Back to the small fishing village in 1982Y

They have been killing fish there for two consecutive days, and their doors are already covered with dried fish, whether in mid-air or on the ground.

In mid-air, they are hung with ropes, neatly arranged in strings, while on the ground, bamboo flats are used to stand sideways on the wall, or they are padded with stools and placed on stools. Even the door next door is basically hung.

There are still baskets of frogfish covered with rags piled up in the corner, and these will be brought out again later to continue killing.

Ye Yaodong pushed open the door early in the morning, and smelled a strong fishy smell outside, stronger than the smell of the sea, and it smelled particularly salty after being exposed to the sun.

The dogs at home are also very greedy. Except for the big big black dog who was caught halfway and kept there for fear of biting people, the other four or five small ones walked at their leisurely pace. Sniff, that bamboo flat sniff.

They lined up to sniff one by one like a leader inspecting, arranged neatly and orderly, and couldn't help showing a knowing smile when looking at people.

These dogs have been raised since they were young, and they are quite obedient. If they are not allowed to eat, they will just watch and drool, and sniff a few times by the way.

However, when they saw Ye Yaodong halfway through the inspection, they rushed over one by one, grabbing his legs.

Ye Yaodong hurriedly held up the waistband of his trousers, for fear of being pulled off by them, and he didn't know when he got into the habit. Anyway, whenever he saw him, he liked to hang on his lap, and then kept rubbing, rubbing, or circling around. Twirling around his legs.

In the past, only Ye Chengyang liked to hang on his feet, but now this position has been occupied by several dogs.

"Go, go, go away, I still have to work, don't get in the way here."

The dogs circled around his feet, whimpering and barking. As he strode forward, they also trotted behind, and followed him out of the courtyard gate.

Because Ye Yaodong needs to wash fishing nets, he wears slippers on his feet. His trousers are rolled up. He has been wearing rain boots for many days. His feet are really smelly. It’s rare that he doesn’t have to go out to sea. He just wants to wear slippers, which are more comfortable and breathable, otherwise He can't stand his Hong Kong feet either.

As a result, these dogs followed too closely and stepped on his slippers...

When he stepped out with his left foot, it was already empty, and the slippers were still in place tens of centimeters away.

When he looked at his bare feet and glared at these dogs, they rushed to bite his slippers with their mouths. For this reason, they even fought together to see who could deliver the slippers for the owner.

In the end, a little yellow dog came to him wagging its tail, stretched out its tongue, squatted there, raised its head and made a ha~ha~ sound, its tail was also wagging all the time, as if asking for praise .

Ye Yaodong looked at it speechlessly, took the slippers and put them on his feet, and patted its head in a face-saving way, "Well, it's very good, I won the fight, good boy, let's play while you're at it, I have to work."

The group of dogs stuck out their tongues and continued to follow behind him. They couldn't drive them away, so he could only let them follow.

For the convenience of washing the fishing nets, yesterday they pulled the fishing nets directly to the old house, because there is a well at the back door of the old house, so he doesn't have to carry water all the time, otherwise he would have to waste it.

At this moment, he planned to do some work before breakfast, and several dogs followed him all the way to the old house.

The folks he met on the road all greeted him one after another. He didn't know when he became so popular. Along the way, the corners of his mouth were not flattened, and he could only be forced to raise it.

"Adong, I heard that you dried a lot of dried fish, when are you going to sell them in the city?"

"I don't know. It hasn't dried yet. I'll have a look later. I have to be free to go to the city."

There are no secrets in the village, not to mention that there are so many dried fish hanging at his door. It has been spread in the village for a long time, and everyone knows that he is going to make a fortune by drying dried fish again.

I don't know where everyone's confidence comes from. He himself is not sure, and one by one has spread outrageously, as if he has already earned a large amount of money in his hands.

Gossip is terrible.

These women like to chat while working, and nothing new in the village can escape their mouths.

"I heard that dried frogfish can be sold for several cents? It's much more expensive than fresh ones."

Ye Yaodong chuckled in his heart when he heard this, "If it's not more expensive than fresh fish, who will dry it? It's better to sell fresh ones. Auntie, have you forgotten that these dried fish shrunk a lot, only ten catties? Two or three catties out of the sun?"

It's a pity that there is no refrigerator. If there is a refrigerator, there is no need to dry it in the sun. It is not half-dried, and there is no hard one. It will be more delicious and more meaty if it is frozen in the refrigerator and then fried.

"That's right, but how can I make some money? I just don't know if it's good for sale. We seaside people have nothing to eat, so we only eat dried fish. People in the city don't know if they can get used to it."

"I heard that you have been exposed to the sun for a long time, weighing several thousand catties, so you are not worried that you will not be able to sell it?"

Ye Yaodong shrugged, "Try it, if you can sell a little, if you can't sell it, you will lose 200 yuan. If you want to earn this money, you have to try it. If you can't sell it, no one wants it, then relatives and friends Don’t be afraid to waste it if you give it away.”

"Hehe, you're so generous, you should be earning a lot of money now, right?"

"It should be. Some time ago, I heard that I made thousands of dollars by going to Zhejiang Province. I just said that I would give something worth 200 yuan to relatives and friends..."

