Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1289 Calculating Salary

Ye Yaodong held the phone and listened with a smile on his face.

Ye Xiaoxi's anxious question came from the other end of the phone: Is it my dad? Is it my dad? Give it to me? Give it to me?

Lin Xiuqing was pulled by her clothes and had no choice but to bend down and put the phone close to her ear.

"You're my dad, right?"

"Nonsense, can't you hear the sound?"

"I can't hear you. Dad, when will you be back? Grandpa said yesterday that he would be back in a few days. How many days is a few days?"

"A few days means a few days. The time has not been confirmed yet. I will call you back and tell you when it is confirmed."

"Then don't forget to buy me gifts. Buy me delicious food, fun things, cards, hairpins, rubber bands, and hair ornaments. I want them all."

"You're asking for a lot."

"You promised, you can't go back on your word."

"You have a pretty good memory, eh?"

These were all things he mentioned when he called to report that he was safe, and he would just comfort her. He didn't expect that she remembered every one of them, and he reported them all in a row.

She probably couldn't think of what was at home for a while, but she remembered all the things she hadn't got yet, without missing a single one.

"Of course, adults should keep their promises and not lie to children."

"Okay, okay, I got it. You're the only one who asks for too much, and your two brothers didn't say anything."

"My brother went to school. They told me at home that they wanted volleyball, table tennis, badminton... and lots of little man cards, lots of food, instant noodles, soda, and egg cakes..."

Ye Xiaoxi recited a lot of things, then took a deep breath and continued to recite...

Ye Yaodong laughed and scolded, "Since you didn't answer my call, I treated you as a mouthpiece."

"Yes, my brother gave me two cents and told me to remember it."

"Hahaha……"

Lin Xiuqing also smiled, touched her head, and took the phone away from her ear.

"Before, the two brothers always cheated money from her to buy candy. When her pockets were empty, she would go to the old lady. I didn't notice it."

"Later, one time, she came back crying, saying her brother bought her some candy. But she didn't come back and said her brother was missing. That's when I found out."

"The two older ones coaxed her into taking the two cents I gave them from her pocket, bought themselves some candy, and then ran off to play. She just waited there stupidly."

"Now I know that I have to hold on to the money tightly and not give them a cent. How can I still ask for money from them?"

Lin Xiuqing said with a smile, "She said that she would only help you pass the message if you gave her money."

Ye Yaodong kept laughing, "Smart, my daughter is smart. When those two guys were about to fight, she hid the money in her piggy bank very carefully and was reluctant to spend a penny. She even cheated her sister."

"You called me last time and behaved much better. Dad said you were doing some kind of business meeting out there again. I didn't have time to call you back yesterday."

"I'll tell you when I get back. It's hard to explain in a few words over the phone. Anyway, it's a good thing and I can make money."

"Today is the winter solstice, and no one is out to sea, right?"

"No, it's snowing heavily here, but there may be no wind today because of the heavy snow. Let's wait and see at night. If there is no wind, we have to go out to sea. The wind was so strong a few days ago that people couldn't go out, and even if they went out, they couldn't open their eyes."

"It's very cold up there, right? Luckily I asked your friend to bring your cotton-padded jacket and scarf over last time..."

The couple talked on the phone for a long time, not caring about the phone bill at all. Ye Xiaoxi waited for a long time, but felt bored, so she ran to squat at the door.

When she heard Secretary Chen teasing her, did she ask her father how long he planned to live?

Ye Xiaoxi suddenly reacted, "Oh..."

She has something important to say!
She immediately stood up and ran inside again.

"Mom, give it to me, give it to me, I still want to talk to Dad."

She grabbed the hem of Lin Xiuqing's cotton jacket and pulled it.

"What else do you have to say?"

"And more, give me..."

Lin Xiuqing had no choice but to put the phone to her ear.

"father……"

Ye Yaodong smiled and asked, "What else do you want? I'll buy it all for you, okay?"

"Can you buy it for me until I'm 100 years old?"

The corners of his mouth rose, and he said lovingly: "Okay..."

"Then Dad, can you live a few years less so that my mother can live a few more years?"

"Ah? Say it again!"

The smile on Ye Yaodong's face disappeared, and his voice became higher, "Do you still want those food and toys?"

How cute was she just now?

Why is there a sudden leak?

"You have to buy me a house to live to 100 years old. I want to live to 100 years old. Mom can't live to 100 years old. You can give her some of it. It would be better if you live shorter. You don't have to live that long..."

