Chapter 917: Arrival (Two-in-one 7200)

A Guang looked at him puzzled. "Where did you learn so many strange words?"

"Made it up. Anyway, as long as you can understand what it means, I'm also talking nonsense. This is saying that your style as a boss cannot be lost."

He said unhappily: "Forget it, I'm just free labor."

"Then let's crawl back." A Zheng heard his father's call.

After others finished chatting, they had no opinion and were all ready to return to their respective boats for dinner.

Xiao Xiao also followed closely and crawled back to his boat.

The four people instantly only had two left, and the boat also recovered from being full of people just now to its original appearance.

Actually, Ye Yaodong was just saying it. They were about to arrive at the destination, and it wasn't that the quantity was so large that he felt it was a pity to miss it. It was better to find a place to stay first. At this moment, the sky had darkened bit by bit, and it was very fast.

The fishermen had basically eaten, or were eating. The pot cooked now was also their turn to eat.

Too many people, the pot was too small, no choice, could only eat in turns like this. After arriving at the gathering point, it would be easy, and they could cook in a pot.

He temporarily brought the big pot from home. Anyway, his mother hadn't cooked for a long time, and that pot was idle there. Yesterday, when he went to town, he also forgot to buy a pot, so he could only take the pot from home to top it up.

After a simple full meal, Ye Fu shouted at other fishing boats, "I'll sail slowly first, remember to follow."

Didn't care if people had finished eating. Anyway, sailing didn't affect eating, and they didn't need them to recognize the way. There were always free people who could help steer and follow.

The helmsmen on other fishing boats also responded loudly.

Just like this, the fishing boat slowly retreated from the shore and moved forward slowly, and other boats also retreated one after another to follow.

The sun had fallen to the other side of the mountain, leaving the sky full of glow, like a palette in the sky, red, orange, purple, yellow, dyeing the entire sky into a gorgeous scroll.

Reflected on the sea, those sparkling ripples, as if the painter of nature, outlined a water and ink painting with delicate brushstrokes, making the originally calm seawater shine.

Making them unable to distinguish whether it was jellyfish or the reflection of the glow in the sky on the water surface.

Jellyfish are also candy colors of all colors.

However, Ye Yaodong had long been prepared. Ever since he found the first jellyfish while sailing, he had always put a dip net and a long bamboo pole with a steel hook by his hand, just in case.

At this moment, his father had not sailed out of the docking point for long. In order to wait for the fishing boats behind, he slowed down the boat speed, even slower than the speed during operation, which just happened to give him dog shit luck to encounter a super big jellyfish floating on the side of the fishing boat.

His face was happy, he casually picked up a long bamboo pole with a steel hook, reached deep into the seawater, and in A Guang's dull exclamation, quickly lifted the bamboo pole up.

"Hey! My hand speed is really fast!"

That bright, mushroom-shaped umbrella jellyfish, looking bigger than a pot lid, was hooked by the hook.

"Damn, caught one just like this? So big? It looks as big as a table!"

A Guang was seeing the scene of catching jellyfish for the first time, amazed.

The fishermen nearby were also attracted by his exclamation and ran over, and then exclaimed repeatedly.

They were all newcomers, and they felt novel watching it.

Such a big one could be divided into several dozen jin. A great start.

"So big, this must be one or two hundred jin?"

"Look at it, it should be. These jellyfish are all water, can be said to be made of water. Such a big head must have it."

"Hurry up and help me pull it up, what are you still looking at?" Ye Yaodong gritted his teeth, pulling the bamboo pole with force, but everyone was watching there, and no one said to help.

"Oh, coming, coming." A Guang rolled up his sleeves and hurriedly leaned over to help pull the bamboo pole. "I thought you could do it alone, who knew you couldn't."

"Damn, this size is so big, so heavy, if it were you alone, can you do it?"

"Definitely can, I am a fierce man!"

"Want some face?"

"Use some strength, you, it's almost up."

"You also use some strength, legs are soft, don't tell me hands are also soft?"

"Motherfucker..."

"Motherfucker..."

The two used strength on their hands, and didn't forget to fight a war of words, one sentence after another, neither showing weakness in scolding each other.

Until they worked together to lift this jellyfish up and smashed it on the deck, they stopped.

"Kill immediately?"

"Definitely." Ye Yaodong dropped the bamboo pole in his hand, turned his head to get a kitchen knife to divide it on the spot, and by the way, demonstrated to others how to slaughter and how to divide.

The fishing boats that caught up nearby saw their boat so slow, and also followed, stretching their necks and looking, wanting to see what they were doing. As a result, they also saw them all standing on the side of the boat.

