Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1242 Plan
The two drank until midnight and were both drunk. Ye Yaodong was still a little sober. Worried that Ye Yaodong might not be able to return, they asked the twins to help send him off and also send the basket of sea urchins over as well.

The next day, Fang Jingfu felt his pocket and found that there was an extra form. He thought about it for a long time before he remembered it. He became alert and decided not to stamp it so casually in the future.

Fortunately, it was just a harmless application form. What if it was an important contract or something else, wouldn’t it be a disaster if he just stamped it?

In other words, he went there directly after get off work, so the seal was still with him. This also gave him a warning not to carry it with him next time.

The next day, Ye Yaodong slept until noon and still felt a headache. He drank two bowls of boiled water and walked around in the yard before he woke up.

The others took advantage of not having to work in the morning and went out for a stroll.

I didn’t have a chance to go out yesterday when I first arrived, so of course I have to go out today to call my family and take a walk around the area.

Ye Yaodong thought so too. He got up too early yesterday and had no place to call, and came back too late, so he didn't have time to call back to report that he was safe.

In other words, this was not his first time here, and he had come several times this year, so his family would not worry that he did not call immediately to report his safety.

When the old lady answered the phone, she kept nagging him to call more often to report that he was safe and not to be like she did yesterday when he didn't even call.

After reporting that he was safe, he went to the Fisheries Association to report, submitted the application forms from his fellow villagers, and then submitted the suggestions signed by him and Fang Jingfu with their private seals.

Anyway, Fang Jingfu has already submitted one, so he doesn't care whether it is approved or not, or what the response is.

After finishing all this, he saw that it was not long before the end of his get off work, so he went to the gate of the Coast Guard Bureau to wait for Zeng Weimin. He greeted him along the way, chatting with him about their recent situation while walking, then sent him home and placed the local specialties he had brought and the sea urchins he had caught yesterday in front of him.

No matter if you have something to do or not, you have to visit when you come, and you have to maintain a good relationship, no matter if you can use it or not.

After refusing his invitation to dinner, Ye Yaodong rode his bicycle back home.

After lunch, he immediately led people out to sea. However, as soon as he arrived at the dock, he heard a group of people in twos and threes chattering about something he could not understand.

He pricked up his ears out of curiosity and listened for a while, and then he understood the two words "suffocation" and "sea urchin".

He smoked two cigarettes and asked around, only to find out that someone had gone diving this morning to dig up sea urchins, but had held his breath for too long, leading to lack of oxygen and loss of consciousness.

Fortunately, there were brothers on the boat. They felt that the delay was too long and something was wrong. Also, the rope kept sinking, so they quickly lifted the rope and rescued the person.

He said that fortunately he had been prepared when he went into the water and had tied a rope around his waist, so he was able to pull himself up. However, due to the air pressure problem and suffocation, he was half-dead. He was sent to the hospital and it was unknown whether he would survive.

After listening to this, he returned to his boat.

"Boss, what are those local guys discussing?"

"I feel like he's holding back something bad. He keeps listening to sea urchins. Is he missing our sea urchins?"

"no……"

Ye Yaodong told them about it, which made them sigh.

"This is just greed. It must have seen the large amount of sea urchins we caught yesterday."

"Let's go, don't worry about me. It's already very late to go out at this time..."

After saying that, he went to start the boat. Others were still talking there, saying that it would be good to scare the sea urchins, so no one dared to think of attacking the sea urchins.

I only worked half a day today, but at least I earned a day's wages and food expenses.

With more than a dozen mouths to feed, the daily wages and food are a huge expense. Unless there are accidents, he definitely cannot take a break, so he went out to sea without stopping yesterday, and only set aside half a day to do things today.

The next few days were calm, and although some people on the dock were jealous of their large harvest of sea urchins every day, they simply did not have the ability to go into the water.

Some people also wanted to seize their fishing boat, but Ye Yaodong always had people on duty and sleeping on the boat. When the equipment was not in use, it was moved to the small cabin and locked. So no one knew how they got into the water, and no one could find out.

In addition, jellyfish have begun to float to the surface of the sea intermittently in recent days, and some of the locals' attention has shifted, with the topic of discussion shifting to jellyfish.

Of course, some of the attention was also directed to these outsiders, who were all wondering whether a large number of them would come over again.

Then it brings us back to last year’s chaos.

The memory of the people is short, but as long as it concerns themselves and happens around them, they will remember it vividly.

