Chapter 191

Ye Yaodong carefully placed this piece of ambergris in the corner of the cabin, and then the father and son walked out one after the other with normal expressions.

Li Laoer had always felt that their performance just now was a bit strange, suspecting it was some kind of treasure. Not getting an answer, he still didn't give up and kept looking from the gunwale. As soon as they came out, he appeared again immediately.

"Hey, hey, asking you—what was that thing? You were so mysterious, and even had to go into the cabin. Tell us about it!"

Ye Yaodong glanced at him indifferently, "A piece of useless ocean trash. Don't know who was so full they painted that piece of wood. I'm planning to use a rope to tie it up and use it as a float."

Saying it was a piece of painted wood was quite reliable. After all, it's impossible for a stone to float on the sea. Looking from afar, that piece also looked quite like a piece of wood painted with gray paint.

When he goes back, he can fix up a piece of wood, make it into that shape, and paint it himself to try it out, keeping it as a backup, just in case.

Looking similar is enough, doesn't have to be exactly the same.

In case this guy remembers something when he goes back, he can still take it out to block his mouth.

"Ocean trash? Painted? Are you lying to me? Is a piece of trash worth going into the cabin to talk about?"

"Going into the cabin was to discuss something with my dad. If we talked on the deck, what if you overheard it?"

If it weren't for wanting to dispel his doubts, Ye Yaodong wouldn't have bothered to talk nonsense with him, let alone explain.

"What kind of thing is so mysterious? Why don't you show me that piece of painted wood you mentioned?"

"Why should I? We were going to discuss which sea area to put the longlines in tomorrow. Do you want me to tell you? If I tell you, are you going to go with us tomorrow? If you have time to care about this, you might as well trawl another net before the sun goes down."

Li Laoer was unrelenting, "Show me that thing, and I'll believe you."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "Believe it or not, why should I tell you? When you were fighting to the death earlier, didn't you complain that we were nosy? No time to chat with you, we still have work to do."

After finishing, he didn't bother with him. Believe it or not? Anyway, ordinary people wouldn't think it was ambergris. It was still a long distance away earlier. When he goes back, he'll use wood to make a similar piece.

If it weren't for this thing floating on the water surface, making it impossible to believe it was a stone, he would have just said it was a stone to save trouble.

Li Laoer frowned and watched them sail the boat a distance away, feeling conflicted. If he had known earlier, he would have tried harder to fish it up and see.

At that time, he just wanted to add some blockage to them, and didn't feel it mattered if he couldn't fish it up.

Feeling depressed, he also sailed the boat to follow, watching them work right next to their boat.

Ye Fu also felt that this Li Laoer was very annoying, and didn't know which village nearby he was from.

"The yellowfin tuna dropped into the sea, so you don't want to work anymore, right? If you go trawl another net now, you might be able to make up for some losses. Otherwise, it's better to go back and rest early. Wandering around our boat like this doesn't do you any good."

"Hmph!"

Li Laoer watched them reel in catch every few hooks. Although they weren't particularly valuable fish, they all looked quite large, and he felt itchy with impatience.

After waiting for a while and seeing no progress, he cursed at his wife and continued to sail the boat to trawl.

Stalemated, they were reeling in lines and fish joyfully on their own, and him just watching was a waste of time. It was really better to trawl another net.

Seeing the boat finally sail away, the father and son were relieved. Having fooled him, it was fine.

"It was really troublesome today."

Ye Fu also agreed, "It's worth it to have fished up something good. Don't know if they will associate it with anything after they go back?"

"Not afraid after going back. When I go back, I'll make one myself."

"Hmm, change to another sea area tomorrow, to avoid meeting them again. These trawlers usually work in fixed locations."

"Good."

To avoid meeting again and causing unnecessary trouble.

Ye Yaodong removed the fish while collecting the floats and sinkers, and disconnected the main line connection points, coiling them into the basket in order. After reeling in all the fish, he finally pulled out the tail anchor.

Today's harvest was huge. Although that piece of ambergris couldn't see the light for the time being, its value couldn't be denied. It was also because its value was too high that it needed to be kept tight for the current stage.

After taking it back and air-drying it naturally, seal and store it. Don't let cats, dogs, or cockroaches ruin it, and it can be stored for many years.

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There was also that albacore tuna, which should be worth over a hundred yuan. There were plenty of other fish. Near-shore resources are just better than coastal resources.

After getting everything onto the boat, Ye Yaodong immediately went to sail the boat, leaving the bleeding work to his father, and then hurried to rush back.

If it weren't for the fact that the cargo hadn't been fully reeled in, he would have returned immediately the moment he got the ambergris.

At this moment, the father and son were both eager to return home.

By the time their boat docked, the sky had darkened. The villagers around the pier were coming and going in a hurry. After all, it was mealtime, and everyone was rushing to finish their work and go home to eat, with no mind to care about others.

