Ye Yaodong himself had nothing to pack. He was the only one who got off the boat, and there was everything in the house.
I also picked up the gifts from the ship in the morning. Now that I want to leave, I can leave immediately.
The twins knew yesterday that they would go back in the next two days. They went to the factory this morning to tell them in advance that they would pay their wages and let others take over first. They thought they could go shopping in the afternoon and buy some things to take back, but now they can only leave temporarily.
people.
Fortunately, they have been here for a long time, and they often use postal money to go back home. They also have some knickknacks stored around them. Now that they are going back early, they still have something to take home with their families.
Ye Yaodong rode his bicycle to the pier first, letting his father and others walk behind. He also bought something to eat on the way.
Now only the three large boats in his hands are still stuck at the dock, and other fishing boats have left first.
I just forgot to ask his dad how long it took for the other ships to go?
It's almost 1 o'clock now, 4 hours have passed since the time mentioned in the morning, but there are many people, and they don't walk that fast.
If the voyage is only two or three hours, they might be able to catch up if they go faster. After all, the remaining three boats are fast and there are no small boats to drag them down.
After Ye Yaodong went to the pier, he paid some money and asked the small boat on the pier to take him to the big ship.
There were people on the three boats watching. When they saw him coming, they thought he was going to get on the boat again to get something. Unexpectedly, he set off immediately and they were going back immediately.
Everyone cheered, thinking that they would have to wait one more day, but they didn't expect that it would be the same as other ships.
He also asked everyone how long the other boats had been traveling, and they said it was almost three hours.
Ye Yaodong thought to himself that it should be pretty much the same. As long as his father and the others move faster and come here earlier, there should be no problem in catching up.
After all, there are many fishing boats in the large army, so the small boats are accommodated.
With this in mind, he also ordered others to prepare and drive the Dongsheng to the shore to wait to pick up the people. After everyone arrived, he set off immediately.
He also went to the ship to check everything.
Father Ye did not disappoint him. He did not ask everyone to rely on two legs. Instead, he took a tractor to the dock and followed him on both legs.
As soon as the Dongsheng docked at the pier, people arrived, so he also ordered people to weigh the anchor, and left immediately after the people were in their places.
Father Ye couldn't help but talk to him again after the fishing boat started sailing and connected to the VHF frequency.
"You said you were in such a hurry..."
"Then if you think it's too late, we can stay one more night?"
"Then it's better to go back now. There's no point in staying another night. It's only afternoon now. It's a pity. We'll have to get home at night."
"It's just night, I can get a good night's sleep after I get home, I can go out for a walk after dawn, I can tell the villagers that I'm not tired after a whole day, and I won't waste time bragging."
If we set out early this morning and arrive home in the evening, it will be dark immediately, no one will see us, and we will have to carry things, which will delay our bragging.
Father Ye chuckled, "I don't know if we can catch up with the boat in front of us. Let's drive faster."
"Um."
"Didn't you say that things weren't settled so quickly? Why did you come back all of a sudden just after dinner? Why couldn't you settle the debt? Could it be that he wanted to default on the debt?"
"No, the factory is not like our fishing boat. How much money you make can be calculated immediately and then divided. This requires the accountant to calculate the sales expenditure for the whole year. The workload is heavy. You can't just go over and ask him to do the calculation.
It’s calculated…”
Ye Yaodong explained it to his father.
"Then you should have called in advance..."
"I didn't know that coming back today was a temporary decision. Anyway, when the new year is over, we have to make some calculations."
"I'm just afraid that people will fake it..."
"If there are accountants who specialize in accounting, they won't make false accounts. They should be pretty much the same. Even if they are true and false, we can't help it. Let's give people more trust. Anyway, as long as we get some money, we won't lose.
"
"Then we'll have to make another trip after the Chinese New Year."
"Let's see when the time comes. If you have money to share, are you still afraid of making a trip?"
"I'm worried about being cheated."
"It's not a loss if I'm cheated. I can keep my mind calm. I only sold a few of these lighters sporadically and I earned back all my money. In the end, I took advantage."
Father Ye stopped talking now.
The three boats accelerated throughout the journey. Ye Yaodong's Ocean No. 1 was much faster than the other two boats. He also exercised some restraint. The speeds of the other two boats were quite similar.
When the father and son connected to the channel to chat, they did not hear the movement of other fishing boats. They were talking on the channels specific to their boats.
