Including the fish caught by the soldiers, they were also given to them. Ye Yaodong had a pretty good harvest today and sold them for more than 40 yuan.
The next morning, they got on the boat as usual and had another exciting day of fishing.
If they didn't have any mission to accomplish, they would have planned to stay here and play for ten days or half a month.
What a pity, happy and relaxing times are always beautiful but short. After two days of happy fishing, the legendary salvage team arrived.
Early in the morning of the fourth day, they had just been fishing for a while at sea when Lin Aotian was lucky enough to catch another black fish.
At first they didn't recognize it. It looked black and they thought it was a Bao Gong fish. They had caught it in the past two days and they all looked the same because they were all black. So they didn't take it seriously.
Just as Ye Yaodong caught a fish and put it in the bucket, he saw Lin Aotian also unhooking the fish. He recognized him at a glance and instantly exclaimed "Oh my God!"
"Ah! Black Hair! Damn, how lucky are you? You even caught this fish?"
Lin Aotian looked at him in confusion. Why was he suddenly so excited
He was so confused when he saw Ye Yaodong squatting there and trying to fish the fish out of the bucket.
"What are you doing?"
"Do you know what fish you caught?"
"Bao Gong, didn't you say that Bao Gong looks dark like this?"
The others also turned their heads to look at Ye Yaodong in surprise. They had just seen the fish that Lin Aotian had caught. The black fish must be Bao Gong, right? Could it be a black porgy? It didn't look like one.
"Bao your head, Lord Bao. Lord Bao is dark-haired, but not all dark-haired people are Lord Bao? This one has black hair."
They were even more confused. What was Heimao? Why was he named just like Tiedan, the kid next door when he was a kid
"Black fur is much more valuable than Bao Gong, more than ten times more valuable, several yuan per pound, not inferior to grouper, and a little bit better than ordinary tiger grouper and blue grouper."
Black hair is just another name. Its scientific name is Myna ji. It likes to live in rocky waters with strong currents. It is the fitness leader in the fish world, and when it comes to surfing, it is the number one fish.
It eats meat in summer and vegetables in winter, and has very healthy eating habits. Usually when the weather is cold and the water temperature is low, the possibility of catching black hair fish is slightly greater than in hot days.
For example, during the rainy season, the black-haired fish will come out by themselves because the water temperature drops.
This fish is very alert but difficult to catch. Because it is difficult to catch, the price of this fish is also high. However, its meat is very delicious, not worse than grouper.
When Lin Aotian heard Ye Yaodong talk about the value of this fish, he was immediately overjoyed.
"Really? Holy shit, it's so valuable. One fish is worth several days of our salary. Why should we go to work? Let's just be fishermen."
"Okay, I'll help you apply for discharge when I get back."
"Oh, don't... I just said it casually..."
Lin Aotian squatted there happily, picked up the fish and looked at it carefully. He didn't care about it just now and just put it into the bucket. This fish doesn't look like it is worth several dollars.
You can’t judge a fish by its appearance!
After everyone had reeled in their lines, they all ran over to see. They had been fishing just now and could only listen distractedly with their ears perked up. Grouper is valuable, and they all knew that this dark fish could actually be worth as much as a grouper.
Just when everyone was curious and wanted to continue fishing, they found that there were several boats coming from afar on the sea, all heading in their direction.
“Are those government officials here?”
"That should be it? Otherwise, how could there be so many boats coming at the same time? There were only fishing boats coming to the village sporadically on the first day. After they knew we were guarding here on the sea, no boats came here yesterday."
"I guess the salvage team we requested has arrived?"
"possible."
Everyone took down the baits that had already been put up, or those who had not yet put up baits reeled up their lines and rolled them around wooden sticks.
Ye Yaodong also rolled up the lines that had not yet been let out, as he estimated that he would not be able to catch any fish today.
He and Ye's father sorted out all the lines and put them in the cabin, then lay on the side of the boat and watched the fishing boat getting closer and closer.
There are three boats in total, and there seem to be quite a few people on them. These fishing boats all belong to their village. It is estimated that the village committee temporarily requisitioned the fishing boats that did not go out to sea today.
"Once these guys take over this position, we should be able to go out to sea and trawle tomorrow, right?"
"Who knows what those officials are planning? We should have no chance of getting involved. I don't know whether the money for the temple has been approved or how much has been approved?"
"It shouldn't be that fast, right?"
"Who knows? Anyway, by the time we finish salvaging this place, we should be able to come to a conclusion on the temple repair."
"Um."
The six people watched the fishing boats approaching from afar, and soon they arrived in front of them. Several boats were docked there closely.
Ye Yaodong looked at them sweating profusely in the sun, with sweat dripping from their foreheads to their chins. They kept wiping their faces with a handkerchief. He couldn't help feeling a little proud of their flushed faces.
