Chapter 163

Because they kept catching fish, those young people were in high spirits. The few of them also watched with great interest, and when they encountered good fish or big fish, they also cheered excitedly.

They actually got familiar with each other in just a few moments.

"Adong, does this big red sea bream I caught need to be bled?"

"Bleed it, I've bled all the fish you caught."

At first, when he saw it was just those yellow chicken fish, it didn't matter whether they were bled or not, and he thought they would go back after fishing for a while, so it didn't matter if they weren't bled, so he didn't remind them.

Now looking at their enthusiasm, they probably won't return for a while. Since they have all been bled, let's bleed them all, so that the freshness can be higher after going ashore.

"Then I'll trouble you..."

"Holy crap holy crap... grouper, grouper, finally caught a decent one!"

A young man didn't usually swear, but he heard people around him saying 'holy crap' all night, so he learned it too...

A companion laughed and teased him, "You're also lucky, actually caught a grouper!"

"What kind of grouper is this?"

"How would I know? I've only eaten cooked ones, only seen them on the table," he reeled in his rod excitedly, took the fish off, and looked at Ye Yaodong, "What kind of grouper is this?"

"Honeycomb grouper, right? Light brown, the fish body is densely covered with dark brown honeycomb-like spots, likes to come out at night to hunt, quite common." Ye Yaodong flipped the fish body and identified it carefully before speaking.

All night long, he was just identifying fish for them. As long as they caught a fish they didn't recognize, they would ask him, and they only recognized a few common ones.

"Ah? Quite common? Made me think it was some rare grouper." The young man was full of disappointment, having originally expected something.

"It's alright, it's a grouper anyway, much better than yellow chicken fish."

"Okay..."

Ye Yaodong looked at the buckets behind them, which were all full, and estimated that they should be returning soon, right?

One by one, they were all sniffling with runny noses, and they could actually persist until now. He was really impressed. They were really getting more addicted the more they fished. He didn't know what time it was now, and he was embarrassed to ask.

He touched the oil cake in his pocket, which had long since cooled down. The oil stains had even penetrated the newspaper and stained his pocket. Touching it, his hand was also full of oil. He didn't know if he would be scolded by his wife when he changed his clothes tomorrow?

"Hachoo~"

"Caught a cold?"

"What time is it? It's already 10 o'clock, should we go back?"

Listening to their words, Ye Yaodong breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, they were going back. The feeling of coming out to experience it was quite good, but who could stand blowing cold wind on the deck for several hours?

After all, it's not summer now, it's already autumn. It's cooler at sea in the morning and evening than on land, and the wind is stronger. If he keeps blowing, he'll have a runny nose too.

Fatty, Xiao Xiao, and Ah Zheng, however, felt a bit regretful, muttering in low voices, "We're going back already?"

"Don't feel like we've seen enough?"

"Feel like we can still catch a lot of fish..."

Ye Yaodong looked at them speechlessly, "Don't you want to go home and sleep early?"

"Sleep for what? It's nothing for young people to stay up all night."

"It's just that I'm a bit hungry, I only ate one light cake with oil cake for dinner."

The young people next to them were also saying they were hungry, so they could just take these fish back for processing and have a big meal at night.

"Then let's return."

"After the old man finishes his birthday, shall we come again?"

"After the birthday, I'll go home..."

Confirming the return, Ye Yaodong didn't stand anymore and sat directly on the ground. He had watched all night and stood all night, his feet were a bit sore.

Others also learned from him and sat on the ground.

"Dongzi, are you going to sea to collect the ground cages tomorrow?"

"Hmm, I should have collected them today, but I went scavenging."

"Then shall we go fishing together tomorrow to try?"

Fatty frowned and said unwillingly, "You guys are going fishing tomorrow? If I had known, I wouldn't have agreed to help in the kitchen at Hongsheng tomorrow afternoon."

"Didn't you want to go this afternoon, so Dongzi helped you ask?"

"Who knew you guys were going fishing tomorrow? Fishing is definitely more important!"

"Damn! Do your work well!"

After they put away the fishing rods, the yacht also started to return and moved.

Those young people were happy about their spoils and were discussing how to cook them when they got back? How to eat them?

Ye Yaodong was also pondering what to do with his yellow pomfret weighing about five jin? He felt it would be a bit awkward to resell it to them, not to mention they had already caught so many fish.

