sbdcsierra Chapter 1718 Summer Fishing Ban Policy
Chapter 1718 Summer Fishing Ban Policy
Chapter 1718 Summer Fishing Ban Policy
“Dad just got his driver’s license and hasn’t even driven for two months. He definitely won’t want to come back to retire now. He’ll stay for at least another year or two.”
“That’s perfect. He’s only in his early 60s anyway. It won’t hurt him to work for another two years. There’s no heavy or tiring work for him to do now. He’s the one who can’t stay idle and always finds something to do.”
Ye Yaodong wanted to complain whenever he thought about his father carrying a hoe and working hard every day on that one row of land in the corner, insisting on clearing it out to plant. He said that planting more would save some money on vegetables for the fresh produce boat.
Anyway, most of the fishing boats in the deep sea now belong to their own people. Apart from two friends, it's no big deal to send a few baskets of vegetables.
If he asks his dad to plant less, his dad will scold him with a straight face. They're all useful. If he doesn't want them, he can sell them to the cafeteria and make some money.
At the beginning of the year, he was already thinking that he should plant more crops to sell to the cafeteria. A few days ago, when he came back from Shanghai, he saw a row of lush green plants in the corner of the wall, which had already sprouted.
His father even called to tell him that if it hadn't rained for many days, he should remember to water the plants.
The couple sat at the table, looking around and chatting.
Lin Xiuqing looked around and said, "The bride's family has quite a few relatives, about five or six tables. Our side seems to have eleven or twelve tables, that's quite a lot."
"It's not that much. When my daughter gets married, our family will have ten tables... Ugh, she's only 10 years old, it's a long way off."
She chuckled and said, "If I got married at 20, it would only be 10 years, which is fast. I was just a little kid back then, and now I'm all grown up."
At this moment, something was said at the children's table, and Ye Xiaoxi laughed so hard she bent over backwards, laughing heartily, and squeezed together with Pei Yu.
"Nonsense, he's only 20, what kind of marriage is he getting? He's still a child. Didn't you see that Jiang, a grown man, keeps saying he's a child? He even shamelessly sat at the children's table at lunchtime." Ye Yaodong said, raising his chin and looking at the children's table.
They were indeed quite conspicuous. There were two younger children in their family, three younger children in Huimei's family, three daughters in the eldest and second eldest brothers' families, and Ye Chengjiang, plus two children of relatives. Among them, Ye Chengjiang, a big man, was the most conspicuous.
The children's table didn't eat much either; the dishes on the table were already piled up twice, and they didn't look touched much. Only Ye Chengjiang and the other older kids kept picking up food with their chopsticks.
Lin Xiuqing chuckled, "Second sister-in-law has been glaring at him for a long time."
"It's good to get married later, otherwise I haven't had enough fun. It's not like before, when we just worked hard every day just to make a living. Now we have ice rinks, karaoke bars, video game consoles, and we're promoting freedom of love. It's so much fun!"
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him, "If your daughter were like Ajiang, dating everywhere and changing partners every day, wouldn't you be anxious?"
"How could that be? She's very well-behaved. Let me tell you, once she goes to junior high, you'll have to keep a close eye on her. You'll have to arrange for someone to pick her up and drop her off every day, so she's not left alone."
Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Xiaoxi's furrowed brows, which could have trapped a fly, and then at Ye Chengjiang next to her, who was grinning and seemed unreliable. Suddenly, a picture popped into his mind, and he shot her a sharp glare.
Ye Chengjiang felt a chill run down his spine, as if someone was glaring at him. Seeing that it was his mother, he felt a little relieved and continued to amuse his younger siblings.
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him, thinking he was worrying unnecessarily. It would be another three years before he entered junior high school, and besides, people were already being picked up and dropped off by others.
She changed the subject, not wanting to talk about it with him anymore, "Time flies, all those little kids have grown up and will be fathers one after another. Ah Jiang seems unreliable and hasn't settled down to get married yet, but I guess the girls will be a bit faster."
"What's the rush? Girls need to be discerning and selective, otherwise they might easily fall into a trap."
In their past lives, they all married mediocre men, barely managing to make ends meet.
Ye Jingjing's husband worked for a boss in smuggling and then went to jail for the boss. His wife and children, on the other hand, were happy. They got 200 million yuan for free without their husband around, and they heard that he would receive another sum of money after his release.
