Chapter 799: Heaven Has Unpredictable Storms

The fragrance of chicken soup and duck soup stewed in the room was exceptionally rich, and the children playing at the door kept sniffing.

Lin Xiuqing wasn't stingy either. Today, she not only stewed chicken but also stewed duck. She took two large bowls, one filled with chicken soup and one filled with duck soup, and let Ye Yaodong send them to the next door, letting them choose whether to eat chicken or duck.

There were also several pieces of meat inside. It was impossible to eat enough, but tasting the flavor was possible.

After the few children knew there was a share for them, they all cheered.

Ye Da Sister-in-law and Second Sister-in-law also took it with smiling faces. Three brothers live together, have coming and going, help each other, the relationship can be harmonious.

However, basically as long as the sister-in-law relationship is harmonious, the brother relationship won't be too bad, especially since Ye Da Brother and Ye Erge are both honest people.

After Ye Yaodong sent it to the next door, he took the empty bowls back for Lin Xiuqing to fill two more, and then sent them to the old house.

After Ye Mom came back, she searched for a pile of small fish everywhere, and only went to the old house to work after eating.

When he arrived, his old dad and old mom had just removed the heads and internal organs of the fresh anchovies and were rubbing salt.

"You guys eat while it's hot, do it later."

"No matter, finish it, rub salt and put it there."

Ye Yaodong knew the steps, just couldn't do it. Doing this requires experienced people, and the amount of salt is also particular, otherwise just knowing the steps doesn't mean it can be done.

This is rubbed with salt and left to stand for 24 hours, then transferred to an oak barrel, paved with salt crosswise, and pressed with heavy objects. As time passes, the weight is slowly reduced.

The juice produced by the anchovies during the process will float to the surface, and then the juice is collected into a large vat and exposed to the sun for four or five months.

It's not over just like this. By the end of October or early November, all the juice must be poured back into the wooden barrel containing anchovies, and the juice is slowly dripped out from the bottom of the barrel.

Finally, filter with gauze. By the beginning of next year, it can be enjoyed. This is the fastest way to make it.

"Just rub salt and it's fine, right? I'll do it."

The neighbors who were enjoying the cool nearby were originally curiously watching there. Seeing him carry two baskets over, the tip of their noses also smelled the chicken soup, and they couldn't help but sniff twice more.

"Adong is sending chicken soup?"

"Seems like there's also duck soup? Smelled the herbal medicine smell!"

Ye Mom smiled and said, "Yes, his dad was exhausted recently, and today couldn't get up to go to sea, back and waist sore. After he knew, he called Ah Qing to stew chicken and duck as soon as he came back at night. It should be just stewed now, so I sent it over."

Oh my, so rare, actually saw his mom blatantly praise him~

The sun really came out from the west~

Which time wasn't she half-complaining and half-nagging to induce others to take the initiative to praise? Today is simply the first time in history, not even pretending...

"Quite filial. You two are old, have blessings in the future."

"Now there is great blessing. Heard that for a whole fishing season, Adong earned several thousand."

"Everyone earned quite a bit. This year the weather has been good, everyone earned better than in previous years. We who rely on heaven to eat are all gambling on luck." Ye Father also said with a smile.

"Adong, how much do you sell that dried squid for? Definitely more expensive than fresh. You have three boats, should have earned eight or nine thousand or ten thousand, right?"

"Ah! Ten thousand!! That's not a proper ten-thousand-yuan household? Can't be, right?" A woman exclaimed.

"How can it not be? He has three boats, earning money is several times faster than others, and dried is definitely more expensive than fresh, and the weather this year is good..."

Guessed too little, Auntie!

Ye Yaodong said with a blank face, "Didn't earn that much. My house is still piled with a room full, and a large piece is still hanging at the door. These are all unsold, several thousand jin there. And this dried squid is so expensive, the money earned is all tied up in goods, the whole room is full. Calculated, didn't earn any money, okay?"

"Only after selling all the goods can it be called earning money, only then can it be called earned into the pocket. The money earned in this half month is all tied up there, not even as good as your fresh ones sold directly. Money enters the pocket immediately, and can be seen immediately."

"That's also true..."

"Yes, yes, look at that small workshop over there and the door, it's still drying a large piece. If it sells for two or three yuan, two or three thousand jin, that's really incredible."

"Oh my, then it's still better to sell fresh directly, no risk, no need to worry about not selling, can't toss, can't toss..."

"Then those of yours, if they don't sell, won't you lose money? Worked for nothing?"

Ye Yaodong nodded. "Isn't it? Only after selling can it be called earning money."

This time, one by one, the villagers couldn't be jealous anymore. Instead, there was a sense of celebration and superiority on their bodies.

This money hasn't been earned into the hand, hasn't been seen, all turned into goods. Then what money is earned? Earned a fart?

In the end, three boats were busy for half a month. Everyone's small boats also earned several hundred or a thousand yuan, but he didn't earn money, all turned into goods.

Some people cared and said, "Then you have to quickly find a way to sell the goods and turn them into money. Otherwise, if it's stockpiled for a long time and gnawed by rats, or soaked in water when it rains, won't it be finished?"

