"You don't need to tell me, everyone knows that the group of people in town is the worst..."
"This is considered a good thing for us. At least we only spent a small amount of money to get people back."
"Ah Dong, I heard that you bought several local boats and brought them back. Do you want to rent these boats again?"
Ye Yaodong said casually: "Yes, let's wait until the boat is repainted and sailed back. But I want to get rid of those small wooden boats. Do you want any? If so, I will sell them at a 10% discount."
"10% off, that's not much cheaper..."
"I've only had it for a month, and it's still very new. It's a good deal if it's only been sold for a month and can be purchased for dozens of dollars."
Those who work for him as boatmen will pay 20% off, and others will pay 10% off. This will show that he is benevolent and will take care of those who work for him.
If you can even buy a boat at a discount compared to others, your reputation will be even better.
"Can my man make a reservation to rent one? We don't want the small wooden boat."
"Everyone is still outside and haven't come back yet, so why don't you make a reservation first? Just wait, wait for my boat to come back first."
Ye Yaodong stood up directly, lest everyone want his boat.
To rent his boat, he had to find someone with a better reputation and more honesty, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.
He walked towards a group of children. These half-grown boys yelled and cursed louder than anyone else, including his family.
"My father bought this. Do you want to tell your father..."
"Your father must be in jail, that's why he didn't come back..."
"Lin Muji broke it off, your father is in jail..."
"Lin Mu is lazy, your father is in jail...A Jiang Chenghe fucked him..."
"Fuck your mother...that's why your whole family is in jail..."
"Lin Bei is lazy..."
As soon as he walked in, he saw several half-grown boys fighting together, "What are you doing!"
"Lin Mu... I'll die for you, you dare to scold my father..."
"Those who haven't come back are in jail...your father is in jail..."
"If you dare to hit my brother, you will die..."
Before Ye Yaodong could pull Ye Chengjiang and Ye Chenghe away from the fight, he saw Ye Chenghu, a little man, also waving his fists and squeezing in to fight.
Ye Chenghai went out of his way to pull him aside and said, "Third uncle, please leave it alone and beat them."
"Damn it, you guys are getting into trouble and you're still fighting in groups."
The adults chatting nearby also saw the group fight here and came over to start a fight.
Ye Yaodong quickly grabbed his boy's collar and pulled it out.
After the beaten boy was pulled away, he immediately opened his mouth and cried, "My father is not in jail..."
Ye Yaodong watched the crying boy being taken away by the adults in the family, and couldn't help but look at them.
"If you are successful, a group of people will fight one person."
Ye Chengjiang blew his fist proudly, "Don't even think about causing trouble on my territory, ho ho ho ho ho ho ho..."
Second Sister-in-law Ye slapped him on the head and said, "What are you so proud of? Come home to me, I won't be able to get a roof over my head for three days, and I'll get into fights..."
Ye Chengjiang, who had a look of embarrassment just now, instantly lost his temper. He slumped his shoulders and walked home honestly with his head lowered...
Ye Chenghe saw his mother coming over menacingly with a whip, and immediately ran away, "Brother, stay behind!"
Ye Chenghai turned to look at his old mother and immediately raised his hands above his head, "It's none of my business. I just stood there and watched. I didn't even move a finger."
"You think I didn't hear you, you shouted the loudest. Why don't you fuck him? Fuck your mother..."
Ye Chenghai grabbed the whip in his mother's hand and laughed, "My mother is you."
After saying that, he ran away immediately.
Sister-in-law Ye's chest kept heaving with anger, but she couldn't do anything with her son who was already taller than her, so she could only scold her non-stop and call Ye Yaopeng to teach her son.
Ye Yaodong also went home with Ye Chenghu in his hand.
"My toy..."
Ye Chenghu hurriedly turned around and put the toy he had thrown on the ground back into his arms again before being dragged home again.
Ye Yaodong scolded as he walked, "Are you promising? You're still fighting in groups. When such a big person fights, you, a small person, can squeeze in without fear of being beaten to death."
"Don't be afraid, I'll just hit and kick you a few times."
"Stand here and reflect for a moment. Today's toys will be confiscated."
"Ah, don't..."
Ye Yaodong whipped his calf with a whip, "Stand still."
The old lady also led Ye Xiaoxi into the house and said: "You are in a prison and your child has no face even when you walk out. You don't know what to eat. Fortunately, no one will make any noise."
