Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1368: Looks Like a Real Person

After the fishing boat sailed away from the shore, several dogs on the shore were still barking.

Some of them even moved down from the reef, their front hooves touched the water and then retracted.

The four dogs on the boat also looked at the shore and barked.

"Stop shouting. It's no use shouting even if your throat is hoarse. Who told you to follow me out? Now you're on this pirate ship." Ah Zheng teased the dogs.

Ye Yaopeng asked: "Dongzi, why did you bring the dog with you?"

"Bring them up to guard the house. The house upstairs should be almost finished. The space is too empty, so raising a few dogs can help guard the house. Besides, these two dogs are about to give birth, so there will be two litters. That's too many."

"There are so many dogs. I've never seen so many dogs in the village."

Xiao Xiao said, "It's because everyone knows that this is your dog. Otherwise, it would have been tied up with a rope and put on the table long ago."

"I think you are the one who wants to lasso the chicken." Ye Yaodong said unhappily.

"It's your fault that the dogs in your home have such shiny and glossy fur. They look delicious just by looking at them."

All the dogs that had just been barking at the shore turned around and barked at him.

"Oh, that's pretty fierce."

Ye Yaodong took out a hot egg, peeled it and ate it. He ignored them and took out the egg yolk that he didn't like to eat and fed it to the dog nearby.

"Shit! Your dog eats better than humans and even eats egg yolks!"

"You want to eat, right? Come, I'll peel an egg yolk and feed it to you."

"Go away, I don't want to eat the same thing as it."

Ye Yaohua also smiled and said: "This dog has a different fate from other dogs. It's lucky that it didn't get taken away by someone."

"It's just like reincarnation."

Ordinary people’s lives are worse than those of rich people’s dogs.

Ye Yaodong distributed the eggs he had to everyone. Everyone shook their heads, wondering who would go out without bringing a dozen boiled eggs.

When the ferry took them to several large ships, everyone got on their own boats.

Ye Yaodong gave some instructions and asked everyone to take their positions. After offering incense to Mazu and completing the ceremony of going out to sea, he went to the wheelhouse.

The four dogs immediately followed him, closely following his steps, and some even ran ahead of him.

He looked down and kicked twice, "Go to the cabin by yourself, don't follow me."

As a result, the dogs stayed where they were, and waited for him to climb up before following him to the wheelhouse.

"Fuck, be careful or you'll fall to your death."

"Wang Wang Wang..."

Seeing that the four dogs had followed, Ye Yaodong had no choice but to open the cockpit and let them in.

When his boat started moving, he found that there was a dog squatting on each side of the operating console, and there was also a bitch squatting on each side of his seat, right next to him.

He looked left and right, up and down, and felt that there were four more majestic bodyguards protecting him.

"You guys really have...allocated everyone's positions?"

"Wang..."

He shook his head and started the boat, then instructed, "Don't move it, don't touch it. If you break anything, I'll put you all in the pot."

"Woof woof woof woof woof..."

Ye Yaodong turned on the audio channel, told several boats that they were ready to set off, and then he started moving first.

The dogs stared ahead, but it was pitch black everywhere. After staying on the operating table for a while, they came down again and curled up at his feet to sleep.

He felt quite hot because of the two dogs surrounding his feet, and there were two furry dogs pressed tightly against his left and right hands. It was a little hot, but it was quite smooth to stroke them.

"Be good, and when we get there, I'll give you something delicious to eat."

The dogs next to him were all drowsy and didn't respond to him.

The sun rises early in the summer, so they set out at around 3 o'clock. When they reached the town's safe harbor, he and his men switched to a large ship, and the sky was already turning pale.

The other boats had already gone ahead, and he fell behind when he wanted to change boats. However, his two boats were fast, so he didn't need to make the other boats wait.

After Ye Yaodong and others changed boats and started chasing, the workers could also take a rest.

He kicked the dogs that were moving around at his feet. They had been sleeping soundly, but he had to change boats, so he had to wake all four of them up and make them change with him. Now they were awake again.

"I told you to stay in the cabin but you kept crawling around. Now you can go back to sleep."

The dogs whimpered, found a good spot, and then curled up together to sleep.

There was also one curled up next to his hand, and it was particularly smooth and comfortable to stroke, and the fur felt warm to the touch.

The boat trip was originally quite boring, but with the company of four dogs, he didn't feel lonely anymore.

A few dogs woke up and ran around his feet. The small space was not enough for them to move around, so he opened the hatch and let them go out for a walk on their own.

He only glanced over occasionally, and saw that one of the little black dog's hooves had slipped out of the wheelhouse and was hanging in the air. It was so scared that it quickly retracted its paw and rolled to his feet, looking extremely funny.

The other dogs suddenly didn't dare to run around.

