Chapter 1068: Plan to donate

The investment in fish sauce last year has been returned, which is still very gratifying, showing that he didn't toss in vain.

Although he has to continue to order large water vats, this is also a necessary part of the cost expenditure, and it is paid with the money returned, repeated reuse, and the second half of the year will definitely earn more.

It is really the kind of accumulation of small to large, which is equivalent to him now having earned a piece of land and a workshop for nothing.

"There are 20 catties of kelp in the basket I brought back. It was already dried on the boat. You put it away so it won't be damp. If you want to eat it, take a piece and soak it, and then shred or slice it to make soup."

"Where did it come from? Did you run to the island to pick it? Is there still kelp at this time?"

"It was caught in the fishing net when dragging the net, and a large pile was brought up. Then the boat workers heard that this could be sold for money after drying, so they were very active in catching it on the sea, so they caught and dried it on the sea, and accumulated more than a hundred catties in a few days."

"Can it be sold for money? A while ago, the beach was full of waves, and some people were too lazy to pick it up. They only picked a few pieces casually and cooked one or two meals."

"Everything can be sold for money. Don't look down on these seafood of ours. It's just that traffic is not developed and transportation is inconvenient. People outside want to eat but don't have it. This also contains iodine, which can prevent goiter."

Lin Xiuqing took the basket and hung it on the wall habitually. She listened to his head and eyes, but when she heard that it could cure diseases, she was stunned and turned her head.

"Goiter?"

"Yes."

"Newspaper said? Why didn't I see it? I have read every newspaper at home. What is goiter?"

"I don't know, haven't seen it, heard people say it outside."

"Oh."

"Don't oh, just put it away. Anyway, it's vegetables. It's hot, so just mix it cold. Add some coriander, add some sour and spicy, and it's best to add some fried peanuts..."

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him, "Fry your head, so good at thinking, still want fried peanuts, it's good to sprinkle some salt and boil it."

"Seriously, buy some peanuts and fry them? Anyway, it can be put for a few days without softening."

"You can't shit after eating."

"Eat my shit?"

Lin Xiuqing patted him a few times, "Eat your own, hurry up and take a bath, eat and sleep after washing, still sitting there shit or not."

Ye Yaodong laughed and arched his arm muscles for her to hit.

"Where is my daughter?"

"At Pei's house, Pei Yu's aunt took them over to play."

"Oh, then go to sleep together later, just in time for noon, the children are not here, you can also take a nap."

"Hurry up and take your bath, who knows if your daughter will run back to find me later."

"Too tired, don't want to move, didn't sleep all night."

"Just wash it casually, wash your chicken nest head and smelly feet clean, I'll take the money in first."

Ye Yaodong swept his hair that had grown again. It was wet and dry, dry and wet, and he hadn't washed it for five or six days, and it really stuck together, sour and smelly.

After touching his hair, he touched his face full of stubble, and by the way, looked in the mirror, feeling that his appearance was comparable to a tramp.

His eye sockets were sunken, his face was haggard and exhausted. If it weren't for the chicken nest head and the full face of stubble, he would have thought he was about to be squeezed dry.

But don't say, ignoring his chicken nest head, he really looked like a handsome uncle.

He took the mirror and looked at it while walking into the room, "A-Qing, what do you think if I shave my head? It's cool in summer."

"Whatever you want, you love to shave." She was counting money, where did she have time to pay attention to him.

"Do you think my bald head will look good?"

Boring.

She didn't make a sound, just muttered in her heart, and as a result, she counted wrong because of this distraction, so she had to start over again.

"A-Qing, I think I will look good with a bald head. People are handsome, and any hairstyle can be supported."

The sound of rustling banknotes didn't stop...

"But I feel like I'm released from prison. When A-Fan came out, he was wearing a big bald head..."

Hold it!

"But shaving is cooler, and you don't have to tidy your hair for a few months..."

Inhale!

"But if you shave it, you can't comb your back..."

Again!

"Hey? I'm asking you, do you want me to shave my head?"

Inhale again!

Ye Yaodong, who knew nothing, held the mirror in one hand, grabbed the chicken feathers on his head with the other, and stood beside her, muttering.

"Or shave it, it's convenient to wash your hair like this, just wipe it with a towel, and by the way, shave the two little cubs at home..."

"Bang!"

The heavy sound of slapping the table startled him, and he threw the mirror in his hand directly onto the table, jumped back a step, blinked his eyes in shock, and looked at the tigress who was furious.

