Chapter 920: The Connection Made by the Young Policeman

Ye Yaodong asked in surprise, "You... you are a Beijing master..."

Was this heaven-sent wealth about to descend upon him?

"What 'ah'? What Beijing master?" A-Guang asked in surprise from the side.

Zeng Weimin chuckled, "I am from Beijing, my ancestral home is in the Lu region."

"Oh, then you aren't here to do business, are you?"

Would a Beijing person need to run this far out to do business?

He smiled and said nothing.

Ye Yaodong muttered to himself, forget it if you won't say, acting all mysterious. He probably isn't any big shot; how could a big shot end up falling into the water alone?

Heaven-sent wealth. X

"Then you lie down and rest. I've noted the number. Once we get ashore, I'll make the call for you to report you're safe."

"Okay, thank you."

Seeing him lie back down and close his eyes, Ye Yaodong and A-Guang sat back on their small stools, whispering to each other.

"A Beijing person, sounds so awesome!"

Ye Yaodong nodded in agreement. Everyone shouts that people are equal, but in reality, people are divided into different ranks. He is currently in the lowest rank, sigh.

"He just said he wanted to thank you properly. I think you can look forward to it."

"Do I lack that little bit of gratitude money? When I saved him, I didn't know where he was from or if he had money."

With his current net worth, whether placed in the present or decades later, he would be among the wealthy!

However, he really did have a faint expectation in his heart. A Beijing person running out in this day and age shouldn't be ordinary, right?

"Then this is also unexpected wealth; isn't that worth being happy about?"

"We'll see. Who knows how they will express their heart? I didn't plan on anything from them anyway."

"Mm, hey? We're here. The pier is ahead." A-Guang looked at the town in the distance and immediately stood up, rubbing his hands excitedly.

He couldn't wait to get off the boat, go ashore for a turn, and then go all out to make a fortune.

Ye Yaodong also stood up and shouted to the boatmen, "We're almost there, but don't be in a rush. We haven't contacted the buyer yet. You and my father wait on the boat first; I'm going to make a call to help report we're safe."

Things will work out when they reach the bridge.

Do the good deed to the end first, then dream.

"Good, good, good..."

Zeng Weimin also propped himself up with his elbows, took a look, and then continued to lie back down.

After the fishing boat slowed down and slowly docked, Ye Yaodong and A-Guang were the first to climb ashore. Behind them, other fishing boats were also successively finding spots to dock.

Ye Yaodong also brought the red snapper he caught yesterday, tied with a rope. He planned to give it to the college student policeman from yesterday.

Instead of selling it, it's better to give it as a favor. That person was young and easy to talk to; having more friends when out and about means more paths to take.

Anyway, they caught a lot of fish yesterday and didn't finish them. That one was so big they couldn't bear to eat it. There was also a sea bass A-Guang caught; that one would be enough for all of them to have soup at noon.

Seeing him carry the red snapper ashore, Ye Fu hurriedly shouted at him, "Are you taking that fish ashore to sell? Just bring that sea bass along too..."

"I'm taking it to give to someone."

"Give it to whom? That one is worth several yuan..."

Ye Yaodong ignored his father's shouting from behind.

Zeng Weimin, however, kept looking at his back curiously after hearing the conversation between father and son.

He probably couldn't imagine that a common little fisherman who lived off the sea could be so generous, giving away a fish worth several yuan directly, even though they had just said they only arrived yesterday.

"Are you really planning to give it away? This fish could sell for several yuan; it's better to keep it for yourself." A-Guang was a bit reluctant, asking as they walked.

"I don't lack those few yuan. Just give it, give it. That little brother looked easy to talk to; let's build a good connection."

"Fine, anyway, you don't lack those few yuan."

As soon as the two went ashore, they saw many other fishing boats that had just docked. This was a pier specifically for seafood, and they were all moving jellyfish from the boats back and forth.

The cargo pier was in another location.

