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.
To be continued...