As soon as he stepped onto the beach, he saw squid of all sizes stranded everywhere, scattered scattered on the beach.
The surrounding tide is still pushing the dead squid upwards in the sea.
Father Ye said with a face full of joy: "Pick up as much as you can. If you can't finish it, come back tomorrow."
As he said that, he knelt down and picked it up eagerly.
"Hurry up, stop fussing, stop looking around, pick it up quickly."
"I'll just see how many there are around?"
"No need to look...what are you looking at...ah..."
Father Ye's voice suddenly stopped, and Ye Yaodong turned his head to look in confusion, "Oh, shit, are you still alive?"
I saw that his father was unprepared, and his face was sprayed with ink by a dying squid, and then he reached out and wiped his face...
It became even darker.
"I didn't expect that he wasn't completely dead yet."
"Go and wash it in the water." After saying that, he squatted down and started to pick it up.
But before he could pick up a few, he was also sprayed in the face by the squid. Fortunately, he was a little far away and the spray was a little biased, only hitting one cheek.
What was spray-painted white yesterday, and what was spray-painted black today, are white and black.
He didn't care, just left it there and continued to pick it up. Anyway, he would definitely get sprayed later. There were so many squids on the beach.
There is a saying that says: The blood and bile in the belly of a squid are like ink, which can be used to write, and the handwriting will fade over the years.
This means that squid ink can be used for writing, but it will fade over time.
The reason why squid is called "squid" is because some people once used its juice to write things, such as IOUs.
The squid ink will remain for a period of time after writing, but over time, it will oxidize under the action of air, so the words will disappear. In this way, people can default on their debts.
In ancient times, there was a legend called "Hebo's Engagement", which means that people from Jiangdong used its ink to write contracts and defraud others of their money and property.
Ye Yaodong squatted there and moved around, picking up the squid in front of him one by one into the sack. Occasionally, he could also pick up other stranded small fish and conches, and he threw them all into the sack together.
After a while, his face and hands turned black and numb.
He raised his head and glanced at his father who was not far away. His face turned white just now, and the two of them were evenly matched.
He twisted his neck and continued.
Alas, it's a pity that I can't take those children out, so I have to pick them up by myself.
Just when they were feeling sore from picking up the food, a group of seabirds flew over and snatched the food from their mouths.
Most seabirds like to eat fish, squid, crustaceans, molluscs, etc. You can say they eat everything.
Father Ye was heartbroken to see the group of seabirds pecking away at them.
"Hurry up and pick it up. It's just the two of us who can pick it up, and we can't eat it as fast as they eat."
"Damn it! They are everywhere, and they flew over right after the tide went out."
"There is no other way. We can't pick them all anyway, so we can only make them cheaper."
"I'm still thinking of coming here to pick it up tomorrow. If I come tomorrow, I guess there won't be any hair left."
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While Ye Yaodong was cursing, the sun gradually set on the mountain top, and there were more and more seabirds on the beach. The sacks of the two of them had almost been picked up, and they were almost full.
Ye Yaodong rubbed his sore waist and sighed in his heart, all the money he earned was hard-earned money!
Still reduced to trying to snatch food from the mouths of a group of seabirds, Mud.
No, they were robbing him, and he discovered it first.
"Let's go, Dad, it's almost time. The sun has set. It will be dark when we get back."
Just as he finished speaking, moved his neck and twisted his waist, and was about to grab the mouth of the bag of squids, a seabird was so arrogant that he wanted to rush into his bag and grab the squids.
He instinctively raised his hand to hit it, but it quickly dodged it.
"Made, there are some on the beach. They don't want to eat them, and they deliberately come here to steal them."
"What are you talking about? Let's go, go back."
Father Ye picked up a bag and carried it up. Seeing that he was still mumbling and turning his head around, he quickly urged him.
"Oh, here it comes."
He also grasped the mouth of the sack tightly, then put it on his shoulders and walked towards the fishing boat.
The tide was still at low tide. Fortunately, he parked to the side and relatively far away. The fishing boat was not stranded when the tide receded, and he could barely get out.
After carrying the two sacks ashore with dripping water, they immediately poured the squid into the bamboo basket. It would be easier to crush the squid if they were kept pressed, so it was better to pour the squid into the bamboo basket.
"This bag is estimated to weigh 100 kilograms."
Father Ye nodded happily, "It's about the same, more than 30 cents per pound. The price will probably drop due to the flood of squid, but these two bags can be sold for sixty or seventy, plus the two nets hauled before, there are
The goods harvested from longline fishing and those caught by diving should be sold for almost two hundred yuan."
Ye Yaodong was also in a good mood. He hadn't gone to sea for many days. Once he came out, the harvest was good, and he picked up so many squid for nothing.
"Tomorrow we will go to the mountains to cut some firewood, bundle more and throw them into the sea for trapping. We will catch more during the flood season."
"Go back and ask your eldest and second brothers to get some more branches, tie them up and throw them into the sea. Let them catch the squid as well. There will be no shortage of squid in this period of time."
"Well, go back. You can sail the boat and I'll pick it up."
As soon as Father Ye heard this, he knew that he was going to keep the goods again. He frowned and said with distress: "Young master, keep some. Don't keep those valuable sea cucumbers and abalones. Just keep some trash fish to eat."
"I know, I know, hurry up and sail the boat. It's getting dark and I can hardly see your face clearly."