The pier above was bustling with people, everywhere were baskets. Some were carrying large wooden scales to weigh, others had iron weights. Beside them were many tractors, and many people were moving the slaughtered jellyfish onto them.

Tractors left, and more tractors arrived; people coming and going, vehicles coming and going.

This time was just after the morning collection, the first wave of transport, so there were fewer fish products on the pier, while jellyfish seemed to be more numerous.

The fishing season had arrived. Basically, as soon as dawn broke, fishermen went out to sea to catch, slaughtering while catching, and sending a batch ashore at about the same time, regardless of the quantity, they had to be sent ashore as soon as possible.

This also resulted in the jellyfish season, where fishing boats generally had to dock three times a day—morning, afternoon, and evening—just to sell the goods early. If the quantity was small, some chose to take them back to boil, processing them once before selling, which could fetch a higher price.

Finished products, semi-finished products, and unfinished products could all be sold, just at different prices.

Ye Yaodong and A-Guang didn't wait for the others and went up to stroll around first.

"If we don't have enough time, we can also slaughter them on the boat while we're on the way."

"That would be best."

The batch of jellyfish scooped onto the shore early in the morning had long been split. After the older and younger cousins and Brother Asheng finished splitting them, they immediately started a fire to cook. They could eat as soon as they returned, and the jellyfish blood had also been boiled and left to dry.

The batch of jellyfish blood they just sent back could be put into the pot to boil again.

With experience, the work was very efficient. The others who remained on the beach watched them work, and only then did they hurriedly learn to do it. The efficiency was not as high, and the first pot of jellyfish blood hadn't even been boiled yet.

As soon as Ye Yaodong and the others finished breakfast, leaving only the eldest cousin to watch the things on the island, they hurriedly got back on the boat and shouted for the others to hurry up. For those that weren't split yet, he told them to just split them on the boat along the way. Anyway, the jellyfish blood just needed to be kept and brought back to boil; the rest were all to be sold on the spot.

When there are many people, you have to wait, and it's relatively slow. Ye's father was so anxious he was getting hot-headed, but fortunately, it didn't delay them for long.

However, after Ye Yaodong got on the boat, he said to his father: "After taking them to town once and letting them all know the route, next time... no... this afternoon we won't act together. Let them split them themselves and go to town to sell them."

"Yes, yes, yes, this waiting for one another is maddening."

"Hmm, and when the time comes, everyone will go out to fish in their own boats, and the return times won't be certain. There's no way to wait for all the boats to return before going to sell together."

"Later, after this batch is sold, tell everyone. Anyway, just let Chen Guolong wait at the town pier. Once our boats dock, have him immediately contact people to come and collect them. Since he wants to earn the middleman's money, he has to do the job well; we can't worry about everything."

"That's exactly what I'm thinking. He's on his relative's boat. After we go ashore, I'll talk to him. Later, don't let him come back with us. Let him wait on the shore from now on. We'll see the fishing situation this afternoon or evening before sending the goods to town. Then, it doesn't matter if he wants to come back with us at night, or if he wants to stay in the guesthouse or with his relatives and friends."

This also avoided the need for everyone to come and go together. Anyway, after knowing how to go and how to sell, let everyone find Chen Guolong themselves, so as not to trouble himself to death.

"That's how it has to be. With so many people, there are many things and it's troublesome. Let them do as they please. Anyway, we've already brought them to the place."

"We caught so many jellyfish early this morning. It looks like there won't be a shortage from now on. Everyone is already secretly happy."

When Ye's father heard this, a smile appeared on his face. "Yes, yesterday before it got dark, we saw a few from time to time. I didn't expect so many to appear early in the morning. It looks like we don't have to worry about having nothing to scoop from now on."

"I didn't have time to count how many there were just now, but the quantity in these baskets is not small."

The baskets of jellyfish heads and jellyfish skins on the boat were all lined with nylon bags to prevent moisture loss. He estimated that this boatload should be around 2,000 jin in total.