Or maybe he is too smart. I don’t know if they can withstand the sun. In such a scorching sun, that small hat on their heads is useless.
A high-ranking county official smiled and said to them, "Thank you for your hard work. You have been keeping an eye on us these past few days."
Captain Chen saluted and said, "It's not hard. This is what we should do. You are too polite. Is the salvage team coming?"
"Yes, have you been in the water these days?"
Several people shook their heads at the same time. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they only caught a few scallops that day and did not go into the water again. If they were seen by these people when they went into the water, they might think that they were trying to hide them and would not be able to salvage them secretly.
"No, we have been fishing these days because we have nothing to do."
"Okay, okay, please crawl over here and communicate with the salvage team about the situation below so that it will be convenient for them to go down and explore later."
"good."
Seeing the people on the three boats crawling around and muttering to themselves, not knowing what they were saying, Ye Yaodong and his son felt that they could retire after accomplishing their mission.
"Dad, let's go? It seems like there's nothing for us to do here anymore, so let's leave as soon as possible!"
If he stayed any longer, what if his boat had to be requisitioned
Should he refuse? But he just received the benefit, so he should just leave quickly? He can still go back for lunch.
Father Ye thought about it and nodded, "Then let's go take the hooks back. It's a good opportunity for us to go back and help with the work. I think it should be ready in two more days."
"Not so fast. I have to spend a few more days chiseling stones. I want to build the outer wall and enclose the vegetable garden in one go."
Father Ye was surprised. "Why do you want to fence off the vegetable garden? Are you afraid that people will steal your vegetables? Who wants them? Who doesn't grow some vegetables in the corners of their home? Why would they steal from you? Are you having a fever?"
"Isn't it that as long as I enclose the land, it will be mine? If I leave it there, won't it become public property? It would be better to enclose more land!"
If you don’t have a garden, you can still have a vegetable patch, that’s fine, and of course the baby should be kept within its own wall.
"Can the village committee give you a circle?"
"Why not? It's no problem to just pay some money as a token of appreciation. You can't use that little bit of land around to build a house. The vegetable garden belongs to whoever grows it. I just fenced it off."
"You have money, so do whatever you want!" Ye's father couldn't control him. It was never his turn to speak anyway. What's more, this guy did have a lot of money now.
It was said that the box of gold weighed 50 kilograms. When he heard that, his heart trembled violently. Although he didn't know exactly how much one penny of gold was now, and he didn't have the money to buy it, and he wouldn't think about finding out, but he knew it wouldn't be cheap.
As long as he doesn't spend the money on gambling or drugs, this guy won't have to work for the rest of his life and won't have to worry about food and drink, and he won't have to worry about it.
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "How rare! I thought you would call me a spendthrift, saying that you wanted me to deposit the money with you so that I wouldn't squander it all in the future."
Father Ye glanced at him and went straight to drive the boat.
You are already so self-aware, what else is there to say
After getting ashore, the dock was unusually lively. Generally, except for the night and evening when there are more people, there are very few people at the dock during the day, not to mention the scorching sun now.
The villagers all came here to watch the fun with those people. After they sailed away, everyone stayed and were reluctant to leave, and were still talking on the shore.
"They were moving these things around, and I didn't know what they were, like machines, with water pipes on top. There were several of them, but I didn't know what they were for."
"They are here to salvage it. It must be for salvage. What do you know?"
"From your tone, it seems like you know. So what is it?"
"How do I know what it is? That thing looks very high-end..."
"There are so many people coming back this time, I don't know what we can get..."
"So many people have come, which shows that they value it. They will surely approve more money to build the Mazu temple when the time comes."
"Yes, yes, yes. Who cares what they fish up? Just give us some money to build our temple..."
Ye Yaodong pricked up his ears and listened. He didn't hear what was said before, that's all he could hear. He didn't look carefully at the equipment on other ships before. He just noticed that there were a lot of people coming, and some of them even saluted Captain Lin and his men. He guessed they were also navy soldiers.
Who cares? He doesn’t need to go into the water to salvage it anyway.
He sold the few scattered fish he caught in the morning, mixed with those caught from longline fishing, for 25.5 yuan and went back.
That piece of black hair made Acai happy for a while. The key was that it was alive. He sold it for 8 yuan, which was a little over 2 kilograms.
Sometimes a day's work is not as valuable as catching a fish. Labor is cheaper now.
So, Ye Yaodong went back and still crossed his legs, eating watermelon and watching others work.
Even if you tell his father not to work and just sit down to cool off, the old guy just can't sit still. He insists on rolling up his sleeves and moving things around, working with the workers. He really can't sit still.