Chapter 130 Boss Guo’s Thoughts

Zhou Chenglei: "My friends are all very decent."

Boss Guo: “…”

What do you mean? He is also very decent! He has never committed any illegal acts such as murder or arson.

Intimidation is just a way of survival. It's just a scare and nothing will really happen to them. It's just that those people can't stand being scared.

He collected protection money from the other party, and he really protected the other party! Who wouldn't be grateful to him for paying protection money? "Haha, that's perfect. I'm also a decent person. Everyone says I'm a good person, a kind person! I've helped many people, and saved the lives of many people who fell into the water, really!"

Boss Guo still covets Zhou Chenglei's diving equipment. If he can't get it, he can borrow it. Anyway, he becomes stronger when facing a weak opponent and becomes thick-skinned when facing a strong opponent.

He said he was a kind man, he didn't feel ashamed at all, he had saved people before! Zhou Chenglei declined to comment: "Anything else?"

Boss Guo: "That's all. I won't bother you today. I'll leave first. I'll treat you to a drink another day!"

Boss Guo looked at Zhou's father and Jiang Xia again and said, "Uncle, sister-in-law, I was just joking just now. Don't be afraid. I will treat you to a meal another day to calm your nerves."

Make friends first, and then borrow the diving equipment another day, or ask him to help find someone to buy a set!

After Boss Guo finished speaking, he hurriedly directed the boatman to drive the boat away.

After the boat sailed away, a boatman couldn't help but ask, "Boss, don't you want the diving equipment anymore? Are we giving in like this?"

How impressive is that diving equipment? It’s not like they can’t beat them or snatch them with so many people!

Another boatman also said: "Boss, maybe they found something good on the seabed. Otherwise, how could they stay there twice?"

Boss Guo looked at them, completely losing his previous attitude: "So what? Didn't you see who the other person is? He was a soldier, the kind who had been on the battlefield! Didn't you see that the calluses on his index finger are thicker than the dead skin on your mother's heel? Do you think your life is too long to fight against a soldier?"

The two boatmen were either thinking about the calluses on their fucking heels or something else. Anyway, they remained silent.

Boss Guo looked at the boat floating in the middle of the sea.

Give in?

They know nothing! Sometimes giving in is the way to move forward.

The waves in the sea are testing each other by advancing and retreating every day, but if one day there is a sudden low tide, who knows if there will be a tsunami in the next second?

He had already inquired about it after the last incident.

Although Zhou Chenglei has retired from the army, he was the regiment commander before his retirement.

A person from a small fishing village became a group leader at such a young age. What does that mean? He must be extremely capable!

Then, when it comes to the level of a group leader, who does he know? Who are his friends? Not to mention that the wife he married is not an ordinary person! There are some circles that he wants to fit in but cannot, but being able to touch the edge is already a blessing.

Therefore, it would be a good thing if I could make friends with Zhou Chenglei!

He just acted out what he did just now. He wanted to use the shameless act of borrowing diving equipment as a breakthrough point to slowly make friends with Zhou Chenglei. Of course, he didn't need to tell these people under his command.

*After Boss Guo's boat sailed away, Zhou Chengxin also swam up. He had just seen the shadows of two boats under the water.

A Lei told him not to go up and collect all the abalone at the rock mouth first.

So he collected all the abalone he could see at the bottom of the sea.

They had almost all been harvested, with only some small ones left. Now they were harvesting even the small ones, and the too small ones were thrown into the cave to continue growing.

After Zhou Chengxin got on board, he took off his breathing tube and asked, "Who was that just now? Are you okay?"

Jiang Xia handed Zhou Chengxin the kettle and said with a smile, "It's okay."

Zhou Chengxin felt relieved, took it and thanked him.

Father Zhou glanced at the time and saw that it was half past three. "Are you still going in the water? How about the three of us go down and collect another wave?"

