The three of them, father and son, collected the crops together much faster than he had done alone.
The remaining two rows of 20 traps were collected in a little over half an hour. The cart was full and there was no way to pick them all up. Some small fish and shrimps were directly crushed underneath.
"Okay, there's no need to pick them up. Push them back and pick them out slowly. Just put these traps here first. Push them back and pour them out. I'll come over to sort them out."
Ye Yaodong moved all the baskets and buckets on the ground onto the cart, and asked his youngest son to sit on the edge of the cart in front of the handle so that he could push the cart back slowly.
"Dad, I want to sit on it too. I want to sit on it too." Ye Chenghu didn't want to walk either, and shouted.
Father Ye then picked him up as well, and the two sat side by side, swinging their calves back and forth.
"Hold on tight, don't fall down," Ye's father said again, "Push it back first, I'll tidy it up here, and keep an eye on it, don't get washed away by the waves."
Those who were picking up scraps on the beach saw that they had collected all the traps and were about to push them back, so those who were nearby came over to take a look.
"Hey, are you done collecting? Are you going back?"
Father Ye smiled and responded, "We have finished collecting them. There are only four rows of traps. It will only take a while to collect them."
"Yaodong is really becoming more and more successful..."
"These can be sold for dozens of dollars. I just saw a lot of fish and shrimp..."
"To supplement the household expenses. There are old and young people in the family, and the young people have many places to spend money." Father Ye chatted with everyone while tidying up the traps.
"The old saying is true. Young people tend to grow up slowly. Look at how Dong has grown up in the past two years and has become so capable."
"No way... He still needs someone to follow him and tell him to do it, otherwise he will just stand there, moving when poked."
"As long as he's willing to work hard, he looks smart and has a very active brain~"
How could Father Ye not be happy when someone praised his son? Moreover, he felt that his youngest son had made great progress, so he happily talked to others about it.
"Dongzi is smarter than others, has a quick mind, and is quite courageous. He can always come up with something before others have thought of it..."
As soon as Ye Yaodong came out again with his cart, he heard his father proudly praising him to others. He couldn't help but look at the sky to see if the sun was rising from the west. But he saw nothing.
In order not to disturb their conversation, he quietly walked aside to tidy up the trap.
He wanted to continue listening to what his father had to say to praise him, but he didn't expect that when the other party saw him coming, he asked him about what he had seen and heard in the city.
Before, they didn't start a conversation and they weren't familiar with each other. Seeing that he was busy, he didn't ask many questions. But now that he has opened a conversation with Ye's father, he probably feels that he can ask anything.
In fact, Ye's father was also very curious about what he saw and heard in the city, as he had never been to the city.
Ye Yaodong spoke to them simply and casually, which made them all yearn for it.
"People in the city are rich, and there are bicycles everywhere..."
"We don't know if we will have the chance to go to the city in this lifetime..."
Although these people were chatting, they also helped them to organize the traps. After a short while, all 40 traps were organized and neatly stacked on the cart.
The open space in the yard was now filled with people of all ages, all helping to sort the waste while listening to the radio. Ye Yaodong came back and saw that his elder brother and sister-in-law were there, so he quickly reminded them.
"Pick them carefully and distinguish the sizes better."
Sister Ye said quickly, "We know, and we will pick them out more carefully for you."
"Okay. When are we going to fence the pigsty, brother? Why don't we fence it right away now that the typhoon has just passed and we can't work?"
His second sister-in-law is probably still feeding pigs in the old house.
"I just built half of the wall of the old house this morning. Mom said we should keep the pigs in her small house for now, otherwise we would have to spend money to buy bricks to build a new pigpen. If we want to raise one or two more pigs next year, we can build another pigpen. Or if my eldest brother and his family also want to raise pigs next year, we can build one together."
Father Ye also said: "If only we had said earlier that we wanted to raise pigs, Dongzi would have been building a new house at that time, so the materials and workers would have been ready."
Ye Yaohua smiled and said, "I didn't think much about it at the time. It just happened to happen."
"Just keep it in the old house and let your wife go over to feed it every day."
Ye Yaopeng changed the subject and asked, "Adong, will you take these scallops directly to the dock after you pick them up? You picked them so cleanly, won't you lose money?"
"Not really. If we pick them up cleanly, we can sell them for a good price. We can discuss the price with Ah Cai when the time comes. Anyway, the goods at the dock have been collected and he has nothing to do."
Mrs. Ye said enviously, "You really made a lot of money. Yesterday morning, you sold more than 100 kilograms of scallops for a good price. And the fish you picked up went to the market yesterday and sold for more than 100 yuan. Now you can sell another 200 kilograms, which will be worth dozens of yuan."
"Just by setting the net, you caught more than 300 kilograms of scallops, and they were all alive and well. We worked so hard yesterday, and the two of us only sorted out 300 kilograms..."
