Chapter 1093: Breach of Contract

Everyone has to be responsible for their own decisions. He has said what he should say, and the remaining decision lies with them.

If they still want to take risks to earn big money, then follow. If they still want to bring small boats, then bring them. But as for the rest, he won't care. He has many boats and many workers of his own, which is obvious to all.

"You guys go back and discuss it with your family. It's okay not to follow this year, be conservative. Anyway, you earned a lot last year. And Xiao Xiao, your wife hasn't given birth yet, and you don't know when she will. You have to watch the child be born."

"You're not leaving right away. Today is only the 20th-something, 24th or 25th? It's not even the end of the month yet, and it's still early until next month, what's the rush?"

Ah Zheng also echoed, "Right, it's not urgent yet, what's the rush? Aren't there still many days to buffer? Take a look in a few days."

"Hmm."

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua were still sitting on the side listening to them talk, hesitating for a long time, and were too embarrassed to speak.

Ye Yaodong also noticed it, and turned to tell his eldest brother and second brother, letting them consider whether they want to go or not, and also consider more carefully about the things that might happen when taking others.

Both nodded like pounding garlic, and their intestines were blue with regret.

Now don't talk about taking people, listening to what Dongzi said just now, and the discussions everyone was having, even they themselves felt that things like bloodshed would happen eight or nine times out of ten.

"We'll ponder it later."

"Dongzi, since you think it's dangerous, why still go? And invited so many boat workers?"

Ye Yaodong raised his chin towards the people sitting in the courtyard, "So many people are waiting, all wanting to go with me. If I say I'm not going temporarily, won't everyone's heart to make a fortune be broken?"

Lacking a leader, letting others take the top, everyone will have no bottom in their hearts.

He was the leader from the beginning, everyone must have identified him. Even if he said he only takes care of his own people and doesn't care about others, being able to follow behind his butt, people's hearts will be more stable.

"Don't look at the difficulty I just said, but those who have tasted the sweetness and want to fight again will definitely still be the majority. And last year, they only followed to earn wages. This year, those who rented boats must be thinking that they didn't catch up last year, and they will definitely want to gamble this year."

"Just now, the remarks were just assumptions. Maybe they will be lucky?"

"Who hopes for bad things? Everyone must be thinking in a good direction. Catching in the sea trench for a few days, they think they have earned enough, so they don't go out to sea, and directly find a few people to go back together. Isn't this also possible?"

"Earned big money and ran away directly, they were also saying just now..." Ah Zheng inserted.

"So, those who should follow will still follow. Everyone thinks that wealth is sought in danger, and everyone thinks they can grasp it. Don't be greedy, just earn enough and close the hand, and come back early."

A few people listened and felt it made sense. Ordinary people think that the one who dies cannot be themselves.

Xiao Xiao also agreed, "True, you count, dozens of people in our village, plus those in the town, hundreds of people, how can they not come back? Normal group fighting and fighting, only a few will die, everyone thinks they can't be so unlucky."

"Right, everyone will have a fluke mentality."

Ah Zheng also said: "But if you take it, it's impossible to take those small boats again. The petty profit may not be much. If you lead them yourself, you have to take care of them all the way, and let them earn money well. Why? It's a loss."

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua nodded repeatedly. They also felt that they had lost a lot now, too sloppy, and were stimulated by Dongzi's ten boats for a while.

Dongzi's boat is his own, and what he earns is in his pocket, which is different from them. They take the least money and bear the greatest responsibility. The money is earned for others.

Maybe after taking people there, what they take away is part of them, then what are they for? For excitement?

The courtyard was also messy, with a lot of noise, all kinds of discussions, discussing whether to go or not, discussing how likely the situation described just now is to appear, and how to deal with it, but no one discussed whether to bring small boats anymore.

The outside of the courtyard was also messy, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and villagers from the village ran over one after another to join the discussion.

"Then Adong, since you said so much, you haven't said when we will set off if we go?"

"Right, about when to set off?"

"Last year was mid-July, this year I don't know. Ah Guang also contacted a while ago, only saying that there are none yet, occasionally seeing a few, but they can't sell for a price, and the factory hasn't started work. However, I will probably go over in advance. After all, I have many people, so I must go over to settle down in advance."

Next, let Ah Guang ask more often. If the factory starts work, they will go over in advance.

Generally, the news between factories is fast

"Then doesn't that mean we have to go over and settle down around the beginning of the month in advance? To avoid it being hard to find a house because of too many people. Last year we slept in the wilderness, and then it rained heavily later, which was miserable and exhausting."

