Chapter 1307

Ye Yaodong himself had nothing to pack. Originally, he was the only one who got off the boat, and everything was in the house.

The things to give away were also taken from the boat in the morning. Now that he said he was leaving, he could leave immediately.

The twins knew yesterday that they would go back in these two days, so they went to the factory early this morning to tell them in advance, settled their wages, and let others take their place first. They originally thought they could stroll around in the afternoon and buy some things to take back, but now they can only leave temporarily.

Fortunately, they stayed here for a long time and would often use the post office to remit some back. They also stored some small things around them. Now that they are going back early, they still have some things to take home to their families.

Ye Yaodong himself pedaled his bicycle to the pier first, letting his father and others walk behind, and he bought something to eat on the way.

Now only his three big boats are stagnant at the pier, and other fishing boats have left one step ahead.

Just now I forgot to ask his father, how long have other boats left?

It's going to be 1 o'clock now, and 4 hours have passed since the morning, but they have many people, and it's not that fast to walk.

If it's only a two or three-hour voyage, their speed is faster, maybe they can catch up. After all, the remaining three boats are fast now, and there is no drag of small boats.

After Ye Yaodong went to the pier, he paid some money and let the small boat on the pier send him to the big boat.

There were also people watching on the three boats. After seeing him come, they thought it was to get things on the boat again. Who knew that it was to set off immediately, and they were also going back immediately.

Everyone cheered, thinking they had to wait another day, but didn't expect to be just a few steps behind other boats.

He also asked everyone how long other boats had left, and they shouted that it was almost three hours.

Ye Yaodong thought that it should be about the same. As long as his father and the others were quick, they should have no problem catching up if they came over early.

After all, the main force has many fishing boats, so they have to accommodate small boats.

Thinking so, he also ordered others to prepare, drive the Dongsheng to the shore to wait for people, and set off immediately after people came.

He also went to the boat to check everywhere.

Ye's father didn't let him down either. He didn't stingily let everyone walk on two legs, but took a tractor to the pier, and was just a few steps behind him.

As soon as the Dongsheng docked at the pier, people came, so he ordered people to weigh anchor, and set off immediately after everyone was in their places.

When Ye's father sailed the fishing boat and connected to the VHF, he couldn't help but nag him again.

"You said you were in such a hurry, making it so rushed..."

"If you think it's rushed, shall we stay another night?"

"Then let's go back now. It's meaningless to stay another night. It's only afternoon now, but it's a pity that it will be night when we get home."

"It's night, it's night. After getting home, you can still have a good sleep. After dawn, you can go out and stroll around. You can talk to people in the village for a day without being tired, and it won't delay bragging."

If they set off this morning and got home at dusk, it would be dark immediately, and no one would see it. They would also have to move things, which would delay bragging.

Ye's father laughed: "I don't know if we can catch up with the boat in front, let's sail faster."

"Hmm."

"Didn't you say that things couldn't be done that fast? Why did you come back at meal time suddenly? Why couldn't the accounts be settled before? Could it be that he wants to default on the debt?"

"No, the factory is not like our fishing boat. How much you earn can be calculated immediately and then divided. This requires the accountant to count the annual sales and expenses. The workload is large. It's not that people go over and call him to calculate, and he can calculate it immediately..."

Ye Yaodong explained to his father.

"Then you should have called in advance..."

"I didn't know I would come back today. Didn't we also decide temporarily? Anyway, wait until the end of the year, we have to settle it."

"I'm afraid people will fake it..."

"There is a special accountant to settle accounts, so it won't be fake accounts. It should be about the same. Even if it is fake, we have no way. Give people a little more trust. Anyway, as long as there is money to divide, we won't lose."

"Then wait until the New Year, and we have to run again."

"Talk about it when the time comes. If there is money to divide, are you afraid of running again?"

"I'm worried about being cheated."

"Even if I was cheated, I didn't lose. Keep a flat mind. I just sold this lighter sporadically, and I earned back the capital. In the final analysis, I took advantage."

Ye's father didn't say anything now.

The three boats accelerated all the way. Ye Yaodong's Ocean No. 1 was much faster than the other two boats. He restrained himself a little, and the speed of the other two boats was about the same.

When the father and son connected to the channel to chat, they didn't hear the movement of other fishing boats. They were talking on the specific channel of their few boats.

Both of them thought about sailing further and trying to contact them again.

