Chapter 1391: Building Relationships

"Cough... just get a back rub? Then pick one, since we're already here..."

The layman laughed out loud, "Alright, since we're already here, might as well, right?"

"Isn't this your treat? Might as well, since we're already here."

"Hmm, decent person, see which one you want."

Ye Yaodong watched as the landlady had already called a row of girls to stand ready. He coughed dryly, "How old are they?"

At a glance, they were all covered in thick greasepaint, and he couldn't even guess their ages. If he really had to guess, he felt Lin Xiuqing was younger than them.

"This one is 20, this one is 18, this one is also 18, this one is 17..."

Ye Yaodong's mouth hung open as he listened, looking at the layman in surprise. They were actually getting younger and younger.

Damn, a beast. No wonder he's so familiar with the road!

"Two bosses, see which one you want? Boss Zhang, do you want Little Red again?"

"Which Little Red? Oh, yesterday's? The 17-year-old one? No, no, change to that 16-year-old one..."

Ye Yaodong widened his eyes, turned his head to look, there's even a 16-year-old?!

"Holy shit... are you really living here? You can't remember the names, just the ages?"

"Cough, it's your turn, hurry up, it's already dark, I have to go home early."

"You still know how to go home?"

"Stop talking nonsense, do you want one or not? If not, you can go back yourself first."

"Cough cough, since we're already here, how can we just go back like this."

The layman had a speechless expression. Who didn't know who? What are you pretending for?

Ye Yaodong looked from left to right, then from right to left, "Change the batch!"

"Fuck! You're clearly more familiar than me."

"Are there any older ones?"

"Ah?"

Everyone was surprised.

"Ah what ah? Sixteen or seventeen-year-olds like bean sprouts, what kind of massage can they do? Find me a few older ones."

"Fuck!"

The layman was amused by him.

Ye Yaodong asked about the ages in a circle, and later picked a 30-year-old, which was already the oldest. Everyone was numb.

The two went to the innermost room, only separated by a curtain, and lay down on the beds after taking off their clothes and pants.

The layman couldn't help but say: "You really picked one? Just this one?"

"Yeah, older means better technique. Do you want to consider changing one? I see there's a 29-year-old, although not as good as mine..."

"No need."

"Sixteen or seventeen-year-olds, have they been out for two months? What strength do they have to massage? Do they understand massage?"

"That's not important."

"What's important is that she's only 16, right?"

"That's right."

"Beast!"

Not just a beast, but an animal!

Just a moment ago, he said if you want it to be decent, it's decent, if you don't want it to be decent, it's not decent.

"This 30-year-old is even older than me, don't want..."

"Just say you're an old indecent. In this day and age, I'm the most decent."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll ask the landlady to find a 50-year-old for you next time."

"Then I don't want it."

"Didn't you say the older the better the technique?"

"Such an old one shouldn't be easy to find, don't make things difficult for people."

"Next time I'll ask this street which shop has the oldest..."

Ye Yaodong lay on his stomach and closed his eyes to enjoy, ignoring him.

He didn't want a 50-year-old!

However, different ages really felt different. He could hear the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl next door chattering, calling "Boss Zhang, Boss Zhang" non-stop.

The one on his side just buried her head and massaged. He was getting drowsy.

It was only when the time was up and she reminded him whether he wanted to add time that he woke up in a daze.

"No need. Then I'll go back first, Boss Zhang?"

"Alright, then you go back first, I'll add another hour."

Ye Yaodong laughed, got up, and put on his clothes and pants first.

"Then enjoy slowly, I'll go back first."

"Good, take care."

His bicycle was still parked at the door, fortunately, it wasn't stolen.

However, this street was really full of such shops. When they came after eating, it wasn't dark yet. At this time, it was past 7 o'clock, and the lights of the whole street were on.

The whole street was also full of bicycles parked everywhere. When he rode out, the ones passing by were also bicycles.

