Chapter 1241: Instigating Acai

The villagers were incredibly happy.

Since the kelp was growing gratifyingly two months ago, the men in the village had been paying close attention to it. This was a major event related to whether the whole village could move toward a moderately prosperous life.

Those who had boats and went to sea every day would habitually go to the farming base for a turn, and occasionally lend a hand to help with some work.

Although these weren't raised by everyone, they were also watched growing up by everyone.

The money sold in the evening didn't reach everyone's pockets, but it also brought infinite joy to everyone. This was hope.

And they heard exactly what the village cadres said about sharing risks. The village committee would even use the money earned this year to advance funds. Everyone only needed to contribute labor according to the work-point system. How could anyone not be willing?

One by one, they responded excitedly, wishing they could follow along and work right now.

The village chief continued to say with a smile: "This kelp farming was proposed by Adong. Everyone must thank him, and the sales channels were all provided by him. As long as we can grow it, we don't have to worry about anything else. It all depends on him."

"Otherwise, the yield per mu could be several tons. Just this 30 mu of land could produce hundreds of tons. Even if dried, there would be dozens of tons. Who could have the ability to sell this quantity? It would all have to rot in the sea, or be fed to pigs. Now everyone has to rely on him, he must be given the top credit."

"Everyone knows he is wealthy now, but he didn't forget the collective after he became wealthy personally. Everything he is developing and doing in the village is for the collective."

"Otherwise, he was developing well outside, and had leaders supporting him, why didn't he move everything in the village outside? Isn't the city better than our small fishing village?"

"There are some people in the village who can't stand others doing well, and there are a bunch of people who love to say sour things behind others' backs, but we can't forget our roots as human beings. We should be united when we should be united."

"Unity is strength, individualism is not allowed, unity can move forward, everything is for the collective. All of us in the village must unite to protect the interests of the collective and maintain the unity of the collective. I believe that it won't be long before we achieve collective prosperity."

The village chief improvised and spoke passionately. The fellow villagers all quieted down, listening seriously, and after he finished speaking, they applauded fiercely, calling out 'good' very supportively.

"Good, the village chief is right, our village must unite."

"We also want to thank Adong. He took everyone to Zhejiang Province to make a fortune, gave many people work, and now he has started to drive the collective..."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Why else could he be the village chief? He had to be able to speak and have this ability to incite the masses. Those who listened were all excited, as if they could grab the money in their hands just by reaching out.

He felt exceptionally comfortable listening to it. Everyone liked to be praised and liked to have high hats put on them.

"Thank you. I grew up in this village. Many uncles and aunts watched me grow up. Although I was a bit unreliable sometimes, I am also a member of the collective, and I definitely want our village to get better and better."

"Hehe, it's a bit late now that we've finished working, everyone hurry home to eat. If you want to come over to watch the weighing tomorrow, come again tomorrow."

"Everyone can bring the kelp dried at home tomorrow, but it must be beautiful, with larger leaves. After all, I have to sell it to others. How can I give bad things to others, ruining our village's reputation? It's no good for us, and it will affect sales."

Everyone immediately echoed.

"Definitely, definitely..."

"Certainly, we'll keep the ones with poor quality for ourselves to eat. How could we be embarrassed to take them out to sell to others."

"That is, we will definitely check before bringing them over..."

One by one, they excitedly patted their chests to guarantee, fearing that a mistake would leak the opportunity to make a fortune.

The village chief also said: "Good, good, disperse. There is still work here, and there is still a lot of finishing work, so everyone don't block the entrance."

"Good, good, go home to eat..."

After everyone left, Ye Yaodong also arranged for people to clean up the aftermath of this kelp.

Ye Fu had already gone to eat a few bites earlier. He was watching here, and it was his turn to go back to eat. Having been busy until this point, he had long been hungry to the point of his chest sticking to his back.

It was just him and Lin Xiuqing who hadn't eaten yet.

Lin Xiuqing was also exceptionally happy. "The village chief can really speak and act. In the future, whoever dares to say sour things about us again, others will be able to take them back for us, and no one will dare to report us for anything."

"He's also a smart person, and he has also put us on the spot. No matter how much harvest there is next year, we have to eat it all. Fortunately, our shop has been open for two or three years, and we already have a batch of regular customers. Not only Zhou Laoban, but also several small bosses and a large group of vendors, and the consumption in the army is also large."

"Then do you still have to develop? Otherwise, there are dozens of tons this year, and won't there be thousands of tons next year? This quantity is very scary..."

