Return to the small fishing village of 1982

"These are not mine. I brought sacks. These two bags are mine, and there is a small pile here. Others did not bring sacks, so they were piled on the boat. Now everyone ran back to get the sacks."

After explaining, Ye Yaodong handed the bamboo basket and bucket to his mother, "I caught this. Take it to Ah Cai and ask if he can collect the sea centipedes. There are still seven blue crabs in this bamboo basket..."

Ye Mu was shocked by his harvest, "So many blue crabs! There are so many things to catch on the isolated island, and there are also sea centipedes? This bucket is not light!"

Looking at the sea centipede that kept squirming in the bucket, she didn't feel sick. Instead, she was very happy, and her eyes were shining. This sea centipede was a good thing, and there was no such thing on the beach in front of them.

"No one has touched the isolated island. The rocks are densely covered with everything. Look at these mussels and sea melon seeds. They are huge. Others also caught a few blue crabs. There is quite a lot of stuff. If it weren't for the fear that these shells would be too big, It’s too much to eat, but I can dig out some more.”

"Okay, okay. It would be too wasteful to leave it spoiled if you can't finish it. I'll sell these for you. Is there anything else?" Ye Mu happily held the bucket in one hand and the bamboo basket in the other. It was a rare sight. With her third son so reliable, she is happier than making money herself.

Ye Yaodong kicked the small pile at his feet, "There are still some that need to be sorted out. Some of the snails are quite big and can be sold, as well as the Buddha's Hand. Just forget about the mussels that are not valuable, right? Keep them for you. The workers who build the houses eat.”

"Okay, I'll sell these first, and I'll take those shells back later and pick them out first."

When others brought sacks to load, Father Ye's fishing boat also came in.

I heard that Ye’s mother was saying that the third child had a good harvest today. He also caught half a bucket of sea centipedes and seven blue crabs, which were sold for more than ten yuan. He also picked up two sacks of shellfish. Father Ye also looked much nicer. , there are not as many products online today as yesterday, and they only sold about 20 yuan in total.

The third child went in the morning and returned in the afternoon to gain so much, which was already pretty good.

After the family helped transport the shellfish home, Ye's mother picked out some mussels and cooked a pot of noodles to give to the workers as snacks. She should have cooked them a long time ago, but she just came out to pick up Ye's father and the others. Delayed.

As soon as Ye Yaodong got home, he drank more than half a pot of tea, and then sat in the main room to rest and wait for a while to eat.

Father Ye was shirtless and took a few puffs from his precious hookah before asking Ye Yaodong, "Have other people gained much?"

"Not as much as me."

After a tiring day, he didn't really want to talk. He just wanted to eat quickly and take a good rest.

"There will be no tide tomorrow. When the tide turns on the 15th, we will see if we can rent another boat."

"The old lady raised the price on the ground. It's not easy to rent. It's too expensive. Let's talk about it later."

If you can't get back any money, wouldn't it be a day's work in vain?

Father Ye nodded, "Let's see when the time comes. After dinner, you and your wife will go to A Cai's house later to get back the more than 1,000 yuan sold yesterday. We can share as much as we should."

"Um."

Lin Xiuqing also knew that Ye Yaodong was back after Ye Mu sent her snacks. She took the sales money that Ye Mu secretly gave her and hurried home without even bothering to eat snacks first.

By the time she ran home, Ye Yaodong had finished his meal and put down his bowl and chopsticks, "Have you had any snacks? There's still some left in the pot."

"good."

After Father Ye and Ye Yaohua had eaten, they went to the homestead, leaving the couple alone at home talking.

Lin Xiuqing asked while eating: "There were so many people around me just now. Mom didn't say anything. She just secretly stuffed a bunch of dimes into me and whispered that it was you who just sold the goods."

"Hmm..." Ye Yaodong told her about today's harvest, and pointed to the back door, indicating that there was a pile of shellfish at the back door.

"After you finish your meal, you can pick it up and see if there is anything else that can be sold. Then send it to Ah Cai's place later and settle yesterday's account by the way."

Lin Xiuqing nodded with a smile on her face. Nothing would make her happier than her husband making money.

Seeing the obvious change in his wife's attitude in the past few days, Ye Yaodong felt that it was worthwhile to be a little tired.

"My mother seems to have sold three little white seals, otherwise I could make wine for you to eat."

"What are you going to eat? If you can sell it, you must sell it for money. Recently, my father trawled the net, leaving a lot of small fish and shrimps. There is no shortage of food at home now, and you have dug so many shellfish. You can't eat them all. It’s over.”

How can it be the same?

She had intestinal cancer in her previous life, and it must have something to do with her diet. He had always felt guilty in his heart. When he came back, he wanted to try his best to make her eat better.

"Well, let's talk about it after we separate."

With a big family living together, it would be hard for them to eat alone, and he was a waste who didn't do anything in production before. If he started a small stove, the two sisters-in-law would have something to say.

Lin Xiuqing ate her meal quickly, washed the dishes, and then went to the backyard to pick out everything she thought was valuable.

She picked out big snails, pen holders, wild abalone, etc. and put them in separate buckets, leaving only the small ones that couldn't be sold for a price to eat.

To be honest, when he digs, he always picks the big ones. If she picks them like this, there won't be much left.

Fortunately, she doesn't like mussels and sea melon seeds, so she can still save two bags.

"Are you going to start selling oysters?"

"Forget it, right? It's such a big bag, and you'll definitely need help from my mother and the others to open it. You definitely won't be able to finish it by yourself tonight. If we all make it together, just keep it at home."

"Okay then!" Lin Xiuqing was a little regretful. Such a big bag of spat can hold several kilograms of oysters.

Ye Yaodong looked at her money-obsessed look and smiled, "Okay, just bring yesterday's receipt. I'll call Ah Guang and the others, and we'll go to Ah Cai's place to calculate the money together."

"good."

Coming out of Ah Cai's house with a large sum of money in his arms, Ye Yaodong looked at the sea not far away, which was the treasure house of the whole village.

I heard that his grandfather was not originally from the village, but came all the way from Zhejiang province to beg for food because of the famine, and then settled in the village to live by the sea.

This sea has nurtured too many people.

After retracting his gaze, he said happily: "Let's go to Aguang's house to share the spoils!"

1,601 yuan and 80 cents is a lot of money for today's people. It's two years' salary for a worker, and divided among four people. After deducting the boat rental and diesel fees, it's 397 per person.

"My wife has done the math, and it's about 397 per person. Let's count our own money and then take a look at it, right?"

Ye Yaodong put a pile of dimes on the table and asked everyone to count them.

Lin Xiuqing had collected the money they paid for selling other goods separately and had not mixed it up.

Everyone happily counted the money. After receiving it, there was still 1 yuan, 8 cents and 8 cents left on the table. Ye Yaodong smiled and asked: "There is still more than 1 yuan, do you want to divide it or..."

"No need to divide it, right? There's no point in sharing a few cents per person, just use it to buy wine."

"Yeah, I took it to buy a bar. I've been tired all day. Let's celebrate in the evening. We just happened to haul a few nets during the day, and there are also shellfish. All the dishes are ready to go with the wine."

"Okay, okay."

"Call everyone else!"

"They are going to be envious again..."