Chapter 487: Understanding the Situation

At first, they didn't encounter any, possibly because they were still on the edge. Anyway, the further they went, the more fishing boats they saw, and everyone minded their own business.

However, sometimes they didn't see any jellyfish for a long stretch of road; they weren't distributed that evenly.

Ye Yaodong saw so many fishing boats catching jellyfish on the sea surface along the way, and he was completely relieved.

Having boats catching them meant there was a market, and someone was collecting them, so he wasn't afraid that no one would want them.

The other three men were also relieved. They were actually very worried that no one would want them and they would be working for nothing. Although they were only getting paid, it wouldn't be good for them if the employer lost money.

Ye Fu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Just at this moment, they saw many boats in the sea area ahead moving towards the east at the same time, and they were all dragging fishing nets at the stern, which were filled with dense, colorful jellyfish. Looking at the quantity, it was quite a lot.

Ye Fu also pondered that they should be arriving soon. Those boats were probably docking at nearby villages. The goods in the fishing nets were too heavy to be pulled up by manpower, so they were dragging them all the time just like them.

He simply approached the nearest boat and shouted in his broken Mandarin with a Minnan accent to ask for directions.

But the old fisherman on that boat seemed unable to speak Mandarin at all and used their local dialect to say things they couldn't understand. Later, it was the young man on the boat who translated for them in not-so-standard Mandarin.

Only then did they know that the village ahead was their village, Changfeng Village, which belonged to Muhua Town, Yangping County.

After hearing that they had arrived at a small village under the jurisdiction of Yangping County, everyone was relieved. It was good that they hadn't gone the wrong way.

After Ye Yaodong expressed his gratitude, he said to Chen Jianian, "All roads lead to Yangping. Since there are villages nearby catching jellyfish, we might as well dock here directly. It shouldn't be a problem, right? After going up, you can inquire about the specific location of the factory and how far it is. When the time comes, contact them and just come over to pull the goods. Is that okay?"

Chen Jianian nodded, "Okay, I've heard of Muhua Town. Then let's dock at this village first, and I'll go ashore to find a place to make a phone call and contact them first."

After reaching an agreement, Ye Fu also followed the boats ahead and moved forward slowly.

The green mountains in the distance were getting closer and closer, and the village gradually came into view. Many large and small boats were docked on the shore ahead.

Finally, they were going to dock.

The fishing boat gradually approached the shore, and everyone clearly saw that the shore was densely packed with people, coming and going.

And the beach was covered with colorful, transparent jellyfish. People on the shallow beach were dragging fishing nets towards the beach with manpower.

It seemed that every net had more than a dozen people dragging it, and the jellyfish inside were dense and crowded. Looking at the quantity, it was quite a lot.

Everyone couldn't help but click their tongues. The closer they got, the wider their mouths opened.

"My goodness, the whole beach is full of jellyfish. The quantity is really huge!"

"So many people are busy on the beach, and many people are gathered on the shore. Are they processing them? I guess all the men and women in the village have come, right?"

"It seems there are quite a few in the fishing net behind us too..."

Ye Yaodong and Ye Fu looked at each other. They seemed to have underestimated the jellyfish fishing season.

"The jellyfish in our fishing net shouldn't be fewer than theirs. The speed of the fishing boat was obviously much slower just now, but it seems a bit difficult to get them ashore?"

Ye Yaodong suddenly doubted whether they could drag the jellyfish at the stern of the boat...

Ye Fu was also a bit worried. They were not locals and had no relatives to help, so they could only rely on their own people.

"Let's see in a while. If it doesn't work, we'll cover them with hand-scoop nets and drag them to the shore one by one. We can only use the stupid method."

Ye Yaodong had a headache, "That's the only way for now."

After the fishing boats ahead were at a distance from the beach, they all stopped directly. The people on the boats also jumped down to untie the fishing nets at the stern, and the relatives waiting on the shore also waded into the water one after another to help drag the fishing nets.

Ye Fu also docked the boat in the most corner position. After all, they were outsiders and unfamiliar with the place, so it was better to go to the corner and keep a distance first.

As soon as the boat stopped, Ye Yaodong went to the stern to collect and tighten the towing cable. When it was collected to the net board, he fixed the net board on the net board frame to detach it from the towing cable.

The other three cousins and Chen Jianian also jumped into the water one after another to take the net gear that Ye Yaodong had untied. After Ye Fu docked the boat, he also took two hand-scoop nets and went down.

At this time, the jellyfish that had been dragged and floating in the fishing net all floated to the surface. Before, when the fishing boat was moving forward, the jellyfish had been rolling in the sea, and they couldn't see them clearly.

Now everyone saw clearly, and their hearts were a bit excited. Such a large area, it was estimated that there could be several thousand jin. No wonder those people in front all had to mobilize more than a dozen people to pull.

When Ye Yaodong collected the towing cable, he saw it more clearly standing on the fishing boat.

These jellyfish were all big, one could be worth several of the ones he collected before. There were also some fish mixed in the fishing net, but they were all squeezed down by the floating jellyfish just now.