Both of them thought about driving further away and trying to contact each other again.
In the middle of the afternoon, the sun was very bright, and the sea was shining with golden light. He wore toad glasses until the sun set in the west, hid in the clouds, and almost set, then he put them away.
Ye Yaodong thought to himself that their three ships had sailed for almost three hours, and the distance between them and the fleet in front should have narrowed a bit.
He tried to access the channel again, and sure enough he heard the familiar noise again.
"Brother? A Guang?"
A Guang exclaimed, "Oh shit, Dongzi? Your ship has sailed out?"
Ye Yaopeng also said: "Dongzi, have you finished your work? Didn't you say that you can't finish it in a while and you have to leave tomorrow?"
Ye Yaodong explained to them, and said that he was behind them at this time, and the distance should be about an hour or two.
Just by reporting the coordinates, no one could judge the distance. They only told him to go as fast as possible. Because they had a fleet, their speed would definitely be slower.
Father Ye also said: "You drive your own car and be careful on the road. You don't have to wait for us to slow down. We still have several hours to go home and we can still catch up."
"Yes, if you keep the three big boats behind, the boat will go faster."
"Now we are back together again, no one was delayed."
"It's just too late to dock, it's midnight..."
They contacted each other and after chatting for a few words, they started chatting about irrelevant things.
As night fell, the sky quickly became dark, and everyone's journey slowed down a bit, whether it was the boats in front or the three boats at the back.
After all, the visibility is limited in the dark night, so it is not suitable for traveling. You have to be careful to prevent hitting the rocks.
After it got dark, everyone's desire to talk also decreased. Ye Yaodong had already cut off contact and switched to the maritime information channel to listen to the information.
When the time comes, I switch to listening to the weather forecast, and I also switch to the safety communication channel from time to time, but there are no entertainment channels.
The new boat has just been obtained, and it is only officially used today. It is still very new, and it is not rare enough. I want to switch to every channel to listen to it.
Not to mention, the signal of his VHF is obviously stronger than that of the Dongsheng and the Fresh Ship.
The fishing boats shuttled forward in the dark night. It was more difficult to catch up with the fishing boats in front, and the distance shortened at a slower speed.
Ye Yaodong also checked the watch on his wrist from time to time. According to his estimation, he should be home before 12 o'clock, and not a little later at the latest.
This is due to the wrong wind direction in winter and the slow travel speed at night.
He estimated based on the speed of their three boats.
Other boats had jumped the gun, so it was about this time. Fortunately, they had jumped the gun. Otherwise, when he went back with him, he would have had to accommodate everyone else's speed, and everyone would not be able to get home until early in the morning.
But even if we get home at this time and unload a ship of goods, how long will it take? We’ll talk about it then.
As time goes by, the distance between them gradually shortens.
Ye Yaodong suddenly heard A Guang calling him on the public channel. After he responded, the two of them connected to their own channels at the same time to avoid occupying public resources.
"Dongzi, we arrived in town, where have you been?"
"I'm probably faster. The distance should be very short."
"In the middle of the night, we won't wait for you. We will continue to the village. Is your new boat going to dock in the town?"
"Yes, there is nothing on the new boat. When I get to the town, I will dock the boat to the town pier, then transfer everyone to another boat, and wait until tomorrow morning to go to the town and drive the boat around the village
The sea surface turns around."
"Okay, then you still have to enter the port. If there are any delays, we won't wait."
"Um."
Ye Yaodong was looking ahead and saw a large flashing light in front of him.
"I saw your fishing boat, and all the little light bulbs were moving in front of it."
"I also saw three light spots at the back, which are the front and rear feet."
"Well, you go back first."
"good."
Father Ye realized that he had arrived in the town and saw the fishing boat in front of him. He quickly connected to the channel and said, "Catch up. We are almost home. Are we in town?"
"Yes, we just caught up with them. Dad, your boat is following them. The Dongsheng boat will follow me into the port and stop. Later, we will transfer all the people to the Dongsheng boat and enter the village."
"Okay, your boat can't dock at the village pier. You can only come and sail to the sea level along the coast when the tide is high tomorrow."
Chen Laoqi should also tell him that he knows.
The three boats now separated again.
After Ye Yaodong docked the ship at the deep-water port in the town, everyone moved to the Dongsheng and then drove to the village.
At this time, the ship in front had already moved far away, and no light could be seen.
