In the minds of the older generation, if you have a skill you will never starve.
Ye Yaodong also thinks so, but it also depends on one's own interests. What you like is the most important thing. If you don't like something, no matter how good it is, it's useless to force it.
"What if he's not interested? He can come and look after my shop after he finishes his studies and middle school... No way..."
After he said this, he realized that this adolescent boy couldn't be trusted.
It is easy for a person to learn bad things when no one is watching him in the city. The world of vanity is fascinating. The current social environment is too bad. Besides, the Young and Dangerous series will be released in a few years. Don't let his store go bankrupt and hurt yourself.
Father Ye frowned and looked at him, "It's okay to look after the store, why not?"
"Young people have no stable character. I'm afraid that without anyone to supervise him, he will learn bad things. It's not easy to learn good things, but it only takes a minute to learn bad things. And in a bustling and prosperous place like the city, if he learns bad things from bad people, won't I become a sinner for all eternity?"
He also didn't want to harm his child for the rest of his life. At least there were fewer temptations in the countryside. The child had to be older and mentally strong to be less affected.
"That's right. Let's talk about it. His parents haven't planned to get up yet, but you are the first to do so."
"Isn't this my nephew too? Even though he's a little naughty and deserves a beating..."
Father Ye felt very relieved. The palm of his hand is made of flesh, and the back of his hand is also flesh. Of course, he hoped that the family would live in harmony and love each other.
Although Dongzi is lazy and giggling all day long and seems to be out of touch, he loves his younger ones very much, if not as his own sons, and he has nothing to say about the older ones.
It would be better if you could change your temper and be more stable.
He couldn't say anything nice, so he changed the subject naturally. "Well, stop talking. After this net is cast, it's time to lower the buoy. Change the position and cast the net. I'll go drive the boat."
"Wait until I finish setting up this network before opening it again."
At this moment, a fish suddenly jumped out of the water and hit the hull. Before he could see it clearly, it fell into the water again in an instant.
He was almost scared because he was caught off guard, thinking it was something. By the time he reacted and tried to grab it, the fish that fell into the water had already dived and disappeared.
"It's gone so soon?"
But after thinking about it, he turned around and looked for the hand-held net.
Father Ye was waiting for him to lower the sticky net and float, but he saw that he didn't lower the float for a long time and even ran into the cabin, which made him puzzled.
"What are you doing? Hurry up, don't delay anything." Ye's father shouted.
"knew."
He walked to the side of the boat with the hand net and casually put it down, intending to keep it for use. However, at this moment, a fish suddenly jumped up from the sea and hit him directly in the chest.
Chest
He felt a slight pain in his chest, and instinctively raised his hand to grab the fish, just in time to hold it in his arms. He looked down and saw...
"Damn, you're so stupid. No wonder you threw yourself into my arms. Wasn't it you just now?"
Ye Yaodong was pleasantly surprised. He grabbed the fish head and muttered a few words. In fact, he should have thought that only this fish would stupidly come to his door on its own.
Father Ye was waiting for him to lower the buoy before starting the boat, but before he lowered the buoy, he saw him catch a fish and walked over in surprise.
"How did you catch it? I didn't even see what you were doing, and a fish suddenly appeared in your hand."
Ye Yaodong also found it funny. "This fish jumped into my arms by itself, and I hugged it. Just now, a fish jumped up and hit the hull, but fell back down. That's why I said I would go back to the boat to get the hand net. I don't know if it was this one."
"Oh, no wonder a fish suddenly appeared in your hand. Put it in the bucket quickly and lower the buoy. Hurry up and lower the nets before dark. The wind is strong at night and it gets dark early. Go back early."
“Got it,” he said, still holding the fish tightly in his hand, smiling, “In other places, ducks know first when the river water warms in spring, but here, fish know first when the sea water warms. You’re out of luck. It’s your turn tonight. Hot and sour fish soup!”
He held the motionless fish and threw it towards the bucket in a parabola, and threw it into the bucket with a sound of winter, then continued to lower his float.
After lowering the buoy, Ye's father drove forward for a while before asking him to cast the net again.
There have been intermittent rainy days and strong winds and waves during this period, and the only good weather for going out to sea is the days before the New Year. Therefore, the loss of these sticky nets is not serious.
The father and son also cherished the nets very much. They sorted them out immediately after collecting them, and washed and dried them every few days. They still kept 42 out of the 50 nets. Five or six of them were scrapped because the wind was too strong and the nets got entangled with the rolling wheels. They had to be cut and torn.
The father and son cooperated with each other in setting the nets, and their efficiency was quite high. Although they went out to sea very late, they finished quickly, and all 42 nets were set down before it got dark. When the fishing boat docked, it was just getting dark.
They just happened to meet Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, who had just docked. They had gone out to sea to trawle at night, and had left some time to set down more than 20 sticky nets, so they were delayed until now.
