The four men dragged Xu Lai Fu, and as they were afraid of disturbing the villagers' rest, they only cursed him in a low voice and beat him as they walked. His nose and face were already bruised and swollen, and by the time they arrived at Secretary Chen's house, his face was almost swollen like a pig's head.
Before Ye Yaodong knocked on the door, he patted his head and said, "Be quiet!"
"Secretary Chen, Secretary Chen?"
For fear of waking up the neighbors, he shouted as quietly as possible, and soon the door opened.
"Who is it? What's going on so late at night?" Secretary Chen was still tying his pants when he opened the door. "Oh...Adong? What's going on so late at night?"
"Secretary Chen, I'm so sorry. You were already asleep, but I woke you up."
"It's okay, it's okay. Everyone's up. What's the matter?" Secretary Chen fastened his belt and looked behind him. "Why are there so many people?"
Ye Yaodong reached out and pulled Xu Laifu forward, "It's like this, Secretary Chen. Over the past month, the traps and Korean nets in the village have been stolen every few days. I only have four or five rows of traps, and the goods in them have been stolen several times."
"I saw this guy sneaking around with a bucket last night, so I thought of asking a few friends to wait at the dock today. As a result, we actually caught this guy stealing nets at sea. When we caught him, he even dared to resist and struggle, and even tried to argue. We were so angry that we beat him up."
While Ye Yaodong was speaking, Fatty and A Guang tactfully brought the goods in the barrel to Secretary Chen for inspection.
Secretary Chen frowned as he looked at Xu Laifu, whose nose and face were swollen and whose facial features could no longer be seen. He really deserved a beating!
He continued, "I don't think this petty theft is serious enough to warrant criminal punishment, and there's no need to make such a scene among fellow villagers. I think it would be best to let you handle it. What do you think? Should we put a message on the loudspeaker tomorrow to announce this incident?"
"If there is one thief like this, there will be two. We can't just expose him casually. We have to alert the villagers and teach this guy a lesson."
Whose money was blown by the wind? It's not easy to make money these days. People work hard to cast nets on the sea, and you just steal it.
Secretary Chen nodded at this time and said, "Well, I also heard that someone stole the Internet recently. I didn't expect it to be Xu Laifu. Young people have hands and feet. What can't they do if they are diligent?"
"Okay, it's late, you guys go back to sleep! I can't let him stay at home this late at night, so I'll take him home first, talk to his parents, and educate him properly. Parents can't just ignore their children all day long."
Ye Yaodong has been smoking recently. He looks like he is 17 or 18 years old. Is he still a child
He seemed to have forgotten that he was not as good as a child before...
"We'll see what happens tomorrow morning. I'll discuss it with the others and tell the villagers that we must not tolerate this petty thief and must teach him a lesson. If he steals a needle when he's young, he'll steal gold when he grows up."
Secretary Chen took Xu Laifu's arm as he finished speaking, and said to him, "The thin man steals the bag, and the big man steals the cow. I'll take you back first."
This is a southern Fujian proverb, in which old people warn children not to be petty.
The road to crime always starts from small to big, and some seemingly petty thefts may eventually lead to jail time.
After Secretary Chen and Xu Lai Fu walked a short distance, the four of them remembered.
"Hey? What should we do with this guy?"
Xiao Xiao listened to A Guang's question and realized, "Ah? Yes, what should we do with the goods that Xu Lai Fu stole?"
The fat man said with a smile: "What else can we do? We can't spend the whole night working for nothing, right?"
Ye Yaodong also smiled and said, "Consider it as compensation to me and a reward to you. Let's go back and divide these goods."
"This is good! It's not in vain!"
Everyone agreed to divide the spoils and passed it unanimously!
"Wait, pick up a few big blue crabs for Secretary Chen. Sorry to bother him so late at night."
"Okay, there are females. I saw them. Catch two red crabs for him and a sea bass."
"There are a lot of small yellow croakers in my bucket, give him a bowl!"
