Mrs. Ye's eldest and second wife could not stand it any longer. They threw the half-full sacks in their hands onto the boat and rushed over to help Mrs. Ye pull the people away and curse.
The sesame-faced woman's daughters-in-law also gathered around, pushing and shoving, hurling dirty words at her...
The women's war is more exciting than that of Ye Yaodong and others.
The three brothers of Ye Yaodong, Ye's father, Zhang Laoliu and his four sons were also spitting and cursing wildly, and Ah Zheng and Xiao Xiao also rushed up with their sleeves rolled up...
"What do you want to do? What do you want to do..."
"You fucking bastard, you wanna fight, right? Come on, come on... F--"
Ah Guang and his father came over late and gathered around...
"What, what, you want to fight? Alpaca... I'll call a group of people over..."
Those enthusiastic villagers quickly grabbed this group of young and energetic guys, fearing that they would start fighting if they disagreed with each other.
More and more relatives and acquaintances from both sides gathered, and the circle became larger and larger, but they were still mainly trying to mediate and stop the fight. With so many people, many of them were just indirect relatives. After all, the village was so small.
Some people helped to mediate the fight, but it was difficult for them to start a group fight, so they could only push and shove and engage in a verbal fight.
But the situation on the women's side was not so easy to resolve. The most interesting and intensified conflicts occurred among this group of women.
Ye's mother shook off the people who were trying to stop her from fighting, and pushed the middle-aged woman with sesame seeds all over her face into the water. Just as she was about to rush forward, she was stopped by someone else. She could only open her mouth and continue to curse...
At this time, several village cadres also hurried in to help mediate, and the women cadres also went to the women's side to mediate.
The physical acts were stopped, but the verbal acts were not so easy to stop.
The women from both sides were standing there with their hands on their hips, pointing their index fingers at the air and cursing. At this time, the country women were very tough and the men were no match for their eloquence.
Finally, the sesame-faced woman was pulled back by her relatives and friends to change clothes, and the quarrel subsided.
Because the middle-aged man had dirty hands and lacked confidence, under the mediation of the village cadres, he swore a few harsh words and went ashore carrying the starfish he had picked up.
The curtain fell on their side.
The next one was almost finished, and they said they took the octopus to the commune to be cut up...
The other villagers watched the two shows with great gusto and had no time to pick up starfish. How could this be less important than watching the fun? What’s more, they couldn’t stand bending over all the time, so they just stood up to watch the fun and have a rest.
After the two quarrels ended, the villagers, still unsatisfied, began to pick up starfish facing the water and with their backs to the sky.
At this time, there were not many starfish in the water near the shore. If you wanted to pick them up, you could only continue walking under the tide.
Many people have been soaking in the sea for too long, and their feet can't bear it. In addition, their waists are also uncomfortable, so people go to the shore to rest one after another.
Ye Yaodong didn't plan to continue picking up the starfish. He had already picked up half of the boat in the morning and he wasn't in the mood to continue. With so many people around, it would be hard to pick up the starfish below.
He climbed directly onto the boat, intending to put all the starfish inside into a sack and bring it to the shore. This would be enough to keep him busy for a while.
After he had carried another sack full of starfish to shore, Lin Xiuqing anxiously surrounded him and pulled him back, "Why did you start fighting just now? So many people on both sides gathered together to curse and push each other, I was scared to death, I was afraid you would start fighting."
"What are you afraid of? I can't beat him to death. I spent half a day to pick up half of the boat, but he took advantage of the chaos to steal from me."
"But it was too scary to watch. My mother was fighting with someone..."
"I just gave it a push. The woman couldn't stand. It's okay. I'll put the rest into the sack and carry it up."
"Don't pick them up anymore. There are so many people down there. Almost all the fish in the shallow water areas have been picked up..."
"No, I just need to load up everything on the boat and bring it to shore."
"That's good."
Lin Xiuqing was afraid that they would have another conflict, and it was not good to stay in the water for too long.
Father and Mother Ye each picked up a full bag and did not plan to go down again after coming up. They had a little rheumatism and their rain boots were already soaked.
After coming up, they called Ye Huimei up as well. The other two sons and their wives ignored them. They couldn't stand it anymore. They would come up naturally when they had picked up enough. There was no need to say anything.
"How many bags did Dongzi pick up?"
"There are two full bags here, and there is still half a boat on the boat below. He just went down and said to put everything in sacks and bring it up."
"Well, move them all up here. You don't have to pick them up anymore, so that no one can take advantage of the situation. It will be hard to pick up the things at the back." Mother Ye looked at Father Ye again, "Go to the boat and help him load them. Hurry up."
"Okay, let's carry these starfish to the truck first. I see the door of the purchasing point is open, go and ask how much it costs for so many starfish. We can just push them over with a cart and save the trouble of carrying them."
"Okay, good." Mother Ye looked happily at the several sacks of starfish on the cart.