The father and son both had dark faces and had no time to wash themselves. They had been racing against time to snatch the seabirds. After carrying them onto the boat, they followed closely to get on the boat and tidy up.
But it’s not a big problem. As a man, you don’t care much about your image. No one will see you at sea anyway.
And since there was no mirror, both father and son felt their faces were a little wet and wiped them casually a few times without anyone having to laugh at the other.
It is impossible to expect them to wipe each other's faces gently.
Father Ye worriedly warned him a few more times, saying that they only needed to get a few random fish and crabs, which would be enough for a meal. There was no need to leave anything else for them, so he should keep less for himself...
"I got it, go sail the boat quickly, I know what's going on."
Because A Qing gave birth to a baby, his mother had to take care of the confinement meal. During this time, the father, mother and old lady were eating at his place, which saved his mother from running around and firing on both sides.
After driving his father to sail the boat, he held the bucket with his back turned to him, and took the lead in extending his claws towards the squids, one by one on their heads!
There is also enough for today, tomorrow, and two days.
The squid will shrink when cooked, so one is not too much for one person. It is very fragrant when it is braised and eaten.
There are also sea cucumbers. Just leave 4 of them for today. Ah Qing and the old lady can each eat one for two days.
Forget about the rest, just leave some shrimps for the two children to eat, and then add some fish and select some for braise when they land ashore later.
There are some leftover sand worms in the bucket. You can take them back and stir-fry them with leeks, and leave four or five crabs to fry in half.
People at the beach can only eat seafood and stir-fry one or two vegetables, which is enough for a family.
After picking up everything that should be kept in the bucket and going over the menu in his mind, he carried the bucket to the corner with satisfaction.
The sky gradually darkened, and it also became dark after the fishing boat docked.
Mother Ye was waiting on the shore, and she was so anxious to wait. It was already dark before she saw the familiar ship docking.
As soon as she ran to the shore, she almost got a fright, "You...you..."
"Why are you acting like you've seen a ghost? Come up and help."
Ye Yaodong glanced at his father, "Don't you look like a ghost?"
Hearing two familiar voices, Mother Ye breathed a sigh of relief, "Why are you both so black? Have you become pirates?"
"I picked up squid, and I got sprayed on my face, and I didn't have time to clean it up." When Ye Yaodong heard that, he wiped his face, and instantly there were black and yellow streaks...
Mother Ye almost lost her sight, "It's so late at night, I'll scare people to death if I see it. Just take a handkerchief and dip it in some water and wipe it with it."
Father Ye also made the same move and wiped his face, "It doesn't matter if you are so picky. It's already dark anyway. The water is used for cooking, so there's no time to fetch sea water."
Two rough guys, Ye Mu didn't bother to say anything, got on the boat to help.
"Other ships have docked early, how did you get to this point?"
"Didn't you say you were picking up squid? Aren't there several baskets in the corner?"
Only then did Ye Mu notice that he was talking about picking up.
"Picked up? Not caught?"
"No, these squids died after laying eggs and were washed up on the island by the sea water and stranded. It took us half an afternoon to pick up two bags."
"Ah? There's such a good thing," Mother Ye was overjoyed. "It's the squid fishing season. I can still pick it up tomorrow. It's a pity. I have to take care of the confinement at home, otherwise I would follow you to help."
"There may not be one tomorrow. There are a bunch of seabirds hovering around the island. They haven't left yet after we left. They ate more than what we picked up."
"What a pity."
"It's nothing to regret. It's not bad to pick up 200 kilograms. Tomorrow, cut some branches and trap them. It will be faster than picking them up."
"Yes. I see that they brought back some squid from the trawl today. I guess they will start trapping them next."
"Lift it down first," Ye Yaodong urged.
Several purchasing points have been closed. Only Ah Cai's is still open there, mainly to wait for Ye Yaodong's goods.
Ye Yaodong's fishing boat collects all the goods for him. No matter how late it is, he has to wait for the fishing boat to come back and collect the goods before closing the door. It's usually not too late.
When Ah Cai saw their goods being brought over, he couldn't help but said, "Why is it so late? You are the only boat that hasn't come back yet. The other boats have all come back long ago."
"Don't you know that the finale always comes last?" Ye Yaodong replied sarcastically.
"What else is good? Sea cucumber, abalone, small green dragon?"
"Both."
"Okay, you can get it all the way back to the sea. Is there any secret base?"
"Do you think I'm raising it myself?"
"I doubt it too."
Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "Stop talking nonsense and hurry up, my wife is still waiting for my fish to release milk."
"Okay, okay, how much is the fine?"
"Aren't they all 500?"
"You guys have a good relationship with Secretary Chen. I thought you could be a little less generous."
"It's a beautiful thought. Secretary Chen is fair and selfless. Everyone is the same."
"As long as you can give birth, 500 yuan is nothing to you."
"Who said that? 500 yuan is a huge sum of money to me. It almost wiped out my family fortune."
Ah Cai was speechless. Believe it or not, he still had no idea how much money he earned? It was just a lot more!
"How much do squid cost these days?" Ye Yaodong changed the subject.
"3 cents and 6 cents. There have been more squid in the past two days."
"Will the price drop again?"
"It's almost the same. It should drop a few points as the price increases."
"I got it, hurry up and say it."
Ye Yaodong put the goods he kept in the bucket where he had kept the goods before, and gave them to his mother, asking her to take them back first. There were elderly people, children, and pregnant women at home.
Chapter completed!