Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1121 Discussing a Solution
Hundreds of people were standing on the roadside, staring at them. The cries of crying for their parents gradually turned into sobs.

The large group of people watched them whispering to each other and thought they were discussing countermeasures, so they all waited there patiently.

After waiting for a long while, they just stood there without saying a word, and they couldn't help themselves.

"Comrade Ye Yaodong, please give me your word. Hundreds of us are waiting here, waiting for you to save our lives."

"Yes, everyone is waiting for help, please help us... Everyone knows that you are capable..."

"If my son and grandson can't get out, I won't live either..."

"Please have pity on us orphans and widows, and help us..."

Ye Yaodong was in a lot of trouble. He couldn't deal with these people by being tough, and he couldn't use soft tactics because they couldn't understand him. They were all uneducated and ignorant of the law, and it was like talking to a deaf person when talking to them.

He could only say soothingly, "Everyone, please wait patiently for a while. Go sit in a shady corner or under a tree or under the eaves. There are so many of you, and I don't know who to talk to since you all sound so miserable."

"I have just sent someone to find the village committees of your respective villages. Your village committees should be most familiar with your respective situations. After the people arrive, we can communicate properly."

"How long will it take..."

"Please wait patiently. There are so many of you..."

"Why don't you just promise us to help us? Why do we need to go to the village committee?"

Ye Yaodong said half-jokingly and half-sarcastically: "Lady comrade, the Public Security Bureau is not owned by my family, and it is a public security bureau across provinces. Do you think I look like an official? Have you heard anyone say that I am an official?"

"I am a fisherman. Your village cadres are better than me, you know? Wait patiently. When your village cadres come, we will talk to the village cadres of your various villages. It is useless for you to just force me to agree to help."

"I know you are anxious, but please don't be so anxious. Ten days and half a month have passed, and you still have to wait for a few hours? You have to give us all some time to discuss it, right? If you don't trust me, you have to trust your village cadres. They are definitely thinking about you. If they come over to discuss it with you, don't you feel more at ease?"

The village chief was also there shouting, "Everyone calm down, there's no point in crying and kneeling like this. Wait for your village cadres to come and discuss it together. We are here to wait with you. If you don't trust us, do you trust your own village cadres?"

Those people were thinking of calling the village cadres from their village. After all, it was a big event that had so many people being shot and imprisoned. It would seem more reliable if they had their own village cadres to help them come and say it.

After whispering for a while, everyone patiently found a shady place to sit down and wait and see.

It was early in the morning and the sun was not very strong. There were some places on the roadside that had not been exposed to the sun. After sitting in the shade, everyone became look forward to it. The originally excited emotions calmed down temporarily and they no longer knelt down and begged and cried for help at every turn.

Ah Guang frowned and asked, "Did anyone among them go to look for the village cadres of their respective villages just now?"

"I went there and saw some of the fishermen I brought back from the town. Several of them had just walked out, probably to look for the village cadres of the village where these people were. They can't walk that fast, so they probably have to go through several villages, and it will take two hours to go back and forth. Just wait."

"Then let's wait together. There are so many people and so many eyes staring at you. They are all afraid that you will run away."

"The monk can escape, but the temple cannot."

Ye Yaodong found a shady corner and squatted down.

Almost everyone in the village has come. They all ran out when they heard about the farce in the morning. Even those who were slower are now all watching.

Relatives and friends all gathered around him, condemning those people in various ways. They all knew that beating someone to death would not be let go with just a few words. These people had clearly nowhere to survive, and they believed everything they heard, treating him as a life-saving straw and coming to embarrass him.

Ye Yaodong drove old lady Lin Xiuqing and the children in the family back. There was no point in having so many people gathered here, and he didn't need them to get involved. Instead, he felt uneasy about having them gathered here.

Several people were somewhat unwilling, and after he had talked them over for a long time, the old lady finally went back first, taking the child with her, looking back every few steps. However, Lin Xiuqing stayed and waited together.

As time passed, the sun hung high in the sky, and the originally shady places were now illuminated by the sun.

