Chapter 483 The real culprit who killed my father and brother is found

"Dad, you know that our family is really broke right now. I'm going to the city to meet my relatives, not to abandon you, but so that I can have money to honor you in the future!

You and mom raised me. After mom died of illness, you brought me to this village. Since then, you have been both a father and a mother. I have seen how difficult it was! But in the first few years after we moved to Haoliu Village, our lives did not get better. We even became poorer.

Our little broken boat is probably the most dilapidated boat in the world. We have to go to the county to be repaired every few days.

I still remember five years ago, when I was twenty years old, you and I took that broken boat to the county for repair. At that time, there was another very broken boat being repaired there.

The words "Defu" were written on the boat, and it was also sent there by a father and son to be repaired. There were also people from their village who came to repair the boat together. I learned from their conversation that the father and son were surnamed Liang, the father was called Liang Defu, and the son was called Afeng.

People from their fellow villagers sat there and joked that the Defu was the most dilapidated ship in the entire Chaoyang Town, Changwang Village.

As a result, when our boat was delivered there, the people in the repair shop laughed and said that the Defu was no longer the worst boat, and a worse one had arrived. If your boat was the worst in the town, this one could be the worst in Pengao County!

I was so embarrassed by what they said. I couldn't even raise my head. Is our family going to be poor forever? But that guy named Afeng was really special. He looked two or three years younger than me. No matter how others laughed at his family's shabby boat, he didn't react at all.

I noticed that he would walk to a quiet place from time to time, pull out a small notebook from his clothes like a thief, and read it with fascination. He could actually find time to read secretly!

Of course, I don't love studying as much as he does, but that doesn't mean I don't have ambitions. Dad, I also have ambitions. I have always wanted to fight in my own way, to stand out, to make a lot of money one day, so that our family will no longer have to live in poverty and hardship!

..."

It seems that Tong Wen'an wanted to persuade his father Tong Shichai to give up blocking him from going to the city by using both reason and emotion, so he talked about a series of sad past events.

However, when Liang Ziqiang, who was lying outside, heard this, he was shocked again.

It turns out that Tong Wen'an already knew his father and brother five years ago. At that time, it was 1982.

Of course, they didn't really know each other. They just knew from casual conversation that Liang Defu and Afeng were from Yingwang Village, Chaoyang Town. On the other hand, my father and Afeng probably didn't pay much attention to Tong Shichai and Tong Wen'an. They probably didn't talk to each other and were considered strangers.

In the room, Tong Shichai's expression was also somewhat touched, as if he remembered how difficult the days of poverty were back then.

Tong Wen'an saw how much the starting point had worked, and quickly continued:

"Dad, you know everything that happened later, but I want to talk about it again today, because I almost died in the sea that time, but I only had one thought at that time, I want to live, live to take care of you in your old age! I will never forget that it was four years ago, in July 1983. I think I have learned a truth, you can't make money by earning hard money slowly.

I want to make quick money, so I go to Hong Kong Island. If you are brave enough, you can have a chance there! I already know more than one such example.

I started to go to the dock in Jinhao Town frequently, not to find work, but to look for opportunities.

I know there are some big ships that will transport fish and shrimp directly to Hong Kong Island. I heard that the ships that transport the most fish and shrimp to Hong Kong Island are those under a company called Qingwei Group.

Sometimes, the ships of Qingwei Group would stop at the dock of Jinhao Town to refuel, and sometimes some crew members would come down from the ships to have a midnight snack in the town.

I don't know how many times I waited, but that night, I finally got there, and I succeeded! Taking advantage of their carelessness and the dim light at night, I secretly climbed onto their boat from the dock.

After refueling, the boat set off again towards Hong Kong Island. Do you know where I hid? I got into a big basket! Their boat was full of big baskets, and the strange thing was that each basket was covered with a big winnowing basket.

I opened a large winnowing basket and found that it was empty. I crawled in, squatted down, and then covered my head with the winnowing basket again so that no one could find out that there was someone hiding in the basket.

The basket is really big enough and I have no problem squatting in it. The bamboo is also breathable, so I don’t feel stuffy inside.

I was really excited at that time. Others had to go through a lot of hardships to get to Hong Kong Island, but I didn't expect that I could be on the boat to Hong Kong Island so easily. I just had to be patient and wait until the boat arrived at Hong Kong Island and unloaded fish and shrimps, then I could take advantage of the situation and slip off the boat.

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Outside the house, Liang Ziqiang was surprised again. He didn't expect Tong Wen'an to have found a way to go to Hong Kong Island!

In terms of age, Tong Wen'an is the same as me, born in 1962, and both are 25 this year. But I feel that my experience is a bit inferior! Although I have lived for several decades in two lives, at least I have never been to Hong Kong Island! I am just a little puzzled. Tong Wen'an went to Hong Kong Island, so why did he return to Haoliu Village to breed grouper? Didn't he stay in Hong Kong Island for a long time?

He was lying down now, not showing up, purely out of curiosity, wanting to hear what happened next. With doubt in his mind, he listened to Tong Wen'an continue to speak:

"I stayed still in the basket, not daring to make any noise. Actually, I didn't need to be so careful. The crew members on the boat were all talking loudly, and some were even playing rock-paper-scissors. It was very lively, so who could hear the little noise I was making?

But after listening for a while, I realized something was wrong. From the voices on the boat, I could tell that they were not going to Hong Kong to deliver fish and shrimp. This was clearly a smuggling boat! They went out this time, saying they were delivering fish and shrimp, but in fact they were loading smuggled goods.

