originally went into the house to put away the money and get some clothes for Ye Yaodong to change. When she heard the noise outside, she thought it was just a quarrel.

Unexpectedly, when he came out, he saw the two of them rolled into a ball and wrestling on the ground. He was so angry that he took the whip and attacked them.

However, after hitting him twice, she felt it was not comfortable. The whip was only suitable for hitting people without pants, so she immediately changed to a broomstick and closed the door.

Ye Chenghu was not afraid even though he had picked up the broom. He just stood there and said stubbornly, "Why are you hitting me? I didn't do anything wrong..."

Ye Chengyang had already climbed up the stairs and quickly ran back to the room to lock the door.

When Ye Chenghu heard the sound of running and jumping on the floor upstairs, he realized that Ye Chengyang had already run away.

"Ye Chengyang, don't run away. I'm so mad at you."

He quickly turned around and tried to go upstairs, but it was too late. Lin Xiuqing had already grabbed the clothes on the back of his neck and spanked him hard on the butt.

"Why do you hit me..."

"Why should I hit you? Because you run slowly."

Ye Yaodong stood at the door, shirtless, rubbing his chest with a towel in his hand, and said lightly.

Lin Xiuqing glared at him and continued to beat her son mercilessly, scolding him, "Why are you making a scene again? What's the imbalance? You went there a year earlier than them, why are you unhappy? You dare to fight and shout there."

"You feel like I'm too idle every day, don't you? I just got a holiday and I'm already getting beaten. The older I get, the more naughty I get. No wonder your two mothers next door are beating their children every day. They really have to beat them. People hate them, and dogs hate them."

Ye Chenghu was caught and couldn't escape, so he could only hide behind Lin Xiuqing. The mother and son immediately started to chase and beat each other in circles.

"Why hit me?"

"Because you were the one who started it, and you are the most naughty one."

"Yangyang pushed me first, and then I pushed him. He hit me first."

"Brother is bad!" Ye Xiaoxi said crisply while standing aside.

"I haven't settled the score with you yet. I'm going to beat you to death later."

"Who else do you want to beat? I'll beat you to death first."