Chapter 1643: Writer's block

It wasn't their first time leaving home, so everyone knew what needed to be prepared. Although the time was a bit urgent and they were leaving the next day, it wouldn't be rushed.

Although Ye Yaopeng was busy arranging his two sons' weddings and was incredibly busy before and after the New Year, he had also asked Ye Mu to help inquire about workers for the fishing boats and had found a batch.

He also learned from Dongzi's arrangement of bringing new people with old ones. Once they arrived in Zhoushi, anyway, they would all be in the near sea, and they could slowly grind and coordinate then.

When the day arrived, before the sky was even bright, they were already gathering at the pier.

This trip had quite a few more young wives; there were fewer middle-aged women, as most had to look after their homes.

In previous years, no women had followed them up. It was mainly because, at the very beginning, it didn't look that stable, and it was hard to say how long they could stay, so they didn't bring their female family members up.

Now they had been up there for a few years, Ye Yaodong had set up his factory, and dormitory buildings had been built one after another.

And last year, Ah Guang had brought his wife and children up, which made many young people feel tempted and also want to bring their wives up.

Before, someone had asked Ye Yaodong about renting a house, wanting to arrange for their family members to live in the dormitory near his factory, but he had flatly refused.

He said that the dormitories he arranged were basically for retired soldiers, all men. They were either working in the factory or going to sea. It wasn't appropriate to put their wives in the dormitories at his factory.

Moreover, the people living in his factory were basically employees, and it wasn't open to the public. If family members lived there, wouldn't they have to come in and out every day?

Some family members also had to bring children. If something was damaged in the factory or something happened, it would be unclear. Moreover, family members weren't managed by his factory, and it wasn't convenient for them to live there, so he told them to go outside and find a place directly.

Anyway, there should be quite a few people wanting to bring their wives and children up. Everyone could concentrate on renting houses in one place, and then they could look after each other.

Ye Chenghe had long planned to bring his new wife up. Just married, it was impossible for him to live in two different places and only come back once a year.

The two of them also went directly onto Ye Yaopeng's boat.

Ye Yaodong didn't care who they wanted to bring; anyway, they could arrange it themselves. He only managed his own workers. If his own workers wanted to bring their wives, he would let them manage their wives well themselves.

His boat was docked at the shelter harbor in town, so he first distributed his own workers to his eldest and second brothers' boats to take their boats over.

After their two new boats were brought back, they were docked at the shelter harbor. Except for Ye Chenghai using one to pick up his bride, they were docked back in their original place afterwards.

The new boats could be put to use immediately to earn big money, and the two brothers were also full of joy.

Ye Yaodong randomly chose one and got on his eldest brother's boat. His eldest brother kept chatting with him, saying he wanted to wait until the newly recruited crew was well-coordinated before going to the deep sea with him.

Last year, they went to the deep sea once, and a fresh-fish receiving boat brought back over 100,000 yuan worth of goods, which simply made them drool.

His eldest and second brothers had this intention, so of course he could take them along.

"The risk is relatively high. You should train the crew well first. I have to try it out first when I go in a while. Let's talk about your matter in a few months."

Ye Yaopeng nodded repeatedly. "I know that. I'm just telling you in advance so I have it in mind."

"Mm."

He laughed again. "This boat cost a huge sum, plus the two sons' weddings, the family assets saved up with great difficulty over the past few years have all been emptied. Now I'm impatient to earn some more money."

"You can't rush it. Earn it slowly. Anyway, the two sons are married, your big matters are almost done, and there's still a daughter. Waiting a few years to marry her off, adding a dowry is also very simple and won't cost much money."

"That's true. Anyway, the big matters are all done. There's no place to spend big money next. After Dad's house is built and the furniture is bought, it'll be several months or half a year later. By then, there will definitely be some money saved up on hand."

"Let's talk about that later."

"Mm."

Facing the first ray of morning sunlight, the fishing boats slowly sailed toward the distant sea surface.

After this large group of people left, the village was more than half empty, but the villagers were used to it and did what they had to do.

After the fishing boats left, Ye Chenghai also set off with his new wife and luggage, taking a car to the provincial capital.

Ye Dasao was happy and relaxed at home with her daughter. She didn't have to face the two daughters-in-law, just let them toss and turn as they pleased. Not having them in front of her eyes made her feel comfortable.

Lin Xiuqing's workshop also started work the second day after they left, and the women couldn't wait any longer.

When Ye Yaodong arrived in Zhoushi, the processing factory had already been busy operating for several days.

And a large group of retired soldiers had long since come to report, but he hadn't arrived, and the fishing boats couldn't go to sea, so these people were all idle and could only move things around in the factory. There were more people than work.

Seeing him come over, they were all excited. Finally, there was work to do.

"Boss!"

"The boss is here!"

The successive shouts of "Boss" showed how enthusiastic everyone was.

Ye Yaodong and Ah Guang's family returned to the processing factory. The others were all at the dormitory base. As for the others who brought their wives up, he let them arrange it themselves.

Now that side was specifically for workers from their hometown, while this side of the processing factory was specifically for retired soldiers.

The distinction was clear, and it could be managed separately to avoid any incidents.

"Is the factory busy?"

"Not busy. No, it's busy in the workshop, but we can't help."

"Mm, just got back. Wait for me to arrange it. Tomorrow I'll assign you work and arrange for you to go to sea."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong couldn't care about resting. He first went around the factory, found Chen Baoxing and Manager Qi, and roughly inquired about it, seeing that there were no mistakes.

When he was at home, they called him every day. It was just these two days on the boat that he hadn't been in contact, so he was a bit worried.

After a general understanding, he went to the office to make a phone call home to report that he was safe.

