Chapter 795: Dividing the Money

Ye Yaodong also felt that this wave had already earned enough. There was no need to take the risk of investing all the money back into stockpiling goods; time cost is also a cost.

Having so many goods piled up there also carries risks; natural and man-made disasters are sometimes hard to predict.

When he went to the market in the morning, he saw two or three other dried goods shops. His father-in-law had also mentioned it to him a while back; people were also selling dried fish and dried shrimp there, but he hadn't seen dried squid. After all, the cost really was a bit high; those just starting in dried goods probably wouldn't dare to flip it.

The three or four thousand jin he had on hand now, slowly selling off, was actually fine. This amount of backlog wasn't very large for him; if it didn't sell, stockpiling it for a bit longer was no big deal. If he collected more, then there would be pressure.

Anyway, having earned so much, it was already very good. He also still had dried fish, and handing it over to Ah Cai to arrange would save him a lot of trouble.

As for the squid, he would just dry whatever he could collect at the wharf each day from now on; he shouldn't be too greedy.

"Then when I take the payment for the goods to Ah Cai later, I'll mention it to him, tell him to give me the squid he collects today, and send us whatever scraps there are from now on."

Hearing him say this, Lin Xiuqing also let out a long sigh of relief. She was just afraid he wouldn't listen to advice, would be headstrong, and once he earned money, his eyes would turn red and he'd want to stockpile more to earn even more.

She quickly agreed. "Good, good. I've already counted out the money for Ah Cai. I'll get it for you; you go give it to him first. Take advantage of the fact that it's relatively free at noon, and you can also reconcile the accounts. We haven't asked him to collect the payment for the two batches of goods we sold before either."

"Got it. You give me the goods list too. After I give him the money, I'll reconcile the accounts with him by the way, and collect the payments that should be collected. When evening comes, after Big Brother and Ye Erge return, we'll reconcile the accounts with them."

Lin Xiuqing's figure paused as she turned to get the money. She turned her head back and asked hesitantly, "The fishing season is over, and they've started trawling as usual these past two days. Are we still going to combine our boat with Big Brother and Ye Erge's?"

She had wanted to ask a few days ago, but seeing him come back so tired he fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow, she didn't ask and let him worry.

Ye Yaodong frowned and thought hesitantly, "Wait until evening to ask them, see what their thoughts are. Anyway, combining with others is the same as combining with them."

"Then you have to think it through. After combining, is the split still the same split model as the squid, or are you renting it to one of them, and then they also split their original boat, or what?"

"How is it as complicated as you think? Just do it as before, isn't that enough?"

"That also requires them to be willing. When Ah Guang's family combines with others, they take a clean 50%, and don't worry about anything else. Your situation here is 1/3 of two boats, and you also have to share the workers' wages. I don't know if Ye Dasao and Ye Ersao will feel that we took advantage of them after they recover."

"Recover from what?" Ye Yaodong was a bit bewildered, not quite understanding what she was talking about.

"The energy of getting a boat for nothing. Logically speaking, it was agreed at the beginning that Dad's boat would be rented to Big Brother and Ye Erge. Now that it's been rented for a year, Dad just gave it to them directly. Originally, if this boat were to be split among the three brothers, we would also have 1/3. Dad gave it to them directly, which is equivalent to us losing 1/3. Calculated, for the two boats in the fishing season, us taking 1/3 didn't take advantage of them..."

"What's what? How did it get pulled back to this?"

Ye Yaodong was nagged by her until his head grew big. Suddenly, it was pulled back to the issue of boat ownership?

Hadn't it been agreed a while back to give it to his Big Brother and Ye Erge? Then just give it to them. Why bring it up again now?

Women are just women.

"You're just thinking too much. I don't know how you women's brains are grown. Very simple things, you have to think about them in a complicated way. When Big Brother and Ye Erge return in the evening, just ask them, isn't that enough?"

Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him. "I'm afraid they'll feel it's unfair, feel that splitting 1/3 for two boats lets us take advantage."

"The bulk of the fishing season was distributed this way, and there were no objections. Why would there suddenly be objections from now on? You just love to overthink. If there really are objections, then the two of them can also split up. Big Brother drives one boat, Ye Erge drives one boat. At most, Ye Erge takes half on Big Brother's side, and takes half on my side."