It wasn't until they were approaching the village pier that they saw the light spots on the fishing boats in front of them, as well as the patches of light on the pier. They were probably still carrying luggage, and there were people moving along the shore.
"Finally home!"
“We’re home now!”
Everyone was so excited. When they were in the town, they stood on the deck to enjoy the cold wind and watched. Now the village is in front.
The speed of the fishing boat also slowed down, and it slowly merged with the four boats docked in the middle of the sea.
Father Ye was still standing on the fresh food boat. There were only two workers on the boat, and there were no people on the other boats. They were all carrying luggage on the shore at this time.
When he saw the Dongsheng coming back, he shouted to Ye Yaodong: "Dongzi, what should I do with the goods you brought back? The workers' luggage and sundries have been transported to the dock in one boat. I dare not touch your things.
"
Ye Yaodong waited until the two boats got closer before climbing over, "Let me take a look and nothing has moved."
"The dried fish has not been moved. There are too many. I thought it would be better to transport it directly to the city. There is no need to unload it. Just unload it on the deck. Our luggage has not been moved either. The others have been
Send them ashore first, separate them so as not to mix them up when carrying them."
"Then let's wait until the cargo on their ship is finished unloading, then bring the ship over, and then transport our own things. The dried fish will be put away first."
"That's what I thought too. I'll open one later."
Ye Yaodong entered the cargo hold and led others to remove the things and luggage he wanted to take off the ship and put them on the deck.
By the way, he also looked for the bag of dried fish that he had marked. When he put it on the boat, he paid attention to it. It would be easy to find it now.
As soon as Father Ye saw him dragging out a bag of dried fish, he knew that this kid really wasn't teasing him at that time. He was serious and really hid it inside.
“I’m not afraid of the fishy smell either.”
“Just right for covering up the smell of fish to cover up the smell of copper!”
"Nervous, gold is not copper."
"That's how money corrupts."
"I'm so nervous. If there's anything else, drag it out quickly."
"It's almost all here."
"The fishing boat has also arrived, let's move it on first."
Ye Yaodong first locked the warehouse and then checked the equipment of the fishing boat. After all the goods were loaded onto the boat, everyone jumped on board.
At this time, there were people and luggage on the shore, and everyone was still distinguishing their belongings and noisily.
Their belongings were in a separate boat, and after landing, they were loaded directly onto the tractor, along with a large number of beddings they brought back, which almost took up a whole truck.
He had someone deliver it to his door first. From a distance, he could already see the lights on more than a dozen houses by their beach.
The workers have already packed their luggage, and some have already gone to the village.
Ye Yaodong said to everyone on the pier: "Comrades, we're home! Let's eat, drink and have fun at home, relax and celebrate the New Year happily!"
"Wow!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"Last time, wages were calculated until the end of the month, and this month there are exactly 7 days...that's not right..."
He looked at his watch with some uncertainty, "Oh, it's past 12 o'clock now, it should be counted as 8 days. Then the wages for these 8 days will be paid to you tomorrow, but you have to come over and work for half a day tomorrow morning.
Come on, help me unload the dried fish on the deck, and weigh other people’s dried fish and carry them into the warehouse.”
"no problem!"
"I'll come over early tomorrow morning to unload!"
Ye Yaodong smiled and clapped his hands, "Okay, let's talk about it. We'll wrap things up tomorrow. This trip is over successfully. Let's call it a day. Let's go back to our homes, find our mothers, and get some rest early."
"Haha, how can I find my mother when I'm sleeping? Then I have to find my wife."
"Hahaha……"
"Let's go, let's go home and sleep."
After everyone laughed for a while, they all packed up their luggage and walked and chatted in twos and threes, all very happy.
"I'm finally home. I've been away for half a year, but it's better to be at home..."
"Yeah, it's better to be at home. It's freezing outside and snowing, but it's not that cold here."
"When I get back, I will show the photos I took above to my wife and children. I will envy them so much..."
"Haha, I probably won't be able to sleep at night..."
Ye Yaodong's luggage was pulled to the door of his house by a tractor. He and his father were walking on the road empty-handed, chatting with other people.
When they reached the door of the workshop, the two of them walked in and took a look. There were dried fish everywhere and large tanks on the ground. They looked no different from before they left, so they felt relieved and went home first.
.
Before they even reached the door of their home, they saw that even the children had gotten up and were all jumping and screaming excitedly at the door.
Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua, who arrived home first, were already surrounded by their children. They were calling daddy one after another, which sounded particularly affectionate.
And his child was already running over, shouting, "Dad, you are finally back, dad, it's great..."
"Dad...you are finally back..."
"Dad, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you 100 times every day, and I just want you back. Dad, I miss you so much..."
Ye Xiaoxi ran at the back, muttering non-stop, hugging his legs and sitting on the instep of his feet, raising his head and chanting non-stop.
"Why are you back! I've been waiting for so many days!"
"Why did you come back? I'm almost angry..."
"If you don't come back, I won't want you anymore and I'll get angry."
As she said this, she burst into tears, "Why did you come back..."
She had snot and tears, and she rubbed them on his trouser legs while crying.
Ye Yaodong smiled and lifted her up, "Damn, why are you so heavy! You can't even hold me, little fat girl!"
Ye Xiaoxi cried louder, "Mom said I wore too many clothes and wasn't fat. I'm not fat."
The two silly boys were also very excited around him. After chattering about "Why did he come back?", they asked: "Dad, why did you bring back all the quilts? Do we have any gifts?"
Ye Yaodong had no time to care about them at this time and tell them about gifts. He was surrounded, and his ears were filled with their voices, and he didn't know who to answer.
The old lady was leaning on a cane and looking at him with tearful eyes. Her cloudy eyes were full of tears and she was muttering, just come back.
"Amitabha, Mazu bless you... Just come back, just come back... Don't go out next time..."
Lin Xiuqing was also smiling, her eyes were red, "Why didn't you call in advance? I didn't know you were coming back today, and you didn't tell me when you called me a few days ago."
"The weather up there is not good, there is a cold wind and snow every day, and we don't know when the weather will be good and we can come back. Today was also a last-minute decision. We originally thought we could wait until tomorrow to get home."
"Just come back, don't ask, just go inside first. It's so cold outside." The old lady kept looking at him with concern, "I've lost weight again..."
"It's hard to eat and sleep outside. I've lost so much weight and become darker. I didn't tell you I'd be coming back today earlier. If I told you earlier, I would have stewed the chicken in advance. Now I can have a hot bite right away when I come back."
"You look so haggard. I don't know how long the boat has been sailing. You must be exhausted. Go inside first."
The children pulled him and tugged on his sleeves as they walked home.
Father Ye had long realized that he was a little redundant. While they were talking, he had already gone to find his luggage.
When they entered the yard, he picked up 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."
"As soon as you came back, you went home to sleep without saying a word..."
"What if?"
"After you finish eating, let's go. I'll cook some noodles for you and have a warm meal. I don't know how long you've been on the boat. Eat something to go back to sleep. This trip is hard enough. It's been so long, and you can't sleep."
I don’t know how to persuade Dongzi, but I haven’t come back until now, and it’s almost the New Year..."
The old lady kept asking Father Ye to talk, so Father Ye had no choice but to put down his luggage first and follow her into the house.
Not only their home, but also the surrounding homes were all brightly lit at this time, surrounded by their wives, children, and parents.
Although it was night, the whole village seemed to come alive. It was more lively than ever in the middle of the night, and the atmosphere in every family was particularly harmonious.
They seemed to be returning heroes, surrounded by their families and asking about their welfare.
Ye Yaodong sat down with Ye Xiaoxi in his arms and wanted to put her on the ground, but she hugged his neck tightly and refused to go down. She also straddled him and almost strangled him to death.
He had a doting smile on his face, "Why don't you come down..."
"If I don't want it, I don't want it. I want a hug. I want you to hug me..."
Ye Chengyang said happily: "Dad, I will pour you tea."
Ye Chenghu also rushed to say: "Dad, I will give it to you... I will give it to you... I will bring your luggage in for you."
"You don't need to take them. Those are very heavy. We'll deal with them later."
"Then I'll give you water to wash your feet! Yes, I'll give you water to wash your feet."
"Okay, help me wash my feet by the way."
Ye Chenghu looked troubled, but he pretended to be happy and said, "Okay."
Lin Xiuqing said with a smile: "As soon as you came back, you made things difficult for them. They didn't even want to wash their own feet. It would be nice if they could give you foot-washing water."
"Haha, don't I know what their plans are? If you behave well, you will get a gift. If you behave badly, you will get nothing."
