Father Ye thought about it and felt that what he said made sense.
"So we don't want to stay in this village today? Let's go get two more buckets of well water and put it on the boat. The flood season seems to be almost over, so don't let anything go wrong."
Father Pei agreed, "I think it's okay. After all, we have lived on a boat before, and it's more comfortable to sleep on a boat."
Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua looked at each other and said, "We have no objection."
"Then we can just fetch a few more buckets of water later. We don't have to move our stuff. We can just find an isolated island with a small beach nearby and put our stuff down. If it rains, we can stay in a guesthouse and just leave one or two people on the boat to watch over it."
"When the goods arrive, they will be taken to the isolated island for processing. Then we will load them into baskets and send them to the town dock. We will have tractors pick up the goods at the town dock. This way we can save ourselves from changing locations every few days, which will annoy people and they won't be able to find the place." Ye Yaodong added.
It's only him who understands. He has spent a lot of money on cigarettes during this period, otherwise who would bother him
He changes places every few days, and who is willing to follow him to collect goods? It is only because he does a good job that people are not happy, but they will also consider that they are outsiders and friends of someone in the factory, so they will be more tolerant.
Everyone nodded at the same time.
"Then let's do this. We don't have to move to the next village. It's more convenient to live on the island. We don't have to keep moving. We can just find a village to stop and get a few buckets of water." After saying this, Father Ye began to look around to see if there was any place to stop.
Over the past month, they have been shuttling back and forth in this sea area and have become very familiar with it. They are also very familiar with the surrounding villages. They have stayed in villages on both the Zhejiang and Fujian borders.
Ye Yaodong's boat is now their lead boat. Ye's father is driving it. They just randomly choose a nearby village to stop the boat. Other boats also docked there, and then several strong laborers went down with buckets to fetch water.
Ye Ersao had no objection to staying on the isolated island alone. Since she was already here, she would do whatever everyone said. This was also for everyone's safety.
They loaded all their supplies onto the boat in the early morning, and headed to the next village while fishing. Now that they had suddenly decided to go to an isolated island, they just had to fetch a few buckets of water from a nearby village.
After putting all the people and things on the isolated island, Brother Ye stayed behind temporarily to help sort things out, while the other three boats continued fishing while there was still half a day left.
It was still the same place, the same sea, but thanks to them and the turtles, the number had decreased dramatically compared to before. It was no longer the crowded and short scene seen at the beginning. Even the number of jellyfish floating on the surrounding sea had decreased a lot.
Everyone saw it and understood that we would not be able to catch them for a few more days, as today is already September 22nd.
But some of them will continue to fish, because no matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still meat and they can still earn a little more.
But when it was time for them to return, a boat suddenly appeared in their sight and sped towards them. Then two boats appeared behind them and turned in their direction. The three boats were moving at a very fast speed.
When they saw it from afar, they slowed down and the three boats gathered together, fearing any accidents.
But I didn’t expect that when I got closer, I found that it was actually an old acquaintance’s boat
"Ah? Comrade Ye Yaodong~" Lv Hongwei shouted excitedly after the boat approached, "It's okay, it's okay..."
The Lu family's ship also discovered that it was Ye Yaodong and his crew's ship, and they were immediately relieved. They quickly slowed down, made a circle, turned the bow, and sailed parallel to them.
The boats behind them slowed down when they saw so many boats coming here. When they saw them chatting from a distance, they retreated.
"It's a relief to meet you again. You are really our benefactors."
"I didn't expect you were still here. We thought you had gone back to your hometown."
"Did your money get stolen? That's why you didn't leave?"
The Lu family members spoke excitedly one by one, and Ye Yaodong was almost unable to answer.
"Yes, when we were leaving, a thief climbed onto our boat, stole our money and ran away. We wasted ten days' work and had to start all over again."
He lied without thinking, and then asked, "Why are you being chased again? There are two boats chasing you this time. Are they from the village next door again?"
"Yes, the fight between the two villages is over, but if we meet at sea, we will be bullied. During this period of time, all the boats are fishing for jellyfish in the surrounding waters. If we don't go out further, the chance of encountering them is too high. Damn it, we will go farther away in a few days..."
Lu Hongwei said this angrily and cursed a few more times.
Then the fourth son of the Lu family continued, "The day after you left, the whole village was talking about you making too much money, attracting jealousy, and being robbed, so you ran away overnight. That Lu Jingshan, everyone said he stole more than 2,000 yuan from you, and the next day he was stopped on the side of the road and beaten so badly that he was sent home with only one breath left. He is still lying in bed and can't get out of bed. Is this true?"
Ye Yaodong was both amused and confused. It turned out that there was such an episode.
