Ye Yaodong held it in his hand and admired it for a while, then put the blue crab king into a basket and continued to collect the net.
There were also quite a few fish in the remaining traps. Every fish bag was filled to the brim, including both dead and alive fish, and there were also several conger eels.
When all the traps were collected, there were 10 more moray eels and two more blue crabs. It was cold, so blue crabs were hard to catch, so they were quite rare. There was even a king blue crab.
He piled all the fish together and continued to sail the boat around the surrounding sea.
As a result, he wandered around for nearly an hour but found nothing. It was almost 4 o'clock, the sun had gone down, and the sea breeze was getting colder and colder. He had to go back home in frustration, returned to the original sea area, put the traps back down, and then went ashore.
When they met little A Zheng on the shore, they greeted him.
"Did you find the trap?"
"We found four, but the other two are missing. It's not like they were really empty, or were they stolen?"
"It's hard to say. If you didn't deviate from your fixed position, it would be fine. But now it's been thrown all over the place by the waves. It might be stolen."
"Forget it, never mind him. I've been looking for him all afternoon. If he's gone, then he's gone."
It’s already good enough to be able to find four. Next time I have to learn from the villagers and be more cautious. I can’t rely on luck like this.
"What have you caught in all these days?" Ah Zheng stood on his boat, stretching his head to look around.
"I have to pick them out. Some are dead. Please help me carry the goods later."
After the two men carried their own goods ashore, they immediately helped him carry them.
"Hey, moray eel? It's still alive. Not bad. There are actually two big buckets."
"There are also three large baskets of fish, shrimp and crabs. Not bad. You can catch quite a lot with just a few traps."
"This is the only thing that's still standing. After so many days, most of them are dead, but here's still a big one."
As Ye Yaodong spoke, he took out the huge blue crab from the basket next to him and showed it to them, which surprised them greatly.
"Damn, there are blue crabs this big?"
"That's fine. How can there be such big blue crabs in this weather?"
"It must be because of the big waves that they were all rolled up from the bottom of the sea." After showing them, he put them back into the basket, "Hurry up and bring them to shore. We will have to spend a lot of time sorting them out later."
"What a pity that I didn't come out to collect the goods a few days ago. There are still two rows left."
"It's better to ask others to do something than to take care of it myself. Fortunately, there are still four rows left, just two rows are gone." He can afford the loss.
When he thought about the money from abalone coming into his account soon, he was no longer depressed. Anyway, he was not making any money from the traps now, it could only be considered a side job for extra income.
After carrying all the goods ashore, he took a few small baskets and started to sort them out slowly by himself, throwing the unfresh ones into a large bamboo basket.
If there are people I know nearby, they will come over to help sort and chat with me.
Most of them were compliments and compliments, which made Ye Yaodong laugh and cry. He didn't know when he became so powerful.
Fishing at sea depends on luck, and he is just luckier than others.
As expected, once you become rich, others will automatically whitewash you, and they will use their own filters. Those who have passed by are all prodigal sons who have returned, and they will even win a good reputation.
"How much can those abalones sell for, Dong?"
Haha~ I asked the question and it was pointed out.
"I don't know yet. We haven't settled the accounts yet. Let's wait a little longer. There's no rush. I'm not afraid that Ah Cai will run away."
"You've been getting rich recently. Are you close to becoming a millionaire? I heard you've made a lot of money in the past few months..."
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who said men don't gossip?"
Gossip does not discriminate between men and women.
He is really not polite. Not only did he spread the message, he even asked the real person about it.
"Which bastard spread this rumor? I just changed my ship not long ago. I was still in debt and I haven't paid it off yet. I still owe a few hundred dollars. Can you help me pay it back?"
"Ah, haha, I just heard about it, so I just asked. I thought if you were a millionaire, you could be commended by the county, how glorious it would be..."
Not only will you be commended, you can also make headlines in newspapers and become famous throughout the country.
Ye Yaodong curled his lips. It was glorious, but it was likely to have more relatives whose names he couldn't remember, and his house would be visited by neighbors from all over the place. He didn't have to do anything except deal with the relatives and neighbors who came to visit every day.
Thinking of the old newspaper I read two days ago, the front-page headline was about a man named Zhang Sanwan. He produced 10,000 kilograms of grain, sold 10,000 kilograms of fat pigs, and had a total income of 10,000 yuan, becoming an envied "star" who got rich through hard work.
I just wonder how many jealous people are behind other people’s glory
In my previous life, I have heard of many people who got carried away and lost control, and before long, the millionaires went bankrupt.
There are also people who cannot save face for their relatives and friends and lend out a large amount of money. But when they want to ask them to pay back, they all cry out that they have no money and yell: Aren’t you a millionaire? Why are you short of this little money
There are also those who are jealous and try to trip you up.