And after he rode onto the main road, there were still quite a few shops along the street that were still open for business. They were mostly selling food, or there were many grocery stores, which looked lively.

He estimated that in a few months, there would be a night market street.

It really was a huge change. Last year, it was deserted as soon as night fell. Now, quite a few shops on the street were actually open.

Ye Yaodong chose to walk on the main road. There were lights all along the way, some were the headlights of cars. At this time, there were also quite a few big trucks and tractors coming and going.

The closer he got to the pier, the wetter the ground was, all water dripping from seafood, and the fishy smell in the air was even stronger.

His construction site was pitch black, and there were no street lights on the side of the road.

Not to mention the circle around him, even the entire coastline only had street lights at the pier.

When he came back, the iron gate was locked. Only after calling the gate did someone come to open it. He forgot to ask someone to get him a key.

"Dong-ge, why are you back so late? There's no food left."

"I've eaten. Get me a key to this iron gate later."

"I put that bunch of keys in your room. They aren't usually needed; there's someone here from morning till night."

"Hmm, have the small boats that went out to sea all returned?"

"They've all returned. They returned one after another at five or six o'clock. They just finished eating and are sitting there chatting, exchanging today's harvest."

"Hmm."

He had to take a bath first, then come to chat with the others and ask about the goods collection.

Ye Yaodong was currently the only one sleeping in a room with a door. Saying it had a door, it was actually just a door panel.

He didn't know where they moved it from, but it could only block the doorway. To enter or exit, he had to move the door panel to the side, which was very inconvenient. He couldn't lock the door when entering or exiting, and there was no sense of security at all.

"Tell the workers tomorrow to hurry up and build the doors and windows, especially for my room."

"Understood, I'll urge them tomorrow to install the doors and windows for your room first."

"Hmm, go to sleep, I'm fine here."

Besides the straw and mats spread on the floor, his room also had the only table on the entire construction site, and it was missing arms and legs.

He estimated they had also moved it from some junk pile.

Finding a bunch of iron gate keys from the drawer, he twisted one off first, buckled it onto the bunch of keys he carried, and put it on the table casually before picking up his washbasin to go fetch water.

His father wasn't there tonight, so he could have a good sleep alone.

There were fewer people tonight, about 1/3 less.

Small boat trawling was early out and late back every day, wearing stars and moon.

Those few large boats, if there were no accidents, would return in about a week to ten days.

For the next few days, probably everyone could sleep in the rooms, and no one would sleep in the corridors.

After taking a bath, Ye Yaodong went to sit with everyone, chatted together, and asked about everyone's harvest today.

Having just had a massage, he also dozed off for a while. He wasn't sleepy now, just right for cooling off and bragging.

Everyone regretted not coming up earlier. The resources here couldn't be compared to home. They had a good start just two days after coming up, and everyone's confidence was greatly boosted at night.

After bragging for a while, everyone dispersed one after another. They had gotten up early last night, were tired all day, and had to get up early to go to sea at night.

Ye Yaodong also took the opportunity to go back to his room and lie down.

Getting up early the next morning, he flipped through the order records he made yesterday and calculated the numbers with a calculator again before feeling relieved to go out for breakfast.

It was just that the batch of people from last night had gone out to sea early again. As usual, only his workers were still watching the site.

"Dong-ge, are we going out to sea to collect goods tomorrow?"

"Is the goods matter resolved? Is there a factory collecting it?"

"A-Dong, I think the goods from your super-large boat should be collected by the fresh-catch collection boat. Earn a little less, earn a little less. That boat has too many goods. If it's a fresh-catch collection boat, we can stay up all night, and we should be able to sell seven or eight out of ten."

"If we had known, we should have come up half a month later. That way, the factories everywhere would just happen to need to increase production capacity."

He wasn't at home all day yesterday, so everyone thought he was running around for the goods and only came back when it was pitch black.

