The waves had not receded at night and were still a bit big. The fishing boats on the shore went out for a while and then all returned together.
But we can't joke about life. This rain has taken away more than two lives. They don't know whether there are dead people in other places.
It has been raining for the past 20 days and the roads are bad. Nothing serious has happened and no one has gone out to visit each other. The news is still blocked.
Everyone was talking about how maybe they could go out tomorrow night.
Ye Yaodong thought so too. After returning home, he lay back in bed and took another nap.
It was not until his mother came over early the next morning that he heard about the old lady's unreasonable behavior yesterday. He looked at the old lady, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The old lady also came with her mother. She said it had been raining and she hadn't been here for more than 20 days. She hadn't seen him and the children and missed them.
"My dad is only in his 50s, how could he retire? He's willing, but I'm not. He's only in his 50s, he still has many decades to live. If he retires so early, his bones will get rusty. But if you want to move in, you can. It'll be more lively here."
The old lady smiled and waved her hands quickly, "No, no, no, you can't sleep again, coming here will only cause you trouble. I live in the old house, and it's good to have your parents take care of me."
"It's nothing more troublesome, it's just a matter of having two more babies, but it's true that I can't sleep. But it's easy to deal with, just build another house. Anyway, there is still vacant land next to it. It just so happens that the vegetable garden was not planted very close to the house at that time, so we can build another house in the vacant land next to it, make a hole in the wall inside the house to pass through, and install a door."
"Don't bother. Why build a house? There are so many empty rooms in the old house. What a waste. It's enough for us to live in. Don't bother..."
Mother Ye rolled her eyes and said unhappily, "You have too much money and nowhere to spend it, so you still need to build a house? It's enough to have enough space for sleeping. Your wife can take care of three children. If there is one more old lady to take care of, how can she handle it?"
The old lady was not happy to hear this, "Why do I need to be looked after? I am very easy to take care of, and I don't wander around."
Ye's mother glanced at her and said nothing to her. She was old, and no matter how easy it was, others had to pay some attention to her.
However, Ye Yaodong felt that he had to build a house to bring the old lady over. He was not at ease letting her live in the old house. After all, she only lived to 85 years old in her previous life and had fallen in the old house in the spring of 1987 and died.
If she were to live with him and leave the old house, maybe she could escape her predetermined fate and live longer. After all, she had always been in good health.
Moreover, after getting the radio, she looked rosy-cheeked and in good spirits recently. She even boasted about it to the old ladies in the village. Her mother even said that she was still able to scold her father with full energy yesterday. It should not be a problem for her to live a few more years.
It just so happened that she also wanted to live here. The younger generation is all here, and it’s quite noisy and lively.
When people get old, don't they want to have their children and grandchildren around them to be lively and cheerful? Radio can only kill time, it cannot replace children and grandchildren.
He started thinking about it, it just so happened that the Zhou family next door had started building a house on May Day. Although it had stopped raining for more than 20 days, it was clear now and they had started construction.
I could just borrow some materials from him, and the workers are already there, so I could pay a little money to borrow them for a few days, or I could borrow some materials and he could hire a few more people to do the work. It's just a small room, so it won't cost much.
My mind goes through so many twists and turns, but in fact, everything is planned out in just a moment.
He smiled and said, "Yes, you save a lot of trouble, and you can also help take care of the children. They say that an old person in the family is like a treasure, and you are that person."
The old lady's face was filled with joy. "It's good that you don't mind me being old and useless."
Ye Yaopeng smiled and said, "It won't be difficult to build another house. Dongzi and I have houses on both sides, so it will be convenient to build another one."
"No need to bother, I'm fine living in the old house." The old lady refused with a smile, then sat down on the chair at the door and continued to fiddle with her radio.
Mrs. Lan, who was drying clothes nearby, smiled and said, "You are very lucky, old lady. All your grandchildren want to take you in to live with them."
"Yes, they are all very filial and caring. Now I am enjoying the blessing of my children and grandchildren. It is worth it to close my eyes soon."
"Why are you saying that?" Ye Yaodong said unhappily.
"Well, don't say that, don't say that... Hehe... I'll turn up the volume a little bit so that we can all listen to the book together."
"It's great to listen to books! It's been raining and the old lady hasn't been here for a while. We can't listen to any books even if we want to." Lan's second wife was also at the door and spoke up when she heard this.
"Haha~ The weather is nice today~ I can sit outside and listen to a book."
Ye Yaodong sat at the door and listened for a while. It was already late June and the sun was very bright in the morning, but it was blocked by the black grid, so only a little light shone through.
Fortunately, there was a sunshade net tied above our heads, so we didn’t feel hot at all sitting at the door, and the wind felt quite cool.
