Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1387 Finally Back

As everyone came back one after another, the construction site became more and more lively.

Father Ye also told everyone to take it easy today and listen to the news after daybreak. There is a date on the sixth day after tomorrow, so we will tentatively set off and return in the early morning of that time.

Everyone is fine with it.

The Buddhist beads gave a warning, and everyone was now more convinced of Ye Yaodong and was determined to follow his steps. Naturally, whatever the father and son said was what they did.

After Mr. Ye finished speaking, everyone continued discussing.

Ye Yaodong kept listening to the same things, which were useless, so he just went back to his room and lay down.

It was very noisy outside, and he couldn't sleep either, so he just lay there with his hands behind his head.

It was not until the noises outside became less and less and it was almost dawn, and his father came into the house, that he turned off the lights and went to bed.

It’s almost 5 o’clock, and I can only take a nap at this time.

Ye Yaodong took a nap and only got up when he heard noise outside again.

There was no one around him. His father had already gotten up and the radio was not in the room. He knew immediately that his father had taken it out to listen to the radio.

He got dressed and went out. There were a bunch of people sitting around the radio, but it didn't seem like there were many people, just a few dozen.

"What did the radio say?"

"Nothing much was said. It was the same discussion as last night, but the broadcast was a little more detailed than what was said at the dock."

“Was there a tsunami?”

"One thing is that the radio said that the tsunami waves in various coastal areas are currently no more than 10 centimeters, and the impact is negligible."

"Ignore it?"

"I forgot what I said, but the meaning is... Oh, the radio is playing, listen..."

The broadcast on the radio started playing in a loop again, and Ye Yaodong happened to hear it.

"…The tsunami waves along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang continued for a period of time at night, and their intensity generally showed a weakening trend, without causing any disastrous impact…"

"This morning, the sea conditions in the Wanwan Straits of Fujian and Zhejiang were good and suitable for offshore operations. The maximum wind and waves were no more than 1-1.6 meters, which were light to moderate waves..."

"...The impact of the cold front is much greater than that of the tsunami wave. As the cold front is approaching, medium to large waves will appear along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang in the next few days..."

"What's the magnitude of the earthquake?"

"Level 5.7."

"What the hell, it was first said to be a 5, then it was 5-7, and now it's 5.7."

Ye Yaodong was speechless. In the end, he still had to listen to the official broadcast to get the correct answer.

"Did anyone else make the phone call?"

Father Ye replied, "Yes, some went to the dock to listen to the news, and some went to make phone calls, but none of them came back yet."

"I'll make a phone call, too."

"I heard that the queues at the post office and the supply and marketing cooperative to make phone calls are very long, stretching from the beginning to the end of the street. Some people got the news at night and queued there, waiting to open at dawn to call home. I guess everyone is still queuing at this time."

"So exaggerated, you're queuing up in the middle of the night?"

"Isn't it? Someone went to make a phone call early in the morning, but was shocked by the long line, so he came back. It would be most convenient if your Chamber of Commerce could make a phone call."

"Well, it should be fine."

"Then Dongzi, can we go with you to make the call?"

A bunch of people stood up immediately and all looked at him.

Ye Yaodong looked at the dozens of people and shook his head quickly, "There are too many people. I can take one or two people in to make a phone call, but how can I take so many people in? I have said before that outsiders are not allowed to enter. Only members can enter to avoid any chaos."

Father Ye said quickly: "Well...if we can't all go, forget it. Don't worry, let Dongzi call home to ask about the situation. Anyway, if there is nothing wrong in the village, we will go back the day after tomorrow."

"Well, I'll call and ask first. It doesn't matter who calls. It'll be good to know the situation."

Father Ye also said: "Yes, it can also save some phone bills. Let Dongzi make the call and come back to tell him."

"Okay, then we'll just wait here for the message."

Originally they were sitting here waiting for messages, waiting for someone to come back from a phone call.

