Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1335 Return
Ye Yaodong turned his head and glanced at the stern. There were indeed a few large fish with their fins exposed chasing after the fishing boat. He didn't know if they were attracted by the smell of blood.

When a fishing boat is sailing, there will always be big fish chasing behind and eating the small fish.

"It was there to begin with. Maybe it was attracted a little by the smell of blood. It doesn't matter. It's raining heavily and the boat is moving. The smell is not strong and will fade away in a while."

"Oh shit... they're all sharks..."

Ye Yaodong had just finished speaking when he realized that he was wrong. There were sharks behind the stern of the boat...

Maybe he was really attracted by the smell of blood.

At this moment, he saw the black shadow running by again. The large flag fluttering in the wind was conspicuous in the dark night. He immediately spoke sweetly...

“…Fuck…fuck…”

"You guys better hide and don't come out yet. I'm going to change direction and leave this area. There are really swordfish on the sea surface. Damn, I was right..."

It really is a school of fish. If you see one, there may be a whole school of them in the sea.

Ye Yaodong took a look at the two fish that were still twitching and felt relieved. As long as he was careful and didn't get too close, there shouldn't be any problem.

He walked into the cockpit with the gun, placed it directly on the operating table, and then slowly turned the bow of the ship.

He just let the boat move forward on its own and it was a little further away from the other two boats. At this time, he didn't care about the dots of various colors on the display screen and first moved closer to the other two boats.

He did not speed up, and continued to operate at a pace of 2 to 4 knots. Now was not a critical moment, and he still had to take care of the goods in the fishing net below.

Ye Yaodong was wet and had no time to change, so he entered the small channel to connect with the other two people, and informed them that there was a sailfish and suggested that they stay a little further away from this area.

He also described in vivid detail how the snout of a swordfish could penetrate the hull of a steel ship, thus piercing a hole in his rest compartment.

Fortunately, it is a rest warehouse and not any other storage warehouse, otherwise we would have to go back immediately.

There must have been no one lying down in the chaos at that time, and everyone must have been gathered at the door watching.

They can only get the fish down later when it is completely dead. Then they can use some cloth to seal the hole and then go back for inspection.

When the other two boats heard this, they also cooperated and left the area first, and asked him a few questions out of concern.

Ye Yaodong kept an eye on his surroundings while driving the boat, and also on the stern. There were still fish following him, and he just hoped to stay away from dangerous creatures like the swordfish.

Given the speed and impact force of this fish, if it rushes towards a fishing boat, it can jump over the boat and stab someone. I have seen this in the news. Moreover, this fish is widely distributed and sometimes it is difficult to guard against.

He and the other two boats were operating away from this area. After sailing for more than an hour, everyone discussed and decided to continue working in the surrounding area tonight and decide whether to change locations after dawn tomorrow to see whether the situation warrants change.

The workers had already come out of the rest cabin and went to the deck to look at the two big fish.

The vitality of this kind of fish, which is three to five meters in size, does not dissipate so quickly.

They waited for a long time and came out to see when they realized there seemed to be no movement. However, they did not dare to get too close, and without Ye Yaodong's order, no one touched the two fish. They just squatted there and watched.

Ye Yaodong first changed his wet clothes, then put on his raincoat before going out and going down to the deck. It was still raining outside.

"Brother Dong... this is dead..."

"What do we do now?"

He walked over and kicked the great white shark. The deck that had been washed clean by the rain began to ooze blood again. "It's really big. Let's drain its blood first. There's also a swordfish."

At this time, the tip of the snout was still stuck in the rest cabin. Ye Yaodong took a closer look and kicked it a few times, then asked someone to help pull the fish out.

"Let it bleed. Even though it's been dead for a while, it shouldn't be too late. Also, seal the hole first, and then repair it when we return in a few days."

Everyone was discussing in the rain.

"These two fish are too big..."

"It's hard to pull it out even if you hold it, it's so slippery..."

"I didn't even dare to stick my head out to look at what was going on with Adong. It's a pity that two such big fish died together."

"I have never seen such a big fish in my life..."

"I've learned a lot these past few days."

"Brother Dong will tell you later how he died."

Ye Yaodong said: "How else can they die? They died of stupidity. They were able to rush onto the boat. If not the bullets, who else would they shoot?"

"It's already night, and it's raining. You guys need to be quick. We'll have to put up the nets soon, and there's still work to do."

He watched the workers bleeding on the spot, walked back and forth, watched them, and gave them instructions.

"Okay...are we safe now? There shouldn't be any more big fish coming up here, right?"

"That's hard to say. Be alert."

"Fortunately there are guns on the ship..."

