Everyone's eyes widened as they watched Ye Yaodong take out handfuls of money from his bag and count them.

"How come he has so much money..."

"Didn't all the money A Dong earned from bringing in fish go to remittances? You guys shouldn't be fishing there these days, right?"

"After we were caught, you were all fishing, right?"

The others responded.

Those people regretted it even more and felt that they were extremely unlucky. They were not responsible for the good deeds and none of the bad deeds.

"Damn it, you guys, there are just as many goods there as last year... What a pity..."

"Well, it's still raining outside. Otherwise, if we go back later, we might be able to salvage some more and earn a little bit, so as not to go home empty-handed."

"You have been in jail for several days and you are not in a hurry to go home. Are you still thinking about fishing for jellyfish?"

"Oh, it's miserable if I don't make any money, and I don't have the face to go back. Things are already like this. It's better to stay a few more days and earn some money, otherwise I won't be able to get the money to redeem myself."

"I'm also at a loss because of our long-term friendship. Lao Pei helped me advance the payment. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get out. I can just pay 300 yuan. The two boatmen on my boat were also arrested. I have to give them 600 yuan. I can't do it."

Why don't you pay for your trip and go back? You have to go to sea to earn the 900 yuan and give it back to Lao Pei."

"We'll talk about this when we get back. I don't know when the rain will stop."

The people in the front were settling accounts, while the people in the back stood at the corner door and chatted in whispers, asking about the scenes on the beach outside and their conditions while they were locked up these days.

Ye Yaodong paid 6 1,800 yuan one by one. After getting the handles of each fishing boat, he asked other people to pay.

Nowadays, the maximum denomination of a banknote is 10 yuan, and it takes a while to count 1,800 or 1,500. After he paid the money, he went to wait in the crowd near the door at the back and listened to everyone's chat.

"We came out first, and there were still a bunch of people inside. We were taken away from the front. It was said that someone was coming to redeem us, and everyone else was very anxious..."

"Yeah, everyone inside is going crazy..."

"We came here as soon as possible and walked in the heavy rain for several hours. Others thought it was troublesome in the rain and wanted to ask A Dong to redeem it, but they were scolded."

Ye Yaodong happened to hear it and said, "Whoever is on the ship will redeem it himself. Otherwise, if it is said later that I took the money and was greedy for it. And I don't have that much energy. I have it all on my own."

More than a dozen people want redemption."

"There are also ship bosses among them, and they have to ask their relatives and friends to come over to help redeem them. There are also boatmen working under the captured ship bosses. How can we redeem them?"

"Yes, how can I redeem the people related to them by myself? How can I ask others to redeem me? Lao Pei will help me redeem it. I will definitely admit it. The money must be returned to him..."

"It's really inconvenient on a rainy day. It's raining so hard. If we just ask the people inside to wait, others will come over soon to redeem themselves..."

"If it were me, I wouldn't want to stay any longer. I'd rather run out and get soaked in the rain..."

While everyone was talking about it, before the people who had bought a new boat came back, another policeman walked in through the back door and said something.

"You guys have been shouting and asking you to help redeem people. When will you redeem the remaining people?"

Ye Yaodong replied, "There are others who haven't come yet, but they will probably come tomorrow."

"Then let's lock it up first."

"I'm probably very anxious and angry..."

"Why haven't they come back yet?"

The two police officers were not in a hurry. As long as they were not allowed to go outside to get wet in the rain, it didn't matter when the people outside came back to complete the formalities. As long as they didn't delay getting off work.

Ye Yaodong looked at the waiting period and ran in from the door again to ask the two police officers.

"Comrade, when we boarded the boat, we were attacked by the locals and lost a lot of daily necessities, sundries, rice and other supplies. Now the people have redeemed them and the fishing boats have been returned to us. These supplies are

Can’t you give it back to us?”

"People were extraneous to the law and let you redeem them. The fishing boats were returned without any fines. Do you still want those supplies?"

He smiled and said: "Originally, we were the ones left behind. These people have been released and the fishing boats have been returned. There is no need to keep those things. Haha, the leader also said that we can take them back."

The two looked at each other, and then said impatiently: "Okay, okay, let's move..."

"Then I'll come over and get it when it clears up? It's windy and rainy outside now, so it's not easy to move things, and the rice can't get wet in the rain."

