Seven signed his name and pressed his fingerprint on the notebook, and the two comrades who were helping asked him strangely.

"Why are you making a little kid put his fingerprint on this? That's not right."

"What do you know? These are the rules. The captain of their ship is this little brat."

Old Li smugly put the notebook away, while the other two stared wide-eyed.

"What? Such a small child is going out to sea? They're going too far."

"Don't meddle in other people's business."

Old Li didn't care about any of that. He knew that this kid was incredibly lucky. Whenever the kid went out to sea, he never came back empty-handed, and he always brought back high-priced fish.

Look at this, today's work points have reached a new high of 8,000 jin, with each jin measuring four centimeters. That's it.

Even if you remove 1% from them, there's still some.

Then deduct the 5,000 jin that was paid to the collective.

Everyone gasped in shock.

This little brat can earn 6400 all by himself.

If the rest were distributed among everyone, just thinking about it would make people's eyes turn red with envy.

Qi Zai calculated that each person could get more than 1,000 points.

If we calculate it this way, then I've made a fortune today. I can get 7400 points, which is 12 cents per work point.

It cost over 900 yuan, and this was my first trip.

Seven pursed his lips happily.

The people who had just been working were now full of energy; they had never heard of anyone earning more than 1,000 points a day before.

The total comes to a little over 100 yuan.

Right now, these people are so eager to throw Qi Zai into the air; he's their biggest source of wealth.

If it weren't for this kid saying he wanted to go online, who would dare to go online there?

Everyone was overjoyed and hurriedly replaced the tattered net on the boat with a new one for their families.

Let's strike while the iron is hot and try to make some more money; who knows, we might be able to get a few hundred more work points.

Just then, the four people who had just been regretting it felt like their teeth were aching.

If we had known they would lend a hand earlier, we wouldn't have felt comfortable not giving them some work now.

But what can we do now? The words have already been spoken, and over 1000 points are worth more than 100 yuan. Who wouldn't feel their heart bleeding?

Liang Qingyou winked at his wife; he had been discussing this matter with her for quite some time.

Knowing that her husband had gone to sea and caught nothing, his shrewish wife immediately jumped out.

"etc!"

When Uncle Wu saw that it was Liang Qingyou's wife, he frowned. Everyone knew that Liang Qingyou's wife was the most notorious shrew in the whole village.

Although Liang Qingyou had a good reputation in the village, almost no one dared to mess with him because of his wife.

If Liang Qingyou hadn't come to him for help, he wouldn't have added this person to the list, since he had quite a few troubles behind him.

"Qingyou, wife, what are you doing?"

"Fifth Uncle, we need to talk this over. My husband went out to sea, so why didn't he get any work points this time?"

Upon hearing this, the onlookers immediately asked...

"Yeah, we're all in the same boat, why not divide the work among ourselves?"

"Fifth Uncle, what are you doing?"

"Now that they've made money, they've become arrogant and are even taking advantage of the situation, robbing their own neighbors in the same village."

The production team leader said with a stern face.

"Fifth brother, what's going on?"

You're all in the same boat, like grasshoppers on the same rope. We share the same fate, and we all suffer together. How come you're excluding others from this group?

I heard there are no work points, so what's the point of this?

You are all landlords and rich peasants, exploiting others.

"They're treating people like long-term laborers, making them work for free without even giving them work points. Why should they get any?"

Some people had been envious for a while, and now that they heard this, everyone jumped out to speak up.

Liang Qingyou's wife said proudly,

"Fifth Uncle, I know you're not that kind of person. This must be a misunderstanding."

Just give our family the work points that are rightfully ours, and everything will be fine. My husband will still go out to sea with you.

But if you don't count work points, everyone's eyes are sharp. Everyone should open their eyes and see for themselves how Uncle Wu and his gang are exploiting people.

Liang Qingyou hurriedly stepped forward.

"Fifth Uncle, look, this is all my fault. I didn't keep my wife in check."

What are you doing here, you old woman, making a scene?

"What nonsense are you talking about? You went out for a bit and now you're back to work!"

Why shouldn't they give you a share of the work? They're going too far."

"Just because you don't say it doesn't mean I won't. What? You went out and worked all day, and now you want your whole family to starve? Let me tell you, we're not doing that."

If you're worried about relationships and won't say anything, why shouldn't I? Are you suggesting the whole family should be kept quiet?

The couple were working together, one playing the bad cop and the other the good cop.

"That's what the production team leader said."

"Fifth Brother, you have to handle this matter well. If you don't, I'll punish you by forbidding you from going out to sea."

The main problem is that their boat attracts too much attention when it goes out, and even the production team leader can't help but feel jealous.

"Captain, fellow villagers, we are all from the same village, and we must make this matter clear today."

"Xiao Liang, what exactly happened? Explain it to everyone clearly. Why aren't we giving you work points?"

Upon hearing this, Liang Qingyou realized he was in trouble. He had originally intended for his wife to argue and confuse the issue.

This would make everyone think that they did the work but didn't get the work points, thus forcing Uncle Wu to give them the work points in front of public opinion.

If they hadn't been so envious of the high number of work points they received, they wouldn't have resorted to such a desperate measure.

But if Uncle Wu were to argue like that, they would probably lose popular support.

His eyes darted around, but he wore a fake smile on his face, and then he said...

"Fifth Uncle, look, this is all my fault. I can't control my wife. Everyone, go home!"

Everyone, please disperse!

This has nothing to do with Uncle Wu; it's our fault, not Uncle Wu's.

He said he didn't blame Uncle Wu, but he wouldn't explain why.

The production team leader next to him said,

"Alright. Liang Qingyou, stop trying to smooth things over. Your wife has already jumped in. If you don't resolve this matter today, then you're in trouble."

Everyone thought something had gone wrong in our village.

We don't practice exploitation of labor here, nor do we follow the ways of landlords and rich people.

You get paid for your work. That's our country's policy; who can go against it?

I'm here today to uphold justice. Fifth Brother, explain this clearly: are we going to give them work points or not today?

If you don't explain yourself clearly, don't blame me for being impolite.

The eyes of the entire village are discerning, and I will absolutely not allow such exploitation of the working class to happen in our village, right under our noses.

Today, as the production team leader, I am here to uphold justice.

These words immediately drew shouts from the people around.