"What are you doing..."

Lin Xiuqing had a dark face, "Since you came in, I have counted from the beginning three times."

"Is your mental arithmetic so bad?"

Unbearable!

She threw the money on the table, clenched her fists, and pushed him out while beating him, "Go go go, you get out, get out, I don't care if you shave or not, I don't care if you shave all the hair on your body..."

"That won't work, some places are my wealth hair, the thicker the wealth, the more prosperous, and if it is shaved, don't I become a eunuch?"

"Don't care if you are a eunuch or not, don't be noisy."

"You have no conscience when you speak, whose loss is it if I am a eunuch..."

Lin Xiuqing patted him angrily, "Hurry up and take your bath, still here to talk, one mouth is calling tired, one mouth is looking in the mirror for a long time, if you are not tired, wash your clothes after washing."

"Counting is not good, but also angry..."

"Bang..."

The door closed in front of him, blocking him directly outside.

"Hey..."

"Go take your bath!" The fierce voice came from behind the door.

Ye Yaodong muttered, "Really, the temper is getting bigger and bigger, and I am angry when I count money."

He knocked on the door twice, "My underwear, my shorts haven't been given to me, how can I wash?"

After a while, the door opened, and a pair of shorts was thrown directly into his arms.

He hurriedly caught it, and shouted again, "Do you want to wash it too?"

"Shut up."

Ye Yaodong laughed, shook the shorts in his hand, put them on his shoulder, and went to the washbasin rack to get hot water to wash his hair and bath.

Didn't sleep all night, and it was past meal time when I got home. He washed his hair and bath, and felt that it was half afternoon. Lin Xiuqing also came out to cook noodles for him after counting the money.

After eating, he took the person to bed to sleep.

"The dishes haven't been washed..."

"Wash when you wake up." Ye Yaodong said while pulling people into the room.

"The old and the small will come back later..."

"When they come back, you can get up, right? Go take a nap, let's go, I'm not doing anything, I'm tired to death, do you want my life?"

"Then why do you have to pull me to sleep?"

"Two people are better to lie down..."

"It's hot to death, it's better to lie down, you think it's not hot enough..."

"Not hot, there is wind..."

"Annoying..."

Lin Xiuqing was pulled into the room by him, closed the door, and had to accompany him to take a nap. In fact, she felt very sweet in her heart. She had to pull her to sleep, let her take a nap with him.

When he came back, the old lady also carried the radio to the workshop, and looked at them unloading the goods, stood around and asked two sentences.

After the couple went home, she didn't follow home, but stayed in the workshop, watching others work, it was rare that she didn't have to watch the children today.

Until the evening, after the fishing boats in the village returned to the port one after another, they also saw that their two big boats had been parked on the sea. After A-Zheng docked first, he couldn't wait to go home, and immediately ran to Ye Yaodong's house.

He started shouting at the door, but the watchdog wouldn't let him in. He barked wildly as soon as he approached the courtyard gate, and didn't bark when he stood in place, which made his teeth itch, so he had to run to the back door to shout, and didn't forget to step on a full foot of duck dung and sheep dung eggs.

He rubbed his feet on the stone with disgust, "Dongzi, Dongzi, are you there?"

"I fuck, this is chicken, duck, goose, and sheep. Can you finish eating? Don't you think it's smelly, full of shit..."

The couple was awakened in a daze and walked to the window.

"Who? Don't walk the front door, walk the back door, what kind of crooked way?"

"Your dog is guarding the front door and can't come in, ouch... ouch... help... help... your big goose... don't peck... don't peck... I'm leaving..."

A-Zheng lay on the window and said two sentences, only to see two big geese swaying and running towards him, stretching their necks and pecking his thighs, making him hurt, he dodged left and right and hurriedly ran to the front door, and didn't forget to shout twice.

"Go to the front and let me in... I want to enter your house, why is it so difficult..."

Ye Yaodong heard him yelling outside, and woke up.

"Your friend?" Lin Xiuqing stretched, her voice still with the anger of getting up.

"A-Zheng is here, find my clothes and pants for me."

She immediately got up and turned over the wardrobe to get the clothes he wanted to wear, "Sleep until now, the sun has set, it's rare, otherwise I don't know when to sleep, and the meal hasn't been cooked yet."

"Sleep well? I said that sleep bugs will spread."

"Your daughter didn't come back this afternoon, it's rare. Usually, she has to come back to find me to sleep after playing in the afternoon."

"Very good, send it out during the day in the future, and come back to sleep at night, quiet."

