Upon hearing what was said, Ye Yaodong and his father turned around and saw blood stains everywhere on the boat. A young man was anxiously trying to dock the fishing boat. The middle-aged man, who should be his father, was leaning against the side of the boat with blood all over his body. It was obvious that his shoulder was injured. There was also a huge swordfish in the middle of the hull.
Both the father and son widened their eyes and figured it out in their minds, was he injured while catching the swordfish
Father Ye came to the side of the boat and shouted with concern, "How are you? Where are you injured?"
It's in the next village, everyone is working in the sea, and we all know each other, so if you see someone, you should go and ask.
"Uncle, my father's shoulder was pierced by a swordfish. Can you help me get someone to go to my house and call for help?"
"Ah?" Who should he ask to go
He turned to look at Ye's mother, "Are there any people from Dongqiao Village on the shore who haven't left yet? Go ashore and ask if anyone knows them. If you live nearby, ask someone to help pass on the message."
Ye's mother also felt scared when she saw the blood. She thought it was no big deal to let the villagers spread the word, so she hurried ashore.
The people on the shore had already seen it and were talking about it. Ye's mother went up and asked casually if anyone knew their family. Someone volunteered to say that he was their neighbor and had sent someone back to report the incident.
Ye Yaodong was no longer in a hurry to unload the cargo and started chatting with a young man named Lin Jinyang on the opposite side of the boat.
"So the ship we encountered at sea was yours. What a coincidence."
"Well, the fish flew right past us, luckily it didn't go straight for our boat, otherwise we would be doomed."
"You saw the fish too? Then why didn't you chase it? We thought you didn't see it."
Originally, when Lin Jinyang was driving the boat to chase the swordfish, he was worried when he saw their fishing boat. Later, when he saw that they did not move, he thought they did not see it and felt relieved.
Ye Yaodong chuckled twice, and said in a half-false tone: "I saw your boat catch up first, so I decided not to follow. Besides, this fish is very ferocious."
Lin Jinyang nodded, "This fish is really fierce. It was our first time to catch it. The fishing net was torn by it. After it broke free and fell into the water, it rushed out of the water and rushed directly towards my father who was leaning against the side of the boat. It stabbed my father's shoulder and then fell onto the boat..."
Hiss~
Everyone who heard it felt the pain, and it pierced through the shoulder directly.
If it was a little off and pierced the heart, it would be the end of me.
"And then you caught this fish?"
"Well, because of the impact, my father fell on the boat, and it also fell on the deck, and it was able to explode. Later, I knocked it unconscious with a stick and killed it. Only then did it stop. This fish is not easy to catch."
“It’s normal that it’s hard to catch.”
This is a swordfish. This one can save them from having to work for several days, but the price is also quite high. Fortunately, he is lucky and fortunately he did not follow it.
After a few casual chats and waiting for their families to hurriedly arrive, Ye Yaodong and his team continued to move the goods off the ship.
There were two baskets of frogfish. The small ones were bought at two cents per pound, the bigger ones were sold at four cents, and the ugly black one was sold at six cents per pound.
Six big tarpon weighed 465 pounds, and each pound was 0.6 cents. There were also a few flounders, which were more valuable, at 0.6 cents per pound.
Half a basket of mantis shrimp weighs 24 pounds and is worth more than ten yuan. There are also more than ten miscellaneous fish caught by longline fishing.
There is also a 721-pound starfish, which also costs more than ten yuan.
I put together a bunch of miscellaneous goods, and today all the goods, including the starfish, sold for more than 78 yuan, which is pretty good.
It's just that the wait time is too long.
We waited from dawn to dusk, damn, the whole pier was full of people, all queuing up to sell starfish. I don’t know how many days this will last.
He asked his father to go back early and help him send the remaining goods back for a snack. He queued there himself, and after selling all the goods, he sent ten baskets of hooks to someone to repair them, and then pushed the cart home.
"Come back, I'll get you some food."
"Dad, today's prawns and fish are delicious..."
His wife's sweet words and his children's cheerful laughter washed away all his fatigue as soon as he entered the house, and his face was full of smiles.
But before he could say anything, he saw his wife finished packing the food, then frowned again and said worriedly, "My mother sent someone to send a message saying that my father went up the mountain to pick oranges and rolled down the hillside and broke his foot."
"When did it happen?" He was a little surprised.
"I fell yesterday. I heard that I had to put on a cast. There is no telephone in my mother's village, so I can't call back..."
Ye Yaodong held her cold hand and said soothingly, "Don't worry. He just said he broke his leg and put it in a cast. He didn't say anything else. It should be fine. I'll take you back to see him tomorrow."
Lin Xiuqing frowned slightly and said hesitantly: "You still have to go out to sea. I will send the two children to mother tomorrow, and then I will go back by myself and come back in the evening..."
"It's windy in the evening, so I may not be able to go at night. It's okay if I don't go for a day or two. I can just send the sea snake wine and the dried fish to your parents' home. I'll go out early tomorrow to collect the traps and bring a bag of fresh starfish."
As Lin Xiuqing listened to his arrangements, her brows relaxed, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and her facial features softened again.
She nodded, "Okay, then let's go back and take a look at the two children and leave them to mom, okay?"
"Take it with you. Take it with you and play with it for two days."
"Okay, I'll go pack my things then."
"Well, take some dried fish. We don't have anything else at home, but we have a lot of this stuff. If we come across cheap fish later, we can save some to dry in the sun. I didn't tell you earlier today, so we've sold all the toadfish. Otherwise, you could take some back. Its liver is a good thing."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "You don't need to take so much. I'll give you half of it. We should keep some for our family to eat. If there is any left, we can just take some back."
