Chapter 504: Remittance

It's inconvenient to wash up on the boat, and there is not much fresh water. Everyone just brushed their teeth, didn't even wash their faces, and the remaining half bucket of fresh water was used to boil noodles.

The fishing boat also sailed away from the shore where it was docked, and drove slowly towards the town, catching along the way, one by one.

During this time, everyone earned a lot of money, and they all held it in their hands, counting it every day, looking quite happy. But when they went out, they felt unsafe with so much money in their hands. Everyone was willing to spend half a day, and if they could deposit it, they would go to deposit it.

Along the way, there were not so many jellyfish floating on the sea, only scattered ones encountered occasionally. They followed the principle of not letting go of what they saw, and took them all into their pockets, which could also subsidize oil money and wages.

They also encountered many small boats working in the surroundings. Some were old men working hard on the sea, some were old couples working together, and some were families of all sizes on the boat.

Ye Yaodong estimated that these families of all sizes on the boat should be boat people, also known as Lianjia boat people, who are water residents in the southeast coastal area who take the boat as their home.

Unexpectedly, besides their Minnan, they could also see it here. He just glanced at it and skipped it.

The overcast sky had no sunlight, but it didn't feel cool, but rather a bit dry and hot. Even the sea breeze brought by the sailing couldn't be relieved, and there was no wind at all after going ashore.

After Ye Yaodong docked the boat at a wharf near the town, the work of dividing jellyfish on the boat was handed over to others, and he went to the post and telecommunications bureau with his two older brothers and Pei Fu.

Now the post and telecommunications have not been separated, so everyone calls it the post and telecommunications bureau.

Chen Jianian also went to the shore. He had to make a phone call. He had to let the car come to the town wharf to collect goods this morning. This had to be called in advance. Otherwise, the car would have to go to the village for nothing.

Ye Yaodong fanned himself with his hand while walking, and after feeling unsatisfied, he pulled out his shirt hem and fanned upwards.

"So stuffy and hot, clearly it's almost autumn."

"This is called the autumn tiger."

"I don't know if the Mid-Autumn Festival next month will be here or at home."

"It should be almost time to go back then."

"Then you can come to the town to stroll around and buy some things for the children at home to bring back."

"It is necessary to buy something to bring back. This time we went out for a big long distance, and even went out of the province..."

"This is the first time in my life I have gone so far. I originally thought that the city would be the farthest place I have ever been. I didn't expect that we would go out of the province now."

"Yeah, the farthest place I have been in the first 30 years is the county town. I didn't expect that one day we would go out of the province. When we go back, we will stroll around the town and buy something to bring back."

The two brothers learned their lessons. Before they went back, they were already thinking about bringing something back to their families.

Ye Yaodong also echoed there, "You can also bring some mooncakes back. I heard that meat is put in the mooncakes here. I don't know what it tastes like. Unexpectedly, meat can also be put in mooncakes."

"Yeah, the taste is quite strange..."

They talked while walking, discussing what specialties were in the town, and bought some to bring back to their wives and children.

After asking three or four people along the way, they found the post and telecommunications bureau after walking for more than ten minutes.

This town doesn't look big either. It should be said that the towns now don't look big, after all, they haven't developed yet.

At the entrance of the post and telecommunications bureau, several people felt a bit constrained. You look at me, I look at you, and none of them dared to walk in.

Ye Yaopeng smiled awkwardly, "Dongzi, you go in first, we follow behind you."

Ye Yaohua also nodded, and said realistically, "Yeah, we don't know how to read, and we don't know how to speak Mandarin. In a while, you say how to say it, and we will do it."

Pei Fu also smiled and said, "I don't know how to read, and I don't know how to speak Mandarin. I will follow you."

Ye Yaodong shook his head with a wry smile. He didn't expect that he had become the one with the most culture among everyone!

He walked in first and said, "Older brother, second brother, I suggest you also go to a literacy class. Literacy is still very useful. At least you can understand the list, and you won't be easily cheated in the future."

"Need, need, this illiteracy, feeling that going out is also quite difficult. Those words at the entrance of the post and telecommunications bureau, we don't recognize them."

"Yeah, it doesn't matter if you can write? But you have to recognize it."

After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he walked to the counter. At first, the counter lady ignored them, speaking a local Minnan dialect, and the tone sounded strange, but several people could barely understand it, and they were also very happy. Finally, they could barely understand the language, and they chattered a lot...

Then, as if no one was there, they chattered a lot...

