Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1558 Smooth Connection
Ye Yaodong expanded the turning range and made a big turn without affecting the fishing nets and other equipment behind him.

As expected, after this turn, the squids around the boat disappeared and all ran to the back.

In addition, with the cooperation of the workers on the deck in adjusting the light, the number of squids jumping around at the stern gradually decreased, and they slowly sank towards the light in the water, and the sonar also detected this group of squids.

Ye Yaodong looked at the display screen and was immediately overjoyed.

"Oh mom, sure."

"Is it ready?" Lao Xiao stood beside him, also looking at the display screen and pointing forward, "This is it, right?"

"Yes, it looks like this is the direction it's moving in."

"That just caught everything in one fell swoop."

"Let's drag them out first. They look like a lot..."

Both of them looked at the screen curiously, controlling the fishing boat slowly to perform operations as usual.

After the light spots on the screen gradually disappeared, Ye Yaodong asked Lao Xiao to notify the workers on the deck to turn off the headlights.

"Got it. I didn't expect it to go so smoothly."

Ye Yaodong was somewhat proud, "This is called a mountain man with a clever plan. You can come up with a solution by just thinking about it."

"You have to be brave enough. For people like us, we just want to follow the rules and live safely without making any mistakes. How dare we mess around?"

That's true, after all he is the boss. If he were an employee, he would definitely do nothing and just fish steadily.

So in the past few days, I didn't see other boats calling him for help when they encountered any problems. They just communicated and reported normally. Only on the first day when the fishing net got stuck on the bottom and couldn't be solved did they call him to make a decision.

When it was time to collect the net, there were indeed quite a few big red squids in it. One bag weighed 5000 kilograms, which was about 1/5 of the total, not including useless groceries and garbage.

After picking them out, there should be about a thousand kilograms of squid, which is already a very high proportion.

This is the first package of goods, and there will be quite a few more to be hung up later.

Ye Yaodong was very satisfied after seeing it, feeling that all the efforts were not in vain.

"I haven't caught many squids in the past few days, but I didn't expect that they were all waiting in this net."

"This net yielded a lot. It rained heavily these past two days, and the sea was surging. All the fish on the bottom of the sea were brought up, so we got a lot."

"It's just that it's so uncomfortable when it rains. I have to change clothes every day. If it rains for a few more days, I'll have to work naked..."

After two people responded, they all went back to work in silence.

If we didn't encounter some surprising things at sea every day and have some desire to talk, everyone's hearts would have been calm long ago.

Ye Yaodong wiped the rain off his face and continued to direct the loading and unloading, lending a hand wherever needed.

At this moment, someone on the sorting table exclaimed.

He looked over in surprise and saw a worker holding a piece of red coral as big as a washbasin.

Others were also there marveling.

"Oh... such a big red coral..."

"I didn't expect to be able to dig out such a large red coral..."

"There are several broken legs here..."

"It must be because of these fish goods..."

"This red one is so pretty. It's so big and so valuable..."

"It must have been interrupted by a wave and rolled up."

Ye Yaodong had already walked up to it. He held his breath, looking at the huge red coral with surprise on his face.

"Fuck... can you catch something this big?"

"Yes, let's look through it again, there might be more."

While speaking, the worker handed him the red coral in his hand.

"It's so big, it will look good at home..."

Ye Yaodong held the red coral in his hands with a look of surprise and excitement on his face. As soon as he got it, he estimated that it was about 3 kilograms. Moreover, this variety was obviously Aka, which was very expensive and top quality. It was top quality even in this day and age.

Red coral grows extremely slowly, usually taking 300 years to grow to 1 kilogram.

This red coral is also divided into several varieties, including Aka, Momo, and Sardin. Each variety has a different growth form. Aka coral is usually denser and relatively heavier.

"It's this big, it would be very valuable if we hired someone to carve it, and it can be used as an exhibit," said the chief engineer.

Ye Yaodong nodded in affirmation.

However, this original form does not actually require any carving. Just trim the damaged branches and buy a better pot to display it, and it will look beautiful.

But there are also some people who carve them into Buddhas or other works of art.

"There were a few small coral branches in the upper net, but they were all white and light pink, only a little bit big, and were directly dumped with the garbage."

"Ah?" Ye Yaodong looked at the person who spoke, "Fallen?"

"It fell over. I saw it during the day. I asked other people and they said it was just like water plants. It's useless. It will be fine if it falls over."

He beat his chest and stamped his feet, "Next time you see them, pick them up. I want them. It doesn't matter if they are red, white, black, or pink. Pick them up and give them to me if you see them."

"What are you going to use it for? The small one is useless. The big one is valuable."

"I'll keep it for now. I might as well keep it as a souvenir. Who knows, I can use it later. It won't go bad anyway. Let me tell you, it takes 300 years for this coral to grow to one kilogram."

"It takes 300 years to grow one kilogram?"

Everyone was a little surprised.

"I heard that, so if you find anything in the future, just collect it and give it to me. If any of you want it, share it."

"Okay, pick them up next time."

"Since it's so hard to grow, I'll have to leave a few for you next time I see you..."

"The waves have been bigger recently, and we can occasionally catch small ones, but they are all broken by the waves."

