Chapter 1258: After the wind and waves

For the whole afternoon, everyone was chatting in his courtyard. In the end, several gambling tables were even opened.

Ye Yaodong was worried that such a large group of them coming in and out, and the shouting was so loud, he was afraid that someone nearby would report them, and they would all be taken in.

After all, they were all called "outsiders" by their neighbors.

Yesterday, he also thought that they had just returned from the sea and had things to talk about, so he let them gather together. Later, the gambling tables were also for them to play until mealtime before they were driven back to eat.

Who would have thought that they didn't come over when it got dark last night? Now he hadn't even woken up, and the sound of a large group of people arguing and making noise came from the courtyard again. His head ached.

He opened the door and went out and shouted, "Gambling raid!"

Everyone was still holding cards in their hands, and the tables were being lifted to be moved into the courtyard to make the space bigger so that everyone could stand. As a result, everyone was startled.

"Adong..."

"Boss..."

"Do you think this is a casino or what? If there's nothing to do on a typhoon day, go out for a stroll. Are you here to gamble money? How much money do you have to take out to gamble?"

Ye Yaodong was furious. He turned his place into a gambling den?

Bored, playing once is fine, but coming over to gamble every day?

"Hehe... Isn't it because a typhoon is coming and there's no one on the road?"

"Then go back and lie down. If you want to be caught, continue. Do you think the neighbors can listen to you shouting every day? Do you think this is your own village?"

"Ah, caught?"

Everyone was a bit at a loss.

"Otherwise? Gathering to gamble, and it's a gathering of hundreds of people gambling money. One report is accurate. We are still outsiders. Who will sell you face? If you go in like this, I won't care about you."

Everyone was a bit embarrassed.

You look at me, I look at you. It seems there are quite a lot of people.

"Hehe... We were just bored and played for a while. We won't play anymore, won't play anymore."

"Don't say I didn't remind you. Be careful when you are away from home. Eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling—eating and drinking don't matter. As long as you have money, eat and drink whatever you want. But if it's whoring and gambling, humph, you can figure it out yourselves."

"Won't, won't, it's just that we can't work on a typhoon day..."

Ye Yaodong waved his hand. "Go back to your own homes. Wherever you came from, go back there. Whether you go shopping, go to the pier to take a look, or whatever, don't gamble here."

"If there's nothing to do, don't run over in a large group. There are already enough people here. With so many people coming in and out, the neighbors are going to be scared to death."

If it weren't for the fact that he had been sending some fish cargo to nearby neighbors every few days during this period and maintaining a good relationship, they should have come to scold them for being noisy yesterday.

But he couldn't keep challenging people's bottom line.

If there were new neighbors who moved in near his house, with hundreds of people coming in and out all day, it would be noisy to death, affecting people's lives, and still opening gambling dens. Who would care if you are a neighbor or not? Even if the relationship is good, they would start scolding.

A group of people were also a bit embarrassed and left after saying a few words.

The courtyard suddenly became quiet.

"If you are idle, go help old ladies cross the road, help nearby old ladies carry water and chop firewood!"

"Ah?"

"Ah what? Go chop firewood and carry water. A typhoon is coming. Who knows when it will rain heavily and the power will be cut off? If you can't go out for ten days or half a month, and there is no firewood to burn, you will all drink the northwest wind."

"Okay, we'll go chop more firewood and carry more water right now."

He assigned them tasks. Only when they had things to do would they not gather together and be idle and panicked.

Ye Yaodong ate breakfast, left people to look after the house, and went out for a stroll himself.

It was said to be a typhoon day, but it looked sunny and beautiful. It was just that the wind blowing over wasn't as hot as before, and it was quite cool. And the wind force was also sufficient, bigger than yesterday.

When he strolled to the pier, the pier was very lively.

Only after getting closer did he know that it was because some people saw them salvage several boats of jellyfish yesterday, and they were extremely tempted.