"Anyway, if you have plans to go, there's nothing wrong with preparing in advance. But you really have to be mentally prepared. I'm not just talking nonsense there." Ye Yaodong emphasized again.

"We know this, we will discuss it well..."

Some people asked curiously, "So Adong, how many small boats did you book? Everyone says you booked a lot of boats to take over, which is why you hired a dozen or twenty workers."

"I hired them in advance to avoid not being able to find manpower at the last minute. As for how many boats to take, we'll see when the time comes. Anyway, they are my own boats. I don't know the progress of the boats now, so I have to go and ask in these two days."

He brushed it off with a casual excuse. How many boats he takes is none of their business, and he won't cause trouble for others.

Taking a large group of people means there is strength in numbers, and he might even be safer. Anyway, the people he hired must listen to him.

Ye Fu also smiled and said to the crowd, "Tonight can be considered a big meeting, and it has given everyone an idea. Now there is probably still about a week or so left, you all go back and discuss it."

"Okay, okay, we'll all go back and discuss it, and take a look."

"Sigh... it's not easy, it's not easy..."

"Then if you plan to leave on what date, you have to say it in advance, right?"

"We will, we will. We'll say when we're leaving. Those who want to follow can follow; those who earned enough last year can stay at home and enjoy life this year, which is also good."

"Is there ever a time when you've earned enough money? And enjoy life... we still have to work the same way. Born with a life of toil, how could we enjoy life?"

"Yeah, everywhere is work..."

"Go back first, go back and ponder."

Everyone stood up one after another, huddled together in twos and threes, discussing as they walked out.

Even the village women who were waiting at the door to watch the excitement surrounded their acquaintances or family members. They didn't want to leave immediately, and stood at the door to start a new round of intense discussion.

Ye Yaodong sat there without moving, and the few people beside him didn't move either.

Xiao Xiao was still saying there, "Aguang's wife has already given birth, but my wife hasn't given birth after such a long time. I'm really waiting to death, and it's made me anxious. He gave birth to two sons at once, the Goddess of Mercy shouldn't have sent my share to him."

"That's hard to say."

Ye Fu also looked at Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua at this time, "You two ponder it yourselves too, and see if you still want to take the boats of your second uncle's family."

"No, Dad, it's too much trouble and too exhausting. We can't earn much money, and we can't even take care of ourselves, let alone have the energy to look after them."

"Right, we'll go to their house in a while to tell them. The original agreement is cancelled. If they are angry, let them be angry. There's no other way. We didn't consider it thoroughly at the beginning and didn't think much."

Ye Fu nodded, "Yeah, you can't even take care of yourselves, how can you take care of others? Not to mention you have hired a few people on your boat. Tell them not to follow and take risks. Tell them Dongzi's analysis from tonight. Don't just keep thinking about how everyone earned big money last year, and just be jealous and want to follow to get a share regardless of anything."

"We will, we will definitely explain it clearly to them."

"Otherwise, should we not go? Anyway, we earned so much last year?"

Seeing everyone in the courtyard walking out, Ye Dasao knew they had finished talking, so she squeezed in to hear what they were saying, and by the way, express her own opinion.

Ye Yaopeng hesitated when he heard her say this.

Ye Dasao persisted, "Anyway, we earned so much last year, which is already very good. Isn't it said that it's not easy to earn money this year? There are many monks and little gruel, and there's a possibility of fighting with the locals, so don't go and take risks."

Ye Ersao was also a bit hesitant, reluctant to give up the opportunity to earn money but also worried about any accidents.

"Will there really be accidents?"

"Pah, you crow's mouth!" Ye Yaodong glared at her.

The others also turned their heads to glare at Ye Ersao.

Ye Ersao hurriedly patted her mouth twice, smiled awkwardly in embarrassment, "I was just asking, I didn't mean that."

Ye Yaohua stood up and pulled her to walk out, "If you can't speak, don't speak. Go home and talk."

"The stool hasn't been moved back yet..."

One left, and the other followed and stood up. Ye Dasao also hurriedly followed. Talk about whatever you want at home, and by the way, take your own stool back.

"Then Dongzi, we'll go back first too. I guess we'll have to chat with my father and the others for a long time when we go back, and we can't sleep right away. We've been tired for a day."

"Actually, there's no rush, it's not like we're leaving tomorrow."

"We'll go back first, and we'll talk about anything later."

