Chapter 926: Sending Away the Great Buddha

On the beach, everyone sat in twos and threes blowing the sea breeze after eating and bathing, chatting casually.

A large group of people was not bored, at most there were no entertainment activities, only able to talk.

Tired for a day, everyone only planned to talk for a while and then go to sleep. After all, the sky was bright at 4 o'clock.

But at this moment, everyone was on the beach, and only Zeng Weimin was on the boat. This person had never been off the boat except for eating, which was quite easy. Although he didn't do anything, he didn't add trouble to everyone, at most asking a few questions when curious.

Ye Yaodong climbed onto the boat, looked at the person lying on his mat, and walked to sit beside him.

"Hey, Comrade Zeng Weimin, is your body almost recovered?"

Zeng Weimin had been looking up at the starry sky. Hearing his question, he turned his head to look, sat up, and said with a smile: "It's almost better. I've disturbed you these few days, and I've troubled you. Thank you very much, Comrade Ye Yaodong."

"Then what are your plans? I see the number you gave me before is Jingcheng. Are you going to take the train to Jingcheng?"

"I am penniless."

Ye Yaodong's mouth couldn't help but twitch. What about the sky-high wealth?

Could it be that his father guessed right, because he had no money and was embarrassed to speak, and the intellectual had thin skin, so he relied on them first?

He shook his head in his heart again. Not necessarily, he is from Jingcheng.

"I'll lend you some. You've been out for so long, and your family is worried. Since your injury is better, you should go home early to let your family be at ease. Eating and sleeping poorly on my boat, floating on the sea every day, a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own dog nest."

Zeng Weimin smiled, "I was just talking casually. I was just thinking about problems these two days, so I didn't propose to leave immediately. It is indeed true that you fishermen are not easy, floating on the sea all day, eating on the boat, sleeping on the boat, rushing to fish, just for life."

"Yes, living in this world, busy and busy, just to earn more money to give the family better shelter and life. Otherwise, just lying at home is fine. Anyway, rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, rely on the sea to eat the sea, and you won't starve to death."

"You can't think like that. Young people should have drive and spirit of struggle. The times are changing, and you must keep pace with the times, follow the footsteps of the times, and progress with society."

Speaking so officially, Ye Yaodong chuckled twice in his heart.

"You intellectuals are good at talking, speaking so nicely and with such a high level, but I don't understand it very well, hahaha, I just want to earn more money."

"Diligence leads to wealth. It can be seen that you are very smart. This group of people on the island seems to have been brought out by you, right? Listening to them talk, they all recognize you very much, and they listen to them praising you every day."

"Because I can bring them money, so of course they are willing to praise me and hold me up."

Zeng Weimin nodded and lay down to look at the sky, "Yes, it's all mutual. You bring them wealth, so they also give you the respect and status you deserve."

"It's rare that because of the injury, I lay for a few days, but I experienced the difficulty of you fishermen. It is really sleeping in the open, the conditions are difficult. At least farmers only need to have land to plant, and don't need to leave their hometown."

"Sigh, everyone has their own difficulties. Farming can't earn money, only enough to fill the stomach. Fishing can earn some hard-earned money, but fishing has high risks. In this era, business is easy to do."

"What business do you think is easy to do? Then why don't you do business?"

"Fishing is my old profession. What business can I do?"

He just takes one step at a time. He bought two shops in the city. If he really has any long-term plans, he really doesn't. His most proficient field is being a fisherman.

If he doesn't fish and really goes to the city to guard the shop, he has to get the dried fish from others. Won't that money be earned by others?

Otherwise, let his father go out to sea to fish at his age to supply him with dried fish, and he comfortably sells goods in the shop in the city. Can his conscience pass?

Anyway, he feels that the current situation is quite good. It is the life he wants. The whole family works hard together, advances side by side, and is developing in a good direction, accumulating wealth bit by bit.

Zeng Weimin also nodded, "People are generally only habitually active in the circle they are familiar with, and it is not easy to mix in unfamiliar ones. Tomorrow morning, after you dock, I will also get off the boat together. If there is a chance in the future, I will thank you properly."

"Okay, I'll give you some travel expenses tomorrow morning."

He didn't refuse either.

"Listening to the workers on your boat chatting during the day, you are also waiting for the fishing season to pass before going back, right?"

"Definitely. It's not easy to come from afar, so we must wait for the fishing season to pass before leaving."