Because Lin Xiuqing was inconvenient, Ye Mu came out to help receive the cargo. Ye Yaodong let his father watch the fish on the boat, while he put the ambergris into a bucket specifically emptied for it, then took off his clothes to cover it. He had to send this big treasure home first, otherwise, no one would be at ease leaving it on the boat.

Meeting acquaintances on the road to greet him, he just smiled, and at most said a few short words before quickening his pace.

People asked him why he was walking so fast?

He said he had a stomachache and was rushing home to use the latrine.

In the past few months, because of going to sea, he had been to the pier many times and bought an iron-hulled boat, so everyone looked at him with new eyes. Seeing him, they all loved to greet him.

He rushed home. Just as he entered the door, two attachments were added to his legs. The sound of "Dad" calling one after another gave him a headache. He wouldn't buy them food in the future!

Buying it once or twice and they were stuck to him.

"Go, go, go, go play by yourselves, I have things to do."

Lin Xiuqing took the bucket from his hand with a smile, but felt the bucket was a bit wrong. It wasn't the weight; if it were fish and shrimp, the bottom would sink. This felt like the weight was tilted to one side.

She looked at Ye Yaodong in confusion, "What's inside? No fish?"

As she spoke, she was about to take off the clothes on top. Ye Yaodong hurriedly stopped her and whispered, "Don't move it yet. Take it into the room, don't let the children touch it, and don't let anyone see it. There's still fish at the pier that hasn't been sold, and I have to go out. I just sent this thing back first."

She was even more confused and lowered her voice, "Is it some kind of rare thing?"

Otherwise, she couldn't understand.

"I'll tell you when I come back later. Put it away first. Are the eldest brother and the others back?"

"Back. They came back a step earlier than you. I helped the two sisters-in-law kill the fish and dry them earlier."

"Already dried? Then forget it. I'll go find them when I come back."

Lin Xiuqing watched him rush out in confusion, then hurriedly carried the bucket into the room. She didn't dare to lift the clothes on top, fearing something would go wrong.

She was a sensible wife.

Fearing the children would run into the room and rummage, she didn't let the children enter the room, only letting them play outside.

After Ye Yaodong rushed to the pier, Ye Fu and Ye Mu had already sorted the fish into baskets, just waiting for him to arrive so they could lift them off the boat to weigh and sell.

After all, it was Old San's fish, so they definitely had to wait for him to arrive to sell it.

At this time, the sky was already dark. There weren't many people at the pier, but when they saw them lifting an albacore tuna off the boat, most people put down their work and gathered around in surprise to join the fun.

It wasn't that big fish hadn't appeared at their pier, but it was relatively rare. Who doesn't like to join the fun?

"My God, which sea area did you go to? Did you go very far? You actually caught a tuna?"

"So big! This must be over a meter long, right?"

"Adong has had very good luck these past few months, right?"

Ye Yaodong walked in front carrying a basket, "Everyone make way, it's almost dark. We'll sell the goods early and go home early."

After lifting the baskets of fish off the boat one after another, the heavy goods had to be weighed first. Some villagers weren't in a hurry to go back and were waiting there, just wanting to see how heavy this tuna was and how much it could sell for.

Everyone watched Adong's joyful appearance as he said there, "Don't say I don't take care of you. I'll count this albacore tuna as 2.2 yuan per jin."

Ye Yaodong thought about it. This price didn't seem low. The weight of this one was there.

He and his father lifted the fish onto the scale together, "Weigh it, weigh it."

Adong first measured its length with a ruler—this was the special treatment for big fish. Only after measuring did he add weights to weigh it.

"129 cm long, weighs 49 jin. Let me calculate... 107.8 yuan. Let's just round it to 108!"

"Wow~ So much, this fish is so expensive?"

"Got rich, Adong. Is this the first time the new boat has gone out today?"

"Amazing, amazing. This one fish is worth several days of others going to sea."

Ye Yaodong and Ye Fu were extremely happy. Although it was an expected price, it was still worth being happy about to actually sell it for so much money.

There were still several baskets of fish left. The cheap ones were one or two mao, the expensive ones five or six mao. They were all big ones, no small ones.

Everyone was also very curious after seeing them.

Ye Yaodong said directly that they used longline fishing, only catching big fish, but it was very expensive in terms of bait. After saying that, he turned around and bought a batch of the cheapest miscellaneous fish from Adong, plus five jin of small sword shrimp, white shrimp, and red shrimp, spending several yuan. He let Adong deduct it directly from the price of the goods sold.

His two brothers came back early today. They hadn't told them in advance, and there were no small fish or shrimp left to sell to him. He could only spend more money to buy bait, otherwise, there would be nothing to do tomorrow. The small fish and shrimp in the ground cages were limited and definitely not enough in quantity.

The villagers were all tongue-tied. The money to buy bait alone would be 7-8 yuan, right? This was almost more than some people's net fishing for a day. With such high costs, who would do it?

In case the luck wasn't good and not many fish took the hook, wouldn't it be a big loss? And spending so much money to buy bait...

Those who were originally moved had second thoughts.