Chapter 938: Going home to show off

Uncle Pei had already rested a week in advance. His boat was large and consumed a lot of fuel, and simply fishing for jellyfish sporadically like this made it impossible for him to make ends meet.

Moreover, he had to pay Ye Yaodong a subsidy for delivering goods. Although after the trench was fished empty, Ye Yaodong also let him pay only thirty yuan as a subsidy for the round-trip fuel.

However, the labor expenditure on his boat was also a sum every day.

Earning only enough for fuel and wages was worse than not earning at all.

Lying there resting and relying on his son to earn commission was more comfortable.

He also hoped to go back early, but he had to follow the main force, and A Guang was still acting as an intermediary there, which was profitable, so it was worth waiting a bit.

Supporting those workers cost only twenty yuan a day, but the commission earned was more than that. Just consider it giving them a holiday; this period had indeed been hard, always at sea and in a foreign place.

Take the opportunity to stroll around the small town before going back, buy the local specialties that should be bought for home, and relax for a few days.

Ye Yaodong actually didn't want to go back early. Others had nothing to earn, but he had something to earn, and quite a lot.

Going back one day early meant a loss of three or four hundred yuan.

But he couldn't ignore the opinions of so many people. If hundreds of people were in a hurry to go back, he could only follow. Otherwise, if everyone left and only his two boats were left, he would be afraid of being unsafe on the road.

After all, in these two months, he had indeed earned a lot. If everyone left and only his ten-odd people were left, it was hard to guarantee they wouldn't be targeted. Maybe they would be surrounded before even leaving the pier.

Even guns wouldn't be useful. Wealth moves people's hearts; there are plenty of people willing to take risks for money.

Being so safe during this period was thanks to having many people, and they had boldly shown their guns in public, which was why no one dared to provoke them.

Just try it when only ten-odd people are left!

Guaranteed that even their bones would be gnawed away.

On the evening of the 26th, after everyone returned from selling goods, without even bothering to bathe or eat, more than a dozen boat bosses, old and young, came over shirtless to discuss, hoping to go back tomorrow or the day after.

"Going back one day early saves one day's wages. One person is three yuan a day, and there are three or four people on the boat. Spending a day here costs more than ten yuan."

"We are not locals, and we are not small wooden boats that don't need any expenses. We earn as much as we catch every day. Our daily expenses are not small. Now we only earn enough to cover expenses, and we can't earn much."

"And we've been out for so long, exactly two months. We came out on the 25th the month before last."

"Right, we've been out for so long, and it's almost Mid-Autumn Festival. Going back early allows us to rest for two days."

"Adong, Ye Laosan, I know you have been earning a lot every day recently because of buying sea urchins, so you must be reluctant to go back. Otherwise, we'll go back first, and you can go back after you've finished fishing. Anyway, you are familiar with the ropes and don't need anyone to lead."

Ye Yaodong immediately opposed, "That won't do. We came out together, so of course we go back together. Since there are fewer and fewer jellyfish now, we outsiders are at a disadvantage. If everyone wants to go back early, then let's go back."

Stop early and let the locals have a few more sips of soup.

Having plundered so many resources and earned so much money here, being able to retreat unscathed and leave early is also good.

The remaining scattered jellyfish are left for the locals to catch. It looks like they should be able to keep catching them for quite a while. Making twenty or thirty yuan a day is a lot for them, and it's all pure profit—much better than putting out nets along the shore in their small wooden boats.

Ye Fu said regretfully, "Then you won't go to sea tomorrow?"

"We can still earn a little, but others earn less, and I'm afraid it will be counterproductive to go to sea tomorrow."

"Yes, anyway, we've earned enough in these two months, and it's not a day or two. Let's go back early? We've been out for two months, and now there aren't as many goods, so everyone is probably very eager to go back."

Ye Fu looked at everyone, "Then let's rest for a day tomorrow, everyone stroll around, and we'll set off early at two o'clock the day after tomorrow. We should be able to make it home before dawn."

"That works."

"I have no opinion."

"I have no opinion either."

Reserving a day for everyone to stroll around and buy some specialties for their families is appropriate. Although everyone was eager to go home as soon as they heard it, it wasn't a day or two.

Ye Yaodong also said, "Then let everyone stop work together tomorrow, stroll around, rest for a day, set off early the day after tomorrow, and then pay everyone the wages for these two months after we get back?"

Uncle Pei agreed immediately, "Wait until we get back to pay. They have been addicted to gambling recently. During the few days we rested, they didn't go out, just stayed in the room gambling from morning till night."

