Under the pillar with the loudspeaker hung, there was a huge crowd of people, all of whom came closer to hear it better.
The noise all around was deafening.
The father and son listened to the discussions in various dialects around them, plus the broadcasts on the radio above their heads, and they also listened to everything.
Father Ye patted his chest in fear, "Mazu bless you. Fortunately, we didn't set out the day before yesterday. Otherwise, otherwise, there would have been an earthquake in the sea right in front of our house? It was still level 5, even though it was clearly said to be level 5-7."
Ye Yaodong was also a little scared. Based on the return trip time last year, they set off the morning before yesterday and arrived home the next evening. They were probably still at sea when the earthquake occurred.
"Then how do I know? I also heard from other people that level 5-7 is correct. It has just happened not long ago. It is normal that the data has not been released just now. The beads really gave a warning. I was really scared.
Jump, in the bay, strait, or at sea."
"If I had set out the day before yesterday and didn't get home in time, I might have finished playing on the way."
"Okay, okay, we didn't get on the ship as soon as we saw that the beads were broken. Hey, then Chen Jiannian's cargo ship..."
Ye Yaodong also thought about it, "I don't know if that cargo ship was going fast or not. If it hadn't stopped at the port along the way or spent the night at the port, it would have reached the provincial capital before the afternoon."
They spent the night in Vancouver last year, so they arrived in the evening of the next day.
They originally thought the same thing when they set out the morning before yesterday, because the small trawler had no shelter from the wind and rain, and the waves would hit the deck casually. There were thirty or forty small boats in their group.
If you are concerned about the small boat, it is best to rest on the shore at night and wait for dawn before setting off.
Cargo ships certainly don’t have to stop at night to rest, but I don’t know if they will stop at ports along the way to unload cargo.
Large cargo ships themselves may not necessarily reach their destinations directly, and it is normal for them to stop and unload cargo along the way.
"It's hard to say, but now there is only news about the earthquake and nothing else."
"What happened yesterday afternoon has been transmitted here very quickly. It is estimated that there will be broadcast news by tomorrow morning."
"Then we can't leave now."
"Go to the place where the fishing boats are berthed and meet the others first. There are people here."
The father and son pushed through the crowd and walked out. People outside squeezed in, and they squeezed out.
It was a cold day and I was sweating all over.
Father Ye's shoes had been stepped on, and when he came out, he was still holding the shoes in his hand to put them on.
"There are so many people. Fortunately, I tied my shoelaces tightly, otherwise my shoes would be gone."
"Phew, people are crowding here. It's a little empty outside."
"Let's go."
On the shore where the fishing boat docked, there were a few people standing here and there. Others had not come over yet and were probably still listening to the gossip in the crowd.
"Brother Dong, Third Uncle..."
"Have you all heard the broadcast?" Ye Yaodong said.
"I heard it. It turns out there was an earthquake, magnitude 5-7, just yesterday."
"No wonder when we came over earlier, a bunch of people didn't go out to sea. They were all standing on the pier talking. It turned out that there was an earthquake."
"Fortunately, we didn't leave the day before yesterday. Brother Dong's prayer beads really gave us a warning..."
"If we had left on time the day before yesterday, it would have been terrible. We happened to be at sea, and our skin would have to peel off even if we didn't die."
"Fortunately, I didn't leave. When I heard what people around me said, I was so scared to death that my hair stood on end."
"The whole army was almost wiped out..."
Ye Yaodong kicked him over, "That's nonsense!"
"Then what should we do now? It has only been a dozen hours since the earthquake. Will there be a tsunami?"
"We definitely can't leave. We'll leave two or three people to take shifts. The others will go back to sleep. I'll listen to what the radio says tomorrow."
Father Ye said: "Then stand here and wait for others to come over."
"Brother Dong, your prayer beads are so useful. When I get back, I will ask the old lady at home to give me her prayer beads to wear."
"Yes, I have to go back and ask my wife at home for Buddhist beads to wear."
"Fortunately, I didn't leave the day before yesterday..."
Everyone was a little scared, but also a little lucky.
Fortunately, they came to Zhoushi and did not fish at home. Otherwise, at that time yesterday afternoon, most of the boats would still be at sea.
That's terrible!
Fortunately, all the fishing boats in their village followed Ye Yaodong. There shouldn't be much damage to their village?
I don’t know if the fishing boats from other villages stayed at sea.
It's midnight now, and I don't know the specific situation. They won't be able to call back until dawn tomorrow.
While everyone was waiting, they were all talking actively, and they all felt a bit lucky to have survived the disaster.
Workers who were still in the crowd also came over one after another and joined the discussion.
Everyone was also very scared and almost died.
There are three to four hundred of them in this group. They bear the hope of the whole village and are also the strong labor force of the whole village.
If something unexpected happens, their village will be destroyed and it will become a widow's village.
Ye Yaodong counted the number of people. Almost all the workers on his side had returned, and then he said loudly.
"You just heard on the radio. There was an earthquake at about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It was in the middle of the sea, in the bay and strait. It sounds like it shouldn't be far from us."
"We still don't know if there are any casualties at sea or on land, and we don't know the wave conditions in the sea, so we can't leave now."
