Chapter 1069

"Then why donate? Why donate? Ten small boats are not a small amount of money, it's thousands of yuan. Why donate to the village committee for no reason?"

Ye Mu's face was full of unwillingness. To pay out thousands of yuan for no reason, why?

"Can't I lend it?"

"Is there a difference?" Ye Yaodong asked back.

If he really lent it to the village committee to research kelp farming, could he ask for it back later?

Even if he donated ten boats to the village committee, he would still have to spend effort to let the village committee organize people to farm it. However, he was still confident that he could persuade the village committee. After all, if it could really be farmed, with him around, there would be no worry about selling it.

As long as it could be farmed, it meant that the living standards of the whole village could be improved, far ahead of the surrounding villages, becoming a well-known wealthy village.

Furthermore, their village had also farmed kelp before. He knew how to farm it. The only thing that made him feel there was a variable was that the current kelp hadn't been improved generation after generation and could only collect wild ones.

Current wild kelp couldn't compare to later generations. Even if it could be farmed, the yield would at most be half. This required technical personnel to improve it, but this could also be considered a direction for research after successful farming.

If he didn't donate, the village committee would likely hesitate. After all, not to mention anything else, fishing boats were indispensable for operations at sea. Asking a group of people to do this and that based on empty words, and also having to spend money to toss about, it was hard to make people believe. Sponsoring was another matter.

With tools and a big pie drawn, only needing to temporarily put out some labor, the village committee was still very willing to take the lead.

"Then why do you still want to mess with kelp? You have so many boats at home, isn't that enough for you to earn? Why spend that effort? And donate so many boats, as if money is nothing..."

"You have to look at things in the long run. If it's farmed, all that kelp can bring me revenue, and it can also bring hope to the whole village. If the whole village gets rich together, isn't my contribution big? Everyone in the village will have to thank me. Future newspaper headlines will have to publish me, promoting it nationwide. This is a typical example of individual wealth leading collective wealth. Tell me, isn't this reaping both fame and fortune?"

Times are different now. Before, he was insignificant, and even ten-thousand-yuan households were afraid of becoming famous and attracting trouble. But now, who in the surrounding villages doesn't know his name? Who doesn't know he has boats and shops, and has hired many people to work?

After making achievements with kelp, everyone in the village will have to protect him. It's not just that he started it, but they all have to rely on him to sell the goods.

The most important thing is that ten-thousand-yuan household belongs to individual honor, while leading the whole village to get rich belongs to collective honor. The collective is greater than the individual. With the whole village as a backing, becoming famous also has the whole village supporting him.

Now a village committee is much more useful than a public security bureau.

Ye Mu was bluffed by him, "It really sounds like that... You haven't done anything yet and you've already thought about being in the newspaper, reaping fame and fortune together. I haven't thought of anything as good as you even in my dreams in the middle of the night."

Ye Fu also started pondering.

"Do you really think kelp can sell for a good price? The premise of your good thinking is not that it can be farmed, but that kelp can be popular and sell for a good price."

"It's worth being happy if it's farmed, but this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that someone wants it and it can sell for money. If it can't sell for a price, then don't talk about fame and fortune; you'll be scolded to death by everyone in the village. If you're afraid of being scolded and cover it yourself, paying to collect it, how much money will you have to pay?"

"You have to think clearly. Don't just think about how many benefits it can bring you. You have to inquire in advance whether anyone outside really wants it. If no one wants it and you let the villagers farm it for nothing, the villagers' side won't be easy to pass, and it might even cause public anger. If it can't be farmed, then no one has anything to say."

Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt it made sense. Although he was sure it wouldn't be unwanted, he still had to test the market.

"Although I'm sure it absolutely won't be unwanted, since you said so, Dad, we can try it. Haven't people in the village picked up a lot of kelp to dry in the past month or two? Then, I'll collect it from the villagers at 6 cents per jin first. No matter how much they send, I'll take it."

"This thing isn't rare, and everyone definitely didn't expect me to collect it, so they probably don't have much on hand. Collecting two or three thousand jin from 400 households is a lot. Calculated at 3000-plus jin, 6 cents is only 200 yuan. Just spend this 200 yuan to collect a wave first. I'll call and contact Boss Zhou or I can put a portion in the city for retail."

Ye Fu nodded. 200 yuan wasn't much, spending 200 yuan to try it first was fine.

"This is fine."