That’s why we say that mental labor is more important than physical labor!
However, his sister-in-law is obviously jealous.
Lin Xiuqing smiled and comforted him, "We picked up a lot, but isn't half of it yours? After we sell this last batch of goods, we have to calculate how much we got and give half to your parents."
"Even half of the fish belong to my parents. If you calculate it this way, I don't have much more than you, sister-in-law. When I sell them at the dock later, the price will definitely not be as good as yesterday."
Mrs. Ye felt much better after hearing this. "It's only right that half of this be given to Dad and Mom. They've been busy with you all the time, and their efforts are not small. They were squatting there picking up the trash yesterday morning."
Lin Xiuqing nodded, "That's right, we will definitely get points. Every month when we cast the nets, we give our parents a share of the money on time."
This needs to be made clear, otherwise they will think that the couple have taken great advantage of the two old people and that the old people have worked for them in vain.
There is strength in numbers. There were only about 200 pounds in total, and there were only a few empty shells inside, so it was quick to sort them out.
After picking them all up, there were only about less than ten pounds of empty shells on the ground. It is still more efficient and labor-saving to put up a net.
Ye Yaodong had been busy for half the afternoon and it was already dark. He decided to make a quick end to the matter and asked his elder brother to help him load the goods onto the cart so that they could send them to the dock right away.
By the way, take along the seafood that can be sold. I have almost picked them up on the beach just now.
Father Ye washed his hands and came over and said, "I'll go with you."
Ye Yaodong nodded.
As he was walking towards the dock, he suddenly thought that his father never seemed to ask him about buying a shop
Hasn't the news spread in the village yet
Why is the Intelligence Bureau so out of touch with the news today
Or are the brothers next door really that obedient
He just mentioned it casually and asked them to keep it a secret, but they were really so tight-lipped? They didn't even tell their wives at home
If my wife knew anything about this, it would spread throughout the village in no time.
Ye Yaodong glanced at his father several times along the way to make sure that he didn't know. If he knew, he would definitely scold him, and he wouldn't have not mentioned it at all until now.
In fact, even if the news gets out, he doesn't care. The money is in his pocket, he can spend it however he likes. If you want to scold others for being stupid and having a lot of money, then go ahead, they will be envious in the future.
Father Ye was a little puzzled when he saw him looking at him frequently and not speaking for a long time.
"What are you looking at? Why are you looking at it like that? If you have something to say, just say it."
"Ah? Nothing much, I just noticed that you seem to have become younger recently."
Father Ye touched his face and felt a little happy, but he still said insincerely: "We are all old, so what's the difference between young and old? It's all the same."
"I'll ask A-Qing to make you a sun-proof hat to wear?"
"Take me as a young man like you?" Father Ye thought for a moment and said, "Okay, just make one."
Hehe~
When Ye Yaodong pushed the cart outside the dock, Ah Cai and the two purchasing households next door were gathered there to do their accounts, holding paper and pens, and using their abacus to make clattering sounds.
"Old buddy, I got the goods!"
The three of them turned their heads at the same time and asked in surprise, "There's more?"
"Ah! It's Adong, you put these in the traps on the shore, right?" Acai came over quickly, took a look around, and fiddled with them a few times. "You really picked them carefully. It makes me feel at ease."
On the other side, Agui also came over to take a look and said, "I heard that you took the goods to the wholesale market in the city to sell yesterday?"
"Yes, it's because we have too much goods and we pick them slowly. By the time we finished picking the goods, the line was several hundred meters long. It just so happened that Brother Zhou next door had been to the wholesale market in the city when he was working on the ship. A few of us neighbors got together and decided to try our luck."
"You're quite good at finding it. You actually know the way there."
"Isn't there someone leading the way?"
Ah Cai waved his hand, "Push it inside to be weighed! We collected all the goods last night, and everyone else has only taken about ten kilograms today. You've got the most."
"How much is it per pound? I've picked them out carefully. The big ones are big, and the small ones are small."
"Today the big one is 25 cents, and the small one is 20 cents."
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, "So little? Do you know how much the big one cost and the small one cost yesterday?"
"Brother, you have to look at the place too. We have to make money if we sell it."
Ye Yaodong touched his chin and said, "I heard some news in the market yesterday, and I think you guys will be interested."
He wasn't sure if they knew about it or not. They would know it sooner or later anyway, so he might as well tell them in advance and sell it for the best.
"What's the news? What does the news in the city have to do with us?"
It seems that you don't know.
"Did you know that a seafood wholesale market is being built in the city?"
Ah Cai frowned, not understanding what was going on. "I have heard about this, but what does it have to do with us? To tell you the truth, we don't usually transport the goods to the market in the city. It's too far."
"I heard the new wholesale market is recruiting investors and selling shops for 3,000 yuan each! Are you sure it's none of your business? If you're not interested, just ignore what I said."