Chapter 1020: Rushing Out of the Water (7000 Words)

In an instant, Sister-in-law Ye's voice sounded next door.

"Did you hide your personal money? Where did you hide it? Are you still hiding your personal money?"

Her voice became clearer and louder from inside to outside the house.

Ye Yaohua glared at Ye Chenghe fiercely, "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I hide my private money?"

After saying that, he turned around and expressed his loyalty to Sister-in-law Ye, "Don't listen to his nonsense. When did I hide my private money? My pocket is cleaner than my face. Where did I get my private money? How much money do I make? I will give you the bill of goods." , every time I settle accounts, I give you all the money I have left, so where can I get my private money?"

Sister-in-law Ye gave him a suspicious look, and then turned her eyes to Ye Chenghe.

"Is it your father hiding private money or your second uncle hiding private money?"

Ye Chenghe quickly covered his mouth and replied vaguely: "I don't know anything."

After saying that, he quickly ran to the open space and ran towards Ye Chenghai.

Ye Chenghai directly clenched his fist and gave him a slap, then dragged him out by the neck to prevent this fool from talking nonsense again.

Ye Yaohua was still explaining on the spot, "It's definitely not me..."

"Dad, I've finished eating. I'm going to school. Brother Ahai, please wait for me~" Ye Chenghu happily chased them with his small schoolbag on his back.

"I went to school, but the principal didn't know. As soon as he pulled the string, I ran away, and with a bang, the school disappeared~"

The little girls were also led away, singing crooked songs, and ran out after seeing everyone gathered.

Every child has gone to school, and the doorsteps of homes have become quiet again.

Ye Yaohua was afraid that his mother-in-law would stare at him again, so he quickly changed the subject and shouted to Ye Yaodong through the wall, "The weather forecast last night clearly said that it would be foggy today, but it turned out to be cloudy and there was no fog at all. They were all messed up and not accurate at all. , it was foggy when I got up to look at it at night.”

"Yeah, that's not accurate at all. Could it be that the weather forecast is for that day?"

"It's nonsense. It's not credible. At this time, it's not convenient to go to sea. We can't drag two nets."

Ye Yaodong felt that the cloudy weather today would not prevent them from going to sea. As long as there were no strong winds and waves, it would probably be fine. If it is cloudy, it will be cloudy, and if it cools, it will cool.

He thought that he could go to his hometown to discuss it with his father, and then he could move the things to the boat, call the boatmen on board, and just go to sea directly.

Father Ye actually thought so too.

When he came to eat early in the morning, he saw fog, but after eating, the fog dissipated. At that time, he thought that the fog would disappear, and he could go to sea.

But Dongzi hadn't woken up yet, so he could only wait, and he went to talk to Lao Pei first.

So much so that Ye Yaodong went to his hometown in vain and had to come back. He also visited the workshop and saw that they had completed the handover of shifts and replaced people. The fish being dried inside did not need to be changed for a while, they were all sitting there. There was a fire inside roasting sweet potatoes, and he sat there warming himself too.

Although it is said that spring has begun, the temperature seems to have dropped again today. The wind is chilly and there is no warmth like the two days ago.

Compared with previous generations, temperatures in this era are generally lower, and global warming has not yet occurred.

He sat there until he finished eating a roasted sweet potato before standing up, so that when Ye's father came back, he could not touch him. When he asked Ah Qing, he only said that he had left his hometown long ago, so Ye's father had to return to his hometown.

Only when Ye Yaodong returned home did he realize that his father had just called him, and the two of them had missed each other perfectly.

"I'm going to kill you. How about playing hide and seek all morning? He's looking for me, and I'm looking for him. Even in a bigger village, the two of them haven't even met each other."

"Why did you go? Didn't you say you were going to your hometown to find dad? Why is dad also looking for you? You two went around in circles and couldn't find each other?"

"I was just warming up the fire in the workshop. I thought that their roasted sweet potatoes were almost ready, so I sat there waiting to eat them, so I didn't come back right away. Forget it, I'll go to my hometown to see again."

Before his butt was warm from sitting, he stood up again.

Lin Xiuqing was busy picking shrimps and didn't care about his coming and going.

Ye Chengyang was held by her side, helping to pick the shrimps. She didn't let him go anywhere. He craned his neck longingly and looked at the door as his father walked out. The small stool under his buttocks shook and made a sound. I want to go out and play.

"Mom, how many more are there? Why are there so many?"

It was like his butt was greased, and he kept moving, but he couldn't sit still.

