On the beach, after everyone finished eating and taking a shower, they sat there in twos and threes, blowing in the sea breeze, and chatting for a while.
A large group of people is not boring at all. There is no entertainment at most, they can only talk.
It had been a tiring day, and everyone just planned to talk for a while before going to bed. After all, it would get light at around 4 o'clock.
But now everyone is on the beach, only Zeng Weimin is on the boat. This man has never got off the boat except for eating, which is very trouble-free. Although he has done nothing, he does not cause any trouble to everyone.
Ask a few questions when you are curious.
Ye Yaodong climbed onto the boat, looked at the person lying on his mat, walked to him and sat down next to him.
"Hey, Comrade Zeng Weimin, are you almost done with your health?"
Zeng Weimin had been looking up at the starry sky. Hearing his question, he turned around and took a look. He also sat down and said with a smile: "It's almost good. I have disturbed you and troubled you these days.
Thank you very much Comrade Ye Yaodong."
"Then what are your plans? I see that the number you gave me before is from Beijing. Do you want to take the train to Beijing?"
"I'm broke."
Ye Yaodong couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, where is the promised wealth?
Could it be that his father really guessed it right, because he had no money, was embarrassed to speak, and a cultured person is thin-skinned, so he waited for now?
He shook his head in his heart again, it's not like people from the capital.
"Let me lend you some. You have been out for so long, and your family is worried. Now that your injury is healed, you should go home early to reassure your family. You can't eat well or sleep well on my ship, and you are still at sea every day."
Wow, a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse."
Zeng Weimin smiled and said, "I'm just talking casually. I was just thinking about the problem for the past two days, so I didn't ask to leave immediately. It's true that it's not easy for you fishermen. You float on the sea all day long, eat on the boat, and sleep on the boat.
, fishing quickly and slowly, just for survival.”
"Yes, in life, the purpose of busying is to make more money so that the family can have better shelter and life. Otherwise, it would be better to just lie down at home. Anyway, I will be hungry if I live on the mountains and the sea.
Immortal."
"Don't think so. Young people are meant to be motivated and have a fighting spirit. Times are changing, and you must also keep pace with the times, keep up with the times, and progress with society."
It was said so officially that Ye Yaodong chuckled in his heart.
"You educated people are good at talking. What you say is so beautiful and well-educated, but I can't understand it. Hahaha. I just want to make more money."
"You work hard to get rich. I can see that you are very smart. You seem to have brought up all these people on the island, right? They all approve of you when you hear them speak. I hear them praise you every day."
"Because I can help them make money, of course they are happy to praise me and support me."
Zeng Weimin nodded and lay down again to look at the sky, "Yes, it's all mutual. You brought them wealth, so they also give you the respect and status you deserve."
"It's rare that I was injured and lay down for a few days, but I also experienced the difficulty of you fishermen. It's really hard to live in the open and live in the open. At least farmers don't have to leave their homes as long as they have land to farm."
"Well, everyone has their own difficulties. You can't make money by farming, so you can only make ends meet. You can make some hard money by fishing, but fishing is risky, so business is easy to do these days."
"What kind of business do you think is easy to do? Then why don't you go into business?"
"Fishing is my old profession. What kind of business can I do?"
He just took it one step at a time and bought two stores in the city. If he really had any long-term plans, he really didn't have any. His best field was being a fisherman.
If he doesn't fish and really goes to the city to keep a shop, he will have to buy dried fish from others, and he won't be able to earn money for others?
Otherwise, let his father go fishing when he is old, dry and supply dried fish for him, and he can comfortably sell goods in a shop in the city. How can his conscience be tolerated?
Anyway, he feels that the current situation is quite good. It is the life he wants. The whole family works together and moves forward together. They are all developing in a good direction and working hard to accumulate wealth bit by bit.
Zeng Weimin also nodded, "People generally only move in the circles they are familiar with, and it is not easy to mix with those who are not familiar with them. When you dock early tomorrow morning, I will disembark with you. I will thank you again when I have the opportunity.
you."
"Okay, I'll get you some travel expenses tomorrow morning too."
He didn't refuse either.
"Listening to the chats of the workers on your ship during the day, you also have to wait until the flood season is over before going back, right?"
"Definitely. It's not easy to come all the way. I'll definitely have to wait until the flood season is over before leaving."
He nodded.