"To be safer, I'll call tomorrow first. If it's confirmed that they want it, then I'll collect it from the villagers, and then using this to persuade the village committee to organize and arrange farming will also have more prestige, after all, there's no worry about selling."

"This is good, be steady. If someone wants it, we can let people research and farm it."

Ye Mu watched the father and son finalize the matter back and forth. Neither of them mentioned the boat matter, which made her anxious.

"Then what about the boats? You two only talked about kelp, what about the boats? Really donate? Too many, at most donate two to show it's a gesture."

Ye Yaodong was also hot-headed just now and said donate ten. Now that he analyzed it with his father, and his mother was also protesting with heartache there, he also felt it was too many.

Still a bit inflated!

Last month, because of catching squid, he earned a huge amount when calculating accounts at the end of the month, and he was thinking every day that he might have 200,000 by the end of the year. Now he felt he was a rich man, and he didn't even take ten small boats seriously. He just said it just now.

He immediately reined in his inflated heart and sobered up.

In the initial stage of researching how to farm, there was absolutely no need for so many people. Two small boats were enough, and it could also express sincerity. There was absolutely no need for ten, they wouldn't be used.

When ten were needed, it would probably be after initial success, expanding production for large-scale farming, and needing more manpower would require more boats. But that was also something for the village committee to worry about.

"Mom's words make sense. Ten is too many. I was also hot-headed just now, didn't use my brain, and it just blurted out with a thought."

Ye Mu's expression looked better, and she had a smile, "Right, I said ten is too many. Thousands of yuan, whose money is blown by the wind? The money you earn is all earned by yourself working hard at sea, and it's all hard-earned money, saved bit by bit to have today."

Ye Fu also spoke up, "Then just donate two..."

"It can't be said to be donating, just say it's sponsoring the village to research kelp farming, making a contribution to the prosperous development of the village, and adding bricks and tiles to the future beautiful life of the villagers."

The old lady smiled and took over, "Good, good, good, Dongzi is still the one who knows how to speak. Saying it like this makes people feel comfortable listening, and it shows high awareness."

Ye Mu glanced at him with disdain, holding chopsticks to pick up food, "When did you start using official jargon with this mouth? It sounds so formal, in the end, isn't it still donating."

"Since it's already given out, of course it has to be said nicely, otherwise how can people thank you from the bottom of their hearts."

"Only you know how to speak."

"Then there are still 8 boats. These 8 boats will follow the original intention, directly depreciated and sold to the boat workers who go with you when the time comes? Also, this research has to wait until you return from Zhejiang Province, right?"

"Of course, wait until I use them first, earn the money that should be earned, and then free up two for the village committee. Anyway, kelp is also about late September or early October for seedling collection and cultivation, it also depends on the temperature at that time, and the temperature of the seawater to decide."

Once the farming technology is mastered, this thing is simple, but for a novice who doesn't understand, it must also be learned and explored slowly for a long time.

When the weather is cold, the wind is strong and the waves are big, and the time at home is longer than the time at sea, he can watch a bit and guide them when the time comes.

After thinking it through and having a plan, he also relaxed, and could taste the flavor when eating.

"It sounds like that, making it seem like you know everything..."

After Ye Mu habitually tore him down, she immediately became spirited again and said, "Hey, can you partner with the village committee with the boats to research farming together? After success, let the village committee split the money?"

Ye Fu also looked at him, "Is it possible?"

"Forget it, I only took two boats. Guiding farming, although it's technical, but how should I split it? Fifty-fifty? Three-seven or two-eight?"

"It's fine to split some when initial achievements are made in research. If it's large-scale farming, with the whole village participating in collective farming, even if I take one tenth, the remaining 9 tenths are split among 400 households in the village. Is that appropriate? Lest I don't get thanks later, but instead get scolded by people for splitting too much."

"If I only take the front part, and don't take it when developing vigorously later, how much money can the front part take? Isn't this just throwing myself in for small money?"

"If the whole village develops kelp farming vigorously, I'm also a beneficiary. Just reselling it can earn a lot. This is the big part, plus there's the reputation of an individual leading collective wealth. These are more important."

"If it's really farmed, the government will also set the whole village as a benchmark, a signboard, and promote it vigorously. By then, it won't be my personal matter, but belongs to collective honor."

Ye Mu felt she understood, and also felt she didn't understand.

"So you're not taking any benefits? Being a great philanthropist?"

