Ye Yaodong briefly asked for some basic information before thanking him and returning the favor.
Fortunately, their village is not xenophobic. They are also located at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang. The fishing boats traveling in the surrounding waters are from both Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. Occasionally, if they encounter any accidents, they will also stop in the surrounding towns.
Some villages also speak Minnan dialect, which has a slightly different tone from the real Minnan dialect in southern Fujian.
Unfortunately, people in their village don’t speak Minnan dialect, but rather a barbaric dialect.
The languages spoken in this area are quite diverse, including Minnan dialect, Man dialect, local dialect, Wenzhou dialect, and many other dialects.
He returned to his team and told his father about the situation in the village. He said, "Some people here buy whole jellyfish for only 2 cents each, which is not cost-effective. It is not as cost-effective as selling them separately. After being cut, the jellyfish head is 5 cents per pound, the jellyfish skin is 4 cents, the jellyfish brain is 2 cents, and the jellyfish blood is said to be 11 yuan after being dried. But the jellyfish shrinks a lot after being cut."
"Really? Is it so expensive?" Father Ye was tempted. "Wait until Chen Jianian comes back and sell the ones on the boat first to see how much they can sell for."
Ye Yaodong nodded, "Let's wait for him to come back and take a look. Then we can see if we should rent a house in the village. We need to have a plan for the arrangement."
Fortunately, he set out at night, so it is still noon when he arrives now, so there is still plenty of time and he can make arrangements.
He asked Ye's father to guard the beach, and they dragged the jellyfish to the shore one by one in batches. It only took them sixteen or seventeen trips back and forth, and they had dragged all the jellyfish to the shore.
Father Ye was also there counting, "There are 65 jellyfish in total."
"These are big, most of them weigh 30 to 40 kilograms, the big ones weigh 60 to 70 kilograms, and there are less than two that weigh more than 10 kilograms. There should be about 3,000 kilograms."
"should have."
"Are you going to kill and carve them up right away, Dongzi? We also caught a basket of fish, shrimps and crabs. There aren't many, probably only about 30 kilograms."
Ye Yaodong looked at the people who were still dragging fishing nets on the beach, and the women who were busy slaughtering and cutting fish on the shore, but he didn't see any sign of Chen Jianian. After thinking about it, he simply nodded.
"Let's divide it up and put the seafood aside for now."
If we don't divide it and just leave it there, it will die soon. It's better to divide it while waiting for Chen Jianian to come back.
Everyone immediately went on board to get tools and knives, as well as the stacked baskets, and cut them up on the spot.
The three of them and Ye's father had never done this job before, so they were very unfamiliar with it and their speed could not compare with Ye Yaodong's.
This big jellyfish is different from the small ones. It takes him about two or three minutes to finish one, but they may not be able to finish one in ten minutes.
Fortunately, not long after, Chen Jianian came back jogging.
"I have contacted them. Their factory's tractor is picking up goods in other villages. They agreed to send it to this village to pick up our goods next time."
Ye Yaodong was immediately happy. It would be great if he could sell the products smoothly.
Father Ye's heart was temporarily relieved. He smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you to wait on the shore. We will start dividing new ones now."
"Okay, we just got in touch with him, so he shouldn't be here soon. I'm free anyway, so I might as well help you." Chen Jianian rolled up his sleeves and reached for a knife.
He didn't have gloves, so Ye Yaodong handed him the jellyfish with the poisonous stinging tentacles removed.
Although the villagers of this village were curious about the appearance of a boat from another village, everyone was very busy and no one had the time to care about them. Moreover, they were very law-abiding and did not move around or affect others. They just stayed where they were and divided the goods.
Ye Yaodong and his colleagues had work to do and their attention was diverted, so they no longer worried about when the factory's tractor would come to pick up the goods.
It was not until they had finished cutting up the jellyfish that they realized the tractor had not arrived yet.
Chen Jianian wiped the sweat from his forehead and said soothingly, "It shouldn't be that fast. The tractor has been delivered outside and needs to be sent back to the factory before it can come out. Let's wait and see."
Ye Yaodong looked at his watch. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon. Three hours had passed since they docked. He planned to wait for another hour. If they didn't come, he would ask the people in the village to solve the problem of food and accommodation for tonight first.
Originally, if he had enough time, he wanted to find a village where people could speak Minnan dialect, so that communication would be more convenient when he lived there for a long time. Moreover, since they had a common language, it would be more friendly when they were away from home.
They waited in the shade for another half an hour, killing all the fish, before they saw a tractor appear on the shore and drive down to the beach.
Everyone looked at it with hope, and Ye's father asked excitedly: "Is it this tractor?"
Chen Jianian was a little unsure, "I'll go up and ask."
After the tractor came down from the beach, it stopped there. All of them waited there, except Chen Jianian who ran up to ask.
After a while, Chen Jianian came trotting over with a smile, and the tractor drove over beside him.
"That's the truck!" He ran closer and said, "That's the truck. I just went over to ask the name of the factory and the driver. They both match. Let's go unload the cargo on the ship."
Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Then let's weigh the already divided goods first. After weighing and loading them onto the truck, we will go to the ship and unload the remaining goods."
"Can."
"Then weigh these first."
Two people got off the car and also spoke in Minnan dialect.
Everyone's eyes lit up instantly, and Father Ye said happily: "You also speak Minnan dialect. What a coincidence, it's convenient to speak the same language."