The boatmen came here one after another, shouting to sleep as they walked. Ye Yaodong didn't talk to him much anymore. He was leaving tomorrow anyway, it was just a chance encounter.
If his father hadn't said anything, it wouldn't really matter to him. Anyway, he was living peacefully without causing any trouble. But since he was already well, it would be better to leave as soon as possible.
He is not afraid that when he goes out, the location of the trench will be exposed. Most people's position on the sea is quite poor. If you know it, how to get there is another matter.
Moreover, this person is not from the local area, nor is he a fisherman, nor does he appear to be nosy.
Moreover, we have hired so many boatmen this year, and so many people know about it. Maybe next year everyone will have an idea, and then they will not be the only ones coming.
Last year, it was also because they only had three boats and not many people were invited. They were all relatives or cousins, so the first choice was honest people.
This year, because the price of fishing boats has increased, most of them are hesitant to buy a boat and continue to work as boatmen. Next year, maybe everyone will be brave enough to buy a boat and start fishing on their own.
There was no comparison last year, but this year there is a clear comparison with other fishing boats. Knowing the gap, the mentality must be different. Moreover, they came late last year and did not shout how much they sold for. Most people really don’t know how much they made.
How much?
There were too many people here this year. How much does it cost to sell every day? We sat on the beach in the evening and started chatting. Like the two boats brought by Chen Jia Nian, they like to ask around every day to ask how much others sell and compare them.
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It will probably be exposed next year, and a large number of ships will definitely come here to fish, and it may not wait until next year.
After all, they sell a lot of money every day these days. Although they try their best to collect it for A Guang, Chen Jia Nian also collects it and divides the money. If you compare the goods received by other ships, you will definitely be surprised.
There was no comparison last year, and with just their three boats, he had no doubts.
The most obvious feeling is that the next day, they collected the jellyfish in the net bag, salted them and brought them to the boat. When they started to prepare to go to the trench, their fishing boat was followed by two boats, the two boats belonging to Chen Jiannian's relatives.
This time, everyone was so angry that they were jumping around. Several of their boats were heading in the same direction. They couldn't go around very far, and they couldn't get out of the way.
"Why are you following me?"
"Brother Dongdongdong, I must... let... him... follow... every year..."
Chen Shi's stuttering seemed to be getting better? But Ye Yaodong didn't have time to pay attention to this at the moment.
"Damn the ones next door..." He slowed down a bit, "There are two on the seaside, you can fish them out first."
As soon as he slowed down, several other boats also slowed down.
When he asked the boatman to catch jellyfish, he turned around and called his father in the next boat, "What are you doing, Dad? They are following us."
Father Pei's boat also came closer, "What should I do? It seems I can't hide it anymore."
Father Ye shouted: "How about fishing casually on the sea for a long time?"
Father Pei also hesitantly shouted: "How about just fishing for half a day in the morning?"
"I can't hide it. The goods sold every day are either for the Chen family's annual harvest, or they have to share half of them. We can't handle it every day."
Ye Yaodong also cursed secretly in his heart. He couldn't hide it after only three or four days, let alone later.
Just when he was hesitating whether to make it public directly, he saw a large white ship sailing towards them in front, and the words Coast Guard were printed on the hull.
The other boats were stunned for a moment.
The boat in front also drove directly towards them, waved its flag at them, and shouted at them with a loudspeaker, telling them to stay put and stop the boat.
Now they didn't dare to move. They didn't even dare to poke the jellyfish with bamboo poles. All the boats were floating in place, waiting for the Coast Guard to come over for inspection.
Ye Yaodong knew about the Coast Guard, but this was the first time he encountered it at sea. He just felt it was strange, but he didn't have anything to fear. After all, he didn't do anything wrong.
"Dongzi, it seems that the management of the sea here is quite strict? There is actually a ship from the Coast Guard nearby."
"Maybe it has always been quite strict, right? It's just that we haven't encountered it."
The 1983 crackdown had not long passed, and this county on the border with Fujian Province seemed to have been established independently in the past two years. It is normal for the new officials to take office with three things in mind.
"Fortunately, we didn't do anything wrong. We just came here to catch jellyfish."
"Well, just wait for the check. It will be fine in a while."
After turning off the engine, he was talking to his father across the boat. In his mind, shouldn't this boat be in and out after dark? Why should we intercept fishing boats during normal patrols in broad daylight?
Under the clear sky and white sun, who commits smuggling crimes in broad daylight?