"Yes, they have nothing to do every night but gamble. I heard some still owe a lot. It will be hard to explain when they go back."

"Originally, I was afraid they would gamble and owe too much, and with empty pockets, it would be hard to explain when they go back."

"Then when we go back tonight, let's give them a red envelope first? And send the wages to their homes after we get back?"

"How much for the red envelope?"

"Last year we gave twenty yuan, this year let's give twenty yuan too. Plus the wages for two months, exactly two hundred yuan, and the wages for the next two days, even if they didn't work, we have to count it for them," Ye Fu calculated truthfully.

"Then when we go back later, let's give them a twenty-yuan red envelope each, just in time for them to buy specialties to take back tomorrow. One by one, their pockets are cleaner than their faces, and some still owe a lot. I don't know where they won the money. If we don't give them a red envelope, their pockets will be empty, and they won't dare to go to the street."

"Fine, then it's settled."

This year, everyone earned a lot of money, and they brought many people. With that trench, they didn't stop from morning till night. In these two months, earning ten thousand yuan pure profit was the least.

Ye Yaodong himself had already lost count of how much money he had remitted back. There were too many times. Sometimes when he saved three or four thousand or five or six thousand, they would call him to go remit money, or if it rained and they rested, he would remit whatever he had on hand.

There were too many times, and the amounts weren't uniform, so he didn't calculate it time after time.

He only estimated roughly. Adding the money from selling sea urchins in the last half month, his two boats should have nearly thirty or forty thousand. This was after deducting daily fuel costs.

As for wages, ten workers each received two hundred including the red envelope, which was only two thousand. The four who dived received an extra two yuan subsidy every day, which was 22 for eleven days, 88 yuan for 4 people.

So the wage expenditure was only 2088.

(My math is really too bad, fortunately everyone's math is good, helping me correct it... laughing and crying)

Ye Yaodong silently calculated the wage expenditure in his heart, and instantly felt that this number was good!

After these boat bosses left, the father and son immediately went to prepare red envelopes.

Taking advantage of the fact that those workers had almost finished bathing, they would give them out during dinner later to make them happy.

Ye Yaodong counted the money and suddenly said, "We are leaving the day after tomorrow, do we need to tell Chen Jianian?"

"We need to. We came out together, and now that we are leaving, we have to go over and say hello. Whether they leave or not, we have to let them know."

"Then you go say it later."

"Why don't you go?"

"I'm embarrassed."

"Then I'll be embarrassed too."

"It doesn't matter, you're not embarrassed, the one who is embarrassed is others. You are old, and you have eaten more salt than I have eaten rice. Just laugh awkwardly twice and it will pass."

Bumping into each other on the road and saying hello is one thing, but making a special trip to talk is another.

His skin is thin!

"What are you not embarrassed, I'm not embarrassed? You go say it yourself." Ye Fu was dizzy from his words.

"I don't have time. I still have to find A Guang to chat later, and I have to say goodbye to Yang Guoan tomorrow. We have to discuss what to send them as a thank-you gift?"

This was a serious matter. Ye Fu frowned and glared at him, just taking it as default.

Ye Yaodong continued to count the money. For convenience and thickness, he prepared small bills and one or two yuan paper bills for them.

He praised himself for his thoughtfulness.

He had already remitted the large bills back, leaving only the small change he had on hand from selling goods these two days. He hadn't spent it when he didn't go out, so it was just right to use it for red envelopes.

After counting, he asked his father to wrap them in red paper one by one to make them look better.

At dinner time, everyone saw the father and son walking over with a pile of long strips wrapped in red paper, and their eyes lit up.

Ye Yaodong also smiled and said to everyone, "Everyone has worked hard these two months, following us so far out. Just now, we discussed with the boat bosses of other boats that we won't go to sea starting tomorrow, rest for a day, and set off home at two o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow."

Everyone was instantly excited and clamored.

"Are we going back already?"

"Ah, why are we going back just like that?"

"Are we going back early the day after tomorrow?"

"Going back is good. We've been out for so long, it's about time to go back..."

"But there are still so many sea urchins in the trench. Going back now is too regrettable. We can sell for a lot of money in one day..."

"There's no way. Everyone else is in a hurry to go back, so we have to follow the main force. If we leave, we leave together, we can't stay alone." Ye Yaodong explained to them the danger of staying.

Others had nothing to say now.

They couldn't risk their lives for the sake of earning a few hundred yuan more every day.

"Then it's better to go back early with everyone."

Everyone nodded one after another.

"It's better to go back early together. We've been out long enough. We didn't stay out this long last year."