He nodded.

The boatmen walked towards this side one after another, shouting to sleep while walking. Ye Yaodong didn't talk to him much. Anyway, he would leave tomorrow, just a chance encounter.

If his father hadn't said it, he actually wouldn't care. Anyway, he was safe and didn't add chaos. But since he was better, it was better to leave early.

He was also not afraid that he would expose the location of the trench after going out. Generally, people's orientation at sea is quite poor. Knowing is knowing, but how to go is another matter.

Moreover, this person is not a local, nor a fisherman, and doesn't look like someone who will meddle in other people's business.

And, so many boatmen were hired this year, and so many people knew. Maybe everyone will have ideas next year, and by then, it won't just be these boats coming.

Last year was also because there were only their three boats, and not many people were hired. They were all their own relatives or cousins, and the first choice was honest people.

This year, because fishing boats rose in price, most of them were swaying and didn't buy boats, continuing to come over as boatmen. Maybe everyone can make up their minds next year and buy a boat to fish themselves.

There was no comparison last year. This year, the comparison with other fishing boats was obvious, and the gap was known. Psychologically, it must be different. Moreover, they came late last year and didn't shout about how much they sold. Most people really didn't know how much they earned?

Too many people followed this year. How much money sold every day? Everyone sat on the beach in the evening and chatted. Like the two boats brought by Chen Jiannian, they liked to ask about how much others sold everywhere and compare.

It will probably be exposed next year. By then, a large area of boats will definitely come here to fish, and maybe they can't wait until next year.

After all, they sell a lot of money every day these few days. Although they try their best to let Ah Guang collect it, Chen Jiannian also collects it, and money is divided. Comparing the harvest of other boats, they will definitely be surprised in their hearts.

There was no comparison last year, just their three boats, and he didn't have any doubts.

The most obvious feeling is that the next day, they collected the jellyfish in the nets, pickled them and lifted them onto the boat, and prepared to go to the trench. Two boats followed behind their fishing boats. They were the two boats of Chen Jiannian's relatives.

This made everyone jump with anger. Several of their boats were walking in one direction, and they couldn't go around very far, and they couldn't shake them off.

"How did they follow?"

"Dongdong Dong Brother, it must be Nian Nian who let them follow..."

Chen Shi's stuttering seems to have improved? But Ye Yaodong didn't have time to pay attention to this at this moment.

"Son of a..." He slowed down a bit, "There are two on the sea side, you guys collect them first."

As soon as he slowed down, other boats also slowed down a bit.

When letting the boatmen collect jellyfish, he turned his head and shouted to his father on the next boat, "What to do, Dad? We were followed by them."

Pei Fu's boat also approached, "What to do? It seems we can't hide it."

Ye Fu shouted, "How about fishing casually on the sea for half a day first?"

Pei Fu also hesitated and shouted, "Otherwise, just fish casually for half a day in the morning?"

"Can't hide it. The cargo sold every day is not collected by Chen Jiannian, or half of it is divided to him. Following us every day, we can't bear it."

Ye Yaodong also cursed in his heart. It couldn't be hidden in just three or four days, let alone later.

Just when he hesitated whether to simply make it public directly, he saw a large white boat sailing towards them, and the boat body was printed with the three words "Haijing Bureau".

Their few boats were instantly stunned and dumbfounded.

And the boat in front also drove directly towards them, and also waved flags at them, holding a loudspeaker to shout at them, letting them stay in place and stop the boat.

Now they didn't dare to move even more, not even daring to use bamboo poles to poke jellyfish. Several boats all floated in place, waiting for the Haijing Bureau to approach for inspection.

Ye Yaodong knew there was a Haijing Bureau, but it was really the first time he encountered it at sea. He only felt curious, but there was nothing to be afraid of. After all, he didn't do anything wrong.

"Dongzi, it seems that the management on the sea here is quite strict? Even the Haijing Bureau boat is nearby."

"Maybe it has always been quite strict? It's just that we didn't encounter it."

It hasn't been long since the 1983 crackdown, and this county bordering Fujian Province seems to have been independently established in the past two years. The new official takes three fires, and it is normal to catch it tightly.

"Fortunately, we didn't do anything wrong, just came over to fish for jellyfish."

"Hmm, wait for the inspection, it will be fine in a while."

