Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1120 Crying and begging
"Everyone knows that the people in this town are the worst..."

"We are lucky. At least we only spent a small amount of money and the people came back."

"Adong, I heard that you bought several local boats and brought them back. Are you going to rent them again?"

Ye Yaodong said casually, "Okay, wait until the boat is repainted and sailed back. But I do want to get rid of those small wooden boats. Do you want any? If you do, I'll sell them at a 9% discount."

"It's 9% off, but that's not much cheaper..."

"I've only been using it for a month, and it's still very new. It's a good deal to save a few dozen dollars in just one month."

He gave 8% off to those who worked as boatmen for him, and 9% off to others. This showed that he was kind and caring about the people who worked for him.

Even when buying a boat, I can get a 10% discount compared to others, which makes my reputation even better.

"Can my man reserve one for rent? We don't want the small wooden boat."

"Everyone is still outside and hasn't come back yet, but you've already made a reservation? Just wait until my boat comes back."

Ye Yaodong stood up immediately to avoid the arguing among the crowd, all of whom wanted his boat.

When renting his boat, he would at least look for one with a good reputation and who is honest, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.

He walked towards a group of children. These half-grown boys were shouting and cursing louder than anyone else, and his family was among them.

"My father bought this. You want to tell your father..."

"Your father must be in jail, that's why he didn't come back..."

"Lin Mu is a jerk. Your father is the one in jail..."

"Lin Mu is lazy, your father is in jail...A Jiang Chenghe, fuck him..."

"Fuck your mother... your whole family is in jail..."

"Lin Bei is lazy..."

As soon as he walked in, he saw a few half-grown boys fighting with each other, "What are you doing!"

"Lin Mu... you're dead, you dare to scold my father..."

"Those who didn't come back are all in jail...your father is in jail..."

"If you dare to hit my brother, you're dead..."

Before Ye Yaodong could pull apart Ye Chengjiang and Ye Chenghe who were fighting, he saw the small Ye Chenghu also squeezing in with his fists.

Ye Chenghai even went to pull him aside and said, "Uncle San, don't worry about it. Let them beat you."

"Fuck, you guys are so good at fighting."

The adults who were chatting nearby also saw the fight and came over to break it up.

Ye Yaodong quickly grabbed the boy's collar and pulled him out.

After the beaten boy was pulled away, he immediately cried out with his mouth wide open, "My father is not in jail..."

Ye Yaodong watched the crying boy being taken away by the adults at home and couldn't help but look at them.

"You guys have made it. A group of people beat one person."

Ye Chengjiang blew his fist proudly and said, "Don't try to cause trouble on my turf, roar roar ho ho ho..."

Mrs. Ye slapped him on the head and said, "What are you so proud of? Go home. You've been fighting for three days and you're still fighting with others..."

Ye Chengjiang had a smug look on his face just now, but he instantly became timid, drooping his shoulders and walking home with his head down...

Ye Chenghe saw his mother coming towards him with a whip in her hand, and he ran away immediately, "Brother, you stay behind!"

Ye Chenghai turned to look at his mother and immediately raised his hands above his head, "It's none of my business. I just stood there and watched. I didn't move a finger."

"You think I didn't hear you? You're the one shouting the loudest. And you want to 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.

Mrs. Ye's chest was heaving with anger, but she was helpless with her son who was taller than her. She could only scold him and call Ye Yaopeng to ask him to teach her son a lesson.

Ye Yaodong also went home carrying Ye Chenghu in his hand.

"My toys..."

Ye Chenghu hurriedly turned around and hugged the toy he had thrown on the ground back into his arms before being dragged home again.

Ye Yaodong walked away while cursing, "Have you grown up yet? You're still joining in a group fight. They're all so big, and you're so small, you're trying to squeeze in. Aren't you afraid of being beaten to death?"

"Don't be afraid, I'll just hit and kick you a few times from the side."

"Stand up and reflect on your actions. Today's toys will be confiscated."

"Ah, no……"

Ye Yaodong whipped his calf with a whip and said, "Stand still."

The old lady also led Ye Xiaoxi into the house and said, "This is a big prison. Even the children can't walk out with shame. I don't know what to do for a living. Fortunately, no one will make a fuss."

Ye Xiaoxi ran towards him excitedly, then took the whip from his hand, and hit Ye Chenghu's calf with it, shouting in a baby voice: "Stand still..."

