Ye Yaodong suddenly picked up a thin piece of vegetable and put it into his mouth. He felt the taste was a little familiar and instantly remembered the three coconut snails from yesterday.
He stretched out his hand and pointed at the bowl of food in front of the child. "Is this fried coconut snail meat slices?"
"Yes, I forgot to tell you, I opened one in the morning and there was nothing, so I saved it for frying in the evening."
"Only one opened?"
"Yes, if I dig all three together, it will be too much. It will be a waste if I can't finish them. I plan to dig one a day."
"You decide. It's a stroke of luck that you can take out a Melo Pearl. I'm reluctant to sell it. After all, there's a precedent. If you take out one a day, you can make a bowl of it."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and nodded, and picked up a large piece of coconut snail meat for him. "I haven't eaten it for a few months. The snail meat is crispy and delicious."
Ye Yaodong also put a piece of fish in her bowl, "You should eat more too. If you like it, I will save it for you in the future."
Ye Chenghu kept staring at his parents, who were passing the ball back and forth. Why didn't they think of giving their son a piece of cake
His mother wasn't like this before, but now she ignores them.
He didn't dare to make a sound while biting the kuaizi. If he did, his parents would definitely say: "Don't you know how to hold the kuaizi? Can't you pick it up by yourself? You are so old, and you still need someone to pick up food for you? Do you want them to feed you?"
He was choked when he was loading the rice. It was so hard for him...
Forget it, it’s better to turn a blind eye and be self-reliant.
He reached out and picked up a piece for himself, then put a few more pieces into Ye Chengyang's bowl and said, "Eat quickly, brother loves you."
Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing looked over at the same time, feeling that their eldest son had become more clever.
He retracted his gaze and looked at Lin Xiuqing again, "I forgot to ask if mother came to help take care of the children in the past two days."
"Yes, she came early in the morning to help with the laundry and diapers. I lay there all day, and she cooked lunch and dinner. I only got up to add two dishes after you came back with the goods."
"Well, just lie down more if you have nothing to do."
"I've been lying down for more than a month. My bones are going to become weak. If I lie down any longer, my back and waist will ache."
"Take good care of your body. It's your own. If you don't take care of it now, you'll feel uncomfortable when you get old."
"You talk like you've aged."
"I have been old before, haven't I? In my dreams I lived to be 65."
"That was pretty short-lived..."
"Uh...how do you talk like that!"
Lin Xiuqing laughed, "You're just dreaming, aren't you? You're only 65 years old, what else can you say but short-lived?"
"That's right, it's true that life is short. I have to live longer in this life."
"I was just talking casually, but you took it seriously. Come on and eat. The food I cooked earlier has gone cold. Fortunately, the weather is getting warmer now. If it gets cold, it will be cold."
"Um."
For the next few days, Ye Yaodong fished around the "responsibility fields" of his elder and second brothers, and encountered several waves of black mullet, but it took a lot of effort to find them, and sometimes when he found them, they were gone.
It's a waste of time, but as long as they can come across it, the harvest will definitely be better than trawling. Fortunately, they all have good luck.
When they harvested more than the villagers for two consecutive days, the villagers could no longer sit still.
We met him a few times when we were out at sea at night, and we would go out of our way to say hello to him and ask if we could follow behind his boat.
Ye Yaodong was a little amused. Who can say for sure about such a matter of luck? They didn't look everywhere because they were afraid of wasting time and delaying the trawl. This was their own problem.
He looked at his eldest and second brothers, wanting to ask if they had any objection and whether they should allow the villagers to follow.
It doesn’t matter to Ye Yaoyao and Ye Yaohua. They are from the same village. Lan Da and Lan Er are their next-door neighbors. If they want to follow them, they can follow them. They are easy to talk to.
Ye Yaodong also felt that it was okay to let the villagers follow. Although the fish boil lasted for a short time each time, there were always a lot of them and he could not catch them all. It didn't matter if everyone caught their own fish based on their own abilities.
Moreover, the villagers all said openly that they were not doing anything secretive, so it was okay for them to follow, but they had to discuss it in advance.
"I'm just trying my luck. I can't guarantee that I'll meet you. If not, you can't blame me. I definitely can't deliberately take you around to deceive you. It's not good for me to waste your time."
"No, no, who would have a problem with money?"
"Yes, yes. You are wasting time by deliberately leading us around."
"It's good that you know. I let you follow me with good intentions. If we don't meet, please don't blame me."
"No...No..."
It sounds good now, but I don't know if he will be blamed if there is no stock later. Anyway, he has said it in advance, so if you want to follow, follow. It's not his fault if there is no stock.
