Recaps

Ye Yaodong and Father Ye returned to shore and learned that newspaper staff had witnessed the whale shark attack a fishing boat. Father Ye recounted how Ye Yaodong freed and fed the whale shark, and the villagers were left half convinced as Ye Yaodong identified it as a gentle whale shark.

• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye returned to shore with their damaged net and found villagers already discussing a huge fish attacking a fishing boat.
• The villagers explained that newspaper staff had seen the attack while out at sea with local fishermen and planned to publish photographs of the enormous fish.
• Father Ye told the crowd that the people aboard the attacked boat were pirates from Luzhou Island and that the whale shark had kept them from robbing the fishing boats.
• Father Ye described how Ye Yaodong climbed onto the whale shark to remove the net tangled around it, then fed it bait from their boat.
• The villagers questioned Ye Yaodong about the story, and he identified the creature as a whale shark that would not eat people.

After Ye Yaodong rescued a whale shark, villagers doubted his story, but newspaper staff and county officials visited him to hear the details. He agreed to be interviewed, earned a five-yuan contribution fee, and looked forward to the story and photos appearing in the paper.

• Ye Yaodong and his father left the villagers, who questioned their account of the whale shark, and went home.
• Ye Yaodong told A Qing about rescuing the whale shark, then the newspaper staff and county officials arrived to interview him.
• Ye Yaodong recounted how he freed and fed the whale shark while the newspaper staff took notes.
• Ye Yaodong agreed to receive copies of the photographs and learned the article might be published in a few days.
• The newspaper staff offered Ye Yaodong five yuan for his account, and he accepted the fee.

Ye Yaodong joked with his family after the newspaper visitors left, then learned that his sons had gathered Younai fruit while collecting firewood. His youngest son’s innocent remark about his parents led to an embarrassing misunderstanding, which Ye Yaodong defused by promising the boys Malt Milk; the family ended lunch reminiscing about his childhood.

• Ye Yaodong asked Lin Xiuqing to let him keep the five yuan the newspaper visitors had given him as spending money.
• Ye Chengyang excitedly told Ye Yaodong that his brother had found milk, and Ye Yaodong realized the boys meant Younai fruit rather than cow’s milk.
• Ye Chengyang repeated that his father drank his mother’s milk, so Ye Yaodong covered his mouth and promised the older boys Malt Milk to distract them.
• Lin Xiuqing scolded Lin Guangyuan for going along with the boys to pick fruit, and Ye Yaodong teased her about the embarrassing remark.
• At lunch, Ye Chenghu brought up Ye Yaodong drinking milk, and Ye Yaodong explained that the Old Lady had brought him goat’s milk when he was a child.

Ye Yaodong bought Malt Milk for his children and Hongfa Instant Noodles for the family, but scolded the children when they rudely grabbed the purchases. The children went home to stand in the corner, while Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing put the food away and prepared to eat.

• Ye Yaodong told Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang to keep his fondness for drinking milk secret, then promised to buy them Malt Milk.
• Villagers questioned Ye Yaodong about the newspaper reporter who had visited, and he left for town to shop.
• Ye Yaodong bought two tins of Malt Milk and eleven packets of Hongfa Instant Noodles.
• The children rushed to take the purchases from Ye Yaodong’s bicycle, so he sternly made them return everything and scolded them for their bad manners.
• Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua joined in reprimanding the children, who went home to stand in the corner.
• Ye Yaodong brought the Malt Milk and Instant Noodles inside, explained what had happened to Lin Xiuqing, and the family prepared to eat.

After disciplining the children, Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing treated them and the Old Lady to malt milk, then shared instant noodles the next morning. As the family savored the rare treats, Ye Yaodong noticed the worsening wind and waves and suspected another typhoon was coming.

• The three children behaved quietly after being scolded, and Lin Xiuqing made malt milk for them and the Old Lady.
• Ye Yaodong persuaded the Old Lady to drink her malt milk by threatening to give it to the dog.
• Ye Yaodong woke to the smell of instant noodles and found the children gathered by the stove, though Ye Chenghai and Ye Chengjiang took their siblings home rather than stay for food.
• The family ate instant noodles, and Ye Yaodong made the Old Lady and children eat them before they went mushy.
• The children finished the leftover broth and noodles, while Ye Yaodong noticed the wind and waves had risen and agreed another typhoon might be coming.