Thinking of this, she was a bit worried again. This wasn't a small quantity. Dozens of tons this year was already enough. They could only sell a batch first, and then sell the rest later.

Even if they tried raising it for another year next year, with so many laborers, expanding the planting would increase by twenty or thirty times.

Thinking about this number, it was too amazing.

"No need to worry. Zhou Laoban is a big customer. We've all been doing business for a long time. Last year he said how much he wanted, and this year he's just starting, so he wants a batch first, and he'll definitely want more later. Moreover, as long as there is a market for kelp, someone will come to the door. The inland areas are scarce, and our country has so many people."

"Then someone has to buy it and circulate it..."

"Don't worry too early. Now there are many truck drivers who will load a truck of goods, and then drive to other towns and sell them along the way. Our shop is there, so don't worry."

He had ideas long ago. Seeing her worried and uneasy, he said directly again.

"Tomorrow morning, I will pull this truck of goods to the city, circle around the busy streets and main streets, and then pull it to the entrance of the market to set up a stall for half a day. Finally, let those who want to buy come back the day after tomorrow. This truck will be sent to Zhou Laoban first."

"Some people just like to crowd in places with many goods and people. Isn't this a proper wave of publicity? The wholesale market originally has a large flow of people, so naturally, someone will come to the door."

Lin Xiuqing's brow relaxed upon hearing this. "This is feasible."

"It's definitely feasible. Even if it wasn't sent to Zhou Laoban, circling around the city and circling around the countryside, I estimate that most of it would be sold, and I could earn a bit more money, it's just a bit of a hassle."

"The worst plan is just for our two tractors to pull it to the surrounding areas to sell goods. Think about it, in the past, as long as a truck pulled a truck of goods over, as long as it was cheap, the villagers would squeeze forward to snap it up."

"Is this kelp cheap enough? Besides, these are dry goods, and they can be stored if they can't be sold for a while."

There was one more point. He knew that in some places in the south, they had already started trying to raise abalone and sea cucumber, which were high-value goods, and these things used kelp as feed.

So what was there to worry about? There was absolutely no need to worry.

He had been instigating the village cadres to file an application report to see if they could apply for species suitable for farming, and their success in kelp farming was also a case study.

During this period, he would directly go to the seabed to catch a wave at home, and let everyone see that their sea area could also grow sea cucumber and abalone.

When the time came, wouldn't establishing sea fishing rafts be a matter of course?

However, he saw that the village cadres didn't seem very active. They were probably satisfied with one kelp, and it was enough to eat. They probably didn't want to take risks to toss about other things.

If it was large-scale farming, there was no extra location in the sea area to set up sea fishing rafts, so they had to put it in other areas.

He thought, perhaps he could go instigate his godfather to file a report, or he could directly apply in the name of the vice president of the Fishery Association, through the Fishery Association, and with the help of the Ocean Bureau, there might be a greater hope of putting it into the sea area around the city.

Thinking of this, he planned to directly handle this matter when he sent goods to the city tomorrow. It was better to be early than late. Anyway, he would make several preparations.

When the time came, if they really established sea fishing rafts for farming sea cucumber and abalone in the villages around the city, no matter how much kelp there was, it would be consumed, and they wouldn't have to digest it within the village. He would directly act as an intermediary to pull it over, and he could make a big fortune again.

In his previous life, there were also many farms in their city, which were all proper retreats.

It was impossible for the village to farm on a large scale all at once, it must be step by step.

However, this was still not in the picture, so he wouldn't mention it first.

Lin Xiuqing listened to him speaking clearly, and also knew that he had a plan in his heart and had long since planned it out. It wasn't that he was hot-headed to do these things. She didn't have to worry about hundreds of tons of goods being smashed in their hands, and she was relieved.

"Then I'm relieved. It's only a few thousand yuan of goods this year, and we can still afford to advance the funds. When it's tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, it will be fatal."

"Then it's definitely not that we can get money immediately. We must wait until our goods are sold, and then give the money one after another in half a month or a month. Today is just the first time, giving everyone a taste of sweetness, and the quantity is not much, so we gave it directly, making everyone happy."

"Hmm, let's go home to eat. It's dark, I'm starving."

"Was the longline fishing gear sent over today?"

"It was sent over at mealtime. I piled it in the courtyard, fearing that people coming and going in the workshop would kick it over."

Ye Yaodong also stepped into the courtyard and saw the ten baskets of longline fishing gear piled in the corner that had already been tidied up.

