The sea kept heaving, and a full week had passed by the time the wind and waves finally settled.
During that time, apart from what their fields produced, everyone in the village relied on the little seafood they gathered along the shore and the assorted shellfish and small fish the typhoon had washed up. With no good weather to dry them, they had pickled the lot.
Salted fish, drunken crab, drunken shrimp, cold-dressed oysters and blue mussels-they certainly had no shortage of food.
But after more than half a month without being able to go out to sea, the villagers were terribly anxious. Some simply went off to do a few days of casual labor.
Ye Yaodong certainly wasn't going to earn those few pennies. He treated it as a chance to rest, though he too felt an urgent desire to make money.
Before buying the shop, he would definitely have rested whenever he could. He had earned quite a bit anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered. Not now, though. He really did feel the pressure.
Fortunately, after a few more days of waiting, the weather turned sunny again, without wind or waves.
The three brothers breathed a sigh of relief when the skies finally cleared. They still had a large sum to pay at the end of the year, and all wanted to hurry up and earn more.
"Who would've thought we'd get two typhoons in a row? We haven't been able to go out for over half a month. That's a huge loss."
"Dongzi, we're going to the Typhoon Shelter to bring the boat back after breakfast. Want to come along?" Ye Yaohua asked Ye Yaodong.
"Sure, let's go together."
With the skies finally clearing after the typhoons, everyone was eager to retrieve their boats from the Typhoon