Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1290: Cleared up
After Ye's father and others finished cutting a pile of red paper, they grabbed a handful of big unity and started counting them themselves.

Ye Yaodong shook out the sack that he had stuffed into the corner a few days ago. He wanted to find a handful of straw, but then he thought about how to get dry straw in such a cold weather.

He thought about it and stuffed his unworn cotton jacket in there as a cushion, and tidied it up so that the middle space could be freed up for coins and banknotes, and then he could wrap it up so that no traces would be left and the noise would be smaller.

After fiddling with it for a while, he finally grabbed the banknotes and coins from the safe and threw them into the sack. Then he stuffed the clothes he was not going to wear into the sack as well.

Anyway, after coming back from the sea today, I won’t go out to sea next time, and I don’t need to take a shower. It’s so cold, it doesn’t matter if I don’t take a shower for a week. I can save it for when I get home.

"Perfect, you can't tell anything. All you can see is the pile of clothes inside, but no money."

After counting the money, Father Ye looked up and said, "You can't tell. Then use a rope to tie up the sack. When you leave, you need to take another sack to put the quilts in. Then you can carry one load."

"Then I have to buy some more sacks. We have a lot of quilts."

"Buy more. There are a lot of small things. You don't have to wash the clothes you change into after taking a shower today. Put them in a separate bag and leave them for your mother to wash when I get back."

"You're so nice to my mother. You didn't buy any gifts, but you prepared a bag of dirty clothes and brought them back from afar."

He just wanted to go back with all the dirt on his body and let Ah Qing rub it hard for him, but his father was more thoughtful than him.

Ye's father said confidently, "Isn't this just to save trouble? If you put it here to dry, who knows if it will dry? This is what she should do."

"Okay, okay, okay, since you've earned money and are back home, you should be the boss."

Father Ye grinned.

Ye Yaodong lifted the sack filled with clothes and moved it to the corner.

"Let's go out for dinner first. It's already past 3pm. If we eat now, it'll be dinner. I guess everyone will be awake by now. We can sort out the other things later."

Father Ye showed him the money he had counted in his hand, "So, I'll put this away for now?"

"Put it away and hide it for yourself. You can go out and buy things tomorrow with 200 yuan at most."

"I'll go with you tomorrow. You can just pay for whatever you want to buy. You don't have to pay for it separately..."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Also..."

"…You can give it to me secretly when we get home."

Ye Yaodong: "..."

"Otherwise, if I just get back, your mother will definitely be around me, and I will have to give all my things to her to pack up. I will definitely have nowhere to hide, and it probably won't be a good idea to hide."

"That's pretty thoughtful, huh?"

"Of course, she will doubt that you gave me money separately. I must have other money on me. It doesn't matter if it's a small amount of money, and she won't care. But if she finds out that I have hundreds of dollars on me, it will be a big deal."

"Okay, got it."

Father Ye put away the salary with satisfaction.

Ye Yaodong leaned over and asked, "How much private money have you saved? Do you want to put it all with me first? Otherwise, all your money will be wiped out."

Father Ye hesitated and pondered, "Then I will give it to you before I go back. I will hide it with you first. You can secretly give it to me after the New Year. I will dig a hole in advance."

He couldn't help but twitch his lips. "How many holes have you dug at home? For moles? Aren't you afraid of being gnawed by mice?"

"There aren't many, just two or three. We have to hide them separately."

Ye Yaodong looked at his father with disdain, hiding some private money like a spy.

"Don't have that expression. I have a lot of money. It's all my savings. I can't give her everything. She already has a lot of money."

He was too lazy to say anything and just gave his father a look, letting him figure it out for himself.

Without him, how could his father save up some private money? Bullshit.

Ye Yaodong went to count the one-yuan and two-yuan banknotes that he had reserved in advance, and put several 50-yuan bills in red paper and wrapped them up. It felt like a thick bundle.

One or two dollars is just right for them to take out to buy things tomorrow, and it can also free up some space for him.

After Ye's father hid the money, he also helped count it and pack it up.

Looking at the bulging red bag, he couldn't help but feel that what Dongzi said made sense.

All of them were mixed into the salary, so there was nothing special about them. But this one wrapped in red paper looked festive and auspicious. After looking at it a few more times, he was also happy from the bottom of his heart to have this extra red envelope.

After wrapping 21 packages, Ye Yaodong tied up the remaining money with a rubber band and stuffed it back into the sack.

He picked up the account book on the table and tucked it under his armpit, then went out with his father, carrying a pile of money.

