Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1326 Departure
"Mother-in-law... let me give you a back massage..."

The aunties all smiled.

"No, no, this child is so well behaved..."

Ye Yaodong walked over and grabbed her pigtail, "Why didn't I see you pat my back?"

"Hey? Dad? I'm so tired, give me a hug, my feet are sore..."

When Ye Xiaoxi saw him, he immediately grabbed his legs and tried to climb up.

Ye Yaodong quickly grabbed his belt, and the enamel cup in his other hand was shaking so hard that the tea spilled out.

"Let go, let go, let me hold you, is that not enough? Don't pull my pants down."

She let go obediently, then spread her arms and waited for him to hug her.

Ye Yaodong held the enamel cup in one hand and picked her up with the other hand with great effort.

Fortunately, his arm strength has improved a lot from working over the past few years, otherwise it would be difficult for him to hug a fat girl with one hand.

"I want to go home. Do you want to go home with me?"

"want."

"Okay, go home and help cook. Your mother is busy and your wife is old. Cooking will be your job from now on."

She clapped her hands happily, "Yes, yes."

Ye Yaodong was talking excitedly now, but when the old lady was about to cook dinner, he started to feel overwhelmed.

He couldn't be driven away and had to sit in front of the stove to help light the fire. He even had to use a stool to prop his feet up and use a spatula to cook.

The old lady was worried that she would fall in and be boiled.

"Dongzi, Dongzi..."

Ye Yaodong was lying in the room with his legs crossed and his eyes closed, resting and thinking about what else he had not arranged. After all, he had to go out to sea early tomorrow morning.

"what?"

He heard the old lady calling anxiously and ran out in a hurry.

"Take your daughter away and make trouble here, and insist on taking over the work. Why does she need to help cook for you? This ancestor, why does she need to cook for you..."

Ye Xiaoxi stood on a stool, one hand on the stove and the other holding a spatula. When she turned to look at him, both sides of her face were covered in dust.

"Hurry up and take her away. I am too old to carry her and I am worried that she might hurt her waist. Please hurry up and don't burn her."

When the old lady said this, Ye Yaodong had already taken the child down, but she still refused to cooperate and twisted around in protest.

"You can't cook without experience. Go and play house with your friends and practice."

"play house?"

"Correct."

"Oh."

Ye Xiaoxi stopped twisting, obediently returned the spatula to the old lady, and ran out to play.

"Isn't this a simple matter? You guys don't even know how to coax a child. She's so easy to fool, and you still blame her every day."

"You're so good at it."

"It's not impossible for me to stay at home every day."

"It's easy to talk without any pain in the waist. Go away, we don't need you anymore. Go back to your room and lie down. I'll call you when it's time for dinner."

Ye Yaodong glanced at the dishes on the table, picked up a shrimp whisker, and peeled it with his mouth while walking towards the room.

In the past few days, boats from the village have gone out to sea one after another, but they all go and return on the same day. There is also more seafood in the past two days.

Of course, not all boats go out to sea so late. Some diligent ones set out their nets after the seventh day of the New Year and collect them the next day.

During the Chinese New Year, there is no need to worry about not having seafood to eat, as every household will have some dried seafood. For those living by the sea, there can be no vegetables on the table, but there must be seafood.

When he lay in bed at night, Lin Xiuqing kept telling him to be careful, and she also thought that it would be safer to let his father go with him on this trip.

If you want to collect fresh goods, you can ask someone else to drive the ship. Anyway, as long as you go out to sea to collect the goods, you can give the goods to Acai when you dock. You can give the goods that cannot be sold to Wang Guangliang, and then issue a cargo list and give it to her.

She just needs to go to Acai to collect the debt every now and then.

Ye Yaodong just comforted her and told her not to worry too much. He was the only one who knew how good the new boat was. As long as there was no typhoon or strong winds and waves, there would generally be no problem.

The accident rate is high these days. In addition to the weather, the main reason is the poor shipbuilding technology. The ships cannot withstand strong winds and waves and cannot travel far.

He had learned that Zhao Chengzhou and his crew's ship might not have reached the high seas yet, but was only in the general deep sea area, at most a little farther than the Dongsheng.

The Ocean No. 1 is more than capable of fishing near D, and is not much worse than the ships of thirty or forty years later.

It can be said that after buying this boat, he will make huge profits in the future, except for maintaining it every few years. At most, he can upgrade and replace some machines, and its appreciation potential is no worse than that of a house.

