Chapter 925: Win-Win

Ye Fu heard the two of them calculate the accounts clearly and let out a sigh of relief. He was afraid of disputes arising and damaging the harmony, as they were all his own people after all.

Ye Yaopeng, Ye Yaohua, and Ah Guang listened to Ye Yaodong arguing for every point while calculating the accounts, not yielding just because the other party was an elder, and they were impressed. Moreover, he calculated it clearly and distinctly.

Initially, they were a bit confused, but hearing that they could split half a share felt pretty good. After all, he had to make the trip regardless, and they only held one share of the large boat in total. Being able to split an extra half share was already very good in their eyes.

Unexpectedly, Dongzi could calculate the accounts like that; it really made everyone admire him. He truly didn't suffer even the slightest loss.

"Dongzi, you are too shrewd! I was originally muddled, feeling that half a share was quite a lot, but after you calculated it like that, I've been enlightened."

Ah Guang also instantly understood the gap between the two of them. Dongzi's brain was just agile; he was just smarter than him. Before, he was just a bit lazy.

"This isn't called being shrewd; this is called fairness. Who knows if the extra fishing time the day after tomorrow, after splitting the catch in half, might not even amount to half a share?"

"Oh, stop talking. You're making my head spin; I'm dizzy. Anyway, since you and my dad have calculated it clearly, then that's fine."

"I told you to read the newspaper more often when you have nothing to do, but you wouldn't listen."

"What does this have to do with reading the newspaper?"

"Read more newspapers to increase your culture. The more things you fill your brain with, the more you naturally know, and you'll naturally appear smarter. You use them to wipe your butt every day; how far are your intestines from your head, and how close are your eyes?"

"You son of a..."

"Crack!"

Ah Guang's head received a heavy blow from his father, and he was instantly stunned.

"How are you talking?"

"How old am I already, and you're still hitting my head."

"No matter how old you are, you're still my son."

It was fortunate that Pei Fu was about the same height as Ah Guang and could reach him, unlike his own father, who couldn't reach him.

His damn perfect height made his father have to look up and tilt his head to see him.

Ye Yaodong secretly glanced at his father, feeling happy inside, and also thought about whether he should raise another ewe that was currently lactating when he went back.

It would be good to let the boys in the family grow taller, and the elderly could supplement their nutrition. Eating malted milk extract for a whole year was quite expensive, costing three or four cans a month, and the old lady was always reluctant to drink it, often lying to them that she had drunk it when she hadn't.

It would be more cost-effective to raise a ewe; the nutrition would be richer, and she wouldn't be reluctant to consume it.

When he was young, the old lady secretly squeezed goat milk to raise him; now that she was old, it was just right for him to buy a goat to repay her.

When it stopped lactating, he could directly slaughter it for the whole family to eat meat and buy another lactating one; he wouldn't lose anything at all!

He could drink milk and eat meat.

Ah Guang glared at his father and went straight back to the cabin, feeling quite embarrassed.

Pei Fu didn't care about him.

Ye Yaodong, however, was envious. There were bunks on the Fengshou to sleep in, which was convenient; tomorrow, Ah Guang wouldn't have to be woken up by the sunlight so early.

Ye Fu said with a smile: "Then it's fine as long as you've discussed it clearly. Everyone is here, so it's settled. Try it out for these two days; split the extra in half, and no one suffers a loss. It can be considered fixed transportation costs, and there's no need to change it later. Whether we earn more or less, it's not being earned by outsiders."

Pei Fu also nodded with a smile, "That trench was discovered by all of us together last year. I won't tell anyone else; it's better if the original team from last year does the fishing. Telling others won't benefit us. Anyway, since the people are already brought out, let them fish themselves."

"The jellyfish fishing season is much longer than the squid season; it's enough for them to earn, and the quantity will increase every day from now on."

Ye Fu also looked at the people on the other boats; it was already this late, and they had all boarded their respective boats to prepare for sleep.

Originally, after they finished working, they wanted to inquire about how much they earned today. After all, only two of their boats returned, and both boats worked all day.

As a result, they all boarded the boat to discuss matters, so everyone had to give up and go to sleep.

He nodded, "I didn't intend to let others know in the first place. It's enough for us few to know. Don't let the fertile water flow into outsiders' fields. Cover it up for as long as we can; this is all money."

"We must also be careful not to let people follow us. Today, everyone didn't notice that you had so much cargo, but if it continues for a few days, they will eventually know."

