Chapter 768: Strength Doesn't Allow Him to Be Low-Key

After arriving at the destination, Ye Fu habitually scooped up a ladle of seawater and tapped the ladle. He saw that there were 5 flashing points inside, an increase of 3 compared to yesterday.

His face was full of joy. "The quantity is even greater today. It will definitely be more and more every day from now on. We can just rest assured and fish here in the afternoon."

"Alright, then let's go to the island to take a look first."

Perhaps because the fishing season had just arrived yesterday, there weren't many squid stranded on the island. One by one, the scattered, white, and plump squid, looking like small steamed buns, swayed with the waves and were constantly pushed onto the beach by the surf.

At this time, it was just the beginning of the ebb tide, and wave after wave pushed the floating objects onto the beach.

Lin Guangyuan was extremely excited. "Uncle-in-law, those white things are all squid, right? There are so many, hurry, let's go pick them up."

"Wait for the boat to dock first, don't be in a hurry."

"How many days can we pick them up for?"

"Ten days or half a month, it's not certain, it's hard to say. Don't feel tired and then not want to work after two days."

"Definitely not, this is much easier and more profitable than carrying sandbags at the pier."

"I hope you can say the same in the afternoon. Alright, go down and work."

Regardless of whether you are working or not, whether you are doing light or heavy work, if you don't get enough sleep, people will easily find it unbearable.

Getting up at two in the morning and not getting home until four or five or six in the afternoon, eating, bathing, and lying down meant it was at least seven or eight o'clock. After brewing for a while, you had to get up again after only a few hours of sleep, and this kept cycling.

Ordinary adults would feel tired, let alone a half-grown boy like him. He hoped he could persist; suffering a little bit occasionally could also be a good exercise.

He looked very proactive at the moment. As soon as the boat docked, he immediately took the tool bucket he had prepared and went down, starting to pick them up impatiently.

Seeing that the quantity wasn't large, Ye Fu took Asheng and drove a boat to go trawling first, leaving Dongzi to stay here with his eldest nephew to watch for a while.

Ye Yaodong took a few more sacks down. If the quantity decreased later, he could dig for shelled goods on the stone walls, or go beachcombing on the beach himself.

Not long after they arrived, the boat with Azheng and Hearing Xiao Xiao also came over. They got off the boat, greeted them, took a look, felt that there weren't many stranded goods, and went trawling too.

Ye Yaodong had also planned to go trawling. With only this little bit of goods stranded on the beach, why would they need three people? However, fearing that Lin Guangyuan would be afraid, he accompanied him to pick them up for a short while, and only left after giving him a thorough lecture.

Working at sea is quite boring, the sky is dark, and the sound of the diesel engine on the boat is loud. He didn't want to shout or talk if there was nothing to do, and he didn't have any idle chatter with his eldest cousin.

He kept an eye on the moving light on the island, and seeing it moving back and forth normally on the island, he felt relieved.

With Lin Guangyuan alone on the island and no one to make noise with him, he could only honestly pick up squid.

After only one trawl, the sky began to brighten.

After dawn, fewer squid floated over, there were more seagulls, and the tide rose. Only then did he sit on the stone wall to rest for a while, and then looking at the shells above, he also began to dig with a clanking sound.

He looked quite hardworking.

Ye Yaodong waited until the second trawl was collected and the sun was high in the sky, time for breakfast, before docking at the pier to check on his harvest.

Lin Guangyuan pulled over a sack like he was offering a treasure to show him, and pointed to another full bag of shells beside him. "Little Uncle-in-law, I picked up a sack, and these are all things I dug up!"

"Very good, keep working hard in the afternoon, there might be even more squid tomorrow."

"Alright." Lin Guangyuan was full of energy and responded happily.

Ye Yaodong docked once more at noon when it was time to eat, and only then did he feel at ease to fish for squid around the island.

And back at home, things were also busy with great enthusiasm.

After discussing with his father-in-law last night, he had instructed Uncle Zhou, who drove the tractor, to go to the market to pick up goods at eight o'clock the next day. Just at noon, past 12 o'clock, the full cart of round scad arrived home.

Ye Mu and Aqing, with the two sisters-in-law from the Lin family, didn't need to rely on men. The four women unloaded the goods right there, and after unloading, they started slaughtering fish in the courtyard with great enthusiasm.

The two aunts who were often invited in the past were Ye Mu's own sisters. She didn't say that because there were two sisters-in-law from the Lin family, she wouldn't call others. On such a hot day, the fish had to be slaughtered while fresh, not to mention she had to go to work at a certain time, so she could only linger outside more when she was free.