Ye Xiaoxi ran towards him excitedly, then took the whip in his hand and slapped Ye Chenghu's calf with force, shouting in a sweet voice: "Stand still..."
Ye Chenghu pretended to glare at her fiercely.
She immediately turned around and pulled Ye Yaodong, "Dad."
"Are you still not convinced?"
Ye Xiaoxi quickly waved his whip again and parroted, "Are you not convinced?"
Ye Yaodong angrily and funny picked up this little girl who was pretending to be a coward, "Don't make trouble, what's the matter with you."
"If you don't behave, you'll be beaten!"
"Do you want to be beaten if you misbehave?"
She dropped the whip and ran outside immediately, shouting, "No."
"Dad, my sister will be spoiled by you!"
Ye Yaodong took the whip and slapped his leg again, "What's the matter with you?"
"You hit me as soon as I come back."
"You talk back again."
Ye Chenghu immediately shut up.
Ye Yaodong sat on the edge and looked at him with his legs crossed. It was rare to come back, and a father and son should be kind and filial.
When Lin Xiuqing came back, he threw the child to her and ran out again for a spin.
He took the lead and ran to the workshop to have a look. The two boys at the gate were idly swatting mosquitoes there. They were so excited when he saw him coming that they immediately stood up and called Dong Ge politely.
"You must be very free recently, right?"
"Haha, yes, you are not at home, the boat is not at home, and there are no goods, so we guard the gate every day. We can only chop wood and carry water, and occasionally drive out with a tractor to deliver fish sauce every now and then."
"It's okay. You go back alone and just watch here by yourself at night. Call everyone over tomorrow."
"OK."
"Rock, paper, scissors, whoever loses will stay and watch the night..."
Ye Yaodong ignored them and wandered off to another place.
Everyone in the village was talking about their return. They could be heard in every corner and wherever they went.
Everyone is there looking forward to those who haven't come back yet to come back as soon as possible.
When I saw him, I had to ask him a few more questions about what happened on this trip, so as to verify whether it was the same as what others said. In the end, I just didn't give up, and by the way, I also asked him if he was going.
He never answered.
After walking around for a while, I headed home again.
Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua were sitting at the door chatting. He saw them and sat down.
"Dongzi, when will the Harvest's account be settled?"
"Tomorrow? I just came back today, so there's no need to be in a hurry."
Except for the Harvest, the other ships that came back with him will also settle accounts together tomorrow, and the remaining ships that have not returned will be released first. Even if they sell their goods to locals, they will all have bills of lading.
Ye Yaopeng said enviously: "You are the one who earned the most this trip."
"I am the one who spends the most money. Fortunately, you got rid of A Guo and the others early, otherwise you would be the ones offering money to redeem people."
The two brothers immediately started talking to each other.
"I don't know if they will still make money there after we come back."
"We'll see if I call back in a few days."
"Are you sure you won't go over there?"
Ye Yaodong asked back: "You still want to go there?"
"No, I just want to ask you. It feels like a pity to come back early this time."
"It's almost enough. Each of you should have earned several thousand. Just trawl the internet at home. If they get news later, let's hear about their situation and let's think about next year. They are also giving it to us over there now.
As a test."
Both of them nodded, thinking that they were just guinea pigs now, and they didn't want to go back now.
Ye Yaodong sat there for a while and then took advantage of the cool air. It was eight or nine o'clock before he called the children home to take a bath and go to bed.
It's summer vacation. Everyone plays wildly from morning to night. They are full of energy. They have to take a shower before going to bed, otherwise they will be dripping with sweat again.
The same goes for Ye Xiaoxi. No child in the countryside is clean.
Watching Lin Xiuqing give her a bath, he finally remembered to ask about the land in the city.
"Has your brother's house started to be built in the city?"
"Not yet. He just leveled the land and said he will wait until the second half of the year to build again. He said there have been many typhoons in the past two months and it is impossible to build it all at once. He wants to wait until the rain is less in the second half of the year before building it again."
"That's right. After the accounts are settled tomorrow, I will also go to the city to take a look. I will go to the village to find some workers to level the ground. Then I will ask your brother and our father to help take care of it."
"What are you going to use that land for? 13 acres of land is too much, right?"
"Build a two-story courtyard first, and then build a large warehouse next to it. Leave the rest of the land empty there first. Get some ropes to surround it, or have someone make a fence to surround it. Let your father first
Plant vegetables.”
"Growing vegetables?"