The baskets I was hiding from were the ones they used to purchase goods from outside. When the time came, the smuggled goods would be placed in the empty baskets, covered with a winnowing basket, and a layer of fish and shrimps would be placed on the winnowing baskets, making them look like baskets full of fish and shrimps.

I was sweating profusely when I heard this. If I were caught on a smuggling ship, I would lose my life!

The boat sailed for a while, but actually it hadn't gone very far, when suddenly someone outside started to speak loudly, saying something was wrong with the boat. It could still sail for the time being, but I couldn't guarantee that it could make it to Hong Kong Island.

The people on the boat seemed to discuss for a while, and finally decided to return.

They decided to go back to a place called Banjiu Island, because there were fish and shrimp on the boat, as well as those strange baskets covered with dustpans, and they had to put these things back to Banjiu Island before they could take the boat for repairs. Especially the strange baskets, driving it to the repair point was afraid of arousing suspicion.

After a round trip like this, when the boat arrived at Banjiu Island, they said it was already the middle of the night.

I felt the boat approaching the dock of Banjiu Island, but at the same time I also felt that I was doomed. The word death was getting closer and closer to me. When they moved all the empty baskets back to the island, they would definitely find that this basket was very heavy, and then they would find me hiding inside. How could these smugglers let me live? ! Dad, you know, I regretted it at that moment. It didn't matter whether I ran to Hong Kong Island or not. Hiding in the basket, I only had one thought: I would be happy if I could come back alive to see you!

..."

Liang Ziqiang didn't expect that things would take such a sudden turn. Tong Wen'an did not go to Hong Kong Island, but was taken to Banjiu Island.

When he heard the special words "Bunjiu Island", his heart was in his throat.

Tong Wen'an continued:

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"Maybe God wants to spare my life so that I can come back to honor you and take care of you until the end of your life! It was very dark in the middle of the night, and the people on the boat never thought that there would be people hiding on the boat. They were busy and a little chaotic. I still saw the opportunity, lifted the dustpan, slipped out of the basket, and quietly slipped off the boat.

Before getting off the boat, I saw a thin leather tube next to the basket and took one. It was okay at night, but what if someone saw me hiding by the island in the morning? This leather tube might save my life! While it was dark, I didn't dare to stay at the pier in front of the island. I touched the rocks on the edge of the island and walked to the other side of the island.

At daybreak, I stayed in a place that was curved like a sickle. It was very quiet there. Qingyu's ship did not pass by there, and no one came there either. There was only a big tree, a few big reefs, and a lot of pine algae and seaweed under the water. I was temporarily safe.

I thought that no one would come to this place, but I was wrong. I had been hiding there for a long time, and the wind was blowing on the sea. Fortunately, this concave bay could shelter me from the wind. But I just couldn't think of a way to escape from this smuggling island. When I was about to rack my brains, I heard several people running fiercely. They were on the island, but their footsteps were getting closer and closer to me.

I lay on my stomach behind the reef, blocked by the reef, looking towards the island. Unexpectedly, I saw a familiar face with a hooked nose. I had seen this person in newspapers and on TV at the village chief's house. His name was Dai Qingfu, and he was the biggest boss of Qingwei Group.

Since the large ships of the Qingwei Group were secretly engaged in smuggling, Dai Qingfu was of course the biggest smuggling boss.

But what really scared me so much that my feet were shaking in the sea water was that Dai Qingfu and two others were killing people.

They caught up with another person. Dai Qingfu picked up a piece of rope on the ground and watched the man kicking until he was slowly strangled to death in his hands.

Fortunately, there were reefs blocking the way, so they didn’t notice me. They strangled me and carried me away.

I leaned against the rocks and gasped for breath. It felt like I was the one being strangled.

After about ten minutes, I saw a boat approaching on the sea. No matter who they were, I couldn't let them know that I was staying on the island. If they went to the straw hut, it would be fine, but if they came to the sickle bay, I couldn't hide.

The reef is useless. The reef can only prevent people on the island from finding me at a glance, but if someone comes directly to the reef of Sickle Bay, I can't hide.

I had no choice but to slide directly into the sea. At first, I didn't dive in completely, leaving half of my head outside to watch. In those few seconds, I recognized the words "Defu" written on the broken boat on the sea. I also recognized the man standing on the bow. It was Liang Defu from Pomwang Village who I had seen in the repair shop.

At first Liang Defu didn't pay much attention to this side, but then somehow he turned around and drove towards me.

I panicked and didn't even dare to show half of my head near the reef. I dived directly to the place with the most seaweed and pine algae.

Fortunately, when I got off the smuggling boat, I touched a leather tube in my hand, which really helped me a lot and saved my life! I hid in the seaweed and pine algae under the water. In order to avoid suffocation, I held the thin and long leather tube in my mouth. The other end of the leather tube was exposed a little bit above the water surface, but the exposed part was also covered by some floating seaweed.

In this way, even if they stopped the boat next to the reef, they would never have imagined that there was a person hiding in the pine algae and seaweed under the water.

The strange thing is that water can't block out sound. The father and his two sons couldn't see me on the boat, but I could hear their voices talking underwater!

I didn’t know how long Liang Defu and the other two would stay here. Although I didn’t suffocate with the tube in my mouth, it was really uncomfortable. Dad, I really didn’t know if I could escape and come back home alive…”

Tong Wen'an was still talking about how he had gone through hardships and almost died in order to give his father a good life.

Outside the woodshed, Liang Ziqiang's world suddenly became quiet, the kind of silence that made him feel suffocated...

(End of this chapter)