"Dad, I'm not embarrassed, I just want to wash your feet. I haven't washed your feet for a long time."
"Okay, then you can wash my feet every day until the Chinese New Year. If you don't behave well during the Chinese New Year, you won't get any lucky money."
Ye Chenghu showed a smile that was uglier than crying, "Okay."
Lin Xiuqing touched his head and warned: "Be careful when filling the hot water, don't burn yourself."
"knew."
The old lady had calmed down by now. She smiled and tried to pull Ye Xiaoxi, who insisted on sitting in Ye Yaodong's arms.
"Come down quickly and stop sitting on your father. He is exhausted. You are so big and you still have to sit on him."
"I'm not big, I'm small."
"You are already 5 years old during the Chinese New Year. Other people who are 6 years old are not as big as you..."
"My mother said I was three years old..."
"That's one year old."
Ye Xiaoxi shook his head like a rattle and hugged Ye Yaodong's neck tightly.
Ye Yaodong hugged her, pressed her frizzy hair, and said with a smile: "Then hold her. Did you just wake up? Your hair is all curled up."
She nodded heavily, "My brother called me daddy and got up."
Ye Chenghu said quickly: "Yes, I heard Brother Ajiang and the others next door shouting that Dad is back, so I got up quickly, and then I saw a lot of ship lights and a lot of flashlight lights outside the pier."
Lin Xiuqing said: "I also heard noises around me. I got up and took a look, and then I realized that the sisters-in-law next door were talking, saying that there were many boats at the pier. It must be you guys who are back."
"Why did you get home so late at night?" the old lady asked.
"Originally, if we had gone all out, we should have been able to get there this morning. But it was too far and it was unsafe to sail at night, plus there were many small boats. When we arrived in Vancouver last night, we stayed there all night.
"
"Then safety first, we need to rest for one more night and then sail during the day."
After Ye Chenghu gave Ye Yaodong a basin of water to wash his feet, Ye Chengyang also went to get a washbasin and poured hot water from a thermos bottle.
The old lady quickly stopped him, "Your dad already has hot water to soak his feet. What are you doing?"
"I poured it for my grandpa, who also worked hard."
Ye's father instantly smiled and said, "You are still so good."
As he spoke, he touched his pocket and took out a dime, "I'll buy you something to eat here."
"Hehe..." He quickly stuffed the money into his pocket.
Ye Chenghu was still squatting there taking off Ye Yaodong's rain boots, watching eagerly.
Ye Yaodong said: "Dad, I have three children, how about you just give me one?"
Father Ye touched his pocket again and gave each person another dime.
Now I am all happy.
Lin Xiuqing asked with concern: "Is it very cold up there? Your face is peeling. Take a good bath after dinner."
"It's not only cold up there, it's also snowing, and everyone even built a snowman."
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 a photo and will show it to you later. Do you still have to go to school tomorrow? You go to bed early and don't hang around here."
"don't want……"
Lin Xiuqing said: "If you tell them to go to bed now, how can they sleep? They just came back and were kissing each other, and they didn't get any gifts. If you drive them away, they will feel like cats are scratching their heads."
The two sons squatted there and nodded like garlic.
"I don't want to sleep."
"I don't want to sleep either."
Ye Xiaoxi was playing with the stubble on his chin and said in a sweet voice, "I don't want to sleep either."
Ye Yaodong smiled and patted her butt, "You won't grow taller if you don't sleep."
"Don't sleep."
He smiled and took his chin to rub her tender face, making her giggle.
"What a scumbag...what a scumbag...No, I want to go down, I want to go down..."
Ye Yaodong just put her down, and his legs were numb from sitting down.
It had been a day's sailing and he was sitting there. His butt hurt from sitting and his legs were numb. When he came back, this little chubby girl was still hanging on him.
Now I am finally willing to go down.
"Is there anything you need to pack first? You have a lot of them all piled up in the yard, and I don't know which bag to pack first."
"Go and tie a bow on a bag of rope. There are scorch marks on the mouth from being burned by a lighter. Drag the sack in first. You should see a few pairs of stinky socks on top."
"good."
"Mom, let me help you..."
"I'll help you too..."
The two boys quickly stood up, shook their hands, and ran out.
I finally found my direction and knew where to put my strength.
14,000, I wrote 14,000 today. I updated a chapter at 7pm, and now I updated another chapter at 2am.
Chapter completed!