Chapter 831

They were lucky today; the ground cages and shrimp cages didn't get stuck at the bottom when they were collected, but the harvest wasn't much. They were placed down at night and collected in the afternoon.

Because they weren't going out to sea tomorrow, they had to collect them before going back today. Otherwise, if they left them until the day after tomorrow, who knows how many fish and shrimp would die inside.

They collected them today, skipped a day tomorrow, and if they came back to collect them the day after tomorrow, it would be fine. There would be more goods, and they wouldn't be dead.

When they were collecting the last shrimp cage, the boat operated by Brother Asheng and the others also approached.

"Haven't finished collecting yet?"

"Didn't we see your boat parked nearby for a long time today? Why haven't you finished collecting yet?"

Both of them felt a bit strange and asked one after another.

They thought that since they had stayed there for so long, they were collecting nets, but it turned out they hadn't finished yet. So what were they doing before?

As for the locations being swapped, they didn't think much of it, because there was always a distance between rows of ground cages, and they would definitely have to move the fishing boat to collect them.

Ye Yaodong explained, "Earlier, during low tide, seeing that the water level was shallow, we went into the water nearby to look for Jiang Yao. We were worried that the time was about right, so we came over to collect the ground cages, which is why we only finished collecting now."

"Oh, oh, so you were looking for them in this area. Why didn't you call us to go into the water and look too?"

Both of them suddenly realized, and just said, why did they always want to change boats recently.

"The air pressure underwater is high, and I'm afraid you won't be able to go down more than a few meters, and your ears won't be able to take it. I've gone down several times, so I'm more familiar with it and have a stronger tolerance. Besides, if both boats go into the water to look for this, then who will trawl? If we don't find anything, won't we end up empty-handed and have to eat the northwest wind?"

"This way, at least one boat is trawling to make money, providing a guarantee. As for us, we'll go down and take a look when the sun is high and the light is good at noon."

Both of them felt it made sense; they couldn't end up empty-handed on both ends, at least there had to be a guarantee.

Ye Yaodong immediately informed them in advance, "Also, my father and I have something to do tomorrow and need to go to the county town. We won't be going out tomorrow, so you two should take a day off as well."

Ye Fu glanced at him, feeling that this reason he found was also okay. Little did he know, he really intended to go to the county.

The other two looked at each other, and Brother Asheng couldn't help but say, "After the fishing ban period ended, we haven't been out to sea for many days. Counting it up, we've only been out for three or four days in over half a month..."

"Don't worry, anyway, the agreed wages are settled monthly, it won't change, and there won't be no wages just because we're resting..."

"No, I mean it's not good to take money for nothing without working. We haven't been out for many days and we're resting again. The weather looks quite good, no wind or waves."

The eldest cousin also nodded, "Yeah, if we run into bad weather and big waves, that's one thing, but tomorrow should be good weather. Otherwise, shall we take one boat out to trawl? If you and your father-in-law are back tomorrow, you can come to the pier to pick up the goods? This way, we can have more income and won't lose out on the wages."

Ye Yaodong smiled. They weren't happy just taking money without working? That's quite good.

They didn't want to rest and wanted to help him work and earn money for him; that was, of course, fine.

"That's certainly fine. Then tomorrow, you two take one boat out to trawl. Just take the boat you're operating now. Let my father go to the pier to pick up the goods tomorrow evening."

"Hey, okay, this is the best. Otherwise, it's too much of a loss to rest when the weather is good."

"Mm, you two sort out the fish catch first, I'll just re-deploy the cages here."

By the time the two boats headed back, the sky had darkened a little bit. But because the days were long and the nights were short in summer, by the time they reached the shore, the sky was filled with rosy clouds, and the evening glow was like a burning cloud, extending from the farthest place to right in front of their eyes.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the clouds, and the whole sky was dyed in a warm color.

"Today's evening glow is quite beautiful."

Ye Fu also turned his head and glanced. It was beautiful, but after a whole day of running around and working hard, he was exhausted. Who had the mood to see if the sky was beautiful or not?

He said casually, "The weather is getting hot, it's like this in the evening. Move the goods down first, it's getting dark."

"Mm."

The sky also darkened during their labor, and the evening glow slowly extinguished in an instant.

After the two moved the goods off the boat, they checked the cabin again and only felt relieved to get off the boat after locking it securely.

The father and son greeted familiar people and chatted a few sentences as usual, without showing any abnormality. Everyone could understand their happy appearance as having a good harvest, after all, they had two boats.

And Ye Yaodong took the bucket of good goods he had salvaged from the sea separately and put it on the cart, not putting it together with the goods to be sold, so his father could see it.

"Are you not selling this?"

"This bucket is to be given away, it can't be sold."

Ye Fu frowned. This was very expensive, who was he giving it to?

Associating it with the fact that he went to the border defense station to give gifts a few days ago and brought back a TV set, Ye Fu became vigilant instantly. He hurriedly pulled him and whispered, "Are you planning to buy something again? You can't buy those refrigerators or washing machines..."