"So let's take a day off tomorrow and let you go out for a stroll properly," he raised the red envelopes in his hand again, "One red envelope each, just in time for you to buy things to take back."

"As for the wages for two months and two days, we will settle them for you after we get home, so that you won't spend them as soon as they are in your hands, and it will be hard to explain when you go back."

"Hehe... you understand us too well..."

"It's just like that. It's normal for big men not to be able to save money. There are too many temptations, and of course there are many places to spend money."

They are all from the same village, so no one is afraid that he will run away, and no one urges him to settle.

Ye Yaodong and his father gave them the red envelopes one by one. They were overjoyed and couldn't even bother to eat, reaching out to take them quickly.

Small bills combined with one or two yuan, a thick stack, felt very heavy and thick in their hands.

Everyone had just finished bathing and was shirtless, wearing only boxer shorts, and had nowhere to put them, so they put them all on the table, their faces filled with bright smiles.

In the past two months, this was the happiest and most excited time for everyone when receiving money, because they could go home soon.

"Come, eat, eat. After eating, sleep early, keep your spirits up, rest for a day tomorrow, and leave early the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, eat, eat..."

Everyone was in a great mood, chatting endlessly while eating, and the atmosphere was lively.

There were limited stools in the room, so they stood while eating, which made it convenient for everyone to pick up food.

Other rooms were the same. After receiving the red envelopes, everyone was overjoyed, as happy as if it were the New Year.

After dinner, Ye Yaodong went to find A Guang and the others, and the two bumped into each other head-on.

"Coincidence, I was just about to find you."

"I was just about to find you too."

A Guang instinctively reached out to hook Ye Yaodong's shoulder, but found that he had to stand on tiptoe, so he immediately shrank back.

"Why are you so tall for no reason? I can't even reach you. It's so much smoother to hook others' shoulders."

"Then it's also very smooth for me to hook you," he said, changing to hook A Guang's shoulder and walking toward his place, "Go to my place, my wife is not there."

A Guang: "???"

He was full of confusion and dullness.

"What do you want with me?"

A Guang couldn't bother to ponder the meaning of his words, his mind diverted, "Oh, I want to discuss saying goodbye to Yang Guoan tomorrow, and by the way, discuss what to buy as a thank-you gift, and then go out together to call the factory and tell them not to come to collect goods tomorrow."

He immediately stopped, "Say it earlier. If you said it earlier, we wouldn't have to go to my place, just walk out directly."

"Decided temporarily to go back the day after tomorrow, didn't tell in advance, so didn't call Uncle Yang in advance. There's no place to call now, have to go to the Public Security Bureau to call."

"Save from notifying too temporarily tomorrow, making people blind. If a bunch of workers are waiting for our goods, but we stood them up, that would be a sin."

"Oh, so you were looking for me to go over and build courage."

"Let's go, let's go, the cigarettes in my pocket are already ready."

Just now he was also confused by that sentence, forgetting to call him out, instead of being hooked by him to his rental house.

The two hooked shoulders and went to the Public Security Bureau. Many public security officers in the Public Security Bureau were also very familiar with them. After all, Yang Guoan ran to the pier almost every other day last month, actively solving troubles for them.

They wanted to use the phone, and the public security officer on duty was also very easy to talk to and let them call.

After calling to notify, they said goodbye amidst Uncle Yang's regretful words and hung up the phone.

"You're leaving just like that?" The middle-aged man on duty asked curiously.

"Been out for two months, it's time to go back."

"Isn't the fishing season over yet? Last year we fished until October..."

"We are in a hurry to go back for Mid-Autumn Festival. We can't be outside for the Mid-Autumn reunion festival. When we called, our family kept urging us to go back for Mid-Autumn Festival, so we thought about leaving the day after tomorrow."

The middle-aged public security officer nodded in agreement, "That's true, we can't be outside for the festival, especially Mid-Autumn."

"Then we'll go first, wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival in advance!"

A Guang's two packs of cigarettes had already been stuffed to him before the call.

After coming out, he immediately asked, "What to send to Yang Guoan tomorrow?"

"Send money!"

"Wouldn't that be too direct?"

"Direct what? Things are bought with money. Giving money directly is more practical. You don't know what people lack, and most people prefer receiving money."

A Guang felt that what he said made sense.

"Then wrap it in red paper?"

"Sure, it looks better wrapped in red paper. Send a red envelope, and by the way, trouble people to notify you next year if it's the fishing season. Leave a number for people, you can write it directly on the red envelope."

"The fishing season doesn't matter. Asking Yang Guoan is not as good as asking Uncle Yang. When the factory starts processing and production, it means the fishing season is coming soon. Anyway, I have Uncle Yang's number, just call Uncle Yang in advance."

