Xiao Hu and Ye Guowei also worked on some things, and the three of them worked until 4 p.m. before they finished.
Carrying a full load of things, Ye Cheng boarded the ship. Before boarding, he called out to the sea turtle a few more times on the beach, but there was no response.
Damn, I actually feel a little disappointed.
"Alright, Cheng, you've raised sea turtles before when you were little. I raised several for you back then, but you didn't like them. Why do you want to raise them now that you're older?" Ye Guowei started nagging.
As soon as Ye Guowei started speaking, I knew what he was going to talk about next—it was definitely something from my childhood.
Damn it, just because she's older, she knows about my embarrassing childhood stories...
Ye Cheng quickly lit a cigarette for him and stuffed it into his mouth.
On the way back, Ye Cheng casually asked about the fishing boat.
"Brother, do you know how easy it is to get a license for a fishing boat these days?"
Fishing boats need a license to go out to sea to fish, just like taxi licenses. Sometimes it's easy to apply for one, and sometimes it's not.
According to Ye Cheng's idea, if it's easy to apply for a license, he can buy a new boat; if it's difficult to apply, he can only buy a second-hand boat with a license.
Ye Guowei shook his head. "I heard from people at the dock that it's not easy to apply for a license. They say the government is controlling fishing, so they're not issuing new licenses for the time being."
At this point, Ye Guowei paused, then turned to look at Ye Cheng, "What's wrong? You want to buy a boat?"
Ye Cheng, the elder brother, had no intention of hiding anything. "I do want to buy some. It's getting harder and harder to go beachcombing near the village these days. I was thinking of going to the islands outside the village to go beachcombing. Maybe there will be coconut crabs or bird's nests or something."
"Yeah, Guowei, there are more and more people going to the beach in the village now. My mom and the others go for a stroll whenever they have free time, so there's hardly anything left," Xiaohu complained.
What's this called? The rich help the poor. Originally, no one had any money, but now that Ye Cheng is making money by going to the beach, everyone will definitely follow suit.
It's actually the same as when people went to the city to work back then. If you can't make money in the village, then you can only look for business opportunities outside.
Ye Guowei nodded, "Okay, buy it if you need to. Second-hand ones won't be too expensive. Just buy a 12-meter one. It'll be fine for casting nets near the shore."
In fact, Wang Defa's boat is a 12-meter fishing boat with 60 horsepower, which is what most people in the village use.
These small trawlers can carry 500-800 kilograms of fish and are suitable for near-shore operations. There is no place to sleep on board, so they usually make a round trip on the same day. If they don't make it back, they can only make do with lying down for a while.
Medium-sized fishing boats are almost 30 meters long and are suitable for mid- to long-distance sea fishing. They require 3 to 5 people and a single trip to sea takes about a week.
Any bigger and you'd get the deep-sea king crabs, like those caught in the Arctic.
Ye Cheng has no plans to go to the open sea; he just wants to get a boat that can be used near the coast.
Since his older brother said that license plates are hard to get now, Ye Cheng decided to buy a second-hand one.
"Brother, could you keep an eye out for a suitable ship for me?"
"Okay, you don't like Wang Defa's ship? I think it's alright."
“Yeah, brother, my second uncle treasures this boat a lot,” Xiao Hu interjected.
"It's not that it's impossible, but your second uncle is too shrewd. You might accidentally fall into his trap again. Let's see if there are any other suitable options."
The three of them tugged at each other as they returned to the dock. Wang Defa was already waiting at the dock. When he saw the three of them return, he quickly boarded the boat, saying he would help them carry their things, but actually he just wanted to see if they had damaged his boat.
"Second Uncle, we're just going out for a bit, it's not like we're going to ride the bumper boats, what could possibly go wrong?" Xiao Hu looked at his second uncle speechlessly.
Wang Defa chuckled awkwardly, "This child, what nonsense are you talking about? Is your second uncle that kind of person?"
"Alright, Second Uncle, everyone knows who you are. Hurry up and look. Here, I'll give you the money. It's 500 yuan in total." Ye Cheng counted out five red bills and gave them to Wang Defa.
Wang Defa looked around inside and out and found nothing damaged before he began to examine the group's loot.
Not to mention him, as soon as Ye Cheng and his group landed, several buyers surrounded them, wanting to see what good stuff they had. Last time, Ye Cheng sold coconut crabs here for 20,000 yuan, and everyone had a great time.
"Second brother, what goods do you have today? Take them out and let me see."
"Yeah, there won't be any coconut crabs either."
Ye Cheng said irritably, "What coconut crabs are left? You guys have already killed them all."
Everyone smiled knowingly, and didn't deny that they had all gotten their information from Wang Defa. Some had made some gains, some hadn't, but they had indeed emptied the island's coconut crab population.
"Come on, let's see what's inside." Old Lin, relying on his previous dealings with Ye Cheng, directly took the water tank and opened it to take a look.
"Hey, hey, I didn't say I was selling to you guys." Ye Cheng was speechless. He originally planned to sell these goods to Boss Qian, who had been urging him several times, saying that he hadn't delivered the goods to him in a long time.
Now that these people have opened it and taken a look, there's no way they can take it anymore.
"Catshark, spotted catshark, I want this one."
"Butter crab, and I'll take these few more."
"Hey, Black Hair, don't try to take it from me, all the Black Hair fish are mine."
"Damn it, you guys were quick. I'll take this little green dragon, the octopus, and Shi Jiugong."
Before Ye Cheng could even announce the price, the group had already snatched everything up.
"No, bosses, rob me! Give me the money! Give me the money!" Ye Cheng shouted loudly.
"Don't worry, we wouldn't dare to cheat you."
These people do follow the rules, after all, they've been collecting goods at the docks for years.
The cat shark sold for 250 yuan, the black bream for 820 yuan, a few crabs for 100 yuan, the small green lobster for 120 yuan, and the rock goby and octopus for 100 yuan. In total, it sold for 1390 yuan.
Wang Defa quickly finished the mental calculation and said gloatingly, "Second brother, you three went out to sea and only earned this little bit in total, and you still have to pay for the boat. Have you been having a bad relationship with the Dragon King of the Sea lately?"
The other buyers were also secretly smiling to themselves; none of them wanted others to be doing better than them.
Ye Cheng has become so popular lately that these people have long been fed up with it.
Today is better. It cost less than 1400 yuan for a trip. After deducting the 500 yuan boat rental fee, I still made a profit, but it wasn't much.
What does this mean? It means that Ye Lao Er's luck is about to run out.
Ye Cheng knew what everyone was thinking, but he didn't care. There were still so many bird's nests in his bag. Was he going to tell them?
The three of them returned to the village amidst the regretful and happy discussions of the crowd.
After deducting 500 for the boat fare from the 1400, Ye Cheng gave his elder brother and Xiao Hu 300 each, which was actually quite a lot, but he had been too outrageous before.
Even if you lose half of what you have now, you're still much better off than the average person.
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