Ye Yaodong didn't even eat. He simply washed up and pushed the bike out. He bought some buns on the roadside and ate with one hand while riding the bike.

When we arrived at the Chamber of Commerce, we didn't expect there to be so many people inside, twice as many as usual, and most of them were concentrated here.

After all, Vancouver is close to Taiwan, separated by the Taiwan Strait. Some people here live by the sea, and they are also worried about whether there was any earthquake at home yesterday, or whether there was a tsunami on the shore.

"Good morning, why are there so many people?"

"It was because of the earthquake yesterday afternoon, so I got up this morning and rushed over to call home..."

"I heard that the line of people making phone calls outside stretched out the entire street..."

"Fortunately, I can make a phone call here..."

Ye Yaodong was also very glad that he suggested Jin Laixi to apply to the government for installation. Isn’t that convenient?
"Are you all done? Let me beat you up if you're done."

"You call. We have already called early in the morning and are discussing it."

He dialed the number and asked, "How's things at home?"

"It's okay. I just felt a tremor. The whole house shook a bit and a few tiles fell off. Everything else is fine..."

"It's similar in our family..."

After Ye Yaodong picked up the phone, he no longer had time to talk to everyone and focused his attention on the phone.

"Dongzi, there was an earthquake yesterday afternoon. Did you feel it over there..."

Lin Xiuqing's voice followed, "How are you doing up there? Fortunately, you didn't come back the day before yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, the whole house was shaking..."

"Dongzi, are you okay?"

"Dongzi, you guys stayed at home yesterday, right?"

The voices on the phone sounded one after another, each one vying to speak.

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to answer them one by one, "I'm fine, I don't feel anything. I wanted to go out to sea last night, but I happened to hear the dock radio broadcast at night saying that an earthquake occurred in the Wanwan Strait the day before, and it was recommended that the fisheries heading south suspend going out to sea for the time being."

"We didn't leave at that time. We went back to rest after listening to the news for a while. Today we waited until dawn to come out and make a phone call."

Ye's mother grabbed the phone and said, "I'm glad you're okay. Fortunately, you haven't come back yet. The waves on the shore were so strong last night that the water wall was spraying up..."

"Tsunami?"

"Yes, there were tsunamis, one after another. Fortunately, the earthquake was over yesterday afternoon, so I asked Qing and your eldest and second sisters-in-law to move back to their hometown with their children, as we were worried that there would be another earthquake."

"People safe is good……"

"It's nothing. It was just that the waves hit the doorstep at night and a little bit came into the house, but it was gone this morning. We did a big cleanup and just tidied up the house."

"What about the village?"

"The village is fine, and the houses are all OK. But I heard people say that the water wall from the waves at night was frighteningly high, and then it all came down with a loud bang, and then it got weaker and weaker..."

Ye's mother chattered on, "Where's your father? Why didn't he call? I've been waiting for the whole morning, but there was no call. The phone at the village committee didn't ring either. What were you doing outside? He didn't even call, and I sat here for half the morning before I got a call..."

"Everyone is queuing up. You don't know how many people are making phone calls today. Who doesn't care about their family? Give the phone to Qing."

He gets a headache talking to his mother, so he prefers talking to his wife.

The phone had just been snatched away by Ye's mother and was held tightly, so it was difficult for Lin Xiuqing to snatch it back.

Only after he spoke did she pick up the phone.

"Are you okay up there?"

"It's okay. Are the waves at home too big? Are there any more waves?"

"It's gone, and it's calm again. They said that everything will be fine after the tsunami. We didn't sleep here last night, and we didn't know what was going on. Today, we came here and saw that the yard was full of seafood. We picked up two large buckets and even a fish weighing more than ten kilograms..."

Lin Xiuqing laughed as she spoke, "Some of them picked up three or four buckets, but they were all washed up by the tsunami water wall. Now that the tide has receded, the whole village has rushed to the beach. The whole beach is full of them, and several children have also run over..."