"How much can a fish this big sell for?"

"It should be able to sell for quite a bit. It's so rare. Not every boat can catch such a big fish..."

Seeing that the two fish had been placed together to bleed, Ye Yaodong went up to the wheelhouse first.

The rain doesn't seem to be stopping at all, and I don't know if it will continue to rain all night.

He has sneezed several times, so he needs to drink more hot water.

After both fish were bled and dragged into the freezer, the deck was completely washed clean by the rain. Ye Yaodong saw that it was almost time and asked everyone to prepare to raise the net.

If we hadn't encountered these two fish today, we would have had a rare relaxing time. We would have been there weighing the fish this afternoon, with intermittent breaks.

Unlike the previous few days, when we were busy all day long, no one could rest until all the fish were sorted.

I could only get some rest at night and this morning when I was on shift, but how could I get a good rest on the ship?

Ye Yaodong also didn't get enough rest, and he already had thick dark circles and bags under his eyes. He was a little worried at night, so he planned to stay up half the night by himself.

But he is much better off than the workers. At least he is in the cockpit, free from wind, sun and rain, and is more comfortable.

It was raining at the time, but the workers still had to keep sorting the nets.

When he was halfway through collecting the net, he went down again to take a look and get some food.

While watching them sorting the fish, he noticed a miniature swordfish on the lid of the fish bin. He curiously picked it up, held it in his hand, and took it up with him.

The swordfish is usually 3-5 meters long and weighs 100 kilograms or even heavier. However, who would have thought that the swordfish, which is ferocious by nature, is only the size of a grain of rice when it is just born.

However, in just one year, it can quickly grow from a "mini fish" of a few centimeters to a big fish three to five meters long, and its size increases nearly a hundred times at a rapid rate, transforming into a "top ocean hunter."

Ye Yaodong put the mini version of the swordfish on the operating table, looked at it curiously, and measured it with his hands. It was less than 5 centimeters.

But the tip of the snout is still very long, accounting for one-third of the body.

He thought of putting it in an iron box, adding some ice to keep it fresh, and then taking it home to show his children how new it is.

Nothing went wrong until dawn, so he handed the boat over to his cousin with peace of mind and went back to the lounge to sleep.

He didn't know when the rain stopped. When he woke up after getting enough sleep, it was no longer raining, but the sky was still gray and he couldn't tell whether it was morning or evening. The wind was still so strong that if he didn't look at the time, he wouldn't have thought it was two or three in the afternoon.

He had someone bring out the great white shark and the swordfish from yesterday and put them together, then took a photo. This was his achievement.

Not to mention this era, it will be worth showing off in the future as well.

When I get back, I will develop the photos I took with my camera during this period and show them to my children at home.

It also lets them know how powerful their fathers are, how hard it is to make money, and what risks they experience at sea to have the good life they have now.

The cousin also reported to him how many times he had caught fish with his nets during his break, how many pounds of catch he had, and which types of fish were more abundant.

"Adong, you used this camera to take pictures of fish... No one saw you taking pictures..."

"Haha, because people are not as valuable as this fish."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "I'm not taking photos, I'm recording my life, you know? These are all my achievements. When I'm old and open the photo album, it will remind me how awesome I was when I was young."

"You've thought so far ahead, and even thought about when you're old."

"How far is it? I'm already 30 years old. If I'm not so lucky, I can work until I retire at 60, which means I only have 30 years left. Time flies by so fast."

In the blink of an eye, he returned to 1982 and became 40 years younger. It was normal for him to think about what would happen 40 years later.

I was still working in my sixties in my previous life, and I don’t want to still be working there in my sixties in this life.

Now I am thinking about waiting until I am old enough to spend my retirement with A Qing in peace, and then looking back on my memories to prove that I have really been back here, and everything I have experienced is real and there is evidence.

Rather than saying that these photos are his achievements, it would be better to say that they are traces of his existence.

"If you retire at 60, your life will be bad? Then what do we call it? A life of hard work."

"Retiring at 60 is not considered bad luck. People with good luck retire in their 60s or s and play with their grandchildren at home. People with bad luck may not have grandchildren at , and may still be working to earn money for their sons to marry, and still worry about their sons not being able to find wives."

"Hahaha, if that's the case, how could I not be able to get a wife?"

"Hard to say."

Ye Yaodong chatted with everyone for a while, but no one believed what he said and just treated it as a joke.

In an era when there were no mobile phones, being at sea was even more boring. There was no village in front and no shop behind. A small boat was drifting on the sea. Apart from working, the only way to pass the time was to chat.