In the middle of the afternoon, the sun was also very big, and the sea was shining with golden light. He was wearing frog-eye sunglasses until the sun slanted west, hid in the clouds, and was about to set, before putting them away.

Ye Yaodong thought that their three boats had also sailed for about three hours, and the distance from the fleet in front should have narrowed a little.

He tried to connect to the channel again, and sure enough, he heard the familiar noisy sound again.

"Big brother? Aguang?"

Aguang exclaimed: "Ah, holy crap, Dongzi? Did you sail your boat out?"

Ye Yaopeng also said: "Dongzi, are you done with your business? Didn't you say it couldn't be finished for a while and you couldn't leave until tomorrow?"

Ye Yaodong explained to them and said that he was behind them at this time, and the distance should only be about an hour or two.

Reporting the coordinates, everyone couldn't judge the distance, only saying that he should try to be as fast as possible. Because they had a fleet, the speed would definitely be slow.

Ye's father also said: "You sail yours, be careful on the road, don't deliberately wait for us to slow down. There are still several hours on the way home, and we can catch up."

"Yes, you have those three big boats behind, the sailing speed will be fast."

"This time it's back together again, and no one is delayed."

"It's just that it's too late to dock, it's going to be midnight..."

They contacted and chatted for a few words, and then chatted about some irrelevant things.

Night fell, the sky darkened rapidly, and everyone's travel speed slowed down, whether it was the front or the three boats at the very back.

After all, visibility is limited in the dark night, which is not suitable for rushing, and everyone must be careful to prevent hitting the reef.

After it got dark, everyone's desire to talk also decreased. Ye Yaodong had long since cut off the contact and switched to the maritime information channel to listen to information.

When the time came, he switched to listen to the weather forecast, and from time to time switched to the safety communication channel. There was no entertainment channel.

The new boat had just arrived, and today was the first time it was officially used. He was still fresh and hadn't had enough of it, and wanted to switch to every channel to listen to it.

Not to mention, the signal of this VHF was obviously stronger than that of the Dongsheng and the fresh-fish collection boat.

The fishing boat shuttled forward in the dark night. It was difficult to catch up with the fishing boats in front, and the speed of shortening the distance was also slow.

Ye Yaodong also looked at the watch on his wrist from time to time. According to his estimate, he should be able to get home before 12 o'clock, and at the latest, it would not be later than one o'clock.

This is because the wind direction in winter is wrong, and the speed of the night journey is slow.

He estimated according to the speed of their three boats.

Other boats ran ahead, so it was about this time. Fortunately, they ran ahead, otherwise, if they went back with him, he would have to accommodate everyone's speed, and everyone would have to get home in the early morning.

However, even if they get home at this time, a boat of cargo will be unloaded, and it will be several o'clock? Talk about it when the time comes.

As time passed bit by bit, their distance gradually shortened.

Ye Yaodong suddenly heard Aguang call him on the public channel. After he responded, the two connected to their own channel at the same time, so as not to occupy public resources.

"Dongzi, we are in the town, where are you?"

"I'm almost there too, the distance should be very short."

"It's the middle of the night, we won't wait for you, we will continue to sail directly into the village. Is your new boat going to dock in the town?"

"Yes, there is nothing on the new boat. When I arrive in the town, I will dock the boat at the town pier, then change everyone to another boat, and wait until tomorrow morning to go to the town to drive the boat to the sea around the village."

"That's good, then you still have to enter the port, and there will be delays, so we won't wait."

"Hmm."

Ye Yaodong looked ahead, and at this time he also saw a large area of flashing lights ahead.

"I see your fishing boat, a lot of small light bulbs are moving ahead."

"I also see three light spots behind, so it's just a few steps apart."

"Hmm, you go back first."

"Okay."

Ye's father also found that he had arrived in the town and saw the fishing boat in front, and hurriedly connected to the channel: "Caught up, we are almost home, are we in the town?"

"Yes, just caught up, Dad, you follow them with that boat, and I will enter the port and dock with the Dongsheng. Later, all personnel will be transferred to the Dongsheng to enter the village."

"Okay, this boat of yours can't dock at the village pier, so you can only come over and stay on the sea level along the coast when the tide rises tomorrow."

Chen Laoqi also echoed that he knew.

The three boats separated again.