And the people on the other small boats weren't at home all day yesterday, so they didn't know about his worries here. They didn't pay attention to him coming back late last night either, didn't mention it at all, and only cared about being happy and chatting about the goods collection.

His own workers thought he was having a hard time and started giving him ideas early in the morning.

"No need to worry, I've already found a way. Just sleep until you wake up naturally tomorrow and go out to sea to collect goods."

"Really?"

"What way?"

"Still Dong-ge is capable. You went out yesterday and resolved it just like that?"

"I know, is it the Chamber of Commerce! I even helped Dong-ge send Moutai and cigarettes over yesterday. Those are imported cigarettes, several yuan a pack."

"The Chamber of Commerce Dong-ge set up last year is quite useful?"

Ye Yaodong didn't give them a definite reply.

"Go do what you need to do, don't worry about it blindly. After the vegetables are planted on that piece of land, go upstairs to help the workers work in a while. Finish early so you can move in early, saving everyone from sleeping in the corridors, and let the carpenters hurry up and make the doors and windows."

Everyone echoed.

After eating, he pushed his bicycle and went out again.

The sales channel for the goods was resolved, and he had bought all the materials needed for the site. Now there was nothing urgent. He had to go to the shipyard to see the progress of his fishing boats to ensure they could be successfully handed over in a few months.

If there was enough time, he also had to send the letter his brother-in-law asked him to bring to Lin Guangyuan at the naval unit stationed here. He had to inquire about the location in advance later.

These fragmented things hadn't been finished yet, and he had to go to sea again tomorrow. Earning some money wasn't easy.

The more money he earned, the more things there were.

When Ye Yaodong arrived at the shipyard, he didn't expect to run into Shen Ming'e.

This girl was still as fiery as ever, and she bumped into him as soon as she came out.

He dodged to the side with quick eyes and hands, but it seemed he bumped into her chest?

"Are you blind? Eh? It's you?"

"Hello, Comrade Shen Ming'e, long time no see, you're getting prettier."

Shen Ming'e was immediately happy, "When did you come? I thought you disappeared after getting the loan and were going to run away."

"How could that be? My boats are still pressed in your father's factory."

"I also asked my dad, and he said you came two months ago. Did you come to fish again?"

"Yes, I just came two days ago. Now that I'm busy and have time, I came to see the progress of the fishing boats. I have to trouble you to help me urge them."

"Then you have to tell my dad. I'm in a hurry to go to work now. If you have any deposit business, remember to find me."

"Not doing loans anymore?"

"Didn't you already take a loan? You can't take any more, but you can save."

"Then if I deposit it, will it be directly taken away by your bank?"

"No, it hasn't matured yet. It will only be taken away if it's not repaid when it matures."

"Alright, you go to work first."

It would be fine if it wasn't. He was just afraid that there was no networking now and the operations weren't regular.

But he definitely wouldn't deposit money in the bank. If he deposited tens of thousands at a time, when he went back, if it was like last year and he saved hundreds of thousands, he would be worried about not being able to take it out, or them directly telling him there was no such money.

That would really be crying with nowhere to cry.

Shen Ming'e hurriedly rode her bicycle again, waved at him, and left.

Ye Yaodong looked at his watch; it was just past 8 o'clock, quite diligent.

He went to the factory and didn't look for Factory Manager Shen. He went to see his few boats familiarly; anyway, they were all in fixed positions.

If he wanted to know the situation, he would just go see it himself and then ask the shipbuilder. There was no need to trouble Factory Manager Shen.

As long as they were being built, the workers hadn't been transferred, and the necessary equipment and materials were complete, there was no need to urge. Urging was useless. They were already working, what else could happen? They also hoped to deliver the goods early.

He just mentioned it casually earlier. It would be best if he could help urge it verbally; at least they could pay attention to it, and they couldn't delay his side.

Ye Yaodong inspected all the boats and felt relieved only when he saw people building them there.