"It's good that you arrived safely. Your daughter didn't see you when she got up early this morning, and she was there saying you snuck off again."

"I didn't sneak off. Should I stay at home and be extorted by her? It's only been a few days, and she's extorted more than ten yuan from me."

Ever since she earned two yuan from massaging him, every night since, as long as she saw him lying in the room, she would come over and forcibly demand to step on his back and massage him.

Even if he was lying flat, she would climb up to massage his feet.

Refusing wouldn't work, and she even made him consume forcibly.

Lin Xiuqing laughed directly. "It's good that she can't bear to take money from her piggy bank, unlike her two brothers, who hold their piggy banks and scrape them every day. Even if money is given to her, she saves it."

"She should spend it if she needs to. She can't save money just for the sake of saving money and then not bear to spend a cent."

"What could she have to spend? She doesn't lack food or drink. Things others haven't eaten, she's eaten, and she has a pile of toys. Those cards and marbles that Ahai and Chenghe played with before have all been inherited by her. She has several jars of marbles, and she can't finish playing with them."

"She can play until she's an adult. Don't Chenghu and Yangyang also have a pile? They can all be inherited by her by then."

"She doesn't even need to study, playing with these all day." Lin Xiuqing was full of disdain.

"Combine work and rest."

"Forget it. Before Ahai left, he just gave them to her, and she turned around and hugged them out to show off, attracting a pile of kids to follow behind her."

"Saved money."

"Neither of them knows how to study, but they save a lot of these things. Give them to your daughter, she doesn't need to study either."

"Not necessarily."

"Alright, you're also tired just arriving. Hurry up and rest. It's good to know you arrived safely."

"Mm, how about the old lady? Didn't hear her answer the phone this time?"

Seeing him ask, Lin Xiuqing reported to him, "She went for a stroll to the old house to see how the house building is going. She already reserved it early, saying she wants to live on the 1st floor when the time comes."

"The 1st floor is convenient, saving the trouble of climbing stairs."

"She walks over there every day for the past two days, swaying with a cane. When she meets people on the road, she can still chat for a long time."

"She can still walk quite well, which shows her health is quite good."

"That's true, her appetite is also good, and she has two great-grandsons getting married. Her mood has been very good these past few days, and she's already started thinking about having little grandchildren next year."

Lin Xiuqing laughed a little when she mentioned it. "It's funny to say, she's already started worrying about Ahai's wife and Chenghe's wife giving birth and sitting the month next year. She said that when they get pregnant, they must be sent back to be raised at home, where there's someone to take care of them, otherwise the young people don't know anything."

"That's very good. Having something on her mind and having something to worry about is a good thing. Just let her worry."

"Mm, then you go rest first."

"Good."

After Ye Yaodong rested enough, he went to find food, but it was past mealtime, and the cafeteria was off work and there was nothing to eat. He went to Ye Huimei's place to take a look, wanting to see if there was anything to eat.

She suddenly said, "Third Brother, we plan to move out."

"Why?"

"It's not very convenient. The dormitory building is surrounded by men, and I'm the only woman with children. Before, there weren't so many people moving in, so it was fine. Now the whole building is almost full, and they are all men, so it's not very convenient for me."

"That's true. Has Ah Guang gone out to look for a house? Before finding one, just live there temporarily."

"He went out to inquire. Rent one first. If someone is selling, it's best to buy one."

"Mm, it seems like houses are being built in some places now. See if there are any for sale."

"That's what we think. It just so happens that Chenghe also brought his wife up. We plan to rent and live together first, so we can look after each other."

"That's very good."

"There's nothing to eat in the cafeteria now. I'll cook something for you. I brought some salted vegetables and dried goods up. I'll fry an egg for you."

"Okay."

After Ye Yaodong finished eating, he went to work.

He had been here for so many days at night, and there was a pile of accounts in the factory that needed to be inquired about, as well as a pile of big and small things.

Some had been reported over the phone, but they had to be said again in person. After all, it was just simple talk over the phone, and he had to look at the list and listen to the report in person.

He also had to re-arrange the personnel equipment for the new three boats according to the new retired soldiers' information, and the personnel on the other boats also had to be re-arranged.

He prepared to transfer the people on the fresh-fish receiving boat to the large boats, and just arrange a few old hands on the fresh-fish receiving boat to lead the newcomers.

After all, it was just going to sea to receive goods, which was much simpler than the crew who were always floating at sea.

He now had sufficient manpower, and he could go to sea after arranging the people and things properly.

And he had to visit and move around everywhere when he just came up. There were still things to be busy with here. It would be good if he could go to the deep sea in half a month.

It just so happened that he could let his dad stay at home for a few more days, watching the house being built, and after he arranged things properly here, he would summon him up.

However, before the large boats went to sea, several Dongsheng and Ocean-going boats had to go to sea to fish first.

They hadn't gone to sea for these days, and he didn't know how much money they had lost. It was fortunate that the factory had built a cold storage room before the New Year. A batch of goods was stored in the cold storage room before the New Year, and there were goods to use directly after starting work after the New Year. There was no need to go outside to purchase, which saved a lot of trouble.

However, quite a bit had been consumed in these days, so they had to go to sea to replenish as soon as possible.

His scale had expanded now, and the daily output was also astonishing.

He listed the things that needed to be done one by one, and then compared the urgency. He picked out the urgent ones to handle first, and the non-urgent ones could be put behind.

The most important thing was actually the personnel transfer of the fishing boats, arranging to go to sea, and one was the recent financial deposits. The rest were the recent orders and output.

PS: Writer's block, will make up for it tomorrow. ===== CHAPTER 1644 =====