"Mm."

Ye Yaodong stood up and sent them all out one by one, before sitting back on the recliner and continuing to chat with his father.

And Lin Xiuqing also took a broom and started sweeping the courtyard. Although there were no fruit peels or paper scraps, there were quite a few cigarette butts and ash, all from old smokers.

"We earned too much last year, so we probably won't think about giving up this year. Everyone will probably follow to take a look and observe first."

"Mm, nothing else, you go back too. Anyway, we've chatted and said everything."

Ye Fu nodded and didn't say anything more. But after going out, he didn't leave because of the discussion at the door; he stood at the door and chatted with everyone.

The old lady moved a stool and sat beside Ye Yaodong, full of concern, and the Buddhist beads in her hand never stopped rolling.

"Dongzi, can we not go? After hearing what you said just now, I'm all anxious, and I wish I could go into the room and pray right away."

"Then you go."

"I... I'm just worried, I want to talk to you, can we not go?"

"No need to worry too much, what I said were all hypothetical situations. We'll just adapt to circumstances when the time comes. It's not certain that something will happen. Let's see, I have... no need to think too much."

He reached out and gestured the posture of a handgun.

I don't know about others, but he is definitely going to earn money, and he will definitely earn more than anyone else. There are still patches of sea urchins waiting for him at the bottom of the trench.

"Sigh..." The old lady sighed and started chanting Amitabha in her mouth again.

Lin Xiuqing didn't say much. Anyway, she says everything is listened to her every day, and the whole family is under her management, but in fact, everything is listened to him, and the whole family is under her service, which is about the same.

When Ye Yaodong was talking earlier, he had already said everything in his mind. At this moment, his head was empty as he sat at the door to enjoy the cool air, and he became drowsy after a while.

He spent the whole night feeding mosquitoes on the tractor last night, and only dozed for two or three hours after returning home. He woke up after lunch, and now that he relaxed, he immediately wanted to sleep.

But half-asleep and half-awake, he was still thinking that he had to go see the progress of the small boats tomorrow, and had to urge them. Important things must be prepared in advance.

He also had to go to the shipyard to see when the 7 boats 002 he ordered would be delivered. It was said before that this boat would be delivered this month. Urge them, and if he can catch up, he will take it directly when the time comes.

As for these two days, he will most likely not go out to sea for the time being. His younger sister is coming back soon with the two children she just gave birth to. He still has to go to the city to visit Director Chen, and he also has to wait for news from A-Guang. When to set off, the preparations before setting off must be done well.

It can't be like the Harvest last year, where everyone had set off but the boat was still at sea and hadn't returned. He is the leader, and if he doesn't move, everyone will probably wait there.

If the departure time is delayed, they will be blind when they get there.

Early the next morning, Ye Yaodong rode his motorcycle and hurried out.

What he didn't expect was that in the half-morning he was away, his elder brother and second brother went to his second uncle's cousins to say they wouldn't take their boats, and it ended up causing a scene.

By the time he rushed home at mealtime, the surroundings were cold and clear. Only Wang Guangliang was sitting at his gate eating melon seeds, and no one else was seen, not even the children.

It's summer vacation now, and in the past, there would be children running and jumping at the door under the scorching sun.

It's hard to say about other times, but at mealtime, no one dared to run too far, for fear of not hearing when called to eat, and getting a severe beating when they got home.

Ye Yaodong was a bit curious. He looked into the house from the door of his elder brother's and second brother's houses, and saw no one either, with the doors still wide open.

"Dong-ge, you're finally back..." Wang Guangliang had been sitting idly at the gate, and ran out immediately after seeing the motorcycle.

"Where are the people? Where did they all go?"

"They all went to your second uncle's house. It seems they quarreled before. Someone came to report, and the whole family went over there. Sister-in-law told me to help watch first, and she would be back soon, but they've been gone for almost an hour."

"Quarreled? How long have they been quarreling?"

"I don't know how long they've been quarreling, anyway I've been watching here for an hour."

Ye Yaodong frowned.

The boys who had been chasing the exhaust fumes behind him all caught up, surrounding him and touching his motorcycle. He could only dismiss the half-grown boys around him first and park the bike in the courtyard.

Then he went into the house to drink some tea, and by the way, looked at the locked room door, feeling a bit more at ease.

He also lifted the pot lid, and there was nothing in the cold pot and stove, so he had to ride his bicycle out again to understand the situation.

"You watch here first, I'll be back in a while."

