Chapter 1105 Thinking of a Solution
The more Ye Yaodong thought about it, the angrier he became. He knocked the boat's edge with the stick in his hand.
"What did I say when I came out? If you want to follow me, follow me. I won't care if you follow me. I have no obligation to help you make money. You will be responsible for your own safety after you come out. I won't care about you. You are not my ancestors. Did I promise you that you will make money?"
"Get to know the situation. I didn't guarantee that I would make money. It's not that easy to make a lot of money by grabbing other people's resources in other people's places."
"Don't just complain when the time comes. If you make money, will you give me half? It's so funny. Don't talk nonsense here. If you are afraid of death, go back now. No one will stop you."
Everyone was quiet for a while after listening to his scolding. Then there were young and energetic people pointing sticks at him and shouting: "Why did everyone follow you out and believe that you can help us make money..."
"My boat is gone. Who can I find to accompany me and reason with me? I followed you out. Who else can I find if not you?"
"Ji Ba, you followed me by yourself. I didn't ask you to follow me. Are you three-year-old children? Your boat is gone. It's your own problem."
"You didn't even get on your own boat, so you're not ashamed to say that you're on someone else's boat?"
Other people close to Ye Yaodong also helped out, saying, "Don't argue. We all came here voluntarily, thinking of giving it a try. We knew the risks in advance. Who can we blame for this? No one wants to see this situation."
"You're not a child. Who can force you to come?"
"Did Dongzi take your money? Do you have to promise you?"
"No one wants casualties. Since we just got here, we must be mentally prepared for casualties. We're just taken away by the police. We didn't hurt anyone. It was the locals who attacked us. What are we afraid of?"
"That's right. Nothing happened. We just cried like this after being caught. What if we died?"
"No matter what, there are those people in the town to take the blame. What are we afraid of?"
"Now you're talking about blaming others. Blame a few. Is there anyone who puts a knife to your neck and asks you to follow?"
Several friends of Ye Yaodong are young and strong. They are also agile and can run faster. They are all here at this time.
There were also a few older people who helped out and said, "Go back to your own boats first and check how many people are missing. It's hard to count them if we don't put them back."
"Let's check how many people are missing first, and then we can decide what to do. There's no point in arguing now, and it's useless."
"Yeah, stop arguing, we're also implicated. Don't Adong and Aguang know police officers? Go talk to them and see if they can get the people released, or else it'll cost you some money."
"That's right, they know people, they have connections, let's confirm the number of people missing first."
Everyone tried to smooth things over, and the other people who were originally emotionally agitated immediately sobered up and remembered that they had connections, so they could go back to the town to ask and inquire, and there was still room for negotiation.
"Yes, we didn't do anything. If we catch them, they will definitely be released soon. Don't worry..."
"The boat will come closer..."
After everyone calmed down, they immediately looked for boats on the sea, and then called their names. Everyone returned to their positions on which boat they were on.
In the dark night, people were dim. Everyone only knew that there were fewer people on their own boat and more people. They didn't know whether the fewer people were on other boats. Now they returned to their positions and found that the fewer people were less than expected.
Everyone also counted the people on each boat again. Some boats had intact personnel, some boats had all personnel detained, and some boats had people on but the boats were gone.
There were nearly a hundred people in total, and about 30 were missing. Half of the fishing boats were missing and didn't have time to leave. As for the small boats, except for Ye Yaodong's small wooden boat that had been fixed behind the big boat, all of them were taken along.
All the other small wooden boats were destroyed and they didn't have time to get out. In the panic of the night, no one could identify them carefully. Seeing that everyone was climbing onto the big fishing boat, they basically followed and climbed onto the nearest fishing boat.
Anyway, as long as you get on the fishing boat, you are half safe.
"Ah, these guys are from the town, they are not in the same group with us."
"I have two strangers here too..."
"So there are 36 people missing... 15 more from the town..."
"When they were fighting at the dock, we saw that the situation was not good, so we ran away first. We were working directly, and then we saw you sneaking away, so we followed you..."
