Ye's mother didn't let Ye's father go out to sea and asked him to rest for a few days, but he couldn't neglect the housework. Selecting the wood and asking the carpenters to make the beams had to be done by Ye's father.
Fortunately, it was just a minor cold and would be fine once the fever went away. Ye Yaodong also took advantage of the break after lunch to row his boat out to sea.
It had been a day since the trap was put down, and he wanted to see what was inside.
As soon as he arrived at the dock, he looked around and did not see the three men's new boat. Thinking that they should have gone out to sea early in the morning, he rowed his small boat to the center of the sea. The area around the place where he placed the trap was only that big, so it was impossible for him to row wrong.
After finding the buoy of the ground trap, he stopped the boat and began to pull the ground trap. At first, he pulled the rope upwards. After the mesh was exposed above the sea, he grabbed the wire frame on the mesh and pulled it up one by one.
There were only 16 nets in total, and he placed them in two rows, 8 in a row.
There was nothing on the first net, only stone crabs, small sword shrimps and small fish. He untied the fish collecting net, poured all the catch into the bucket, and continued pulling.
He pulled six tickets in a row, but there were no big items, all of them were stone crabs, sword shrimps, eels, etc. He was not disappointed, as these were all within his expectations.
However, the seventh net burst, and several large orchid crabs came in. Ye Yaodong happily fell onto the deck first, and grabbed each one in his hand. He found that they were all very hard, and each one weighed at least five taels.
There are a total of 8 orchid crabs, and he estimates that they weigh about 5 kilograms. Even if there is no more to come, this trip is worth it.
But who would have thought that the eighth net would also burst, revealing two red crabs weighing more than a pound!
Ye Yaodong started drooling at the thought of breaking the shell open and seeing the red roe filling it. Autumn is almost here, and it is the season for eating red roe crabs, which are the most delicious at this time.
When I was pulling the second row, I cast several nets in a row, but there was nothing good. Fortunately, the second to last net also burst, and there was a sea bass weighing more than 4 kilograms and a blue crab with a broken leg in it.
In the waters around here, perch and blue crabs are very common, and they are quite large.
It just so happened that he was planning to keep a blue crab for his father, and this one with a broken leg was just right. He had originally thought of keeping a smaller red crab, and had prepared himself for being scolded. Now that he had this one with a broken leg, it was even better, and he could save himself from being scolded.
Sometimes you want to show some concern for your family members and leave some good things for them. It’s not that they don’t appreciate it, they just feel bad and think it’s a waste to let them eat the good things, so you might as well sell them for some money. This is the idea of the older generation.
He poured all the goods into a bucket. There were only two rows of traps and not much goods. Excluding the sea bass weighing more than 4 kilograms, a dozen orchid crabs, and 3 blue crabs, the rest of the goods added up to less than ten kilograms.
But catching these big catches was already a big bang, and Ye Yaodong was very satisfied. These were already worth 5 to 6 yuan. After putting the traps back into the sea, he drove the boat back.
Because there were few traps, this trip took more than an hour.
After selling all the valuable goods, he picked up the bucket and planned to take the remaining worthless small fish and shrimp home first, and then go to the house. Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the door, the children in the family surrounded him, talking in a flurry.
"Dad, why are you back?"
"Uncle San, your friend sent a lot of seafood over."
"Yes, yes, he is chatting with his sister-in-law in the room."
"I am picking up sand for my sister-in-law."
Ye Yaodong walked and said in confusion: "Why are you picking up sand? Who sent the seafood over? Wasn't your aunt helping at the house? Why did she come back?"
"My aunt fell down and was brought back by your friend!"
"Ah? Being brought back by my friend?"
Confused, he put down the bucket and prepared to go to his mother's room, but his eldest nephew said, "They are at the back door."
He immediately stopped and walked towards the back door, only to see A Guang squatting in front of his younger sister, picking sand out for her with a needle.
Shit, why does this seem so familiar
Didn’t he just pick one for his wife last month
Is it Pei Guang's turn to choose Ye Huimei
"Pei Guang, what are you doing!"
Ye Yaodong’s brows were furrowed so tightly that they could pinch a fly to death.
"ah?"
Ah Guang's heart skipped a beat. He actually called him by his full name!
He pretended to be calm and said, "Your sister fell while pushing a ash bucket truck. Her knees, elbows and palms were all bruised. I was here to help her. Why are you so fierce?"
"She can't choose for herself? Why are you meddling in her affairs?"
"How is this nosy? Can't she be picky? Can she see the joints of her hands herself?"
"Go away, go away, you are not needed." Ye Yaodong felt that his actions were too glaring, so he might as well do it himself and snatched the needle from his hand.
A Guang could only move aside with regret.
After Ye Huimei glanced at him, she said to Ye Yaodong, "Third brother, why are you back?"
"I took advantage of my break to go to the sea and collect the goods from the traps."
"There are only a dozen traps. Do you have any?"
"It's okay, it's worth a few bucks. How did you fall? I heard that it was that idiot A Guang who carried you back home?"
Ah Guang frowned and said, "Fuck, how can you talk like that? Can you be more civilized?"
"What the hell are you doing there? You hugged my sister and told me to be more civilized. Are you okay?"
Ye Huimei said awkwardly: "Third brother, what nonsense are you talking about? I accidentally fell again when I came back, and I happened to see Brother Guangzi."
"So he carried you back?" Ye Yaodong stared at A Guang, "Isn't it okay if he just held you back?"
Ah Guang touched his nose and said, "Didn't we just see it at that time? It was a matter of urgency. It was not far from the door of the house, so no one saw it."
"Why didn't you go out to sea today, but instead stayed near my house?" Ye Yaodong's eyes scanned him up and down like searchlights.
In addition, he had come to his house to work so diligently some time ago, and sent fruits every few days, Ye Yaodong suddenly became suspicious of his motives!
Ah Guang stared at me and said cunningly, "Don't be ungrateful. My father came back and brought some seafood. I sent some to you specially. After I sent it, I was planning to go to your new house to take a look, and I happened to meet your sister."
"Is your father back?"
"Yes. I got home in the morning, so I came back from the sea."
"Oh, then you can leave after you're done!"
"Fuck, you're destroying the bridge after crossing it. You won't even let me have a sip of tea?"
"The tea is in the main room, go drink it yourself, then get out."
"You XXX, just throw it away after use, I'm leaving now."
Ah Guang glared and cursed a few times, then he felt that he was in the wrong and quickly slipped away feeling guilty.
As soon as he left, Ye Yaodong handed the needle to Ye Huimei, "Choose it yourself. Men and women should not touch each other. Don't be silly and let a man choose for you, with his trouser legs rolled up so high."