"Yes, the languages spoken in these villages are all different. It's better to speak the same language. Come on, come on, let's weigh first."
The tones are different, but it doesn't affect their communication. Basically, they speak fine and can be understood.
They pulled out a large wooden pole scale from the back of the tractor.
When going out, it is more convenient to carry a wooden pole scale. The wooden pole scale they carry can weigh things weighing 400 kilograms. Two people carry the scale and weigh several times to add up the weight.
Ye Yaodong could only roughly estimate the weight of the jellyfish at first. Only after weighing the jellyfish head and jellyfish skin did he know the weight for sure.
The jellyfish heads that were caught and cut up weighed a total of 928 kilograms, and the jellyfish skins weighed 776 kilograms. After removing the useless internal organs, jellyfish heads and jellyfish brains, it is unknown how much the skin has shrunk.
The prices were the same as he had just inquired about, 5 cents for the jellyfish head and 4 cents for the jellyfish skin. The batch they just dragged back was sold for 77.44 yuan.
When Ye Yaodong and his son heard the calculation, they were so happy that their mouths widened. After deducting the commission for the introduction, there was still more than 73 yuan, and there was still jellyfish blood and jellyfish brain that had not been cooked yet.
Just this casual catch is enough to cover their gas and hire workers, and they can still make a lot of money.
Father Ye smiled so hard that his mouth couldn't close. He said quickly, "Our boat is over there. There are still some on board. They have been simply processed. The jellyfish heads and jellyfish skins have been pickled with a thin layer of salt."
"Okay, pull it up first and see how much salt it contains, and then deduct it."
Everyone started moving instantly, full of energy.
The villagers who were processing the fish nearby also came over curiously to ask which factory it was from. They also took a look at the amount they had just caught, but didn't say anything.
Their goods are also collected by fixed introducers.
But when they returned to the team, they were discussing who were on Ye Yaodong's ship and making guesses.
There were more than 20 bamboo baskets stacked on the boat, and more than a dozen tied nylon bags that did not have baskets. They worked in groups of two and slowly carried them off the boat.
When Ye's father and Chen Jianian saw that the two men had been waiting for a long time and looked a little impatient, they hurriedly handed them cigarettes and canned food and tried to comfort them.
"You guys have to be prepared next time. We are in a hurry and have to go to other villages to collect goods. We were not supposed to come here today."
Ye's father and Chen Jianian hurriedly smiled.
Ye Yaodong walked into the sea with his back to them, rolling his eyes fiercely. Who knows when you will come? Are you sure you will come? What if they don't come? It will be troublesome for them to unload and then put it back.
After going back and forth for more than an hour, they finally unloaded all the cargo, even the jellyfish brains and jellyfish blood were taken down by them.
After checking the salt content, they still followed the clumsy method. Two of them lifted the scale to weigh it, adding up the weight again and again.
There was a lot of goods this time, and it took them more than an hour to weigh all the goods.
There were 2,262 kilograms of jellyfish heads, 1,585 kilograms of jellyfish skins, 321 kilograms of jellyfish brains, and 32.6 jins of jellyfish blood, which was really no different from what you get at home.
The jellyfish heads and skins have shrunk significantly after being pickled in salt, and their weight is only 1/3 of what it was before.
After weighing the goods, they started to calculate the price using an abacus.
The abacus made a crackling sound as it was being plucked, and both the father and son were looking forward to it.
"The jellyfish head is 113.1 yuan, the jellyfish skin is 63.4 yuan, the jellyfish brain is 6.42 yuan, and the jellyfish blood is 358.6 yuan. The total is 541.52 yuan. Minus the weight of the salt, it's 520 yuan."
Ye Yaodong smiled widely when he heard that, and his father was also very happy.
I spent a total of a little over 100 yuan, which directly increased fivefold. Unfortunately, because the jellyfish was pickled with salt, it shrunk by 2/3. Otherwise, if it had only shrunk by half, it should have been no problem to increase it by 7 times.
Father Ye couldn't help but feel fortunate that he did not strongly object at the time. This trip was indeed the right one, and he also caught up with the flood season, so he could continue to earn money.
The other three people were also shocked. They heard that he charged one cent, but after the transaction, the price increased five times. Isn't it too much
Dongzi really made a profit!
This time, the money earned is almost as much as the production team earned in a year.
Ye Yaodong habitually gave each of them two more cigarettes and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, comrades, for your hard work. When can we get paid?"
"Just ask your introducer for it in a few days." The person who was weighing the goods removed the blue printed paper under the bill, tore off two sheets of the bottom sheet, and gave one to each of them.
"Okay, now that the goods have been loaded onto the truck, we'll be leaving now."
Chen Jianian said quickly: "I'll go with you and meet some friends."
"Fine."
He looked at Ye Yaodong again, "I'll go to the factory with you and come back later. You should stay in the village tonight, right?"
Ye Yaodong nodded, "Yes, we will rent a house later and stay there tonight."
If someone went to the factory to check it out, they would feel more at ease. As for whether Chen Jianian would run away, he didn't have that worry.
The two orders together only amount to 600 yuan. The flood season will last for another month or two, so they can continue fishing. He will also call his two brothers to come over. Who knows if the commission he will get by then will be more
As for sustainable development, what about next year? And even if the monk runs away, the temple cannot.