"Well, you decide!"
These are all some dried goods that I dried at home, so I will let her arrange them as she likes.
Ye Yaodong picked up the spoon and first picked up a piece of the toadfish's belly to eat, and then took a sip of the mudfish's soup.
It’s so warm that my whole body is warmed up.
Ah Qing used the toad fish to cook with wine lees. The aroma of wine mixed with the aroma of fish was particularly delicious. When braising it normally, scoop a large spoonful of wine lees and put it in, it will have a unique flavor.
They have the local habit of eating fish cooked with wine lees. Many fish can be used to cook fish cooked with wine lees, and oysters are often used to cook fish cooked with wine lees.
After a tiring day, a hearty and appetizing dinner made him extremely satisfied.
The next day, he got up at dawn. He had something on his mind and couldn't sleep well.
Go early to collect the goods from the trap and set off earlier.
When he arrived at the pier, he saw that there were not many people on the shore. He thought that everyone was afraid today and no one came out to pick up starfish. Who knew that when he put away all the traps and returned to the shore, the shore was already crowded with people waiting for the tide to recede.
Money is a motivating force, and there are still many people fighting to the death every day.
But there are indeed fewer starfish today. He collected all the traps and only collected one bag in total. Although he had just collected them yesterday evening, it was obviously less than the 7 bags yesterday.
This shows that the number of starfish on the seabed is decreasing. It is estimated that all the shellfish on the seabed and the shore in the surrounding area have been eaten up, and many have been caught by traps. They should retreat in a few days.
After he parked the boat, he carried a sack of starfish and a bucket ashore. There wasn't much in the bag, a sack of starfish was only worth 2 yuan, and there was only a two-pound sea bass in the bucket, and two pounds of small fish and shrimp.
I was lucky enough to catch a bass, after all, I had just caught one yesterday evening.
After putting all the goods on the cart, he went to Acai's purchasing point to see if there were any other fresh fish to buy, but there was nothing as all the goods had been shipped away yesterday.
He had no choice but to give up and push the cart back.
Unexpectedly, I met his mother at the door of his house, holding a big bass and a bucket.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"Why am I sending you fish? I heard that my relative broke his leg. It just so happened that A Guang sent a sea bass and a bucket of dragon head fish at night. I'll bring them to you."
"That's perfect. I was looking to buy a bass, but there's no stock outside the dock this early. The fishing boats don't come in this early."
He felt that the only fresh fish he had was a two-pound sea bass, which was a bit too little and not worth showing off.
"Well, have you packed everything?"
"That's about it. Let's have breakfast and leave later."
"Are you going to take the child with you? Or will you leave him here for me to look after?"
"No, just take him with you. He's running around everywhere at home anyway. Let's take him out to play!"
Ye's mother didn't care. It would be easier for her if she wasn't asked to look after the child.
Lin Xiuqing was worried in the room at this time. It seemed that there were too many things and it was difficult to carry them...
After Ye Yaodong entered the house, he just said to have breakfast first, he had a solution.
While they were wondering, a tractor came to the door, saying that it was called by Ye Yaodong. This scared Lin Xiuqing and Ye's mother.
When they stared at each other, Ye Yaodong quickly explained: "Isn't it difficult to carry the things? There are so many, and there are two children, there is no way to carry them, so I simply called a tractor last night to take us directly to Anhe Township, which would save us a lot of trouble."
When he went to Dongqiao Village to attend a literacy class last night, he also went to find a family that drove a tractor and arranged to pick them up at 7:30 this morning.
It was really because the shadow was too big last time. It took more than half an hour to walk with two such little ones and a lot of stuff. It was so exhausting.
It’s no big deal if the adults are a little tired and suffer a little, but the children suffered a lot, as they had to walk a long way with them.
What's more, his wife is pregnant now, and he can't ask her to walk so far, so he just did it first and asked for permission later. He didn't mind the money for the taxi anyway.
Mother Ye was about to scold, but when she heard this, she looked at the pile of things next to her, including a whole sack of starfish.
Thinking that his daughter-in-law was pregnant with another baby, he had to swallow the baby back. He just glared at him and muttered something.
“I don’t know how to save a little.”
Lin Xiuqing had nothing to say. She was also worried about how to take the things back. She was thinking about pushing a cart and walking back slowly, letting the two children sit on it. Now that a tractor had been called, they could just sit on the tractor.
After shutting up the two troublesome women, Ye Yaodong quickly moved the things up.
I was even more satisfied when I saw that there were a few small wooden stools thoughtfully placed on it.
When the two children heard that they were going to ride a tractor to their grandmother's house, they were so excited that they ran around the tractor again and again, and they were so excited that they kept shouting that they were going to ride a tractor...
Ye Chenghai and others who had not yet gone to school looked on with envy, then were patted on the head and sent off to school.
Ye Yaodong grabbed one of them with each hand, and put them both under his armpits and sent them to the car. The two climbed up swiftly, and then jumped on the car...
"You two, sit still and be quiet. If you keep jumping around, don't go. Stay home and look after the house!"
The two children quieted down instantly, but their eyes were still looking around with sparkling eyes.
After helping Lin Xiuqing sit up, he went back to check the house to make sure everything was locked, including the doors, windows and drawers. Only then did he feel at ease and locked the front door.
They have a lot of treasures at home now, so of course we have to be careful.