Even Pei's father looked at the water below in disbelief, "No wonder there are so many jellyfish around, it turns out it's because of the underwater terrain."
"It should be. If there are so many every year, it must be due to the terrain. I don't know how long this trench has existed. I heard that it was formed by an earthquake or something."
"Who cares? Let's hurry up and get what we want. We'll be here to collect the catch at nine o'clock. Hurry up and get them. We've already caught dozens of them."
"Oh, well..."
Ye Yaodong added: "When we have caught enough, we can each drag one net back to save some time and process it directly on the shore in the afternoon."
"That's good..."
Under the glow of the scorching sun, golden rays of light appeared on the sea surface, and the blue waves were dyed golden, as if inlaid with a layer of bright gold edge, sparkling and rising and falling from time to time.
Pieces of jellyfish were floating up and down with the surge of the sea water. Everyone was busy working and sweating profusely, and they didn't feel bored chatting with each other.
"There seem to be several sea turtles underneath. I just saw several of them biting jellyfish."
"I saw it too. The biting, pulling and slurping were more skillful than me eating noodles..." Ye Yaopeng couldn't help but complain.
"What a pity, such a big jellyfish went into their mouths. That's all money. I don't know how many pounds they eat a day. It would be great if they gave them all to us..."
Father Ye couldn't help but ask, "Can you catch them all? Turtles eat jellyfish, so you can't give them any food? Unless you catch all the turtles at the bottom, another group of turtles just fell into the jellyfish group."
"Ah? A group of them? No wonder I kept seeing turtles from time to time."
"Then it must have all gone into their stomachs, right?"
"How much of this will it take to eat? What a pity! Don't waste it all..."
Father Ye couldn't help but slap his thigh in regret, "Oh, what a pity. If I had known earlier, I would have caught the turtle. It's been under here day and night, so the jellyfish on the sea surface will be easy for them to eat. I guess what we caught is not as much as what it eats."
"Alright, alright, hurry up and catch them! How can we keep eating them day and night? There are fish all over the sea around here. Hurry up and catch as many as possible while they are floating up early in the morning. By noon, when the sun is high, most of them will sink into the water."
"Hurry up and fish it out, hurry up and fish it out..."
Father Pei couldn't help but feel sorry, "If I had known earlier, I would have hired two more workers. I thought three would be enough."
"Who could have thought of that? It's not easy to shout. It's far away, but it's not close either, and it doesn't take long." Ye's father agreed.
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Three boats were scattered around, and everyone was sweating profusely until they were exhausted. It was almost eight o'clock, and Ye Yaodong called on everyone to take a break.
"Stop fishing. It's almost 8 o'clock. Let's take a break and then put the net down and haul it back as we go."
"You're going back now? I wish I had eight hands."
"You're going to be exhausted with two hands, how can you survive with eight hands?" Ye Yaodong said with a smile, "Okay, you have to be moderate, otherwise you'll overdo it and your body won't be able to handle it. I'll pull it back later, unload it and sell it, and then I'll come out again."
The three of them quickly agreed, pulled up what they had on hand, and sat aside. Each of them drank three large buckets of tea and gasped for breath.
"This sea is like the sky turned upside down. It's quite beautiful."
"The main thing is that the water is clear and blue, which makes it beautiful."
Father Ye also stood by with his hands on his hips, breathing heavily. Seeing the two boats next door still fishing, he shouted to them, "Okay, it's time. Get ready to cast the nets and drag the nets back."
Ye Yaopeng wiped his sweat and said regretfully: "I'm late. If I had known, I would have followed closely in front."
Ye Yaohua couldn't help but complain, "You knew too much... You knew everything..."
Ye Yaopeng turned around and glared at him, "Who could have predicted this?"
"Alright, alright, let's take a break and get back to work, what are you arguing about?"
With the words spoken by Ye's father, the two brothers just quarreled for a few words and then stopped talking.
Everyone wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to cast their nets and catch some fish on the way back, so they didn't even have time to rest and hurried to get out the fishing nets and organize them.
The people on Ye Yaodong's boat had already prepared the fishing nets, so they just needed to start the boat and release the nets, so they went ahead.
As the boat slowly started to move, the fishing nets were lowered into the sea bit by bit, and the others quickly picked up their knives and processed the jellyfish they had just caught.
They were all very brave. There were so many jellyfish floating on the sea, some big and some small, and they all went for the big ones.
The fish that were fished out weighed no less than 50 kilograms each, and the umbrellas on them were as big as small round tables.
Ye Yaodong caught one and turned the umbrella over. They were all still alive. "Be careful when you catch them. Don't get stung. Although you are wearing gloves, you are all shirtless. Don't get stung on your arms. The whole Lu family went to get IV drips yesterday."
"We have dealt with this many times before. We will be careful."
Father Ye was driving the boat there. He first let the fishing boat circle along the edge of the island. Feeling that the speed of the boat was slowing down, he increased the speed a little bit and then drove towards the village at a constant speed.
