Chapter 582

If he could work for two or three months, until after the New Year, how good would that be? He didn't expect to go every day, but going once or twice every few days would also earn a lot, maybe even several hundred.

For that little bit of petty profit, he had missed out on a large sum. The more he thought about it, the more his heart ached, and the more he counted, the more uncomfortable he felt.

Several hundred! He would have to work every day for a good half a year to earn that much, while people with boats could earn it back in two months of hard work.

Looking at his expression, Ye Yaodong knew that this person also regretted it. If he had worked hard, he could have earned a little more in these few months. Now, it was too late.

Several hundred were gone. This money could have bought a small boat to work on his own.

And it wasn't just the money that was gone; the friendship that had just been repaired with difficulty was starting to show cracks again.

Although everyone sympathized with him and felt he was hopeless, they were truly disgusted by his way of doing things.

After Haozi counted the money clearly, he tucked it back into his pocket and looked at them, "Sigh, I've caused you trouble today. This shouldn't have happened in the first place."

He really wanted to say that he had been dragged into this passively, but he couldn't say it; saying it would make him look even more spineless.

"You know that too!" Ye Yaodong said bluntly, "If you're a man, be a bit tougher. Even if you're living off a woman, it's better than being as spineless as a turtle egg. Although both are pathetic, at least in one case, others have to look at your face, while in the other, you have to look at theirs."

Haozi had a bitter face, nodded randomly, and just said he was going back first, then turned and walked away, not caring about his wife and his father-in-law's family anymore.

"Sigh! You bastard, just leaving like this." His wife was still standing in the same spot, cursing, "You didn't even say to check the list. You just took whatever money they gave you. What if they gave you less? You should have at least counted it..."

Ye Yaodong said unpleasantly, "Are your accounts settled? Don't you also need to settle my account?"

Haozi's wife looked up in shock, "What account! When did we ever owe you money?"

"That mouthful of phlegm you spat is very valuable! Take a look, pay up!"

"Crazy! Can't even spit now? Is your floor paved with gold bricks..." Haozi's wife ran away quickly while cursing, afraid that if she were a step late, she would be caught and forced to pay.

After Ye Mu had scolded them a few times, she left this matter to the young people. She had been muttering to the surrounding women about how these people were this and that. Now that she saw the main culprits had left and the farce was almost over, she hurriedly took a broom to chase people away.

"You've already taken the money, why are you still stepping on my floor? You're still not willing to leave? Are you really planning to collect protection money? It's disgusting. A person not even thirty years old spitting phlegm like someone of an old age, how shameless!"

As she spoke, she took the broom made of bamboo strips, swept away that mouthful of phlegm, and incidentally used the broom to chase those men. Those people originally wanted to say a few words, but they couldn't save face, and now, fearing being hit by the broom, they walked faster than anything, pushing and shoving as they hurried toward the courtyard gate.

The fellow villagers who had originally blocked the courtyard gate saw so many people squeezing out, so they all hurriedly moved aside, incidentally pulling people they knew to ask a few questions: what exactly happened in the end?

This story of excitement ended halfway through, and they hadn't heard the ending, so they felt an unbearable itch in their hearts.

People who were familiar with each other started chatting at the gate. Ye Mu simply closed the courtyard gate, blocking the noise outside to have some peace and quiet.

Having been busy for so long, the sky was completely dark, and their family hadn't even eaten yet; it had been delayed until now.

Ye Yaodong also invited Xiao Xiao and Ah Zheng to stay for dinner and have a couple of drinks. They accepted gladly and directly sent their wives back first.

Although they hadn't said so in advance and hadn't cooked extra rice, people who drink don't need to eat much rice anyway. Besides, there were rice dumplings at home; steaming a few would be enough to fill them up, and they were even better to eat.

"I wanted to ask just now, what kind of family are you? It's not even the day yet, and you've already wrapped rice dumplings so early."

"It's so fragrant. I haven't eaten them for a whole year. Last year, my wife was still reluctant to wrap many. Your filling is really sufficient; there's meat and squid."

"I caught them with my father-in-law at sea a few days ago. Seeing that they were big, I just told Dongzi to keep them to wrap rice dumplings."

"Tsk tsk tsk~ People see big ones and think about selling them for money, but you two are really willing!"

"Aren't we willing? One family has two boats, and the other has both a boat and a shop. So what if we eat a big squid? We could even eat abalone!"

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes at them, "Eating can't even block your mouths."

"Oh right! You also said just now that you went to the shipyard with Ah Guang today. What did you go there for?" Xiao Xiao asked curiously while eating a rice dumpling.

Ah Zheng also hurriedly raised his head after taking a bite and looked over, "You wouldn't also be planning to buy another boat to collect rent, would you?"

"Ah?" Xiao Xiao was surprised, "You just bought a shop, and now you're buying a boat again? You're really something!"

Ye Yaodong didn't hide anything from them and admitted it generously, "I do have this idea and plan. I went to see it yesterday and learned a bit, went again today, and will go see it again tomorrow after delivering the goods."

Ah Zheng gave him a thumbs up, "Awesome! We're still learning to walk, and you're already running."

