Chapter 1357: Application

Running out early and returning late every day, or running around outside every day, he had no energy to think about that kind of thing.

Only now that he was resting, his spirit was relaxed, could he have some thoughts, but he also felt very tired, taking advantage of his mouth first.

Lin Xiuqing saw his two feet rubbing back and forth in the foot-washing basin, so she squatted down to rub them for him.

"Just rubbing your two feet back and forth can be clean? How many days haven't you taken a good bath, all dirt."

"Just rub what should be rubbed clean."

"You didn't wash seriously just now. Wash it again tomorrow. I'll scrub your neck and back waist for you."

"Why don't you just help me take a bath."

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him, took a foot-wiping cloth and wiped his two feet dry.

"Why don't you take advantage of the workers still covering the warehouse in the workshop, and build a bathroom at the back door later? With a closed space, it won't be cold to take a bath in winter, and you can also wash from head to toe directly. It's also convenient for us to wash together."

She glared at him. "The second half is the point, right? You can even think of this. There are so many people at home, aren't you ashamed? Are you embarrassed?"

"It's also a waste of effort... In winter, we only wash once a week in total. There is an empty room on the 1st floor. The two little boys now take the bath to the room next door to wash, isn't it the same? No need to wash from head to toe like in summer. Are you addicted to spending money?"

It was indeed early at this time. Wait for a few years for sit-down toilets and shower heads to slowly become popular, and then build a bathroom.

"Then forget it."

"Don't think of one thing and another. While doing things, you think of this and that. Just pull a phone line next week."

"Pull two. I'm thinking, is the city pulled to the factory or the shop."

Lin Xiuqing thought for a while. "Why don't you pull it to the shop? Some customers or the army want to send cargo, they can call the shop directly and tell my father, let my father arrange it. It's also more convenient for us to contact my father, saving the trouble of letting people in the factory pass the message, running back and forth to answer the phone."

"Fine, then pull it to the shop. It also avoids those people in the factory making random calls. Anyway, that side is only responsible for fermentation and work. How to arrange the delivery is all listening to your father."

"Hmm, I'll take the bath water out to pour, and bring the snacks in for you later."

Ye Yaodong put on a vest and shorts, already leaning on the head of the bed, lighting a cigarette, waiting for his wife to serve him.

A bowl of fragrant seafood noodles, with two poached eggs on top, sprinkled with green onions and his favorite cilantro, made his stomach even hungrier at a glance.

Extinguishing the cigarette butt, he also went down and sat at the table to eat.

"Do you want to eat some?"

"There is another bowl, the old lady also cooked a bowl for me."

"This is to let you not eat in the evening, accompany me to sleep together."

"Nervous, it must be seeing us busy in and out, tired."

Actually, she felt okay, didn't say she was particularly tired, all were used to doing

With a man by her side, she felt that no matter how tired she was, it wasn't that tiring. She had support in her heart, and no matter how busy she was, she felt motivated.

But after eating, he insisted on her resting with him, so she simply lay down too.

Ye Yaodong really felt a bit tired. Just now he was actually just talking big. After taking a bath and eating his fill, he was feeling lazy and sleepy.

Holding his wife, he originally thought about falling asleep directly, but he didn't fall asleep immediately. His hands were idle, so he touched her, and then he felt uncomfortable again.

He had no choice but to turn his big talk into actual action.

After finishing a round, he felt it was better to sleep, and he fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

Lin Xiuqing was held by him and fell asleep with him.

Early the next morning, as soon as Ye Yaodong woke up, he headed straight to the squid silk workshop.

That's right, he had already changed the name orally.

Early this morning, Lin Xiuqing had already arranged to try roasting a batch of dried fish.

Last night, the couple went to bed early and slept until midnight, so they didn't make any arrangements.

Even Ye Xiaoxi was left unattended last night and slept with the old lady.

When he went, the machines were still running, and many workers were already gathered around watching.

Seeing that everything was normal and that dehumidification and roasting weren't that fast, he went back to eat first, and then went to the village committee to apply for the installation of a telephone.

"Are you planning to install a private phone in your own house?"

"Yes, after all, I have too many phone calls coming and going now. It's troublesome to run back and forth to the village committee to answer the phone every day, and I have to ask people to wait there to call a second time, which delays things too much."

"That's fine, then I'll help you write an application report."

"What about the 'Advanced Youth' you kept talking about? You told me last month, just those few days, and told me not to go out to sea. Alright, now a month has passed, and there's no sign of it. Was the peach plucked by someone else?"

"Not yet. I just estimated based on previous years' experience. I didn't expect it to be a little late this year, but don't worry, it won't be later than the end of this month. After all, next month is the May 4th Youth Day."

"Fine, I'm still waiting to be in the newspaper."

"Hahaha, you can't get in that, at most take a photo together as a souvenir."

"Alright, then help me apply for the telephone line."

