Ye's mother was also very efficient. When she was walking to the village after sending her children off, there were a bunch of women pulling her to ask questions.

"Ah Qing, does your family really collect kelp?"

"I heard from your mother that you are going to take away all the kelp that everyone dried some time ago. Is that true?"

"I've heard about it too. When my sister-in-law next door told me about it just now, I thought it was just a rumor, but you've all heard about it? Is it true?"

After a person pulled her, a group of sharp-eyed people surrounded her soon.

It had just rained and it was wet outside, and no one wanted to go out for a walk. However, everyone spread the word that their family wanted to collect kelp, and enthusiastic relatives or neighbors went to other houses to inform them.

So, now all the women in the village have cheered up and hurriedly ran out to inquire about their neighbors.

Now that I have met the rightful owner, how can I let him go?

"Is it true? I heard that it was her mother who came out and said how much was needed? I just finished packing the kelp at home, and they are all here, and I am about to send it over."

"I've picked them all up too. Fortunately, I picked up a lot, weighing more than ten kilograms. I heard it costs 6 cents per kilogram. You can sell them here for eighty or ninety cents, which is enough for a month's seasoning expenses."

"Six cents? That's fine. They're all picked up anyway."

Lin Xiuqing watched a bunch of people talking around her, and some people were running towards her.

She quickly confirmed, "Yes, yes, A Dong thought that everyone picked up a lot of kelp some time ago, and wanted to try to see if the kelp is easy to sell, and it can also add some income to everyone, so that if everyone encounters it next year,

You can pick up a little more."

"Okay, okay, this is good..."

"This is good. There is no charge for the things in the sea. Everyone will pick up more next year. Today, the little ones didn't even think about picking them up. It was a waste."

"Then I'll go home and get it now..."

Lin Xiuqing said loudly again, "Don't worry, it will take two or three days to collect it. If you have relatives who have picked up a lot of kelp at home, you can send it over. Send it to my workshop, not to my house."

Doorway."

"Okay, let's take it to the workshop, right?"

The enthusiastic women shouted loudly to those who had run away, asking them to be sent to the workshop.

The person who had already held it in his hand walked beside her and followed her all the way to the workshop to be weighed.

There weren't many people around, so she asked them to wait while she went home to get the money. She weighed the money and paid them as much as they wanted. There was no need to keep accounts when the payment was settled, so as to save trouble.

She happened to have a lot of jars of change at home, and it was just right to pour some of it out to settle the little bits and pieces.

Basically, every household brings more than five or six kilograms, more than ten kilograms, and no matter how much it is, it is gone. After all, everyone just picks up a little and stores it there, and eats it occasionally. Anyway, there is it in the sea every year, just to watch.

Will luck float to the beach?

If I had known that it would be sold for money, everyone would have gone crazy at that time.

After she collected a bunch of change and took it to the workshop, there were already twenty or thirty women waiting there, and there were people coming in one after another at the door holding kelp.

Ye Yaodong is already in the workshop and is reassuring everyone, "Don't be anxious, everyone. Anyway, you need as much as you want. Take your time one by one. After Ah Qing comes with the money, we will weigh it."

"I'm here, let's start weighing. You weigh, and I'll pay you."

"Okay, let's start weighing."

After Ye Yaodong shouted, he looked at everyone squeezing forward and continued: "Don't be in a hurry, take your time, line up, and if you are sold out, if you have relatives who still have some, please go back."

You can bring it over."

After the nonsense was over, Ye Yaodong used the newly bought scale to weigh the weight. He also took a wooden scale and asked other boys to weigh the weight at the same time, doing both sides together.

After weighing Ah Qing, he immediately gave me money.

The first few people who got the money did not leave, they all stood around chatting with smiles on their faces. The other newcomers were relieved after seeing that they could indeed sell money.

Everyone was talking a lot there, discussing how many kilograms each picked up and how much they could sell for.

Some patted their thighs and regretted not picking up more, and some also regretted giving some of them to relatives and friends, and their intestines were full of regret.

In the homes of villagers who don't have much income or stable jobs, a little bit of money is just money, and a mosquito's legs are just meat, no matter how small they are.

The work of collecting kelp is going on in an orderly manner, and there are more and more people in the workshop. People keep coming in, and those who have sold out do not leave. There are also some who come to see the excitement. It seems to be densely packed with people, and there is noise everywhere.

, not to mention the vegetable market.

After Ye Yaodong weighed for a while, he handed over the work to another younger brother and stood by himself.

Ah Zheng had already run over to watch the fun, but he didn't get close to him because he was busy there. However, he saw him and walked towards them.

"Why are you here?"