It has to be said that some foreign technologies are indeed decades ahead in this era, but it is only a matter of time before we catch up.

Anyway, he just wanted to test the waters this time and would not stay on the sea for several months like Zhao Chengzhou and his crew.

Lin Xiuqing actually knew all of this, but she was a little worried as the departure was approaching, so she wanted to give a few more instructions.

"You'd better not go out to sea in the future. It's useless to worry people. You can train a few more people now, and then be your own boss on the shore. At most, you can go out to collect goods occasionally on a freshwater ship, and you can come back immediately."

"We have many boats, so the freshwater fishing boats don't need to keep floating around on the sea, waiting to receive the cargo from other fishing boats. We can arrange everything ourselves."

"You keep telling me to find a few more people to share the burden, and to stop being so busy and working so hard, but you still go out to sea every day..."

"You say I'm so capable, but you don't think about it a bit."

Ye Yaodong put his arm around her shoulders and patted her, saying, "I want to rest more than you do. I want to stay on shore and not have to take risks at sea. But I can only stay on shore after everything is on track."

"We have money now, so ordering a few boats is a relatively simple matter, but we still need manpower."

"It's not that easy to train a person. I have to get to know him slowly and train him slowly. Then I can arrange the person and the ship accordingly. Only then can I retire to the shore and enjoy my life with peace of mind."

"Now, we must lead people out to sea. After we are familiar with the job, we can arrange for others to do it. We certainly can't just hand over the ship to others casually."

Which company didn’t start out with the boss leading the way and working hard? Only when things become stable can you enjoy happiness.

Of course, he didn't want to take the risk of going out to sea, but now that it was just the beginning, he had to do everything himself.

With the current development, he basically chooses a captain after he has trained the people on each ship, and then changes to another ship and continues to lead people.

Anyway, this arrangement already has a prototype.

Now the work of receiving goods on the shore has been sold to Acai in advance, and there is no need for workers to take over. He will not get any money at all and there is no need to worry too much. After his several ships are on track, he will retreat behind the scenes and just collect the money on time.

Then, in the future, when it comes to collecting money, they can arrange someone specifically to collect it and create a public account, and they can just sit back and watch the money come in.

Just thinking about it makes me happy...

However, he still had to go out to sea and get everyone together first.

In a few years, when we enter the 90s, navigation technology will definitely make a qualitative leap, and we can order a few more advanced fishing boats at that time.

If he works for a few more years, he will be able to train all the boatmen. In fact, the most important thing is the person at the helm. Ordinary boatmen with a little sea experience will do. It's simple.

Only then can he let go and truly enjoy his life.

Actually, his father's experience in going to sea is not as good as his, so it is better to let his father drive the seafood boat first and keep an eye on the six boats.

Besides, his father is a bit old, and Old Pei is retired and at home taking care of the children, so he can’t exploit his father too harshly.

Then, when he has many large ships of 20 to 30 meters, or 30 to 40 meters, the small trawler will be of little use to him. He will then do some favors and allow those who are renting it now or in the future to redeem it at a discount.

I made money and also gained fame.

So, he still has to keep working now, and although hundreds of thousands of dollars on hand is a lot, it will be nothing in the future.

In the next few years, he still has to earn and accumulate money, and then continue to order a few more large ships. The boatmen who follow him also have a hope that they can have the opportunity to take over the fishing boats and get high dividends.

"I have a sense of propriety and a plan in mind. You just need to not oppose me in doing things. Once I'm on the right track in a few years, I'll be able to leave naturally."

"How could I oppose you doing anything? You even wanted to open a fish canning factory with others, and I didn't stop you. I said it to you when you came back because you took out a loan of 20 yuan. That sounds scary. If you had directly said that you used all the money you earned to buy a boat, I wouldn't have been so excited."

"Not much difference."

"Isn't there a big difference? One is using your own money, and the other is owing money to the country."

"Oh, it's over now, don't talk about it anymore."

Lin Xiuqing also stopped talking.

Ye Yaodong continued, "When we get those five ships in Zhou City by the end of the year, our assets will definitely double next year. Repaying the loan will be a simple matter, and it won't be a big deal."

"Then, after I make the money, I will plan to order more boats. If I order again, I will definitely look at 40 meters, because this boat is not cheap."

"But I've opened it for a year this year, so I know the returns. If I can make money, I'll continue. The people I bring with me now can also be put to good use."

