"You can save slowly. How long will it take you to save? It doesn't cost much to buy a small wooden boat. I'll lend it to you first. You can pay me back slowly when you earn money. I also believe in you. I see that you are hardworking. Otherwise, I won't lend money to others."
Apart from a few childhood friends, this was the first time he took the initiative to lend money to help out.
Ye Yaosheng sighed, "I spent a lot of money on medical treatment in the past few years. I have slowly paid back the money in the past two years, and I feel relieved. It is stressful to owe money to others. I can't eat or sleep well at night. I will take it slowly, and my life is not that difficult now."
"Well, forget it. You can do it yourself."
Everyone has different opinions. Maybe he is afraid of owing money, or he may feel that his job is more stable and does not require any capital.
He couldn't put a knife to someone's neck and beg them to accept his kindness.
Ye Yaosheng smiled and said, "If you are like A Guang and want to buy a boat and rent it to someone, I can help you."
"talk later."
The big ship hasn't arrived yet, so hold on to it tightly.
"The way he collects rent seems pretty good. If you have money, you can do the same as him and have more income. But buying a shop doesn't seem as cost-effective as buying a boat. The shop is far away, and you bought two..."
"I've already bought it. It's okay. I'll buy a boat when I have more money."
It's so easy to say...
Ye Yaosheng laughed awkwardly, "Haha, you are really capable. You buy it as soon as you say so."
"I'm just a little luckier. You can be too in the future. Life is made by people..."
The two chatted as they dug, and they felt closer.
It was not until more than ten minutes later that Ye's father stopped the boat and the two of them looked up and found that they had arrived.
Ye Yaodong threw the screwdriver into the bucket and patted his dirty hands. "It's time to get back to work. Close the net..."
"Why don't you move the boat to a corner first? It will be hard to put things in it if you leave it here, and it will be hard to move the basket around."
"Then let's move to the farthest corner there."
"good."
The two of them worked together to move the boat to the corner. When Ye Yaodong passed by, he kicked the fallen debris and shellfish on the deck a few times casually. He didn't even think of sweeping them away with a broom. Anyway, he was wearing rain boots, so he wasn't afraid of getting his feet cut.
Ye Yaosheng turned around, took the broom, and carefully swept the debris into the sea.
Ye Yaodong was leaning against the side of the boat. When he saw the buoy being collected, he just laughed a few times and said to his father who was laying the planks, "Brother Sheng is really hardworking."
"You think everyone is like you, not even trying to help when the broom falls over. You are lucky to have a good wife who takes care of everything for you and you don't have to do anything."
"That's right. I also think I'm lucky. You're lucky too. You don't have to worry about getting old. Good days are still to come."
"Okay, I'm counting on you."
"Okay, if you don't always look down on me, I will fish to support you..."
Father Ye glanced at him and shook his head. "Hurry up and close the internet bar. You've been talking so much that the sky is turning red. The sun is about to come out. If you don't hurry up, you'll probably be busy until dark today."
"Aren't they collecting the nets?" Ye Yaodong still spoke casually, but his hands were fast. As he worked diligently, the nets were turned up one by one.
Father Ye and Ye Yaosheng were at the back, one picking up fish and the other pulling the fishing net hung on the wooden board, waiting for the fishing net on the rolling wheel to be fully turned up so that they could also collect the fish.
"There are quite a lot of stingrays today, but they are all small, no more than two kilograms." Father Ye collected another one and threw it into the basket. The space at his feet was almost full of stingrays.
"It's a little small, but it's okay. It's more expensive than toadfish. If I sell it fresh, you don't have to kill and dry it, and you can make more money."
"The bigger the better. It would be more interesting if there were more big manta rays."
"Dad, you are so thoughtful. Why didn't you say you wanted a whole net of manta rays?"
"That's fine, that's even better!"
Ye Yaodong felt that under his influence, his father seemed to be less rigid
"Then I'll give it to you?"
“I’ll do it then…” It just so happened that he had almost caught all the fish in the net.
Father Ye took the rag with holes hanging next to him and wiped his hands casually. "I'll sort out the fishing nets for you. I'll collect them. Make them tidy and don't mess them up."
Ye Yaodong stepped down and said, "I'll wait for you to catch a net of manta rays."
“Such high requirements…”
"You said it yourself… "
Father Ye muttered twice again, but the wind was too loud and he couldn't hear clearly what he said.
There was a pile of baskets at his feet, two of which were almost full, one containing toadfish and the other containing stingray. Ye Yaodong first asked Ye Yaosheng and the other manta ray to work together to lift the baskets to the side of the cabin to avoid them getting in the way.
Then he took over his father's job, tidied up the fishing net, tied a knot and put it in the corner, then went to the side to open the fish nets that had not been processed yet, and took out all the fish one by one.
When he was collecting the net before, he had already taken a quick look and knew what kind of fish there were. It didn't seem like there was any surprise at all like opening a blind box.
He divided his attention and looked up from time to time to see what his father had collected in the net. He never heard his father show any surprise, so he thought there was probably nothing good.
Father Ye was very calm, collecting one ticket after another.
