Chapter 910

Ye Yaodong threw the sack onto his back and chose to walk on small paths. Taking advantage of no one seeing him, he walked with a "six-kin-don't-recognize" gait, humming an out-of-tune song in his mouth.

He could only be arrogant when no one was around; if someone saw him, it would be embarrassing.

However, what he feared was exactly what came.

As he walked, he felt a shadow behind him, and he even saw a human head elongated, which instantly made him embarrassedly retract his limbs and posture, returning to a normal walking stance, and his expression became more upright.

He was no longer in the "Heaven is number one, Earth is number two, I am number three" mode.

"Gosh, I thought who the monkey in front was, so it's you!"

"Eh?"

Hearing the familiar voice behind him, Ye Yaodong turned his head in surprise, "Damn, so it's you, you fat pig. You made me think it was someone else, I was embarrassed for a moment."

"Wait, how were you walking just now? Demonstrate it for me again? Look at your walking posture, even more arrogant than the Japanese invaders; I wanted to kick you hard just looking at it, let you die."

The fat man pressed on his shoulder, wanting him to demonstrate again. He was wondering who was walking so annoyingly just now, not knowing it was him.

"No, demonstrate it again so you can kick me to death?"

"Death shouldn't happen, but I can make you get a lumbar disc herniation."

"Get lost~"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect our Brother Dong to walk like this behind people's backs. I really should let all the villagers take a look and see how the richest man walks."

Saying this, the fat man also puffed out his chest and learned to walk like that.

And don't say, his huge physique and arrogant walk really had more of a triad boss style than him. At most, he was missing a gold necklace around his neck and a brick phone in his hand, and he would look even more like one.

"Fatty, don't say, you haven't gotten rich yet, but you've already learned how to walk after getting rich. It looks just like it."

"Cut it out, who says I haven't gotten rich? I've already gotten rich, you don't know how good my business has been lately. No! Damn, I was tricked by you."

"How good is the business? How much money can you make in a day?"

Ye Yaodong put the sack on his back with one hand and hooked his shoulder with the other, walking forward together.

They had met once before and knew that the fat man's wife was afraid of trouble if they followed others, and they had no manpower or experience. Hearing that his brother-in-law's breakfast shop could make money, they directly copied and followed the trend, opening a breakfast shop as well, but they opened it in the town.

It was convenient to go back and forth; they could live in the shop or come back to live. So when he ran into the fat man tonight, he wasn't too surprised.

"Don't change the subject, damn it. I just listened to your trick and opened a breakfast shop, and as a result, I got tired and lost several pounds. I have to crawl up at 3 AM to steam buns. Is this something a human does? Is this something a human does? Damn!"

The fat man was full of complaints, and by the way, he pinched the meat on his belly, feeling that the meat on his belly had peeled off a layer.

It's not easy to gain fat these days; he had finally raised a body of fat, and there was no one who didn't envy him.

Ye Yaodong said innocently, "I didn't tell you to open a breakfast shop. If you had opened another shop, you might have been leisurely. How can you blame me for this?"

"It was my wife at home who said she didn't know what to do. Anyway, your big brother's breakfast shop makes money, so let's open a breakfast shop first and see. If it doesn't make money, we'll change it."

"Looking at your complaints, it means it didn't make money?"

"Sigh, it makes money, it makes a lot of money. One day can equal my monthly salary. It's just that it's too damn tiring. Crawling up at 3 AM—is this something a human does?"

"One day can equal your monthly salary, so what are you complaining about? We go out to sea at 2 AM and work until the afternoon before returning, which is much more tiring than you. You've already made big money, so what are you afraid of being tired for? Many people want this hardship but don't have the brains for it. Don't tell others, otherwise, everyone will learn from you and run to town to open breakfast shops."

"I haven't told anyone. My wife also told me that no one is allowed to tell. If my parents ask, I just have to muddle through. Just keep the money you earn in your arms; no need to shout everywhere, otherwise, she's afraid her knife won't be sharpened in time."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but twitch his mouth, "If you dare to complain to your wife now that you don't want to open a breakfast shop, the knife she sharpens can be used on you."

"Isn't that so? The price of making money is that she slaps me twice every day, and I have to crawl up. It's really rising earlier than chickens and working later than dogs."

"It shouldn't be that late, at most it's lunchtime, you can go back and take a nap, it's okay."

