Chapter 68: The Bay
The closest sea area to Yancheng is only more than 1,000 kilometers.
However, the complex waters along the way made the boat move as slowly as a turtle, and five days later, in the early morning, the Yancheng fleet arrived at the coordinates predetermined by the exploration team: Baisha Bay.
Two little laborers, 11 and 9 years old, stayed in the cabin tired and hungry, and saw the long coastline from the window from afar, jumping up and resurrecting with joy!
"It's ashore! Great! I'm going to the beach to catch a lot of seafood, Mom, if I catch a big lobster, can you cook it for me? β
"Of course, this little favor, mom is still willing to help you!"
The son's quick and sensible made Lin Yue feel very good, showing a mysterious smile! Son, you're still too naΓ―ve! Who told you you had seafood to eat at the beach?
"I'm afraid of the lobster's big pincers! What should I do, brother, can you give me a little bit to eat? β
"Yes, but you'll have to collect firewood to make a fire!"
The fleet docked at the temporary wharf one after another, and everyone was much more relieved when they stepped on the sandy floor.
"Thank you! Captain Lee, how's it going? β
"Everything went pretty well! The brothers in the vicinity have surveyed and found no danger. β
"What about the salt pans? How much area can be opened? β
"The terrain in the south is stable, suitable for building salt pans, and the place is big enough, just wait for the people you bring to help, the head of the regiment!"
"Good! Good! Good! Wait for the official completion to record your first class! Let's go, let's take a look, Lin Yue, do you want to go together? β
Head Xu, who was excited, smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a slit when he heard the good news. He was about to leave, but after walking a few meters away, he remembered that there was a supernumerary person here, and he couldn't help but look back and ask.
"I don't understand this, so I won't join in the fun, Captain Xu, you can get busy! I'm in charge of taking care of the kids and deserving of the seaside holiday here. β
Lin Yue left a few villagers in Xinshan Town, and the rest of the people were taken away by Head Xu to do business, and he took his children to start camping.
White Sands Bay was supposed to be a huge mountain range before. The high mountains form a line of defense between the northern and southern waters, with the vast freshwater lakes to the north and the surging waves to the south. The Yancheng base exploration team set up the barracks on the peak, and Lin Yue was not far from the large army, and found a large stone col in the leeward to set a fixed point:
"Li Zazi, that's it! You level the ground first, and then you drive piles and pitch your tents! β
"Great! Sister Yue! β
"Sister Yue, we have to stay here for a while! Why don't you just cut down some trees and build two mud houses, which will also make you and your children more comfortable! β
Zhou Xiaokuan is usually silent like a gourd, and he only knows how to bow his head and do things. This will rarely express his different views, which makes Lin Yue's eyes shine:
"Oh~ It's too much trouble to build a house! Besides, will you build it? β
"Hmmm! If it is the kind of ancestral old house in the village, it will definitely be troublesome, but here, what is so difficult about cutting some trees and pasting mud, and then using a tent as a roof, it is nothing more than digging the foundation and taking some effort! β
"That's right! Zhou Xiaokuan's heart is quite thin, Sister Yue! Rest assured, leave it to us! I definitely have to live for you before dark, but the shape may not look good, just don't dislike it! β
Li Dong didn't want Zhou Xiaokuan to be in the limelight in front of the rich man Lin, so he was busy patting his chest and guaranteeing!
"Then thank you, who wants to live in a tent with a house to live in? In two days you can build a few of them yourself. So, you're busy, I'll take the kids to the beach and see if I can get something good back! β
"Gotta do it!"
No matter how simple they say, Lin Yue, who is a handicap, said that she will not mix with her, and her task is to be responsible for providing food!
"Mom, build a house! I really want to stay and see it! β
Boys are naturally interested in this, which is much taller than beach castles and Lego bricks, and when their mother is leaving, Lolo's little eyes are full of little stars. "Mom, promise me, promise me!" "Meaning!
"What? You have forgotten the third chapter of the covenant between us: you and Yaya cannot do anything out of my sight. β
"But Mom, I really want to stay and help build the house, as long as I think that the house we live in was built by myself, I feel so happy!"
"Do you want to think more than eating a lobster?"
"Ten big lobsters can't compare to this kind of thinking!"
"Alright! Since you are so strongly requested, we will all help here in the morning and go to the beach in the afternoon, but in this case, we can only eat instant noodles at noon! β
"Yay! Long live Mom! I love you! β
Luo Luo's idea is good, and his willingness to help is serious, but unfortunately the work of building a house has always been the exclusive property of strong laborers.
The tree was big, and he couldn't lift his little arms and legs. To take the soil, he made seven blisters in his hands and only dug a small basket.
The only help he could do throughout noon was to hand towels to his uncles and brothers to wipe their sweat and bring tea to quench their thirst.
Two hours later!
"Sister Yue, I strongly ask you to leave quickly with your child! He's here, and we're always worried about hurting him and touching him. β
"Yes, Lolo! When you're older, will you come back and help? β
Lin Yue spread his hands at his son who had an oil pot on his lips and teased him: "Son, it seems that you are not popular!" Let's go, the big lobster is calling to you, let's go catch seafood on the beach! β
"Brother, let's go! Dad said boys should protect girls, what if the big lobster really appears, and you are not there, and my mother and I are scared? β
Despite his reluctance, Cao Luo still lowered his head and followed his mother and sister down the mountain and went straight to the beach.
The beach is not big, only a narrow line. Perhaps because of the good weather, the seafood was plentiful, and you could see all kinds of clams on the reef from a distance. The little girl's shouting for cheer:
"Brother, come on, this is an edible shell, I remember eating it at a barbecue stall once, it was very tender, fresh and very slippery!"
"Don't take off your shoes, beware of being cut by the rocks below, we'll have a barbecue in the field at night, okay?"
"Yes, yes!"
In addition to shellfish, you can also see large blue crabs running rampant on the beach, waving large pincers with their teeth and claws. For the delicious food that can be eaten, Lin Yue said that he didn't want to let go of everything, so he took out a pair of rural tongs from the space, and quickly clamped them one by one. After a while, it was filled with a full bucket, turned around and stuffed into the space, took out a new empty bucket and continued to work hard.
Unlike Yaya's various excitement and novelty, Luo Luo has always been absent-minded, and he is not interested in shell crabs. He drooped his head, kicked and played with the sand for a while, and even in the puddle, he really found a stranded lobster, which did not make him happy.
In just half an hour, the space was filled with a bucket of crabs and a bucket of clams, and there were also two large buckets of harvest outside. Seeing that the sun was too big, Lin Yue beckoned the children to get ready to go back for lunch.
"Mommy, it's fun! Shall we come back in the afternoon? β
"Of course, what are we going to eat if we don't come?"
The conversation between the mother and daughter could not attract any thoughts from the little man, and he was still intoxicated by his own little loss. A child is a child after all, no matter how much he claims to be an adult, he still can't hold back the words in his heart:
"Mom, why don't my brothers and uncles want me to help! The teacher said that children who are happy to help others will be welcomed by everyone, and I obviously want to help them......"
"Of course it's welcome to help others, but if you think about it, are you sure you're helping them?"
"I ......"
"Son, everyone has what they should do and what they are best at in this world. You are young now, what you should do is to study hard, and what you are good at is also learning. Building a house requires a lot of effort, and it is not for you now, they are not unwelcoming to you, they want you to do what you can do now! β