Several of their boats, including the two boats belonging to Chen Jianian's relatives, and a total of seven boats in front and behind, were all waiting at the same spot, watching the white fishing boat approaching with bewildered expressions.
The fishing boats that were farther away had already gone off to catch fish on their own, so the few of them just slowed down and gathered together, attracting the Coast Guard to come directly towards them.
The Coast Guard's fishing boat was the first to approach Pei's father's boat. His boat was the largest. A group of people wearing sea soul shirts jumped on Pei's father's boat, walked around inside and outside, and asked a lot of questions.
The people on other fishing boats stood on the side of the boat and looked towards them. No one was afraid, only a little nervous, and most of them were curious.
However, when they stood on the deck and asked, someone waved to him.
Ye Yaodong was confused, "What do you mean? Are you asking us to sail over for inspection?"
Father Ye was also a little unsure, "I don't know? Are you waving at us?"
After a while, everyone on the boat looked towards them.
At this time, most of the people were just curious, but suddenly all the crew members became nervous again, as if something was different.
Moreover, after a while, Pei's father's boat and the coast guard patrol boat came towards them.
When the three boats came together, all the sea soul shirts climbed from Pei's father's boat to Ye Yaodong's boat.
Ye Yaodong stood on the side of the ship and was about to speak when he heard someone on the coast guard ship opposite shout: "Director Zeng!"
The few sea soul shirts who had just boarded the ship also stood in front of Zeng Weimin and gave a straight military salute, "Director! I hope you're fine!"
Zeng Weimin also stood up straight and returned the favor.
Everyone on the ship stared with their eyes wide open and their mouths opened wide.
Ye Yaodong almost dropped his jaw and looked around. It turned out that what he picked up was not just Mr. Jing, but also a big local leader.
High official!
It turns out that the wealth of Po Tian is really there?
"Why are you here?" Zeng Weimin asked Haihunshan.
"We received reports that a large number of motorized fishing boats were docked at a nearby island, using the island as a base day and night, and suspected of committing illegal and criminal activities, so we have been patrolling the nearby coast in the past two days, and also looking for
you."
"I also received news from above two days ago that you were safe and sound and were rescued by a passing fishing boat, so I wanted to see if I could find you on a nearby fishing boat."
Illegal and criminal behavior?
Could it be that someone reported that they were using the island as a base to commit smuggling crimes?
Ye Yaodong was surprised again, and other people on the boat also looked at each other in shock when they heard this.
"No, Comrade Police Officer, we are all honest fishermen. We just came from Fujian Province to catch jellyfish. We were afraid of being bullied by the locals, so we stayed together on the island temporarily."
"Yes, we are here to catch jellyfish..."
"Yes, yes..."
Zeng Weimin also nodded, "I know this. I have been living on this boat for three or four days. I originally planned to get on the boat after they finish fishing and dock."
The sea-hundred-shirted man nodded, "That's just a misunderstanding. The fishermen passing by must have seen it and reported it casually."
"It should be!"
Ye Yaodong nodded quickly, and others followed suit.
I just knew that when more than a dozen of their boats gathered on an island, there would always be fishing boats passing by accidentally seeing them, and there seemed to be prizes for reporting them.
Mudd, there are so many messy things.
With so many ships, they certainly attract people’s attention and hate wherever they go.
"Since you are conducting normal fishing operations at sea, you should also dock at the port and go ashore to rest normally, instead of directly occupying the island and causing misunderstandings."
"It's safe on the island, and it's easy to run away. When we go ashore, the large number of outsiders like us are too conspicuous. We are easily bullied by local fishermen, and we are afraid of being targeted by gangsters or villagers. We are all honest people."
"What are so many of you afraid of?"
"There are so many people this year that there is nothing to be afraid of. But with so many of us, ordinary fishing villages don't dare to accommodate us. After all, we are here to grab goods."
"If we go to the town, there won't be room to accommodate so many of us. We all have to be separated. If we are separated, we will definitely not feel confident. Moreover, we can only sleep ashore. With so many people in one place, it may be more peaceful to sleep on the boat.
.”
Ye Yaodong told the truth. In fact, they had the advantage because of the large number of people this year. However, since they were foreign invaders and it was their first time for each of them, it was best to stay together as a group.
Once you get ashore, you have to break up. This kind of port city is more chaotic than ordinary towns.