"Yes, yes, don't dry so much next time. If this kind of expensive thing can't be sold, we have nowhere to cry. You'd better quickly find a way to sell it."

Don't know if it was said sincerely or hypocritically, but it sounded okay.

"No matter, take it to the shop in the city and sell it slowly. A longer time is also fine. Anyway, dried things can be stored. Selling until next year doesn't matter."

"Then the time is long. What if you need money urgently? Just take it as a lesson, sell fresh next year."

Ye Yaodong nodded with a smile.

Ye Father and Ye Mom really didn't know how much money he earned this fishing season. Asked a few times before, but didn't hear him say honestly, just said earned a little like a ghost. This time, when the villagers asked, they really didn't dare to answer casually, could only listen to him fooling people.

However, crying poor can also bring about a chain reaction.

From the next day, the village didn't discuss how much he earned. People staying around his small workshop also became fewer. People were too lazy to pay attention to the things he dried, anyway, they couldn't be sold.

Even daily discussions became fewer. At most, they said he didn't earn money this fishing season, was going to lose money, and were all celebrating that they didn't follow along to dry.

In the countryside, there is little entertainment, and it is inevitable to love gossip.

It's not necessarily that everyone hopes he is unlucky, but the heart of envy and jealousy is also much less.

However, these are all later stories.

After crying poor, Ye Yaodong changed the subject and asked, "Before Mazu parade, heard you say it's three days? After swimming, need to set up a few tables? Did you invite outside leaders?"

"Said it's a three-day parade. One day walking above, walking above Dongqiao Village, swimming through all the villages above. One day walking below, walking in the direction of Xishan Village, walking all the way to the town."

"The last day swimming in the village for half a day, walking past every household's door, letting every household go to offer three sticks of incense, then swimming through the beach again, and then checking into the Tianhou Palace."

"Oh, that's quite grand."

"Isn't it? This is also Mazu moving into a new palace. Maybe this life will only have this one time, the village intends to be lively."

Ye Mom's speed of rubbing salt didn't slow down at all, and it didn't affect her speaking.

"Said it was to send invitation cards to outside leaders, later said no need, said it was already grandly invited when it was the birthday, so it counted. People leaders are busy, one by one are big officials, all in the county town, where do they have time to come when called."

"Then can invite the ones in the town."

"Who knows? This time said no tables were set, only 10-plus tables, just a meal for the villagers who helped."

So that's how it is. In that case, it's not easy to send cards to invite people.

But it doesn't matter, his skin is thick, carrying a basket of dried goods can also go to the door.

It's just that he didn't need to rest either. Originally, he wanted to ask clearly, then rest for a day, and take the job of sending invitation cards. Now he can only forget it.

Rest for a few days when Mazu parades, take the opportunity to go to the border defense station.

However, when they were sleeping soundly at night, the courtyard was patted loudly. The person coming seemed afraid they wouldn't hear, and ran to the back door to call people.

Instantly woke the couple up.

Both also heard the shouting of their names outside the house, and shouting that it was raining.

"Raining?"

"Get up quickly!"

Ye Yaodong climbed out of bed quickly, pushed the window to look, it was dripping outside. He also quickly replied, "We'll get up and go out immediately, Auntie, you guys collect the dried fish first."

"Hey good, then you hurry up, I'm afraid the rain will get bigger later, and it will be too late to collect."

The couple quickly put on clothes and pants and went out immediately. Ye Yaodong also looked at the time by the way, 12:30.

No wonder they slept so soundly and didn't hear the rain outside. Usually, as long as it was one or two o'clock, his biological clock would wake up to check the time.

Lin Xiuqing said while walking, "Why did it suddenly rain? Fortunately, someone was hired to watch. If I had known, I would have collected it at night. Originally it was already dry, and I thought about drying it for half a day tomorrow, our own family wants to pile it there for storage, thinking the dryness is better..."

"Later, directly untie the rope for hanging and drying, throw them all on the flatbed cart, and dry them on the fishing net. Just untie the fishing net directly, this way a large piece can be collected quickly, saving the slowness of collecting one by one."

"I know, you push the flatbed cart, bring the nylon bag, if the rain gets bigger later, can also cover the flatbed cart."

Heaven has unpredictable storms, now can only try to rescue. Fortunately, as soon as the rain dripped, someone came to call.

Ye Yaodong went to knock on the door next door by the way, calling his Big Brother and Ye Erge to get up and help. At this time, who cares about disturbing people's dreams? The rain is dripping, who knows if it will get bigger.

Called everyone up, he said it simply, let them push the flatbed carts, and pushed the cart to the small workshop first. It was just on the side, only 30 meters away.

He spread out the nylon bag first, spread it directly on the ground, let them untie the whole strip of hanging and drying and throw it in, throw the drying fishing net in too, no need to organize it.

After piling up a full large bag, he lifted it onto the flatbed cart, then transported it home, poured it onto the bamboo bed, emptied the nylon bag, and quickly pushed it over again.

Fortunately, it wasn't summer yet, the rain was still a bit soft, not to the point of a storm, and could still give them time to rescue.

8 adults went back and forth with two flatbed carts to transport. After collecting the dried fish dried at the small workshop, they collected the ones at the door.