After carrying it back and forth, he borrowed a few trucks from his neighbors and took three or four trips to transport all the goods back.
As soon as Uncle Pei landed, they were too embarrassed to follow him immediately to settle accounts. They only said that they would wait for him to finish eating and take a bath before everyone came back later.
Taking advantage of the free time in the middle, Chen Qishui asked Chen Qishui to go back and call Wang Guangliang's two cousins ​​and the twins over to work. They were busy at night.
Some of the shrimps that were dried a few days ago are already so crispy that they are about to fall off after three or four days of exposure, while some larger ones are a little bit worse.
Today, Lin Xiuqing was there from morning to night, picking out some of them, crushing them with a mallet, and picking and shucking them.
They thought that the fishing boat wouldn't come back so soon, and they weren't in a hurry to hire someone to do it. They planned to collect the rest tomorrow in the sun for half a day, and then she and the old lady could do it while watching TV.
Before he went to the dock to pick up the goods, they were still sitting in front of the TV shelling and picking.
But now it's no longer possible. Now we have to collect all the goods, crush them, pick them, shell them and put them away to free up space for drying, otherwise there will be more today.
The children in the open space nearby were playing football and playing football when they were suddenly stopped by Ye Yaodong.
Then when everyone looked at him curiously, he walked over and confiscated both balls.
The adults were busy coming in and out without even touching the ground, so there was no reason those children could play there happily.
"Ah? Dad?"
"Third uncle?"
"Stop for a moment and help me with my work. Bring me a few sacks to collect the dried shrimps that are being dried in the workshop."
Wails came and went...
"Did you hear that?"
"I heard it, Third Uncle, I will supervise them to do it immediately."
Ye Chenghai responded positively, and then he operated on his own brother first, "Why don't you go to work quickly? You can only play after you finish. No one can play until you finish."
"I know, right now, I will do whatever my uncle tells me to do, and I will eat shit if he tells me to eat shit!"
Ye Yaodong: "..."
"You idiot!"
Ye Chenghai cursed and then shouted to the other children: "You all go and help, or you will never come to our house to play with us again."
"We're going to help right away, hurry up, let's get to work..."
When one of them started to move, the others followed suit.
Child labor is on the move.
"Don't worry, bring a sack with you."
He handed each of the sacks that had been arranged in the yard to each of them.
The children who received the sacks were all excited and ran to the workshop. After Ye Yaodong distributed them, he also took the keys and hurriedly followed.
This group of child workers are like hard-working bees, interspersed among the fishing nets in the faint light, and like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, they shake the fishing nets back and forth, gathering all the dried shrimps in the middle, and then slowly
Pour it into the sack little by little.
And they all seemed to be competing to see who could pretend more. Their shouts could be heard everywhere in the open space, "My, my, my..."
After collecting one piece, he dragged the sack to the side again.
The ones hanging on the fishing nets are particularly easy to collect. Several children collected the fishing nets and then the bamboo flats. They obviously felt the inefficiency. They had to pick the bamboo flats one by one into the sacks, which was too troublesome.
They simply skip it.
Ye Yaodong also dragged a sack. If no one picked up the bamboo sticks standing in the corner, he would pick them up himself.
He lifted up the flat end of the bamboo stick at the bottom and shook it against the mouth of the sack a few times, and the dried shrimps on it fell into the sack.
When Lin Xiuqing came over with a quilt and mosquito coils, most of the dried shrimps in the open space had been collected.
She smiled and said: "You still know how to instigate others. No one who comes to play football will be left behind."
"There is no such thing as a free lunch. You have to pay for it. What's wrong with children working hard? They can play whatever they want in their free time, but they have to be more diligent when it's time to work."
"I'll go push the cart over and load these sacks."
After Ye Yaodong collected the bamboo sticks standing by the wall, he called to a few children running around and took the sacks in their hands and poured them over each other into a big bag.
The same goes for other people's bags. What they save is a small bag and a small bag taking up space.