Ye Mu had already been informed by Ye Fu last night. The complaints that should have been made had already been fiercely made to Ye Fu yesterday. At this moment, the power wasn't great; she just glared at him fiercely and said unpleasantly, "You only know how to stir up trouble. Is money burning your hands?"

After speaking, she lost her temper at Ye Fu again, "The good son you gave birth to! From small to big, no one has ever listened to a word anyone said! Everything is just doing whatever he wants?"

Ye Fu kept eating his food, not responding to her, treating it as wind in his ears. The words that should have been said, they had all said yesterday. He had already passively endured the storm, what else did she want?

If he responded with a sentence now: Isn't that the good son you gave birth to?

Then it would probably be like poking a hornet's nest, and it would be endless.

Ye Yaodong also directly ignored his mother's words, treating it as if he hadn't heard them. Otherwise, if he picked up her words, she would keep outputting to him later.

He only liked watching his mother confront others; he didn't like being the one to endure the storm.

Xiao Xiao smiled and looked at Ye Mu, saying, "Dongzi is really something, daring to think and daring to act. If this continues at one boat a year, in ten years, he could open a shipping company."

"He can! Saying it so lightly, with a flick of the lips, a boat can be spat out of the mouth."

Hearing his mother's words, Ye Yaodong secretly rolled his eyes, ignored her, and continued talking only to his friends.

"What the hell is a shipping company? Do you know what a shipping company does?"

"What does it do?"

"Overseas logistics and transportation!"

They were all a bit confused and didn't quite understand.

Ye Yaodong didn't explain much, "I'm not so full that I'd buy a boat a year. I just need to get one bigger one, and after that, I won't need to change it again."

He wasn't planning on going to the deep ocean; this boat would be enough for him to sail for many, many years.

"A bigger one?" Xiao Xiao and Ah Zheng said in unison, looking at him in surprise, "How big?"

"Tentatively 24 meters."

Ah Zheng: "That big?"

Xiao Xiao: "24 meters? Doesn't that consume a lot of oil? Why are you getting such a big one? You've only been sailing for a year. Getting one this big, won't it take several days before you return to port to dock once?"

Ah Zheng: "That would be too hard, right? Why get such a big one all of a sudden? Getting another one like Ah Guang's to collect rent would also work."

Xiao Xiao: "Yeah, why is your ambition so big all of a sudden?"

The two asked questions one after another. Ye Yaodong ate his food calmly and looked at them, "I'm just planning to order it in advance. It will take two years before it's delivered. It's not easy to buy a boat now. The orders in the factory are already lined up for a year and a half later. In these two years, everyone has saved some money. Around our county, relying on the sea to eat from the sea, everyone is thinking about buying a boat to make money."

"If I don't pre-order, where can I buy a boat on short notice? Can you conjure one up for me? It's not like a few years ago when the fishing brigade disbanded and fishing boats were sold cheaply. Second-hand ones aren't easy to buy now; you have to rely on luck and see if you can bump into one. Generally, no one will sell."

"But there's no need to be in such a hurry, right? That boat of Ah Guang's aunt also seems to be only 20 meters, right?"

"His cabin is small, and the fish hold is also small. Since it's being custom-made, it should definitely be made a little bigger. Otherwise, a tiny bit of cargo would require letting the fresh-receiving boat take it to clear space. If the fish hold is made bigger and more cargo is loaded, it will be more valuable when you return to port to sell it yourself."

"You're right about that, but it consumes oil!"

"But it also catches more! Resources in more distant sea areas are definitely richer. What's a little oil consumption?"

The two looked at each other, seemingly having nothing to refute.

Ah Guang ate his bowl of rice slowly before speaking, "Why are you worrying about this? He has money and wants to get a big one, so let him get it. A big boat definitely drags more and earns more. Let's just wait for him to earn a pot full of gold and treat us to drinks and meals. We'll eat his every day then."

"It's just that it was too surprising all of a sudden, and I also wanted to care a bit, fearing he made a decision too impulsively and irrationally," Xiao Xiao said seriously.

Ah Zheng also scratched his head, "I just feel like it seems a bit unreal!"

"Why is it unreal? It's not you buying the boat, do you feel like you're dreaming?"

"It's not that. It's just that I thought Xiao Xiao and I had just finished paying off our debts and had saved a little money, and I was thinking we could buy meat to eat. But then I discovered Dongzi was already eating abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, and bird's nest. That's the feeling. Clearly, not long ago, we could only pick up small shrimp and crabs to eat."

Ah Guang touched his chin, "I didn't have much of an idea originally, but hearing you say that, I feel the same way. Damn it, we're riding motorcycles and can barely keep up with the speed at which he earns money."

"You might be riding a motorcycle, we might just be on bicycles, sigh~"

Ye Yaodong almost spat out a mouthful of wine.

Xiao Xiao glared at Ah Zheng, "Why are you telling the truth? I was really planning to go buy a bicycle. Because of what you said, I don't even have the mood to be happy now. I was originally quite happy that I could buy a big item for the New Year."

"You won't even let people tell the truth, hateful!"