Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1103 Chaos
The father and son stood in the corner and waited for a while. After they saw that all the people they knew had sold out, they came out one after another. Then, the group of people walked out with their mouths shut, under the pointing and talking of the locals.

While they were walking together, the group of people brought by Chen Jianian also walked together. The two groups walked one after the other, and they looked like a large group.

Some of the small gangs in the town don’t have as many people as them, so no one dares to pick a fight with them.

Even though some honest local fishermen were unhappy about such a large group of people coming to their town to steal resources, they did not dare to fight back.

Large numbers of people are frightening, and honest and decent people will actively move aside when they see them.

As long as they don't cause trouble, no one dares to provoke them.

The person next to him looked at the noisy crowd that had already left the dock and said, "Dongzi, what they said at the dock just now..."

"It's right to be dissatisfied. Who asked such a large group of us to come to their territory? They can't do anything to us, so they can only say a few words to vent their dissatisfaction."

"That's where they will all go tomorrow..."

"Just go ahead. The location has already been known to others and we can't stop them..."

"Aren't there more boats? What's the point of fishing? There are still so few today. Each person can't get much. All we can do is wait and watch."

"There's nothing we can do about it. We can only hope that there will be more tomorrow, and that the flood season will arrive soon."

When the number is the largest, we can salvage it for a few days and divide it up. When there is no more, there will naturally be no conflicts and we can only find it ourselves. Ye Yaodong thought as optimistically as possible.

"It's really not easy to make money. I told you right. You told me at home that it's not easy to make money this year..."

"You were right. We caught up with the locals before we even started fishing. There were so many boats coming from our town that we couldn't tell them apart from the locals."

“That’s probably what they think.”

Each side felt that the other side brought too many people.

"I'm starving. Let's go back and eat first. We already know that we can fight back if an enemy comes, and we can block the water if an enemy comes. There's nothing we can do about it. We hate them, but they hate us for stealing their resources even more."

Ye Yaodong is a fat man with a broad mind. He had thought of it a long time ago. It was just brought forward. It didn't make much difference. At most, there would be one more local person to share the business, forming a three-way balance of power.

There are not many local trawlers. There are only about 20 to 30 in the evening. Most of them are small wooden boats. There are about 100 to 200 small wooden boats.

This small town is not as prosperous as the towns over there, and the population doesn't seem to be as large as theirs.

Everyone talked as they walked, but they could only curse a few times to vent their dissatisfaction.

After dinner, everyone gathered around Ye Yaodong as usual. In addition to discussing the locals knowing the location, they also asked him if he would not go into the water next.

He just said a few perfunctorily that he had to wait for the jellyfish to pass by. After that, he was the same as everyone else and could do nothing but catch the jellyfish.

The longline fishing lines that I brought back in the evening were also neatly stacked together and placed in a corner of the house. They would just remain there idle until I could take them home.

Chen Jianian came over as usual and talked about the same thing, but after talking about it, there was still no solution and no one could stop it. Now the only thing they could do was to salvage their own things, not interfere with each other and try to minimize conflicts.

Although there are many of them, they are outsiders. They can run away if they get into trouble, but they won't be able to make money. They come out to make money, not to cause trouble.

He also said these words when everyone asked about the small talk, and then he didn't say much more, only telling everyone to go to bed early and get up early tomorrow.

When Ye's father returned to his room, he was still worried, "I probably won't make much money this year..."

"Dad, do you have any misunderstandings about making money? We have already made 1 yuan, and you still say we can't make much money?"

"No, I mean the fellow villagers who followed me out probably won't be able to make much money."

"I've already warned you, but I'm not a god who can predict everything."

"I may have to go back early this year..."

"Don't think about it. It's useless to think about it until the matter comes to hand."

After thinking for a while, Ye Yaodong asked his father again, "Aguo and his friends have been unable to keep up with the main force these days. Their boats can only stay along the coast. Have they gone out to sea these two days?"

"I heard that they didn't go. They just stayed at home. Every evening they went to your elder and second brothers to complain and beg them. Then they went to Ah Sheng. When I went to your elder and second brothers' place earlier, I heard them gloating over their misfortune. They said that the locals knew about it anyway. They would definitely not make any money this year. They would be the same as them. They deserved it."

