Chapter 294 Family Heirloom

Father Ye frowned and watched him running down the mountain in a hurry. He looked behind him in confusion, "What are you doing? Why did you go so long? You didn't even answer after being called for a long time?"

Ye Yaodong touched his pocket and felt that it was better not to tell his father. He was already old and there was no need for him to worry about it.

If there really is a gold mine here, it's not something they can get involved in. There's no point in talking about it. Moreover, the mountain is not small, so they can't look for it.

It was luck to accidentally dig up two pieces. It may have been washed away by rain, so the first gold nugget in the shape of a poodle emerged from the soil surface.

He thinks this is a blessing, but he should not be too greedy. Greed can easily reduce the blessing, and nugget gold is not something that can be found in the streets. Looking for it in the mountains is like finding a needle in a haystack.

"I fell down and it hurt a little, so I sat down to relax."

Father Ye also saw dirt on his body and hands and believed him, "Be careful, you are such an adult and you still fall when you walk. Go to the boat and eat rice cakes. Fortunately, the rice cakes are boiled and will not burn."

He nodded and washed his hands with sea water before getting on the boat.

The two pieces of nugget gold were heavy and full of weight. Fortunately, his pockets were big enough.

After having a simple breakfast, they felt a little disappointed when they saw that the reef in the distance remained unchanged and was still about 1 meter above the water.

"Go over and have a look. If you don't gain anything, forget it."

"Um."

Ye Yaodong nodded and slowly drove the boat over. However, the reef still retained the same appearance as when they hooked the abalone before, neither floating nor sinking.

"That should be it, right?"

"It's a pity. There should be a lot of abalone on the reef below, and there must be a lot of little green dragons as well."

Ye Yaodong shrugged, "It's a pity that it's useless. It's not suitable to go into the water now. Come back when the weather gets hot. I'll dive in and take a look."

He bought his diving equipment a long time ago, but the cold weather has never put it to use. The reef here is a treasure. When the weather warms up, he can come back here to test the water for the first time.

"Let's go then. We can drag a few more nets. Don't waste any more time here."

He nodded and sailed the boat away from the reef. After getting some distance away, Father Ye slowly lowered the finished fishing net.

With the help of the current, the sea quickly "sucked" the trawl net in.

All day long, fishing boats were operating in this area, and from time to time, other fishing boats were seen operating, so everyone did not interfere with each other.

But just as they were preparing to return after releasing the last net, a boat over 20 years old came at a steady speed in the distance, with a smaller boat pulling behind the big boat.

He looked up and saw that only one person on the boat was still standing and sailing, while three others were lying huddled on the deck.

He wondered if there was an enmity and the people in the boat were beaten? The boat was towed? That boat looks familiar?

There were a lot of people on the big boat. There were four or five young adults standing there. It looked like they were not from the villages around them.

He was wondering whose boat it was, and for a moment he didn't notice that his trawl net had a "close contact" with the trawl nets of these two fishing boats. By the time he realized it, it was too late.

“Damn it, my network is ruined, now I’m in trouble.”….

Ye's father had also been paying attention to big ships just now. The law of the jungle also applies to the sea, and it is common for big ships to bully small boats. Therefore, when encountering a fishing boat larger than himself, he would usually stay away from it.

It was also because the big boat was dragging the small boat that they didn't move and looked at it a few more times.

"How could you be so careless... Now we're in trouble..." Father Ye trotted all the way on the boat, hurriedly preparing to close the net.

"I was looking at which village they were from. The boat looked familiar, and I didn't know where it was being towed."

"I didn't see any faces, but the small boat belongs to Lan Zhengping, and the big boat belongs to Luzhou Island. The people in Luzhou Island are fierce and aggressive. They love to bully small boats to grab fishing nets and machines. Last year, Dongqiao Village came to us. All the boats in the village were towed away.”

Father Ye didn't see anyone clearly when the two boats passed by just now, but he recognized the boats. There were paint marks on the hulls.

Luzhou Island is at the very edge of the town, surrounded by water on three sides and water on the other side. There is a small road to get to the island.

“The family building the house next to me?”

"Yes, just go back later and inform their family to find someone on Luzhou Island."

"They're so unlucky."

"You will inevitably encounter them if you go to sea for a long time. Drag the fishing net up first."

The father and son worked together to slowly drag various parts of the trawl out of the water section by section. If any parts were tangled, he cut them off with a kitchen knife and asked his father to grab the tow rope while he tied up the trawl net.

Without the help of machines, they all relied on manual operations to collect and organize the fishing nets section by section. The whole process was long and arduous.

This small inadvertent oversight caused them to work non-stop for more than an hour, and the last net was in vain.

After all the fishing nets were collected, he gave them to his father to straighten, and he went to sail back.

Counting today, I only made 3 nets, and the last net was wasted and the nets were broken, but the harvest was not bad.

There were 3 baskets of crabs, two baskets of shrimps, and 4 baskets of fish of various sizes.

