Ye Yaodong sighed and believed that society would be more peaceful in the future. Although it could not be completely eliminated, it would not be as chaotic as it is now, with such things happening all the time.
"Come on, Dad, we have to get in the car."
"Hey, hey, hey, it seems like two people are trying to stop them, and they're fighting..."
Ye Yaodong also quickly turned around and looked over. The two young men seemed to be very skilled in martial arts. The group of thugs were knocked down in just a few moves. The passers-by around were no longer afraid and gathered around to watch the fun.
Father Ye clapped his hands and said, "Good job, these hooligans need to be taught a lesson. It's not easy for an old man to make some money by selling vegetables."
"Well, let's go now that it's alright."
He looked away and wanted to hurry to catch the car, but his father stopped him again, "Wait, those two young men look familiar!"
Ye Yaodong frowned and looked over in surprise. Two young men walked out of the crowd and they looked very familiar.
"Isn't this Captain Chen who came to our village to help with the salvage? Why is he here?"
"Yes, it's Captain Chen. He might be here to do some business. I think he mentioned before where in the city he was."
He thought that they were all quite familiar with each other before and had a pleasant relationship. Captain Chen even thoughtfully gave Lin Guangyuan a set of military uniform. Since he had the chance to meet him here, he might as well go up and say hello.
By the way, remind him to leave here quickly, what if these thugs also have a background in the local police station? Or the group is relatively large.
Looking at the watch on his wrist, Ye Yaodong said, "There are still 18 minutes left. I should be able to go over and say hello."
"Then go over and say hello and have a few words. It's rare to run into someone you know in the city."
The two hit it off and ran over quickly. Father Ye shouted as he ran, "Captain Chen!"
If Captain Chen had not heard the fishermen in the small fishing village speaking in the local dialect for a month or two, he would not have known that someone was calling him.
When he turned around and saw the two of them, he was also surprised, "Hey, you, why are you here?"
"We came to the city to sell things, but we didn't expect to run into you. I thought I was seeing things just now." Ye Yaodong said with a smile.
"Selling fish? Why are you selling it in the city? There are so many people around this station that we didn't notice it. Luckily you called me."
"I sell dried fish. I have too much dried salted fish at home, so I want to sell some in the city. Why are you here? Aren't you training in the army?"
"I had something to do today, so I followed the army's car out. There were a lot of people around, so it was hard for the car to pass, so I parked not far away and got out to walk for a while."
They didn't know the soldier next to Captain Chen, but he told them that he was curious about selling dried fish.
"What kind of dried fish are you selling? Have you sold them all?"
"It's all sold out. I had 100 kilograms left. I just sold them out at the station entrance. We mainly sell dried toad fish, and there are also some other miscellaneous fish."
"What a pity. You wanted to tell me."
Ye Yaodong's eyes lit up instantly, "I still have some at home, several hundred kilograms left, and I've dried about 1,000 kilograms in the past few days."
Captain Chen also had an idea and helped to speak, "They are the fishermen from Baisha Village where I was on a previous mission. I mentioned them to you. Ah Dong has his own boat. As long as there is no wind, he and his son go out to sea to fish every day. They dry the fish themselves. I lived in their house for almost two months and tried all kinds of dried fish and salted fish. They are all delicious and go well with rice."
"Adong, this is our logistics team leader Zhao. I have something to do today, so I got a ride here."
The smile on Ye Yaodong's face deepened. Logistics, isn't that responsible for food and drink
"Hello, Team Leader Zhao. I am so sorry for my disrespect..."
Ye Yaodong instinctively touched his pocket, wanting to buy a cigarette, but he had finished smoking in the morning and had no time to buy another one, so his pocket was empty. However, if he had had cigarettes, they would have been taken away by the thief long ago.
"Hey, you, I came out to sell dried fish today, and I didn't bring two extra packs of cigarettes."
"It's okay, I have some here." Team Leader Zhao was very polite and even gave him some cigarettes.
Ye Yaodong smiled a little embarrassedly, "Thank you very much."
Father Ye pulled his sleeve and reminded him in the local dialect to hurry up and say dried fish, as they didn't have much time and had to catch the bus soon.
Captain Chen and Team Leader Zhao both looked at them. Ye Yaodong smiled and said, "We are in a hurry to take the bus back. We have sold out the dried fish today, but I will come again tomorrow to sell them. We can deliver them to your door. Team Leader Zhao, would you like to take a look? Autumn and winter are the best times for drying fish. The weather has been good recently, and the dried fish looks very beautiful."
He knew that the army had regulations on how many times a week one could eat meat and eggs, but there seemed to be no regulations on fish.
"That's fine. I'll write you an address. You can deliver 200 kilograms of goods to me tomorrow morning at 6 or 7. I'll take a look at the goods first. If they're good, you can keep them and ask for more. If they're not good, you can just take them back."
