Back To the Small Fishing Village In 1982

  Chapter 319 Black and black

  As soon as he set foot on the beach, he saw squids of all sizes stranded everywhere, scattered scattered on the beach.

  The surrounding tide is still pushing up the dead squid in the sea.

  Father Ye said with a face full of joy: "Pick up as much as you can, if you can't finish it, come back tomorrow."

   As he said that, he had squatted down and couldn't wait to pick it up.

   "Hurry up, don't babble, don't look around, pick it up quickly."

   "I'll just see how many are around?"

   "Don't look... What are you looking at... ah..."

  Father Ye's voice suddenly stopped, and Ye Yaodong turned around suspiciously, "Oh, what the hell, are you still alive?"

  I saw that his father was unprepared, and was sprayed with ink all over his face by a dying squid, and then he reached out to wipe his face...

   It's even darker.

   "I didn't expect to die yet."

   "Go and wash in the water." After speaking, he squatted down and began to pick it up.

   It’s just that he hasn’t picked up a few. He was also sprayed on the face by the squid. Fortunately, he was a little far away, and the spray was a bit off, and it only sprayed on one cheek.

  The ones that were sprayed white yesterday, and the ones that were sprayed black today, white plus black.

  He didn't care, just left it like this, and continued to pick it up, anyway, he would definitely get sprayed later, there are so many squids on the beach.

  There is a saying that says: The blood and gall in the squid's belly are like ink, and it can be written, and its handwriting will melt over time.

  It means that squid ink can be used for writing, but it will fade after a long time.

  The reason why squid is called "squid" is because someone once used its juice to write things, and what they wrote was IOUs.

  The squid’s ink will keep for a period of time after the characters are written, but after a long time, it will be oxidized under the action of the air, so the characters will disappear. In this way, people can renege on their debts.

  In ancient times, there was a legend called "Hebo engaged", that is, Jiangdong people used its ink to write contracts and defraud others of their money.

  Ye Yaodong squatted there and moved, picking up the squids in front of him one by one into the sack, and occasionally picked up other stranded small fish and conch, and he threw them into the sack together.

   Not long after, his face and hands were pitch black.

  He raised his head and glanced at his father who was not far away. His face had just turned pale, and the two of them were in the same boat.

   Twisting his neck, he continued.

   Alas, it's a pity that I can't bring those children out, so I can only pick them up by myself.

  Just as their waists were sore and their backs ached, a group of seabirds also flew over and snatched food from them.

  Most seabirds like to eat fish, squid, crustaceans, molluscs, etc. It can be said that they eat everything.

  Father Ye saw the flock of seabirds pecking non-stop, his heart ached to death.

   "Hurry up and pick it up, just the two of us picked it up, and it's not as fast as they eat."

   "Damn it! There are them everywhere, and they flew over as soon as the tide went out."

   "No way, we can't collect them all anyway, so we can only get them cheap."

   "I still think about coming over tomorrow to pick it up. Come tomorrow, I guess there is no hair left."

  …

  While Ye Yaodong was cursing, the sun gradually set on the hills, and there were more and more seabirds on the beach, and the two of them picked up almost the same amount of sacks, almost full.

  Ye Yaodong rubbed his sore waist, and sighed in his heart, this is hard money!

   Reduced to taking food from a flock of seabirds, Mud.

   No, they were robbing him, and he discovered it first.

   "Let's go, Dad, it's almost time, the sun has already set, and it will be dark when we go back."

  Just when he finished speaking, moved his neck and twisted his waist, and was about to grab the mouth of the squid in this bag, a seabird was so arrogant that he wanted to rush into his bag to grab the squid.

  He instinctively raised his hand to hit it, but it quickly dodged it.

   "Made, there are still some on the beach. If you don't eat them, you come here to steal them on purpose."

   "What are you talking about? I'm leaving, I'm going back."

  Father Ye picked up a bag and picked it up. Seeing that he was still muttering and turning his head around, he hurriedly urged him.

   "Oh, here we come."

  He also grasped the opening of the sack tightly, then carried it on his shoulders, and walked towards the fishing boat.

  The tide is still low. Fortunately, he stopped to the side, and he stopped far away. The fishing boat was not stranded when the tide receded to the bottom, and he could barely get out.

  After carrying the two sacks ashore in the drenching water, they immediately poured the squid into the bamboo basket. It is easy to be crushed if they are pressed all the time. It is better to pour the squid into the bamboo basket.

   "This bag is estimated to weigh 100 catties."

Father Ye nodded happily, "Almost, more than 30 cents a catty, and the price will drop after the squid flood, but these two bags can also sell for sixty or seventy, plus the two nets dragged before, and The goods caught by longline fishing and those caught by diving should be able to sell for almost two hundred yuan."

  Ye Yaodong is also in a good mood. He hasn't been out to sea for many days, and the harvest is good when he comes out, and he picked up so many squids for nothing.

   "Tomorrow, I will go to the mountains to chop some firewood, bundle some more and throw them into the sea to trap them, and catch more firewood during the flood season."

   "Go back and ask your elder brother and second brother to get more branches and tie them up and throw them into the sea, so that they will catch squids in the future. There will be no shortage of squids in this period of time."

   "Well, let's go back, you sail, I'll pick and choose."

  As soon as Father Ye heard this, he knew that he was going to keep the goods again. He frowned and said distressedly: "Don't keep a little less, don't keep those valuable sea cucumbers and abalones, just keep a little of any miscellaneous fish."

   "Got it, got it, you go and sail the boat, it's getting dark, I can hardly see your face clearly."

