Chapter 1255

At dawn, the sky was still pitch black, but outside the pier, it was brightly lit, and there were quite a few shouts.

Ye Yaodong sent people to the boat and walked toward those shouts. These were all people who got up early to sell breakfast.

He looked at the back box of someone's bicycle, which was seven or eight tenths full, and seeing that they had already sold a little, he wrapped up everything that was left.

Estimating that there were several dozen steamed buns and meat buns, the boss's face blossomed with a smile, saying there were more at home and asking if he wanted them.

He shook his head directly; there was no time, he had to get on the boat. These were enough, and he could leave more than half for his father and the others later.

Before coming out this morning, they had all eaten at home.

The boat workers saw him buy so many steamed buns and meat buns, and their saliva came down.

"We just ate. Eat again at seven or eight in the morning, to save the trouble of cooking breakfast."

"Understood."

After Ye Yaodong drove a distance toward the sea trench, he was able to contact his father, and then sailed toward the coordinates his father gave.

Because he wasn't familiar with the sea area here, Father Ye didn't drive too far out.

It was just driving for more than an hour, less than two hours, from the direction of the sea trench, and he saw several boats, and the sky was already bright.

He first collected his own goods, weighing them while collecting, and by the way, told his father about the situation these two days.

After collecting the goods, the father and son had said about enough. Ye Yaodong went to the next boat. Some goods hadn't been weighed yet, so he continued weighing while driving, and recorded a note on his side first.

However, for other boats, he certainly had to finish recording and fill out the list before he could go to the next boat.

The price wasn't filled in because he didn't know what the price on shore was. Everyone trusted him relatively well and waited for him to fill in the blanks after selling the goods.

Anyway, after going ashore, everyone would know the recent price of goods. Even if they didn't go ashore, they had a number in their hearts about how much each thing should be sold for.

These boats of theirs also heard Ye Yaodong talk about the situation these two days, and they weren't so anxious. They all had a feeling of "since you're here, be at peace," because they still had a bottom line, which was stronger than other boats.

If there are no jellyfish, then there are no jellyfish. They can still go out to trawl for a few days, which might only be a little worse than staying there to catch jellyfish.

However, in this year's situation, it's hard to say who is stronger and who is weaker. With so many fishing boats, staying there might not necessarily be better than their trawling.

Ye Yaodong wandered back and forth on the sea, taking turns to collect goods and weigh them one by one, which also took a lot of time. By the time all four boats were finished and everything was collected, it was already 2 PM.

Returning at this time is just in time for the sunset, and it doesn't delay selling goods. Now it doesn't get dark until 7 PM.

It's just that with so many goods, no single collection point on the pier can eat up so many of them, so he has to let them choose and take them separately with fishmongers.

By the time he sold the goods and returned home, it was past 7 PM. He also brought back two baskets of goods that weren't very valuable, shared some with neighbors on the left and right, shared some with people in the village, and by the way, fiddled with 20 jin and asked someone to send it to Fang Jingfu.

The harvest today was also quite considerable. The 4 boats accumulated more than 60,000 jin of goods in two days. As long as it was worth some money, he brought it all back to sell.

A vast majority of them were goods worth a few cents, a small half were worth a few dimes, and the valuable goods worth over a yuan were very few.

Even though the things were very cheap, they couldn't withstand the large quantity. Selling all these goods also earned him more than 5,700 yuan.

Calculating that he gave them 60% of the 4 boats, he could still earn over 2,000. After deducting labor and oil money, it was simply a steady profit without loss.

He just returned home and calculated the accounts, filled out the collection list for several fishing boats, and his mouth almost crooked with a smile. It didn't matter whether this jellyfish was harvested or not; he had already earned big with such a boat.

Collecting jellyfish and collecting fish goods were no different.

So many goods in front weren't sold to one family, but were chosen and divided by multiple collection points, and also divided by fishmongers. No one knew how much money he had sold in total by adding them up scattered.

He didn't have time to count himself, and didn't know how much money he had sold in total, only knowing there were a few thousand yuan. Now that he calculated the accounts, he was really startled.

Other fresh-catch collection boats still had to wander on the sea, waiting to find the next boat to harvest. If there was no boat to dock temporarily, they couldn't collect so many goods, fearing that it wouldn't be fresh if delayed too long, so they had to return after calculating the time.