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said nothing, and went out to cook by herself.

Ye Yaodong followed closely to let people in.

"What are you two doing? No one answered when I called the door in broad daylight. At this point, I am still lying in the house. Entering your house is harder than entering the God of Wealth's house. There are dogs in front and geese in the back..."

"Sleep, I just came back in the afternoon, and I just slept for a while and you ran over to call the door." He said while yawning.

"Just came back in the afternoon? Thought you came back early in the morning."

"If there is no accident, we are basically home at noon or after meal time, because on the way back, there is no accident, we will pass by the city to sell goods and then go home."

"Then did you ask at the shipyard? Did you inquire?"

"Are you here for this?"

"Otherwise?"

"What's the rush..."

"The sooner you order, the sooner you get it."

"Got your father?"

"Not yet, haven't told him, it's more convincing to have a charter before telling him."

"Act first and then report?"

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, he is familiar with this.

Lin Xiuqing listened to their conversation and glanced at it, her expression subtly rolled her eyes, birds of a feather flock together.

"Hehe, this is a good thing, he will definitely agree. I just saw your two boats floating in the middle of the sea when I came back, thinking

"I haven't gone to check yet. We only fished for three or four days at sea, and there was a heavy rainstorm last night, so we came back. If you're in a hurry, take a look in the next two days, go to the county seat and check. As for the city, make a phone call and ask Ah Guang to go; tell him to go and ask about it?"

"That works too. But since we're asking him to go, Ah Guang will definitely want to get a piece of the action, right?"

"Depends on what he wants. If he wants to get involved, then we'll just get two boats. One boat only earns a little bit, and it's not enough to split between four people."

"That's fine too. If there's not enough money, I'll have my sisters pool some together and lend it to me."

"You really do love your four sisters."

Ye Yaodong was speechless; even at critical moments, he could think of his sisters.

However, he was a 'ten-thousand-yuan household' now; his sisters' in-laws probably wouldn't give them the cold shoulder like they used to.

In the past two years, Ah Zheng had straightened his back and earned big money. His sisters had face in front of others and could even bring things back from their maiden home to bolster their standing.

Last year, after making big money in Zhejiang Province, he hadn't skimped on buying gifts for his sisters and his nephews and nieces; it was already much better than just taking and never giving back like before.

Ah Zheng was full of pride, "I know you envy me, but this isn't something you can just envy."

"Rat's wife supports her entire maiden family by herself, while you have four sisters supporting you alone."

"Nonsense, how can you compare that? I pay them back. I'm earning plenty of money now, and I'm the one supporting my parents. I'll have to provide for their old age in the future, too."

"I'm free at home tomorrow, so I'll call Ah Guang tomorrow. It's this late now. By the way, I'll also go to the shipyard to take a look tomorrow. Do you want to go together tomorrow?"

"Let's go together. I'll tell my dad I'm taking a day off. I'll also tell Xiao Xiao while I'm at it, and let him take a day off too. Everyone can go take a look together."

"I was originally thinking that perhaps after you finish harvesting the jellyfish next month, and you have a bit more leeway in your hands..."

"No need, no need. Since we've already decided, let's settle it early. Anyway, we only need to pay a deposit."

"Two boats, oh..."

"Then two boats it is."

"Alright, Boss Li is indeed wealthy and generous. As for Xiao Xiao, you can go over and tell him on your way later."

"Fine, then I'll head back first. I just got back from the sea, and I'm still wet."

After Ye Yaodong sent him out the door and returned to the room, Lin Xiuqing said, "It turned into two boats again?"

"If Ah Guang gets involved, then it definitely has to be two. He'll most likely get involved; the profits of fishing boats are visible, and there's no reason to turn away something delivered to his doorstep."

"Oh."

"We have big boats at home, so we'll take a smaller share, and let Ah Zheng and Xiao Xiao take a larger one. Or, the two of us can partner up; I'll take 4 shares, and one of them can come over and take 6 shares."

"These delivery dates are staggered, too."

"Then we'll order two of the same boat, calculated based on 20 shares. Once both boats are in hand, we'll split them up then; two people taking one boat each is fine, and it saves the trouble of calculating accounts."

When many people partner up with multiple boats, calculating accounts is the most troublesome part, especially in his case with many fishing boats. It's even more troublesome; calculating accounts requires taking turns with a bunch of people, and he probably has to set aside a whole day just for accounting.

If the amounts are correct, it's easy to talk about, but if there's a problem with the accounts somewhere, they'll have to argue for half a day.