Some boats saw them catching jellyfish, while others were blocked by fishing boats, and could only see people, not what they were doing.

However, everyone still passed the word to other fishing boats, and some fishing boats even sailed to the front, surrounding them to watch.

After a while, they were also surrounded. Those who could see leaned on the edge, stretching their necks to watch Ye Yaodong divide. After all, they were all novices, and they came out to fight. Most of them only heard the father and son simply teach how to slaughter and divide, and a few had watched it last year, but they had long forgotten it.

Those who couldn't see also went to turn around on the sea surface nearby to see if they could encounter it.

Ye Yaodong only needed three minutes to divide a jellyfish, neatly and cleanly, dividing the jellyfish head and umbrella part, as well as the jellyfish blood.

Then he pulled a rag, wiped his hands, and stood up.

"That's how to divide. It's very simple after being proficient. If there are more caught later, you can practice dividing it. The quantity should not be much these two days, just right to practice more. After a few days, when the fishing season comes, you can be proficient and fast."

"Hey, good, good..."

"Sprinkle salt on it and marinate it, otherwise it will turn into water in a while. It's impossible to sell it today anyway, so it must be marinated first."

Others also hurriedly went to scoop coarse salt.

Ye Yaodong felt that after teaching all these people, it wouldn't take two years, and it was estimated that everyone in the village would know it. By then, it wouldn't be so troublesome.

And, by that time, as long as the time comes, it is estimated that not only their village will set off, but the surrounding villages and the town will all follow and rush.

After all, the fine tradition of their Fujian people is to take family, relatives, and neighbors to break through together, and only by fighting will they win.

As long as this fishing season, everyone makes a big profit again, the fishing boats in their village will definitely double next year, and the boats running to Zhejiang Province will have to double several times. It is also good that this coastline is long, so there is no need to concentrate in one place, and there will be no meat to eat.

After he finished dividing, Ye Fu restarted the fishing boat and moved forward. The surrounding fishing boats hurriedly followed, and the boats that were lingering nearby to turn around also gave up searching and quickly followed.

Ye Fu didn't say to slow down to catch a few more jellyfish. They had been drifting at sea for long enough, and everyone was mentally exhausted. The most important thing at present was to reach the destination first, and then find a place to stay.

If there is time, it is best to make a phone call back to report safety.

The small profits on the sea surface are forgotten. The fishing season is coming soon, so where is the difference?

So he didn't slow down even if he encountered it on the road. The one before was also because he slowed down to wait for the fishing boats behind, which was an accident that Dongzi hooked.

Other fishing boats were very moved and wanted to stop to try to scoop it up. However, looking at the boat in front moving forward quickly, they didn't dare to stop at all and could only speed up to catch up.

If they fell behind the team, it would be over.

For the sake of sesame, losing watermelon is not worth it.

Fishing boats shuttled on the sea surface, from dawn to dark, until night fell, and orange-yellow lights also lit up.

A lamp represents a boat, constantly flashing from the sea surface. Ye Yaodong looked at it and felt that it was like the group of smuggling boats he encountered when he was fighting for the fishing rod a few days ago.

However, just when he was thinking wildly, he felt that the boat was slowing down. He thought it was about to arrive, and his spirit was shocked. His father also shouted at him.

Ye Yaodong instantly became energetic. This time it should finally arrive, right? He hurriedly ran over, and A Guang also followed behind him.

For so long, it hadn't arrived for a long time, and the sky had darkened completely. The two of them had long lost the desire to chat.

Just when they approached, his father pointed to the sea in front and shouted at them, "Dongzi, look."

"Damn! Motherfucker, so unlucky?" Ye Yaodong widened his eyes and was instantly depressed.

"Damn, is it a floating corpse? No, right? In the middle of the night, this is also too scary?" A Guang also frowned. Encountering a floating corpse is not a good thing.

Obviously, before setting off early in the morning, they had all gone to the Mazu Temple to offer incense, and they all worshipped Mazu on the boat. When boarding the boat, they had also offered incense.

His father-in-law also burned yellow paper for everyone on the boat to remove bad luck. All the rules and rituals were done well, but they still encountered it. This is also too evil.

"No, his body shape in the water is a bit wrong. The body is under the water, and the chest is on the sea surface. It should be lying on wood or something." Ye Yaodong said with a frown.

"It really is."

"Is it dead or alive?"

"Should be half-dead. If it were dead, the body should also float on the water surface, not under the water surface." Ye Yaodong said with a frown.