"After several years of hard work, our best days are still ahead."

Lin Xiuqing also touched his face and said, "Well, then you will have to work hard for a few more years."

"It's been a few years of hard work together."

"Go to bed early, we have to go out to sea tomorrow morning."

"That's okay. We're going out to sea in the morning anyway, so we don't have to get up in the middle of the night..."

Ye Yaodong turned over and decided to go out to sea tomorrow. If nothing unexpected happens, he will not be back until early next month.

Lin Xiuqing also knew it and felt sorry for him.

The next morning, when he got up, the whole family was there except the children.

His father didn't have to go out to sea today, but he came with his mother to take a look.

After breakfast, they went to the Mazu Temple to burn incense, and met quite a few people during the trip.

Originally, today was the day that Ocean No. 1 was scheduled to go out to sea, but later he thought that he might as well discuss it with everyone and move several ships to go out to sea today and set off together, since it was a good day anyway.

With his current status and position, he has a lot of say, and if there is nothing wrong with what he says, everyone will generally agree with him.

After the workers arrived, they waited at the workshop before leaving, and most of them went to the Mazu Temple to burn incense and worship.

After the time had passed, Ye Yaodong took them to their respective boats and gave them a few more instructions.

Ye's father was worried that Ye Yaodong was too young to have a sense of ritual, so he followed him onto the boat. Then, holding a pile of yellow paper, he walked back and forth in a mysterious manner, and threw the offerings he had prepared in advance into the sea one by one along the fishing boats.

Ye Yaodong drove the Ocean No. 1 back to the sea yesterday in advance to transport supplies, but because of its deep draft, it was parked far away, in the middle of the sea.

You can't see it at all from your doorstep, you can only see a little bit when you go out to the pier.

He let his father arrange the ritual of going out to sea for him, and he took people to check everywhere and unlock everything that needed to be unlocked.

After his father finished his work, they went to the small statue of Mazu and burned some incense before bringing the statue back into the cabin.

"Dongzi, I didn't go with you this time. Can you do that? How about we switch?"

"No, it's OK. This ship is advanced, so you don't have to worry too much. Let's go back to the shore. After I'm done, it's time for me to leave. I can't keep Uncle Zhao waiting too long."

"Then you should be careful. Fortunately, you have improved a lot in the past few years. You were not away for too long this time. If anything is wrong, just come back. I also told Lao Zhao to take good care of you. If you have any questions, please ask him."

"I know."

His father had been in frequent contact with Zhao Chengzhou during this period. He would ask Uncle Jingye to invite him in for a drink every few days to build a good relationship with him. He even gave him a New Year gift during the Spring Festival.

"I feel more relieved now that you are like this. So I will get off the boat?"

"Ah."

Father Ye looked back every few steps, and then hesitated for a moment before stepping off the boat, "You really don't need me?"

Ye Yaodong was ready to go to the helm, but he could only shake his head when his father asked him, "No need for you, you just stay at home and go out to collect the goods the next day, then go to the city to dock and weigh the goods to Ah Cai."

"Ok."

Only then did Ye's father climb down from the boat and return to the small boat.

But he did not sail away immediately. Instead, he waited on the boat and watched his boat move.

The other six ships also weighed anchor one after another and slowly headed towards the sea.

While the six ships were moving forward, Ocean One also turned its bow and headed towards the sea.

In a short while, it overtook six boats and rushed to the front.

The six boats behind also began to speed up.

Father Ye stood on the small boat, watching several long boats rushing towards the sea together, and sighed with some emotion.

"These children have really grown up and can hold on..."

“I’m so old…”

"We have to watch the young people do it..."

Only after the shadows of several boats disappeared did Ye's father drive his boat towards another boat on the sea, which was Pei's father's boat.

The Harvest has been in the hands of A Guang since the New Year. When they went out to sea today, Pei's father also came out to see them off.

Father Ye had no opinion about Father Pei. Moreover, they were not only relatives, but also old acquaintances for many years.

He felt that even for the sake of his son-in-law, he had to interact more with Pei's father to avoid being confused by his father's advice.

Anyway, he won't have to be at sea every day, and Lao Pei won't have to go out to sea either. The two of them can make an appointment to drink more and chat.

And it's all above board. Ye's mother can't blame him for drinking every other day. He has a good reason to drink!
It is to help the son-in-law look after his father and not make any mistakes.

After hearing this, Ye's mother had to support him and stop scolding him.