"Wouldn't that be taking advantage of Ye Erge? Stepping on two boats! Occupying half of both at the same time, while you and Big Brother each occupy 1/4."

"Ah?"

Is "stepping on two boats" used like that?

But the way his wife said it, it seemed like there was suddenly nothing wrong with it?

If calculated this way, then whoever drives his boat would take an extra half!

"Then if Big Brother drives the boat shared by the two, wages have to be calculated..."

"How much are wages? If that's the case, they'll definitely all want to combine one boat with us, and then take half on the other boat."

"That's true too. Then let's just stick to the original. It's best if everyone takes 1/3 of the two boats. It's the same regardless of whether Big Brother or Ye Erge drives my boat. With the three of them splitting the same, there's no need to worry about them secretly hiding or flipping good goods, and I don't need to have Dad split one person to stay at home to receive goods."

"Then discuss it well in the evening."

Ye Yaodong felt he had been circled in by his wife.

A matter of a simple sentence, she had to think about it so complicatedly, pulling it back and forth there. In the end, actually, just telling them to split it the same way as the fishing season would be enough.

When the time comes, the goods sold will also be split among the three based on the goods list.

He shook his head, not daring to argue with her anymore, lest it be endless.

Carrying the money and goods list his wife had counted, he mounted his bicycle and headed to the wharf, with a pile of dogs behind him running wildly after him.

And Ye Xiaoxi was also calling out from behind, stepping with her short legs in an attempt to keep up, but she was too small. Just as she stepped out of the courtyard, she was picked up and taken back.

These dogs, not knowing if it was because they had escaped the devil's clutches, were running very excitedly. They all rushed ahead of him and even turned their heads to bark at him a few times, as if urging him to hurry up.

After Lin Xiuqing brought the child back, she started rummaging through boxes and cabinets to organize things in the house, wanting to bring a little for her sister-in-law and second sister-in-law to take back.

Things like dried fish and dried squid were a certainty. There was also a little dried kelp and dried shrimp she had dried in scraps during this period. She loaded them all into a basket. Their family didn't have other things, but they had the most of these goods, and they didn't need to spend money to buy them; they were all ready-made.

She also took two aluminum buckets and filled them with pickled squid roe, preparing to have them take them back together. This was very good for eating with rice.

Not long after the afternoon, after Lin Xiangyang had sobered up from the alcohol, they left first. Only Lin Xiang Hui hadn't returned from sea and wouldn't be able to leave until the next day.

At dusk, Ye Yaodong even went to the wharf specifically to wait and help receive the goods.

The squid fishing season was truly coming to an end. Today, the harvest from his two boats combined was only 300-plus jin, and half of that was dragged by trawling.

They also collected all those tree branches today; throwing them into the sea was useless. Collecting them back allowed them to collect the squid roe attached to them, and the branches could be dried and used as firewood.

After all the goods were pushed home, Ye Yaodong called his Big Brother and Ye Erge over to calculate the split, divide the money, and also settle the wages for the few workers they had hired.

This year, heaven was also kind. From beginning to end, it only rained for one day in the middle of the fishing season, and later it was always good weather with bright sunshine. This also guaranteed the villagers' income this year, which also hit a new high.

The whole village had been full of joy these past two days. This one fishing season could be said to be equivalent to earning a whole year's money.

It was just that their location was good, and they could have a fish run.

After calculating the accounts and dividing the money, Ye Yaodong took the opportunity to discuss the boat matter with them.

"At that time, the boat had just arrived, and the fishing season started immediately. At that time, it was said to combine like this to get through the fishing season first. Now the fishing season is almost over. Do Big Brother and Ye Erge have any opinions on us continuing to combine from now on?"

"Ah? What opinions? No opinions. Isn't this going well? Can continue to combine. Big Brother drives one boat, I drive one boat, just right." Ye Yaohua's first reaction.

Ye Yaopeng was also stunned for a moment. "What opinions could there be?"

"No opinions is good."

He just said women have many thoughts; it's better for them men. And they are brothers of the same family, where would there be so many twists and turns.