The father and son did not trawl the net today, and there was nothing much to do, so they went to the next boat to help them pick and move the goods, then they carried the buckets onto the cart together and pushed the cart back.
Clearly he brought out the buckets and baskets out of habit in case he needed to load fish. Unexpectedly, even though he didn't drag the net today, he still managed to load two buckets of fish.
In addition to the stupid fish that hit his arms when he was casting the net, several black mullets suddenly jumped on the sea surface when he was casting the net later, and they were covered tightly by the sticky net he cast.
The net was only halfway lowered when he pulled it up again, taking down a dozen black mullets weighing one or two kilograms that were caught in the net.
Father Ye couldn't help laughing at that time. The idiom "walking into a trap" immediately popped up in his uneducated mind, and it was very vivid.
Ye Yaodong didn't need to share the dozen fish in two buckets. His elder and second brothers went out to trawl, and they had plenty of fish of their own. He planned to keep these fish for home. In addition to braising them and making fish fillet soup, he would also use the rest to pickle a basin of salted fish for a change of taste.
Ever since we had a large quantity of dried fish at home, we have to have a bowl of it every day, either steamed or fried. We’ve had enough of it.
As they walked, Ye's father also talked to Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua about asking their wives to go out to sea to dig for shells.
Both of them's eyes lit up and they were pleasantly surprised. This way they could earn more money, which was of course good.
Ye Yaopeng couldn't wait to ask: "Dongzi, are you sure you want to collect the dried ones to sell? If so, I'll ask your sister-in-law to go dig at night. One person can dig back ten sacks in a whole day."
"Yes, if you don't want it, Dad wouldn't have told you, and it would save you the trouble. If you want to eat, when will there be some? If the two sisters-in-law are not afraid of hard work, go dig it, dry it in the sun and sell it to me."
Who knows, they might even get some unexpected surprises and pick up some good stuff when the tide goes out. The resources on the island are still quite abundant, which is much better than sitting at home and weaving nets.
Ye Yaohua also smiled, with several wrinkles appearing at the corners of his eyes. "As long as I can make money, what's the hardship? No matter how hard it is, can it be harder than working hard in the brigade a few years ago to earn work points?"
"That's right. Digging for shells on the island isn't considered strenuous work. They can definitely do it."
"Okay, but you just have to be careful. This is just like dried fish. I'll take as many as you can get. I'll set the price based on the situation. Anyway, I won't let you suffer a loss. We are all brothers."
"Okay, just do whatever you want." Ye Yaopeng stood aside, rubbing his hands back and forth happily.
Ye Yaohua was also very happy pushing the cart as his family had an extra source of income.
When they went back and told their wives about it, they were all very happy and willing to do so. How much money could they earn by weaving webs at home
Although the shells are heavier and there are many types, and the meat inside is of different sizes, if you dig up a thousand pounds or so, you should be able to dry out at least 20 to 30 pounds a day. Isn't that better than weaving a net
What will happen to the children after they leave? They go to school on a daily basis and have to go home for lunch and dinner.
Ye Yaodong never expected that he just casually mentioned that he could generate income for his elder and second brothers' families and it would be a win-win situation for both of them, but he almost ruined his wife.
Just as the family was sitting together for dinner, Mrs. Ye Da and Mrs. Ye Er came and knocked on the door.
"You haven't finished eating yet?"
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "Not yet. I've been waiting for my parents to come over for a while."
"Thank you for your hard work. Our father and mother eat with you, and you do more work than us." Mrs. Ye greeted everyone with a smile and was a little talkative.
"It's nothing, just two more pairs of spoons and two more bowls to wash. Have you eaten? What's the matter? There are no extra stools in this room, but you can sit on the chairs or in front of the stove. There's hot water in the pot, so you can sit there and warm yourself up."
"Okay, we'll just stand here. We just wanted to come over and ask you a favor." Ye Ersao said frankly, but she was also a little embarrassed. She looked at her with an awkward smile on her face, waiting for her to ask questions.
"What's up?"
Lin Xiuqing had just sat back down at the dining table when she heard this. She quickly turned around and looked at them in confusion.
She said that they would never come here for no reason, and she thought of this when she opened the door.
The others also looked up at the two of them curiously.
Mrs. Ye smiled apologetically, "It's like this, Dongzi and his brother suggested that we go out to sea with them, collect some shells, dry them and sell them to him. Your second sister-in-law and I were also very tempted, but we were worried that no one would take care of the children at home..."
She glanced at Ye Ersao, indicating that she should finish the rest of her words.
Ye Ersao lived up to everyone's expectations and took over the conversation.
"Yes, I'm just worried that no one is looking after the children at home. They are still in school. I want you to help prepare lunch for them when we get home from school. As for dinner, we can prepare it later. It doesn't matter if it's a little later..."