Chapter 505 Remittances
It is inconvenient to wash on the boat, and there is not much fresh water. Everyone just brushed their teeth and didn’t wash their faces. The remaining half bucket of fresh water was used to cook noodles.
The fishing boat also sailed away from the shore where it docked casually, and drove slowly towards the town, salvaging along the way, one counts as one.
During this period of time, everyone has earned a lot of money, holding it in their hands, counting it every day, and looking very happy, but when they are away from home, they feel unsafe with so much money in their hands. They are willing to spend half a day and save as much as they can.
There were not so many jellyfish floating on the sea along the way, only a few scattered ones occasionally encountered. Based on the principle of never letting go of them, they kept all of them in their pockets, and they could subsidize the gas money to some extent. With wages.
I also encountered many small boats that were working around, some of them were old men sweating profusely on the sea, some of them were old couples working together, and some of them were the whole family on board.
Ye Yaodong reckoned that these families with several members on the boat should be the Dan people, also known as the Lianjia boat people, who lived on boats along the southeast coast.
I didn’t expect that besides them in southern Fujian, they can also see it here. He also just glanced over it.
The sky was gloomy and gloomy, without a ray of sunshine, but it didn't look shady, but rather hot. Even the sea breeze brought by the boat couldn't relieve it, and there was no wind at all after landing on the shore.
After Ye Yaodong docked the boat at a pier near the town, he handed over the work of distributing the jellyfish to other people, and he went to the post office with his two brothers and Father Pei.
Now the postal service and telecommunications have not yet separated, so everyone calls it the post office.
Chen Jianian is also going ashore. He has to make a phone call. This morning, the car has to be collected at the pier in the town. This needs to be called in advance, otherwise the car will have to make a short trip to the village.
Ye Yaodong fanned the wind with his hands while walking, and after feeling unsatisfied, he pulled out the hem of his clothes and fanned it upwards.
"It's so sweltering, obviously it's almost autumn."
"This is Qiuhu."
"I don't know if I'm here or at home on August 15 next month."
"It should be almost back then."
"At that time, you can come to the town again and buy something for the children at home to take back."
"I have to buy something to take back. This time, I have traveled far away from the boss, and I have gone out of the province..."
"It's the first time in my life that I've traveled so far. I thought the city would be the farthest place I've ever been, but I didn't expect to go out of the province now."
"Yes, in the past 30 years, the farthest we have been to is the county seat. I didn't expect that one day we would go out of the province. When we want to go back this time, we will come to the town to shop and buy something to take back."
The two brothers have learned their lesson, and before they go back now, they are already thinking about bringing something back to their families when the time comes.
Ye Yaodong also echoed there, "You can also take a few months of cakes back. I heard that the mooncakes here have meat in them. I don't know what it tastes like, but the mooncakes can also put meat in them."
"Yeah, the taste is quite strange..."
While they walked and watched, they all talked about what specialties there were in this town, and they would buy some for their wives and children back home.
I asked three or four people along the way, and after walking for more than ten minutes, I found the post office.
This town doesn’t look that big. It should be said that the current towns don’t look that big, after all, they haven’t developed yet.
As soon as they arrived at the gate of the post and telecommunications office, several people felt a little cramped. You looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't dare to go in.
Ye Yaopeng laughed awkwardly: "Dongzi, you go first, and we will follow behind you."
Ye Yaohua also nodded, and said honestly: "Yes, we are illiterate, you can read, you can also speak Mandarin, and we will do whatever you say later."
Father Pei also smiled and said, "I can't read or speak Mandarin, so I will follow you."
Ye Yaodong shook his head with a grin. He didn't expect him to be the most educated one among them all!
He walked in first, and said: "Big Brother, Second Brother, I suggest that you also take a literacy class. Literacy is still very useful, at least you can understand the list, and you will not be easily deceived in the future."
"I want it, I don't know how to read, and it's very difficult to go out. We don't know the words at the gate of the post office."
"Yeah, it doesn't matter whether you can write or not? But you have to know."
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he walked to the counter. At first, the counter lady was ignorant and spoke the local Hokkien dialect with a strange accent, but several people could barely understand it, and they were all very happy. Barely understand the language.