There were voices everywhere outside, probably because everyone was getting impatient waiting to get their salary.

As soon as the father and son opened the door and came out, a group of people who were standing or sitting in the main room immediately stood up and looked at them happily.

"Brother Dong, you guys are awake..."

The noise in the room made the people sitting outside excitedly squeeze in, and the small room was instantly filled with people.

"Did you guys sleep or not? I just heard you talking the whole afternoon."

People said all kinds of things. Some didn't sleep, some took a short nap, and some said they were too excited to sleep and saved themselves for the night.

At the same time, everyone saw the huge piles of money in his and Ye's father's hands, their eyes lit up and they smiled even more happily.

Ye Yaodong himself did not expect to hear their answers. He waved the money in his hand, smiled and said loudly: "It's time to get your salary. It's already been counted for you. Line up to get it."

"Wow~"

Everyone cheered immediately and pushed and shoved to stand in two rows.

While they were queuing, Ye Yaodong also put the money on the table and opened the notebook. The advance payments had people's names on them, as well as the corresponding amounts and dates.

The 21 salaries he had just counted were all exactly the same, he was just worried that they would be mixed up when they were paid.

At this moment, just see who comes to collect the salary, and look in the notebook to see if there is a corresponding name on the advance payment. If not, you can give the full amount.

“上一回工资发到8月底过，从9月1号到12月31号，工资是还没发的，总共是122天……”

Ye Yaodong played the computer sound as he spoke, and then pressed it for them to hear.

"The total is 549 yuan. I will just calculate it to 550 yuan. I have recorded the advance payment and will deduct it directly when I pay it later."

"Thank you for your hard work in the past six months. You followed me from home to Zhejiang Province, and from Vancouver to Zhou City. I am very grateful to you all."

"I'll be back soon. I'll give everyone some red envelopes just to show my appreciation. I can go out and buy some things for my family tomorrow."

As he spoke, he also raised two red envelopes that he had picked up.

Everyone shouted happily, "Okay~"

Ye Yaodong looked at Chen Laoqi, the first person to receive money, and said with a smile, "Uncle has never received money before, you are too frugal. Here, your salary also includes a red envelope."

"Haha, since I don't have to spend any money on food and drink, why should I spend any money? I can't spend all the salary I get."

"Then you've become rich, you've made a lot of money."

Ye Yaodong said and looked at the next person, "Ajian took out an advance of 50 yuan a few days ago. I will just deduct it and give you 500 yuan, right?"

"Yes, yes, that's right..."

"Haha, I can just take it home and marry him. If I'm quick, I can marry him before the New Year."

"Hahaha... OK OK... Thank you, Brother Dong."

The workers also joined in the fun, "Whether you have money or not, it's good to have a wife to celebrate the New Year..."

"It's so cold, of course I need to find a wife to warm the bed, haha..."

"I've been out for half a year, and now I've made enough money to go home and get married..."

Ye Yaodong counted out 5 big unity bills from the money, took out a red envelope, and handed it to Ajian.

The young man happily received the money and stood aside to count it.

He sent them one by one, and if there was an advance payment, he would just talk about it on the spot and then deduct it.

The atmosphere in the room was particularly tense. Everyone was happier than during Chinese New Year. Those who received money stood in the corner counting it, while those who didn’t receive money stretched their necks.

After a while, everyone received their wages, their mouths were grinning so much that they almost reached the back of their heads, and the sound of counting money could be heard in the room.

After Ye Yaodong distributed the money, there was still a small portion left on the table. There were relatively few people who received advances, just five or six people, and he had paid two months' salary before.

Except for those who lost money in gambling or went to brothels too often and squandered it all, most people would not need an advance on their wages. After all, some of them who came out with him in advance could receive up to 300 yuan in wages for the first two months.

He sorted the money on the table, folded it neatly and counted it. There was about 130 yuan left, which was almost enough for him to go shopping with his father tomorrow. He casually put the money into his pocket.

"I've counted them all, is that ok?"

"No problem..." everyone said in unison.

"Then let's have dinner. After dinner, those who need to sleep should sleep, those who need to pack their luggage should pack their luggage. Let's prepare in advance. If the weather is good in the next two days, we can leave at any time."

Everyone agreed.

The workers' wages had all been paid and the accounts were settled, but he still had to calculate the rental dividends for more than a dozen ships, and he also had not paid the money from the sales of several other ships.

After dinner, he put on his backpack, took his account book and calculator, and went door to door with his father to collect money.