With a typhoon approaching, Ye Yaodong and Father Ye went out to retrieve their fishing gear and encountered the whale shark again. After it blocked their boat from leaving, they wondered if it was trying to lead them somewhere and followed it.

• Ye Yaodong decided to retrieve his fishing pots and longline before the wind and waves worsened, while his brothers waited before moving their boats to the typhoon shelter.
• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye hauled in four strings of full fishing pots, including around thirty jin of swimming crabs.
• As they began retrieving the longline, Ye Yaodong and Father Ye saw the whale shark from the previous day approach their boat again.
• The whale shark circled nearby while they hauled in a plentiful catch, then blocked the boat when they tried to leave.
• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye noticed the whale shark swimming ahead of them and decided it might be leading them somewhere, so they followed it.

Ye Yaodong and Father Ye followed a whale shark to a stranded baby whale shark on a beach. They decided to use their fishing boat to pull it back into the sea, but first Ye Yaodong returned with rope and struggled to figure out how to tie it.

• The whale shark repeatedly blocked Ye Yaodong's boat until he followed it toward a small island.
• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye found a baby whale shark stranded on the beach, while the larger whale shark stayed nearby.
• Father Ye wanted to drag the baby aboard to sell it, but Ye Yaodong worried the larger whale shark would retaliate and they lacked the equipment to haul it in.
• The two men tried to push the baby whale shark but could not move it, so Ye Yaodong proposed tying it to the boat and towing it into the sea.
• Ye Yaodong returned with rope and circled the whale shark, muttering about how difficult it was to tie up, while Father Ye nearly stumbled into the water hearing him.

Ye Yaodong and Father Ye struggled to free a stranded whale shark, only for a wave to beach it again before they finally released it farther offshore. They returned with their catch as the village prepared for a possible typhoon.

• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye tied a rope around the smaller whale shark and used their fishing boat to drag it into deeper water.
• Ye Yaodong untied the whale shark, but a wave swept him and the shark back toward shore, stranding it again.
• Ye Yaodong looped the rope around the whale shark's tail, and Father Ye towed it farther out to sea.
• Ye Yaodong cut the rope and released the smaller whale shark, which swam alongside the larger whale shark before both disappeared beneath the surface.
• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye returned with a good catch, unloaded it, and split up so Ye Yaodong could sell the fish while Father Ye took the boat to the Typhoon Shelter.

Ye Yaodong brought home a valuable catch as the village prepared for an approaching typhoon, while he weighed the cost of buying a refrigerator and decided against it. After unloading his gear, he and Lin Xiuqing found scallops and clams washed up on the beach and called the children over to gather them.

• Ye Yaodong divided the catch he had kept between himself, his father, and his mother to share with relatives, then pushed the loaded handcart home.
• Villagers at the Mazu Temple asked Ye Yaodong about his catch, the typhoon, and whether he would appear in the newspaper, and he said he did not know if the story would be published.
• Ye Yaodong took the filthy pot trap nets to the beach to wash them, while Lin Xiuqing offered to help after lunch.
• Ye Yaodong spotted live scallops and clams washed up beside the stones and asked Lin Xiuqing to bring a bucket.
• Lin Xiuqing fetched the children, who ran excitedly toward the beach to gather shellfish.

During summer break, Ye Yaodong and his family gathered seafood on the beach, where he encouraged the children to save money from their best finds. The family headed home for lunch, with Ye Chenghu caught hiding extra sea snails and Ye Yaodong teasing Lin Xiuqing about admiring him.

• The children rushed onto the beach to collect shells and crabs, and Ye Chengyang caught a small octopus after being knocked over by a wave.
• Ye Yaodong caught a large mud crab for Ye Chenghu and offered to sell the children’s valuable finds while secretly giving them the money.
• Ye Chenghai persuaded the other children to hide their best catches in Ye Yaodong’s bucket so their mothers would not take the money.
• Ye Eldest Sister-in-Law and Ye Second Sister-in-Law scolded their children for playing instead of gathering clams and scallops, and the children briefly returned to collecting seafood.
• As the crowded beach filled with people, Ye Yaodong suggested taking the seafood home to eat and returning later.
• Ye Chenghu asked to sell his sea snails, then revealed two more he had hidden in his pocket; on the walk home, Ye Yaodong teased Lin Xiuqing about smiling at him.