He pursed his lips, looking disgusted, "Same parents, how come there is such a big difference?"

"The honest ones are destined to be bullied. The honest ones don't fit in with them, so don't bother with them."

"I made such a fuss just to come here and make money, but now I'm lying there," Ye Yaodong said with disgust, "Go to sleep, ignore them, it's better to lie down until I get home."

Father Ye grumbled a few more words, "Fortunately, we have made money, unlike others..."

The next morning, when they gathered at the dock, they found that there seemed to be fewer fishing boats on the dock. There was no need to bring longline fishing today, so everyone came empty-handed and did not need to carry anything on board.

The boatman who was sleeping on the boat and taking shifts said, "Before dawn, I heard several local boats going out to sea. I went out to take a look and heard them say that they would go ahead and guard it."

"Fuck, he scolded the guy next door. How shameless..."

"You secretly followed us yesterday, and now you want to intercept us in advance. How shameless..."

"Let's go quickly so they don't get there first..."

"When it's dark, jellyfish also sink to the bottom of the water."

"But now it's daybreak, we've been beaten to it, so we have to hurry."

Everyone hurriedly got on the boat and then sailed out.

They didn't get up late, they were already at the dock as soon as the day broke. Today was earlier than the previous two days. When there were not many catches in the previous few days, everyone got up a little later. After all, they couldn't catch much if they went earlier.

Fishing boats hurriedly left the shore, and soon the dock was empty, with only small wooden boats left.

Everyone rushed towards the trench with all their might.

Sure enough, when they arrived, there were already more than a dozen fishing boats parked on the sea near the trench, all of which were salvaging jellyfish floating on the sea. As soon as these dozens of boats arrived, they immediately joined in the salvage.

There were still some jellyfish left on the sea surface that had not been cleaned out, but they disappeared in a flash.

All the local fishing boats looked at each other, their mouths moving.

I guess they were cursing, but the fishing boats were far apart, and there were constant sounds of waves and wind, so it was impossible to hear clearly without shouting.

In addition, the jellyfish that were not caught were far away from their fishing boats and out of reach, so there was no conflict.

After the fish was fished out, the scene suddenly became quiet. All the fishing boats stopped on the sea. As it was inconvenient to talk and no one shouted loudly, the situation seemed to be at a stalemate.

After a while, the jellyfish on the sea surface kept popping up like mushrooms after the rain, and their frequency was much more than yesterday. At this time, no one cared about other boats. Everyone stared at the jellyfish popping up on the sea surface, and then rowed towards the ones closest to them to salvage them.

Ye Yaodong specially brought out ten small boats today. Once they arrived at the place, they salvaged the remaining goods, then let them go to the small boats in groups of two, untied the ropes tied behind the big boat, and let them work on the sea on their own.

Ye's father also brought three people to their ship No. 002 to salvage, and several ships acted separately.

"There are really a lot of goods today..."

"Yeah, is that right? Is it the same when you came here last year?"

"When we came here last year, the entire sea was full of fish. It was not like now when they are popping up one by one. The whole sea had been floating on the sea for a long time, just waiting for us to catch them all. We could never catch them all from morning till night."

"Really? So it's still considered a small amount now?"

"Of course, this is just the beginning. They are just popping up one by one. It's nothing compared to last year when they were everywhere and we could get as much as we wanted."

"No wonder, everyone who followed us last year made a fortune of 10,000 yuan, but now they are just like bamboo shoots that have sprouted after the rain, constantly popping up, and they are still not as good as your salvage situation last year."

"It's just that we came earlier this year and there were more boats, so there wasn't enough time for them to accumulate. If they had accumulated for two days, they would definitely be everywhere."

Ye Yaodong listened to the boatmen talking about it, and thought to himself that there was no time to accumulate them now. He would pick up every one that floated up, no matter how big or small. Even their natural enemies, sea turtles, could not be attracted, let alone accumulate them.

Someone nearby also said, "How can we accumulate now? There are so many ships, not enough to share. Don't even think about accumulating."

"Now we can only try to salvage them one by one. Our boat is too big, and a small wooden boat is more flexible. We can row on the sea without paying for gas. Two people working together can salvage a super large jellyfish."

"The quantity is still too small. There's not enough to share. If we grab a few, we'll just have to wait there."