Then Ruo Ruo’s babbling talk a lot…
The counter lady shouted impatiently, "What are you doing? Do you want to buy stamps, send letters, withdraw money, or send money?"
When Ye Yaodong heard about buying stamps, he was taken aback for a moment. He remembered that he had heard people say in his previous life that there were several editions of stamps whose prices seemed to be quite high, but... which edition was it? ? ?
As a fisherman, he doesn’t pay attention to this at all. He usually watches all kinds of fish in videos, and social news is also concerned with current affairs, politics, people’s livelihood and marine fish.
How can he understand such stupid things as stamps, antiques, and stocks?
The cabinet sister saw that no one answered her, and said impatiently, "What are you doing here?"
Ye Yaodong just came back to his senses, put aside the thought of postage stamps just now, and hurriedly said: "We want to save money, can we withdraw it across provinces then?"
The cabinet lady took a skeptical attitude and looked them up and down. This group of people didn't look like rich people, but she still explained the process of depositing money clearly, and told him that it would be easier for him to choose to send money .
Ye Yaodong also thought of it. Now that there is no computer and no national network, it is easier to send money directly and ask his wife to pick it up.
Don't blame him for not knowing the process. After all, he had never had money in his previous life. He had no money to withdraw or save. It's just a rough idea. When Ah Qing was still alive, everything was done by her.
He doesn't even remember when the passbook came out, he only knows that it was there in the 1990s.
"Okay, let's send the money."
"Do you want a wire transfer or a mail transfer?"
"Wire transfer, wire transfer faster."
“Wire transfer fees are a bit higher.”
"It's okay, just wire transfer."
Central remittance is to write a money order, put it in an envelope and send it to the other party.
Telegraphic transfer is to write a telegram and ask the post office to send a telegram to the payee.
At this time, both the intra-bank system and the inter-bank system were extremely imperfect, and bank remittances were divided into mail remittances and telegraphic transfers, which were all completed with the help of the post office.
There is only a post office in their town.
Ye Yaodong filled out the remittance form, and handed the money to her, watching her take the money and send a telegram in surprise.
After he finished, the three of them hesitated.
Seeing that Ye Yaodong ran out of money all of a sudden, they panicked.
"That's right, there just happens to be a phone call here, I'll call her and ask her to pay attention."
"Is this... safe? Can I get it?"
The cabinet lady rolled her eyes, and said angrily, "This is the Post Office, which is owned by the state. How can it be unsafe?"
They can barely understand the local Hokkien dialect of the cabinet sister, and of course the cabinet sister can roughly understand their real Hokkien dialect.
"Yes, yes, yes..." They quickly echoed, "Safe, safe..."
"Does this fee cost so much?" Father Pei couldn't help feeling a little distressed, "Why don't we save some more?"
Each remittance is drawn at 1%, the minimum draw is two yuan, the maximum draw is 50 yuan, and there is no cap on the wire transfer, which makes them feel distressed.
Dongzi drew more than 20 yuan for more than 2,000 yuan!
The counter sister urged impatiently, "Do you still want to handle the remittance?"
Ye Yaodong glanced at her, his attitude was really bad!
"Hurry up and remit, it's not safe to keep it on hand, just send it back, feel at ease, and call later together."
The three of them hesitated for a while, then gritted their teeth, and cruelly took out a bag full of money. Just like Ye Yaodong, there was a great unity, there were ten-cent notes, and there were a few cents of coins, and the great unity was the majority.
The cabinet sister is really surprised!
I didn’t expect that the four people who looked poor would actually have so much money in their pockets.
My attitude was much better when I arranged for a wire transfer...
After they walked out of the post office and felt the joy of their family members, it was already an hour later.
"Why is the handling fee for this remittance so expensive? No wonder it's deserted and there's no one there. Who wants to come here? It's worth dozens of yuan."
"That's right, hurry up and ask your wife to withdraw the money, and don't put it in the bank at home, it's too black-hearted..."
Ye Yaodong smiled, didn't say anything, shook his jingling pockets, "Let's go, buy some food to put on the boat, buy some noodles, dry food, cakes, etc. After so many days, the boat is almost finished."
"Then hurry up, buy something casually, and fill your stomach at noon..."