"Um."

After Ye Yaodong got the approval, he walked out with a satisfied look on his face, just as the others also ran back from the wind and rain.

The pouring rain outside never stopped, and it was already 5 o'clock when everyone finished the formalities and came out, and the sky outside was also frighteningly dark.

On a sunny day, it doesn't get dark until 7 o'clock, but now on a rainy day it gets dark at 5 o'clock.

However, this did not affect everyone's mood at all. Everyone had smiles on their faces, some were happy to see the light of day again, and some were happy to find something missing.

Ye Yaodong bought the most during this afternoon trip. He bought 6 pairs, all of which looked relatively new; A Guang bought 2 pairs, one slightly newer and one older; his second brother and

Xiaoxiao also bought one each, both of which were old; and a cousin who rented his fishing boat also happily bought one.

Ah Zheng, Ye Yaosheng and others originally missed one, but after being reminded by Ah Dong, when they ran to the shore again, they were a step too late and were beaten by others. There was no local boat to choose from.

Originally, more foreign boats would be detained than local boats. The arrested people were smart enough not to surrender their boats. Relatives and friends were quick to take the fishing boats to other docks for refuge, and naturally they would not be detained and posted.

seal.

Everyone didn't dare to take risks because they didn't find something cheap, and they were also worried about being entangled and getting into trouble, so they had to give up.

There were two boat owners who had just been redeemed. Because they didn't make any money, they paid a capitation fee. Although they knew it was a bargain, they didn't have the money to buy the boat. They hadn't even paid the capitation fee, so how could they buy a boat?

Although my heart was moved, I never thought about it in the first place. I didn't even fight. When I got to the shore, I just checked my boat.

Most of his cousins ​​worked with him and didn't have the money to buy it. Some of the people who rented his boat didn't come out to redeem him in the afternoon.

Two of them were arrested, and he helped to redeem them. After all, he redeemed the people who let them rent his boat first. The head fee was recorded in the accounts and deducted from the monthly dividends.

Speaking of which, after being detained for so many days, everyone was happy to be able to come out again.

After everyone came out of the public security bureau, they immediately went to the shore. Although it was not suitable for sailing in such a heavy wind and rain, the newly acquired fishing boat had to be inspected first and the remaining seals were torn off before the weather was still up.

Completely dark.

Although Ye's father suffered a few days in jail, seeing Ye Yaodong making a lot of money again, he bought 6 more boats at once, and the second brother also bought one. The originally decadent look on his face became much more energetic.

Even in the wind and rain, everyone put on a smile and took the initiative to help him inspect the newly acquired boats.

After they finished checking, they returned to the waiting crowd on the shore.

"Are these boats we just got parked at the dock first?"

"It's not good. After all, these boats we bought belong to local people. If the relatives and friends of these boats know about it, and there will be trouble at the dock, it will definitely not end well."

"This is true, we can't stop here."

Ye Yaodong heard this as soon as he jumped ashore after checking, and immediately said: "Drive to the shelter, don't stop here, guarding against locals is one thing, but seeing as the weather has been windy and rainy recently, I feel like it might

There is a typhoon."

"I think so too. The tail of a typhoon must have swept by in the past few days, so it's been windy and rainy for so many days."

"Then we will drive to the shelter first, wait until the rain subsides and there is no wind, and then we can drive the boat to the city. This will also prevent the locals from seeing it."

"That's it..."

"Let's go..."

Fortunately, he had redeemed many people on this trip, so he was not afraid that no one would sail the boat.

Some people didn't buy a boat and didn't need to sail to the safe haven. A few of them just walked back first.

When Ye Yaodong and his group sailed the boat to the safe harbor and slowly walked back, it was already 10 o'clock in the evening when they got home, and his main room was also packed with people.

The people who didn't go with him in the afternoon all gathered at his place. A large number of people gathered around talking and waiting for them to come back.

There is also a burning brazier in the middle of the main room.

"Finally back..."

"They're back..."

"But I haven't seen you come back yet, so I thought something happened. It's okay, okay..."

Ye Yaodong took off his raincoat and looked at everyone, "Where is the meeting?"

"I knew I would go with you this afternoon, but I didn't expect that I could buy a fishing boat."

"Stop talking about it for now, let them step over the brazier to get rid of bad luck. At the same time, take off all the clothes on their bodies. Don't take any clothes that are worn out. Throw them into the brazier and change into another one."

