There were only eight or nine of their large ships sailing at high speed, half as fast as a group of fleets sailing.

They had walked this navigation route several times and were familiar with it. In addition, Ye Yaodong's 44-meter fishing boat took the lead, so any reefs had been detected in advance and could be avoided.

Several boats are all following behind the Yuanyang 1 boat, and there is no need to identify the direction, as long as they are responsible for following closely and not falling behind.

A group of fishing boats sailed from night to day, and from day to night without stopping.

It was originally expected to last for two days and arrive on the morning of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. In fact, we arrived earlier, at 2 a.m. on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

In the past, if I spent a night in Wenzhou, it would be dusk on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year when I arrived.

It was midnight when they docked, and the whole village was asleep. No one knew they were back, and they all thought they would get home after dawn.

It was Ye Yaodong who blew the whistle, a sharp sound sounded, and some houses on the shore lit up their lights one after another.

The village was also lit up with scattered lights.

The sound of the whistle is far away and can be heard by the whole village. What's more, it's the middle of the night, and the slightest movement can be amplified.

After the fishing boat was moored, most of the village lights were on, and people from the houses near the shore put on their coats and came out.

In the middle of the night, Ye Yaodong didn't unload the goods. After a boat with big red flowers tied on it came to pick him up, he let everyone go ashore one after another.

None of their boats came back. There used to be only small wooden boats in the village. This boat was still tied with big red flowers. I guess it was just delivered. Someone must have delivered the boat they ordered at the beginning of the year.

There were three to four hundred of them, and one boat had to make several trips.

After everyone got ashore, the shore was already occupied by villagers who had gotten up in the middle of the night.

Everyone was so excited to find their relatives that they couldn't stop talking.

Ye Yaodong and his father were the last to come ashore.

As soon as I landed, I was surrounded by beaming family members, including Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang.

"I didn't expect to come back so early..."

"Dad, you are back." Ye Chengyang said happily.

Ye Chenghu was also in high spirits, "Dad, we got up immediately to pick you up when we heard the whistle."

Ye Yaodong touched one with his left hand and one with his right hand.

The fragrance is far away and the smell is close. Now I feel that the two sons are a little cute.

"Why are you getting up in the middle of the night? It's cold and your nose is runny."

"Dad, we were worried about you, so we got up immediately when we heard the sound." Ye Chenghu said in a rare and sensible manner.

Ye Yaodong patted his head and said, "Go home first. It's windy on the pier. Don't catch a cold."

Lin Xiuqing also smiled and said: "Let's go back quickly. Your wife is still halfway there. Use a flashlight to stop falling."

"Why did she come out so late at night?"

"I asked her not to come out and sit at home and wait, but she insisted and asked us to come and pick her up first while she walked slowly behind."

"Let's go home."

The crowds on the shore had already moved towards the village one after another. When they landed now, it was already quite empty.

"Dad, are you okay? During the earthquake, we were all scared to death. The tables were shaking and everyone ran out of the classroom..."

"Yes, yes, everyone is standing on the playground. Fortunately, Dad, you didn't come back..."

Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "It's rare that you can care about me for the first time. It's a pity that I didn't buy you a gift this time."

"We don't want any gifts."

"Yeah, it would be nice if you came back. We have a lot of toys that no one else has."

Ye Yaodong was always pleased.

Lin Xiuqing said with a smile: "These two are quite worried about you. They were not there when I answered the phone two days ago. They went to the beach. They kept asking after I came back."

"It shows that I didn't raise it in vain."

"In this earthquake, more than a dozen boats in the village were destroyed. Most of them were old and worn-out, and they dispersed as soon as the waves hit them. Many boats in the surrounding area were also destroyed, but people were still okay because of the impact of the tsunami.

It was at night, and the intensity was not very strong. But the fishing boats that came offshore in the middle of the night suffered a lot, and corpses were recovered from the town in the past two days."

"I must have heard that there was an earthquake at sea, and then I was afraid and hurried to the shore. Who knew there would be a tsunami, and I fell into a trap. In fact, I should have gone to the deep sea."

"Yes, everyone said so."

"As long as everything is fine in the village."

Lin Xiuqing asked again: "You don't have any luggage to bring back this time, do you? You will only stay for a few days and then leave again. Can you take off the quilt and dry it in the sun tomorrow?"

"There are still a few ships of cargo. It is difficult to unload in the middle of the night. We will wait until tomorrow to unload. The workers have been assigned. You also have to prepare for weighing the goods tomorrow morning. The leftover goods sold above will be dried into dried fish.

