Chapter 220: SpongeBob?

The long queue has people and goods, lined up in several long strips. Almost the whole village was dispatched today, and the shore is now crowded with dense people and goods.

The surrounding roads are muddy and puddles everywhere, everyone's trouser legs and shoes are splashed with yellow soil slurry, but the cold hands and feet do not damage their excited mood.

The pier has never been so lively, it is noisy everywhere, and there is almost no place to step, the smiles on everyone's faces are almost catching up with the New Year.

This is the joy of making money, who doesn't want to get rich.

It is just that everyone regrets that there are too many people, it is thinned out, and the tide is rising, it is not easy to pick.

Ye Yaodong moved the last half bag of starfish to the flatbed cart, and caught his breath, "How many bags?"

Lin Xiuqing had been guarding by the flatbed cart, she knew clearly which bags were her own goods.

"7 and a half bags, is there any more below?"

"No."

She smiled and said, "Mom, Dad, and sister picked almost 7 bags, eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law, second brother, and second sister-in-law also picked 4 bags and a little more."

Ye Yaodong nodded, he picked less in the afternoon, busy for a whole morning, his waist was about to straighten, only picked less than 2 bags, the rest were basically picked in the morning.

He looked at other villagers, each with sacks beside them, it seemed they also picked a lot. Most of them were the whole family going into battle, a family of several people, estimated to be picked together and then divided.

The queue moved forward slowly, their goods were on the flatbed cart, which was more labor-saving than others.

At this time, he heard someone behind him asking his second sister-in-law about the money-making matter of the eldest cousin. Ye's second sister-in-law also turned her head excitedly to talk to others about how much money she earned, and also instigated others to invest together.

Ye Yaodong saw her so hard-working, and couldn't help guessing, did Ye Yaohong calculate the head fee for her extra?

Lin Xiuqing also glanced at him, he smiled, "I'll just line up here, why don't you go back and watch the two boys first, those two are so energetic, the old lady is estimated to have a headache."

"Shouldn't take long, shall we go back together in a while?"

She was also very curious about how much others could sell? Listening to gossip here is also good.

The whole village is here, so lively, how could she bear to leave?

Since moving to the new house, she rarely walks around, and most of the fresh things in the village are known from the mouths of the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law.

Just listen to it now.

Although they are some trivial things, they are also quite interesting to listen to, such as who is engaged, the man is a cripple, spent a lot of money to marry a beautiful wife from outside the village...

Whose man has an affair with a widow outside, and was caught by his wife...

And who gave birth to a hare-lipped child some time ago, the parturient cried to death, the village said it was because she was greedy and ate rabbits during pregnancy...

Then mutton can't be eaten, the child will have epilepsy if born...

Then whose child stole oranges on the mountain and was chased by the owner and broke his hand, the child's family went to the door to blackmail money...

Then whose old man passed away, the sons in the family couldn't divide the family property evenly, and were about to fight...

Anything weird happens, everything spreads in the countryside.

Lin Xiuqing pricked up her ears, looked in all directions and listened to all sides, listening with relish.

Ye Yaodong shook his head when he saw her looking around, "Do you want to stroll around all the queues?"

"Ah? Hehe, I just think it's quite interesting to listen to."

Ye's mother turned her head and glanced at her in the front, reminding her obscurely, "Don't go out to visit neighbors if you have nothing to do. The weather is cold, the village is cold, and no one is willing to sit at the door and weave nets and chat, they are all huddled in the room."

She smiled, she understood Ye's mother's worry.

"I know, I've been sewing quilts and making wedding clothes for my sister recently, and I don't have time to walk around."

Someone who was also pricking up their ears to listen to people's gossip asked Ye's mother curiously when Ye Huimei would get married?

Also said that Ye's mother knew how to find, found one without a mother-in-law, the daughter would be comfortable in the future...

Ye's mother was also very proud of this. At first, she felt that without a mother-in-law, the daughter would be more tired and have more things to arrange. Later, after being reminded by others, she slapped her thigh, no mother-in-law is good...

Looking at Ah Guang, she became more and more satisfied...

Several acquisition points collected goods at the same time, the speed of the queue was not slow, and in a short while, it moved forward a lot. Because Ye's mother and the others went ashore early, the queue was relatively forward, and now they just need to wait for two or three more to reach them.

Ye Yaodong looked at his watch, it was already past 4 o'clock. He was still thinking about the goods in his ground cages. The tide is rising now, just right.

After it was their turn, they separated the weighing. Originally, their own goods were not mixed.

The goods of the eldest brother and second brother were relatively less, theirs were weighed first, one 420 jin, one 408 jin, the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law were all smiling, fortunately they came early.

Ye's mother and the three picked almost 7 bags, weighed 692, sold for 13 yuan 8 mao 4 fen.

Ye Yaodong picked 7 and a half bags alone, 736 jin, sold for 14 yuan 7 mao 2 fen.