When he came ashore, he saw Lan Zhengping's wife waiting for the fishing boat to dock. He quickly reminded: "Aunt Lan, it seems that uncle's boat was towed away by people from Luzhou Island?"

"What?" she exclaimed, slapping her thighs, "Are you okay? Oh, the people from Luzhou Island who killed a thousand swords are dying, and they dragged away our ship. They are all pirates, evil spirits, stealing things and moving them. Forget it, the machine even towed our boat away..."

Ye Yaodong interrupted Aunt Lan's shouting and yelling, "The person was beaten. We don't know the specific circumstances. He just saw it when he passed by us. You should go back and call someone. Let's go to Luzhou Island to find someone."

"Yes, hurry up and call more people and ask a tractor to deliver it. It's almost dark..."

"Those people are not human beings. The more people shout, the more people..."

"The people of Luzhou Island used to be pirates, so bad..."

"Why aren't those pirates dead? Why are they still causing harm to people every day? You bastards. The whole family is like dogs..." She cursed well and walked back in a hurry.

The villagers on the shore were also discussing. In the past, whenever they encountered a boat from Luzhou Island, as long as the boat was smaller than theirs, they would be bullied. Even if the fish harvesting machine was moved away, the people would still be beaten, and even Deliberately dragging people and boats with them. ….

Fortunately, if someone sees it, they can immediately go and retrieve the person and the boat. If no one sees it, it will take a day or two for him to come back.

Mother Ye asked with concern: "Are you okay if we run into each other?"

"We happened to be trawling, and the fishing nets were messed up by them when we passed by. We will take them back to repair them when we get back."

"That's okay. It's just that the fishing net is broken. You can bring it back later and mend it for me. Next time you encounter a big boat, just avoid it to avoid trouble."

"You don't have to tell me, hurry up and help sort. I only made 3 nets today..." Father Ye muttered.

"Ah? Why is there still half a basket of abalone?" Mother Ye glanced around and was surprised when she saw the abalone. She said happily again, "Where was it dug from the reef? Did it rise again?"

They had only dug abalone there, so she couldn't bear to think too much about it.

"Only about 1 meter was exposed. Maybe it was at low tide and the water level was low. It was only less than 20 kilograms. It can be regarded as compensation for the loss of the last net."

He dug up two pieces of nugget gold and left. Afterwards, he thought about it. It may not be that the reef has risen again, but it should be the rise and fall of the tide.

It was low tide when they met in the morning. After the tide reaches the bottom, it will last for a while before rising again.

That's why the reef was opened a little bit. Otherwise, if it had been exposed there, the abalone would have been burned to death long ago and couldn't wait for them to dig it.

"Then go over and have a look next time you pass by. Maybe you can pick up some."

"talk later……"

As they talked, they lifted the sorted goods off the boat first. At this moment, fishing boats were coming in one after another, and they had to queue up for weighing.

While waiting, everyone was talking about today's harvest, how Lan Zhengping and his son met the people from Luzhou Island, and they kept asking Ye Yaodong and Ye's father.

Ye Yaodong was eager to return home and was in no mood to talk. Father Ye was there to talk to everyone.

After he finished selling the goods, he hurried home. Before he reached the door, he heard two children running home happily and shouting: "Mom, dad is back~"

He smiled and walked faster and faster...

When she entered the room, Lin Xiuqing was taking bowls of food out of the pot. When she saw him coming in, she turned around with a smile and said, "Go and wash your hands and eat."

"good."

He said yes, but he went into the house first.

Lin Xiuqing followed in confusion, only to see him take out two large golden stones from his pocket.

"What is this? How come you always bring back some weird things."

"Shh, put it away first."

Lin Xiuqing curiously held it in her hand and weighed it, "It's quite heavy. What kind of stone is this? Why is it as golden as gold?"

"This is nugget, an ore."

"Why did you pick it up? Can you sell it for money?"

"Yes, it's very valuable. You can keep it first and then sell it when you are short of money."

Lin Xiuqing's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Really? Is it just gold? Such a large piece can be worth a lot of money. Where did you dig it? Or fish it out of the sea."

"It's not gold, but there may be gold mines where it appears."

Lin Xiuqing's hand holding the gold nugget trembled and she almost dropped it. She was so surprised that she couldn't speak, "Gold...gold mine? Then...what should we do...should we hand it over?"

"There are two. If necessary, you can sell one and keep the other. As for handing it over, wait until later. It's not safe now."

The baby in her belly has not yet been born. Turning it over may not save her life. It is not a system. If it is discovered, it may force her to die, which is not worth the gain.

Just have it in hand first, and later it depends on the situation before handing it over. It’s never too late to hand over this kind of thing.

"Is it okay to sell it?"

"It's okay. If you pick it up, it's mine. We don't touch gold mines, and we don't have the ability."

Then she can rest assured that they are just ordinary people and cannot do anything illegal.

"Put it away first. This gold nugget has a good meaning. Keep it if you can."

She smiled and said, "Okay, let's keep it as a family heirloom."

"Not bad.".

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