After returning home, Lin Xiuqing was surprised.
"You're back? So soon?"
"So how long do you want me to last?"
She said unhappily, "Didn't you go to the literacy class? How come you're back so soon?"
"No, I went out to buy cigarettes and took a walk."
"You need to ride a bicycle just to buy cigarettes? Why are your legs so precious?"
"Isn't it? 200 meters is considered a long distance."
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes. She felt relieved after listening to his nonsense. Her nervousness faded. She touched her belly and really hoped to give birth quickly to avoid any more trouble.
Ye Yaodong looked at her caressing movements and comforted her: "Don't worry, persistence is victory!"
"Um."
Because of what happened during the day, Ye Yaodong did not go out to sea at night.
The next morning, I heard the people who were building the house next door excitedly saying that more than a dozen people from the neighboring villages were caught for gambling yesterday. They were from the surrounding villages.
"Well done for arresting them. They are all a bunch of gamblers. They should all be arrested..."
"It's better to lock him up for a few more days..."
"It seems that our village has also caught a few..."
He felt more relieved after hearing this. If someone gathered people to gamble, he would still have to stay in jail for ten days or half a month.
What they lack now is time. If they can get through this period safely, they will be successful.
When Lin Xiuqing heard Ye Yaodong say that her cousin's husband was arrested for gambling, she felt relieved. "He should be incarcerated for a few days, right?"
"Now we are cracking down hard, and severely punishing minor offenses. People will be detained for ten days or half a month, and they will also have to pay a fine."
She was delighted when she heard that. "Great, then we can have some peace and quiet for a while. What a coincidence, I just gave him the money last evening and immediately heard that he was arrested."
At this point, she paused for a moment, thinking back to yesterday when she had just left the house and Ah Dong followed her, and then after a while he came back and rode his bicycle out again…
"You reported it?" she asked in a low voice.
Ye Yaodong nodded.
Even though his legs are broken, he can still order people around. It's better not to send him in, as sending him in can buy more time.
It’s okay to hit people at any time.
Moreover, he was beaten up right after he came to extort money, so it was easy to associate him with him. It would be good to send him to jail for ten days or half a month.
Lin Xiuqing said angrily: "He was only imprisoned for a few days. It was too easy for him."
"I'll teach him a lesson after you give birth safely." Ye Yaodong touched her belly and whispered, "Be more motivated and come out soon."
"It's almost there..."
After waiting for two more days at home, Ye Yaodong, who had been calm all the time, finally felt relieved.
Having nothing to do these two days, he went to Linji's house again. He wanted to ask him about the Internet machine, but his wife told him that he was not at home.
After thinking about it, he had to wait and come back in a few days.
Little did he expect that the things he wanted would be delivered to him from Linji the next night.
"This machine is heavy, takes up space, and is unpopular. It's not as easy to use as those small appliances. No one is willing to bring it, so it has been delayed until now. You can try it tomorrow."
"Thank you very much."
He gave two cigarettes to each of the younger brothers who helped carry the machine, taking care of everyone.
By the way, he uses up his cigarettes quite quickly and spends all his pocket money on them.
Seeing that he was a good person, Lin Jishang didn't mind helping out a little more. "Do you want me to carry you onto the boat?"
"Ah, that's great."
"Well, it's just a matter of convenience. We have the manpower anyway."
As they got to know each other, they both felt a tacit understanding.
After lifting it onto the boat, he tried to run it. Only after finding no problems did Ye Yaodong go back to get the money.
He couldn't wait to go out to sea at night.
When Mr. Ye saw the net-raising machine, he was extremely surprised.
"Where did you do this?"
"What do you care what I did? Anyway, it's good to save energy. I've been exhausted recently."
"You are the only one who has precious hands and feet. Isn't everyone like this? How much does this machine cost?"
"Don't ask, just use it if you have it."
He didn't say anything because he would get scolded if he said it.
"Not cheap, right? A few hundred?"
"It can be used for many years, it's cost-effective."
Seeing that he refused to tell us how much money it was, Ye's father cursed him and called him a prodigal son, but didn't ask any more questions.
After trying to pull up a net with the machine, Ye's father was also happy, "This saves a lot of effort, and the load-bearing capacity is also good."
"Of course, why else would you spend the money? Isn't it just to suffer less? And using a machine is much faster than using manpower to pull it."
Ye Yaodong untied the fishing net as he spoke and poured all the cargo inside onto the deck. Because it was too crowded and there was too much cargo, the fish were crushed to death, but most of the crabs and mantis shrimps were still alive and kicking.
The father and son quickly sorted the fishing nets, then continued to put them down excitedly, and then one of them drove the boat while the other sorted the fish.
In order to transport more goods at one time, Ye Yaodong's second network deliberately worked a little longer before setting up the network.
Under the pulling force of the net lifting machine, the net mouth on the sea surface began to gradually tighten. After it was completely tightened, as the pulling force became greater and greater, the fishing net was slowly dragged out of the water.
They also clearly saw a large bag of silver pomfret in the fishing net!
Unexpectedly, the second net burst directly, encountering a school of white pomfret. One bag weighed more than 100 kilograms. Father Ye was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.