Ye Chenghu glared at her fiercely.

She immediately turned around and pulled Ye Yaodong, "Dad."

"Are you still not convinced?"

Ye Xiaoxi quickly waved the whip again and parroted, "Are you not convinced?"

Ye Yaodong picked up the little girl who was taking advantage of the power of others with a mixture of anger and amusement, "Stop making trouble. What's your business?"

"If you don't behave, you'll be beaten!"

"Do you want to be spanked if you're not good?"

She dropped the whip and immediately ran out, shouting, "No."

"Dad, you're going to spoil your sister!"

Ye Yaodong took the whip and whipped his leg again, "What's your business?"

"You hit me as soon as I got back."

"You talk back again."

Ye Chenghu immediately shut his mouth.

Ye Yaodong sat beside him with his legs crossed and looked at him. It was rare for him to come back, so it was still necessary for the father to be kind and the son to be filial.

After Lin Xiuqing came back, he threw the child to her and ran out for a walk again.

He ran to the workshop first to take a look. The two guys guarding the door were idly killing mosquitoes there. When they saw him coming, they were very excited and immediately stood up and called him Brother Dong in a polite manner.

"You should be very free recently, right?"

"Haha, yes. You're not at home, the boat is not at home, and there's no cargo. We just guard the gate every day, chop wood and fetch water at most, and occasionally the tractor goes out to deliver fish sauce every now and then."

"It's nothing. You can go back and watch here by yourself at night. Call everyone over tomorrow."

"Okay."

"Rock, paper, scissors, whoever loses will stay behind to keep watch..."

Ye Yaodong ignored them and strolled away somewhere else.

Everyone in the village was talking about their return; it could be heard in every corner and wherever they went.

Everyone was there hoping that those who hadn't returned yet would come back soon.

Whenever I saw him, I would pull him aside to ask him more questions about what happened on this trip, so as to verify whether it was the same as what others said. In the final analysis, I just didn't give up, and I also asked him if he was still going.

He always answered no.

After walking around, he headed back home.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua were sitting at the door chatting, and he saw them and sat over there.

"Dongzi, when will the account for the Harvest be settled?"

"Tomorrow? We just got back today, so there's no need to rush."

Except for the Harvest, the other ships that returned with him will also be settled tomorrow. The remaining ships that have not returned will be put aside for the time being. Even if they sell the goods to local people, they will have cargo lists.

Ye Yaopeng said enviously: "You are the one who earns the most this time."

"I'm the one who spent the most. Luckily you guys got rid of Aguo and the others early on, otherwise you would have to pay for the ransom."

The two brothers felt a little embarrassed at once.

"I don't know if they are still making money there after we come back."

"We'll know in a few days if he calls back."

"Are you sure you don't want to go there again?"

Ye Yaodong asked back: "Do you still want to go over there?"

"Not really. I just wanted to ask you, it feels like a pity to come back so early this time."

"That's about right. You should have earned a few thousand each. Just stay at home and roam the Internet cafes. If they send us news later, we can hear about their situations and then consider next year. They are just serving as an experiment for us now."

They both nodded, thinking that they were all guinea pigs now, and they didn't want to go there anymore.

Ye Yaodong sat there for a while to enjoy the cool air, and when it was around eight or nine o'clock, he called the children home to take a bath and go to bed.

It's summer vacation, and everyone is playing wildly from morning till night. They are full of energy and have to take a shower before going to bed, otherwise they will be sweating profusely.

The same goes for Ye Xiaoxi. None of the children in the countryside are clean.

Watching Lin Xiuqing giving her a bath, he finally remembered to ask about the land in the city.

"Has your brother's house in the city started to be built?"

"Not yet. He just leveled the land and said he would wait until the second half of the year to build it. He said there were a lot of typhoons in the past two months and it would be impossible to finish it all at once. He wanted to wait until the second half of the year when there was less rain before building it."

"That's right. After we settle the accounts tomorrow, I will go to the city to look around and find some workers in the village to level the land. I will ask your brother and father to help look after it then."

"What are you going to do with that piece of land? Thirteen acres, isn't that too much?"

"First build a two-story courtyard, then build a large warehouse on the side. Leave the rest of the land empty. Use some ropes to surround it, or have someone build a fence around it, and let your father plant vegetables first."