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Father Ye and the others have finished their work on the boat, and even Chen Jianian returned to the boat after calling early, but they haven't come back yet.
Everyone was looking forward to it, Father Ye was anxiously waiting.
It was almost two hours before they appeared in everyone's field of vision. Seeing their brisk footsteps, everyone was relieved.
When they came to the front and back, Father Ye complained and asked: "Why have you been here for so long? I didn't know to come back earlier, and I was still wandering around."
"I didn't wander around, I just sent the money to buy some dry food and noodles. I'll add that there is almost no food on board."
"Hurry up and get on the boat. It's already noon. Hurry up to find the village where we are staying. It has already taken half the morning. We can't delay any longer in the afternoon."
"It's time for dinner, let's get off the boat and go to the restaurant for dinner?"
"No need, what restaurant are we going to? The food outside is too expensive, let's just cook something on board while sailing, save money, and come up quickly." Father Ye urged him in disapproval.
Others also agreed to eat dry food or cook noodles by themselves.
Too much will save him money, Ye Yaodong sighed, then he can't eat anymore.
Drifting along the coast, they passed one village after another. Some villages had no educated youth camps and no vacant houses to rent. Some villages did not welcome them from outsiders at all. Wooden boats cannot stop larger boats.
They drifted all the way on the sea, asking all the way.
Ye Yaodong only felt that they were very lucky to be able to settle in that village at first, but they just searched for several villages, but none of them were suitable.
It took another hour before they found another big village where they could rent for a few days. Everyone was relieved.
"It's not easy to make money, but luckily we have a foothold for the next two or three days."
"If you change places in two or three days, it will be troublesome. Let's not talk about moving things around. The key is that the village is not so easy to find."
"That won't last long. Who told us that we are foreigners, and we have earned too much, which makes people jealous. It's not bad to be able to calm down for two or three days."
"What Dongzi said is true. Let's move the things off the boat first. Fortunately, we have a large number of people, so we can move them in one trip. Don't move things that you don't need temporarily, and put them on the boat."
After they settled down, they went out to sea to continue fishing under the curious eyes of the villagers, and left the arrangement to Mrs. Ye.
In the following days, they fully demonstrated what it means to change a place with one shot.
They will run away if they stay in a village for no more than three days. Unless it is rainy, they will stay for a few more days.
Although it is a bit troublesome, it is at least safe.
Run away before others have reacted and assembled, otherwise who knows when the **** of luck will not favor them.
In just over a month, Ye Yaodong felt that he had lost almost ten catties.
"It's really hard to be a human being just for a few taels of silver."
Just moved away from another village, they took advantage of lunch time the day before, sent a boat out to find the village in advance, and now they have to rush to the new settlement.
Everyone is also a little tired. Although they are all relatives and relatives, they are only working part-time to earn wages. How will the host arrange it? They just do.
Father Ye also comforted him and said, "Persist for a few more days. Recently, the number of jellyfish has decreased. I guess it will disappear in a few days."
"Indeed, the number has obviously decreased day by day in the past few days. I don't know if it was eaten by the group of sea turtles. The group of sea turtles must still be feasting on the jellyfish group."
"It's a pity for them to eat..."
"If you persist, you should be able to go back in a few days."
Ye Yaodong also said, "Otherwise, where are we going to find a small island around these few days? Sleep on the boat at night and leave the second sister-in-law on the island to cook during the day? Get a few more buckets of fresh water for her a day in advance, and by the way Leaving someone to help her do the work and collect firewood? It’s too troublesome to change places all the time.”
"With fresh water, you can cook and dry on the island, and everyone can sleep on the boat at night, and you don't have to communicate with the locals, and you don't have to be afraid of the jealousy of the villagers."
"Besides, we're going back soon, and it shouldn't be many days, so don't cause accidents. We have asked many villages during this period, and these villages inevitably have relatives who are related. When everyone spreads the word, we point out that Maybe it will be wiped out by some village?"
The more he talked, the more he felt a sense of urgency, and he felt that it would be good to live directly on the boat, learning from those Dan people.
I’m too sleepy, I’ve been distracted while writing, today’s 1 update
(end of this chapter)