Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1126 Natural and man-made disasters
Ye Yaodong also found it magical when he saw his father's confused expression which seemed to have not yet come to his senses.

This trajectory is really completely different.

"My grandfather left home when he was a teenager. Why didn't he think of going back to visit?"

"In times of war and chaos, is it that easy to go out?"

"Too."

It was a turbulent era with foreign invaders rampant. Only in the past two years did people not need a letter of introduction when traveling.

"Then shall we really go there then?"

"Let's go take a look. The people who can repair the ancestral hall are probably wealthy families. Since you invited us, there must be no ill intentions. It's okay to go and take a look at your grandfather's hometown."

"Then tell your uncles. Since you are going, they must go with you. However, there are still two months to go, so we can ask them in advance."

"Ah."

Father Ye bent the peeled bamboo strips in his hand again and again, but he didn't continue weaving the basket. It seemed that he was still digesting it.

The father and son sat there blankly thinking about it. They had never thought that after his grandfather died, they could still trace their ancestry back to their roots. It was something they had never thought of in their entire lives.

"This... You are getting more and more successful. I didn't expect that you can find your ancestors again?"

Ye Yaodong opened and closed his mouth. He didn't expect that. He just knew Ye Yaohai.

"Oh yes, there are also overseas Chinese, who might be a big clan."

Father Ye nodded happily, "Yes, we have to go and take a look."

He shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it in two months. Anyway, you should talk to your uncles first."

"Ah."

Ye Yaodong got up and walked back home. He went back and told the old lady and Lin Xiuqing everything again. They both looked confused and surprised. However, the old lady might know more and accept it faster. She just said that since there was a chance now, it might be good to go over and take a look.

During lunch, they were also discussing this matter at home.

"Are our family going to move to the provincial capital?" Ye Chenghu looked at them in surprise.

Ye Yaodong said angrily: "Who is talking to you? What does it have to do with you? Eat your meal. The adults are talking, why do you, a child, butt in on the conversation?"

"Oh, cousin Ayuan said he's moving to the city and will be studying in the city in the second half of the year. I thought we were moving to the provincial capital."

"That's a nice thought."

"hey-hey."

"If we move to the provincial capital, we'll be moving to a mountainous area in the provincial capital. Do you want to go?"

Ye Chenghu hesitated and said, "Can we come back?"

"Can't bear to stay here?"

“I like our place here.”

Ye Yaodong's expression softened a bit, "Let's eat."

For the next two days, they and the two families next door were discussing this matter, but after the situation changed, no one discussed it anymore.

It had been sunny for just a few days after I came back, and suddenly it started to be windy. Under the scorching sun, there was a cool breeze. The children were very happy and kept shouting that a typhoon was coming from morning to night.

The adults are all worried about the typhoon, but they are carefree and are still hoping that the weather will be cooler when the typhoon comes.

In the evening, when the villagers were sitting at the door and chatting, they were also talking about the coming typhoon.

“There is no year without a typhoon.”

"It's OK if there's no big typhoon, but I don't know what will happen to those people who stayed in Zhejiang Province."

"My husband called me in the evening and said that we didn't go out to sea today because it was raining intermittently. There have been more boats on the sea in recent days, and the looting has been going crazy. The locals are fighting each other. They are afraid of being arrested again, so they stay away and go out to the sea to look for it. They said that they didn't get much after a day, and it's not as good as before."

"It would be better to come back sooner. Now there's a typhoon and we have to rest for at least a week."

"Who says it's not true? What I earned these days is not as much as what I earned one or two days ago."

"It's good to make money, at least it's better than resting at home. Now it looks like a typhoon is coming, so I really need to rest."

"I don't know when this typhoon will pass. Oh, hurry up and play the weather forecast. I'll go back and listen to it. Otherwise, tomorrow there might be another windy, rainy, and power outage. I won't be able to listen to it."

One person slapped his thigh and shouted, and everyone else stood up. Those who had a TV went home to watch the weather forecast, and if they didn't have one, they would go to someone nearby to watch it.

Ye Yaodong and his family also went back to the house to listen to the weather forecast. After waiting for a while and listening to the news, the weather forecast came. It turned out that a typhoon was coming, so it became cool today.

However, the sun was shining brightly the next day as usual, but the waves at the beach were even bigger, and the children were happier. They ran to the shore whenever they had time and picked up some seafood that was washed up by the waves. No matter how the adults shouted and scolded them, it was of no use. After they were beaten and the pain subsided, they would still run there again out of itchiness.