"The radio also advised that ships heading south should suspend their departures. We have to wait until tomorrow morning to listen to the radio tomorrow morning to get the latest news on the current situation in the sea there."
"Let's go back now. After listening to the radio tomorrow, we will call home and decide when to go back."
"Now you can stay on the dock for a while to see if there is any new news. Then you can go back by yourself later. Don't be alone. I will also ask people on other fishing boats."
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, everyone shouted in response.
The radio hadn't even started yet. After asking people around and finding out that there was an earthquake at sea, they knew they wouldn't be able to leave at night.
He doesn't really want to go back now. He just learned the news and wants to stay a little longer to see if he can learn more.
The same goes for Father Ye.
The father and son went to talk to people on other fishing boats.
There is no doubt that everyone else is also rejoicing, and they all say they will call home tomorrow morning to ask, and then listen to the broadcast situation.
Please collect the book!
Aguang said: "The old lady's prayer beads are really useful. I must have recited a lot of scriptures before going in. Fortunately, Dongzi put them on when he came out."
"Fortunately, I wear it on my hand, and it turns out it really works."
Father Ye also said: "Next time I won't mind her nagging about Amitabha every day."
Ye Yaopeng said: "You're definitely not going to leave at night, right? The boats that were close to us just now told the workers to go back and rest on their own later, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."
"We thought so too, and we came over just after we finished talking."
"Go listen again and see if there is any news before going back. It's all here."
"After the briefing, everyone knows that we can't leave at night, so we can just go back on our own later."
Everyone said one thing to each other, and then went back to the crowd.
Ye Yaodong kept holding on to his father tightly. His father kept stretching his neck to look here and there. He was worried that his father was lost.
The father and son shuttled among the crowd, and after listening for a while, they didn't see any useful news. What was there was all released by the authorities.
The radio is also being played in a loop, with the same content played before, nothing new.
The masses can only rely on their own imagination and speculation.
After listening to it for a while, they felt it was meaningless and went back. They planned to go back and rest first, and then come out to listen to it again early tomorrow morning. A new version would definitely be updated by then.
When they left, the pier was still crowded with people. Instead of fewer people, there were even more people. They were all those who had planned to go out to sea at night, and there were also fishing boats returning from docking at night.
When we got home, there were only a dozen or so people in the family, most of whom were still staying on the dock, reluctant to come back, waiting to hear the news.
Ye Yaodong greeted everyone and exchanged information, but there was no difference.
"It's okay now. I can't leave today. Dad, go to the house and look for the calendar to see which day you still have to leave."
Father Ye muttered, "I just said that the fourth day of the Lunar New Year is also unlucky. Something will happen on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year..."
"When did you say it was unlucky? When did you say that? A few days ago, you thought the fourth day of the Lunar New Year was good, but now you are thinking about it in hindsight, and what happened yesterday was on the third day of the Lunar New Year. What does it have to do with the fourth day of the Lunar New Year today?"
The workers nearby were all stunned. What happened?
"I'll just say it casually and I'll get the calendar."
"Brother Dong, can we go back in time on the 31st?"
"I'm sure I can make it in time. Today is only the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and there are still 5 days left."
Mad, if I had known earlier, I would have left two days earlier.
At that time, I thought that I would definitely not be able to go out in the first grade of junior high school. Who would choose the first and fifteenth grade of junior high school when traveling far away?
It would be too early to go any further, after all, he can now earn tens of thousands of yuan a day.
Father Ye went to the house and took out the wall calendar. He flipped through it as he walked and said, "There are good days for traveling on the sixth day of the lunar month, and there are days on the seventh day of the lunar month, but not on the eighth day of the lunar month. There are no days on the eighth day of the lunar month."
"It's too late on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. It's already early morning on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year to rush back."
"Then it can only be the sixth day of the Lunar New Year."
"When others come back, tell them. I don't know what the broadcast will be tomorrow. Anyway, we can tentatively schedule the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Then we won't stop at the dock for the night and go straight to home."
Today is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Today is a buffer day, and tomorrow is a buffer day. This is not a typhoon. As long as it does not cause a tsunami, its stamina should not be that big?
"Let's see, if we don't leave on the sixth day of the lunar month, it will be too late to go back. If there is no earthquake sooner or later, there will be an earthquake now." Father Ye was also full of complaints.
"I was afraid of this unexpected situation, so I thought of setting aside a little more time and returning early. I didn't expect that I would be caught up if I returned early."
"Fortunately, it's okay. As long as everyone is fine, the later it is, the later it will be. Nothing is more important than life, not to mention there are hundreds of people here."
As soon as this was mentioned, everyone became afraid again.
If we really encounter one, it is really possible that the entire army will be annihilated.
Everyone gathered around to talk, but most of them hadn't come back yet. They didn't have the heart to go back to the house to sleep at this time, so they all sat together at the door and continued talking.
Ye Yaodong touched the scattered Buddhist beads in his pocket, thinking that when he got back, he would ask the old lady to string them together and recite sutras before wearing them.
In this life, he will not carry gold or silver, but he will carry these beads.
There will be another one at night, I can’t guarantee what time it will be, so don’t wait.
I couldn't stand it any longer, so I went to bed and got up early tomorrow to write.
Chapter completed!