I need to be careful in choosing someone for this lifetime.
Now that her older brother's family is wealthy and well-known, their former partners wouldn't even have the right to step into their home. But things have changed, and finding someone new might not be any better.
You might escape one fire pit only to jump into another, so you still need to keep your eyes open and look carefully.
Moreover, nothing is absolute. In their past lives, one was in a free-love relationship, the other was a junior high school classmate, and the other was introduced by someone. It's easy for them to follow the same old path.
"We're just ordinary people living our lives. Why would we jump into so many dangerous situations? You're overthinking it. Besides, my older brother and sister-in-law will definitely be in charge."
"Who says ordinary families don't have their share of troubles? Aren't you afraid of domestic violence? If someone drinks too much and beats you to death, isn't that a terrible situation? Aren't you afraid of gambling? They can easily leave you with a mountain of debt and force you to borrow money to continue gambling, isn't that a terrible situation? A family of awful people treats you like a slave, thinks you're worthless, and beats and verbally abuses you without giving you a single penny. They torture you both physically and mentally, aren't you afraid? Aren't there plenty of families like that in our rural areas?"
Lin Xiuqing was rendered speechless by his words.
These kinds of things happen all the time in rural areas; they happen all around us.
"My two older brothers and sister-in-law will oversee the selection."
"I'm afraid they're young and naive, and they'll be fooled by others. By the time their parents show up, it will be too late to separate them."
"What can we do? They can only take care of their own daughters. We should keep a close eye on our own children."
"Yes, that's why I told you to keep a close eye on the child. Don't think you can take it easy just because she's young. I was just saying that ordinary families don't have that many problems in their lives, there are plenty!"
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."
"You two stop talking and eat quickly, Dongzi, eat up! This is a rare treat, eat more. You'll be going on a long trip to earn money again tomorrow, so eat more today."
The old lady stood up, wanting to move the dishes closer to him, but looking at the table full of food, she didn't know where to start.
"I know, don't bother, just sit down and eat..."
It was clearly his older brother who was overjoyed to have a grandson, but all of his brothers and his father ended up getting drunk together.
The relatives and friends were so enthusiastic; the older folks were all asking his father to drink, while the younger ones were all trying to get the three brothers to drink.
Even after everyone had finished eating and left, and all the other tables had been cleared away, there were still two large tables in the middle where people were still playing drinking games.
It wasn't until the sun hid behind the clouds, around three or four in the afternoon, that everyone, unsteady on their feet, was helped back home by their families to sleep.
Ye Yaodong was the same; he was helped back and fell asleep immediately.
Fortunately, they were helped back to sleep around 3 or 4 pm. They were the ones who went to bed early and slept soundly until they could get up early the next day and still be in good condition.
If we take it back to sleep at night, we won't have to leave the next day.
Ye Yaodong felt a terrible headache as soon as he was woken up. A large cup of tea was handed to him, and he immediately drank it down. Only then did he feel much better in his mouth and head.
"How come it's already the second day? I slept for so long?"
"You don't remember anything?"
"Hmm? What do I need to remember?"
He threw back the covers to get out of bed and get dressed. "Holy crap, you took advantage of me while I was drunk and stripped me naked and raped me?"
"Get lost. You drank too much and peed right outside the door. I heard something was wrong and got up to check. After we got back to the room, you stripped naked and shamelessly came over, saying a bunch of incomprehensible, mumbled things. You stripped me naked too, and then just lay on top of me without moving."
"Ah? Really fake?"
"Are you telling the truth?"
"I think it's fake. You must have taken advantage of me while I was drunk, watched me pee, and then you became sexually aroused and stripped me naked."
Lin Xiuqing slapped his bare arm hard. "Your skin is so thick that even a bullet couldn't penetrate it. Hurry up and get dressed. It'll be dawn soon, and we should get ready to leave."
"Oh."
Ye Yaodong touched his shoulder, which already had five finger marks, and it hurt terribly. "Now I believe that I stripped you naked in the middle of the night and pinned you down without moving."
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him.
He continued in a low voice, "...otherwise you wouldn't be using so much force; it's obvious you're sexually frustrated..."
Lin Xiuqing raised her hand, intending to slap him again, but he quickly wrapped the blanket tightly around his shoulders and moved further inside.
"Aren't you in a hurry? Why are you still calling?"
"I'll go call the two kids, hurry up."