"Grow vegetables first, don't you understand? We can plan it later, and there is no need to use it immediately. There is no construction around the market, so why are we in a hurry?"
"Okay, you have the final say anyway."
Ye Yaodong took off his clothes and pants and climbed onto the bed first, "I haven't been at home for a month. Is the village peaceful?"
"Taiping, why is it not peaceful? Everything is still the same. The most lively thing is when you call back, everyone rushes to tell each other."
"How's the kelp doing in the village?"
"I don't know about this. I only heard a few words about him still working on the rope."
"I'll go ask again tomorrow."
"You are this and that, can you handle it?"
"I don't want to do it myself? Shouldn't the kelp farming be handled by the village committee? This will become a collective asset by then."
Lin Xiuqing didn't say anything. Anyway, she didn't understand his thoughts. He was tossing about this and that. According to her, the money on hand now is enough for them to be safe and stable. There is no need to engage in other industries. At present, these industries are enough.
It's enough for them to earn.
Her idea is that she will be happy if she becomes rich, and that's pretty much it.
After cleaning Ye Xiaoxi, he carried her to bed, patted her butt, and told Ye Yaodong, "Put her clothes on, and I'll make her some malted milk."
"It's enough for her to take a few mouthfuls of your milk."
"Not enough for her."
"It's not good to eat too much, it will make you wet the bed."
Ye Xiaoxi immediately retorted, "No way."
Ye Yaodong smiled and nibbled on her white and tender feet, "I was not at home, did you wet the bed?"
"No, I'll give you my stinky feet to eat."
"I'll give you mine too."
"No, it smells so bad~"
"After washing it, you said your feet didn't stink when they were so smelly just now. Now don't dislike it. I'll let you smell it..."
As soon as Ye Yaodong's big feet covered her face, she laughed and dodged left and right, but her facial features were deformed by being squeezed by the feet.
"Help, help, hahahaha... it smells so bad... hahaha..."
Lin Xiuqing came in with malted milk and said with a smile: "Stop making trouble, it's time to go to bed. If you make such a fuss, you won't be able to sleep later."
Ye Xiaoxi also broke away at this time, turned over and saw his master sitting on his feet, holding his soles and stretching out his hands to scratch them.
Ye Yaodong scratched the soles of her feet and immediately shrank up. He circled her with his feet and clamped them in place, making her laugh happily.
"Stop playing, hurry up, it's getting cold, drink it quickly."
Lin Xiuqing stood aside and urged with a smile, and then he straightened his legs and let go of her.
"No more playing, go to sleep now."
"I still want to play."
Ye Xiaoxi still had more to say, and climbed up to him with both hands on his body. She crawled on top of him, hugged his neck, and tilted her body like a baby, "I want to play more, Dad, I want to play more..."
Ye Yaodong also held her and rocked her for a while, then he sat her up and said, "Okay, let's play again tomorrow. If you don't sleep, your mother will be angry."
"All right."
She picked up the bowl and drank half of it, then passed the bowl to his mouth. Ye Yaodong happily took a sip, then held the bowl and passed it to her mouth, and she continued to drink the rest.
"Ha~ Finished drinking."
Ye Yaodong hugged her and lay down again, patted her butt and said, "Go to sleep."
Ye Xiaoxi also put her hands on his eyes and helped him close them, "Sleep."
Lin Xiuqing also turned off the lights with a smile on her face and let her father and daughter sleep first. She had to check the courtyard doors and windows and whether the two boys upstairs were asleep before she could go back to her room to sleep.
Ye Yaodong held the little dumpling in his arms, patting and coaxing him gently. He originally wanted to reward himself with meat in the evening, but in the end, he coaxed him to sleep, and even the people around him fell asleep.
I don't know when I lie down and fall asleep.
He never had a good night's sleep when he was away from home. He was worried about it every day, for fear that something would happen. However, something big happened during that time, which made him exhausted both physically and mentally. He was also worried for a long time.
As soon as he returned home, his whole body relaxed and his tense nerves straightened out. The warm family atmosphere was so comfortable and immersed in it that he slept very peacefully until dawn.
He wasn't woken up until someone called him at his door early in the morning and the old lady knocked on the door and asked him to get up.
"What's wrong? It's only 6 o'clock..."
Lin Xiuqing was also in a daze when she was woken up by a knock on the door. When she got up and opened the door, she heard the old lady saying that someone was calling him outside.
"I don't know either. Grandma said that someone called you outside and said that a large group of people came to the village to look for you. They were being stopped by the villagers."