"It's good that everything is fine in the village. What about the fishing boats in the nearby sea? Have you heard about them?" Ye Yaodong asked.

"I heard that there are so many reefs and island arcs in the periphery, which will offset some of the energy, so the fishing boats at sea don't seem to be affected, but many small boats moored near the shore have capsized, and the large ships docked seem to be affected as well."

Tsunamis will not cause disasters in the deep ocean, and it is even difficult for ships sailing to detect such fluctuations.

When a tsunami occurs, the further out to sea you are, the safer you are.

Once a tsunami enters the continental shelf, the depth will suddenly decrease and the wave height will increase sharply, reaching 20 to 30 meters. Such huge waves can bring devastating disasters.

However, the earthquake occurred on the continental shelf, where the sea water is shallow and the tsunami waves generated are also small, so we are lucky.

"We sat outside our house the whole morning waiting for the call. We were worried about you guys, so we didn't go out to listen to other people's comments on the situation outside."

"After I hang up the phone, I'll go out and ask around. Everyone has been wondering why you haven't called back yet."

"Are there any waves above you? I heard it will be fine after the tsunami. It doesn't look like the impact here is that big. When do you plan to come back now?"

Ye Yaodong felt relieved after hearing this, as long as there was no impact on his family.

"I didn't go to the dock to check. I heard on the way out just now that there was no impact here. It was just that the waves were a little big in the early morning. We also discussed that we will wait until we come back on the sixth day of the New Year, take a break today, and set off tomorrow night."

The previous broadcast also said that today is suitable for offshore operations, with the maximum wind and waves no more than 1-1.6 meters, which are light to moderate waves.

When the cold front arrives in a few days, the impact may be even greater.

"Everything is fine. We are relieved. We waited all morning but didn't get a call. I also left a message on your last call, but there was no reply. We were all worried sick. People in the village also came to our house from time to time to ask if you called back."

"Well, then tell the villagers that everything is fine here. We will leave on the sixth day of the New Year. I can't say when we will arrive."

"Okay... By the way, the kelp in the village was just harvested a few days ago, and we don't know what the impact will be now. No one dares to go out to sea at the moment."

"It's still a good time now. If there is any loss, we can still make up for it quickly."

"That's good."

The old lady finally found an opportunity to shout, "Dongzi, you have to pay more attention to safety. If the wind and waves are strong and it is inconvenient to return, you don't have to come back for the time being. Safety first..."

Lin Xiuqing put the phone to the old lady's ear. The old lady held the phone tightly and kept mumbling.

"Dongzi, when you come back next time, I will bring you the long string of Buddhist beads. Fortunately, I brought the beads to you last time. I heard that many people died this time, and they were all close to the shore. It's useless to know how to swim..."

"I picked up some of the broken beads. You can string them together next time. They are too long and I can't wear them around my neck. Just use a bracelet."

"Okay, okay, then I'll go to the temple and ask for some Buddhist beads, and then string them for you when you come back. If you stay a few more days, I'll recite more sutras for you."

"Okay, that's it. I'm going to hang up after I report I'm safe. I have to go back and tell everyone else that they're still waiting for news from me."

"Okay, then can you call again before you leave tomorrow?"

"Let's see tomorrow. I may not be free. If the time changes again, I'll call and let you know."

"well……"

After Ye Yaodong hung up the phone, everyone in the hall was still sitting there talking.

Some also said that their relatives' boat was overturned by the tsunami when it was about to reach the shore at dark, and no one was found after a whole night.

Some also said that many fishing boats capsized near the shore, causing heavy losses...

Others said that their relatives on a large deep-sea ship were not affected at all and did not even know there was an earthquake until they heard about it on the radio. Then, they immediately returned home because they were worried that there would be another earthquake.

When we returned, we found out that there was a tsunami on the shore, and the tsunami had a serious impact on the continental shelf.