After Ye Yaodong docked the boat at the deep-water port in the town, everyone moved to the Dongsheng and sailed into the village.

At this time, the boat in front had long since run away, and the light could not be seen.

It wasn't until they were almost at the village pier that they saw the light spots on the fishing boat in front, and the patches of light spots by the pier. They were probably still moving luggage, and there were moving people on the shore.

"Finally home!"

"Finally home!"

Everyone was extremely excited. When they were in the town, they stood on the deck and blew the cold wind to watch. Now the village was in front.

The speed of the fishing boat also slowed down, and slowly approached the four boats docked in the middle of the sea.

Ye's father was still standing on the fresh-fish collection boat. There were only two workers on the boat, and there was no one on other boats. At this time, they were all moving luggage on the shore.

He saw the Dongsheng return and shouted to Ye Yaodong: "Dongzi, what should we do with the goods you brought back? The workers' luggage and sundries have already been transported to the pier by one boat. I dare not move your things."

Ye Yaodong climbed over after the two boats were closer: "I'll take a look, what things haven't been moved yet."

"Those dried fish haven't been moved, the quantity is too large. I thought about transporting them directly to the city, no need to unload, just unload the ones on the deck. And our luggage hasn't been moved either. Others have already been sent to the shore first, separated, so as not to mix them up when moving."

"Then wait until the cargo on their boat is unloaded, then drive the boat over, and then transport our own things. Just leave the dried fish first."

"That's what I thought too. One will be driven over in a while."

Ye Yaodong entered the cargo hold, took people to move the things and luggage he wanted to take off the boat first, and put them on the deck.

By the way, look for the bag of dried fish he marked. When he moved it to the boat, he paid attention to where he put it, and it was easy to find if he looked for it now.

Ye's father saw him drag a bag of dried fish out, and knew that this kid really didn't tease him at that time, it was true, and it was really hidden inside.

"Not afraid of fishy smell."

"Just right to use the fishy smell to cover up the copper smell!"

"Crazy, gold is not copper."

"That is the corrupt smell of money."

"Crazy, what else, hurry up and drag it out."

"Almost all here."

"The fishing boat has also been driven over, move it up first."

Ye Yaodong locked the cargo hold and checked the equipment of the fishing boat. After the goods were moved to the boat, everyone jumped to the boat.

At this time, there were people and luggage on the shore, and everyone was still distinguishing their own things, noisy.

Their own things were on one boat. After going ashore, they were directly moved to the tractor, and a large pile of bedding brought back, which almost occupied a car.

He asked people to send it to the door first. From a distance, he had already seen the lights of more than a dozen households on their beach lit up.

And the workers had already found their luggage, and some had already walked into the village.

Ye Yaodong said to everyone on the pier: "Comrades, we are home! Next, eat well, drink well, play well at home, relax, and have a happy New Year!"

"Waha!" Everyone cooperated and shouted.

"The last wage was calculated until the end of the month, and it has been 7 days this month so far... No..."

He looked at his watch uncertainly: "Oh, it's already past 12 o'clock, it should be 8 days. Then I will pay you the wages for these 8 days tomorrow, but you still have to come over tomorrow morning to do half a day's work, help me unload the dried fish on the deck, and weigh the dried fish of others and move them into the warehouse."

"No problem!"

"I'll come over to unload early tomorrow morning!"

Ye Yaodong smiled and clapped his hands: "Okay, that's settled. Finish the finishing work tomorrow, this trip is successfully completed, work is done. Everyone go back to their own homes, find their own mothers, and rest early."

"Haha, how can you find your mother when you sleep? You have to find your wife."

"Hahaha..."

"Go, go, go home and sleep."

After everyone laughed and made trouble for a few words, they all carried their luggage, chatting while walking in twos and threes, all very happy.

"Finally home, left for half a year, still home is good..."

"Yes, still home is good, it's freezing outside, and it's snowing, still it's not that cold here."

"After going back, I will show my wife and children the photos I took on it, and they will be envious to death..."

"Haha, I guess I won't be able to sleep at night..."

Ye Yaodong's luggage was pulled to the door by a tractor. He and his father walked on the road empty-handed, and also chatted with others.

Walking to the door of the workshop, the two also walked in to take a look. It was full of dried fish everywhere, and there were large vats on the ground, which looked no different from when they left. The two were relieved and went home first.