Ye Yaodong woke up immediately and got up quickly.
"Did the people from the town come to make trouble?"
"It should be, I'll go out and take a look, you don't want to go out."
He just put on his pants, took his clothes and walked outside, putting them on as he walked. The people behind him told him to be careful, but he just nodded and ran away with the people at the door.
"What's going on? Are you here to cause trouble or what are you here for?"
"I said I came here to ask for your help. There was such a big group of people. It looked like there were two to three hundred people, including men, women, old and young. As soon as a large group of people entered the village, they scared everyone. The villagers quickly grabbed the guys to stop them.
They thought they were looking for trouble."
He really expected it.
Such a large group of people said they came to ask for help, but they were still causing trouble.
"Brother Dong, they must want you to help fish out all the people on their side."
"How can I do that?"
"There are so many people, so we have to comfort them."
Ye Yaodong frowned and ran over quickly.
The main road in the village was crowded with people. When I looked over, there were all heads. The villagers were holding tools to stop a group of people on the opposite side.
However, the group of people on the opposite side didn't bring anyone with them. They were just crying and shouting, which made the people in the village a little bit at a loss.
"Brother Dong is here, Brother Dong is here, give way..."
"A Dong is here..."
Everyone roared twice, and the crowd automatically moved out of the way, while the voices from the opposite side became even louder.
As soon as Ye Yaodong walked in front of the people, the leading elderly, weak women and children immediately knelt down.
"Comrade, please save my man... I know you are capable..."
"Save my son and grandson... All the men in our family have gone out and have not come back... Please, have mercy on us..."
"Please help me, we are kowtowing to you..."
Ye Yaodong didn't expect such a big scene when he arrived, and he didn't know what to do immediately. Every old man, weak woman, and child burst into tears. He thought he would be tough first and then soft, but he didn't expect it to be like this.
"No, you guys get up first and talk to me if you have anything to say."
"Please help me, you are a living Buddha, the men in the family are counting on you..."
"We are willing to pay any amount of fine, we can do it no matter how much. Please help us. We will also sell iron to join in. Please... all the men in our family have gone... Oh damn Chen Jia Nian... just ran away...
...please..."
"All the men in our family have also entered. Please, I will give you a ranking for immortality... Save our family, otherwise we will not be able to survive..."
"Uncle...please save my dad..."
Ye Yaodong felt sad when he heard this. Some women in the village shed tears when they heard the cries of these people. They were also secretly glad in their hearts. Fortunately, their men were back.
Some men were also sighing there, with unbearable expressions on their faces.
If they really came to the village, everyone would beat them out ruthlessly, but kneeling down and crying and begging for help, everyone's compassion was moved, and they all felt that these people were so pitiful.
"Don't be like this, calm down first. Do you all understand what happened?"
The man next to him wiped his tears and said: "Ah Dong, I'm sorry, we didn't have to bring so many people to our door. We really can't bear the pleas of the folks."
"Yes, everyone stayed up all night and finally sat up until dawn. As soon as it got up, I couldn't wait to come and ask for your help."
No wonder their eyes are as swollen as peaches and their faces look haggard.
Ye Yaodong frowned and asked, "Where is Chen Jianian?"
"He ran away. I heard from the neighbors that there was no one in his house half a month ago. Everyone was still surprised. We came back yesterday to talk about it and everyone called the door. Many people found out that he ran away in advance."
"Chen Jianian, who was stabbed a thousand times, deserves to die. Curse his entire family to die...it was all his fault..."
"My heart was blackened and my intestines were rotten. I cursed him to go to the 18th level of hell. We all followed his instigation. But he ran away and we men went in. We must die a good death..."
The man next to him said again: "Yesterday, everyone smashed his home and demolished it. Even his brothers, sisters and parents were not spared..."
"Please, help me, comrade, you are the only one who can save my man... It doesn't matter how much money you want, I'll sell it for you... Thank you for eight lifetimes..."
"Uncle, please save my father, I will be your ox or horse..."
A large group of people were crying and pleading with him again. Ye Yaodong couldn't get them to wake up no matter how he called them, so he had to turn to the village cadres and ask them to comfort these people.
The villagers were also there saying how pitiful they were.
Seeing Ye Yaodong retreat, those who were kneeling immediately stood up in panic and wanted to rush forward, fearing that he would run away.
"Don't leave..."
"Comrade, Comrade Ye Yaodong, don't leave..."