"Although we are not from the same village, we are all from the same place..."
"Yes, yes, you take us with you, we will pay the boat fare or work for you, just take us to the town when you go back..."
"Yes, yes, we can't just stand by and watch them die. The fight is also a conflict with the locals, we have no conflict..."
Some people from Chen Jianian's side took advantage of the situation and squeezed into their team, wanting to run with them. After everyone took their positions, they found that there were so many strangers.
Just now, these people were silent. They thought they were relatives from other villages called by other fishing boats, so they were unfamiliar. Also, because everyone who just came out was in a bad mood, they didn't ask much. It turned out that they were the remnants of the group of people in their town.
"It's all because of you guys, otherwise we are all fine..."
"That's right, if you hadn't fought with the locals like that, we wouldn't have to run away, and half of us would have been caught..."
The group of people who were just emotional seemed to have a vent again, pointing at the group of people from the town and cursing.
And these people were also worried about angering the public. After a few words of defense, they saw that they cursed more fiercely, so they didn't dare to say more, fearing that everyone would get angry and throw all of them into the sea to vent their anger. Then it would really be a disaster.
"Okay, we are all on the boat, and those who should be arrested have been arrested. These are the ones who ran away early."
"Since it's like this, let's all stay here. It's so late, and there's nowhere to go on the sea. What should we do after we dock? We'll come up with a plan later."
"What should we do now? Some of the luggage was just left on the dock..."
"Just find a deserted island to dock, and sleep on the boat at night. Each boat will solve it on its own."
"What the hell, what's going on..."
"I didn't make any money, but I got into trouble." "I'm a slut, and I've lost half of my people. What should I do when I go back..."
"Oh, I'm so annoyed. How can I explain..."
"Adong, what do you say? Don't you know someone and have a way?"
Ye Yaodong crossed his hands in front of his chest and sneered, "Aren't you very capable? You just scolded me so fiercely. What happened to you is none of my business. I don't owe you anything. If someone on your own ship is missing, you are responsible for it yourself. I am only responsible for the people I invited."
After saying that, he turned around and went up to the wheelhouse, then entered the cockpit and started the boat again.
Others saw him turn around and leave, but they didn't know what to do.
Although he was young, to be honest, everyone was willing to believe him and follow him out because they saw him making a lot of money for two consecutive years. He was the backbone of everyone.
Now he just turned his face away, everyone was really afraid that he would not care. Dozens of people were arrested. If he really didn't care and just returned to the village, they would not be able to explain.
Others didn't have any ability or methods. Everyone was counting on him to have some way to rescue people.
"What's so great about him..."
"Stop arguing, he is awesome, we all have to rely on him, otherwise how can we rely on you?"
"You..."
"Okay, can't we talk about it nicely? It's not Adong's fault for being so aggressive. If there is any responsibility, it's the people in the town who caused it..."
"Everyone, please talk nicely. Old Ye doesn't seem to be on the boat. Adong seemed to be looking for his father just now. He will definitely not ignore it..."
"Yes, he can ignore us, but he can't ignore his father. He will definitely have a way. Let's just follow him. Don't get excited, don't make him angry..."
"Ah, he left, hurry up and catch up..."
A bunch of boats were gathered there. Just after a few words of discussion, they saw the Dongsheng start to leave directly. They quickly distanced themselves from the other boats and started to catch up.
Ye Yaodong looked at the bunch of boats behind him, but he didn't care. Instead, he paid attention to the route. He planned to go to the next prefecture-level city. His father was not found, and it was likely that he was arrested.
Being arrested is safe, at least he doesn't have to be attacked by angry locals, but he has to find a way to rescue them.
There is also a group of villagers who were arrested. They said they don't care and it's none of their business, but, alas, they have to rescue as many as they can within their power. After all, they are all innocent, and some are relatives.
I just counted them. In addition to his father, Uncle Jingye is not there, even the boat is gone, his little brother is also missing, and there are 7 boatmen on his boat, and two cousins are also missing.
They are all relatives and friends in a roundabout way. If they really don't care about anything, they will still make trouble when they go back.