He looked at the boat next door. The old fisherman on that boat seemed to be the one his father asked for directions just now.

There were quite a lot in their fishing net, and quite a few young and strong men came to drag it. The old fisherman and a few young people also noticed them, but they just took a look and didn't care, busy with their own work.

Ye Yaodong thought that everyone was busy there now and had no time to talk, so he had to smile at them in a friendly way and then busy himself with his own affairs.

He jumped into the water and tried to pull the fishing net with everyone, but found that it couldn't be moved much at all.

"It won't work, Dad. Let's drag them to the shore one by one. It will be easy to pull when the quantity is small."

"Okay."

He and his father each took a hand-scoop net and reached into the fishing net, hooked out a jellyfish, and both tried their best not to let their skin come into contact with it. Don't look at how good they look individually; they are all poisonous.

"Be careful, don't get stung on your hands and skin."

"It's so heavy. It's not that easy to drag them to the shore one by one."

"This is still because of the buoyancy of the water. When it gets shallower in front, it will be even harder to drag if it sinks."

At this time, Chen Jianian said, "This fishing net can't be dragged up anyway now, so we can only scoop them out one by one and drag them. Then I'll go ashore first to make a phone call and contact a friend, so as not to let the goods on the boat be exposed to the sun all the time."

"Yes, yes, yes, you hurry up and make a phone call first, and sell the goods on the boat first," Ye Fu said hurriedly.

"Okay, I'll go to the village first to see if there's a phone and ask first."

Ye Yaodong also urged, "Then you hurry up."

"I don't know how much money these jellyfish on the boat can sell for."

"We'll know after selling them," Ye Yaodong said, holding the hand-scoop net, dragging the jellyfish inside to the corner of the beach with great effort.

After finding an empty space, he poured them out directly.

"They are really big. It's not easy to drag them one by one. Dad, you watch here first, so no one watches and they get stolen. It's not easy to talk as an outsider."

"Okay, then we'll take turns watching in a while, just treat it as a rest."

"Hmm."

Ye Yaodong took his father's hand-scoop net and returned to the sea. The four brothers were in groups of two, taking turns dragging. This was also easy and not very tiring, just laborious.

After dragging back and forth 4-5 times, he saw that the people on the boat next door had already dragged all the goods to the shore, so he hurriedly handed the hand-scoop net to others and climbed onto the boat to get cigarettes.

He prepared to chat with the old fisherman or young man next door to see, get close, and by the way, ask about the market for jellyfish. He didn't know how many days they had been catching them.

Thanks to his previous life, although his Mandarin still had a strong Minnan accent, at least he could speak it, and it was quite fluent, unlike his father who had spoken dialect all his life and couldn't speak Mandarin, only listen.

He walked over with a smile, pulled two cigarettes for the old fisherman, and pulled two for the young man he had just communicated with.

"Hello, two comrades. My name is Ye Yaodong. I was the one who asked for directions on the boat just now. Your family is really prosperous, all strong labor. This wave of jellyfish will definitely earn a lot, and you can get rich."

The old fisherman smiled and muttered a lot, which made him a bit confused.

It was the young man who explained, "My father can't speak Mandarin. He is asking where you are from? Are you also from around Shatou Town?"

Shatou Town is also on the border between Fujian and Zhejiang, but it is under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province. The dialect spoken there is also very similar to Minnan dialect, and the speech also has a strong Fujian accent.

Ye Yaodong didn't directly or indirectly admit or deny it, but changed the subject and said, "Do fishing boats from that area often dock nearby?"

"Isn't it? Who makes it close? It's only been this year or two. In the past, they would take them back after dragging them. Now they dock directly at the towns around us, drag them to the shore and sell them directly, without processing them. It might be because the fishing team hadn't disbanded before, and it was still a collective economy, so the goods had to be taken back."

Can they be sold as a whole?

If they could be sold as a whole, it would be easy. Being unfamiliar with the place, they still had to hire people to set up pots, boil water, and dry them. They had no one to stay there and watch, and they would be stolen in two or three times, and there would be no place to reason.

He asked again, "How many fishing boats in your village go out to catch jellyfish? I see quite a few boats on the beach. You should be a big village, right? I see you have quite a few brothers in your family. You must have earned very well during this period."

"There are about 60 boats, basically all small wooden boats. Like a boat as big as yours, there are only four." Speaking of this, the young man also felt very proud, because his family's boat was also very big.

"My family has 7 brothers and a few nephews. We could have caught quite well, but we were delayed by the typhoon some time ago. It has been raining intermittently for almost half a month, or it was windy and we couldn't go out to sea."

"It was only in the last two days that it cleared up that everyone caught more. Fortunately, this fishing season can last for another month or two, otherwise our family of dozens of people would have to drink the northwest wind."

When catching jellyfish, the most feared thing is wind. If a level 6-7 north wind appears, the jellyfish will sink to the bottom. ===== CHAPTER 488 =====