Chapter 709

The father and son took advantage of the night, no one was around, and they were busy there, taking shovels, taking shovels, and occasionally scraping with hoes. The barnacles and shells under the boat fell all over the beach, and they didn't have time to pick them up.

They planned to scrape the whole circle of the boat side clean, and it wouldn't be too late to deal with those with shells on the beach.

On the night of April, the wind blowing was clearly cool, but the father and son were sweating, their coats were taken off and thrown on the flatbed cart, and they were sweating even though they were only wearing vests.

Mainly because they were thinking about taking advantage of the night when the tide just receded, and they were very hardworking.

Ye Yaodong stood on the beach for a while, and climbed onto the boat for a while. Mainly because the fishing boat ran aground on the beach and didn't stand up, so it was not easy to scrape, and the bottom of the boat couldn't be scraped. At this time, they could only scrape the edge of the boat body clean first.

After working for two hours, Ye Yaodong lifted his vest, wiped his face, and said: "Almost there, Dad? Have you scraped your side?"

"Clean it up, so it's easy to paint later."

"Wipe it with a rag, where it's not scraped clean, scrape it again."

"Hmm, you clean up these things with shells on the ground first, pick them into the basket, otherwise there is no place to put your feet."

"Good."

Ye Yaodong took down the baskets on the flatbed cart to load these shells and barnacles, and shoveled them into the baskets pile by pile with a shovel. In a while, it was full.

One bamboo basket was full, so he pulled it aside and continued to change one to load.

After shoveling for a while, he stood the shovel there and rested with his hands on it.

"Hoo~ tired to death, not even this tired when working on the ground."

"Have you ever worked on the ground?"

"Saying this, isn't there land in my courtyard?"

Although there is only a little bit, it is land anyway. At least he has taken a hoe, turned the land, and planted it seriously a few times.

"Just that little bit of land in your courtyard, also called working on the ground? When will you try to harvest grain in Dongqiao Village next door during the double harvest?"

"Nervous, don't you have work at home? Don't nag, is that side of yours ready?"

"Almost, you come here and shovel."

The father and son changed positions.

After working for half an hour, the boat body was cleaned again, and those with shells were loaded into bamboo baskets and lifted onto the flatbed cart.

"Is it almost okay?" Ye Yaodong saw the baskets piled up on the flatbed cart and said.

He raised his hand to look at his wrist again. Just scraping these barnacles and shells, he and his father were busy for almost three hours. The bottom of the boat hadn't been cleaned yet. It was already almost 11 o'clock, and the tide would rise again after 3 o'clock at night.

He looked at the intertidal zone in the distance, "We have to be fast, Dad, take advantage of the tide before it rises, finish painting and dry it early."

"Okay, okay, you go get the paint and paint the boat body once. We don't need to clean it, we have to wait for it to dry after cleaning, and we have to get water, it's too troublesome. Wipe it with a rag, paint it once first, paint the marks away and dry it first."

"Good."

Painting the boat body with black paint is rare to see anywhere. Generally, people paint blue or red.

Those big boats that run in the deep sea for 20 or 30 meters are basically red boat bottoms and blue boat bodies.

This black paint painted twice and covered the marks on the boat. The effect looked quite good, but he looked more and more like a pirate ship...

Originally, people just painted a black font, and didn't paint the whole boat black, and he painted it like this, looking more like a pirate ship than the authentic ones...

Ye Yaodong's movements became slower and slower as he painted...

"Dad, do you think painting this boat all black makes it look more like a pirate ship?"

"Uh... then what to do?"

Didn't say, he didn't think about it either. Once said, Ye's father looked at the boat body which was already a large piece of black, and felt it was quite like it.

Ye Yaodong stood up, walked back and forth with a brush in one hand, looked left and right, looked up and down, walked around the boat, thought of the red and white paint on the boat, and had a sudden inspiration.

"Already painted, no way, other colors can't be covered, only black, just paint black. Later, we will use the red and white paint. I just brought it out, originally wanted to use it to make marks."

Thinking that his father's brain was not as good as his, he handed the task of painting black paint to his father, and he went to carry the red and white paint down from the flatbed cart.

"You just paint black in the middle of the boat body, I will paint a white line on the upper part of the boat body, wrap it around the boat body, and then paint a red one after painting white, so it will look good, so it won't look like a pirate ship, there are three colors!"

Fortunately, when he painted it, the first thing was to paint the marks away. The parts painted were all around the marks, and he didn't paint to the upper part of the boat body.

Now only the middle of the boat body is black, covering the original marks, and they can make their own marks after painting.

Ye's father thought it was feasible, as long as it wasn't all black.

"Then paint the part below the waterline of the boat body red later. Although it is not that kind of special coating, the color looks more, and it can look better. With more colors, it won't look like a pirate ship."

"Okay, this way only the middle is black, and the top and bottom are red and white, which looks better."

