Chapter 791

"You've probably got over 2,000 jin here, right? The other boat should be about the same, right?" Acai rubbed his hands excitedly.

"Not that much. There are some miscellaneous fish mixed in that I didn't pick out. I'll have to take them back and pick them out while cleaning them later."

"Ah? You're taking them all back to dry? No way, such a large quantity! The goods you dragged back today are two or three times the usual amount. Isn't there a big pile already drying in the open space over there? With the goods from these two boats, that's three or four thousand jin there. The small workshop hasn't finished processing the previous batch; where would you have room to dry them?"

Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt it made sense. The goods in the small workshop probably wouldn't be dry until tomorrow, and they couldn't be collected yet. The rain the day before yesterday had delayed things, and a big pile still couldn't be dried today. The quantity here was too large; there was simply no room to dry them.

Plus, there were the goods from his two older brothers; it had been agreed long ago that if it didn't rain, they would be left for him to take back.

No wonder this guy was so attentive today, coming directly to greet them. So he had already thought it through and was eyeing his goods?

"Alright then, I'll leave the goods from these two boats today to you, and I'll take my older brother's and second brother's goods back to dry."

Their goods shouldn't be as much as theirs; leaving theirs should be about right.

"Good, good, good. I'll help you share the pressure, otherwise, you won't be able to finish cleaning them and won't have a place to dry them, and they'll easily go bad." After saying this, he shouted for the others below to come over and help, lifting and moving them together.

Ye Yaodong didn't argue with him; if he wanted to pat himself on the back, let him.

"Help me pick them out, separate the fish."

It just so happened he was too lazy to move, and it was good to have someone volunteer to do the work.

When the goods were lifted off the boat basket by basket, the people around were truly shocked.

Originally, they were on the boat, and no one knew exactly how much cargo there was. Once the cargo from one boat was lifted down and piled all over the ground, everyone's jaws dropped.

"Ah, so many!"

"How many boats' worth of cargo is this?"

"One boat. I heard this is the cargo from Adong's one boat, and he still has another boat's cargo that hasn't been moved!"

"Ah, damn! So much from one boat, is it for real?"

Acai said proudly: "It's real. This is just the cargo from one boat, but the cargo from this one boat is worth that of five or six small boats."

"Yeah, with so much cargo, five or six small boats don't have as much as this one boat."

"Tsk tsk tsk, the other boat shouldn't have much less, right? Are all these boats having a bumper harvest today? I've never seen a single boat catch so many squids at once."

"Is it because squids have started to become more abundant in the last two days? How could it double or triple?"

"I don't know how others' harvests are. The other boats haven't returned yet; only their few boats came back first..."

"Pick them out first, just pick them into your basket, and then weigh them."

Ye Yaodong listened to them chattering away and interrupted them. Let's pick the goods first. It just so happened they weren't busy now, and everyone at the pier was waiting there; those who were idle could come over and help pick.

After the goods from the two boats were moved down, he put them on separate sides. He wanted to know how much each boat had caught so he could make a statistic later.

By the time they finished picking the goods on both sides and were ready to weigh them, some small boats on the shore had docked one after another; after all, the sun had set.

Everyone looked at the goods lifted down from those small boats, and after a slight comparison, they were surprised one by one.

Those who sailed the small boats looked at the goods all over the ground and thought it was from several boats. When they asked, they were stunned; these were actually all Ye Yaodong's goods, and it was only from two boats.

"Ah, it's piled up everywhere, is this only two boats? This is more than the goods of an entire purchasing point yesterday, right?"

"Yeah, yesterday, Acai's entire purchasing point didn't have this much, right?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, just by purchasing Adong's goods, Acai should have earned enough, right?"

"That's not right, wasn't it agreed that Adong's goods were to be kept back to dry himself? Why are they suddenly piled up here to be sold today?"

Someone said in a low voice: "You're stupid. This must be because he saw it rain the past two days and didn't feel safe, right? With so many goods, he must be thinking of selling them directly to save trouble. If it really rains again, wouldn't he lose everything? He's clearly scared; he was scared by the rain the day before yesterday and doesn't dare to mess around anymore!"

"That's right, after that rain the day before yesterday, the whole village said he was going to lose everything..."

"Who wouldn't be afraid? Although these squids have been falling in price these past few days, they are still sold very expensively, and the quantity is increasing day by day. He must be afraid and doesn't dare to dry them anymore."

"Indeed, he doesn't dare to dry them anymore. Who can afford to lose? He finally saved up some family assets; if a heavy rain falls, he'll lose everything and be laughed at by others."

"It's safer to sell them fresh; the money goes directly into his pocket. It's Acai who earned it."

Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes in his heart. They started singing a dirge before anything even happened, and now they were spreading rumors that he was scared and didn't dare to dry them. Sure enough, the whole village's eyes were on him.

"You guys are overthinking it. Dongzi just feels there's too much cargo and no place to dry it; the ones at home haven't dried yet," Azheng couldn't help but say.