“Growing vegetables?”

"Grow the vegetables first, don't you understand? We can plan for it later. There's no need to use it right away. The area around the market hasn't been built yet, so why rush?"

"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 home for a month. Is the village peaceful?"

"Taiping, how can it not be peaceful? It's still the same as always. The most lively thing is when you call back and everyone runs around to tell each other."

"How is the kelp in the village doing?"

"I don't know about that. I just heard a few words and they were still working on the rope."

"I'll go ask again tomorrow."

"You're doing this and that, can you handle it?"

"I'm not doing it myself. Isn't kelp farming a matter for the village committee? It will become a collective asset in the future."

Lin Xiuqing didn't say anything. Anyway, she didn't understand his thoughts. He was busy with this and that. According to her, the money they had now was enough for them to live a stable life. They didn't need to do anything else. These current industries were enough for them to earn money.

Her idea is to be content with a small fortune and that's good enough.

After washing Ye Xiaoxi, he carried her to the bed, patted her little butt, and told Ye Yaodong, "Put her clothes on. I'll go make some malted milk for her."

"Just give her a few sips of your milk."

"Not enough for her."

"Eating too much is not good either. It will cause you to wet the bed."

Ye Xiaoxi immediately retorted, "No way."

Ye Yaodong smiled and bit her white and tender little feet. "Did you wet the bed when I was not at home?"

"No, I'll give you my stinky feet to eat."

"I'll give you some of mine, too."

"No, it stinks~"

"I've washed them. You said my feet weren't smelly even though they were so smelly when I just came back. Don't be disgusted now. Let me let you smell them..."

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 the feet.

"Help, help, hahahaha...it stinks...hahaha..."

Lin Xiuqing came in with malted milk and said with a smile, "Stop making noise. It's time to go to bed. If you keep making noise like this, you won't be able to sleep later."

Ye Xiaoxi also broke free at this time, turned over and sat on his feet like the master, twisted the soles of his feet, and stretched out her hands to scratch them continuously.

Ye Yaodong tickled her feet, which made them itch. She immediately curled them up and used her two legs to clamp her in place, playing with her until she was so happy that she laughed non-stop.

"Stop playing around, hurry up, it's getting cold, drink it quickly."

Lin Xiuqing stood by and urged him with a smile, and he then straightened his legs and let her go.

"Stop playing, go to bed."

"I still want to play."

Ye Xiaoxi was still not satisfied, and she supported herself with both hands and climbed onto him, then lay on top of him, hugged his neck, and twisted her body to and fro, saying coquettishly, "I want to play more, Daddy, I want to play more..."

Ye Yaodong also held her and rocked her for a while, then he held her up and said, "Okay, let's play tomorrow. If you don't go to sleep, your mother will be angry."

"Ok."

She picked up the bowl and gulped down half of it, then handed the bowl to his mouth. Ye Yaodong happily took a sip, then held the bowl to her mouth, and she continued to drink the rest.

"Ha~ I'm done drinking."

Ye Yaodong held her and lay down again, patting her little butt, "Go to sleep."

Ye Xiaoxi also covered his eyes with her hands and helped him close them, "Go to sleep."

Lin Xiuqing also turned off the lights with a smile on her face, and let the father and daughter go to sleep first. She had to check the doors and windows of the courtyard, and whether the two boys upstairs were asleep before she could go back to her room to sleep.

Ye Yaodong held the little kid in his arms, patting him gently to coax him. He had been thinking about rewarding himself with meat in the evening, but he ended up coaxing himself to sleep and didn't even notice when the person next to him lay down and fell asleep.

He never had a good night's sleep when he was away from home. He was worried every day, afraid that something might happen. And it so happened that something big really happened during that period, which made him physically and mentally exhausted and frightened for a long time.

As soon as he got home, he felt completely relaxed, and his tense nerves were straightened. The warm family atmosphere was so comfortable, and he was immersed in it, sleeping particularly soundly until dawn.

He was not awakened until someone called him at his door early in the morning and the old lady knocked on the door to wake him up.

"What's wrong? It's only 6 o'clock..."

Lin Xiuqing was also sleeping in a daze and was awakened by a knock on the door. He got up and opened the door, only to hear the old lady say someone was calling him outside.

