Lin Xiuqing kept paying attention to the pot. When she saw that the lid of the pot was pushed up by the boiling foam, she knew that it was ready to be cooked again.
She left everyone chatting and went to catch shrimps with a bamboo disc. Ye Yaodong also helped.
The people who were sitting and chatting did not watch, but after the two pots were poured on the newly erected bamboo poles to dry, everyone looked at their yard. There was not much open space. They stood there chatting and just
They would take up space, so they went back to the house one after another.
Sister-in-law Ye was always reluctant to leave, for fear of delaying her bragging and showing off. After seeing everyone leave, she pinched the money in her pocket and took Brother Ye home with a smile on her face.
The courtyard had just returned to quiet. They were the only family members. Their two sons had long since disappeared. The old lady kept looking at Ye Xiaoxi from front to back, so as not to let her run around when it got dark, and also to be afraid of her inside and outside the house.
He was running around wildly, and the two pots inside and outside were still burning.
Lin Xiuqing and others left before asking: "Do you think they will also join forces to book a big ship?"
"I don't know. It's possible. It doesn't have much to do with us anyway. Just decide if you want. With a few more boats, we will make money and the village will be more lively."
"Yes, everyone has made money, and our village is richer. How much did you spend on these small fish and shrimps? My second sister-in-law asked me earlier, but my second brother didn't tell me."
"Ten dollars."
"Ten yuan is all inclusive? That's pretty cheap. No wonder the second brother didn't tell me. He was probably afraid that the second sister-in-law would gossip in front of so many people."
Ye Yaodong nodded, "To say more is not too much, but to say less is not too much. Calculated at 2,500 kilograms, one kilogram is 4 cents. They are groceries that no one wants. I mean, it is a little extra subsidy.
The gas money, it’s just a convenience anyway, and it’s a waste if it’s thrown back into the sea.”
The key is that he and A Guang are both bad guys together. They have completely taken the initiative but they didn't ask for it in vain. Ten yuan is enough to show their appreciation.
"It's a pity. I heard that these are only for one day. They were picked up and the other useless goods were thrown back into the sea. It would be great if I could collect all the goods every day and bring them back."
"Don't think about it. It's impossible. The fish warehouse can't be used to store these worthless things that no one wants and will only take up space. If they are left on the deck to dry for a day, they will stink and hinder the boatmen's work. It can only
Every time I come back, I bring back what I had that day.”
"I just feel it's a pity, just saying it casually."
She also knows that it is unrealistic. Fishing boats don’t even know how much fuel they consume when going back and forth.
The second sister-in-law said before that they are not even willing to sell goods on the shore. They know that it is cheaper to ship fresh goods, but there is nothing they can do because they are afraid of delaying time and consuming fuel.
These are just small miscellaneous fish.
"There are so many and the quantity is about the same. After we dry out this batch, Uncle Pei will bring another ship back in just a few days, and we can start working again, seamlessly."
Lin Xiuqing also smiled and nodded, "Well, come over and carry the two baskets to the stove together."
Ye Yaodong also stood up and followed her to carry the shrimps.
At this moment, another human head appeared on the wall, moving up and down, and it was still calling Brother Dong, which almost scared the couple.
"Holy shit, can you be a human being? You're jumping around with your head on the wall every day, and you're calling me mean things. It scares people to death, especially this late at night."
The people outside the wall immediately turned to the gate and jumped into the yard one after another. The dogs barked and climbed onto their legs, but Ye Yaodong helped them retreat.
"Brother Dong, we are here again."
Ye Yaodong looked at them with disgust, "Next time, go directly to the main entrance and don't jump around the corners."
"The main reason was that there were people in the yard before. We were afraid of causing trouble for you, so we left after hearing some noise at the corner of the wall."
"It's okay, just come here openly next time."
"Don't you have to be afraid of being seen by the villagers?"
Wang Guangliang asked curiously. Before, he was worried that the village would associate them with the group that beat people and be exposed. But now he is not afraid?
"Well, so many days have passed. Anyway, I have sworn an oath. Everyone knows it was not me. It doesn't matter if you show up again. No matter how much they argue, they still have the oath they swore before."
What's more, the two families are now quarreling fiercely because the nails buried by the two families have harmed the neighbor and her mother-in-law. Their wounds have worsened and they have been sent to the hospital in the past two days. Who has time to take care of them?
"That's good, that's good. Then next time we will go through the front door openly."
"Then bring in the firewood..."