It's not a lot; last year, when they had a good boatload, they could have over 4,000 jin, but it's not a small amount either. These should be able to sell for a good few dozen yuan. Added to the jellyfish blood scraped off, there's no problem selling the goods from this morning for over a hundred yuan.

This is just the first day, just the beginning. If they go to the surrounding sea surface to look around this afternoon, they should be able to find some more.

"Let's see how much money we can sell them for later? After we come back this afternoon, let's turn around on the sea surface again. We'll harvest as much as we can. By the way, we can also go and take a look at the sea trench from last year."

"Dad, you thought of the same thing as me. I also thought of that sea trench. There are jellyfish floating on the nearby sea surface, so there's no reason there wouldn't be any in the sea trench."

On the way here yesterday, he had been thinking about the sea trench from last year. He had originally thought that he must quietly drive the boat over to take a look today.

"Hehe, I hope there are large quantities floating there too, so we can have a bumper harvest from the first day."

"Whether there are large quantities or not, I'm not counting on it now. After all, the peak season hasn't arrived yet. It's just that I hope it won't be discovered by other boats."

"Hmm, yes. After this batch of goods is sold and we return, let's go take a look. By the way, let the others fish on their own, don't let them follow us."

After Ye Yaodong finished discussing with his father, he sat back on the small stool, and with nothing to do, he rested his chin on his hand and watched them split the remaining few jellyfish.

Aguang also moved over with the small stool under his butt. "When we go to town later, can we make a phone call by the way?"

"Sure, I'm sure many people are in a hurry to call back. After you finish selling the goods, you can go together to make calls. I made a call yesterday, so I won't make one today. After selling the goods later, I'll go back. You can go back with the others."

"That's fine too."

"When can your dad come?"

"I don't know either. I'm also anxious to death. At a critical moment, my dad actually hasn't arrived yet. This makes me feel depressed. So I'm thinking that after we go ashore later, I'll make a phone call back to ask and see if my dad has returned?"

"Hmm, it's okay. It's not a matter of one or two days. Your dad will definitely be back in these two days."

"Sigh!" Aguang sighed heavily. "It's really not easy to want to earn money from everything. I hope that when I call back later, my dad has already returned."

"Anyway, your dad isn't earning money here, he's earning money elsewhere. What does it matter? It's not like you're losing out. Coming a day late means he earned an extra day on the sea."

"That's true too."

Ye Yaodong thought for a while, told Aguang what he had just discussed with his father, and then immediately added: "Do you want to wait directly at the pier this afternoon for your own two boats to dock and pick up the goods?"

"You've sent out both of your boats. If you follow one, you can't follow the other. If you keep following me to fish, you can't follow either of those two boats."

"Anyway, you're already a landlord, you don't need to go out to sea. It's better to just wait at the pier for those two boats. Whenever they dock, you harvest. You can also follow Chen Guolong to send the goods to the factory and see the world."

Aguang touched his chin and drew inferences from one instance. "Then after I figure out the address and situation of the factory, can I also be a middleman and earn middleman's money? Anyway, I don't participate in fishing!"

Ye Yaodong slapped his thigh hard. "Good idea! After you secretly follow him, figure out the middleman's work, find two jellyfish factories, and be a middleman yourself. Isn't that earning money more easily?"

"It's just a bit immoral. It feels like robbing someone else's business."

"Who told you to rob someone else's business right now? You can follow behind and watch more this year. While the fishing boats have just finished selling a wave, take advantage of the free time in between, walk around more in town, and find more factories?"

"It's impossible for only one family to have a monopoly, right? Generally, these processing plants are gathered together, or they are not far from each other."

"Then next year, won't all the goods from the whole village be collected by you? We don't need to call him anymore. This year, we can let him earn first. Look, he brought two other boats out himself this year. Next year, who knows if he'll bring more. By then, he won't have to worry about not having money to earn."

