Chapter 635

In the thinking of the older generation, if you have a skill, you won't starve to death.

Ye Yaodong also felt the same way, but it also depends on his own interest. Liking it is the most important thing. Things he doesn't like, no matter how good they are, forcing him is useless.

"In case he is not interested, when he finishes school, he can come and watch the shop for me after graduating from junior high school... ah, no..."

After the words were spoken, he realized that this kind of adolescent boy couldn't be trusted.

Being alone in the city without anyone watching, it's very easy to learn bad things. The flower-filled world is dazzling, and the current social environment is too poor. Moreover, in a few years, the Young and Dangerous series will come out, so don't let his shop be ruined and harm himself.

Ye Fu frowned and looked at him. "Watching the shop is also fine, why is it not okay?"

"Teenagers have no stability. I'm afraid that if he has no one to manage him, he will learn bad things. Learning good is not easy, but learning bad is a matter of minutes. And in such a bustling and prosperous big place in the city, in case he learns bad things from bad people, wouldn't I become a sinner through the ages?"

He didn't want to harm the child for a lifetime either. In the countryside, at least there are fewer temptations. No matter what, he has to be older and have a firm mind to be less influenced.

"That's true. Let's talk about it later. His father and mother haven't planned yet, but you've already started planning."

"Isn't this also my eldest nephew? Although he is a bit naughty and a bit asking for a beating..."

Ye Fu felt very comforted in his heart. The palm of the hand is meat, and the back of the hand is also meat. Of course, he hoped that the whole family would be harmonious and affectionate.

Although Dongzi is sloppy and giggling all day long, looking unreliable, he is very fond of the few younger ones, not to mention treating them as his own children, and he has nothing to say to them old folks.

If he could change his temper and be more steady, that would be great.

He couldn't say good words either and changed the subject very naturally. "Mm, don't just talk. After this net is set, it's time to set the buoys. Change to another position to set the net. I'll go steer the boat."

"Wait for me to finish setting this net before steering."

Just at this moment, a fish suddenly jumped onto the water surface and smashed into the boat body. Before he could even see it clearly, it fell into the water again in an instant.

Without precautions, it almost scared him. He thought it was something. By the time he reacted and wanted to scoop it up, the fish that fell into the water had already dived down and disappeared.

"Gone so fast?"

But thinking about it, he turned his head and found the dip net.

Ye Fu was waiting for him to finish setting the sticky net in his hand and set the buoy. As a result, he saw that he hadn't put the buoy down for a long time and even ran into the cabin, feeling puzzled.

"What are you doing? Hurry up, don't delay things." Ye Fu shouted loudly.

"Got it."

He took the dip net and walked to the side of the boat, putting it down casually, intending to put it as a spare. As a result, at this moment, a fish figure suddenly jumped up on the sea surface again, and, just right, it actually smashed directly into his chest?

Chest?

He felt a slight pain in his chest and instinctively raised his hand to grab it, just pressing the fish into his arms. Looking down...

"Damn, it's a silly fish. No wonder it threw itself into my arms. Was it you just now too?"

Ye Yaodong was unexpectedly pleasantly surprised. He grabbed its fish head and muttered a few words. Actually, he should have thought that only this fish would stupidly send itself to the door automatically.

Ye Fu was waiting for him to set the buoy and then steer the boat. As a result, he didn't wait for him to put the buoy down, but saw him grab a fish and walked over in surprise.

"How did you catch it? I didn't see you do anything, and a fish popped out of your hand."

Ye Yaodong also felt it was funny. "This fish jumped into my arms by itself, and I hugged it by the way. Just now, a fish also jumped up and hit the boat body, but it fell down again, so I said I would go back to the boat to get the dip net. I don't know if it's this one."

"Oh, no wonder I saw a fish suddenly pop out of your hand. Hurry up and put it in the bucket, and put the buoy down. Seize the time, set all the nets before dark. The wind is strong at night, and it gets dark early. Go back early."

"Got it." He was still clutching the fish in his hand and smiled. "Others say the duck knows the warmth of the spring river first, but here, the fish knows the warmth of the seawater first. Consider yourself unlucky. Tonight, it's you, fish fillet hot and sour soup!"

He held the fish that was no longer moving and threw a parabola toward the water bucket. With a thud, it was thrown into the bucket, and then he continued to set his buoy.

After setting the buoy, Ye Fu drove forward for a distance before calling him to continue setting the nets.

During this period of intermittent cloudy and rainy weather, or strong winds and waves, the good weather suitable for going out to sea was only those days before the New Year. Therefore, these sticky nets didn't wear out much.

The father and son also cherished them quite a bit. After collecting them, they organized them immediately and washed and dried them every few days. 50 nets still retained 42. Five or six were scrapped because the wind was too strong, and the nets were entangled with the rolling wheels, so they could only be cut and torn.

The father and son cooperated with each other to set the nets, and the efficiency was considered quite high. The two went out to sea late, but they finished quickly. Before it was dark, all 42 nets were set. When the fishing boat docked, the sky was just getting dark.

