Chapter 445 The Shell Circles the Coastline
The powerful torrential rain was pouring outside the window, and the typhoon blew loudly outside the house, getting more and more violent, roaring loudly and furiously like a wounded beast, scurrying around, and the doors and windows shook all night long.
The children were more excited than the other, and none of them wanted to sleep.
Ye Chengyang climbed up on the stool and played with the candles on the table in the room. He covered all ten fingers with hats and screamed that it was hot, and muttered to himself. Don't know what you are talking about.
After all ten fingers were put on wax-like hats, he kept moving his fingers to make them crack, and then stretched them into the candle oil. He repeated the play. He couldn't get enough?
And Ye Chenghu was lying on the window looking out at the darkness, the wind howling, and the ghosts screaming and whirring there, shouting: "The ghost is coming, the ghost is coming!"
Lin Guangyuan, on the other hand, happily kept doing somersaults and playing upside down on the bed. He was so excited.
"Cousin, your home is so nice. It doesn't even leak. Whenever there is a typhoon or heavy rain, our home is like a sieve. When I was a child, I could only sleep on the table in the main room. My mother would sit at the table and watch over me all night. Now that I am older, I can only let the youngest sleep."
"It's the same with us! When it rains, we take out the bowls at home and put them on the bed to collect water. This is a new house, so it doesn't leak. You can go back and ask your dad to build a new house, so that it won't be affected by wind or rain in the future. No more leaks.”
"But our family has no money."
"Then you make money. You were very hardworking when you first came here, and you even carried sandbags to make money. But now you have changed. You are so lazy. You eat and drink at home every day, and you don't do any work. You run around all day..."
Ye Yaodong happened to push the door in with the brewed malted milk, and wanted to tell them to drink it and go to bed. When he heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched and he looked at his eldest son speechlessly.
These words seem to have been said by his father and mother before, right?
Children learn so quickly, children are so easily influenced, and adults learn very quickly.
What I said sounded very strange and made me laugh.
Lin Guangyuan looked at him speechlessly, "Do you think carrying sandbags is a good job? You also said that I have changed. I was forced to go. It's not because your father is cruel..."
"Why am I so cruel? People only started carrying sandbags when they were 20 years old. You started carrying sandbags when you were 15 years old. If you persist, you will earn five more years than others."
"Ah?" Lin Guangyuan's mind suddenly shut down. He always felt that something he said was wrong, but he also felt that it made sense.
"Wow~it smells so good~"
Ye Chengyang was like a cat that was stealing fish. When he smelled the smell, he quickly climbed off the stool and ran over, hugging his legs.
Ye Chenghu also reacted quickly and ran over, "Malted milk~ malted milk~"
One person was holding one leg. The malted milk essence in his hand shook a little and some of it spilled out. "Stop, stop, stop, it's all gone. Stop moving. If Lin Guangyuan's is gone, go to the top of the table."
The two immediately let go after hearing this.
Lin Guangyuan lay on the railing at the head of the bed and said happily: "Sister-in-law, can we eat it dry? I heard that dry malted milk is delicious, and I want to eat it dry."
"Whatever you want, let's just eat it tomorrow morning."
"Can we take a bite now?"
"Fine."
He can still fulfill such a simple wish.
"Okay~"
After their wishes were fulfilled, the children's faces were filled with happy smiles. For them, happiness is so simple.
The three of them took small sips of the malted milk, hoping that the taste of the malted milk would stay in their mouths longer. They couldn't just pour the whole bowl in just because they could take a bite.
After they finished drinking, Ye Yaodong scooped another spoonful into each of their hands and let them chew it dry.
The grains of malted milk have a crunchy texture. The grains crunch in your mouth and melt as soon as you chew them. They slowly melt in your mouth, leaving your lips and teeth with a sweet aroma. You are extremely happy.
"Brother-in-law, your place is so nice that I can't bear to go back."
"I don't need a son. If you stay enough, you will have to go back and forth."
"Hey, why am I not my sister-in-law's?"
"What a beautiful idea! Two sons are enough. I don't want to have three sons," Ye Yaodong said angrily, "After you finish drinking, hurry up and blow out the candles and go to bed. Don't let me play around. "
The responses were all very nice, and when he turned around and left, the three of them continued to play as they should, and continued to quarrel as they should.
The noise was almost louder than the symphony outside. The roof was not blown off by the typhoon, but it was almost blown off by their noise.
When the people next door heard the commotion, they also shouted and responded. Several people intensified their conversation and chatted loudly through the wall, and they even banged on the wall.
Is this okay?
Mother Ye came over to talk to them and told them to go to bed quickly. Lin Xiuqing also came over with a whip and whipped the table hard several times. At the same time, screams for mercy could be heard from the next door. The few of them immediately calmed down and lay down.
The wind was blowing loudly outside, the rain was pattering, the waves were rolling and rumbling, and there were bursts of mixed noises, but this did not in any way detract from the children's sound sleep.