Now the houses are short and flat, and there are no buildings to cast shadows. There are only some shaded places under some big trees, but with so many people, most of them are exposed to the scorching sun.

Ye Yaodong and his companions were also squatting in the sun, waiting for someone and had nothing to talk about. The group of people opposite them, who had originally looked pitiful, now looked impatient due to the sun.

He poked a few village cadres and said, "Look at the expressions of these people. They are getting impatient. If their demands are not met, they will probably not resort to soft moral kidnapping like they did just now. They will make a fuss."

The village chief wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Don't talk about these people. I am also getting irritated waiting for them. It's so hot, who would be willing to stay in the sun like this?"

Secretary Chen also felt that the situation was difficult. "If we don't handle this well, there will probably be another riot later. When these people first came, they were crying, begging, and kneeling. They were very humble. If we don't get the desired result after waiting for so long, it will be another troublesome matter..."

"It's not like if we lower our attitude, things will be easier to solve. They are two different things. I also hope for peace in the world."

"I couldn't make sense of them crying and begging like that. They didn't know a thing about laws and regulations. I explained to them that I couldn't help, but they couldn't understand why. They just knew that I had rescued people from the village, so they regarded me as a lifeline and thought I could do anything."

"There are so many people here, we can't force them to leave, we can't suppress them, and now we can't persuade them with words. Let's wait for the representatives of the village committees to come and talk to the village committee cadres."

"Even if they don't listen to me, they always listen to their village cadres. Let's defeat them one by one. Otherwise, if so many people gather together and make a fuss, asking me for help, how can I help them with my head? Even if you kill me, you can't save me."

Ye Yaodong was squatting there feeling extremely helpless. Now he could only try his best to shift the blame to these village cadres.

If the villagers under their jurisdiction have problems, they should take the responsibility for solving them instead of blaming him.

"A Guang, why don't you go to the border station and ask the police to come over and explain the situation. There are so many people and such big demands, I can't solve it. Can you let the police and the village cadres discuss it together?"

"It was the local police who arrested him. Our police are also the place where the villagers are registered. It is reasonable for them to investigate and negotiate with the villagers and give them an explanation."

Ah Guang nodded and stood up. "That makes sense. You can't get away now. So many eyes are staring at you, afraid that you will run away. Then I'll go."

"I'll go faster on my motorcycle. I think the village officials should be here soon. It's been more than an hour."

"Okay, I'll go now."

Ah Zheng immediately stood up and said, "I'll go with you."

"Go and come back soon."

When the guys saw that two people beside them ran away, they immediately became restless again. After waiting for more than an hour, their patience was almost exhausted.

"Don't you want to help? So many lives are waiting for you, and you're just wasting our time..."

"Yes, we should not be so heartless. We should help those who can. Saving one person is like saving a family..."

"Comrade Ye Yaodong, please help. Everyone knows that you are capable. Please help save a few more people..."

"Auntie, you are not just saving a few more people here. You have hundreds of people here. You want me to save dozens more. This is much harder than picking stars and moons. I am a local, and you want me to go to other provinces to save people."

"You can save your own villagers, so there's no reason you can't save our family..."

Ye Yaodong rubbed his forehead in fear, "There's nothing I can do. Explaining won't work. Just wait. Your village cadres should be here soon. Be patient."

He didn't bother talking to these people any more. No matter whether they understood or not, they would automatically filter out what he said and only listen to what they wanted to hear. They would not listen to his explanation at all.

A group of people were making a lot of noise, begging and cursing. Most of them were the elderly, the weak, women and children, and there were relatively few young and middle-aged people. After all, many of the young and middle-aged people with connections had been taken out to sea, and those who came now were those who were related to the family and came to help and support them. After all, men's words were more effective these days.

They cried and cursed for a long time, and found that the group of people surrounding Ye Yaodong and the village cadres were still standing there without saying a word, just waiting. Many old women who had no other choice started to throw a tantrum.

"They have lost their conscience and are not helping the dying. They want me to die young. As an old woman with one foot half buried in the ground, I might as well drink pesticide in advance and wait for them down there first..."