Ye Yaodong and the children returned to the beach to gather seafood as the typhoon approached, while the boys secretly saved valuable finds to sell. After Lin Xiuqing mentioned a giant trumpet conch someone else had found, Ye Yaodong explained its value and regretted missing it.

• Ye Chenghai blamed Ye Chenghe for wanting lunch, and the brothers fought before fleeing their angry mother.
• Ye Yaodong took the children back to the beach, where they gathered seafood and secretly kept valuable finds for themselves.
• Ye Yaodong sold the children’s catch and divided the money among them, while keeping his own mud crabs for the family.
• Lin Xiuqing told Ye Yaodong that a villager had found a large trumpet conch, and Ye Yaodong explained its value and wished he had stayed longer.

Ye Yaodong and the children enjoyed another profitable low-tide outing, then spent the evening sneaking instant noodles while the children dreamed of eating them every day. When the typhoon arrived, Ye Yaodong secured the osmanthus saplings and reassured Lin Xiuqing that the money buried beneath their yard was safe.

• Ye Yaodong shared the day's earnings among the children, who begged to go collecting again and planned to buy instant noodles.
• The children secretly gathered at Ye Yaodong's home to crush and season instant noodles, and Ye Yaodong let his sons have some too.
• The next day, Ye Yaodong took the eager children out again after the tide receded and divided up their new haul.
• The typhoon suddenly strengthened, keeping the children from the beach as they ran and played in the wind.
• Ye Yaodong braced the osmanthus trees with stakes and rice straw while Lin Xiuqing asked whether their buried savings were safe.

As a typhoon battered the coast, Ye Yaodong’s family took shelter in their newly built house, which stayed dry through the storm. Worried that his parents were enduring leaks at the Old House, Ye Yaodong set out to bring them over despite his family’s concerns.

• Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing brought the animals and children indoors as the wind and waves grew stronger.
• Ye Yaodong checked the new house for leaks and reassured the Old Lady that he would provide her with more comforts in the future.
• The power went out during dinner, so Ye Yaodong lit a candle while the family ate by its light.
• The Old Lady worried that Ye Yaodong’s parents were suffering in the leaking Old House, and Ye Yaodong put on his straw rain cape and hat to go fetch them.

As a typhoon battered the village, Ye Yaodong and Ye Yaopeng brought Father Ye and Mother Ye from their leaky old house to Ye Yaodong’s home. The family gathered safely indoors, where a sudden impact against the window left them wondering if a fish had hit it.

• The Old Lady worried about Father Ye and Mother Ye staying in their old house, so Ye Yaodong went with Ye Yaopeng to fetch them through the storm.
• Father Ye and Mother Ye resisted leaving, but the brothers persuaded them to pack clothes and come to the new house.
• The brothers helped Mother Ye down the slippery road as they returned, and the family saw enormous waves crashing along the shore.
• Ye Yaodong brought his parents into his home, where Lin Xiuqing prepared hot water and a place for them to sleep.
• A loud smack hit the window, and Lin Xiuqing exclaimed that it might have been a fish.

During a typhoon, Ye Yaodong and Father Ye found fish and shellfish blown to their doorsteps, then decided to collect more from just outside the courtyard while tied to the gate for safety. A powerful gust began raining large Silver Pomfret around them, and they started gathering the unexpected catch.

• Lin Xiuqing told Ye Yaodong that a fish had struck the window, and he and Father Ye went outside to find a Baogong Fish.
• Father Ye found a sea cucumber and blood clams by the gate, while Ye Yaodong picked up a large Red Snapper at Ye Yaohua's doorstep.
• Ye Chengjiang wanted to search the beach, but Ye Yaohua stopped him and sent Ye Yaodong and Father Ye home with the fish.
• After spotting stranded fish near their courtyard, Ye Yaodong and Father Ye decided to gather some from the gate and tied themselves to it with straw rope.
• A strong gust blew large Silver Pomfret onto and around Ye Yaodong and Father Ye, who hurried to collect them as more fish fell from the sky.