"I'm not sure if he stole it. Who knows how many groups of thieves there are? Anyway, my money is gone. We were not on the boat at the time. We only found him when we were loading things on the boat. He also jumped into the water and ran away with his accomplices."
"Shit! He must have stolen it, and it's no wonder he got beaten up. Luckily you left quickly, because there were more and more people gossiping in the village during those days."
“They say that all the jellyfish in the sea have been caught by you outsiders, so the number of jellyfish caught is small. They say that what you catch should belong to everyone, and you should not be allowed to stay here. Some people also say that they will make you hand over the money to the village, and then drive you out…”
"You all look so red-eyed, it's scary. Luckily you ran away quickly. If you had stayed for another two days, you might not have been able to leave. Even though we want to speak up for you, we can't beat the whole village."
After hearing this, Ye Yaodong and his group couldn't help but feel fortunate that they ran fast and that they changed places frequently.
"We just thought we would attract jealousy, so we decided to leave on the spur of the moment. But we didn't expect to be robbed before we left. Anyway, we decided to lose money and avoid disaster! There was a group of people chasing us at the time, but luckily we got on the boat first."
"Alas, it's not easy out there, just like being at sea, there's no peace anywhere. I don't know when it will be peaceful again."
Ye Yaodong also lamented: "Fishermen have a hard life. It is not easy. They risk their lives at sea to earn hard-earned money..."
"Who says it's not true? Live by the mountain and eat by the mountain, live by the sea and eat by the sea. At least I can fill my stomach now."
"We are going back now. Do you want to go back? Should I give you a ride?"
"Where do you live now?"
"I wandered around, staying here for two days, there for two days. I learned my lesson and dared not stay in one place for too long. I planned to go home in a few days."
At this time, Mr. Lu next to him spoke up and said a lot of gibberish.
Lu Hongwei helped translate, "My father said that we only need to send you a short distance, and told you not to get close to the village. At this time, the fishing boats are approaching the shore one after another, so you won't be surrounded."
"He also said that according to his experience, the flood season will end in 10 days. Now the floods have been reduced a lot. If you can go back early, you should go back early. It is not safe to go out."
"Thank you very much, we will be back soon."
There are still good people!
Among the two groups, only Ye Yaodong and Lu Hongwei could communicate in Mandarin, while the others could not speak the language.
After a few words, they started the boat, took the people to a safer sea area, and then turned around and left.
Ye Yaodong walked towards his father who was driving the boat, "Dad, let's work for a few more days and then go back. We've made enough money this month. Jellyfish are getting less and less every day. Without the jellyfish blood, I estimate that we can only sell the two shipments today for a little over 100 yuan, which is more than half of the original price. It will probably be even less in two days."
"Well, okay, let's stop now. It's almost over. We can go back to trawling then. Although we won't make as much as this, at least we'll be in our own waters and safer."
"Then let's go back two or three days before the Mid-Autumn Festival? We can work for three more days and rest for one day before going back."
"good."
After getting off the boat, Ye Yaodong mentioned it to others and planned to go back two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Everyone was so happy that they almost cheered.
Father Pei also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I was just thinking of telling you to go back before the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's just in time for the festival."
"I thought so too. We have to go back to celebrate the festival anyway. The number will be smaller next time and we will be out for a long time."
Mrs. Ye also said happily: "Finally I can go back. This golden nest or silver nest is not as good as my own thatched nest. Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I have to go back to celebrate the festival."
"We can take a day off before going back home. It's a good opportunity for us to go shopping in the town and buy some local specialties for our families."
"Okay, okay..."
Everyone was originally a little tired, but instantly became energetic again. They would be able to go home in three or four days. Everyone was as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. They could drag the jellyfish more skillfully and were full of energy again.
Ye Yaodong smiled and continued, "When we finish work, let's go to the restaurant and treat everyone to a good meal. You haven't been eating well or sleeping well during this period. Thank you for your hard work."
Everyone had a big smile on their face.
"It's as it should be. Who doesn't have a hard time making money?"
"It's okay to work hard if you can earn money. I'm just afraid that I won't earn money after working hard. Now it's good enough."
Father Pei also smiled and said, "When the time comes, we can also bring some seafood to the restaurant. How can people living by the sea eat without seafood? Let's prepare a rich meal and reward everyone. It will be like we are celebrating the festival in advance."
Mrs. Ye also said: "When the time comes, I will catch some oysters, and bring two bowls of snails and other shells..."
"You can also dig some more when you have free time and take them home. There are some on the rocks nearby anyway..."
"What's there to take home? There are plenty of these things on the reefs in our sea area..."
After confirming the time to go back, everyone was very happy, and we talked happily...