"Yes, yes, bring in the firewood..."
Ye Yaodong was happy, "Have you chopped firewood again and brought it over?"
"Yeah, little Stutter went back and said that you were going to dry shrimps in the evening and needed a lot of firewood. He asked us to go to the mountains to cut them. We hurried there as soon as we finished eating and picked up another cart before dark."
"Brother Dong, do you want to fetch some more water? You have quite a lot of shrimps, more than a dozen baskets, and they will have to be cooked until midnight."
"Okay, then you can put down the firewood and go get some water."
They were so happy that they immediately moved down the firewood, then took the buckets and pushed the cart to fetch water.
Lin Xiuqing watched from the side and waited until they left before asking: "Didn't you accept their firewood reluctantly before? Why do you just ask them to work today?"
"Don't I feel sorry for you? Are you afraid that you will be exhausted after cooking these shrimps too late? I thought I would leave them to work at night."
Just when she felt a little embarrassed to hear his sweet words, she was surprised when she heard the next words, "Leave all these shrimps to them to cook?"
"By the way, ask them to go to the workshop to keep vigil at night. Later, I will ask them to move two pots over and use stones to simply build two stoves. Let them cook over there and dry them over there, and watch over there at night.
It’s ready.”
"Can you rest assured..."
"What are you worried about? These shrimps are not valuable, and we don't keep them at our house. They are all country kids. How can they cook them? If you can't handle such a simple thing, then you don't need to come to our house tomorrow.
Already."
"That's right...it would be fine if we didn't leave them directly at our home..."
"Well, why would I leave them at home? I can't even sleep."
He was even more worried about staying in the yard. The old lady would probably be able to sit at the door until dawn.
Lin Xiuqing was also relieved. It would be okay if she didn't stay at their home and let them all work in the workshop.
"Does that mean we have to calculate wages for them? Isn't 7 people a bit too much? We can't even use 7 people for this job..."
"Chen Shi followed me out to sea all day, and he will definitely go home and sleep after a while. One of the other six people sent him to the boat with Brother Asheng and his eldest cousin at night to learn; the other asked him to follow Uncle Pei.
Big boat exercise.”
"Let the remaining four stay and work. There are still more than a dozen baskets of shrimps to cook. I guess we have to carry water, or send two to our hometown to help my mother. So many fish have to be moved, too.
I need someone to help me. My father and mother will have to work until very late.
I have to go to work tomorrow."
Lin Xiuqing was surprised, "Are you really going to accept them as your younger brothers?"
"Don't say I'm a little brother. I just give them a job to save them from idleness all day long. I can play with Chen Shi. It seems that his character is not bad, but we have to take another look. Anyway, our family
We also need people for work now, so let them work for a few days and see."
"Then how do you plan to calculate wages? We don't have that much work, and we don't need people every day. We just work at night, and then we have to wait a few days for them to come."
"Chen Shi will be given a share when he goes to sea with me, and those who run big ships with Uncle Pei will be paid by the public. The other five people will be given a day's work. Based on the wages we used to hire people to work for, one dollar and a half a day for small laborers is enough.
Well, those who go on board to study should be treated as part-time workers. Work for a few days and see if they are lazy and slippery, then don’t call them good."
"That's okay. You don't have to calculate it month by month, but calculate it as part-time workers. Otherwise, if you calculate it on a monthly basis, the expenses will be too high. There are so many people, but there is not that much work, and they are not required to work every day."
Ye Yaodong nodded, "This saves them from having to stay at our house all day long. Just call them if they have any work to do."
"When you let someone board the boat with Brother Asheng and Cousin, did you also have the intention of supervising..."
"Are you a villain? I've told you to study. It's okay if I take one person with me, but I'm worried about my own safety with two people. It's just right to be on Brother Asheng's boat to help. What's more, I
I won’t go to sea tomorrow either.”
Lin Xiuqing smiled and said nothing.
After those boys came back after transporting water and listened to Ye Yaodong's explanation of the arrangements for them, they were all very happy, and they were finally given a job.
Wang Guangliang patted his chest and promised, "Brother Dong, don't worry, I will supervise them well and prevent them from being lazy and slippery. If anyone dares to be lazy, we will beat him up together."
"That's best. You guys should discuss who will go on the big ship. You have to be able to endure the loneliness. It will definitely take three to five to seven days to come back, but the wages will be calculated. Chen Shi can go home and sleep first."
Chen Shi looked satisfied, he was the only one following Brother Dong among so many people.