After asking the master about the progress and the approximate completion time, he remembered to ask these old masters about the unit's station.

However, after asking around, no one knew. They only knew that the navy was stationed here, and the navy was helping with construction at the port. They didn't know the specifics.

He still went to ask Factory Manager Shen and found out the station.

It turned out to be stationed on a nearby island. One could only go back and forth by boat, and fishing boats weren't allowed near the island.

Then how could he send the letter? He couldn't send it, nor could he visit. He could only wait for Lin Guangyuan to find him himself.

After riding his bike out of the shipyard, he immediately went to the Chamber of Commerce, not just to stay there and get to know more people, but also to call home.

Like others, when he called home to report safety, he also left the Chamber of Commerce's number, letting Lin Xiuqing call the Chamber of Commerce's number to leave a message if anything happened.

So he had to go there whenever he had free time to see if there were any messages from home, and also stay at the Chamber of Commerce more. This place was quite important and useful to him now.

"Yo, here again?"

"Came to make a phone call."

"Going to call home to report safety again?" Lao Zhang said as he had already turned the phone in a direction to make it convenient for him to call.

"Something to say back home."

Ye Yaodong dialed while speaking.

Like the previous two days, it was answered after just one ring.

"Dongzi!" the old lady shouted excitedly, "Good, good, good, this phone is installed well, it wasn't installed in vain. With a phone installed, it's much more convenient for you to call home, and you call more diligently."

"Have you been sitting by the phone the whole time?"

"I'm sitting at home watching TV, and knitting a sweater for you by the way, so that when you come back in October, you'll have a new sweater to wear up there. Last year, I didn't know it was so cold up there. The sweaters from previous years were washed again and again, and they weren't thick enough."

"That's fine, just right to find you something to do."

"Yes, yes, yes, there's plenty to do. Your mother also asked me to crochet a few pairs of wool slippers, saying they are very popular now. I'll knit your sweater first."

"You even know what's popular."

"That's for sure. The pattern book for knitting wool that you bought for A-Qing before, she found it and let me study it, sitting at home to pass the time."

The old lady said excitedly, feeling there were many things to do.

"Xiao Jiu, go to the workshop and call your mother, tell her to come back to answer the phone, your father called back."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong took advantage of the time Xiao Jiu went to call someone to chat with the old lady for a few more sentences, until Lin Xiuqing came over, and only then did the old lady reluctantly give her the phone.

"A-Dong..."

"I found out, the navy's station is on a nearby island, can't get close, can't send the letter, can only wait for when Lin Guangyuan can call, then you give him the Chamber of Commerce's phone number and address, and the address of the site I left for you."

"Is that so? Then I'll call my eldest brother later and report all the phone numbers and addresses where you can be contacted to him, so when Lin Guangyuan calls them, he'll also know."

"Hmm, everyone started going out to sea the night before last. I'm also going to open the boat to collect goods tomorrow. I'm not necessarily there every day. Anyway, if anything happens, just call Lao Zhang to leave a message. I'll come over when I'm free, and he'll pass it on to me."

"Alright."

The old lady was afraid she would hang up, so she hurriedly shouted: "Dongzi, you must pay more attention to your health, rest more. You just went up, don't be too tired, eat more good food."

"Got it."

"If there's nothing, call home more, I..."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but take over, "You're just sitting in front of the phone, he knows."

She spat out: "Every day she sighs at the phone, asking me why the phone doesn't ring, picking it up from time to time to put it to her ear, listening to see if there's any sound."

"She asked me hundreds of times a day, asking me why the phone didn't ring, if it was broken. I'm annoyed to death. If no one calls in, how can it ring?"

"It hasn't even been a week since you left and it's like this. If it's a month, can my ears take it? They could grow calluses..."

"Mother scolded her, told her not to keep asking, scolded her a few times, and she even went to complain to Huimei, to Ahai and the others. I'm also convinced..."

