Chapter 1217: President Ye

"You old rascal, if you're going to do it, just do it, why do you have to say it." Lin Xiuqing was flushed red by what he said, feeling embarrassed listening to it.

"Don't you feel it's more exciting when said out loud?"

"What's exciting about it? Are you sick..."

"Unromantic!"

Lin Xiuqing was annoyed, "Love to come or not."

"Come, my wish-fulfilling golden cudgel has already been pulled out, tonight I must beat the demon to death, see where you can run."

"You... not a bit serious... can say anything..."

"That's right, the monkey has a wish-fulfilling golden cudgel, I also have a wish-fulfilling golden cudgel, both existences can be big or small, and both can beat demons. When the demon sees my wish-fulfilling golden cudgel, it will also be scared silly."

Lin Xiuqing was completely speechless; there were no flirtatious words he couldn't say.

Fortunately, he wouldn't go out and tell others, only saying it during night battles.

Just then, Ye Xiaoxi sat up groggily, rubbing her eyes, "Golden cudgel... where is it?"

Ye Yaodong was startled and immediately lay down.

Lin Xiuqing was also startled, tensed up, and hurriedly turned her upper body to pat and soothe her, "Nothing, watched too much TV, talking in your sleep, sleep."

"I dreamed of the golden cudgel..."

"No golden cudgel, sleep."

Lin Xiuqing took Ye Xiaoxi into her arms, patted and soothed her for a good while before she went back to sleep.

Ye Yaodong finally knew why villains die from talking too much; indeed, talking too much easily ruins things.

Beating demons shouldn't be accompanied by nonsense; it easily leads to long nights and many dreams, and if you're not careful, the demon will run away.

And there was a time bomb on the side, the kind that could be detonated at any time.

For the next three days, Ye Yaodong rested well at home, just lying at home, eating when full and sleeping, sleeping when awake, and lived a few days of ease and freedom, not going anywhere.

During this time, he watched TV, found people to play cards, and watched people gamble in the village. The days passed quite comfortably, and there was a bit of the look that the New Year should have.

By the eleventh day of the lunar month, the village gradually returned to calm, not as lively as the previous period. Everyone slowly returned to work, and there wasn't so much free time to play cards and gamble.

The whole village, except for the idlers, men and women also returned to being busy, and the children were the same. Those who had to rush work also started rushing the unfinished building projects.

After all, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, school would start on the sixteenth, not many days left.

And their workshop started work after the fishing boats went out to sea one after another. Seeing that there were more fish goods these past few days, they started the great cause of killing fish, and the fishy smell in the village became even stronger.

Ye Yaodong was watching Lin Xiuqing pack the clothes he needed to take on the boat at night.

"When I went to the city a few days ago, I bought hundreds of pencils and erasers with cartoon characters. When the children sign up on the fourteenth or fifteenth, you take them all and hand them to the head teacher, let him distribute them to every student after school starts."

"I know, they are all kept well. Let the children in the house pick first, and take the rest to school." Lin Xiuqing was busy folding clothes.

"Fifty or sixty people in a class, three classes in a grade, primary school should be enough to distribute."

"About the same. Most children's families are not well-off, and they are still writing with pencils shorter than the tiger's mouth. Just take the opportunity of school starting to improve it."

"Hmm."

"It is estimated that in a few days, Mother and the others will be busy again, having to go to the countryside to persuade various difficult families to send their children to school."

"Mother and the others will verify it, whether it's really difficult, you can't fool people. You just manage the workshop well, leave this to Mother to worry about."

"You go out to sea at night, you probably won't be back on the fifteenth, it's a pity. This year, the town said they are holding a Lantern Festival parade, and there's also a dragon dance. I heard it will be very lively."

"Doesn't matter. You keep an eye on the children, don't let them sneak out. The streets will definitely be crowded, easy to get lost, just lock them at home."

"Alright."

After Lin Xiuqing finished packing his clothes, she went to the courtyard to check the supplies to be taken on the boat. After confirming there was no problem, she let him call people over to move them to the boat in advance.

Everything was brought back before the New Year, fishing nets, baskets, tools, all kinds of nets and kitchen utensils were all brought back to be cleaned and dried, and now they all had to be moved back to the boat one by one.

And there were supplies like rice, flour, grain, and quilts for living at sea for the next few days. The courtyard was piled full, and most of the miscellaneous items were piled in the workshop.

Ye Yaodong followed behind her, also checked the supplies she had prepared in advance, and then started busying himself calling people to move them, supervising himself.

The Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua brothers next door were also beaming with joy, organizing and moving supplies just like him.

With the new boats in hand, they hadn't gone out many times in total, and they had long been anxious.

If it weren't for their father also being a bit reluctant to work and wanting to rest for a few more days, they would have long since sailed out with one boat and had a big fight.

Just as the three brothers were busy moving supplies, the Zhou brothers next door also came to find Ye Yaodong.

"Adong, you three brothers are also going out to sea at night, right?"

"Yes."

These brothers had already asked once a few days ago. Now that they were asking again, he knew with his butt that they wanted to follow him.

Even Aqing had mentioned it to him two days ago, and Zhou Dasao had mentioned it to her in jest, saying that it would be best for their family's boat to follow their brothers' and have someone to look after them.

After all, the risks at sea are great, and they go very far. A single boat is easily isolated and helpless. There are few boats that can run as far as they do now.

Every year, corpses are washed up on the surrounding beaches, and it is very easy for fishing boats going out to sea to encounter corpses. There are too many who have met with misfortune.

"Your three boats going out together have security guarantees."

"Right."

"Going out for deep-sea fishing is not like near-sea. There are few fishing boats you can encounter. Your few boats going together look much safer."

"Yes, the risks at sea are too great, and navigation technology isn't that awesome now."

"We also plan to go out at night. Can we follow you? We'll stay far away, not affecting the fishing, okay? Everyone together can also have someone to look after. At the very least, if something happens, we can hear the signal. You also know, our boat and your three brothers' Shunfeng boat arrived at the same time, our experience isn't as sufficient as yours..."

"Fine, no problem. Everyone fishes on their own, not interfering with each other. It's just that in a few months, I'll have a fresh-catch boat arriving. By then, the goods from our few boats will definitely be collected by my fresh-catch boat..."

"Fresh-catch boat! You even bought a fresh-catch boat!" Zhou Da was surprised.

Zhou Er also couldn't imagine how many boats he had.

"How many boats do you have that haven't been delivered yet? Didn't I just see you sail back a smaller fishing boat a few days ago? That shipyard is almost becoming your home. It turns out everyone was saying the truth, you have many boats that haven't returned."

Ye Yaodong laughed, "No, the boats for near-sea have all been delivered. Only the big boats are left, not that fast. The next one should be the fresh-catch boat arriving first."

"You are really... too powerful, you are really the role model for our whole village."

"Boat King Dong really wasn't called wrong at all."

Ye Yaodong added, "If the fishing boats are not far apart, it will be more convenient for the fresh-catch boat to collect goods. The sea is so vast, what do a few boats count for."

"Fine, selling to whoever is the same, same price, definitely prioritize our own people."

"Fine, by then it will definitely be at market price. How others collect, we will naturally do the same. Miscellaneous goods can also be sold directly to me to subsidize the oil money."

"No problem, by then, if you tell us to keep them, we will keep them for you in advance."

"Good."

There were only these few big boats in the village, and the goods had all been booked by him in advance, so he wasn't afraid of having few fishing boats to connect with and losing money.

After the two brothers finished speaking, they also went to busy themselves organizing the supplies to be taken on the boat.

After organizing their things, these few boats also took the opportunity to sail out in advance to refuel and add ice, so as not to be unable to add them in the middle of the night.

On this trip, Uncle Pei didn't go again, Aguang went. However, the people on his boat were all some of Uncle Pei's old friends and old fishermen in the village, and the only young one was his step-brother.

Plus, they were all on the same path as their brothers' boats, moving in and out together, and Ye Fu was watching from another boat, so Uncle Pei was relatively at ease.

By the time it was night, a stream of men boarded the boats one after another.

Dongsheng, Shunfeng, and Fengshou boats carried fathers, sons, and sons-in-law, but the Mancang boat of the Zhou brothers carried a whole boat of relatives.

They were all men of the Zhou family. Father and son soldiers go into battle, brothers fish together, the whole boat is relatives, three generations of ancestors and grandchildren, the youngest is 16 years old, and he also went out.

Others didn't feel much looking at it, after all, going out to sea is like this, it's very normal for the whole boat to be their own relatives.

But Ye Yaodong felt a bit sad looking at their boat full of people. If something happened, the whole family would really be shattered.

But there was no help for it, going out to sea to make a living, it was also to earn wages. Originally, a boat was also bought by gathering the ability of all relatives and friends. If you can call your own people to work, you definitely can't call outsiders.

Ye Yaodong had too many boats of his own, and most of them were rented to relatives. As long as relatives and friends weren't too bad in character and didn't have a bad reputation, they were all benefiting, so there would be fewer relatives on his boat.