Ye Yaodong didn't laugh at him. It's not possible to get a net full of manta rays just by looking at the net. Manta rays don't move in groups.
Just as they were all conscientiously collecting the net, Father Ye suddenly took two steps back, "Ah, XX fish!"
The wind was so loud that they couldn't hear what Ye's father said.
Ye Yaodong had been paying attention to his father closing the net. When he saw him take two steps back, he immediately asked with concern, "What's wrong, Dad?"
Everything was fine, why are you moving backwards
Father Ye then turned around and shouted to them, "I saw a stonefish. The sticky net caught a stonefish."
Huh? Stonefish
It's extremely poisonous! No wonder his father took two steps back when he saw it.
"Let me see."
He took the fishing net from his father's hand and scanned it for the fish. At a glance, he saw the ugly fish that was motionless and stuck in the net.
This stonefish is not very impressive in appearance. It is only about 30 cm long and looks very much like a stone. It likes to hide on the seabed or under reefs, disguising itself as an inconspicuous stone.
If someone accidentally steps on it, it will immediately fight back without mercy, emitting deadly poison. The 12 to 14 needle-sharp spines on its back can easily penetrate the sole of the shoe and pierce the sole of the foot, causing the person to be quickly poisoned and in severe pain until death.
He had encountered stonefish before when he was diving in the sea for abalone.
When he discovered it, luckily he saw it move a little, otherwise he would have died immediately if he had stepped on it. If he was not poisoned to death on the spot, he would have been drowned by the sea water.
I didn't expect that a stonefish would be caught in the net today. It is destined to become his nutritious meal.
He smacked his lips. This fish stew was delicious.
At that time, it was difficult to catch it because it was hiding in the water, and I didn't have any suitable tools. I was also afraid of being stung, so I didn't dare to provoke it and just avoided it from a distance.
Now that he had fallen into the trap, of course he accepted it without any hesitation.
Father Ye saw him holding the fishing net. After the rolling wheel finished turning, he dragged the fishing net onto the table and followed him with concern, "Be careful when you untie the fishing net. Don't get stung. This fish is very poisonous. Someone in the brigade was poisoned before. Fortunately, he was sent to the barefoot doctor and was saved."
"I know."
He had eaten this kind of fish before. It was quite valuable in his previous life, costing one or two hundred yuan per pound, and some species cost four or five hundred yuan. He had eaten this kind of fish once thanks to the captain of the ship, but no one dared to eat it now.
There are many fish that no one eats now, but their prices will increase dramatically in the future. This is all thanks to the Chinese people who have an iron stomach and are gluttons. They can eat anything. As long as it tastes good, they will farm it and keep it until the price goes up!
"You continue to collect your nets, and I'll take care of the fish."
"Be careful. We don't know if it's dead or not. First, take a knife and hit it a few more times to kill it first. After it's dead, catch it and throw it into the sea." Father Ye couldn't help but say a few more words. He felt relieved when he saw him honestly go to get the knife.
Little did he know that Ye Yaodong was planning to kill it and take it back to make soup.
Fortunately, he turned around and continued to collect the net without looking at it carefully, otherwise I would have nagged him for a long time and told him to throw it away.
Ye Yaosheng saw it but didn't think much about it, thinking that he was planning to wait for a while until his hands were free before throwing it.
After Ye's father caught another big fish, no one paid attention to the stonefish anymore, and their attention was shifted to the huge creature!
"Oh, it's so big! Dongzi... Dongzi..."
"What's so big?"
Ye Yaodong had not yet finished catching all the fish in his net when he heard his father's excited exclamation. He quickly dropped the net and ran over.
Before he could lie down on the edge of the boat and look down, he saw a large white body slowly rolling up, followed by a large gray spotted back.
Father Ye excitedly pulled him and said, "Fish, manta ray, there really is a huge manta ray!"
"Oh! So big!"
"Yeah, it's bigger than the toilet lid at home!"
Ye Yaodong: “…”
What is this metaphor for
Could it be that because I had seen shipworms before, my mind was directly connected to a toilet
But Ye Yaosheng also ran up with his eyes wide open and said, "It's really bigger than the lid of the toilet at home! It must weigh over a hundred pounds, right?"
Father Ye greeted them happily, "Hurry up and help lift it. This fish is too heavy. Once you have collected the remaining fishing nets, lift it onto the table."
They hurriedly stood on either side of the fishing net, each holding one side.
"I have never seen such a big manta ray in my life. This fish is really big. It must weigh over 100 kilograms..."
"Wrong, this is a black-backed ray, not a manta ray, and the pattern on its back is different."
"Haha, Dongzi knows quite a lot. There's no need to call it that detailed. They are all the same anyway. Don't they all look the same? Like a big fan."
Father Ye also agreed, "Indeed, aren't they all manta rays? They all look the same, and they all have a smiling face."
Well... you said it's about the same, so it's about the same...
It’s pretty much the same anyway…
The shape formed by the nostrils and the mouth-nasal groove under the abdomen looks like a pair of eyes with drooping corners. It is indeed very similar to the smiling face of humans. It looks a bit cute, but the body is too huge!
"Hurry up and lift it to the table..."