Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1267 Go Back (Monthly Ticket +3)

Some people were wearing rain boots and were thankful for that, but some others had their rain boots filled with water when they went into the water, and had to take them off after reaching the beach, leaving them barefoot. They all regretted it now.

These sweet potatoes were wriggling one by one, and some of them even crawled over their feet, leaving sticky mucus on the backs of their feet, which was as disgusting as it could be.

But there was nowhere to move, it was so crowded that it covered the entire exposed beach in just a short while.

Everyone could only kick these wriggling bugs aside so that they could step on them, but when they stepped on them, they were covered with slippery mucus.

Ye Yaodong immediately picked up the rain boots that he had kicked off and put them on. He also put on gloves on his hands. He felt relieved and not so disgusted anymore.

In no time he filled a basket.

The black mullet in the fishing net was fished out by everyone until only the tail was left. While fishing for the black mullet, everyone also pulled in the fishing net, which stretched for hundreds of meters, bit by bit.

"Are you guys used to seeing this? If you are, help scoop it out. It won't be so disgusting if you wear gloves."

"I've got goosebumps all over the floor, how can I get used to it?"

Someone shuddered, glanced away with disgust, and then looked at the sea. Only then did he feel that it was not polluted, and the hairs on his head disappeared.

"Let me help. This is too much. Can I sell it for money?"

"I'll help too, is there anyone who wants it?"

After all, it is really disgusting, and I don’t know if there is anyone who knows its quality and dares to eat it.

This thing requires luck and can only be caught in a specific location. No one is breeding it now.

"Once you get used to it, it's not so bad. It's almost as disgusting as a shipworm, just a little bigger. It's really about the size of a sweet potato."

"It feels plump in my hand, so it seems okay?"

"Oh, that's disgusting..."

"Boss, how do you eat this?"

Others found it disgusting, but Ye Yaodong's boatmen couldn't just watch their captain picking up the waste alone.

Seeing that there was not much catch in the fishing net, he handed it over to other people, and then he rolled up his sleeves and came to help.

Everyone watched and helped, so they put on gloves and helped. Of course, they had to bite the bullet and help whatever their boss did.

Anyway, it won’t bite and it’s not dangerous. It’s just a little disgusting at most, so just bear with it.

Ye Yaodong said, "Take it back. If no one wants it at the dock, you can clean it yourself, remove the internal organs, boil it in sea water and dry it."

These sweet potatoes are spindle-shaped and gradually taper at the end, but there is no sudden and obvious shrinkage in the tail. The maximum body length can reach 20 cm, but most of them are only about 10 cm, which is considered to be quite large.

You can cut it open with a knife and take out the internal organs, leaving only the outer layer of skin. The fried leeks are also particularly delicious and easy to preserve if dried.

“Can you really eat it?”

He said nonchalantly, "These are all seafood. What in the sea can't be eaten? Sea centipedes can be eaten, and shipworms are also maggots. They can be eaten too. What's this?"

"Tonight, I'll go get some leeks from the landlord and fry them for you to try. I guarantee they'll be so delicious that you'll want to swallow them."

"Hehe, that makes sense. Hurry up and be more active. Catch them all. There is nothing in the sea that cannot be eaten. Even grass can be eaten."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "That's right, hurry up, the sun is setting, it will be dark in less than an hour."

Everyone on their boat was catching sweet potatoes, while the others were sorting out the remaining fish in the fishing nets and pouring them onto the deck of the Dongsheng in baskets.

He thought this division of labor was good.

He used these sweet potatoes to do private work, while others did regular work, but he was the one who provided the fishing nets, and when he returned, he had to help sell the black mullet on the deck.

He felt no guilt at all for picking up these things, as all these things were his.

"Brother, please help me and drag my fishing net onto the boat. I'll be done in a minute."

Ye Yaopeng said, "Okay, after the fish is lifted, everyone help lift the fishing net, and by the way, lift this bug onto the boat as well."

Ye Yaodong also urged everyone to speed up.

He also had five or six people picking up the trash, and they were very efficient. The baskets were filled up in no time. He also asked his eldest brother to go to the boat and get a few sacks to carry the trash.

These creatures live in the intertidal zone to the soft mud bottom at a depth of 80 meters, and a few live in mud and sand.

He saw this large group of them crawling out of the water, like a large number of insects attacking the beach. As soon as they picked up the things, they kept crawling up again, endlessly, and he had no idea how many there were.

If everyone hadn't brought the black mullets onto the deck one after another and put the fishing nets up there waiting for them, he would have been reluctant to leave.

The others also became addicted to catching them. They all felt that since they could be eaten, it would be a shame not to catch all of them. After catching them for so long, they no longer felt how disgusting they were.

"They are still pouring onto the beach. I don't know how many there are. It's a pity to leave now..."

Ye Yaodong straightened his back and said, "Let's go. We can't catch them all. They will probably be back in the sea by dark."

"Come back next time you have a chance and remember the coordinates."

"You're urging me again. Let's hurry up. It's getting dark soon."

"Let's go, each of us carry a sack aboard."

After they carried bags of sweet potatoes onto the fishing boat, they were shocked to find that there was no place to stand on the deck.

"Ah, Boom! So many!"

“Why are there so many fish?”

"So many fish! I didn't think it was a lot when I loaded them onto the boat one basket at a time..."

The people on the other three boats had already changed their clothes and were standing on the deck. They were all very excited and talking at once.

Ye Yaodong threw the sack on his shoulder into the room and climbed up himself.

Carrying this sack, my shoulders were covered with mucus, it was so disgusting.