Lin Xiuqing almost laughed to the point of tears after hearing her incoherent words. She took the phone from her hand and quickly explained to Ye Yaodong who was about to lose his temper on the other end.

Ye Yaodong cursed a few words on the other end, "We both live long lives, and I'm still waiting for her to buy me pig's feet to eat."

"Then don't be reluctant in the future."

"Forget it, I'll just buy some pig's feet for myself and keep her at home for my old age..."

"Two sons are not enough to support me in my old age..."

"My son won't buy me clothes, shoes or food. He's useless except spending my money..."

The couple complained about their son and daughter on the phone, and Lin Xiuqing had a smile on her face the whole time.

The two talked for about half an hour, and then Ye Xiaoxi fell down while playing outside and started crying. Lin Xiuqing hung up the phone reluctantly and took the child back to Matcha Oil.

After paying the phone bill, Ye Yaodong wrapped his scarf around himself, put on his gloves, and stepped briskly into the snow.

Today is the winter solstice, and they are going to eat rice dumplings in the evening. He bought the glutinous rice flour yesterday, and now he plans to see if there are any shellfish to buy some. He also plans to go to the dock to buy some fish and shrimp later to cook salty rice dumplings in the evening.

They were a group of grown men, none of whom knew how to make rice dumplings, so they all followed the local custom and ate tangyuan.

When he came back with a net bag full of shells, conchs and shrimps, and several fish tied with straw ropes, the noise in the house was deafening.

"Hey, hey, hey, the gambling is underway!"

The sound suddenly stopped, and everyone looked towards the door. After several experiences, no one would crawl under the table anymore.

When Ye Yaodong first shouted, everyone instinctively crawled into the table or ran away everywhere.

"Oh my god, I'm so scared..."

Ye Yaodong opened the door to ventilate the room. The room was filled with smoke and fog. If someone didn't know, they would think there was a fire.

He put all the seafood he bought on the stove and said, "What time is it? You haven't finished yet. Let's finish the meal quickly. You guys have made the house so smoky. If you don't know, you might think you are practicing Taoism in the house. Open the window and let some fresh air in."

"Oh, about 4 o'clock?"

"Then it's over, it's over..."

Everyone was talking noisily, and then each of them collected their own money on the table and counted it, trying to see who had won the most.

Ye Yaodong asked the workers to arrange the dinner and went into the house to talk with his father.

"I just went to the dock to take a look. There's still a little wind, but not that strong. We should be able to go out to sea at night. Are you going with the workers at night?"

"That's fine. I've been resting for so many days."

"It's just right for a good dinner tonight."

Father Ye glared at him and said unhappily, "What are you talking about? Go out and line up the people later and see who got their turn to go out to sea last time."

"Well, I guess this is our last trip out to sea. When we get back, we have to prepare to go back."

"Then I can make a little extra money to pay everyone. I guess it will be around the end of the month or the beginning of the month."

"Almost. It's just the right time to do the final calculation of the dividends from the ships. After I've settled the accounts, I'll take a break and go back on a nice day."

"That's it. Have you counted how much money you've made in the past six months?"

"Write it all down in the notebook. Now it's good to know the approximate amount of what you are counting."

"How much is it approximately?" Ye's father really wanted to know and asked several times every month.

Ye Yaodong's answers were all selective.

"Just be able to explain it when you get back."

"You're hiding it from me, you're really a traitor. I can tell by the calculation..."

"You'd better prepare the things you want to take on board first."

"I didn't say it earlier. It's almost dark. I'm going to go get gas and ice now to prepare in advance."

"I'm going to go. You pack up the things you need to bring on board, and talk to the other ships."

"That's okay too."

The father and son were busy again.

When Ye Yaodong went to refuel and add ice, he saw that there were many people queuing there and many fishing boats had already left the port, so he felt much more relieved.

If others can go, then they can go too.

When he came back after finishing his work, it was already dark and everyone was waiting for him to eat.

More than 20 people were divided into two groups, one group ate at his place, and the other group arranged themselves in another rental house.

He took off his hat, looking exhausted, and shook off the snow before entering the house.

"Let's eat. I'm starving."

"Everyone is here, time to eat..."

"Eat a bowl of tangyuan each first, today is the winter solstice..."

There was also a small bowl of glutinous rice balls in front of Ye Yaodong. They were salty and contained cabbage, shredded pork, shrimp, clams, oysters, and pork liver. It was full of ingredients.

