After Ye's father left, Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Er also went to the dock to see the boats.
It's almost the first day of the new year, and the tide has been receding recently. If the boat runs aground, they won't be able to go out to sea tonight. They want to go and take a look, park the boat a little further away, and buy a barrel of diesel to put on the boat. They want to go out to sea at night while they have good luck.
The big yellow croaker caught yesterday was so exciting that they wanted to go there right away. However, they couldn't because the time was too short. If they came back soon, it would only waste diesel money.
The women in the house also sat at the door with fishing nets and began their daily routine of making fishing nets.
The difference is that today they are particularly motivated. After the house is built, they can separate and move into the new house. Who wouldn’t be happy
Lin Xiuqing was also very happy. Her lips and teeth were still bumping against each other sometimes, not to mention that she also wanted to have her own little home among her sisters-in-law. She started to weave the fishing net, and her hands moved faster.
Their fishing village is called Baisha Village, which is far away from the county town and requires more than an hour's walk along the mountain road. The women have to take care of the family and cannot go out to work to earn money. The only way to make money is to make fishing nets.
Although this job pays little, it is easy and can be done at home. All the women living on the coast can weave and mend fishing nets, while the men in the village mostly go out to do odd jobs or farm. Those who have boats go out to sea to fish, but this is a relatively rare job.
Lin Xiuqing had been married for several years and had learned how to make fishing nets. After all, her husband did nothing, so she could only rely on herself to save money.
Everyone had work to do, but Ye Yaodong became the most idle one. Even the old lady was helping them thread the shuttle needle.
He moved his feet, squatted beside his wife, picked up the fishing net she was weaving, and asked curiously, "How many of these gillnets can you make in a day?"
Lin Xiuqing looked at him in confusion. "Five or six sheets. The child is crying and there are many things to do. I can't do more. The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law will do more."
"How much money can you make in a day?"
“It’s only a few cents, less than 1 yuan!”
Ye Yaodong glanced at the fishing net with disdain and pursed his lips. Labor is so cheap!
When he turned around and was about to say something, his second son Ye Chengyang came up to him and stuffed the cucumber full of saliva into his mouth. He was so shocked that he sat down on the ground and quickly spit it out.
"Ah~ Yue~ Are you disgusting? It's fine if you eat it yourself, but you stuff it into my mouth."
Ye's mother glanced at him from the side and said, "Your own son is filial to you, and you still look down on him."
"Mom, if you don't mind, I'll also take a piece of melon and feed you with my saliva! He's my own son, don't despise him!"
"Don't be disgusting. You are as old as he is. Even a baby's saliva is clean."
"You're always touching and grabbing things here and there, and putting everything in your mouth. How can you be clean?" Ye Yaodong patted his butt and sat up. Seeing that his son was about to step on the fishing net to make trouble again, he quickly took him aside and said, "Don't be naughty. If you are naughty, I will beat you."
"Don't scare him. He's just a little kid, what does he know? It's rare that you didn't go out today, so just stay at home and take good care of the child. Let your wife knit more..."
"Lixiang~ The tide is going out. Stop fishing. Let's go fishing together..."
Ye's mother's real name is Chen Lixiang, and she is the second child in the family. She was interrupted before she could finish her words. She looked up and saw that it was her eldest sister calling her.
She married someone from the same village. These days every family has many children. There are four or five hundred households in Baisha Village, and half of them are all relatives.
"The first day of the new year is the day after tomorrow. Is there anything to dig today?" Although she said that, she still inserted the shuttle net needle into the fishing net and stood up.
"You'll know when you go and take a look. It won't take long. I heard someone has already gone there. Hurry up. I'll go take a look first."
"Okay, OK," Ye's mother said to everyone in the yard, "Put away the nets first, take the spatulas, tools and buckets and go take a look together."
At this time, they mostly call it "taohai" (traveling in the sea), and fewer people call it "ganhai" (hunting in the sea).
Ye Yaodong had nothing to do anyway, so he followed them.
After being reborn, he has not yet been out to see their small fishing village.
Lin Xiuqing held her son in her arms and looked at him in confusion, feeling that he had taken the wrong medicine today, "You're not going out today?"
"Where to? You really want me to go out?"
She turned her head away. Who would like her husband to be idle outside all day long? "No, I just asked casually."
"I don't feel like going out today. I'll go fishing with you guys to see if there's anything I can catch. It's been a while since I've been to the beach."
It has indeed been a long time since I last walked leisurely on the beach. In my previous life, I would only occasionally take my grandson to play on the beach during the fishing moratorium when I was not out to sea.
Lin Xiuqing took a look at him, then looked up at the sun in the sky. It was rising from the west? How rare!
Ye Yaodong looked at her actions and the corners of his mouth twitched. What's wrong with going to the sea to fish with them
I want to be a better person, but you still have this attitude. It’s infuriating!
He turned his head and stopped talking, looking at the dilapidated environment around him with curiosity. After forty years, he could no longer remember what the village looked like in the 1980s, but now, his memory was awakened.
The gravel dirt road under your feet is not easy to walk on. If you fall accidentally, your palms and knees will definitely bleed. There are weeds on both sides of the road and a small ditch. Around it are regularly distributed low stone bungalows and two-story brick and tile houses.
The brick and tile houses were newly built in recent years. In the past, it was popular to build houses with stones. After 2020, stone houses are rarely seen. Those that are available are covered with a layer of cement putty powder and sprayed with paint.
"Alas~"
"ah!"
Ye Yaodong was looking around without paying attention to his feet and accidentally stepped on his wife's heel. He watched her stagger and fall forward, and the child almost flew out.
He quickly reached out and pulled her, then held her and the child in his arms.
"Are you okay?"
"What are you doing? You don't even look at the road when you walk. It's okay if I fall, but what if the child falls?" Lin Xiuqing patted the child's back to comfort him. The child was very brave. He didn't cry or make a fuss. He didn't seem to be scared, so she felt relieved.
"Sorry, I didn't look carefully. This gravel road is not easy to walk on. Give me the child and I will hold him."
It was like the sun really rose from the west. He even apologized and asked to hold the child. He had been acting abnormally since he woke up in the morning. Lin Xiuqing gave him a suspicious look.
"What happened to you today?"
Ye Yaodong's heart tightened. It turned out that the person next to you knows you best. It's better to take it slow.
He put his hands in his pockets, stopped holding the child, and said casually, "It's okay. My parents have enlightened me. Let's go."
Lin Xiuqing: “…”
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and catch up, they are all far away."
"oh oh… "