"You figure it out yourself, it's not much anyway."

"Mm."

After finishing the conversation, with nothing else to do, Ye Yaodong went back into the room to lie down. He hadn't slept for many hours in total, and his head was still aching.

It was almost time to eat; sleeping was impossible, but he could lie down for a while to recover, and then sleep at night. By the way, he also had to ponder the matter of the kelp.

It was unlikely that the village committee would directly organize people to farm it just based on empty words; they had to see some results to make people believe.

He lay on the bed with his hands behind his head, legs crossed, staring blankly at the mosquito net above his head.

Either he would organize people to farm a little bit first, and once the results were seen, the village cadres would naturally believe it, and then organize a large number of villagers to farm it.

Or he would provide the money and effort to sponsor it, and then the village cadres, given his ability to earn money and his current prestige, would give a little trust and organize a small-scale trial.

Spending some money was fine; it would feed back anyway. The key was that he wasn't that free to lead everyone in planting personally. Furthermore, he didn't know if it would go smoothly if he directly collected wild kelp seedlings that hadn't been improved or cultivated.

If he asked other people who understood even less to do something he wasn't sure about, they would take so many wrong turns. At the very least, he still knew how to farm it.

After pondering on the bed for a while and barely clearing up his thoughts, Lin Xiuqing called him for dinner, so he had to put it aside for now.

Anyway, kelp seedling collection and cultivation had to wait until late September or early October... wait...

Thinking of this, he immediately stopped his steps as he was walking out. After he returned from Zhejiang Province, he would have to immediately throw himself into the work of seedling collection and cultivation.

How would he have the time...

Lin Xiuqing shouted for dinner a few times outside, but didn't see him come out, so she walked in to take a look and saw him standing there blankly.

"Eat, what are you doing? I thought you fell asleep again."

"No, I'm thinking about something."

After responding, he walked out again.

He was pondering the whole time while eating. His mother was muttering about gossip in the village, but he didn't pay any attention to it.

The old lady looked at his unusual appearance, "What's wrong with Dongzi? Did you catch a cold?"

"Looking like you've lost your soul, what's wrong?" Ye Mu also noticed his unusual state and asked.

"Nothing, I'm thinking about something."

"Thinking about what?" Ye Fu asked.

Lin Xiuqing chimed in, "Maybe it's about partnering up for fishing boats with his friends again."

"Partnering for fishing boats again? You already have so many, and you've partnered for several more, you still want to partner?"

Ye Yaodong didn't explain that he wasn't pondering this, and just responded casually, "Mm, I don't have the manpower myself, and I can't spare the time to captain the boats, so I'll partner with friends. I'll let them captain them, and I'll just wait to split the money."

"You can hire people to captain them too. Didn't you get a fresh-catch boat? Anyway, it's your own boat collecting your own goods," Ye Fu said.

"That works too, at most I'd just split one or two tenths of the profit to the hired boat captain. However, I was thinking of pulling them up a bit. If I don't take the lead, they probably wouldn't think of doing a big job. Anyway, I'll just partner for this one more; whoever asks me to partner after this, I won't do it. It's too troublesome."

"Then you figure it out yourself."

Ye Mu also started nagging, "How many boats is this now? Over a dozen? Everyone in the village has been discussing whether you're going to catch jellyfish again next month. With so many boats, you're going to make a fortune again..."

Ye Yaodong listened to his mother's nagging without following her topic, just continuing to return to his own thoughts.

However, his mother also reminded him that everyone knew he was going to make big money again. Most people had a psychology of hating the rich; there was envy, but even more jealousy.

The current policy of the leaders was also for the rich to lead the poor. It was really quite necessary to lead the whole village in planting, letting the whole village slowly become wealthy together, just as a way to give back to his hometown.

Taking a step ahead to make his hometown wealthier than other villages.

"I've decided. After the next wave of jellyfish harvesting ends, I'll donate ten small wooden boats to the village committee, let the village committee organize kelp farming, and lead the whole village to get rich."

The sudden statement made the chatting of everyone at the table pause. Everyone looked at him with a confused face.

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but say, "Are you really running a fever?"

"You've looked unusual ever since you sat down tonight..."

The old lady was a bit worried, "Did you encounter something dirty at sea? Should we invite someone to take a look?"

"Crazy!" Ye Yaodong scolded irritably, "What could possibly be wrong with me?"