Ye Yaodong and his family gathered fish and other sea life washed ashore by the typhoon, but a prank at the windows frightened them badly. When Ye Yaohua was knocked down by a wave, Ye Yaodong warned his brothers to stay close, and the chapter ended with more silver pomfret washing ashore.

• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye collected silver pomfret as Ye Chenghai spotted them and called the others outside to help.
• Ye Yaodong shone his flashlight at the children’s faces pressed against the windows, frightening Father Ye and his brothers into dropping their buckets and rushing inside.
• Ye Yaodong found a sea cucumber, but a wave knocked Ye Yaohua into the water as he tried to retrieve it.
• Ye Yaodong warned Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua not to approach the waves, and the three brothers watched a large red fish get swept back out to sea.
• Ye Yaodong identified the red fish as a deep-sea alfonsino before more silver pomfret washed ashore.

Ye Yaodong and his brothers gathered fish washed up by a typhoon, drawing nearby neighbors into the dangerous but profitable search. After a huge wave scattered more seafood ashore, Ye Yaodong caught the enormous red deep-sea golden-eye bream as it drifted within reach.

• Ye Yaodong warned Ye Yaopeng and his other brother to stay back from the sea as they filled buckets with washed-up fish.
• Neighbors came out to investigate, discovered the fish scattered near their homes, and joined the brothers in gathering seafood.
• A huge wave knocked the group down and covered the ground with fish, shrimp, and crabs, including a large sea bass that drew everyone’s attention.
• Ye Yaodong stayed near his rope while the others rushed for the sea bass, then seized the red deep-sea golden-eye bream when the waves pushed it toward him.

During a typhoon, Ye Yaodong and Father Ye tried to collect fish washed ashore, but a wave swept Ye Yaopeng and several others into the sea. Ye Yaodong helped haul people in with fishing nets and a rope, then reunited with his brothers and led them away from the water as fish washed ashore.

• Ye Yaodong pinned down a large Goldeneye Bream, and Father Ye came outside to help collect fish.
• A large wave swept Ye Yaopeng and several others into the sea, prompting Ye Yaodong and Father Ye to rush over.
• Ye Yaodong joined his rope to Father Ye's, cast fishing nets into the waves, and helped pull two people toward shore.
• Ye Yaodong swam into the water searching for Ye Yaopeng, then spotted him and Ye Yaohua walking ashore together.
• Ye Yaodong, Ye Yaopeng, and Ye Yaohua embraced, and Father Ye scolded them before leading them away from another wave.
• A wave swept fish onto the shore, and Ye Yaodong kicked a large sea bass back into the sea, calling it bad luck.

After a wave nearly swept Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua away while they chased a big sea bass, Ye Yaodong and the others tied ropes around themselves and continued gathering fish washed ashore by the intensifying typhoon. They returned home with seven baskets of fish, where their family learned how close they had come to disaster and urged them to stay inside.

• Father Ye scolded Ye Yaodong and his brothers after learning they had crowded around a big sea bass and been swept into the sea.
• Ye Yaodong and Ye Yaohua tied ropes around their waists and gathered fish and seafood near the courtyard while Father Ye warned them to stay close.
• Father Ye told Ye Yaodong that two men caught in a fishing net had choked on water, and one had briefly lost consciousness before being revived.
• As the typhoon grew stronger and waves washed more fish ashore, Father Ye called Ye Yaodong and Ye Yaohua inside with their buckets.
• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye brought seven full baskets of fish indoors, and Mother Ye and the Old Lady learned that the brothers had nearly been swept away.
• Lin Xiuqing urged Ye Yaodong and Father Ye to bathe and warm up, while Father Ye planned to sell the fish after the typhoon passed.

During a typhoon, Ye Yaodong’s family and Lin Guangyuan played and slept through the storm. The next morning, Mother Ye discovered that the waves had washed a huge number of shellfish ashore, and Ye Yaodong hurried to the beach to see the catch.

• Ye Chengyang, Ye Chenghu, and Lin Guangyuan played noisily during the storm until Mother Ye and Lin Xiuqing made them go to bed.
• The family slept through the typhoon, and by morning the wind had stopped while heavy rain continued.
• Father Ye and Mother Ye went out to check the tide and search for anything washed ashore.
• Mother Ye found the beach covered with scallops and rushed back to wake Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing.
• Ye Yaodong ran to the shore and saw a broad arc of clams, scallops, mussels, and other shellfish washed up along the beach.

