"Okay, if that's what you say, then we'll do as you say."
Uncle Wu agreed without hesitation. As he led his men out, the others couldn't help but ask...
"Isn't it inappropriate for the fifth brother to do this? He's still just a child. How can we be so heartless as to make this child suffer so much by following us around?"
Fifth Uncle glared at him.
"You weren't here when I called that day?"
Everyone knows what's going on.
Their biological parents will definitely come to pick them up soon; they're a thoughtful person.
Guess why we went out fishing? It was all for the sake of this house full of elderly people, women, and children.
The other four people fell silent. In fact, they had already guessed why this little brat insisted on going out to sea to fish.
It was all for the sake of this house full of elderly, weak, women and children.
That child is kind and righteous.
Sure enough, when the villagers heard that Uncle Wu and his men had agreed to go to sea, they immediately organized the able-bodied men in the village.
They got the biggest boat in the village, so this time they won't be using small boats to transport supplies, and it's obvious that the wind and rain these past two days have been much less than the previous two days.
The next morning, everyone set off at sea, even earlier than usual, before dawn.
He Cuihua anxiously instructed Da Bao,
"Da Bao, this is some dry food that your mother made for you. Just be careful."
"Now that you're at sea, Mother won't say anything more. I just hope you'll be safe and sound; I wish for nothing else."
But this statement is somewhat weak, since no one can predict what will happen next once at sea.
Seven smiled and accepted it, then followed the others onto the boat.
This time, there were more than just the five of them on the boat. In addition to Uncle Lao Wu, there were more than a dozen able-bodied men from the village.
This boat is the largest in the village. It belongs to the collective and is the only large boat in their production team.
Normally, the village earns work points by using this largest boat, but this time it's for hauling supplies.
The wind picked up as soon as their boat set sail, and everyone tensed up because no one had expected it. The typhoon, which seemed to have calmed down in the last couple of days, suddenly changed the weather once it reached the sea.
When the boat started to sway wildly and the helmsmen were all crowded together, someone reported to Uncle Wu.
"What should we do now, Uncle Wu?"
As a result, all we saw was that little brat called Da Bao rushing into the driver's seat. After he got in, Uncle Wu immediately shoved the helmsman aside.
He moved a stool over and personally carried Da Bao up onto it.
To everyone's astonishment, Da Bao grabbed the helm, and just as everyone was wondering, the boat, which had been swaying back and forth as if it were about to crash into the rocks, immediately stabilized.
Everyone looked at Da Bao with mixed feelings. No wonder Lao Wu said that if Da Bao didn't get on the boat, he wouldn't get on the boat either.
So it really was this little kid who was driving the boat.
The journey started off incredibly difficult, but after Da Bao took the helm, the ship sailed smoothly, despite the strong winds and heavy rain outside.
They were perfectly safe in their cabin.
What was supposed to be a journey of more than ten hours suddenly took us seven or eight hours with the wind at our backs. After loading supplies, we returned in another seven or eight hours.
They originally planned to make a trip every two days, but they made the round trip in less than a day, and this time they brought a lot of supplies.
The arrival of another typhoon a week later has laid the foundation, so if they can make a couple more trips, it shouldn't be a problem for them to hold on for another two or three months.
After the second trip, Da Bao made a request to go out to sea to fish.
As a result, the production team leader quit after just one day. This boat belonged to the village collective; how could anyone just decide to go fishing?
The day after the captain disagreed, Da Bao and Uncle Lao Wu got off the boat and went directly to Da Bao's family's boat.
overnight, Uncle Wu and his men cleaned up Da Bao's boat, which was originally a medium-sized boat.
It used to be useful in the village, but it had been sitting for a long time and had naturally rusted. Now it was taken out by the people and put into the water early the next morning.
Nobody can really say anything about their own boat, but when he went to the production team to ask for oil coupons last night, the production team leader looked at him with a face full of disappointment and said to Uncle Wu,
"Fifth brother! Look at all your skills, why are you messing around with this little brat?"
You can use the big boats in our village to fish, but the fish will belong to our public, and we'll give you whatever we can get.
"If you sail this small boat out yourselves now, you might get a bigger share, but how much can you possibly catch?"
"Besides, even if you want to help the elderly, weak, women and children, you can't help them to this extent and disregard your own interests. The majority of that ship belongs to Da Bao's family, and you won't get a share."
Besides, that ship is only medium-sized. It goes out to sea once a day. How many fish can it catch when it comes back? Even if it brings back a full hold, you won't get much in return.”
But Uncle Wu not only ignored him, he also insisted on doing things his own way.
The whole village was waiting to see them make a fool of themselves, except for the few strong laborers who had gone on the boat with Da Bao.
In their words, the group went to the production team leader, who asked to go with Uncle Wu and his group.
The production team leader immediately scolded him back.
These days, it's not like anyone can just get on whichever ship they want.
It was all arranged collectively. People like Da Bao and Uncle Wu were allowed to make the decisions because the boat belonged to Da Bao's family.
Many villagers who were just watching the spectacle did the math: it would cost at least 200 yuan to refuel Da Bao's boat, and that money came from the boat owner.
This is the boat owner's share of the fish, which is the majority of the profits; this is stipulated in the agreement.
Besides work points, 20% of the fish on this boat are sold, and the money goes to the boat owner.
This is also to subsidize the ship owners, since the fuel costs are there.
Everyone was waiting to see the joke. With oil costing 200 yuan per trip, the ship could only go out to sea once a day. Even if it returned with a full hold and only 20% of the cargo, it wouldn't amount to much money.
Their family used to earn only seventy or eighty yuan a month from working on that boat.
But these seventy or eighty yuan are nothing compared to the high price they paid for the grain.
Everyone was waiting to see Uncle Wu regret his decision, after all, he was in charge of the biggest boat in the village.
But he insisted on fooling around with this little kid.
Their ship set off immediately, very early in the morning.
It was before dawn; they must have left around two or three in the morning and thought they wouldn't be back until very late.
Uncle Wu was also prepared. Although he had sailed this kind of boat many times before, he was now lame and not as familiar with the specific conditions at sea as he used to be.
After leaving this sea area, although the memory seems etched into my bones, the situation in the sea area changes after each typhoon.
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