"Don't the in-laws need to go out to sea? Will such a big boat be driven by Adong alone?" Pei's father asked doubtfully.

Father Ye smiled and said, "Yes, the child has grown up and can make his own decisions. He is better than me at everything. I don't need to keep an eye on him anymore."

"Although Adong is quite capable, the ship is so big and the journey is so far, you can rest assured..."

"There's nothing to worry about. I'm not as familiar with this ship as he is. He's already a master, and I've asked my friends to take good care of it. I'm old and I probably won't be of much use in the future. I can only keep an eye on it for him."

"You're quite open-minded."

"There's nothing to worry about. He has been working hard over the past few years. I just lend a hand when I need to. The most important thing is that he dares to do it and work hard."

Old Pei nodded and said nothing more.

"You will have an even better life next time. You can retire at home. You don't have to go to sea anymore. You can just stay at home and hug your kids and count money. It will be a comfortable life."

"Haha, I'm just counting money there. I still have to work. There's a lot of work to do in the fields. I have to go out every day to harvest the crops. I'm still busy."

"That's better than being at sea. Now the sea is left to the children. We are old, and the future will be the business of the young people."

"Yes, the world will be ruled by young people in the future, and we are old."

"Haha, you are still strong despite your age..."

"Haha, let's go back and talk. It's not a good place to talk on the sea."

"Go back first, and sit at my house later..."

Father Ye and Father Pei each drove a boat back to the dock first.

Ye Yaodong was driving the big boat in the front, looking very high-spirited, and from time to time he turned around to look at the six boats behind him.

He was slowing down intentionally, otherwise if he rushed out, those ships would not be able to catch up with him.

And they also fuck each other in the small channel...

"Dongzi, your boat is so cool..."

"You just rushed out, and the white water splashes on both sides seemed to have cut a path, and it couldn't be closed."

"It just drove past me. It's really nothing compared to this."

"When will we be able to sail such a big ship? Hahaha..."

"Don't dream. It's hundreds of thousands. Even if you sell your whole family, it won't be enough."

"Not only is it not enough, even if I sell your whole family I still can't make up the difference..."

You can tell from the sound of this that this is said by a bad friend.

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Your new ship has just been launched, and you're already thinking about changing it?"

"Haha, of course you have to have a dream."

"I can still think about it. Maybe I'll get rich this year. If I get rich for a few years in a row, I'll probably have enough money to invest. I can't compare with you, but I can think about it first."

"Hahaha, there is hope. May we all make a lot of money every year."

"Dongzi, how far do you want to sail this boat?"

"The deep sea, it's only a little bit farther than yours. I don't think we went to the high seas. Other people's boats are only about 30 meters, not as big as mine."

"Then I have to follow your lead?"

"Bullshit, they are all veterans, it's good enough that they don't look down on a young boy like me, but they still follow my orders, don't even think about it."

"Who knows? Maybe your reputation has spread to the fishermen in this town. You can afford such a big boat at your age. They will have to think twice."

"Who knows? Besides, we'll see after we meet them. I met two ship bosses some time ago. Their ships were very complicated. There were seven or eight people on one ship, and the others were all relatives."

"So this is your ability. Just hearing that this ship belongs to you alone, they have to salute you."

"Don't praise me to death..."

Everyone was discussing the matter as they drove towards the town.

It was the first time we went out to sea after the New Year, and everyone was very excited.

It was Zheng and Xiaoxiao's first day on the new ship. They were eager to do something big and talked nonstop. They were also the most lively ones.

When they arrived near the town, Ye Yaodong began to slow down, while the other six boats continued to move forward without stopping. They just informed each other on the channel that they were going their separate ways.

The six boats were heading in one direction, and Ye Yaodong had to find Zhao Chengzhou to follow them.

He arrived ahead of the appointed time and waited for Zhao Chengzhou and his crew's boat on the sea.

There is still a big red flower tied on Ocean No. 1, which makes it particularly conspicuous and easy to recognize.

Not long after he stopped on the sea, a large ship came over and greeted him.

"Adong is here, hahahaha, your boat is really majestic. I only heard about it from your father a few days ago, but now I have seen it for real. Your father's words are not exaggerated."

"Uncle Zhao, haha, the boat has been parked in the harbor for some time and has not come out. Otherwise, I should have shown it to you earlier."

"It's not too late to read it now. You've learned a lot. You're amazing! When I sold you that boat, I never thought that you would buy such a big boat in just a few years. You can even use it to go to the high seas at will."