The same thing happened to several people in his family. They would be beaten if they picked up buckets of trash and brought them home.

The abnormal weather continued for another two days. The sky became gloomy and there were gusts of howling wind. However, as long as it didn't rain, the children would still run around outside.

They were all running with the wind, screaming as they ran.

"I'm going to be blown away by the typhoon~"

"Look, I'm opening my mouth and drinking the northwest wind..."

"You idiot, it's a typhoon, you are eating the typhoon..."

"Wow, I was fanned against the wall..."

"It's so cool and refreshing..."

"Ah! It's raining, it's raining~"

"Come here, the heavy rain is coming, go home quickly..."

It was raining heavily, and the rain was blown by the wind into large flakes. The middle-aged women all ran to the door and shouted at their children, asking them to come back quickly.

It was a rare opportunity for Lin Guangyuan to watch a typhoon at the seaside. It was so novel that after entering the house he stood by the window and looked out at the surging waves.

"Aunt, your house is really solid. It doesn't leak. It didn't even rain during the typhoon. It's so comfortable."

Ye Chenghu was very proud, "Our house is a new one. Our old house used to leak and mushrooms grew everywhere when it rained."

"The waves outside are so big. They were big a few days ago, but I didn't expect them to be even bigger after the strong wind. It's so spectacular. Wow, they're crashing down..."

There was a huge wave rolling outside, and then it crashed down with a loud crash, turning into foam all over the ground and seafood crawling everywhere.

"Will the waves hit your house?"

"No, but fish will fall in front of our house. Let me tell you, there were a lot of fish during the typhoon. They kept falling in front of our door. It was amazing."

"Really?" Lin Guangyuan's eyes sparkled, his head pressed against the glass and his facial features twisted. "There really are fish. When the waves hit, fish are jumping on the ground. Oh, can we get out?"

"No, the typhoon has started. You can't go anywhere. You can only stay at home and play with your toys. Go upstairs. You can't watch TV. The power is out."

"Ok."

No one moved, and everyone gathered at the window to look at the rolling waves outside.

Ye Yaodong also sat on the table with his feet up. He could do nothing on a typhoon day and could only sit in the house and wait for the typhoon to pass.

Because the sky outside was dark, the house was also dark. It was clearly still morning, but there was nothing to do at home at this time, so there was no candle lighting, and they just sat there and talked.

From morning to night, the sound of the wind kept getting stronger, and when night fell, the whistling sound reached its peak.

For some reason, typhoons are always the loudest at night, but the whole family feels especially at ease staying indoors, as the noise outside does not affect the house.

Ye Xiaoxi was extremely excited in the room. Even when she was about to fall asleep, she was still doing somersaults.

"Dad, it's so scary outside, are you going to catch ghosts again?"

Ye Yaodong paused for a moment while lying down, then turned his head to look at Lin Xiuqing.

Lin Xiuqing glared back.

He laughed and said, "I won't catch any fish today. I'm a little tired. I'll take a rest."

"Ah, is catching ghosts tiring?"

"Ghosts will suck people's yang energy. If you catch ghosts too frequently, your father will be sucked dry."

"What about fighting goblins?"

"Well, goblins can suck people's spirit. You can't do it too often, or you'll become listless. You should go to sleep."

"What nonsense are you talking to a child?" Lin Xiuqing rolled her eyes at him, then looked at Ye Xiaoxi who was full of curiosity, "Go to sleep quickly, and stop asking so many questions. Why are there so many questions?"

"Why are there ghosts in this world?"

"Don't talk nonsense so late at night."

"why?"

"Because I need to sleep at night."

"But you sleep during the day. You and dad also slept during the day the past two days."

Ye Yaodong was worried that Ye Xiaoxi would piss Lin Xiuqing off, so he immediately covered her mouth and held her down, "Go to sleep."

"I don't know why there are so many problems every day." Lin Xiuqing complained, blew out the candle, and went to bed quickly.

After seeing that the room was completely dark, Ye Xiaoxi continued to ask questions and rolled around as usual, looking like she had no intention of sleeping at all.

The couple responded to her for a few words at first, but later they were too lazy to pay attention to her and let her roll around talking to herself. It took a long time before she became quiet and fell asleep.

Lin Xiuqing then sat up and covered her with a small quilt.

Ye Yaodong whispered: "After this typhoon passes, I may go to Zhejiang Province again."

"Do you really want to go?"

