After half a day of chatting, Captain Chen and the four of them became quite familiar with Ye Yaodong, who they knew very well. The key was that he was a sharp talker, interesting in what he said, thick-skinned, and could talk openly.
"My hometown is in front of me. My mother should have laid the floor for you. Do you want to rest or take a walk around?"
"Thank you very much. I may have to trouble you for a few days. We can just take care of ourselves. You can go and do your work later."
"Okay, I'll take you in first. The main reason is that we have all moved to a new home and the beds have been moved. Otherwise, you wouldn't have to make a bed on the floor."
"It doesn't matter, as long as you have a place to sleep, we have slept in even the most difficult conditions."
The old lady was sitting in the shade at the door. There were a large number of neighbors gathered around her, all of whom came to listen to the radio. They were enjoying the cool air while working, and they were listening fascinated. Only after being reminded by their neighbors did they see Ye Yaodong coming.
She stood up happily and said, "Dongzi is back? Your father also said that you took the People's Liberation Army comrades to the hospital in the town. You are back so soon. Are you tired? You guys sit down and have a rest. I will move the stool in the house...
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"You don't have to do any work, just sit down and eat fried dumplings. I'll take them into the house first."
"Why did you buy so much... I haven't even told you about building an additional house, why did you..."
"Don't say it if you haven't already. You're not happy to take you to enjoy the blessing. Hurry up and eat your food. I'll take them into the house first."
"Hey...you kid..."
The old lady looked at his back with her fried dumplings in her hand and babbled, and then said to her neighbors: "Dongzi, this kid, is honest and filial. I scolded his father that day and said I wanted to move to his place. He
I turned around and immediately wanted to build a house for me within two days. If I had known, I wouldn’t have talked about it so much. I wanted to raise one more person for me. Originally, there was already one more mouth in the family this year..."
"It's not bad to be filial. You're lucky too. I just bought you a radio and now I've built you a house. A Dong looks pretty good now... He's getting more and more into tune..."
"Yes, your pain is not in vain... A Dong knows how to be filial to you now that he has made a career..."
"This child has always been filial. He was holding a stack of fried pancakes in his hand. He might have brought them to a group of older children at home. They all liked him... They say children are the most sensitive. How about adults?
They know very well..."
The old lady now praises him when she meets everyone, especially when people see him showing his filial piety in person, she has to say it even more to let everyone know how good Dongzi is.
In the past, there was nothing to show off, so she could only suffer the pain herself. Now that he is giving her a face like this, the old lady wants everyone to know how good he is.
Ye Yaodong listened to the happy voice of the old lady behind him. Without seeing her face, he imagined that her eyes would disappear from laughter.
It's good to be happy. Only when you are in a good mood can you live longer.
After settling in for a few soldiers, he also sat at the door to talk to the old lady, blow in the wind, and drew a big cake for her that she could do whatever she wanted after moving there, making her smile.
After sitting there for a while, the old lady rushed him home and asked him to go home and report that the pancakes and pan-fried buns were getting cold.
After returning home, he was surrounded by a group of children without any surprise. They kept shouting "Uncle, Uncle, Uncle, Dad", and his ears were about to explode. After they were assigned one by one, he was relieved.
Early the next morning, while he was sitting at the door helping to pick beans, he heard a rumor from his second sister-in-law who didn't know where she had heard it. She said that the village collected two bronze bowls for 20 yuan yesterday evening. The news spread this morning.
After sailing, a lot of people started sailing towards that sea area, and they all wanted to go into the water and give it a try.
"What? Is it true?" Sister-in-law Ye asked.
"Of course it's true."
Ye Yaodong frowned and said, "Are you stupid? You can hand it over even if you fish it out."
"Maybe they want rewards, or just exchange money, so it's none of their business."
"Naive! Knowing that they are cultural relics, but still selling them... Whether the crime is serious or not, people have the final say now, not the law."
"Scared! What do you mean?"
"I told you that you don't understand. Just don't let your relatives go. It's against the law."
When Sister-in-law Ye heard this, she patted her thigh and ran away in a hurry. She couldn't believe it. She had already suffered a big loss once, and A Dong was much more knowledgeable than them.
Just then, four soldiers were approaching. They turned their heads and glanced at Sister-in-law Ye, and then looked at the busy workers next to them.
Thinking of what they heard yesterday about building an extra room for the old lady to live in, they all took off their clothes one by one, wearing only a tank top, revealing their strong bronze arms, and went to work.
"Hey, hey... you don't need to work, there are workers..."
"It's okay, please help me."
As they spoke, they picked up their poles and dustpans one by one and followed the workers to pick up pebbles and loess. The women in the village looked at each other from beginning to end.
By the time the people from the county came back, it was almost mid-morning, and a group of men, women, and children had already gathered in front of his house to watch the fun. The good-hearted villagers came closely behind the leaders.
Ye Yaodong found that there were a few more people in the group.
"Morning!"
"Early, those comrades from the People's Liberation Army..."
"I went to pick stones. Now I'm back. There..." Ye Yaodong pointed behind them.
"Uh... Comrades from the People's Liberation Army are so diligent..."
"They are caring for the people! Do the leaders have any plans today? Are they going to sea?"
The old man from the cultural center said: "That's right, I came here today mainly to talk about the bronze tripod. These are the staff of the museum. They just arrived yesterday evening. We happened to come here together today. I know that the bronze tripod has been donated to Mazu Temple. They are
I came here specifically to talk and negotiate.”
