Chapter 391 Visiting Relatives on the Icefield
As distinguished guests, Su Tai and Shen Yi were naturally treated as honored guests.
Yu Xinghai accompanied him throughout the trip.
As soon as they entered the village, the couple saw Yu Mengzi returning from the beach and greeted him.
After seeing who was coming, Yu Mengzi smiled like a chrysanthemum, "Are you here as a guest in the village?"
"No, no." Yu Xinghai hurried forward to explain.
Yu Mengzi was obviously very excited when he knew the whole story, and he even knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Yisu Tai again.
Shen Yi hurriedly helped him up.
Since he couldn't understand Yu Mengzi's words, Yu Xinghai had to translate them.
Yu Xinghai sighed, "Yu Mengzi's son and daughter-in-law went out to sea to fish and died, leaving behind three children. The oldest granddaughter is only eight years old, and the two grandsons are five and three years old, crying out for food, all waiting for him to feed them.
Every time he mentioned this, he would feel sad for a long time. After knowing that the villagers could use big boats to catch fish, he was happy and sad. Alas! Many people in the village die in the sea every year, and many elderly people die of pain due to illness. I once suspected that Qiongzi was a cursed place, but no matter what, I was born here and I will die here.
Why are you saying this! Don't mind me, sir. Come on, come on, come to our house and have a seat."
When passing by Yu Mengzi's house, Su Tai happened to see Yu Mengzi's eight-year-old granddaughter working in the yard with her younger brother on her back. There was a little boy sitting next to them. Their clothes were very old and patched so that it was hard to tell what they looked like originally, but they were clean. It was obvious that Yu Mengzi, as a grandfather, really took good care of his grandchildren.
There are many families like Yu Mengzi in the village. Most of them are young people who have accidents and leave their children to the elderly.
If a child has no elders, he or she can only be taken care of by relatives and grow up eating at other people's homes.
Everyone seemed to be used to it and didn't feel sorry for themselves.
Su Tai felt a little distressed, but she didn't act like a saint and give them things.
She understands the principle of gratitude and resentment.
The couple spent the night at Yu Xinghai's home.
The next day, several unfamiliar faces came to Yu Xinghai's house.
Yu Xinghai explained: "They are all fishermen from nearby villages. After hearing about our cooperation with adults, they also wanted to join and promised to give adults 10% of their income and never cheat."
Shen Yi was not worried about this. "Village Chief Yu, we are confident that we dare to cooperate with you. Only we can handle this fishing boat. If there is a problem, you can only ask us to solve it. If you cheat, the worst that can happen is that the cooperation will be terminated. You can only find a solution for the fishing boat problem later."
Yu Xinghai's face turned pale, and he immediately pointed to the sky and swore, "Don't worry, sir. We believe in the Sea God, and we will never do such a heartless thing!"
Once a person has done something wrong, he tends to become suspicious and it is very easy for something to happen to him at sea. He will certainly not joke with his own life.
"Of course I believe you. Since they are all going to join, let's sign the cooperation agreement first. I will bring the remaining fishing boats here in the next two days."
Shen Yi naturally didn't want to delay any further after getting Yu Xinghai's guarantee.
However, when drafting the contract, Su Tai made another request, "Village Chief, I just learned about the situation of the villagers in the fishing village today. I hope that the villagers can use the income from the fishing boats to help the elderly and children in the village, and the remaining 80% can be distributed among themselves. How do you think?"
Yu Xinghai heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and his face showed a little more gratitude. "To be honest, Madam, I have wanted to do this kind of thing for a long time, but I was powerless before. If I bring this up, some villagers will definitely have objections, but if you bring it up, the situation will be different."
Afterwards, he called the villagers and conveyed Su Tai's meaning. Sure enough, many villagers gathered together and whispered.
Even though Su Tai didn't understand what they were saying, she could guess what they meant from their expressions, and her face immediately darkened.
Seeing that she was unhappy, the noise of discussion suddenly became half as loud.
Su Tai said: "Village Chief, if those people disagree, they can just not use my fishing boat and exclude them."
The tone was very much like that of an angry and willful noblewoman.
Yu Xinghai quickly apologized and conveyed Su Tai's meaning again.
Now everyone shut up. Not only did they have no objections, they even urged Yu Xinghai to put his handprint quickly to avoid losing the meat in his mouth.
Yu Xinghai was extremely happy to press the hand seal, and other village heads came forward to get the contract signed.
Shen Yi took the contracts and took Su Tai away.
The fishing boat will stay in the harbor, and Yu Xinghai and his people will make their own arrangements.
It was not until dark that Su Tai got the other three fishing boats to the sea. The three fishing boats were connected end to end. After entering the harbor, the couple waited until dawn for someone to come and take over before leaving.
When Yu Mengzi learned that Su Tai and Chen Yi had fought for the interests of the elderly and children who could not get on the fishing boats, he was so moved that his eyes filled with tears, and he often talked about it in front of his granddaughter and grandson.
At this time, Chen Yisu Tai had already taken a carriage to another fishing village and followed the same method to sign contracts with the other five fishing villages.
The two places are one in the east and one in the west, far apart from each other, and they do not operate in the same sea area, so the possibility of meeting each other is extremely small.
After the work was done, the couple could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Apart from anything else, at least the two places they chose were among the poorest fishing villages in Qiongzi. Let's see what the effect is. If the effect is good, it is not impossible to cooperate with other fishing villages in the future.
After finishing their work, it was time for the couple to return. When they came, the ice field was still desolate, but when they returned, they saw green grassland.
The sky is high and the clouds are light, the grassland stretches as far as the eye can see, cattle, horses and sheep are grazing on the grass and drinking the clear meltwater from the Tianshan Mountains. The air is fresh and even the wind is freer than in other places.
In such an environment, Su Tai's depressed mood obviously improved a lot.
The carriage passed the only town on the ice field. Su Tai remembered that she had never visited Ke Dasong's family before, so she immediately entered the time and space gate to get a lot of things and asked Chen Yi to take her there.
When Ke Dasong visited Dongmen Village in his early years, he said that the town on the ice field was similar to the village over there, except that the population was a little more densely populated.
The couple did not have high expectations for the town, but they did not expect it to be completely different from what Ke Dasong had described.
There is a very spacious main street in the town, which is probably for the convenience of sheep and cattle to pass through. On both sides of the main street are shops with residential courtyards.
Perhaps due to the strong wind on the ice field, these buildings look a little low, but they are all built with stone, so they are very sturdy and cold-resistant.
Horse-drawn carriages seemed a bit rare in the town, and many people stuck their heads out to look at them curiously.
Su Tai originally wanted to ask where Ke Dasong's home was, but soon after entering the town, she saw a familiar face and immediately shouted excitedly, "Cousin-in-law!"
Ye Xiahua, who was about to enter the house, turned back suddenly and stared at Su Tai for a few seconds. Her eyes widened immediately and she shouted excitedly, "Oh my God! My cousin and her husband are here!"
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