"There are still a lot of things to do, help. Don't think about going out to play all day long. Your brothers have gone to school and there is no one to play with. Just stay at home and help with the work."

"So much, so long..."

"What? I just got a dollar yesterday, and I don't want to do anything today?"

He pouted and had to choose calmly.

But as soon as he peeled one off, the little hand on the side stretched out to grab one, swinging his legs and kicking the chair with a bang.

"Mom, she keeps eating my skin secretly..."

Ye Xiaoxi held a shrimp in her hand, turned to look at her brother innocently, then stuffed it into her mouth in front of him, and smiled at him with her teeth bared.

"She's still smiling, why doesn't she have to do it?"

"Since she is young, she doesn't know anything. When she is as old as you in two years, she will have to help."

Ye Cheng proudly moved the stool to the side, a little further away from her, so as not to have the fruits of his labor stolen.

Lin Xiuqing also called out to Ye Xiaoxi, "You can't eat anymore. You haven't stopped talking. You'll have lunch later."

She nodded and kept shaking her legs, looking very uncomfortable.

Pei Yu was also sent here this morning. She also followed Ye Xiaoxi's example, sitting on the stool and kicking her legs, grinning.

Ye Yaodong put his hands in his pockets and strolled back to his hometown slowly.

There was no sun today, so the village looked deserted. No one was sitting at the door chatting or weaving nets. They were all hiding in their houses.

Along the way, he didn't see many people. Just like when he came out before, there were only a few small children who were not old enough to go to school and were still playing there.

When he walked to the door of his hometown, it was deserted. Everyone was huddled in the room. He patted the door panel, and then a voice of "Who is it" came from the room.

"I."

"I've been looking for you for a long time. I want to call you to go to sea, but I haven't found you yet."

"I'm looking for you too, okay? If you're going to go out to sea, just prepare. I'll carry things to the boat. You go ask the workers to prepare. We'll go after lunch? Stop by and say something to Uncle Pei and call him."

"I discussed it with him earlier, and he said it's okay. Since there's no heavy fog or wind and waves, you still have to go. That's why I've been looking for you just now. It's okay. I'll pack up my things and call someone. .”

"Yeah." He answered and planned to walk out.

In fact, he still had a lot to do, but he had better go to sea first. The weather this month was rare. It was cloudy and sunny all the time, and there was no rainy day.

"Wait a minute, let me ask you. I saw your canned fish piled in the corner of the yard. Do you want to move them to a store in the city and sell them?"

"No, let's put it aside for now. There's no rush for now."

"That's fine. After all, the ship just sank. It's okay to leave it for a few months. It won't expire anyway."

Ye Yaodong glanced at the calendar on the wall. It still had yesterday's date. He didn't tear it off. He stepped forward to take a look, then tore off one piece to reveal today's date, and flipped down two more.

"The Spring Equinox is tomorrow. If we go to sea in the afternoon, we probably won't be able to stay for a few days before we have to come back."

Father Ye also walked up to him, "Go if you can. It won't be a big problem if it rains occasionally, as long as it doesn't rain heavily and doesn't rain all the time."

During the spring equinox, there are often low temperatures and rainy weather, and precipitation will increase rapidly along the southeastern coast. No wonder, he felt that the temperature today was much lower than the previous few days, and he felt chilly.

It rains during the Spring Equinox. There are some sayings in their rural areas, such as "The rain does not stop during the Spring Equinox, and there are good days before and after the Qingming Festival." This means that if there is continuous spring rain during the Spring Equinox, then the rain will decrease during the Qingming Festival. , there will be a period of sunny weather around Qingming Festival.

There is also a saying that "there are fewer patients when there is rain on the vernal equinox", which means that if there is rain on the vernal equinox, there will be many fewer patients than when there is no rainfall.

In addition, our ancestors believed that rain at the spring equinox heralds future weather, harvest and physical condition.

Rain on the vernal equinox may mean that there will be a long period of rainfall in the summer of this year. It also indicates that the crops this year may have a good harvest. Spring rain is as expensive as oil.

The twenty-four solar terms are particularly magical.

"Okay, then go ahead if you say so. Remember to bring the raincoat with you. When you go to call the workers, remember to remind the workers to bring the raincoat with them."

I didn’t know if it would rain, but I was prepared in advance, just in case.

Thinking about this, when he walked back, he turned to the drugstore and asked the barefoot doctor to grab a few packets of cold medicine. If it rained, there was no guarantee that someone would catch a cold, and the quilt was not in the sun, so it would be unreasonable to come back immediately. quick.