Fortunately, there is no fixed time for everyone to go out to sea at night. Some go out early, at around 1 o'clock, and some go out late, at 2-3 o'clock.
At this moment, only the boat with three people wanted to follow his boat, and the others in the small wooden boats were also powerless.
When the fishing boat started, three boats behind it followed closely, and there was also a boat belonging to Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua next to it.
Everyone was heading in the same direction, and any fishing boats from other villages they met on the way would not be able to help but look at them a few more times, and then avoid them as far as possible in advance, in case they were disliked and robbed.
Ye Yaodong looked at the fishing boat behind him and felt extremely safe. He really wanted to take them to Oarfish Island to see if the father and his two sons were there.
Go and scare them. I guarantee they will be so scared that they will pee their pants and run away when they see you from a distance.
However, he was not sure whether the black mullet would appear there. After all, he did not see it. But he had seen it in his elder brother's and second brother's "responsibility field" for several days, so the probability of it appearing there would be higher.
The villagers believed in him and wanted to follow him, and since he had agreed, he couldn't let them down.
However, this trip did not disappoint the villagers.
In addition to long-line fishing and hauling a net, he spent the rest of the time looking for fish with his fishing boat, which really took him a few times to find them. However, there were several times when the boat arrived but the fish were gone.
Moreover, at noon, no fish were seen for an hour. One boat became impatient and thought it was a waste of time, so it simply stopped following and drove away. That was the boat belonging to Lan Da and Lan Er, which lived next door to their house.
Ye Yaodong didn't care about him. If he wanted to follow, he could follow. If he didn't want to, then forget it. It was not the fish he released. He couldn't just take them whenever he wanted.
But they didn't expect that as soon as the boat left, there would be several waves of people boiling around it one after another, and they just happened to catch up with them.
This means you don't have that kind of luck. It's useless even if you send it to your side.
The others were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling, saying that they had finally found it.
And when they were about to return, they encountered a school of mackerel. Everyone took the opportunity to catch a group of mackerel with a net, and caught several dozen kilograms of mackerel. This mackerel is more valuable than black mullet.
Some people were also saying that Lan Da and Lan Er who had left were unlucky and should have held on a little longer. They had been out for most of the day and the time they had left was only enough to drag one or two nets.
"Yes, if you want to follow me, you have to trust me."
"Oh, if they leave, they leave. Why are they talking about that?"
"When they get back, they will definitely regret it."
"Maybe they are just unlucky, so as soon as they leave, fish will come to them immediately?"
"Hahaha~ It's possible~ Maybe they are the reason."
"Haha~ Don't say that. It's not good if others hear it."
"Yeah, how can you be sure about such things? I just take my chances and wander around everywhere. Well, it's getting late, let's go back?" After Ye Yaodong said this casually, he asked everyone to return.
When they returned and reached the shore, Lan Da and Lan Er saw that each of them had harvested five or six hundred kilograms of black mullet, and they slapped their thighs and regretted their decision terribly. When they heard that they had also encountered a school of horse mackerel, they regretted running away halfway even more.
They then went to trawl the net but didn't catch anything. They were just some worthless fish and not many in number.
"If I had known earlier, I would have waited a little longer. Most of the day has passed, so a little more time doesn't matter." Landa looked at his scattered gains and felt extremely regretful.
"That is to say, as soon as your boat left, schools of fish came out one after another."
"Yes, yes, there are so many fish, they keep jumping out of the water, it's spectacular..."
"What a pity, otherwise you could have caught more today."
"Alas~"
After hearing their conversation, other people came over and asked if they could follow them at night.
"Ah Dong, can you help us make some fortune tonight?"
"Yeah, yeah, let us have a share too?"
"yes… "
Lan Da and Lan Er were also nodding their heads frantically, wanting to go too. They had worked for nothing today and only earned a little over twenty dollars.
"Ha!"
Ye Yaodong was shocked. How could he lead so many people on the boat? What did they think of him
"Don't be ridiculous. With so many ships following me, someone who doesn't know would think I'm doing something else. The sea is so vast, haven't you all encountered this before? Just observe carefully."
Ye Yaodong will share his method of finding fish schools with everyone. There is nothing wrong with it.
"After the fish are gone, look at which direction the seabirds are flying. Give it a try. This method is quite effective, but it may not be accurate. I searched for a long time today but didn't see any, so Lan Da and Lan Er left impatiently. You can just use this as a reference."
"Thank you very much. We'll try it tomorrow."