Chapter 148: The Whole Family Goes To Sea
Granny Yun and the others organized everything they needed for tomorrow night, and they would set off early in the morning.
To be honest, Granny Yun and Grandpa Yun were a little excited.
Living by the sea, Grandpa Yun’s family had a boat when he was young, and he also liked rowing it out to fish in the sea.
But later, Granny Yun fell ill, their son got married, and grandson after grandson appeared, so Grandpa Yun urgently needed money and sold the fishing boat, even borrowing some money.
Due to having too many grandsons, he could only work as a helper on other people’s boats to pay back the debt. Their family had many children who ate a lot, and the income was insufficient, leading to the family becoming poorer and poorer, unable to afford a boat at all.
He felt quite regretful that he could no longer go out to sea.
Old Master Yun was almost sixty this year, but his body was still very healthy.
In fact, he was a little excited when he heard his two sons say they would take the old couple out to sea to a secluded island.
At this moment, it was time to sleep, but he was still restless and couldn’t fall asleep in bed.
Suddenly, his wife’s hand reached out, hugged him, and patted his back.
“Go to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow. Don’t be left behind by your sons if you can’t wake up then.”
Old Master Yun hummed: “How dare they.”
“I’m just worried, it’s been so many years since I went out to sea, I don’t know if my body is still useful.”
Granny Yun knew that Old Master Yun had sold that boat to pay for her treatment back then.
Ever since she married this man, she knew how much he liked that boat, and how much he liked the sea.
But for her sake, he gave up the sea and gave up the boat.
Granny Yun held his hand: “Sleep.”
Grandpa Yun nodded: “Okay.”
………… The next day, early in the morning, the old master got up full of energy and went to knock on his sons’ doors one by one.
“How long has it been? Hurry up and get up.”
Lin Hai Yun and Lin He Yun: ………… It was still dark outside, only around five o’clock.
Jiaojiao Yun couldn’t possibly wake up at this hour; she was groggy while brushing her hair, brushing her teeth, and washing her face, and was helped by her Eldest Brother and Second Brother.
Although the other older brothers were envious, they couldn’t compete for it.
Boys also couldn’t resist doing the hair and dressing up for such a beautiful little baby.
Shen Yunlian had no part in it at all.
“Don’t you want any hair clips today?”
Chen Bei Yun took out a pile of various small hair clips and hair ties.
With a little money in hand, and having learned more from his Master, Chen Bei Yun was currently passionate about making various beautiful hair accessories for Jiaojiao Yun, in addition to woodworking.
Xiaowu Yun picked up a little rabbit hair clip: “This one, this one is cute.”
Xiaojiu Yun picked up a cat hair clip: “This one looks good too.”
Chendong Yun had already picked up a red hair tie and tied Jiaojiao Yun’s hair into a cute and beautiful style.
The hair tie had a small bell, and although the bell’s sound wasn’t loud, it sounded very lively.
Chen Nan Yun pushed up his glasses: “Let me get out of the way, I’ll put a red dot on her forehead.”
“Jiaojiao, wear these little rabbit overalls today, and the hair clip should be rabbit-themed too.”
Shen Yunlian and Wang Mei exchanged a look, not understanding what kind of hobby this group of sons had.
Shen Yunlian: “Get my snow cream out for Jiaojiao to wipe her face.”
Hehe… she chose to join in.
Dressing up her daughter was really fun, and looking at the result at the end was very rewarding.
Jiaojiao Yun was wearing light blue overalls, with a little rabbit head pocket at the very front.
She was a chubby, short, three-headed little figure with fair skin, delicate features, a red dot on her forehead, her hair braided into pigtails and coiled at the back of her head, secured with a hair tie and clip. Some of the hair tie trailed down, adorned with pretty little bells.
She truly looked like a little immortal child.
Cute!
The older brothers were satisfied, but a little regretful.
Xiaowu Yun: “If only we had a camera, photos of Jiaojiao like this would definitely look good.”
The whole family couldn’t help but nod.
It was a pity they didn’t have a camera at home now.
Chen Bei Yun pondered. He could earn some money now from the things he made, and he wanted to save up to buy a camera.
When Jiaojiao grew up, her childhood appearance could only be preserved through photos.
They would definitely need to take a lot of photos.
“Let’s go~”
The whole family, neatly assembled, embarked on their journey to sea.
Jiaojiao Yun was picked up by her Eldest Brother.
The other brothers couldn’t snatch her away.
The boats had been borrowed the night before, three wooden boats, with one boat capable of holding five people and one extra.
Jiaojiao Yun naturally boarded their boat, held by Chendong Yun.
So, they had one extra person on their boat.
The younger ones were exceptionally excited after boarding the boat, not minding the dirtiness, touching things and looking around.
It was their first time going out to sea with them, and their hearts were inevitably filled with excitement.
“I’ll row the boat.”
Old Master Yun spat twice into his palms and rubbed them together, clearly very excited.
“Back in my day, I was a master fisherman in Bailong Village…”
As soon as he started, Grandpa Yun quickly got familiar with it and rowed better than Lin Hai Yun and the others.
“How many years has it been since I rowed a boat out to sea?”
His tone was filled with longing.
Lin Hai Yun and Lin He Yun exchanged glances; it seemed their father really enjoyed going out to sea.
In fact, there were people his age who went out to sea.
People living in rural areas were generally sturdy due to years of labor. As long as they didn’t get sick, doing physical work was completely no problem.
Moreover, the old man was experienced. For families with fewer hands, it was safer to take an experienced elder out to sea.
Their family had many people and many young and strong adults, but only one boat. So, Grandpa Yun didn’t argue with the younger generation and didn’t mention his request to go out to sea with his sons.
Lin He Yun said to Lin Hai Yun: “Brother, how much longer until we can pool our money to buy an iron boat?”
“We’re still a bit short. I’ve inquired about the price of iron boats. At the shipyard, an 18-meter iron boat costs around six thousand.”
Lin He Yun: “Let’s save a little more, and when we buy an iron boat, let Grandpa go out to sea with us too.”
An 18-meter iron boat could comfortably accommodate four or five people.
With the two of them present, it would be fine for Grandpa to help out a bit on the boat.
“Okay.”
Grandpa Yun’s mood was clearly very good. He rowed the boat with considerable strength all the way, and told the children stories from his youth.
They didn’t waste time at sea, so they quickly reached the secluded island.
When they arrived, the tide on the island had not yet fully receded.
They weren’t in a hurry, so they waited on the boat.
Jiaojiao Yun also woke up and sat on the boat with a fishing rod, fishing.
Soon, a fish took the bait.
Seeing the fishing rod bend into a bow shape, Xiaowu Yun and the others eagerly rushed to help.
“Slow down, slow down, if you’re too hurried, the fishing line might break.”
With so many people, everyone chiming in made it particularly lively.
“Mackerel, it’s a mackerel!”
Old Master Yun grabbed a hand net and scooped the fish into the boat.
“Hahaha… it’s not a small one either.”
“This fishing rod is good, I wonder where Little Fu bought it.”
Xiaowu Yun and the others touched the mackerel on the deck; it was longer than their arms.
“Jiaojiao, could you fish one for me too?”
Jiaojiao Yun didn’t hesitate much and handed him the fishing rod.
