As Ye Yaodong got closer to the boat and saw the sign on the boat clearly, he immediately made a sharp turn and left.
Ye's father hadn't seen clearly yet, and hadn't even held on to his feet yet, when he was shaken by a sudden turn and almost lost his balance.
"What are you doing? Why are you in such a hurry to leave? Which village's boat is that?"
"The black words are from Luzhou Island. I don't know what they are doing. They are too full to go trawling and robbing, but instead they come to this island for two days in a row."
The logos on ordinary ships are either red, blue, or white, but the black characters are unique to the ships of Luzhou Island. I don’t know if they are really pirate characteristics.
Ye Yaodong spoke calmly on the surface, but his heart was in turmoil. Could there really be a gold mine on this island
What the hell
He had only heard of gold on the bottom of the sea before, but had never heard of gold on islands
No, yes, yes, I heard there is a huge gold mine in the Jiaodong Peninsula. Could it be that they have one here too
"Huh? Why are they on an isolated island? And can they have the patience to dig for shells?"
Father Ye was too unconvinced. These people were used to robbing and plundering. Could they still have the patience to scour the sea? Isn't this a woman's job
"Who knows?"
Ye Yaodong responded casually and drove the boat out.
Luzhou Island is not far from them and is also under the jurisdiction of their county. However, those lootings at sea were not caught on the spot, and even if they were reported to the border defense station, most of them were left unresolved.
Moreover, these days, ordinary people would not think of going to the border defense brigade for everything. Problems are resolved by villages one by one, and the border defense brigade does not have time to care about trivial matters.
Father Ye didn't know about the nugget gold, nor did he take the fact that people from Luzhou Island had come to the island for two consecutive days to heart. In his mind, it was just a deserted island, so why did he care about who came to the island
But Ye Yaodong is different. The two gold nuggets of different shapes in his home always remind him that this island is special. It’s just that he doesn’t have the ability to find them. What’s more, if there really is a gold mine, it belongs to the country. How dare he go there!
Even if he had ten courages, ten lives, and ten systems, he would not dare to do it.
Because he had something on his mind, he was a little absent-minded when he was trawling. He stayed in the surrounding area while working, and from time to time he looked for a chance to get a little closer to see if the boat was still staying there.
Father Ye saw this and found it very strange, but when he thought about it, he probably thought that they were afraid that these people would come back and rob them later.
"Let's sail the boat further away. Don't worry about the shrimp cages we just put down. We can collect them tomorrow. Let's avoid them."
"Ah? Oh, okay then."
He temporarily collected his thoughts and convinced himself to relax and think that even if they really discovered a gold mine, they would not be able to mine it, and it would eventually belong to the country.
Thinking of this, his heart calmed down a little and he could put his mind at ease for a while.
But when he finished collecting the longline and was returning, he drove the boat over again, intending to take a look to see if the boat was still there.
As expected, the ship was still docked there and did not leave.
Father Ye also found it very strange. "You have been staying on the island for two consecutive days? There seems to be nothing on the island? You went there for a few days and it seems that you only picked up a few baskets of seabird eggs?"
"more than."
"ah?"
"There are some wild strawberries and wild eggs, too."
Father Ye gave him a sharp look, thinking that he was going to say something and was ready to listen attentively.
"Let's go back, let's go back. Who cares why they came to the island? It's none of our business anyway."
"oh."
Ye Yaodong took another look before leaving.
After he finished selling the goods, he didn't even bother to take a shower as soon as he got home. He said hello to his wife and the old lady, then went into the house to look for the key, preparing to open the drawer to look at the two gold nuggets that Aqing had put away earlier.
He has been performing better and better in the past two years. A Qing is not on guard against him and he knows exactly where the keys are.
After searching for it, he opened the drawer, but didn't find it. The drawer was filled with receipts clipped together, small corals scattered all over the drawer, and some scraps of banknotes. None of the valuables in the house were in there.
He quickly pushed the drawer back and shouted outside: "Ah Qing, Ah Qing~"
"Ah? What?" Lin Xiuqing heard his shout and ran to the door with a spatula in her hand, "What?"
"Put the spatula down for the old lady and come in first. I have something to ask you."
"oh."
Lin Xiuqing, with a confused look on her face, went out again to call the old lady and asked her to help watch the dishes in the pot before she wiped the pot and went back into the house.
"What's up? What's so urgent? Why are you calling me so urgently right after you get back? Why don't you take a shower first and change your clothes and shoes?"
"Where did you take the two nugget golds from our family?"
