Chapter 46 Ferry (Update 1) “That’s good, it’s easy.”…
At 1:30 in the afternoon, the train was still on the road outside the city and was delayed as expected.
Fortunately, we were not too late. It was just past 3:10 pm when we arrived at Lian Province Railway Station. Gu Zhao said that if we hurry up, we can still catch the last boat. The port out of the island here does not have any boats at night.
Several people packed their luggage again and checked the items in the box to make sure nothing was forgotten.
Afterwards the train stopped at the platform and several people walked out of the compartment with bags of all sizes. Liansheng was the last stop of the train and passengers in the compartments outside got off along the way. Currently only a few people were left and they were slowly getting off.
There was no crowding, and everyone was not in a hurry, so they all got off the bus slowly.
Someone met the eyes of the person who came to pick up the car, and it was like a family reunion, with red eyes.
Gu Zhao asked Chen Xudong: "Is anyone answering?"
Chen Xudong: "Yes, what about you guys?"
Gu Zhao: "We have some too." As he spoke, Gu Zhao noticed the young soldier who kept waving at them. He raised his hand to signal, and the other party quickly ran over and saluted when he reached Gu Zhao.
"Captain."
The person who came was Gu Zhao's correspondent Xiao Li, a young man who looked very energetic. After saluting Gu Zhao, his eyes kept glancing at Ye Tan, and he was surprised. Wow, the commander's new wife is so beautiful. No wonder the commander who has been single all the time suddenly wants to get married.
Gu Zhao introduced Ye Tan: "Xiao Tan, this is my correspondent, Li Zai. If you have any problems at home and I'm not around, please contact him."
Ye Tan looked over and saw the other person smiling at her innocently. Ye Tan couldn't help but smile and nodded at him: "Comrade Li Zai, hello, I will trouble you in the future."
Xiao Li immediately saluted Ye Tan, "Hello, sister-in-law, you can just call me Xiao Li from now on. I am usually responsible for taking care of the captain's life in the army. If you have any questions, you can come to me. I will definitely be there at your beck and call."
Ye Tan: "Then thank you in advance."
When Ye Tan smiled, Xiao Li's face turned red and he was too embarrassed to look at her for any longer.
Oh, another innocent young man. Gu Zhao, Chen Xudong and this little Li in front of him, the three military comrades Ye Tan has met all have some innocent emotions. This makes Ye Tan wonder if all the men in the army are the same.
Xiao Li diligently helped carry the luggage, but the person who was going to pick up Chen Xudong had not arrived yet.
"Why don't we leave the station first?" Ye Tan suggested.
As they walked out of the train station, Xiao Li learned that Chen Xudong, who was with Gu Zhao, was the incoming Marine Corps commander. He said, "When I left, the people who were supposed to pick up Commander Chen had already left. If they haven't arrived yet, they might have been delayed on the way."
After leaving the train station, several people went to the jeep driven by Xiao Li, put their luggage in it, and then waited together for the person who would pick up Chen Xudong and his wife.
Xiao Li looked back eagerly at the way he had come. As the sun gradually set, he was afraid that if he left any later he would miss the boat.
Finally, Gu Zhao suggested, "Maybe there was an accident on the way and they're delayed. Why don't you take the bus with us? Otherwise, you'll miss the boat and have to stay out all night."
Chen Xudong thought about it, looked at Zhao Xiaoya beside him, and nodded in agreement. After all, everyone had the same destination.
Chen Xudong sat in the passenger seat, Ye Tan and the other two sat in the back. Ye Tan was stuck in the middle, and the position was not very comfortable, so he leaned towards Gu Zhao, half leaning on him.
The car started and the scenery outside the window passed by quickly.
This place is obviously more prosperous than the inland, the streets are wider, and the scent of sea breeze seems to be floating between the nostrils.
Ye Tan asked Gu Zhao: "Can we catch fish at sea?"
Gu Zhao: "Of course, we can also pick up shells and crabs." Just as he was about to continue to say that he could accompany her, Ye Tan turned around and invited Zhao Xiaoya: "Xiaoya, when we get there, let's go to the sea to pick up crabs."
Zhao Xiaoya had lived inland since she was a child and yearned for the sea. She agreed with a bright look in her eyes: "Okay, okay, we'll take buckets when the time comes. I heard that some seafood will burrow under the sand, so we'll need to bring shovels."