"Yes, let the people who have just returned step over the brazier first."

The people who had just been released quickly stripped themselves naked, stepped over the brazier, and then took the hard-boiled eggs given by others.

"Okay, okay, just step over the brazier. Everything will go well and be safe from now on."

"If you don't go to ransom people together this afternoon, you will probably be scolded to death if you go tomorrow."

"Isn't it inconvenient to think about rainy days? I want to wait for the rain to subside..."

"If there's anything to scold, you have to wait until I get money to redeem you, and you still dare to scold me."

"We all thought it was over now and we would have to go to jail, and our hearts dropped."

"The guards inside also said that we would have to be sentenced to at least one or two years. Everyone was so panicked that we didn't expect to be able to come out."

"Thanks to A Dong for this, he has been busy looking for connections these past few days, so that everyone can come out..."

"Originally, each person had to be ransomed for 500 yuan, and the fishing boat had to pay a ransom of several hundred yuan before he could be released. It was Dongzi who asked for help and was able to match the local price of 300 yuan."

"Ah, are the locals paying us the same price?"

"Isn't that right? Locals are also locals after all. We outsiders must be punished a little harder. Now we are all punished the same. It's all Dongzi's credit."

"Yes, thanks to A Dong, everyone must thank him..."

Ye Yaodong sneered in his heart. When he was arrested, he still criticized him. In the afternoon, he shamelessly asked him to help redeem people. He took what he did for granted. But now they all changed their tune and started to give him rainbow farts.

Some people are really mean. If you treat them well, they will slap you in the face. If you treat them more harshly, they will say all kinds of good things to you in return.

"Everyone must not forget our roots. This time we are able to come out because of A Dong's credit. From now on, we will do whatever A Dong says and we will all listen to him."

"If anything happens in the future, Dongzi, just call us..."

"From now on, Adong's affairs are our affairs..."

These people who had just been released were frightened inside, but now they are indeed grateful to him from the bottom of their hearts, and their words are much more sincere than others.

Ye Yaodong smiled and said to everyone: "It's so late and it's already past 10 o'clock. Everyone must be physically and mentally exhausted just after being released. Some of the uncles are also old. After this, they have to go to bed early at night."

"We just came back from a few hours of walking at night and are very tired, so I won't greet you. We have to take a shower and eat something later. We haven't eaten since the afternoon, and I won't be able to bear it anymore.

.”

Someone immediately stood up in a sensible manner and said, "Okay, then you guys eat first and go to bed early in the evening. We will go back first and come back tomorrow. Let's discuss whether we can go back when the rain stops? We just had a chat, some

People can’t bear to go back like this without making any money.”

"Then let's wait until tomorrow to discuss it. It's already ten o'clock now and everyone is exhausted just after we got back, so I won't hold you back."

When one person stands up, everyone else also stands up, and they very wisely go back first.

They also have to go back and discuss the next charter.

After a day of rain and a whole day of walking, many people were so hungry that their legs were weak. Ye Yaodong had already sneezed several times as soon as he took off his raincoat and sat down.

The boatmen also brought out the meals that had been reserved long ago. Everyone did not bother to take a shower, so they all sat down and wolfed down the meal.

Anyway, they are all grown men, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

Although some people left the entire lobby, most of them were still there. There was originally person No. 33, and 12 people were redeemed for him. Now there are still 45 people in the main room, densely packed in the corners.

Some of them had no place to sit, so they stood against the wall, watching them eat.

Ye Yaodong ate a bowl of rice to temporarily fill his stomach. He ate the second bowl a little slower. Then he looked at the eyes of the people around him and said vaguely: "Don't just look at me. How do you plan your sleep at night?"

Adjustment."

"There are only 4 rooms in total, and there is also a woodshed and kitchen. You can make the arrangements yourself. There is no room to lay a floor in the room, so just lay out a mat at the foot of the main room and sleep. In this kind of weather, it is difficult to go out.

It’s good to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, so we can make do with it.”

"Don't sleep on the boat at night. I feel like it's been windy and rainy these past few days because of typhoons. Safety comes first."

If it were not too late now, he would have wanted to sail the boat to the safe harbor now, but now he could only wait until tomorrow to sail the boat there.

