Pei's father had already taken a break a week ago. His boat was really big and consumed a lot of fuel. He simply couldn't make ends meet just by catching jellyfish in such scattered ways.

And he also had to pay Ye Yaodong a subsidy for his delivery. Even after Haigou wasted money, Ye Yaodong asked him to only pay thirty yuan, which would be used as a subsidy for his round-trip gas.

However, the labor expenditure on his ship is also a daily amount.

If you only earn enough for gas and wages, you might as well not earn anything at all.

It would be more comfortable to lie there and rest, relying on my son to earn agency fees.

He had been looking forward to going back as soon as possible, but he had to go with the large army anyway, and Aguang was still working as an intermediary there. This was profitable, so he could wait.

It only costs 20 yuan a day to support those workers, but the agency earns more than that. Just treat it as a holiday for them. This period of time is indeed hard, they are always at sea and in other places.

Before going back, I took a good stroll around the town. I bought the specialties that I should buy home in advance and relaxed for a few days.

Ye Yaodong was actually not very happy to go back early. No one else had to earn anything, but he did, and he earned a lot.

If I had gone back one day earlier, I would have lost three to four hundred yuan.

But he couldn't ignore the opinions of so many people. If hundreds of people were eager to go back, he would have no choice but to follow him. Otherwise, they would all leave. If only his two boats were left, the road would not be safe.

After all, he has indeed made a lot more money in the past two months. If everyone leaves and there are only a dozen or so people in his two boats, there is no guarantee that he will be targeted, and he might be surrounded before he even leaves the pier.

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Even a gun is of no use. Money is very attractive to people. If you want money rather than your life, there are many people who are willing to take risks.

This period of peace was due to their large numbers, and they boldly showed off their guns in public, so no one dared to provoke them.

Wait until there are only a dozen of him left to try!

I'm sure all the bones and scraps will be chewed.

On the night of the 26th, when everyone came back from selling their goods and didn't even bother to take a shower or eat, a dozen ship owners, old and young, came over shirtless to discuss the matter, hoping that it would be best to go back tomorrow or the day after.

"If you go back a day earlier, you can save more wages. One person costs three yuan a day. If you hire three or four people on the ship, you will spend more than ten yuan a day here."

"We are not local, and we don't need any small wooden boats. We can earn as much as we fish every day. We have a lot of expenses every day. Now we can only cover our expenses by fishing, and we can't make much money."

"And it's been out for so long, it's been exactly two months. It came out on the 25th last month."

"Yes, I've been out for so long. It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival. If I go back early, I can still rest for two days."

"A Dong, Ye Laosan, I know that you have been earning a lot more every day because of collecting sea urchins recently, so you must be reluctant to go back. Otherwise, we go back first, and you will catch almost everything later, so you can go back. Anyway, you are familiar with it.

You are familiar with the road and don’t need anyone to guide you.”

Ye Yaodong immediately objected, "That's not possible. We all came out together, so of course we went back together. Since there are fewer and fewer jellyfish now, we outsiders are at a disadvantage. If you want to go back early, then go back."

Stop early and give the locals a few more sips of soup.

We have plundered so many resources here and made so much money. If we can escape unscathed, it would be better to leave as soon as possible.

The remaining scattered jellyfish are left to the locals to fish for. It seems that they can still fish for a lot of time. They can sell them for twenty or thirty yuan a day, which is a lot for them. They are all pure profits. They are better than others.

They used small wooden boats to set nets along the coast.

Father Ye said regretfully: "Then none of you will go to sea tomorrow?"

"We can still earn a little, but others earn less. We are afraid that if we go to sea tomorrow, the gains will outweigh the losses."

"Yeah, I've made enough in the past two months anyway, and I don't miss a day and a half. Let's go back early, right? It's been two months since we came out, and there aren't that many goods now. Everyone probably wants to go back."

Father Ye looked at everyone, "Then let's take a day off tomorrow and let's go shopping. We will set off early at two o'clock the day after tomorrow. We should be able to get home before dawn."

"Okay."

"I have no objection."

"I don't have any objection either."

It is appropriate to set aside a day for everyone to go shopping, buy some specialties, and buy some things for the family. Although everyone feels a little disappointed when they hear that they are going home, it is not less than half a day.

Ye Yaodong also said: "Then let's stop working together tomorrow, go shopping, take a day off, and set off in the early morning of the day after tomorrow. When we get back, we will pay everyone the two months' wages?"

Father Pei agreed wholeheartedly, "When we get back to work, they have become addicted to gambling recently. They haven't gone out these days when we have a break. They just stay in the house and gamble money from morning to night."