The others hurried up as well.

First, we cleared out a space to put the sacks for the fish.

There were also quite a few bamboo baskets piled up in the corner, all filled with sweet potatoes. He estimated that there were at least a thousand kilograms of them, which was quite a lot.

Each of them weighs at least one or two kilograms, so it was worth it.

"The whole ship was full, fully loaded."

"I just saw a lot of fish in the fishing net, and I didn't expect there would be so many when I took them all out."

"This is a full deck, it should be about 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms, right?"

"It really wasn't a waste of time. There are so many of us."

Ye Yaodong said to everyone, "Let's take advantage of the high tide and get the boat off the shore. I'll go and start the boat, and you guys raise the anchor."

"Ok."

He first went to the cabin to get his change of clothes, and then went up to the wheelhouse, where he changed his clothes while steering the fishing boat away from the shore.

The other three boats also started moving.

They had been delayed here for about three hours, and it was getting dark. Before they had driven far, it was completely dark.

But it doesn’t matter. The goods are so big that it’s worth going back a little later.

These black mullets are very cheap in themselves, but now is their spawning season, and every black mullet caught has a bulging belly.

Mullet roe is a good thing and the most valuable part of the black mullet.

After the boatmen have picked them out, this batch should be able to sell for a good price.

When we returned to the shore, it was already past 9 o'clock in the evening. It was a bit late and there were no good stalls around, which made everyone a little worried.

Ye Yaodong simply asked everyone to wait around to see if any stall had sold out its goods and became vacant.

He first went to find two large trucks, and took the hairtail to the factory, selling those that could be sold first. This also freed up the baskets to load the black mullet later.

He was a lucky man. Just after he returned to the dock after selling goods at the factory, he met Captain Xu from last time.

The other party had just finished selling the goods and was counting the money, while the workers were still cleaning up the remaining odds and ends. He walked by and saw them. He greeted them in surprise, exchanged a few words, and then took over the stall in turn.

"You have quite a few black mullets, don't you?"

“We encountered a school of fish.”

"It's a bit unbelievable. Did you stop using radar nets and switch to trawl nets? Now that the weather is cooler, many people have started using radar nets to catch hairtail. Before, trawl nets were more common, but now there are a lot of hairtail."

"I didn't catch these fish on my own boat. Four of us worked together to catch them. I just put them all here to sell and share."

Captain Xu was puzzled as to why there were still four boats fishing together. He wanted to ask if they had changed to a purse seine net, but then he heard Ye Yaodong ask again.

"Uncle, does anyone want the sweet potatoes on the pier?"

"You have sweet potatoes?"

"Yes, on the way back, I accidentally passed by an island and stopped for a while. I saw the beach was full of sweet potatoes, and I picked them all up."

"Someone collects these, and once they appear, they will be taken away immediately. These things are relatively rare, and you have to rely on luck to find them. Unlike fish, shrimps, and crabs, they are everywhere on the dock. The docks are full of people going out to sea to fish, so there is no one who specifically looks for these things to catch. You can occasionally see them at the market."

Ye Yaodong was delighted!
It was not in vain.

"How much does this cost per pound?"

"Normally it won't be less than 50 or 60 cents. This thing is rare, and people who like to eat it like it very much. Just like sea cucumber, the price is not low. But there are also people who deliberately bargain down the price. It depends on whether you know the goods."

"Great, then I'll put it out and see if anyone wants it."

Fortunately, someone he knew knew this and was able to give him some advice. Otherwise, he would have sold them all for even one cent, let alone fifty or sixty cents.

There are relatively few of these things, and he really doesn't understand the market situation.

I was originally thinking of keeping them back to clean and dry them myself, but now someone might want them, so I might as well put them out for sale to save the trouble. It’s already night.

Just leave a little bit to dry and eat yourself.

Ye Yaodong directly asked the boatman to carry out two baskets of sweet potatoes.

As soon as it was carried out, it immediately attracted the attention of the people around. It was really disgusting, but it was also easy for it to spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred.

In less than 5 minutes, someone came to ask for the price.

And just as Captain Xu said, the initial price was 5 cents per pound, and after much discussion they only increased the price by cents. If you don't know, you might think that the price is high enough and that you are getting a good deal.

He insisted that he would not sell it unless it was 6 cents. The boatmen got nervous when they heard this and they wished they could agree to it on his behalf.

As more people gathered at the back, a competitor appeared at the same time. When the competitor heard the price of 6 cents, he hesitated for a moment, but when he heard that there were more than 1000 kilograms, he immediately bought it all.

Ye Yaodong happily asked people to carry the rest of the sweet potatoes onto the boat and only left one basket.

At this time, someone came up to him and said, "Brother, is that Dongsheng ship yours?"

"Ah, what's wrong?"

"I am the boat that you guided during the day."

Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up. "Oh, brother, I didn't expect you to be so young. It's amazing. It's fate. Why are you still at the dock at this hour?"

"We were planning to go out to sea, and we happened to see people loading and unloading cargo on the Dongsheng, so we followed to take a look. What a coincidence. Thank you very much."

"Are you in such a hurry? You just arrived in the afternoon and are going out to sea in the evening?"

"It's about making money, there's no rush. I was delayed by the typhoon and it's late."

"I came here two months earlier than your brother. If you need anything, you can come to me. My name is Ye Yaodong. By the way, I am the vice president of the Fisheries Association of Vancouver."

"Ah? What? You're from Vancouver too?"

The three additional monthly tickets promised at the beginning of the month have been completed. There may not be an update in the evening, maybe tomorrow afternoon.