"What are you looking at, Dongzi? Hurry up and go to the cabin to offer three sticks of incense to Mazu."

"Oh good, just feel that Zhou Da and the others are quite good at taking names, the fishing boat is called Mancang."

Ye Fu also smiled and looked over, "It's quite good, everyone takes names to seek good luck."

"Heard they emptied their family savings to sail the boat back."

"Sooner or later they can earn it back."

"Hmm."

Ye Yaodong responded casually, first went to offer incense to Mazu, and then returned to the cockpit to sail the boat.

The cold wind blew, and the cockpit was also cold, but fortunately, the wind couldn't blow in, and after a while, it gradually warmed up.

Four big boats sailed together for three or four hours, and the passing fishing boats looked sideways one after another. There were few big boats sailing in one direction together.

It wasn't until the sky was slightly bright in the early morning that they separated, each casting nets, continuing to move toward the East China Sea while working.

Aguang was excited to independently steer the boat for the first time, and kept looking for Ye Yaodong to chat online. It wasn't until they started working that they each went to rest and make up for sleep, and then it stopped.

Everyone was used to the boring fishing work at sea. Working at sea in the cold winter was also exceptionally suffering, the cold wind was piercing, and the seawater was icy.

There is a reason for getting high wages.

After fishing in the wind and waves for three days, Ye Yaodong proposed to go ashore to sell goods.

The cold winter wind whistled, and the sea waves surged. Going ashore to sell a wave of goods could also avoid staying at sea and enduring strong winds and waves. He saw that the wind and waves were not small.

By the way, it was also the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Going ashore to sell goods, everyone could also take the opportunity to spend the festival before going out to sea.

Zhou Da and the others felt that going ashore to sell goods would delay time on the road and selling goods, and the round-trip oil money was not small, which was not cost-effective. But since Ye Yaodong said so, they reluctantly agreed.

However, after they went ashore, they found that it started to rain, and they immediately felt that it was fortunate that they went ashore. Clearly, the weather forecast yesterday said it would be cloudy in the city today.

In their hearts, they couldn't help but have more conviction in him; his judgment was more accurate.

"It was fine, but it rained as soon as it said it would."

"It's colder, the New Year is over. It was still warming up during the New Year, didn't expect it to cool down again now."

"Frozen to death in spring, have you heard? It will still be cold after spring begins," Ye Yaodong said with a smile, "Take advantage of the fact that there aren't many people ashore, move the miscellaneous goods up and weigh them for A-Liang and the others to take back. I'll also pick some other goods, and after weighing, I'll open a list for you, wait until you go home to get the money from my house."

"Fine."

Ye Yaodong greeted other boats to lift the goods out for him to pick first, and the goods he wanted were lifted ashore to Wang Guangliang.

Wang Guangliang and the others were also discussing there, saying that it was cloudy at home when they came out, didn't expect it to rain as soon as they arrived in the city. If it had rained a step earlier at home, they wouldn't have had to come out to collect goods.

It was also a lucky hit, and they could help Ye Yaodong take the goods back.

"Dong-ge, a letter for you arrived at home this morning."

"What letter?"

"Don't know, I only went to work at noon, and then sailed out. Heard it from someone."

"Fine, when I go to the market to sell goods later, I'll make a phone call home to ask."

Ye Fu asked excitedly from the side, "Dongzi, was it that you handed in two whales, one big and one small, before the New Year, and the city rewarded you?"

"Possible?"

"Then... then hurry up and make a phone call home to ask later?"

"Alright."

Lin Xiuqing didn't expect that he would make a phone call back after only going out to sea for three days, and thought it was someone else's call.

Ye Fu also stuck his head to the phone, wanting to hear what was being said.

Ye Yaodong glanced at him and switched the phone to the other side to answer, making Ye Fu blow his beard and stare.

After he hung up the phone, he couldn't help but ask, "What was said? Didn't even let people listen?"

"We couple talking, and you still listen like this, is that appropriate?"

Ye Fu was retorted, and also felt it seemed inappropriate.

"Cough, isn't this talking about serious business?"

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes at his father, "Nothing to do with you, it's that I received a letter of appointment, hiring me as the vice president of the city's Fisheries Association."

"Ah, another vice president?"

"What, you still look down on it?"

"No, why were you asked to be vice president again this time? What did you do? You didn't do anything?"

"Look at what you're saying, I didn't do anything, so I can't be one? At any rate, I am also a representative of contemporary fishermen, and I have made quite a few contributions to the cause of marine research, and have made great achievements."