"Ah?"

Ye Yaodong also understood. His father had misunderstood, thinking he was thinking about buying something again, which was why he went to give gifts.

"No, I'm not planning to buy anything. I intend to take it to the county town to give to Director Chen. It just so happens that tomorrow is free, and I have these things on hand, so I should go and thank him."

"Director Chen? That Director Chen from the Maritime Bureau who came to our house several times? Was it also him who told the border defense station to keep a boat for you?"

"Right, it's him. Without that boat, I wouldn't have been able to earn so much during the fishing ban period."

Ye Fu was instantly relieved and nodded hurriedly, "It's only right. It just so happens you're free tomorrow, so you go tomorrow. Bring more of the dried squid from home, and bring some other dried goods as well. Your two sisters-in-law have also dried quite a lot recently."

"Got it. Tonight, let Aqing weigh theirs over, and I'll see how to send them tomorrow."

After the two agreed, they went to wait for weighing.

Lin Xiuqing waited for them to return. Knowing that he was going to the county town to give gifts tomorrow, she busied herself preparing the things to be sent tomorrow.

Because there were too many things, she specially tied a wooden board on the back seat to make it convenient to put the sack on it and fix it. Otherwise, if he pushed it with a cart, he wouldn't be happy to walk.

She understood him thoroughly.

Ye Yaodong watched her busy going in and out, so he didn't tell her about what happened at sea today. After taking a shower, he told her to wake him up at 9 o'clock and lay back in the room, feeling drowsy.

The children watching TV in the main room also knew that he was tired after returning from sea and wanted to go to sleep early. They were very sensible and didn't make much noise, sitting there quietly watching TV. Mainly, they were probably afraid of being chased out and not being able to watch.

He also fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow. Until 9 o'clock, Lin Xiuqing turned off the TV and urged them to go back to their homes to sleep. A wail sounded in the main room, and everyone was reluctant.

The TV series was just getting exciting, and suddenly it had to be turned off. Where would this group of children be willing to leave? They were all bargaining there, saying they wanted to watch until 10 o'clock, because according to their recent observation of watching TV, they wouldn't be able to receive channels after 10 o'clock!

Ye Yaodong heard the commotion outside and immediately woke up. Originally, he was easily awakened because he had things on his mind. Before sleeping, he also told Aqing to chase the children to sleep at 9 o'clock and wake him up.

There was still intermittent talking coming from outside the house. He brewed for a while before getting up and going out.

"Go home and sleep, be obedient, otherwise you won't be able to get up tomorrow. If you're not obedient, I won't turn on the TV for you to watch tomorrow."

Lin Xiuqing heard the sound of the door opening, looked up, and the originally kind expression on her face was also put away, frowning, "You woke up your third uncle, don't watch it tomorrow."

Now, one by one, they were all embarrassed and ran home in a hurry.

She also chased her two sons back to the room to sleep, and then said, "Why did you get up at this time? I asked you earlier, and you only said to talk about it later."

"Mm~" Ye Yaodong stretched fiercely, and then said, "I'm going to be a thief."

"That has to be in the middle of the night, what kind of thief are you being at this time."

"There are many people at the pier in the middle of the night."

Ye Yaodong whispered to her about what happened during the day.

"This matter, just you, me, and Dad, the three of us know it. No one can tell. Later, while there's no one around, Dad and I will go outside the pier to transport the boxes back and find a place in the courtyard to bury them first."

Lin Xiuqing listened, her mouth wide open, and she couldn't find her voice for a long time. If it weren't for seeing him speaking seriously, not looking like he was lying, she would have thought he was talking nonsense.

A big box of gold, plus vases, bowls, dishes, and a jade Guanyin, and they were all salvaged from the sea. Why were there so many treasures in the sea?

Why were they so easy for him to salvage?

"Are you serious?"

"Nonsense, there's no benefit to me if I lie to you. If I hadn't thought that I wasn't lying next to you in the middle of the night, you would definitely know, I wouldn't have told you."

Suddenly having so many treasures lifted back, she didn't know how to react.

"Is it going to be buried underground again?"

"Otherwise, where should I put it? Under the bed? How can I be at ease? Let's bury it underground first. It just came out of the sea, so it can at least feel the something of Mother Earth. These things are useless to us. We don't dare to take them out now, and we don't know if they will be useful in the future. Let's keep them for now, it's safer to bury them underground."

"Mm, that's fine. This is the same as that box of gold biscuits, it can't be seen by others, it can only be a treasure at the bottom of the box, and it will be a family heirloom in the future."

"Right, that's what I'm saying. We don't know how to handle it, so we'll leave it to our children and grandchildren to worry about."

Anyway, it was impossible for him to stop going to sea just because he salvaged these. It was rare to have a second chance. In this life, he still wanted to try to be diligent and live a life different from his previous life.

The current life felt quite interesting, and he didn't want to be broken by these external things. These could only be used as fixed assets, so let's bury them first.