By the time he transported the dried shrimps back home, Wang Guangliang and the others hadn't arrived yet. There were so many people and so much strength that they could collect all the dried shrimps in just a few clicks.
But the person hadn't come yet, and the work hadn't been finished yet, so he didn't feel confident just going to A Guang's house, so he could only wait.
The second brother came to call him, but he just asked him to go first.
"You can either go to Aguang's house to settle the accounts first. When they arrive, I will tell them to go directly to the workshop to cook it and dry it. Anyway, they have done it last time and they know what to do."
"It's okay. There's no need to be in such a hurry. Maybe Uncle Pei has just taken a shower and hasn't eaten yet. He's not so fast. If the second brother is free, let him go first. I'll carry the pot at home first and move the things over there early. Wait.
They will work early, there are too many today, I guess they will have to stay up all night."
After finishing the cooking a few days ago, I only moved the pot back home. The other pot was still kept in the workshop. It was used anyway and there was no need to move it around.
There was also the firewood that Wang Guangliang and others had delivered over the past few days. Fortunately, she always asked them to transport it to the workshop for unloading, leaving only a little in her yard, so she would not have to carry it again today.
"Okay, then lift the pot over first. It should still be a little warm. You can use a rag to pad the edge..."
"If I don't go to sea tomorrow, I'll take a look and take the time to go to town and buy a big pot back, so I don't have to move it around."
"Aren't you going to sea tomorrow?"
"Well, the wind has picked up. I heard that there is going to be a typhoon. I just have a few days of rest. I have been working continuously since the end of last month without stopping."
"Then are you going to take your eldest brother and the brothers next door to the shipyard?"
"Yes, dad has been thinking about it too."
Ye Yaodong said as he walked towards the door with a big pot in his arms, and then leaned upside down on the cart.
At this moment, several figures appeared at the door, each one panting and throwing themselves at the courtyard door.
"Dong...Brother Dongdong..."
"What? You stuttered too?"
Wang Guangliang slapped himself gently, "You're a bitch, I've been imitating Chen Shi's speech these past two days, and I almost couldn't get over it."
"Stuttering is poisonous. If you can't learn it, you won't be able to change it after you learn it."
"This is not just idleness. Brothers are joking among themselves and trying to imitate a few sentences from him. But they don't remember it long enough, so they go back to learning and stutter for a few days. After they get better, they forget it and go back to learning it again."
"Okay, stop talking, come in and push the big pot on the cart to the workshop for me. The shrimps will have been delivered to the workshop when you come back, so you don't have to move them today."
"Hello!"
Wang Guangliang stared straight at the dogs that were staring at him, and while they were sniffing wildly back and forth, they moved little by little into the yard, and then he said happily.
"Brother Dong, all your dogs recognize me. They don't even bark when they see me. They only let me in after a few sniffs."
"Well, they are all a bunch of good dogs. The smart ones are the ones. Hurry up and push them over to work. I have something else to do."
"Okay, okay."
Ye Yaodong also followed them to the workshop and asked the twins to go to their hometown by themselves. He pointed to the 30 baskets of shrimps neatly stacked against the wall outside the small house and handed them to Wang Guangliang and the others.
"Your task today is to cook all these shrimps, and then spread them out to dry. You did a good job last time. Let's continue to work hard today. There are more people today. You have to work harder at night. I will bring a bucket later.
When the mung bean soup comes over, I’ll treat it as a midnight snack for you.”
It seems that the bucket of mung bean soup cooked by the old lady cannot be brought on board the ship tonight, so it would be just right to bring it over for them to drink.
They were all pleasantly surprised, and there was also a midnight snack.
"Ah, there is also mung bean soup to drink, and the treatment is getting better and better."
"Brother Dong is doing us a favor, so we have to do it well!"
"We'll start the fire right away."
Seeing how excited and motivated they were, Ye Yaodong also felt that if he asked them to work in the evening, they would really need to prepare some midnight snacks, otherwise they would be tired from staying up all night.