"Oh, you won't go to sea today?"
There was no mention of the bronze tripod yesterday. He thought they were planning to wait until the salvage was completed before mentioning it. Unexpectedly, they planned to wait for someone from the museum to come and talk.
"If you want to go to sea, you have to take our museum staff to the sea area first. We have already submitted an application for salvage. After all, a few comrades from the People's Liberation Army are not professionals. They helped to explore the way yesterday, and it was almost enough."
"Then I'll take you out for a spin first, and then go to the village committee when I get back. Regarding the tripod, you have to negotiate with the village cadres and let the village cadres collect the opinions of the villagers."
"It's time to work."
Today I just went out for a trip on the sea, so Ye Yaodong didn't bring anything to eat or drink.
I don’t know if these people took seasickness medicine in advance. They were in excellent condition today and did not get seasick. However, when the ship arrived at its destination, there were already several fishing boats around.
Everyone on the boat was wet, and some people were emerging from the water. After seeing them coming, everyone rowed their oars, and those who sailed the boat scattered in all directions.
Everyone on the boat couldn't help but frown.
Captain Chen said: "I heard in the morning that the village collects rags and collected two bowls for 20 yuan."
"How does this work?"
The smile on the village chief's face also froze. Seeing that several leaders were unhappy, he quickly said: "I didn't expect this to happen. Leaders, don't worry. Let me handle this matter. Forget it if I didn't know about it in advance. Now I dare to take advantage of it."
Fish it out and sell it, and I will definitely solve it, otherwise the cultural heritage will be left outside."
"Okay, let's leave it to the village chief. Please check these fishing boats as well. Don't let them take away cultural relics. Also ask them to leave this sea area quickly and not to come closer. If they are discovered again, they will all be treated as obstructing official business.
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"Okay, okay. I've already written down whose boats they are, and when these fishing boats dock, I'll have them inspected one by one."
The leaders nodded with satisfaction.
Ye Yaodong leaned against the side of the boat. He felt that those people were full of food and were holding on for money rather than their lives. He knew that they were interested in him, but he dared to commit crimes against the odds. The benefits were so impressive that he didn't even dare to leave a small wine glass.
, just because he was afraid that people would think he was hiding something.
In order to confirm the location of the seabed and avoid wasting time looking for it next time, the four People's Liberation Army comrades took turns going into the water again to confirm the location of the sea below. Ye Yaodong helped them put in a buoy to mark it.
There was no time to mark it yesterday, so they left.
After that was done, and after taking a stroll around the surrounding sea area, they returned.
It was very easy today.
However, after docking, the village chiefs summoned several village cadres and handed them the task of inspecting the ship. They also asked them to explain to the villagers that this was an illegal act that interfered with official duties and was not allowed to continue.
Get close to that sea area, otherwise he won't be able to protect them.
Suddenly, the villagers complained and cursed the leaders. It was obviously something from their sea area and they had salvaged it themselves, but it was illegal. Everyone was even more resistant to them taking away the bronze tripod.
"Since it's illegal, we can't do it. Then they can't even think of taking away the cauldron from Mazu Temple. Our Mazu is the God of the Sea recognized by emperors of all dynasties, and the Queen of Heaven with various titles."
"That's right, you can't take it away with them..."
"Let's all go to the village committee and have a look... don't let the village chief and others agree."
"Let's go... we don't welcome them in our village..."
"Yes, they are not welcome..."
The people on the shore became angry again and walked towards the village committee in a noisy manner. The village cadres were unable to restrain themselves and could only follow them to the village committee.
The leaders in the village committee who were putting pressure on the village chief and the others suddenly felt dizzy when they heard the noisy commotion outside and the voices trying to drive them away and not welcome them.
"This is not okay, village chief. You villagers are hindering our official business."
The village chief also had two heads and two heads. The handkerchief on his hand was already soaked due to his frequent wiping of sweat from his forehead. He originally took it out of his pocket and wanted to wipe his forehead as a habit, but found that it was all wet.
Neng stuffed it back into his pocket and sighed.
"I'm in a dilemma too! Leaders, it's not easy for us to do it if we are caught in the middle. If this cauldron was in the Guanyin Temple, Tutu Temple or whatever, it would be easy to do, but not this Mazu Temple! We seaside people believe in it the most
You’re the God of the Sea, he’s the one who keeps fishermen safe when they go out to sea, so don’t make things difficult for me.”
"I've given you two days to do some ideological work for the villagers..."
"What can we do in two days? Let alone two days, the villagers will not agree to it in two months."
"But this cauldron must be put into a museum. There are many people here."
Listening to the noise outside the village committee getting louder and louder, Ye Yaodong couldn't help but worry. The villagers were not in a good mood at the moment, so there should be no conflicts.
He saw Secretary Chen frowning at the side, and pulled his sleeves, giving him a gesture, with his thumb, index finger, and middle finger rubbing each other.
Secretary Chen didn't know why.
Ye Yaodong couldn't help but complain in his heart. His hand gestures for counting money were so obvious that he couldn't even understand them?
He whispered: "Money!"
Secretary Chen became even more confused and whispered: "Money? Are you using money to bribe the villagers?"
He couldn't help but hold his forehead.
Update tomorrow
Chapter completed!