Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1426 Arrangement of Assistants
They set out early in the morning on the 17th day of the lunar calendar and arrived at night on the 18th. The boat was moving slowly and it took them two days and one night.

Ye Yaodong's legs were already weak, and after sitting on the boat for two days and one night, he could no longer recover.

But at least he was better than the fat man, who was almost like a pile of rotten meat. Everyone was carrying cargo off the boat, but he was still lying there.

It was not until the workers checked the fishing boat to see if there was anything left behind that they discovered he was still lying in the cabin.

When the workers came to report, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but hold his forehead.

He was dragged down to the cabin and only then did he stand up half-dead.

"Damn, it was so uncomfortable. I was on the boat for two days."

"Then try taking a car next time."

The fat man shook his head like a rattle, "No, that would be even worse. My butt would be broken into eight pieces and my whole body would fall apart."

"Work as a boatman for me for a few days, and I guarantee you'll get used to it right away."

"Am I sick?"

"How can you say that about yourself? Let's go now. I'm going to lock the cabin."

"I see. It's really hard to make money. I have to run around everywhere..."

The fat man sighed, threw his luggage to the boatman, got off the boat weakly, and staggered a bit.

Ye Yaodong thought his legs were even weaker than his own.

"Try to set up the canteen in the next two days, otherwise it will be troublesome for so many workers to eat."

"Got it. I've found all the supplies and people and brought them here. Your canteen is ready, so it's easy. Just find a good source of food and have it delivered regularly every day."

"Well, then you should stay here for a while longer and open up the store outside."

"You make money from it all. You make some money from contracting and some from renting."

“Win-win.”

Ye Yaodong asked him to get on the tractor first, and he would get on later. If the others couldn't stand, they had to walk.

There are so many things to bring up that we need a tractor to transport them.

The base camp continued to operate after they left. He bought all the building materials he could before leaving. In case there was a shortage, he asked the foremen to go directly to the various building material stores to place orders, and he would come up to settle the bill.

The house was built as usual during the Chinese New Year, with only a few days of rest. The canteen and the bathhouse were built, but the three-story building was not built so quickly.

But it doesn't affect the people down there much. After cleaning the first two floors, it's ready for living.

After they arrived at the base camp, they asked the workers to check in and find their own beds according to the arrangements made before the New Year.

As for the group of new people hired before the New Year, he will have to wait until he has someone count the number of people before making any arrangements.

He directly left the arrangement of other things to his father.

The canteen and the bathhouse were contracted to Fatty, so he didn't need to worry about them at all, and all the matters here were thrown to Fatty.

As for dinner tonight, I can only ask more people to cook, divide into several groups, and cook a few more pots. It's a bit troublesome.

While everyone was packing their luggage and cooking, Ye Yaodong picked a younger and educated cousin to be his assistant. This was his uncle's grandson, who had just arrived before the New Year.

There are too many relatives on his mother's side, and he has a lot of cousins. Many of the younger generations have grown up in the past few years.

When his mother is looking for workers, she will definitely give priority to her own family members, so most of the people around him now are relatives, and there were several people who called him Uncle Dong before the New Year.

Anyway, being his assistant is equivalent to running errands for him. As long as you can read, remember things, be smart and obedient, it will be fine.

Occasionally, he had heard his mother mention a few names among the younger generation, some of whom had been praised, and he picked one from his memory that left a better impression.

Chen Baoxing originally didn't know why Ye Yaodong was calling him, but suddenly a pie hit him on the head and almost knocked him unconscious.

"assistant!?"

"Well, how old are you this year? Can you read and write, right?"

He said hurriedly, "Yes, yes... I can write! I will be 18 after the Chinese New Year. I have been unemployed since I graduated from junior high school last year. Just before the New Year, my great aunt said that Uncle Dong needed someone, so my mother begged my great aunt to include me in the group so that I can earn more money and get married. I can write! I haven't forgotten, I can write."

Chen Baoxing's eyes lit up. Wouldn't it be more comfortable and honorable to be Uncle Dong's assistant than to work directly on the ship?

"Okay, try it for two days. If it doesn't work, I'll find someone else."