"Don't mention naps. My wife told me last night, damn it, to take advantage of the free time from noon to afternoon when there's no business to sell some braised food. Then after waking up in the afternoon, she sent me back to find my father-in-law, telling him to leave some pig ears, pig tails, pig feet, pig tongues, small intestines, and pig stomachs after slaughtering pigs, so we can braise and sell them."

"No problem, your wife has tasted the sweetness and wants to earn more."

"But life is important, you have to sleep."

"Then go to sleep earlier at night, why are you running out here preparing to be a thief?"

"I'm going to buy angelica, damn it, taking a small path back, and just happened to run into you walking like that. If it weren't in the village and I knew it was from the village, I would have directly put a sack on you and beaten you up, not even looking at who was walking like that."

The fat man had a lot of resentment. Making money was quite happy, but it was too tiring.

But his wife was very active, her eyes shining when she counted money every day, and she kept saying that it was good that Dongzi reminded them to open a shop, which was much better than their work, and told him to thank Dongzi well.

At first, he thought that if he opened a shop, time would be free, so he could open it when he wanted and rest when he wanted. This damn thing, now wanting to rest is even harder.

Before, resting just required scheduling, and when the time came, he could rest directly without asking. Now don't even think about it. If he got up late, he would still be scolded, not to mention wanting to rest.

Ye Yaodong patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Think about it better. Look, you can earn a month's salary in one day, doesn't a month earn... hmm... several years? How many years was it?"

"Sigh, whatever. Anyway, you can earn several years' salary in a month, and in a year you can earn a worker's lifetime of money. Thinking like this, don't you feel full of strength?"

"Strength my ass, it's only been a few days, and you've already calculated a lifetime of money?"

"What's wrong with calculating in advance? This is called walking one step and looking ten steps, earning one day and thinking of one year. Think about it, after you have money in your pocket, everyone has to look up to you, and when they meet you, they have to fawn over you. Then if you want to buy a watch, buy a watch; if you want to buy a TV, buy a TV. A man's charm lies in money!"

"I know everything you say. If it weren't for the money, could I work so hard? It's just that I'm tired and have nowhere to say it. I thought it was too beautiful at first, but I ended up as tired as a dog. I just happened to run into you and nagged a few words. Being able to earn so much money, I'm actually happy enough to go to heaven. It's good that you encouraged me to open a shop and be self-employed."

"Actually, think about it better. When you earn a lot of money, just hire someone, or you can do something else, open a fast-food restaurant or a small restaurant, and expand the scale little by little. The hardship is only in the early stage; when you earn money later, hire others to do it."

The fat man clapped excitedly, "You damn thought of the same thing as me. I just thought that when I earn more money, I'll hire someone to do it."

Ye Yaodong shook his head helplessly. Fortunately, his wife was watching and urging him. The fat man wanted to slack off but couldn't. He had only been doing it for a few days and already wanted to hire someone.

"Don't even think about the breakfast shop. If the person you hire knows you earn so much money, they will turn around and open one themselves. Who will still work for you?"

"Then just keep doing it, and when I earn more, I'll do something else."

"Right, thinking like this is correct."

"Actually, as long as I don't have to get up so early, I'm willing to do it even if I don't make money, just for those people to call me 'Boss'~"

Ye Yaodong couldn't help laughing, "It doesn't matter if you make money or not, you just want to hear people call you 'Boss', right?"

The fat man nodded happily, "Right, right, right, that's what I mean. It sounds quite comfortable. Before when I was working, I just heard people call me 'Little Fatty, Little Fatty'. How can that be as comfortable as being called 'Boss'?"

"Haha, then work hard, strive to be a big boss, majestic and imposing, and then you can walk like you just did."

"Cut it out, I just learned from you. Who walks like that? Walking on the road will get you beaten. Eh, by the way, why did you suddenly walk like that? What good thing is worth being so proud of?"

"Nothing, I just suddenly felt that my life was quite successful, and I'm walking toward the peak step by step."

"This is just where it is, how can it be the peak so quickly."

"It's just a metaphor. I've only just started, and it will get more and more prosperous in the future."

"Hmm, what are you carrying in the sack on your back? Eh? Hard and long, what is it?" The fat man touched the sack on his back while speaking.

"A dick!"

"Damn! Get lost."

He wiped his hands on Ye Yaodong's body with disdain and then pushed him to the side.