"Your hearts are harder than iron. Give me a rope and I will hang myself in front of your house. This will put an end to everything and allow our family to be reunited..."

"They are just deliberately holding us back and not helping..."

Ye Yaodong took a long breath and turned to look at the village cadres, "You go ahead!"

The village cadres saw that the noise had started again and had to rush forward to calm them down.

At this time, the sound of a motorcycle passed by on the side road, but only they heard it. Everyone else was attracted by the farce and did not pay attention.

After a long while, when the village committee could hardly control these people, a large group of people came from the entrance of the village. They were all middle-aged and elderly men.

"I'm coming……"

"The village cadres are here..."

When Ye Yaodong heard the noise, he immediately perked up, stood up, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The village cadres also breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, there was someone who could take charge of the affairs and these people.

"But it's finally here."

The men at the back of the crowd shouted, "Everyone, make way. Your village officials are here."

The women and children who had originally started to throw tantrums and curse immediately began to cry and act pitifully, pulling their respective village cadres to complain and ask for help.

The distance was only twenty or thirty meters, but the village cadres from each village were dragged and walked for more than ten minutes before they reached the destination.

Perhaps the village chief and the secretary were getting impatient and went over to ask them to appease their respective villagers first, and then they would go to the village cadres' department together to talk.

Only then did those people hurriedly let go of their village cadres and urged them to go and discuss how to help solve the problem.

"It's not suitable to talk outside in this hot weather. Let's go to our village committee to talk."

"Okay, okay, we just heard about it yesterday, and this morning we saw them all coming over to beg for help, so we thought there would be a result..."

"It's easy to talk about such a big thing. You should first listen to what happened. Otherwise, you will be confused." After saying this, Ye Yaodong went to the village committee first.

A group of middle-aged and elderly men immediately followed behind.

A large group of people followed quickly behind.

Without this group of old men coming over, Ye Yaodong couldn't move easily. If he dared to leave, the old woman with one foot half in the coffin might get so excited that she would bang her head against the wall.

Before these village cadres arrived, that group of people had already recognized him.

Hundreds of people, including the villagers, all rushed towards the village committee. When they entered the village committee, the entrance was surrounded by people.

No one was afraid of heatstroke or the heat, and they all squatted at the gate.

Only the people from this village stood a little further away. Some of them were smart enough to pick a few big lotus leaves, put banana leaves on their heads, and squat in the corner whispering.

The village committee consists of just a few small rooms gathered together, like a small courtyard, with a hollow in the middle where the sun shines directly. However, the space inside the house is small and cannot accommodate dozens of people, so everyone can only try to stand in the corridor to talk.

Seeing that everyone was present, Ye Yaodong began to spit loudly and recounted the entire cause, process and outcome of the incident from beginning to end so that these old men could understand his difficulties.

He really doesn't have the ability to cover the sky with one hand and pull out all the people at the center of the gunfight. These people only care about themselves and won't care about him. But these village cadres are different. They all know the law and can understand.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was whispering to each other and shaking their heads.

"What should I do? There is no way I can help you..."

"They shot and killed someone, caught him on the spot, and still want to get him out. How can we do that? We need to ask the emperor for help."

"That's right. I heard a little bit here and there yesterday, but I didn't understand how he was arrested. I thought it was just a common disturbance. Oh my, how could this happen? It even crossed the province."

"Yes, it's across provinces. If only a few of our villages were causing trouble, we could still unite to suppress it. What should we do?"

"Comrade Ye Yaodong, do you have any more information about the leaders you know, those with minor crimes..."

"He just owes me a favor. He's not my father. Even if my father is the emperor, he can't always grant my requests. What's more, I have already used up all my favors. Dozens of people in our village were rescued at once. How can I have already repaid this favor? He is the leader, not a soft persimmon. If I push him too far and make him angry, I will suffer the consequences."

"Then there's nothing we can do."

Ye Yaodong spread his hands, "There is no other way, but the villagers in your village are too concerned to listen. A large group of people have gathered in our village, forcing me to help. How can I help? I really can't help."