Today, we met Boss Guo. Father Zhou saw that their clothes were all wet, and it was obvious that they had also gone into the water. He was afraid that they would discover the abalone nest below, so he wanted to harvest another wave.

It was still early, so Zhou Chenglei nodded: "Okay, let's go down again."

Jiang Xia decided not to go into the water. The pressure underwater was high, and carrying the device was actually very tiring. Moreover, Zhou Chenglei was worried about her and kept an eye on her all the time, which slowed him down and was not worth it.

She stayed on board to process the abalone.

So the father and his two sons went into the water again, and brought up the abalone four or five times before returning to the boat.

It was past four o'clock, so Zhou's father drove the boat back directly.

Because they planned to dry the abalone before selling it, Zhou Chenglei, Zhou Chengxin and Jiang Xia started killing the abalone directly on the boat and marinated them with salt.

When we returned to the village dock, it was already seven o'clock. The dock was full of boats, and only a few fishing boats were still loading fish under the boats.

A villager saw them coming back so late and asked, "Yongfu, why are you so late today? Do you have so much cargo?"

Father Zhou laughed and said, "No, there wasn't much stock, so I thought of prying some oysters. That's why it's so late."

The abalones were packed in snakeskin bags. No one could see what was in the bags. They could only tell from the outline that they had shells. Although the shape of the bulge was a little different, no one thought much about it. At seven o'clock, everyone rushed to sell the fish and go home to eat, then take a shower and go to bed.

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Fishermen go out to sea to fish early and most of them go to bed at eight o'clock.

Zhou's mother knew that they would be back late because they went into the water to catch abalone today, but she was still a little worried at this late hour. However, she felt relieved when she saw them come back.

Tian Caihua didn't know anything and was worried for a long time! The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hurried on board to help.

Jiang Xia had already divided the fish. Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin first carried the fish one load at a time off the boat and sent them to the purchasing office for weighing.

Zhou's father picked up a bag of abalone in one hand, got off the boat and put it on the cart.

Tian Caihua saw that there were not many fish, but there were many abalone bags tied up, so she asked, "Xiao Xia, you didn't drag the net today, but just pried oysters?"

There were many people talking, Jiang Xia avoided the main point and said, "Drag two nets."

After Jiang Xia finished speaking, he and Zhou's mother carried the basket of miscellaneous fish off the boat. These were small and worthless fish, and it would be a pity to sell them, so they took them home to dry and eat daily, or to feed the ducks.

The two nets of fish were sold for a total of 96 yuan. Zhou Chenglei divided the money into three parts and gave 32 yuan to Zhou Chengxin in front of Tian Caihua: "Brother, this is yours. I will give you the rest of the unsold goods later."

Tian Caihua couldn't help but look over.

Zhou Chengxin refused directly: "Why would you give me money? No need to pay me, I am here to help you today."

Zhou Chenglei insisted, in order to avoid discord between the couple, and his eldest brother's luck was relatively bad. He didn't make much money from fishing at sea, and he had several nephews to support. He couldn't take advantage of him: "Take it! You've worked too hard today."

Zhou's father also knew his eldest daughter-in-law's character and advised: "Take it! Brothers should settle accounts clearly."

Zhou Chengxin was a little unhappy: "I'm your big brother and I'm helping you, but you're still trying to be so clear about the difference between us, right? If you get me angry again!"

Having said that, Zhou Chenglei couldn't give it any more.

Forget it, it would be the same if he and his elder brother went out to sea the day after tomorrow and caught more abalone.

Zhou Chenglei put the money together and handed it all to Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia took it directly and put it into his trouser pocket.

Tian Caihua: “…”

Never mind! It's only over thirty bucks, it doesn't matter!

Tian Caihua kept comforting herself in her heart.

But when Tian Caihua found out that those bags were not oysters, but abalone, and they were as big as abalone! She could no longer convince herself to just forget it! She felt that the snakeskin bags that Jiang Xia had just concealed from her at the dock were abalone!

(End of this chapter)