He first collected the rent for his own dozen fishing boats. After that, he called his elder and second brothers, as well as the Zhou brothers, to go to A Guang to settle the bill for collecting the fishing boats.

Fortunately, they had dinner early, and by the time they finished settling the bill, it was just getting dark.

Ye Yaodong and Ye's father were not in a hurry to leave. They sat down and chatted with them for a while about returning home.

We have been at sea all this time, except for the winter solstice when we had a brief discussion and reached a consensus. We have not sat together to discuss the return trip since then.

Now is a good time to settle the bill so that we can sit down and chat and discuss our plans for returning home.

Ye Yaodong took the lead and said, "I have already paid the workers' wages. Let's check the weather forecast for the next two days. If the weather is good, we can go back directly. Anyway, the accounts have been settled."

"You should also arrange for everyone to collect your luggage as early as possible and prepare it in advance, so as to avoid being caught off guard at the last minute."

"The weather here is too cold, and it snows from time to time. The port is also very windy in winter. If there is no wind, we can't wait."

Ah Guang said, "We have also paid the workers' wages this afternoon. Tomorrow we will have everyone pack up their things. The things on the fishing boat also need to be sorted out and loaded onto the boat in advance."

"We also need to leave some time for everyone to go out and shop..."

"It's still in time. It's just getting dark at night. We can pack up the useless things in advance at night, go out for a walk tomorrow, and then come back to pack up in the evening."

"Then there's no need to rush..."

Everyone sat there chatting.

Ye Yaodong suddenly spoke up again: "I was thinking that this trip is a bit far. If the wind direction is not right, it may take a whole day and a night to get there. I thought that we could stop in Vancouver for a night to rest."

"I have some things to do, so I want to stop in Vancouver for a day to get things done before going back."

"If you are in a hurry to go back, I won't force you. When the time comes, we can split into two groups. One group can stop with me in Vancouver to rest, and the other group can go straight home."

Father Ye asked, "Why are you stopping in Vancouver? To transport lighters? Did you sell tens of thousands of them last time?"

"No, I thought it was the end of the year and I had to give New Year gifts to my acquaintances and friends. It was a good opportunity to buy some local specialties in the next two days."

"Also, we have to pick up the twins who work in the lighter factory and bring them back home for the New Year."

"By the way, I also want to find Fang Jingfu to settle the accounts for this year. It's New Year's Day, and there are only 20 days left before the Chinese New Year. If I settle the accounts in advance, I won't have to make another trip. How tiring is that?"

"Who knows if there will be good weather to go out? This place is so far away, not near home, so it's not convenient. We can solve it together if we can."

"I've been away from home for over half a year. There must be a lot of things to do and a lot of accounts to pay at home. Who knows when I'll be done with all that?"

"It's a good opportunity to rest a little while at the shore, get everything done in advance, and then I can spend the New Year's holiday with peace of mind after returning home."

Everyone nodded, thinking that what he said was right. They could get things done on the way and save themselves the trouble of running back and forth. After all, traveling across provinces was not that convenient.

"We'll see when the time comes. Talk to the other ships tomorrow to see if they should dock with you or go back directly. We can also split them into two waves."

"Ah."

They continued chatting for a while, then left when it was too late.

When Ye Yaodong and others returned to the rental house, everyone had almost packed up the things on the boat, which were piled everywhere. A lot of luggage had also been packed away, as if they were ready to leave at any time.

"Is the efficiency so high? Can we leave overnight?"

"There are so many people, if we all work together, it won't be a piece of cake, right?"

"We have probably packed up most of our things, except for some pots, pans, and utensils that we can use daily. It will be in time to pack them up when we leave. Now we don't know when we can leave, and they are still useful."

"Shall we move these things to the boat and lock them up tomorrow morning?"

Ye Yaodong nodded. "Well, move the things that are not needed to the boat and lock them up tomorrow. As for the rest, we can move them when the time comes. Anyway, we have more people and more strength."

"There's nothing to put in the quilt..."

"I'll buy some more sacks tomorrow. New ones are cleaner. I'll make arrangements. Everyone go to bed first and have a good time tomorrow."

"Ok."

Everyone went back to their rooms happily.

Ye Yaodong could hear the lively conversation inside even through the door.

He thought that many people would be too excited to sleep that night.

He also returned to his room with his father, closed the door, turned off the windows and lights, as he still had some accounts to settle.

He hasn't calculated how much money he has earned in the past six months. He only calculated how much he earned this month and counted the workers' wages.

The weather was bad this month and the wind was strong, so he was only out for less than half a month. His dozen or so small boats were only out for about ten days. His income dropped sharply, and was 3 yuan less than last month.

