Ye Yaodong sat on the bed and waited leisurely for Lin Xiuqing to come in with water for washing his feet.

Although she muttered that she was disgusted, she still gave him a bottle of foot-washing water after she finished chanting.

It would be better if you could wash his feet for him.

However, he was only prepared to think that he should wash her feet by himself. He was not a three-year-old child, and he did not drink too much. He just wanted to boss her around and gain a sense of presence.

"Where is my daughter?"

"Playing with my sisters next door."

"Pei Yu will deliver it early tomorrow morning. Please take care of it more."

"I know, you don't need to tell me? I happen to have Xiaojiu playing with me, and the two little sisters are also with me. It can also divert Xiaoyu's attention. I'm afraid that if I can't figure it out when I go to bed at night, I'll look for Huimei."

"Please coax me more, it should be fine with Xiaojiu here."

"We should ask them to send the child over in the evening, but thinking about it, they might be reluctant to part with it."

"It's the same as sending them over tomorrow. They always have to go to the city anyway, and they all have to be coaxed by you."

Lin Xiuqing sat on a stool and rubbed her temples, "I'm starting to have a headache now. I just sent away a big baby two days ago. It hasn't stopped for two days. Tomorrow, a smaller baby will come. It's even harder to coax. It's really terrible."

.”

"Someone can help divert her attention by having Xiaojiu at home who is of the same age as her. If she has a companion, if you can't stand it, send her there during the day and show it to her aunts for a while."

"Let's talk tomorrow."

"The Chinese New Year is over, and spring is about to begin. Remember to ask your mother to find out if there are lambs and ewes that are producing milk for sale. If so, buy them together. The most important thing is to buy a ewe, which can be used for the family.

The child drinks milk.”

"oh……"

While the couple was talking, the door was pushed hard, and the door panel was thrown against the wall with a loud bang.

The couple was so frightened that their hearts skipped a beat.

"Mom, Yangyang said that Tang Seng on TV is just as verbose as you, and what you say is just like the tightening curse that Tang Seng recited."

"Day by day, you two don't know what you are doing. The door at home is made of iron. Isn't it unbreakable? Do you want to push it open so hard? I think you have been having a good time for a few days. I don't know what your last name is.

Already."

Lin Xiuqing was startled, and Wuminghuo suddenly rose.

Ye Chenghu felt bad when he heard his mother's tone. He immediately took a few steps back and quickly followed up with a sophistry... no... an explanation...

"It wasn't me, it was Yangyang who said bad things about you and said you look like Tang Monk!"

"No, my brother said that!"

"I said Tang Monk was so long-winded and annoying, but you said he was just like my mother."

"I didn't. It's you who said my mother was just reciting the tightening curse!"

"I didn't, it was obviously you who said it..."

"You said..."

The argument between two children exposing each other's shortcomings...

Lin Xiuqing now habitually places the whip on top of the TV so that she can easily grab it without having to look for it everywhere.

"None of you are really honest. After a few days of having fun during the New Year, your skin is already loose. I haven't even settled all the debts with you. Do you think it's just over? You still owe me a beating from a year ago.

Until now, I don’t know how much has been accumulated..."

"After the New Year, I don’t know what my last name is. Do you really think that I have forgotten your account? I haven’t even asked you to settle the account for hiding the money. Why don’t you just shrink down a bit and still dare to make such a noise? It’s just the end of the New Year.

Okay, let’s settle the accounts..."

"Can you run away...are you afraid now? Come back here, you are not allowed to go anywhere..."

Ye Yaodong was soaking his feet in the house, listening to the scolding sounds outside, and couldn't help but feel happy. Fortunately, he didn't ask her to wash his feet. He was content with his life.

Early the next morning, Aguang brought Pei Yu over.

Pei Yu thought she was being asked to come over to play with Ye Xiaoxi, so she happily knocked on the door with her doll and told Ye Xiaoxi to get up.

A Guang also packed a large bag of her clothing and supplies and brought it over.

"In the next few months, I'll have to worry about my third sister-in-law. I'm not worried about letting my two younger sisters stay at home. They're not married yet. I'm more at ease if I leave them here with you. I can have a companion with Xiaojiu. You have a child here."

There are a lot of people, and if you have someone to play with, you may get used to it quickly.”

"It's okay. I happen to have a companion with Xiaojiu, so I can distract myself a little. My tractor also goes back and forth to the city several times every month. It's very convenient for you to come back."

"Well, I won't say thank you. We are all one family."

Ye Yaodong patted him on the shoulder, "Have you eaten your food? Do you want to eat some here?"

"After eating, we are all ready. Send the children over, and let A Liang and others take us to the city."

"Okay, I'll call him and take a cart of dried fish to the city."

