Had they covered everything in time? Had it been badly soaked by the rain?
It had been raining so hard out at sea earlier. Had the rain been heavy in the village too?
By the time the fishing boats docked, the rain had dwindled to a light drizzle. He told his father on the neighboring boat to unload both boats' catches with Eldest Maternal Cousin and Brother A-Sheng first. He wanted to check on the fish and dried squid hanging out to dry and see whether they had been affected.
It had rained today, and they had returned early, so they had not caught much squid. Their catch was only about half of yesterday's.
This weather was no good for drying anything anymore. They might as well sell it directly; that would be less trouble and safer.
He could leave his father to handle it. Besides, he could see plenty of people coming and going at the pier, with baskets of seafood everywhere. Even waiting in line to have their catch weighed would take a while.
They would probably still be in line by the time he went home to check and came back.
Father Ye waved a hand. "All right, I'll handle things here. Go check on the dried fish. It's not grain, so it should be all right. A little rain won't hurt. Once the sun comes out, it'll dry."
"Mm, I'll go take a look first."
The trouble was that there was no telling when the skies would clear. If this overcast, rainy weather lasted several days, they would be done for. Everything would stink, and it would all go to waste.
Ye Yaodong climbed down from the boat, taking Lin Guangyuan along and sending him home to bathe first.
Then he headed ashore through the light