He looked very satisfied after eating a bowl of it. He could only eat tangyuan once a year during the winter solstice. Others also wolfed it down before eating other dishes on the table.

Of course, the food at night is better than that during the day. On the night of the winter solstice, the table is filled with chicken, duck, fish and meat, and everyone’s mouths are filled with oil from eating so much.

Some people even joked that this was the last meal, no wonder the food was so good today, we should eat more.

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "This is our last big meal here. When we get home, I'll set up two tables and treat everyone to another good meal."

"it is good!"

"I have to go out to sea at night. I will calculate everyone's salary for the past few months when I come back. The last time it was paid until August. I will pay everyone in the first month after coming here."

"There are still 4 months left to go, so I'll calculate it until New Year's Day. Now I'm not sure when the weather will be good to go back. I can also make up the remaining days for you after I go back."

Everyone applauded, and soon they got their wages and could go home to have a prosperous New Year.

Ye Yaodong's words pushed the atmosphere at the dinner table to a climax. Everyone was very excited. They would have a good meal and drink in the evening, make a lot of money, and be able to go home soon.

If we weren't going out to sea at night, we would have been drunk.

After their big ship went out to sea at night, the trawlers from their village also went out to sea in the early morning.

The sky was nice and the sun came out the next day. After more than half a month, the sun finally came out.

He was still asleep early in the morning when he heard a noise outside. He woke up with one eye open and one eye closed and looked out the window. He felt that it was exceptionally bright outside, and there was light coming through the crack of the back door.

He rubbed his eyes, stuffed his clothes and pants into the quilt to warm them up, then pulled the quilt higher and wrapped it around his chin.

He also rolled up the quilts on both sides, pressed them under his buttocks, and wrapped himself up like a silkworm cocoon.

"Stretch out your hand, it's really cold."

He also put his head back in.

After lying there for a while, he heard the women outside quarreling and cursing, so he endured the cold and put on his clothes and pants. He was shaking like a sieve as he did so.

When I went out to eat, I found that there was not even a stool, there was no one in the main room, and the other room was also empty.

When I opened the door and went out, I saw that the entrance was full of people and quilts were hung everywhere, all basking in the sun, and the ground was covered with a pile of melon seed shells.

He opened the door, took a look, and quickly closed it. It was warmer inside.

After filling the porridge and pickled mustard tubers, he took them out and squatted at the door while eating with everyone else in the sun.

"I haven't seen the sun for more than half a month. I'm almost moldy. Today, the sun finally came out."

"Brother Dong, can you give me an advance on my salary? We can go out for a walk later and buy some things to bring back."

"Did you lose all your money gambling yesterday?"

"Ha ha……"

Chen Shi said: "No... yes, he goes to the alley every day..."

"Isn't this going to require some hush money?"

Chen Guodong glared at Chen Shi and said, "Can you stop being a stutterer and a mute?"

"When I get back, I'll tell you...Mom."

"It's just right. She asked me to give her my salary and ask her to find me a wife."

Ye Yaodong said: "I'll get it for you later."

"I...I don't need it. I...I won money."

"Bet, bet, bet... I'm sure you'll win."

"Your mother's mother..."

"I don't have that many moms!"

"You all go out and call mommy, there are so many mommies..."

Ye Yaodong was listening to them cursing at each other and was laughing so hard that he almost couldn't eat his meal and had to move aside.

Listening to Chen Shi talk is really infuriating. He stutters and I really want to strangle him to death.

After finishing his meal, he also gave Chen Guodong an advance of 50 yuan.

He went back to the house and counted out 1000 yuan and put it on his body. He planned to buy the gold while everyone was out to sea and there were not many people around.

1000 yuan is definitely not enough to buy things for the whole family, but he didn't dare to bring too much, so he planned to buy them in batches over the next few days.

As for other miscellaneous food, drinks, specialties and toys, wait a few days, after New Year’s Day, to buy them so they won’t be kept for too long.

By the time he went out, the guys at the door had already run away, so he had to go to the rental house on the other side and call two of them over.

Unexpectedly, they all ran away. He could only sit at the door to bask in the sun for a while, waiting for people to come back to take over his shift of guarding the door.

They waited until dinner time, and when they came back he scolded them severely.

Ye Yaodong spent a week and more than 6000 yuan to buy all the gold for the whole family.

He bought a gold necklace, a gold bracelet, a pair of gold earrings, and two gold rings for each of the old lady, his mother, and Ah Qing.

