Father Ye was also very surprised. "There are still red spots? I didn't expect that there are still red spots here?"
Ye Yaodong picked out the fish and looked at it from time to time, and said happily: "Not bad, not bad. I thought there was nothing good in this net, but I didn't expect there was even a red spot! Perfect job!"
"Let me take a closer look!" Father Ye was also a little impatient.
"In winter, there are pufferfish, and in summer, there are red spotted mullets. This one weighs more than two kilograms, probably close to three kilograms, so it should be able to fetch a good price."
He remembered that before his rebirth, farmed erythroculter cost two to three hundred yuan per kilogram, and wild ones cost over eight hundred yuan!
"Well, this is much smoother than the bass you caught during the typhoon."
"I just said I was lucky, wow ~ Great Red Spot!"
"Put them separately to prevent them from getting damaged. If they don't look good, their sales will be greatly discounted." Father Ye carefully took a small basket to put them in.
"Today's harvest is the most we've harvested in all these days of trawling, except for the yellow croaker. We can sell it for hundreds of yuan."
Father Ye glanced at Ye Yaodong who was showing his delight and said, "Well, you are really lucky. From now on, your elder brother and second brother don't need to come. Just stay at home and help build the house. You can come out with me every day."
"Ah?" His smile froze for a moment, and he wanted to protest, but then he thought that going out to sea, apart from having to get up early, eat poorly and sleep poorly, seemed to be easier than doing physical work such as picking up stones and moving rocks, and the stagnant smile suddenly appeared on his cheek again.
"Okay."
"That's nice of you, but get to work."
"Then you said..."
Father Ye ignored him and fiddled with the last catch. He had an idea in mind. "Except for the big red snapper, this catch is not bad. You sort the things, tie up the crab legs, and pick out the thin and small ones. I'm going back by boat. The sun is setting. Go back early, otherwise the tide will be too shallow and it will be difficult for the boat to dock."
"oh."
Ye Yaodong had no objection. He had been drifting since 2 a.m. and was a little tired, so it would be better for him to go back early.
He sorted out the various seafood and put them in the basket, and then sat down and slowly tied the crabs' legs.
There were not many crabs today. By the time he finished tying them, the boat was not far from the dock, and he could see several returning fishing boats on the sea.
They are all from their village and everyone is very familiar with each other. When they see each other, they can't help but say hello and ask about their harvest.
"Huh? Ye Laosan, why did you bring Dongzi out today?" The person who spoke was his father's friend, Uncle Lin Jingye.
"Shouldn't the three brothers take turns to do the work? If I don't take him to work, what will happen to him? He won't even be able to support his wife and children in the future."
If you do it, you will be scolded! If you don’t do it, you will also be scolded!
This is my own father. Only my own father would scold me for my disappointment.
Hey, after being reborn, doesn’t he work hard besides hanging out with friends
Ye Yaodong said helplessly: "Dad, haven't I been behaving very well and diligently recently? Can't you say something good?"
Uncle Lin also smiled and said, "Yes, Dongzi has been very diligent recently. I heard that he has caught a lot of big fish. We have been fishing all our lives, but we have never caught any rare fish."
"Well, that's all luck. Who can have luck all their life? We country people should be hardworking. Who can guarantee that we can return with a full load every day? There are many unpredictable things at sea, and the risks are higher than on land."
"It is because the risk is high that luck is so important. Otherwise, when going out to sea, some people may have a low harvest, some may have a high harvest, and some may even lose their lives at sea."
This is indeed true, and Ye's father couldn't refute it. Ye Yaodong also agreed and said: "Uncle Lin is right. Luck is very important to us who work in the sea!"
"Yeah, so how much cargo did you guys pull today?"
This question touched Ye's father's heart. He smiled and said, "We caught three nets of stingrays, one net of croakers, and one net of shrimps and crabs..."
Before Father Ye could finish, Uncle Lin said in surprise, "Such a big harvest? Three nets of stingrays? Added together, is it over a hundred kilograms? Tsk tsk tsk tsk... There are also barramundi, shrimps and crabs. You guys have a big harvest today."
"Not only that, we caught 300 to 400 kilograms of rays alone, and we also caught a large red snapper weighing nearly 3 kilograms!"
"What? Red seal?"
"It's a red spot! What's so special about a red seal? Is it worth mentioning it?"
"Ah, red spot? Three pounds? Take it out and let us see? Did you really catch a red spot? How lucky is your family recently? Why do you always encounter good things?"
Uncle Lin stretched his neck and saw Ye Yaodong take out a big red fish with stripes and spots from the foam box. His eyes widened.
"Tian Hong, it really is the Great Red Spot. The Feng Shui of your family has been pretty good lately! Could it really be because of the good Feng Shui of your new house?"
"It's hard to say, it's possible." Father Ye also heard from others yesterday that the feng shui of their new house is good.
"Tsk tsk tsk ~ I made a fortune again today. I have 300 to 400 kilograms of stingray, which can be sold for 60 or 70 yuan, right? This red spot is worth at least 10 yuan, right? There are other seafood..."
"What red spots?"
When the two men were driving the boat to the shore, the sound of their voices attracted the attention of the villagers on the nearby boats. Because the machines on the boat were noisy, they had to shout louder when they spoke. This was like stirring up a hornet's nest, and everyone asked what the red spots were.
Ye Yaodong had already put the fish back into the foam box, not wanting to take it in and out again, "You'll know after we unload it."
If he didn't take it out, Uncle Lin, who had seen the goods, would naturally brag about it for them. Now everyone was even more curious, what kind of luck had the Ye family had recently
After this episode, when they were unloading the cargo, many people gathered at the dock to watch.
When they carried the stingray off the boat, no one thought much of it. But when they carried several baskets in a row, everyone was surprised!
"Ye Lao San, have you exploded online?"
"There are quite a lot of rays! How many hundred kilograms?"
"I heard there's another red spot weighing nearly 3 kilograms!"
"real or fake?"
"Ah, it's really red spots!"
Seeing the basket containing red grouper placed on top of the basket containing miscellaneous fish, everyone gathered around and started discussing how much the fish was worth.
"Everyone, please make way and let us weigh the goods first. We will know how much they are worth after weighing them." Mother Ye was all smiles and very happy. She did not expect to have such a big harvest today.
When Ah Cai saw the red spots, he smiled widely. He had caught some rare fish recently. The youngest son of the owner of the Hongsheng Hotel in the town remembered him and told him to send him any good stuff.
Hongsheng is the largest hotel in their town, and it even has an OK room. Rich people have a lot of fun there. In those days, the crackdown on prostitution here was not very strict, and many rich people and officials in the surrounding towns and cities liked to go there to have fun.
He said with a smile: "This red spot is good stuff, weigh this first!"
Ye Yaodong handed over a cigarette and said, "Let's talk about the price first, Brother Cai!"