"That works too. Then send a smaller red envelope, just as a gesture. Anyway, didn't you share half a percent of the profit with him during this time? Sending him a hundred yuan every few days is better than his salary."

"Then wrap two hundred yuan, just to maintain the relationship for next year."

"That's fine, it's not a small amount."

The two walked back, muttering all the way, and settled the matter.

Everything must have a beginning and an end, and relationships must have a beginning and an end, so that it is easy to continue connecting next year.

They returned to their own nests. The workers were all chatting happily at the door. It was rare that they didn't see them gambling today.

Ye Yaodong squatted next to his father and discussed with him. Since they agreed to give the workers a holiday, they didn't need to call them to work tomorrow. The father and son would just go to sea early to collect the net bags.

They couldn't just throw things away at sea. They were bought for several yuan and could still be utilized. It would be good to take them to dry fish, and maybe they could continue to bring them out next year.

This kind of thick-line net, mended for three years and another three years, and another three years, it is normal to use it for ten years.

Ye Fu naturally had no opinion. Who can stroll for a whole day? Work for half a morning, come back, bathe, and then go out for a stroll, nothing will be delayed.

They decided to go back temporarily. They couldn't call that day. The next day, everyone thought, anyway, they would go back early in the morning, so they didn't think about calling, feeling it was a waste of phone bills.

Only Ye Yaodong thought about notifying his family in advance, making his family happy, and by the way, letting them know not to run around, wait at home, and prepare meals in advance, so that he wouldn't see anyone when he got home.

After Lin Xiuqing knew, of course the whole village knew.

When they arrived at the pier smoothly in the evening, the whole village had already surrounded the pier, waiting for their return.

And when they docked, people kept coming out to the pier, wanting to join in the fun, take a look, and see these heroes returning home in glory!

It could be said that almost the entire village ran out, regardless of men, women, old, or young. It was rarely lively, much more sensational than when they returned at night last year.

After all, there were quite a few warriors this year.

He also notified in advance.

It was also a coincidence that the weather was very good today. They set off at two o'clock in the morning and arrived home at five o'clock in the evening. The smoke was rising and had not yet broken.

Their ten-odd boats hadn't docked yet, and they saw the children on the shore already calling for their fathers happily. The villagers also waved their arms at them, as if they were really heroes returning from a victorious battle.

The fishing boats docked slowly toward the shore, and the noise became louder.

"Back, back..."

"My father is back..."

"All returned safely..."

These were all the same words, but there were also many mixed in, saying they must have earned a lot of money.

One passes to ten, ten to a hundred, a hundred to a thousand. Probably the whole village and the surrounding ten miles and eight villages knew they had earned a lot of money in Zhejiang Province this time.

As soon as the fishing boat docked, some children had already squeezed to the front of the crowd. If it weren't for the people beside them pulling them, they would have fallen into the water.

But some people didn't stand firm, didn't pull them, and were squeezed into the water by the people behind them, both adults and children. Fortunately, the water at the shore was not deep, and those who could swim climbed up themselves. For those who couldn't swim, the people on their boat didn't need to be told, they jumped down and fished them up.

Everyone had a smile on their face, and even if they fell into the water, they smiled brightly.

The people on their boat also looked at everyone with glowing faces, waving from afar until they were close.

"Everyone make way, make way, step back a bit, you are blocking the road, it's hard for us to get off the boat."

"Right, make way, all step back, step back, step back..."

"Step back, step back... let people pass, we are home, are you afraid you won't see us?"

"Step back, move..."

Before everyone got off the boat, they had already taken their things in their hands early, with large and small bags hanging all over their arms, and some directly carried a basket in their hands.

After getting off the boat, they were surrounded by their respective relatives and friends and walked forward.

More than half of the village were relatives by marriage, basically all familiar. A group of people surrounded a few people, walking forward in circles, directly clearing the area around the shore.

The boat workers also chatted while walking about their daily life during the jellyfish fishing period, and answered all questions about everyone's questions.

Ye Yaodong and Ye Fu were the last to get off the boat. They had a lot of things, and could only use baskets to carry them, both food and toys.

He also carried a password box in his hand, and wore toad glasses on his face. This was worn during the voyage to prevent strong sunlight and sea reflection from hurting his eyes, and it was quite practical, so he had been wearing it without taking it off.

By the way, after docking, show off once.

It was the best time to show off now. Otherwise, in daily life, it was really not easy to walk around the village with it, as people would think you were deliberately showing off.