"I don't know either. Grandma said someone was calling you outside. She said a large group of people came to the village to look for you, but they were being stopped by the villagers."

Ye Yaodong woke up immediately and got up quickly.

"Are those people from the town here to cause trouble?"

"It should be. I'll go out and take a look. You don't have to go out."

He just put on his pants and walked outside with his clothes in his hand, putting them on as he walked. The people behind him told him to be careful, but he just nodded and followed the people at the door.

"What's going on? Are you here to cause trouble or what?"

"They said they came to ask for your help. They were a big group of people, probably about 200 to 300 people, including men, women, young and old. When they entered the village, they scared everyone. The villagers quickly grabbed their weapons to stop them, thinking 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 also causing trouble.

"Brother Dong, they must want you to help get all the people over there out."

"How can I do that?"

“So many people need to be comforted.”

Ye Yaodong frowned and ran over quickly.

The main road in the village was crowded with people. Looking around, there were heads everywhere. The villagers were holding tools to stop the group of people coming from the opposite side.

It just so happened that the group of people on the opposite side didn't bring any weapons, they were just crying and shouting, making the villagers a little at a loss.

"Brother Dong is coming, Brother Dong is coming, please make way..."

"Adong is here..."

After everyone shouted a few times, the crowd automatically made way for them, and the cries of grief and support from the other side became even louder.

As soon as Ye Yaodong walked up to the front of the group, the leading few, the elderly, the weak, women and children, immediately knelt down.

"Comrade, please save my man... I know you are capable..."

"Please save my son and grandson... All the men in my family have gone out and haven't come back... Please, have mercy on us..."

"Please help us, we kowtow to you..."

Ye Yaodong didn't expect such a big scene as soon as he arrived. He didn't know what to do. The old, the weak, women and children were crying. He thought it would be hard at first and then soft, but he didn't expect it to be like this as soon as he arrived.

"No, you guys get up first and we can talk it over."

"Please help me, you are a living Bodhisattva, the man at home is counting on you..."

"We are willing to pay any fine, any amount is fine. Please help us, we will sell everything we have to pay it, please... All the men in our family have gone... Damn Chen Jianian... He just ran away... Please..."

"All the men in our family have been imprisoned. Please, I will grant you an immortality rank... Please save our family, or we will not be able to survive..."

"Uncle... please save my dad..."

Ye Yaodong felt heartbroken when he heard this. Some women in the village shed tears when they heard the cries of these people, and they were secretly glad that their husbands had returned.

Some men were also sighing there, with looks of pity on their faces.

If a fight really came to the village, everyone would be ruthless and beat the people out, but when they saw them kneeling on the ground and crying for help, everyone felt sympathy and thought that these people were so pitiful.

"Come on, calm down. Do you understand what happened?"

The man next to him wiped his tears and said, "Ah Dong, I'm sorry. It wasn't us who wanted to bring so many people here. We just couldn't handle the villagers' pleas."

"Yes, we all stayed up all night and finally sat till dawn. As soon as the sun rose, we couldn't wait to ask you for help."

No wonder their eyes are as swollen as peaches and they look so haggard.

Ye Yaodong frowned and asked, "Where is Chen Jianian?"

"He ran away. I heard from neighbors that no one had been home for half a month. Everyone was surprised. Yesterday we came back and told everyone about it. After everyone knocked on his door, many people realized that he had run away."

"Damn Chen Jianian, he deserves to die, I curse his entire family to death...it's all his fault..."

"He has a black heart and rotten intestines. Curse him to the 18th level of hell. It was because of his instigation that we followed him. In the end, he ran away, but we men went to jail. We will not have a good death..."

The man next to him said, "Yesterday, everyone smashed his house 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... No matter how much money you want, I will sell everything I have to raise the money for you... Thank you for the rest of my life..."

"Uncle, please save my father. I will work like a slave for you..."

A large group of people were crying and begging him, and no matter how Ye Yaodong called them to, they were useless. He had no choice but to turn around and look at the village cadres and ask them to comfort these people.

The villagers were also there saying all kinds of things about how pitiful they were.

When those who were kneeling saw Ye Yaodong retreating, they immediately stood up and wanted to rush forward in panic, fearing that he would run away.

"Don't leave..."

"Comrade, Comrade Ye Yaodong, please don't leave..."