At the same time, I was also scared. I shouldn't have come back. When I returned to the coast, the fishing grounds also suffered from turbulence. It was only because the fishing boat was big that it didn't capsize.

Ye Yaodong said: "When a tsunami occurs, it is safer to drive deeper into the sea in the middle of the sea, and it is more dangerous to drive towards the shore."

"Yes, but I didn't think too much about it at first. I didn't expect there would be a tsunami. If you are at the sea and in the center of the earthquake, it will be very dangerous..."

"That's right. In the face of natural disasters, humans are insignificant."

"This time the earthquake happened just after 3 p.m. Most fishing boats were at sea, and we don't know how many were killed. Those not in the epicenter should have been fine, but there was a tsunami in the evening, and the boats that happened to be close to the shore were in great trouble."

"I have to go and pay my respects..."

Everyone was talking about it, and Ye Yaodong didn't have time to stay here to chat and discuss with them. He paid the phone bill and left.

When he got home, the yard was full of people. As soon as they saw him coming back on his bicycle, they all gathered around him.

"Dongzi..."

"Adong..."

"Brother Dong..."

A bunch of people asked at once.

Ye Yaodong covered his ears with his hands. After everyone quieted down for a while, he told them about the situation at home.

When everyone heard that all was well at home, and that at most some small boats on the shore had capsized or drifted away, and that the women could still carry buckets to the beach to pick up fish, they all relaxed and started laughing.

"I can always pick up fish on the beach during typhoons, but I didn't expect I could also pick up fish during tsunamis..."

"Fortunately, our fishing boats are all out. There are only a few small boats in the village. If there is any loss, it is still bearable."

"Then we'll go back as usual tomorrow night?"

Ye Yaodong asked, "There weren't so many people here this morning. Have you finished your calls?"

"No, the line for making phone calls didn't get any smaller, it even got longer. We couldn't wait any longer so we came back."

"Yeah, that team is so long it's scary. It'll probably take a day to digest it."

He asked again: "Is there nothing wrong on the shore? Is there no tsunami? Are there any waves?"

"No, the waves were a little big in the early morning, but they calmed down afterwards. The radio also said that the waves were small to medium, suitable for going out to sea."

"Then let's set off tomorrow night. We won't have to stop in Vancouver overnight. We can go straight home because there seems to be a cold front coming in the next few days, and the waves will be big."

Ah Guang said, "I plan to have those boats that my family rent out not go back, and have the people on those boats take the Harvest instead. This will save us trouble and some gas money. They won't have to stop on the way and can go straight home."

Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up. "That's fine. We don't have to worry about the small boats, and we can go faster. I happen to have three large boats. The people on the dozen or so boats I rented out can just board these three large boats and pull them back."

"Yes, that's what I thought. Everyone should wear more clothes. If there is no room in the cabin, stay on the deck, or bring a quilt and wrap yourself up."

Father Ye also agreed, "That's fine too. We don't have to sail the boat back, and we can sail faster."

"Then let's discuss how to bring it."

The captains of the small trawlers also accepted it happily, as they could save a lot of fuel money by not having to drive their own boats, and it was also safer to be on a large ship.

Anyway, we have to follow Ye Yaodong closely. It doesn’t matter whether we take the boat back or not. We can get home faster.

You will always have to follow me up when the time comes, which will be a lot more convenient.

It took everyone a whole morning to come up with the rules, which people on the small boats would be assigned to which large ships.

Ye Yaodong's own 17 ships are enough for him to handle, so it is convenient for him and he does not need to participate in the discussion.

His elder and second brothers had to bring along their cousins ​​from their eldest and second uncles' sides, as well as their wife's brothers and relatives from her mother's side.

Anyway, everyone can discuss the distribution among themselves.

While everyone was discussing, he went out to take a look at the dock. The dock, which was full of fishing boats at night, was now mostly empty.