"Ah? Fisherman representative?"

"Isn't it? In these two years, I have contributed many strange marine creatures one after another, and have also handed in many strange things. If I am not a fisherman representative, who is?"

At the earliest, he caught a bronze tripod, which was heavyweight and shocked the museum.

Later, a sea monster, although he didn't catch it, it was also from their village.

And the stranded basking shark, he also contacted the Fisheries Bureau to come and hoist it away.

Then there were torpedoes, unmanned underwater vehicles, and the two gray whales, one big and one small, recently.

A while ago, he just received a commendation from the city and appeared in the newspaper several times. The Fisheries Association was also proposed by him, and he also gave some suggestions by the way. How could he not be a vice president of the Fisheries Association?

He even felt he could join the Party!

Simply a glorious fisherman representative! Should be rated as an advanced worker.

Ye Fu also felt it made sense after hearing it, and also became happy.

Although the reward he wanted fell through, his son brought honor again, and he also had honor on his face when he said it out loud.

The president of the city and the president of other places, of course, the president of the city is better.

"Well said, how could there not be a share for you? When our village's kelp is harvested, and planted in large quantities next year, we will have to set up a model by then..."

"That's still early, don't pull so far away yet."

"Then hurry up and make a phone call to your foster father to thank him. This was probably mailed before the New Year, otherwise, it might not be received by now."

"Right, it must have been mailed before the New Year, otherwise it wouldn't be so fast after the New Year."

Ye Yaodong also hurriedly dialed the familiar number and thanked Chen Juzhang well.

He just said that when he sent Chen Juzhang to the county town for the New Year before the New Year, the words he spoke had deep meaning. Probably the letter of appointment had already been mailed by then, but he wanted to give him a surprise, so he didn't mention it.

Ye Fu rubbed his hands, looking lecherous and happy, and didn't eavesdrop anymore at this moment.

"Suddenly this president, that president, sounds quite majestic..."

He was afraid that others wouldn't know, so he specifically spoke a little louder, but unfortunately, the people around didn't understand the dialect he spoke.

Winking at a blind man.

He looked left and right, and found that no one around was envious of him, and his joy was halved.

He didn't have the face to speak in Mandarin again, so he had to hold it in.

After Ye Yaodong hung up the phone, he couldn't wait to go out and find someone who could understand his words.

"Wait a minute, Dad, my foster father said that the two whales also have rewards, just approved after work after the New Year these two days. However, it's 50 yuan for one boat. Although there is no honorary certificate, for such a big whale, how could it not be reported in the local newspaper."

"50 yuan..." Ye Fu was a bit disappointed, "That's still not as valuable as the foreign JD equipment."

"That's for sure, one is a marine creature, one is a hostile country that will threaten us. Which is lighter and which is heavier, of course, it's different."

"Fine, then are you going to collect the reward now?"

"Can collect it now, Uncle Pei is not here, let Aguang go just right, ask them if they want to go now."

"That's definitely going now, anyway, we're already in the city, it's not good to go out in the heavy rain, it's the same to go after collecting the reward."

Ye Yaodong went out to the market to find others. Some of them had already sold their goods and went to eat first.

Some were still selling goods inside and hadn't come out.

After the boat workers finished selling, Ye Yaodong let them organize their own baskets and wait for him at the door.

At this moment, he also told the news. Although everyone was a bit disappointed that the fishing boat was only rewarded 50 yuan, they had already been glorious once before, so they were very content.

At the same time, they were happy for Ye Yaodong. Their own boss became the vice president of the city's Fisheries Association, and they also had honor on their faces, and they were from the same village.

"Then do we have to go collect the reward together?"

"No need, I'll take everyone to eat later, after eating you take these things to the boat first, and also rest, you've also stayed up all night, we'll go to the boat after collecting the reward."

Everyone nodded, no objections.

Ye Fu also found an exciting vent at this time, happily chatting with others about Ye Yaodong becoming vice president again.

"If it were the president, it would be better... I have to say, with Dongzi's ability and contributions, being the president is more than enough."

"Yes, yes... Adong is so powerful now, and has appeared in the newspaper several times, why didn't they promote him to president."

"Can we go and mention it?"

Ye Yaodong said with a smile, "Think too much, how can the president be just anyone? For the people of this city, I am still an outsider. Being able to be a vice president, not a director, is already a pie falling from the sky. Should be content."

"What is a director?"

"Can be understood as someone who does work? If there are things, can also participate in voting and expressing opinions."

