There were too many cases of reporting in those years, and those who were reported suffered so much.
Everyone still feels a lingering fear when they think back on it, and they are frightened when they hear the word "report".
"I don't know which evil person with a black heart actually reported my family for smuggling. We are honest fishermen who go out early and come back late to fish. This is something that the whole village has witnessed and can testify to..."
"A few days ago, those people said they just pulled it up. Everyone could see that the fabric was wet, and some of the clothes were wet, so they sold it cheaply. We have always been honest fishermen. Who is the one who said such nonsense and actually reported it..."
Ye Ersao helped Ye's mother explain to everyone while cursing.
Mrs. Ye also followed suit and cursed.
"Hey, reporting this is a big deal! Who is so wicked as to do such a thing? Although it's not as exaggerated as before, it's still very serious..."
"You must have made someone jealous, right?"
"Yeah, the rumor in the village is that you guys have made a lot of money recently. Someone must be jealous of you guys, so they reported you, right?"
Ye Yaopeng was so angry that he cursed, "Damn it, don't let any wicked person be caught by us..."
"Sai Linliang's red eye disease, what does my making money have to do with him? It's not like I'm blocking his path to wealth."
"Then what should we do now? Has anyone reported us?" Ye Yaohua looked at Ye Yaodong in panic, as if he was the backbone of the group.
Ye Yaodong frowned and said, "I'll go find out. You guys can do what you need to do. Since we already know about it, you should have stopped it, right? I'll go ask."
"Yes, yes, ask more carefully."
"I don't know which bastard actually reported it..."
After Ye Yaodong left, the people behind him continued to discuss and curse each other.
He went directly to Secretary Chen's house.
Secretary Chen probably guessed that he would come, so he sat at the door with his legs crossed to enjoy the cool air. When he saw someone coming, he stood up and went into the house.
Ye Yaodong smiled and greeted the person who was sitting at the door enjoying the cool air, then hurried into the house.
"Secretary Chen..."
"Um."
Secretary Chen took out a folded letter from his trouser pocket and said, "The postman is on holiday today. When I went to the village committee to get the private seal this afternoon, I happened to see someone standing furtively next to the village committee's mailbox, looking left and right. Before I could get close, the person ran away."
"Then I was puzzled and went to the office to get the spare key to open the mailbox, and found an anonymous letter inside. The address was the X Committee in the county."
"When I saw the address on the letter, my heart skipped a beat. I opened it and saw that it was not a good thing. If it was based on the trend a few years ago, it would have been a one-shot deal."
"Although things have gotten better in recent years, smuggling is still illegal and is now being strictly enforced. Fortunately, I discovered it."
Ye Yaodong took the letter and thanked him immediately. "Now I won't be indiscriminate. Besides, there were many people present when I was fishing. The whole village can testify whether I am a legitimate fisherman. But it's better to have less trouble than more. Who knows if I will run into the lake official?"
"Well, the letter was intercepted anyway. I don't know if the person went to another place to send it. You just need to be careful and be a decent person. If anything happens, the villagers can testify."
"Thank you very much."
Secretary Chen waved his hand, "You're welcome. How could I not know whether you are a smuggler or not? It's all because of the red eye disease. I also hope that there won't be such things that harm others and benefit oneself in the village. Reporting anyone will not benefit our village. If this trend starts, the village will be in chaos in the future. We are just an ordinary small fishing village, so it's better not to have such a trend."
Ye Yaodong nodded, feeling very grateful. He just wanted to make money honestly and didn't want to take any unconventional approach. He was afraid of death and didn't have the desire to get rich quickly. He was already very satisfied to have his current life over again.
"Okay, go back and do what you need to do, celebrate the festivals, eat mooncakes, and don't worry about anything."
"Okay, thank you Secretary Chen."
"Well, go ahead."
Ye Yaodong walked out with his hands in his pockets, one hand holding the envelope. There was no sign of anything unusual on his face. It was already dark at this time, and others looked at him curiously, but couldn't make out what was going on.
Although the moon on the 15th is not as round as the 16th, it is a full moon after all, and it is still bright, and the road is not too dim when it shines on it.
He walked to a house's window, and with the faint yellow light coming through, he opened the envelope and took a look.
I had been talking to Secretary Chen before, so I didn't open it in front of him. Anyway, I had already given it to him, so it didn't make any difference when I read it.
What he didn't expect was that Lin Jishang's name was written on the envelope, saying that the two groups were smuggling together. Even the time and place were clearly written. It was the time when they came back a few nights ago and met Lin Jishang at the dock!
Grass!
Were you seen by others that night
I don't know if it's because there are too many lights on the pier, which attracts people? However, even if you have clairvoyance, you can't see the people on the other side. At most, you can only see the light of many flashlights.