At the first moment of the incident, he had already thought of the big guy who was rescued from the sea last year. How could he expect a small policeman like Yang Guoan to do it?
They are not his bread and butter, so how can they care about everything?
This matter also involves a gunfight, and it is unknown how many people died. There must be a lot of deaths to make such a big fuss. How can a small policeman have a say?
Now we can only hope for Zeng Weimin who was rescued last year. Let's see if there is any way. He is the director of the Coast Guard Bureau and he is from Beijing. He must be powerful. Yesterday's gunfight must have involved the Coast Guard Bureau.
It seems that the town is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city next to it. Now we can only beg him. It shouldn't be transferred in a year.
But it's a bit too late now. The prefecture-level city next to it is not far away. It's just right to drive the boat to the dock over there, rest for a night, and call the next day. He has memorized the number by heart.
He had an idea in mind, but others had no idea, and he ran so fast, as if he really wanted to leave the others behind. Everyone panicked and could only drive at full speed for fear of being thrown away.
Fortunately, Ye Yaodong was towing a bunch of boats behind him, and the speed was also affected, so everyone could still keep up.
However, some people regretted their just-made trouble. They had not thought that he had a relationship. If they had thought of it earlier, they would definitely not say those words.
A bunch of fishing boats could only follow desperately behind to catch up, and only the Harvest could connect with him and ask a few questions about his plans.
Father Pei also tried to comfort him, "Everyone was just a little excited in a hurry. So many people were missing from the boats all of a sudden. Whether they were from our boat or not, in general, a large group of people went out together. If so many people were missing, no one would be able to explain it when they returned."
"It wasn't intentional. I was just in a bad mood. Don't take it to heart. I know you're in a bad mood too. No one is happy that the in-laws didn't get on the boat, but since they're gone, we have to find a way to get them out. It's definitely not okay to just go back like this."
"Now that so many people are gone all of a sudden, it must be very difficult to get them out. If we can't get so many people out, we have to try our best to get those close to us out, even if it costs a lot of money."
A Guang also chimed in, "Let's not bother with these people. It's all like this. If there's money to be made, they'll worship you as their ancestors. If something really happens, they'll just scold you. louder than anyone else. "
"I seemed to have seen our father get on the boat earlier, and I thought he had climbed onto someone else's boat in a panic. Now it seems that either I was dazzled or the boat he was on was detained before it could get out in time."
"Can we spend some money and give a gift to Yang Guoan? We can't save too many, so we can just save a few of our own family members."
"After all, we didn't do anything. We just thought that if something went wrong, we would go to another place to fish. We didn't do anything illegal."
Father Pei interrupted, "Let's drive the boat slower first. I see that the distance behind is quite far, and it's impossible to really abandon them all... It's so late now, let's find an island to dock first, sleep for a night, and then get together at dawn tomorrow to discuss countermeasures."
Ye Yaodong also slowed down, took a long breath, and then told his plan.
Father Pei and A Guang also put their hearts back.
"You are really successful..."
"It has nothing to do with success or not, it's just that you are lucky."
"No, you are really successful. So many people are relying on you. How can ordinary people have such a fate? How can they have such a way? They have nowhere to turn to. Even the courage to run away is given by others. You have fought for it yourself. That's why so many people are willing to follow you this year. Even if you don't care about anything, they still want to try their luck."
A Guang also said enviously: "Dongzi's luck is really incomparable to ordinary people. It's really amazing. He has connections wherever he goes. If he doesn't have any, he can temporarily climb up."
"If you really have such strong luck, you won't encounter this. Let's talk about it after we dock. Let's go to the nearby prefecture-level city first."
"Okay, I understand. Knowing that you have made plans, we are relieved."
After Ye Yaodong cut the line, his mood became more stable. He also went out to the wheelhouse and shouted to the boatmen on the deck below, asking them to cook first.
After all the trouble in the evening, they didn't have time to eat dinner. Then they heard about the accident. Because they didn't finish dinner until after 2 o'clock in the afternoon, they also asked them to cook dinner later.
