Chapter 53: Sailing the boat to the shelter

Ye Fu put down his bowl and chopsticks and responded, "We have to sail to the shelter now."

This boat had just been repaired and was their family's treasure; it wouldn't be easy to lose it.

Although according to past experience, it was only just entering July and there wouldn't be a major typhoon, caution was better than regret; they couldn't afford to take that risk.

"Father, I'll go with you!"

"Want to be lazy and not work?" Ye Fu glanced at him sideways.

"Where, how could that be? Didn't you see how diligent I've been these past few days? The shelter shouldn't be far. Take me to see it, and by the way, teach me how to sail on the way?"

The shelter was in the sea area of their town and was indeed close. Taking him to see it wasn't impossible. Ye Fu only thought for a moment before nodding in agreement.

Ye Yaodong followed Ye Fu to sail the boat, while the others went to the construction site to work as usual. There was no impact on land; the sun was still hanging high in the sky, and there wasn't even any wind.

It wasn't until he got on the boat that he felt the typhoon was truly coming. The waves on the sea were rolling, kicking up layer after layer of spray.

Many small wooden boats only a few meters long were floating on the sea, reminding people of a single leaf-like boat in ancient times.

The boatmen were putting all their strength into rowing. They were probably all heading to the shelter. Ye Yaodong felt anxious for the boatmen, fearing that a wave would hit and capsize the boat. Fortunately, their family's boat was relatively large and wasn't manually rowed but had an engine and other drive systems added.

In this era, such small wooden boats were still very common; it would be a few more years before they were slowly phased out. The small boats for playing in parks in later generations were also much more advanced than this.

"Father, since the boat is going to the shelter anyway, let's cast a net. Don't waste the opportunity. Even if we catch some small fish and shrimp, it can count as a dish."

"Mm."

In order not to waste the opportunity, Ye Fu taught him how to sail and how to cast the net along the way, and even let him try sailing for a bit...

He listened and learned in a pretentious manner, but couldn't help saying, "Father, A Guang taught me this a few days ago!"

"So your meaning is that since someone taught you once, you've learned it all and don't need to learn anymore, right?"

"Uh... no, you have more experience. You speak, you continue to speak..."

It wasn't until the boat was close to the shelter that Ye Fu hauled in the net.

"Huh? There's quite a lot of goods! I see a big mud crab!"

After pouring out all the goods, Ye Yaodong first picked out the shrimp and crabs, then sorted them. "Yellow croaker, black porgy, spring croaker, water valley fish, small pomfret, sea eel, small squid, small tube squid... they're quite plump, and they all have roe in their bellies... Father, we only trawled for a little while, and this net is quite full!"

"Mm, it might be because of the typhoon weather; these seafood items were all rolled in by the waves."

This net could be considered not cast in vain.

After collecting everything, the boat sailed into the shelter.

The shelter was a port without loading and unloading equipment, and its sole purpose was to provide shelter for ships during storms, a harbor to avoid strong winds and waves.

The fishing boat mooring points in their town included Yujing, Yangtou, and Hengshan, three in total, and Hengshan's was the longest and narrowest, about 3 kilometers from the anchorage to the estuary, and the south bank had a standard sea dike to rely on, so the ships moored in the port were relatively safe when a typhoon struck.

In the narrow shelter only a hundred meters wide, as far as Ye Yaodong's eyes could see, boats of all sizes were lined up tightly together.

Looking around, except for the power-generating windmills on some small fishing boats that were spinning crazily, the rest of the fishing boats had all taken fastening measures and were motionless.

After Ye Fu moored the boat and took fastening measures, he called him to collect the goods and go ashore to go home together.

Ye Yaodong walked on the gravel road carrying a bucket of fish, watching a bus drive past him. He stretched his neck to look and couldn't help frowning. "Father, can't we take a bus? Taking a bus is so fast, it wouldn't take ten minutes to get home. This is going to take a long time to walk."

"Take what bus? Are your legs that precious? It's just a few steps, it'll take an hour to get home."

An hour, he sighed. People's legs nowadays can really walk.

The young people in the future, those legs are truly precious; in the village, they have to ride an electric scooter even if they walk for five minutes.

Ye Yaodong followed behind Ye Fu until his legs were almost soft before they reached home.

Ye Fu picked out the good goods that could sell for some money and put them in a separate bucket. "Go call your mother back to kill the fish, and by the way, go help with the work. I'll take these to sell."

Couldn't he let him sit down and rest for a while to catch his breath?

The old woman spoke up from the side, "What's the rush? Drink some water and rest for a while first. I just brewed a bucket of tea, and it needs to cool down. It'll be just right for Dongzi to carry over later."

Ye Fu glanced at them and didn't say much, directly carrying the bucket and going out the door first.

It was bright and sunny in the morning, but dark clouds drifted over in the afternoon, and it turned overcast. However, by the evening, a sunset appeared, and after the sun went down, there were evening clouds all over the sky. The weather in typhoon weather was just so capricious.

From the formation of a typhoon to its landfall, there would be a few days, and coastal cities would be affected to varying degrees depending on its trajectory.

Cloudy for a while, sunny for a while, this lasted for two days until the third day, when dark clouds covered the sky and heavy rain fell. The house construction also stopped, and they had to wait until the typhoon passed before they could start construction.

After Ye Yaodong finished breakfast, he felt bored and squatted under the corridor at the door, watching this capricious weather. It was raining pitter-patter when he just finished breakfast, and now the sun was out again?

The children at home couldn't stay still either. As soon as they saw it wasn't raining, they all rushed out to step on the water. He scolded them a few times but couldn't stop them, so he couldn't be bothered to care. Anyway, if they got wet later, they would all be beaten together.

"A-Qing, it's not raining right now, I'll take you to the seaside for a walk, do you want to go?" he shouted to Lin Xiuqing who was weaving a net inside the house.

"Why go to the seaside in typhoon weather? You'll just get swept away by the waves."

"The tide is receding, it's fine, and the sun is out right now, let's go..."

"I don't have time..."

"You can weave the net whenever, let's go, let's go, let's go see the waves." While speaking, he pulled her up.

With so many people in the house, pulling and tugging didn't look good, so Lin Xiuqing had no choice but to follow him up, complaining a few times about him delaying her work...

As a result, as soon as she came out of the house, she saw a group of children playing in the water, and she was instantly furious. "Eldest Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law, this group of little rabbits are stepping on water and playing, they're all wet."

Two figures instantly rushed out of the house, and not long after, the sound of children howling rang out.

After Lin Xiuqing finished beating the children and changed her clothes, she was pulled by Ye Yaodong toward the seaside again.

She complained as she walked, "In this typhoon weather, it's going to rain again in a while, why are you pulling me out? When can't you go to the seaside? Everyone is hiding at home, and you insist on going out..."

"Don't nag, I'll take you for a spin, see if there's anything to pick up?"

"Pick up what? How do you know there's anything to pick up?"

"You'll know when you go see."

"Didn't bring a bucket..."

"I have a sack in my pocket!" ===== CHAPTER 54 =====