The long queue is not only for people but also for goods, there are several long lines, and today almost the whole village has been dispatched, and the shore is now crowded with dense people with goods.

The surrounding roads were full of muddy puddles, everyone's trousers and shoes were splashed with loess pulp, but the cold hands and feet did not affect their excitement.

The wharf has never been so lively, there is a lot of noise everywhere, there is almost no place to step on, and the smiles on everyone's faces are about to catch up with the New Year.

It's the joy of making money, who doesn't want to get rich.

It's just that everyone is a little sorry that there are too many people, they are thinned, and the tide is rising, and the water level is not easy to pick up.

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

Lin Xiuqing has been guarding the cart, and she has seen her own goods firmly, which bags are, she knows clearly.

"Seven and a half bags, there's no one underneath, right?"

"Nope."

She smiled and said, "My mother, my father and my little sister picked up almost 7 bags, and the eldest brother and sister-in-law and the second brother and sister-in-law also picked up a little more than 4 bags."

Ye Yaodong nodded, he picked up less in the afternoon, and after a busy morning, he couldn't straighten his waist, he only picked up less than 2 bags, and the rest were basically 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 all in the same family, and there were several people in the family, and it was estimated that they were all picked up together, and then the accounts were divided after picking up.

The team moved forward slowly, their goods on the carts, which was less effort than the others.

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

Seeing her working so hard, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but guess if Ye Yaohong had given her an extra capitation fee?

Lin Xiuqing also glanced at him, he smiled, "I'll line up here, you can either go back and look at the two boys first, those two are so energetic, the old lady is estimated to have a headache."

"It shouldn't be long before we can go back later?"

She was also curious about how much others could sell for? You can also listen to gossip here.

The whole village is here, so lively, where is she willing to leave?

Since moving to a new home, she rarely comes out and walks around when she has nothing to do, and most of the new things in the village are known from the mouth of Ye's sister-in-law and Ye's second sister-in-law.

Now is the time to listen.

Although it is a trivial matter, it also sounds very interesting, such as who said that he was married, and the man was a cripple who spent a lot of money to marry a beautiful wife from a foreign country......

Whose man had a leg with a widow outside and was caught by his wife......

For example, someone gave birth to a rabbit-lipped child some time ago, and the mother cried to death, and the village said that it was because she was greedy and ate rabbits when she was pregnant......

He also talked about the fact that mutton should not be eaten, and that the child would be born with epilepsy.........

Then whose child went up the mountain to steal oranges and was chased by the owner and broke his hand, and the child's family came to the door to blackmail money......

And then there is the old man of the family who died, and the sons of the family could not share the family property, and they were all about to fight......

……

There are all kinds of strange things, and everything is spread in the countryside.

Lin Xiuqing pricked up her ears, watched all directions, and listened with relish.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at her, "Do you want to walk around several teams?"

"Huh? Hehe, I just think it's funny."

Mother Ye glanced back at her in front of her, and reminded her vaguely, "It's okay to go out and visit the door, it's cold, the village is deserted, and no one is willing to sit in front of the house and weave a net to chat, it's all in the house."

She smiled, she understood Ye Mu's worries.

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

The person who also listened to other people's gossip with his ears pricked up on the side asked Ye's mother when she heard the words, when will Ye Huimei get married?

also said that Mother Ye would look for it, and found someone who did not have a mother-in-law, and her daughter would be comfortable in the future......

Mother Ye was also very proud of this, and at first felt that without her mother-in-law, her daughter would be more tired, and she would have to do a lot of things. Later, after being reminded by others, he immediately patted his thigh, no mother-in-law......

The more I watched Ah Guang, the more satisfied I became......

Several acquisition points received the goods at the same time, and the speed of the team's progress was not slow, and it didn't take long for them to move forward, because Ye Mu and they went ashore in advance, and the line was relatively high, and now they only need to wait for two or three more.

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

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

Brother Ye and Second Brother Ye's goods are relatively less, they weigh first, one is 420 pounds, the other is 408 pounds, Sister-in-law Ye and Sister-in-law Ye are smiling, fortunately they came early.

The three of Ye Mu picked up almost 7 bags, weighed 692, and sold 13 yuan, 8 cents and 4 cents.

Ye Yaodong picked up 7 and a half bags alone, with 736 catties, and sold them for 14 yuan, 7 cents and 2 cents.

Fortunately, he picked up more than others in the morning, otherwise he would have fought alone, and other people's families would have gone up together as a family, and he would have died.

