In my previous life, I just played with my friends and didn’t care about what happened at home.
After waking up, he went out to hang out with friends and came back drunk for dinner. He only remembered catching a large yellow croaker, but he didn't hear the price clearly and went back to his room to sleep in a daze.
Although yellow croaker is rare nowadays, the living standards of ordinary people are limited, so it is not very expensive, just several times more expensive than ordinary fish.
Unlike in later generations, the price was hyped up to sky-high levels.
In 2022, the price of wild yellow croaker weighing about one kilogram is 600 yuan per kilogram.
The price of 1.3 jin of wild yellow croaker is about 800 yuan per jin; 1.8 jin will cost more than 1,000 yuan per jin.
If it weighs about 2 jin, the price is about 1,500 yuan to 1,600 yuan per jin.
For those weighing more than 2 jin, the price is generally more than 3,000 yuan per jin.
This is the price directly collected by the fresh-collecting ship at sea. Once it enters the port, the price of 1-2 jin of yellow croaker will double!
If the quantity is large, the price will fluctuate.
Although he is not ambitious and has been a bit of a slacker, he is a native fisherman and knows what he is doing.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but slap his thigh. Damn, how great it would be if he could pull this net decades later!
Loss of millions!
All the members of the Ye family frowned and looked at him slapping his thigh in a strange way, with a look of regret on their faces.
What's the third brother up to again
Mother Ye frowned and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing, Third Brother? Why are you slapping your thigh so hard? Did you take the wrong medicine?"
"Mom, how much did we sell the yellow croaker we caught yesterday for? I didn't hear it clearly yesterday and went back to sleep."
Mother Ye glanced at Father Ye. Since the whole family knew about it, even if she didn't say anything, the third son's wife would tell her when she got home. So she just said directly, "One thousand two hundred yuan! They bought it at five yuan per pound. The weight was a little off, and the boss generously just rounded it up."
Being taken advantage of, yet you still praise others for being generous!
Ye Yaodong beat his chest and stamped his feet, "Mom, you guys lost money selling it, you know that, a huge loss!"
Everyone in the room, young and old, frowned and looked at each other. The eldest brother couldn't help but asked anxiously, "Third brother, how did you know we lost money?"
"I hang out outside all day, how could I not know how valuable yellow croaker is?"
That’s true. Even though the third brother is a bit of a jerk, he is still the most knowledgeable in the family.
Wandering around the city with a group of people all day and getting to know all kinds of people, how could you not be knowledgeable
Ye's mother was also nervous, "What do you mean? How much does it sell for per pound? The fish in our village has always been purchased by the dock. It was only because our amount was too large yesterday that the dock directly contacted a boss to come and collect it."
"If you make some ice cubes and send them to the county town by a tractor, you can double your money!"
Ye Yaodong was extremely heartbroken. In fact, if the weight was doubled, in later times, more than 200 kilograms would be worth several million!
After hearing what he said, everyone felt sorry for being so careless...
Double it…
This is just 1,200 yuan short. It hurts...
Ye's father's heart was also bleeding, and his hands holding the hookah began to tremble. One thousand two hundred yuan...
Nowadays, the average worker’s monthly salary is only 40 or 50 yuan. It’s really infuriating!
Father Ye's chest was heaving as he yelled at him, "You bastard, you're just wandering around all day and not doing anything! If you had gone out to sea with us, we wouldn't have sold you for just five dollars a pound!"
"What does it have to do with me? I didn't know you could catch big yellow croakers. If I knew, I would have gone to the dock to wait for you! No, I would have found a rich boss to go to the dock to wait for you!"
It really makes me angry, more than 200 kilograms of wild yellow croaker! If he died one day earlier, would he be able to be reborn one day earlier
Ugh…you’re cursing yourself!
Father Ye was so angry that his chest heaved. In the end, he could only sigh, "Forget it. It's already sold. There's nothing to regret. Maybe this is the limit of our family's fortune for now. When we get more in the future, we'll have experience and won't sell it so hastily again."
Yes, it’s already sold. There’s no point regretting it now.
The family's good mood was ended directly by Ye Yaodong.
Originally, Uncle Ye and Uncle Ye II came to their house to share a piece of the pie, which only made them depressed for a moment, but they were still in a good mood.
Now... ah...
I just think it's a pity, it could have been sold for more money.
After feeling heartbroken for a while, the family accepted it calmly. After all, they had made a fortune.
The most depressed person was Ye Yaodong, "Dad, do you think yellow croaker is cabbage? You will have experience next time you catch it..."
"Don't you know that after several rounds of trapping, the number of yellow croaker has dropped sharply and is now almost non-existent?"
"In 1954, the fishing method was introduced from Guangdong Province to Fujian Province. Because this method is very efficient and has a huge yield, it was promoted in a short period of time, and large quantities of yellow croaker were caught at sea..."
"In 1974, a large-scale fishing campaign was carried out in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, which almost led to the extinction of yellow croaker. In recent years, it has been difficult to see wild yellow croaker in the market..."
"Dad, do you think you will have this luck in your life?"
This is harder than winning the lottery!
The boat left by his grandfather was only a small boat of about ten meters, which could only go to the near sea and not too far. It was really a great honor for him to catch such a large yellow croaker.
The family members were stunned by his endless and spitting words.
The third brother... When did the third brother know so much...
The method of fishing nets... Ye's father was the only one present who had heard of it. After all, their family did not have a large ship to work at sea, and they relied on fishing and making nets to make a living all day long, so they did not pay much attention to it.
Information is not circulated now, and even the eldest and second sons have never heard of it. However, the third son can talk about it very clearly. Immediately, the parents, brothers and sisters-in-law present all look at him differently.
Maybe... the third brother isn't that useless...
Lin Xiuqing was stunned. It was the first time she realized that when her husband spoke seriously, he was actually quite... quite what
That glow between the eyebrows, is it the glow of confidence that comes from talking about something familiar
Or maybe her man isn't that useless
Ye's father also put away his contempt for his third son and asked seriously, "How do you know the method of knocking the net? How do you know what happened in 1954 and what happened in 1974?"
Ye's father had only heard of the knocking net method and did not know about the major fishing incidents that occurred in the twenty years between 1954 and 1974. After all, the Internet was not well developed at that time and information was not well circulated.
In fact, Ye Yaodong only learned about these things when he was working on a large ship in later life and heard other crew members talking about them.
Otherwise, considering that he was a lazy and useless person who lived off his wife for the first half of his life, why would he pay attention to these things
But he couldn't let the cat out of the bag.
Looking at everyone's expressions, he knew that he had managed to restore some of his image, which was a good thing, and he couldn't help but straighten his back a little.
After living in a muddle for half his life, he finally grew up and matured in the last decade or so and had some responsibilities.
If he had the chance to do it all over again, he wouldn't want to be a loser. Although he still had no skills, at least he could work and fish. If he worked harder, he should be able to support his wife and children.
He no longer wanted to rely on his wife for support.
But change also takes time, otherwise he is afraid that people will think he is possessed by a ghost.