Before they reached the door, they saw that even the children had climbed up, all of them jumping and shouting excitedly at the door.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, who arrived home first, had already been surrounded by their children, and the sound of calling Dad was one after another, which sounded particularly affectionate.

And his children had already run over, running and shouting: "Dad, you finally came back, Dad, great..."

"Dad... you finally came back..."

"Dad, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you 100 times a day, I just want you to come back, Dad, I miss you so much..."

Ye Xiaoxi ran at the end, her mouth kept chanting, hugged his leg and sat down, sitting on his instep, raising her head and chanting non-stop.

"Why did you just come back! I've been waiting for many, many days!"

"Why did you just come back, I'm going to be angry..."

"If you don't come back, I won't want you, I'm going to be angry."

Saying that, she also cried out: "Why did you just come back..."

She had snot and tears, and rubbed against his trouser leg while crying.

Ye Yaodong smiled and lifted her up: "Damn, why are you so heavy! I can't hold you, little fat girl!"

Ye Xiaoxi cried even louder: "Mom said I'm wearing too many clothes, not fat, I'm not fat."

The two silly boys also surrounded him excitedly, and after chattering about "why did he just come back", they asked: "Dad, why did you bring back quilts? Do we have gifts?"

Ye Yaodong had no time to take care of them at this time, telling them about gifts, he was surrounded, and his ears were full of their voices, and he didn't know who to answer.

The old lady was leaning on a cane, looking at him with teary eyes on the side, her turbid eyes filled with tears, muttering, it's good to be back.

"Amitabha, Mazu bless... it's good to be back, it's good to be back... don't go out next time..."

Lin Xiuqing was also full of smiles, and her eyes were red: "Why didn't you call in advance? I didn't know you came back today, and you didn't say anything when you called a few days ago."

"The weather above is bad, it blows cold wind every day, and it snows. We don't know when we can have good weather and come back. Today is also a temporary decision. I originally thought I would have to wait until tomorrow to get home."

"It's good to be back, don't ask, hurry into the house, it's so cold outside," the old lady looked at him with concern, "thinner again..."

"I must have eaten badly and slept badly outside, lost so much weight, and got darker. I didn't say I would come back today earlier. If I said it earlier, I would have stewed the chicken in advance. If I come back now, I can eat a hot one immediately."

"Look at how haggard you are, I don't know how long you sailed, you must be tired, go into the house first."

The children pulled him, tugging at his sleeves and walking home.

Ye's father had already found that he was a bit redundant. When they were talking, he had already gone in to find his luggage.

When they entered the courtyard, he carried his luggage and planned to go home first.

The old lady saw it at this time and pulled him: "Where are you going?"

"Go home and sleep."

"Just came back, you are going home to sleep without a word..."

"Otherwise?"

"Eat before you go, I'll cook you some noodles, eat something hot. I don't know how long you sailed, eat something before going back to sleep. This trip is hard enough, you've been away for so long, and you don't know how to persuade Dongzi, he came back just now, and it's almost the New Year..."

The old lady nagged and pulled Ye's father to talk. Ye's father had to put down his luggage first and follow him into the house.

It wasn't just their family, the surrounding households were also brightly lit at this time, all surrounded by wives, children, and parents.

Although it was night, the whole village seemed to have come alive, and it was unprecedentedly lively in the middle of the night, and the atmosphere of every family was particularly harmonious.

They seemed to have returned like heroes, surrounded by their families and asked about their well-being.

Ye Yaodong sat down with Ye Xiaoxi in his arms, wanting to put her on the ground, but she hugged his neck tightly and wouldn't go down, and sat across him, almost strangling him to death.

He had a full face of doting smile: "Why don't you go down..."

"No, I don't want to, I want a hug, I want you to hug me..."

Ye Chengyang said happily: "Dad, I'll pour you tea."

Ye Chenghu also grabbed and said: "Dad, I'll give you... I'll give you... I'll bring your luggage in."

"No need for you to take it, those are very heavy, deal with it later."

"Then I'll get you foot washing water! Yes, I'll get you foot washing water."

"Okay, wash my feet by the way."

Ye Chenghu looked embarrassed, but also pretended to be happy: "Okay."

Lin Xiuqing said with a smile: "As soon as you come back, you make things difficult for them. They don't even want to wash their own feet. It's not bad that they can get you foot washing water."

