Chapter 484

Call Aguang and his dad?

That seems to work too!

They will go to check the situation first. If it really is the jellyfish peak season, the situation over there is good, and they can make money, then Dongzi can call back to notify them. That also works.

Ye Yaohua thought for a moment and was no longer in a hurry.

But Ye Yaopeng said, "What if they don't go? It's such a long way, and we have to go to the border of the two provinces. They might not necessarily go."

Ye Yaodong shrugged, "If they don't go, then there's nothing I can do, and you can decide for yourselves. I have no choice but to deliver a shipment of goods. If I really encounter the peak season, I'll stay there to fish for two months. Dad will definitely have to follow me to escort me."

Ye Fu glanced at him, "You're always messing around all day, and you're even running such a long way to deliver goods..."

"If I don't mess around, where will the money come from? Once I earn money, you won't say that anymore. Delivering goods over a long distance is actually nothing. Plenty of people want to be truck drivers and run long distances; this is a good job."

Ye Yaodong looked at his two brothers again, "What does it matter if you run a bit further if you can make money? Anyway, if you want to be safer, then wait a bit and see, or discuss it again tomorrow. I'm not setting off until early the day after tomorrow, so don't worry about it for now. Help me pickle these jellyfish first."

Ye Fu echoed, "Yes, yes, work first. It's almost dark. Finish the work and eat, then we'll talk about it tomorrow."

This trip is so far, who knows if they can make money? If he were the eldest, his first reaction would also be to refuse. Not fishing in his own territory but running to someone else's, who knows if it's easy to handle.

He didn't dare to persuade his two sons to follow along. If it weren't for Dongzi messing around with this, he wouldn't have to follow along either.

The two brothers had no choice but to put this matter aside for now, finish the work first, and then discuss it again when they go back to see.

Several thousand jin of jellyfish heads and jellyfish skins all need to be wrapped in salt, which doesn't happen very quickly. However, cooking the jellyfish blood and jellyfish brains is faster, as the quantity of these two is smaller and it's very simple; they can be scooped up once they boil.

After they finished working on the jellyfish blood and jellyfish brains, they ate first. After eating, everyone continued to work together, and even Ye Mu came over to help.

Of course, Ye Yaodong couldn't avoid another scolding.

Ye Mu muttered while working, "What's wrong with fishing for something else? Fishing for this stuff that nobody wants, and having to run so far..."

"Where did you learn to kill this stuff? How much money can you earn..."

"It's hard to say if that person is reliable, and you're planning to just follow someone like this..."

Ye Yaodong treated it as if he hadn't heard it, letting it go in one ear and out the other; he was used to it.

The old lady couldn't listen anymore, "Say less. Aren't you thirsty? Since they've already been collected, just help with the work. He's such a big person, not a child, and Dongzi is also working very seriously. Since this is something that can be sold for money, let him mess around with it; it's nothing."

"If he doesn't deliver them to sell, are they going to rot in his hands? Neither father nor son is a fool, so they won't be cheated. If you have the energy to nag, hurry up and do a little more. Once it's done, it'll be fine. Once it's done, you can go back, and out of sight is out of mind."

Ye Mu curled her lips. Do a little more, and out of sight is out of mind; she really knows how to think for her.

"Can't I even talk about it? If he were as steady as his older brother and second brother, I wouldn't have to worry about him. Going to work every day is enough to keep me busy, and I still have to help him modify the fishing nets. Who knows if he can make money? Making it so troublesome..."

"Are you still unhappy? The job you have now is so glorious, and it was Dongzi who got it for you. Your own wife is still taking care of the family and raising the children, just being filial to you and letting you be glorious, and you still have so many opinions all day long."

Ye Mu was speechless. Seeing the old lady, she wanted to say something more, but suddenly didn't know how to refute. Looking at the happy Ye Yaodong, she had no choice but to glare at him fiercely.

Ye Yaodong touched his nose and walked to the side, staying away from his mother.

