Chapter 221 "SpongeBob SquarePants?"

  There are not only people but also goods in the long line. There are several long lines. Today, almost the whole village is dispatched. The shore is now crowded with people and goods.

  The surrounding roads were full of muddy puddles, and everyone’s trousers and shoes were splashed with loess slurry, but their cold hands and feet did not dampen their excitement.

  The wharf has never been so lively before, it is so noisy everywhere, there is almost no place to step on, and the smiles on everyone's faces are almost catching up with the New Year.

   This is the joy of making money, who doesn't want to get rich.

   It’s just that everyone is a little bit sorry that there are too many people, they are divided, and the tide is high, so the water level rises and it’s hard to pick up.

  Ye Yaodong moved the last half bag of starfish to the cart before taking a breath, "How many bags are there?"

  Lin Xiuqing has been guarding by the cart, she has seen all the goods in her house, and she knows exactly which bags are which.

   "7 and a half bags, is there nothing underneath?"

"there is none left."

  She smiled and said: "Mother, father and younger sister picked up almost 7 bags, and the elder brother, sister-in-law, second brother and second sister-in-law also picked up a little more than 4 bags."

  Ye Yaodong nodded. He didn't pick up much in the afternoon. After working all morning, he couldn't straighten his waist. He only picked up 2 bags, and the rest were picked up in the morning.

  He looked at the other villagers, all of them were surrounded by sacks, and they seemed to have picked up a lot. Most of them were the whole family, and there were several members in the family.

  The team moved forward slowly, their goods were all on the trolley, which was less laborious than others.

  At this moment, he heard someone behind him ask his second sister-in-law about the big brother's money. The second sister-in-law Ye also excitedly turned her head to tell others how much money she made, and encouraged them to invest together.

   Seeing her working so hard, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but guess, did Ye Yaohong pay her extra headcount?

  Lin Xiuqing also glanced at him, and he smiled, "It's fine for me to line up here. You can go back and look at the two boys first. Those two are so energetic, the old lady will probably have a headache."

   "It shouldn't be long, let's go back together later?"

   She is also curious how much others can sell? You can also listen to gossip here.

  The whole village is here, so lively, how can she be willing to leave?

  Since she moved to her new home, she has nothing to do and rarely goes out for a walk. Most of the new things in the village are learned from Ye Dajie and Ye Ersao.

   It's just a good time to listen.

  Although it is a trivial matter, it sounds very interesting. For example, someone said that they kissed.

  Who's man was having an affair with a widow outside, but was caught by his wife...

  For another example, someone gave birth to a child with a cleft lip some time ago, and the mother cried to death. The village said it was because she was greedy and ate rabbits during pregnancy...

   He also talked about not being able to eat mutton, and the child would be born with epilepsy...

  Then someone's child went up the mountain to steal oranges and was chased by the owner and broke his hand. The child's family came to extort money...

   Another old man passed away, and the sons in the family were about to fight over the division of property...

  …

   There are all kinds of weird things, and everything in the countryside is told.

  Lin Xiuqing pricked up her ears, looking around and listening to all directions, listening with gusto.

  Ye Yaodong couldn't help shaking his head when he saw her looking around, "Do you want to visit all the teams?"

   "Huh? Hehe, I just find it interesting."

  Mother Ye glanced back at her in front of her, and reminded her vaguely, "Don't go out to visit if you have nothing to do. It's cold, and the village is deserted, and no one wants to sit at the door of the house and chat. They are all in the house."

  She smiled, she understood Ye Mu's worry.

   "I know, I've been sewing quilts and making wedding dresses for my little sister recently, and I don't have time to walk around."

  The person on the side who also listened to the gossip with his ears upright asked Mother Ye, when did Ye Huimei get married?

   also said that Mother Ye would look for one without a mother-in-law, and her daughter would be comfortable in the future...

  Mother Ye is also very proud of this. At first, she felt that without her mother-in-law, her daughter would be more tired and had a lot to do. After being reminded by someone later, I immediately patted my thigh, no mother-in-law is better...

   The more I look at Aguang, the more satisfied I am...

Several purchase points received the goods at the same time, and the team was not slow to move forward. After a while, they moved a lot forward, because Ye Mu and the others went ashore early, and the queue was relatively high. Now they only need to wait two or three more to arrive. They are gone.

  Ye Yaodong looked at his watch, it was already past 4 o'clock, and he was still thinking about the goods in his cage, and the tide was rising at this moment, just in time.

  When it was their turn, they weighed separately, and their original goods were not mixed.

  Brother Ye and Second Brother Ye have relatively less goods. Their goods will be weighed first. One of them weighs 420 catties and the other 408 catties. Sister Ye and Second Sister Ye are all smiling, but fortunately they came early.

  The three of Ye Mu picked up almost 7 bags, weighed 692, and sold them for 13 yuan, 80 cents and 4 cents.

  Ye Yaodong picked up 7 and a half bags by himself, weighed 736 catties, and sold for 14 yuan, 7 cents and 2 cents.

   Fortunately, he picked up one more morning than others, otherwise he would fight alone, and other families would have the whole family together, and he would die at a loss.

