Chapter 483: Brotherly differences

At night, a man in his 30s rode a bike over, and A Cai sat behind him.

The two bicycles stopped at the door, and just wanted to come in, they were scared by the barking big dogs and small dogs.

"Oh~ gave birth to a litter of cubs? This little bit, still quite fierce."

Ye Yaodong saw people coming, quickly patted the salt on his hands, and hurried to greet them.

"Just gave birth, do you want to catch one back to raise? The courtyard is piled with things, not easy to walk, let's go into the house and talk."

Everyone looked at the visitors curiously, and Ye Yaodong didn't explain to others, took them to see how to pickle, and took them into the house to sit.

Father Ye also followed into the house, intending to stand and greet, after all, there were guests.

A Cai looked at the basins of jellyfish brains boiled on the table, sat down and said first: "These jellyfish brains look quite good, the jellyfish heads pickled outside also look quite decent."

"Take some jellyfish brains back to boil soup when you leave later, this is very fresh."

Jellyfish brain is not poisonous, just picked and put into boiling water to blanch, the liquid jellyfish flowers will immediately condense into cauliflower-like solids, rich in nutrition, delicious taste, can be eaten directly.

"Fine, then I won't be polite. This friend is Chen Jiani I told you about before, just came over, said you called before, he intends to come to see."

"I know, we chatted on the phone before," Ye Yaodong looked at Chen Jiani again, "If Brother Nian has no problem, we will set off on the morning of the day after tomorrow, I have to wait for the jellyfish blood to dry before I can collect it, we open the boat and the time is flexible."

Chen Jiani had been thinking since he came in, and only then did he open his mouth: "I want to ask, are you coming back after sending a trip?"

Ye Yaodong's heart stirred, "Does Brother Nian have any ideas?"

"I learned from a friend that I heard about the jellyfish spawning season back in July. I called to ask yesterday, and they said that because the weather is hot, the spawning season will continue until September or October. It's only mid-August now."

"Are you trying to say that I can stay there and catch jellyfish directly?"

Chen Jianian immediately looked at him with a smile, "Yes. Actually, to tell you the truth, if you hadn't said you were going to sail up there, I probably wouldn't have planned to go. After all, it's too far, and I'm not desperate for that little bit of labor pay."

"So you want to be an intermediary and earn the middleman's fee, but you're afraid that since you're going alone and aren't a local, there won't be anyone to collect the goods. And then you just happened to run into me."

Ye Yaodong understood once he heard this. The other party didn't care about the labor pay for one trip. No wonder when they spoke on the phone earlier, the other party only said they wanted to come over to chat and discuss the details.

He also started pondering in his heart. Originally, when he encountered these jellyfish, his first thought was that the Zhejiang-Fujian border, their place of origin, was in a peak season right now. Those jellyfish must have been rolled over here by the waves during the typhoon, and he hadn't thought about going to the place of origin.

But one thing led to another. Since there were so many jellyfish appearing on the sea surface, and he had just spent a large sum of money, he was urgently looking to make money. The wharf didn't want the jellyfish, so he wanted to earn this money.

As it turned out, the merchants wouldn't come to collect them here either, and they had to deliver them themselves. Since they had to make the trip anyway, his mind became active.

Originally, he had thought that if no one wanted them, he would make the trip himself. After all, the quantity was not small, so it was worth it.

He didn't expect that this Chen Jianian also had the idea of going over to act as an intermediary.

But that didn't matter; this was clearly a win-win!

Seeing that he had only said a few words and Ye Yaodong already understood his meaning, Chen Jianian couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

"You're smart, brother. No wonder you dared to boldly collect so much when nobody here wants them."

"Sigh, isn't it because I'm short on money? If I weren't, why would I be messing around with all this? I just want to earn a bit more."

"So, you lack the connections and I lack the goods. Let's go over together. You focus on catching them, and I'll help you ask around at the factory. You won't have to worry about no one wanting them."

"Then how much of a commission do you take?"

"Five percent. I heard that's what they charge over there too."

It wasn't much, and it was acceptable. With his goods for him to collect, he could also get familiar with people over there, and maybe he could collect even more. Anyway, he had the connections.

Ye Fu couldn't help but speak up at this moment: "Is your friend over there reliable? Don't let us make a wasted trip. After all, the distance is quite far..."

"Don't worry, Uncle. That's my own kin. I'm going with you all, too. I'm also planning to earn some extra money over there. Otherwise, why would I make such a long trip? It wouldn't do me any good to trick you."

"Besides, if it turns out to be unreliable, you can find people locally yourselves. It's just that finding them yourself makes it easy to get the price squeezed, whereas we are our own people."

Ye Fu frowned and remained silent. He still felt it was too far, but there was no help for it; he couldn't just discard these jellyfish.

It was just that after arriving, it was very likely they would have to fish there, and he didn't know if it was feasible. If they could make money, he wouldn't mind.

"Fine!"

Ye Yaodong agreed decisively. Anyway, since Chen Jianian had the connections, he could just let him collect the goods and take the commission, which would save him from running around looking for buyers.

If there were many jellyfish over there, he wouldn't mind staying to fish.