"I'm sure I can do it..."

"Don't talk big yet. I have a job for you now. The old workers all have their own beds. Newcomers like you who came before the New Year don't have any yet. You can arrange for them. The room will be on the third floor. Ask Old You for the roster. If there is anyone you don't know, ask your father directly. Match the names of the people to the seats yourself, and get to know them first."

Lao You is the accountant he hired to keep accounts and settle wages.

On the way here, he took advantage of his free time to give several of his account books and payroll books to Lao You, asking him to take a look at them and refer to what work needed to be done and what needed to be recorded.

Last year's accounts have been settled. They were all recorded by him at random. He could understand them himself. He will buy a new account book tomorrow and record this year's accounts again.

He also handed the personnel list to Lao You. From now on, he no longer had to record the daily cargo lists or payrolls, and he was free from worry.

Old You is also there recording who wants to rent a house now.

A few years ago, A Guang and A Zheng returned with their ship, and the workers they hired had to make do with the crowded conditions and had no place to live.

Now that the house has been expanded, they have to rent another room each.

There was also this trip after the Chinese New Year, when several boats from nearby came up with them, and they were basically all relatives of their village.

They have all heard that they can make a fortune by going out, so their team can make money every time they set out, and usually they can bring out a few extra boats.

It makes no difference to him anyway, he is just a rent collector, and if it is a big ship, he can also collect goods for him.

Chen Baoxing nodded repeatedly and said excitedly: "I'll do it right away."

"Wait, let me make this clear first. Your salary has not been increased. It will remain the same. Your job may not be easy either. You will have to follow me around, or run around for me."

"I understand. I can do it. Uncle Dong, if you need anything, just call me."

"Go ahead. While we're still cooking dinner, arrange the beds for the people and make sure they're all in the same room. It's best to put people you know in the same room."

"Understood, I understand."

He ran away excitedly and went to find Lao You.

Ye Yaodong crossed his legs, lit a cigarette leisurely, and watched people coming and going on the open space in front of him, some carrying things, some packing up.

Let me tell you, if you make money you shouldn’t do these trivial things yourself, you should hire someone to do them.

How can you kill a chicken with a knife?

I wasn't professional at all.

In addition, finding an assistant can help him run errands and help with anything he needs, so that he doesn't have to do everything himself.

Young ones are easier to train and are more hardworking. The old hands are already established and are not as easy to use as the young ones.

Ye Yaodong sat down to rest for a while, and then walked around again.

Of the three-story building, only the roof tiles have not been laid yet. We'll have someone deliver the tiles tomorrow. If we speed up the process, it will be done in two or three days.

The house has not been completed yet, but one-third of it has already been rented out, and his own workers have also occupied several additional rooms.

Ye Yaodong was extremely satisfied. He could collect rent for 20 years first and then consider whether to rebuild or renovate the place.

Buying land is really the best business, it is a sure win.

He was thinking about waiting for the fishing boats to go out to sea, making his first pot of gold this year, and then going out to travel.

The first thing to do tomorrow is to contact various factories and determine the daily quantity of goods. I also have to ask the bosses for massages to build relationships.

Ye Yaodong now has an accountant and an assistant, so he doesn’t have to arrange the piles of trivial matters himself.

If they don't know something, they will go to his father to ask first. Only when it involves something his father doesn't know will they come to ask him. It is much easier for him and he can lie down after dinner.

"Dongzi, let's take a day off tomorrow. Can you go visit your clients?"

"Yes, it's just right to determine the shipment quantity so that you can go overseas."

"I think so."

"Try to hand over the work you have on hand in the next two months. Anyway, several boats are fishing not far away, so there will be someone to look after them. The danger is greatly reduced, and it will be relatively easier for you to get rid of it."

"I know. Everyone knows that it's more comfortable to stay at home. Are you going to ask those people to give you a back massage tomorrow?" Father Ye smiled and rubbed his hands back and forth awkwardly.

Ye Yaodong looked at his father suspiciously, "What are you doing? Are you going?"

"No, I want to wash my feet. My toenail has grown into the flesh and I can't get it out by myself. A few days ago, something pressed on it and it bled. The blood clot is there and it hurts. I want to have it cut to get the toenail out."