"Okay, okay, don't worry about the food. The food we dry at home will definitely not be bad. Our PLA comrades will definitely feel safe and healthy when eating it. The price is absolutely fair, and it will definitely be cheaper than selling it to others. If the food is not good, I will definitely not deliver it to you."
"Well, let's take a look at the things first."
"Okay, thank you, Team Leader Zhao, and thank you, Captain Chen."
Ye Yaodong never expected that there would be such an unexpected surprise, but it was a pity that the goods sold out too quickly. If there were one or two left, he could show them to others.
Team leader Zhao carried a pen and a small notebook with him. He quickly wrote down the address and tore it off to give it to him.
"Thank you very much. I am so lucky to meet a noble person today. I will definitely deliver it on time tomorrow morning."
"Well, thank you for your help."
Captain Chen was also very happy to help them, "Remember to pick the better ones and send them over."
He quickly smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, I will."
"You are in a hurry to take a bus back, so hurry up, otherwise you will be too late and have no car to go back. Then you will have to stay in the city for another day."
"Okay, we'll leave now as we're in a hurry to catch the bus. You should also be more careful. You just beat up those hooligans, and you don't know if they will just let it go. Will they call another group of people to block you? It's a pity that you are not wearing green military uniforms. If you were wearing military uniforms, those people would definitely not dare to do that."
"I have some things to do today, so I am not wearing a military uniform. It doesn't matter. We are cracking down hard now. These people dare not do anything. If they dare to come to us again, we will just arrest them all and make them die."
"Yeah, then you guys be careful. I'm in a hurry, so I'll go back with my dad first. Bye."
"goodbye."
Ye Yaodong looked at the time. There were only five minutes left and the train was about to depart. Without caring about being happy, he quickly pulled his father to run.
"Hurry up, hurry up, it's too late, only five minutes left..."
"Ah, then run faster..."
Ye Yaodong squeezed through the crowd, still holding the ticket and address in his hand. These three pieces of paper were very important now and he couldn't lose them again.
"Please make way, please make way, everyone, please make way, I'm sorry..."
"Excuse me, excuse me..."
The sweat on my body had dried up in the wind in front, but now I was sweating again. But fortunately, they finally caught up.
As soon as they got on the bus after their tickets were checked, the bus started moving before they even sat down. When they passed through layers of obstacles and just walked to the back and sat down, the bus left immediately.
Not a minute more, not a minute less, the timing was just right.
Both the father and son wiped the sweat from their foreheads and breathed a sigh of relief.
Father Ye panted and said thankfully: "Luckily we made it in time, just a little bit short."
"The timing is just right. I see there is still space on the bus. If you miss it, you can stop the bus after it leaves the station."
"You can stop a ride if there's a vacancy. There are always people who hitchhike along the way. They get off at the village along the way."
After Ye Yaodong relaxed, he leaned back and slumped in his seat. "I'm so tired. Money is not easy to make."
"Nonsense, you are lying in bed, and you have to get up to pick up the money falling from the sky. How can making money be easy? Fortunately, all the dried fish we brought today have been sold, otherwise we would definitely miss the bus if we carried all the goods."
"If they hadn't sold out, we would have gone to the station early and waited, and we wouldn't have met Captain Chen and the others." He opened the note in his hand and happily read the address again.
Although Father Ye couldn't read, it didn't stop him from stretching his head to look. He also said happily: "Is what Team Leader Zhao said true? He shouldn't lie to us, right?"
"Of course not. How could the People's Liberation Army play tricks on us civilians? Moreover, with Captain Chen here, he will definitely not cheat us. Let's just send them over tomorrow. Send as much as possible, and it would be best if we sell all of them!"
"Yes, the People's Liberation Army will definitely not lie! Then we should be able to sell all the dried fish at home, right?"
"It should be fine. The ones we dried are all pretty and clean. I fried a bowl of it last night. It tasted really good and can go well with wine."
Father Ye rubbed his hands happily, "It's better to sell it to the army at once, so we can save ourselves the trouble of going back and forth to set up the stall like this."
"Who said that? If we sell it to the army, we have to make trips back and forth to deliver the goods when they are needed, and we have to get the villagers to dry their goods and collect theirs. The army must need a lot of them."
Ye Yaodong became more and more excited as he spoke. Without a profiteer, it would be even better to have a noble person. He seemed to have already seen a large sum of money coming into his account.
"Yes, we need to let the villagers dry the fruits, and we can collect them and make a little profit in the process. Your uncle Lin seemed to have dried a lot in those days. He was unsure and only dried them twice. It seemed that he only dried about 1,000 kilograms, but the final product was 200 to 300 kilograms."
It’s not as numerous as theirs, but it’s still more than most people in the village.
During this period, the villagers in the village basically only dried about 100 kilograms or 200 to 300 kilograms of fish, because there were not many large boats, and the only few families had small boats.
The small boats set traps and Korean nets every day, and the fish caught are limited. They will definitely sell the expensive ones that are worth money directly, and only keep some of the worthless ones that are too cheap to dry for their own consumption.