Chapter 32 Want to borrow a boat
The sun was still very hot at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, so Ye Yaodong tried his best to walk in shaded places. Fortunately, Aguang's house was in the back hill, and his house was surrounded by trees, so it was quite cool.
When he passed by, they were still playing cards under the tree at the door, and only Aguang was lying on an armchair to enjoy the cool air.
"Why are you lying alone and not playing together?"
"You're so unlucky today, why are you still playing? If you don't play, save some money. What's wrong with you these two days? Why don't you play anymore?"
"I don't have any money. It's very humiliating to reach out to my wife and ask for money all day long."
"That's true, but doesn't your family have a boat now? You can go to sea with your father and share some money, so that you don't have to ask for it from your wife."
He thought about it too, but when he thought about what it would be like to be exhausted and submerged in the middle of the sea, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked, his heartbeat quickened, and he thought about taking it slow first.
He casually made it up: "I have never been to the sea, so I am afraid of seasickness. If I go out and get seasick, my father will ask me to send him back. Isn't that asking for a beating? If there is a small boat, I can go to the surrounding islands.
Turn it around, just give it a try."
"This is not easy. My brother-in-law accidentally broke his hand a few days ago. He has been unable to sail out recently. I will ask him to borrow a boat tomorrow. We will buy our own diesel. I will take you out to sea and explore the nearby waters.
lock up."
Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up, "You can have this. Let's go to the isolated island and swim in the sea!"
"Ha~ You seem to be a little keen on Taohai lately!" Aguang looked at him with a chuckle.
"Of course, I've been so lucky these past two days. Yesterday I went to catch two blue crabs, and today I actually found a tiger stripe and a nest of snow clams. I tasted the sweetness, so I have to strike while the iron is hot."
"That's true. If I were as lucky as you, I would go there every day. It's no better than going to the Yujing Wharf to work odd jobs. Working at the wharf only costs more than 1 yuan a day, not even two yuan."
Yujing Wharf is a large wharf near the sea in Shanhai Town. Big ships dock at Yujing Wharf. Many people in their village go to Yujing Wharf to do odd jobs and move goods.
Their town is located relatively close to the bay and strait. In addition to fishing boats, there are also many transport cargo ships. Therefore, their town also has many Taiwanese shops.
In this era, their town is more famous and lively than the county town. Many outsiders only know their town but not their county.
When their friends go out to play every day, they usually go to the town, not the county town.
He put his hands in his pockets, put one foot against the tree trunk, and leaned there, "This sea fishing is just a matter of luck, and you can't go there every day. Why don't you ask first if you can borrow a boat?"
"Let me ask you tomorrow morning. After saying hello, I will go directly to buy diesel to sail the boat. It is so hot now that I am too lazy to leave. I have to drink at night."
"Okay, then let me know when you borrow the boat. It will happen to be a high tide tomorrow morning. If there is no wind or waves tomorrow morning, it will be a good time to go to the isolated island."
"Okay, let's follow you and I'll see if I can change the situation?"
Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "Maybe it would be more effective for you to change your name. When will your father come back?"
"I don't know. He's only been gone for a month, and I'm not sure how many more months it will take for him to come back."
Although the "Regulations on the Protection of Aquatic Resources Breeding" promulgated in February 1979 included provisions on closed fishing periods, the closed fishing periods for various fish species and different customized fishing gear were promulgated, which did not restrict the vessels in their waters at all.
There are no daily fishery inspections, so they go to sea as usual.
It was not until the marine mid-season fishing moratorium system was fully implemented in 1995 that they implemented a fishing moratorium in accordance with the regulations.
Their regulations are that the fishing moratorium is from May 1st to July 31st every year, and the sea ban opens on August 1st!
But, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Their boats secretly go out to sea to catch fish. Even if they are caught by the fishery administration, they just dump the seafood back into the sea. They can afford the loss. After all, the fishery administration
It’s not like we go on patrol at sea every day.
In this day and age, you can still fish at will in their waters. Once the big ships go to sea, they will not come back within a few months.
"Then just wait until your father comes back."
"Hey, if you have two more days of leisure, I will go to Yujing Wharf to find some work in a few days. If you don't go to work, you will be out of money. It's better for you to have a good life and have a hard-working wife. I will still marry you."
Can’t get enough of my wife.”
"If you have money, are you afraid that you won't be able to marry a wife? Just gamble less and work harder to make money. If you have a wife, you can't rely on her to support you for the rest of your life. That would be useless."
A Guang put his hands behind his head and looked at him with a chuckle, "Why do you feel like you've been so diligent these past two days?"
"Seeing that my wife can't make a dollar a day, my conscience has found out. Moreover, my family will be separated after building a house, and I have to start supporting the family. I used to have a big tree to enjoy the shade, but I won't have this kind of treatment in the future.
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"That's right. We are separated. If you don't work harder, life won't be so easy. Do you want to go to the dock to find work together?"
I don't know where he grabbed a straw from, put it in his mouth and bit it, "I'm scaring my family, they're going to ask Taoist priests to take me in."
This is the truth!
"That's true. We all have odd jobs, but you have always been the 'third young master of the Ye family'!"
"Stop laughing at me. Do you have any cigarettes? Give me one. I haven't smoked in two days and my mouth is itchy!"
"Have you gotten to this point? Didn't you sell them for just over ten yuan in the past two days?"
"Leave it to my wife, I'm a good man!"
Aguang rolled his eyes, who doesn’t know who?
Ye Yaodong took a puff of cigarette before he felt comfortable. In fact, he wanted to quit smoking in the past two days, but found it a bit difficult. He had been addicted to smoking for decades, so he thought it was better not to embarrass himself. Anyway, being a good man has nothing to do with whether he smokes or not.
"Hey, tomorrow Aguang asked to borrow a boat to take us out to sea. Do you want to go?"
The four people who were playing cards turned to look at them.
"What's going to get better? You haven't seen enough of the sea since you were a kid?"
"Didn't you get enough sunshine today? Do you still want to sail out to get some sunshine?"
"Okay, why do you still need to borrow a boat?"
The fat man still refused to go, "Don't ask me for things like sunbathing or overeating. I can drink and play cards!"
Ye Yaodong said angrily: "You are so fat, you are lazier than me. There will be a tide tomorrow, so I will go to the isolated island to see if I can find some good things. Those uninhabited islands are not touched by anyone all year round, not to mention seafood and rocks."
The shellfish must be huge and plentiful.”
Ah Wei said curiously: "You haven't been there yet, and you know about it?"
"Just say whether you want to go or not!"
This is his experience, can it be fake? I'm not sure about seafood, there will definitely be many snails and shellfish.
"Whether we can borrow a boat is still a question. I'll see about it tomorrow. If we can borrow it, let's go together. We all have company, otherwise I won't be free in a few days." A Guang said seriously.
"Okay, let's go together."
The four people playing cards except Fatty, Xiaoxiao and Ah Zheng all played. Ah Wei said he didn't want to go. He didn't receive many goods yesterday and he didn't want to join in the fun.
Chapter completed!