Ye Yaodong stopped immediately, "I'm not leaving. Please calm down. If you don't calm down, we won't even be able to talk."
The village cadres also immediately reassured everyone, "Everyone has something to say. It's useless just to kneel down and beg for help. You also have to listen to what A Dong has to say. If you want his help, you have to listen to what he has to say?"
"Everyone, please calm down. I know you are all in trouble. I also know that your men have been arrested. You all want to ask him for help, but you have to talk nicely."
Ye Yaodong asked: "Have their village cadres come here? Such a big matter should require their village cadres to come and negotiate."
When it comes to themselves, these people are always not so calm. If you want them to be obedient, you must have someone who can make them obedient.
"There are people from several villages here..."
"Then let them call their village cadres over too. So many villagers have come to make demands, so they have to take care of it."
"Calm down, you can't just talk about this. I'm really not that capable."
"Please..."
"Don't kneel down, don't kneel down, talk properly."
Ye Yaodong was helpless. He was still thinking that there would be a tough battle this morning, so he thought of calling all the younger brothers over yesterday. He didn't expect it to be such a soft battle, and his head hurt.
Seeing a group of gray-haired old people and some children crying, their eyes were red, and no matter how hard-hearted they were, they couldn't harden.
"You must have heard from the people who came back about the cause and outcome of the incident, right? I took those people in kindly and sent them back with wages. They were also lucky and ran away in time."
"The people in our village were redeemed because they did not participate in the gunfight. Everyone should know how bad the nature of the gunfight is. The people detained now have participated in it or killed someone. You should know that we are cracking down hard now."
"I don't know if you have heard that anyone who steals a bicycle will be sentenced to 10 years at the beginning. If you are caught in a fight, it will be five to six years, seven or eight years. If you kill someone, let alone kill someone, they will be shot directly."
"Your relatives and friends who have not come back were all caught on the spot during the gunfight. No matter how innocent they were, they were still involved. Do you think I, an ordinary fisherman, am capable of fishing for people?"
Everyone in the crowd couldn't help but burst into tears, but they still couldn't help but squirming and shouting, "Please..."
"We thought something was wrong and left early. As for why they started fighting with the locals, I don't know. After all, we really didn't have any contact with each other. Fortunately, people in our village were more obedient to me, and I asked them to
Let’s go, they’ll leave.”
"We were arrested because we saw something was wrong and were afraid of being implicated, so we wanted to leave, but we were stopped by locals. We were all beaten up by the locals before we were arrested. That's why it's so easy to fish for people.
"
"The most important thing is that no one from our village was involved, and I'm not that powerful. I don't have the final say in the Public Security Bureau, and I don't run the bureau. I'm just a fisherman, and everyone should know that."
"Well, I sympathize with everyone's experience. If possible, I certainly hope that everyone can come out. After all, we all belong to the same place, and no family can bear the loss of its backbone and pillar."
"I am also the breadwinner of the family. I also have a father, a mother, and children, older and younger. I can understand everyone's eagerness, but my abilities are really limited. I am just a fisherman. I know one or two people, but everyone
You know, relationships are just relationships, and this big matter of shooting is not just a matter of words."
The people standing in front were all paralyzed on the ground, and in an instant they were dwarfed again.
"Please help us, we really have nothing to do... we really have nothing to do... our family is ruined..."
"Ahhhhh... Why doesn't God take me away and send my white-haired person to a black-haired person... Let me take one life for another... I am an old woman with nothing to live for. Please save my son and my grandson.
…”
"I kowtow to you. You can think of a way to do whatever you want me to do..."
Ye Yaodong saw a group of people knelt down and begged like before. He was at his wits end again. He said what he needed to say. He really didn't have that much magical power.
He looked to the village cadre for help.
The village cadres also looked around and sighed.
"There is really no way?"
"Those people are going to be shot. Those who are not shot must be at least 10 years old. Do you think if they are locked up in the public security bureau of our town, you can get them all out?"
Everyone shook their heads together.
"Don't say we can do it all together, it's difficult to do it alone."
"Isn't that okay? We villagers were able to come out because we were not really involved and were caught afterwards. That's why it was so easy to talk about it. Otherwise, it would have taken a year or two."
"So what should I do if there are so many people kneeling here begging and they can't be driven away?"
"Let's wait for the village cadres from each of their villages to come."
I slept all day yesterday, and I feel refreshed and energetic. I wrote 14,000 today, and I have sent them all just now.
Chapter completed!