"Just use a diversion. In a few days, the quantity will slowly increase, and it won't be eye-catching by then. We are currently almost equivalent to being in the peak fishing season every day, while they haven't entered the peak season yet. When the peak season arrives, the gap between everyone will naturally be smaller," Ye Yaodong said.

"Hmm, we only count on these two fishing seasons a year."

Everyone's faces were filled with smiles, all looking forward to bringing in excess profits.

"We'll go back to the boat to sleep first. Don't be too late; wake up early tomorrow morning to check the harvest of the few nets."

"Alright, alright, sleep early. It seems the people on the other boats have all slept."

"You guys sleep early too; you're tired after rushing for a day."

"Wait, there's one more thing I forgot to say," Pei Fu stopped the father and four sons who were preparing to get off the boat. "I came back yesterday. The Fengshou went out for 7 and a half days this trip, and the harvest was very good. However, the bills and money were put at home; I'm not at ease carrying them on me all the time..."

Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "It's okay, let's settle the accounts together when we finish fishing for jellyfish and go home. When you're out and about, you shouldn't carry so much money on you."

"I thought so too; let's settle it when we go back."

"Then I'll go first."

Pei Fu nodded.

The next morning, just as the sky was getting bright, everyone climbed up to check their nets. Ye Yaodong took his clothes to cover his head, wanting to sleep a little longer, but the movements and noise beside him made it impossible to fall asleep.

He squinted his eyes and glanced at the horizon outside. The sun had just jumped out of the sea level, with red light filling the sky. It was still early before it hung high in the sky. These people were too diligent...

Don't they need to sleep?

He didn't move at all.

But if he didn't move, his father wouldn't know whether he should go into the water to collect his own nets and take a look.

Everyone on the boat had gotten up, lying on the edge of the boat watching everyone go into the water to collect nets. Some were happy for nothing, while others were shouting there that they had 2, 4, or 6.

"Dongzi, Dongzi, get up, Dongzi."

Ye Yaodong kicked his legs, straightened them, and then took off the clothes covering his head. He sighed in his heart and climbed up resignedly.

"Collect them, collect them. Since everyone has collected, you guys go down and collect them too. Collect them and see how many there are. Cut what needs to be cut, cook what needs to be cooked. If the nets are empty, then there's no need to collect them."

"Really, there's no need to get up so early tomorrow..."

Ye Fu immediately turned his head and retorted, "Of course we have to get up early to finish all the work. Only after eating can we go out to sea to fish. We have to dock at 9 o'clock to collect the first wave, and it takes an hour on the return trip. How can we not get up early?"

"Alright, alright, alright, whatever you say."

Fresh water resources on the boat were scarce, so Ye Yaodong didn't luxuriously wash his face. After brushing his teeth, he continued to lie on the edge of the boat watching his own boatmen collect the nets.

However, the quantity didn't seem to be much. He only saw two nets collected and poured onto the beach. Large and small combined, there were 11 of them.

Ye Yaodong also climbed off the boat, "Are there no others in the other nets?"

"There are only one or two in the other nets. We plan to take the baskets out to collect them directly, so we don't have to collect the nets and then have to take them out to put them back later."

"That works too."

On the beach, some people were happy, while others shook their heads with regret.

However, generally speaking, it was still feasible. If luck was bad today, maybe luck would be good tomorrow. When the peak season comes and the quantity increases, it shouldn't be a total loss by then, and it will be considerable.

Just as they were dividing them, some people came over with rice bowls to watch.

"How many did you net today? How many hundred jin?"

"Fifteen, just about 500 jin. The size today isn't big."

"That's also very good."

"So-so. In a few days, it should increase."

"How much money did you sell yesterday? You brothers all have four boats, so you should have sold a lot. It would be enough to just have one boat return..."

Ye Yaodong didn't answer directly and changed the subject, "If you have brothers or familiar friends, you can also fish together and take turns sending the cargo to dock, or simply partner up to fish for this fishing season. The efficiency will be higher."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was instantly tempted.

If they could save time docking, they would definitely be able to catch a lot more.

Although everyone didn't see how much money Ye Fu sold yesterday?

But the boat was full of cargo, and even though it was covered with things, they all saw a rough idea. Although that was the cargo of four boats combined, the quantity also broke their eyeballs.

Anyway, everyone attributed the reason why the Ye Yaodong brothers caught so much yesterday to the fact that they saved time on the round trip.

The reason why Ye Yaodong didn't say that their three boats took turns yesterday was because he felt that his older brother and second brother were not that reassuring; they were too honest.

Not to mention that he wasn't at ease, his father and Uncle Pei probably weren't at ease handing over so much cargo to the two of them to sell.