"Also, we have 15 more people. Those of you who came back early should also know that you will take them back to the town when the time comes. This period of time can be regarded as the work I invited. Everyone can live together peacefully."

After everyone listened to his instructions, they immediately started to move.

We came back a few hours early, and everyone just had a meal. We didn't even make any arrangements for sleeping, so we just sat there chatting with a group of people.

After Father Ye ate three large bowls of rice, he burped and turned to ask him, "Tell me what happened these days?"

"good."

Ye Yaodong was also full and told everyone what happened in the past half month.

The people at the dinner table who had just returned listened in silence for a long time before someone spoke up.

"It's a pity that we were arrested, otherwise we might have been able to arrest more..."

"Yes, so many boats and people were captured on both sides, and the rest were all taken advantage of by those who were not captured."

Father Ye also said with emotion, "This is considered better than others. Everyone is still squatting in the prison, and you are making money."

"How did you get caught?"

Speaking of this, Father Ye got angry, "I got on a boat you rented. As soon as I got on the boat and tried to untie the rope and leave the shore, the police came and climbed on the boat and arrested me. I was so angry that I almost died."

You can run away in just one moment, which makes me spend so many days in jail."

"Okay, I hope I got out safely and didn't suffer any injuries."

"Don't tell your mother when you go back, so as not to worry her."

"Save her the chance to scold me?"

Father Ye glared at him and changed the subject, "Will you go back when the rain stops?"

"That's what I think. Go back early and send all the people on the boat back first."

After all, everyone was frightened during this trip and had been imprisoned for a few days. Anyway, he had earned tens of thousands of dollars and was content to send these people back safely first.

There aren't that many left, so we don't need that many people. We can save a lot of money by going back early.

Then you can come back later, and then you won’t have to bring so many people.

Father Ye looked at the people on the table looking at them and listening to their words, "The people who were just released must not be willing to give in, right? They have to go back in despair before they make any money. Some ship bosses still owe money."

Hundreds, even thousands, of head redemption fees."

"Then ignore them. Anyway, I did what I had to do. I helped fish out the people who needed to be fished out. The rest is up to their personal choices. If you want to stay and continue fishing, then stay.

If anyone is willing to go back with me first, then go back."

"That's okay. After all, there are so many of us, and you also agreed to bring back all the people in the town. Have they sent back the news?"

"Not yet. This matter is too serious. The people are gone and the boat is gone. The 15 boatmen who stayed here probably won't be able to explain themselves when they go back. They didn't dare to call back during this period, and they don't have time either.

We only had a break these two days because of heavy rain.”

"Oh, there's been a lot of trouble now. We're really lucky. We saved our lives. We'd better go back as soon as possible."

Ye Yaodong looked at the increasing number of people gathered around the dinner table. He thought for a moment and said to everyone: "We will go back when the rain stops. Everyone is thinking about it after this trip. Go back early and feel at ease."

"

"The day before I plan to leave for home, I will pay you the wages. I will pay you now. You have probably used them to gamble in the past few days. This trip was earned with your life tied to your belt. Gambling

What a shame to lose."

Everyone nodded and agreed.

"Also, I was caught and ransomed today for 300 yuan per head. I will bear it for you. After all, you came out with me, and you suffered such a big crime. I won't ask you to pay for the money that should be paid by you."

.”

"And for so many days, your wages have been paid as usual. Although you have not worked, you have been affected, and your wages will not be less. When the time comes, I will send you a big red envelope, everyone will have it.

It should be treated as both a thank you and a relief."

"Those 15 people in the town have wages but no red envelopes. After all, they picked them up halfway and did not come out with me."

Everyone had smiles on their faces, relaxed expressions, and thanked him again and again.

Those 15 people were also very happy. It was good to be able to earn wages halfway.

"A Dong is still humane. He redeemed us immediately and gave us more than we should have."

"You are following the right person. If you think about the people who have not been redeemed, you will know that you are right to follow Dongzi."

"This trip was full of surprises, but at least everyone came out."

"I hope the rain will stop soon, go back quickly, and stay longer, my heart will be there."

"It's better to go back early. Doesn't it mean that we have the same price as the locals? We were redeemed, and the local onlookers must have been redeemed in these few days. Many of them are fishermen, and there will definitely be more people fishing by then.

.”