After a typhoon washed a huge line of scallops and other shellfish onto the shore, Ye Yaodong and his family rushed to gather them before the villagers arrived. Ye Yaodong set fishing nets and pot traps along the shallows to catch the live scallops as they fled, and he was still arranging the traps when the chapter ended.

• Ye Yaodong found his parents gathering scallops and other shellfish from the shore, where many scallops were swimming back into the sea.
• Ye Yaodong ran home for a dustpan and gloves, and Lin Xiuqing joined him as villagers began arriving to gather shells.
• Ye Yaodong planted poles and tied Lan Da's and Second Zhou's fishing nets across the shallows to trap fleeing scallops.
• Ye Yaodong explained his net trap to Lin Xiuqing, who understood that he was catching scallops as they swam toward the sea.
• Ye Yaodong brought four strings of pot trap nets from home and began laying them along the beach while Lin Xiuqing helped carry them.

After a storm left the shore strewn with seafood, Ye Yaodong and Father Ye set fishing pots while villagers rushed to gather the valuable finds. A fight over a grouper revealed that one of the women was Wang Lizhen, the woman Ye Yaodong’s cousin Ye Yaosheng had moved in with to support her household, and the chapter ended as Father Ye joined the crowd trying to break up the brawl.

• Ye Yaodong set fishing pots along the shore and collected stranded fish, shrimp, crabs, and sea snails with Father Ye.
• Villagers flocked to the beach and eagerly searched the storm-littered shoreline for shellfish and valuable fish.
• Wang Lizhen and Fatty’s wife argued over a grouper, and the dispute escalated into a fight after Wang Lizhen kicked over the other woman’s bucket and insulted her.
• Ye Yaodong recognized Wang Lizhen as the woman his cousin Ye Yaosheng had moved in with to help support her family.
• Father Ye went to help separate the women while Ye Yaodong hesitated to join the brawl.

Ye Yaodong broke up a fight over a leopard coral grouper, then returned to the shore to gather scallops with Lin Xiuqing. He began scooping live scallops from the water with a sieve, finding the method satisfying but hard on his back.

• Fatty arrived and pulled his wife away from Wang Lizhen as the women fought over a leopard coral grouper.
• Fatty gave the grouper to Wang Lizhen, who put it in her bucket and ran off while his wife angrily berated him.
• Ye Yaodong urged the villagers to stop watching and hurry to gather shells before others took them all.
• Ye Yaodong rejoined Lin Xiuqing at the shore, took a sieve from the handcart, and showed her how he could scoop up live scallops.
• Ye Yaodong carried the sieve to the fishing pots and repeatedly scooped scallops into a sack, though the work strained his back.

After the typhoon, Ye Yaodong scooped up live scallops along the shore while the villagers gathered the huge amount of shellfish washed in by the storm. He returned home with his family’s haul and found the children waiting to tease the adults about their wet clothes.

• Ye Yaodong scooped fleeing scallops from the shallows while the women scraped shellfish off the beach.
• Ye Yaodong explained that he had set fishing pots near shore after the typhoon and planned to haul them in after the tide receded.
• Ye Yaodong told Fatty that his New House had stayed dry, though he had brought his parents over for safety.
• The villagers gathered nearly all the shellfish along the shore before half the morning had passed.
• Ye Yaodong and his family brought their haul home, where the children mocked the adults for their soaked trouser seats.

After a typhoon, Ye Yaodong confronted Old Wang for taking scallops from his nets and secured a basket of shellfish as compensation. He then hauled in both nets with Father Ye and the villagers were astonished by the large catch.

• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye went to retrieve their nets after learning the shore had been picked clean of shellfish.
• Ye Yaodong caught Old Wang scooping scallops from his net, struck him, and accused him of stealing.
• Old Wang's family denied the theft, but Ye Yaodong showed that their marked basket was full of scallops from his net.
• Ye Yaosheng and Father Ye helped settle the dispute, and Old Wang's family reluctantly gave Ye Yaodong a basket of shellfish as compensation.
• Ye Yaodong and Father Ye hauled in the nets with help from Xiao Xiao, revealing a heavy catch that surprised the watching villagers.