As the jellyfish began to float up little by little, the pier became more and more lively, and more and more fishing boats stayed in the trench every day.

More and more fishing boats discovered that they were fishing for sea urchins here. Ye Yaodong had a lot of people on his boat, with more than a dozen people filling the entire boat. The locals were also worried about the bloodshed that would happen again like last year, but they couldn't do anything about it and could only watch.

The Ocean Administration has also recently begun to strengthen its precautions, and law enforcement ships patrolling at sea have also focused on this area, so Ye Yaodong can continue to salvage with peace of mind.

However, no matter how at ease he was, he was still on guard against the local boats around him. Fortunately, he didn't need to go into the water and could keep an eye on it from the boat.

There were also some local boats that came over to ask questions and he answered them politely.

If some people wanted to guard the surrounding area and salvage the jellyfish that were floating up intermittently, he would let them do it. As long as they did not interfere with each other, he would not care about those that floated up.

It was not until the beginning of the month that the number of jellyfish gradually increased, and the number of fishing boats also increased, and they gradually moved away from the surrounding areas of the mountain.

After two or three years of continuous salvage, the sea urchins in the inner area have been almost cleared out, and the only option is to gradually mine along that ditch outwards, which also avoids the gathering of more and more fishing boats inside.

However, he heard from the workers who went into the water that the further outward you move, the smaller the gaps in the trench become, and the gaps on the inside are relatively large, so the jellyfish used to be concentrated inside, while there were fewer outside and they could only float out from the inside.

As they salvage further out, the gap in the trench becomes smaller and smaller, so two people can no longer squeeze in. They can only sit side by side, not back to back.

Moreover, seeing the gap getting smaller and smaller, some people were afraid to go down anymore. Because the air pipe was limited in length, they could not go too deep. However, the current gap could still accommodate them, and it would not be too late to worry when the gap was too small.

The main reason is that we have more equipment this year, and they came to salvage in advance, so the efficiency is very high. The daily harvest is two to three times that of last year, and six to seven times that of the year before. The speed of gradual outward shift is also faster.

Ye Yaodong also called home at the end of the month, but his father had gone out to sea and had not returned.

He could only leave a message to A Qing, asking his father not to go out to sea next time, and then he calculated the time and called back on the 3rd, and his father finally answered the call.

He felt relieved when he knew that they had been preparing for the past two days and would set off the day after tomorrow and arrive in the evening or after dark the day after tomorrow.

By the way, ask those who are on leave at home to go out and inquire and help them rent a house in advance.

After calculating the time, the day after tomorrow, Ye Yaodong directly asked the factory's truck to go out to pick up people, because there was not only his father on the boat, but also his two brothers and A Guang had friends, so he had to pick them up as well.

There is really nothing we can do about the others. He cannot take care of everyone, and one car cannot carry one or two hundred people.

Most people came here last year, and some of them rented a house later. If they come now, just let them find the house they rented last year and talk to the landlord.

After distributing the fishing tags issued by the Fisheries Association to them, he said a few words to be careful and took the people he was going to pick up away.

But later, some people couldn't find a place to stay and wanted to find him. He simply opened the gate of his yard to let everyone see that everyone had already slept on the floor in his yard. Then they had no choice but to look for other people to share the apartment with or seek help.

Ye Yaodong also knew that these were inevitable, since he was the leader.

He brought 16 people with him. Father Ye did not bring more people this time. There were only 6 people on the Dongsheng, including him. In total, his small courtyard could accommodate 23 people, including the twins, a total of 25 people.

Fortunately, everyone just needs a place to lie down, and nothing else matters.

As soon as Mr. Ye arrived and sat down, he took out his hookah and started stuffing tobacco into it while talking.

"Everyone said they were worried about whether there would be risks this year, but when the time came, they knew I was leaving and hurried to follow me, and brought all the relatives they could with them."

"Let them make their own arrangements. I can't control too much. Whether they make a profit or a loss is up to fate. I'm not the God of Wealth who can guarantee them a profit."

"Ah."

"What's going on at sea now?"

"Not good, just like that?"

"What was that like? What was going on?"

"All the local ships are staying in the trench area. There are more ships than jellyfish. No one is willing to leave, for fear that they will be taken advantage of by others."

Father Ye paused for a moment, frowning, "What else are you going to fish for?"