And Ye Fu had already steered the boat to the side of the floating humanoid. Its sudden deceleration also affected the situation of the fishing boats behind, and they all slowed down one after another, surrounding it to see the situation.

A Guang looked disgusted. "Then scoop it up?"

"Scoop it up. Whether dead or alive, it must be scooped up. Can't just leave it like this."

Ye Fu also said: "Call others to help scoop it up. You two don't get stained, and don't get close."

Others were also surrounding the side of the boat watching. The master said to scoop, and they immediately put on gloves and did it.

These were old fishermen with experience. This kind of situation had been seen before. They discussed a few words at the beginning, but when they started scooping, they didn't talk about it at all.

In the seven orifices, at least one orifice must be closed. After all, they were afraid of scooping up a dead person, afraid of startling things that shouldn't be startled.

Other fishing boats were also looking suspiciously, and they all regretted it extremely. Why did they have to come over? It was estimated that they would all be unlucky.

It was dark, and they were at a distance, so they couldn't distinguish whether it was alive or dead, and they all thought they had encountered a dead person.

Actually, they didn't think about it. They all had to follow Ye Yaodong later. If they were unlucky, they would be unlucky together. If they were lucky, it was not certain.

Other fishing boats that were preparing to approach were calling to them, and their hands didn't stop gesturing, letting them not approach.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"

Many boats didn't know what was going on, but since they were all calling to retreat, they had to wait in place and look first.

The fishermen on Ye Yaodong's boat used sticks to scratch the humanoid thing on the sea surface, letting it drift over a bit, and it was only convenient to get it up when it was close to the side of the boat.

He didn't listen to his father, walked to one side with A Guang, and both of them stretched their necks to watch.

When it was pulled up, they all saw that it was a middle-aged man wearing a shirt. Looking at the body, it was quite sturdy, but he was not very tall, but it was okay, and he was about 1.7 meters.

"This corpse seems very clean... shouldn't have encountered disaster for long..."

"No, you didn't touch it just now. This body is soft. It should still be alive, right?"

"Right, right, it's soft. Just now I was busy being afraid, and didn't think much about it. His body is soft..."

"Is it dead for long? It was icy cold when it was pulled up."

"Soaking in water for a long time, of course it is icy cold. Is the watermelon soaked in water also icy cold?"

"Don't use watermelon to compare, how can we eat tomorrow."

"Try breathing?"

"You come..."

"You come..."

"You go..."

They touched shoulders, pushed to block, without the master's order, who was willing to lean over to do this kind of thing?

"No, you guys at least turn the person over first, don't let him lie down. Didn't you say it's quite clean and still alive? Turn the person over first and look at the front."

With Ye Yaodong's words, those people also helped turn the person over first.

The face was a bit white from soaking in seawater, but it didn't reach the point of swelling, and it didn't turn blue.

It was just that the steel pen still pinned on his chest pocket looked particularly eye-catching, firmly pinned on the pocket, and didn't fall off, still there.

This should be a cadre?

Or someone with a legitimate occupation in a public institution?

Otherwise, ordinary people couldn't afford a steel pen, and ordinary workers rarely had steel pens in their pockets, unless they liked to pretend to be forced.

"Try to see if there is any breath?"

Those fishermen looked at each other, pushed out the person who didn't help just now, and the old man shook his shoulders, squatted down to help try it, and immediately withdrew his hand.

"Seems like no breath?"

"No breath?"

"Really no breath?"

"Just said that the corpse floating on the sea has no living one. Then just pull it to an isolated island and bury it."

"Didn't expect it to be dead. Thought it was alive."

Ye Yaodong also felt that he looked quite clean. Since everyone said his body was soft, and he had also seen the way he was floating on the sea just now, he also felt that it should be alive.

He squatted down, hesitatingly reached out.

"Dongzi, what are you doing?" A Guang was a bit abnormal in his actions.

Ye Yaodong touched his neck and found that the carotid artery was still beating, and the body still had a little bit of residual warmth.

He widened his eyes. "This is alive!"

"Ah? Alive?"

"Alive?"

Ye Fu also squatted down and asked: "Is it really alive?"

Ye Yaodong said affirmatively: "It's alive. You touch his neck. The carotid artery is still beating there, and there is still a little residual warmth on his body."

Ye Fu reached out and touched the neck of the man on the ground, and really felt the beating, and there was still a little residual warmth on the body.

If this were dead, it would have been cold long ago floating in the sea.

"It really is alive."

"Ah? Alive? Just tried it, there is indeed no breath."

Ye Yaodong interrupted: "It's just a bit weak, there is still a little bit."

Ye Fu also probed his mouth and nose. "Just a bit weak, still a little bit."