"I, I, I, wait...wait, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one..."
"If you make progress, just say it word by word like this in the future. It can relieve your stuttering."
He smiled and nodded.
Wang Guangliang and the others formed a circle with their arms around each other, all facing inward with their heads lowered, discussing and muttering there.
After a while, they all stood in order, and then Wang Guangliang said on behalf of the group: "We have discussed Brother Dong, Ah Shui will go to sea with the big ship, Ah Rong will go to your other ship to learn, and the four of us will stay in the workshop to work.
"
As Wang Guangliang spoke, he took Chen Qishui and Li Jiarong out for him to take a look. At the same time, he pointed at the other two and said that they were twins. He would send them to his hometown to help later. He and his other cousin stayed in the workshop to work.
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Ye Yaodong nodded, "Well, okay, I will take you to identify the person later. The two pots are almost ready now. When they are out of the pot, pour out the water and carry both the inner and outer pots to the workshop.
, you will cook there at night, and now you can use a few stones to build two simple stoves."
"Okay, let's go move the rocks now."
Several boys actively rolled up their sleeves and hurried to the workshop.
Ye Yaodong shouted from behind: "Don't worry, the door is locked. I'll get the key to open the door for you."
He also had to send the unused fishing nets used to dry fish at home so that they could spread them out to dry shrimps.
A small room was built over the workshop, and a small light bulb was also installed. After a while, he had to pull out the wires and prop them up on bamboo poles to make the open space a little brighter.
But it's okay. After both pots are lit, the fire will be brighter. Then leave a flashlight for them so that they can come and go to dry and illuminate. After all, the open space is quite large.
"Let's go to the nearby construction site to find stones first..."
When Lin Xiuqing saw Ye Yaodong entering the house, she reminded her, "There are leftovers for building walls in the workshop, no need to look for them."
"Okay, then we'll wait at the door..."
"You can move these broken fishing nets onto the cart and transport them there together. You will need to use these to stretch them out to dry the shrimps later."
Hearing Lin Xiuqing's reminder, they quickly started moving again.
After Ye Yaodong took the keys and led them to the workshop and opened the door, Lin Xiuqing took the shrimps out of the pot again and put them in the yard to dry.
A group of people kept moving and lifting, and the truck next door was also borrowed to transport the pot together. Not only did they move the pot, but they also transported more than a dozen baskets of shrimp back and forth. By the way, they also brought a large water tank and firewood.
Moved there again.
The bamboo bed placed in the main room was also carried over. There is a bed where they can lie down and sleep when they are tired at night.
Ye Yaodong also took two dogs over by the way, but after a while they ran back again, so he didn't force himself and let them go.
When you go to bed at night, prepare to lock them outside the courtyard door, and let them run this way or that way.
Anyway, the house and the workshop were very close to each other. They were only separated by two houses of his eldest and second brother and a big road.
After everything was moved, Ye Yaodong asked Chen Shi to go home and rest first, and then took the two of them and the twins with him to his hometown to help with the work first.
His parents happened to be carrying fish there, until he brought two people over to help, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.
"I thought I would have to work until a little early in the morning. It would be nice to have two people help me. I would carry these fish in first, and then I would be responsible for spreading the salt and let your father do the rest."
Father Ye also wiped his sweat, and his vest was already wet with sweat and clinging to his back, "It's good to have two people to help, otherwise we will have to move half to death."
Ye Yaodong nodded. He also thought that his mother's workload was not light. Having someone help carry such a large amount was different from doing it all by herself.
"Don't you want to wash these fish?"
"How can I wash so much? It's not like the little before. I can still wash and kill. If these things are done as before, I won't have to sleep. I won't be able to finish it in three to five days."
"Don't worry, there are ways to marinate with washing, and there are ways to marinate without washing. You don't have to worry about it. I know it well and will take care of it for you."
"I've marinated more fish than you can eat in a lifetime. I've been doing this job in the brigade for decades. I won't waste anything by keeping it. I'll have a whole tank ready for you in a year."
His mother has a bad mouth but is very reliable in her work, so of course he feels relieved.
"I know. I'm just asking out of curiosity. I want to ask them both to get more water."
"Then wait until the work is finished, and help me fill up the water tank at home. Now help move it in..." Ye Mu gave instructions without politeness.
"When I finish my work later, I have to ask them to get more water and help clean the house, otherwise it will smell like fish, and the water dripping everywhere from these fish being carried around..."
"It's up to you. If you need help, if you need help, just call them."