"Oh, okay."

Since it wasn't his own business, Ye Yaodong wasn't that anxious. He mainly wanted to take a look, and by the way, call A-Qing back to cook. His stomach was flat with hunger; the bowl of porridge in the morning was gone after two pees.

At this time, the road was also empty. People were either cooking or eating, and he didn't even see a few children running and jumping on the road.

When he was riding his bicycle and almost at his second uncle's house, it seemed like it was almost over?

A crowd of people in front were walking out, filing out in a large group. The road was blocked for several meters, and he was surprised. This wasn't a small scene, right?

The leader was his father, followed by his elder brother, second brother, elder sister-in-law, and second sister-in-law. Lin Xiuqing was holding Ye Xiaoxi and walking on the very edge with the old lady.

The whole family was here, complete.

"What's wrong? I was away for half the morning, and the whole family ran over to fight?"

Ye Fu didn't know if he was angry or what, he was in a bad mood, just glanced at him and didn't say a word.

His elder brother and second brother didn't speak either, only his elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law were there grumbling and scolding.

"When they were begging for help, they said all the nice things. Now that we won't take them, they've turned their faces and don't recognize anyone."

"Isn't it? They even said they bought small boats from others at a high price just to follow and get rich. Now that we won't take them, they are there cursing and swearing, saying they lost money and we have to compensate them."

"Who told them to buy them? We didn't tell them to buy them? It was their own greed. A few people didn't have enough with two or three small boats, so they went to others and bought two old boats at the price of new ones."

"Their wives even counted all the boats of their maiden brothers, and said they would have us pull them over when the time comes..."

"Sick, now it's hard to explain, and they blame it all on us. We never promised..."

"Exactly, if I had known, I wouldn't have cared about them. At that time, I just wanted to pull them along. They aren't outsiders, and I wanted to let them earn some money. Now they are too shameless, and they are trying to extort us... pah..."

"Dream on. Not only do we have to take them and their relatives, but they also want us to pay them money. We already told them it's dangerous. If they can't come back, where are we going to find a person to compensate them?"

The two sisters-in-law stood on the spot and complained to Ye Yaodong about those people's faces. Because the neighbors who were walking around also stopped and discussed together.

Ye Fu's face turned black, and he turned his head to glare at them, "Is there anything you can't say when you get home? Don't you feel ashamed outside? Hurry up and go back."

"What are we ashamed of? The ones who should be ashamed are them. Originally, we came to talk to them properly, and it was for their own good, not to take risks."

"Exactly, everyone was saying it's not easy to earn money this year, and we were worried they would make a wasted trip and might encounter danger."

Ye Yaopeng also shouted, "Talk about it when we get home."

The two sisters-in-law then followed, muttering and cursing.

Ye Yaodong also roughly understood. He frowned and pushed his bicycle toward A-Qing.

Lin Xiuqing hurriedly carried the little fatty Ye Xiaoxi onto the back seat, "Take her back first, I'll tell you what happened when we get back."

"No need, just let her sit on it, I'll push and walk with you guys. Where are the two sons?"

"They were just here, but they ran off just now. They probably ran home along the small path."

The villagers had watched a good show all morning and didn't even care about cooking. Their homes were cold, and they were all rushing back to cook now.

With old people and children, they walked slowly and fell directly to the very back.

"Elder brother and second brother went over this morning wanting to cancel the previous agreement, right? And they refused?"

"Right, they said it was already set and prepared, and they were just waiting to set off. They refused to accept what elder brother and second brother said, and insisted that elder brother and second brother take them along."

"Elder brother and second brother explained to them, almost exactly what you told everyone last night, but they were determined to follow and get rich, thinking that since it's dangerous and you can't earn much, then why are you still going?"

"Since you are still going to earn this money, it means it's definitely not as dangerous as you say. You must be saying that just because you're afraid there are too many people and you'll earn less, which is why you told everyone that."

Ye Yaodong: "..."

There's actually nothing wrong with saying that.

If it's dangerous but you still insist on going, it means the harvest is too tempting and worth a gamble.

Lin Xiuqing continued, "Then the cousins originally only had two small boats. Later they told elder brother and second brother to add one more. Elder brother and second brother also thought that one more boat could earn a bit more, so they had no objections. Anyway, for their boats, it's fine to load two or three boats on one."

"Who knew they seemed too greedy later, and ran to buy two more from others, saying they spent a high price and bought old boats at the price of new ones..."