"It's not exactly that. I can participate in research. After research is successful, those who participated in making contributions will definitely split the fruits of labor first. It depends on how the village defines it then. Then large-scale farming, whether it's letting villagers farm it themselves, or organizing collective farming together, this is also a point."

"I reckon that in the beginning, it will definitely be developed with the collective as a unit. After all, it's still in the exploration stage, and everyone has to be familiar with it and know how to farm it before the collective can be developed into individuals, letting each household work on their own."

"So, participating will definitely have benefits. Sponsoring two boats, plus I'm the one who started this kelp farming, there will be many benefits in the future. We have to look at things in the long run."

Ye Fu nodded frequently after listening, feeling that what he said was particularly reasonable.

"Dongzi is right. At the beginning, we haven't made achievements yet, and we ask for what to split and how to split it, which gives people a bad feeling. It's not too late to distribute according to labor after results are made. Furthermore, it will definitely turn from collective to individual later. Anyway, no one can leave Dongzi aside, and they will have to rely on him to collect and sell it all later."

"So, it's decided for now. Contribute two boats, it's enough to have two boats to go to sea. It's already evening now, not far from dark. As for collecting kelp, wait until tomorrow. Mom, help promote it in the village tomorrow morning, let everyone who has kelp bring it over to exchange for money."

Anyway, he won't participate in farming in the future, but he can participate in research and development. Research and development improvement is the core of kelp growing better and increasing yield per mu.

"Wait for tomorrow? After I finish eating and go back, I'll say a word at the door, let them pass it on themselves, pass it on for a night, and tomorrow morning, there will naturally be a bunch of people lining up at your door."

"What's the rush? I haven't inquired about the price yet. I'll call and ask how much the acquisition can give later, and then tell you, then you release the wind."

"Fine."

"If you collect it at 6 cents, how much will you sell it for?"

"One or two dimes."

"What? You're going to double or triple it all of a sudden?"

"Doesn't the transport cost money? One ton of kelp is 120 yuan, 10 tons is only 1200 yuan. A tractor can't carry 10 tons, at most five or six tons. For safety, it has to be controlled at about 4-5 tons. Five or six hundred yuan at a time, if fuel consumption is 15-16 liters per 100 kilometers, it will be over ten yuan. Won't a round trip cost 20-something yuan?"

Ye Mu was bluffed again by his rapid-fire calculation. She didn't understand how he calculated it, but hearing him say it so decisively, and popping out number after number, it seemed particularly accurate, and she was bluffed, murmuring.

"Then... then you just calculate it well and make sure you can earn money."

"When you promote it tomorrow, don't let everyone crowd at my door. You have to tell them to wait at the workshop. The space there is large and can accommodate them. The courtyard here is just a little bit big."

"Got it. Then you ask well tomorrow morning, tell me when eating lunch, and I'll go pass it on after eating, let them take it to the workshop tomorrow afternoon."

"Mm."

Inland areas also have kelp sold there, but traffic is inconvenient, news is blocked, and circulation is slow. Only those who have been outside and moving around for many years see more and know more.

According to what he knows, there were places that started researching farming in the early 80s, and only in the mid-80s would there be people planting kelp.

With him, a little cheater, around, the probability of their successful planting will be much greater. As long as they succeed in planting this year and have a harvest next year, they only need to research in the direction of improving high yield in the future.

"Hurry up and eat after talking. I see you guys have to talk about a bunch at the dinner table every day."

"Eat first, eat first..."

Their fine tradition is that they like to talk about things at the dinner table, which is also quite good, helping to eat.

Otherwise, eating their own meals dully without even communicating is also quite boring.

Just as the family finished eating, the shouting of the barber came from the door.

Ye Yaodong immediately went out and shouted for someone to come over, just happening to want to get a haircut today.

Barbers in this era mostly go from street to street to provide door-to-door haircuts, carrying haircutting tools. When they meet someone who wants a haircut on the street, they can start cutting by putting a small stool on the side of the street, or they can go home to cut, providing door-to-door service.

"Do you two little ones want to cut? Your hair is covering your ears, almost like Xiao Jiu's."

"Want, want, want, I want to shave bald..." Ye Chenghu rushed over from a pile of children excitedly.

Ye Chengyang followed closely behind, also running and shouting there: "I also want to shave bald, I want to go to Shaolin Temple!"

Other children also hurriedly gathered around, chattering.