When the night came, Ye Yaodong got up as usual. He had to get up and sail the boat out for a while to see if the waves were big enough. Only then could he know.
The absence of waves on the shore does not mean that there are no waves in the sea outside.
That was what happened yesterday. In the evening, there were no waves on the shore, but when we went out at night, the waves along the coast were still quite big, so we had to return empty-handed.
The waves on the sea are smaller tonight and the wind is bearable, so the fishing boats are boldly heading towards the offshore waters.
Ye Yaodong planned to visit his old place today. He had invited his elder brother and second brother during the day, but they were not planning to move. They felt that they were more familiar with their own "field of responsibility" and that there would surely be big fish after the big waves, so they did not plan to hang out with him.
If you don't want to go with him, then don't go with him. He doesn't care.
After Ye Yaodong put down the hooks, he planned to go around the reef to see if the branches he had placed were still there. Although so much time had passed, even if there were still squid eggs on it, they would have hatched long ago, and perhaps even the branches and buoys might have been washed away by the waves.
But at least he could go and take a look. In case it was still there, he could take it back and dry it to use as firewood. He had put a lot of it in before, and it couldn't be wasted. If he took it back and used it as firewood, it could last for a month or so.
It was just a good imagination. When his boat sailed over, he couldn't even find the buoy. He had thrown two batches and tied several buoys, but now there is none left.
"Forget it, it's gone, let it be gone, go to the Internet cafe!"
"Is it possible that the father and his two sons brought people here? And then took away all our branches?" Father Ye couldn't help but guess.
"It's very possible. After all, we went to my eldest brother's place to catch black mullet for several days. Maybe they were so angry with me that they came here to block me the next day. Don't worry about them. No one has nothing to do all day to run around with them. What's more, it just rained a lot, and everyone wants to catch some good fish."
"Yeah, you're right."
"Come on, you drive the boat and I'll go sort out the fishing nets."
I just don't know which sea area the father and his two sons went to fish in, otherwise he could easily call a few people and a few boats to block them.
The fishing net was put into the sea little by little, and the fishing boat slowly began to move. The sunshade net above the head was rustling in the wind.
This sunshade net is a mesh that is air-permeable so that the sea breeze will not affect the operation of the ship.
Although it can block the sun, Ye Yaodong still wears his sun hat for double protection. In this hot summer, the sun is shining brightly and the sea breeze is blowing hard, even a big white pig can't withstand it.
After hauling in the net, they caught over 100 kilograms of fish, shrimps and crabs, which was twice the usual harvest. There were also three small bluefin tuna among them, but it was a pity that they only weighed a dozen or twenty kilograms. Even so, Father Ye was so happy that he was grinning from ear to ear.
"Sure enough, there are some good stuff. Three small bluefin tuna can be sold for a good price. It would be better if they were a little bigger."
Ye Yaodong was also very satisfied. He first picked out three bluefin tunas and drained their blood, then put them in another basket and sprinkled ice cubes on them.
There is no need to rush to pick the remaining fish, shrimps and crabs. The sun has just come out and it is still cool. It will not be too late to pick them after the fishing net is put down again.
He dragged three more nets one after another. For some reason, all he caught in the sea today were tuna, weighing more than ten or twenty kilograms.
"Did the whole school of fish run over here because of the waves? Oh... No, these are bomb fish in this net. What the hell, they took advantage of the situation and mixed in with the tuna by relying on their similar appearance?"
Ye Yaodong said as he dragged out four bomb fish from the pile of fish that had just been dumped out. "It's well camouflaged. Even its shape and weight are pretty much the same."
Father Ye smiled and said, "These two kinds of fish are similar. Bomb fish are often mixed with tuna. It's normal. You go and bleed them first. I'll sprinkle these fish and shrimp with ice and cover them in the cabin. We can sort them out when we dock to prevent them from being damaged by the sun."
"Well, let's cast another net today while there is a lot of catch. We haven't been out to sea for more than 20 days, so let's go back later today. We'll go around the surrounding seas a few times, and when the work is almost done, we'll go back, and then we'll get to the coast and cast the net again, which can also save some time on the way back."
"also."
After the father and son finished their work, they cast one last net. The joy of the harvest remained on their faces.
When it was getting dark and they were getting close to the shore, the father and son planned to pull up the net, but at that moment, they found that the boat suddenly moved very slowly, as if it was stuck, swaying back and forth with the flow of the sea water.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know? Something's wrong with the engine?"
"Collect the net first and check it later."
But when they were pulling up the net, the father and son were shocked again. The net-pulling machine could not pull up the fishing net below!
"What's going on?"
The net-pulling machine had been running, but for a long time, the fishing net didn't move at all, and there was no sound of the net being pulled up. This had never happened before.
What's underneath? Can't even pull up the net machine