Ye Yaodong stopped immediately and said, "I'm not leaving. Calm down. If you don't calm down, we won't be able to talk."

The village cadres immediately tried to appease everyone, "Let's talk it out nicely. It's no use just kneeling down to beg. You have to listen to what Adong has to say. If you want his help, you have to listen to what he says."

"Everyone calm down. I know you all have difficulties. I also know that your men have been arrested. You all want to ask him for help, but you have to speak nicely."

Ye Yaodong asked: "Have their village cadres come? For such a big matter, they should also let their village cadres come to negotiate."

When it comes to themselves, these people are never so calm. If you want them to be obedient, there must be someone who can make them obedient.

“There are people from several villages here…”

“Then let them call their village cadres over as well. Since so many villagers have come here to make demands, they have to take care of it as well.”

"Calm down, this isn't something that can be solved with just words. I really don't have that much ability."

"please……"

"Don't kneel, don't kneel, speak properly."

Ye Yaodong was extremely helpless. He had been thinking that there would be a tough battle this morning, so he had thought of calling a few of his younger brothers over yesterday. He had not expected it to be such a soft battle. His head was aching.

Looking at a group of white-haired old people and some children with red eyes crying, even the hardest heart can't be hardened.

"You should have heard from the people who came back about the cause, process and outcome of the incident, right? I took them in out of kindness and sent them back after paying them. They were lucky to have escaped in time."

"The people in our village were able to be redeemed because they did not participate in the gunfight. Everyone should know how bad the nature of the gunfight is. The people who are detained now have participated in it or killed people. You should know that there is a severe crackdown now."

"I don't know if you've heard that stealing a bicycle will get you a minimum of 10 years in prison, and getting caught in a fight will get you five or six years, seven or eight years, not to mention killing someone, you'll be shot straight away."

"Those of your relatives and friends who didn't come back were all caught in the gunfight. No matter how innocent they were, they were involved. Do you think an ordinary fisherman like me has the ability to rescue them?"

Everyone in the crowd couldn't help but burst into tears, but they couldn't help but move their mouths and shout "Please..."

"We left early because we saw that the situation was not right. As for why they started fighting with the locals, I don't know, after all, we really had no contact. Fortunately, the people in our village listened to me, so I asked them to leave and they left."

"We were arrested because we saw that something was not right and we were afraid of being implicated, so we wanted to leave, but we were stopped by the locals. We were all beaten up by the locals before we were arrested, so it was so easy to rescue us."

"The most important thing is that none of our villagers are involved. I am not that powerful. I don't have the final say over the Public Security Bureau, and I don't run the bureau. I am just a fisherman, and everyone should know that."

"Alas, I also sympathize with everyone's experience. If possible, I certainly hope that everyone can come out. After all, we are all from the same place, and no family can afford to lose its backbone."

"I am also the breadwinner of my family. I have a father, a mother and children. I understand everyone's anxiety, but my ability is really limited. I am just a fisherman. At most I know one or two people, but everyone knows that relationship. This is just a relationship. This big matter of execution cannot be done with just words."

The people standing in the front collapsed to the ground, and the huge crowd suddenly became shorter.

"Please help us, we really have no other choice... We really have no other choice... Our family is broken up..."

“Ahhh…Why doesn’t God take me away, and let me, an old man, send off the young…Please let me exchange my life for another’s…I’m an old woman with nothing to live for, please save my son, my grandson…”

"I kowtow to you, just think of a way, I can do anything..."

Ye Yaodong looked at the group of people kneeling down and begging like before, and he was instantly at a loss. He had said what he needed to say, but he really didn't have such great magical powers.

He looked to the village cadres for help.

The village cadres were also looking around and sighing.

"Is there really no other way?"

"Those people will be shot, and those who are not shot will be sentenced to at least 10 years. Do you think you can get them out if they are detained in the public security bureau in our town?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Don't even think about getting them all together. It's hard to even get one."

"That's it. The villagers were able to come out because we were not actually involved in it and were caught afterwards. That's why it's so easy. Otherwise, it would have taken another year or two."

"So many people are kneeling here begging, and we can't drive them away. What should we do?"

"Let's wait for the village officials from each village to come."

　I slept all day yesterday and I feel refreshed and energetic. I wrote 14000 words today, and I have posted them all now.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)