Ye Yaodong settled the bill before them and packed up 6 fried buns and 8 oil cakes. It was a rare opportunity for him to come to the town, so he couldn't forget his wife and children at home.
Who knew that as soon as he walked out of the door, he ran into a group of people. They seemed to be cursing and saying that his knees were bruised, and that some coffin deliberately tripped him, and that he would have a snack later and asked people to go to the skating rink to block them, etc.
"Fuck... Damn, this guy is here..."
"Fuck, the enemy is always on the same path... Drag him to the alley..."
"Go up~"
Ye Yaodong looked at a group of people who were approaching him aggressively and reaching out to grab his collar with a confused look on his face. Before he could react, Captain Chen had already grabbed the man's fist and pushed him, making him take a few steps back.
The person behind him who was about to step forward was also pushed back and couldn't move forward.
"Who are you?"
"Who? Your grandpa. I'd recognize you even if I turned into ashes."
"I don't know you who has turned into ashes."
"Fuck you, you're the one who turned into ash. Brothers, go ahead and drag them all to the alley and avenge last year."
Last year’s revenge
Did he make enemies last year
Seems like we've made enemies
"Fuck, are you guys the white-cut chicken?"
"Fuck, you are the boiled chicken... ah~" He had just finished speaking when a scream was heard. Captain Chen gently bent his wrist, making it unnaturally bent, and kicked his knee with his foot, causing him to kneel down.
The remaining thugs rushed forward screaming, but before they could even clench their fists, they were knocked down by punches left and right. In less than two minutes, seven or eight people were lying on the floor wailing.
Ye Yaodong was stunned, "Is it so straightforward?"
"What else? I'm so full, so I'd like to stretch my legs."
Ye Yaodong gave him a thumbs up, then kicked the ones lying on the ground twice, "Now you know who is the one who turned into ash, right?"
"I, I, I..."
"Next time, be more careful and take a detour when you see me, or I'll kill you."
"I don't dare, I don't dare..."
"Call me brother!"
“Brother!”
"Call me grandpa!"
"grandfather!"
Captain Chen and his companions were all frowning after hearing what they heard. Passersby also kept staring at them, and even after they had walked a long way away, they were still twisting their necks.
Ye Yaodong was very satisfied. "Swear to me, and your whole family, that you will never trouble me again. Otherwise, I won't let you down so easily next time. I will just strip you naked and walk you around the streets in broad daylight."
"I won't dare to do that anymore. I swear now..."
Everyone swore and swore immediately, some not only swore on their entire family, but also took the initiative to drag out their ancestors.
I don't know if it will work, but I'm too lazy to care about them anyway. This place is far away from the border post, and I'm too lazy to send them off. I just met them by chance.
“Get out!”
This episode made Ye Yaodong even more welcoming to these soldiers living in his house.
"Is your daily training hard? Are you tired? How many years have you been a soldier? Are all soldiers so skilled?"
Several people turned to look at him, "What do you want to do?"
"Can I send my oldest nephew over to hang out with you guys in a few years? He's 12 this year. No, he's 13. Hey, is it okay to lie about his age? I also have a nephew who's 15."
Anyway, neither of them can read, no matter how much you force them, it's useless. It's better to join the army than to work as an apprentice. Being a soldier has a future.
Captain Chen looked at him helplessly and said, "If you want to join the army, you need a political review..."
"My ancestors are so glorious. Eight generations of poor farmers... No, five generations of poor farmers and three generations of fishermen..."
"You are from the countryside and are about to graduate from junior high school. You should wait until your eldest nephew graduates from junior high school before making a decision. He is too young and false reporting is not acceptable. Political review is required. Also, married people are not allowed..."
Ye Yaodong was surprised. He had to graduate from junior high school? He thought that as long as he graduated from elementary school and knew a few words, it would be enough. Then wouldn't Lin Guangyuan be able to do it? This kid stopped studying after graduating from elementary school in the fifth grade and has been doing farm work at home for more than a year.
"Is that so? Then let's talk about it in a few years."
After returning all the way back to the village, Ye Yaodong and they went to the village committee first to show their faces and prove that he had taken good care of the four PLA soldiers.
But after the village chief and others expressed their condolences for a few words, they began to lecture him.
"What's wrong with you at noon? People are working, why are you casting your net? You could cast your net at any other time, but at that time. Look at you, you delayed the leaders' work for half a day."
"Why can't I cast the net? I'm a fisherman. I don't cast the net, I cast beans. I even avoided it on purpose. Besides, no one said anything."
I'm afraid of this kind of situation: the leader didn't say anything, but the people below secretly speculated and thought they understood what he meant.
"It's hard for people to say you..."
"So you are representing them? Doing things for them? Village chief, you must not misinterpret their leader's intentions. They don't intend to scold me. They may be secretly happy about my brilliant idea and can go back to eat earlier."
"Nonsense... They went out to sea specifically to salvage these cultural relics..."
The village chief was fuming, but Secretary Chen was still winking at him, signaling him to stop arguing.
Ye Yaodong simply ignored it. He thought what he said made sense. Why shouldn't he be allowed to speak? He didn't argue with the village chief. He was just talking normally.