"It's much better than other ships. They still have to search on the sea surface, but we can just wait here. If we are lucky enough to find a few jellyfish floating nearby, we will make a profit..."

Other fishing boats on the sea were also busy there. They would not let go of any fishing boats they saw. He looked at the local fishing boats that had arrived earlier. Everyone on the boats had a big smile on their face. Perhaps today's scene was beyond their expectations.

There were too many people and too little work, so Ye Yaodong was not needed to do any work. He just sat there idly, looking up at the sea, either at the boats or the jellyfish that popped up.

Not long after, he noticed that the number of fishing boats had increased again. Perhaps word of mouth really spread like wildfire.

Only one night had passed, and he estimated that the number of fishing boats on the sea had increased by one-third. The local trawlers were probably all here. Everyone was staring at the sea with golden eyes, and would rush over as soon as they saw a jellyfish emerge. It all depended on who could catch it first.

Some fishing boats kept moving on the sea. After a while, he could not tell which ones were local ones and which ones were fishing boats from their town.

Just then, he saw two boats in front of him that were particularly close to each other, and the people on the boats were hitting each other with hand nets in their hands. In an instant, other people on the boats also poked at each other with bamboo poles.

But after a few hits, they stopped and went back to fishing out to the sea.

Ye Yaodong was holding a telescope, but he was just a step late and didn't see the beginning. He had no idea why the other party stopped fighting halfway and then immediately separated.

However, this seemed to be a signal. Not long after the two boats finished fighting, another fishing boat collided with the other boat, and then they also poked each other with long bamboo poles.

There were three boats next to him. Because of two large jellyfish floating close to each other on the sea, they collided with each other and cursed at each other. After a while, they found out that two of the boats were from Chen Jianian's side and one was local.

So they united again and attacked the locals together. In the end, the locals were not able to be robbed as the two boats each took one of the locals away. They could not defeat two boats, so they could only sail to the side.

"They've started fighting, Adong..."

"I saw……"

It seemed as if everyone was restraining themselves at the beginning and trying not to cause conflicts, but later when they saw that a ship had already initiated a conflict, everyone could no longer suppress their nature. When there were interests to fight for, who would give in?

"Adong, look, that boat just called two other boats over to attack..."

Just as Ye Yaodong turned his head to look, he heard a burst of gunfire not far away. He widened his eyes, looked towards the source of the sound, and said "Fuck".

"Fuck, this is the first day we've been discovered, what are we going to do?"

The fishing boats that were originally entangled in a fight were attracted by the gunshots and stopped, and immediately drove their boats away from each other.

"Whose boats are those?"

"They are from our town and look like locals. They look unfamiliar to me..."

Ye Yaodong put his sunglasses in his chest pocket and held a telescope in his hand, but due to the distance, he still couldn't see the face clearly. However, he could tell from the hat, clothes and the hull that he was not from their village.

"They've already started using guns. What will happen in two days?"

"Maybe in a couple of days, when there are more people, things will get better. We need to scramble for less people..."

He squinted his eyes and looked into the distance again. He didn't know where the gunshots came from. The two boats were now in a stalemate. All the fishing boats on the sea became quieter in an instant. All the fighting stopped and then dispersed. Not all fishing boats had guns on board.

His small wooden boats also tried to get closer to him from a distance. The other boats were about to fight, but their small boat was not strong enough and would capsize after a few more collisions.

Just in case, he also went to the cockpit and took out a few guns and placed them beside him, so that if he needed them suddenly, he wouldn't have to go upstairs to get them, which would delay things. If he had that time, he would probably have been shot to death.

I thought that today was only the first day after the leak and the conflict would not escalate so quickly. I didn’t expect that only two or three hours had passed and there was still most of the day left.

The situation that was originally out of control had calmed down a little, but he always felt that this was the calm before the storm, and the boatmen on the boat also began to get a little nervous.

"It's only been a short while and it's already chaotic. If it gets any later, someone might get killed..."

"Who knows? Fortunately, our ship is big, so no one should dare to mess with us."

"They are so angry that they are in chaos. No one cares about the size of your ship. It's only been a short while since we came out, so everyone is still afraid and the conflict hasn't been too big yet..."

"Everyone should calm down and just salvage what is in front of you."

"Our ship hasn't moved."

