Ye Yaodong helped them carry all the goods onto the boat one by one and placed them evenly before he wiped his sweat.
Ah Zheng lifted up his clothes and turned his head to look at the red scratches and purple patches on his back.
"Don't come to this kind of island next time. I fell once and Fatty fell twice. It's too dangerous. Luckily, we didn't hit our heads on the rocks, otherwise we would have died."
The fat man also lifted up his sleeves, revealing his arms covered with scratches, blew on them and then put them down.
"No wonder they say on TV that danger brings opportunity. I tried really hard this time, but luckily I got quite a lot."
Ye Huimei exclaimed, "You all fell? Is it that serious?"
The fat man put down his sleeves and said seriously, "It's okay, it's not serious. I just suggest you not to come to such a steep island next time. Fortunately, you didn't climb up and down, otherwise you would have fallen."
Ye Huimei couldn't help but feel fortunate that she listened to her third brother and didn't climb up and down, but just stood down and dug. Even so, her feet were soaked in the sea water and became wrinkled.
Ye Yaodong was also surprised. They were walking to the east and he was walking to the west. He only heard some noises occasionally, but he didn't expect that they also fell.
"Then be more careful next time and go home early to apply tea oil."
Xiao Xiao said cheerfully, "It's not serious, it will be fine in a few days. Today's harvest is very good. If we go to another island, we may not get as much as today. The three of us found a large puddle with more than 30 stone clams in it, which can be divided equally. We also dug up some small pieces, those sea chicken feet you mentioned."
"Then pick it out when you get home. Ah Cai didn't accept it. The prince of Hongsheng knows more about it, so he wants to send it to the town."
The three of them were surprised. "Is that so? No wonder we didn't recognize him either."
"Third brother, I also found something."
"Well, let's go back and pick some. Let's go home first, we have to go to town later."
He originally wanted to collect the traps on his way back, but now time is tight and he still has to deliver the goods to the town after docking, so he might as well leave it for tomorrow.
Thinking of this, he said to the three people on the boat next to him: "I think we should send all the goods to Hongsheng together? We have to go there anyway, so let's see if the price will be higher. If the price is not high, it will be the same if we bring it back and give it to Ah Cai."
"That's fine. I'll listen to you. You've dealt with them before, so you must be more familiar with them than us." The fat man said indifferently.
Xiao Xiao also nodded in agreement, "It also saves us from going ashore now. When everyone sees our boat full of shellfish and many stone clams, they will definitely guess that we went to the isolated island to fish for stone clams. These things are expensive, and when the news spreads, more people will go to the isolated island to fish for stone clams. The stone clams are not exposed, so those shellfish villagers don't care."
"Yes, yes, yes, let's cover it up. Fatty, let's take off our shirts and expose our wounds with our bare chests. This way, if someone sees us carrying sacks of shellfish ashore, they will have to think about whether they can afford the fall." Ah Zheng said shrewdly.
After saying that, he quickly took off his shirt.
"Hey, it's just right to cover the bucket, so no one knows there are stone clams in the bucket." Ye Huimei said happily.
“Yes, yes, yes~”
Ye Yaodong also took off his shirt and covered his bucket with it, and took off his hat and covered his younger sister's bucket with it to block it.
His friends are so smart.
Their family has been in the spotlight too much in the past few months, so they should be more low-key.
Otherwise, once these fish are sold, they can earn hundreds of dollars. The villagers will be jealous, and those who have boats will go to the isolated island to fish every few days. It may be difficult for them to find good fish when fishing in the future.
After covering up all the valuables, they docked the boat.
It was just past one in the afternoon, and the fishing boats that had gone out had not yet come in, and there were not many people at the dock.
Ye Yaodong asked them to look after the boat and the cargo while he ran back to his hometown to push a cart.
Afraid of wasting time, he ran very fast.
When they returned to the dock, the three of them were sitting on the boat and smoking leisurely...
"Alpaca...I'm sweating from running, and you guys are so relaxed."
I should have asked them to borrow a cart!
"Ahaha, isn't this just boring to wait?"
The three of them flicked their fingers and sent the cigarette directly into the sea.
"Move it quickly, you guys will push it later!"
"I know, you are so petty..."
Three people each carried a sack and walked towards the shore. The scattered villagers around the dock had long been curious and wanted to ask, but they were embarrassed because the other party had not come ashore.
