Father Ye put down the bowl and quickly responded, "We have to drive to the safe haven now."
This boat has just been repaired. It is their family's treasure and it is not easy to lose it.
Although according to past experience, there won't be any major typhoons as it's only July, they still urge caution and cannot afford the risk.
"Dad, I'll go with you!"
"Want to be lazy and not work?" Father Ye glanced at him.
"Where? How could that be? Haven't you seen how diligent I have been these past few days? The safe haven should not be far away. Can you take me there to see it and teach me how to sail on the way?"
The safe haven is in the sea area of their town and is indeed close. There is nothing wrong with taking him to have a look. Father Ye thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Ye Yaodong followed his father to sail the boat, while the others went to work on the homestead as usual. There was no impact on land at all. The sun was still high in the sky, and there was not even any wind.
It was not until he got on the boat that he felt that the typhoon was really coming. The waves on the sea were rolling, rolling up layer upon layer of waves.
There are also many small wooden boats only a few meters long floating on the sea, which reminds people of the small boats in ancient times.
The boatman was rowing with all his might, probably heading for the safe harbor. Ye Yaodong was worried for the boatman, fearing that a wave would hit and capsize the boat. Fortunately, his boat was bigger and not manually rowed, but had an engine and other drive systems.
In this era, this kind of small wooden boat is still very common. It will only be gradually phased out in a few years. The small boats used for entertainment in parks in the future will be much more advanced than this one.
"Dad, the boats are going to the harbor anyway, so let's cast a net. Don't waste anything. It would be nice if we can catch some small fish and shrimps, which can also be used as food."
"Um."
In order not to waste the opportunity, Ye's father taught him how to sail and set the net along the way, and even let him try sailing...
He pretended to listen and learn, but couldn't help but said, "Dad, A Guang taught me a few days ago!"
"So what you mean is that after someone teaches you once, you already know everything and don't need to study anymore, right?"
"Uh... no, you have more experience, go on..."
Father Ye didn't raise the net until the boat was almost close to the safe harbor.
"Huh? There's quite a lot! I saw a big blue crab!"
After pouring out all the goods, Ye Yaodong first picked out the shrimps and crabs, and then sorted them. "Yellow withered, black withered, spring fish, water fish, small pomfret, sea eel, small squid, small tube... They are quite fat, and there are seeds in their stomachs... Dad, we only pulled it for a while, and this net has quite a lot of goods!"
"Well, it might be a typhoon, and all these seafood were swept in by the waves."
This attack was not in vain.
After everything was packed up, the ship sailed into the safe harbor.
A safe harbor is a port without loading and unloading facilities, whose sole purpose is to provide shelter to ships during storms and to avoid strong winds and waves.
There are three fishing berths in their town, namely Yujing, Yangtou and Hengshan. The one in Hengshan is the longest and narrowest, about 3 kilometers long from the anchorage to the estuary, and there is a standard seawall on the south bank for support. When a typhoon hits, the ships docked in the port are relatively safe.
In the narrow and long sheltered harbor which was only over a hundred meters wide, Ye Yaodong could see large and small ships lined up closely together.
Looking around, except for the power supply windmills on some small fishing boats that were spinning wildly all the time, the rest of the fishing boats were fastened and did not move.
After Ye's father docked the boat, he also took some measures to secure it, and then asked him to collect the goods and go ashore together to go home.
Ye Yaodong was walking on the gravel road carrying a bucket of fish. He looked at a bus passing by and stretched his neck to watch. He couldn't help but frowned and said, "Dad, can't we take a bus? It's so fast. We can get home in less than ten minutes. It takes us a long time to walk here."
"Why take a car? Your legs are precious. It's just a few steps. You can walk home in an hour."
An hour, he sighed, now people’s legs can really walk.
For young people in the future, legs are really precious. They will have to ride an electric bike to walk for five minutes in the village.
Ye Yaodong followed his father until his legs were almost weak by the time he got home.
Father Ye picked out the good fish that could be sold for some money and put them in separate buckets. "Go call your mother back to kill the fish and help with the work. I'll take these to sell."
Couldn't he just sit down and catch his breath
The old lady said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Drink some water and rest for a while. I just made a bucket of tea and it needs to cool down. I'll let Dongzi bring it over later."
Father Ye glanced at them, said nothing more, and went out with the bucket.
The sun was shining brightly in the morning, but dark clouds passed by in the afternoon and it became cloudy. But in the evening, the sun set and there was sunset glow all over the sky. The weather on typhoon days is so unpredictable.
It takes several days from the formation of a typhoon to its landfall, and the degree of impact on coastal cities varies depending on its movement trajectory.
It was cloudy for a while and sunny for a while, which lasted for two days. On the third day, the sky became overcast and it started to rain heavily. The construction on the house was also stopped and had to wait until after the typhoon passed.
Ye Yaodong was bored after breakfast so he squatted under the porch at the door, looking at the capricious weather. It was raining heavily when he just had breakfast, but now the sun is out again
The children at home couldn't stay still either, and when they saw that the rain had stopped, they all rushed out to play in the water. He scolded them a few times but it didn't stop them, and he was too lazy to care about them. Anyway, they would all get beaten together when they got wet.
"Aqing, it's not raining now. I'd like to take you for a walk on the beach. Do you want to go?" He shouted to Lin Xiuqing who was weaving a net in the house.
"Why go to the beach during a typhoon? You might get swept away by the waves."
"The tide is receding. It's okay. The sun is out now. Let's go..."
"I'm busy… "
"You can weave the fishing nets anytime. Come on, let's go and look at the waves." He said as he pulled her up.
There were so many people in the room, and it would be awkward to tug at each other, so Lin Xiuqing had no choice but to follow him and stood up, complaining a few words that he was delaying her work or something...
As a result, when she came out of the house, she saw a group of children playing in the water. She was immediately furious, "Sister-in-law, these bastards are playing in the water and are all wet."
Two figures suddenly rushed out of the room, and soon the sound of children crying was heard.
After Lin Xiuqing had beaten the child and changed her clothes, Ye Yaodong dragged her to the beach again.
She walked and complained: "It's a typhoon day, it's going to rain again soon, why did you pull me out? When can't we go to the beach? Everyone is hiding at home, but you still have to go out..."
"Don't be so long-winded. Let me take you for a walk. See if there is anything you can pick up?"
"What are you picking up? How do you know there's something to pick up?"
"You'll find out when you go and see."
"I didn't bring a bucket..."
"I have a sack in my pocket!"