Fortunately, there are those shrimp fishing boats, otherwise the income would be even less.

But anyway, it's better than any other place, and much better than at home.

He took the account book and counted it all, and found that he had earned more than 9 yuan, and his net profit last month was 12 yuan.

He was originally dreaming that he could go out to sea this month until after New Year's Day. In 40 days, he could probably earn tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Unexpectedly, the weather was bad and most people stayed at home. He earned 3 yuan less than last month, which was half of what he expected.

He just paid out more than 1 yuan in wages and red envelopes, and after deducting the cost of gas and ice, he would have to deduct about 4 yuan, so his net profit this month is more than 2 yuan.

As of the end of November, he had more than 11 yuan in savings. Now, adding everything up, he has about 14 yuan to take back home.

He went to Vancouver in mid-to-late June. As the trench was overcrowded, the jellyfish market this year was not as good as last year. He still made a total of 6 before leaving by relying on the fresh fish collection boats.

After coming here in August, he earned more than 8 yuan.

In the past two months, I have remitted a total of 5 yuan back home.

Later, he thought that the remittances were too frequent and it was not safe for Aqing to collect them. He still had 20,000 or 30,000 yuan left, so he kept them all in himself.

He used the money he earned in September, together with his savings, to buy the 9 yuan cargo ship. At that time, the money was still not enough, so he asked A Guang to borrow 10 yuan to make up the total.

But by October, he had paid back all the money A Guang owed him, bought a piece of land worth 10 yuan, and had more than 2 yuan in cash left.

By the end of November, when he settled his accounts, he had more than 11 yuan in cash.

As of the end of last month, he had earned about 32 yuan from this trip.

And I just calculated that the net profit for this month is more than 7.

All in all, he has earned about 40 yuan in the past six months.

I now have 22 yuan in cash on hand, plus 5 yuan remitted back home before August, a piece of land worth 2 yuan, and a cargo ship worth 10 yuan that is still being renovated.

"That's pretty much it..."

Ye Yaodong wrote and calculated on paper and used the calculator for a long time. It took him more than half an hour to figure it out.

After Ye's father came in, he didn't dare to breathe or make a sound when he saw him calculating the accounts, for fear of interrupting his train of thought and being scolded.

After hearing his voice, I dared to ask, "How is it going? Have you calculated it? How much have you earned in the past six months?"

“Quite a lot.”

"How many are there? Hundreds of thousands?"

"It's pretty much the same."

"How much is that? One or two hundred thousand is still hundreds of thousands, eight or nine hundred thousand is still hundreds of thousands."

Ye's father leaned over and wanted to take a look at the notebook, but Ye Yaodong closed it immediately.

"Why are you so curious? What if I told you all my family background? I don't even know how much private money you have hidden, and you want to know about my family background?"

"I don't want you to retire."

"It's as if your private money wasn't given by me."

"sleep."

Father Ye had nothing to say, so he stopped talking, took off his clothes and went to bed.

Ye Yaodong turned to his father and said, "Let's go out for a walk tomorrow morning, buy some local specialties, and call back to let them know. Tomorrow afternoon, come with me to the shipyard to see if the cargo ship has been renovated."

"They told me it would be ready before New Year's Day, but it snowed for a few days and it was delayed. They said it would be around New Year's Day and we'd go check it out together tomorrow. When I urged them again, they said we had to go back and it had to be ready in a day or two."

Father Ye said in surprise: "I thought we had already reached the dock."

"What a mess. Go and urge them tomorrow. I've been busy going out to sea these past two days, so I haven't urged them in two days. I went to urge them to work quickly in the past few days."

"Then we have to hurry up."

"Well, it should be about the same. The weather is better these two days without snow."

"Let's go early tomorrow morning, go to bed early and get up early, and go and urge them to hurry up. Only then will we feel at ease after seeing it."

"That's okay too."

The estimated cost of modifying the cargo ship is about 2 yuan. 5000 yuan has been paid in advance, and another 1 yuan is required.

Ye Yaodong has already prepared the money and is just waiting for the ship to be ready in the next two days. He will pay the payment after he has inspected it and found no problems.

In fact, he brought home about 20 yuan in cash.

The father and son lay on the bed and chatted for a while, what to do first and what to do later tomorrow...

Ye Yaodong was still thinking that if he had some free time tomorrow, he would go and say hello and goodbye to the laymen and Jin Laixi and others from the Chamber of Commerce. He couldn't just leave like that.

As he was thinking, he fell asleep.