Forget it, I'll ask Wang Maoquan for more ice cubes later and take it to Acai tomorrow.

The yacht sailed for about an hour or so and returned to the Hairun small pier.

The four of Ye Yaodong helped them carry the two large plastic crates of goods to the back door of the hotel and handed them to Wang Maoquan.

Wang Maoquan was stunned. The young proprietor and the others could actually catch so many fish in just a few hours.

He gave them their remuneration happily, but before Ye Yaodong could speak, Hong Wenle took the initiative to say, "Give them more."

"Ah? It's already enough, still need to give more?"

"I told you to give more, so just give more."

Wang Maoquan glanced at Ye Yaodong and the others, clutched the banknotes in his hand, and reluctantly pulled out two one-yuan banknotes for each of them.

"Thank you very much. Is it convenient to give me some ice cubes? I'm afraid the fish in the bucket won't be fresh if left overnight."

Hong Wenle and the others were still surrounding the two crates of fish. At this time, he turned his head and said, "Are you planning to take that fish back to eat? If you want to sell it, leave it together, and let Wang Maoquan calculate it for you at the market price. If you have any good goods in the future, you can send them over."

Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up when he heard this. This was his own initiative, not something he had to force on him.

Feeling the wooden boards shaking, his confidence grew, and he continued to press on.

"Sob sob sob—it's been hundreds of years—I've finally found you—Brother Fu—"

Having earned another ten yuan, he happily put it into his pocket.

"Thank you very much, we'll go back first, goodbye."

After saying hello, the four of them walked back.

It was already past 11 o'clock at night, and the street was empty, with no one around, only the four of them.

"Dongzi made a fortune this trip, earning wages, fish money, and getting familiar with them."

"Yeah, and got on a yacht, gained some knowledge."

"It's alright... actually just sold one more fish than you guys. Stop nagging, walk faster, it'll be 12 o'clock soon, it'll scare you to death."

"Holy crap~" Fatty was so scared he jumped three feet high. If Dongzi hadn't said it, he wouldn't have noticed, "Stop scaring people."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "Coward!"

"Walk faster."

"Damn, I didn't feel anything at first, didn't pay attention, but now that you say that, my hair is standing up. I remember when I lived on the mountain when I was a child, I got up in the middle of the night to go to the back door to pee..."

"Can you stop talking? Walk faster..."

"If I don't say it, I'll feel uncomfortable. Let me tell you, at that time I saw the grave mountain opposite... sob sob~~"

"Shut your mouth! If you nag again, I'll beat you up..."

The four of them talked and laughed as they walked and messed around. The road that was originally quite long didn't feel that far after having company.

Seeing the village entrance in sight, they all quickened their pace, then greeted each other, and accompanied by the barking of wild dogs, each returned to their own homes.

Ye Yaodong trotted back to his door and saw the red lantern hanging at the door swaying in the wind, and a few more smiles appeared on his face.

He pushed the door, and after confirming that the gate was bolted, he went around to the window of his own room on the side. Before he could knock on the window, a low sound came from the room.

"Is that A-Dong back?"

"It's me, I'm back."

"I'll open the door for you."

Ye Yaodong went around to the front door to wait. Before long, the light in the room turned on, and the door opened immediately. Lin Xiuqing was standing there wearing a vest and shorts for sleeping.

He hurried into the room and closed the door to prevent the wind from blowing on her.

"Did I wake you up, or were you not asleep at all? Why didn't you wear another piece of clothing?"

"It's not cold in the room, and there's a quilt to cover when sleeping."

Ye Yaodong took off his coat directly and draped it over her shoulders before hugging her shoulders and walking towards the table, "Were you not asleep?"

"Hmm, couldn't sleep."

"Is it because I didn't come back that you couldn't sleep?"

Lin Xiuqing turned her head away and asked evasively, "Why are you back so late? It's already past 12 o'clock, almost one."

"Hmm, it took some time to walk back."

After pressing her down on the chair to sit, Ye Yaodong touched the pocket of the coat draped over her shoulders and took out the light cakes and oil cakes that filled his pockets and put them on the table, then took out two boxes of malt sugar from another pocket.

Lin Xiuqing looked at him as if he were performing magic, constantly taking things out, and glared at him, "Did you really buy them and put them in your pockets? The two children refused to sleep last night, saying they wanted to wait for you to come back, which made me coax them for a long time. Later, they were really too sleepy to hold on, so they fell asleep."

