Chapter 1618

At the pier, in the dedicated docking area for Ye Yaodong's large ships, his family's workers were particularly eye-catching, wearing uniform blue sailor suits with "Dongsheng Fishery" printed on the back, looking organized and disciplined!

Compared to the workers on the surrounding fishing boats, they were the regular army, while the others were the irregulars.

Once this uniform clothing was worn, they immediately stood out in the surroundings, and everyone recognized his family; even Ye Yaodong's name became famous, and most of the large ships in the area knew him.

And it wasn't just one ship; only the fresh-catch boats docked every day, while the other fishing boats didn't.

A few days ago, when the fishing boats all returned to rest during the typhoon and then went out together later, that was what truly shocked everyone.

Over a hundred workers all wearing the same clothes appeared at the pier and then went to different docking areas, being watched by people all the way.

Everyone pointed at them, thinking they were some kind of fishery company, and the curious and bold ones even pulled them over to ask.

It was just that their ships were of different sizes, and their docking points were different, otherwise, they would have refreshed everyone's eyes every day.

Now, there was one point for the 7 Dongsheng ships, one docking point for the 5 ocean-going large ships plus the 40-meter fresh-catch boat, and one point for the two 30-plus-meter fresh-catch boats.

When the ships returned, the workers were all on the ships and disembarked together; that was what you called orderly.

Ye Yaodong only came over to wander around and take a look after buying the boat tickets.

Baskets of goods were all weighed in an orderly manner and lifted off the ships, with dozens of workers moving back and forth to unload the cargo, not a single one idle.

Chen Baoxing looked up in his busy schedule and then said in surprise, "Uncle Dong, why are you here?"

"Came out to buy boat tickets, and stopped by the pier to take a look at today's goods. How is the quantity? Is it enough to distribute for delivery?"

"Actually, how much cargo can be caught every day doesn't differ much, and the amount of goods we deliver every day is quite fixed. Occasionally there is more or less on some days, but as long as the quantity is weighed well and the varieties are not mixed up, there is basically no big problem."

He knew that this was already on the right track.

"Alright, you go about your business, I'll just take a look around."

"Alright."

Chen Baoxing was recording in his hand while shouting.

Although he was young, he was literate, and there were many illiterate people on the ship, or those who could read but not write, so no one was unconvinced.

Moreover, most of them were from the same village, and uncles and brothers were all relatives who could be linked, so Chen Baoxing shouted a few polite and pleasant words, and everyone cooperated to get the job done.

It was mainly because they were their own people, and it was easy to handle things when familiar; if an outsider came and shouted around, how could they be convinced.

Therefore, the retired soldiers only needed to be in charge of the machinery, or be used as ordinary workers; communication and exchange still required their own people to shout to get things done.

Ye Yaodong wandered around the ship, looked at the goods, greeted everyone, and then went back first; he still had to hand over matters with his father.

Knowing that his father had set off to come up, in the two days, he had already handled the urgent matters.

The rest were all some daily matters that didn't matter much, and his father basically knew how to do them; just hand them over so his father would know what to do.

Ye Yaodong's trip to the Magic City was mainly to receive the machines and handle the procedures; after his constant urging recently, the first machine ordered was finally about to be delivered.

His factory building here was also almost ready, and the workers were long ready; everything was prepared, only the east wind was lacking.

Several large drying machines were reserved, and the delivery dates were all in the second half of the year; with this one finished, the later ones would also be fast.

By then, they would enter the factory one after another, the output would increase greatly, and the raw materials consumed in the factory would also increase, which could also reduce the pressure of having too many goods.

He also built two cold storage rooms inside the factory building, which could also store self-use goods, as well as those that were not sold on the day.

These were all adapted to local conditions during the expansion and were replanned well.

When Ye Yaodong went to the Magic City, he brought the final payment along, stayed for three days, and brought the machines back; the factory also sent technicians over.

After tinkering for two days, the new machines finally started working.

The retired soldiers who were originally idle and could only act as temporary security guards or porters immediately and enthusiastically threw themselves into the new production line.

These people could be said to have received a month's salary for nothing, but they didn't do nothing at all; they belonged to wherever they were needed, and bringing them along for delivery increased efficiency by more than half.

After the factory expanded its benefits, Ye Yaodong also shifted his focus to the factory; the orders in the factory also came like snowflakes, and their factory could now be considered a well-known medium-sized factory in the local area, and it could be said to be a one-stop shop from fishing to sales.

