Lin Xiuqing squatted on the ground and wrung the towel. She looked up from below and saw the heroic and arrogant look on his face, which made her ears turn red.
Although they have been married for several years, there was no electricity in the village in the past few years. They did everything in the dark without even lighting candles. How could it be so bright to see so carefully
"Come on, don't waste time, the water will get cold soon and I'm going to catch a cold..."
"Don't be shy, we are an old married couple..."
"Don't just wash the back, rub the front as well..."
"Don't be perfunctory, be more careful..."
"Wipe the gaps too..."
"And the two below..."
"Right, that is it… "
Ye Yaodong’s mouth was grinning so wide that it almost reached the back of his head. Today’s treatment was good. He could let his arm hurt for another ten days or half a month!
"Wife, can you do me another favor?"
"Don't push your luck!"
"Isn't this just a matter of convenience?"
Lin Xiuqing ignored him and asked him to put his feet in the basin after cleaning the most troublesome part, but...
"Can you please put your feet together?"
"That won't work. Have you ever seen a man sitting with his legs together? He's not a woman. Sitting with legs apart is the way a man should sit."
“But you’re washing your feet!”
"My feet are in the basin! It's okay. Just wash yours and don't peek at me."
"You think I like watching?"
"That's hard to say."
Lin Xiuqing was furious, it was so shameless.
He turned around and went to the closet, took out his shorts, and pretended to put them on him.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Your feet are still wet and you haven't even finished washing them yet."
Lin Xiuqing slapped his calves hard a few times, this shameless man, "Put it on, put it on quickly."
Ye Yaodong lifted his foot and put it on with a look of regret and reluctance.
Lin Xiuqing then washed his feet and dried them with satisfaction, then put on his clothes, but she had a headache again when she was eating.
I even have to feed him like a son!
Ye Yaodong finally enjoyed what it means to have everything provided for him, and he felt very happy.
"Mom, why does Dad need someone to feed him?"
"Shame on you~"
"Your father's hand is injured and he can't eat by himself."
"Ah, that dad is so pitiful~ Where is dad injured? Let me see..."
When the two children heard that he was injured, they ran to his side and tried to lift up his sleeves. Ye Chengyang actually blew on him with his mouth wide open
Then he said in a baby voice: "It doesn't hurt~"
Ye Yaodong was immediately touched. His son was very filial...
"Okay, go play by yourself. Your dad is fine. Let him finish his meal first."
"All right."
The two children were reluctant to leave and just stood aside and watched.
Ye Yaodong was extremely pleased that his love for them during this period was not in vain.
Lin Xiuqing breathed a sigh of relief after feeding him. She asked him to go to the room to look after the two children while she would apply some tea oil to him before bedtime. She still had to go kill the fish.
Ye's mother and Ye Huimei had arrived early and were killing fish at the door. They also called their eldest and second sisters-in-law to help, so she had to hurry up as well.
Otherwise, you'll be asking others to do your own work while you're not doing it yourself, which is not good.
Ye Yaodong felt very comfortable being served by her, and he took the two children back to the house contentedly. He looked after the children willingly and coaxed them to sleep before coming out.
"Brother, please take me with you when you go out to sea at night. Dad and I worked too hard during the day and lost the hooks in the sea and couldn't retrieve them. I'd like to trouble you to help me retrieve them at night. We didn't have time to retrieve the traps today."
Father Ye also helped Ye Yaodong and said, "The sardine storm has just passed, there should be a lot of sardines in the sea over there. Let the third brother take you to trawle the sea during the day. It must be better than other places. You can also help him retrieve all the hooks."
"Okay, fine."
It is only natural for brothers to help each other. Even without what Ye's father said, they would also help to receive the goods.
Lin Xiuqing glanced at Ye Yaodong and said nothing. It was just the right time for him to rest for a few days after returning from the harvest.
It was only after they came back that Ye Dasao and Ye Ersao found out that the third brother's family had made a fortune again, and they began to feel jealous.
Ever since he became a better person, it has become much easier for him to make money than for others. In just a few months, his family has become richer than anyone else's. It is true that when you meet someone after three days, you should look at him with new eyes.
Words of envy were also expressed while chatting while working...
Lin Xiuqing listened to their sour words, just smiled and didn't respond, or she just brushed it off.
Ye's mother pretended not to hear. Anyway, the family had split up and there was no need for her to balance things out. Each family lived their own life. Moreover, they even gave the boat to the eldest and second sons. The third son's luck in making money was not as good as his, so there was nothing they could do about it.
It took five people to help with 300 kilograms of sardines, and the process was quick. They killed and dried them at the same time, and it was all done in two hours. Rows of long bamboo flats were neatly stood at the corner of the door. Everyone packed up and went home to sleep.
Lin Xiuqing returned to the house and took the tea oil, helped him take off his clothes, and applied it to him. Afraid that the light was too bright and would wake up the child, the two of them stayed in the main room.
"Hiss~ Gently~ Oh~"
"Can you please stop yelling and wake the child up?"