"Ah Qing, move a stool out."

It just happened that it wasn't dark yet. Shaving them bald and sending them to take a bath, these wild boys couldn't take a bath until bedtime, otherwise they would be dirty again after washing.

Their bodies were still very dirty now, with a smell of sweat, their hair smelled sour, and their sleeves were all black. They were running around, falling everywhere, or lying on the ground all day long.

"You came just in time. You were talking about shaving bald in the afternoon, just right, you three should all shave bald."

Lin Xiuqing moved a stool out and placed it at the main entrance. The two brothers rushed to grab the position, pushing each other, and even using their butts to bump.

"Me first..."

"Me first..."

"Move away, I'm the older brother, I come first..."

"Mom tells you to let me have it every day..."

Both brothers pressed their hands on the stool, pushing each other, and then started bumping into each other.

Ye Yaodong looked at their scrambling appearance, walked directly to them, and sat on the stool with his butt facing their two lowered heads.

"Ah..."

"Ah ah, who..."

The children around also laughed loudly after seeing it.

The two heads also hurriedly twisted out from under the butt, and only after retreating two or three steps did they realize it was their wicked old dad.

"What's there to grab, grabbing back and forth, then you don't shave, I'll shave first."

"Dad, you also want to go to Shaolin Temple?"

"What am I going to Shaolin Temple for? Am I going up to sweep the floor?"

"Dad, you're wrong. I heard the storyteller on the radio say that not just anyone can sweep the floor, the one who sweeps the floor is very powerful."

Ye Yaodong reached out to flick his little head, but was dodged by him excitedly, and then he shook his head and said triumphantly there: "Can't hit me~ can't hit me~"

After the barber wrapped a piece of cloth around him, he reminded them, "Don't move, I'm going to start."

"Wait, I'll get a stick later."

"Do you want bald?"

"Bald, cool in summer, and saves trouble."

As soon as his voice fell, the scraper started moving on the top of his head, and hair as dense as straw fell to the ground in small patches.

A bunch of curious children surrounded him, and some ran home shouting to shave bald.

"Hahaha... my dad became bald..."

"Third Uncle, your bald head is so funny..."

"Funny?"

Ye Yaodong touched his already smooth forehead, feeling cool on the top of his head, and was a bit unaccustomed for a while.

Lin Xiuqing watched and laughed on the side, and then went into the room to get a mirror for him.

Ye Yaodong also took the mirror and looked at it, and laughed himself, "Quite handsome, a proper Monk Bianji, this top of the head is whiter than my face."

It was just that there were two bloodstains on the top of the head, probably accidentally scraped by the scraper, not a big problem.

Not knowing who the Monk Bianji he was talking about was, Lin Xiuqing still smiled and took over, "Let Grandma help you burn a few ring scars."

"Don't want that, I just shaved to be cool."

"Hurry up and wash your hair, it's all small broken hair, falling everywhere."

After he got up, Ye Chenghu grabbed the position first, and after a while, another little monk was produced.

"Bring my dog-beating stick... no, it's a stick, I'm a little monk today..."

Ye Chengyang looked eager to move, sitting on the chair and hurriedly urging the barber, "Master, be fast."

After these two boys finished shaving, other children, after getting permission from their parents, also sat up one by one like a train, and one little monk after another was produced.

The weather is hot, shaving bald is cool, and it can grow slower.

After a group of children shaved bald, they immediately went home to find sticks as soon as they stood up. The Shaolin Temple craze would surge every year, endless.

Ye Xiaoxi watched the bald heads one after another, and some even took sticks as weapons, and was also anxious.

"I want too, I want too..."

"Must learn everything, can't take it, you're still young, you'll hit others later."

"No, I want to shave too, head head smooth... I want smooth too..."

"You're a girl, no need to shave bald."

After a long time, it wasn't that she wanted to take a stick, but wanted to shave bald with those people.

"Want, want, want smooth... Mom, Mom, I want too, I want too..."

Ye Xiaoxi pulled Lin Xiuqing's hand, dragging her towards the barber, one hand couldn't pull, so she used both hands together.

"You're a girl, if you shave bald, you won't have hair, it won't look good."

"Want to shave, want to shave."

After Ye Yaodong washed his hair and came out, he saw it and said with a smile: "If she wants to shave, let her shave, anyway, she's so young and it doesn't matter, shaving bald is a bit cooler, and scraping more can also make hair grow more."