Even the adults were worried about the strong wind and waves, but the environment was so comfortable that they fell asleep in the middle of the night.
It wasn't until the early morning of the next day, when the wind stopped and only the pouring rain was still falling, that the family woke up and realized that they had slept soundly last night and didn't even know when the typhoon would pass.
When Father Ye and Mother Ye got up, the old lady was already there making a fire to cook porridge. She smiled and said: "The typhoon has stopped. It's rare that there was no water leakage yesterday, so I can still sleep for a while."
Father Ye saw that it was still raining outside the house, so he took the raincoat hanging behind the door and put it on, "I'll go out and check the tide first."
"I'll go out with you and have a look." Mother Ye couldn't go out last night, so she hurriedly put on her raincoat and bamboo hat and went out together.
"What are you messing around with? Even if it's raining heavily..."
"Don't you want people to look at it? You look at your waves, and I look at my fish. The wind was so strong yesterday, maybe it blew at night..."
The couple quarreled and opened the door one after the other to go out. Their voices were also blocked behind the door.
The old lady was still sitting in front of the stove lighting the fire, motionless as a mountain. She was so old that she didn't go out to make people worry. Making money was the job of young people.
But as soon as Mother Ye walked out of the house, she hurriedly slapped the door panel and shouted to open the door.
The old lady thought something had happened, so she hurriedly got up and opened the door, "What's wrong? What happened? Why are you so anxious? It's raining heavily outside..."
"Oh, stop talking and wake them up quickly. There are a lot of scallops on the beach." Ye's mother interrupted the old lady's blabbering anxiously and quickly went in and patted the door of Ye Yaodong and his wife's room.
He was worried that the wind and waves would be too strong, so he didn't sleep much at night. At this moment, he was sleeping soundly with his wife in his arms. Ye Mu eagerly slapped the door panel, scaring the couple awake, thinking that the house had been blown away by the typhoon.
Ye Yaodong didn't even bother to put on his clothes. He only wore shorts, grabbed a vest and rushed to open the door, "What's wrong? Is the tide coming in?"
He said anxiously as he put a vest on his head.
"Hurry up and pick up scallops. Piles of scallops are piled up on the beach. They are like rice. Go quickly and call your wife to come with you... I will call your eldest and second brothers..."
"Hey, you are just like rice. There are already people hugging you with buckets on the beach... hurry up..."
Mother Ye walked out as she spoke quickly, with a happy and eager look on her face, wishing she had a hot wheel on her feet.
Ye Yaodong was surprised to see his mother coming and going in a hurry, and quickly went into the house to put on his pants, "I'll go out first to see what's going on. I don't know how many scallops there are. I'm so excited."
Lin Xiuqing also quickly got up and put on her clothes, "It should be a lot, right? Otherwise, my mother wouldn't be so excited and hurried over to knock on the door. It must be that the typhoon yesterday blew a lot of scallops ashore."
"Go out and take a look first. It's still raining outside and the sky is still gray."
"It's only 5:50. The rain doesn't seem to be as heavy as yesterday, and there's not much wind. The typhoon should have passed."
"Well, take your time, I'll go out and take a look first."
The rain boots that were wet last night were not dry yet. When I put my feet in, I felt a cold and wet feeling. But there was nothing I could do about it. This pair of rain boots had to be worn even if they were wet. It was raining, so I couldn't wear Jiefang shoes to the beach.
After going out, Ye Yaodong didn't bother to wash up. He took the lead and stood at the door with his raincoat, putting it on while looking around not far away.
The rain in the morning has gradually slowed down, and light rain is dripping from the eaves. There is no wind, but it feels a bit cold.
In the distance, the sky was still gloomy, and the sky and the sea were the same color, both dark and turbid.
The courtyard door was wide open, and I could see a few people squatting on the edge of the beach. I couldn't tell exactly how many scallops there were. I just felt that there seemed to be an extra arc coming out of the beach. The second brother and second sister-in-law next door happened to run out in a hurry, and there were Neighbors nearby also ran towards the beach.
After putting it on, he also put on his hat and trotted out in the drizzle.
There is no resistance from the wind and running is much smoother.
As soon as he ran out of the house, he saw a lot of fish, shrimps and crabs scattered on the ground. The quality didn't look very good, and the size of the fish was a bit small. They couldn't compare to the ones they picked up in the wind and rain last night. He didn't know where they were. Not screened by early risers.
When you really have nothing to eat, you can just pick these up and eat them all.
Anyway, he didn't notice it at the moment, he just turned a blind eye and passed it by, stepping over.
If he had nothing to do at other times, he might pick it up and use it as fishing bait, but forget it for now.
As he approached at a trot, he saw patches of clams, scallops, juvenile scallops, spinach and other shellfish on the shore, forming a small arc around the coastline. He was also extremely surprised.
Only one night has passed, and these shells can already circle the coastline in a small circle.