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

After handing over the documents to Lin Xiuqing to collect, he asked her to go back first, "The ground cage has not been confiscated, and the tide is high now, and the waves are not big, I will go to the sea to collect it, and I will be back in more than two hours."

"Can't you collect it tomorrow?"

"It's been cloudy all the time, and I don't know if it will rain tomorrow, and the wind won't get up at night, so I'll go out now and collect it quickly."

It's okay if he doesn't go to the literacy class for a day or two, anyway, he is halfway there, and he will just study for a few more days when the time comes.

He estimated that the cage was full of starfish!

The cage has always been the best tool for catching starfish, but the number of cages is a little less.

Turning his head to see Ah Zheng and Xiaoxiao, he thought that they also had a ground cage, and reminded them, "Your ground cage is still at sea, right?" You can collect it later, there should be a lot of starfish!"

The eyes of the two lit up again, "You're going out now?"

"I'm going to collect another wave."

"Together!"

The two of them are now very convinced of Ye Yaodong, and following 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 land cage.

The other villagers also became enthusiastic when they heard this, and after saying hello to their families, they also wanted to take advantage of the fact that it was not dark to go to sea to collect a wave.

Their hearts are more lively, thinking that they will put it down after collecting it today, and continue to collect it tomorrow when there is good weather, which is much faster and less troublesome than robbing it with a bunch of people at the dock.

Some of the people who didn't put the cage regretted it.

Ye Yaodong called Xiaoxiao and Ah Zheng to his boat, and it was estimated that it was dark when their small wooden boat rowed to the point where the ground cage was placed.

It was past 4 o'clock, and it was already dark early in autumn and winter.

He started the boat, the horsepower was at full power, the sound of the clattering diesel engine sounded, and he listened to them talking there, when to change the power boat, save time and effort......

Looking at the waves from the shore is not big, but as soon as the boat sails to the sea, you can really feel the waves.

He first drove the boat to the approximate sea area where he had put the ground cage, but after looking for a buoy around for a long time, he saw that it was washed away by the waves.

When he put the buoy away and pulled the cage up, he found that the fish collection bag under the cage was indeed crowded with starfish, and the fish were surrounded by them.

"Grass... It's really all starfish, where do so many starfish come from? Is there a whole sea area?" A little help to pull the cage up.

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

Ah Zheng also said happily: "Today, the whole village is hairy

It's a lot of money, but luckily we came early and packed an extra bag than everyone else."

"This thing is known as the locusts of the seabed, and all the shellfish will be wiped out wherever they pass. Pour it out and see it first."

The fish bag at the bottom was full of starfish, Ye Yaodong untied the rope and poured it all onto the deck, only to see that in addition to the starfish, there were only fish in it, and the stone crabs and shrimp were eaten with only a layer of shell.

Ye Yaodong flipped it casually, and threw the shrimp and crabs back into the sea with only their shells, but then he saw a relatively large starfish holding a yellow irregularly shaped soft thing in his arms.

"SpongeBob SquarePants?"

He felt funny, and took the sponge in his hand and pinched it.

It's all deceptive in the anime, SpongeBob SquarePants has no friendship with Patrick, and sponges are also food for starfish.

Ah Zheng looked at him speechlessly, "Sponge is sponge, SpongeBob SquarePants?" Is it stupid to be a father?"

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

Nowadays, the sponges used for household dishes are synthetic, and people used to use sponges from the sea.

"Hurry up and finish the rest of the cage, it's getting dark, I didn't notice that you are so abrasive."

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

said so, but Ye Yaodong still sped up and quickly pulled the net, there is no doubt that the next few nets poured out, except for the starfish, there were only fish, no shellfish, but there were several sponges.

This surprised Ye Yaodong, but he was a little regretful.

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

Sponge silk becomes soft and elastic when exposed to water, and has long been used as a toiletry, as well as pottery, painting, and surgical supplies, and in ancient Greece, it was called soft gold, and it is still valuable.

But if they stay here on the beach, there is no use for eggs, so they can only take them back to play with the children or wash the dishes.

After collecting several nets, the boat was full of starfish and fish or shells, and he asked the two of them to help pick them up, and by the way, let them pick up all the starfish into sacks, so that they could easily carry them off the boat in a while.

When there were only two rows left, and the sky was completely dark, he turned on the ship's flashlight and sped up, only to find that there were no starfish in the net, and the fish bag was filled with an oversized white jellyfish.