"So I have no choice but to ask everyone to come here so that you can understand the situation and help appease your respective villagers. If something happens in our village, it will not be good for anyone. After all, there are hundreds of people there. When there are too many people, small things will become big things, not to mention that this is not a small matter."

The village chief nodded quickly, "That's right. When there are too many people, no matter how small the problem is, everyone who can help think of a solution will do their best, but this is really beyond our capabilities. Everyone who understands will understand."

Secretary Chen also said: "Don't say that Adong is just a fisherman. Even if everyone joins together, it will be useless. Now this problem cannot be solved by just spending money."

Someone sighed and said, "There are a lot of people waiting outside, waiting for a good result. If we leave like this, we won't be able to explain ourselves."

"It's hard to explain. If you don't give me some hope or rules, how can I give up?"

"Comrade, you should think of a solution. I heard that you and your people made a lot of money there, so there are so many ships going there this year. This is more or less related to you..."

Ye Yaodong stood up straight and said sternly, "Old comrade, what you said is unreasonable. I make my own money. Who does it bother? I am also risking my life to make money. Others are jealous and want to make money too. How can this be my business?"

"It wasn't me who instigated them to go, nor was it me who took them there, nor was it me who asked them to fight with the locals. I didn't even know who they were."

"Old comrade, you are also a cadre, not an ignorant commoner. We should not only speak with conscience, but also speak with facts and reason. We are the successors of socialism and we should seek truth from facts. You can't put labels on me like this. Don't try to pin things on me that have nothing to do with me."

"If you spread this to radical people outside, I really can't help them. Tomorrow they will be hanged at my doorstep or drink pesticide at my doorstep. This may be because of your words."

His words stunned the old man.

"You...you little comrade, why are you talking so scary? You even drank pesticide...hang yourself..."

"It's possible. Just now, a few old ladies were crying and shouting that their children and grandchildren couldn't come back, and they were going to kill themselves by banging their heads against the wall."

"So what should we do now? You said there's nothing we can do. We old men are even more helpless. We are in another province. Even if we grow wings, we don't know where to fly to. We don't even know where the door is."

"Look, I came to discuss this with you, but you threw the problem back to me."

Someone asked, "Since you can't rescue them, you should be able to get a list of the names of those who were arrested, right? Didn't they say there was a gunfight? Some died, some were injured, so who are the dead, who are the injured? And who are the arrested ones? Or maybe they ran away like Chen Jianian?"

Finally someone asked the question to the point, and it's not all about passing the buck.

Ye Yaodong nodded, "I can call and ask about this and copy out a list."

"If certain families are not on the list, it will be good news and comfort for them."

"Then he hasn't been caught. It's been so long, it's time for him to walk back."

"That's true."

Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and said, "I have no way to get the people out, but we can go to the local public security bureau to negotiate and see if we can transfer the people back to them so that they can deal with the case impartially."

"If this person can be transferred from another province to our local area, then at least the family members outside can meet him. With hope, they won't have to come to me again to make trouble."

"When the time comes, let them seek help and find ways to solve the problem themselves. It's better to be in the local area than in other provinces."

Everyone nodded in agreement. How come the police station near home is better than the police station in other places?

"Can this be handed back? What people did outside…"

"I'm just an ordinary citizen, I don't understand this. Maybe it's hard to say with so few people, but with so many people, our local public security bureau must have the right to intervene, right? I just called my friends..."

At this time, the sound of a motorcycle came from outside, getting closer and closer. Ye Yaodong said happily: "I asked my friend to go to the border guard post to find the police. They should be here."

"Comrade Ye Yaodong has a point. We can't do anything but ask the border guards to negotiate. Dozens of people are not a small matter, and they are all from the same place."

"Let's do this, the police will be here soon anyway."

After everyone unanimously agreed to hand the matter over to the border defense station, Ye Yaodong also breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the border guard post is willing to negotiate, it will be none of his business. As for the people outside, they will naturally be comforted by their respective village cadres and taken back to listen to the news.

After a while, there were bursts of noise coming from outside and the gate of the courtyard was knocked. Everyone had been waiting there for a long time, so they quickly ran to open the door and let the people in.