"I was also annoyed by her asking, so yesterday I went to buy ten jin of wool and gave her some work to do. Slowly doing it, it's enough for her to do until the New Year."

"By the way, I found the book of knitting patterns you bought, let her study it to knit you a sweater, find her something to do. Only then were my ears quiet."

Ye Yaodong was amused, "She didn't complain to me just now."

"Probably waiting for father to call back and scold father."

Makes sense.

People like to vent their anger.

After being angry, of course, they have to find someone who can bear the anger to pay it back.

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up. If you should find her something to do, just find her something to do."

"Hmm, now it can be quiet until you come back."

Ye Yaodong grinned and hung up the phone.

Lao Zhang smiled and teased, "Every person who calls home is smiling after hanging up the phone."

"Being able to call family members naturally puts one in a good mood. Drifting and struggling outside, isn't it for the family members?"

"That's right, if it weren't for earning money, who would leave their hometown."

After Ye Yaodong paid the phone bill, he didn't leave either, just stayed there chatting.

There were also some Chamber of Commerce members who would come over one after another when they had nothing to do that day, sitting there chatting and cooling off. This place really counted as everyone's base camp.

After everyone got familiar with chatting, Ye Yaodong set up a deck of cards, which was also a way to kill time and increase friendship. It was noon now, and it was hot outside.

And this tradition also spread in the afternoon, changing from one table to two tables.

Later on, as long as someone was free, they would come over to sit and chat, and then start playing when the corners were gathered.

However, this was just a small entertainment in free time. When it was time to be busy earning money, everyone was still running around outside. This place could only be considered a place for everyone to hear news and relax.

Not only could they make phone calls and wait for news, and build relationships, but they could also relax themselves.

Ye Yaodong also killed time until the sun went down and it wasn't so hot, before dispersing and returning to the construction site.

He earned three yuan playing all afternoon, which wasn't enough for the workers' vegetable money today, but he could get more familiar with everyone.

He happily took the money directly to buy two big watermelons and brought them back to the site to share.

He couldn't come tomorrow, but he could come again the day after tomorrow.

He had already decided that as long as he wasn't out to sea, he would soak here, wait until the sun went down, and then go back to pull business for himself.

Look, in one afternoon, he didn't just win three yuan; he also confirmed the goods for the next two days and locked in those who would collect his goods fixedly.

The workers were also very excited when they saw him bring back two big watermelons.

"Dong-ge, I'll come, I'll come..."

"Is this to be sent to the boat?"

"Send my ass, just two, and send them to the boat. If you really want to send them to the boat, wait until tomorrow morning to wholesale two or three hundred jin at the agricultural market, let someone send them to the pier, then move them onto the boat, and then resell them to other boats at retail price to earn some meal money."

"That's fine, even a mosquito's leg is meat."

"Then when you buy vegetables tomorrow morning, go ask, let someone weigh them directly and send them to the boat before coming over to collect the money."

"Alright."

Anyway, he just moved his mouth; the workers were the ones doing the work and running errands.

"Kill these two and share them, just right to go with rice."

"Okay."

The dogs were already sniffing their noses, following the watermelons.

"Dig out the red part, the white part can still be stir-fried in a bowl later."

Ye Yaodong was amused, "Chen Guodong, if I let you manage this home, you're managing it quite well!"

"Oh, my family eats like this. Watermelon rind can't be wasted."

"If your family raised pigs, the pigs would starve to death."

"Then I also heard you like to eat sweet potato vines, no wonder you don't raise pigs."

"Laugh to death, cut a little to feed the dogs, all of them are about to jump onto the table."

"Alright, I still think this watermelon rind is quite delicious."

"Then I'll leave it to you to stir-fry."

Ye Yaodong picked up a piece of cut watermelon. Although it didn't look that red and was pink, it was really sweet and juicy to eat, and it relieved the heat. ===== CHAPTER 1392 =====