"With such a big sun today, how could they not be dry? They should be dry, right? It didn't rain yesterday. Hey? When is that boss coming with the big Liberation truck to collect the goods again?"

"What, do you have goods to sell to him?"

"Ah haha, no, just asking. Haven't we not seen the big truck for several days? The goods Adong dried during this period should also be sold to him, right? Tell him to come and collect them?" The person speaking in the crowd flickered his eyes and laughed it off.

"Then the goods you dried at home are to be sent to relatives, right?"

"Hehe, one has to keep a little for oneself to eat."

"You're really willing to part with them~"

After Azheng said this sarcastically, he rolled his eyes and patted Ye Yaodong on the shoulder directly, "The goods are all moved, and they've all been picked out. We're going back first."

"Go on, go on. I'll just weigh them and go back too."

"The big truck won't really come over these two days, will it?"

"No, it's not coming!"

"That's good! It'll frustrate those smart-alecks to death. When the time comes, they'll have to come to your door and beg you to collect them... Wahahaha~"

Azheng felt it was funny just thinking about it!

Ye Yaodong also smiled until his eyes narrowed. He thought about it and hesitated. The words were already on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back.

"Hurry back and eat."

He originally wanted to say that if they also wanted to dry them, they could, and when it was nearing the end and the price was cheap, they could dry more and let him collect them.

When it was nearing the end, collecting a little more wouldn't offend Acai too badly.

Or he could tell Acai then to let him dry them and give them to him, which would also be a bit beneficial to him.

However, he was afraid that Acai would also utilize his shop in the city. Although it was impossible for him to earn all the money in the entire market, he didn't know what would happen if they became competitors.

At least now, one sold dried goods and the other sold fresh ones, which was fine, and since he kept his own goods back, no one could say anything.

In winter, he collected a little dried toadfish, which was also fine. This fish was cheap and had low profit, and there was less fishing in winter.

But if he were to collect everything there, completely intercepting others' livelihood and forcing them to find another way out, that would be hard to say.

Blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents.

So, thinking about it, he swallowed his words again. Let's talk about it later. If they really wanted to dry more, it would be better to collect them in bulk from him directly and then hire people himself.

Squids, after all, are not cheap.

However, if some fool decided to dry them on their own and then came to his door begging him to collect them, that would be a different story.

Ye Yaodong also secretly rolled his eyes. They had the nerve to make sarcastic remarks now, but they would have to beg others later.

After selling the goods, everyone was shocked when they learned his total harvest for the day. He was too lazy to listen to those people's flattery, so he collected the list and went back directly.

The boats behind also docked one after another when it got dark. However, among those boats, there really wasn't a single one that had more cargo than them, and it was far from it.

Ye Yaodong only learned after his two older brothers returned that although the squids they collected today were more than the previous few days, they were far from theirs; one boat only had half of theirs, just eight or nine hundred jin.

His harvest today, not counting Lin Guangyuan's 300-plus jin, was 1,910 jin of squids from the boat he operated himself.

There were also goods from the trawler, and the miscellaneous fish caught along with the squids were over 300 jin. He sold the valuable ones and brought the cheap ones back to clean.

And the other one operated by his father also had 1,800 jin, and there were also about 300 jin of miscellaneous fish.

Basically, all the big boats had a harvest of about eight or nine hundred jin today, while the small boats had five or six hundred jin, which was already considered more than usual.

The first thing his older brother and second brother said when they returned was to ask him, "Dongzi, we heard when we returned that your two boats caught 4,000 jin today! Is it true or false?"

"True. Ah Yuan's 300-plus jin, and my two boats' 3,700-plus jin. Just good luck."

"Really? How did you catch them? Is there any trick?"

"What trick could there be? It was just good luck today. We ran into a pod of dolphins. Those dolphins shrieked and attacked all the creatures in the nearby sea area. Those squids were all attacked and floated up, and it just so happened that they drifted over with the wind and current, and we picked up a big bargain."

Ye Yaopeng said enviously: "That's really running into a great piece of good luck."

Ye Yaohua also said enviously: "Your luck is really good. I feel our big boat is stable."

With Dongzi's heaven-defying sea luck, he felt it shouldn't be wrong! It wouldn't lose money!

"Haha, what does this have to do with our big boat? It's not like I'm the one operating it after buying it."

"But your sea luck is good, and you have a share too. Your luck will definitely be able to shroud that boat."

"Second brother, you really know how to think."

Ye Yaohua smiled, "I really feel that way. Your sea luck is too good. I haven't seen your luck be that good at other times, but once you're at sea, I feel your luck is especially good. This is what the elders often call sea luck."

"Who can say for sure about this kind of thing." Ye Yaodong touched his chin, feeling wonderful inside.

"Alright, since your goods have already been weighed at the pier, there's no need to weigh them when you get back. Just give me the list. I'll have Aqing settle a sum for you in two days."

"There's no rush for this. Let's settle it after the fishing season is almost over. We're all brothers."

"That's also fine, as long as you're not in a rush for money."