There was no time to eat later. Before leaving, everyone put the food in the basket and prepared to eat it after carrying it to the boat. Later, all the food was left at the dock, which was a big bargain.
The prefecture-level city next door was not far away. Before the food was ready, they had already found a dock.
The fishing boats that had been following behind him didn't know his plan at all, so they could only follow blindly. After seeing that they had docked at a new dock, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. If they stopped, they could communicate again.
As soon as he parked the boat and tied the rope, a fishing boat immediately drove in, docked beside him, and then couldn't wait to shout at him.
"Adong, is this the dock of a nearby town? Is it safe to park here? Will the people here also arrest us after hearing about what happened in the evening?"
"Did we commit a crime? So the people here want to arrest us too?" Ye Yaodong asked angrily.
The person asking the question was speechless for a moment.
"We didn't commit a crime, so why did the police arrest us before?"
What a fool!
Ye Yaodong cursed in his heart, turned around and went to eat first, and cursed behind him.
"Are you stupid, or are you stupid? We were implicated, and then the locals wouldn't let us leave, and then we were arrested together."
"Then we won't leave..."
"If we don't leave, the locals will vent their anger directly, and if we're lucky, we'll be arrested together and taken to the police station for questioning. It's easy to get in, but who knows when we'll get out? Are you stupid? You're still asking such questions..."
Ye Yaodong went to eat first. After the other boats docked, they were busy with dinner. The captains also climbed onto his boat and asked him for advice.
Some boatmen who were concerned about their relatives also climbed over.
Soon, their boat was full of people and all surrounded them who were eating.
They were still asking questions before, but now they all knew they were in a hurry.
"What's the hurry? You want to rob a prison in the middle of the night? You have to eat enough and have enough strength to rob a prison." He said vaguely with food in his mouth, and he didn't tell them.
"Then should we wait until tomorrow morning and call the police you know?"
"Do we have to go back to town?"
He looked at them like idiots, "A lot of people are still being held in the town's police station, don't we need to go back?"
"Then...will those locals attack us again..."
"I must have thought of a way to make peace with them before going back..."
Ye Yaodong couldn't complain, so he let them argue and ate his food. Although he had lunch late, it was already past 8 o'clock and he was already starving.
People are made of iron and food is made of steel. If you don't eat for a meal, you will be hungry. Anyway, there is already a way to rescue his father. A Guang also said that he seemed to have seen his father on another boat, so he probably wasn't beaten to death. He was not so worried.
There was still a large group of people to deal with, so he had to fill his stomach first, so he let them wait.
The people on the boat were talking about it, but no one dared to urge him to eat. They only dared to ask him a lot of questions, but they didn't dare to scold him when he didn't answer. They could only discuss with the people around them.
After the people on other boats also called for dinner, there were fewer people on the boat.
The two brothers Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also found an opportunity to squeeze over and talk.
"Dongzi, didn't Dad always stay with you? How could he be gone?"
"What do you mean gone? Are you questioning me?" Ye Yaodong glanced at his eldest brother.
"No... I'm just worried that Dad was beaten up and then arrested?"
"Isn't it obvious? Of course, those who didn't get on the boat stayed at the dock, and they must have been taken away by the police."
Seeing him speak so aggressively, Ye Yaohua quickly tried to smooth things over, "Brother didn't mean that. He was just worried about Dad and wanted to ask if you had any ideas. You know the police there, so let's call and ask about the situation tomorrow."
"That's what I planned, so there's no point in being anxious now. We have to wait until dawn to call and ask, and then we can know the result and what to do."
Xiao Xiao also said, "A bunch of idiots kept asking questions there. I told them that they had to wait until dawn to contact people and know what to do. They all refused to believe it and had to squeeze over to listen to you."
Ah Zheng Ye comforted the people who were still on the boat, "Everyone, go away. Dongzi said that everyone should sleep peacefully tonight. We can contact people tomorrow to know what we should do to release the people, and we can make plans. It's useless to say a lot and ask a lot now. It's dark and we have nowhere to ask people."