The corner of Ye Yaodong's mouth twitched, and he stopped chatting with the aunts and aunts at the door.

"I was in a hurry to work, and my aunts were slowly weaving nets and sweeping the floor."

After he finished speaking, he quickly slipped away, but he could still hear voices faintly behind him.

"A Dong looks promising now..."

"Who said no? I heard that they are earning a lot of money now, better than his elder brother and second brother."

"I heard that Lixiang was able to enter the Women's Federation because of A Dong, she walks like a wind now..."

"Women's Federation, it's amazing... During the Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cakes, rice, and pork are distributed..."

"Oh, you're so envious of me... Why don't I have a promising son..."

……

By the well at the back door, Father Ye had already fetched water to wash the fishing nets there early in the morning. Without a water gun, cleaning would be troublesome.

As soon as Ye Yaodong arrived, he divided the work with his father, one fetched water and the other cleaned.

Fortunately, when their fishing nets were about to be retrieved, they were all tied up, and the nets were tied up neatly.It only takes one person to pour water, one person to scrub, three or two strokes, one net is cleaned, and fifty nets only take half a day.

And the baskets of toad fish piled up at the door of the house are more difficult to kill.

Toadfish is different from other fishes. The mucus on its body is very slippery and disgusting. If you don’t wear gloves, it’s hard to grasp, and it’s easy to be pricked by its thorns.

Its belly is very soft. When killing it, you have to start from its mouth, and then use scissors to cut it under the belly. The scissors and the knife have to take turns.

After washing the fishing nets, he joined in and killed together. He didn't have the habit of men not doing housework nowadays.

Nowadays, most of the men adhere to the principle that the man is the outsider and the woman is the inside. Regardless of whether he works outside or not, he is the uncle when he returns home.

When killing fish, his sisters-in-law and the neighbors who came to watch the fun inevitably discussed him and the dried fish again.

He didn't bother to say much, he just responded casually.

However, his elder brother and second brother knew that he had a good harvest these days, so he stopped for a day without going to sea today, and ran to buy fishing nets and lines, and planned to make some sticky nets for display.

But they don't have a scroll wheel, and they are reluctant to spend a lot of money. It seems that they only plan to put 20 cards.

There are also fewer fishing boats in the village recently. Seeing that the goods are scarce, most people stop work and do other things one after another. Only some small wooden boats are still standing there firmly.

Originally, Ye Yaodong was worried that the yard was already full of dried fish. If he went out to sea again, there would be no place to hang the frog fish he caught, and it was not suitable to put it in an old house. No one can see it.

Unexpectedly, they only rested for one day, and the wind picked up the next day.

When I came to help cook breakfast early in the morning, I saw the waves churning and the north wind blowing. Not only Ye's mother regretted it, but even Ye's father slapped his thigh in annoyance.

"If I had known it would be windy today, I would have set up the net for an extra day yesterday, and today I would take it back to wash and dry it, so I could earn an extra day's worth of money."

"Money is hard to buy, I knew it earlier, there is nothing to worry about, just rest for two days."

If he still has to worry about going out to sea, should he kill or sell the frogfish he catches?
As it is now, if you sell goods worth more than 100 yuan, you will make a profit, and if you can’t sell them, you won’t lose much. It’s almost enough to test the waters with these first. If they sell well, it’s not too late to continue posting.

Mother Ye also said distressedly: "Don't you think it's a pity? I don't know how to rest at home for a few days due to the wind."

"You think my father and I are fucked to death. If you rest for a few more days, you can rest for a few more days. They are going to rest for the whole winter."

"Then you also rest for the whole winter!" Mother Ye said angrily.

"Then stop nagging and tell me to rest. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with me. I wish I could rest for the whole winter and gain weight."

"I don't want to do anything after earning some money. I'm only 26 years old. I don't want to do it now. Will I get it later? Who do you expect to support you? My son is still so young..."

Mother Ye kept talking about it, "You are so lazy, you don't want to work all day, you can buy two boats and put them there to collect rent, and let others do it for you, so that you can get a bite to eat at any rate, and it is not a bad idea." As for being old and starving to death, or having no money to make people feel disgusted..."

"Hmph, when I get old, my son will definitely rush to take care of the elderly."

Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Chengyang confidently, "Is that right, son?"

"No, I want a dog!"

"..."

Lin Xiuqing couldn't hold back, she leaned forward and backward with laughter.

Mother Ye was also amused, "Did you hear that, your son doesn't want to keep you even if he has a dog."

"Stinky boy, cook a dog meat hot pot at night to nourish yourself in advance, so you don't have to kill chickens and ducks in Lidong tomorrow."

Ye Chengyang suddenly burst into tears, "Don't~ don't eat dogs."

After closing his eyes and howling a few times, he quickly ran to the gate of the courtyard, hugging the heads of the dogs in his arms, crying as sadly as he wanted.

Looking at the adults in the room, he couldn't help but be happy.

Children are easy to deceive, adults just say a few words and take it seriously.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help cursing, "You idiot! Why did I give birth to such an idiot son."

"Who told you to tease him?"