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 bed several times, only to find it was empty. 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!"
"Huh? Child?" Lin Xiuqing was stunned for a moment, then reached out and touched the side. When she didn't feel 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 he sleep..." The couple groped around on the bed and muttered to each other. They almost touched the whole 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."
"It's time to go to bed. It sounds very windy outside. I shouldn'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 a good idea 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. You shouldn't be able to go out to sea tomorrow anyway." Ye Yaodong was extremely awake at the moment, and it was quite difficult for him to fall asleep right away. If he couldn't sleep, he had to do something else, and his dirty hands were also Unable to bear it, he stretched it out.
Lin Xiuqing clapped his hand twice,
"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 on. 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 with a smile.
"What can a child eat without milk? Be gentle..." The cold wind whistled outside the house, but the inside of 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. Lin Xiuqing beside him had disappeared long ago, and 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 simply got up and went out to take a look. The old lady was wearing reading glasses, sitting on a chair and crocheting woolen slippers. She had been crocheting 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 we can't go out to the sea. Please 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 put on an extra layer of clothing and a scarf, and sit in front of the stove later to warm up. There are rice dumplings in the pot. They were made with the squid you caught yesterday. They are very fresh. You haven't eaten them yet. , eat two more later." When he came back last night, he saw many baskets hanging on the porch. In this cold weather, covering them with a cloth outside the house is 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, fell 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 early, otherwise he would be afraid that he would not be available 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 radish, cabbage, and sweet potatoes in the field. At this time in previous years, they would take advantage of the free weather to dry radish, 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, I can do it even if I 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're in such a hurry, didn't you say you'd 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 we can go and have a look together? Go early and come back early, so that you can keep thinking about it."
"Then you shouldn't have told 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 come home from school in the evening and call them to come and work? Go wash your hands and go, 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 okay, I'll go with you." Now Father Ye didn't hesitate any longer.
"Help me lift this basket of radishes into the house first."
"Trouble." After Ye Yaodong muttered, 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 needed! Money must be spent wisely!"
"You also know?" 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 self in just a moment, and said with a playful smile: "The tractor went to the west to pull gravel today, so I have no time." Father Ye rolled his eyes at him and said angrily: "I thought you had changed your gender, then. Your precious feet must be exhausted from riding a bicycle?"
"Occasionally, you need to exercise. Cycling is great, and you can also exercise. But there is no place to borrow bicycles. Each of them is treated as a family heirloom. Otherwise, I will lend you one to ride and let you exercise."
"You can pull him over! He must have thought that it would be more tiring to carry people, so he 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 home first. We dare not not borrow it even if we measure him."
"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 will do, and we can take turns carrying it."
"What does it have to do with a son-in-law, not to mention my brother, and he is not an outsider. What's the matter with borrowing a bicycle? Why are you so cautious?" Ye Yaodong said and pushed the bicycle around, heading to A Guang's place first. Father Ye 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, and he was so idle that he was almost going to be 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.
"Why are you pedaling so hard? The chain of my bicycle is about to fall off." Ye Yaodong pedaled the bicycle with all his strength. The north wind whistled and blew his hair back, and his voice broke when he opened his mouth. , and also ate a mouth full of dirt.
He pouted several times and drooled all over his face.
"Fuck~"
"Hey, hey, hey, please be more steady on the horse, and don't spin the car around! It's okay if you fall, but don't fall me." He wiped his face, and then quickly stabilized the front of the car.
"Go away! You have been eating and drinking at home all day, 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'll let you ride." He put on the mask by the way. Because he was riding in front, the wind blew in his face and blocked the mask tightly. He felt that his breathing was a little difficult. Just pulled down the mask.
Ah Guang muttered in dissatisfaction,
"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, and 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 putting gold on 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 did not follow behind him, and they were still stopping there bickering. He was speechless.
"It's important to get down to business. What are you talking about there? You have so much to say and you can't finish it, and you have to stop and talk in the middle of the road." Aguang complained quickly,
"Dad, Dongzi said that you look like you are old, so he will definitely be more handsome than you when he gets old."
"Nonsense, I obviously said you are old and have a vicissitudes of life on your face. Dad, he said you are as wrinkled as the bark of an old tree."
"I say you!"
"You go back, I won't take you with me..." Ye's father couldn't help but twitching at the corner of his mouth after hearing this. Why was he so worried that he listened to Dongzi's words 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." Aguang glared at him before stepping on. 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 along 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 your share of food."
"If you want the donkey to run away, why don't you let the donkey eat grass?"
"Are you a donkey?"
"roll……"