Aguang touched his painful thigh and hissed twice. He was just about to scold him, but his attention was diverted by what he said. After thinking about it seriously, he also felt it was feasible.

"Then I'll ponder it this afternoon. If I don't go out to sea, I'll collect goods on the shore. Then there is indeed plenty of time to be idle. Follow and take a look. If I can do it, I'll do it. If I can't, forget it. After all, we are from out of town, and we don't have acquaintances. Who knows if the factory won't buy it."

"Hmm, you can take a look first. It's best to find one that can pay on the spot, so you don't have to worry about not getting the money. Pay with one hand and sell the goods with the other. You are at most just a middleman, and you don't need to take risks."

"That would be best, of course. Then let's take a look first."

Suddenly, Aguang also used the other person's method to treat the other person's body. He slapped Ye Yaodong's thigh hard and shouted loudly.

"Ouch, your idea is really great. If I can find a factory that pays on the spot, then at least I can collect my own family's first and earn my own family's middleman money, so as not to let others earn it."

Ye Yaodong was in pain, grinning and rubbing his thigh back and forth. He felt that this guy did it on purpose and was taking revenge on him.

It hurt me to death. I guess he used twelve percent of his strength.

"Adong, you are really smart!"

As he spoke, Aguang raised his hand again, wanting to slap his thigh.

Fortunately, Ye Yaodong was quick-witted and hurriedly raised the stool under his butt and moved to the side.

"Eh? What are you dodging for?"

Ye Yaodong glared at him fiercely. "I gave you an idea to earn money, and you don't thank me, but you hit me!"

"How is this hitting you? Isn't this just words chasing words, and being excited?"

"Go die on the side."

Aguang didn't advance but retreated. With a cheeky face, he also raised the small stool under his butt and continued to move closer to his side.

"You say, is my idea feasible? If I can find it, I'll be a middleman for my own family's boat first. This is also understandable, right? And people pay on the spot, which is more pleasing and more popular."

"Yes, why wouldn't it be? If you can find a factory that pays on the spot, this is also your own way and ability. You are just doing your own family's business, and you didn't pull his. What's more, no one stipulated that it must be collected by him. It's just that we also have to be a little more moral and can't let people run for nothing."

"By the way, did he extract any money as a middleman last year?"

"That's not a small amount. He extracted 5 points. Our three boats sold 15,000 or 16,000 last year. He directly earned 700 or 800, and it was a business without capital, just spending some phone bills. It can be considered a profit of ten thousand for one."

"Grass! So much!" Aguang's eyes widened. "Three boats earned so much, and it was only for more than a month. Then there are 17 boats this year, won't he be rich?"

When Ye Yaodong first reminded Aguang to be a middleman, he didn't think about how much money he could earn. But now that he calculated it for him, it was indeed very scary.

Three boats earned 700 or 800. Wouldn't 17 boats earn 4,000 or 5,000? And this was only for a little over a month.

If it goes smoothly this year, they can fish for two months. Wouldn't they earn 9,000 or 10,000?

Grass, blood profit!

One boat can't earn so much, and he doesn't need to deduct costs much. No matter how much is sold, it is a net profit of 5 points. And their fishing boat costs are still very high. The money they get in their hands has to deduct a lot of costs before it is a net profit.

Thinking about it this way, the profit is too cruel!

And the Fengshou hasn't come over yet. If all the goods are collected by Chen Guolong, it's really no problem to earn 10,000 in blood profit!

Ye Yaodong also widened his eyes and looked at him. The two of them calculated it like this and were both shocked.

"No, I have to find a way out no matter what. So much money can't just be earned by him. Most of the people in our village were brought out by you. What does it have to do with him?"

Aguang was instantly unbalanced.

"Everyone is not related to each other. Last year, we already earned so much for him. Why should we give him 10,000 for nothing this year? If there is money, shouldn't we let our own people earn it first?"