The three of them picked up the trash, and they arrived earlier than the others, so they picked up more trash than the others.
There were too many people coming later, and no one picked up the items as quickly as at the beginning. Moreover, the more people there were later, the harder it was to pick up the items.
Ye's mother asked Lin Xiuqing and Ye Huimei to watch the cart. She ran to the purchasing point, but did not see Ah Cai. She looked around the shore and finally saw him squatting there chatting with someone.
Just as I was about to ask, I heard people around me discussing that at two cents per pound, everyone would make a fortune today. Normally, these women would only earn one dollar a day by working at home from morning till night weaving nets.
There was no need to ask now, Ye's mother happily ran back to tell them the good news.
Both the aunt and the sister-in-law were very happy.
Ye Yaodong and his father carried the goods ashore one sack after another. Ah Guang and his father had nothing better to do, so they came out to join in the fun and picked up a few, and helped them pack the goods.
More people means faster speed.
While they were busy, some villagers could not stand the sea water and stopped working one after another. Some even took a break and came over to watch them load the goods.
"When did Adong find out? He picked up so many. It took all of our family to pick up one or two bags."
Ye Yaodong glanced at the person who was talking. It was the neighbor next door to the old house. He explained casually, "I came out to check the tide this morning, and was thinking about whether I could collect some traps. Who knew that the pier was full of starfish."
"I'm so lucky to have found it so early and picked up so many. I'm rich again..."
"Who said it wasn't? I spent a few more hours than others, no wonder there are so many..."
"Ye Lao San, your family seems to be getting better and better. In just a few months, your family has two more boats, and your future son-in-law's family also has a boat. The whole family is making money there. It's incredible... incredible..."
Father Ye's face was beaming with joy. "These are all the children's hard work. Your family is not poor. I heard that you bought a bicycle and a music box. When will you take them out and put them at the door so that everyone can listen..."
After being praised by others, the smile on Ye's father's face deepened, but he said modestly: "Alas, it's just a movie box, not a TV. What's so rare about it? Your eldest nephew is promising. I heard that his business is very big. This morning, many people from the village went to his house to ask about the situation and wanted to ask him to invest..."
Ye Yaodong was surprised when he heard this. Is the stall so big? Not only did they target relatives, but they also planned to let the villagers go
In his previous life, he had never heard of any villagers investing in his business. Could it be that because Ye Ersao invested so generously, he saw the business opportunities of the villagers and was ready to do something big
"Uncle, how do you know that the villagers want to buy shares?"
"Didn't your second sister-in-law go back to her parents' home to spread the word? It was all over the village this morning. Your eldest cousin's business is stable, the interest is high, and the payments are made on time..."
Well...his cousin found a good endorsement!
No wonder it's different.
Who would push away money that is given to them for free
Father Ye asked doubtfully, "Don't you know that your second sister-in-law has invested money?"
"I know. I don't think it's reliable, but they want to make the money." Ye Yaodong shrugged. Suddenly he thought of something and quickly told his father, "Don't let mom invest money. Don't believe it."
"She was talking about it this morning, and came to your place after lunch, saying she wanted to ask your second sister-in-law..."
Ye Yaodong couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand. His second sister-in-law was so powerful!
"Don't listen to my second sister-in-law. She only took one month's interest. She gave someone 500 yuan and only received 25 yuan. She thinks that person is so much better and more reliable. Dad, how many months do you think it will take to get the 500 yuan back if you receive 25 yuan in installments every month? What if the person runs away during these few months? Think about it..."
He simply mentioned it and continued to pretend to be a starfish. Father Ye also frowned...
The neighbor of the old house also frowned and said: "It seems unreliable..."
Ah Guang rolled his eyes. He knew the man was unreliable as soon as he heard it. He was the kind of person who was blinded by profit.
I couldn't help but interrupt, "You can tell it's unreliable even if you use your ass to think. Who knows how many months it will last if you use your own money to pay you interest? Even if the boss is rich, it would hurt to pay so much interest every month, right? How much is the interest on usury? Besides, have you seen what business they are doing?"
"Then I'll have to talk to your mother when I get back, and have her talk to your second sister-in-law..."
"Stop my mother. My second sister-in-law is talking to me... It's hard to persuade that damned ghost with good words. You can do whatever you want."
If you talk too much, people will think you are blocking her path to wealth!
If his father hadn't said that his mother was also moved, he wouldn't have wanted to waste time talking to his father.
"How can you talk like that? We are all family..."
Ye Yaodong pursed his lips and said nothing more, continuing to do his work.
By the time they had loaded all the starfish from the boat and carried them ashore, there were not many villagers left in the water and the tide was slowly rising.
Only some people whose families are particularly poor are reluctant to leave, and they would try to earn as much as they can.
There was also a long queue at the purchasing point, and everyone was happily discussing how much they could sell for, and hoped that there would be more such things in the future.
This is much more money than working at the dock all day carrying goods. It's easy and the money comes quickly.