I had only been working diligently at sea for two days, but unexpectedly on the third day, the cold air started to come and the temperature dropped again.
When sleeping at night, Ye Yaodong could hear the doors and windows banging loudly due to the wind, and the outside wind whistling.
He tightened the quilt and pulled the quilt over his wife and daughter next to him, but he couldn't touch the child for a while.
He stretched out his hand and touched the inside of the bed several times, only to find nothing. He quickly sat up, but the room was pitch dark and he couldn't see anything. He could only touch the bed with his hand.
"What are you doing? It's late at night, aren't you tired? It's already midnight..."
Ye Yaodong: "???"
"I'm touching the child!"
"Ah? Child?" Lin Xiuqing was stunned for a moment, and then reached out to touch the side. When she couldn't find it, she sat up.
"Where have you gone? This child is not a good sleeper. Ever since she could roll over, she has been rolling around like her two brothers and looking for her everywhere at night."
"She was wandering around during the day and looking everywhere in the middle of the night. Those two were looking everywhere during the day and wandering around in the middle of the night."
"Where did you sleep..."
The couple felt around on the bed and thought to themselves. They almost touched the entire bed before they found the child in the opening left by the railing at the end of the bed.
One of her feet had already come out and was hanging on the edge of the bed, while her upper body and the other foot were still curled up on the bed.
"Why do you sleep like this?" After Ye Yaodong touched the child, he picked her up and put her at the end of the bed, dumbfounded.
"I slept so badly, my hands and feet are cold."
"I'm going to bed. It sounds very windy outside. I probably won't be able to go out to sea tomorrow."
After covering the child with a quilt, he returned to his place and lay down.
Lin Xiuqing also lay down, "It's a cold day. It's good to rest for two days. The yard is full of sun and there's almost no place to bask in the sun."
"I'm just afraid there won't be any weather later."
"We'll see if we wait and see. If we dry it today, we should be able to weigh four to five thousand kilograms, which is enough for several deliveries. Otherwise, there will be too much and there will be no place to pile it up."
"It doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't rain."
"Crow's mouth! Go to sleep."
"Why are you sleeping? You're already awake. Anyway, I won't be able to go out to sea tomorrow."
Ye Yaodong was extremely awake at the moment, and it was quite difficult for him to fall asleep immediately. He couldn't fall asleep, so he had to do something else, and he couldn't help but stretched out his hands.
Lin Xiuqing patted his hand twice and said, "Stop making trouble, it's very late, go to bed quickly."
"Can't sleep."
"Close your eyes for a while and fall asleep."
"It's closed, I can't sleep."
"You keep moving your hands, it's strange that you can't sleep."
"You need to exercise to get some sleep." After Ye Yaodong said that, he turned over and pressed up.
Lin Xiuqing quickly pulled the quilt higher and covered him to prevent him from freezing.
"Why do you still have so much milk..." Ye Yaodong said vaguely.
"What will a child eat if there is no milk? Be gentle..."
The cold wind outside the house was whistling, but inside the quilt was full of heat and the smell was rotten.
In the early morning of the next day, the wind outside the house was still whistling, but Ye Yaodong woke up early because of his biological clock, and Lin Xiuqing beside him had disappeared long ago. Only Ye Xiaoxi was still huddled in the corner, sleeping soundly.
He lay down for a while but found that he couldn't lie still, so he got up and went out to take a look.
The old lady was wearing reading glasses and was sitting on a chair holding a crochet hook to hook up woolen slippers. She had been doing it for several days, and the woolen slippers in her hands were starting to take shape.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, she looked up and saw Ye Yaodong coming out, and said quickly: "The temperature has dropped today, the frost is heavy, the roof is white, the wind and waves are strong outside, and I can't go out to the sea, so I need to sleep a little longer."
"I know. When I heard noises at night, I knew I couldn't go out to sea today. I just couldn't sleep, so I just got up."
"Then wear an extra layer of clothing and a scarf, and sit in front of the stove later to warm yourself up. There are rice dumplings in the pot, made with the squid you caught yesterday. They are very fresh and you haven't eaten them yet.
I’ll eat two more later.”
When he came back last night, he saw many baskets hanging on the porch. On such a cold day, covering them with a cloth outside the house was equivalent to a natural refrigerator.
"I understand, where is Ah Qing?"
"I went to do laundry and haven't come back yet."
"It's a cold day and the wind is strong. What clothes should I wash?"
"What are you going to wear if you don't wash it? And the child's diapers are still smelly. It's so convenient for you to say it. Don't look at Aqing staying at home all day long. There are a lot of things to do. Please have some free time and use your hands.
They are all knitting there with their sweaters." The old lady once in a while said something to him.
Ye Yaodong touched his nose, remained silent, and silently went to wash his face and brush his teeth.
As soon as he opened the back door, the cold wind blew into his arms, making him shiver instantly.
The sky also looks gloomy. This kind of weather is suitable for sleeping under the quilt. Why is he getting up so early when he has nothing to do?
While brushing his teeth, he thought, since he couldn't go to sea today, it would be better to choose a different day. He would go directly to his father later, and the two of them would go to the shipyard to have a look.
If he went to see him early, he could make plans in advance, otherwise he would be afraid that he would not have time in two days.
Father Ye was pulling radishes by the back door early in the morning. It was unusually windy today, so he didn't have to work, and it didn't rain. He planned to pull out all the radishes in the vegetable patch in the backyard and use them to dry.
Recently, the whole family has been busy drying fish, and they have no time to take care of the radishes, cabbage, and sweet potatoes in the fields. At this time in the past, they would take advantage of the free weather to dry radishes, dry sweet potato shreds, or make sweet potato powder.
He was hunched over and had just pulled out a basket of radishes when Ye Yaodong came.
"father."
