It was estimated that an hour had passed before the three people from Lin Ji left, and Ye's mother and others then anxiously entered the house.
"What are you talking about? Are you really coming to buy our land?"
Father Ye was just finishing a puff of his hookah when he nodded, "I don't know where they found this master, but he said our land has good feng shui and will bring him good luck. He said he has had bad luck in the past two years and wants to change his luck."
"He's not from our village, why would you buy the land?"
"He said he wanted to build a small house. Sometimes when he comes back from sailing and can't make it to the county town in time, he would stop at our dock and rest here."
“Is this man rich?”
"I heard there was a big ship, but I'm not sure about the rest."
Ye Yaodong leaned against the wall and said lazily, "This man is not honest. I guess he is going to the high seas to smuggle. He dare not dock at the big port. This small dock in our village is just convenient for them to unload the goods secretly at night. So when they unload the goods at night, they have to find a place to stay overnight, right?"
"This piece of land is not far from the beach, and there are not many residents around. Isn't that perfect? Maybe they think it has good feng shui!"
In his previous life, he had heard some rumors that Lin Ji's boss made his fortune through smuggling, but he didn't know what he smuggled on the high seas.
In their rural area, villagers prefer to mind their own business. Even if they know something, they will discuss it in private and will not report it on purpose.
Everyone in the room gasped when they heard this. Smuggling on the high seas is illegal. Father Ye was also very surprised. "How did you know?"
"I guessed it. He seemed a bit evasive when he spoke earlier. Well, who cares? Anyway, our family didn't lose anything and even made a profit. Just don't go out and make a fuss."
"How did you negotiate? How did you make a profit?" Ye's mother was feeling anxious, but no one took the initiative to say anything.
Others were also a little anxious, "Yeah, what did you say?"
Father Ye smiled and said, "We have given the homestead we are building to our cousin Zhou Yechi from Linji. The wages and food expenses for the employees during this period will go to him. We will choose another piece of land in the village, and he will pay for the homestead. By the way, he will compensate us with a 6-meter small wooden boat."
Everyone's eyes lit up. Isn't this equivalent to getting a boat for free
"If he doesn't give us some benefits, why should we give him the residential land we are building?" Ye Yaodong said.
"Then Dad, since you sold the land to him, we should also be paid for our work, right?" Mrs. Ye couldn't help asking.
"Yes, you all work together, and you also need to be paid. Let your mother calculate the number of days you have worked and how much you are paid tonight. Also calculate the food expenses. Let's go to the commune to see Secretary Lin tomorrow."
Ye Yaopeng reminded him, "Dad, we have to check the boat tomorrow. We can't give us a broken boat."
"Of course. We have to test the waters anyway."
Mrs. Ye asked happily, "Then where should we choose for our new foundation?"
Father Ye looked at the three brothers and asked, "Where do you want to choose?"
"Choose the piece of land in front of the beach. It's close to the sea, so you'll know when the tide goes out, making it convenient for fishing."
Ye Yaodong would never say anything like "facing the sea with spring flowers blooming" to everyone. If his parents heard it, he would probably be criticized again. How could he face the sea with spring flowers blooming when he is struggling for food every day
Father Ye frowned, "Typhoon..."
"Don't build it too far forward, so it won't be hit by the waves. It's close to the beach, so you can walk less to the pier."
Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua had no objection and it didn't matter where the building was built.
Mrs. Ye Dasao and Mrs. Ye Ersao also thought that what he said made sense. They could see the high and low tides at any time, and they could get to the beach faster than others when the tide went out. All they had to do was build a house where they could not be hit by the waves.
"If you all have no objection, then build that area and measure it tomorrow."
Seeing that there was no objection, Mr. Ye made the final decision.
Also because he had important things to do the next day, Ye's father did not go out to sea at night, and the house owner notified the workers to temporarily stop work at night and resume work after the new residential land was determined.
The small wooden boat is 6 meters long and can carry about 5 tons. It is not too old. If you buy it second-hand, it will cost about 200 yuan.
Father Ye rowed the boat around on the sea and checked to see if there was any problem. Then, to be on the safe side, he asked the old boat-building master in their village to help check again. After confirming that there was no problem, he went to the commune to find Secretary Chen to be a witness and to mark out the new residential land.
Everyone in the Ye family was very happy. It was just a matter of changing their residential land, but they got a boat for free. There was nothing better than this.
After the transaction went smoothly, Secretary Lin repeatedly confirmed with Ye's father that they were doing it voluntarily, and then he simply issued a new certificate and approved the land by the sea. Of course, the money was paid by Lin's cousin Zhou Yechi.
After calculating all the wages, the Ye family no longer cared about the land and planned to notify the workers to dig a hole at the new foundation tomorrow and start work again.
After returning home, Ye Yaodong couldn't help asking, "Dad, what are you going to do with that boat?"
"Hmm? What are you going to do?"
"You have a big ship now, so you can't sail that small boat!"
Father Ye frowned, "What do you want to do?"
"Sell it to me!"
A 6-meter boat is not considered small. He doesn't have the money to buy a bigger one, nor can he afford a new one. It would be nice to just get a second-hand wooden boat like this to drive around for the time being.
It's better than taking turns with his two brothers to go out to sea with his father. It's only a turn every three days, and all the earnings from trawling will be confiscated and used to build houses, so there is no money to share.
He wanted to make money, but he didn't know how to do business, had no capital, and no one believed in him. As a seaside man, it would be a good idea for him to first get a small wooden boat and set up some traps.
You know, fishing boats are the means of survival for people living on the coast, and few people would sell a good boat, unless they were exchanging a small boat for a big one. In that case, the obsolete small boats would be sold to relatives first, and second-hand boats were not easy to buy either. This boat was his chance today.
When this was said, everyone was surprised and asked in unison: "Do you want to buy it?"
"No?"
Father Ye frowned and said, "Why buy your own boat? If you need it, just take it and drive it."
"Then Dad, you have three sons, who are you going to give it to?"
Uh... this question stumped Ye's father.
Mother Ye was more experienced in balancing the family. She changed the subject and asked, "Dongzi, why did you buy that wooden boat?"
"I want to have my own boat, but I can't afford a new one, and I can't buy a second-hand one. It just so happens that there's an extra boat at home, and it's hard to divide it among three brothers, so I want to buy it."
When brothers Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua heard him say that he wanted a boat of his own, they also became eager to do so, as they also wanted one.
Father Ye looked at him with some suspicion, "You want to go fishing by yourself?"
Why didn't he believe it? If the eldest and second child said they wanted a boat of their own, he would definitely believe it, but the third child...
Long criminal record!
Even though he seemed diligent and hardworking recently, he doubted how long this guy could keep it up!