He continued smiling and said, "The three of us brothers combine together, no outsiders, that's good too. This way, Dad and I don't need to leave one person at home to receive goods."

"That's how it's said. We family members can drive the boats, no need to split the boats and give them to others to drive, letting others earn the money. Just right, one person drives one boat." Ye Yaopeng agreed with him very much.

"Alright, if there's no problem with the distribution, then it's still like this. You can trawl or set other nets, both are fine."

Ye Yaohua smiled. "We'll just trawl, no blind tossing."

Ye Yaopeng didn't know what he thought of, rubbed his hands back and forth, and asked embarrassedly, "That... Dongzi, then in two or three months, if we go to catch jellyfish, let's distribute it like this too?"

"Ah? Ah, it's agreed, then of course it will always be distributed like this. No matter what we catch, it must be distributed like this. Unless you have set up another big boat yourselves and can't drive it, and don't drive mine, then I'll take it back and find someone else."

Although his Big Brother thought a bit far ahead, asking in advance wasn't wrong.

He definitely had to go catch jellyfish this year too.

"Good, good, good, then it's settled." Ye Yaopeng agreed with a face full of smiles.

"Does Ye Erge have anything to say or ask?"

"No, no, it's fine as you've agreed. I have no opinions. Anyway, whatever you decide, I'll do."

"Alright, then let's disperse like this. You just split the money in half yourselves."

"Hey, good."

Suddenly getting a large sum of money, heavy, was more exciting than money coming in bit by bit.

Both brothers were overjoyed, the smiles on their faces couldn't be stopped. When they walked out of the room, deep smiles still hung on their faces.

Seeing a group of frolicking children at the door, they even took the initiative to step forward and give each of them one mao, letting them buy things to eat, causing a group of children to cheer and jump for joy.

However, there was one person who kept a long face, didn't take the pocket money, and had a stinky face.

Ye Yaodong followed out and saw it, and also found it funny.

Ahai was indeed quite miserable.

Doing the same work as Ah Yuan, Ah Yuan had him helping to intercept, and had money to take, while he had no money to take.

Actually, he and Ye Dasao and Ye Ersao all had an extra portion of wages calculated. After all, they also went out to sea to work and pick up squid. For over half a month, calculated by the day, he also had forty or fifty yuan in wages, which was much higher than what Ah Yuan intercepted. But this money was all given to Ye Dasao.

As for Ye Dasao, she definitely wouldn't give it to him. It was equivalent to him doing free labor for the family.

Moreover, Ahai's original wishful thinking was to blackmail a little from Ah Yuan. Anyway, it was also cheating and intercepting.

It's just that after Ah Yuan finished lunch and bought some snacks for his younger siblings, he went home. Because Ahai missed him and didn't block him, both ends were empty. As soon as he came back in the evening, he was there sulking. Even when his own father gave him money, he still turned his head away.

"What's wrong? Stinky face every day, who owes you money?"

"You owe me money!"

"Bastard, when did I owe you money?" Ye Yaopeng put away the smile on his face and pulled a long face.

"Wages weren't given to me!"

"What are you doing with so much money in the hands of a half-grown child? Let your mom help you keep it, help you save it. In a few years, you'll also need to marry a wife."

"I don't want a wife, I just want wages."

"Itchy skin, looking for a beating, right? Stinky face every day, deserve to be owed?"

"You just owe me!"

Ye Yaopeng's anger from his repeated backtalk also flared up. He raised his hand and wanted to hit him.

Ye Yaodong quickly stepped forward to stop him. "Ah, speak well if you have something to say, why is the anger so big?"

As he spoke, he squeezed between the two, putting his arm around Ye Chenghai's shoulder. "Go, go, go, Third Uncle will take you to buy things to eat."

Ye Chenghai kept a stubborn face, standing motionless.

"What's wrong? Go, want to get beaten, right? So many younger brothers and sisters watching, if you get beaten, where is your dignity as the eldest brother? How will you rule them in the future? Go, go, go..."

Ye Chenghai was spoken to until the expression on his face almost couldn't be held back. Half-pushed, he also followed along.