"Hmm, the two of them were hugging my thighs, looking at me like that, could I break my promise to them? It just so happens that I earned a lot of money today, so staying up so late tonight wasn't in vain."

"Should have beaten them, why spoil them?"

"Then did you beat them last night?"

Lin Xiuqing was speechless.

He smiled and went to touch his pants pocket again, wanting to take out the money he earned tonight and give it to her, but unexpectedly touched two beads, and only then remembered that he had forgotten the oyster pearls during the day.

At that time, he was in a hurry, didn't reach the bottom when taking out money, and missed them. No wonder he always felt like something was missing.

Ye Yaodong put the money on the table and put the two pearls into her palm, "This is the 17 yuan earned tonight, and these two pearls were accidentally dug out of oysters when I was scavenging during the day."

Lin Xiuqing widened her eyes, unable to be surprised at why he earned 17 yuan in one night, and stared at the two pearls in her palm, not knowing how to react.

Can pearls be dug out of oysters? She had never even heard of it.

"It's true! It was too hurried at noon, I forgot when taking out my pocket, and only remembered when I touched them just now."

"Can pearls really be opened from oysters?"

"Shellfish all have a certain possibility, it's just a matter of probability. I have never seen anyone open pearls from oysters, but I heard about it many years ago."

He had seen it on the news.

Lin Xiuqing held a pearl in one hand and held them high with both hands under the light. This felt even more unbelievable to her than opening a Melo pearl.

"How much can this be sold for?"

"Don't know! Keep them! After all, they were opened by ourselves. In the future, we can take them to make a pair of pearl earrings to wear, and they can also be kept as a souvenir."

She smiled and glared at him reproachfully, "I work every day, what pearl earrings should I wear? These are worn by wives of rich families."

"We will have money in the future too."

"Then how much money do we need to be able to afford them..."

She said so, but she was very happy in her heart. Their family actually had pearls.

Both pearls were in her palm, rubbing and playing with them. Suddenly, she seemed to think of something else and stood up in surprise.

"There's another bag in the back!"

Ye Yaodong grabbed her arm, supported her, and frowned, "Why are you so startled? That bag in the backyard, I'll open it with you tomorrow."

"Can pearls also be dug out of that bag?"

"Possible. Little sister also dug one out at that time, and Fatty also got one. Perhaps the terrain of that island is not good, no one has visited it for many years, and the oysters have grown for many years, and some have produced pearls."

She said happily, "Found a treasure."

"Put them away, put them with the Melo pearl, and see if we can open more tomorrow."

She nodded with a smile, then turned to see the money on the table, "Oh right, didn't you say you were invited to go out to sea? Why did you earn so much?"

"That group of young masters don't know anything. I demonstrated catching a fish for them, and they gave the fish to me. It was a 5-jin yellow pomfret. And they don't know that deep-sea fish need to be bled, so we handled it well for them, and they gave a little more wages."

"Really good!"

"Hmm, many a little makes a mickle, there will be many places to use money in the future."

She glanced at him sideways, "You know that too? I thought you didn't know, buying this and that all day long."

"Isn't this because I don't want to wrong you and the children? Earning money is originally to improve life. Alright, don't talk about this, it's midnight, hungry? Eat quickly, go to sleep after eating. I bought extra, one for each."

Saying this, Ye Yaodong picked up the oil cake on the table and handed it to her. It won't be crispy when cold, but it's still quite fragrant, after all, it's deep-fried.

She put it back on the table, "You must be hungry, right? You went out without eating dinner. I'll cook you some noodles. Let's keep this oil cake for tomorrow morning with porridge."

He sighed in his heart, grabbed her hand, and said with a sincere and serious tone, "No need to be so frugal, you should eat, eat, no need to save it for tomorrow morning. That pile of shelled ones dug back yesterday is enough to eat for a long time after drying."

"No, I just feel that eating this in the middle of the night is too greasy, I'm afraid it will make me feel nauseous."

"Alright, then cook more noodles, let's eat together, I'll help you, go to the backyard to pick vegetables."

She nodded with a smile.

Men and women working together doesn't tire them, one burning the fire, one cooking noodles.

The couple, behind the children in the room, quietly and rarely ate a worry-free meal. In the past, when the children were there, which meal wasn't eaten like a battle?