After entering October, Ye Yaodong also asked Manager Qi to arrange the autumn and winter factory uniforms.

Starting from August, the factory began to dress uniformly; at that time, only two sets of summer clothes were issued, and now two sets of autumn clothes had to be arranged.

The workers were all very happy; they didn't need to buy clothes, could receive free factory uniforms to wear, and they were all new clothes and new cotton-padded jackets, so they didn't need to feel heartache if they wore them out.

It also happened to be near the Mid-Autumn Festival; in addition to issuing factory uniforms, Ye Yaodong also asked Supervisor Yan to order a batch of mooncakes and issued two to everyone.

In previous years, there was no such benefit; they were all distributed with dry goods from the factory. This was the first time this year that mooncakes were purchased from outside, and the whole factory staff was as happy as if it were the New Year.

Ye Yaodong also happily said, "The factory's efficiency is good, and the workers have already broken a hundred; the benefits will naturally get better. In the future, mooncakes will be issued every Mid-Autumn Festival, zongzi will be issued during the Dragon Boat Festival, New Year gifts will be issued during the New Year, and gifts will also be issued to male and female compatriots on March 8th..."

Ye Fu was a bit confused, issuing gifts to male compatriots on March 8th?

He put a question mark in his heart first.

"Most importantly, from now on, the salary will be fixedly increased by 10% every year after the New Year, and individual hard-working ones can be increased by 20% or 30%. If the wages of other large factories are increased, we will also continue to increase them, keeping up with the large factories!"

The workers all cheered happily; not only did they eat mooncakes, but they also ate the big pie he drew.

He didn't just issue mooncakes to the workers in the factory; he also issued mooncakes to the workers on the fishing boats and to his relatives and friends.

Calculating it this way, he had issued them to almost the entire base camp, but this was small money to him, and it could also buy people's hearts and make everyone happy.

After he finished speaking, Ye Fu leaned over and asked humbly, "Dongzi, sending zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival and mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I can understand this. Issuing gifts to female compatriots on March 8th, I can also understand this, but why do male compatriots have them too?"

"Why don't male compatriots have them?"

"What March 8th do male compatriots celebrate?"

Ye Yaodong asked back, "Why can't male compatriots celebrate March 8th? Don't male compatriots need to accompany female comrades to celebrate March 8th?"

"Male compatriots must also have female comrades at home. In the same factory, are we still engaging in gender opposition?"

"Female compatriots have gifts, why don't male compatriots have them? Can't male compatriots take them home and use them for their mothers or sisters at home?"

"Besides, except for special female products, can't other general gifts be issued? Can't towels be issued? Can't toothpaste and toothbrushes be issued?"

Ye Fu was asked by him and felt that what he said was also right.

Without Men's Day, couldn't they receive Women's Day gifts?

They all worked in the same factory, naturally equal, and of course, they could be taken home for family use.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, everyone should go do what they need to do."

Everyone dispersed, first taking the clothes and mooncakes they received back to the dormitory.

In this day and age, big mooncakes were also top-notch things, and most people were reluctant to eat them, and those far away were preparing to mail packages home.

And those in their village could mail them back via cargo ships for their wives and children at home to eat.

After Ye Yaodong finished these trivial matters in the factory, he also made a phone call home.

Ye Xiaoxi picked up the phone and chattered, "Dad, we have National Day in two days, it's so cool not to have to study during the holiday, and it also caught up with the Mid-Autumn Festival, too cool..."

"Dad, the little puppies at home gave birth to another litter of four little puppies, super cute, so small, just the size of my palm, fluffy..."

"The two big ones are called Gongxi and Facai, and the four small ones are called Tuantuan, Yuanyuan, Pingping, and An'an. Dad, the names I chose are good, right?"

"Mom said these are people's names, some people are called these names, told me not to name them blindly, just call them Big Dog, Second Dog, Third Dog, Fourth Dog, too ugly, Mom has no creativity at all..."

"Dad, you say what names are good? Naming is too hard, I kept flipping through the dictionary, didn't find what to call them? So annoying~"

"Dad, how did you name me, named so nicely?"

She talked a lot, didn't need to wait for anyone to respond, and just went on talking to herself.

Ye Yaodong listened and smiled knowingly, his worries instantly disappeared, and he relaxed, holding the phone and lying on the chair to listen.

"You talked so much, the last sentence is the point, right?"

"Hehe, Mom said my name was named by you, I think it's very nice, why don't you name the 4 little puppies too?"

