The three of them talked as they rowed side by side, heading towards the dock.
The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the sea level, reflecting a faint glow, making the smiles on the three people's faces glow with gold, and the satisfaction in their eyes almost overflowed.
At this time, there were not many fishing boats on the sea surface, and most of them were docked.
When they reached the shore, the sunset glow had already burned half the sky red, and large patches of flaming clouds had formed in the west, orange and purple...
Ye Yaodong couldn't help but say, "Today's sunset is quite beautiful!"
"really!"
"What the hell, it's not like I haven't seen it before, hurry up, sell the things and go home for dinner."
Xiaoxiao spoke as she carried two buckets and walked towards the dock first. Ye Yaodong followed with his own two buckets of fish.
Ah Zheng also quickly picked up the remaining fish, "Hey, wait for me..."
Ah Cai was surprised when he saw their buckets of fish. "We've only been there for an afternoon and we've got so much? So many red fish, did we encounter a school of fish? We're lucky, this kind of fish is rare here."
He looked at Ye Yaodong's bucket again, "Didn't you go to put the traps? Where did the fish come from? And the big sturgeon?"
Ah Cai was pleasantly surprised, but also a little regretful, "What a pity, it's not as big as the previous one."
"It's ok. We fished for them. We happened to encounter two whales. They fled when they saw the boat approaching, and the fish they drove away gathered in that area. Unfortunately, I didn't bring a net, so I could only fish."
"No wonder the group of people who came back before you also caught a lot of fish. Let's take a look and see what they have."
"There are quite a lot of red friend fish here. Don't say I don't take care of you. I charge 52 cents for this fish. As for the water bream, its price has dropped recently. The big ones are 13 cents, and the small ones are 5 cents..."
Ah Cai was muttering as he picked, and the three of them looked at each other and found that the price was reasonable. They were very familiar with the common purchasing and selling prices of fish. The red friend fish had exceeded their expectations, so they decided to leave it at that.
"Okay, that's it."
Theirs was done, and Ye Yaodong also sorted out his own goods, keeping a dozen red-headed fish and two black carps to take home to eat. He planned to sell the rest, which could be worth some money.
His father is going out to sea tonight, so there is no need to worry about not having seafood to eat tomorrow.
"How much do you want to pay for this big sturgeon?"
"Weigh it first and check the weight."
The result was 27 pounds and 6 ounces. Ah Cai thought for a moment and said, "The bigger the sturgeon is, the more valuable it is. Yours is not as good as the previous ones. It can only produce more than 2 ounces of fish maw. So I'll charge 3 yuan per pound."
Ye Yaodong frowned. It was a little lower than he expected. "Give it a little higher!"
"It's the highest. We are so familiar with each other. How can I deceive you? The last fish you sold for more than 50 kilograms was sold for 500 yuan because it was large and rare. A piece of fish maw is nearly 6 taels. Hong Wenle is also generous. This one, more than 20 kilograms, is rare, but it is not unavailable on the market."
"Brother, I am a real person. I don't say anything false. The price of fish will fluctuate. Three yuan is really not low. The workers' wages are only one dollar and fifty cents a day. One pound of your fish is equivalent to two days' wages for others. You should make a few cents for me, right? We are from the same village and we all talk about the real price..."
Xiaoxiao poked Ye Yaodong's chest with her elbow and said, "Do you want to send it to Hongsheng or other restaurants yourself?"
"You guys are basically paying the same price, it won't fluctuate too much, I'm also working hard to earn money, maybe they will lower the price, it's impossible to get good luck every time."
Ah Zheng looked him up and down at his fat body. "You are working so hard to collect goods here? You sit at the door with your legs crossed every day. When the ship comes back, you just need to talk and use your connections."
"Then you come?"
"Forget it, I can't do it... Bah... I won't do it! I can do it very well."
Ah Cai ignored him and continued to talk to Ye Yaodong: "Anyway, this is the price, you can take a look, I will weigh the other goods first."
"Forget it, forget it. I'll trust you this time." It was almost dark, and he didn't want to make any more trouble. Originally, the goods were always delivered to him, and he was the middleman who introduced the buyers. It would be embarrassing if something like this happened suddenly.
Ah Cai smiled happily, "It will save me trouble to buy you out."
