When night came, he got up as usual. Today, he deliberately brought extra noodles and vegetables. He couldn't let his mother and little sister go hungry.
Only after checking all the fishing nets and hooks on the handcart and finding none missing did he hurriedly push it outside the pier, where his mother and sister were already waiting.
"Where's Dad?"
"He went down to start the boat."
"Then watch the stuff here first. I'll go buy diesel."
Once he had everything ready, the whole family helped carry and lift things aboard, making it much faster than usual.
Ye Huimei had never ridden on this boat or gone to sea at night. Finding it all rather novel, she wandered around from bow to stern and side to side. "Third Brother, your boat is so big."
"Big? It's only a dozen meters long. Wait until your third brother gets a thirty- or forty-meter boat with decks. Now that'll be a big boat. I'll take you out to the open sea then and broaden your horizons."
"Liar. You didn't even want me aboard tonight, and you'd take me out to the open sea? All you do is string me along."
"Right, women can't come aboard. I nearly forgot that while showing off."
"Why can't women come aboard?"
"It's not that they can't come aboard. They can't go too far out. You're a young girl, so don't ask so many questions or get curious. If you have questions later, ask your Brother Guangzi."
Taking a woman out to the open sea... Had he grown tired of living and given up on coming back alive?
Just think: the ocean was vast, and a group of men would drift at sea for months. If there were a woman aboard...
By the time they went ashore, not