He asked Lin Xiuqing to go in first to serve rice, and he checked it in the courtyard himself. He didn't go in until Lin Xiuqing called him to eat.

"Then you are going to send kelp tomorrow, are you still going to sea to put longline fishing gear?"

"The tide rises at night, and the tide hasn't ebbed early tomorrow morning. I will go to sea early tomorrow morning to put the longline fishing gear into the sea before coming back. It's only a matter of two or three hours. When the time comes, let people load a truck of kelp first, and wait for me to come back."

"Good."

Tomorrow's work was also quite important, and he had to run it himself, otherwise he would just hand it over to others.

Earning money really wasn't that easy.

After eating, Ye Yaodong immediately went to the workshop to check the tidying situation of the kelp. Everyone was still busy there packing it with nylon bags.

He took a sack and asked people to fill a sack and put it neatly.

Anyway, it was weighed out to be 5 tons and 600-plus jin. He asked people to fill a bag, so it would be easy to leave it alone tomorrow to send to his godfather.

With such a large quantity, it would definitely be distributed to the neighbors. Although it wasn't worth much, it was at least something obtained for free, and it was all a token of his heart.

It wasn't a valuable thing, so there was no burden to hold it, and no one would refuse. It just happened to give him a name in the family quarters.

The square nylon bags piled up in the house were already full. If they hadn't been emptied early, there would be no place to put them.

After finishing the kelp work, others went next door to help move the goods sent by Acai, and Ye Yaodong also locked the warehouse room.

He also immediately went to the fish-killing workshop next door. It was in full swing inside. The two pieces of land were separated by only one wall, but they were two extremes.

Fortunately, they were separated, which could barely be considered dry and wet separation.

Those old aunts were discussing the weighing situation of the kelp just now while killing fish. They always got the first-hand information, and what they discussed was always the latest headlines.

He took a turn and pulled Acai, who was listening to the excitement, to the side to chat.

Acai had also just finished weighing the goods, checked the list, and was chatting with his father.

"Brother Cai, have you made a fortune again recently?"

"Haha, isn't this all thanks to you, brother? A little bit leaking from your fingers is enough for me to live. Now I'm totally relying on you to make money."

"What are you saying? I also need your help, otherwise how much effort would it take for me to send people to collect goods everywhere? It's better to contract the work to you and let you arrange it."

He tore open a pack of cigarettes, handed two to Acai, and even lit them for him. The happy Acai was beaming with joy.

"I can even have you light a cigarette for me now, my face has light."

"We're all friends, what's wrong with lighting a cigarette? Look at your belly that's grown again, and your bald head, it's just a boss look. I'm the one who looks like a little brother."

"Don't make fun of me. Anyone can do this work. A Gui and the others at the pier can also collect goods for you, or you can send a few workers to the town pier to squat and collect goods. You specifically handed the goods to me to collect, letting me earn this money, I know it clearly in my heart."

"There's an even more profitable job, do you want to do it?"

"What job? Aren't your goods enough? Besides collecting and selling goods, I can't do anything else."

Ye Yaodong put his arm around his shoulder and walked toward the entrance, so it wouldn't be too noisy inside.

"Are you interested in selling goods at the market?"

"Ah? With the little goods at our pier, it's not enough to pull to the city. The surrounding vendors can digest it, at most send it to the county town, unless it's the fishing season or a bumper harvest of some kind of fish. Are you asking me to sell squid, or what?"

"No, my fresh-collecting boat is about to arrive. My own boats are enough to dock, but processing these goods ashore takes time, and I can't keep squatting in the market to sell goods, so I thought of you."

There are also people collecting at the pier. Fresh-collecting boats have all kinds of goods. People who specialize in collecting fish will also pick what they need. It's impossible to eat it all. That's goods worth thousands or tens of thousands. People also have to collect goods from other boats, and they only collect what they need, and they have to meet it.

Small acquisition points can't eat too many goods. Similarly, it's not just his boat. After all, it's cash transactions.

The rest have to find buyers themselves, or send them to the wholesale market to wait for buyers. In the past, they pulled them directly to the wholesale market, missing a procedure. Although they had to pay for shipping, they could sell for more money if there were many goods.

Now it's a hassle to sell the goods of one boat, let alone a whole boat of fresh-collecting goods. Directly arranging for little brothers to squat and sell goods, he was also worried that people would roll up his money and run away. After all, it's money for goods.

He himself couldn't squat in the market all day long. If he couldn't sell them, he had to pile them in the ice storage and continue the next day, so he had to transfer the goods to others, and he could be more relaxed.