He laughed and nudged the dog with the back of his foot, "Let's see if you dare to run around again..."

For the rest of the day, the dogs stayed stuck in the cockpit, at most sticking half of their bodies out to get some fresh air.

Ye Yaodong led them downstairs while he was eating. He originally planned to let them stay on the deck or in the cabin below, but when he was about to go up, they still followed him closely.

He only ran around on the deck when it was time to eat.

He just didn't care.

This trip did not arrive at the destination port until the sun set in the afternoon.

When they arrived, the jellyfish boats were returning one after another. The dock was extremely busy, and all they could see were jellyfish.

There are piles of them here and there, all queuing up to be weighed and purchased.

It looks like it's not over yet. Although most of the fish in the trench have been caught, there are still many floating fish on the sea surface.

The cost-effectiveness is not high for large ships, but for small boats, picking up fish here and there can still be a good harvest and some profit.

"It looks like there are quite a lot of them. They actually made some money coming here this year."

"It looks like it's not even over yet."

“There haven’t been any typhoons so far this year…”

"Don't be such a pessimist. If you can get going, hurry up and go up. Otherwise, if what you said comes true, you will be trapped here, which will be troublesome."

After they found an empty seat and parked the boat, Ye Yaodong left five or six people on the boat to watch over the luggage, and took the others off the boat first.

A Guang is busy at the moment.

Everyone was surprised when they saw them coming.

"You're really here? I told you guys you'd be here in the evening, you're pretty quick."

"We'll feel relieved when you get there. You didn't abandon us, hahaha..."

"You want to make money from anything..."

Everyone started talking happily.

They were all queuing up there to weigh the goods. They had nothing to do anyway, so they gathered in groups of three or four to chat.

Ye Yaodong and his two brothers as well as a few friends also helped A Guang weigh the goods.

I was busy at the moment and had no time to chat. By the time I finished weighing everything, it was dark.

The workers who settled on the ship also rested on the ship, and only a few close friends followed Ye Yaodong to his home to stay and chat.

I've actually talked about the situation here with Guang every day when I chat on the phone. He knows it very well, but other people don't understand it as clearly, so we still have a lot to talk about.

They all asked how much A Guang had earned during this period and whether he had earned a lot.

When they returned at night, A Guang had someone prepare a table for them. Everyone chatted until midnight. They were all very passionate and had great expectations for the next destination. They were very optimistic and wanted to make a lot of money this year and have a good year.

Ye Yaodong also hoped so in his heart.

The next morning, when everyone was still packing and moving their luggage, he told the others to get on board first after packing, while he would go to the lighter factory to take a look and chat with Fang Jingfu.

Now that I'm here, it's impossible not to take a look and show my presence.

Then, he visited Zeng Weimin and gave him some local specialties he brought from home before rushing to the dock.

Everyone had already boarded the ship and everything was ready, just waiting for him.

If he wasn't Ye Yaodong, who among hundreds of people would wait for him?
If we didn't know where he was going, he would have been criticized badly.

At this time, he didn't come until after 9 o'clock, and no one had many complaints.

"I'm sorry, I'm late and kept you waiting."

"Are you done with your work? Let's go quickly if you're done. You've been delayed for a long time. You need to drive faster later." Ye's father urged.

"Okay, right away. You can go ahead. I'll get on the boat and leave."

Father Ye immediately took the megaphone and shouted to everyone, "Let's go."

The big guys' ships started moving one after another, retreated, and then sailed towards the center of the sea one after another.

Everyone had experience, so they followed last year's plan, with the small trawler sailing in the middle and several larger boats at the head, stern and sides.

People on the shore were talking and pointing.

"Look, look, all those foreign ships are moving together. Are they leaving?"

"Is this true? So many foreign ships all left together?"

"Did we go jellyfish fishing together?"

"They must have left. That's right. I saw them moving their luggage this morning. If they were going to catch jellyfish, how could they have only gone out now? Others have already returned from a delivery."

"It's good to leave. Hurry up and leave. There are dozens of foreign ships coming here every year..."

Ye Yaodong's Ocean No. 1 was the last to start moving. The other ships had already started to accelerate in the middle of the sea, and his ship was just chasing behind.

But after a while, his boat sped past the forty or fifty boats and came to the front.

Ah Zheng in the channel screamed, "Fuck, you're coming up here."

"Isn't this normal?"

"Your ship is still the most handsome and majestic."

"Wait a few years, and when you've made enough money, you can buy one."

"When I make enough money, I will retire. Who would keep working?"

“How much money is enough?”

"At least a few hundred thousand, right? One or two thousand yuan a year. If I work for another ten years, I should have saved enough by the time I'm 50."

"It's worthless."