Ye Tan smiled greedily, "Then our two families will have a seafood feast together. Gu Zhao, can you stir-fry crayfish?"
Gu Zhao didn’t know how to do it, but he would be able to do it soon after that day. “I know a little bit.” He went back to find the cafeteria chef to study it again.
Ye Tan: "Don't worry, Gu Zhao is very talented in cooking. He can cook many dishes just by looking at them once."
Zhao Xiaoya couldn't help but ask Chen Xudong in front of her: "Xudong, can you cook?" She would not have asked this question before, but now that Ye Tan has been matchmaking them together overtly and covertly, their relationship has made a small breakthrough and they have a bit of the sweet and sour feeling of a newlywed couple.
Chen Xudong's body froze. He couldn't do that.
Is it too late to learn now?
Zhao Xiaoya noticed and said, "I've never cooked seafood, but I'm pretty good at making soup. I heard that there are abalone and sea cucumbers in the sea, and the stew is particularly nourishing."
Ye Tan waved his hand and said, "Then let's catch sea cucumbers and abalone."
Gu Zhao listened to the two women chattering about a hundred ways to eat sea cucumbers and abalone, and he really wanted to tell his wife that sea cucumbers and abalone are not so easy to catch.
But if his wife really wants to eat it, he can go into the sea to catch it.
The jeep drove all the way to the seaside town. After observing along the way, no one saw anyone coming to pick up Chen Xudong. They wondered if they were taking the same road as them.
Gu Zhao said that the town is called Gangkou Town. There are several seafood processing factories that supply seafood products to the mainland, so the overall living standards of people in this port town are very good.
The port town is next to the sea and is the closest town to the island in the sea. People have to pass through here to enter and exit the island on a daily basis, so there are coastal defense troops stationed at the estuary here on a daily basis.
Xiao Li drove all the way to the ferry and dropped off the people, then went to the next station to return the jeep.
Ye Tan faced the salty sea breeze, brushed away the hair that blocked his eyes, looked at the endless blue sea, and felt that his heart became broad in an instant.
Ye Tan couldn't help but open his arms and embrace the sea, "The sky is high and the sea is vast, it's so nice here."
It was also the first time for Zhao Xiaoya to see the sea. She was shocked by the boundless sea at first, and then she laughed in the sea breeze like Ye Tan.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath of the sea breeze, and then slowly exhaled from her chest. During this process, all the harsh criticism and suffering she had suffered in the past seemed to be far away from her. At this moment, she truly felt like she had escaped from death.
Zhao Xiaoya couldn't help but ask Chen Xudong beside her: "Will we always be here in the future?"
Chen Xudong thought for a moment before answering, "It's hard to say."
Zhao Xiaoya looked at him, and Chen Xudong said, "Maybe you will be transferred to another island for garrison in the future, you can't say for sure." A soldier cannot be sure whether he will stay in the same area for his entire life.
When Zhao Xiaoya heard that she might just be transferred to another island, she could accept it mentally. After all, they were both on the sea, so there wasn't much difference.
“Woo…”
A long and steady sound floated from the sea. Ye Tan knew that it was the sound of a ship. Sure enough, after a while, the shadow of a ship appeared at the junction of the sea and the sky. From a distance, one could feel the huge size of the ship.
Gu Zhao: "That's a patrol ship. It will be gone soon."
After Gu Zhao said this, Ye Tan looked a few more times. Sure enough, after a while, the hazy silhouette of the ship disappeared again on the sea, as if it had never appeared. Ye Tan blinked as he watched. He wondered if he was hallucinating. How could he see the ship that had just disappeared appear from the other side again?
Gu Zhao: "It's a ship transporting supplies."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people suddenly came over from a distance, both men and women, with women in the majority. Each of them held large and small bags in their hands, like people who had gone out to buy things and were waiting for a bus to go home.
In the end, Ye Tan learned that this group of people were indeed waiting for a boat to go home, and they were all military dependents on the island.
So the military families on the islands can leave the island freely on a daily basis?
Ye Tan thinks this is a good thing. Without restrictions on entry and exit, there will be much more freedom.
Ye Tan had been looking at the sea for a long time, so he took the opportunity to close his eyes to relax, and then did a set of eye exercises with his fingers to relieve eye fatigue.
When Xiao Li came back, he put his hands on the pergola and looked into the distance, and said with a smile: "The ferry is coming."
