Chapter 33 Go to the dock to pick goods
After chatting with everyone for a while, it wasn't until almost four o'clock that Ye Yaodong patted his butt and stood up.
"I'm going to the dock to help pick the goods. You handle the seafood. I'll come back after I finish dividing the goods."
A Guang looked at him in surprise, "Are you really sensible?"
"roll!"
He took longer steps and walked faster towards the pier. At this point, the tide on the shore was rising, and the fishing boat should be almost at the pier.
After arriving at the pier, there were already many villagers on the shore. Their families had gone to sea and were waiting for the boat to come back to help pick the goods.
Mother Ye was already waiting at the pier and was satisfied when she saw Ye Yaodong coming.
I just waited for a long time and didn't see him. I thought this brat was deaf to me again. If he listened, it meant he could be saved. He also seemed to be making some progress in the past few days.
Ye Yaodong also saw his mother, walked towards her, and said cheerfully: "Mom, why are you here too?"
"Isn't it that I don't trust you? What if you disobey or forget? Your father and eldest brother don't have anyone to help you?"
"Why don't you believe me?"
"Are you trustworthy?"
The villagers next to him also smiled and said, "A Dong also came out to help today?"
"That's how it should be. If you are busy at home, you should lend a hand if there is any work. Young people should be more diligent and have a bit of foresight."
He responded casually, staring at the boats on the sea. Not many people in his village had boats. Except for a few boats docked on the shore, most of them were sailing out to sea. The one in front of him should be heading back.
Is it his father's boat?
"Dongzi, is that your father's boat?"
"Really? Just wait and see, we will dock in a while."
The speed of the boat slowly slowed down, and they could clearly see the blue paint on the boat's hull, confirming that it was their boat.
Ye Yaodong and Ye Mu hurriedly walked down the stone steps, preparing to receive the goods later.
Father Ye on the boat also saw that his third son came to the dock to help for the first time, but he didn't say anything. After the boat docked, he and Ye Yaopeng moved the goods to them and asked them to carry them ashore first.
The first thing to be lifted off the boat was a basket of swimming crabs, followed by a basket of shrimps, and the rest were only a few kilograms of bulk cargo.
Like the large sword shrimp, which I estimate only weighs two or three kilograms. The small sword shrimp is worthless but weighs more than ten kilograms. There are also two kilograms of squid tubes. The water grain fish comes in large and small sizes and needs to be sorted. It looks like it weighs more than a dozen kilograms.
There are also four or five kilograms of small yellow croakers, and the rest are just some small miscellaneous fish that are not very valuable.
No big items today, but the harvest looks pretty good!
After all the goods were lifted off the boat, Ye's father docked the boat to one side again to free up space on the shore. There would be boats coming in later.
Ye Yaodong and the others moved the goods to the collection point. The swimming crabs were of different sizes and prices, so they needed to pour them out, sort them, and tie the crab legs together with rubber bands.
When Father Ye and Ye Yaopeng were on the boat, they had already tied up most of them in their free time, but there was still a part that was not tied up.
As soon as the swimming crabs were poured out, their legs were shaking and jumping around, looking very lively.
He grabbed a few at random and found that their backs were quite hard, "They are quite fat, and the little ones are also very hard and meaty."
"Recently, the crabs are very fat, and the shrimps are also very fat, and the meat is full, and some of them have red paste."
The three of them quickly tied up the crab legs and divided them into pieces according to size.
Mother Ye and Boss Ye were very surprised when they saw Ye Yaodong's deft movements.
When has he done this job before? He can actually tie it up so cleanly and neatly, and his speed is not slower than them!
"Lao San, you are pretty fast? Can't you tell?"
"Tch~ What's the deal? Just because you haven't seen it, it doesn't mean I don't know how to do it!"
"You are a bastard. You don't even do any work at home, but you go out and help others, right? You act so out of tune every day..."
Listening to his mother's random thoughts, he didn't make any rebuttal. Alas, he should bear it all.
After sorting the crabs, they poured out a small basket of shrimps. The sorting of shrimps is much simpler, just separate the sizes. The same goes for sword shrimps and water grain fish, which need to be sorted by size.
The big ones can be sold for a higher price, but the smaller ones are worthless.
They packed the worthless fish and shrimp in separate buckets, as well as some small conger eels and miscellaneous fish, and took them back to dry the fish.
After all the goods were weighed, Ye's father went over to settle the accounts, and they took the first step to take the fish home.
"Mom, how much can these products sell for today? The total size of crabs is more than 30 kilograms, shrimp shrimps are more than 20 kilograms, shrimps are also several kilograms, and there are other fish products, which look very good."