"It's just in time. Help me take the radishes and wash them. I'll slice them into pieces and dry them later."
"What's the point of sunbathing when there's no weather? There's no sun at all."
"It's okay. You can do it even if you blow it. The sun might come out at noon."
"Come on, don't be busy with this. Let's take advantage of today's free time and go to the shipyard to have a look."
"Today?" Father Ye straightened up in surprise and looked at him, "You are so anxious. Didn't you say you would wait until the delivery of goods comes back before you go?"
"Isn't this because I have nothing to do today, and I got up early, so let's go and have a look together? Go early and come back early, so you can keep thinking about it."
"Then why don't you tell me earlier? I've already pulled out half of my carrots."
"Who knew that you had nothing to do but ate too much and got up early in the morning to pull carrots? Why don't you wait for the kids to get out of school in the evening and call them to come and work? Go and wash your hands and go away. Don't be busy."
"Then... then leave it here." Father Ye was a little reluctant to do half of the work. It would take most of the day to go there, which would be too much of a delay.
"Let's go. If you don't go, I'll go by myself."
"Ah? That's alright. I'll go with you." Now Father Ye didn't hesitate. "You help me lift this basket of radishes out of the house first."
"trouble."
After Ye Yaodong muttered something, he and his father pushed a basket of radishes into the house, and then the two of them pushed the bicycle out.
"Why didn't you call a tractor today? Why did you push a bicycle? It's so rare."
"No money required! Money must be spent wisely!"
"You know that too?"
Father Ye looked at him in surprise and suspicion. Isn't it a shame to say this so confidently?
Ye Yaodong returned to his true colors in just a moment, and said with a playful smile: "The tractor went to the west to pull gravel today, so I don't have time."
Father Ye rolled his eyes at him and said angrily: "I thought you had changed your gender, so your precious feet will be exhausted from riding a bicycle?"
"Occasionally, you have to exercise. It's great to ride a bike, and you can also exercise. But there is no place to borrow bicycles. Each one is like a family heirloom. Otherwise, I will lend you one to ride and let you exercise."
"You can pull it down! You must have thought it would be more tiring to carry people, so you decided to lend me a ride."
Ye Yaodong laughed and did not refute.
"Oh, by the way, you can borrow it from Aguang. He has one at home. Let's go to his house first. If we measure him, we won't dare not borrow it."
"Don't bother him. After all, it's a bicycle, and it's a big item. It's a long way, so don't break it. One is enough, and we can take turns carrying it."
"What does it have to do with a son-in-law and a son-in-law, let alone my brother and not an outsider. What's wrong with borrowing a bicycle? Why are you so cautious?"
As Ye Yaodong said this, he pushed his bicycle around and went to A Guang's place first, and Ye's father had no choice but to follow.
I just didn't expect that as soon as Aguang heard that they were going to the shipyard, he immediately said that he would go too. Anyway, he was idle at home. He was so idle that he almost got moldy. It was rare for him to join in the fun.
In this way, what was originally a two-person trip suddenly became three people, and Ye Yaodong was destined to have to carry one person on his back.
"Why are you riding so hard? My bicycle chain is about to fall off."
Ye Yaodong pedaled his bicycle hard. The north wind howled and blew his hair back. His voice broke when he opened his mouth and he ate a mouthful of dirt.
He pouted several times, but his face was covered with saliva.
"Fuck~"
"Hey, hey, you should be more steady on your horse, and don't turn the car around! It's okay if you fall, but don't throw me."
He wiped his face, then hurriedly stabilized the front of the car, "Get out! You have been eating and drinking at home all day long, and your face has grown as big as a dish. Do you know how much you weigh now?"
"Where is it? I just ate some of my wife's leftover soup and water."
"I'm almost like a pig! I'm so exhausted, I want you to ride on me."
He put on his mask by the way. He was riding a bicycle in front of him, and the wind blew in his face, which blocked the mask tightly. He felt a little short of breath, so he pulled the mask down.
A Guang muttered dissatisfiedly, "I'll do it, I'll do it, and I'll let you express so many opinions. Why should I wear a mask? A grown man wears a mask all day long, he has no face to see others!"
"What do you know? After 30 years, I will still look like this, but you will have to go through the same vicissitudes as my father."
"Pull you down, stop trying to flatter yourself, sooner or later you will become as wrinkled as the bark of an old tree..."
"What are you doing?"
Father Ye rode out for a while, only to see that they were not following behind him, but they were still muttering and bickering. He was speechless.
"It's important to get down to business. What are you talking about there? You have so many things to say and you have to stop and talk in the middle of the road."
Aguang complained quickly, "Dad, Dongzi said you look like you've been through the years, he will definitely be more handsome than you when he gets older."
"That's nonsense. I obviously said that you are old and have a vicissitudes of life on your face. Dad, he said that you are as wrinkled as the bark of an old tree."
"I said you!"
"You go back, I won't take you with me..."
Father Ye couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth after hearing this. Why was he so confused that he listened to Dongzi and borrowed a bicycle to bring these two ancestors together?
"What are you talking about? If you don't want to go, don't go. Go home."
"Go, I'm going!" Ye Yaodong glared at A Guang, "It's all your fault! Hurry up and ride."
A Guang also glared at him before stepping up.
When Father Ye saw that they had stopped, he turned around and continued riding. However, just in case the two stopped arguing again, he rode beside them.
Although he didn't stop halfway, his ears didn't stop all the way.
"Damn it, you're fucking heavier than me. You have the nerve to say I'm heavy. I can't even pedal..."
"Shit, I have the nerve to say that I'm useless. Hurry up and pedal faster. Don't pedal until it gets dark. I didn't bring you any food."
"Why don't you let the donkey eat grass if you want it to run away?"
"Are you a donkey?"
"roll……"
Chapter completed!