Ye Yaodong staggered, fortunately, he supported himself on the wall and stabilized his body, "Damn, didn't you say it? Hard and long, if it's not a dick, what is it?"

"Go, go, go, who hasn't seen that thing of yours? Stop bringing it up. What's in the sack on your back, so long? Where did you steal chickens and touch dogs from in the middle of the night?"

"I'm telling you, don't tell anyone. I went to the village committee tonight and got two earth guns, preparing to take them to the boat in case the fishing season arrives, just in case."

The fat man nodded, "You have to take two. After all, going to someone else's territory is no less than robbing money."

"Hmm, that's what I'm saying."

"Then when are you going?"

"Don't know, not sure yet. Anyway, prepare in advance and get the things that should be prepared ready, so as not to be blind at the last minute."

"Thinking about it, I open a breakfast shop, it seems it's just a bit tiring, but it's quite comfortable."

"It was originally like that. We are risking our lives to earn money, you are comfortable, and you haven't earned less money at home."

The fat man was balanced instantly by what he said, and he didn't feel that watching the breakfast shop was tiring or exhausting. Compared to those who fish in the village, what is his getting up early? Not to mention he didn't earn less.

Most of the people who fish in the village, except for Dongzi and A-Guang, and a few who have big boats, who can earn more than him now? Thinking about it, he also felt beautiful in his heart.

Now he is more promising than his father and earns more than his father.

"Then when you come back at night, does your wife come back too?"

"No, I come back to deal with those pig scraps. These things are not easy to handle in the shop, so I have to do it at home. I'll braise them at night and soak them for a night to get the flavor, and then get up at dawn to take them out."

"Fine, I'm going back first."

"Go, go."

Just as they reached the fork in the road, the two separated directly. The fat man was also in a good mood, humming a song, and slowly went home.

Ye Yaodong greeted some people sitting at the door to cool off, and they responded with a smile, his footsteps didn't stop.

When he got home, he returned to the room for the first time and hid the sack under the bed, while Lin Xiuqing watched from the side.

"I thought you were going to do something."

"It was agreed to go get the gun at night, but I was in a hurry to leave earlier and forgot to bring money. I agreed with the village chief to take it back to him tomorrow. You remember to send it over."

"Got it."

"How is the motorcycle repair by Dad and Uncle Zhou? How late did they go back?"

"It looks almost the same from the outside, except for the bumps, it looks like its original appearance. It's just that I don't know if it can be driven? Dad said at dinner that two screws suddenly appeared, and he didn't know which part they belonged to. He said to let Uncle Zhou come over tomorrow to study how to screw them back."

"Ah???"

Ye Yaodong's expression stagnated for a moment, and he didn't even pick up the vegetables well with his chopsticks, making a cross.

If they really repaired it, would he dare to drive it?

He shuddered. Fortunately, he asked for the phone number from Hong Wenle in the evening. Professional things must be done by professional people. The quack doctor is unreliable.

Touching the note in his pocket, it seems he has to rest for another day tomorrow. Let his father and Chen Shi go out to sea. He will stay at home first and call to ask about the motorcycle.

"Ah what, repairing a motorcycle is not a one-day or two-day thing. Anyway, let Uncle Zhou come over to study it again when he is free. If it is repaired, then calculate the repair fee for him. Anyway, seeing that he is quite interested, let him study it slowly."

"If he really repairs it, I wouldn't dare to drive it. Who knows if there will be hidden dangers? After all, he is a half-baked person, so I can't joke with my life."

His life is very valuable now, so he must cherish it.

"Then what to do? You can't find two motorcycles in the whole county, where can you find someone who can repair them."

"I asked for a phone number of a motorcycle factory in the evening. I won't go out to sea at night, I'll call to ask tomorrow."

"Where did you get it? You won't go out to sea again? You didn't go yesterday, didn't go today, and you are not preparing to go at night?"

Ye Yaodong glared at her, turned around and went out to wash his hands for dinner, and his voice came from the back of his head, "You make it sound like I'm always at home and haven't done any work."

Lin Xiuqing followed him, "That's true, you've rested for quite a few days. Before, there were consecutive typhoons, and it took half a month to pass. A few days ago, you only went for one day, and you've rested at home for two days again."

"I also have a legitimate reason, I only rest when I do serious things, and I haven't rested, I'm outside all day, and I haven't been lying on the bed."