"That's right. It's useless to say it here. We have to wait until dawn to ask people before we can know..."
"Then go away first. It's good to have connections and places to ask. I'm afraid that if there is no place to ask, it will be useless to cry to the sky and the earth."
"Okay, okay, then everyone goes back to their own boats first. When they ask tomorrow, we will discuss what to do."
"Go back. It's been a messy night..."
After a while, the people on the boat also crawled away, running around to tell each other, leaving only a few close and good people.
"Adong, do you think we can get our boat back..."
"We haven't earned the money yet, but we've already lost the boat. We've lost everything..."
"You're asking me now, how do I know? I'm not in charge of the Public Security Bureau. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
The cousins stopped asking after hearing this. They could only suppress their anxiety. They had to wait until tomorrow to talk about it.
Ye Yaodong was also very upset. They all came to ask him, how did he know?
Can he guarantee that they will all be returned to them, and can he guarantee that everyone will be released?
Ye Yaohua also whispered at this time: "Fortunately, before leaving, I agreed with Aguo and the others that we would not charge any money. Whatever happened after we came here would have nothing to do with us."
Ye Yaodong glanced at him and shook his head.
It's useless not to charge money. If the people were not released, they would have to smash their two families when they returned.
"You should also go back to eat quickly, and rest early after eating."
Everyone agreed. It would be useless to stay here now. After a good sleep, they could make plans tomorrow.
After dinner, Ye Yaodong let them arrange their own sleep. After all, he had so many boats, so he went back to the cabin and lay down on his own bed.
There was a lot of noise around, and everyone was concerned about whether the people could be released. The occasional sound of the waves could cover it up a little. As time passed, the surrounding sounds gradually died down.
Although there was no roar of the machine, Ye Yaodong didn't sleep much. He was half asleep and half awake thinking about this matter, and also thinking about the subsequent solutions. He thought of several plans, and finally thought of everyone being happy to release all the people.
From constantly turning over to the light sleep later, he woke up again when he heard the intermittent sounds from the dock.
He got up and looked. It was still dark outside, but there were already many fishing boats on the shore preparing to go out to sea. Flashlights were waking around, and they were all carrying things, and the noise was getting louder and louder.
Everyone noticed that there were many more fishing boats on the shore, and they were all muttering there, where did so many boats come from, and why so many people were sleeping on the boats.
What happened in the evening hadn't spread so quickly. It was all because of the bad road and slow news transmission, unlike the future network.
However, these fishermen were in a hurry to go out to sea. Although they were confused, they only discussed a few words and then planned to put this matter aside for the time being. They could ask again when they came back. After carrying the baskets and supplies, they sailed away.
Ye Yaodong also used the light of their shaking flashlights to check the time. It was only 4 o'clock. It was still early to go to work at 8:30 in the morning, so he went back to bed and continued to lie down.
Some boatmen who were woken up also asked him what time it was. He told them and asked them to continue to sleep peacefully. They had to wait until work time to call.
However, it was impossible to sleep well next time. As the sky gradually brightened, the noise on the dock became louder and louder.
It reached its peak at dawn. All of them were fishing boats going out to sea to catch jellyfish. Everyone was talking about jellyfish there, and they were also talking about their boats, pointing at other boatmen sleeping on the deck.
And their villagers also got up when the sky was bright. In addition to busying themselves with breakfast, they were all waiting for him there.
As soon as he walked out of the cabin, a bunch of people looked at him.
"A Dong, when are you going to call?"
"Wait until work time. It's still early now. Those who need to fetch water should fetch water, those who need to prepare food should prepare food, and the fresh water resources on the ship should be replenished first."
"Okay, okay..."
"Dongzi, are you sure?"
"Have you thought about what to do?"
Ye Yaodong frowned, watching the people close to him with black eyes, and he couldn't help but scold them.
"What else can I do? I can only call. I can only say that I will try my best. I dare not say whether I am sure or not. I will know later. There is no point in asking like this now. I know everyone is worried about this matter, but you have to be patient."
"Then wait a little longer..."