"Don't worry, just take a few more days off. I've been so busy these past two days that I haven't had a rest yet."
It was rare that Ye's father did not refute him, did not say that he was lazy, did not give a long speech saying that he should do more while he was young, otherwise he would not be able to do anything when he was old. Instead, he nodded.
"Well, it's okay to rest for two more days. Anyway, as long as it doesn't rain and doesn't affect your collection of dried fish, it's fine."
"Crow's Mouth."
"Uh, pooh, pooh, pooh~" Ye's father immediately reacted and spat twice.
However, I don’t know if it’s because his father’s bad luck is too sharp
The sun did not appear early the next morning. It was cloudy and the clouds were a bit thick. By noon, the sky had become a little dark.
The neighbors nearby were a little afraid that it would rain heavily, and when they saw that the sky was getting dark, they rushed to his house to ask if they could weigh the dried fish immediately.
Of course Ye Yaodong agreed immediately, as he was also afraid that heavy rain would ruin the dried fish.
I had originally planned to weigh all the dried fish they had after lunch.
It just so happened that Ah Zheng went to the city last night and asked him to help transport about 2,000 kilograms of dried fish. After Uncle Zhou's tractor became private, he raised the truck bed with wooden boards in the past few days, so he was able to transport more last night, and most of the space in the house is now empty.
However, he was thinking about whether he should build a bigger warehouse to avoid having his home filled with stuff every time he returned. The whole house would be filled with fishy smell. He even felt that he smelled of fish when he walked, and it was almost as bad as the body odor of foreigners.
Now that we have shops in the city, the dried fish business is pretty stable. We can build a warehouse to store it, and we don’t have to worry about too much to store or rain.
However, when he finished collecting and moving the dried fish in the afternoon and mentioned it to Aqing, Aqing objected, and his father also objected.
"Why build a warehouse? That will cost a lot of money. Can't you deliver more than 2,000 kilograms in one trip? The things my family collected today can be delivered in two or three trips. That store in the city is just right for use as a warehouse, isn't it? Why build one at home? Isn't this a waste of money?"
Lin Xiuqing also nodded, "Dad is right. There is an extra store in the city that cannot be rented out. We can use it to store the goods. It is close and convenient for transportation. There is no need to build one at home. We can collect it and send it directly to the city that night. This store has only been open for half a month. There is no need for us to rush to build a warehouse."
"It's normal that we can't deliver the goods in time because we have to go out to sea. Let's take our time. If no one is available to accompany us, we can just ask Uncle Zhou to deliver the goods to the city."
Ye Yaodong frowned and thought, "Isn't it that I am thinking about emergencies? What if it rains for a few days and I can't send it out..."
"Then there's no point in building an extra warehouse."
"That can also prevent the quantity from being too large to be stored at home, so it can be piled up in the warehouse."
Father Ye said, "Your elder brother and second brother's families can also release it. What's the problem? How can they not release it? If they don't release it, I will go and talk to them. I earn money from you every day, how can they not release you?"
Ah Qing also advised: "We certainly weren't so thorough and anxious at the beginning, but now it seems to be slowly getting on the right track. It's fine as long as we receive it and ship it out on the same day, and we don't have to wait until the evening to ship it."
"We collected it this morning and asked Uncle Zhou to send it away. Uncle Zhou has been delivering it for a few months now and he is familiar with it. We can trust the whole village. If it rains, we can just keep it for a few more days. It's useless to build a warehouse but can't transport it out."
Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt that what they said made sense.
As long as the goods are weighed, they can be transported to the city on the same day. Anyway, the shop cannot be rented out and is being used as a warehouse. If it is rented out, it will still be in time to build another one at home.
If there is bad weather for collecting, there will also be bad weather for transporting, and there will be no time to pile the goods at home.
This is how inexperienced people are. Sometimes they don’t think things through, and a lot of the time they need brainstorming and reminders from people around them.
"Okay, let's do this for now. If it doesn't rain tonight, let Uncle Zhou deliver it once, and then again tomorrow morning. The only ones left are my eldest and second brothers' homes, so I'll have to deliver it once more at most."
Not counting the dried dragon head fish that his family transported away at night, his inventory now has nearly 5,000 kilograms. Uncle Zhou recently used wooden boards to raise the height of the truck, which actually benefited him. He directly transported more than 2,000 kilograms at night, saving him half of the toll and a lot of trouble.
Otherwise, I don’t know how many trips it will take. The transportation is slow and the amount of goods collected is large, so we might really need a warehouse.
It would be great if I could get the contact information of the Da Jiefang someday, so that I could haul away thousands of kilograms of cargo in one trip, which would be much more convenient. However, now only state-owned enterprises can get the Da Jiefang, and there are really not many private enterprises.