"How can you be hopeless? It's already a lot. Who dares to say that they can earn hundreds of thousands in this lifetime? You don't count..."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes and said nothing.

"…Who else is as good at making money as you…"

Ah Guang said, "You only got this boat during the Chinese New Year. Come back and talk about this when you come back from Zhou City this year."

"But you also have a share of my ship, and you have to give me half of the profits."

Ye Yaodong said: "Then wait until you get the boat you borrowed, and see how much you can earn next year?"

"A lot of money?"

"You will know when you go back during the Chinese New Year."

It is true that he can make a lot of money, but he made the most money last year because he has a fresh fish boat.

A Guang's family was second, as they collected a lot of rent.

Dongsheng, Fengshou, Mancang and Shunfeng are also very profitable.

Zhou Da's boat was shared by four brothers, and the Shunfeng was shared by three brothers and their father, which made it seem that they did not earn that much individually.

He became the big winner and A Guang became the second winner.

Ah Zheng was still muttering there, saying that they were so secretive and wouldn't tell us how much money they made.

Ye Yaodong only said: "I don't have any reference here. I have too many ships and the income is all combined together."

After that, he ignored their discussion.

They chatted about how much money they had made last year and how much they would make this year, and everyone started setting a goal.

They started to count all the money they didn't earn, and after that, they even made plans for what big things to buy during the Chinese New Year. The channel seemed quite lively.

However, after waiting for an hour or so, no one would say anything. Everyone had talked enough and felt thirsty. Besides, everyone had to exit the small channel and go to the public channel to listen to more broadcast information.

Ye Yaodong's ship was in the lead and the specific route was set, but he also had to pay full attention to all directions.

Until nightfall, the fishing boats had not arrived yet. The workers frequently went in and out of the cabins, but there was still a vast ocean.

He waited until he went downstairs to get food before telling everyone that it would arrive in three or four hours, and everyone felt relieved.

When we finally arrived, it was already past 10 o'clock in the evening.

The dock in the distance was brightly lit and bustling with people. Everyone looked at the familiar scene and ran out of the cabin, cheering excitedly.

"We're here, we're finally here..."

"Aiya, the worry I've been carrying for a long time is finally at ease..."

"It was actually quite fast. We didn't take any unnecessary detours this time. We didn't stop much along the way. It was not like last year when we kept stopping and starting along the way to explain and ask for directions from nearby fishing boats, which took us a little longer."

"It's good to be here. It's just in time for us to go ashore and rest at night."

Ye Yaodong looked at the destination in the distance and breathed a sigh of relief. This time he was leading the way alone and they finally arrived.

Everyone slows down when approaching the port, then stops on the sea, lines up to follow the waterway rules, waits for the guidance ship to come, and then, under the guidance, slowly enters the berthing area and pays a berthing fee.

"Alright? Can we unload now?"

"First move all the goods out of the hold, I'll go find a car."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he went to the dock first. The dogs couldn't get off the boat, so they could only watch him leave and bark there.

"Don't shout, I'll be back soon."

"The dogs that Brother Dong raised are quite loyal..."

"Everyone here is from another place, don't let them eat your dog meat..."

"That's it. I brought it here specially to give others a snack..."

"Wang Wang Wang Wang..."

Several dogs immediately turned their heads and barked at the workers.

"Look, he's starting to curse."

Everybody was laughing.

After Ye Yaodong called a car and started moving the goods, others also came over and asked.

"Dongzi, we have finished moving everything over there. Shall we drive the car to the side of the road and wait for you?"

"Okay, then go wait on the side of the road where there are fewer people. I'll have the car go over there once I've moved the goods here."

"Okay, I'll go talk to the others then."

They had discussed this earlier when they were moored and queuing to enter the port.

I don't know how the construction is going on there, and whether the house is habitable? But at least it is surrounded by walls, which makes me feel a little safe. I'll just go there and sleep on the floor for the night.

If it is not suitable for living, that will be tomorrow's problem and we can make plans tomorrow.

Anyway, we need a place to stay at night, and it’s not suitable to make trouble in the middle of the night.

In the hot summer, it’s okay to sleep outdoors. There’s a straw mat spread on the ground and there’s nothing wrong with sleeping.

Everyone called a tractor to move the goods on the boat. There was a lot of luggage, food and bedding. Some people also shared a tractor with several small boats.

After he finished loading the goods and the workers got on the car, he sat in the passenger seat and gave directions to the driver.

His car was leading the way, and there were a dozen tractors following behind it. If you didn't know, you would think they were pulling some kind of cargo. It looked quite spectacular.

The construction site is near the shore, but the coastline is too long and there are many people and cars at night, so it takes more than ten minutes to drive there.

It was impossible to see anything in the dark. The only thing he could see was the shapes of the walls and houses. Ye Yaodong shouted happily that he had arrived and got out of the car immediately.