Ye Yaodong chuckled, "Guaranteed profit? So optimistic about making a big fortune? Their ambition is quite big."

"Don't interrupt first."

"Okay, okay, you continue."

"They didn't just buy two small boats at a high price. They originally swore that they wouldn't tell anyone, but their wives ran back to their maiden homes and told them, and then they wanted to take the boats of their maiden relatives along."

"And there's more, the boats they bought additionally and the boats they wanted to take from their wives' maiden side were not told to elder brother and second brother. Because they thought that for elder brother and second brother, the more the better, and the more boats that follow, the more they can draw, so they didn't specifically mention it."

"Just now when the families were slamming tables, elder brother and second brother were also stunned to know that they had to carry several families. Even the maiden relatives of several cousins all came just now."

"It wasn't just their maiden relatives, but distant relatives too. More than half the village came, and it was noisy all morning."

Ye Yaodong bared his teeth in shock. Distant relatives, that really was more than half the village. No wonder when he came over, he saw them dispersing and the road was blocked for several meters.

"Also because elder brother and second brother had already agreed with them early on, that's why no one came to us yesterday, only those we met on the road stopped you to ask a few questions..."

"Because their news basically came from that side, and that side agreed to everything, so they were all tied to the same boat, which is why they didn't come to beg us to take them."

"Then the cousins' maiden families knew that elder brother and second brother were going back on their word now, and they all wanted to hold the cousins responsible. The pressure was all on the cousins, and the cousins had to put the pressure on elder brother and second brother. Now they are forcing elder brother and second brother to fulfill their promise and take them along, regardless of whether it's dangerous or not, they just want to go."

"They are determined to believe that since you are all going to earn this money, then of course it must be earnable."

"Sigh... it was so fierce just now. There was a large group of people on that side, and elder brother and second brother couldn't handle it, just kept shaking their heads and saying no, they couldn't take the responsibility."

"That side only said as long as he is responsible for taking them over, they will bear everything else themselves. But how is this possible? When nothing happens, of course they pat their chests and guarantee they don't need to bear anything, but how can it be forgotten when something really happens? They will still make a scene."

"The table was flipped just now. Dad also felt it was hard to handle, and felt elder brother and second brother were too rash. Now that they're involved, it's a bit hard to shake off."

Ye Yaodong was surprised, "It's been noisy all morning and still hasn't been settled?"

"Not yet, it's just a temporary truce. Elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law were there saying that they originally only agreed to take those three boats, and didn't agree to the two bought later, nor their maiden relatives. Let them solve what they agreed to themselves. They didn't promise, so they won't recognize it."

"But the pressure on the cousins' side was given, and they all wanted elder brother and second brother to take them, saying that besides the two percent, if there is extra money earned, they are willing to share the fuel money back and forth, and don't need them to be responsible."

"How could elder brother and second brother agree? They don't care about that fuel money back and forth, and they don't even want to take those three boats, let alone pull a large group along."

"Then they were saying again that it was elder brother and second brother who sought them out at the time, and now they are turning back on their word. They spent money and made promises to others, so elder brother and second brother must be responsible for taking them all along."

"They bickered about a bunch of things, and my head was aching to death. They hadn't finished arguing, but it was noon after arguing all morning. The village cadres were also exhausted, and forcibly dragged elder brother and second brother out from both sides first."

"They also left people inside to help talk, just telling everyone to go back and calm down, and discuss it again, and make an appointment to chat calmly later."

"Elder brother and second brother couldn't wait to leave immediately, so they hurriedly followed out. Then those people watching the excitement saw there was no excitement to watch, so they all followed out. Now there are still village cadres inside soothing the cousins, letting them each take a step back."

Ye Yaodong also had to say that his elder brother and second brother were in the wrong this time.

They took the initiative to seek people out and agree, but now they are turning back on their word.

Other boats were agreed to by the cousins, so that of course has nothing to do with him, but the three small boats they promised to take before, that is indeed his fault.

If they don't suffer a small loss, they definitely won't be able to shake it off. After all, people spent big money to buy boats again. If they hadn't bought them, it might be easier to talk, just curse them for not keeping their word.

"What kind of mess is this, all chaotic." The old lady listened for a long time and understood.

Before, there were too many people, and she couldn't squeeze in. Hearing the rumors, she walked over slowly with her cane, stood outside listening to a sentence here and a sentence there, and didn't understand. At this moment, hearing A-Qing tell it from beginning to end, she finally understood what happened.