"I'm lucky. I've made a little money in the past few years, and it's all thanks to Uncle Zhao's care and selling the boat to me. Otherwise, I wouldn't be where I am today. Your boat has brought me great luck."

"Haha, then my boat is still the best. Did it make you rich?"

"Isn't it? It's all thanks to Uncle Zhao. I'll have to trouble Uncle Zhao to take care of me from now on. I'm young and don't have as much experience as you, so I'll have to trouble you, my senior, from now on. My father also asked me to listen to you more."

Ye Yaodong also flattered the other party with a smile.

"Where's your father? Why didn't I see him?"

"If he doesn't come, he will have to drive the seafood boat at home."

"Your father is really relieved that he let you sail out on your own. But you are also amazing. You have accumulated such a large fortune in just a few years. Maybe we can go with you in the second half of the year to see if we can make a fortune."

"Hahaha, I don't dare to expect to make a fortune casually. I'm just relying on luck. Let's just deal with the first half of the year first, make the money in the first half, and then think about the second half."

“Right, right…” Zhao Chengzhou looked at him with a smile and sighed, “Amazing, really amazing… I did a good thing, hahahaha.”

"Of course. I became rich by taking over your ship. Uncle Zhao must have made a lot of money from that ship, so he decided to build this one."

"That's true. I did make a little money, so I dared to change to a bigger ship."

Ye Yaodong exchanged a few pleasantries before asking him, "What about the other boat? Is it ready?"

"It's almost time. Today is the first day to go out to sea, and everyone has been busy for a long time. Let's wait here for a while. Once they are ready, they will naturally come out."

"Okay, there are only three of us in total, right?"

"Yes, you own three ships, and you have also met the captain of that ship at your father's house. He has been my friend for many years. I saw that he made more money by buying a big ship, and then he encouraged me to buy one, so I followed him."

"Okay, let's wait slowly. There's no rush. It's just dawn."

Zhao Chengzhou asked, "Have you offered incense to Mazu? By the way, the small statue of Mazu on my boat was brought on board from your village. I don't know who had the idea to carve a batch of small statues of Mazu for worship."

"We need a statue of Mazu to guard our boats when we go out to sea. We can worship it every day and burn incense even when we are at sea. Seeing Mazu is there, we feel at ease."

When the workers on the boat heard this, they couldn't wait to show off, "Hey, uncle, you praised the right person, this is the suggestion made by our brother Dong."

"He just thought that when our fishing boats are out at sea, we can worship Mazu every day and ask for her blessing."

"Not only that, the Mazu temple in our village was built so big because Dong Ge salvaged a large tripod from the sea and donated it to the museum. Then the state provided financial support, and the newspapers mobilized ship captains to donate money, so it was built."

Zhao Chengzhou was surprised. "So it's you. I heard that someone donated a lot of money and the government supported its construction. We were at sea at the time, so we didn't go there. It was only when we heard that we could invite a small statue of Mazu on board that we donated 100 yuan for incense."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "That happened several years ago. In recent years, the village has been very busy celebrating Mazu's birthday. Have you ever been there to see it?"

"I do want to, but every time we go out to sea, you know, our ship is out for half a year."

He nodded and understood that making money was important, not to mention that buying such a big ship would probably have emptied his family's savings.

The two were chatting back and forth on the two boats side by side. After a while, another boat that was probably over 30 meters long came over.

He had also seen this ship captain before, his name was Ding Daming. His father had also invited him in a few days ago and had a drink at his hometown.

"I'm late. Haha. I'm not efficient enough. I was delayed for a while."

"It's okay, it only took a short while."

"Wow... your new boat is amazing. It's about forty meters long?"

Ye Yaodong said politely, "44 meters, Uncle Ding."

"This is terrible..." He turned around and scolded the younger people on the boat.

"Look at you, and then look at others... You are all about the same age, and they are already driving a 44-meter boat, what about you..."

Zhao Chengzhou smiled and said, "Don't even mention the younger generation. We two old guys can't even compare to them. We are both outclassed."

"Yeah, I never thought there would be such a talented young man..."

"Now that we are ready, let's go. Let's talk as we walk. Let's go to the small channel. We will have to drive for several hours to reach the fishing spot."

"Okay, let's go..."

The next chapter will start at around 4000 or o'clock, and the ocean section will begin. It's a bit of a headache, so I might as well write words first and post it, and then think about it carefully.