He breathed a sigh of relief and almost thought that his father had a lover after going there a few times.

Then he would be guilty of a great crime. If his mother knew about it, she would skin him alive first, wouldn't she?
"That's perfect. I'll definitely ask them to wash my feet tomorrow and talk about the next day's goods. I'll follow up with you."

Father Ye nodded.

"Would you like me to give you another back massage?"

"Well, it's up to you. If you press it, it will be boring for me to just wait."

Ye Yaodong laughed.

Father Ye blushed and said, "Go to bed quickly. You have a lot of things to do tomorrow."

After saying that, he hurried to turn off the lights.

There was no movement outside at this moment. After sitting on the boat for two days and one night, everyone was very tired. Some people still had to cook. The weather was cold now, and the sea breeze at night could blow into the bones. Everyone went back to their rooms early.

As for whether there were other activities in the house, he didn't care. Anyway, they were not going out to sea tomorrow, so they could take a break.

The next morning, Ye Yaodong brought his father and his assistant Chen Baoxing, bought a few cartons of cigarettes and some local specialties that they had brought with them, and went around visiting various places to secure the goods for the next day.

Then after lunch, I went to arrange some building materials, settled the bills that needed to be settled, and purchased a batch of what needed to be ordered.

It was almost dusk before we went to the Chamber of Commerce.

The bosses in the Chamber of Commerce are all gathered together, and they basically play cards in the afternoon. When he gets there, there happens to be a game going on, and most of the people he has good relationships with and is familiar with are there.

"Hey, you're back from Chinese New Year?"

"Boss Dong has a new bodyguard after the New Year?"

"When did you come up?"

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "I just came here yesterday, and now I'm reporting here right away. You guys are here early?"

"They all came over the past two days, and some came on the 7th or 8th of the first lunar month."

"Stop fighting, I'll treat you to a meal and a massage."

"Oh, that's great! Let's go, let's stop fighting. These are the last four bombs. I don't want your money anymore. Let's go."

They are all regular customers and old-timers. They walk out arm in arm and chat lively.

Ye Yaodong talked about business while walking and asked Chen Baoxing to take notes.

Chen Baoxing was a little confused, and he had to remember things while walking?

He quickly opened the notebook, bit the pen cap with his mouth, and wrote it down quickly.

"It seems like it's not an extra bodyguard, but an extra secretary? Why not find a female secretary?" Jin Laixi joked.

"Why would a man like me need a female secretary?"

"What's so difficult about this? Just rent a house outside."

"No, I can't afford it. Women have a lot of troubles. It's troublesome."

“You’ve never tried…”

"Brother, this one is my father, and the other one is my eldest nephew. You encouraged me to find a female secretary in front of them..."

"What's the big deal? Find one for your father and nephew. Let your father be filial and let your nephew have some meat."

After saying that, Jin Laixi looked at Chen Baoxing's shocked expression and said, "Young man, you haven't had sex with meat yet, have you?"

Chen Baoxing shook his head like a rattle, and the pen in his hand was about to poke a hole in the notebook.

Ye Yaodong frowned, "Don't lead the child astray."

"Everyone is out working to earn money. It doesn't matter if they have children or not. They look fully grown now."

He changed the subject, "You want 1000 kilograms of pomfret, right? How about 5000 kilograms of hairtail?"

"Sure, you've invited me to dinner and gave me a back massage, so why not..."

Chen Baoxing withdrew his eyes from looking around and quickly wrote it down.

Long insight!

It turns out that Uncle Dong always talks about business like this...

After they finished their meal and returned to the alley, Chen Baoxing's eyes were wider than copper bells and he looked around like a searchlight.

Every time he passed a store, he stretched his neck.

He was even more shocked until he followed Ye Yaodong in and saw Ye Yaodong order one for his father with familiarity.

Uncle Dong is too filial...

The key point is that Ye's father also sat on the bed and started to take off his shoes like he was familiar with the process.

Have you come here quite often?

Shocked the young mind of the boy.

"What are you looking at so stealthily? Order one for yourself too." Ye Yaodong said casually.