Father Ye also said: "Go and do your work. You also have about 20 baskets of shrimps to cook and dry."
"It's okay. We have these strong young men to help, so you can go ahead and do your work."
Father Ye and Mother Ye had no time to pay attention to him. They nodded casually and hurried into the house to work first. They could finish their work early and rest early.
Ye Yaodong took the remaining two people, one to Ah Sheng's house and asked him to take one more person out to sea at night, and the other to A Guang's house to identify themselves.
Fortunately, they were still awake and were all talking there.
However, after he came out of Brother Asheng's house, he hadn't gone far and was still walking by the house when he heard his second aunt muttering there.
Did he not trust them, so he specially sent someone over to supervise him or something? Or did he want them to guide him and not let them do it?
Brother Asheng retorted to Aunt Ye Er, "I can just do whatever Dongzi says. They are all working for him, and it's not my own ship. How can I have so many opinions? And that one is obviously still a child.
It’s normal to learn a little bit about boating.”
"Then you two are driving the boat now, so why is it only calculated as wages and not as share of the share? I heard that others can share half of it..."
"It's good to have something to do. I'm going to sleep..."
"I heard that he also had a share of the big ship parked outside the pier in the middle of the sea. He came back today and said he had earned thousands of dollars. The news spread throughout the village at night. I don't know how much he can share."
"He is so good at making money and so rich. When will you talk to him and see if you can share more money, save more, and marry a wife sooner..."
Ye Yaosheng's tone was a little impatient, "Please don't, I'm scared, you don't need to worry about my affairs, just go to your bed quickly..."
Ye Yaodong was very satisfied listening to the conversation between mother and son in the corner. Although the second uncle and second aunt were also incompatible, Brother A Sheng was quite good.
When he saves more money and marries a wife, I won't be able to control him.
"You go back to bed first. You don't have to work at night. You can prepare what you need to prepare."
"Okay, okay, thank you Brother Dong, we will do a good job."
"Well, I don't know how to ask more questions, read more and learn more."
"Why."
After Ye Yaodong asked the two of them to go back first, they returned to the small workshop.
The two pots in the workshop have already started burning, and Wang Guangliang and his cousin are busy spreading the fishing nets and hanging them on some bamboo poles in the middle of the field.
When they leveled the ground, they used some small bamboo tubes to leave holes for drying. They inserted bamboo poles into the underground holes so that fishing nets could be hung.
The edge of the hole is flat with the ground, so it won't fall due to running and jumping. If it doesn't need it in the future, it's no problem to fill it with some mud and plug it up.
Lin Xiuqing was also helping back and forth.
He checked his watch and saw that it was already 8:30. When he went out, many lights in the village were still on, and there were people sitting at the door to enjoy the cool air. When he came back, there were not many people there, and only a few scattered houses still had their lights on.
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Although it is summer now, most people go indoors and go to bed early at this time, and have to get up early to work the next day.
"Have all the children gone home?"
"When you come back, you take the people out first, and the second sister-in-law goes to call them back to sleep. I am too busy to take care of them. They don't know how to go home. There is no one in the village, and they are all still there.
Play hide and seek.”
"Oh, it's good that they're all back. You can go into the house and put the children to sleep. I'll watch here first."
"good."
Wang Guangliang turned to look at him, "Brother Dong, you should go home and sleep. Leave this place to us. Don't worry, when you get up tomorrow morning, I will definitely have everything cooked and dried for you."
Ye Yaodong nodded, "There's nothing to worry about. They're all worthless, but I won't let you work for nothing. Anyone who knows how to calculate wages can hire anyone. It's only natural to get paid for work."
As he said that, he touched the two packs of cigarettes in his pocket and handed them to them, "When I stay here at night, I can smoke a cigarette when I'm bored. After I finish cooking, I go to sleep when I feel sleepy. These are not worth anything.
It’s not like some people are so wicked.”
"It's hard to say. Some people are looking forward to bad luck for you. They don't care whether things are valuable or not, and whether they will break or not will cause them to break."
"It makes sense, but the outer wall of mine is full of glass shards. I also let two dogs out. The dogs will bark if something happens. You should rest when you are tired."
"Okay, okay, we'll see."
After Ye Yaodong gave his instructions, he watched them set up a pot to dry, then added water and poured another pot to continue cooking in a decent manner, before he went back with peace of mind.
He just told them to go to the back door and knock on the window if something happened. They would definitely not be able to get in from the yard.
Chapter completed!