"Haha, what are they planning, don't I know? Only if they perform well will they have gifts. If they don't perform well, they will have nothing."

"Dad, I don't make things difficult, I just want to wash your feet, I haven't washed your feet for a long time."

"Okay, then you wash my feet every day, wash them until the New Year. If you don't perform well, there will be no New Year's money for the New Year."

Ye Chenghu showed a smile uglier than crying: "Okay."

Lin Xiuqing touched his head and urged: "Be careful when installing hot water, don't scald yourself."

"Got it."

The old lady had already recovered at this time. She smiled and wanted to pull Ye Xiaoxi, who insisted on sitting in Ye Yaodong's arms.

"You hurry down, don't sit on your dad, he is tired, you are so big, and you have to sit on him."

"I'm not big, I'm small."

"It's 5 years old for the New Year, other people's 6 years old don't have your size..."

"Mom said I'm three..."

"That's the actual age."

Ye Xiaoxi shook her head like a rattle, hugging Ye Yaodong's neck tightly.

Ye Yaodong held her, pressed her frizzy hair, and smiled: "Then hold it, did you just wake up? Your hair is all sticking up."

She nodded heavily: "Brother called Dad back, so I got up."

Ye Chenghu hurriedly said: "Yes, I heard Brother Ajiang and the others next door shouting that Dad is back, so I got up immediately, and then I saw a lot of boat lights outside the pier, and a lot of flashlight lights."

Lin Xiuqing said: "I also heard noise around, looked at it, and found that the sisters-in-law next door were talking, saying that there were many boats at the pier, it must be you back."

"Why did you get home in the middle of the night?" the old lady asked.

"If we were to rush all the way, we should have arrived this morning. It's just too far, and it's not safe to sail at night, plus there are many small boats. When we arrived in Wenzhou last night, we stayed there for a night."

"Then safety first, it's necessary to rest for a night and sail during the day."

After Ye Chenghu got a basin of foot washing water for Ye Yaodong, Ye Chengyang also went to get a basin and poured hot water from the thermos.

The old lady hurriedly stopped him: "Your dad already has hot water to soak his feet, what are you doing?"

"I poured it for Grandpa, Grandpa is also hard."

Ye's father was full of smiles instantly: "Yangyang is still obedient."

Saying that, he touched the pocket on his body and took out a dime: "This is for you to buy something to eat."

"Hehe..." He skillfully stuffed the money into his pocket.

Ye Chenghu was still squatting there taking off Ye Yaodong's rain boots, looking eagerly.

Ye Yaodong said: "Dad, I have three children, how can you give one?"

Ye's father touched his pocket again, and gave each a dime.

Now everyone is happy.

Lin Xiuqing asked with concern: "Is it very cold above? Look at your face peeling, take a good bath after eating later."

"It's more than cold above, it's snowing, everyone is making snowmen."

Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang exclaimed in unison.

"Ah, it's snowing!"

"It's snowing! Really? What does snow look like? Is it the same as in the textbook?"

"I took photos, I'll show you later. Are you going to school tomorrow? Go to sleep early, don't surround here."

"No..."

Lin Xiuqing said: "You ask them to sleep now, how can they sleep? Just came back and it's affectionate, the gifts haven't arrived, drive them away, they are also like cats scratching in their hearts."

The two sons nodded like garlic pounding there.

"I don't want to sleep."

"I don't want to sleep either."

Ye Xiaoxi was playing with the stubble on his chin, and also said in a milky voice: "I don't want to sleep either."

Ye Yaodong smiled and patted her butt: "If you don't sleep, you won't grow tall."

"Don't sleep."

He smiled and used his chin to rub her tender face, making her giggle.

"So prickly... so prickly... no, I want to go down, I want to go down..."

Ye Yaodong happened to put her down, his legs were numb from sitting.

Originally, he sailed for a day and sat there, his butt was sore, his legs were numb, and when he came back, this little fat girl kept hanging on him.

Now finally willing to go down.

"Is there anything to pack first? You have a pile in the courtyard, I don't know which bag to organize first."

"You go and drag the sack that has a rope tied with a bow, and the mouth has burnt marks from a lighter, drag that sack in first, you should be able to see a few pairs of smelly socks on the top."

"Okay."

"Mom, I'll help you..."

"I'll help you too..."

The two boys actively stood up and shook their hands dry, and ran out behind.

Finally found the direction, knowing where to use the strength.