Fishermen love to come across schools of fish when trawling their nets.
"White pomfret is good, white pomfret is good, this bag of pomfret is quite big."
Ye Yaodong was also happy and poured them out, stirring them a little, "This net of white pomfret weighs at least five taels, and they are all big white pomfret."
"Then continue to put it here."
"OK."
I put out two more nets in succession. The number was smaller and there were more groceries, but it really saved a lot of effort. I didn't have to pull for half a day.
Ye Yaodong saw that the time was almost up, so he went to the reef in advance to collect the traps. When he went out to sea at night, he lowered a row of traps to the reef as usual.
You have to do your best to get the best deal. Sea cucumbers are so expensive, you definitely can't miss it.
But today the first trap got stuck and couldn’t be pulled out.
"I'll go down into the water and take a look. I'll tie up the diesel engine underneath and pull it up with a machine later."
Father Ye frowned, "Then you should be careful, first find the trap, then go and tie up the machine."
"knew."
Ye Yaodong put on his equipment again and after a simple warm-up exercise, he dived into the water. Whenever he saw fish and shrimps along the way, he simply skipped them and headed straight for the seabed to save time.
Today's traps are easy to find because they are laid in a dense pattern.
As soon as he came down, he saw four fish stuck in a row. Two were stuck in the crevices of the reefs, one was hooked on the coral reef, and one was hooked on the sharp top of the reef.
The four were a bit far apart, but fortunately, they were fairly easy to find. When he came down, he looked around and saw them.
I rescued the traps one by one and put them aside, and took a look at the catches inside. There were some big and some small, but basically all fish, and there were also a few small blue dragons.
There are also unstuck traps on the seabed not far away. The traps that sink to the mud on the seabed can harvest more sea cucumbers, after all, sea cucumbers move slowly.
He just had to leave these there and wait for his father to pull them up, and he swam directly towards the shipwreck in the distance and got straight to the point.
Then he let go of the rope on his back and tied up the diesel engine tightly.
Activities in the sea are different from those on shore. After working for a long time to tie the machine tightly, he was panting with exhaustion. But when he thought about the empty net bag around his waist, he got off the sunken ship again and swam to the bottom of the sea.
But I happened to see a fat sea cucumber being tightly hugged by a starfish.
How can this be!
What a waste of resources.
He reached out, picked up the starfish and threw it aside, then picked up the sea cucumber. Probably because he had not had time to enjoy it yet, the sea cucumber was still intact.
After putting it in the net bag, he slowly moved towards the reef.
It is easier to dig abalone as he doesn't have to look for them everywhere. The last few times he went into the water, he had missions and was in a hurry to come and go. He didn't have much free time to slowly look for sea cucumbers. He could only try to catch as many as possible.
But his sharp eyes also allowed him to catch two from the seaweed nearby.
By the time the net bag was seven-tenths full, he was almost reaching his limit.
He quickly returned to the sunken ship, took the rope in his hand, and floated up quickly. He just happened to see a trap next to him, which was also being pulled up, and they floated to the surface together.
Having seen him go into the water several times, Ye's father was less worried today. He just asked with concern: "How is it? Are they all tied up? The trap was pulled smoothly today, but the first one got stuck, and it didn't get stuck again."
"That's because I just untied all the stuck traps. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so smooth. There are hidden reefs underneath."
As he spoke, he climbed up, temporarily tied the rope that was tied to the machine, pulled up the net bag, and poured all the goods into the basket.
Father Ye took a quick look and saw that they were all abalone. He was not disappointed, but he was not very happy either. He had seen too many of them. It was not new or surprising anymore...
"Wait, after we finish collecting two more traps, we'll pull the machine."
Ye Yaodong nodded and left the trap to his father. He first went to hang the rope on the net machine and completed the preparations in advance.
He started the machine only after Ye's father had his hands free.
The rope was slowly rolled up piece by piece. As the tension increased, the net-lifting machine began to make a tightening sound, which made Ye Yaodong and Ye's father, who had been watching, stretch their necks to look at the sea.
After a while, a tightly tied machine slowly floated to the surface of the water. The father and son happily came to the side and helped to lift it when it was pulled ashore.
Only after the machine landed steadily on the deck did the two of them breathe a sigh of relief.
"Luckily we have a net-lifting machine, otherwise we wouldn't be able to pull it up with manpower, and we would need to call in a few more people."
"When I get back, I'll ask a technician to come and clean it to see if it's still usable."
"Well, it's a pity that the boat couldn't be salvaged."
"It's good enough to fish this machine out. Let's go, collect the longline and go back early."
On the way back, they met Xiaoxiao and A Zheng again. It turned out that they were working in the sea not far from them.
After greeting each other and chatting about their gains, everyone walked back together.
When we arrived at the shore, we met A Guang's boat which was also docked at the same time. The three boats were docked side by side. Everyone had a good catch. Baskets of fish filled the deck, and everyone had a smile of great harvest on their face.
The brothers who were once useless together now all got on the boat, and Ye Yaodong was happy from the bottom of his heart.