"The waves are bigger during a typhoon, but we can't stay at sea..."

"What you said is nonsense..."

Everyone continued to communicate while working. It was now drizzling, and everyone was able to work more efficiently.

Ye Yaodong, still holding the red coral in his hand, walked under the light to admire it.

The trunk is as thick as an adult's wrist, and the surface is covered with naturally grown grooves and nodules. The texture is hard and warm, and it has a gradient luster from deep red to orange-red under the weak orange light.

The branches are forked in a tree-like pattern, with five or six secondary branches extending from the top. The longest one is winding like a solidified flame on the seabed.

A few traces of white coral skeletons can be seen attached to the base, and delicate concentric growth lines can be observed on the cross section, which are the life rings that have accumulated slowly over hundreds of years.

There are also many signs of breakage on the top fork, which destroys the original shape, but it still looks beautiful.

Ye Yaodong rotated his hands, looking from left to right, from right to left, from top to bottom, from bottom to top, looking back and forth carefully.

It was the first time he caught such a big coral. He was so excited that the corners of his mouth were smiling with joy.

He also has a drawer full of small coral pieces at home, in all colors, but basically none of them are bigger than two fingers.

A fish was caught in the near sea before, with a small piece of coral in its mouth. Although it was an Akka, the difference between the small head of that fish and this one is like the difference between a firefly and the sun.

"Boss, I found a piece of white coral here..."

Ye Yaodong turned his head and took a look at what the other party was holding in his hand, and said, "Just pick up a basket and throw whatever you find into it. When the time comes, you can take it and share it. Put it away, it will be useful in the future."

"Will it really be useful in the future?"

"Then take a few back and put them away when the time comes."

Ye Yaodong watched them take a basket to put the things in and then left them alone. The one he had on hand was the most precious.

He took it and went straight to the wheelhouse, and showed it to Lao Xiao, whose eyes widened.

"It's this big? How much is it worth? I heard that rich people like to buy this as a decoration?"

"I don't know how much it's worth, but I'm going to take it home and put it on display instead of selling it."

In the past few years, the things he fished out of the sea could probably be used to hold an exhibition. If he had the resources, he could have even held an ocean exhibition.

"Wow... Such a big red coral, it's so beautiful, you have found a treasure." Old Xiao held it in his hands and looked at it again and again, even shining a flashlight on it.

“It’s quite rare indeed.”

"How much do you think this is worth? It should be worth a few hundred dollars, right?"

A few hundred dollars?
The corners of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched.

Lao Xiao was just talking casually, not expecting him to respond, "It's a pity that a few of them are broken, and there are still broken gaps, which affects the appearance."

"I'm on duty. It's late now. You should go to bed too."

"Row."

Ye Yaodong placed the red coral on the operating table first, and it was pleasing to the eye just by looking at it.

This thing can be treated as a family heirloom in the future. After a few years, when I can officially register a company and build a beautiful office, I can put this on the display stand in the office.

Just thinking about it made him feel happy, and the rain outside even felt pleasing to the eye.

I also have a drawer of various small corals at home. After the millennium, when there are specialized craftsmen for polishing them, I will ask someone to polish them and make them into jewelry for my wife, daughter, and daughter-in-law.

Although the value is not very high and it is nothing compared to his current net worth, it can be said that he salvaged it. The things in the drawer, although not fished out by him, are what he has accumulated for decades.

In the future he will be able to catch fish on his own fishing boat, and by then he can accumulate more and more.

If he wasn't worried about the risks, he would drive his boat to the sea area near Xiaorizi and fish as much as he could. There were so many corals under the sea near Xiaorizi, and he knew there was a sea area with a lot of corals.

However, in the past two years, we have listed corals as first-class protected aquatic animals, and their exploitation is prohibited.

In the previous life, after the millennium, hundreds of large ships in their town knowingly committed the crime, thinking that it was not their own fish anyway, and if they couldn't catch their own fish, couldn't they go to the smaller ones to catch them?
They all rushed to the sea area where they lived a normal life and engaged in large-scale poaching. In one night, a boat could earn millions.

After a severe crackdown, patrols were strengthened and no one took the risk again.

Now it is the 90s, the economy is developing rapidly, and large corals are very valuable. You can easily earn a year's work by just going out to salvage them.

However, he is making a lot of money now, so there is no need to take the risk. Let's leave it for future generations.

The next morning, many people heard that a large red coral had been caught the night before, and they were all very curious.

When Ye Yaodong was eating breakfast, he generously took it down for everyone to see.

"It looks quite big, but it has many broken branches. When I get it back to the factory and put it on the desk in the office, it looks quite festive and nice."

“It’s really pretty.”

"One this big should be worth a lot of money."

"If it were intact, it would definitely be more valuable. This one has so many broken corners, so its value must be greatly discounted..."

Ye Yaodong joined them in the discussion. After finishing breakfast and handing over his shift, he took out his camera and asked someone to take a picture of him. He was holding a red coral with the sea as the background. It happened that the rain had stopped in the morning.

It's just that he looks a little sloppy, with an untidy beard, long hair, and wearing a raincoat, but it also just illustrates the current situation.