After turning off the engine, he talked to his father on the side boat. In his heart, shouldn't this boat appear when it is dark? Why intercept fishing boats during normal patrol in broad daylight?

In broad daylight, under the clear sky, who does smuggling and illegal criminal activities in broad daylight?

Their few boats, including the two boats of Chen Jiannian's relatives, a total of seven boats waited in place, looking at the white fishing boat approaching with a confused face.

And the fishing boats that were far away had already gone to fish on their own. It was just that their few boats happened to slow down and gathered together, which just attracted the Haijing Bureau and came directly towards them.

The Haijing Bureau fishing boat approached Pei Fu's boat first. Who told his boat to be the largest? A group of people wearing sea soul shirts jumped onto Pei Fu's boat, turned around inside and out, and asked a bunch of questions.

And the people on other fishing boats all stood on the side of the boat, looking towards them. Everyone didn't have any fearful emotions, only a little tension, mostly curious.

However, when they were standing on the deck asking questions, someone waved at his side.

Ye Yaodong was puzzled, "What does it mean? Is it calling us to drive the boat over for inspection?"

Ye Fu was also a bit unsure, "Don't know? Is it waving at us?"

In a while, everyone on that boat looked towards them.

Now, everyone was just curious, and suddenly all the crew members became nervous again, as if there was something different.

And, in a while, Pei Fu's boat and the Haijing patrol boat drove towards them.

When the three boats were together, several sea soul shirts all climbed from Pei Fu's boat to Ye Yaodong's boat.

Ye Yaodong stood on the side of the boat, just about to open his mouth to speak, when he heard someone on the opposite Haijing boat shout: "Director Zeng!"

And the several sea soul shirts who had just boarded the boat also stood straight in front of Zeng Weimin and gave a military salute, "Director! It's good that you are fine!"

Zeng Weimin also stood straight and returned a salute.

Everyone on the boat widened their eyes and opened their mouths.

Ye Yaodong also almost dropped his chin, looking back and forth. What he picked up was not just a Jing master, but a local big leader?

Big official!

So the sky-high wealth really exists?

"Why are you here?" Zeng Weimin asked the sea soul shirts.

"We received a report that a large number of motorized fishing boats docked at a nearby island, using the island as a base day and night, suspected of engaging in illegal criminal activities, so we have been patrolling the nearby coast for the past two days, and also looking for you by the way."

"Two days ago, we also received news from above, saying that you were safe and sound and were rescued by a passing fishing boat, so we thought about seeing if we could find you on the nearby fishing boats."

Illegal criminal activities?

Could it be that someone reported them for using the island as a base to engage in smuggling and illegal criminal activities??

Ye Yaodong was surprised again, and others on the boat looked at each other when they heard this.

"No, police comrade, we are all honest fishermen. We just came from Fujian Province to fish for jellyfish. We were afraid of being bullied by locals, so we huddled together and stayed on the island temporarily."

"Yes, we just came over to fish for jellyfish..."

"Yes, yes..."

Zeng Weimin also nodded, "I know this. I lived on this boat for three or four days. I originally planned to wait for them to finish fishing this wave and dock before getting on the boat."

The sea soul shirts nodded, "Then it's a misunderstanding. It should be that passing fishermen nearby saw it and reported it casually."

"Should be!"

Ye Yaodong hurriedly nodded, and others followed suit.

Just knowing that their dozen boats gathered on an island, there will always be accidental passing fishing boats seeing it. Reporting seems to have a reward.

Damn, there are really many messy things.

With so many boats, it is indeed eye-catching everywhere, and it also attracts hatred.

"Since you are normally engaged in fishing operations at sea, you should also normally dock at the port to go ashore for rest, instead of directly occupying the island, causing misunderstandings."

"The island is safe. It is convenient to run. If we go ashore, our large group of outsiders is too eye-catching, easy to be bullied by local fishermen, and afraid of being targeted by hooligans or villagers and not being able to return. Everyone is an honest person."

"What are you afraid of with so many people?"

"It's nothing to be afraid of others with many people this year, but with so many of us, ordinary fishing villages dare not take us in. After all, we are outsiders grabbing cargo."

"If we go to the town, there is no place to accommodate so many of us. Everyone has to be separated. If separated, everyone has no bottom in their hearts. And we go ashore at most to sleep. With so many people in one place, sleeping on the boat may be more at ease."