They thought they salvaged them in the trench. Thinking that the typhoon hadn't arrived yet, and the surrounding coast hadn't been affected much.

They could salvage them, so there was no reason why others couldn't.

It just so happened that taking advantage of the typhoon coming soon, no fishing boats dared to go out to sea. The trench over there was empty, and there would be no more competitors. It was a perfect opportunity, which was why someone picked up a vacancy yesterday and salvaged so much back.

So early this morning, there were fishing boats taking risks, driving two or three out, and just returned fully loaded.

After selling the cargo, another large wave of fishermen was tempted. Now several more boats followed and went out.

It really is, wealth is sought in danger...

He looked at the sky. Apart from the howling wind and the waves hitting the shore from time to time, it was indeed easy to give people the illusion that this typhoon was just passing by.

They probably all felt that the weather was quite good and the impact wasn't big. If others could earn and return safely, then they could too.

He didn't stay at the pier for long, listened to a circle of news, looked at the sea waves, and went back.

Then, when he went to see if the waves were big the next day, more than half of the fishing boats at the pier were gone.

Those who went yesterday returned fully loaded, so today more people were jealous and followed them irrationally...

After all, if they were scattered on the sea surface in the past, knowing a typhoon was coming, surely no one would take the risk to search everywhere on the sea. Now it was the trench, the gathering place of jellyfish, so it was hard not to be tempted.

It was mainly because someone benefited and was safe. Who could watch others earn money?

Even some of these outsiders were tempted to take risks and follow them out to sea to salvage, and they were all restless and gathered together to discuss.

Ye's father and the two brothers also came over to ask him.

"Those locals all drove their boats out today. Should we go out and take a look? I think the impact of this typhoon isn't big. It hasn't rained, just the waves are a bit big, and our boats are big..."

"Father, don't have a herd mentality. What others do, we follow. If no one goes out to sea, would you go?"

"Then isn't it because I see that they are all fine? And they still salvage a large pile every day, and the quantity is very large, not less than the peak season..."

"It's only been two days. The typhoon won't pass that quickly. Wait."

"Isn't it because I'm thinking you have so many people to support, the wages are such a large amount, and each of them is still idle at home..."

"Safety first. You also know that I brought so many people out. I have to be responsible. Let's wait."

He had earned enough a while ago, so there was no need to follow them.

It was just that he didn't expect that his own family was stabilized, but others couldn't hold back. That afternoon, some fishing boats from their side followed them out to sea.

And it just so happened that the weather changed that afternoon. The wind became stronger and stronger, and it even rained heavily.

Typhoon weather is always changeable. Maybe it was sunny and beautiful a second ago, and the next second the rain was blowing across the sky like the wind.

And the sea is even more terrifying than the land. The storm comes as soon as it is said.

Obviously, there was still sun in the morning, but it was cloudy at noon, and the wind was blowing hard.

Ye Yaodong and his people were all at home. They were originally strolling outside taking advantage of the cool typhoon day. Seeing the rain, they all ran back. He counted that no one was missing, so he didn't worry.

Ye's father was also glad that the two sons almost followed the trend in the afternoon. He was also swayed by the two sons' questions before asking Dongzi.

And only then did he tell the closer people to advise them not to follow the trend.

Who knew that at mealtime in the evening, they heard someone knocking on the door. After letting people in, they knew that someone had followed them out to sea in the afternoon.

Fortunately, they went relatively late. While they were still halfway, they felt the wind and waves were too big and hurriedly returned in a panic. There were no casualties.

But they were also scared to death. They said that after going ashore, their legs were shaking, and they sat directly on the ground, lingering in fear.

When they went ashore, the wind was already blowing hard. It was obviously only 3 o'clock, but the sky was as dark as black.

Ye Yaodong and the others were lighting candles and listening to the howling wind outside. The rain was hitting the main hall, and they had to move to the room to eat.

The person who came to report was sent by Aguang. After finishing, he hurriedly went back through the wind and rain.