Ye Yaodong didn't expect that he was so well prepared. In the end, the cold medicine was just for him.

After coming out of the old house, the father and son ran around each other, preparing things and calling people.

In fact, there is nothing to prepare. The vegetables in the fields are all ready-made. You can pick whatever is available and just pick a full basket. Of course, seafood is the main food on the sea. Steaming and boiling is particularly trouble-free and time-saving.

Ye Chengyang saw that his father came back and said that he would go to sea after dinner, and then he was busy outside. As if he saw a savior, he immediately ran out to help.

As long as he is not allowed to sit still, as long as he can get out of this door, he can do anything.

Ye Yaodong looked at his positive look and joked: "Help with the work, I don't have any money to give you."

"for free!"

"Then I'll do it for you. Remember to put all those baskets on the cart."

After saying that, he sat on the armchair by the door and smoked, watching his son work hard.

Ye Chengyang also responded happily and was busy working back and forth in the yard.

Ye Yaodong finished smoking and went into the house to explain to Ah Qing who was cooking, "I'm not at home. You have to keep an eye on the workshop in the past two days and put it away as soon as there is something dried. I don't know when it will happen next." rain."

Lin Xiuqing kept flipping the spatula and responded, "I know, I know even if you don't tell me, and I will remember it. Are your things ready? Is it too late?"

"It's too late, why not? There's nothing to prepare. Just carry a bag of rice and get a basket of vegetables. Aren't the rest ready-made? Just load it onto the truck and transport it to the ship."

"This is too sudden. Didn't you say you'd have another day off today?"

"The weather forecast is deceptive. It said it was foggy today. But it turned out to be foggy in the morning and evening yesterday, and it will be cloudy today? We will go to sea in the afternoon while the weather is not affected. Anyway, we are not just going for a day or two, we have to stay for a few days, and at night There is not much difference between setting off and setting off during the day, as long as the tide arrives and the boat can go out.”

"Then you can just make up your own mind. If the weather is bad, come back quickly. Don't take chances. Don't think that the rain will stop as soon as it rains. This is hard to say."

The old lady also quickly got up and came over and said: "Yes, if the weather is bad, come back quickly and don't stay at sea for too long. It will take you several hours to drive back. Safety first... Or don't go, don't listen to you Daddy..."

"I know, the weather looks fine now. Who knows if it will rain. We can't just wait at home for it to rain. If the weather is bad, we will return immediately."

"Then... then you can see for yourselves..."

Ye Yaodong immediately went out to the door to instruct his son to work.

While waiting for lunch, Father Ye complained again without any surprise.

"I know that the weather may not be so good next time, but I still have to go to sea. I'm so confused. It doesn't matter if I rest for a few more days. Going to sea is so tiring. I should take a few more days of rest when I come back. I'm in such a hurry, money Earn enough?"

"How do you know the weather is bad? Are you God? How can there be such accurate words? There was no drought in ancient times. It's not bad to go out for three or four days, and you can earn a lot of money."

"So you can tell..."

"When you get older, don't mess around and just eat your food."

"I care about you too."

Ye Mu was too lazy to care about them. She just turned to Ah Qing and said, "I asked you about the lambs you want to raise. There are no more ewes and they are reluctant to sell them. They only have lambs. You can buy three of them. You want them?" How many?”

"Yes, I want a lamb~" Ye Chengyang couldn't wait to say directly. After all, I bought it now, but it was just for him.

Ye Chenghu also said hurriedly: "I want it all, I want it too. I want a lamb too."

Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up, "Did you ask?"

"I asked. There is a sheep herder who gave birth to too many sheep this year and wants to sell a few."

"how old are you?"

"It's only two months old. It's said that it has already started to eat grass. It will probably take another half a month or a month to wean it off. You can buy it by then. Make a reservation now."

"I want them all, dad, I want them all. There are just three of us, one for each of us." Ye Chenghu has already distributed them.

"You haven't even bought it yet, and you've already distributed it? You've gone to school, how can you still go to herd sheep?"

"I can go there on the weekend. Buy them all, Dad, buy them all, otherwise we won't be able to share enough."

Father Ye retorted loudly, "What kind of sheep are you buying? Can you keep busy? There are already a lot of animals at home, including chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs. With a few more sheep, can your wife keep busy? Things at home are so busy. It’s a pile.”

"No need, mother, I'll come. Just come, I'll raise you." Ye Chengyang volunteered.

Ye Chenghu also quickly said: "There is also me, I can do it too."