The two boats behind them haven’t started casting their nets yet, but that’s okay, because their boats will dock first, so when the harvesters come, they can collect theirs first.
When we arrived at the coast, many fishing boats were rowing towards the shore one after another, each returning with a full load, and the fishermen all had smiles of joy at the harvest on their faces.
I heard that after the production team was disbanded, everyone in their village made a lot of money during last year's jellyfish fishing season.
Ye Yaodong and his team also seized the opportunity to divide the enemies, thinking it would be best if they could take them all in one go.
But when their fishing boat docked on the sea, the shore suddenly became chaotic and people on the surrounding boats hurriedly got off the boats and waded towards the shore.
The young men on the small boats and bamboo rafts that were originally unloading cargo on the shore also hurriedly ran forward with the bamboo poles used to support the boats.
When Father Ye discovered this, he immediately shouted, "Look, is there any accident on the shore?"
The four of them were originally lowering their heads in a hurry to divide the food, but after hearing this, they all stood up and looked into the distance.
"What's wrong?"
"Hey, are they fighting again?"
"There are quite a few of them..."
"Did the people from the neighboring village come here to seek revenge? They were caught off guard yesterday and they didn't want to accept it, so they called people over again today?"
"may be."
"Tsk tsk tsk ~ Isn't it better to just quietly make money? Fighting is such a waste of time!"
"People fight over a breath, Buddhas fight over a stick of incense. The conflict between the two villages cannot be settled. This fight cannot be postponed. When the anger rises, just roll up your sleeves and do it. Who knows, after a night, the anger will rise even more."
Father Ye listened to their discussion and said, "We will divide it up on the beach later, and we can bring the jellyfish blood ashore after they finish hunting it."
"Well, when Chen Jianian comes over later, just ask him to call the people to the beach to collect them. Don't look at it anymore, there is a net of jellyfish in the back, and we have to drag them to the beach one by one."
"Work, work..."
Although we said we shouldn’t look at it anymore, everyone’s attention was still focused on the shore from time to time.
Although it was a bit far away, you could still see the beach. The makeshift sheds built by the women had been dismantled, and the long wooden board on top that was specially used to separate the jellyfish had also been lifted up, with the jellyfish scattered everywhere.
The young and middle-aged men were pushing and pulling there, and the women were standing aside in fear.
Boats kept docking on the beach, and more and more people joined in. Even Chen Jianian, who had calculated the time to come, was caught in the crossfire.
He ran halfway before he put on his lost shoe and patted the footprints on his butt behind him.
"Oh my god, I was just passing by and got kicked several times. Luckily I ran fast, otherwise I would have been left behind. These people are so impulsive. They didn't even finish the fight yesterday and they continued today."
He searched his pockets again. "Fortunately the money didn't fall out. I was so afraid that it would have fallen out that I would have held it tightly in my trouser pocket with one hand."
When Ye Yaodong saw him take out a handful of big unity coins, his eyes lit up.
Father Ye was also excited, "Did you get the money?"
Chen Jianian also smiled and said, "Yes, I couldn't wait this morning, so I went to settle the bill. My friend scolded me and told me to settle the bill in the afternoon and not in the morning, otherwise he wouldn't give it to me."
Ye Yaodong also said happily: "That's right, businessmen hate it most when someone comes to ask for money in the morning. Next time, go in the afternoon."
"Haha, I'm just afraid that you can't wait. I'll definitely pocket the first sum of money sooner rather than later, so you can rest assured. Otherwise, what if you think I ran away?"
"No, no, I still have some trust."
"Come here, here's the money. Count it and see if the quantity is correct. The invoice is also here."
He stuffed the money into Ye Yaodong's hand, took out a few bills, picked one and put it on the top and showed it to them.
"This is the 520 yuan sold on the first day plus 77.44 yuan. I took 5 points, and there is 567.56 yuan left."
Just now, the boats of Ye Yaopeng, Ye Yaohua and Pei's father also docked one after another. Seeing Chen Jianian taking out a lot of money to give to Ye Yaodong, they all excitedly surrounded him.
"Dongzi, did you get the money?"
"Is this the money from the first day's sales? That's a lot. Can I get it so soon?"
Chen Jianian smiled and said, "We are acquaintances. I was afraid that you would be anxious, so I went to get it the next day. I was scolded when I went there early in the morning, but it's okay. As long as I can get the money, it's good. You can calculate and see if the amount is correct. If not, we can calculate it again."
Ye Yaodong glanced at the manifest and pretended not to care: "What's right or wrong? It must be right. You are definitely better at math than me. How could you have calculated it wrong? Thank you very much. You've had a lot of trouble running back and forth."
"What do you mean by hard work? I am also making money. Without you, I would not be able to make this much money. You count first and see if you have counted correctly. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. We must settle this account clearly."
"OK."