Or maybe Lin Ji was accidentally spotted when he went to the dock? And he happened to dock at this time, and sold a large amount of goods the next day
This would explain why the whistleblower was able to name both of them.
So does it mean that Lin Ji Shang implicated him, or did he implicate Lin Ji Shang
He carefully identified the clumsy words on it, but couldn't make any sense of them. Everyone's handwriting was almost the same. It was good enough that he could write it and people could recognize what it was.
After finding no results, he folded the letter again, put it back in the envelope, put it in his pocket, and prepared to go home.
But when he reached the fork in the road, he thought about it and turned abruptly.
He can't be the only one who is worried!
He shouldn't be the one who should be worried and nervous! He is upright and honest.
As he walked, he wondered if Secretary Chen knew about the smuggling in Linji or if the villagers were turning a blind eye and not caring as long as nothing happened.
Then why did you give the letter to him instead of Lin Jishang
Is it because it is difficult to find people in Linji? And he just gave it to him when he went there
Headache!
I can't figure it out.
He might as well just assume that he was the one who came to him first.
When I arrived at the door of Linji's house, his two children were squatting in front of mooncakes and blowing incense. The two children were about the same age as his youngest son. I heard that they were the same age at the beginning and end of the year, which was really awesome.
He looked at the door a few times and saw no one, so he walked into the house. His wife was washing the pot with a loofah, so he stood at the door and knocked.
"Is Lin Jishang at home?"
"ah?"
Lin Ji's wife was startled, then she patted her chest and instantly recovered. She smiled and said, "He just finished his meal and went out for a stroll. He's not here."
A guilty conscience is what it is.
Ye Yaodong thought about it and decided that it would be the same if he gave it to his wife. The woman beside him would know her husband’s affairs and would definitely give it to him.
"Then I won't wait for him. You can help me give this letter to him and say that I got it by accident." Ye Yaodong placed the letter directly on the dry place next to the stove.
"Ah? Oh, okay, I'll give it to him when he comes back."
Ye Yaodong nodded and left.
Giving the letter to Lin Jishang can also serve as a warning. He has already read it anyway, and it is useless to him because he is an honest and decent person.
If you don't do bad things during the day, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door at night.
Who knew that he had just reached the intersection of Fenchai Road and happened to run into Linji again. It was really true that he found the letter without any effort, but he had already given the letter to his wife.
"What a coincidence?"
"It's fate. I have a letter for you. I just gave it to your wife. Remember to read it when you go back."
"What letter?" Lin Jishang frowned.
Ye Yaodong looked around and saw that it was dark and no one was around. He whispered, "Report letter."
Lin Jishang was surprised, "Where did it come from?"
“I took it out from the village committee mailbox.”
Lin Jishang frowned, touched his pocket, took out a letter, and read it in front of him.
But when I read the contents of the letter, I was immediately amused and confused.
Ye Yaodong watched his expression change and became curious for a moment. Why did he also have a letter in his pocket
"The letter you brought to my house, was it given to you by Secretary Chen?"
"you know?"
General Lin Ji handed the letter in his hand directly to him, "Secretary Chen has mixed up our letters of complaint. This one is yours, but the one you brought to my house is mine, right?"
"ah?"
He has another one
Reporting his letter alone
How can he still be treated like this
Ye Yaodong quickly took it and took a look. The handwriting on this letter was even uglier. Every stroke was very personal and the content was very concise, but the words were written very large, so people could barely make out what they were.
The letter reported him for speculation, involvement in smuggling, and reselling smuggled goods, and also considerately added the time and place.
After reading it, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Let him say it, he is an honest man, Lin Ji is a habitual offender in smuggling, and the two of them appear on the list together, so why should the letter be given to him
It turned out that the two letters were taken by mistake.
This separate letter reporting him was the one that Secretary Chen intended to give him. Although both letters reported smuggling, their priorities were different.
It was obvious that this letter was written deliberately by someone who was jealous of him.
The previous letter must have been written by someone who saw the scene that day with his own eyes, so he could describe it clearly.
"I didn't expect that there would be two reports against us at the same time."
"During the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, the postman went on holiday two days in advance and stopped collecting mail. It just so happened that the letter was not taken away. What did my letter of complaint say?"
"What else can I write? Don't you know what's going on? I wrote about how I bumped into you when I came back to the shore a few days ago, and then I wrote about how I pushed several carts of goods home in the middle of the night, and the three brothers sold the goods at their doorstep the next day and reported us for smuggling together."
Lin Jishang chuckled, "So you got one and a half of the two letters, and I got half."
"Hey? You're wrong. This is completely false. I'm a decent person, but you have to be careful."
"I know. I know what's going on."
"Well, it's good that we have intercepted them. Let's go back to our own homes and find our own wives."
Ye Yaodong crumpled the letter into a ball and stuffed it into his pocket, planning to burn it when he got it back later.