Ye Yaodong interrupted: "You guys boil some hot water, feed him a little, and by the way, take off the clothes on his body and wipe him and change one. Father, you steer your boat, I will take one and put it on him first."

It was estimated that his clothes were the most brought here, and he was afraid of sun exposure, so he brought long sleeves, which was just right for this person to wear to keep warm.

The fishermen all moved to help, and Ye Fu also shouted at other fishing boats, "Nothing, saved a person, it's a living person, not a corpse, let's continue on the road."

"Alive?"

"Alive? It's good to be alive."

"Oh my, it's alive, then it's good, then we can go..."

"Right, go, go, can't delay any longer." Ye Fu shouted, and then restarted the fishing boat, taking the lead in front.

At night, the sky was dark, and their boat speed was much slower than during the day. They were not that familiar with the sea area here, so Ye Fu had to distinguish the direction while sailing, looking at the compass and the compass.

When they reached the sea island, it was already 9 o'clock, which was longer than the expected time.

At night, the light was not good, but when Ye Yaodong took a flashlight and shone on the environment of the sea island around, he also felt familiar. This was the desert island where they stayed until the end of last year.

His father was really capable, the old horse really knew the way!

The flashlights around were also shaking everywhere, and everyone was also shouting excitedly and happily, finally arrived!

"Oh my mother, finally arrived!" A Guang also stretched a big stretch.

"Yes, finally arrived. So late, we can just spread a mat on the boat and lie down to sleep." 【9

By the time they reached the island, it was already 9 o'clock, which was longer than the estimated time.

The light was poor at night, but when Ye Yaodong shone his flashlight around at the island's environment, he felt a sense of familiarity; this was the very deserted island where they had camped out for those days at the end of last year.

His father was truly capable; an old horse really does know the way!

Flashlights were also swinging wildly all around, and everyone was shouting and clamoring with excitement and joy, finally having arrived!

"My god, we've finally arrived!" Ah Guang also gave a fierce, big stretch.

"Yeah, finally here. It's so late, we can just lay out a mat on the boat and go to sleep."

"We still need to tidy things up first."

"We set off too late today, only leaving after 7 o'clock. If we had set off at 4 in the morning when the sky was just beginning to brighten, it would have been perfect; we would have arrived by dusk and wouldn't be as late as we are now."

"It's fine, it's fine. Of course, you have to pick a good day when going on a long journey to make money."

Ye Yaodong also ran over to ask his father, "Should we move the pots, stoves, and other sundries down? I remember that last year, regardless of whether the tide was coming in or going out, there was a large stretch of beach exposed here."

They had chosen this island as a base back then for this very reason; having the beach exposed made it convenient for them to drag the jellyfish ashore for slaughter, otherwise, their net-hauling machine wouldn't be able to drag up too many jellyfish.

"Move them. Move the long bamboo flat baskets piled in the corner down too. In a while, we'll cook the jellyfish blood we just scraped off and hang it up to dry; this stuff is the most valuable."

"Mm."

After getting off the boat, Ye Fu also called out to the others, and everyone began to move one after another.

Ye Yaodong directed the others to get busy while he squatted there, looking at that half-dead person, wondering what he should do with him.

The boatman had already wiped his body down with hot water and changed him into clean clothes and trousers, though they were a bit long, so he had folded the sleeves and pant legs twice.

While the boat was moving, he had also asked someone to boil a small bowl of rice soup and fed it to him bit by bit. He looked a bit better in complexion than before, but he still hadn't woken up, his brows tightly knit.

It looked like he would just have to be nursed for the next few days, but it wasn't suitable to keep him on the boat; his boat wasn't the Harvest, which had a cabin for sleeping and bunk beds to lie on.

Lying on the deck like this would really affect their slaughtering work if they started catching jellyfish tomorrow. They could only let him lie there for one night; if they went out to fish tomorrow morning, they would have to leave him alone on the island first.

"Dad, while we're at it, let's just set up the sunshade we brought. Let's get done what needs to be done tonight so we can go out to sea to take a look first thing tomorrow morning."

Actually, when they were coming over just now, they had seen quite a few scattered jellyfish floating on the sea surface, so they would definitely be able to start work tomorrow morning.

"Mm, it's just as well we didn't do anything all day today and just stayed on the boat. Let's get everything that needs preparing ready tonight."

They set up the sunshade to avoid being exposed to the sun while slaughtering; this was all experience gained from last year.

Ah Guang poked Ye Yaodong with his elbow, "Dongzi? Should we make a phone call back home?"

"It's so late, will anyone answer? I reckon the old man watching the door has gone to sleep, right?"