"Well, after this typhoon passes, the trench will probably be empty, and everyone else should be back soon. I'll just go over there and avoid them."

"Then there won't be any conflict if we don't catch jellyfish. That's fine. You can see if anyone calls to report the situation after the typhoon."

"Well, let's see what happens tonight. By the time we wake up tomorrow morning, the typhoon will have passed. It will either have made landfall or will have changed direction. We'll have to wait a few days for the sea to calm down, and we can rest at home for a few days."

"Today's wind looks quite strong. The weather forecast two days ago said it was a super typhoon..."

Ye Yaodong also heard the windows shaking and banging. "It won't land here. At most it will just pass by. It's a super typhoon, so it's a super typhoon. Anyway, we can withstand it."

Suddenly, they heard a loud noise outside, accompanied by the sound of something breaking and hitting the ground. The sound of the wind seemed to get louder, as if it was right next to their ears. He quickly sat up.

"I went out to take a look, and it seemed like the glass was broken?"

Lin Xiuqing also sat up out of concern, lit a candle, and went out to take a look.

As soon as the couple opened the door, they heard the whistling sound of the wind outside. The candle was flickering in the wind coming through the window. Lin Xiuqing quickly put out her hand to protect it to prevent it from going out and making it impossible to see anything.

The old lady also held a candle in her hand, opened the door and came out, "I seemed to hear the sound of glass breaking..."

"Ah! The window is really broken. The wind is coming in and the rain is pouring in."

"Move the things next to the window first, and take a picture for me."

There are still a lot of debris piled up in every corner of the house. Now that the window glass is cracked, the wind is blowing in and the rain is pouring in. I still have to clean up the debris and move it to other places.

"There is a conch on the ground..."

Ye Yaodong also saw it and quickly walked over to pick it up. "It looks like the window was broken by the conch. It seems dangerous to live by the sea. On typhoon days, all kinds of things fall from the sky..."

"It's so big... Hey, it looks like a snail at home..."

He flipped through the pages and said, "It's a Phoenix snail. I found one on the beach two years ago. Here's another one. Looks like we're going to make a fortune."

"Ah? These snails aren't very expensive."

"This conch symbolizes wealth and fortune, a good omen! May peace and prosperity come to you!"

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "Then we got rich in the past two years because we picked up this conch two years ago? Now we picked up this conch again, are we going to get rich again?"

"Yes, that should be it!"

"I'll slice it and fry it tomorrow. It's still pretty big."

The old lady said, "Go get a bucket, fill it with clean water and add some salt, and put it in the bucket to keep it. Suddenly, a snail will hit it and break the window. You will have to spend money to repair the window tomorrow."

"It's normal during a typhoon. Even if there are no conches, there will be tiles and stones. It's normal for glass to be broken."

The Phoenix conch is the first of the four famous conchs. It has very beautiful colors and patterns, and its shape is like a phoenix's tail, which means attracting wealth. Moreover, this conch can blow out a sound like a horn. After it is released, a single shell can be sold for dozens to hundreds of yuan.

The Phoenix snail has very high requirements for the water environment and grows slowly. Later it was upgraded to level two, but now there is no shell left to keep as a souvenir.

He already has many large conch shells at home, including two of these Phoenix conch shells.

After handing the conch to Lin Xiuqing, he moved all the things in the corner near the window. During this time, the rain kept pouring in and he got wet.

The glass suddenly broke in the middle of the night and there was nothing we could do. We could only leave it empty and let the wind blow in. There was nothing else we could do.

Fortunately, there was no dried fish in the house, so we moved them all to the city and there was no need to worry about them getting damp.

After finishing their work, the couple went back to their room to continue sleeping.

The next morning, the wind had obviously died down, leaving only waves and light rain. The children at home got up and were surprised to see a big hole in the window downstairs.

"Why didn't I hear any sound?"

"I didn't hear it either. I didn't even hear the wind when I fell asleep last night."

"You guys are like pigs when you fall asleep. You don't even know the sky is falling."

"There are so many seafoods on the ground outside. Let's go out and pick some seafoods..." Lin Guangyuan was excited and wanted to go out with the bucket. "It's not raining outside anymore, and the wind is also weak."

"It's still raining, so you can't go out so early in the morning. Just stay at home. If you don't behave, I'll send you back to the city tomorrow."

Lin Guangyuan suddenly quieted down, sat obediently by the window, and looked outside eagerly.

Ye Yaodong put on his straw raincoat and ran next door to call his two brothers. They went back to his hometown first and just glanced at the messy seafood at the door.