The counter lady shouted impatiently, "What are you doing? Are you buying stamps, sending letters, withdrawing money, or remitting money?"

Ye Yaodong was stunned when he heard about buying stamps. He remembered what he heard people say in his previous life. It seems that a few editions of stamps are speculated to be quite high in price, but... which edition is it???

He was just a fisherman and didn't pay attention to this at all. He usually swiped videos to watch various fish, and social information also focused on current politics, people's livelihood, and marine fish-related.

This kind of bird stuff like stamps, antiques, stocks, where can he understand?

The counter lady saw that no one answered her, and asked impatiently again, "What are you here for?"

Ye Yaodong came back to his senses, threw the thoughts about stamps to the back of his mind, and hurriedly said, "We want to deposit money. Can we withdraw it across provinces?"

The counter lady looked at them with suspicion. This group of people didn't look like they had money, but she still made the process of depositing money clear, and told him to choose remittance, which would be simpler.

Ye Yaodong also thought of it. Now there is no computer, and no national networking. Direct remittance, letting his wife withdraw it, is simpler.

Don't blame him for not knowing the process. After all, he has never had money in his previous life, no money to withdraw, no money to deposit, just heard a general idea. When Aqing was still alive, everything was handled by her.

Even when the passbook came out, he didn't remember, only knowing that it existed in the 90s.

"Fine, then remit money."

"Is it telegraphic transfer or letter remittance?"

"Telegraphic transfer, telegraphic transfer is faster."

"Telegraphic transfer fee is higher."

"It doesn't matter, just telegraphic transfer."

Letter remittance is to write a remittance slip and stuff it into an envelope and mail it to the other party.

Telegraphic transfer is to write a telegram and ask the post office to send a telegram to the other party's payee.

At this time, the internal system and inter-bank system were extremely imperfect. Bank remittance was divided into letter remittance and telegraphic transfer, all of which were completed with the help of the post and telecommunications bureau.

Their town only had a post and telecommunications bureau.

Ye Yaodong filled out the remittance slip and handed the money to her, watching her take the money and send the telegram in surprise.

After he finished, the three were a bit hesitant.

"Is this fine? This... your wife goes to the village to get a certificate and bring the telegram to get the money?"

Looking at Ye Yaodong's hand light instantly, they were a bit panicked.

"Yeah, it just happens that there is a phone here, I will call her and let her pay attention."

"Is this... safe? Can I get it?"

The counter lady rolled her eyes and said angrily, "This is the post and telecommunications bureau, it is state-owned, how can it be unsafe?"

They could barely understand the local Minnan dialect of the counter lady. The counter lady could of course also roughly understand their real Minnan dialect.

"Yes yes yes..." They hurriedly echoed, "Safe, safe..."

"Is the handling fee so expensive?" Pei Fu couldn't help but feel a little distressed, "Why don't we save a little more?"

Each remittance is charged 1% of the amount, with a minimum of two yuan and a maximum of 50 yuan. Telegraphic transfer is not capped, which makes them feel distressed.

Dongzi's 2,000-plus yuan was charged 20-plus yuan!

The counter lady urged impatiently, "Do you still want to handle the remittance?"

Ye Yaodong glanced at her, the attitude is really bad!

"Hurry up and remit, it's not safe to keep it on hand, it's safer to send it back directly. In a while, go to call together."

The three of them hesitated for a while, and then gritted their teeth, and cruelly took out the cloth bag of money. Like Ye Yaodong, there were ten-yuan bills, hair bills, and a few cents of coins, with ten-yuan bills accounting for the majority.

The counter lady was really too surprised this time!

Unexpectedly, the four people who looked poor actually carried so much money. It is really not to be judged by appearance!

The attitude was much better when arranging telegraphic transfer next...

By the time they walked out of the post and telecommunications bureau and felt the joy of their family, it was already 1 hour later.

"Why is the handling fee for this remittance so expensive? No wonder it's cold and clear inside, and no one is there. Who wants to come? This one came in and several tens of yuan were gone."

"Exactly, hurry up and let the wife at home take the money, don't put it in the bank, this is too black-hearted..."

Ye Yaodong smiled and didn't say anything, shook his jingling pocket, "Let's go, buy some food to put on the boat, buy some noodles, dry food, cakes, etc., for so many days, the boat's are almost digested."

"Then hurry up, buy whatever, cushion your stomach at noon..."

Ye Fu and the others had finished their work on the boat, and even Chen Jianian had called back to the boat long ago, but they hadn't returned yet.