"Fortunately, I have been very efficient these days and have moved to the periphery, only catching my sea urchins. In addition, because there are more and more fishing boats, law enforcement ships have also come over to supervise the surroundings, which seems to be much safer."

"Safety is safety, but with so many ships, it looks like we won't be able to make much money this year." Father Ye took a few puffs of the water pipe, with air coming out of his mouth and nose.

Ye Yaodong shrugged his shoulders and said nothing. It was good that the first batch of people who tried it out had already made some money, and we would just have to wait and see what happens next.

After everyone settled down, they were all eager to go out to sea early the next morning.

Unexpectedly, the reality gave them a slap in the face.

When they arrived at the trench, it was just as Ye Yaodong had said, it was full of boats, even small wooden boats were towed over, there were so many boats, big and small, it was impossible to squeeze in, there were more boats than jellyfish.

Ye Yaodong also gave up on going into the water to catch sea urchins.

They only sent out one small boat today, and the situation is unclear, so there is no need to send all the boats out.

The others also frowned and cursed in their respective boats.

"What the hell is this..."

"It looks like we can only go and drag the net first..."

"I can only try my luck and go out to find it."

"Well...I brought several boats with me, what should I do?"

Father Ye whispered beside Ye Yaodong: "How can a group of jellyfish gather together in this state?"

Ye Yaodong felt the same way.

If you want jellyfish to gather into groups, you have to give them time to concentrate. What should you do if one comes and none comes?

Just like serving food, one plate at a time, with a table full of people, if the speed is slower, each person will use one chopstick to finish the food. When one plate is served, it is empty, and everyone holds their chopsticks and waits for the next plate.

But the food was served quickly and everyone was scrambling to eat. They picked up their plates and tried to transfer food to their own bowls, but the plates were still empty. There was no food left on the table for people to eat slowly.

"What should we do, Dongzi? We have so many people, and the wages alone cost more than 100 yuan a day, and we also need food and drink..."

"Nothing to do. We'll have to see how things go. There's nothing I can do now. I can't do anything. I can't kill all of them to make room."

"Those who followed this year should slap their thighs and regret it."

"Go back. There's no point in staying any longer. Go home and rest. If you need to report that you're safe, call and let them know."

"alright."

Father Ye felt that there was no point in staying here any longer.

The workers on the boat looked at each other, feeling a little helpless for a moment. Could it be that they couldn't earn their wages and had to go home directly?
The people on other boats were even more nervous.

So when they saw Ye Yaodong turn around and leave, they were all panicked. He was the backbone of the team. Now that he was gone, how could everyone stay where they were?

The fishing boats followed him back in a hurry.

As soon as he reached the shore, all the others followed him back. As soon as they got ashore, they surrounded him and asked him for advice.

But what ideas could Ye Yaodong have?
They just asked everyone to go back and talk about it later. At this time, people coming and going on the shore were all looking at them.

A large group of people followed him, scaring the locals so much that they stayed away from them and pointed at them.

"Adong, what should we do now? There are so many ships gathered there, we can't salvage anything..."

"Yeah, what should I do? I borrowed money to buy a boat and hired some people this year. What should I do now..."

"Why are there so many ships? Why didn't you tell me when I called a few days ago..."

Ye Yaodong looked at the person who was speaking. "Can the situation be the same every day? The flood season is coming soon, and the cargo is starting to increase. Of course, there are more and more ships every day. It's not a must to make money. If you decide to come here, you have to bear the risks of coming here."

"It's okay if you can't make money, but what if someone dies? Or goes to jail? What happened last year? Most people saw it. The locals and the people in the town suffered so much, and you still dared to follow me this year. What are you talking about now?"

He didn't retort, but just said something calmly that left people speechless.

"Then...what should we do?"

"No big deal. Just fish according to the situation. If you think it's not worth it to compete with so many people, then go out and trawler and wait for the peak season. You can also catch some fish by paddling around the coast in small boats. It won't be a loss. You can decide for yourself."

Everyone, look at me and I'll look at you.

"So, what are you going to do about that?"

"Let the big boats go and drag the nets, and then come back for a few days to salvage the fish."

"Oh……"

Everyone was whispering in his yard discussing countermeasures.

The owners of the ships Fengshou, Shunfeng and Mancang also came to him to ask questions.

Ye Yaodong said the same thing. He asked his father to drive the Dongsheng and take their three boats out to sea to trawle. He would then drive the seafood collection boat and go out to sea to collect the goods every other day and bring back news.