Even Ye Yaodong, who is not very fond of mobile phones, finds it hard to bear. He has to look at the calendar several times every day to calculate the date.

After finally getting through another week, the two fishing boats discussed finding a fish collecting boat, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

His refrigerator and freezer were almost full, so he was waiting for them to contact the fresh-food shipping boat to sell out the stock and free up space. He would then go fishing for a few more days before filling the space up again and then go home.

The space in the refrigerator is not as big as the freezer. When the goods cannot fit in, he simply puts them directly into the freezer. When he sells them, he takes them out of the freezer in advance.

When the second batch of fresh-collecting boats came, everyone was obviously more excited, as it was already the second day of the second month, the day when the dragon rises.

They were also secretly calculating in their minds that they should be able to go back in a few days.

Ye Yaodong didn't let them wait too long. When it was just getting dark in the evening of the fourth day of the New Year, a loud thunder sounded and a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the entire sky. Then it became dark again. Immediately afterwards, there was a roar of thunder and the waves surged and raged, as if someone was undergoing a tribulation.

The workers were eating when they were startled by the sudden thunder and all looked up at the purple lightning in the sky.

The thunder on the sea seemed closer to them. The rumbling thunder seemed to strike everyone's heart. Listening to the thunder, their hearts trembled as well.

Ye Yaodong was eating his meal while watching the lightning in the sky. Then he turned his head and looked at the calendar. There were still three days until the Waking of Insects.

When spring thunder roars, all things grow.

Before the thunder strikes the Waking of Insects, the sky will not be visible for 49 days.

If spring thunder sounds before the Waking of Insects, there will be no sun for forty-nine days.

If there is thunder before the Waking of Insects, the clouds will not clear for forty-nine days.

This is a golden rule, which means that if there is thunder before the Waking of Insects, it will rain continuously.

According to this theory, if thunder occurs before the Jingzhe solar term, there may not be a single sunny day for more than a month, but instead dark clouds and continuous spring rain will appear all day long.

"It's over~"

He put down his bowl and chopsticks, picked up the calendar and looked through it in annoyance, cursing.

"Oh my god, it's thundering now, so there won't be good weather until Qingming Festival. How the hell am I going to dry my squid strips?"

He even specially saved up 100,000 kilograms of fish that he had caught recently and put them in the refrigerator. He then sold them all together two days ago because he was worried that there was too much stock and he wouldn't be able to handle it.

When the thunder sounded, it was not just impossible to deal with it, it was simply impossible to do anything about it. It was all in vain.

Damn... Man proposes, God disposes...

I don't even have the mood to eat.

He flipped the calendar up and down. Thunder and lightning flashed outside, and he cursed even louder.

It looks like the new plan to make money is going to fail for the time being.

This was not just his own random thought or speculation. This proverb has existed since ancient times and is regarded as a golden rule by farmers. Older people are very good at observing the solar terms, and he reacted to it immediately.

A few days ago, it just rained but there was no thunder, which was fine. But today, there was suddenly such a loud thunder, it was really a ball.

Just when he was worried, the sound of crackling rain came down and directly blocked the windshield.

"I scolded the neighbor... What should I do now..."

He sighed heavily and threw the calendar aside, deciding to get through this stormy night first.

It was not time to get up online yet, so while doing his homework he wondered if he should just go home in the evening.

His boat can still withstand this little wind and waves, but he had been planning to return in the next few days. Now that it has rained so heavily, should he just go back?
He changed the direction of the fishing boat, intending to slowly return to work first. After the net was collected, he would check the weather and go talk to Zhao Chengzhou.

The two old men were talking about this thunder and said that the weather would not be good until Qingming Festival.

"Uncle Zhao, Uncle Ding, it's thundering and raining heavily."

"Yes, there was a sudden thunderstorm and heavy rain. Weren't you originally planning to go back in the next few days? Do you want to go back early now?"

"Seeing the sudden weather like this, I also thought about going back early."

"You were planning to return in the next two days anyway, so why not go back now? We don't know how long this thunderstorm will last, but it will probably be hard to have good weather until Qingming Festival..."

They are all experienced elderly people. They can predict the weather for the next period of time just by looking at the thunder at night. They are more reliable than the weather forecast.

"I thought so too. Thinking that the weather will definitely not be good in the future, I plan to go back first, work slowly, and then collect this net and go back directly."

"Well, you're right. If you know the weather is bad, you might as well go back early."

"I'm letting you know in advance so you don't have to worry if you don't see my ship later."

"Okay, next time you come out, go look for us on the sea chart we came out with at the beginning. Anyway, we are basically in this area. Contact us again after you come out to confirm the location."

"Okay, thank you."

