Chapter 757: Chapter 513: Everyone, Small Family
Binjiang City also held a comndation eting for typhoon and flood prevention, although Han Yu was awarded as an advanced individual, he did not attend.
Before, during the disaster relief, it was necessary to sacrifice personal matters for the community, now that there is ti, one cannot neglect personal matters again.
After completing the water patrol duties, he returned to Bailong Port, together with his brother-in-law, Chen Zikun, Zhang Ping, Xiao Gong, and intern police Xiao Chen who had just been assigned to Bailong Port Police Station, to clean up the sludge at the Bailong Port Passenger Pier and residential area.
After the major disaster, epidemic prevention followed.
First, remove the accumulated water and sludge, then rinse with clean water, and finally disinfect thoroughly.
Fortunately, the weather was hot enough, and it took less than three days for everything inside and outside the house to dry completely.
Mom and Master’s wife brought Han Han back from Xiao Yu’s ho, sitting together to tally the economic loss caused by the typhoon to the Han family.
Only three egg-laying hens were left, and of the five little lambs, two died due to diarrhea possibly from eating grass soaked by contaminated water, leaving only three.
The later caught chicks were all lost, not even a corpse could be found.
Of the twenty-so little ducks, only six were recovered.
Vegetable fields on the river beach and slopes of the levee were flooded, the planted rape, bok choy, and various beans were all lost.
Not to ntion the hard work put into planting and breeding, the purchase of chicks, ducklings, and lambkins cost money, as well as the feed for chickens and ducks bought from Chen Zikun’s wife, ng Hualei.
A real total loss, direct economic damages amounted to three hundred eighty yuan!
Seeing Mom looking unhappy, Han Yu tried to lighten the mood, saying, "We are ship folk, not farrs. It seems we really can’t farm or breed well."
Sister Wei took the opportunity to say, "Ship folk should stick to running boats, Salted Fish. Your dad called your brother-in-law yesterday, his transportation business has been so good lately that he can’t keep up."
"Is that so?"
"In Shuzhou and Zhangjia Port, they are reinforcing the levees, stones are needed everywhere. He and your brother are now not only transporting but also in the sand and stone business. Pulling from Hui’an to Shuzhou and Zhangjia Port, including transportation fees, hauling a boatload of stones can earn seven to eight hundred."
The province has decided to completely overhaul the Jianghai Flood Control, and construction will soon begin across the whole Yangtze River’s Jiangnan section.
There are only five small hills on Binjiang side, and they are scenic areas; impossible to quarry, and although the opposite Guzhou’s counties and districts have so hills, the available stones for quarrying are limited. Essentially, the counties downstream all need to purchase stones for the Yangtze River levee repair.
Han Yu realized that this was truly a business opportunity for his father and brother and asked with a smile, "How many trips can Dad make in a month now?"
Mrs. Han felt better talking about the transportation business, lifting her head and saying, "On average, one trip every three days, mainly delayed by loading and unloading. Otherwise, one round trip could be done in two days."
"One trip earns seven to eight hundred, ten trips a month, that ans seven to eight thousand a month!"
"If it’s just transportation, it couldn’t earn that much."
"Luckily we didn’t sell the old boat, otherwise we could only watch others make money."
"I heard Linghai, Changzhou, Dongqi, and Gaoru all need to repair the levees. Right now, one ship can only carry a little over a hundred tons. It would be great if the new ship could be launched sooner."
Han Yu could not miss the implication in his mother’s words, and laughed, "I’ll go to the shipyard later and ask Boss Wu for help, see if it can be built faster."
One day earlier for the new ship to launch ans one day earlier to earn big money.
Seeing her son being so concerned about family matters, Mrs. Han couldn’t help saying, "Boss Wu has been very helpful. I went to the shipyard yesterday. The new ship is being built pretty quickly, and it should be able to launch in another two months. But launching the new ship doesn’t an it can start hauling goods imdiately, we can’t run it without the proper procedures."
"When Ningning gets off work, I’ll talk to Ningning."
"Talking to Ningning won’t help, it’s not her Port Supervision Bureau that reviews the blueprints, nor is it the Port Supervision Bureau’s ship inspection sector that will inspect the ship."
Both Friend Han and Mrs. Han are employees of Linghai Shipping Company, even bank loans were processed through the shipping company, related procedures were also handled by docents through Linghai Transportation Bureau Port Supervision Station, then through the Port Supervision Station to Binjiang City Transport Bureau Port Supervision Departnt.
In short, Xiang Ning is a Transportation Departnt Port Supervisor, and she does not handle matters of local port supervision.
Sister Wei reacted and smiled, pulling Mrs. Han’s hand, "Leave this to Old Ge, he was a head of Transportation Bureau, those people at the Port Supervision Station are his old subordinates, and he has many acquaintances in Binjiang Transportation Bureau, he will handle the procedures."
"How could we trouble him?"
"It’s not troubling outsiders, what’s there to be embarrassed about?"
As they were talking, Dongdong and Old Qian ca back from fishing.
Just after the flood, many fish were trapped in the ditches inside the levee.
Old Qian had a good catch today, catching a big haul, apparently two to three tens of kilograms.
"Uncle, is this one big? I caught it!"
"This is not small."
Han Yu stood up, poured tea for Old Qian while smiling and asking, "Dongdong, how did your final exams go? Show
your report card."
Suddenly, Dongdong’s mood soured, he mumbled from behind his grandmother, "Uncle, you’re just like Mom!"
"Did you not do well?"
"I’m going to wash my hands, I’ll go check if Han Han is awake."
"Where are you running to, stay right there."
"Uncle..."
"Bring the report card here, let
help you summarize."
"It’s nothing worth looking at."