"I didn't say you were idle and didn't do any work, I just think it's a pity, it's a lot of money every day."

"Let Dad and Chen Shi go at night."

She nodded, served him the rice kept warm in the pot. In the hot weather, the dishes don't need to be heated, but the rice still can't be eaten cold.

"Then you look at it, A-Cai didn't leave any fish today, are there any tomorrow? The troops called at night saying they wanted 2,000 jin. I called Dad and asked him to send it tomorrow morning. He said he would send 2,000 jin from the warehouse, and there probably won't be much left, maybe a few hundred jin left, let us dry more these few days."

"The troops want it again? This is intermittent, and there is no fixed..."

Ye Yaodong shoveled the rice, said something vaguely, and then said it again after swallowing.

"Don't know when the Harvest will return. I originally wanted to vacate the position, so forget it. I'll ask A-Cai to leave fish tomorrow and dry it first. If there is really no place to dry, then untie the black woven sunshade net on the top of the courtyard and spread it on the ground of the workshop, it can also be dried."

"This is also possible. Anyway, the dried fish can't stop. Our shop relies on selling this. My father said that shrimp meat is also very easy to sell. The few hundred jin you sent a few days ago have all been sold out. He originally wanted to send a basket to the troops tomorrow, but there is no stock."

"No way, there is only one boat fishing there, and it was broken again during the typhoon. Whatever there is, sell it. It should be back in these two days."

"Hmm."

"Where did you put my fishing rod?"

Lin Xiuqing slanted him with disdain, "It's hanging behind the door. You've been busy all day and only got a fishing rod back."

"What do you know? And my fish?"

"Pfft!"

"Ah, it's coming, it's coming..." Ye Yaodong had just put the remora back down when he felt the line in his hand vibrating and shaking faster.

It was obviously the fish that had just been possessed; because it had an extra burden on its body, it was struggling violently, and the vibration in his hand was clearly different.

"Caught another one?"

Everyone stretched their necks to look.

Ye Yaodong pulled and reeled in the line, ignoring the struggling feeling from the sea, and pulled the nylon line with all his might.

Fortunately, this remora had a strong suction power. Even though its dorsal fin was being pulled, it didn't let go. With the mentality of dying together, the two fish were pulled up after a while.

"This is another sea catfish!"

"Hehe, the belly is still round, there's quite a lot of roe inside. Good luck today!"

Ye Yaodong was happy. He felt he had probably encountered a school of catfish that had come to the near shore to spawn. He had caught two, and both had round bellies.

The sea catfish, also known as the Chinese sea catfish, likes to be active in muddy-bottomed sea areas with slow currents. When they want to spawn, they swim from the deep sea to the coast. They probably ran into them today.

They have a peculiar feature. It is said that foreign fishermen accidentally discovered that the dried skull of a sea catfish looks very much like the image of Jesus's passion, so in some places, people regard the sea catfish as a "divine fish," and the skull of the sea catfish is used as an amulet to ward off evil and disasters.

Some antique shops have colorful sea catfish skulls for sale, and the price is not cheap.

However, he believed in Mazu and was a loyal believer in Mazu. It was enough to hear such anecdotes and find them fresh.

"Is the roe in its belly really delicious?"

"I heard that three-quarters cooked is the best texture. Each grain is like a gold coin, and one bite can taste the flavor of the sea."

"You haven't eaten it?"

"No. I'll try it when I go back. Do you want some? I'll sell you one at a high price."

Hong Wenle's eyes widened again. "Why has it turned into selling to me at a high price again? You said it was a friends-and-family price earlier."

"Right, and before that, I said I'd give it to you, but you didn't want it, right? This is called raising the price on the spot. The price changes every moment. When you ask again later, it will be a sky-high price."

"Damn, you're so treacherous. It's a pity you don't do business."

"Hehe."

A-Ming also said amusingly, "A-Le, just wait, after I catch one, buy mine at a sky-high price."

"Get lost, I think you'll return empty-handed."

"That won't happen, just watch me show off my power later."

Hong Wenle was just about to strike a blow at him when he felt the line in his hand shaking again. "Eh... seems like there's another one..."

"Damn it, what kind of dog-shit luck do you two have? Taking turns..."

"This is called great luck."

Not long after he finished speaking, just as everyone wanted to see what he had caught, another sea turtle surfaced.