Thunder rumbled continuously and the workers began to worry.

After Ye Yaodong had talked to the two old men, he went out with a loudspeaker to inform everyone and reassure them.

It was the first time for the workers to be on such a large ship. Being in the middle of the sea, they felt closer to the sky. The thunder roared right above their heads, which was much more terrifying than being at home.

The waves were hitting the bow, and the fishing boat was shaking more violently than before. Everyone was a little worried about whether the boat could withstand the wind and waves.

It’s not that they don’t have confidence, but it’s their first time running so far and the waves are taller than people.

After hearing Ye Yaodong's comfort, they have now turned back and will go back after the net is closed. They are temporarily relieved.

After Ye Yaodong returned to the cockpit, he began to think about his big red squids again. He had kept them anyway, so he couldn't let them go to waste, right?

With such a large quantity, he could make no loss by shipping it back and selling it directly, but his plan was ruined. He had planned it well and it would have been easy to carry out.

This will also become an important way for him to make money in the future. In addition to dried fish and fish sauce, he has expanded new marine business.

Since the weather will be bad next year and there will be no natural sun exposure, I don’t know if I can get a dryer.

He thought thoughtfully, forget about the large one, a medium-sized one will be fine, and a domestically made one will be fine too.

It's 1987 now, so there should be some dryers used for agriculture and food, right?

Haven't we been developing industry in recent years and introducing advanced equipment and technology from abroad? So we have also manufactured some products, right?

He was thinking about it alone.

But he couldn't figure it out by himself, so he had to ask his godfather for details.

After all, he is the director of the Fisheries Bureau. If he knows anything about the drying techniques of these seafood, he should know something about it, right?

This is much better than just letting his imagination run wild.

Even if it can be done, time is a problem and voltage is also a problem.

By the way, doesn’t his eldest son work at the Power Bureau?

Ye Yaodong was thinking aimlessly, not knowing if it could be done in a few days. If there was no sign of anything in a day or two, he would have no choice but to sell the entire shipload of goods directly to Acai.

I guess when Ah Cai saw his ship full of goods, his jaw would drop to the ground and he would not dare to take such a large cargo.

Just receiving the goods from the fresh boats at home is probably enough to keep him busy.

I have a headache...

Now we can only hope that the country has made great progress and now has these industrialized equipment.

As long as you have these equipment, it shouldn't be too difficult to follow your godfather's lead.

He was there daydreaming the whole night, and even when the workers were notified to close the nets, he did not go out to see. It was windy and rainy outside, and he did not want to go out.

When the workers below were collecting the nets, they were often shaken by the fishing boat, making their work more difficult.

Waves from the bow of the ship hit them from time to time, and they didn't know whether they were wet by the sea water or the rain. Even wearing straw raincoats, they were soaked from head to toe.

After being out for more than half a month, only tonight did they experience the ruthlessness of the waves.

They had not yet experienced such a huge battle between the swordfish and the shark a few days ago. After all, they had not seen it with their own eyes, but only after the battle.

It was already after 10 o'clock when Ye Yaodong returned at full speed. After all the fishing nets were collected, he notified everyone and set the route back.

All the workers were on the deck helping to sort the goods and there were no more shifts.

We are about to return, so we must sort all the goods before we can take a break.

As they were about to go home, they all cheered up.

The voyage they set out on lasted more than ten hours, but only the first three or four hours were spent sailing at full speed. After they dropped the net, they slowly worked while checking the nautical chart.

The speed of his ship was originally faster than the other two ships, and when it came out, it also accommodated the speed of the other two ships.

Now he was rushing back as fast as he could, which should have been faster, but his ship was now fully loaded with cargo, and coupled with the windy and rainy weather, he estimated that it would take at least six or seven hours to reach the port.

There are too many factors that affect navigation.

The exact time of docking depends on the weather and waves along the way.

There were lightning and thunder all along the way, which shows that the thunderstorm weather is not only in the area over the sea, but also covers a wide area.

Ye Yaodong had already thought of a solution for dealing with the squids, so he focused his attention on the sea and decided to go ashore first.

They docked at the city's pier. Part of the cargo was handed over to Acai, and the remaining squids were left behind until he finished visiting his godfather.

There are some other big fish and big goods. When I go back to the town later, I will ask Hong Wenle if he needs any.

By the way, it is also natural to ask him about the progress of his loan and the fish cannery.

After all, he has been out for a month, and the loan should have been approved. He has been away from home for such a long time, and I don’t know what the progress is, or whether he will change his mind.

There was no need for him to go to the city again. It would take more than a day or two to process all the squids, so he would have to run back and forth.