It will not delay either, and under the current circumstances, it can maximize profits, not only make profits but also make full use of the ships so that they will not be idle.

This is what he was thinking about on his way back. He couldn't just stand there and watch. He had to find a way to make money first.

Zhou Da was the boss of Mancanghao. After thinking it through, he agreed, "That's fine, as long as we don't just sit there and watch. There are so many mouths to feed."

Ye Yaopeng and Pei's father also agreed and said that they had no objection, they had to make money first before talking about other things.

They are all the ones who got to take the first bite of the crab, and they are mentally prepared that no matter how difficult it is to make money this year, they will not lose much.

After they finalized it, no one else cared and let everyone discuss and decide on how to make the arrangements.

After all, everyone has different types of fishing boats, so the choices are definitely different.

However, most people choose to trawle at night. At worst, they can come back after daybreak to check the situation.

As for those small wooden boats brought out by relatives and friends, they can only try their luck in salvaging some things around the coast.

After they decided on what arrangements to make, they left Ye Yaodong's house one after another, shaking their heads and sighing.

His yard was emptied in an instant and it was not so noisy anymore. Only a few close relatives and friends were still there.

Father Ye frowned and said, "Dongzi, don't you think it would be better for those people to just go back? They won't lose money."

"Since we're all here, how can we go back empty-handed and be laughed at? We have to wait and see for a few days before making any decisions."

Father Ye didn't say much.

Ye Yaodong looked at A Guang, "We just arrived yesterday and were busy settling in. We didn't have time to talk. Your father is here too, what about your stepmother?"

"My father is worried about the situation here. Besides, I have to collect the goods. My brother is still young, so he has to come over to help run the Harvest. Aunt Ma can only ask her two married daughters to take turns to look after us."

"Oh, is she about to give birth?"

"Yeah, it's almost there, next month."

"It's so easy to give birth."

A Guang did not comment.

They only stayed for a short while before leaving, and they also had to find a place to call back and report that they were safe.

At night, all the fishing boats of these outsiders went out to sea to trawle the nets. Only Ye Yaodong and the people he brought with him stayed at home. They went out to sea again during the day the next day to check the situation.

However, when he came back at noon, he suddenly heard A Guang say that Uncle Zheng had decided to take a boat to Zhou City with his friends after returning yesterday.

Ye Yaodong was surprised for a moment, "Zhou City? Are they going with just two boats?"

"Yes, a few boats from their village wanted to stay here and watch, so they didn't follow. He and his friends went to sail, saying that there was no point in staying here."

"Oh……"

Father Ye asked curiously, "What are you catching there at this time? Isn't it said that shrimps are only available when the weather is cold? Didn't Lao Zheng and his friends catch shrimps there before?"

"Yes, they said that there are four famous fishing grounds in the country. The shrimp fishermen are in Shenjiamen, and they plan to go to Zhoushi fishing ground."

"I often hear them talk about this. Your father was almost instigated to do this."

Ah Guang nodded, "Yes, I told my dad about it yesterday after I went back, but he was a little hesitant. Thinking that I had to stay here, he didn't go with me. Otherwise, he would have wanted to go and take a look. He had always heard them brag about how good it was up there, and it just so happened that it didn't look like he could make much money here."

Ye Yaodong was also somewhat interested after listening to this. He knew about Zhoushi Fishery, which was one of the four largest fisheries in my country.

However, in his previous life, when he was a boatman, he went to the South China Sea to fish, not to go upstream. After all, when he was working for others, he had no say. He just had to work wherever he went and go wherever the captain told him to go.

"How long does it take to drive from here?"

"It takes a day and a night."

Father Ye was shocked, "So long?"

"Ah."

Ye Yaodong asked, "So they went there at short notice and couldn't get in touch with him even if they wanted to call to ask about the situation?"

"I copied a copy of the post office's phone number. Uncle Zheng and my dad agreed to call me at 4 p.m. three days later. My dad asked me to go to the post office and wait. He was worried that if the two boats went out, we wouldn't know if they lost contact. He agreed to call at a time so that he could feel more at ease. Otherwise, if something went wrong, his family would definitely ask my dad."

"That's not bad, after all, you came out together, but their two boats went somewhere else."

"That's right. I'm just trying to find out if they make money there."

"Then we can wait and ask. They set out at night, so they should arrive tonight. After two days at sea, we can probably get an idea of ​​the local fishing conditions."