"Buy it first, raise it for Yangyang, raise it for two years, and then raise it for Xiaojiu when he goes to school. If they don't want to raise him anymore, Ah Qing won't be able to handle it. Then he can kill him for meat. It doesn't cost anything anyway. strength."

"You're just messing around. There's a lot of work and things to do at home, so why raise sheep? A bunch of chickens, ducks and geese aren't enough to eat?"

Ye Xiaoxi took a spoon and ate rice grains all over her face, but she looked left and right. She didn't know what they were talking about. How could she hear someone calling her?

"Then don't raise it?"

In fact, Ye Mu also felt that it would be better to raise other sheep to save trouble and raise sheep for no reason. She also felt that he just came up with it.

"Yes, I said I want three. Place them just right for the child. There are too many and he can't count them. If there are three, he can still count them."

"Yes, yes, I can count them."

Lin Xiuqing actually didn't want to raise it. She said, "If you go to herd sheep, you can't work in the workshop to make money."

"ah?"

Ye Chengyang was stunned for a moment, and then he frowned, his face full of confusion. He didn't know which one to choose. He wanted both.

"You herd sheep during the day and work at night. I also study during the day. When I come back from school to work, it costs one dollar just like you." After Ye Chenghu came across something he liked, his brain suddenly became bright.

"Yes, I can herd sheep during the day and work at night."

Anyway, he worked harder and didn't get paid more, just like his brother. After Ye Chengyang figured it out, his face was full of joy and he continued.

"Let's just buy three of them and let them go for me. I'll make them fat and white and eat lots of grass."

Ye Yaodong made the decision directly, "That's it, Mom, please take the time to go over and tell me tomorrow. We want all three of them. Let's reserve them first. When they are weaned, we can bring them back to raise them. We will go over and pay for them, handing over the money." A sheep in one hand.”

"Okay, then just raise it if you want to. If you don't want to raise it for a few months, you can sell it again. Anyway, you will earn a lot of money from it."

"Well, that's it. I can't lose anything anyway."

After finalizing the sheep matter, they talked about going to sea.

As soon as lunch was over, they all started to move things. Two carts moved back and forth twice before moving everything to the small boat and then to the big ship.

There was heavy fog last night, and basically no fishing boats went out to sea. They were all docked at the dock. Only after the fog dissipated this morning, did small wooden boats rock and go out to sea for work.

At noon, the weather continued to be cloudy and there was no water vapor in the air. After everyone was busy moving everything, they sent the boat back.

After the Harvest and Dongsheng inspected all the machines on the ship, they started up and slowly sailed towards the sea.

Some small wooden boats near the coast also raised their heads and saluted, watching the two boats passing by one after another.

The sea breeze was blowing sharply.

"I'm not freezing to death in the twelfth lunar month of winter, but I'm going to freeze to death in this spring, Marde, it's almost April and it's still cold."

"It's going to take two rains before it warms up."

"It will be Qingming Festival soon, and Qingming Festival will be hot."

"I've seen people starting to visit graves in the past two days?"

"Yes, some people may not have time, so take advantage of the recent free time to go visit the grave in advance..."

The boatmen were chatting while arranging the things they had just brought.

As usual, they went to the town to refuel and add ice. They saw that there were no big ships in the port. While refueling and adding ice, they asked a few questions. It turned out that there were a few ships that had gone to sea in the morning, and most of them were outside. Didn't come back from shore.

Father Ye and the others also made up their minds. They all had gone to other ships, so of course they could go too.

After refueling and ice, the two boats sailed away one after the other.

At this time, they felt that the sky was a little brighter, and a little red light appeared in the clouds, giving them the feeling that the sun would not come out.

Father Ye also said proudly: "Look, the sky is a little red, and it feels like the sun is about to shine."

"This God has the same face as a child. It will rain if it wants to rain, and it will clear if it clears up. You can't tell for sure. We'd better drive faster and get to the place to get off the net as early as possible. We can't go out in vain."

"Give it to me here. You can go to bed. I guess we won't be able to get off the net until four o'clock."

"Then I'm going to take a nap."

I got up a little early because of the chirping at the door in the morning. It's cold and the sky is gray, so it's not good to stand outside. It's just right to lie down under the quilt.

Each person has a raincoat, which looks like a lot. There is no place to hang it, so everyone hangs it above their own bed.

Ye Yaodong slept on the lower bunk and had to get in. As a result, after lying down, he always felt a shadow on the side and kept thinking wildly in his mind. He had to get up and take it out to hang outside. It didn't rain anyway.

When he lay down again, he turned left and right uncomfortably, like a pancake, cursing in his heart.