"You are not good at bringing people out and running away halfway. I have no problem at all, and the people in the village have no problem either. Everyone has no friendship with him, and they are not related. It must be whoever gives the money happily, and the goods will naturally be collected by whoever."

"And, didn't he bring two boats out himself? How could he not earn less and run empty?"

Ye Yaodong felt that Aguang was right.

He didn't feel that he was backstabbing the other party by giving Aguang an idea. People have closeness and distance. If there is money, of course, it should be given to their own people first. What's more, last year was also a win-win situation, not just one person benefiting unilaterally.

"Hmm, then after you go ashore later, take a look. Last year, the town pier also had fishing boats returning at every time point, and there were tractors pulling goods."

"If you see it, boldly go up and find two families to chat. We don't need to go through Chen Guolong. Anyway, being a middleman is just that. As long as you can contact the factory to collect the goods, it will be fine."

"If it doesn't work, anyway, you won't suffer a loss. If it works, you earn it. You didn't step on him to get to the top. Even if he is depressed about the lost money, he can't say anything. After all, you just followed out today, and you didn't rely on him for anything."

Aguang nodded. "Good brother, if this works, I will give you a big red envelope."

"Forget it, don't talk big first. Who knows if it works? Let's talk after it works."

"I'll try it after docking."

"Come on!" Ye Yaodong clenched his hand into a fist to cheer him up.

Aguang was full of fighting spirit, his eyes glowing with brilliance, and he was faintly looking forward to it in his heart, as if he had found the meaning of coming out. He would see his ability later.

"Why is our dad driving so slowly? We have been talking for a long time, and he still hasn't docked."

"How can it be so fast? It's not like it grew wings and can fly over directly."

Ye Yaodong touched him with his knee. "Sit a little further. Why are you so close to me? Don't touch me."

"Be intimate."

"Get lost."

Aguang looked at the person lying in the corner, raised his chin, and signaled to that side. "Hey, why is this person still lying there half-dead? It's been a whole day, and he hasn't woken up. Have you tried if he still has breath?"

"He has breath. I fed him rice soup this morning. I guess his physical functions are too poor, so he is in deep sleep and self-repairing."

"What what skills, what are you talking about?"

"It means he is still alive, just wait for him to wake up. Otherwise, you go mouth-to-mouth, give him artificial respiration, blow a fairy breath, maybe he will wake up."

"Do you want horse urine? Still fairy breath?"

"Then I guess he will be woken up by being sprayed!"

"Ah, he moved, he moved..." Aguang patted Ye Yaodong in surprise. "He woke up, look at his fingers."

Ye Yaodong immediately got up and went over, looking closely. "Eh? It really came true. He woke up as soon as he said so, he opened his eyes."

Other boat workers heard them say that the person woke up, and they also followed to surround and take a look.

The person lying on the deck opened his eyes and saw a circle of heads on top of his head, which scared him to close his eyes immediately.

"Why did he close his eyes again?"

"Is this sleeping again?"

Ye Yaodong squatted down and patted his shoulder. "Hey, comrade, are you awake? If you are awake, open your eyes. It's time to sit up, don't keep lying down."

The middle-aged man in a shirt opened his eyes again, and he asked with a hoarse voice: "Am I saved?"

Ye Yaodong was surprised when he heard him speak. This Mandarin is really standard, every word is round and square, a world of difference from their lame language.

"Yes, you have a great life. It happened that we drove by and saw you, so we scooped you up."

Ye Yaodong also switched his dialect, used Mandarin to talk to others, and by the way helped to support the person and let him lean on the side of the boat.

Originally, it was to split the jellyfish, so he moved him to the edge of the corner. This time, it was convenient for him to have a place to lean on.

"Thank you very much. If you hadn't scooped me up, I guess I would have already seen the King of Hell."

"It's true. When we just scooped you up, everyone thought you were a dead person. Your breathing was very weak, but when we touched your neck, your carotid artery was still beating."