"She already has a lot of hair, if you really want to shave, let Xiao Yu shave, scrape it, her hair is only two or three strands..."

As soon as Pei Yu heard her say it, she immediately covered her two little buns with both hands, and then ran around on the ground, shouting in a milky voice: "Don't, don't, don't want bald head, Xiao Yu don't..."

Ye Xiaoxi also learned to run around and shout: "I want, I want, I want big bald head... big bald head..."

She turned around and ran circles around Lin Xiuqing, and then ran around Ye Yaodong, making the couple dizzy, and hurriedly reached out to catch her.

"Shave shave shave, don't cry after you shave..."

Ye Xiaoxi heard her dad's promise, immediately stopped, and shouted happily: "Won't..."

"Thump..."

She shook her head and fell to the ground on her butt, then held her head and shook it, shouting blankly: "So dizzy..."

The couple couldn't help but laugh.

"Forget it, don't shave if you're dizzy."

"Want want want..." She immediately supported the ground with both hands, stood up with her butt sticking out, and shouted while shaking her head: "Not dizzy anymore..."

Ye Yaodong picked her up, patted her dirty pants, and rubbed her head, "Don't shave if you're not dizzy, slow down first, let others shave first, let others finish shaving and then you shave."

Ye Xiaoxi nodded happily while hugging his neck, and then pecked him on the cheek, "Love Daddy..."

"You call me Daddy at this time?"

"Mm mm..."

Ye Xiaoxi rubbed her face against his face, rubbing back and forth, acting like a spoiled child. Ye Yaodong only felt the chubby little face was soft and tender, always sticking to him, making his heart soften along with it, and the smile on his face never stopped.

Ye Xiaoxi's hand also touched the back of his head, only feeling it was extremely novel. She widened her eyes and didn't stick anymore, just kept staring at the big bald head on his head, and her two hands kept rubbing the big forehead.

"Haha... big bald head~"

"Is it good to touch?"

"Good to touch~"

Her two little hands kept touching his head, and then suddenly patted twice, "Not ripe..."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but laugh out loud, "What's not ripe?"

"Melon melon not ripe..."

Lin Xiuqing on the side was also happy, "Did your aunts take you to pick watermelons in the afternoon and tell you to pat watermelons?"

"Right, right~"

"Learned really fast, stop touching, it's your turn, you can touch your own head after you shave bald."

Ye Xiaoxi immediately struggled to get down happily, and then sat on the stool with her dad's help.

Without waiting for Lin Xiuqing to help her untie the rubber band on her head, she pulled it off herself, and then sat obediently, waiting for the barber to shave her head.

But her eyes turned like wheels, looking at the children on the open space playing with sticks, her two legs couldn't help but keep swinging, impatiently wanting to go down.

Ye Yaodong watched the scraper keep scraping on the top of her head, a bit worried about scraping scratches. Just now, every child's head would have one or two cuts more or less.

"Be careful, don't scrape and bleed, wait wait wait... don't scrape yet..."

The barber frowned, "What's wrong?"

"You just scratched several cuts on others, this scraper is not hygienic, give it to me first, I'll wash it for you, rinse it first."

"Ah?"

Ye Yaodong took his scraper without saying a word and went into the room to wash it.

He only associated it at this moment that this scraper had scraped several people's heads to bleed, so don't have any bad infections. Although they are all children, there shouldn't be any diseases, but this country is a big country of hepatitis B!

When his son shaved, he was washing his hair in the room and didn't see it. When he came out, he saw that many children had one or two bloodstains on their foreheads, and only then did he react.

It's also that this era is not hygienic, and the infection is a bit widespread.

"What's wrong with your man? There are still people queuing up to shave, isn't he delaying things?"

Lin Xiuqing also looked at his back helplessly, "Wait, probably seeing hair on top, thinking of cleaning it before shaving for the child."

"Troublesome, be fast..."

Ye Yaodong rinsed it several times, and was afraid it wasn't clean enough, carrying a bag of washing powder. As a result, the old lady said no need, and grabbed a handful of wood ash from the stove to help him wash it again.

He also felt wood ash was quite reliable, so he didn't use washing powder.

When he handed the scraper to the barber again, the barber gave him a white look irritably.

Ye Xiaoxi had also long been unable to wait, her two legs kept kicking the stool, urging in her mouth, "Is it ready, is it ready..."

"Right away, don't move, don't scrape the skin."