He was shocked when he entered the village. The tiles on many houses' roofs were half blown away, many windows were broken, the roofs of the pig pens were blown off, and most of the adobe walls collapsed.

Early in the morning, many families, young and old, were wearing straw raincoats, standing at the doorstep in the rain, busy with tidying up things, and cursing.

Fortunately, their seaside village is made up of stone houses. At most, there will be some problems with the roofs, but the houses are solid and will not collapse.

"Was the wind so strong last night?"

"We slept soundly..."

"Me too, I just felt the wind was strong, but nothing else felt different from previous typhoon days."

"That's because our house was newly built and is very solid, so it wasn't affected much and I slept well."

Ye Yaodong only felt that the wind was strong at night. Apart from a piece of his window being broken, he did not feel that the power was so strong. He slept well in the second half of the night.

Everyone looked left and right along the way and felt that the impact seemed to be quite serious this time. When we arrived at our hometown, we saw two pieces of glass broken and a small part of the roof tiles flew away. Only then did we really get the impression that this typhoon was a really strong typhoon.

"Forget it, there's no need to bother. It's already like this. Let's take my parents away and wait until the rain stops. Then we can hire someone to do the glass and buy tiles to repair it. We can't do anything now."

"Well, it's still raining, so it's inconvenient to do anything. Anyway, we have a room there."

Other people's houses only have one room and they have no facilities. They have to repair it even when it is windy or rainy. Otherwise, if it rains heavily outside, it will also rain heavily inside, and they will have nowhere to stay.

When Ye's father and mother saw them coming, they immediately packed up their things and followed them to their new home to take shelter. At least they had a place to live, so they didn't care that much about the old house and didn't have to repair it in the rain like everyone else.

As Ye's mother walked, she said, "Why is this typhoon so strong... In the middle of the night, there were sounds of tiles being blown away and falling everywhere."

"Apart from the sound of the waves and the wind, everything else is fine."

"Have you been to the beach? How's the boat? We didn't know it was going to be this strong beforehand. We thought it was just passing by, and the boat didn't go to a safe harbor."

"I only saw the Dongsheng and Fengshou floating on the beach. I don't know about the other ships. When I came over, I saw quite a few people heading to the beach..."

As long as these two boats are in good condition, it doesn't matter what happens to the other fishing boats. He has sold all the small wooden boats and the trawler is still in the shipyard, so there is really nothing to worry about.

"...I didn't know where to find it beforehand, and it was just gone..."

"The demon cultivators...their ships have all been destroyed..."

As their family just passed by a few people, they heard this. Father Ye quickly pulled the people aside and asked, "Whose boat was destroyed?"

"There are quite a few of them, some of which are just pieces of wood..."

Father Ye looked at the three brothers and said, "Let's go to the dock first."

Ye's mother was also worried that the boat was lost, so she followed them to the dock.

There were also quite a few people going to the pier, and some coming back from the pier.

When people who came back from the dock were walking around and promoting the event, more and more people wearing straw raincoats went outside the dock. Some of them didn't even care that it was raining in their own homes and hurriedly ran out, fearing that something might happen to the fishing boats, as these were their livelihoods.

Before we reached the pier, we saw a lot of wood and debris floating all over the beach, as well as some wood chips.

Everyone was concerned about their own boats and their eyes were all looking for their own. They were relieved to see that their own boats were still docked there. Some who had not seen their own boats started cursing and ran forward anxiously, wanting to take a closer look.

There were already women at the dock crying and wailing.

"I just bought it and it hasn't been out to sea for two days, but it was washed away by the waves. Damn it, how could I be so unlucky..."

"Damn it, there are typhoons every year. How can we survive? The roof is gone, and the boat is gone..."

Ye Yaodong felt relieved when he saw that his fishing boats were all fine. Hearing other people crying, he went to look for the small wooden boats he had sold, and found that there were indeed fewer...

That's really sad. I only got it a few days ago and haven't been out to sea many times...

"Ah? Adong? Oh, the boat we just bought was destroyed by the typhoon..."

"The other ships were fine, but your ship was destroyed? Was it because the ropes were not tied properly?"

"How is this possible..."

"Then I have to ask you, why are others fine, but you are gone?"

As soon as he was pulled to talk, he knew that they must want him to compensate or something like that.

What does this have to do with him? Still thinking about 7 days without reason?

