Chapter 53 The ship sails to a safe haven
Father Ye put down his bowl and chopsticks and responded, "Now we're going to drive to Haven."
This boat has just been repaired, it is their family's treasure, and it is not easy to lose it.
Although judging from past experience, it has just entered July and there will not be too many typhoons, but caution is the best thing to do, they can't afford this risk.
"Father, I'll go with you!"
"Want to be lazy and not work?" Father Ye gave him a sideways look.
"Where, how come? Didn't you see that I have been working hard these days? The safe haven should not be far away. Take me to see and see, and teach me how to sail on the way?"
The safe haven is in the waters of their town, and it's really close. It's okay to take him to have a look. Father Ye thought about it for a while, and then nodded in agreement.
Ye Yaodong followed Father Ye to sail the boat, and the others went to work on the homestead as usual. There was no influence on the land, the sun was still high in the sky, and there was no wind.
It wasn't until he got on the boat that he felt that the typhoon was really coming. The waves on the sea were rolling, rolling up layers of waves.
There are still many small wooden boats a few meters long floating on the sea, reminiscent of an ancient flat boat.
The boatman was trying his best to row the boat, probably going to a safe haven, Ye Yaodong was sweating for the boatman when he saw it, he was afraid that a wave would come in and capsize the boat, luckily his boat is relatively big , and it is not a manual scull, but a drive system such as an engine is added.
In this era, this kind of small wooden boat is still very common, and it will gradually be phased out in a few years. The boats in the parks of later generations will also be much more advanced than this.
"Father, the boat is going to a safe haven anyway, let's cast a net, don't waste it, it doesn't matter if you can catch some small fish and shrimps, they can also be used as vegetables."
"Um."
In order not to waste the opportunity, Father Ye taught him how to sail the boat and how to release the net along the way, and let him try it...
He pretended to listen and learn, but couldn't help but said: "Father, Ah Guang taught me a few days ago!"
"Then you mean that once someone teaches you, you will know everything, so you don't need to learn it, right?"
"Uh... no, you have more experience, you say, you continue to say..."
Father Ye didn't raise the net until the ship was approaching the safe haven.
"Huh? There are still a lot of goods! I saw a big blue crab!"
After pouring out all the goods, Ye Yaodong first picked out all the shrimp and crabs, and then sorted them, "Yellow eagle, black eagle, spring fish, water grain fish, small pomfret, conger eel, small squid, small pipe...It's quite fat Yes, there are seeds in the stomach...Dad, it’s only been a while, and there’s quite a lot of goods in this net!”
"Well, it may be a typhoon day, and all these seafood were swept in by the waves."
This net is not in vain.
After everything was packed away, the ship sailed into the safe haven.
A sheltered port is a port without loading and unloading equipment, the sole purpose of which is to shelter ships from storms and harbors from heavy waves.
The ports where the boats in their town call are Yujing, Yangtou, and Hengshan. The port of Hengshan is the narrowest and the longest. It is about 3 kilometers long from the anchorage to the mouth of the sea, and there is a standard seawall on the south bank. When the typhoon hits During the period, ships berthing in the port are relatively safe.
In the narrow and long shelter with a width of only more than 100 meters, as far as Ye Yaodong could see, ships of all sizes were lined up next to each other.
Looking around, except for the power supply windmills on some small fishing boats that are always spinning crazily, the rest of the fishing boats have taken fastening measures and are motionless.
Ye Yaodong was walking on the gravel road with a bucket of fish, watching a bus pass by, stretched his neck to watch, couldn't help frowning and said: "Father, can't we take a car? Come on, you'll be home in less than ten minutes, it's a long walk."
"What kind of car do you take? As long as your legs are precious, it's only a few steps, and you'll be home in an hour."
One hour, he sighed, people's legs can really walk now.
For young people in the future, those legs are really precious, and they have to ride an electric bicycle for a five-minute walk in the village.
Ye Yaodong walked behind Father Ye, his legs were almost weak before he got home.
Father Ye picked out all the good ones that could sell for some money, and packed them in buckets alone, "Go and call your mother back to kill the fish, and help with the work by the way, I will sell these."
Can't you just let him sit down and catch his breath?
The old lady said from the side, "Why are you in a hurry, drink some water and rest for a while, I just made a bucket of tea, and I need to cool it down, and I will let Dongzi carry it later."
Father Ye glanced at them, didn't say much, and went out with the bucket.
The sun was still shining brightly in the morning, and in the afternoon, dark clouds drifted past, and it became overcast. But in the evening, there was a sunset again, and after the sun went down, there was still a sunset glow all over the sky. The weather on typhoon days is so capricious.
It will take a few days from the formation of the typhoon to the landfall, and the degree of impact on coastal cities varies according to its trajectory.
It was cloudy for a while, and sunny for a while. It lasted for two days. It was not until the third day that the clouds covered and it rained heavily. The work on the house was also suspended. We had to wait for the typhoon to pass before we could start construction.
After breakfast, Ye Yaodong was bored and squatted on the porch by the door, looking at the erratic weather, the rain was still crackling when he had breakfast, and now the sun is out again?
The children in the family couldn't stay still, and when they saw that it was no longer raining, they all rushed out to tread water. He couldn't stop them with a few words of cursing, and he didn't bother to take care of them.
"Ah Qing, it's not raining again now, I'll take you to the beach, do you want to go?" He yelled at Lin Xiuqing who was weaving a net in the room.
"Why do you go to the beach on a typhoon day? You don't have to be swept away by the waves."
"The tide is ebbing, it's okay, the sun is still out now, let's go..."
"I'm busy…"
"You can weave fishing nets anytime, just walk around and watch the waves." He pulled her up while talking.
There are so many people in the room, it's not good to chatter, so Lin Xiuqing had to stand up with him, complaining a few words, delaying her work or something...
As soon as I came out of the house, I saw a group of children playing in the water, and suddenly became furious, "Sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, these **** are playing on the water, and they are all wet."
Two figures rushed out of the room, and after a while, the screaming of children was heard.
After Lin Xiuqing finished beating the child and changed her clothes, Ye Yaodong dragged her to the beach again.
While walking, she complained: "It's a typhoon day, and it's going to rain again soon. What are you doing to pull me out? When can't you go to the beach? Everyone hides at home, and you still have to go outside..."
"Stop rambling, let me take you around to see if there is anything to pick up?"
"What are you picking up? How do you know there is something to pick up?"
"Just go and see."
"I didn't bring a bucket..."
"I have a sack in my pocket!"
(end of this chapter)