"You guys go ahead and get it done, I'll bring it over to you."
By the way, I'll look for something to eat at home and bring some over.
Corn can also be used. I just harvested the corn two days ago and piled up two sacks at home. I haven't eaten it yet. I will put a basket together with the mung bean soup and let them throw it into the edge of the firewood pile to roast.
This move received another round of thanks from them.
Sometimes, small warm gestures are easier to win over people's hearts.
Before leaving, he gave Wang Guangliang an electronic watch by the way, which almost made him overjoyed.
This electronic watch costs a lot.
The food and the electronic watches directly boosted their favorability and loyalty instantly.
"It's convenient for you to check the time, so you don't know what time it is."
Wang Guangliang was overjoyed, "Thank you Brother Dong, I will work hard and not be lazy, and supervise them by the way. If they dare to be lazy, I will beat them."
He nodded.
After everything was explained and settled, Ye Yaodong hurried to A Guang's house.
Everyone else has arrived, and Uncle Pei has finished eating and taking a shower. Everyone is sitting there chatting and waiting for him.
"I'm late, I just finished the chores at home."
"It doesn't matter, we have just arrived."
A Guang was sitting on the chair, and he was lying down on the table, with his buttocks exposed outside the stool. If there were no outsiders, he would have been kicked twice even if he didn't say anything.
"Now that everyone is here, let's start settling the accounts."
After he finished speaking, he put his butt back on the stool and sat upright.
"Dongzi, do you want to take a look at the order first?"
"Has everyone seen it? If you've seen it, just forget it."
"Just because you haven't read it, you might as well read it. As you read it, you'll know it in your mind."
"good."
Even though he was the second largest shareholder, he took the order in his hand without any courtesy, went through it first, and then read it out from the receipt.
There were only two orders in total, and the prices were not much different. According to Chen Qishui, they had been saving the goods for three days and couldn't load them anymore, so they contacted the fresh ship to harvest them.
Then they got news from the fresh harvest ship that there would be a typhoon next, so they fished on the fourth day and walked back. They went ashore and sold a batch of goods, and then came back directly.
There were more goods on the last day, so the price after landing would be higher, but it couldn't compare with the volume of the three days. He knew it by glancing at the date.
"1572, another 1353, and if there is gas and ice, 755 will be deducted, and then 410 will be deducted? And rice, flour, grain and oil are 26 yuan and 60 cents."
Father Pei explained: "The 755 yuan item is for refueling and adding ice to the dock in town after boarding the ship. I originally thought that this trip would last a few days, so after there was some left on the ship, I bought some extra to avoid having to pay back the money.
It was more expensive to buy it from the Korean ship. I persisted for three days. When I was selling the goods, I knew there was going to be a typhoon. I thought I would come back the next day, so I bought a little less, so I paid 410."
"Okay, Aguang, do the math."
Ye Yaodong hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Should we wait a month before doing the calculation again, fix a settlement date, and change it flexibly in case we are at sea. Otherwise, it will be troublesome to calculate the accounts one by one, and the wages will be high.
It’s also settled once a month.”
"We discussed this matter before you came just now. We just wanted to wait for you to come over. After settling the accounts, we would tell you and see what date it would be." Father Pei said with a smile.
"Have we discussed it? It means that everyone has thought of it together. Let's settle it at the end of the month! Once a month is just right."
"Okay, then it will be at the end of the month."
Aguang also added and subtracted them one by one while they were talking, "There is a total of 1,733 yuan and 4 cents left. The groceries from Dongzi should be counted as 10 yuan, so one share is 174 yuan, 3 cents and 4 cents."
He took it as a matter of course, and no one said anything uninterested, it was just some groceries.
Although the quantity is said to be a bit larger, it doesn't matter if you give money anyway, half buy and half free, you have made a lot of money.
Ye Yaohua also said in surprise: "Ah! So this trip is more divided than the previous few days?"