From this point of view, Boss Zhou who collects dried fish is quite unusual. He can even have a big Liberation truck specially used to transport goods for him.
Father Ye nodded and said, "There's no rush for your eldest and second brothers' goods. The sky looks gloomy today, and I don't know if it will rain tonight."
You say there's no rush, so there's no rush
The eldest and second sisters-in-law must be feeling like a cat scratching their heads. Who wouldn't feel at ease when the money is in their own pockets? If it's not in their own pockets, it doesn't count.
However, if it rains at night and the waste cannot be transported away, we can only wait until the rain stops.
They were originally still talking in the house, wondering if it would rain at night. Unexpectedly, before they could finish their conversation, the sky suddenly became dark and gloomy, as if it had fallen.
"Hey, why did it suddenly get dark? It's going to rain heavily. I'll go collect the clothes first."
Ye Yaodong also looked at his watch. It was only half past three. If someone didn’t know, they would have thought it was already six or seven o’clock.
At this time, there was another flash of lightning in the sky, and the flash of light made everyone come out.
In an instant, there were several more flashes of lightning, one here and one there, which were very scary. The thunder rumbled like an explosion, ringing in everyone's ears.
"Hey, little one, it's thundering now. It's going to rain heavily soon. I have to go back quickly." Father Ye looked at the sky and hurriedly trotted outside.
Ye Yaodong also hurried back to the house and picked up Ye Xiaoxi, who was crying because of the thunder, and tried to comfort her by saying "oh oh".
Ye Chengyang was outside jumping and dancing excitedly with a group of children from the next-door neighbors.
"It's thundering, it's thundering~it's getting dark~"
"Lightning, thunder and lightning, it's going to rain heavily~ Wow~
"Wahahaha, the power is going to go out~"
I don’t know what’s so exciting about thunder, lightning and power outages
Lin Xiuqing shouted at him, "There's thunder and lightning, why don't you go home? It's going to rain heavily soon."
"Not yet, play for a while~"
Hardly had the words fallen when heavy raindrops began to fall with a crackling sound, accompanied by rumbling sounds. Then the sky became bright and flashes of lightning, like a whip lashing the sky, and it felt as if the sky and the earth were connected.
The children ran and shouted, "It's raining heavily, it's raining heavily~"
Lin Xiuqing grabbed Ye Chengyang's ears as he ran back. "I told you a long time ago. If you had come back earlier, you wouldn't have gotten wet in the rain, right? Where are your ears? You don't even listen to what I say to you."
"Hey, it's okay, I'm not afraid!"
"I have a cold and need an injection. Are you afraid?"
“Don’t be afraid!”
"Hard-mouthed!"
Lin Xiuqing glanced at him, told him not to run out again, and took the collected clothes into the house to fold them.
When the rain gets lighter, she will go and give Ye Chenghu rain boots and an oil-paper umbrella.
Thinking of this, she shouted outside the house, "Adong~"
"What are you doing?" Ye Yaodong hugged Ye Xiaoxi and leaned against the door.
"Why don't you go to school and give Cheng Hu his rain boots and oil-paper umbrella? It's almost time for dinner, so I have to start cooking."
"Okay, I'll go there on my bike and pick him up on the way."
"That's fine, then you can go later. It's not time to get out of school yet."
"Well, where do you put the candles at home? Take them out in advance to prepare them in case there is a power outage..."
"The power is out, Dad." Ye Chengyang ran into the room actively, opened the drawer and looked for the candle. When he found the second half of the candle, he excitedly raised it up and said, "I found it!"
"You are worse than your son. You don't even know where to put the candles. Do you know where to put the shorts?"
Ye Yaodong said honestly: "I don't know!"
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him.
"Hey, didn't you prepare all of these for me and put them next to the bed? It's normal that I don't know where to put them."
His wife takes care of everything, why would he need to know where his underwear is? It would be better if he knew where his home is.
"Go pick up Cheng Hu quickly, we are still talking here."
"Got it," he put Ye Xiaoxi on the bed, and then asked, "Where are the rain boots? Where is the oil-paper umbrella?"
Lin Xiuqing shook her head helplessly, "Yangyang, look after my sister, I'll come."
After she had prepared all the things and handed them to him, Ye Yaodong put them in the basket in front of the bicycle, put on his raincoat, and pushed the bicycle out.
"Slow down, be careful on rainy days."
"knew."
After sending the people away, Lin Xiuqing muttered, "Just like an old nanny, everything must be prepared carefully."
"Mom, I don't need you to prepare anything. I can do everything!"
Lin Xiuqing smiled and flicked his forehead, "You know nothing!"
"Well, I fart..."
Lin Xiuqing: “…”