Ye Yaodong thought it was feasible again. Just thinking about it, he felt it looked better than the single color they used to paint, with so many colors.

In the past, the villagers were all for saving trouble and money, buying the same paint, and painting it all over, avoiding too much surplus and waste.

Ye's father also smiled, "As long as it doesn't look like the legendary pirate ship."

The father and son rolled up their sleeves and started working.

Ye Yaodong specifically ran home once and took a piece of chalk that Ye Chenghu secretly brought back from school to play.

This kid threw it on the window, and he could see it every day when he went in and out to look at the calendar, which happened to come in handy.

He took the chalk and drew lines on the boat body first, so as not to paint it too ugly.

Keeping a width of about five centimeters, he drew two lines close together, and then picked up the white paint to paint first, planning to paint the top one white and the second one red.

Seeing him finish drawing, Ye's father also took the remaining chalk and planned to draw the waterline first, so as not to paint too much black paint.

The father and son have cooperated for so long, and they have a tacit understanding, dividing the work and working in an orderly manner.

Ye Yaodong felt more and more that he was really a material for work, and he became more and more handy as he painted.

Although there is not much red and white paint, the area involved is not wide, but it is barely enough to use.

Ye's father finished painting the black, looked at the white, red and black colors of the boat body, and became more and more satisfied. Painting it like this is much better than their own original boat.

However, while satisfied, he was a bit worried.

"Dongzi, is it okay if we tell the neighbors that this is what we bought after dawn? Can people believe it? If the people from Luzhoudao inquire everywhere, and it just happens that we suddenly have an extra boat at this time, will it be inquired by people?"

"And this boat of ours, appearing on the beach early in the morning, will it be a bit abnormal? Should we sail to other places and put it for a few days, and then sail it back openly, so it will be more appropriate?"

Ye Yaodong thought it made sense for his father to say so. They didn't release the wind in advance, and no one knew. Suddenly, a boat appeared on the beach early in the morning. He said he bought it, which felt too surprising.

And he suddenly thought that the opera would start in the village tomorrow, and Mazu's birthday would be in five days. Not to mention the villages in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages, county leaders would also come.

At that time, their village donated money to build the Tianhou Temple and it was in the newspaper. What if the people from Luzhoudao also came to join in the fun?

Mazu's small statue, you can invite one back to protect peace...

What if the people from Luzhoudao also came to donate some incense money, invite the small statue, and join in the fun?

He is a celebrity in the village now, and everyone knows his family's situation. Just inquire a little bit and the bottom will be leaked...

"Then sail to the town pier and dock for a few days? Wait until the Mazu birthday is over, and then sail back?"

"This is also okay. There are several piers in the town, and there are shelters nearby. You can park anywhere. There are many boats at the town pier. It's not eye-catching to sail to that side and park for two days."

"Hmm, it can't appear on the beach suddenly, and it's still at this time."

Mazu's birthday plus the Tianhou Temple's beam raising have already pushed their village into everyone's sight. At this time, if he has one more boat, he will really become a topic of conversation in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages. Originally, he was famous enough, so don't let thieves keep an eye on his house.

No matter what, it must be postponed for a few days.

Whether it is to avoid the most lively few days or to fear people's suspicion, it really cannot appear on the beach directly tomorrow.

"Wait until the Mazu birthday is over, I'll tell your mother, say someone wants to sell the boat, and you think it's cheap and want to buy it. Let her big mouth go out and say a few words, release the wind, and then we will sail the boat back."

"This way the villagers won't be surprised, at most they will say some sour words with envy and jealousy. Anyway, you made money selling dried fish, everyone knows, it's nothing to buy another boat, A-Guang's family also bought two boats."

Ye Yaodong nodded, "This is okay, perfectly reflecting my mother's value."

The correct way to use his old mother!

Ye's father rolled his eyes at him, "Hurry up and work, take advantage of the tide before it rises, the paint must be dry, and then it has to be sailed to the town."

"I bought this Taiwan goods, heard it dries very fast, there is wind at night, it will be dry after blowing, it should be in time. The tide will rise to the full at 3 o'clock at night, and it will rise to this position at 3 o'clock. I have almost finished painting."

"Then let it dry for a while, so as not to fade when it goes into the water. My black one is almost ready, and the paint is almost bottoming out. There is not enough red paint, so don't paint the part below the waterline first. Anyway, it has to be painted twice on the top. Wait for a few days after the Mazu Temple's limelight is over, and then sail the boat back to touch up the paint."

"Fading a little is not afraid. The position of the mark was painted first, and it should be dry now. I will make a mark in the same position first. Even if the black one fades, the color won't fade away. At most, it will fade a little. The one just painted is also quite thick, and it can be dried for another hour or two."

Ye Yaodong took the white paint brush and wrote the words "Ye San" on it. Anyway, he can always find reasons to compile.

Just say "I bought it in advance, let people paint a layer of paint first, and I chose an auspicious day to sail it back." Saying so is also okay, anyway, write your own name first.