Don't think that the Women's Federation is very idle. In the past few years, they started cracking down on over-births, and it became stricter and stricter. Many times, they were outside for most of the day.

Aqing also had many things to arrange inside and outside, and she also had to manage the food and drink for the four brothers and sisters-in-law, and look after the old and young. At most, she could do a little more when she was free, but most of the time she could only act as a supervisor. If they didn't have a few more people slaughtering, they wouldn't be able to finish in a day.

After slaughtering, they still had to wash and dry them. These were all jobs that required people to do.

Her two brothers came over early this morning, and after measuring the land, they started weeding and planting bamboo in the afternoon.

Under the scorching sun, they didn't know how many jin of sweat had evaporated.

Because the whole village was taking advantage of the fishing season to catch squid, the village was relatively quiet during the day. Although the news that their family had bought the empty land next door had spread last night, it hadn't been exaggerated too ridiculously today.

It wasn't until evening, when those who went out to sea returned one after another, that the pier became bustling with noise and excitement. While everyone was discussing the squid harvest, they also started discussing the fact that Ye Yaodong had bought more than an acre of land by the beach.

During this period, he had simply been in the limelight!

When Ye Yaodong docked and returned in the evening and heard the villagers' discussions, he also felt that in his two lifetimes combined, he had been the most glorious recently.

For the past half month, there hadn't been a single day in the whole village where his events hadn't been circulating.

The grocery store in the village was the center of excitement for the whole village. No matter who passed by or bought things, what they heard back and forth was discussions about him.

A few days ago, they were all talking about him buying one boat after another, and today there was a new trend, saying he had bought land again and was going to make a big fortune.

Everyone was guessing how much money he had actually earned from selling dried fish.

"He must have earned a lot of money. The two boats alone must have cost several thousand, not to mention buying land again. This 'Salted Fish Dong' nickname wasn't called for nothing."

"Yes, yes, if there's a 'Ten-Thousand-Yuan Household' evaluation this year, Adong will definitely be on it. He is now the role model for our whole village."

"If only he could collect all the dried fish in the village, the fellow villagers could also earn a little more money..."

"What everyone leaves at home is all messy, unwanted miscellaneous fish. I heard it's not that popular. It's still better to sell the same kind of fish."

"I heard that their family brought back several thousand jin of round scad again today to process there..."

"They've already hung them all over the entrance to dry. Tsk tsk tsk~ I don't know where he gets his connections to be able to sell so much..."

"What other connections could there be? People have shops in the market. If you have the ability, you can buy a shop and sell them yourself. Maybe by then, the fellow villagers won't call him 'Salted Fish Dong' anymore, but change it to 'Salted Fish Fa'..."

"Where would I have that ability?"

Ye Yaodong had just stepped onto the shore and was preparing to push a flatbed cart over when he heard everyone discussing him. There weren't as many people discussing the squid harvest as there were discussing him.

At most, after asking about the harvest, they would turn the topic back to him.

"Hey? Adong is back..."

"How's the harvest, Adong? Is it more than yesterday today?"

"It should be more than all of us, right?"

"Definitely, he has three boats. Any one of his boats has more than ours. You can tell even with your butt..."

"Hey? That piece of land by the beach, did you really buy it? I heard the land was measured today. How much money was it?"

"Is it for building a big workshop? I heard last night that you were going to use it to dry dried fish. Isn't that too wasteful?"

"Yes, you can dry them on any empty land. Why buy a piece of land specifically..."

"Did you really buy the land? I heard someone else had their eye on it and wanted to use it to build a house..."

The villagers surrounded him, chattering and buzzing non-stop. Hearing them, he regretted it. He regretted that he shouldn't have been the one to get off the boat; he should have let his eldest cousin get off the boat to push the flatbed cart.

No, he should have instructed his mother not to shout everywhere. If he bought it, he bought it. Anyway, when the bricks were laid, everyone would naturally know.

It was better to avoid having big things happen all at once. The heat from the three boats a while ago hadn't passed, and now this piece of land was added immediately. It was indeed too sensational.

Throughout history, houses, shops, and land have been the real estate humans desire most.

Sigh, his strength doesn't allow him to be low-key!

"Ah, everyone make way, make way. Let's talk later, don't block the road. Let me push the flatbed cart over to pick up the goods first."

"Alright, alright, everyone make way first."

"Everyone make way..." ===== CHAPTER 769 =====