Ye Yaodong told the truth. In fact, they had many people this year and occupied all the advantages, but because they were foreign invaders and everyone came for the first time, it was best to huddle together.

Once ashore, they had to be scattered. This kind of port city is more chaotic than ordinary towns.

The sea soul shirts frowned, and Zeng Weimin waved his hand.

"Let them be. They gathered on the island and didn't do anything illegal or criminal, and didn't affect others. They will leave naturally after the fishing season passes. Just ignore it for now."

"Alright then."

"If there is vacant land and houses in the town that can accommodate so many of us, we can also go ashore!"

Zeng Weimin smiled, "You can find a house to settle your own family, and others can also huddle together to find houses. It is always more convenient ashore than on the island."

"I will ask others later. Except for the inconvenience of water, there is actually nothing bad about living on the boat."

However, he was also eager to get rid of those two boats this time. If he lived ashore, he could get rid of them and keep that trench. He could perhaps find a house near the Gongan Bureau to rent a set, and he could just sleep on the floor.

His own family plus boatmen had dozens of people. If someone really looked for trouble, he was actually not afraid, but he was worried about other villagers.

After all, they all followed him out. Although he said he only led the way and didn't care about anything else, when he really arrived at the place, how could he really not care about anything.

"Going ashore is definitely better than you gathering on the island. You can discuss it. When entering and exiting, there are more people, and you don't have to be afraid of anything."

Ye Yaodong nodded.

At first, thinking of the situation last year, he took everyone to live directly on the island to avoid locals, and could also avoid some trouble and being targeted.

Now it seems that living on the island is also very inconvenient. Everyone lives together, with dozens of eyes watching, and it is difficult to keep any secrets.

If living ashore, everyone gathers. By then, with the fishing volume of their few boats, they can completely change the docking time themselves, not at the same time as others.

Just agree with Ah Guang one day in advance what time they will dock the next day, and arrange for the car to come and collect it.

"Then Director Zeng, let's go back together. You fell into the water for a few days, and everyone was worried to death. Fortunately, we received notice that you were safe in less than two days."

"I originally planned to go ashore in the morning. It just happened that you found me, so I will go back with you."

Ye Yaodong looked at Zeng Weimin with entanglement. He wanted to ask them to help cover up and let his few boats run first, but he felt a bit embarrassed...

Zeng Weimin saw his caution. Originally, they stopped early just because they were followed by the two boats behind.

He smiled and said to the sea soul shirts: "Since you have already boarded the boat to check, then check the two boats behind by the way. Let these few pass first. They are still in a hurry to fish for jellyfish."

"Yes."

Ye Yaodong was instantly happy, "Thank you, Director Zeng!"

"You're welcome. The Haijing Bureau is not in the town where you dock, but in the neighboring prefecture-level city. I also fell into the water when I was on a mission and drifted nearby. Anyway, if you have any situation, just find the local Gongan Bureau."

"Hey, okay, I have always planned to do so."

So, this leader, should also be specially parachuted down in the past two years to specifically crack down on coastal smuggling and illegal criminal activities?

Otherwise, why report safety to the Jingcheng number? And said he fell into the water when on a mission. Will there be an insider...

Not peaceful, not peaceful~

Fortunately, he is a good citizen.

Zeng Weimin nodded, "Then that's it, then I'll go first. If there is a chance, I will visit your village. Also, you can write down the phone number of my office. If you encounter anything, you can call me."

"Hey, okay, thank you, thank you. Wait a moment, I'll go get paper and pen."

Ye Yaodong hurriedly ran to the cabin to unlock and get paper and pen to record. Although it is said that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, not in this town, but at least it is within the jurisdiction. A big official suppresses people. In case there is really something, there is a door to ask.

Of course, it is better if it is really not used.

The grace of saving life should be repaid with a gushing spring.

Keeping it can increase the price.

Anyway, he has the Jingcheng phone, and Zeng Weimin also knows which city, county, town, and village they are from. There is a door to repay the favor!

Ye Yaodong happily sent the Great Buddha onto the Haijing Bureau boat, then shouted to his father to let him leave quickly.

Other boats didn't understand, but they also heard it. He shouted loudly to leave, so they also hurriedly started the fishing boat and followed behind.

But the two boats that were a short distance away were not so lucky. When they also wanted to follow, they were stopped by the Haijing Bureau.

Then they checked carefully according to the routine, and asked in detail, almost questioning the eighteenth generation of ancestors.