Just in time, they also ran into Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua. The two had also just docked. They went out to sea to trawl at night, and later specifically left some time to set more than 20 sticky nets, so they were also delayed until now.

The father and son didn't trawl today and didn't have anything to be busy with, so they went to the neighboring boat to help them pick and move the goods, and then lifted the buckets onto the cart together and pushed the cart back.

Clearly, he brought buckets and baskets out, just a habitual action to prevent needing to load fish goods. Unexpectedly, although there was no trawling today, he also loaded two buckets of fish.

Except for the silly fish that hit his arms when setting the nets, later when he was setting the nets, several mullet fish suddenly jumped on the sea surface, and they were just covered tightly by the sticky net he set down.

The net was only half set, and he collected it by the way, taking down the dozen or so one or two jin mullet fish that were caught in the net one by one.

Ye Fu couldn't help but laugh at that time. The idiom "throwing oneself into the net" appeared directly in his uncultured mind, which was particularly vivid.

Ye Yaodong didn't need to share the two buckets of a dozen fish. His eldest brother and second brother went out to trawl, and their own fish goods were plentiful. He planned to keep these fish to braise or cook fish fillet soup, and the rest would be used to pickle a basin of salted fish to change the taste.

Ever since there was a large quantity of dried fish at home, a bowl every day was indispensable. It was either steamed or stir-fried, and he had already eaten enough.

Ye Fu also talked to Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua as they walked, telling them about their wives going out to sea to dig shellfish.

Both of their eyes lit up, pleasantly surprised. If they could earn more money this way, of course it would be good.

Ye Yaopeng asked impatiently, "Dongzi, are you sure you want to collect dried goods to sell? If you want, I'll tell your sister-in-law to go dig at night. A whole day, one person can also dig ten sacks back."

"Yes, if I didn't want to, Dad wouldn't have told you, and it would save the trouble of tossing and turning. If we want to eat it ourselves, when will there not be any? If the two sisters-in-law are not afraid of hardship, just go dig, dig it and dry it to sell to me."

Maybe they could even have unexpected surprises, picking up some good goods when the tide recedes. The resources on the island are still quite rich now, which is much better than sitting at home weaving nets.

Ye Yaohua also smiled, and several wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes. "If you can make money, what is hard or not hard? Can this be harder than working desperately in the brigade a few years ago and earning work points?"

"That's right, going to the island to dig shellfish is not considered physical labor, they can definitely do it."

"Okay, just be careful yourself. Then this is the same as dried fish, I want as much as there is. I will set the price according to the situation later. Anyway, I won't let you suffer losses. We are all brothers of the same family."

"Hey, good, you just decide." Ye Yaopeng stood on the side, rubbing his hands back and forth happily.

Ye Yaohua was also very happy pushing the flatbed cart, and there was another source of income at home.

After they went back and told their own wives, they were all very happy and very willing. How much money can you earn by weaving nets at home?

Although those shellfish have heavier shells and more types, and the meat inside is large and small, if you dig a thousand jin back casually, at the very least, you should be able to dry twenty or thirty jin a day. Isn't this better than weaving nets?

It's just that after they left, what about the children at home? They are day students and have to go home for lunch and dinner.

Ye Yaodong didn't expect that he just made a suggestion to create income for his eldest brother and second brother's family, and he could also win-win, but he almost pitted his own wife.

Just when their family was sitting around eating, Ye's eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law came to knock on the door.

"You haven't finished eating yet?"

Lin Xiuqing smiled. "Not yet, waiting for Dad and Mom to come over, waited for a while."

"You've worked hard. Dad and Mom are eating with you, and they've done more work than us for nothing." Ye's eldest sister-in-law smiled, just a bit good at talking.

"It's nothing, just adding two pairs of chopsticks and washing two more bowls. Have you eaten? What's the matter? There are no extra stools in this room, you can sit on the chairs and in front of the stove. The pot is still boiling hot water, you can warm your body sitting there."

"Hey, good, we can just stand. We just want to ask you for something." Ye's second sister-in-law said straight-forwardly, but she was also a bit embarrassed, looking at her with a somewhat awkward smile on her face, waiting for her to ask.

"What's the matter?"

Lin Xiuqing had just sat back at the dining table. Hearing this, she turned her head and looked at them puzzledly.

She just said they definitely wouldn't come to the house without a reason. When she opened the door, she thought of it in her heart.

Others were also curiously looking at the two people.

Ye's eldest sister-in-law apologized with a smile. "It's like this, Dongzi suggested to his brothers that we go out to sea with them to forage for some shellfish to dry and sell to him as dried goods. Both I and your second sister-in-law are very moved, but we are worried that there is no one to look after the children at home..."

She cast her eyes to Ye's second sister-in-law, signaling her to finish the remaining words.

Ye's second sister-in-law also lived up to expectations and took over the words.

"Right, just worried that there is no one to look after the children at home. They are still in school. When they come back from school at noon, we want to ask you to help prepare lunch for them to eat. As for dinner, we will prepare it when we come back. It doesn't matter if it's a bit late..."