Of course his father also bought things for them. He bought the items weighing the largest amount. Each of the three women weighed about 30 grams. His father only bought necklaces, bracelets and rings, but he bought a full 40 grams, which was enough to give him face.

He also bought a silver medal and silver necklace of Taishang Laojun for each of his three children to bless them to grow up safely and healthily.

Ye Xiaoxi also bought a pair of silver bracelets.

He did not buy any for his other nephews and nieces. Since their father was here and would take care of everything, he did not need to take care of them.

All he had to do was buy some more local specialties and bring them back so that his mother could introduce them to all her relatives and make her proud.

This week, he went out to collect goods every other day. The weather was not good every day and the sea was rough, but he could still bear it.

It’s not necessarily the case for those small trawlers, they go one day and rest the next.

They were quite happy and comfortable. They went out for a stroll every day and bought piles of things every day as if they were free. They wanted to take back anything they saw that they didn't have at home.

Except for a few ships on the sea, everyone basically took advantage of the rest time during these few days to buy most of the things they needed to take back.

Ye Yaodong still had a lot of things to buy, so he planned to wait for his father to come back and then go together.

This is the last trip out to sea, and Ye's father also wants to make more money. The other boats also want to stay at sea for a few more days and continue to make money as long as they can. After all, once they return, there will not be such a good opportunity to make money. Everyone agrees.

But God did not give him the chance. After he went out to sea to collect cargo on New Year's Day, the wind and waves were too strong the next day, and several ships had to return one after another.

But this time there were no regrets. Everyone was in high spirits because it was all over. They just had to rest and go home when the weather was good.

In fact, the boatmen had been looking forward to windy and heavy snow so that they could reach the shore earlier. They were still thinking about the local specialties they hadn't bought yet.

Ever since Dongzhi knew they had to go back early, everyone has been eager to go home and has been getting restless.

If we had not gone out to sea that night and the weather had been good for the next few days, I would probably be at home now, surrounded by my family, asking about my well-being.

After returning to the rental house, Mr. Ye also felt relaxed all over. He didn't feel tired at all after going out to sea, and he was full of energy.

"it is finally over!"

The workers were also cheering, "We can go home soon!"

"Home, home!"

Ye Yaodong also smiled and said, "Eat something and take a nap first. When you wake up, I'll pay everyone a salary of several hundred yuan! I'll also give everyone a big red envelope. Good luck and go home for the New Year."

"Okay~"

"Good luck and go home for the New Year!"

Today is the 2nd, so everyone can take a night off and go out to stroll around and do some shopping tomorrow.

In the next few days, they listened to the weather forecast and looked for a period of consecutive sunny days.

The weather forecast is too inaccurate nowadays. It would be safer if there were two consecutive sunny days.

The workers were so motivated that they couldn't sleep. They couldn't wait to go out and buy things and then go back immediately.

After Ye Yaodong returned to the house, he first calculated everyone's wages and paid them to them after they woke up.

He left home early on June 6 and arrived in Zhou City in early August.

At the end of September, he had already paid everyone their salary, which was the salary up to the end of August.

Because everyone is taking advances, some are taking much more, and the accumulated amount may be as much as one month's salary.

He was afraid that after half a year, the accounts would become a bit confusing and they probably wouldn't be able to remember how much money they had advanced.

So he simply saved himself the trouble and paid them their salaries until the end of August, so that everyone would have money in hand to support their future expenses.

Now he was going to pay them their wages from September to December, a total of 9 months. Some people could not hold on any longer and had to make an advance payment, but most of them still had money on hand and had not made any advance payments for these 12 months, so their accounts were not in a mess.

Each of them is paid 4 yuan a day, and since they are not sure how many days they will be out, their wages are calculated on a daily basis.

4 months, that's 135 per month, that's 540 per person.

而这4个月里面，10月跟12月是有31天，得再加个9块，他就一起给算550。

After working with him for half a year, I helped him make a lot of money, and he was so rich that he thought about writing another 50 yuan red envelope on the notebook.

Count out the money later and wrap it in red paper separately as a red envelope.

This is equivalent to 600 yuan per person.

He clicked on the computer and found that there were 22 people including him and his father, which meant he had to pay 13200 yuan in salary.

"Grass!"

He looked at the numbers on the calculator and cursed. He had no idea what he was doing until he calculated it. He was shocked to find that the total salary he had to pay was so much.

He shook his head, resigned himself to his fate and poured the money from today's sales onto the table and began to count it.