"Oh, I really peed right there at the door? Wouldn't that mean I'd pee all the way into the main room?"
"Nonsense, I could tell the sound of water was off in the middle of the night."
"Has it been cleaned up?"
"The old lady heard me cursing you in the middle of the night, got up to check, and then said that you were just drunk and told me not to curse you, to help you back to sleep, and that she would clean up the floor."
As Lin Xiuqing spoke, she glared at him fiercely, "You're no better than your father, you're equally bad. When you get old, I think you'll be just like him, unable to move when you see alcohol."
"Well, they were just making me drink, and I was thinking of leaving today, so I figured I might as well drink a little more."
"Get up quickly."
Ye Yaodong rubbed his aching shoulder a couple of times and quickly got up.
He now believed it too: a drunk man can't do anything, and the fact that he could act like a beast meant he wasn't drunk.
He had no idea what he had done yesterday. His memory only stopped when he was helped back home. He couldn't remember anything in the middle of the night; it was a complete blackout.
Fortunately, he doesn't have any ulterior motives; otherwise, if he drank too much, he might spill everything or get caught up in something, and then there would be no peace at home.
Right now, all they're doing is complaining about stripping her naked; they didn't actually do anything. Well, that's a good thing.
Seeing that he had gotten up, the old lady handed him a cup of tea. "You drank too much yesterday. Quickly drink some tea to sober up and make your mouth feel better. Don't drink so much next time. If you drink too much when you're out and about, no one will take care of you. You need to control yourself..."
"I know, I know..."
"My porridge has already been served and is now cold. I drank so much alcohol yesterday, so eating some porridge today is good for my stomach."
"it is good."
Yesterday, there was a lot of leftover food at the children's table, so they brought it back and shared it among several families. However, Ye Yaodong had no appetite for the greasy dishes. He only needed a bowl of pickled vegetables and a plate of radish to go with his porridge.
Lin Xiuqing was torn between putting her luggage on a cart and pushing it to the dock, carrying it herself, or carrying it by hand.
"Ah Dong, how are we going to get our luggage to the dock? There are so many bags, how about we each carry one bag?"
"Put them on the motorcycle. I'll take you and the two kids there in a flash. It'll save you from walking and carrying luggage."
"Huh? So the motorcycles are parked at the dock?"
"Just tell my dad to go to the dock and drive it back after he wakes up, it's not a big deal."
"Oh right, Dad didn't come with us this time. He's staying a couple more days to move to the new house."
"I'll do it. You go check if the two children are ready. Look at all those flashlights outside, don't keep so many people waiting."
"I'll go and urge them."
Ye Xiaoxi actually brushed her teeth with her eyes closed, and only opened her eyes and became awake after washing her face.
"Are we leaving so soon? It feels like we just got back."
"If you don't want to leave, then you can stay here alone!"
"No," she snorted softly and hurried off to eat.
Seeing that the two children were dawdling, and that Ye Huimei and her family had already finished and the children were running over, craning their necks to call them to come along, Ye Yaodong decided to take them to the dock first.
Then I came back to pick up my own family, which was just right.
Ye Chenghe, who lived next door, stood at his doorstep, looking at the child in Ye's sister-in-law's arms, and pressed his face against hers again and again.
"Son, wait for your dad to make a fortune and come back to pick you up!"
"Is the child still awake so late at night?" Lin Xiuqing asked as she was about to climb into the car.
"He just had milk, so he's wide awake now. Hold him and pat him to help him burp."
Ye Yaodong urged, "Hurry up, almost everyone has arrived at the dock."
"Let's go now."
Ye Chenghe grabbed his bag and slung it over his shoulder, then jogged after their car.
Ye Chengyang looked back, then shouted with a smile, "Go! Go!"
Ye Xiaoxi turned her head curiously, "Is Brother Chenghe racing with a dog? Go, go!"
Ye Chenghe was speechless. He sped up and rushed past their car, while the dogs barked and ran as fast as they could.
"Father, surpass him, surpass him!"
"Dad, keep going! Keep going!"
Seeing the two shouting so enthusiastically, Ye Yaodong also stepped up his pace and instantly overtook Ye Chenghe.
"Holy crap, this is outrageous! Four people in one car ganging up on me! And your dog too!"
"Hahaha……"
Ye Chenghe simply stopped running; otherwise, he would be a laughing stock.