After being released, where could they see the shadow of Ye Yaodong's few boats.

Ye Yaodong and the others avoided those two, and didn't stop the boat immediately, rushing directly to the trench, planning to wait until they arrived, and then discuss while fishing.

His boat ran in front and didn't stop. The boats behind didn't know what happened on his boat just now, so they could only follow all the way.

However, they all found that those two boats were stopped and didn't follow, so their hearts were put back in their stomachs, and they all ran to the trench with peace of mind.

When they arrived, they stopped the boat and all climbed onto Ye Yaodong's boat to inquire.

Ye Yaodong also told them what happened on the boat just now, and everyone was fortunate.

"That's good, the Haijing Bureau helped us stop them; otherwise, we wouldn't be able to shake off those two boats, and maybe we wouldn't be able to come here today."

"But we shook them off in the morning, what about the afternoon? What about the evening? What about tomorrow?" Ye Yaohua said with a depressed face.

"The meaning of the Haijing Bureau just now is also that they don't want us to gather on the island. I think, otherwise we will simply go to the town to rent a house, and call everyone to go ashore together. We don't have to live together. Anyway, just live nearby, and we can take care of each other if something happens."

"Anyway, we have so many people, don't be alone, and don't be afraid of anyone when entering and exiting. Then, when to go to sea depends on each person, don't be with others, so as not to have everyone staring at us."

Ye Yaopeng entangled, "But isn't the cargo collected at a fixed time these few days? The time to go to sea is casual, but after collecting the cargo, it will still be blocked."

"Just tell Ah Guang one day in advance what time we will dock the next day. Our few boats are enough to equal the quantity of more than a dozen other fishing boats."

Ye Fu frowned, "Then you are clearly going to set aside Chen Jiannian, and you don't even do superficial work."

"He is unkind, I am unjust. He even let those two boats follow us closely. Why should I still worry about him? If it weren't for the fact that he notified us to come over two days ago, we wouldn't be able to set him aside completely. Yang Dajiu's side let him and Ah Guang split half. If it were now, he wouldn't be given a single point."

"This can't be hidden for long. If people really want to block us, just get up early and wait..."

"So, it's better to separate. Don't gather with them anymore, otherwise I won't be able to help but catch them and beat them up at night."

"How can that work? We all came out together..."

"Why can't it work? Deliberately following us all the way, it's too bad. It was already very good to bring them over. It's too shameless."

Others just watched the father and son argue and kept silent.

Pei Fu spoke at this time, "Then simply don't bring them. Anyway, we don't know them, and we weren't a group in the first place. It's already very good to bring them along the way."

"Since they don't cherish the feelings, and even follow us, then we will rent a house ashore ourselves. Everyone in the village is familiar, and they can also huddle together. Let others be as they please. We don't know them anyway."

"That's right, that's what I mean. We form a group ourselves, the village forms a group, and others let them be. We don't know them anyway."

"It's okay not to live with them." Ye Fu still agreed with this.

He still opposed beating people. It is not good to cause trouble when out, and they came out together, although people did not act righteously.

"Also, I plan to bring Xiao Xiao and Ah Zheng over in the afternoon. We can fish for a few more days with our own people. This place will definitely not be hidden for long."

"Just like Dad said, if you really want to block us, you can block us. We can't just not come here to fish to avoid them. It harms others and doesn't benefit ourselves."

"So, if they really come to block us next time, we will generously make it public to all villagers, and at the same time tell Chen Jiannian that the agency fee on Ah Guang's side will not be divided to him. There must be a price, right?"

"I shared the treasure land with him, let his relatives come over to fish in large quantities, and it can be for next year too. It can be considered as repaying the favor of his early notification this year. Ah Guang doesn't need to divide money to him. Villagers want to sell to whoever they want."

Pei Fu also agreed, "If you really want to, this place really can't be hidden for long. So many people came over with us, sooner or later it will be public."

Moreover, it can be hidden this year, but not next year. Next year, don't say Chen Jiannian brings more boats over. Their village, the neighboring village, and the boatmen of several boats, at least double the boats coming over.

Ye Fu agreed after hearing them say this.

"Actively make it public, bring everyone over as repaying the favor of his early notification to us, it is also okay, and it can be considered as cleared. Anyway, it really can't be hidden." ===== CHAPTER 927 =====