"Ah? Me? Order one?" He pointed at himself with his index finger, then shook his head like a rattle.

"No? Then sit and watch."

"Ah...oh..." He obediently went to sit on the stool in the corner.

Everyone laughed.

Jin Laixi smiled and said, "You are so unkind. You don't even take care of your nephew."

Ye Yaodong asked Chen Baoxing again, "Or?"

Chen Baoxing shook his head instinctively, but after looking at them, he nodded hesitantly.

"Hahaha……"

"You are dragging a decent family into this water."

"We are teaching him how to be a man!" Jin Lai Xi said confidently.

Ye Yaodong knew his character and didn't bother to argue with them. Anyway, he had almost memorized the things he needed to memorize.

When they walked out of the gate, Chen Baoxing still felt a little dizzy.

"Uncle Dong...are you a frequent visitor?"

"What do you say?"

He gave a thumbs up and said, "I've learned a lot."

"Don't learn bad things. These are just for show. Just learn some experience. You will see more in the future."

He nodded, "I know, I won't tell anyone."

Ye Yaodong: "..."

After saying that, he looked at Ye's father again, "Uncle, I won't tell anyone either."

Father Ye: "..."

Father Ye glanced at him and said to Ye Yaodong without speaking to him, "I don't know if the wind will be strong tomorrow. Let's go back and ask the others to see if we should go out to sea at night or tomorrow morning."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Just look at it yourself. Anyway, we don't have to wait for others. It's only others who have to wait for us."

"Well, according to the weather forecast yesterday, the wind speed at sea will only be level 3 tomorrow, so we can still go out. You can ask in the evening. There will be no problem and we can go out to sea directly at night."

"it is good."

"I took a month off and was paid several thousand yuan in vain. Now there are so many mouths to feed, I have to go out to sea and earn money."

"Ah."

As Ye Yaodong walked, he was thinking that he had to buy two tractors tomorrow, and then go to the shipyard to check on the progress.

Later, when he had free time, he would look around for land, check it out in advance, and take action after making his first pot of gold. He would also take a look at his other piece of land.

The secular man was not at home, so he found nothing when he went there in the morning. He heard that he had driven out after the New Year.

I originally thought that he was planning to build a large massage parlor and would not drive a large truck anymore, but I didn't expect his wife to say that construction is construction, so he still goes out to drive a large truck as usual.

He originally wanted to ask about the International Seafood Wholesale City, but now he could only go and take a look by himself, look around, and then ask someone later when they come back. When he asked his wife, she knew nothing either.

I just started, and there are a lot of miscellaneous things to do.

It’s a good thing that he doesn’t have to go out to sea. He just needs to control the situation on shore. All the work at sea has been handed over to others, and he has extra time to do other things.

"Do you want me to accompany you to buy a tractor?" asked Ye's father.

Ye Yaodong came back to his senses and said, "No need, I didn't call you when I bought the Jiefang."

Father Ye said unhappily: "I know, you have grown wings."

"Your wings aren't hard yet, can I take you for a massage?"

Chen Baoxing laughed at the side.

Father Ye glared at him, and he quickly stopped and lowered his head.

"Never mind you."

Ye Yaodong stretched lazily, "With one more person, we all have to walk home, and riding a bicycle is inconvenient. It's just right that you are going out to sea tomorrow."

Father Ye was depressed and thought he was redundant.

Chen Baoxing comforted him, "Uncle, when you get ashore, let Uncle Dong take you here to relax."

Ye Yaodong chuckled, "You are good at comforting people, right? You have a bright future, right?"

He scratched his forehead and said, "I think my uncle likes it very much."

Father Ye slapped him on the back of his head, "What are you talking about?"

He rubbed the back of his head a little aggrieved.

What did he say wrong?
Ye Yaodong laughed.

Father Ye glared at the two of them and said, "I was also forced to follow Dongzi. You have seen his friends. They are all of the same character."

"Oh...that's great, let me accompany Uncle Dong next time? I like it..." Chen Baoxing said in a low and shy voice.

Ye Yaodong laughed even louder.

Father Ye looked at him with disdain, "This silly boy..."

... another one tonight