"Come here and watch you struggle and see how much money you are going to make. Is it useful to charge so much?"

"Just give it a try, and you'll be able to make ends meet."

"Would you like to go to the shipyard this afternoon? The rain has stopped."

"Now?"

Ye Yaodong looked at everyone lining up there, so there wouldn't be any problem, not to mention that it was only one to two hundred, two to three hundred yuan, and in their village, there wouldn't be much more.

By the time word spread to other villages, if anyone came again, it would be after mid-afternoon, and the number of people would probably be even smaller. It would be the same with or without him.

"Okay, leave the goods here to others, and I'll go to the shipyard with you to have a look, and I'll explain it to my wife."

Lin Xiuqing was too busy to pay attention to him, so she just nodded, as long as someone helped weigh her.

Ye Yaodong asked them all to go back and ride their bicycles. He also went home to ride his bicycle, put on his hat, and would meet at the entrance of the village later.

When he passed the power supply box, there were not many people around there.

After the meal, everyone had other gossips and gathered in his workshop. Only his father, Pei's father, and a few village cadres were watching.

Thinking that someone still had to be there to watch, he went over and told his father to go to the workshop to watch. He also said that he was going to the shipyard with his friends.

They stayed there all afternoon, and it was not until dusk that the three of them rode their bicycles back to the village.

The work of collecting kelp in the workshop has come to an end for the time being. When he came back, his father, mother and Ah Qing were sorting out sacks of kelp and loading them onto the cart.

"Won't you put it in the small warehouse here? Where should you take it? Put it at home?"

Some time ago, Lin Jishang asked for another 5,000 kilograms. However, he was not at home a few days ago. Ah Qing weighed all the goods for him. The unused room at home was suddenly vacated. In the past few days, even the fishy smell at home was

The smell has also faded a bit.

"It just rained. I'm afraid it will be damp if the door is left open here. It will be better at home. After all, the door of the empty room can be closed and the windows can't be opened."

"Oh, how many pounds did you collect?"

"As you expected, I collected more than 3,000 kilograms in bits and pieces. Later, people from other villages brought them to sell, but it wasn't much. Let's see if we can collect more tomorrow. 10,000 kilograms is not enough.

It's possible, I didn't tell you in advance, everyone didn't stock much, they just dried some and kept them for their own food."

"It doesn't matter. The rain has stopped. Let's see if anyone goes out to sea tomorrow. If there are people going out to sea, I will probably go to the nearby islands to search. If it clears up, I can still find some goods in two or three days."

"Let's see then."

Father Ye interrupted and asked, "How did you go to the shipyard to ask?"

"The price has increased. I was told that something like Dongshenghao costs 16,000, while something like Fengshenghao costs 18,000, which is 3,000 yuan more expensive. The key is that we can't make it yet, and we won't be able to make it by the end of next year. I'll wait for two days."

If you go to the province, you should also inquire about it. In the city, I called in the morning and told Aguang to take the time to ask. Anyway, his family has several boats booked in the city, so it is just right for him to ask."

"That much more expensive?"

"Yeah, I don't know why, but it's so much more expensive. He just told me that the materials have increased and the workers' wages have increased. The key is that he directly told me that he couldn't make it, and he stopped taking orders after two years."

I don’t know if I took advantage of him and didn’t want to book my stay so early until the year after next.”

"Then you can only ask elsewhere."

"Um."

Mother Ye said from the side: "Then you can worry about it later. This is both kelp and fishing boat. There are so many boats at home."

“Don’t worry about it when it’s settled, worry about it when it’s not settled.”

"Let's not talk about it for now. Let's push this car home first."

Ye Yaodong directly waved to the two younger brothers and asked them to push them back to unload the goods, while he continued to stand with his father and talk.

"Has the circuit been repaired? When I just came back, I didn't see anyone at the power supply box."

"I don't know. I've been watching here all afternoon. I have to ask your mother..."

"It's repaired. I'll see the village chief and secretary return to the village committee at two or three o'clock. Those sailors will probably be back in town again." After Ye Mu finished speaking, she walked towards the bicycle in the corner.

"That's pretty quick. It only takes about half a day."

"How do you ride this car? It's covered in mud. It's so scary. I don't know, I thought it was fished out of the mud."

"It has just rained and the roads are all mud, so isn't it normal to ride like this? Look at my trousers flying everywhere."

"Your bicycle can only be used for two years before it becomes useless. Others can ride it for 30 years, but you can only ride it for three years."

"No, it can still be used after washing. You can push it back and wash it."

Mother Ye felt really sorry for him for ruining things, so after scolding him for a few words, she really pushed him back to wash them for him.
To be continued...