Fortunately, he picked a whole morning more than others, otherwise he would be fighting alone, and others were all going into battle together, he would lose to death.

They didn't leave much goods, only left a few to eat, because there was no weather recently, and there was no way to dry starfish.

After handing the receipt to Lin Xiuqing for collection, he let her go back first, "The ground cages haven't been collected, take advantage of the rising tide now, the waves are not big, I'll go to sea to collect them, and I'll be back in two hours."

"Can't you collect them tomorrow?"

"The sky is overcast, don't know if it will rain tomorrow, don't know if there will be wind at night, take advantage of being able to go out now and collect them quickly."

It doesn't matter if you don't go to literacy class for a day or two, anyway, he was half-way through, and he would learn for a few more days when the time comes.

He estimated that there were also starfish in the ground cages!

Ground cages have always been the best tools for catching starfish, it's just that his ground cage quantity was small.

Turning his head to see Ah Zheng and Xiao Xiao, thinking they also had ground cages, he reminded them, "Your ground cages are still at sea, right? You can go and collect them in a while, there should be quite a few starfish!"

Upon hearing this, their eyes lit up again, "Are you going out now?"

"Preparing to go and collect another wave."

"Together!"

The two are now convinced of Ye Yaodong, following behind him, they haven't earned less money in these few months.

After handing over the task of queuing to sell goods to their wives at home, they also followed to go to sea to collect ground cages.

Other villagers heard this and their hearts became active, and after saying hello to their families, they also wanted to go to sea to collect a wave before it got dark.

Their hearts were even more active, thinking about collecting them today and putting them down, and continuing to collect them tomorrow if there is good weather, which is faster and easier than grabbing a pile of people at the pier.

Some people who didn't put ground cages regretted it.

Ye Yaodong called Xiao Xiao and Ah Zheng onto his boat. With their small wooden boat, it is estimated that it would be dark by the time they rowed to the point where the ground cages were placed.

It is already past 4 o'clock now, and autumn and winter days are originally dark early.

He started the boat, the diesel engine sound moved, listening to them discussing there, when to change to a power boat, saving time and effort...

Looking at the waves on the shore, they were not big, but only when the boat was driven to the sea could one truly feel the waves one by one.

He first drove the boat to the approximate sea area where he placed the ground cages, but after searching for the buoy in the surroundings for a long time, he saw that it was shifted by the waves.

After collecting the buoy and pulling up the ground cage, he found that the fish collection bag under the ground cage was indeed full of starfish, and the fish goods were surrounded by them.

"F***... really all starfish, where did so many starfish come from? Is the whole sea area like this?" Xiao Xiao helped pull up the ground cage.

"Looking at the dense appearance at the pier in the afternoon, they must all be washed in from the outside, there must be quite a few along the coast."

Ah Zheng also laughed happily, "The whole village made a fortune today, fortunately we came early, and filled a bag more than others."

"This thing is known as the locust of the seabed. Wherever they go, shellfish will be eliminated. Pour it out and see."

The fish collection bag at the bottom was full of starfish. Ye Yaodong untied the rope and poured them all onto the deck. Only to see that except for starfish, there were only fish, and the stone crabs and shrimp were eaten until only a layer of shells remained.

Ye Yaodong flipped through them casually, and threw the shrimp and crabs that only had shells left back into the sea. At this time, he saw a relatively large starfish holding a yellow, irregularly shaped soft thing in its arms.

"SpongeBob?"

He felt quite interesting, and pinched the sponge in his hand.

Animations are all lies, SpongeBob and Patrick have no friendship, sponges are also starfish's food.

Ah Zheng looked at him speechlessly, "Sponge is sponge, SpongeBob? Stupid as a dad?"

"You know a fart! Just right to take back for my wife to wash dishes."

Now the sponges used for washing dishes at home are synthetic, and in the past, people used sponges from the sea.

"Hurry up and pull the remaining ground cages, it's going to be dark, didn't find you were so dawdling."

"What's the rush, won't let you row back."

Although he said so, Ye Yaodong still accelerated to collect the nets. Without surprise, the ones poured out in the next few nets, except for starfish, were only fish, and there were no shellfish, but sponges popped out several.

This surprised Ye Yaodong, but also a bit regrettable.

It is a natural sponge, also called sponge silk. It is not a dead object, but a multicellular marine animal, a living thing.

Sponge silk becomes soft and elastic when it meets water. It has always been used as bathroom supplies, and also as pottery, painting, and surgical supplies. In ancient Greece, it was called soft gold, and it is still valuable now.

But if it is by the sea here, it is useless, it can only be taken back for children to play, or wash dishes.

After collecting several nets, the whole boat was full of starfish and fish or shells. He let the two help pick, and incidentally let them pick the starfish into sacks, so it would be convenient to lift them off the boat in a while.

When only two rows were left, the sky was completely dark. He turned on the flashlight on the boat and accelerated, but found that there were no starfish in this net, and the fish collection bag was occupied by a super large white jellyfish.