He only needed to cooperate with Acai. He would be responsible for driving the fresh-collecting boat to collect a wave of goods at sea and return. After docking, he would weigh them for Acai and open a list to collect money according to the acquisition price of the pier on that day.

For the rest, he could be a hands-off shopkeeper, not caring about anything, letting Acai sell the goods himself and earn the difference.

Relying on so many goods, he could also earn a lot. It's just that it takes time, and he also needs to advance the cost.

But being able to earn more money, what does a little time matter? Acai's behavior of helping him collect goods now is also to earn more money. The wholesale market will become more and more prosperous.

He was also aiming at Acai's strength. He must have a lot of money in his hands. At worst, he could also find relatives and friends to partner with.

Actually, he could also find Lao Hai and sell the goods to him. Looking at him, he was a person with connections, and his funds were abundant. Now he was also eating well at the pier.

It was just that Lao Hai was in the provincial capital, and he felt it was a hassle to go around to the provincial capital and then come back to the city. It was better to instigate Acai to develop in the city and earn for him.

"Think about it, how many goods can you collect in the village? The goods I asked you to help collect are just cheap fish, and the earnings are limited. Developing in the city is different."

"A fresh-collecting boat has dozens of tons of goods, and they are all yours. Although the advance cost is high, the return rate is also high. Moreover, isn't your shop in the city not rented out? It can also be utilized, pile up more ice, and change it into an ice storage. When the time comes, it can also be used to store goods that haven't been sold, which is ready-made."

Acai was shocked by the information he threw, his brow furrowed tightly, and he couldn't think it through.

"You still have a fresh-collecting boat... you're planning to eat it all from beginning to end, not even leaking a drop of soup..."

"Right. If I didn't have anyone I could trust, and sending it to the provincial capital was a hassle, I wouldn't have pulled you. Transferring the goods to you lets you earn the difference."

If he had any fish processing factory, it would be a one-stop shop directly.

Now it could only be half a dragon. Cheap ones are taken to be dried, worthless ones are taken to be fermented, and the rest are sold to Acai.

"Let me think about it. Suddenly throwing such a big thing at me, I have to ponder it. Dozens of tons... except for the squid season and your crazy fishing for toadfish in winter, there are few days when there are so many goods. At most, occasionally encountering some balang fish schools, dragon-head fish schools, pomfret schools, etc., the goods will be more."

"Actually, the nature is the same. You are also collecting scattered households in the village. Now you are directly collecting from me, a big household. Isn't this more room for development?"

"I have to go home and ponder it."

"Then you go back and ponder. Opportunities don't come again. I have a fixed source of goods. Or if you are worried about advancing funds, find two more people to partner with. Originally, this can't be done by one person, and you have to hire people."

"I'll go back and think about it. When will your fresh-collecting boat start collecting goods? Why haven't I heard that you still have a fresh-collecting boat, and I haven't seen any fishing boats open in."

"At the end of next month, or early June, depending on the situation. There's still a long time, you can consider it carefully. If you feel you can't handle it and want to stay in the village, that's fine, I'll find someone else."

"Then there's still more than a month, that's fine, no rush, I'll ponder it."

"Hmm, you roughly know the situation in the city. You also have a shop in the wholesale market, and you know the market is getting more and more prosperous. How much seafood is transported out every day with so much traffic and car flow around? I heard that there are many more seafood processing factories this year."

Acai nodded, rarely serious and earnest. "I know, I will consider it carefully."

"Hmm, in a big place, there are more opportunities. Go out and mix, maybe you can become a famous fishing boss in the whole city, and you can open up other industries in the future."

He smiled. "Your mouth, even the dead can be said to be alive."

"Haha, that's not it, just analyzing the pros and cons for you, a win-win situation, of course, I hope you also go to the city to work together."

"Then if I go to the city, the goods in your workshop will be cut off, and you have to find someone else..."

"Are you joking? When my fresh-collecting boat arrives, you will also be unemployed here. Valuable goods are sold to you, and worthless ones I can still send back to dry fish, without going through your hands, giving you a middleman to earn a hand."

Acai was silent for a while. "Then I really have to be beaten back to my original shape, and I can't earn money and drink soup from you."

"That is, I have goods myself, of course I don't need to collect them outside. You consider it, our cooperation can be considered a win-win."

"Good, wait until I go to the market to take a look recently, investigate and see."

"Fine, be cautious, it should be."

"You are really getting more and more powerful, sigh... how long has it been? It looks like everyone in the village can follow you to drink soup."