"Yes, I just gamble every night when I have nothing to do. I heard that some of them still owe a lot. It will definitely be difficult to explain when I go back."

"Originally, I was worried that they would be gambling and would owe too much and their pockets would be empty. It would be hard to explain when they go back."

"Then we will send them a red envelope later in the evening? Will we send the wages to their homes after they get home?"

"How many red envelopes will be given out?"

"Last year they were given 20 yuan, so let's pay 20 yuan this year as well. Including two months' wages, it's exactly 200 yuan. There are also wages for the next two days. Even if you don't work, you have to give it to them." Father Ye calculated truthfully.

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"Then when we go back later, we will give each of them a twenty yuan red envelope. I can use it to buy souvenirs for them to take home tomorrow. Each pocket is cleaner than their face, and some of them still owe a lot. I don't know if they have won all the money.

Where has it gone? If I don’t send them a red envelope, their pockets will be empty and they won’t even dare to go out on the streets.”

"Okay, then it's settled."

Everyone has made a lot of money this year, and they have brought out a lot of people. There is a trench there, and it does not stop from morning to night. The net income of 10,000 yuan in these two months is considered the least.

Ye Yaodong himself has lost count of how much money he has remitted back. There have been so many times. Sometimes he has enough money to save three, four, five or six thousand. As soon as they call him to remit money, he will go, or he will take a break if it rains.

Yes, you can remit as much as you have on hand.

There are too many times, the amounts are not uniform, and there is no way to calculate them one by one.

He only made a rough estimate. Adding in the money from selling sea urchins in the past half month, he should be able to earn more than thirty thousand to forty thousand for his two boats. The daily fuel cost is also deducted.

As for wages, if ten workers receive a salary of RMB 200 each plus a red envelope, that’s only RMB 2,000. For the four working in the water, an additional RMB 2 subsidy will be added every day, which makes it RMB 22 for 11 days, or RMB 88 for four people.

Therefore, the labor expenditure is only 2088.

(I’m really bad at math, but luckily everyone is good at math and helped me correct it...laughing and crying)

Ye Yaodong mentally reviewed the wages paid, and instantly felt that this consecutive number was great!

After all the boat bosses left, the father and son immediately went to prepare red envelopes.

While the workers have almost finished taking a shower, give them to them during meal time to make them happy.

Ye Yaodong was counting the money and suddenly said: "We are leaving the day after tomorrow. Do we need to tell Chen Jianian?"

"If you want, come out together. We are leaving. We have to go over and say hello. It doesn't matter whether they leave or not. Anyway, we have to let them know."

"Then you can tell me later."

"Why don't you go?"

"I'm embarrassed."

"Then I would be embarrassed too."

"It doesn't matter. You are not embarrassed. It is others who are embarrassed. You are old and have eaten more salt than I have eaten rice. You can just laugh and get over it."

It's one thing to smile and say hello when you bump into someone on the street, but it's another thing to go out of your way to talk to someone.

He is thin-skinned!

"You're not embarrassed and I'm not embarrassed, just say it yourself." Father Ye was stunned.

"I don't have time. I have to talk to Aguang later. I have to say goodbye to Yang Guoan tomorrow. We need to discuss what to give them."

This was a serious matter. Father Ye frowned and glared at him, taking it as acquiescence.

Ye Yaodong continued to count the money. For convenience and thickness, he prepared only cents plus one and two yuan notes for them.

He praised himself for his thoughtfulness.

He had already sent back the big reunion, and he only had what he had sold in the past two days. He had a lot of change, which he usually didn't spend when he didn't go out, so he just used it to give out red envelopes.

After he finished counting, he asked his father to wrap each piece in red paper to make it look more beautiful.

During the meal, everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the father and son walking over holding a lot of long strips wrapped in red paper.

Ye Yaodong also smiled and said to everyone: "You have worked hard these past two months for following us so far. We have just discussed with the bosses of other ships that we will not go to sea starting tomorrow. We will have a day off and wait until two o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow."

Let’s set off home.”

Everyone was instantly excited and in an uproar.

"Are you going back now?"

"Ah, why did you just go back?"

"Will you go back early the day after tomorrow?"

"It's good to go back. I've been out for so long and it's almost time to go back..."

"But there are still so many sea urchins in the trench. Wouldn't it be a pity to go back now? We can sell them for a lot of money in one day..."

"There is no other way. Everyone else is in a hurry to go back. We have to follow the large army and go together. We cannot stay alone." Ye Yaodong explained to them the dangers of staying behind.

The others were speechless now.

You can't risk your life just for the extra few hundred dollars you earn every day.

"Then it's better to go back with everyone."
To be continued...