Now, returning home in glory, showing off is also normal.

A Zheng was the same, the toad glasses on his face had never been taken off, and he was also carrying a password box in his hand, looking like a big shot, full of style.

People on the shore were surprised and wowing, especially the children, who were excited and jumping up and down.

"That's my father, that's my father..."

"Father, father, father, miss you, miss you, miss you..."

"My father is so handsome, the one wearing sunglasses, so handsome... My father is so handsome, a beautiful man, a beautiful man... handsome guy..."

"Uncle A Zheng is also so handsome wearing glasses, wow, so stylish~"

"I also saw people wearing sunglasses in the city, so good-looking, really amazing, my father is so amazing..."

"Wow wow, there are password boxes, Third Uncle and the others also took a password box..."

"They have all become big bosses, and they have taken password boxes..."

"So many password boxes, really made a fortune, and bought password boxes..."

"Oh my, it's incredible, they all really made a big fortune, looking like big bosses."

"Still sunglasses are handsome, I like my father wearing sunglasses, my father is a handsome guy, a big boss, so majestic~"

A Guang and Xiao Xiao couldn't help but regret. If they had known, they would have bought sunglasses to wear too. This is more eye-catching than taking a password box, directly wearing it on the face, more eye-catching.

However, having a password box is also good.

They all praised them for becoming big bosses, and they loved to hear it.

You know how to praise, so praise a little more.

Several people looked very proud. As soon as they walked off the boat, they were surrounded by their own relatives and friends. One person didn't see it as an outsider at all, picked up his password box, touched it, and asked how much it cost.

Ye Yaodong looked at his eldest son who was the first to run to him and hug him, and knocked on his head happily.

"Where did you learn that, handsome guy? I'm almost an old man!"

"No, father, you are not old at all, just like my brother!"

Ye Yaodong laughed louder, and others laughed too.

"When did you become so good at talking?"

"He stays by my side every day, asking me for money in various ways, so of course he is getting better at talking." Lin Xiuqing also smiled and hugged Ye Xiaoxi, avoiding the crowd, and walked in front of him.

Ye Xiaoxi was held on her body, and she was twisting her body forward, as if urging her to walk faster.

"Father, miss you... miss you... hug... hug..."

Just as she walked to the front, she opened her hands, couldn't wait to pounce forward, then hugged his neck, and gave his cheek a baptism of saliva.

Ye Yaodong was so happy that his mouth was about to crack to the back of his head.

Before he could kiss her back, after Ye Xiaoxi finished kissing, she took the sunglasses off his face.

Then she put them on her own face, held them with both hands, looked left and right, and asked in a milky voice: "So black, am I handsome?"

"Be careful, don't drop your father's sunglasses, give them to me quickly..."

Not knowing how much these toad glasses cost, Lin Xiuqing was afraid that she would drop this thing, so she reached out to snatch them, but she was clever and buried her head in Ye Yaodong's neck.

"No, no... want to play... want to play... you go away..."

Lin Xiuqing was made angry and funny by her, "Forgot your mother after having your father, little ungrateful thing."

Ye Yaodong also said happily: "Let her play, it doesn't matter."

Anyway, he had already shown off.

Ye Mu was full of smiles, but couldn't help but say a word, "Spoiling the little girl like this, she will be spoiled. These glasses look very expensive, why buy such useless things, and don't put them away after buying."

"Don't you think your son was particularly handsome when he just got off the boat?"

"What handsome or not, isn't it still born by me."

"Father, did you bring me a gift? Everyone said you are a big boss, you must have brought me a gift." Ye Chenghu was jumping up and down on the side, afraid that his father was too tall to see him, who was small at his feet.

"Yes, yes, yes, you all have one."

He was so happy that he jumped three feet high, "Wow wow wow~ have a gift, I have a gift, I have a gift, father you are so good, you are the best father in the world."

"Hehe, then I must have one too..." Ye Chengyang stood on the side and rubbed his hands happily.

Ye Yaodong looked at the old lady who was full of joy, who was leaning on a cane on the side, moving slowly, and hurriedly helped her.

"Why did you come out too, aren't you afraid of being squeezed and falling?"

The old lady leaned on the cane with one hand, touched his arm with the other, felt it up and down, and said with a smile: "It's good to be back. You've become darker, and you've become stronger. You look like you've grown up."

"Not grown up, but matured. I wasn't a child anyway."

"It's a child, it was a child anyway. Go home first, don't talk here, you must be hungry, look, your stomach is hungry and flat."

Saying that, the old lady also reached out and touched his stomach, treating him like a child. ===== CHAPTER 939 =====