"That means the vice president is bigger!"

"Right."

"Go, go, go, that should be celebrated well."

After others finished selling goods and came out, Ye Yaodong gathered at the door of the small restaurant and told others again.

Everyone's expressions were much the same, although a bit disappointed, they also felt they could understand.

Of course, they were even more envious of the crew of the Dongsheng. They had good luck.

That was 500 yuan, plus a commendation certificate, and could appear in the newspaper. It was truly glorious for the ancestors, and could be taken out to brag for decades.

Aguang touched his chin and said, "50 yuan can't represent anything, can you ask your foster father to sign it for me later?"

"Do you want to draw a press for you too? Do you think it's an IOU?" Ye Yaodong said unhappily.

"This is good! Then draw a press, press a handprint, so I can save that 50 yuan."

Ye Yaodong was choked, "Go say it yourself."

"Isn't that your foster father?"

"My foster father, I didn't even have the face to ask him to sign for me."

"Then you mention it, after you mention it, we will also ask him to sign a few more words and press a few handprints."

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also smiled and nodded, "Yes, we took the 50 yuan back, don't know when it will be spent, or mixed with other money. If we can have the leader's signature and press, we can save it."

Ye Fu also said, "This is also a proof of honor, you mention it later."

Zhou Da said with regret, "Can it still be like this? The year before last I handed in a sea monster, rewarded 50 yuan, why didn't I think of letting the leader sign for me? That 50 yuan was mixed with other money, estimated to have been spent long ago."

Zhou Er also said, "Yes, we also divided it, and spent it all."

Zhou San, "This time slapping thighs with regret, it turns out it could be like this, don't know if there will be a chance to catch rare things next time..."

Ye Yaodong said, "It's early to say this now, who knows if the leader will sign."

Aguang hooked Ye Yaodong's shoulder, "Go, go, go, go early and return early, it's settled, ask your foster father to sign and press later, we will also mention it by the way."

Ye Yaodong was pushed forward by him, and could only turn his head to tell his father to take others to the boat to rest first.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also hurriedly followed their footsteps, only leaving Pei Guang to pay the car fare.

Ye Yaodong had just said on the phone that he would be there in a while, and would arrive before work ended at noon.

Although he was sleepy to death at this moment, and was drowsy from the tractor's bumping, he also cheered up.

Others were the same, because they rushed to sell goods at night, they all stayed up all night.

This trip went out for three days, the fish warehouse was full, and everyone also sold a good price at the same time.

Now they can go to collect the reward, although it is only 50 yuan, the meaning is different, everyone is in a good mood.

"Don't know when the newspaper can be published?" Aguang asked.

"No share for you."

"What you said, no share for me, but at least it should be able to mention Fengshou, right?"

"That's true, there are too many names, and the reporter didn't ask at the time, only recorded the name of the boat. However, after the newspaper is published, you should be able to see a sentence 'Ye Yaodong and others', hahahaha."

Aguang felt heartbroken, it was really possible to see "Ye Yaodong and others".

"All good things fall on your head, why don't I have a good foster father."

"This is fate! If fate has it, it will eventually have it; if fate doesn't have it, don't force it."

"You paralyzed, not talking to you anymore."

"My mother is your mother, keep your mouth clean, otherwise I'll give you a punch."

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also glared at Aguang.

Aguang immediately surrendered, "I was wrong, the dirty words were too smooth."

"Spare your life for now, here, take you to visit my foster father well."

Everyone looked up and saw that they had really arrived.

"Thank you foster father for saving my life."

"Can you have some face? Put away your shamelessness, go pay the money."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he jumped down first and walked inside.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also hurriedly went down, trotted to keep up, only leaving Pei Guang to pay the car fare.

They came early, and it wasn't time to get off work yet. After reporting their family name to the gatekeeper, they were let in, only Pei Guang was stuck behind and stopped.

"Dongzi... Dongzi... there's me too, there's me too..."

"Uncle, Grandpa, we are together..."

"Dongzi... Third Brother... Big Brother, Second Brother..."

After calling several times, Ye Yaodong reluctantly said it with great mercy, and he was let in.

"You are really vengeful, I just cursed one dirty word."

"Do you want to try cursing one more?"

"No, hurry up and go in, serious business is important."

"Humph."

Ye Yaodong walked to the office familiarly, greeting the cadres he met with a smile.

Aguang looked around and whispered, "You are quite familiar with this? Just like your own home..."

"Flatter me well, maybe there will be benefits for you in the future."

"Okay, President Ye." ===== CHAPTER 1218 =====