As for taking turns with the Fengshou, Uncle Pei probably wanted to stay and fish himself. After all, who told him to have two boats, and who told him to be the one coming and going back and forth?

Moreover, the large boat had more cargo, and the round trip consumed more fuel than their trawlers. Fishing near the trench didn't require much movement, saving fuel.

According to normal estimation, diesel is 0.67, and 20 liters per hour is 13.5. Four trips a day, and each trip basically takes an hour. Just the fuel money is more than 50.

Not to mention how much less cargo they would catch due to the time occupied by the round trip, just the fuel consumed for the round trip is more than 50.

Splitting half of the cargo caught in these few hours to him, Uncle Pei earns not just half of the cargo, but also saves more than 50 in round-trip fuel expenses.

Anyway, let's wait and try it for these two days to see how much more can be caught. Nothing has been decided yet.

Anyway, he was also very happy to help Uncle Pei dock and sell the cargo. After all, bringing Uncle Pei's cargo to dock, his father could naturally sell the cargo to Ah Guang together. He could save half of the agency fee; otherwise, he would have to sell it to Chen Jiannian first.

Helping to transport cargo is good for him, good for Uncle Pei, and good for everyone. It just depends on how much transportation compensation is given to him.

Saying he would be given half a share yesterday was really too cunning!

Although his proposal was a bit troublesome and required two days of fishing for comparison, he also wanted to explain how outrageous the half share of net profit Pei Fu said at the beginning was.

People who aren't shrewd enough, like his older brother and second brother, might have been fooled and foolishly acted as porters for free. That half share of net profit calculated to only about 20 yuan, which probably only covered the fuel money for 4 round trips.

Have to say, they are all shrewd people.

After hearing Ye Yaodong's suggestion, everyone wasn't entangled in how much money they earned yesterday?

If they partner up, one boat can improve efficiency, catching a few more hours every day. In a month, it will be very considerable. Everyone is tempted.

Everyone is now asking each other whether to partner up to fish or take turns transporting. It is estimated that unless they are biological brothers, they won't be at ease taking turns transporting. Even biological brothers might not be at ease; who knows if they will steal cargo.

Partnering to fish is not afraid; anyway, settle accounts according to the cargo list, each with their own workers, each responsible for their own.

After Ye Yaodong threw a bomb out to them, he didn't care anymore. After letting them lift the pickled jellyfish onto the boat, he hurried to eat.

After working casually, it was already 6 o'clock. They also had to prepare to set off to fish.

And after others talked to each other, they also prepared to team up in twos and threes to fish.

Ah Zheng and Xiao Xiao were undoubtedly together again, preparing to partner up to fish next.

Just as Ye Yaodong passed by them, he heard it. He patted them on the shoulder twice, shouted that he was leaving, and walked away first.

Ah Zheng was still shouting behind him, "Dongzi, how did you become so smart?"

"It's because you're stupid."

He just happened to have two boats in his hands; otherwise, he would have honestly gone back and forth last year too.

The sky was clear and sunny, but there was no direct scorching sun. The sea breeze blowing over was quite cool.

Their four boats plus Pei Fu's one, five boats sailed away from the shore one after another.

Others fell behind because they were talking about partnering, but after finding familiar people and hitting it off, they also hurriedly drove the boats out.

Just in case, after they drove out, they each found a direction to drive out, and then drove towards the trench halfway.

Fishing all day, in fact, the Fengshou was not much stronger than their trawlers. The number of crew members on their boats was about the same, and the fishing volume was actually about the same; they all relied on manual fishing.

Those further away either used long bamboo poles sharpened to spear the sea or used iron hooks to hook them. Anyway, as long as they poked the jellyfish, they could catch them.

Those closer used hand nets to catch them directly.

The advantage of the Fengshou was not here. Its biggest advantage was the net cast on the return trip in the evening. The quantity in the net was two or three times that of these trawlers.

Of course, it couldn't be pulled up; it was too heavy. It could only be dragged to the vicinity, and workers were allowed to go into the water one by one to use hand nets to cover them and drag them to the shore for slaughter.

Everyone on the island was also seeing the fishing volume of the Fengshou for the first time, and everyone was stunned.

Just watching the large piece of jellyfish covered by fishing nets floating behind the Fengshou, if you didn't look at the fishing nets, you would think it was a group of jellyfish floating over.

Plus their other few boats also returned one after another at about the same time. You could only see jellyfish covered by fishing nets floating at a short distance on the sea, a large piece.

"How many jin is this net dragged up?"

