Because of this incident, the military has been busy again, and Gu Ye sometimes can't come back for several days in a row.
Bonnie's idea is still just an idea; there are too many issues to understand and coordinate.
Bonnie first needs to find out if there is any artificial seaweed cultivation at this time, and if so, where it needs to be located, whether there is a place available for her to experiment, and whether the policy allows it...
Bonnie plans to first understand the situation; growing vegetables on the island and cultivating seaweed are not things that can be accomplished overnight.
These past few days, Gu Ye has been busy, and Bao Ni has been going back to her parents' home whenever she has free time to take care of her father with her grandmother. Lin's mother and the others also have to go to work.
There wasn't much land on the island suitable for growing crops, but there was some. It was harvest season, and they had some rice, corn, and sweet potatoes, enough to barely feed the team.
Mr. Lin injured his arm, and the doctor advised him to rest at home for a while. But Mr. Lin couldn't stay at home. It was the autumn harvest season, and they needed to rush to harvest the crops. If a typhoon came, all their hard work would be in vain.
Bonnie had no choice but to join the harvesting frenzy.
Although her household registration has been moved and she can no longer receive grain, this is the place where she was born and raised. Most of the team members are relatives and have watched her grow up. Bonnie couldn't bear to see the typhoon destroy their hard-earned harvest and watch them go hungry.
The school gave students a break for the autumn harvest, and children of all ages joined in the harvest. The older ones used sickles to cut rice or husk corn, while the younger ones carried baskets to gather the fallen rice ears.
Bonnie was with her mother and third aunt. Bonnie was cutting rice in front, while her mother and third aunt were bundling rice behind. Bonnie was strong and fast, and it took her mother and third aunt together to keep up with her.
The paddy fields on the island weren't very large, and Bonnie and her team finished harvesting all the rice in just two or three days. The weather was perfect; the past few days had been sunny and calm with no typhoons, so the rice would soon be dry and ready for threshing.
After harvesting rice, they harvest corn. Corn is a high-yield crop, so it's widely planted. Moreover, corn isn't picky about the land; wherever there's soil, corn is planted, and every bit of harvest counts.
After Bonnie finished helping with the autumn harvest, her skin had become even darker from the sun, and Gu Ye and the others had also finished their work.
"Ugh! My face is all dark again!" Bonnie yelled at herself in the mirror.
Since getting married, Bonnie hasn't gone out to sea anymore. Her skin has recovered somewhat, but with the autumn harvest, the sun and the autumn winds have brought everything back to square one.
"What's wrong with being dark-skinned? It means we're healthy! Look at me, I'm even darker than you!" Gu Ye's attempt to comfort her had no effect whatsoever, and only made Bao Ni more upset. Gu Ye trains outside every day, how could he not be dark-skinned? How dark must he be? And she actually said they were the same dark-skinned.
"Alright, you've been busy with the autumn harvest and I've been busy with military matters lately, so we haven't had morning exercises in a long time. Let's continue tomorrow morning and have another spar."
Bonnie rolled her eyes at Gu Ye; men and women think differently.
Although Bonnie was trained by Lao Jiang to be a soldier from a young age, she is still a girl with a love for beauty.
Bonnie has decided that tomorrow she'll go to the department store in the city to buy face cream and Pechoin (a popular Chinese skincare brand). She needs to take better care of herself and her skin. She'll also look around to see if there's any aloe vera or similar plant-based product so she can apply it to her face and make a simple face mask.
"Oh right, Dad's reward should be coming in the next couple of days," Gu Ye suddenly remembered and told Bao Ni.
"Big brother, you've said a lot of nonsense, but only this one thing is useful, and you put it last." Bonnie was truly exasperated with Gu Ye. The aloof and unapproachable image he had before seemed to have shattered little by little since their marriage, and he had become a completely different person.
"Isn't it because watching you yelling at yourself in the mirror like a black jumping bean was so funny that I forgot about something important?" Gu's explanation only made things worse; it made Bonnie feel like her stomach was about to explode with anger.
"Has the specific date been set? Is it a reward from the military or the government?" Bonnie ignored Ye's rambling and got to the point. With these rewards, their island team might get a decent motorboat this year.
"I only heard about it from our regimental commander. It seems that the specific time has not been set yet. This time, not only the military is giving out rewards, but the government is also giving out rewards."
Although Lin's father and his men acted somewhat recklessly in this incident, they played a crucial role. They showed the enemy that we not only possess a powerful navy, but also a strong and fearless popular base; our fishing boats can be transformed into warships, ensuring they never return!
The matter that Bonnie and Gu Ye discussed at home didn't have a final outcome until three days later.
The military and the government sent people to the island's first team. Lin's father received an individual bravery award, and all the crew members on Lin's ship were commended and collectively awarded a large certificate!
Each crew member received an enamel mug printed with the words "Serve the People" and a tank top. Several grown men, holding their prizes, beamed with joy, revealing bright white teeth, as their island team was recognized as an outstanding team.
After seeing off the military and government staff, Lin's father happily directed his eldest brother to post the certificate in the most conspicuous place in the island's first team office.
This is the honor of their island team, the honor of each and every one of them, and the best proof of their dedication to protecting their homeland and safeguarding the sea.
Some time after that incident, the boats gradually went out to sea to fish again. This time they only went to coastal waters, not to the open sea, and used the team's sailboats, leaving early and returning late.
This is the life of fishermen: they get up early to go out to sea to fish and return home at sunset.
On days when they are not at sea, men, women, young and old gather on the beach to mend fishing nets. The materials they use for mending the nets are all grown and made by themselves, making them self-sufficient.
During this time, Bonnie went to her secret hideout twice more, harvesting a considerable amount of sea cucumbers and abalone. She planned to process them into dried seafood and send them to Brother Gu Ye and his family in Beijing as a token of her gratitude for their thoughtful arrangements for their wedding!
Bonnie prepared not only sea cucumbers and dried abalone, but also dried clams, kelp, dried shrimp, and dried fish.
Bonnie prepared a large bag containing both common and uncommon seafood. She also put the large conch she had found last time, as well as some pretty seashells she had collected before, into a box, intending to give them to Brother Gu Ye's son.
Gu Ye had been watching Bao Ni's busy activities these past few days, and his heart felt warmed. He felt incredibly fortunate to be able to marry Comrade Lin Bao Ni.
Meanwhile, Gu Ye's older brother, who was far away in Beijing, was quite startled to receive such a large package from Gu Ye. In all these years, when had Gu Ye ever sent him a package?
That evening, Brother Gu Ye and his wife opened the package and were very pleased to see the neatly packed and clean seafood inside.
The children especially loved that box of seashells of all sizes. The two of them felt that Gu Ye had made the right choice in marrying his wife, that Gu Ye had become more popular and understood human relationships!
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