Yes, everyone has brought it back. We will weigh it tomorrow and add some stock to our family."

"Okay, then I'll get up early tomorrow to prepare."

"What about the fish cannery?"

"It's very good. It's slowly getting on track. Now the shipments are slowly increasing. At first, I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to sell it. The warehouse was full, but I couldn't sell much."

"It was like this in the beginning, and it will be good as soon as sales open up."

Ye Yaodong was thinking that he might make some phone calls to the overseas Chinese in his family tomorrow.

The bagged fish sauce from the workshop is steadily transported to the provincial capital, and the goods are delivered by ship at a fixed time every month.

Communications are currently underdeveloped. It is normal to make a phone call every month or two. Generally speaking, it will not change easily unless there are special circumstances.

And their current shipping cargo is all outsourced to Lin Ji. This guy has actually come ashore in the past year and started to reverse the shipping transportation in the surrounding area.

He was already doing reselling work, and now he is pretty good at shipping goods back and forth between the two places. Occasionally he goes to the city to ask questions, and he can hear a few words. He has already set up an office.

Moreover, the fish sauce in the city is not only delivered to overseas Chinese, Linjishang also collects a batch regularly, and sets up a wholesale point in the provincial capital, which sells not only fish sauce, but also everything else.

Anyway, he has his own cargo ship, so he can collect some local goods wherever he goes and resell them back and forth.

It's the same as before, but it's not transported to the high seas, so it's not considered smuggling, and it can be considered a serious businessman.

"Now I stay in the workshop in the morning, ride to the factory with Ajiang at noon, and come back from get off work together in the evening, and I will patrol the workshop again."

"You just have to look at the arrangements. You just have to look around and inspect the place. Just leave the work to the workers. People are invited to do the work."

"Um."

"Dongzi...Dongzi..."

The old lady stood on the roadside with a cane, looking at the people walking into the village, stretching her neck and shouting, her voice being drowned in everyone's conversation.

They didn't hear it until they got closer.

Ye Yaodong walked a few steps forward to support her, and said helplessly: "Why are you running out at night? What are you causing trouble? Just wait at home."

The old lady smiled and touched his arm back and forth, "I'm impatient to wait, so why not come out and have a look? It's strong again and a lot darker..."

"Let's go home. You two support Mrs.

"Okay, Dad."

"No, I have crutches. I'll walk slowly and let them go back first. It's cold in the middle of the night and my nose is runny."

Ye Yaodong didn't say anything. The two sons glanced at him and walked to the old lady honestly.

The old lady babbled as she walked, "It's okay if nothing happens when we go out, but it scares us to death if anything happens."

"Tomorrow you also have to go to Guanyin Temple to worship. You can't just worship Mazu. You have to worship all the gods."

Ye Yaodong responded vaguely, then turned to talk to Lin Xiuqing again.

They all asked about family matters in the past two months, and we also talked on the phone, but nothing was explained clearly on the phone in person, and sometimes she was not there when I called back, so the old lady answered.

They accommodated the old lady and slowed down their pace, walking and talking as they entered the house.

Next door, Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua landed earlier than them and arrived home earlier than them.

At this time, the surrounding lights were brightly lit, and every household was happy. Even in the middle of the night, children got up and stayed awake, running around all over the house.

"Are you hungry? I'll cook you some midnight snack."

"Just keep it simple. Is the little one still sleeping?"

"Yes, she never wakes up from a thunderbolt. Even though there is so much noise around her, she still sleeps well."

Ye Yaodong nodded, put the sack at Lin Xiuqing's feet, took off his clothes and walked into the house. He also said to the others: "You should all go back to the house and sleep. Chenghu and Yangyang have to get up early for school tomorrow."

"I know, we'll go upstairs in a minute."

The two brothers were immersed in the joy of their father's return, and they couldn't bear to sleep. What's more, the neighbors were also making noisy noises, all of which were the sounds of children cheering.

Ye Yaodong did not bring any gifts this time. Others took advantage of the two days when they didn't come back to shop around to buy gifts, so he stayed at home and didn't go anywhere.

They usually bring gifts when they go out and buy enough. What don't they have? They only have more than others, not less.

If you take out anything at random, it will be the envy of the children in the whole village.

When the two brothers saw the sack he had put down, they wanted to grab it, but they didn't dare to move. They could only wander around and keep looking into the sack.
To be continued...