Everyone was looking forward to it, and Ye Fu was waiting anxiously.

Until nearly two hours later, they appeared in everyone's field of vision. Looking at their brisk steps, everyone was relieved.

After they walked to the front, Ye Fu complained and asked: "Why did you go for so long? Don't know how to come back early, and stroll around everywhere."

"Didn't stroll around, just bought some dry food and noodles after remitting money, to replenish, there is almost no food on the boat."

"Get on the boat quickly, it's noon, hurry up and find a village to stay in. It has wasted half the morning, and we can't delay in the afternoon."

"It's mealtime, let's go down to the restaurant to eat together?"

"No need, what restaurant? Things outside are too expensive. Let's boil something to eat on the boat while sailing, save a little, get on quickly." Ye Fu disapproved and hurriedly urged him.

Others also echoed to eat dry food or boil noodles themselves.

They were all too good at saving money for him. Ye Yaodong sighed, then he couldn't eat either.

Sailing and drifting along the coast, they passed one village after another. Some villages had no educated youth spots, no empty houses to rent, some didn't welcome them outsiders at all, and some docking points were too small, only small wooden boats could dock, and larger boats couldn't dock.

They drifted all the way on the sea and asked all the way.

Ye Yaodong only felt that it was lucky that they could stay in that village at the beginning. Just now they found several villages, none of which were suitable.

It took another hour before they found a large village where they could rent for a few days, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Money is not easy to earn. Fortunately, the place to stay for the next two or three days is there."

"If you change places every two or three days, it's quite troublesome. Not to mention moving things back and forth, the key is that the village is not so easy to find."

"Then you can't stay too long. Who let us be outsiders, and catch too much, making people jealous. It's already good to be calm for two or three days."

"Dongzi is right. Let's move things off the boat first. Fortunately, we have many people, and we can move them in one trip. Things that are not used for the time being don't need to be moved, put them on the boat." Ye Yaodong added again.

It was him who was on the road. He spent a lot of cigarette money during this time. Otherwise, who would let him toss?

Just because he changed places every three days, hit a shot and changed a point, who would be willing to follow his ass to collect goods? It was him who did things beautifully. Although people were not happy, they took people's hands short, and would think that they were outsiders, and who's friend in the factory, so they were more tolerant.

Everyone nodded at the same time.

"Then let's do this. Don't move to the next village. It's easier to live on the island. Don't change it all the time. Just dock in any village in a while and fetch a few buckets of water." Ye Fu said and began to pay attention to whether there was any place to dock around.

For more than a month, they have been shuttling back and forth in this sea area, and they have been familiar with it. The surrounding villages are also familiar, whether it is the border of Zhejiang Province or the border of Fujian Province, they have stayed.

Ye Yaodong's boat is now their head boat. Ye Fu drove it, just chose a village to dock nearby, and other boats also stopped, and then several strong laborers went down to fetch water.

Ye Ersao had no opinion about staying on the island alone. Anyway, they have already come, and everyone says what she does. This is also for everyone's safety.

They moved everything to the boat at dawn, and caught fish while rushing to the next village. Now they decided to go to the island temporarily, so they just need to go to a nearby village to fetch a few buckets of water.

After putting people and things on the island, Ye Erge also stayed to help organize things temporarily, and the other three boats took advantage of the half-day time to continue catching.

It was still that location, that sea, but thanks to them and the sea turtles, the quantity was drastically reduced compared to before. It had long been gone from the crowded situation seen at the beginning, and even the jellyfish floating on the surrounding sea surface had been reduced a lot.

Everyone understood after seeing it, they couldn't catch it for a few days, and today was September 22nd.

But if there is something to catch, they still continue to catch. Mosquito legs are meat, and they can earn a little more.

Just when they were about to return, a boat suddenly broke into their field of vision, and it was accelerating and running towards them head-on. Immediately after, there were two boats behind, which also turned towards their direction. The speed of the three boats was quite fast.

They slowed down after seeing it from afar, and the three boats concentrated together, for fear of any accidents?

It's just unexpected that after getting close, I found that it was an old acquaintance's boat?

"Ah? Comrade Ye Yaodong~" Lu Hongwei shouted excitedly after the boat approached, "It's okay, it's okay..."

The Lu family's boat also found that it was Ye Yaodong's boat, and was instantly relieved, hurriedly slowed down, circled a circle, turned the boat head, and went parallel to them.