Ye Yaodong knew that in his previous life, Pei's father was instigated by Uncle Zheng to go there, and later he brought his entire family with him.

"Look, you can't just listen to the good fishing situation up there and abandon the jellyfish here and run away too, right?"

"It's not impossible."

Ye Yaodong touched his chin. Considering the size of the Dongsheng, it should be no problem for it to go to Zhou City. Besides, isn’t there a seafood collection boat?
We came here in the first place to make money, but it seems that it is hard to make money here now, so wouldn't it make sense to move to a place where you can make more money?

It's just a little far away, hard to control, and requires greater risks. If there is not enough benefit, it is not worth the trip. It is better to stay here.

With the fish-collecting boat, he can still earn more than everyone else. Although not as good as the rich, he is better than the poor, and it is enough for him to earn.

A Guang looked at his thoughtful expression and was a little surprised, "Are you serious?"

"No, I'm telling you, unless I can make a lot of money, more than what I can earn here, why would I go so far away?"

"To tell you the truth, didn't you see me bringing a seafood boat here? I was going to..."

"Ah? You also brought a seafood boat here?"

"Are you blind? Didn't you see that big ship parked at the dock?"

"What do I know? When you came here, I had just landed, and I found out the next day that you were gone. You didn't drive the seafood boat yesterday, so how would I know that boat was yours?"

"Ok."

Ye Yaodong told him about his plan to use a fishing boat to collect jellyfish from everyone in the village.

After hearing this, A Guang couldn't help but give a thumbs up. His ideas were indeed always one step ahead of others and got better and better every year.

He has already foreseen that those who learned to build boats from him this year will almost all end up eating dirt.

Ye Yaodong smiled and slapped his thumbs up. "There are too many fishing boats now, and there are too many people and too little porridge. We can only make as much as we can according to the situation."

"It's good that you do this. At least our local boats can stay there and keep salvaging, while the local boats have to go back and forth to sell the goods according to the situation. After all, the jellyfish will turn into water over time. They can be preserved for a longer time if pickled, but it will take more time at sea? And we have to spend money to buy salt and alum to deal with it."

"See, it's hard to say now."

"Well, after all, you are still the biggest winner."

"When Uncle Zheng calls back, ask more questions and learn more about the situation. There are so many ships here now, it won't last long before they have to disperse and salvage. If there's a lot of money to be made up there, we can follow them and take care of them, there's nothing wrong with that."

"Then come with me the day after tomorrow to answer the phone, and ask for details yourself."

"I have to go out to sea to pick up fresh produce the day after tomorrow. I may not be available at that time. I guess I have to sell the produce?"

"Okay then, let's talk about it the day after tomorrow."

"Ah."

Now they are the only idle people at home. Those who can make money have gone out to sea to make money. A Guang is bored and only by staying here can he have company.

However, at night, he still had to go back to look after the house and the luggage.

In the past two days, Ye Yaodong only went out to sea in the morning to check the situation. He saw scattered jellyfish, which disappeared in an instant after appearing for a while. There had been several quarrels on the sea. If the law enforcement ship had not been nearby, everyone would have been cautious and there would probably have been another fight.

He watched everything and came back around noon.

These two days, even the boatmen have been a little restless. They can't even rest in peace. It would be better to have work to do and feel at ease.

After he counted the people and was about to lead the fresh-collecting boat out to sea to collect the goods, the boatmen felt relieved. They had work to do and felt that they could earn more money for a few more days.

If you take a break all the time, you might have to go back home, and the high salary you expected will be reduced immediately.

"Fortunately, we have a fresh-catch boat out, so we can still make a living..."

"Yeah, I'm really worried. I'm going to go back now, and I haven't earned a few days' salary yet..."

Ye Yaodong also knew that they had been a little nervous these past two days, worried that he would lose money and their wages would be reduced, so he comforted them.

"Don't worry, the agreed salary won't change. You'll still be paid even if you don't work. I won't shirk my responsibility. Just stay here and relax. At least I can hold out longer than others."

"Haha, right, right..."

"Yeah, haha, otherwise why do people want to follow you? Those who followed others last year, this year they all come to you on their own initiative to follow you, because they think it's safest and most reliable to follow you."

"Thank you all for your trust. Go to bed early tonight. We will go out to sea in the early morning."

"it is good……"

There will be another chapter, but I'm not sure what time it will be, don't wait