Haihunshan frowned, but Zeng Weimin waved his hand.
"Let them do what they want. They gathered on the island and did nothing illegal and did not affect other people. They will leave naturally when the flood season is over, so don't worry about it for now."
"Oh well."
"If there are open spaces and houses in the town that can accommodate so many of us, we can also go ashore!"
Zeng Weimin smiled and said, "You can find a house to accommodate your family, and others can go together to find a house. It is always more convenient on the shore than on the island."
"I'll ask other people later. Apart from the inconvenience of using water, there's actually nothing wrong with living on a boat."
However, he was eager to get rid of the two boats this time. If he could live ashore, he could get rid of them and save the trench. He might be able to look around the public security bureau to see if there was a house for rent and a bunkhouse on the ground.
Just sleep.
His own family has been working as a boatman for dozens of years. If someone really wants to cause trouble, he is actually not afraid. He is just worried about other villagers.
After all, they all followed him out. Although they said they only led the way and didn't care about anything else, when they really got to the place, they really didn't care where they were.
"It's definitely better to go ashore than to gather on the island. You can discuss it. There will be more people when going in and out, so you don't have to worry about anything."
Ye Yaodong nodded.
At first, thinking about the situation last year, I took everyone to live on the island to avoid the locals and avoid some troubles and being stared at.
Now it seems that living on an island is very inconvenient. Everyone lives together and dozens of pairs of eyes are watching. It is difficult to keep any secrets.
If they live on the shore, they will gather separately. Depending on the catch of their several boats, they can completely change the docking time on their own, not at the same time as everyone else.
All you need to do is agree with Aguang one day in advance and arrange the time for the car to come and pick it up the next day.
"Then Director Zeng, come back with us. Everyone was worried to death for a few days after you fell into the water. Fortunately, within two days, we received a notification that you were safe."
"I originally planned to go ashore in the morning, but you just happened to find me, so I will go back with you."
Ye Yaodong glanced at Zeng Weimin tangledly, and wanted to ask them to help cover up and let him run away with a few boats first, but he felt a little embarrassed...
Zeng Weimin saw his caution. Originally, they had just stopped early because they were followed by the two boats behind them.
He smiled and said to Hai Hun Shi: "Since we have all boarded the boat to check, let's also check the next two boats. Let them pass these ones first, they are still eager to catch jellyfish."
"yes."
Ye Yaodong was instantly happy, "Thank you, Director Zeng!"
"You're welcome. The Coast Guard is not in the town where you are docking. It's in the prefecture-level city next door. I also fell into the water and floated nearby when I was on a mission. Anyway, if you have any problems, just contact the local public security bureau."
"Okay, that's what I planned all along."
Therefore, this leader should have specially parachuted down in the past two years to specifically crack down on illegal smuggling crimes along the coast?
Otherwise, how could he give him the Beijing number to report that he was safe? He also said that he fell into the water while on a mission. Could there be a mole...
Not too peaceful, not too peaceful~
Fortunately, he is a good citizen.
Zeng Weimin nodded, "Okay, then I'll leave first and visit you in your village when I have the chance. Also, you can take note of my office phone number. If you encounter anything, you can call me."
"Hey, okay, thank you, thank you very much. Please wait a moment and I'll get a pen and paper."
Ye Yaodong hurriedly ran to unlock the cabin and get paper and pen to record. Although the emperor was said to be far away and not in this town, he was still within the jurisdiction. The official level would crush people to death. If anything happened, there was no way to ask for help.
Of course, there is really no need for anything better.
The life-saving grace should be repaid with a spring of water.
Keep it to increase the price.
Anyway, he has a phone number in the capital, and Zeng Weimin also knows which city, county, town or village they are from, so there is a way to repay the favor!
After Ye Yaodong happily put the giant Buddha on the boat of the Shanghai Police Station, he shouted to his father and told him to leave quickly.
The other boats were a little confused, but they heard him and shouted loudly to leave, so they quickly started the fishing boats and followed behind.
But the two boats a short distance away were not so lucky. When they wanted to follow them, they were stopped by the Coast Guard.
Then I checked it carefully as usual and asked detailed questions. I almost had to cross-examine my ancestors for eighteen generations.
After they are released, you can still see the shadows of Ye Yaodong's boats.
After Ye Yaodong and his five boats avoided those two, they did not stop immediately and rushed directly to the trench. They planned to wait until they were in the right place and then discuss it while fishing.