"Today's delivery is pretty good. The big crabs are 3 cents, the smaller ones are 2 cents. The big shrimps are 3.5 cents, the small ones are 2.6 cents. The more expensive shrimps are 5 cents, plus those 778 cents.
Something worth eight can probably be sold for about thirty yuan, but the diesel fuel fee also costs two yuan, and the machine also costs money, and it is easy to break and needs to be repaired frequently."
“It’s pretty good, you can save a lot in a month!”
Ye Mu glanced at him sideways, "Do you think you can go there every day and gain so much every day? We depend on the weather for our livelihood. How can we be sure about the sea? Yesterday, some of them only sold for more than ten yuan."
"That's better than working odd jobs."
Ye Yaopeng sincerely invited again, "Shall the third child take turns to go to sea together? We must learn from dad to live by the sea."
"Ah? You and my second brother learn first. When you know how to do it, I will learn it again!"
Listening to his excuses, Ye Mu opened her mouth to curse, but she stopped it. This was at the dock, and seeing that he was quite diligent today, she just tolerated it for the time being.
After the family is divided, he will have to be asked to go to sea with him. The money earned now can be put into the public house and used to build a house.
After the family is separated, the eldest son and the second son will go to sea together without sharing their money? The third son will idle around all day long and can only wait to starve to death or wait for them to be old and support themselves. What kind of thing is this?
Other families are raising children to provide for their old age, but they have given birth to an ancestor!
Ye Yaodong didn't know what his mother was saying, so he ran away as soon as he arrived at the door of the house. He just said, "I won't eat at home tonight. Anyway, he helped with all the work that I had to do today."
Mother Ye was helpless, and thought it was normal for the third child to be like this. Today she went to the homestead, went fishing, and helped at the dock. She was so diligent that she didn't even recognize him.
Sister-in-law Ye curled her lips and said, "It looked a little more reliable, but then she ran away again!"
"Let him go. If you can help with things, it's already settled. Pick out a bowl of fish and shrimps and send them to your parents' families. Kill the others. Braise the big ones and dry the small ones.
The same goes for shrimps. Take one bowl and cook it, peel the shells and dry the rest. We won’t be able to survive tomorrow in this kind of weather.”
All three daughters-in-law were married. Lin Xiuqing's natal family was far away, and she had no chance to deliver fish to her family. She could only watch her two sisters-in-law deliver fish back to her natal family, while she stayed to kill the fish.
Mother Ye waited until the two of them were far away, then said to Lin Xiuqing: "Look at when you plan to return to your parents' home, and I will leave some good goods for you to take back in advance."
"Okay, Mom, don't worry, I'll go back after the Mid-Autumn Festival."
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Among the three sons, Mother Ye has always tried her best to keep a bowl of water even.
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Insert price description:
I specifically asked my dad about seafood prices in the 1980s. My grandparents were wholesalers of seafood at that time. My dad was 18 or 19 years old at the time, and he followed my grandparents to the surrounding ports and terminals to buy seafood wholesale.
There won't be much difference.
The only difference is yellow croaker. At that time, yellow croaker was not as valuable as it is now. Wild yellow croaker weighing one or two kilograms only sold for 60 cents per kilogram, my dad said.
At that time, the masters who did the work earned more than 2 yuan a day, while the small laborers who did rough work only earned more than 1 yuan a day. Even at this price, most people at that time were reluctant to buy and eat yellow croaker, and only the rich could afford it.
At that time, seafood cost only a few cents per catty, but most people were reluctant to buy it. After all, the salary was only one or two yuan a day, and the leading fish (tofu fish) only cost 6 cents per catty at that time.
The price of large yellow croaker written at the beginning of the book is actually a bit high, but it is also to set the stage for the plot. Just take a look at it and don't compare it with the price at that time. Only the price of cucumber and fish is falsely high.
This book will also continue to maintain the inflated price of yellow croaker, and I would like to explain this here.
The price of scalp shrimp has also been revised. Next time, I will ask you about the price before writing.
This is a digression. Let me tell you about the actual situation. The prices of other seafood are basically in line with the prices at that time.
None of my family members knew I was writing a novel, and I was very embarrassed, so I had the nerve to ask my dad about it, and now my family members keep asking me about my novel (embarrassing)...
By the way, I would like to ask for some collection and follow-up reading. It would be even better if there are rewards. After all, during the new book period, if it is not on the shelves, there will be no royalties. It is purely for love!
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Chapter completed!