After confirming, they chatted for a while longer and agreed to set off the day after tomorrow at 5:00 AM. Ye Yaodong then sent them off and packed a large bowl of jellyfish brains for Acai.

Chen Jianian didn't want any; it wasn't convenient for him to carry it while riding his bicycle, and he hadn't brought a lunchbox, so he had nothing to put it in.

After Ye Yaodong sent them off, Lin Xiuqing couldn't help but frown tightly behind him and asked impatiently, "Adong, are you sure you'll stay there once you go?"

When they were discussing things earlier, she had been sitting in front of the stove burning fire to cook the jellyfish blood, and she had wanted to ask for a long time.

"It depends on the situation. If the quantity is large, why wouldn't I earn the money? I don't know what it's like yet, so let's go over and see first. Remember to help me pack a few sets of clothes."

Ye Yaodong turned his head and told Ye Fu that he planned to invite two more people to go with them.

"In case we have to stay there, we'll need people to help with the processing after catching them. It'll be more reassuring to invite two people from our own village to get on the boat."

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua listened with confused expressions.

"What are you talking about staying there, and what processing?"

Ye Yaodong looked at his brothers. He also wanted to mention it to them to see if they wanted to go with him. Having his own brothers along would be good company.

"The person who just came is a friend of Acai. He said that the Zhejiang-Fujian border is currently in the peak jellyfish season, which should last until September or October. He told me that after I deliver the goods and sell them, I can stay there to fish for a month or two. He'll act as the intermediary, so I don't have to worry about no one wanting the goods. Do you want to go and give it a try together?"

The brothers looked at each other. After delivering the goods, they would have to stay there to fish?

"Isn't that too far? We're unfamiliar with the place over there, and fishing in our local waters is quite stable..." Ye Yaopeng refused directly out of instinct.

Ye Yaohua, however, asked, "Is that person trustworthy?"

"He's Acai's friend. Since he's going with us, he wouldn't trick us. If it's unreliable, we won't have lost much anyway. Besides, the spawning season over there is real. Once we're there, we can still fish, and there's no need to worry about no one wanting the jellyfish."

"It's too far. It'll take several hours to sail there."

"If there's no wind or waves, it'll take seven or eight hours. It's not too far. Anyway, we have a compass, and Dad is an old hand, so we don't have to worry. We spend whole days at sea when we go out fishing anyway."

Ye Fu was already tied to him anyway; he would have to go whether he wanted to or not.

"This is different; this is a long-distance voyage. No, no, what if the wind and waves are too big..."

"We can choose to set off when the weather is good and there's no wind or waves. It's only seven or eight hours; it's not like we have to sail for days. We'll just sail along the coast."

Ye Yaopeng still shook his head, "We'll fish at home..."

Before he could finish, Ye Yaohua interrupted him, "Dongzi, are you sure you can make money if you go? Is there really someone collecting jellyfish over there?"

"I can't guarantee you'll make money, but it's certain that someone is collecting them. Otherwise, why would I go to the trouble of collecting so many and messing around there for half a day? That Chen Jianian just told me for sure that it's the peak season over there and he wants to be the intermediary. This is still believable."

It was the peak season again, and someone was definitely collecting them. Ye Yaohua thought of his luck, gritted his teeth, and said to Ye Yaopeng, "Big Brother, let's go with Dongzi and see!"

Ye Yaopeng looked at him in disbelief, "Are you kidding? It's so far... Can't we earn money by trawling at home just the same?"

"But it's the peak season over there. The peak season is different. As long as we can catch it, we'll definitely make a lot of money. Since the jellyfish market is good over there, let's go and try. Dad is going too, and he's an old helmsman. If we follow Dad, we definitely won't get lost."

The others also looked at Ye Yaohua in surprise. Everyone was shocked that he would suddenly be so decisive about going; it didn't seem like his honest and simple personality.

"What's wrong with you? Dongzi only heard it from someone. Isn't it safer for us to trawl at home?"

"Let's try, shall we? What if there are really a lot of jellyfish over there and the market is very good?"

Ye Yaohua was determined to follow Ye Yaodong this time to see if he could share in the good fortune.

He truly believed that Dongzi had good luck at sea and strong fortune, so it shouldn't be wrong. He had missed out several times before, and this time he wanted to give it a try.

Ye Fu also frowned and looked at Ye Yaohua, "It's hard to say what it's like outside. It's safer for you to stay at home. Dongzi has no choice; he has already collected so many goods and has to deliver them to sell."

Ye Yaodong looked at his divided older and younger brothers. Although he didn't know why his second brother suddenly had a spirit of adventure and struggle, he was quite supportive of them going along.

He thought for a moment and found a compromise.

"How about Ye Erge waits for a bit? I'll go over tomorrow to check the situation first. If the quantity of jellyfish is large and there's no worry about selling them, I'll call back, and then you can go?"

Ye Yaohua hesitated for a moment and glanced at Ye Yaopeng, "It's a bit far. I'm afraid it won't work if Big Brother and I sail the boat..."

"That's easy to solve. We'll call Aguang and his dad when the time comes. His dad sails big boats and is an old helmsman."