"Want to try? If we don't call back, I reckon more than half the village won't be able to sleep tonight. It's only past 9 o'clock, they probably haven't slept yet and are all waiting for news of our safety. If the old man watching the door doesn't hear it, we'll just call a few more times."

"That works too."

Ye Yaodong climbed off the boat and ran to tell his father, and the others around them hurriedly chimed in.

"We do need to make a call back to report our safety, otherwise the family will be worried to death having had no contact all day."

"Is there any place to make a call this late?"

"Go to the guesthouse. If the guesthouse won't let us, go to the police station."

"Huh?"

"When in trouble, find the police!"

"That works too. I'm just worried no one will answer in the village, but we can try. How far is it from here to the town?"

"Less than an hour by boat. Anyway, the boatmen are here to tidy up. Those of you who want to go together can go together; I know the way."

Azheng and Hearing Xiao Xiao were the first to actively raise their hands, "Me, me, me..."

"And me, we'll go with you."

Lin Jingye also spoke up, "I'll go with you all too. You're all a bunch of youngsters; it's not reassuring to let you go alone. I'll go with you to take a look and, while I'm at it, help everyone report our safety. We don't need a whole crowd to go; a few people is enough to report that we're safe."

"That works too. I originally wanted to go, but since you're going, we don't need to. We've been driving the boat all day, it's quite exhausting," someone said.

"Then we won't go. Anyway, you guys just go and report our safety. We'll keep watch here and tidy up some things. Everyone mark out your own area, don't mix up each other's stuff..."

After everyone had agreed, they all boarded Ye Yaodong's boat.

While Ye Yaodong was driving the boat toward the town, the others were all curiously surrounding the half-dead person on the deck, taking a look.

When they were sailing just now, they only heard that they had saved someone, but they didn't know who it was they had saved.

"Tsk tsk tsk, his life wasn't meant to end; he was lucky to run into our group."

Ah Guang also chimed in, "Yeah, he's lucky he ran into us. Otherwise, if he drifted for another two days without anyone discovering him, he'd probably die of thirst or hunger. With the sun so scorching during the day, it's a testament to his toughness that he survived."

"Then let's nurse him. If he can wake up, let him work for Dongzi for a month or two to repay the favor."

"Are you crazy? We've already hired a bunch of boatmen. Even if he wakes up, he'll be sickly. We don't need him. If he can go home directly when he wakes up, send him away quickly."

"That's true too."

They whispered and pointed at the half-dead person, discussing him, while Ye Yaodong remained focused on moving forward and identifying the direction.

At this time, the small town was also completely silent, with very few lights on, and he was identifying the way as he drove.

After passing a port that he felt was quite large, and seeing rows upon rows of large and small fishing boats around, he turned back.

He intended to pull over and take a look to see if it was the right place.

It was never easy to identify things in the dark of night.

However, after docking, he confirmed he hadn't gone the wrong way. After Lin Jingye went ashore, he also smiled and kept praising him.

Praising his ability and promise; even late at night, he didn't need to ask for help or have anyone assist him, and he didn't take a wrong turn.

"Uncle, if you're going to praise someone, say a few more words. It's rare for me to hear my dad praise me, and now I'm hearing it from you. I'm satisfied, but I want to hear a few more; praise me some more!"

"Haha, you good lad, you're not humble at all."

"Excessive humility is called hypocrisy. I'm an honest man, I just like hearing nice things."

"Alright, alright, alright. When I go back, I'll have a good talk with your dad. When something is worth being proud of, don't be stingy with the praise. He's the one with the best life among us old folks now."

"You're doing well too. I see your forehead is full and your face is glowing; you're definitely going to have great luck and make a fortune soon."

Everyone was amused by him.

"You're trying to praise yourself while praising others, saying you're going to have great luck and make a fortune, right?"

Ah Guang also touched his own forehead, "I also feel my forehead is full and my face is glowing. I reckon I'll be able to make a fortune tomorrow."

"Hahaha, if there's money to be made, we'll make it together."

"If there are girls, we'll pick them up together... pick... I didn't say anything, I'm shutting up! You didn't hear anything! I just thought it sounded catchy." After Azheng finished speaking, he immediately covered his mouth tightly.

Ye Yaodong gave him a sidelong glance, "You might as well stay on the boat and watch that half-dead person, lest you go to the police station and can't come back out."

Hearing Xiao Xiao chimed in, "I think so too!"

He hurriedly shook his head, "I won't talk, I promise I won't talk."

"Heh, so are we going straight to the border defense station?"

"Let's go to the guesthouse and take a look first."