It rained heavily all night, and it gradually stopped until the dew came. The wind didn't stop, and it blew for another hour before it finally stopped.
Each family hid in an oilcloth tent for the whole night, and everyone was extremely sleepy.
Seeing that the wind and rain had subsided, they all got out of the tent and were busy looking for their own fishing boats to check the damage.
Yang stuffed Huo Nian, who was still sleeping soundly, into Huo Xi's arms, and boarded her own boat with Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu. She didn't have time to check, so she untied the rope tied to other people's boats and headed towards the shore.
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After rowing the boat to the shore, Huo Xi discovered that everything else was fine. The planks and oars were still there, but the top of her boat had been blown away by the wind.
The top is bare, only the brackets on both sides of the cabin are left.
There was a boat smaller than hers, and the bamboo canopy in the middle was completely removed. Only the bare hull was left.
Her house is okay, the two sides of the cabin are framed by wooden boards, the roof is gone, and the doors on both sides of the cabin are gone, but only the wooden frames on both sides are still there.
This is obviously unlivable.
Huo Xi hugged Huo Nian and walked towards his boat.
"Xi'er, don't come over here. Stay in the tent with Nian'er in your arms. There's still wind now, so don't blow Nian'er." Yang stopped her.
Huo Xi hugged Huo Nian and stopped walking, just watching from the shore.
The cabin of the boat was overturned and rainwater poured into the cabin. Yang and three other people were busy scooping water out to check the damage. Soon Huo Erhuai and Yang went ashore with hemp ropes and tied a hemp rope between two trees.
rope.
Yang Fu opened the bottom of the bilge and took the bedding off the ship.
"Are you wet?" Huo Xi looked over.
"Well, fortunately it's not completely soaked. Let it dry, and you should be able to cover it at night. If it doesn't work, just bake it over a fire." Yang Fu hugged the piles of bedding. He couldn't see the road, so he just walked by feeling.
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Huo Xi followed him and pointed him out.
Although the bedding was wrapped in oilcloth, it was still stained with moisture and the corners were wet.
Yang and Huo Erhuai took it over and spread the bedding on the hemp rope to dry. Huo Xi looked up at the sky. It was still cloudy and he didn't know if it would rain.
"It's okay. It's windy and rainy. It's not like the continuous drizzle. It shouldn't rain again today." Seeing her worry, Yang comforted her.
Yang and Huo Erhuai had been floating in the water for so many years, so they should have some experience in looking at the sky, so Huo Xi felt a little relieved. But on this misty day, although there was no rain, the sun was probably gone.
Just the river breeze blowing, I'm afraid it won't be able to remove the moisture.
After a while, all the mats were dried. The two hemp ropes were fully dried.
Look again, oh, the river bank is full of hanging mats, gray and patched, with occasional glimpses of color. It's very spectacular.
Huo Nian woke up at some point and vaguely saw himself in his sister's arms. He grinned at Huo Xi. Huo Xi touched their foreheads with him. Huo Nian chuckled twice and woke up.
Lying on Huo Xi's shoulder, his eyes widened when he saw this spectacular blanket. He was stunned at first, then danced and kicked in Huo Xi's arms, almost making Huo Xi unable to hold him.
Huo Xi freed up a hand to pat his little butt: "You little thing, you don't know how to worry."
Yang, Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu successively carried their own jars, pots and pans, and various fishing gear from the boat and spread them out to dry on the shore.
Seeing that Huo Nian had woken up, they all took a moment to tease him. When Yang saw Huo Nian leaning toward her and reaching out, she quickly put down the things, wiped her hands on her clothes, picked him up, and carried him to the oil tent to breastfeed him.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu took out the clothes of the family in the cage to dry.
"Oh, this is all filled with water." Yang Fu took out one, which was full of water. He shook it, and the water was still dripping down.
Huo Xi took a look and wondered, right? None of the clothes in the cage were fresh.
Having no choice but to pull another hemp rope.
Huo Xi handed the clothes to Yang Fu. Yang Fu stood on tiptoes to dry them on the hemp rope and muttered: "Nian'er's diaper has been wet by the rain. What should I do? I'm going to be naked today."
Huo Xi looked at Huo Nian's diaper with half a piece of hemp rope hanging out and felt a little worried.
Huo Erhuai immersed himself in checking the food in the pots and cages at home. When he heard it, he said: "It's okay, if it really doesn't work, let's roast it over the fire. You can't let Nian'er feel wronged."
As soon as I finished speaking, I saw that all the firewood and charcoal in the bamboo basket were soaked in water.
this……
Huo Xi and Yang Fu finished drying their clothes and ran over to take a look. They were dumbfounded. How could they bake? There was no firewood for breakfast.
"Quick, bring the dustpan and put it on the dustpan to dry." Huo Erhuai ordered continuously.
"There is water on the ground." Where to put this to dry? Huo Xi looked around, worried.
"Put some on the bow and stern of our boat to dry, and some on the fishing boxes to dry." Huo Erhuai said, Yang Fu went into the oilcloth tent and took out a fishing box, still holding it upside down, put the dustpan up, and Huo Erhuai
Xi spread the dry firewood and charcoal on the dustpan.
Just as she was about to carry some to the bow of the boat to dry, Yang fed Huo Nian, carried him out, and handed him to Huo Xi: "Xi'er, you come and hold Nian'er, and mother will do it."
Huo Xi also knew that she was young and lacked strength, so she accepted Huo Nian's hug.
Huo Xi held Huo Nian in her arms and watched her family being busy. Looking around, everyone was too busy to talk, and every family suffered losses.
Many of the cabins were destroyed and the planks were lost, but the ship did not capsize. The greatest wealth was saved, and there was no outcry.
"Xi'er, all the crabs we kept in the crab pots have escaped. The crab pots are also gone." Yang Fu came over to say something, with a somewhat dejected look on his face.
Huh? "The crab pots are gone too?"
Yang Fu pouted and nodded.
Huo Xi couldn't help but feel heartbroken. There were a crab pot full of crabs, waiting to be made into drunken crabs and bald butter. They had all been collected with money. Now not only were the crabs gone, but the crab pots were also unhooked.
The family still has to spend money to buy crab pots.
"The shrimp cage is also rotten." Yang Fu said again.
Huo Xi couldn't help but touch her forehead.
For shrimp and crab pots, every night, Huo Erhuai would always find a place with dense aquatic plants and put the night pots there, and then collect them in the morning. Because shrimps and crabs are sensitive during the day, it is difficult to catch them, so he would put them in night pots at night, hoping to catch more.
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Now, they are all gone. We need to add at least two shrimp pots and crab pots at home, and this will cost a lot of copper coins.
Fortunately, we didn't set any night nets last night, otherwise the fishing nets would probably be gone and we would have to spend money to buy new ones.
If it hadn't been for the huge profit made during the Double Ninth Festival before, the family would have been ruined by this storm.
"Are the food and seasonings at home okay?" Don't you have to eat early and have an empty stomach?
While Huo Erhuai and Yang were busy spreading it to dry, they replied to her: "It can still be used. Although it has been soaked in water, it can still be eaten."
That's good.
She just let out a breath and heard Qian Xiaoxia's voice not far away: "This brown rice is soaked in water! What should we have for breakfast?"
Uncle Zou's voice next to him also sounded: "Oh, the pork suet I just cooked has turned into water."