Chapter 259

Ye Yaodong cherished it in his hands for a while, then put this Mud Crab King into a separate basket and continued to collect the nets.

The remaining ground cages also had quite a lot of cargo. Every fish collection bag was full, with both live and dead ones, and there were also several moray eels.

After collecting all the ground cages, there were 10 more moray eels and two more mud crabs. It was cold, so mud crabs weren't easy to catch, which was quite rare. There was actually a Mud Crab King.

He piled all the fish cargo together and continued to steer the boat around the surrounding sea area.

But after circling for nearly an hour, he returned empty-handed. Delayed until nearly 4 o'clock, the sun was gone, and the sea breeze was blowing colder and colder. He had no choice but to return home depressed, return to the original sea area, put those ground cages back down, and then dock.

When he met Xiao Xiao and Zheng at the shore, they greeted him.

"Did you find the ground cages?"

"Found four, the other two couldn't be found. It's not really that there's no one, were they stolen?"

"It's really hard to say. It would be fine if you hadn't deviated from the fixed position. Being blown here and there by the waves, it's hard to guarantee they weren't stolen."

"Forget it, don't worry about it. I've been looking all afternoon, if they're gone, they're gone."

Finding four was already very good. Next time, he still had to learn to be as cautious as the villagers and couldn't hold onto such a fluke mentality.

"It's been so many days, what did you catch?" Zheng stood on his own boat, stretching his neck and peeking.

"Need to pick through them, some are dead. Help me lift the cargo in a while."

After the two lifted their own cargo to the shore, they immediately helped him lift his.

"Yo, moray eels? Still alive, not bad, actually two big buckets."

"There are also 3 big baskets of fish, shrimp, and crabs, not bad. You caught quite a lot with just those few ground cages."

"Only these guys are still holding on. It's been so many days, most of them are dead. There's a big one here too."

While speaking, Ye Yaodong grabbed the huge mud crab from the basket next to him to show them, which surprised them fiercely.

"Damn, there's such a big mud crab?"

"This is possible? There's such a big mud crab in this weather?"

"It should be because the waves were big, they were all rolled up from the seabed." After showing it, he put it back into the basket, "Hurry up and lift it to the shore, we still have to sort for half a day in a while."

"It's a pity you didn't come out to collect the cargo a few days earlier, there were two more rows."

"Relying on others, how can it be as attentive as doing it yourself? It's good that four rows are left, it's just two rows that are gone." He could still afford the loss.

Thinking that the money for the abalone would be credited in a while, he wasn't depressed anymore. Anyway, he wasn't relying on ground cages to make money now, it could only be considered a side business for extra income.

After lifting all the cargo to the shore, he took a few more small baskets and started sorting slowly by himself. He threw all the ones that weren't fresh into a large bamboo basket.

There were acquaintances nearby who were free and came over to help sort and chat for a few sentences.

Most of them were flattering and praising words, which made Ye Yaodong laugh and cry. He didn't know when he had become so capable?

Going out to sea to fish was originally based on luck; he just had a little better luck than others.

Sure enough, once a person has money, others automatically help you whitewash yourself, bringing their own filters. The past is all about a prodigal son returning, and instead, you win a good reputation.

"Adong, how much can those abalones sell for?"

Hehe~ asked the point.

"Don't know yet, haven't settled the accounts. Later, no rush, not afraid of A Cai running away."

"You've made a fortune one after another recently, are you not far from being a ten-thousand-yuan household? I heard you haven't earned little in these few months..."

Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, who said men aren't gossipy?

Gossip doesn't distinguish between men and women.

They really don't treat you as an outsider. It's one thing to spread rumors, but they actually asked the person himself.

"Which bastard spread that? I haven't changed boats for long, I was still in debt at the time, and I haven't paid it off yet. I'm still short a few hundred yuan. Are you helping me pay it back?"

"Ah, hehe, just heard it, just asking casually. Thinking that if you were a ten-thousand-yuan household, you could be commended by the county, how glorious..."

More than just being commended, you could also make the newspaper headlines and become famous throughout the country.

Ye Yaodong curled his lips. It was glorious, but it was easy to have more relatives you couldn't name, and your door would be trampled by neighbors. Every day you would just have to deal with relatives and neighbors coming to the door, and you wouldn't have to do anything.

Thinking of the old newspaper he read two days ago, the front page headline featured a Zhang Sanwan, who became a labor-rich "star" that everyone envied by producing 10,000 jin of grain, selling 10,000 jin of fat pigs, and having a total income of 10,000 yuan.

It's just that I don't know how many jealous people there are behind others' glory?

In his previous life, he had heard of many who directly floated, couldn't hold on, and then not long after, the ten-thousand-yuan household directly collapsed.