Only Ye Fu knew what he was talking about. When they were at sea, he heard him muttering about farming and farming. He didn't expect him to want to donate the boats and let the village committee organize the farming.

When he first built them, he thought about depreciating the boats and giving them to the boat workers as wages after using them. He didn't expect his mind to change so quickly, and he was playing such a big game.

Although they were small wooden boats, there were 10 of them, and adding them up, they weren't cheap.

"Are you for real?"

"Of course, when have I ever been fake?"

"What are you two father and son talking about?" Ye Mu asked curiously, "And 10 small wooden boats, where did they come from?"

Given Ye Mu's big mouth, Ye Fu didn't tell her everything. Furthermore, Dongzi had many secrets, and he was used to hiding them. Most of the time, he didn't tell her anything.

It was useless to tell her; knowing would only lead to nagging, and in the end, he would be the one suffering.

"I ordered ten small wooden boats. When the time comes, I'll use the Dongsheng to pull them to Zhejiang Province for harvesting..."

Ye Mu's eyes widened, "This is allowed?"

"Why wouldn't it be? The local fishermen there also row small wooden boats at sea to harvest jellyfish one by one. After you finish eating, help me call 20 people in the village. When the time comes, two people will be paired with one small boat."

Him saying it now was also to let his mother call the people in advance. Who knew when the fishing season would be? Would it be early? Would it be delayed?

Last year, they set off in mid-July. Setting the manpower in advance would save them from being caught off guard at the last minute.

"You're really doing it? Really ten? When will they be pulled back?"

"Maybe at the end of the month, maybe at the beginning of the month. It was agreed that they must all be given to me at the beginning of the month."

Ye Mu smacked her lips, feeling that this was really a good way to make money. The investment was a bit large, but given what they earned last year, this cost didn't even need to be calculated.

"Then it's just like what everyone said, you're really going to make big money? Then how much money will you earn in one trip this year? Won't you earn a 100,000-yuan household? My goodness..."

"Thinking too much. How could there be that much? Others will bring people too; it's not just us. Furthermore, with so many people and so many boats all concentrated in that area, it'll all be harvested in two or three days."

"That's true too... Then if it's finished early, wouldn't that be a loss?"

"Then let them go find it on the sea themselves, supervise each other. If they can earn a little bit later, that's something. Even if the locals don't find the trench, they can earn a few dozen yuan a day. With so many boats, it adds up, and furthermore, there's no need for fuel expenses, just labor."

"That's right."

Ye Mu became happier the more she thought about it. She didn't expect her son's brain to be so useful; he was going to make a fortune again.

"Then won't it be hard to do next year? Everyone is learning from you."

"Then they'll probably only be able to drink thin porridge, and maybe they won't even be able to drink that; a whole bunch will die."

Last year, being able to hide it from the locals was already quite difficult. Increasing the scale this year definitely wouldn't escape the eyes of the locals. If anyone learned from him the year after next, a whole bunch might really die.

Him saying this made Ye Mu even happier, and she was also a bit gloating.

"Right, right, right, so you deserve to make money this year."

"I haven't earned the money yet; you're saying this a bit too fast."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but laugh, "Aren't you the same? You've already counted the money you haven't earned yet as being in your hands."

So this was also hereditary; mother and son were exactly the same, having already counted the money they hadn't earned as being in their hands.

Ye Mu laughed, "Isn't this just how the conversation went? Everyone says it like this. After I finish eating, I'll go call the manpower for you in advance."

"Mm."

After they finished speaking, Ye Fu chimed in, "Are you really going to farm kelp? Can you handle it? Do you know how?"

"I know the general direction, but I won't farm it myself. I'll let the village committee organize people to research it. If it can be farmed, I'll collect it all when the time comes, and it can also increase the income of the whole village."

"Can you do it?"

Ye Yaodong glanced at his father without saying a word.

Ye Mu also realized what he had just said about donating ten boats. She was too busy being happy that he was going to make big money again and missed hearing this.

"What are you saying about donating ten boats, what kelp farming? Isn't kelp on the islands? What else is there to farm? Everyone picked up a lot of it on the beach a while ago to dry, I was too lazy to pick it up."

"Kelp sells quite expensively in the inland areas. Inland areas can't eat seafood, and only dried kelp is easy to transport and circulate. So it's not rare here and no one wants it, but there are people who want it outside. If it's really farmed, it can benefit the whole village."

If it can be farmed in these two years, it will just catch the tail end of the late 80s. I remember that in the 90s, they were all promoting that kelp could prevent goiter.