  Both father and son had dark faces, and they didn’t have time to wash. They had been racing against seabirds before.

   But it's not a big problem, men don't care much about their own image, anyway, no one sees them at sea.

   And there is no mirror, both father and son wiped their faces a few times when they felt that their faces were a little wet, and no one had to laugh at the other.

  It is impossible to expect them to wipe each other's faces gently and gently.

  Father Ye was worried and gave a few more instructions, saying that they only need to get a few random fish and crabs, which is enough for a meal, and they don’t need to keep anything else, let him keep less...

   "Understood, you go and sail the boat, I know it."

  Because Ah Qing gave birth, his mother had to take care of the confinement meals. During this time, his parents and wives ate at his place, saving his mother from running around and firing on both sides.

   After driving his father to sail the boat, he turned his back on him with the bucket in his hand, and took the lead in stretching out his claws at the squids, one per head, one per person!

   There is also the amount of today, tomorrow, and two days.

   This squid will shrink when boiled, so one person is not too much, and it is very fragrant when eaten in marinade.

   There are also sea cucumbers, just keep 4 today, Ah Qing and the old lady each eat one for two days.

   Forget about the other things, just leave a little shrimp to serve with the two children’s meals, and pick out some miscellaneous fish and braise them in brown sauce after landing later.

   There are still a few sandworms left in the bucket. Take it back and fry another bowl with leeks, and save four or five crabs to fry in half.

  People on the beach can only eat seafood, and stir-fry one or two vegetables, which is enough for the whole family.

  Picking up everything that should be kept in the bucket, and after going through the menu in his mind, he carried the bucket to the corner with satisfaction.

  The sky gradually darkened, and it was also dark after the fishing boat docked.

  Mother Ye was on the shore to meet her, and she was so anxious that she waited until it was dark before she saw the familiar boat docking.

   When she ran to the shore, she almost gave her a big jump, "You...you..."

   "Why do you look like you have seen a ghost? Come up and help."

  Ye Yaodong glanced at his father, "Don't you look like a ghost?"

  Hearing two familiar voices, Mother Ye breathed a sigh of relief, "Why are you both so dark? Have you become pirates?"

   "I picked up squid, I got sprayed on my face, and I don't have time to clean it up." Ye Yaodong heard that he wiped his face, and it was black and yellow in an instant...

  Mother Ye almost lost her eyesight, "It's late at night, people will be scared to death when they see it, just take a handkerchief and wipe it with some water."

  Father Ye did the same thing, wiped his face, "I don't care, what's the matter, anyway, it's dark anyway, and the water is used for cooking, so how can I have time to use sea water?"

   Two rough guys, Ye Mu didn't bother to say, they got on the boat to help.

   "Other ships have docked early, how did you get to this point?"

   "Didn't you say pick up squid? Aren't there several baskets in the corner?"

  It was only then that Mother Ye noticed that he was talking about picking up.

   "Pick it up? Didn't you catch it?"

   "No, these squid died after laying eggs. They were washed by the sea and ran aground on the small island. It took us half an afternoon to pick up two bags."

   "Ah? There is such a good thing." Mother Ye was overjoyed. "It's the squid fishing season, so I can still pick them up tomorrow. It's a pity, I have to stay at home to take care of the confinement, otherwise I will follow you to help."

   "There may not be tomorrow. A bunch of seabirds are circling the island. We left, but they haven't left yet. They ate more than we picked."

"Pity."

   "There's nothing to be sorry about. It's not bad to be able to pick up a 200-jin one. Tomorrow, I'll chop some branches and trap them, which is faster than picking them up."

   "That's right. I think they also found some squid when they came back from the trawling net today. It is estimated that they will start trapping soon."

   "Put it down first before talking," Ye Yaodong urged.

  Several purchase points have been closed, only Ah Cai’s is still open there, mainly to wait for Ye Yaodong’s goods.

  Ye Yaodong’s fishing boats are all for him to collect, no matter how late he has to wait for the fishing boat to come back to collect the goods before closing, usually it will not be too late.

   Seeing their goods being brought over, Ah Cai couldn't help but said, "Why is it so late, only your boat hasn't come back yet, and the other boats have come back early."

   "Don't you know that the finale is always the last one?" Ye Yaodong replied poorly.

   "Any good things? Sea cucumber and abalone Xiaoqinglong?"

   "Both."

   "Okay you, you can get it every time you go to sea, is there some secret base?"

   "Do you think I'm raising it by myself?"

   "I doubt it too."

  Ye Yaodong rolled his eyes, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and say, my wife is still waiting for my fish to give milk."

   "All right, all right, how much was the fine?"

   "Aren't they all 500?"

   "You have a good relationship with Secretary Chen, I thought you could have less."

   "Good idea, Secretary Chen is fair and selfless, everyone is the same."

   "As long as you can be born, 500 yuan is nothing to you."

   "Who said, 500 yuan is a huge sum of money to me, and it almost wiped out my family's fortune."

   Ah Cai is speechless, believe him a ghost, how much money he earns he still can't figure it out? Just more and less!

   "How much is the squid recently?" Ye Yaodong changed the subject.

   "3 cents and 6 cents, there have been more squid in the past two days."

   "Will the price drop again?"

   "It's about the same. If it increases, it should drop a few more points."

   "Got it, hurry up."

  Ye Yaodong put the goods he kept in the bucket he kept before, and gave them to his mother to take them back first. There are old people, children, and pregnant women at home.

  (end of this chapter)