"Got it. Today is Friday, I'll apply for you on Monday. How much is kelp this year? Do you have any idea? The weather hasn't been bad for the past month, and the kelp in the village is growing very well now."

"I'm going to the city tomorrow, I'll ask by the way. It's still early, it hasn't come out yet, so there shouldn't be a price. I'll keep an eye on it recently."

"Fine."

Ye Yaodong originally intended to return to the workshop after finishing with Chen Shuji to check on the drying situation of the dried fish, but he didn't expect the phone to ring just then, and it was looking for him.

This time he didn't have to wait, and he didn't need to pass on the message. He answered it directly, and it turned out to be his father.

His father's boat docked in the early morning. He didn't rush to unload the cargo, but slept on the boat first. It wasn't until dawn that he called back to notify him, waiting for his arrangements.

After Ye Yaodong hung up the phone, he greeted Chen Shuji and hurried back to ride his motorcycle.

Before leaving, he even rode to the workshop to notify Lin Xiuqing, asking her to prepare to receive the goods. The fishing boat should be back around dusk.

"Yesterday you were still saying that, and today you're back..."

"Yeah, you make arrangements, I'm leaving first."

He put on his helmet and rode away handsomely.

Although the old women in the workshop didn't look at him less, they couldn't help but discuss and praise him a few times. What's more, Lin Xiuqing had recently recruited two educated young girls to help her.

Ye Yaodong was handsome and rich, which inevitably made her the object of envy.

She also pondered a bit, thinking that recruiting two young ones could keep Pei Dongqing company, so as to avoid bad gossip since she was the only unmarried one.

Plus, young and educated ones were better than uneducated ones. Since so many people wanted to work in their workshop, they had to screen them and recruit those with outstanding abilities.

They couldn't be as casual as before, letting anyone come to work. They had to start setting some thresholds.

After Ye's father finished calling Ye Yaodong, he also immediately contacted A-Cai.

He had the valuable ones brought out first for A-Cai to weigh, and waited for Ye Yaodong to arrive to handle the rest. He had some idea of how much there was, which ones to keep at home, and which ones to keep to send to the factory.

Anyway, the more valuable ones that the factory didn't want were definitely sold to A-Cai. These had also been accumulating there for some time, and they took up quite a lot.

A-Cai originally thought the goods would be about the same as when Ye Yaodong came back last month. He didn't expect that he had already transported several trucks away, and there was still a steady stream being lifted from the fish hold onto the deck. His heart trembled.

"Uncle... this, how much more is there? Why is it still being lifted out? It's already been two or three hours of weighing."

"Scared?"

"Definitely, there are too many goods, I'll panic if I can't sell them all..."

Ye's father laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't panic, these lifted out are to be sent to the processing factory, wait for Dongzi to come and handle it. Anyway, since the processing factory is collecting them, they won't be pressed on your side."

A-Cai let out a long sigh of relief, "Tell me earlier, you made me stare at it, I was panicked. Are there really so many goods? It looks like more than double what A-Dong brought back last time."

"More than double? No way, right?"

Ye's father looked back. He had heard Dongzi mention it a few times last month, and it definitely wasn't double.

There was definitely more.

After all, he had packed it full, and he couldn't bear to drop even the miscellaneous goods from the last two nets, so he piled them on the deck before sailing back.

And Dongzi decided to come back temporarily because of the weather at that time.

"Then you definitely didn't see it. At that time, there were 100,000 jin of squid in the freezer, and he pulled them home to dry directly."

A-Cai bared his teeth in surprise, "I was just saying that during this period, people were shouting everywhere to sell squid silk, and people around were eating it. At least he has some conscience and didn't put all the pressure on me."

"Hehe, he was afraid you couldn't handle it. Later, he used his connections, ran everywhere, and hooked up with several factories. Some of the goods here also need to be sent to the factory."

"That's good."

Just as they were almost done weighing, Ye Yaodong arrived on his motorcycle, just in time for the tail end.

Ye's father hurriedly asked A-Cai to show him the cargo list he had just recorded to see if there was anything to keep. It was still time to cross it out now.

Ye Yaodong had previously instructed his father on what fish the factory needed and what to keep for their own family. His father definitely had an idea.

So he glanced at it and nodded.

"No problem, let's do it this way. Are you under pressure?"

"Of course there is pressure, how could there not be? Just your fresh-fish collection boat is enough to keep me busy. Keep what you can keep to dry, and send what you can send to the factory."

"Then hold on a little longer. It will be fine after my factory gets on the right track in two months."

"What factory? You have other factories?"

"That's right, during this time when my father went to sea, I was tossing and turning with these at home."

Ye's father hurriedly asked, "Is it done?"

"It's about the same. The machines were only transported back yesterday, and I heard the fish cannery is almost built too."

A-Cai's mouth opened wide, "You're also doing a fish cannery? So high-end? How big is this investment?"

"It's a partnership. You get busy here, I'll go check the goods on the boat first."