Fortunately, he had recently gone out to sea and earned tens of thousands of dollars.

But I only paid a little over 10,000 yuan as a wage, and the rest is pure profit, so it's still a profit.

He glanced at his father who was sleeping soundly. With so much money, he could only accept his fate and count it slowly.

After counting the money from today's sales, he began to count his wages.

Every time he counted 550, he would take out one and wrap it horizontally around the salary, then put it aside.

Since the Great Unity was not enough, he had to open the password box and continue counting.

The advance payment will be calculated later, otherwise he will forget how much each payment is. Not everyone gets the same advance payment.

The money was counted and stacked up in several piles on the table.

Ye Yaodong twisted his neck while counting. After counting money for so many times, he felt that it had become a physical job.

Although he was happy in his heart, he could no longer laugh from the bottom of his heart. He now needed a money counting machine.

When Mr. Ye woke up, he saw the table full of money. He was startled and immediately threw off the quilt, stood up and walked to the table. He didn't feel cold even without a coat.

He felt the warmth from money.

Ye Yaodong was tidying up the safe, trying to stuff all the money in it, but there were too many small change bills in various shapes, some rolled up, some stacked, and they made the suitcase particularly fluffy when put inside.

Although he had a regular fishmonger behind him to collect the goods, everyone settled the bill with a big settlement, with occasional small change.

But before he met the fishmonger, he only sold fish in small quantities, so he received a lot of money, and he also accumulated a large amount of money in Vancouver.

After all, when he settled the bill, he settled it with everyone in unity. It was impossible for him to just give everyone a few cents when settling the bill, and it would take him a long time to count.

Now, all the change was left, and he had no time to count it. He usually just calculated according to the invoice.

When counting the cash, only the Big Unity coins are counted, and all the other change is swept into the password box.

The password box is in a mess right now.

Father Ye looked at the huge amount of money on the table and the full safe with a smile on his face.

"Dongzi, have you calculated your salary?"

"It's all settled."

Father Ye picked up a stack and started counting.

"What are you counting? I've already counted them. 550 per person, 21 stacks in total?"

"21?"

"Yes, none of yours."

Father Ye suddenly felt a little cold, put the money down and went to put on his clothes.

"In addition, I will give each person a red envelope of 50 yuan. You can cut the red paper and wrap it up."

"Why bother? Just put it together and give it to them."

"What do you know? This is called a sense of ceremony. Giving a red envelope with red paper makes people happier. Otherwise, if you put all of it in the salary, they won't feel much. In their minds, it will be included in the salary, and they will lose a little joy."

Father Ye was a little disapproving of what he said, but he still took the red paper and cut it.

"You're talking a lot of nonsense, so I guess you have a point."

"I'll give you 200 yuan separately. Go out shopping tomorrow and buy whatever you want. I'll give your salary to my mother when I get back."

Father Ye looked depressed, "Why can't I take the money I earn for myself? You still have to give it to her."

"Then I'll give it to you, and you can give it to her when you get back?"

Father Ye waved his hands irritably, "Give it to her, give it to her, so she won't have to handcuff me and ask me if I have hidden anything."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Are you stupid? I'll give you the money. Before you give it to her, ask her to say something nice. Throw the bills to her one by one, filling the entire bed with them, and let her pick them up. This way she'll be happy, and you'll be happy too."

Father Ye pondered for a moment and began to doubt the truthfulness of his words.

"Will she get angry and throw her face away, and I will have to pick it up?"

"That can't be possible! You gave her several hundred dollars and she still dared to turn her face away. You can't just take the money away."

Father Ye hesitated, "If I take the money away, I won't have a place to sleep at night."

"That's even better. You can sleep in a room all by yourself."

"No, that won't work. That will make me suffer for days and I won't be able to show my good side for days."

"Oh, don't worry, there is no woman who doesn't like money. Besides, you have been away from home for half a year. When you just came back, she must be very sweet. You also handed over a lot of salary to her. My mother will definitely treat you like a master and serve you, asking about your health and serving you tea and water, and filling you with water for washing your feet."

Father Ye thought about it and his mouth widened, "Yes, I haven't been back for more than half a year. I must be smiling when I just got back."

"Yeah, just count your own wages. Damn, there's so much change, forget it, just pour it all into the sack and carry it with you, it's safer, and the password box will be free for me to put my clothes in."

Father Ye nodded in agreement, "Put it in a sack. This way no one can guess there is money inside, and it's safe."

"Ah."