She whispered as she went to open the closet, "There are too many things there, and they were stolen a while ago, so I asked my father to make a wooden box, put a lock on it, and secretly nailed it to the corner of the closet."
Ye Yaodong also saw the small wooden box in the corner of the closet, which was blocked by the hanging clothes. "This is also OK. Nail it to the closet, and it won't be moved away."
"I'll get the keys."
She picked up a pillow, then reached into the pillowcase and fumbled for a while before she took out a small key.
"You women seem to like hiding your money and keys in your pillow, or under the pillow, or under the mat."
Lin Xiuqing laughed, "Really? It seems so. My mother also likes to put the change under the mat to keep it under pressure."
"the same as you."
"Then I'll go somewhere else next time."
As she spoke with a smile, she opened the small box in the closet. With the help of the light from outside, she took out two pieces of ore of different shapes that looked like gold but not gold, and handed them to Ye Yaodong.
"Why did you suddenly think of turning these two things out?"
Ye Yaodong took it and looked at it in his hand, then he raised it up and placed it by the window, turning it over carefully in the light.
The dirt on it had long been wiped clean by Aqing, and the shape still looked very cute.
When he brought them back, he asked Aqing to put them away and he never took them out to look at them again. He had even forgotten what they looked like. He only remembered that one looked like a lion and the other looked like a rabbit.
Looking at the shape and comparing it to the legend, it should be gold nugget.
"It was just a sudden impulse, and I wanted to take it out and have a look at it to confirm it."
"I don't believe it. Why don't you look at something else? Is there something wrong?"
Sure enough, the person who knows you best is the one next to you.
"How do you know what happened?"
"As soon as he came back, he said he was looking for these two things. Even a fool would know what happened."
Ye Yaodong chuckled, and he seemed a little anxious.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with these two?"
Ye Yaodong thought for a while, organized his words, and told her about the ship he saw on the sea yesterday and today, and emphasized the possibility of a gold mine.
Lin Xiuqing's eyes widened and her mouth opened wide.
“Is there really a gold mine?”
"Maybe they really did. Otherwise, why did they come to the island for two consecutive days? There must be something they want on the island, otherwise why would they waste a few days? Who knows, maybe they came to the island when the child turned one two days ago and we didn't go out to sea during the Qingming Festival, so we didn't see them."
Lin Xiuqing frowned, but after a while, she asked doubtfully: "But that's not right. How do they know there might be gold mines on the island? Aren't these two pieces of ore in our hands? They don't have them, so how do they know?"
ah??!
Ye Yaodong was stunned. He blinked a few times and it seemed to be right
Aren't these two pieces of ore in his hands? How did those people know that there might be gold mines on this island
How did you determine that? Are there multiple nuggets of gold? Impossible!
He seemed to have fallen into a misunderstanding before.
"If they weren't going to the island to look for gold, why did they sail to that island for two consecutive days?"
Lin Xiuqing pondered for a moment, "Maybe they are going to the island to fish for shellfish. I heard that many women in our village went out to sea to fish for shellfish today. I also heard that my third aunt fell and cut her hand, which was bleeding a lot. She was sent back early."
"She's so careless. Mom is so stupid. I told her not to go there when she's too old. Some of the rocks are hard to climb and slippery. What if she accidentally falls into the sea?"
"If they want to go, there's nothing you can do. You can't stop them."
It was indeed impossible to stop him. Ye Yaodong frowned and got back to the topic.
"Luzhou Island is surrounded by the sea. It's not difficult for people to dig some shellfish. There are also some uninhabited islands nearby. It's also easy to dig some shellfish. Why go there specifically?"
"Who knows what they are doing there? It's none of our business, so don't worry about it. If they find treasures, it's their own ability."
"Isn't this resigning? I noticed that island first, and I fished out so many goodies under the reefs nearby. Now that someone has taken it, I almost dare not approach it. Why? What's more, if there are treasures on the island, and they are taken by those people, I will be so depressed."
"If there is a treasure, just report it. They are not good people anyway. There is a reward for reporting."
He scratched his chin with his thumb and said, "Let's wait and see. We'll go out to sea tomorrow and the day after tomorrow to check if they have come to the island again. If there really is a treasure, there wouldn't be only one boat on the island."
"Yes, be careful and stay away. It looks like something is wrong. Remember to run faster and don't let anyone catch up with you. Losing the boat is a small matter, but don't lose the people."
Lin Xiuqing thought about it and felt that it was quite dangerous.
"Forget it, let's not worry about what they do. Let's just stay away from them. Whether they find treasures or not is none of our business anyway."
"Safety comes first. If you really run into a large group of people and several boats surround you, you will be helpless."