However, this time the sea turtle was a bit special. When it was pulled up, a large jellyfish came up with it.

"A jellyfish?"

"What do you call this? Killing two birds with one stone?"

"It really is killing two birds with one stone. The remora sucks on the sea turtle, and the sea turtle sucks on the jellyfish."

"So sea turtles eat jellyfish?"

Except for Ye Yaodong, the other four were rookies, leaning on the side of the boat looking amazed.

This sea turtle was biting the jellyfish tightly in its mouth, turning its head around the surroundings in a daze. It was clearly eating, so why was it suddenly moving backward and being pulled to the surface?

Its eating action was also interrupted.

Hong Wenle found it novel and wasn't in a hurry to pull it up. After the sea turtle looked around, it intended to eat the jellyfish in its mouth first.

Right under everyone's noses, the sea turtle bit and chewed like it was eating noodles, and in two or three bites, it sucked in a jellyfish.

Hong Wenle found it extremely novel. It was his first time seeing a sea turtle eat. "Why do I feel like it's eating jelly?"

Jiang Chengming chimed in, "I think so too."

"What's this? When I was catching jellyfish in Zhejiang Province last year, those jellyfish schools on the sea surface were followed by sea turtles stealing food. It was spectacular at a glance..."

"Really? Your life is quite exciting..."

The well-fed don't know the hunger of the starving!

Ye Yaodong complained in his heart, "This is life forcing me, brother. If I had money, would I still be a fisherman? Facing the wind and rain every day, relying on the sky for food, is this what you call exciting?"

Hong Wenle also felt that what he said was a bit ignorant of the hardships of the world. "That's true, but you look okay? Those fishermen all have weathered faces. You don't look like a fisherman at all, you're even better than Jiang Chengming."

"Damn, can you not compare me?"

Ye Yaodong touched his cheek. "I also feel it's a pity I don't go eat soft rice. Do you have any rich women to introduce?"

The two rich young masters who were glaring were dumbfounded. Was there anyone who wanted to eat soft rice so righteously?

"Eh, it seems I'm about to get another load. Damn, my strength is too strong, I can't even eat soft rice."

The two became speechless again.

How could this person be so shameless?

Wang Guangliang suddenly admired Ye Yaodong even more. Speaking so unreservedly in front of two rich people, revealing his true nature, saying whatever he wanted without making people dislike him—he was too amazing.

However, after Ye Yaodong knew his thoughts later, he just wanted to complain.

He didn't expect to get much benefit from them. If there was a benefit, he'd take it; if not, it didn't matter. There was no need to be a shameless sycophant, clinging and fawning.

Doing that might even be counterproductive, making people feel he had no backbone at all.

Saying a few words appropriately to make people happy and liven up the atmosphere was enough.

Also, damn it, he was also a rich person now, just that he couldn't spend money however he wanted.

Just!

Ye Yaodong suddenly had a bit of an understanding of the hardships of a first-generation entrepreneur.

"Damn, another sea catfish! What's going on today? We're taking turns getting loads, but you're only catching sea turtles, and I'm only catching catfish."

Seeing the two fish he had just pulled up and were stacking high on the water surface, it was so familiar. He had seen the same scene three times while fishing.

"Did one of you poke a catfish nest, and the other poke a sea turtle nest?" Jiang Chengming said in surprise.

Hong Wenle was also happy. "Interesting!"

"It's too interesting, I'm dying of laughter. Can you fish like this? Getting them one nest after another!"

Ye Yaodong complained, but still carefully avoided the hard poisonous spines on its dorsal and pectoral fins, separated the two inseparable fish, and let the remora return to the sea.

But this one, although the belly was still round, was not as big as the previous two.

"When is it my turn? The feng shui turns, it should be my turn, right?" Jiang Chengming said a bit depressed.

"Just wait, watch me catch another sea turtle."

"Forget it, I don't believe you'll catch another sea turtle."

"Wanna bet?"

"No!"

Hong Wenle mocked his friend. "Lost confidence? Otherwise, let's bet on whether you can catch a fish?"

"Fine, let's bet on that... Eh? My rope isn't moving?" He was surprised and hurriedly tried to pull, but there was no struggling force.

It had been moving around before. Although the rope was only this long, it would move once it was pulled taut.

"Pull it up and try."

He tried to reel in the line again. He had already reeled it in twice before, and it was empty, only the remora.