Everyone felt lingering fear after hearing it.

"Fortunately we didn't go..."

"I don't know how those locals are. Those who reacted in time should be able to return in time..."

"This typhoon has just begun. It hasn't landed yet. It will really be howling at night. I guess at this moment, don't talk about going to the pier to see, there is no one on the road."

"That trench is originally a bit far from the city here. We sailed small boats there before and it took more than an hour. Fortunately, they turned back halfway..."

Ye's father also said happily, "Fortunately, we stayed at home honestly. It should land at night. Let's take a look tomorrow..."

Ye Yaodong thought to himself that he didn't know how much loss those locals would suffer. Zeng Weimin's political achievements this year were probably miserable again...

At night, the typhoon raged and howled. When dawn came, only a mess after the sweep remained.

And the pier was also exploding. There was a lot of crying. Even the public security bureau was dispatched, and a cordon was pulled up. I heard that the law enforcement boat had also sailed out.

However, no news had been passed back yet.

After the typhoon, the wind stopped, but the official didn't allow fishing boats to go out to sea.

In fact, this was also superfluous. At this time, no one dared to go out to sea.

When it was evening, he heard from Fang Jingfu that five or six corpses had been salvaged back, others were still being salvaged, and the missing population was being counted. Fang Jingfu didn't know how many people were missing. This must be kept secret.

And they heard from the neighbors that more than a dozen had been salvaged. It wasn't true or false.

Now the local government should be in a hurry again...

What made things worse was that just after this typhoon passed, it didn't clear up the next day, and it rained heavily on the third day. I heard that another typhoon eye had formed.

This time the official learned a lesson. As soon as they received the news that another typhoon had formed, they immediately took a loudspeaker and went through the streets and alleys to announce it everywhere, asking everyone to stay behind closed doors.

Everyone learned their lesson and stayed indoors.

And this group of people only ran to Ye Yaodong's side every day to sigh. Now everyone believed Ye Yaodong's words even more.

Fortunately, most of them listened to him.

Mainly because the typhoon affected one day, it was a day's loss. Otherwise, no one would think of taking risks.

Really couldn't afford to lose.

Originally, they hadn't earned much money after coming out for so many days, and everyone was miserable enough. Now there were consecutive typhoons.

Perhaps because of the consecutive typhoons, there was large-scale rainfall as soon as the second typhoon formed, and it rained for four or five days in a row, with both wind and rain, before it started to land.

After landing, the rainfall stopped, and the sky cleared up immediately.

It was just because of the impact of two consecutive typhoons, even the law enforcement boat couldn't salvage. Now another week had passed, and the missing population could only be regarded as an accident.

As soon as the typhoon passed, they heard that many families had already started holding funerals, and some were mourning at the pier early in the morning.

Everyone was sighing. Money is not easy to earn.

And after the typhoon, the waves were surging. The government now came forward and didn't allow going out to sea. I don't know when it will be released.

"Adong... what should we do now..."

Ye Yaodong spread his hands. "You ask me, I have no way either. The government doesn't allow going out to sea, and the waves outside are so big, do you dare to go?"

"Now it's miserable. All the capital is lost."

"I don't know if there will be typhoons later..."

"Damn, you crow's mouth..."

"Then we can only stay here and watch?"

"Can only wait."

"Adong... aren't you free at that lighter factory? Can we go to the lighter factory to do some odd jobs?"

Everyone's eyes looked at him hotly again. At least they could earn some money.

The boat boss's eyes were even hotter.

"Can't do it. The manpower inside is already saturated. No more manpower is needed."

Sending so many scattered soldiers over isn't adding chaos?

And the production line is mature. If such a large group of people is added, what if something happens? How can he bear it?

Getting people in has no benefit to him, why bother?

"Sigh, then we can only wait?"

"This year is really going to lose big..."

"After the wind and waves pass, it is estimated to be the end of the month. A month has been consumed..." ===== CHAPTER 1259 =====