"That's true, but handing over those cultural relics is also the job of the cultural center, it doesn't count as the county committee's responsibility, right? They can only be considered as accompanying, right? After all, it is within their jurisdiction."
The village chief thought about it and felt that it was probably the case.
"Look, it's not enough that I was tired from accompanying him on the boat for most of the day, and I vomited for most of the day. The most important thing is that I haven't eaten yet, and I'm hungry. The soup and water I drank is not enough to urinate. The people at the cultural center don't care, but the county leaders must have been looking forward to going back for a long time, but they just don't want to say it out loud."
Makes sense!
"Hey, are you guys also looking forward to going ashore to eat earlier? These people have no experience and are clamoring to go out to sea without any preparation. Isn't this embarrassing for everyone? It would be better if they come back earlier!"
"What's more, this salvage work requires a professional salvage team. The four PLA soldiers can only explore the way first and find out if there is any cargo on the seabed. How can they really be asked to salvage for a whole day? Are they risking their lives?"
The village chief wanted to lecture him and criticize him, but now he didn't say anything because he felt that what he said made a lot of sense! He also wanted to go ashore and eat early!
"You can even bring a dead person back to life with your mouth."
"No, no..." Ye Yaodong smiled slightly proudly, and took two fried buns and oil cakes from his hand and gave them, "Come on... one for each of you, you're welcome..."
The village chief only took the oil cake and didn't take the fried bun. He took a bite and said, "Don't be so proud. Only Captain Chen is fine. Otherwise, you will have to bear the consequences."
"That's true. That's why I apologized to Captain Chen again and again. It was also because Captain Chen reacted quickly and stopped struggling. Otherwise, if the struggle had continued for a few more minutes, I would have been doomed."
Captain Chen smiled and said, "I'm not stupid. I was just caught off guard at first. My assumption won't hold true."
Secretary Chen was also chewing on a fried cake, and while eating he said, "It's good that nothing happened. Anyway, the higher-ups didn't say anything. Didn't they say that if we go back earlier, we'll have time to file a report and apply? They must have been looking forward to going back after vomiting so much. How could they bear being at sea for a whole day? I think things will be arranged better tomorrow, and maybe the salvage team will be here in the next two days."
"I hope so. Anyway, I don't care. I'm used to sailing on the sea. I'll bring my own dry food tomorrow and won't count on them."
"If we go out to sea again tomorrow, you are not allowed to cast nets. Okay, you should take the PLA comrades back to your old house to rest. They must be tired after being in the water for half a day and breathing oxygen. By the way, ask your mother to prepare some food for them."
"Thank you, Comrade Ye Yaodong took us to eat in town."
"Adong is a generous man, so you can go and take a rest, or let him take you for a walk around the village."
After a few casual polite words, they came out of the village committee.
Ye Yaodong first led them to the old house. The villagers along the way stared at them curiously when they saw them. Walking with these people, he couldn't help but hold his head high.
When he arrived at the door of a house, he was puzzled by the sound of crying. Didn't they build a cenotaph for the deceased last month? Why was there another mourning hall
This is the home of the boatman who fell into the water when the rainy season came.
He pricked up his ears and listened to the chatter of the surrounding villagers as he walked, only to find out that in the afternoon their family had hired a boat to go to the place where the boatman fell into the water at sea, and they also specially asked a co-worker who worked on the boat to lead the way. They waited for an entire afternoon before the two bodies floated up.
Captain Chen was a little puzzled. "Didn't those people say they would be in the water for a month? Could they have known in advance and waited?"
Ye Yaodong sighed and said, "You don't know this, right? There are some strange things on the sea. You navy may not know them, but the fishermen all know them."
"If this person drowns and is not found and fished out immediately, we can only wait a month and return to the same place for him to float up. If he does not float up after a month, then he may remain at the bottom of the sea forever."
"It's weird, but it really exists. If it floats up after a month and no one salvages it, it will drift on the sea for a few days. If it doesn't hit a ship, it will sink to the bottom of the sea forever."
Ye Yaodong's words made his hair stand on end. He instinctively looked up at the sun in the sky. Fortunately, the sun was shining brightly and it was only 4 o'clock, so the sun had not set yet.
Several PLA soldiers were silent after hearing this. "It's not easy for fishermen."
"So, my nephews and sons are not good at studying. If nothing changes in the future, they will also be seamen. The older generation has no choice but to make a living. If possible, the younger generation should not be seamen. It's good for you to be soldiers. You can transfer to civilian jobs in the future. You have a stable job and a stable rice bowl."
"Um... How old is your son?"
"One is six years old and the other is three years old."
Captain Chen: “?”
"They haven't even started school yet, and you know they can't read?"
"Like father, like son!"
Captain Chen said with a smile: "Okay!"
"But my daughter will definitely be able to read."
"You have a daughter? You look young, but you have given birth to quite a few children."
"I can't help it. He's too handsome, so I got married early."
The four of them couldn't help but turn their heads and take a closer look at his face.
"Don't look at me as a bit dark now. I was quite fair before last year. I was a perfect pretty boy, very popular."
hehe…
"How old is your daughter?"
"She's still growing pretty fast. She's already three months old."
"ah?"