Upon hearing this, Father Ye immediately said: "Tomorrow, ask your eldest and second brothers to come back with us when the rain stops. Don't stay here and take any more risks."

After being imprisoned once, Ye's father was frightened.

"Yeah. It's very late. Let's clear the table and take a rest."

He also went to take a shower, and then spread a mat with others to sleep in the lobby.

Father Ye and others were lying next to him, and they were still talking about how scared they were in the police station, for fear that they would never be able to go back. When they talked about the excitement, they quietly wiped away their tears twice.

"It's over, don't think about it. If you survive a catastrophe, you will be lucky in the future. And there will probably be a new policy coming out in the next two days. Those who have applied for an iron plate will be safer by then, and patrols at sea will be strengthened."

"If we don't save some lives or save some big things, we can't think of corresponding policies. What are these people really doing? If we had made it more formal earlier, we wouldn't have killed so many people, injured so many people, and arrested so many people."

Ye Yaodong didn't answer the call, and nothing serious happened. Who would pay attention to it? What's more, there is chaos everywhere these days. It can't be controlled on land, so how can it be controlled at sea.

Those in charge of the sea are also there to catch smugglers, or escort... Who cares about the trivial matter of fishermen's fights? If no one is killed, it is not a big deal to them.

Even if a human life is lost, in this country where communication is underdeveloped and laws and regulations are imperfect, it all depends on whether the local government pays attention to it or not, and if it is rarely reported or not reported at all, it is not a big deal.

"How much did you earn on this trip?"

"What are you asking? If you have the money to redeem someone and buy a boat, that's pretty much it. The rain will stop in a few days and a large salary will have to be paid. Go to bed early."

"Um."

After Father Ye responded, he began to snore within a minute. There were also snores all around him. Most of the people sleeping in the main room were released today. Everyone here was frightened. No one was so frightened that they slept.

Sleep peacefully and come out to sleep peacefully.

Ye Yaodong walked back and forth all day, and after being rained all day, he was very tired and fell asleep soon.

The rain fell all night again, and even the sky in the morning was darker than before.

The light of dawn did not wake up a large area of ​​the sleeping room in the main room. It was not until everyone in the room got up that the people in the main room also got up.

Not long after they finished eating, a large group of people living in the guest house also came running over.

Ye Yaodong also told them his plan to go back when the rain stopped, which made them all frown with worry.

"Are we really going back like this? We just released them and haven't made any money yet..."

"You have to make your own plans. There are too many people here now, and before the rain, the number of jellyfish was not enough for fishing all day long. The number of local fishing boats has also increased there."

"Don't you mean that you have to apply for fishing qualifications from the Ocean Bureau and hang an iron plate before you can fish for jellyfish? That should be safer and won't cause another fight, right?"

"Who can say for sure about this? Whether it is safe or not is not ours or theirs, you can think about it yourself."

Everyone was whispering and discussing with each other.

"I don't know when the rain will stop now. It has been raining for four or five days. Can you please take a look first and not be so decisive? There are still people inside who have not been redeemed. Can we talk about it together after we redeem them?"

"Then let's redeem everyone else together and talk about it together. If some people don't want to go back, we can all stick together."

"That's right. They haven't been arrested. People who have made money want to go back. Those of us who haven't made money, of course we don't want to go back. We haven't made any money and our face has been lost."

Ye Yaodong let them discuss it on their own, because there were also some close people around him who were asking him for confirmation.

He also expressed his views.

"Although you can apply for a fishing license, those locations are now public. There will be more boats going there after the rain stops, and the number is decreasing. I don't think it's worth taking the risk anymore, and so do my boatmen.

They all tend to go back quickly.”

Father Ye also helped to speak, "Go back, you all have made money. Don't be greedy. You are already better than many people. If you can make money safely this time, you are already an Amitabha."

"Amitabha, Mazu has blessed me, otherwise I might still be squatting inside, or be as miserable as those people."

"Then Dongzi, we will go back with you first. The others can discuss it themselves. If they want to go back, they can go back. If not, let them stay here and continue to make money."

"Then go back. We also earned several thousand yuan on this trip. It only lasts a month, which is pretty good."

A Guang hesitated for a moment, "I'm still working as an intermediary there..."

"Stop it, let them sell it directly to the dock, no matter how big the quantity is."
Chapter completed!