Because his Dongsheng consumed a lot of oil, the salvage operation had been ongoing at the same spot, and the ship had not moved at all.

"Well, let's wait and see."

Ye Yaodong wished he had eight eyes so he could look carefully around him to avoid hearing gunshots from somewhere.

He thought that there was nothing to be gained here. It was only the first day. As time went on and the conflicts intensified, wouldn’t several people die every day?
Because of that gunshot, everyone's heart trembled for a moment, and then they were rare to calm down for a few hours.

But as time went by, more and more jellyfish emerged from the sea, just like colorful bubbles. The fishing boats on the sea also moved around with the jellyfish, and from time to time they started colliding, insulting and fighting with each other.

Ye Yaodong couldn't take care of other people. He could only stand on the wheelhouse and look down from high up, staring at his own small boats and his father's side, and occasionally glance at his eldest brother, second brother and a few friends.

He would also take a look at the boats from his own village. He could tell who the fishing boats from his village belonged to just by looking at the hull.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed that an unfamiliar fishing boat was getting very close to the boat his father was driving, and the people bending over to fish were greeting each other with their hand nets.

He suddenly felt something was wrong, so he handed the gun to the other boatmen and told them to act according to the circumstances. Then he climbed into the cockpit and drove towards his father.

Looking down from a high place, he saw that the other party also picked up a bamboo pole, and the bamboo pole was sharpened, and attacked the boatman on his father's side directly. Both sides started fighting with bamboo poles.

Moreover, as the waves surged, the two boats were getting closer and closer. He was very nervous. Knives and guns have no eyes. This sharpened bamboo pole is no different from a gun. It is so sharp that if it really pierces someone, it can go straight into the flesh and kill the person on the spot.

He increased the speed to full throttle, changed direction, and headed straight for the other boat from behind.

All the fishing boats that were originally fighting were knocked to the ground by the shock. In addition, the Dongsheng ship was much larger than the other ship, so it collided directly with it. The raised bow of the ship was nearly two meters high, and it directly pressed on the opponent's rear deck, causing the opponent's bow to be raised as well.

The people on the ship were knocked around so that they didn't know which way was which. And because the bow of the ship was tilted up and the stern was tilted low, everyone slid toward the stern unconsciously and slid directly under the bow of the Dongsheng.

If it weren't for the raised bottom of the bow of the Dongsheng that provided some resistance, all the people would have fallen into the sea.

He drove the Dongsheng backward a bit, and the fishing boat was freed from the suppression and fell back onto the water from its upturned state, with a large area of ​​the rear deck wet by the accumulated sea water.

The people stuck on the rear deck were all soaked like drowned rats, and they all held on to the iron railings of the fishing boat to prevent themselves from being thrown into the water.

Ye Yaodong refused to give in and changed direction. Seeing that his father's boat had taken the opportunity to move to the side, and when it was a little further away, he rammed it again.

With a few splashes, the people who had just stood up after seeing the boat stabilized, but had not yet steady themselves, all fell into the water in an instant.

He then drove the boat towards his father's place nearby and went down on the deck after docking.

Father Ye also wiped his sweat and took off his hat to fan himself, "Dongzi..."

"What happened? I saw that boat was very close to you, and then you started fighting."

"What else could it be? A fight broke out over jellyfish."

The people nearby also said, "It was obviously closer to us, but the people on that boat saw that the jellyfish was as big as a table, so they sabotaged it and refused to let us catch it."

He frowned. "This is so confusing."

"Adong, everyone on that boat over there fell into the water. That boat..."

"It's just a lesson for them. They will be able to climb back on board in no time. Locals, what else do you want? Take his boat away?"

The boatman laughed awkwardly, "Aren't there jellyfish on the boat?"

"It's only been a short while, there aren't that many of them. Besides, after just two collisions, they've already been all over the deck. I guess most of them have fallen back into the sea, or have started to melt into water."

"oh oh……"

Father Ye frowned, "It's not easy. Today is so chaotic... There was already a boat in front of us that collided with us. Then we started talking and found out that it was from our town, so everyone was safe."

"If it were just the two of us, everything would be easy to deal with. We all come from the same place. Now there's a local person mixed in, and he already thinks we're robbing them..."

Ye Yaodong was also very depressed. "I can't do it. It's so chaotic. Everyone is concentrated in this area of ​​the sea. Sooner or later, someone will die."