"At least four or five thousand jin?"

"Kidding, more than that. Four or five thousand jin, this boat can directly lift the net and get it onto the boat. It must be seven or eight thousand jin."

"My goodness, this net is more than what I caught all day..."

"Where did you net so many? We just came back, and at most we dragged back twenty or thirty large and small in the fishing net, which is only a thousand jin."

"Large boats are easier to drag."

The time they docked for these dozen boats was basically not much different. They all returned one after another. Everyone calculated the time to dock, so although Ye Yaodong and the others had a lot of cargo, they didn't associate them together.

The net Ye Yaodong and the others brought back was visually estimated to be about three thousand jin, which really couldn't compare to the Fengshou. His two boats combined could probably only equal the quantity of one Fengshou.

When they cast the net and dragged it, they didn't dare to get too close to the trench, fearing that there were too many nets and they couldn't drag them...

Envy, large boats are still better. The gap came out all of a sudden.

"Forget it, forget it, can't compare. Their boat is large, the horsepower is sufficient, and they consume more fuel, so of course they drag more..."

"Busy with your own work, half of the sea surface hasn't been pulled up yet..."

"I'm just a worker, the work hasn't been finished yet, work, work..."

Everyone muttered a few words and shook their heads, each busy with their own work.

Most of them were boatmen, and there was nothing to say. Anyway, they were just workers. Their own work hadn't been finished yet, so how could they care about how many jin others dragged? It was better to have less work at home, and they would do less.

Everyone was seizing the time to do their own work, all counting on finishing the division early and sending it to sell for money.

But the Fengshou netted too much, and it returned at the same time as them. When it came to division, the time was a bit tight. The reserved time was simply not enough for them to divide seven or eight thousand jin.

And other fishing boats hurried to the town after finishing their work.

Ye Yaodong hurriedly asked his own side, as well as the workers on his older brother and second brother's side, to split half to help.

The most important thing was to go into the water and drag the jellyfish to the shore one by one. The division process was fast; it was just that the speed of fishing them up one by one was slow.

Fortunately, they worked together and processed the jellyfish of the Fengshou and lifted them onto the boat.

The second day was also the same.

It was also fortunate that they all had shares on the Fengshou, and they were all relatives. Moving back and forth was also appropriate.

However, after the dried jellyfish blood was sold on the second day, after two days of comparison, the day Ye Yaodong helped transport could sell more than 200 more.

The fishing progress of the Fengshou was actually not much different from their fishing boats, only the quantity dragged back in the evening was larger than theirs.

And the cargo caught in the extra time was actually more valuable for jellyfish blood, which accounted for a larger proportion when sold.

Generally speaking, one Fengshou still couldn't compare to the fishing volume of Ye Yaodong's two boats, but it was only a little bit off. After all, one of Ye Yaodong's boats still had to be used for transportation.

But after comparison, they also agreed that as long as there was transportation, Pei Fu would give him 100 in transportation subsidies every day.

For Pei Fu, as long as he didn't return to port, the saved fuel money was profit. If he really had to send it himself, the loss would be 200 plus 50 or 60 in fuel money.

Comparing it like this, it is equivalent to Pei Fu earning 150 or 160, and Ye Yaodong earning less than 100. Deducting fuel money for four round trips, he earns at most 80. However, there is no need to calculate so carefully; it is fine like this. This is already calculated clearly enough.

Later, with the arrival of the peak season and the increase in fishing volume, the transportation fee is still calculated as 100, calculated as fixed, which saves trouble. Anyway, what the Fengshou earns also has his three shares.

Calculated roughly like this, both sides are satisfied, and it is also a win-win.

After fishing for several days in a row, everyone also deeply noticed that the harvest of their families seemed to be unexpectedly large every time?

The Fengshou is a large boat, and everyone psychologically feels that it is normal to catch more, but isn't the fishing volume of the three Ye Yaodong brothers too much?

"Where did you fish these few days? Which sea area did you fish in? How come the cargo is so much every day?"

Ye Yaodong chuckled twice, "You got it wrong. Actually, it's not much more than yours. The cargo my dad sells every day is not just one boat, it's the quantity of my two boats, plus the quantity of Uncle Pei's large boat."

"The cargo of our three boats, one boat is sent to dock, doesn't that make the cargo quantity on the boat look particularly large?"

Everyone thought about it and felt it seemed right.

"That's right, you only have one boat sent back, which is equivalent to two boats fishing together? Then the cargo of the next trip must be more."

Others also nodded.