The whole family worked until past nine in the evening before they finished pickling all the jellyfish and tied the mouths of the nylon bags, and only then did they transport them basket by basket to the old house to store them.

These have to be stored in a cool place. The quantity is too large, and they can't fit in their house. If left outside, they would rot after being exposed to the sun for a day, so they could only be pulled to the old house.

Fortunately, they have an old house with several empty rooms where they can store things.

It was just inevitable that his mother would nag about it being troublesome again. His father didn't say anything more, but instead refuted his mother.

"Alright, I've been listening to you nagging and nagging non-stop. If these aren't put in the old house, should they be left at the door to rot? We've been working for a long time, and you're willing to just let them go to waste like this? What's there to nag about? It's already done, so just stop talking."

"You've all taken the wrong medicine. You mess around, and you won't even let people talk about it. Why didn't you find a mute back then?"

Ye Fu rolled his eyes at her, "Nobody else is saying anything, but you keep talking non-stop. From the old house to the new house, and from the new house to the old house, it's endless..."

"If I don't talk about him, who will? An old one has spoiled him since he was a child, and his wife can't manage him. Can his brothers and sisters-in-law talk about him? You've changed too, and you listen to everything he says. If I, as a mother, don't talk about him more, his heart will swell once he earns a little money. I have to be the bad guy."

"Is it useful to talk? Can he listen to you..."

"Then I shouldn't talk about it, right? Just let him be, let him mess around."

"Alright, alright, haven't I been following him and watching him? It's just sailing for a few hours, which is much more convenient than taking a car. Stop nagging in the middle of the night. Once we finish moving them, we'll go to sleep."

Ye Mu muttered a few more words unwillingly...

The brothers and sisters-in-law didn't say a word. This wasn't suitable for them to express their opinions, and besides, they were being paid for helping with the work.

Ye Yaodong was also quite annoyed by his mother's non-stop talking. Fortunately, the old lady suppressed her earlier, and now his father is suppressing her. It's also fortunate that she was sent out to work during the day, so he could hear a little less.

After returning home, he asked Aqing to take the wages for the two brothers and sisters-in-law to his two sisters-in-law. Anyway, it was calculated according to the usual wages for hiring workers.

Aqing held the jar in her hand and shook it. There were only a few clinking sounds. She looked at him helplessly, "The speed at which you spend money is no slower than the speed at which you earn it."

Ye Yaodong hugged her from behind and said with a smile, "This is called being 'poor and clinking.' When there are stacks of banknotes, there won't be any sound, and when you count them, they will only go 'whoosh, whoosh, whoosh'~"

Lin Xiuqing turned her head and squinted at him, but she was also successfully amused by him.

Seeing that she was no longer frowning, Ye Yaodong stole a kiss, "There's nothing to worry about. A man has to struggle. You just take good care of the old and young at home, and wait for me to earn money and come back to fill this jar of yours."

Lin Xiuqing put the jar on the table, turned around, and said seriously, "That's easy to say. Who can be sure about things at sea? Besides, the place is unfamiliar, and the language is different. How can it be as simple as fishing locally?"

"According to you, fishermen shouldn't go far and can only fish near home? If there are no boats to fish in the deep sea, wouldn't the fish be overflowing? Then how did that 'knocking' method of catching yellow croaker spread from Guangdong Province to Fujian Province, from Fujian Province to Zhejiang Province, and from Zhejiang Province all the way to the north?"

"That's different..."

"Don't worry about me. I'll call two people to go with me tomorrow. The sea area doesn't belong to anyone. We'll just honestly fish our own, as long as we don't have conflicts with others."

"Then who are you planning to call? Who knows how many days this trip will take."

Ye Yaodong thought for a moment. It's better to find his own people, "Tomorrow, let Dad go and ask a few cousins to see who is willing to go."

"Hmm, I don't know how much money it can sell for, having to run so far."

"We'll know when the time comes. Maybe it's a chance to get rich?"