I thought I would come back early, so I went there for 4 days. This trip would cost dozens of yuan less, but I didn’t expect it would be more than 11 yuan more!
What a surprise, what a surprise.
Father Pei smiled and said, "It's hard to say what's happening with this trawl net at sea. Sometimes we can catch more in one net, sometimes less. It depends on whether it's worth it. It's all a matter of luck. It's normal to have more or less.
The selling prices often fluctuate.”
"What's more, the fuel and ice during the period will be less than the last trip, because there is some leftover from the last trip. If we come back early today, there will still be some left on the ship."
Ye Yaohua nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it was said that a lot of goods were hauled up on the last day, and they were sold ashore at a good price."
"That's right."
"Then if everyone is fine, then the money will be divided?"
A Guang kept turning the pen in his hand. He didn't know if the pen was growing on his hand. He moved from his little thumb to his thumb, and then from his thumb to his little finger, but it didn't fall off.
Ye Yaodong kept staring at the pen turning in his hand. Sure enough, after practicing the technique, it is not easy to forget it.
When he was in first grade, he ranked first in the class in transferring books!
Without interference, he can turn around for a minute!
He really didn't know when Aguang had mastered the skill of turning pens.
Alas, I dropped out of school early. I wish I had studied for two more years and practiced the pen-turning technique first. It looks so cool and feels better than turning books. I wonder if Ahai can do it?
"No objection."
Uncle Zheng smiled and said: "Haha, what can you say if you have money? I just heard that there is a typhoon coming, and I won't be able to go to sea for the next few days. It's not a good time to hand over this fishing boat."
"Indeed, the delivery was actually in July. There will be typhoons in the next two or three months. I don't know how many times I can go intermittently. Dongzi's delivery date is better and it will be delivered before the year."
"What's so good? It's almost the New Year, who's going? They've already taken off early to celebrate the New Year, but it's good to get it early. I was originally told that it was in the middle of the year."
Aguang motioned to Huimei to get the money, and then said: "It's very good. I'll pay it before the Chinese New Year. It will be a happy occasion for the Chinese New Year, and I will make a lot of money after the new year."
"That's right."
If you think about it this way, it's really good.
After settling the accounts, A Guang remembered that he had not seen Father Ye.
"Why didn't our dad come over tonight?"
"He went to the carpenter in Dongqiao Village to see if there were large barrels and bought a few. Otherwise, there would be nothing to hold the fermented fish sauce, and he would have to buy another truckload of salt."
"You didn't make a reservation in advance?"
"I ordered 10 large-capacity ones a few days ago, but they were made so quickly. My dad went over to see if there were any ready-made ones and brought a few back first."
"Yes, the quantity is so large. If you use a small jar and the water tank can hold as much as you want, you still have to order some large wooden barrels. It seems that your cost is not small."
"Originally! These wooden barrels are quite expensive. If my mother hadn't fermented two large barrels the year before last and sent them everywhere, there would still be a large barrel left at home. At the end of last year... or it could be said that it happened to be delivered to the store on New Year's Day. I
I moved the remaining ones to the store to sell them, and they were sold out soon after.”
"So my father just thought of keeping these trash fish back a few days ago, but the risk is also high. Every now and then, he brings back several thousand kilograms. When they are fermented and filtered next year, it is estimated to be dozens of tons. I don't know if they will be sold.
By when, how many large wooden barrels will be needed..."
The others opened their mouths in surprise and fell silent when they thought about it. There were indeed a lot of them...
The average person can't afford it, but the money spent just to buy the barrels will make them feel bad.
Ye Yaodong thought to himself as he talked, and was shocked in his heart. The goods from Aguang alone could weigh dozens of tons. If he added his own ship, how long would he have to sell it?
No, he has to take the initiative to contact Boss Zhou at some point and tell him about the large quantities of fish sauce. Otherwise, what will happen if the sales speed cannot keep up with his production speed?
Moreover, it took up too much space. His family had three rooms except the room where his parents slept and the old lady's room which was used to raise pigs.