"We're here, we're here, this is it, wait a moment, I'll go knock on the door."

He shouted to the car behind him, then ran to the iron gate in front and shouted at the door.

"Is there anyone, open the door..."

He called out twice, and someone came out of a room with a flashlight.

"I'm coming……"

"You're finally here, Brother Dong. You said on the phone two days ago that you would come up in the next two days. I thought you would arrive during the day. But you didn't come during the day today. I thought it would be tomorrow..."

Chen Zhihua, the worker on night watch inside, immediately opened the iron gate and invited him in.

"Open the iron gates on both sides and let the trucks drive in to unload the goods, so they don't have to move so far."

"Ok."

Ye Yaodong shone the flashlight around and said, "Just a little bit away from the second floor?"

"It's just a matter of putting up the beams and laying the tiles. It will be done soon. If you haven't come these few days, it will be almost finished by the end of the month."

"Not bad, the progress is quite fast. The iron door has been installed and it looks quite decent."

"It's all about the money. If you pay the foreman on time, he will immediately start working on the project. Haha. And there haven't been many typhoons this year. If there were any, they would just pass by and the tail of the typhoon would sweep through. It would rain for a day or two and then clear up again. There wasn't much of a delay in the construction schedule."

"Well done, you guys did a great job supervising this. I'll reward you later."

"Really? Then I'd like to thank the boss on behalf of my brothers, haha."

"Let's unload the goods first. Are the 1 rooms on the first floor ready for living?"

"It's okay if it's sloppy, but it's not cleaned properly and there's dust everywhere. If you don't mind, just lie down there tonight and make do with it. We'll clean the floor tomorrow and it will be cleaner then."

"Ah."

Ye Yaodong looked at each room with a flashlight, and estimated that each room was about 20 to 30 square meters, which was not small.

There's nothing in there now, it's empty and the floor is covered with dust. So there's no need for a bed. Now that it's so empty, it's easier to sleep on the floor or in a shared bunk bed.

More than a dozen people can sleep on the floor in one room, and they can barely squeeze in. If there is not enough space, they can sleep in the corridor.

"Go get some water. It's all dusty and it's hard to spread the mat. Get some water and sweep it onto the ground. Sweep the dust a little bit, then spread the mat so people can sleep."

"Okay, the room I sleep in tonight has been tidied up. It's clean, and there's a layer of straw inside. Brother Dong, you can sleep there tonight."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Let them arrange the rest themselves."

After he had looked at the house they were staying in, he went to watch everyone unloading the goods.

Everyone unloaded their goods onto the open space first, and each person's goods were piled separately.

"Brother Dong, where should we unload these goods? Should we move them into the house?"

"Just put it in the open space for now. Someone will live in the house at night."

He looked up at the starry sky. The sky was full of stars, which meant that tomorrow would be a good day.

"Tomorrow is a good day and it won't rain, so it's okay to just leave them there. You can divide up the rooms inside at night, sprinkle some clean water on them, sweep them, and spread out mats to live in for the night."

"Row."

Everyone was arguing over how to allocate the houses. One person said there weren't enough rooms, and another said there weren't enough rooms.

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to say that 15 people would be arranged to live in one room first, and let them allocate the people themselves. If there were not enough people, they could squeeze in later. If there was still no room, whoever wanted to sleep in the corridor would sleep in it first.

Everyone stopped arguing and the several fishing boats allocated the rooms according to the number of people.

By the time we were completely settled, it was already early morning.

The luggage was still piled up in the open space in front as usual, and everyone had already entered their assigned rooms, but everyone was still talking. No one was working on the boat, just lying down, looking very energetic.

Ye Yaodong didn't sleep either, and kept asking Chen Zhihua about what had happened over the past two months.

Hearing that Jin Laixi would come to visit occasionally, he felt happy for a moment and thought that he would buy some cigarettes and alcohol tomorrow to express his gratitude.

"Brother Dong, why are you here so early? Didn't you say it was September?"

"I'm worried that there will be a typhoon later, which will delay my departure. I thought I'd come up since the weather is good recently. It's a good opportunity for me to check on the progress of the construction site and bring workers up to help."

"Oh, it's good that you come up earlier. We're running out of materials. The foreman said yesterday that we can buy tiles now. If you come up, I won't have to worry anymore."

"I'll take a look tomorrow."

"it is good."

"Have you spent all your wages?"

"Haha, we are all counting the last ten dollars on our fingers, hoping to make it to the end of the month."

"I'll send you these two months' worth tomorrow."

"Ok."

"Go to sleep. I'll take care of the rest tomorrow."

The progress is quite fast, which is pretty good. Now it looks pretty decent.

I'll update it in the early morning.