Ye Tan followed his gaze and saw nothing except the supply ship turning around and sailing away.
Gu Zhao seemed to understand her confusion and tilted his head as he said, "Xiao Li has very good eyesight and can see farther than most people."
Isn't that a good sea reconnaissance expert? "Xiao Li is more suitable to stay on the ship, right?"
Gu Zhao smiled: "He is in a transitional period with me now."
Ye Tan nodded to show that he understood.
Sure enough, the sound of a whistle was soon heard, and a ferry slowly approached on the horizon. The boat slowly docked and lowered the deck. The military dependents who had been waiting for a long time on the other side swarmed onto the boat.
Ye Tan and a few others did not rush to go first. They waited until everyone else had boarded before carrying their luggage to board the ship.
The feeling on the boat is very different from that on land. As the boat slowly moved, Ye Tan felt his feet were very empty and unreal. After a while, he began to feel dizzy.
Ye Tan was puzzled at first, but later realized that he was seasick.
She had attended many ship parties in her previous life and had no symptoms of seasickness, but she experienced it in this life.
Zhao Xiaoya was next to her and was the first to notice something was wrong with her. "What's wrong with you?"
Ye Tan held his head and said, "I might be seasick."
Zhao Xiaoya herself does not get seasick, and she does not usually get carsick. She has adapted well to these means of transportation, so naturally she does not experience the feeling of carsickness.
Seeing that Ye Tan looked very uncomfortable, she let Ye Tan lean on her shoulder for a while. Gu Zhao had just gone out to do something, so she asked Chen Xudong to help bring Ye Tan's water bottle and give Ye Tan some water.
Sitting next to them was a white-haired grandmother. At her feet was a basket covered with a cloth. She stirred it from time to time, and it was obvious that there was a living thing inside. She also noticed Ye Tan's condition and asked Zhao Xiaoya with narrowed eyes, "Is this girl seasick?"
Zhao Xiaoya smiled and said, "Yes, she is not used to riding a boat."
When the old lady noticed that there were two pretty young girls across from her, her tone became even more enthusiastic. "Oh, are you here to visit relatives?"
Zhao Xiaoya glanced at Chen Xudong and said, "We are both here to join the army."
The old lady also glanced at Chen Xudong. Perhaps her eyesight wasn't very good, so she looked at him carefully for a long time. "Is this your man?"
Zhao Xiaoya had been teased by Ye Tan a lot along the way, and now she was no longer as shy as before. When she heard the old lady's question, she nodded generously: "It's my husband."
The old lady reached into her bag and pulled out a bright yellow orange. She gave it to Zhao Xiaoya and said, "If you feel seasick, eat some oranges. Put the orange peel under your nose and smell it, it will make you feel better. Next time you go on a boat, you can bring oranges or ginger slices with you. Ginger slices have a strong smell and are not very pleasant, but both of them are effective for seasickness."
Seeing Ye Tan's pale face, Zhao Xiaoya didn't bother to be polite with her. "Thank you, grandma."
Grandma waved her hand. "Why thank me? We'll all be living on the island from now on. It's not worth thanking me for such a small thing."
Zhao Xiaoya peeled the orange and gave it to Ye Tan to eat. Ye Tan actually had no appetite and felt nauseous in his stomach, but the old man was so kind that he couldn't refuse.
She opened her mouth and ate it. You know what, the orange was sour and sweet, and it was very refreshing in the mouth. Zhao Xiaoya fed her most of it, and Ye Tan looked much better.
Zhao Xiaoya: "It really works. Xiao Tan, are you still dizzy now?"
Ye Tan smiled back at her, "I feel much better." At least he didn't feel like vomiting as much as before. Although his head was still dizzy, he could hold it in.
Ye Tanzheng sat down a little and thanked the grandmother opposite him: "Thank you, grandma. It's really thanks to your oranges."
Grandma: "Hey, you young people nowadays like to thank people all the time. It's no need to do that for such a small thing. If the oranges are useful to you, then take a few more." Grandma took out two big oranges and handed them directly to Ye Tan.
Ye Tan was too embarrassed to eat and take the fruit at the same time, and now that fruits are precious, he couldn't just accept them casually. "No need, grandma, I'm much better now."
But grandma was very stubborn and didn't listen to Ye Tan at all. Seeing that she didn't take it, she put the orange directly in her arms and muttered to the cloth bag in her arms: "That's good, it's easy."
Ye Tan...
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