  They didn't keep much of the goods, only a few to eat, because there is no weather recently, and there is no way to dry the starfish.

  After handing over the receipt to Lin Xiuqing to collect it, he asked her to go back first, "The ground cage has not been confiscated yet. Now that the tide is high and the waves are not too big, I will go to the sea to collect it, and I will be back in a little over two hours."

   "Can't I collect it tomorrow?"

   "It's been cloudy this day, and I don't know if it will rain tomorrow, and there will be no wind at night, so hurry up and put it away while I can go out now."

   It’s okay if he doesn’t go to the literacy class for a day or two. Anyway, he’s halfway there, so he just needs to study for a few more days.

  He reckoned that the ground cage was also full of starfish!

  Ground cages have always been the best tool for catching starfish, but the number of his cages is a little less.

   Turning around and seeing Ah Zheng and Xiao Xiao, thinking that they also have ground cages, he also reminded them, "Your ground cages are still in the sea, right? You can collect them later, there should be a lot of starfish!"

  The two people's eyes lit up again when they heard this, "Are you going out now?"

   "Ready to collect another wave."

"Together!"

  The two of them are very convinced of Ye Yaodong now, following behind him, they have made a lot of money in the past few months.

  After handing over the task of queuing up to sell goods to the wife at home, they also went to sea to collect the cage.

  The other villagers also became more active when they heard the words. After saying hello to the family members, they also wanted to go to sea to collect a wave before it was dark.

  Their hearts are more lively, thinking that after collecting them today, they will continue to collect them tomorrow when the weather is fine.

  It is a pity for those who did not put cages.

  Ye Yaodong called Xiao Xiao and Ah Zheng into his boat, and with their little wooden boat, it was probably dark when they rowed to the place where the cage was placed.

  It’s past 4 o’clock now, and it’s already dark early in autumn and winter.

  He started the boat, the horsepower was fully turned on, the sound of the diesel engine rattled, and he heard them talking there, and he had to change to a power boat at any time, saving time and effort...

  Looking at the shore, the waves are not big, but when the boat is on the sea, you can really feel the waves.

  He first drove the boat to the approximate sea area where he put the ground cage, but after looking for buoys around for a long time, he saw that the position was shifted by the waves.

   After putting away the buoys and pulling up the ground cage, he found that the fish collection bag under the ground cage was indeed full of starfish, and the fish was surrounded by them.

   "The grass...is really full of starfish. Where did there come from so many starfish? Are there all over the sea?" Xiaoxiao helped pull up the ground cage together.

   "Looking at the densely packed appearance of the pier in the afternoon, it must have been washed in from the outside, and there must be a lot of seabed along the coast."

   Ah Zheng also said cheerfully: "The whole village has made a fortune today. Fortunately, we came early and packed more bags than others."

   "This thing is known as the locust on the bottom of the sea. Wherever they pass, all shellfish will be wiped out. First pour it out and have a look."

  The fish collection bag at the bottom was filled to the brim with starfish, Ye Yaodong untied the rope, and dumped it all on the deck, only to see that there were only fish in it except for starfish, and the stone crab and shrimp had been eaten to nothing but a shell.

  Ye Yaodong tossed it casually, and casually threw those shrimps and crabs with only their shells back into the sea. At this moment, he saw a relatively large starfish holding a soft yellow irregular shape in his arms.

   "SpongeBob SquarePants?"

  He felt that it was very interesting, and he took the sponge in his hand and squeezed it.

  The animations are full of lies. There is no friendship between SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick. Sponge is also the food of starfish.

   Ah Zheng looked at him speechlessly, "Sponge is just a sponge, or SpongeBob SquarePants? Do you think it's stupid to be a father?"

   "You know what a fart! Just take it back and wash the dishes for my wife."

  Now household sponges for washing dishes are all synthetic. In the past, people used sponges from the sea.

   "Hurry up and finish pulling the rest of the ground cages, it's getting dark, I didn't realize that you are so dawdling."

   "What's the hurry, I won't let you swim back."

   That’s what he said, but Ye Yaodong still speeded up and pulled the net quickly. There is no doubt that in the next few nets, there were only fish and no shellfish except starfish, but several sponges appeared.

   This surprised Ye Yaodong, but also felt a little regretful.

  It is a natural sponge, also called sponge silk, it is not a dead thing, but a multicellular marine animal, which is a living thing.

  Sponge silk becomes soft and elastic when exposed to water. It has always been used as a bathroom product, as well as pottery, painting, and surgical supplies. In ancient Greece, it was called soft gold, and it is still valuable now.

  But it’s useless to leave them here on the beach, so they can only take them back to play with the children, or wash the dishes.

   Collected several nets, and the boat was full of starfish, fish or shells. He asked the two to help pick them out, and asked them to pick up all the starfish into sacks, so that they could be easily lifted off the boat in a while.

  When there were only two rows left at the end, the sky was completely dark. He turned on the flashlight on the boat and speeded up, only to find that there were no starfish in the net, and a huge white jellyfish filled the fish collection bag.

  (end of this chapter)