There were also those who couldn't refuse the face of relatives and friends and lent out a bunch, but when they wanted to urge people to pay back, they all shouted that they had no money, shouting: Aren't you a ten-thousand-yuan household? Are you still short of this little money?

There were also those who were jealous and tripped you up.

While satisfying vanity, there is also a price. In this day and age, who doesn't have dozens of relatives and friends?

"It is quite glorious, it's just that it's still a distance away from being a ten-thousand-yuan household."

"How much short? If it's not much, you can borrow a little from relatives and friends to make up the total and report it."

"Short 10,000 yuan, what do you say to do?"

The person speaking was instantly speechless, this couldn't be answered.

"Hahaha, I'm also 10,000 yuan short of becoming a ten-thousand-yuan household. I don't know if I can gather it if I borrow from the whole village?" Zheng laughed out loud after selling his goods and coming out.

"Stop laughing, hurry up and help me pick, the family is waiting for fish to cook."

With many people, the speed is fast. Not long after, all the goods were sorted out. He picked a large basket of ones that weren't fresh. Originally, he thought about pouring them back into the sea, but thinking that they had already been lifted to the shore, it was better to take them back for his mother to feed the chickens.

After weighing all the goods, those moray eels were indeed more valuable than conger eels. A total of 28, 86 jin, bought at 3 mao 6 per jin, sold for 30 yuan 9 mao 6 fen.

The Mud Crab King was bought at 1 yuan 2 per jin, this one was over 3 jin, sold for 4 yuan. Other fresh fish cargo also sold for over 15 yuan.

Coming out to collect cargo today was also very good. Big waves are good for making a fortune, it's just that two rows of ground cages were lost, and some money had to be pasted in, but he had earned quite a lot for so long.

At this time, the fishing boats were returning one after another, and A Cai was also busy, so the matter of settling accounts had to be given up. It was agreed to go to his house after dinner.

Pushing the flatbed cart directly to the old house, his mother was still picking dried shrimp at the threshing floor and hadn't returned. After putting it down, he wanted to talk to the old lady, but the old lady directly pulled him into the room.

He was confused, "What's wrong?"

"You come in first." The old lady smiled and waved at him, then turned to pull the drawer, "Look."

Ye Yaodong's eyes widened. He saw a drawer full of original coral branches, in all shapes. Large ones looked like scissors, small ones were the size of a fingernail, and there were bright red, pink, white, and black ones.

"You saved so many?"

"Your aunt brought them. They're useless, but I just felt it was a pity to throw them away, so I put them all in the drawer. Your father told me a few days ago that you wanted them, saying that this stuff would be valuable in the future, and asked if I had any, telling me not to throw them away."

"Right, don't throw them away. With so many colors, they look good too. You keep them first, put them away."

The old lady turned to find a small basket, "What am I keeping them for? They take up space. Since you want them, take them all. Your mother threw away a basket two years ago. I didn't know then, otherwise, I would have picked them back."

"Next time Aunt sends more, keep them all. No need to give them to me, you save them first. Maybe eldest brother and second brother want them too?"

"What do they want this for? Seeing your mother throw them away two years ago, they didn't say they wanted them. You take them all." The old lady grabbed them all into the small basket, not leaving a single one, and then pushed them into his arms.

"Take them, take them back and put them away, I'll just happen to clear out the drawer."

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to accept the basket, "Alright then, I'll take them back and ask eldest brother and second brother if they want them. If they don't, I'll keep them all."

"Hey, they definitely won't want them. Wait until the New Year, if your aunt comes over, I'll ask her if she has any more. She sends them to people everywhere anyway. If you want them, I'll ask her to take more. Maybe she feels they take up space too."

"You decide. These are enough. I'm just taking them to keep, I won't be able to use them for a while."

It's not necessary to make jewelry now, there isn't that much spare money, and he would be scolded. Besides, there isn't this technology now, after all, it's not valuable and hasn't become popular.

"Mm, are your feet better these two days? Is there any discomfort anywhere? Your father has been complaining of leg pain at night, but he says he's fine during the day. I guess his rheumatism is acting up."

"He can drink a little sea snake wine before bed. It's been soaking for two months, it can be drunk. It's better to soak it longer."

"Yes, I've seen him drink it these two days. You also don't think you're young and don't take it seriously. Rest for two more days, don't rush to go out to sea."

"Mm-hmm, I know."

"Winter Solstice is coming soon. This year the family has a boat, and the finances are loose. When the time comes, let your mother make more rice dumplings, make salty ones, you love to eat them..."

Ye Yaodong listened to the old lady's chattering, feeling warm in his heart, "You like to eat sweet ones, let my mother make more sweet ones too. Harvest the sweet potatoes in the field, take fresh sweet potatoes and add them to the sweet potato starch."

The old lady was all smiles, "How much can I eat? Make more and bring them out to sea for you when the time comes, so you and your father don't eat noodles every day..."