His boat ran ahead and did not stop. The boat behind him did not know what happened on his boat just now, so he could only follow him all the way.
However, they all found out that the two boats were stopped and could not follow them. Their hearts were relieved and they all ran towards the trench with peace of mind.
When they got there, they stopped the boat and all climbed onto Ye Yaodong's boat to ask.
Ye Yaodong also told them what happened on the boat just now, and everyone was relieved.
"That's good. The Coast Guard stopped us. Otherwise, we still wouldn't be able to get rid of those two boats, and we might not be able to come here today."
"But I got rid of it in the morning, what should I do in the afternoon? What about the evening? What about tomorrow?" Ye Yaohua said with a depressed face.
"The Coast Guard didn't want us to gather on the island just now. I just thought, otherwise we should just rent a house in the town and ask everyone to go ashore together. We don't have to live together, but live nearby anyway.
, it’s good to have someone to take care of you if anything happens.”
"Anyway, there are so many of us, we won't be alone, and we won't be afraid of anyone if there are more people coming in and out. Then it will be up to each of us when the time comes to go to sea. We don't have to go with other people, so we don't have to keep an eye on us all."
Ye Yaopeng struggled: "But aren't there fixed times for receiving goods these days? You can go to sea at any time, but after collecting the goods, you will still be blocked."
"Just tell A Guang a day in advance what time we will dock the next day. Our boats can match the capacity of a dozen other boats."
But Father Ye frowned, "Then you are clearly making it clear that you are leaving Chen Jiannian, and you don't even do any superficial tricks."
"He is unkind to me and unjust. He actually let those two boats follow us. Then why should I care about him? If he hadn't taken into consideration that he notified us to come two days ago, we wouldn't have left him completely.
Uncle Yang gave him and A Guang half, but if it were to be done now, he wouldn't be given a single cent."
"We can't hide it for long. If people sincerely want to block us, they can just get up early in the morning and wait..."
"So, it's better to separate and not gather with them, otherwise I won't be able to help but arrest them and beat them up at night."
"That's okay, we all came out together..."
"Why not? It's too bad to deliberately follow us all the way. It would have been nice to just bring them here. It's so shameless."
The others watched the father and son arguing in silence.
Only now did Father Pei say something, "Then just don't bring them with you. They don't know each other anyway, and they are not in the same group. It's enough to just bring them along."
"Since they don't care about friendship and are still following us, let's go ashore and rent a house by ourselves. Everyone in the village is familiar with each other, and they can live together as a group. Others can let them do what they want."
"That's right, that's what I mean. We'll sign up for a group ourselves, and the people in the village will sign up for a group, and the other people will just follow them. We're not familiar with them at all."
"It's fine if you don't take them to live together." Father Ye still agreed with this.
He still objected to beating people. It was not good to cause trouble when they were out, and they went out together, even though they didn't do it justice.
"Also, I plan to bring Xiaoxiao and Azheng here in the afternoon. We can fish for as many days as our own people can. This place will definitely not be kept secret for long."
"Like what Dad said, if you really want to block us, you can block us. We can't stop coming here just to avoid them. It will harm others but not ourselves."
"So, if they really come to block us next time, we should openly disclose it to all the villagers, and at the same time tell Chen Jiannian that Aguang's agency fee will not be divided between him. There has to be a price, right?"
"I shared the treasure land with him and asked his relatives to come over and catch a large amount of fish, and they can fish it in the coming year. It was a return of his kindness for notifying him in advance this year. Aguang didn't have to share his money. He could sell it to whomever the villagers liked.
Who to sell to."
Father Pei also agreed, "If you really want to, this place can't be kept secret for long. With so many people coming here with us, it will have to be made public sooner or later."
And if you can hide it this year, you can't hide it next year. Don't say that Chen Jiannian will bring more boats next year. There are several boatmen in their village and the village next door, and the number of boats coming will be at least twice as many.
Father Ye agreed after hearing what they said.
"It's okay to take the initiative to make it public and bring everyone here as repayment for notifying us in advance. It's also a settlement. It really can't be hidden anyway."
Sorry, I have been thinking about how to arrange the giant Buddha for a long time, as well as the plot organization and arrangements later on, and I also spent a lot of brain cells thinking about how to make it reasonable? So I postponed the update. Sorry, I will notify you in the group later.
Chapter completed!