The midday sun blazed overhead, making the typhoon from the night before last seem like a dream. Just walking from home to the beach had left Ye Yaodong drenched in sweat.
Thinking about it, typhoon weather was cooler after all. It would have been even better if the roof hadn't leaked.
The dazzling sunlight forced him to squint. "Oh, there are quite a few people on the beach."
"After the typhoon, with the tide going out again, everyone knows to come out and try their luck. Besides, word's spread all over the village about Dongzi picking up a Luhua Grouper during the typhoon the day before yesterday. Of course there are lots of people today," Father Ye said with a frown.
"Are we still going down, then?"
"We're here already. Let's go down and have a look."
Most of the people on the beach were women and children carrying buckets, along with young people who had nothing else to do. Whenever they ran into someone they knew, they exchanged greetings.
"Have you eaten?"
"You're here too?"
"What have you found?"
Well... it was all stuff like that...
Without even slowing down, Ye Yaodong pulled Lin Xiuqing away from the group and headed straight for the rocky area where he had found that big catch the day before yesterday. He would leave the little fish, shrimp, and clams on the beach for everyone else.
"Dad, Mum, don't run off! Wait for us..."
Ye Yaodong thought, That little idiot!
He didn't even turn around. What would he wait for them for?
The tide was still receding and hadn't yet reached the foot of the rocks. After running halfway there, they could only follow it slowly.
Ye Yaodong spotted a large sea bass tumbling in the waves ahead. He quickly let go of