After taking the pictures, he went to the rest cabin with his red coral to rest.

Worried that the shaking of the fishing boat would damage this precious treasure, he even put it in a safe and locked it.

Anyway, whenever I return to the rest cabin and want to watch it, I can open it and take it out to watch.

Before resting, he took out his notebook to record today's date. He calculated that according to his original estimate, ship No. 5 should arrive today.

He took a pencil and made two marks on the paper, hoping that the heavy rain in the past few days would not affect the fishing boats, and that the boat could arrive smoothly, connect with the other three boats, and take away the cargo.

He was thinking about this matter before going to bed. He also wanted to know the situation of the processing plant on shore and whether the other ships were all normal. He would have to wait for Ship No. 5 to arrive to find out.

For him, these few days have been exceptionally slow and torturous.

We encountered bad weather right after we came out, and there were also various coordination problems and a lack of running-in.

If he could get through this period smoothly, then he wouldn't have to worry too much.

He couldn't sleep because he was worried about something. When he woke up occasionally, he would check the time or look out the window.

Seeing no extra fishing boats, he had to lie back down.

He had been sleeping on and off, and after looking at his watch three or four times, he finally woke up completely and went out with dark circles under his eyes.

"Can we contact Ship No. 5?"

Chen Shi replied: "I have been trying to call from morning to noon, but there is no response."

Ye Yaodong sighed and cursed, "damn it."

"Why are you up so early? It's only 1 o'clock now, and it's not raining today. Although it's not sunny, at least it's not all dark and cloudy."

"I can't sleep. I can't sleep. The boat hasn't come yet. I can't sleep well."

"At worst, we can just return when it's full."

"This is something that can only be done after it is resolved. The original plan was to end at the end of July, but it is only mid-June now, so it is still early."

"Then wait a little longer. The weather has been bad these past two days, so the waves are big and we won't be able to sail that fast. It would be fine if we can get there at night."

"Ah."

Ye Yaodong picked up the telescope and continued to look out at the sea.

Until it was almost dark, they didn't see any trace of the fishing boat.

His brows were furrowed so tightly that they could pinch a fly to death.

The other ships didn't ask, but waited for his instructions at that time.

They knew better than Ye Yaodong whether they could get in touch or not. It was useless to ask, and it would only make people anxious and upset. It was better to just accept what had to happen and wait.

After dinner, just as they were changing shifts and lowering the net, Lao Xiao shouted to him on the deck: "Dongzi, Dongzi, we have contacted ship No. 5, but it's intermittent. We should be able to communicate later."

Ye Yaodong raised his head, breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted, "Got it."

He walked up without stopping, ready to ask about the situation in detail.

Lao Xiao replied: "Just now I heard intermittent calls to Ship No. 1. The signal was intermittent, with a crackling sound."

"Call me again in half an hour."

"Hey, I'll yell every half hour later."

"I don't know when we set out, but it's good that we can arrive today and move the goods by then, and return early tomorrow morning. As long as the next two and a half ships can connect, I won't have to worry about the future."

"Oh, of course I can. They're coming right over here. I can already hear the sound. I should be able to talk to them normally in an hour or so. They'll be here in a few hours."

"I hope so. There are still many things waiting for me to deal with when I go back. When they are done with this, I will go back."

Ye Yaodong was thinking about this matter, so he didn't go down to the deck to command, and directly let Lao Xiao go. He sat in the cockpit, staring at the screen, so that he could receive the call as soon as possible.

In the previous hour, he tried to contact her twice but failed.

After 7 o'clock, he tried to contact again, and this time he got through.

"Shit, is there a signal from ship No. 5? Can you hear someone talking?"

"I heard you, I heard you. There was no signal up front, and my attempts to contact you were sporadic. Now it's finally working."

"How many nautical miles are left? Report the current situation."

"It is estimated that there are still 20 nautical miles to go. Although the rain has stopped, the waves have not stopped. It is conservatively estimated that it should take three hours. The heavy rain and waves have delayed the ship on the way, so it is not convenient to talk on the phone. I will tell you in detail when we arrive."

"Okay, be careful on the road and keep in touch. It's good that we can get in touch now."

"receive."

Ye Yaodong then said to the other fishing boats, "Boat No. 5 is coming soon. The other fishing boats should also prepare and estimate the time so that they can connect with the boat when it arrives."

"receive."

He also calculated that if he cast the net now, he would be able to connect with the boat almost immediately when it arrived, and the time difference would not be too big.

Anyway, the goods that have just been collected and not sorted can be kept and sent back by the next ship, and the goods in the cabin can be transported on board first. The three ships have caught a lot in the past few days, and Ship No. 5 cannot carry all the goods.

Wait for ship No. 5 to return. The fresh fish collection ship will arrive in two days, and it can then load more.

After the contact, he leaned back in his chair and relaxed a little.

I don’t know how many people his father arranged on Ship No. 5 to deliver the goods. I don’t know if he can handle sending so much goods back.

……

(I have learned a new skill these days, stacking gold ingots. Today I sat and stacked them all day, and listened to all kinds of gossip in the village. It was very exciting...)