Since things had come to this, Lin Xiuqing didn't say anything else. The next day, she packed all his clothes, and all the sun-dried jellyfish blood was collected and tied up with nylon bags.

Seeing that the quantity was not small, Ye Yaodong specially borrowed a scale to weigh it and found it was 32 jin and 6 liang. He silently calculated an account in his heart; this alone would probably be enough to break even, and he could earn another sum on top of that.

Lin Xiuqing was also calculating there, "This is equivalent to 300 jin of jellyfish producing one jin of jellyfish blood? That's quite little."

"Otherwise, why would I say this is the most valuable? However, this was originally just a layer of skin scraped off the jellyfish umbrella, so it's normal for the quantity to be even less after drying."

"I've also packed the jellyfish brains for you in nylon bags, and put ice cubes in the large wooden barrel. It should be fine to keep them fresh for a day."

"Hmm."

After preparing everything properly, he bought two large barrels of diesel in advance and put them on the boat, and checked it inside and out again before he felt relieved.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua still couldn't reach an agreement. It wasn't just that Ye Yaopeng was more conservative and wanted to be safe and didn't want to take risks; even their wives said to let Ye Fu and Ye Yaodong go and see first, and it wouldn't be too late for them to go if they could make money.

Ye Yaohua was powerless; he couldn't talk others into it alone, and he wasn't that stubborn, so he had to compromise and wait and see, waiting for their call.

Ye Yaodong didn't care after knowing this. Anyway, he had already called people, and he planned to set off at 2:00 AM. Anyway, the days are long now, and it's bright at 4:30.

His father called two cousins from his aunt's house, and another one was Ye Yaosheng, a cousin from his second uncle's house. It just so happened that they were all at home. Running so far, one more person doesn't count as many.

After 1:00 AM, everyone got up one after another to go to the old house to transport the jellyfish. At this time, the wharf was still quiet, and there were not many people. It took four or five trips with three flatbed carts to move all the jellyfish onto the boat.

Lin Xiuqing, the old lady, and Ye Mu also specially climbed up to see them off.

Seeing that they had finished moving everything, the old lady held Ye Yaodong's hand and urged him worriedly, "After you arrive, remember to find a place to call back to report that you are safe, you know? If there's anything, listen to your father more, don't make your own decisions. Your father is your father after all, and has plenty of experience. Also, don't quarrel with the two people outside. If you have something to say, say it nicely..."

She nagged and urged for a long time. Seeing Ye Fu on the boat urging them, she had no choice but to let go of her hand.

"Sigh, remember to go early and come back early. Come back after earning money. If you can't earn money, you should come back even earlier."

"I know, alright, you go back. I told you not to come out in the middle of the night, but you wouldn't listen. It would have been fine to say it at home, but you had to run out." After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he waved at them and hurried onto the boat.

The three women watched from the shore as the bow of the boat slowly turned and slowly sailed away from the shore.

Setting off around 2:00, if the wind and water are smooth, it will only take seven or eight hours to arrive, probably before noon, which also avoids the time when the sun is most scorching at noon.

After all, the black sunshade on the boat cannot move with the movement of the sun, and there will always be parts that will be irradiated. If the exposure time is too long, it might be damaged. He calculated the time very well.

The boat was piled full of baskets, and they were even stacked up. The few big men could only stand in the corners, but it didn't matter.

Ye Yaodong also passed by the town to pick up Chen Jianian on the way. Anyway, it was on the way, and they had made an appointment in advance, so he picked him up and left directly.

The fishing boat swayed on the sea. In the dark night, his was the only boat sailing on the sea. What he heard in his ears was the "da-da" sound of the machine, and the sound of the sea breeze blowing the canopy above his head.

At the very beginning, Ye Yaodong was still steering the boat. Until the sky was bright, Ye Fu felt that they had already sailed out of the scope of their city and had already reached the neighboring city, so he went to take over the work of steering the boat.

He felt that Ye Yaodong was still immature, and he had to be the one to steer for long distances to feel at ease.