The four men were not shy and swaggered into the half-open door, then put the goods in with basins and baskets.
Secretary Chen's wife Wang Xiumei heard the ping-pong sounds in the main room. Unable to figure out what was going on, she came out to take a look. She was startled to see several dark figures. "Who are you?"
She hurriedly turned on the light.
"Ah? Don't panic, Auntie. We were just talking to Secretary Chen. He's out to do some work now. I thought of leaving two for him because of the goods in the barrel. I didn't want to wake you up, so I didn't call you."
Wang Xiumei was so scared that she slapped her chest and said angrily: "You scared me to death. It was late at night and I thought I was robbed."
"Haha~ How can that be possible? We are just leaving something for Secretary Chen."
"What is it?"
"It's just some fish, nothing more, we'll go back first and won't bother you anymore."
After saying hello, they walked out. Wang Xiumei walked over curiously and saw a few small yellow croakers and a sea bass weighing about two kilograms in the basin. She saw a basket cover next to it and when she lifted it up, she saw that there were two blue crabs.
I don't know what to do with her husband at night...
It was time to divide the loot. The four of them walked briskly. This place was close to the fat man's house, so they went there first to divide the loot.
"It's okay to come to my house, but you have to be careful and don't disturb my wife and children's sleep!"
"Okay, okay, we're also afraid that she'll come out with a knife."
The four men acted like thieves, holding flashlights at the door of the fat man's house, sorting out all the goods there first, classifying them, and then getting what they wanted by themselves.
"I don't know how many nets this guy stole. There are two large barrels of goods, which means there are a lot of good stuff."
"Secretary Chen was given two blue crabs. If we each take one, there will still be some left. Take as many as you like. There's no need to be modest among us."
Ye Yaodong directly picked a female one because the female's roe is so delicious. As for the rest, he picked one pound of shrimps and three spring fish so that he can steam a bowl of fish tomorrow. He didn't plan to take the rest because he had to collect the traps tomorrow anyway.
Seeing that he took little, Guang threw several harder red flower crabs and stone crabs into his basin, "It's polite to take more. It doesn't cost money anyway. Maybe you still have some in your trap."
"Fuck! I'll go check it out tomorrow. I should have hit him a few more times."
He was originally very happy to divide the loot, but now he felt depressed again when he thought that his goods might be among them.
Xiao Xiao also threw several small yellow croakers into his basin, but she stabbed him in the heart with her mouth, "Maybe your net was stolen again at night."
"That's enough. I have a family of four to feed. If I take too much, we won't be able to finish it. I can just dry the small fish and shrimps, but I still have to steam these good fish. How much can a family of four eat? What's more, I'm going to collect the traps myself tomorrow."
Xiaoxiao interrupted, "The goods on the ground cage seem to be very good recently?"
"Not bad, not bad. How many have you asked people to make?"
"It's just two rows. It won't be that fast. When we go to cast the net tomorrow, we'll go down and put them down."
"What time do we go? Let's go together and go fishing at the same time! It's no fun fishing alone!"
Ah Guang glared, "You guys are still fishing? Sea fishing?"
"After pulling the trap, I can fish for a while. Where can I go fishing in the sea with such a small wooden boat?"
Xiao Xiao agreed happily, "Sure, it happens that Ah Zheng has to accompany his wife back home tomorrow, and I will be exhausted if I cast the net alone."
Ah Guang immediately looked at them with envy, "Why do I feel like sailing a small wooden boat is pretty good?"
"That's not bad at all. You're going out to sea again tonight, right?"
"Yeah, I've finished drinking all the wine I should drink, and now I have to get back to work."
"Forget it. I was planning to go fishing on the first day of the new year, so I won't invite you."
Ah Guang suddenly felt it was a pity. He felt that going to an isolated island was like treasure hunting, which was much more interesting than trawling, and he was doing it with friends.
It's so boring to follow his father to trawling every day~