"Just call them Number One, Number Two, Number Three, Number Four, what better names do you want to name?"

"No, this feels the same as Grandpa calling you guys, how strange?"

"Then Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, Number 4, how easy? Otherwise, a bunch of names, you can't recognize who is who. Now just take a shell, write a number on it, and hang it on the dog's neck, and you will know what your dog is called."

Ye Xiaoxi's eyes lit up, "This works, I have many shells, I'll go punch holes in the shells now, then write numbers on them, and tie them on the dogs' necks, so everyone will know this is my family's dog."

Doing things that are neither here nor there is the most energetic.

Lin Xiuqing happened to come in when she went out, asked a question, and then muttered on the phone.

Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "If I don't do this, how can I make her satisfied? By then, she will have to torture me across the phone, asking me to name the dogs until she is satisfied, then I won't go crazy."

"All day long, everything can be used to play, making sandbags, using needles to poke holes all over her hands, and didn't dare let me know, only when she cried secretly did I hear it."

"Where's the son?"

"Went to play ball, by the way, tell you, Ah Hai talked about an object, said he would bring it back during National Day."

Ye Yaodong sat up in surprise, "Ah? Talked about an object, is it the little girl seen at the shipyard before? That factory director's daughter?"

"Yes, heard from the eldest sister-in-law that it is. After the eldest sister-in-law received the call today, her mouth was crooked from smiling. She told everyone she met that Ah Hai was bringing an object from the provincial capital back during National Day, and the object's family opened a shipyard. Not even two hours later, the whole village knew."

"Good fellow, finally took it down."

"Heard from the eldest sister-in-law that they have been together for more than half a year, said they plan to get married after the New Year, originally thought about bringing it back after the New Year, but who let it happen to be National Day with a holiday, so brought it back to take a look first, and then talk about it properly when it's decided."

"It doesn't matter, bring it back early, implement it early, bring it back early and can also consider buying a house early. After seeing the parents, Ah Hai can look for a house in the provincial capital."

"Ah Hai has great prospects, looking for a wife is so good at finding, the future will not be bad, can stay in the provincial capital."

Lin Xiuqing's tone of speaking was also cheerful, and she was also happy for Ye Chenghai.

"This kid's mouth is really tight, occasionally calls me, but didn't hear him say a word."

"Shows that this wife is very precious, have to hide it tightly, otherwise you guys tease it one by one, the girl has thin skin, can't listen."

"You have to tell the eldest sister-in-law this."

"Hehehe, the eldest sister-in-law's mouth is going to be crooked from smiling, already chatted with me about how much dowry the two daughters-in-law should give, and how to distribute it."

"Then it really made her cool, two daughters-in-law can enter the door together this year, two brothers solved it at once this year."

"Yes, Mom is also happy to death, kept saying double happiness, two grandsons can marry wives back this year, and handle two big things at once."

"Wait a minute, I'll tell Dad, he will definitely be very happy, it's a pity that the eldest brother is at sea, don't know when he will return, but it's almost Mid-Autumn Festival, should return for the festival, anyway, have to be the last one to know."

The old lady on the side also shouted happily at the phone, "Two get married together at the end of this year, if fast, can have a great-grandson by the end of next year, the two children are really promising, found a wife so quickly."

"No matter how powerful, I am not as powerful as me, I settled it in ten days and married the person back."

Lin Xiuqing scolded him with a smile, "Got the benefit and still act like a good person."

The old lady said happily, "Yes, you are still powerful, you also have to urge Ajiang, he is only one year younger than Ah Hai, actually only a few months younger, Ah Hai's object is found and about to get married, Ajiang also has to work harder."

"Alright, I'll tell him later."

"Mom was also nagging with the second sister-in-law earlier, saying Ajiang is only a few months younger than Ah Hai, the second sister-in-law was not in a hurry originally, now she is also in a hurry, envied to death, kept praising the eldest sister-in-law for having a good life."

"No need to be in a hurry, can't be in a hurry, Ajiang is here with me, don't talk about talking about an object, the girls he knows can be counted with 5 fingers, one is Huimei, one is Pei Yu."

"That shows that you delayed them, look at how smart Ah Hai is, stay in the factory for a few years, the future is there, and the wife is also there."

"That's not necessarily, pick and choose later, maybe can pick a better one."

"How can it be so easy? Still better? You help him find."

"Where do I find, the only ones I know are female dogs, female chickens, female ducks, female mosquitoes."

"Don't be poor."

PS: Sleepy, 8200 today.