Everything has returned to normal. Those who should go out to sea have gone out to sea. Anyway, the earthquakes no longer occur around them and there are no impacts nearby.

Only some large cargo ships dare not leave.

There were also many local women carrying buckets and running to the surrounding beaches to pick up goods. On the way, he saw them happily carrying loads of goods back.

By the next night, when they arrived at the dock, all the cargo ships around were empty.

Large ships have their own exclusive berthing spots, and his 44-meter ship was basically docked around large deep-sea vessels or large cargo ships.

The surroundings were empty, which meant that all the ships had left, and he felt relieved.

There were no unexpected situations this time and everyone got on their own boats.

However, when everyone was getting on the boat, they all ran over to ask if Ye Yaodong was okay and if they could get on the boat.

Ye Yaodong was made to feel both amused and helpless by everyone.

He is not a Bodhisattva, so you have to ask him first.

He said it was okay, could it be that everything was really going smoothly?

However, this time I was able to return safely.

Ye Yaodong was not confident in letting others drive the boat, so he steered the boat himself.

After sincerely worshipping Mazu and asking everyone to take their positions and prepare to leave the port, he entered the cockpit and played the radio first.

At this time, the radio was also broadcasting the number of ships and casualties in the earthquake and tsunami two days ago, the number of bodies that had been salvaged, and the severity of the damage to the villages along the coast.

It may also be because their village is full of stone houses, which are sturdier than the old and dilapidated houses in other places, so their village did not suffer much damage, and at night everyone stayed away from the beach and lived in the village.

The radio was broadcasting news about the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang, and it turned out that quite a few fishing villages had indeed been harmed, but the extent of the damage was not that great.

I can't tell whether it's true or not. Anyway, this kind of disaster is downplayed, otherwise the officials will be in trouble. This is also the usual practice.

After listening to it, he switched the channel to the small channel of their several boats.

"Have you left the port? I'm already queuing up to leave the port..."

"I listened to the radio and it said there will be strong winds of level 2 to 3 tonight. Fortunately, there will be cold front the day after tomorrow. We will go back today and arrive home on the morning of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year."

"Already in line..."

Ye Yaodong was also talking, "Preparing to leave Hong Kong..."

Several ships lined up in an orderly manner to leave the port. After gathering in the middle of the sea, they reported their numbers and accelerated in unison.

Ye Yaodong thought that this arrangement was a good one.

Without the burden of small boats, it is convenient for them to communicate with each other among just a few boats, without having to worry about problems with the small boats.

There is no need to have several boats in front, behind, left and right to protect the small boat in the middle. You have to pay more attention to these boats along the way.

"This way we can get back to the village before the cold front arrives."

"Yes, if anything happens again, you don't have to go back."

"We don't need to stop tomorrow night, so we can arrive the day after tomorrow morning?"

"definitely."

"I heard that the fishing boats that went out to sea yesterday caught a lot of fish, twice as much as usual, and they all made a lot of money."

"Yes, everyone was laughing. The tsunami pushed all the deep-sea cargo in. Some small boats were able to catch a lot of deep-sea cargo around the coast."

"What a pity. We have to go back, otherwise we can make a lot of money this time."

"Don't feel sorry. You can make money anytime. You can make a lot of money if you come back in a week."

"I am counting on earning money from another boat in the next two months, first to make back the balance of the fishing boat, and then I can bring the boat back after the Chinese New Year."

As Ye Yaodong listened to their conversation, he also thought of his three friends who each took out a loan at the beginning of the year and ordered a boat.

He himself has 4+1 ships.

Then the next year, their fleet expanded again.

Fortunately, his 40-meter fresh fish collection ship can be delivered on New Year's Day, otherwise the 30-meter fresh fish collection ship he has on hand will not be enough to handle so many ships.

When there are more boats, he will naturally be able to earn more money.

He feels that the speed at which wealth is accumulated now is terrifyingly fast. As long as he goes out to sea, he can earn at least 1 yuan a day.