"Who knows, I just did it and it became like this. I didn't think about spreading the stall so big, just thinking about the whole family not worrying about food and clothing, and having some small assets."

Acai shrugged expressionlessly, shook off his hand on his shoulder, and walked away on his own.

"Sigh? What are you doing? Where are you going? The words haven't been finished yet..."

"Nothing to say to you."

"No, didn't we chat quite well just now? You even smoked two of my cigarettes, and I lit them..."

Acai ignored him and continued to walk toward the village.

Ye Yaodong continued to chant behind him, "I didn't think much about it originally, just thinking that I couldn't put money in my hands, I had to take it to produce and earn money, so I kept buying boats, buying big boats, tossing about this and that..."

Acai slowed down a bit. These could still be listened to, and they were smoother than the words just now.

"... who knew that there were more and more people behind me, and I considered more and more, and it became like this. The original idea was too different, there were more and more industries, and I was tired to death..."

Acai felt he shouldn't slow down. He accelerated his pace and walked toward the village with big strides, shaking off the person behind him.

"Sigh... you listen to me finish... why walk so fast? I don't eat people, just chat with you..."

Can't this person be a good listening audience?

What's wrong with listening to him brag a bit?

He left without finishing, and his desire to chat at night was relatively heavy.

Ye Yaodong smiled, and also walked back. After talking for a long time, he spent a lot of saliva, and he was thirsty.

The workshop is now in good order, and he doesn't need to stay inside. He just went home to sleep early, and he was tired after being busy for so long.

Tomorrow he has to get up early to go to sea to put longline fishing gear, and then he has to go to the city.

Ye Fu and Ye Mu have been helping in the workshop and stayed until now.

At this moment, they also planned to go home to rest. Ye Fu still had to go to sea at night.

The old couple also rarely walked together with smiles, chatting while walking, looking exceptionally harmonious. Ye Yaodong felt that the moon was going to rise from the east.

However, every time the two came out of the workshop, they seemed to be in a good mood. They probably heard flattery, envy, and blowing in there. If they were in a bad mood, they would go in for a turn, and they would be fine when they came out.

Ye Fu was playing with his private seal in his hand at this moment, and his old face was full of gullies from smiling.

"Carrying that thing all day long, aren't you afraid of losing it."

"No, I won't lose it if I hold it in my hand, and I'll put it away when I go home at night. I go to sea all day long, and I can't bring it. I only rest for one day when I come back, and I've been busy there all day today, so I can only play with it now when I have time."

"Forget it, no one is here now, others can't see it, so put it away."

Ye Fu laughed, "Don't you also put it under the pillow and take it out to look at it from time to time."

"Crazy, I only looked at it for the first few days, who is like you, I locked it in the drawer long ago."

"That's because you are at home every day and are tired of looking at it."

"Too lazy to talk to you..."

Ye Yaodong smiled and shook his head. He stood in the corner, and it was pitch black all around. His father and mother didn't notice him either.

Thinking, when should I buy two walnuts for his father to play with in his hand...

He walked directly home and took the opportunity to drive the three children who were still playing at the door back to sleep.

"Your eldest brother mocked you for standing in punishment this morning, did you forget? Now you are still running behind his butt?"

Ye Xiaoxi tilted her head. "Brother said he would take me to catch tomorrow..."

It was too late for Ye Chenghu to cover her mouth.

"Ye Chenghu, is your skin itchy?"

"Father, she's talking nonsense, I'm going to school."

"Brother said that brothers and sisters are all going, don't take other little friends! Let me give him the candy to eat, don't give it to others."

Ye Chenghu was annoyed and ashamed. "Shut up, I won't take you."

"You are really promising."

Ye Chenghu immediately ran home and ran upstairs.

Ye Yaodong also picked up Ye Xiaoxi. "Don't listen to his lies, he just wants to cheat your candy. Did you forget the beating you got today? When he comes back clean tomorrow, and you are dirty, you will still be the one beaten."

"Brother said take me to find Auntie to take a bath, Mother won't know."

"Damn, Ye Chenghu is like a pig at other times, but this is clever. I'll catch him and beat him tomorrow first."

"Second Brother said it!"

Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Chengyang again. Ye Chengyang also quickly ran upstairs.

"I just said Ye Chenghu wasn't that smart."

"Hehehehe..."

Ye Chengyang heard his father praising him, stopped while climbing the stairs, stretched his head out and laughed, and then quickly ran upstairs. ===== CHAPTER 1242 =====