Back to the small fishing village in 1982

The father and son took advantage of the night and there was no one around, they kept busy there, the one with the shovel took the shovel, the one with the shovel took the shovel, and scraped with a hoe from time to time, the barnacle juveniles under the boat rattled The ones dropped all over the beach, and they haven't had time to pick them up yet.

They plan to shovel the entire length of the side of the hull, and it won't be too late to deal with the shells on the beach.

On an April night, the wind blowing over was obviously still chilly, but the father and son were sweating from the heat. They took off their coats and threw them on the cart casually.

The main reason is that I thought in my heart that the tide just ebbed at night, so I could get it done early, and I worked very hard.

Ye Yaodong stood on the beach for a while, and then climbed into the boat again. The main reason was that the fishing boat was stranded on the beach and did not stand up, so it was difficult to scrape, and the bottom of the boat could not be scraped. Scrape the top of the edge hull first.

After working for two hours, Ye Yaodong lifted up his vest, wiped his face, and said, "It's almost done, Dad? Have you finished shaving?"

"Clean it up and paint it later."

"Wipe it with a rag, if it's not scraped clean, just shovel it again."

"Well, you should clean up the shelled ones on the ground first, and put them in the basket, otherwise there will be no place to step down."

"it is good."

Ye Yaodong took off the baskets on the cart to put these juvenile barnacles in, and used a shovel to shovel piles into the baskets, and in a short while, it was full.

When a bamboo basket is full, it is pulled aside and continues to be changed.

After shoveling for a while, he stood there with the shovel and rested his hands on it.

"Huh~ I'm so exhausted, I didn't feel tired when I went to the ground."

"Have you ever been to the ground?"

"Speaking of which, isn't there land in my yard?"

Although there is only a little bit, it is still the ground. Anyway, he has also taken a hoe, turned over the ground, and sowed several times in a serious manner.

"Just a little bit of land in your yard is also called the land? When did you wait for it to be robbed, and you go to the next door Dongqiao Village to try harvesting the rice?"

"Nervous, don't you have a job at home? Don't talk too much, is your side alright?"

"It's almost there, come here and shovel."

The father and son exchanged places again.

After working for more than half an hour, the hull was cleaned again, and those with shells were put into bamboo baskets and carried onto the cart.

"It should be enough, right?" Ye Yaodong said when he saw the full baskets on the cart.

He raised his hand and looked at his wrist again, just shoveling these barnacle spats, he and his father have been busy for almost three hours, and the bottom of the boat has not been cleaned yet, it is already almost eleven o'clock, and the tide is more than three o'clock at night It will rise again.

He looked at the intertidal zone in the distance, "Let's hurry up, Dad, before the high tide, we should finish brushing and dry earlier."

"Okay, okay, go get the paint and paint the hull. We don't need to clean it anymore. After cleaning, we have to wait for it to dry and fetch water. It's too troublesome. Wipe it with a rag and paint it first. Brush off the marks and let it dry first."

"it is good."

The hull is painted black, and it is rare to put it anywhere. Generally, people either paint it blue or red.

Most of the big ships that run in the deep sea at 30 to [-] meters have red bottoms and blue hulls.

Two brushes of black paint covered up the marks on the ship, and the effect looked good, but the more he looked, the more he looked like a pirate ship...

Originally, they just painted black fonts, not the whole ship black, but with his painting, it looks more like an authentic pirate...

The more Ye Yaodong swiped, the slower his movements became...

"Dad, do you think we painted this ship all black, making it more like a pirate ship?"

"Uh... so what should I do?"

He didn't say anything, and he didn't think about it. When he said it, Father Ye saw that the hull of the ship was already black, and it seemed to be quite similar.

Ye Yaodong stood up, walked back and forth with a brush in one hand, looked left and right, up and down, and walked around the boat for a long time. Thinking of the red and white paint on the boat, he had an idea.

"It has already been painted, there is no way, other colors can't cover it up, only black, let's paint black, we will use red and white paint later, I just brought it out, I wanted to use it as a mark of."

Thinking that his father's brain was not as good as his, he handed over the task of painting the black paint to his father, and went to pick up the red and white paint from the cart by himself.

"You just paint black in the middle of the hull, I paint a white line on the top of the hull, go around the hull, and then paint a red line after the white line, it will look better, and it won't look like a pirate ship , there are three colors!"

Fortunately, when he first painted, the first thing to do was to paint off the marks, and the parts he painted were all around the marks, not the area above the hull.

Now only the middle of the hull is black, covering up the original marks, and they can still put their own marks after painting.

Father Ye thought about it and thought it was feasible, not all black.

"Then I'll paint the lower part of the hull red by the way. Although it's not that special kind of paint, it looks a bit more colorful and looks better. It won't look like a pirate ship with more colors."

"Okay, this way only the middle is black, and the top and bottom are red and white. It looks better."

Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt that it was feasible. Just thinking about it, he felt that it was much more beautiful than their previous monochrome painting, with so many colors.