"But it hurts..."
"Is it so exaggerated?"
"It hurts! You don't know how much energy and strength my dad and I used up from fishing in the early morning until dark. We lost a lot of energy and stretched our waists. We returned only when we couldn't even lift our hands. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been delayed until dark. We just wanted to cast more nets and make more money..."
She originally thought he was exaggerating on purpose to tease her, but now she felt distressed after hearing this, and her hands became much gentler.
"You should also apply it on your back, arms, and waist. My waist is so sore too. I used a lot of strength today. Remember to buy me some pork kidneys tomorrow morning to replenish my body."
Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at his back, her back aching from all the thoughts she had when she was taking a shower just now.
"knew."
“Just buy one every day.”
"Um."
Ye Yaodong was extremely satisfied. It turned out that one needed to play the victim occasionally.
"You can stew one of the two gannets tomorrow and send more to the old house. Each one weighs more than 20 kilograms, enough for our two families. Give the other one to my eldest sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law tomorrow and let them divide it among themselves. I forgot to tell you before."
"Okay, it doesn't make any difference. It's the same if I give it to them tomorrow."
The couple chatted about daily life for a while before going back to their room to sleep.
Ye Yaodong deliberately slept in a small bed at night because he was afraid that the two little guys would sleep too badly and roll over him.
Maybe he was too tired during the day, but as soon as he lay down, he fell asleep immediately. He didn't wake up until midnight. It was only after Lin Xiuqing finished cooking and woke him up when she thought it was almost time.
Even after waking up, he still felt too tired to open his eyes, and his arm hurt even more. He felt that his muscles must have been strained. After all the hooks were retracted, he would really need to rest for a while.
"You're too tired, so why don't you just not go? Or ask your friend to help you collect the items tomorrow?"
"No, it's okay. I'll get up right away. They have their own work to do. They call me big brother and second brother just for fun. I can rest on the boat anyway."
He took his time to get up and sneezed twice.
After Lin Xiuqing helped him put on his clothes and pants, she gave him an old cotton jacket. Although it was only October, the temperature at sea was low, the wind was strong, and the temperature difference between day and night was also large.
"Wear something thicker to avoid catching a cold. You wore so many wet clothes next to your skin yesterday."
Ye Yaodong rubbed his itchy nose and said, "Hmm..."
After dinner, he asked his eldest and second brothers to help push the cart with the bamboo basket, and the three brothers went to the dock.
This was the first time for the three of them to go out to sea together.
Ye Yaopeng also said this with a smile.
"Yeah, it's rare, haha." Ye Yaohua agreed while pushing the cart.
"It's rare. I'm going to watch you make a fortune when we go out to sea today."
"Haha, it's hard to say whether we'll make a fortune or not. It was such a pity yesterday. I don't know what goods we can get today. Can we leave some for us?"
"I think so. It's a pity that I don't know where the sardines have gone after so long. Otherwise, maybe I could have chased them."
Ye Yaodong didn't know where the sardines went after midnight. This kind of luck doesn't come every day.
After the three of them got on the boat, he looked at the compass to indicate the direction of sailing.
After driving for more than an hour, he felt they were almost there, so he asked his eldest brother to slow down and carefully search the sea with a flashlight.
It was not until he had wandered around the nearby sea for half an hour that he found the buoy. Fortunately it was still there and there were no big waves at night, otherwise he would have had nowhere to look for it.
Ye Yaopeng also saw his buoy in the distance, adjusted the direction of the fishing boat, and headed towards that location.
"Is this it?"
"Yes, that's it. I'll have to trouble my eldest and second brothers."
"It's okay. We are also curious about what you can catch with your longline fishing today. I heard that longline fishing only catches big fish, not small fish. We want to try it to see how efficient it is. Dad told us yesterday that longline fishing is effective, so we can give it a try."
"Longline fishing is pretty good, but our village mainly uses trawling. My hook is not big, and the fishing boat is not good enough, so I can only catch fish weighing a few kilograms. If it's bigger, it depends on luck. Some longline fishing can specifically catch tuna in the deep sea, which is amazing, but it's a pity that our boat can't go there."
That requires a medium or large fishing boat that can quickly sail across the vast ocean to track schools of tuna, and the equipment on board must also be in place. It is not something that their simple iron boat can do.
Moreover, there are also very high requirements for the main rope of the longline.
Generally, multi-strand nylon rope is used with a diameter of 4-5 mm and a tension value maintained at 100-150 kg.
The diameter of the hook branch line is 3-4 mm, the tension value is maintained at 60-80 kg, and each branch line is 50 meters long.
The fishing hook is 2.5cmX2.5cmX3.5, with a ring on the upper end of the hook handle. It is made of high-quality steel marine fishing barb hook. The pulling force value should not be less than the branch line pulling force, and one barb should be tied to each branch line.
A lot of auxiliary tools are also needed, such as large buoys, telecommunication beacons, direction finders, longline winches, capstans, cranes, hooks, ropes, etc.
He doesn't have that ability now, so he can only try his luck near the coast.