The next day, just as the sky was getting light and gloomy, he was awakened by the noise coming from next door.

I didn't know whether the workers were asleep or not. I could hear them talking early in the morning. There were also a lot of noises in the main room. They probably got up and ran over.

They were about to go home, and everyone was in high spirits and excited. He was urged by his father and could only yawn and get up.

"Ha~ Hey~ It's so early. Did you take aphrodisiacs? All of you. I don't usually get up so early..."

"Get up when you wake up. Don't you have a lot of things to do? Let's go to the shipyard first while the shops are still closed in the morning."

"understood."

Ye Yaodong responded with his mouth, but his body lay there honestly without moving.

Father Ye ignored him and went out first.

Ye Yaodong continued to lie down with peace of mind. It was a cold day and it was only a little after 6 o'clock, which was really a bit early. Even if he had something to do, it wouldn't mind spending this little time in the morning.

But as he lay there, he began to panic. When he was half asleep and half awake, suddenly there was no sound outside?
He suddenly opened his eyes and pricked up his ears to listen, but there was really no sound?
"nobody?"

"Everyone is out?"

He picked up his watch and saw that it was only 7 o'clock.

Suddenly he didn't feel cold anymore. He sat up straight, put on his cold sweater, and got out of bed without shivering.

The sudden silence gave him the courage to resist the cold.

He got dressed and went out to look, and sure enough, no one was there. Only his father was left sitting in front of the stove, warming himself by the fire and smoking a water pipe.

"Where are the people? Are they all out?"

"You think everyone is like you. Even when the situation is urgent, you are not in a hurry and you are still lying there. Yesterday, you were still lying there saying that you had a lot of things to do. But today, you are still lying there and you don't even want to get up early."

"What can you do so early in the morning?"

"They all go to the morning market. If they see anything to eat, drink or play with, they'll buy some and then go shopping again when the shops open."

"Yes, there is also a morning market where we can buy things, so let's go too? If we go to the shipyard at this time, Director Shen is not here, so there is no way to urge him."

"I'm waiting for you to get up, hurry up."

Ye Yaodong quickly brushed his teeth and washed his face. He didn't even bother to eat. He locked the door and went out with his father. He wanted to go to the morning market for breakfast.

There are still some special breakfasts in the local area. In recent years, because there are many outsiders and they can do business, a prosperous street has been formed, which is called the morning market by outsiders.

Everything is sold there, including breakfast, vegetables, seafood, meat, food, drinks, toys, clothes and daily necessities. It is just like the big market in the countryside, except that the varieties are richer and more novel.

There were so many people coming and going early in the morning that it was almost packed.

Ye Yaodong deliberately did not ride a bicycle out. He and his father each carried a large basket and only left after filling it up.

Both of them felt that they had not bought enough, but their baskets were full and they had to go to the shipyard, so they went back first.

During the period, he also met a lot of people from their village. Most of them came out to visit the morning market early in the morning. Everyone was willing to spend money. When he and his father went there, many people had their baskets filled to the brim.

Ye Yaodong was busy all day long and was running around outside.

After going to the morning market, I went to the shipyard and got accurate information. I felt relieved that I could go sailing the next day.

After lunch, he and his father called back to report their safety, and then went to say goodbye to several acquaintances from the Chamber of Commerce.

He also went to the layman's place, but was told that the layman had gone out to transport goods and would not be back until the New Year, so he left a message.

After following him around for a while, Ye's father regretted it a little. If he hadn't been thinking about buying gold with him, he would have gone shopping by himself a long time ago. Who would follow him around?

"Are you done yet? There's no one left?"

"Well, we're almost done saying goodbye."

"I know so many people. Fortunately, I ride a bicycle, otherwise my legs would be broken."

"I didn't ask you to follow me. You can go shopping with other people."

Father Ye didn't respond to this, but just urged him, "Let's go, go home quickly to get money to buy things."

"I've brought enough. I don't need to go home. Let's go to the market first. There are a few alleys here, so we can go shopping there first."

"Should we buy the important things first?"

"What's so important? A gift for the leader's godfather?"

Ye Yaodong was a little puzzled. He had already bought a bunch of food in the morning. Wouldn't it be nice to just go shopping and buy some local specialties to bring back as gifts for his family and some toys for the children?
What else could be important?

There is no need to give people something too expensive, just some local specialties will be fine. Besides, there are only a lot of seafood here, what other important things can there be?

"No, didn't you say you wanted to buy gold?"

"Oh, I bought it a few days ago."

Father Ye suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

So is there any share for him?