After Ye Xiaoxi was woken up sleepily, she was happy to see that it was Pei Yu. Lin Xiuqing put Pei Yu on the bed and took some of the two sons' toys for them to play on the bed.

I bought two apple slices in advance and soaked them in salt water, then put them on the bed for them to eat at will. Some of them ate and some played with them. Neither of them looked for adults. They were very happy and the food tasted delicious.

Pei Yu only looked for her mother for a while while taking a nap, but with Ye Xiaoxi accompanying her, she fell asleep without much fuss. It was only at night that she started crying.

Ye Yaodong had already decided to go to sea on the tenth day of the lunar month. He set off at 7 o'clock in the morning to give his children a cry. He couldn't sleep anymore and went to the next door room to sleep. The two children could only be left to Lin Xiuqing to bear.

Fortunately, Ye Xiaoxi slept deeply. Although she was woken up by Pei Yu's cry for a while, she fell asleep quickly, otherwise Lin Xiuqing would have collapsed.

Pei Yu cried until late at night. She was tired from crying and drank another bowl of malted milk before falling asleep.

Lin Xiuqing lay down exhausted.

It's just that it was early in the morning and she had to get up early.

The Dongsheng is going to sea with the Harvest.

Ye Yaodong looked at Lin Xiuqing, who looked haggard, energetically, and didn't know what to say, "I'll ask my mother to come over and sleep for a few days, and I'll help coax her and give her a hug at night."

Lin Xiuqing nodded, "I think so too. Let her come and stay for a few nights and help with the child until she gets used to it."

"Um."

"Is there nothing left behind? Is everything packed? Is everyone here?"

"Everything is ready. Everything has been put on the boat. Everyone has had breakfast. We are ready to invite Mazu on board and leave."

Father Ye also came in and urged, "Okay, let's go, we still have to go to Thean Hou Temple."

"Okay." Ye Yaodong looked at Lin Xiuqing, "Don't follow me out. Just go back to the house and continue sleeping."

"It doesn't matter, just go out and watch for a while and then come back. I'll have plenty of sleep for the whole day."

Having said that, he wouldn’t persuade me anymore.

Father Ye had already pushed the cart, and the boatmen he called over were waiting at the door. Ye Yaodong also hurried out to follow.

His eldest brother, second brother next door, and other neighbors all went out to sea at night. It happened that the wind and waves were not big these two days, but the clouds were a bit thick. When they went out, the sky was still cloudy and foggy, maybe it was a little early.

They walked outside the pier and first went to Mazu Temple to worship. Ye Mu offered pig heads and other tributes prepared early in the morning.

In the old days, fishing boats going out to sea were commonly known as "kaiyang".

For the first time to "open the ocean", pig heads were used as offerings. At the end of the flood, pig heads and other sacrifices were also used to thank the Dragon King, commonly known as "thanking the ocean".

The fishing boat was smoked with early rice straw, and several small triangular flags made of red and white cloth were used. Each flag had the name of a god near the place where it came from, and was placed at the bow and stern of the boat in the hope of its protection and safety.

You must also carry salt, wheat, rice, calligraphy paper ashes, Buddhist horses, incense and silk, etc. to suppress strange encounters at sea.

After placing the tributes, they also offered three sticks of incense, and then invited a small statue of Mazu to the boat.

Firecrackers were set off on the shore, and a tribute was placed on the boat.

They also had to offer sacrifices to the gods on the boat, kneel and kowtow to the gods and then burn the plates, which are called "executive documents".

Under the guidance of his father, Ye Yaodong poured a glass of wine into the sea after the ceremony, and threw some pieces of meat into the sea, called "reward the wandering soul", in order to pray for smooth sailing for fishing boats.

After he finished, he burned three more sticks of incense, and everyone on the boat also took turns to burn incense and pay homage.

After Father Ye smoked the fishing boat with dried early rice, he burned the yellow paper around the fishing boat again, and then gave everyone three turns around their heads, hands, feet, and bodies.

After completing the ritual, everyone said a few auspicious words and then stood aside.

On this day, avoid saying unlucky words and avoid quarreling.

The people on the Harvest have been waiting there for a long time, and they can set off together as soon as they get it done.

Many people originally "do not believe in ghosts or gods", and Ye Yaodong originally was the same.

But after becoming a fisherman, he often worshiped the Dragon King, Mazu and other sea gods. This had nothing to do with superstition, but was more about fear and gratitude for the sea - he had to accept the hardships brought by the sea before he could receive the gifts of the sea.

This is life in the wind and waves, fighting the sea and living off the sea, holding half of your destiny in your own hands and entrusting the other half to the sea.

Standing on the shore, you can only see the dreamy beauty of the sea, but the sea belonging to fishermen is completely different.

The sea in the middle of the night is hidden in the boundless darkness, surrounded by an unknown world, and everything is vast and unpredictable.
To be continued...