"It's fishy and damp. The old man's memory is really bad. He just refused to take the quilt off the boat to dry it. He's too lazy to do it."

The other boatmen also went to bed and lay down. The roar of the surrounding machines covered up all his movements. Everyone was not affected at all, but they were not asleep.

The sufficient rest in the past few days allowed them to get rid of their fatigue. They had just boarded the ship and were in good spirits. But they had nothing to do, so of course it was better to lie down and catch up on sleep in advance, otherwise they would have to work at night and they would still be tired.

When we were preparing to lower the first net, the sky became a little dark, and everyone had time to get up, cook when it was time to cook, and lower the net when it was time to lower the net.

After getting off the net, everyone took the time to eat before it was completely dark, and then went to rest together. They only waited for two or three hours before taking turns to close the net.

After dinner, Ye Yaodong also replaced his father and took over the control of the fishing boat for a while.

As the night slowly fell, the sky over the sea began to be gradually eroded by darkness, turning the sky into a deep black bit by bit. Waves of waves rolled in the night, shining with silver light.

He gradually opened the distance between him and the Harvest. The two fishing boats could see the faint lights on each other's boats, and they did not interfere with each other.

It’s just that the weather is unpredictable, and the promised spring rain really comes.

Drops of rain could be heard hitting the glass in front of him, blurring his vision.

"Damn it, is it really raining? The weather forecast for Dog Day is not accurate at all."

He walked out of the cockpit and stretched out his hand to catch the raindrops. "Fortunately, it wasn't too big."

At this time, he also discovered that there were many silvery-white fish on the sea jumping there, jumping out of the water in a hurry. At a glance, they were in patches.

"Grass! So many fish!"

He knew that this was because it was raining and the oxygen in the water was drastically reduced. It had already started to decrease sharply before it rained. It probably started jumping a long time ago, but he was in the cockpit and didn't see it because it was dark.

It is also because of the abundant sea resources now that we can still see so many fish jumping out of the sea to breathe.

The boatmen were all resting in the cabin. Before it was time to raise the net, the sound of rain outside could not reach their ears at all. They could only hear the sound of the machine.

After hesitating for a moment, he returned to the cockpit, fiddled with the maritime radio, and prepared to connect with Uncle Pei first.

After the sizzling sound on the other end rang for a while, Uncle Pei's voice also appeared.

Uncle Pei's first sentence was, it's raining.

He also said there: "It's raining."

"Let's take a look first. It's just falling now. I don't know if it will stop."

"Oh, that's okay, then continue with your homework, you idiot, whatever you're afraid of will come to you."

"If the rain gets a little heavier later, we will go back directly. If it is not too heavy, it will stop after a while, then it doesn't matter. It won't have any impact anyway."

"Well, let's take a look later. If it doesn't go down sooner rather than later, it will go down at this time."

Fortunately, he also made a lot of money the first two times. Now that he returns immediately, he can afford to lose a few hundred yuan.

"That's what happens when you run farther away. You simply can't control the weather. Sometimes it's sunny one second, but it rains the next second. But as long as there are no strong winds or waves, it's not a big problem. Just work in familiar sea areas. That’s good, don’t run too far away, the two ships must be able to see each other, don’t get too far away.”

Ye Yaodong responded sincerely, "Hey, okay, let's keep the current distance. Also, there are a lot of fish on the sea surface because of the rain and lack of oxygen. I can go out and have a look, and ask people to release them quickly." Net fishing.”

"Hey, okay, okay, I'll go out and take a look after I hang up."

"Okay, if there's any problem, let's keep in touch. I'll hang up first and call someone."

After Ye Yaodong switched off the channel, he also walked out of the cockpit and went to the cabin to call for people to wake everyone up.

"Everyone is up, getting up, working, it's raining, everyone is wearing their raincoats, there are many fish jumping out of the water, just throw the net and catch them."

"What? It's raining?"

"It's raining?"

"Ah? What kind of fish? Is it fish or rain?"

When everyone heard his shout, they all hurriedly opened the quilt and sat up, shouting questions.

"It's raining. There are a lot of fish jumping out of the water. Get up quickly."

"Do you still need to catch fish when it rains? Is it raining heavily? I haven't heard anything at all." Father Ye hurriedly picked up his raincoat and followed him, asking as he walked.

"It's not big. It just started raining. It's just a light rain. A little bit. I just contacted Uncle Pei. He said to take a look first and catch as many fish as possible from the sea."

"Ouch, there are so many?? A large piece of white stuff is all jumping around there..."

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