Just then, two more gunshots were heard, and everyone immediately looked in the direction of the sound.

But they saw that when they were not paying attention, four or five boats collided with each other. They were driving their boats and hitting each other continuously. Everyone had long bamboo poles in their hands and poked each other.

On the sea, fishing boats were all at short distances from each other, so weapons were useless. The most useful thing was a sharpened bamboo pole, which was a must for every boat and was second only to guns in terms of use.

After two gunshots were heard, everyone stopped there again.

Ye Yaodong was very nervous and didn't know if he hit anyone. He found that there were two boats that he was familiar with.

"Dad, that's the boat of Zheng and Xiaoxiao's family. They had a conflict with the locals. I'm going to go over and take a look. You stay here and be careful. Stay with those small wooden boats."

He gave the boatmen some instructions, "Hide well, hold your guns for self-defense. If they don't attack us, then just hide."

Father Ye was worried. "Then you better be careful. Otherwise, don't go. It doesn't look like they've started a fight..."

Ye Yaodong didn't hear the second half of his father's words. He had already hoisted the anchor and walked towards the cockpit.

The frantic fishing boats on the sea suddenly sobered up. As he drove the boat to his friend's place, he looked at his watch. It was just past 12 o'clock. So much trouble had occurred in just half a day. It seemed that he couldn't stay here any longer...

When he got closer, he saw that the people holding guns were A Zheng and Xiao Xiao. They were pointing their guns at the opposite sides, and their words seemed to be threatening them to leave.

The two boats that were originally close to them also quickly followed.

When he arrived, all the fishing boats around them had run away and were far away from them, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

After coming down to the deck, he saw that there were also injured people on their ship. A small area of ​​the deck was stained with blood, and he became worried.

"Are there any casualties?"

Xiao Xiao spat, with a ferocious expression on his face, "Fuck those bastards, I really want to shoot them. Two of them were stabbed in the shoulder and arm. I have to drive back to bandage them."

Ah Zheng also said angrily: "If he hadn't still had some sense, those two gunshots would have been directed at them, and at least one of them would have been killed."

Ye Yaodong breathed a sigh of relief. It would have been fine if he was just injured. There were so many ships and people on the sea. No matter which side had casualties, it would have been a big deal. They would all be seen, and it was impossible to silence all of them.

If they had pointed their guns at people and killed them directly, and if they had not killed the other people on the boat, they would have been the only ones dead when they returned. The best outcome would have been to just run away, and take everyone else with them as well.

"Killing one person is fine, but the worst thing is that you only killed one person and not all of them."

"Damn, this is so unlucky. I just got out and it seems I can't do anything. It's so chaotic." Xiaoxiao cursed continuously, and the gun in his hand knocked against the edge of the boat, making a bang.

"I'm glad everyone is okay. I was afraid they were the ones who fired the shots. If they killed any of you, we wouldn't be able to find out who did it."

When he just came, he had thought that it would be only the two of them who would fire the guns. The locals had not prepared in advance, so there might not be guns on the boat. But for them, who were outsiders, most of the boats had guns prepared.

Moreover, outsiders would also have some concerns. They are still thinking about making money and would not attack people directly, unless they could kill them all and no one would know.

"These people are like crazy people, they grab whatever they see, as if they have never seen anything before."

"They have been upset since yesterday. They feel that such a precious place was not discovered by the locals, but was occupied by us outsiders. Moreover, they saw how much we made last year, but they could do nothing about it."

"Damn it, damn it, fuck his ancestors for eighteen generations, what can he do if he is blind?"

Ye Yaodong frowned, "It's only been half a day and the conflict is already so serious. If it accumulates for another day or two, the gunfire won't stop and we'll have to fight to the death."

"Just kill them and run away."

Xiaoxiao looked at the injured people on the boat and couldn't stop getting angry. One of the injured was his brother, who was usually quite calm. The impulsive one was only A Zheng, and today he seemed even more impulsive than A Zheng.

His other brother advised, "Drive the boat back to the clinic first. It's too chaotic here. Let's leave first."

Ah Zheng looked into the distance and pointed, "There's another fight over there, someone will die sooner or later. Today is just the beginning, no one is that excited..."

(End of this chapter)