The nosy people took the opportunity to come forward and asked, "What are these? Why are there so many bags?"
No one paid any attention to him. Each of them moved the items three times and finally loaded them onto the cart. Ye Yaodong also covered the bucket tightly and placed it on the cart. When the man wanted to open it to take a look, he rudely slapped him on the back of his hand.
"Don't lift it!"
"What's so mysterious about it? Aren't they just some shells? Everyone can see it, but why don't you let people see it..."
The villagers are just so unpretentious, their curiosity is clearly written on their faces and shown in their actions.
"You already know this, but why are you asking?" After seeing Ye Huimei carrying the other buckets onto the car, he urged her, "Let's go. It will be a long time before we can push them home."
"It's a worthless thing, you can't even take a look at it, but you're still hiding it..."
"That bucket is not covered by clothes, right? You can see that it contains some worthless fish, shrimps and crabs..."
The fat man said rudely, "You said it's worthless, so what's so good about it?"
Xiao Xiao also said: "It's not so easy to pick up cheap things. Everyone fell off the reef and got hurt. Didn't you see? We are in a hurry to go back. Please make way... Let's go..."
After the cart was pushed far away, Ye Yaodong could not help but say: "There are really no secrets in the village. Anyone who is curious will take a look and take a look at everything."
"That's how it is. If a stranger comes into the village, our villagers can ask him questions from the east end to the west end of the village."
"I'll take my sister home first, then I'll pass by your place and push my stuff home. When you get home, pick up your stuff quickly, and I'll pick you up after I'm done."
"knew."
After returning to the old house, Ye's mother was relieved to see Ye Huimei coming back excitedly.
"What did you pick up? I'll go with you guys next time."
Seeing the full cart, Ye's mother was excited and reached out to lift the clothes covering the bucket, but Ye Huimei quickly stopped her.
"Wait a minute, why are you in such a hurry? Let's take it in first."
"Ah? Oh."
Ye's mother didn't understand why, but she still carried the bucket into the house.
After moving the two bags of shelled fish dug by Ye Huimei to the back door, he sent Fatty and the others home one after another before he pushed the cart back.
Lin Xiuqing had nothing to do, so she sat at the door and weaved a net, waiting for him to come back. When she saw him pushing a cart, she happily went to greet him.
"You came back so early today. Didn't you say you were going to fish in the sea?"
"The tide was receding on that island, but the water level didn't recede very low, so it suddenly rose again, so we came back early."
Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye's second wife were also sitting at the door weaving a net. Today, Second Brother Ye was at home, so they all came forward curiously.
"Did Adong bring back so many goods again?"
"Is it the ones with Dancai and Luo again?"
"That's about right." He said as he carried two buckets into the house, one bucket was filled with clams and the other was filled with collected fish, shrimps and crabs.
Brother Ye helped him carry the sack without saying anything, "Do you want to take it to the back, Dongzi?"
"right."
After all five sacks were brought to the back door, Ye Yaodong said to his two sisters-in-law, "Look and pack what you want."
Mrs. Ye smiled and nodded, "Okay, let us help sort it out first."
Mrs. Ye also smiled and spoke to him in a rare friendly voice, "There are quite a lot of small island goods nearby. Can you take us with you next time?"
"Ah?" He raised his eyebrows and looked at his sister-in-law, pointing at his elbow to show her.
"Are you sure? If you want to go, I can take you there, but the rocks on the isolated island are very slippery and steep, and there are many sharp shells on them. If you fall, I won't be responsible. Fatty fell off the rocks twice today, and Zheng's back was covered in blood."
"Ah? Is it so dangerous?" The two sisters immediately began to back off.
Lin Xiuqing nervously grabbed his elbow and took a closer look before she saw the wound. If he hadn't said anything, she wouldn't have noticed it.
"Why are you so careless? I'll get you some tea oil to apply."
Ye Yaodong held her hand and said, "It's okay, it's just a minor injury. There are chicken of the sea feet under this bag. Let's pour out the shells on top and pick out the chicken of the sea feet. I'll rush to send them to the town later."
"It won't take a while..."
Only after applying tea oil to all the visible wounds on his body did Lin Xiuqing start to sort the goods.
Ye Yaodong actually felt very happy. After his hard work over the past few months, he was definitely ranked high in her heart. However, he estimated that he was still not as good as those two brats.