"Go fetch it quickly or I’m telling your mom tonight that you didn’t do your howork again!" Dealing with her grandson’s grades gave Mrs. Han a headache too.
Realizing it was going to be chaotic soon, Old Qian and Sister Wei quickly excused themselves - one went to tend to the freshly caught fish, and the other went to check on the napping Han Han next door - both quickly made their escapes.
Dongdong was most afraid of his mom and was worried his grandma would tell on him, so he could only sulkily retrieve his report card from the dorm.
Seeing the grades, Han Yu was imdiately dismayed.
Chinese 72, Math 68, English 43, Physics 86, Politics 55, History 72, Biology 66.
Comnts from the teachers indicated that the nephew needed to work harder academically and was very active in sports; in plain terms, he wasn’t great at studying but was very good at playing.
He had good grades in elentary school; how co he couldn’t manage in middle school? Could it be related to changing schools?
However, the impact of changing schools should not be significant; the teaching quality at Four Factory Middle School was good, and it was managed more strictly than urban middle schools.
Han Yu fell silent for a mont before lifting his head and saying, "The second sester of seventh grade is coming, and now it is the most crucial ti. If you don’t take the sumr break to catch up on lessons, you’ll struggle even more when you reach third grade."
Now a teenage Dongdong scratched his neck and muttered, "I was already falling behind, Uncle. Learning depends on talent. My dad wasn’t good at academics, neither was my mom in her school days, so naturally, I’m not any better. You can’t compare
with you and Auntie."
"If you don’t study well, you’ll only be fit for a vocational high school if you don’t make it into regular high school. What future is there in going to vocational?"
"I can go work on boats."
"Like your grandpa and your big uncle, working on boats too?"
"I won’t work on small boats; I plan to be a seaman, work on big ships, and earn big money!"
"Getting on a sea ship isn’t as easy as you think; even if you manage to get aboard a sea vessel, with your current grades, you’d only be an ordinary sailor. You’d spend your days scraping off rust and painting, cleaning and washing decks and cabins; it’s hard and tiring and doesn’t make much money. What kind of future would that be?"
"I want to start as a third officer, then second officer, chief officer, and eventually beco a captain of a large vessel!"
"Third and second officer positions are for senior sailors. How can you be one if you can’t keep up academically?" Han Yu set down the report card, pulled his nephew close and earnestly said, "Do you think it’s that easy to beco a captain? First off, you need good English; without it, you definitely can’t be a captain."
"Ah..."
"Math and physics are important too. It’s no exaggeration to say that to beco a competent oceanic cargo ship captain, you need to understand astronomy and geography as well."
"Do I need to understand astronomy and geography too?" Dongdong asked semi-skeptically.
Han Yu patted his arm, smiling as he explained, "What do you first look at when sailing? The weather. Sailing at sea is different from sailing in rivers. Captains, chief officers, and third officers all must be able to read satellite cloud maps and understand where the low-pressure air flows and where a typhoon might blow."
"Astronomy is equally important; you need to know how to use various instrunts to asure bearings and directions. You must understand chanical principles and know about turbines and auxiliary machines – that is, the conditions of the main and auxiliary engines. It’s very dangerous if you’re not familiar with the performance of the ships."
Dongdong, who had grown up in the docks with both parents working at the port, and both his grandpa and uncle being sailors, had always thought sailing was simple.
Hearing his uncle explain it that way, he frowned and said, "If I can’t work on big ships, I’ll work on small ones. Grandpa didn’t even finish elentary school and he can sail; I can do it too."
"What future is there in piloting river ships? Besides, don’t you want to be a seaman? Don’t you want to see the world, travel around the globe?"
"..."
"I don’t know what your parents want for your future, but I support your dream of working on oceanic ships as a seaman. It’s said that traveling provides lessons books cannot. While you’re young, it’s good to see the world. However, to be an oceanic seaman you need to keep up academically; there’s still ti if you focus now, it all depends on your determination."
"Uncle, I really can’t continue studying."
"You’re smart, I have confidence in you. Your current grades aren’t great - maybe you just haven’t found the right way to study. Starting tomorrow, you’ll co with
to Sanhe, and your aunt and I will help tutor you."
"To the Dunship?"
"There’s air conditioning on the Dunship, and if you study hard, I can even bring you onboard 001 to take the wheel."
"Really?"
"Have I ever lied to you?"
"Can I really pilot?"
"You really can; I’ll ask Captain Fan to take you as his apprentice."
That was the famous 001 from Binjiang Police!
The more Dongdong thought about it, the more excited he beca; he couldn’t help but ask, "Uncle, can I touch the gun?"
Without hesitation, Han Yu responded, "No problem, but only if you study hard and let your aunt and
see progress in your learning."
While encouraging his nephew to study hard, his daughter woke up and ca in rubbing her sleepy eyes, groggily saying,
"Daddy, daddy..."
"Good girl, co to daddy for a cuddle."
It’s only the nurturing that’s worriso, not the growing.
Little Han Han was now walking and talking; Han Yu picked her up in his arms and asked with a smile, "Thirsty? Want so water?"
Laying on Han Yu’s shoulder while looking at Sister Wei who ca in, Han Han drooled and said, "No water, I want ice cream."
Poor child, even in such hot weather, there’s no ice cream at ho—just like when her father started working, it was only fish soup every day.
Sister Wei extended her arms, scooped up the little one, and cheerfully said, "Want ice cream, huh? Grandma Wei will take you to buy so, how about we have so Ice Pop today?"
"Okay!"
"Sister Wei, Ning Ning doesn’t let her have cold drinks, they’re not good for health."
"Who says?" Sister Wei countered, then turning back she said, "Dongdong, co with Grandma Wei, she’ll buy for both of you."
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