"Yes, that's the logic. When everyone is on the return trip, we have two boats fishing there at the same time. After fishing, isn't the cargo more for the next trip?"

"Then how much can you sell every day recently?"

"Is this something that can be taken out and said? Everything we sell every day is taken by Ah Guang to the Youdian Bureau to save. It's not safe to keep money on you. If you can send it back early, just go and remit it early."

With so many people, and still carelessly saying how much they earned, they are intentionally wanting people to rob the rich.

Having no money on you is the safest. Don't use money to test the hearts of people around you.

"It must be remitted, but the handling fee of the Youdian Bureau is too high, taking 1%. How can you be willing."

"Yes... too expensive..."

"If you are reluctant to pay the interest of the remittance, you can save it. Just save it there. When we are about to go back, take it out in a large sum. Saving it there, maybe there is interest calculated for us."

"If you save it, is it easy to take it out then? Will they not recognize the account and not give it?"

"I think it's better to keep it on you, or send it back directly. Saving it in the Youdian Bureau feels unreliable. What if they don't recognize it? Won't the money we worked hard to earn go down the drain."

"Shouldn't be..."

"It won't, just keep the deposit slip yourself."

"Ask tomorrow."

Ye Yaodong turned the topic to bank remittance for them. Everyone shouldn't be entangled and think about the problem that they fish more.

Anyway, in the past few days, the jellyfish floating on the sea have gradually increased a lot, more every day.

Everyone's fishing quantity, listening to their conversation when eating every day, also knows that they catch more every day.

And the jellyfish in their trench are emerging even more, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, emerging in large pieces. Their fishing boats have slowly pushed outward from the position inside the bend on the first day. Today, they can't even enter the bend.

It is really because the jellyfish emerging inside are too dense. Looking at it, it is not much different from the first time they discovered it last year. It is completely the source. Fishing boats can only fish on the outermost periphery first.

It was not as shocking as last year, because it increased day by day these few days, and I got used to it.

However, their fishing volume didn't increase much, just a little bit, because the area they were in from the beginning was already equivalent to the peak season.

When the quantity floating everywhere on the sea increases in these few days, the gap between him and other fishing boats will be much smaller, and it won't be very eye-catching.

After fooling it over now, no one will ask in two days.

The money Ye Yaodong sold in these few days is actually still in his hands, already several thousand. The speed of his two boats making money is really fast, not comparable to last year at all.

He is also reluctant to pay the remittance handling fee, and is also thinking about whether to save it and take it out when he goes back, so he can save a large handling fee, or save half and keep half on hand.

Keeping it with Ah Guang is also not safe, it can be said to be more dangerous. He is alone at the pier, with so much money coming in and out every day, it is easy to be seen by people with intentions.

What if he is wiped out by someone, who should he ask for it?

In these two days, he has also been reminding Ah Guang to save money every day, and keep at most a few yuan on him. In case he is targeted, what is lost is only a few yuan, at most get beaten up.

Tell him not to leave the crowd, not to be alone, it is best to get familiar with the owners of the surrounding shops. In case of any situation, at least others can help call the Gongan Bureau.

Ah Guang was also made to be like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow by him, and he also knew that what he said was very likely to happen, so he always maintained high vigilance, and there was no situation.

Ye Yaodong also noticed in these two days that there were many more boats fishing for jellyfish than last year. From the pier where they docked, you could see that in these two days, the number of trawlers had increased by more than double compared to the first day they arrived.

I don't know where they came from, there were a dozen more. Small wooden boats didn't see many, maybe they also heard the news and came from afar.

Listening to Ah Guang, there are people coming and going to sell jellyfish on the pier from morning to night every day. Even fish cargo is rarely seen recently, and no fishing boats go there. Everyone is fishing for jellyfish.

"Dongzi, I see that Zeng Weimin has been raised for a few days and is almost better. Should we ask? Give him two or three yuan for travel expenses and let him go back directly? He probably finds it hard to speak, so he doesn't dare to make a sound even if he is better."

Ye Fu actually felt that this person might just want to rely on their boat to eat and drink for free. After all, they didn't ask him to work.

Today, seeing him walking freely on the boat, coming and going, just watching them fish and divide, he didn't say to help do some work, nor did he say he wanted to go home after his injury was better.

Looking a bit of an eyesore.

"I'll go ask and see what his plans are?"

Ye Yaodong also saw that he had been jumping around in these two days, but he was busy and didn't have time to manage it. This person was actually able to hold his breath and didn't say he wanted to leave.

I don't know what his plans are? ===== CHAPTER 926 =====