He heard it and reached out to touch his neck, smiling and saying: "Usually, people won't touch their necks, they will only try if there is breathing. I really have a great life."

"Hmm, just woke up, rest for a while, don't talk too much, just keep lying down. Are you hungry? But there is no rice porridge to eat now, it's past meal time. You can drink some hot water first. I don't know how long you have been floating on the sea. Now that you have just woken up, it seems you can't eat too much."

"Just drink some hot water."

"Then I'll go pour it." Aguang turned his head to help pour water.

"My name is Zeng Weimin, how should I address the little comrade? Listening to your accent, it seems to be Minnan dialect, right?"

"My name is Ye Yaodong, I speak Minnan dialect. My Mandarin is indeed a bit lame, not as good as yours. Listening to you speak, I know you are a cultured person, and you are not a local."

"Hmm, not a local, I am a northerner."

"North, that's far enough. You came here to do business, right? Accidentally fell into the water?"

He nodded and didn't say much.

In this day and age, there are many people running around doing business, which is not surprising. The people on the boat were just curious for a while, and after listening for a while, they didn't surround him anymore.

Ye Yaodong explained to him where they are going now, their current location, that these on the boat are split jellyfish, and told him about the current situation of the fishing boat.

"If you are in a hurry to go back or report safety, you can get off the boat after we dock later."

"I just woke up now, I can't walk yet, and I'm not in a hurry. Is it convenient for me to raise my body on the boat for two days? After I get better, I will thank you properly."

"That's fine, then you can raise it on the boat first. I'm afraid your family members will be anxious."

He nodded. "I'll give you a string of numbers. After you get off the boat later, is it convenient for you to help me make a phone call to report safety?"

"Alright."

Help people to the end, send Buddha to the west.

"Thank you, Comrade Ye Yaodong. I met a noble person when I went out. My life should not be cut off. Thank you so much."

"Hey, it's just a hand-raising effort. It's not easy to make a living when you go out. Lie down, we'll dock later. I'll go get a pen to write down the number."

"Alright, alright, thank you!"

Ye Yaodong took the pen and waited for him to report the number, but was surprised to find that the beginning was actually the area code of Jingcheng!!!

My ancestor!!

He almost knelt down, it was actually a Jing master!

Ye Yaodong was the first to dial the phone number written on the back of his hand. Fortunately, it wasn't written on the palm, otherwise, it would have been rubbed off by them eating this and that.

"Hello... hello, is this Zeng Weimin's family?"

"Mm... it's like this, he is in my hands... ah no, he is on my boat... that's not right either..."

Ye Yaodong hurriedly handed the half-eaten salted vegetable cake in his hand to A-Guang. Eating is too misleading; he couldn't speak clearly. Don't let them take him as a kidnapper.

A-Guang laughed foolishly on the side, "Don't you have to ask for a ransom in the next sentence?"

Ye Yaodong glared at him before explaining to the phone.

"Sorry, I was eating just now. I didn't use my brain to speak, it just passed through my intestines. A slip of the tongue."

"Ah, it's like this, Zeng Weimin fell into the water. I accidentally saved him last night. He is on my boat now. We are at the border of Fujian and Zhejiang. He is awake now and is not in danger."

Ye Yaodong simply reported they were safe to their family, talked about Zeng Weimin's current physical condition, and was thanked repeatedly by their family before hanging up the phone.

Immediately after, he handed the phone to A-Guang.

A-Guang wasn't in a hurry to call the jellyfish factory. He wanted to call home first, but the phone was busy.

Only then did he come to his senses. Several dozen people at the Post and Telecommunications Bureau were queuing to call the village. It would be strange if he could get through. Their village only had one phone in total.

He gave up when he couldn't get through. Anyway, with so many people, knowing he was safe was enough. He would find time to call when there were no people in the afternoon. Anyway, he was prepared to stay on the pier for the whole afternoon.

After hanging up the phone, he took out the small note Yang Guo'an gave him and dialed a string of phone numbers again.