The dock was full of people, mainly the workers from Ye Yaopeng's fishing boat, plus their family members who had come back for drinks.
The children were already listless as soon as they boarded the ship. This time, they were going back to Shanghai by ship to go to school, so there was nothing to look forward to.
Ye Yaodong was thinking about what to do after he returned. He would send his wife and children to Shanghai and check on the progress of the Dongyu No. 2. It should be ready for delivery soon.
If he were to hand over the ship as well, he would have to make further arrangements to reassign the crew, and he would personally lead the ship and crew himself.
If this boat were launched, it would be used directly for fishing, unlike the Pioneer No. 2, which is used as a fresh catcher and has less complicated technical operations.
Fortunately, it's already past April, and the trip to sea is expected to be at the end of April. Even if we stay for seven or eight months, it will only be three or four months, so it won't be too difficult to endure.
But when they arrived in Zhou City, they heard some bad news.
"Are you going to start implementing a targeted summer fishing moratorium? Starting in the East China Sea fishing grounds?"
Manager Qi said helplessly, "Yes, we just received the document from above yesterday, which stipulates the minimum mesh size for net bags to prevent the catching of juvenile fish."
"He cursed at the neighbor next door, so early?"
"It's not that early. They said the fishing ban will be implemented in June or July, and the fishing season will reopen in August."
Ye Yaodong's expression was not good. When he said "early," he meant this year, not now. He had always thought that the fishing moratorium would not begin until 1995.
No wonder his friend heard rumors two months ago that there might be a new policy that would ban fishing boats from other areas from fishing in the area.
"What did the document say again? Let me see it."
"At this!"
Manager Qi handed it over, adding, "...The core purpose is to protect resources and achieve sustainable development by banning fishing during the most critical period of fish reproduction and growth."
"It's probably due to overfishing in recent years, coupled with the small mesh size of the fishing nets, which catch all kinds of fish, big and small, so new regulations have been introduced."
"In order to release the juvenile fish so that they can escape from the mesh of the net and continue to grow and reproduce, thereby protecting fishery resources and adhering to sustainable development."
Ye Yaodong glanced at the document and found it to be largely the same as what Manager Qi had described, mainly focusing on the eight characters "rule of law in fisheries and comprehensive management".
"Damn it, I was thinking that after this trip back, I would have gotten my hands on the Dongyu No. 2 and could finally make a big splash. But then this happened. I thought this policy wouldn't come out for several years."
"Yes, the boss mentioned before that this policy might be introduced in a few years, but I didn't expect it to be introduced now. Although your information is indeed very reliable, this is too fast."
Ye Yaodong sat in the chair, momentarily at a loss for what to do, somewhat bewildered.
I didn't expect it to happen so quickly, but suddenly I was caught off guard.
If a two-month fishing moratorium is implemented, all fishing boats will have to be called back to rest for two months.
That would waste so much time and cost so much money!
The main problem is that all their fishing boats have been recalled and the sea area has been cleared out, but foreign fishing boats still come over and fish extensively, which benefits outsiders. Damn it!
"What should we do, boss? There's still a month and a half left. When the document was issued yesterday, the docks were in an uproar."
"Did everyone protest?"
"We did protest, but who knows if it will be effective? Now they're issuing documents to us fishery units, which means they definitely want us to cooperate in implementing them."
"Damn it, it's hard to get a hand on the small boats, so they're letting us big fishing boat units cooperate first."
"That's roughly the gist of it. The fishing company has also issued a document, and it seems they'll be holding a meeting to discuss it in the next couple of days."
"I'll think about it later. I just got back and haven't even had a chance to sit down properly."
"I was in a hurry too. As soon as I heard you were back, I rushed over to report it."
"Does this mean that fishing is prohibited in both nearshore and deep-sea waters during the two-month fishing moratorium?"
"It wasn't explicitly stated."
Their country has such weak control over the deep sea that it still relies on fishermen's fishing boats to spontaneously resist and defend against foreign enemies. At this time, it is unlikely that they would summon all the deep-sea fishing boats back and ban fishing.
Ye Yaodong thought for a moment. The document didn't mention nearshore or deep-sea areas, so he guessed it referred to nearshore fishing grounds.
This fixed-point test should also have a scope. It shouldn't be a one-size-fits-all approach at the beginning; it should definitely be within a defined area.
The reason for choosing Zhoushi is definitely because of its fishing grounds.