After soaking in the hot springs and returning to town, Xu Suizhu took the teachers from the town to Fuju Island for activities.
In order to spare enough time to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival family dinner, the 6 bosses also had to fulfill their promise to take the mother and children to Guangcheng. After returning to the unit, they immediately threw themselves into work day and night.
Finally, the day came for the shipwreck to be salvaged.
"What's going on today? It's very early in the morning. A dozen large ships arrived, and one of them looks like a warship. Isn't there going to be a war?"
Lin Guodong was about to go to sea. When he saw so many ships with national flags suddenly appearing on the sea, he was so frightened that he did not dare to go out. He turned around and went to Fuju Island to complain to his niece.
When Xu Suizhu heard this, he immediately thought: They should be here to salvage the sunken ship.
He comforted his uncle: "I don't know how to fight. In peacetime, how can a fight start without warning? Something must be wrong. It's okay, uncle, just go fishing. If those ships have cordoned off, just go around them."
"That's right! If you just say it's okay, it must be okay. Don't be surprised." Xu Xiuyuan urged him to go to the sea quickly. When the sun comes, the sea surface temperature will rise, and there will be fewer fish, shrimps and crabs.
"Sui Sui and they are going to Guangcheng to play in a while. I will make some dry food for them. If you catch more mantis shrimps, send them over. Sui Sui, A Xiao also likes to eat this."
"Why!"
Lin Guodong went to sea as promised.
After Xu Xiuyuan waited for the man to leave, she asked her niece, "Is everything going to be okay?"
"No." Xu Suizhu knew that her aunt was tight-lipped, so she revealed a few words, "The Institute of Oceanography is taking the lead in salvaging the sunken ship. That's what Doudou's dad is busy with during this time."
Xu Xiuyuan felt relieved, said, "It'll be fine," and got busy with other things.
Xu Suizhu: "..."
Her aunt is not at all curious about shipwrecks?
"What are you curious about?" Xu Xiuyuan laughed when she heard her question, "I thought it was a big move! It's not very common in the sea to capsize a few boats in strong winds and waves?"
"..."
Well, she has no idea about shipwrecks. She doesn’t know the significance of a historical shipwreck to a country.
Throughout the whole day, Xu Suizhu's heart was in a state of excitement. More than once, he clasped his hands together to pray that the salvage of the sunken ship would proceed smoothly and that no unnecessary complications would arise.
The children have always been attentive, and they sensed that she was worried. They no longer ran around like crazy, but stayed with her every step of the way, asking her after a while if she wanted to drink water or eat.
During lunch, several children took turns picking up vegetables for her.
"Auntie, this is the duck feet you like to eat!"
"Auntie, eat chicken legs! Chicken legs are nutritious!"
"Girl, eat fish belly meat! Zhuang Zhuang likes fish belly meat the most!"
Little Baozi was so small that he couldn't reach the dishes on the plate even if he stretched his arms, so he simply scooped the steamed milk cake from his own bowl into Xu Suizhu's bowl: "Well! You eat it!"
Xu Suizhu was moved. Who said that her son was not her mother's caring little cotton-padded jacket? Who dares to say, who is she anxious about?
In the evening, Lin Guodong came back under the setting sun loaded with fishing goods.
Xu Suizhu stepped forward: "Uncle! How is it? Did it go well?"
"Smooth! It couldn't be smoother!" Lin Guodong smiled from ear to ear, "I thought I was going to be in trouble. The sea where I used to go was surrounded today. Just like you said, a cordon was set up all the way.
They refused to let me pass, so I had to go around. It turned out that I had better luck in another place. The first thing I saw was mantis shrimp, the largest one weighing half a catty. I will ask your aunt to pick some more and dry them for you later.
Take it to eat on the road... I also caught a large grouper later, which is bigger than the farmed one, and..."
What Xu Suizhu was concerned about at the moment was not what fish he had caught, but - "Uncle, have those boats withdrawn?"
"When I came back, there seemed to be a few less ships. The cordon was still there, and so were the warships. What do you think this was doing? Is there oil under our sea?"
Lin Guodong often watches the news broadcast. He once heard in the news that which country discovered oil on the seabed. He subconsciously thought that this was the reason why the country sent a fleet to protect the sea in front of his house.
Before Xu Suizhu said anything, her aunt said: "It's not your turn to do anything! Hurry up and take a few bites of rice, then bring down more mantis shrimps, and pick some others for me while it's still dark.
Hurry back to the fishing ground!"
Lin Guodong smiled naively, took the chopsticks handed over by his mother-in-law, and picked up his dinner.
Little Baozi and other children surrounded him, shouting "Grandpa" and "Grandpa" non-stop.
"Good! So good!" Lin Guodong remembered that there were several conchs mixed with the caught fish, and asked his mother-in-law to pick them out, dig out the conch meat inside, wash the conch shells, and smooth the mouth of the conchs for several children.
Blow and play.
They have quite a few toys like this. But they still get excited every time they get a new one.
"Grandpa, I will also sail in the future to find many, many treasures!" Zhuang Zhuang patted his chest and said with great ambition.
Cuicui nodded: "It's best to find a mermaid! Our teacher said that the mermaid's hometown is the sea!"
Zhuang Yi, a villain, curled his lips: "Your teacher is lying again! The mermaid is just a fairy tale, the reality does not exist!"
Cuicui likes her Chinese teacher very much and argues for this reason: "Our teachers will not lie! There are mermaids, so we must protect the sea! Protect the mermaids' home!"
The little bun blinked his big eyes cutely, looking at this and that, and after a while he said: "Don't make any noise! Keep talking!"
It was rare for the adults to hear him speak in full, so they were very happy to hear it.
"Oh, my aunt's sweet baby Doudou! How can you be so sensible!" Xu Xiuyuan happily picked up her grandnephew and gave her a kiss.
Little Baozi was shy and hid in her arms.
When everyone saw this, they laughed.
Maybe it stimulated the little bun to form a complete speech pattern. After that, he gradually started to speak more and more words.
Even when playing with the drama turtle, Xiaohei and the others, you can often hear him talking to himself like a monologue: it is no longer the words that Yili Mulu could not hear in the past, but words like "Xiaohei, Xiaohei"
"Hei, don't run away", "Turtle, turtle, turtle, crawl quickly", "Little Hei, don't be naughty", "Er Hei, you are fat again"... These are complete sentences.
Mother Xu Suizhu was filled with emotions at this moment.
At this time last year, I had not yet learned to walk. This year, I can not only run and jump, but also chat with my friends and speak childish words.
Time really flies by, and the child grows up inadvertently.
A few lyrics popped up in my mind - "Our childhood is like the wind blowing by chasing growth, gently blowing dreams, slowly rising into the sky... We have all grown up, and many dreams are flying...
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Suddenly I remembered that the recent letter from Chen Xuyang and Zhou Dongwei seemed to ask her to compose lyrics. At that time, because I was busy preparing for the college entrance examination, I thought I would reply to them after the holiday, so I forgot about it.