"All right, whatever you say. Write up the slip for me. I need to go home, eat, and sleep."
He really had worked hard all day. The workload had been enormous, but the returns were considerable too, much better than their usual trawling.
He still had to stop by his cousin Brother A-Sheng's house later. Tomorrow, the two of them couldn't keep slogging away on their own.
"Come back earlier tomorrow. It's hard for me to arrange transport this late. If these fish don't get shipped out tonight, they won't be fresh anymore."
"Aren't we just in time? Send them off now, and they'll make the morning market."
"You think making arrangements at the last minute isn't a hassle?" A-Cai finished writing the sales slip and handed it to him. "I was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night when your mother hammered on my door and woke me up. I thought there was some urgent emergency."
"This is an urgent emergency. You've got to be eager when there's money to be made. What are you sleeping for? Why sleep so much while you're alive when you'll sleep forever after you die? Haven't you heard that?"
Ye Yaodong took the slip and headed outside as he spoke.
A-Cai's lips twitched speechlessly at that. "You sure know a lot. Always ready with another line."
Father Ye and Mother Ye were waiting nearby, and both were exasperated by what they heard.
Mother Ye couldn't help scolding him. "What nonsense are you spouting..."
"Such plainly true nonsense, right? I know everything I say is a pearl of wisdom. You think it makes perfect sense too, right? All right, let's go home and eat. I'm starving."
"Nothing but nonsense whenever you open your mouth." Mother Ye rolled her eyes at him. She was