Feng Ye went up to the sleeping pod and tidied up his luggage.
He won't be able to go to sea next month and will have to stay at home, so he'll have to take all his clothes and bedding back to wash.
After packing his luggage, he carried it downstairs, then quickly returned, used the key to open the box containing the money, and stuffed all the banknotes into his bag.
More than 60,000 yuan, in both small change and large bills, filled the small handbag to the brim.
Feng Ye patted the bulging bag and bent down to pull a snakeskin bag out from under the bed.
Inside was the box of foreign cigarettes that had been fished out. The original cardboard box was soaked and unusable, so it had to be thrown away.
After checking again to make sure nothing was missing, I locked the sleeping pod and went down to the deck.
By this time, the small boat was piled high with baskets of fish and shrimp.
Feng Ye gave Ye Chenliang the keys to each cabin, instructing him to lock them after unloading the cargo, and to stay on the ship with a boatman to continue unloading cargo from the fish hold.
He also made arrangements for the other four boatmen.
Two of them went back and forth on the small boat, helping to transport the fish and shrimp; the other two stayed on the shore, responsible for transporting the fish and shrimp back to the workshop.
As they approached the shore, Feng Ye took out a pack of cigarettes from his snakeskin bag and tossed it to Xiao Guowen: "Here you go."
Xiao Guowen took it and was surprised: "Holy crap, a foreigner's cigarette, where did it come from?"
"Fired from the sea."
Feng Ye smiled and said, "Your dad got some too, but not cigarettes, he got two sacks of clothes."
Xiao Guowen's eyes widened: "What's going on? This sea voyage of yours is too exciting!"
Feng Ye pointed to Luo Zhiping and another boatman: "We'll ask them for the details later; we're almost at shore."
Xiao Guowen could only suppress his curiosity for the time being and slowly steered the small boat closer to the shore.
It was just past nine o'clock, and neither the large nor small ships that had gone out to sea had returned. It was also high tide, so the dock was unusually quiet and there were hardly any people around.
"You guys carry it first, I'll go back and bring the cart over."
After giving his instructions, Feng Ye hurriedly returned home with his luggage and the snakeskin bag full of cigarettes.
Ye Qingling seemed somewhat surprised to see him return, and got up to greet him.
"Oh, it really is you guys back! I only saw one ship, I thought it was someone else. Where are the Dong Sheng and the Feng Shou? Why didn't they come back together?"
"You're heavily pregnant, so don't move around too much, be careful."
Feng Ye hurriedly dropped his things and rushed forward to help Ye Qingling. "Big Brother and Uncle Jun went to the shipyard to check on the fish finder. They won't be back until later."
"I'm not that delicate, I can walk a few steps without any problem."
Ye Qingling chuckled, "You've been at sea for so long, you must be tired."
Feng Ye touched her belly, a hint of tenderness flashing in his eyes: "For you and the baby, it's all worth it, no matter how hard it is."
"That's so cheesy."
Ye Qingling's cheeks flushed slightly as she gently slapped Feng Ye's hand away. "Tell me quickly, how was the haul from this voyage?"
Feng Ye grinned and handed her the bag. "Take a look for yourself. I won't go into details now. I have to push the cart to the dock to transport goods. I brought back a lot of fish and shrimp to dry this time."
"Then go ahead, the cart is in the workshop."
"Um."
Feng Ye turned and went out the door, entering the workshop through the side door.
The air in the workshop was filled with a strong fishy smell, and various kinds of dried fish were drying in the sun.
Du Guilan and Ye Qingyu were busy inside, along with Feng Xinan, who was making things worse.
Hearing footsteps, Du Guilan looked up and said, "Aye is back."
Ye Qingyu also called out in a clear and cheerful voice, "Brother-in-law."
Feng Xinan, on the other hand, was engrossed in eating a dried squid, completely unmoved even when his father came in.
"Yes, I'm back."
Feng Ye smiled and responded, then asked, "Just the two of you? Where are Mother and Aunt Ling?"
"I went to water the vegetables at the old house."
"Then go and call them back, sister-in-law. They brought back fish and shrimp this time, so we need to process them quickly. Also, call some people in the village to help kill the fish."
"How many are there? I need to be sure how many people to call."
"There are about 70,000 catties in total. I brought back more than 30,000 catties first. The other half is on the Dongsheng ship and will be back later."
"So many? We'll need to call in more people, otherwise we won't be able to kill them all."
After Du Guilan finished speaking, she realized what was happening and hurriedly asked, "Your brother didn't come back with you. What did he go to do?"
"I went to the shipyard with Uncle Jun..."
Feng Ye gave a brief explanation and then hurriedly pushed the cart out of the workshop.
Du Guilan quickly put down her work and followed her out of the workshop.
As she passed the dock, she stopped to look at the baskets of fish and shrimp that had been unloaded, and couldn't help but feel secretly pleased.
Thinking about all those fish and shrimp, and how they could bring in a considerable income if processed properly, even the steps to go to the old house to call for help became lighter.
Because of the large number of fish and shrimp, Xiao Guowen made several trips back and forth to transport all the fish and shrimp on the Donglai ship to the shore.
Feng Ye and the two boatmen who stayed on the shore to handle the transport worked non-stop to send fish and shrimp into the workshop.
The cart was too small; it couldn't hold many baskets of fish and shrimp before it ran out of space.
Fortunately, it's close by, so a round trip doesn't take much time, but it still can't keep up with the speed at which fish and shrimp are brought ashore.
Later, his mother and Aunt Ling came back and pushed a cart over, which made things a little faster.
Once all the goods were moved into the workshop, the boatmen went home, and the helpers they had called arrived one after another.
Everyone had a clear division of labor: some gutted and scaled the fish and shrimp, while others cleaned them, and the workshop immediately became lively.
It's clear that everyone is very happy.
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