In the past, folks bought the same kind of paint and painted it all in order to save trouble and money, so as to avoid too much surplus and waste.

Father Ye also laughed, "As long as it doesn't look like the legendary pirate ship."

The father and son rolled up their sleeves and said they would do it.

Ye Yaodong even made a special trip home and took the chalk that Ye Chenghu secretly brought back from school to play with.

This kid throws it on the window, and he can see it every day when he goes in and out to look at the calendar, and it will come in handy.

He took a chalk and drew lines on the hull first, so as not to make it too ugly.

Keeping a distance of about five centimeters, he drew two lines next to each other, and then picked up the white paint to paint first, planning to paint the top line white and the second line red.

Seeing that he finished painting, Father Ye also took the remaining chalk, planning to draw the waterline first, so as not to paint too much black paint.

The father and son have cooperated for so long, and they have a tacit understanding. They divide the work and work in an orderly manner.

Ye Yaodong felt more and more that he was really good at work, the more he painted, the better he got at it.

Although there are not many red and white paints, the area involved is not wide, but it is barely enough for one coat.

Father Ye finished painting the black and looked at the white, red and black colors of the boat. The more he looked at it, the more satisfied he was. After painting it like this, it looked much better than their original boat.

However, while he was satisfied, he was also a little worried.

"Dongzi, let's tell our neighbors that we bought it after dawn. Is it okay? Can people believe it? If people in Luzhou Island ask around, it happens that we are also at this time. A boat, will people inquire about it?"

"Also, our boat appeared on the beach early in the morning, wouldn't it be a little abnormal? Shouldn't it be more appropriate for us to sail to another place for a few days, and then come back in a fair manner?"

Ye Yaodong thought about it and felt that what his father said made sense. They didn't let the wind out beforehand, and everyone didn't know. Suddenly, there was an extra boat by the beach early in the morning. He said he bought it, which would be too embarrassing. People were surprised.

Moreover, it suddenly occurred to him that tomorrow the village will start to sing a big show, five days later it will be Mazu's birthday, not to mention the villages in ten miles and eight towns, even the county leaders will come to visit.

At that time, their village had been published in the newspapers to donate money to build the Tianhou Palace. What if people from Luzhou Island also came to join in the fun?
The small statue of Mazu, but I can ask one to go back to keep safe...

In case people from Luzhou Island also come over and want to donate some sesame oil money, please let me join in the fun, please?

He is a famous person in the village now, everyone knows about his family's situation, so if you ask a little bit, you will have to miss out...

"Then drive to the pier in the town and stop for a few days? After Mazu's birthday is over, shall we drive back?"

"That's okay. There are several piers in the town, and there is a safe haven nearby. You can park anywhere. There are also many boats at the docks in the town. Let's drive there for two days without worrying about it."

"Well, it can't just appear on the beach suddenly, and it's still at this point in time."

Mazu's birthday and the Tianhou Temple's Shangliang have already pushed their village into everyone's sight. At this time, if he has one more boat, it will really become the talk of the world. He is already famous enough. When the time comes, the thief Don't just miss his home.

It must be postponed for a few days.

Whether it is to avoid the busiest days, or to be afraid of being suspicious, it is really impossible to let the boat appear on the beach tomorrow.

"After Mazu's birthday is over, I will tell your mother that someone wants to sell the boat, and you want to buy it because it looks cheap. Let her big mouth go out and say a few words first, let the wind out, and then we will bring the boat back .”

"In this way, the folks will not be surprised. At most, they will say something jealous. Anyway, you made money selling dried fish. Everyone knows that it's okay to buy an extra boat. A Guang's family also bought two boats. .”

Ye Yaodong nodded, "That's fine, it fully reflects the value of my mother."

His wife's correct way to use it!
Father Ye rolled his eyes at him, "Hurry up and work, the paint has to dry before the high tide, and then I have to drive to the town."

"The one I bought is a Taiwanese product. I heard that it dries quickly. There is wind at night, and the wind can dry it completely. It should be in time. The tide can only grow at three o'clock at night, and it will rise to this position at three o'clock. This is pretty much done."

"It needs to be left to dry for a while, so as not to fade in the water. My black one is almost ready, and the paint is almost bottomed out. There is not enough red paint, so I don't paint the paint below the waterline, anyway, the top We have to do two more coats, and after a few days the limelight of the Mazu Temple has passed, we will sail back to touch up the paint.”

"I'm not afraid of fading at all. The paint that was painted on the spot just marked should have dried by now. I'll mark the same spot first. The color won't fade even if the black one fades. Top Let it fade a bit more, it’s quite thick just now, and it can be left to dry for another hour or two.”

Ye Yaodong took a white paintbrush and wrote the word "Ye San" on it. Anyway, he could always find a reason to make it up.

Just say, "I bought it in advance, let someone else paint it first, and I drove it back after seeing the auspicious day", that's okay, anyway, I write my name first.