He shed a tear of sympathy for himself in his heart. It was not easy to make some money, and no one believed him when he told the truth.
After all the goods were weighed one by one, Ye Yaodong took the bill of lading, looked at the weight and amount, and put it in his arms only after verifying that there was no problem.
I had a good catch today. It was a spur-of-the-moment idea. I wanted to bring a fishing rod and catch a few fish for dinner, but I didn’t expect to make some unexpected money.
I earned dozens of dollars by working for a while in the afternoon, which made up for the gap of the week and made my family a little more financially wealthy.
The two looked at Ye Yaodong with envy, "I said you would definitely sell more than us. The fish we caught together is not as good as your one fish."
"lucky."
Maybe he still had 20 or 30 years to live in his previous life, and the King of Hell took the wrong person and sent him back to the world of the living and compensated him at the same time
He kept thinking about this every other day, trying to convince himself.
"You have made a great harvest. Let's go home and have dinner."
The three of them walked briskly home, each carrying a bucket. By then, smoke was rising from the chimneys of every household.
When Ye Yaodong returned home carrying the bucket, the whole family was waiting for him to eat.
Seeing that he had just returned, Ye's mother couldn't help but mutter, "Why did you come back just now? You've been waiting for so long to put out a trap. The whole family is waiting for you to eat."
"I caught a few fish while I was there. Do you have any tofu at home? And a bowl of red fish soup?"
"Where can we get tofu at this hour? There will be a cart selling vegetables tomorrow morning. Save it for tomorrow."
"Let's cook a few of them while they're still fresh. We haven't had fresh fish in days. Let's kill and steam the two black bass as well!"
"There are so many things to do. The dishes are already cooked, but I still have to cook more." Ye's mother muttered to herself, but she still carried the bucket to the back door to kill the fish. Indeed, no one had eaten fresh fish for a few days.
There can be no vegetables on the table of people living by the sea, but there cannot be no fish.
While he was at it, he went back to the house and handed the list to his wife.
"What is it?" Lin Xiuqing took the list in confusion. She was surprised at first glance.
"How come there is a list? Didn't you go to set up the net?"
"I went fishing again, thinking I'd catch a few fish to go with my dinner, but I didn't expect to have such good luck."
She happily looked at it twice more before putting the list away. "Your broken fishing rod, mother always said she would burn it when there was no firewood. Fortunately, she didn't burn it."
He raised his eyebrows, "My things are all treasures, you can't be like mother and want to throw everything away."
"knew."
Seeing her smiling face, he couldn't help but ask, "Your what, haven't you come yet?"
After avoiding the topic for a week, he couldn't help but ask. This child wasn't something special, he couldn't just pretend nothing happened, right
What needs to be decided must be decided.
"Ah? Oh... no," she lowered her voice, "I think you're pregnant."
"Then...give birth to it?"
She said hesitantly, "Just give birth. You can't be so cruel as to just say no."
"Okay then, let's be more careful. You should go out less for a few months and don't go anywhere. Our new home is by the beach, so there won't be many people around."
He had been thinking a lot these days that it would be best if the baby could be born safely. At worst, he could accompany her to hide in the mountains for a few days. With him by her side and watching over her, she would definitely not die from a fall like in her previous life.
When the baby is born, he will be fined whatever he deserves and he just needs to work hard to earn money.
"Well, it's okay now since it's still a small month. When the month gets bigger and the weather gets cooler, wearing a loose cotton jacket should be able to cover it up. As for next spring, we'll have to wait and see."
Ye Yaodong touched her flat belly and said, "What a good pregnancy! I'm so awesome..."
Lin Xiuqing slapped his hand away and said unhappily, "What is there to be proud of? How dare you say that."
"Why are you embarrassed to say it? What couple doesn't do it?"
Ye Yaodong held her in his arms, buried his head in her neck, and took a deep breath of her body fragrance mixed with a faint scent of soap.
I hope this life will be different.
"It's so itchy, stop it, it's time to eat, don't let our son see us again."
Ye Yaodong raised his head and saw that the skin on her neck was covered with goose bumps and was a little pink.
Every time he did something with the lights off, he never looked at it carefully.
Seeing him staring at her neck eagerly, Lin Xiuqing slapped him in embarrassment, "Why are you looking at me like that? Let's go out for dinner."
"Um."