Today I will stack the barrels again, but next time they will have to be stacked in the workshop. Otherwise, where will the open space be?
Moreover, if the goods are shipped out earlier, the barrels can be freed up for fermentation again, or he can ask around for plastic bag packaging in advance.
If you buy a bottle, the cost will be higher, the price will be more expensive, the bags will be better, and the recycling of soda bottles will still be worth 5 cents.
Thinking about it gave me a headache. Where could he ask about these packaging opportunities? It would be better to ask Boss Zhou first, as there were many opportunities.
Making money is not easy!
A Guang was a little stunned after hearing his calculation of dozens of tons...
It took a while before I found my voice, "Do you want to do less? If everything goes well, we will be able to produce several thousand kilograms of fish sauce this month. Three kilograms of fish will produce one kilogram of fish sauce, and we will really have a lot of fish sauce that year."
More than ten or twenty tons."
"If we can't sell out, we have to repeat the cycle, which is terrible. Otherwise, you can do less? Wouldn't it be better to dry more dried fish, dried shrimps and other dry goods?"
Ye Yaodong shook his head, "I know what I'm doing, so let's continue working. The quantity isn't too large yet."
"It's not that much now..."
Ye Yaohua was worried to death after hearing this. After calculation, he found that there were more than ten or twenty tons per year. Now he couldn't even imagine the amount of fermentation each time.
"It's not bad. Selling it will be a matter of next year anyway. Once the ship reaches the bridge, it will be straight."
"Then it's up to you..."
"A Dong is so capable. Young people are very courageous. They can make dozens of tons of fish sauce just as they say... We old guys can't compare... Haha..." Uncle Pei said with a smile.
Uncle Zheng also smiled and agreed...
Everyone kept chatting about Adong's fish sauce topic, chatting and waiting, until Ye Huimei took out their share, and the three of them happily took their share.
Ye Yaodong divided 523 yuan, and wiped out the two cents as soon as he said it. Compared with the last time, he earned 34 yuan more!
He thought happily, he still had to be one step ahead to make money, and the ones behind him would be able to eat if they were faster.
If it were any later, in a few years I might just be able to drink soup. In a few decades, it would really be all about gambling.
"Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Pei. Let's wait until the typhoon passes. I hope it won't have any impact on us. At most, it will pass by and the tail of the typhoon will sweep over. It will be fine after it passes."
"We'll see in two days. I hope it doesn't rain, otherwise it won't be easy to dry your dried shrimps."
"Yeah, if it rains and we can't do it, we'll have to fry a few big pots."
This would be a lot more troublesome, but there was nothing he could do about it. Who asked him to earn this money? Dried shrimps are better than dried fish, and they can also be fried.
In the past few months, we have mainly focused on dried shrimps. Occasionally, we can dry dried fish in large quantities to replenish our inventory.
However, this winter, the dried fish can be dried more. Now the shops in the city seem to have stabilized, and the sales of door-to-door wholesale and retail shipments are also increasing day by day. He will need to stock up more in the coming year.
"Well, Lao Pei, you've been tired for a few days, and you'll just take the opportunity to take a rest. It's getting dark now, so we won't disturb you anymore. Let's go back first."
"Hey, okay, okay..."
"Uncle Pei, let's leave first. You go to bed early."
"Okay, okay..."
Ye Yaodong and the others smiled and greeted each other, then walked towards the door as they were escorted off. They happened to see several men walking towards the door, and everyone said hello to each other again.
Then you can go in and out.
Ye Yaohua and Ye Yaodong were walking on the road and said as they walked: "Dongzi, those few just came to ask Uncle Pei about the fishing boat, right?"
"I guess, I'm here to ask about today's delivery status, as well as the configuration of the fishing boats. I just wanted to compare the two receipts. Everyone has an idea. I estimate that many people will go to the shipyard tomorrow to have a look.
Bar?"