He didn't need to. After calculating the time, one boat went out, directly plucked all four boats, and could return immediately, saving oil and ice.

The oil consumption of other people's fresh-catch collection boats staying on the sea for a long time was a huge expense.

And most importantly, he didn't partner with anyone on this boat, so how much he earned was all his.

Other fresh-catch collection boats had at least four or five shareholders...

And those fishing boats of theirs still had his share...

Thinking about it... he seemed to be a proper capitalist too...

The fresh-catch collection boat earned a sum, and those people had to give him another dividend.

Ye Yaodong thought about it and was excited, hurriedly organizing the money scattered all over the table.

Just after returning to the room and sitting down, he emptied his pockets, threw the cloth bags on the table together, calculated the cargo list first, and only now had time to organize this money.

He counted the money against the amount he just filled in, counted the money that should be given to each fishing boat, and then bundled the money and the collection list together.

Calculate and divide in advance, so it's easier and clear when they return and let them check.

After bundling the money corresponding to all cargo lists together, the rest was his profit.

He calculated that there were more than 2,200. After deducting oil money and ice money, and the daily wages of a boat of workers, he could also earn nearly 2,000 yuan.

Plus the 10 days of harvesting sea urchins before, after coming out for more than ten days, he had already earned more than 14,000. This trip was not in vain.

He coded the money and cargo lists, locked them in the suitcase, and then hid them, before rubbing the expression on his face, putting away his smile, and going out to eat.

The workers had already eaten. Seeing his serious expression, they suddenly felt that something was wrong?

"Dongge... isn't... did we earn money? Could it be... didn't earn money?"

"Did we earn some? Is it that we didn't earn that much?"

Ye Yaodong's expression was even heavier.

Everyone was a bit worried, and the rice in their mouths didn't taste good.

"Boss, weren't there a lot of goods? Didn't we sell hundreds and hundreds?"

"That also has to give money to other fishing boats. Was it sold too cheaply? All four boats have to be given money, the goods are theirs."

"Did you give a high price to take care of those boats? Did you lose money yourself?"

"Lost money???"

"Ah? Still did a loss-making business?"

Ye Yaodong shook his head slightly, his expression still serious.

"Earned a little, just not much. Don't worry, we earned some from harvesting sea urchins a while ago. Your wages are settled. Continue to collect a few more batches of goods, and this trip won't be a loss. Don't be afraid that I won't be able to pay wages."

"Even though each of you, plus the subsidies for going into the water a few days ago, have a monthly wage of more than 100 yuan, 16 people, the monthly wage is nearly 2,000 yuan, not to mention the ones on the Dongsheng, the monthly wage is 3,000 yuan, plus eating and drinking, adding oil and ice..."

He paused, "It doesn't matter, continue to collect goods for a few more days, and we can earn a little more. It's no problem to support everyone."

"Even if I can't eat, I can't let you not eat. You follow me to work, and of course you have a bite to eat if I have a bite to eat."

"Everyone came out to fight, to earn more money. I certainly won't be short of what should be given."

"Eat, don't worry about this. How to earn money is what I should worry about. You just need to put in more effort when you should."

A group of teenage men were moved to tears listening. Looking at the jellyfish situation now, it was clear that it wasn't good, and everyone saw it.

Everyone felt that he certainly wouldn't be able to earn much later. Although they earned some from harvesting sea urchins a while ago, after hearing him calculate an account just now, they also felt that their wages were too much.

So many people, a monthly expenditure of 3,000 yuan, which was more than what their respective families earned in three years, and their hearts skipped a beat.

And he kept promising to pay them so much wages, wouldn't break his promise, and kept guaranteeing it, which made everyone feel ashamed. Some people stayed at home and didn't go out to sea today.

He brought a total of 16 people out, and only brought 10 people out to sea to harvest today, and the rest stayed at home to watch the house and cook.

"Boss... let's go compete with others tomorrow and catch some jellyfish? Otherwise, sitting at home is just sitting."

"Yeah, catch a few is a few. Accumulating for a few days can also be a sum. Anyway, everyone has plenty of strength. Work more, and you can earn more."

"Right, you went out to sea to collect goods today, let us go tomorrow."

Ye Yaodong said faintly, "Eat first. Let's talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow. Who knows if the situation will be better tomorrow."

Everyone didn't dare to say much, seeing that he wasn't in a very good mood.