As expected, he was wearing a uniform with a big hat, and following behind him was A Guang.

After Ah Guang came in, he pulled him aside and whispered, "I heard that the border guard station got the news a few days ago, but they didn't intervene. They only sent two people to check it out after seeing me riding a motorcycle over there."

"Now that everyone is here, go out and tell everyone that we have discussed having our border guard station come forward to negotiate and see if they can transfer the person to our local area. At least we can meet him in person."

A Guang nodded and went out quietly again.

After the news gets out, it becomes an official matter and has nothing to do with him anymore. Let everyone focus on the official affairs.

While the two were whispering, the village cadres were also surrounding the two men in hats and talking.

The two big hats saw with their own eyes that hundreds of people had gathered at the door, and they knew that the matter had become a big deal. However, they could not guarantee anything, and they could not make the decision. They could only say that they would go back and report the situation and submit everyone's demands.

Some village officials took them aside and tried to persuade them in every possible way before finally sending them away.

As soon as they went out, they were surrounded by an excited crowd. The crowd was surging, and everyone was asking them questions. The two men with blocked hats became embarrassed in a short time.

Fortunately, the village cadres helped shout a few words and everyone stepped back.

But the crowd still surrounded them and did not disperse, they just didn't push them. The two men in the big hats were surrounded by everyone and walked towards the village entrance.

Not only that, everyone followed the man in the peaked cap onto the street, and hundreds of people surrounded the two of them as usual.

Only the villagers stopped when they reached the village entrance, and then stretched their necks to look at the shocked team of hundreds of people on the road.

Ah Guang asked in surprise: "You're leaving now?"

Ah Zheng also murmured, "So you're just going to follow the two police officers?"

"There's a large group of people in front who are still threatening to die in the village. If we had known that these two police officers were so useful, we should have invited them over a long time ago." Ye's mother was there at some point.

Xiao Xiao laughed, "Those two policemen must be regretting it now. They were surrounded by such a large group of people, and they couldn't run away even if they wanted to."

Ye Yaopeng breathed a sigh of relief. "It's good that such a large group of people took the initiative to follow us. At least they won't rely on Dongzi anymore."

Ye Yaohua nodded, "Yeah, everyone didn't know what to do in the morning. I thought Dongzi would take a few representatives to Zhejiang Province."

Ye Yaodong said angrily, "Am I crazy? I want to take a few people to Zhejiang Province? Do you think your life is too long? These people have nowhere to turn to. If I take them there, they will directly run into the Public Security Bureau. If something happens, won't that implicate me?"

"Yes, yes, yes, you can't touch it..."

"It's not that I can't touch it, it's that I really can't do it."

Ye Yaodong looked at the large group of villagers around him and said in a deep voice, "I have helped everyone I can. For example, I have tried my best to keep everyone safe for those who came with me. It's just that some people don't want to come back together. My ability is limited. I can't help those who have died. No matter how uneducated you are, you know the consequences of being caught on the spot."

"The leaders have done their best. I don't have the nerve to do that. If I continue to push the envelope, I won't be in any good situation. The villagers who are still fishing there won't be in any good situation either."

"It's better to have the Public Security Bureau take over now. We ordinary people don't have that much power."

Since it involves the villagers themselves, who would dare to say that Ye Yaodong is cold-hearted and deliberately refuses to help outsiders? What if he helps those people and gets his own people into trouble, it would be a loss.

"Yeah, the favor has already been repaid, how can I help anymore? We are just barely able to get involved, but theirs is a matter of life and death, it's not that easy, we are not the emperor."

"You shouldn't have gone to Adong in the first place. Helping someone has caused problems? If the police arrested him, you should have gone to the police."

"Yes, a fool came running to our house just because he heard that Dongzi had the ability to get our people out. We should ask the Public Security Bureau to get them back."

"Now, let the officials negotiate on their own, and let you ask the Public Security Bureau for help. Isn't it said that the people's soldiers serve the people?"

"Those people are indeed pitiful. We fishermen are like fathers, sons and brothers when we go out to sea. No wonder some elderly people can't survive..."

(End of this chapter)