While satisfying vanity also comes at a price. Nowadays, who doesn’t have dozens of relatives and friends
"It's quite glorious, but it's still a little far from being a millionaire."
"How much is the difference? It's not much. You can borrow some from relatives and friends and make up the difference for the report."
"We are short of 10,000 yuan. What do you think we should do?"
The person who was speaking was suddenly speechless and had no way to respond.
"Hahaha, I'm also ten thousand yuan short of becoming a ten thousand yuan household. I wonder if I can raise that amount by borrowing from everyone in the village?" Ah Zheng, who had just finished selling goods, laughed when he heard this.
"Stop laughing! Help me pick one out. We're waiting for the fish to be cooked at home."
With so many people around, the speed was fast. After a while, all the goods were sorted out. He picked up a large basket of the unfresh ones. He originally wanted to dump them directly back into the sea, but when he thought about carrying them ashore, he might as well take them back to feed his mother's chickens.
After weighing all the goods, it was found that the moray eels were indeed more valuable than sea eels. There were 28 in total, weighing 86 pounds, and they were purchased at 3.6 cents per pound, which resulted in a total sale price of 30.96 yuan.
The king crabs were sold at 1.2 yuan per pound. This one weighed more than 3 pounds and sold for 4 yuan. Other fresh fish were also sold for more than 15 yuan.
Today's harvest was pretty good, and it's easy to make money when the waves are strong. I just lost two rows of traps, so I have to put some money in, but I've made a lot of money over this long period of time.
At this time, the fishing boats had returned one after another, and Ah Cai was also busy, so the account settlement had to be put off. We agreed to go to his house after dinner.
He pushed the cart directly to the old house, but his mother was still picking shrimps in the threshing yard and had not come back yet. After he put the cart down, he wanted to talk to the old lady, but she pulled him directly into the house.
He was confused, "What's wrong?"
"Come in first." The old lady smiled and waved at him, then turned around to open the drawer, "Look."
Ye Yaodong's eyes widened as he saw a whole drawer full of raw coral branches in all shapes and sizes, some as big as a pair of scissors, some as small as a fingernail, in bright red, pink, white, and black.
“You’ve saved so much?”
"Your eldest aunt took it. It's useless. She just thought it would be a pity to throw it away so she put it all in the drawer. A few days ago, your father told me that you wanted it and that it would be valuable in the future. He asked me if I had it and told me not to throw it away."
"Yes, don't throw it away. There are so many colors and it looks nice. Keep it and put it away."
The old lady turned around and went to look for the small basket. "Why should I keep it? It takes up space. If you want it, you can take it all. Your mother threw away a basket two years ago. I didn't know about it at the time, otherwise I would have picked it up again."
"Next time your aunt gives you some, you can keep them all and don't give them to me. Just save them first. Maybe your elder and second brothers will want some too."
"Why do they want this? They saw your mother throw it away two years ago and she didn't ask for it. So you take them all." The old lady grabbed everything into the small basket, leaving no one, and then pushed them into his arms.
"Here, take it back and put it away. I can free up a drawer at the same time."
Ye Yaodong had no choice but to accept the basket. "Well, I'll take it back and ask my eldest and second brothers if they want it. If not, I'll keep it all."
"Well, they definitely don't want it. Wait until the New Year, if your aunt comes over, I'll ask her if she still has it. She's giving it away everywhere anyway. If you want it, I'll ask her to take a little more. Maybe she'll feel it's taking up space if she holds it."
"You decide. These are enough. I'm just keeping them. I won't need them for a while."
There is no need to use it to make jewelry now. We don’t have that much spare money, and we will be criticized. Besides, we don’t have the technology now. After all, it is not valuable and has not become popular yet.
"Well, have your feet felt better these past two days? Are you feeling any discomfort? Your father kept complaining about leg pain at night, but he said he was fine when I asked him during the day. I guess he has rheumatism."
"You can drink some sea snake wine before going to bed. It has been soaked for two months. It is ready to drink. The longer it is soaked, the better."
"Yes, I've seen him drinking these past two days. Don't think you're young and don't take it lightly. Rest for a few more days and don't be in a hurry to go out to sea."
"Yeah, I know."
"The winter solstice is coming soon. This year, our family has a boat and we have more money. When the time comes, ask your mother to make more rice dumplings. Make them salty. You like to eat them..."
Ye Yaodong felt warm in his heart as he listened to the old lady's chatter. "You like sweet food, so let me make more sweet food. Harvest the sweet potatoes from the fields and add fresh sweet potatoes to the sweet potato starch."
The old lady smiled and said, "How much can I eat? I'll make more and bring it to you when you go out to sea, so you don't have to eat noodles with your father every day..."