At this time, A Guang pushed open the courtyard gate and came in.

"You just returned? I've come several times, and only now did I run into you."

"Just returned a while ago. Have you eaten? Sit down and eat together."

"Not yet. I came over just to sponge a meal, so I ran several times, only to smell the fragrance of rice but didn't see anyone return."

A Guang saw that everyone wasn't very enthusiastic, and didn't have much of a smile, which was too different from the usual lively and noisy atmosphere. He thought something had happened, and he was a bit nervous.

"What's wrong? What happened? Was it not smooth to go out to sea to collect goods today? Did something happen at sea?"

Ye Yaodong paused, his expression a bit stiff, "Nothing, very smooth."

"Very smooth? It doesn't look like it. Don't lie to me."

A Guang didn't believe it. If it were smooth, even if they didn't celebrate happily, they would at least discuss it with a smile.

Whose family has such a heavy and quiet atmosphere while eating? And with so many people, more than a dozen, eating wasn't as lively as three or four people.

"If I tell you it's smooth, it's smooth. So much nonsense. Eat or not, if not, get lost."

"It's a bit right. Since nothing happened, I'll go get rice."

"You have so much trouble, and you're so sensitive. Even if nothing happened, you make it seem like something happened."

"Isn't it because I felt like the atmosphere was wrong as soon as I came in?"

"That's also discussing the jellyfish situation. Can I be as unlucky as you?"

"Oh, that's true," A Guang was relieved, "I'm not unlucky now."

With their banter, the dining table became a bit lively.

"Guangge, don't leave after eating, play cards?"

"Sure, do you have money in your pockets? If not, I won't play with you."

"As long as you have money."

"Pfft~"

"Guangge, I heard you used to lose every bet."

"That's not true, I win a few hands occasionally."

Ye Yaodong mocked him, "Right, win a few hands!"

A Guang glared at him, "I'll make you scream when I win later."

"Lose left, lose right, lost everything, hahaha."

"Don't joke about my son's name."

"Okay, lose left, lose right, lost everything!"

A Guang's brows were furrowed enough to crush a fly. Why did it feel wrong listening to it?

"Guangge, are your twins named Lose Left and Lose Right? It matches your name very well."

"Hahaha..."

"Eating can't even block your mouths!"

After laughing enough, Ye Yaodong changed the subject and asked him, "Did Uncle Zheng call back today? Did you get the call?"

"Got it. I went to wait there in advance and got it. They just arrived early yesterday morning, and only arranged things yesterday. They didn't go out to sea today, just went to look outside the pier and prepared fishing nets. It's estimated that it will take three to five days to go out to sea."

"Are the fishing nets on their own boat not good?"

"They said they want to prepare radar nets or something, to specifically catch hairtail fish. They said the Zhoushi fishing ground is mainly based on large yellow croaker, small yellow croaker, hairtail fish, and cuttlefish. Large yellow croaker has been gone for a few years, so they plan to catch hairtail fish. If the price of hairtail fish is good later, and there is a fish season in winter."

As soon as Ye Yaodong heard radar net, he knew.

Radar net hairtail fish is the highest grade of hairtail fish. The eyes of this kind of hairtail fish are smaller than ordinary hairtail fish, so locals also call it small-eye hairtail fish.

It is more delicious than ordinary hairtail fish, and the price is two or three times higher. There are also several varieties of hairtail fish.

And radar net doesn't mean using radar to detect bottom hairtail fish, but that after fishermen set up fishing nets from the fishing boat, the fishing boat starts to rotate like a radar, so that they can catch the hairtail fish with the thickest meat.

This method of catching hairtail fish is called the radar net fishing method, and the hairtail fish caught using this method is called radar net hairtail fish.

This is also calculated from the many years of experience of local old fishermen. After all, Zhoushi is one of the four major fishing grounds in the country, with rich experience in catching hairtail fish, and fishermen from various cities in the surrounding area like to gather there.

"Then did you agree on the time for the next call with them?"

"Yes, I agreed to call again at 4 PM 10 days later. I am also very curious about the radar net they mentioned, so I'll just ask about it then."

"Okay, remember to tell me after you ask."

"You seem very interested, even more active than me, and you still want to ask them to agree on the next call time."

"Of course, that is one of the four major fishing grounds in the country. I don't know how big that pier is."

"That's true."