He has already sold it several days ago. Can the natural disaster be blamed on him?
Ye's mother also said immediately: "We knew about the typhoon a few days ago, but you didn't pay attention to it and didn't come out to take a look. Now the boat is gone. What can you say to Dongzi? It's yours after it's sold. You didn't take good care of it."

The other party hesitated, "After all, I just bought it and it's gone..."

"You also said you bought it, so what does that have to do with us?" Ye's mother replied, and then she took the others away, "Let's go, go back, just take a look."

Everyone followed and walked back together.

When there was no one around, Ye's mother said, "Fortunately, your boat sold quickly!"

Ye Yaopeng said: "I don't know what the typhoon is like in Zhejiang Province..."

"As long as they don't go out or run around, they will be fine."

Ye Yaodong wondered what had happened to the old house after the typhoon. He would have to go take a look after the typhoon.

After the typhoon, the rain was still pouring down. It was not until the afternoon that the rain became lighter and the wind completely died down. All the children ran out happily, picking up things all over the shore, without any worries like the adults.

They also heard at the door that the people who stayed in Zhejiang Province to catch jellyfish had lost several small boats, and even old boats were broken into pieces. It was said that the impact there was much greater than here.

Some locals were worried about accidents with fishing boats and wanted to sail their boats to a safe harbor, but they were destroyed by the typhoon halfway.

Everyone at the door was terrified as they listened to the rumors going around the village. Some family members went straight to the village committee to wait, waiting for a call from there to report the news at any time.

"I wonder if there are any casualties in our village..."

"Losing the boat is a small matter, but losing the people is a big matter..."

"Oh, if I had known that, I should have followed them back earlier, instead of staying there just to make more money..."

"Yes, we didn't salvage for a few days before another typhoon came. There have been many typhoons in the past two or three months..."

"What can I do if I don't make any money? It was someone who called me and told me about it before. It sounded very detailed."

Ye's mother went out for a walk and came back. Everyone in the family also knew about the rumors outside.

"It's a good thing you guys came back, otherwise the whole family would have to worry."

"It's dangerous to go out to sea, and they're in a foreign land. Those people are just unlucky. They encountered all kinds of problems..."

“I guess they came back right after the typhoon.”

Ye Yaodong's confidence was not wrong. The next day, the whole village was rumored to have heard that those people were about to return after the storm.

No matter how much money he made, he suffered from imprisonment, typhoons, and rejection by the locals. It was all kinds of natural and man-made disasters.

During mealtime, Ye's mother kept saying, "I heard that two of Aguo's boats were destroyed, leaving three. They said that the money earned from this trip might only be enough to cover the cost. It's a waste of time. Fortunately, your elder and second brothers are back."

"They still owe Ah Sheng the money to redeem himself." said Ye's father.

"If they come back, there will be some more noise. Luckily, they are brothers from our family. It is none of outsiders' business. They can settle it among themselves."

Father Ye looked at Ye Yaodong again and said, "We'll settle the outstanding accounts when they come back. You can go over after that."

"What? Where are you going? You're still going there? What are you going there for? Everyone is back, why are you still running there?" Mother Ye widened her eyes and stared at Ye Yaodong in surprise.

Ye Yaodong ignored his mother and only said to his father: "Of course, we have to wait for them to come back. I will go there after I understand the situation and settle the accounts. If they can't pay, then we will deduct it from their monthly dividends."

"Are you really going there? Why are you going there?"

"I used to go fishing. What else can I do?"

"Then everyone else has returned, and you are the only one left to go there. How dangerous is that? No matter how much money you make from those sea urchins, their lives are not as important."

"Without those people, maybe I would be safer on my own."

Without a large group of people, the number of flood seasons is decreasing, and naturally the danger is relatively less.

And if he goes again, he will definitely go to the city. There are many fishing boats docked in the city. As long as there is not a large group of people, foreign ships will not be so conspicuous.

Lin Xiuqing was a little conflicted. "Then we should wait for those people to come back and ask around before going. It's only mid-August now, and the flood season lasts until October. It's just that the continuous natural and man-made disasters have made some people unbearable. Some people want to come back, and the rest don't want to stay."

"That's what I thought. Since everyone said they were coming back, I'll definitely wait until they come back."

The old lady sighed, "Dongzi has grown up and has his own ideas. He is the real head of the family now."

Ye Chenghu whispered, "Isn't it mother?"

Ye Yaodong glared over.

"That's what you said... You said whatever my mother told you to do, and you did it..."

"If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute."

　I'm a little late today because of a problem

　　
　
(End of this chapter)