Ye Yaohua nodded, "I thought so too. When I just came here, people on the street asked me if I was going to share the money again? This time it should be a lot, right?"
"The wind and waves will not be big tomorrow, and we haven't reached our area yet, so you can go out to sea. Do you want to go out to sea at night?"
"No, it's been sunny for many days recently and I haven't had any rest. Let's just take a rest early. I told my elder brother at night and he also said to rest. He should go to the shipyard with you tomorrow, right?"
"Well, Dad wants to go too. Do you want to go?"
Ye Yaohua smiled naively, "Then let me go with you. I haven't been there either, so I want to open my eyes and see what the shipyard is like."
"It's quite simple and messy everywhere, but the venue is quite big. If you haven't been there, you can go and have a look."
"Hmm...Dongzi, if eldest brother wants to join forces with others to book a big ship this time, do you want to become a shareholder?"
"Ah?" Ye Yaodong looked at his second brother in surprise. He really hadn't thought about this problem. He was thinking about his eldest brother joining someone else's gang, not him joining his eldest brother's gang.
Is his eldest brother willing to spend such a huge sum of money?
"What do you mean, brother will order the ship himself and recruit people to join him?"
"That's not what I mean. If my eldest brother partners with someone else and doesn't have enough money, he wants to join you. Do you want to join forces?"
Ye Yaodong thought about it for a while, "I haven't thought about it yet. It depends on who he partners with. If it's with the Zhou brothers, the Lan brothers nearby, or his friends, I won't get involved. At most
He doesn’t have enough money, so I’ll lend him some first.”
It was too troublesome to go back and forth like this, and it was not something he was familiar with. Aguang only thought of taking as much as he wanted because his brother-in-law was also a friend.
He doesn't want to get involved with outsiders. The stall he has set up is already big enough. He already has so many boats, shops, and workshops at home. He doesn't want to mess around with so many things. It's just one more thing for him to worry about.
.
"Then I won't get involved."
Ye Yaodong: "?"
Ye Yaohua laughed and said, "I still want to discuss something with you?"
"What's up?"
Ye Yaodong was wondering in his mind what his second brother wanted to ask him again?
"I think if I can make more money next year, I want to build an extra floor above the house by the end of the year. After all, we three brothers have three rooms side by side there, and I can't just build my own in the middle."
"The three children in the family are getting older, and the two daughters cannot sleep with his brother all day long. Therefore, I want to discuss with you. We should build it together. It will save trouble if we start the construction together."
"However, I have to make more money in the second half of the year, haha~"
Ye Yaodong just went through it in his mind and thought that his second brother was going to ask about the rental of shops in the city. Unexpectedly, the second brother actually wanted to build a building.
This is okay, he doesn't have much to say.
"Have you asked my eldest brother? I have no objection. We need to build it together. After it is built, you can ask your parents if they want to move it together."
"No, I was just chatting with your second sister-in-law two days ago. I thought you wouldn't have any objections, so I just casually mentioned that I should make more money first."
He understood that a sum of money should have been allocated to the couple a few days ago, so that the couple could chat at night, talk about their future ambitions, and start thinking about building a building.
I guess I am planning to make a lot of money by catching jellyfish.
He could already imagine the excitement on his second sister-in-law's face that night. Like him, she had already pocketed all the money she had yet to earn in the next six months.
Hahaha~
"Yes, but you can wait a few months before telling your elder brother. Otherwise, if you say it now, your elder brother and sister-in-law will definitely reject you."
"I think so too, so I'll tell you first."
However, Ye Yaodong thought that if the jellyfish made money, his eldest brother and sister-in-law would be reluctant to use them to build a house, and the second brother's hopes would be dashed.
After all, they also want to invest in a big ship. After paying a deposit, there will be a balance payment. They definitely want to hold it in their hands to pay the final payment of the big ship. The money must be spent wisely.
After they agree to build a house, they have to see the ship make a profit, right?
Forget it, let’s talk about it later.
Chapter completed!