Chapter 296 The Familiar Old Man
The more no one paid attention, the more excited the people from the central town became.
It also increased its level and even mocked Nancun.
Ye Qing looked at Shen Ninglu and said, “Don’t bother with those people.”
Shen Ninglu nodded and said thoughtfully: "The conflicts between each village on Longwei Island are quite sharp."
Ye Qing said: "It's been a long time."
"It's been going on from ancient times to the older generation, and only in our generation have the conflicts eased a little, but not much."
"Especially the central town, they think they are superior and don't take us villagers from the other four villages seriously."
In fact, the contradiction is simple to explain: it is a competition for limited resources.
Longwei Island is basically self-sufficient. If you ask for more, others will have to ask for less.
When distribution is uneven, conflicts naturally arise.
That is to say, nowadays, many young people go out to work, and some conflicts are gradually eased.
The easing of contradictions does not mean that they have disappeared; in fact, they still exist.
For example, now.
These fishermen from the central town showed off their sense of superiority as residents of the central town and mocked Ye Qing and the others.
Not much damage, but very annoying.
Kangzai and the others wanted to refute but didn't know how to refute. After all, the central town was indeed developing well.
The fisherman who had just arrived from behind, while fiddling with his fishing gear, said, "If a girl from the central town marries into one of our four villages, it's considered marrying down."
"Even if I marry here, I don't want to stay in the village. I must buy a house in the city."
"It's so hard for kids these days to get married."
"My son is already in his thirties and still single."
This fisherman is not young, his beard is all white, and he looks to be in his sixties or seventies.
Ye Qing found it funny and said, "The old man is right."
Kangzi sighed and said, "My girlfriend is from Central Town."
“No one wants to come to my village to play.”
"Why."
The old man said, "Young people are great. They can even find a girlfriend in the central town."
To exaggerate a little, a girl who marries into the central town will be looked up to in the village.
Kangzi waved his hands and pretended to be cool: "Nothing, I just bought a house in the city. Otherwise, my girlfriend would become my ex-girlfriend and not my wife."
Hearing this, the fisherman gave a thumbs up.
Nowadays, not many young people can afford to buy a house in the city. Even if they can afford it, they have to empty the pockets of six people in their family.
Shen Ninglu listened silently. This was the reason and purpose why she came to Nancun to be a village official.
We must make every household in Nancun live a well-off life and make young people who have left the village willing to return to their hometown.
It is difficult to make money, start a family, see a doctor, and provide for the elderly.
If it weren't for these difficulties, who would be willing to leave their hometown and such a beautiful place?
She has a long way to go to solve these problems one by one.
Kangzi then changed the subject and pointed at Ye Qing and said, "It's all thanks to my childhood friend."
"He lent me the money so I could afford it."
The fisherman looked at Ye Qing in surprise.
Ye Qing smiled and said nothing. He didn't feel anything about Kangzi showing off for him.
What's the point of pretending to be cool with outsiders?
The old man smiled and said, "It can be seen that this handsome guy is the most capable among you young people."
"Faced with the provocation of those bad guys, he remained calm and composed."
"And my girlfriend is so beautiful. You can tell she's from out of town."
Ye Qing laughed in silence.
He felt that the old man's previous words were all polite compliments, and the last sentence was a heartfelt compliment to him.
He was too lazy to explain.
Shen Ninglu didn't say anything either.
Kangzai and the others didn't say anything because what the old man said was indeed the truth.
The old man was very friendly. He took out a cigarette and walked over, offering one: "Handsome boy, do you want to smoke?"
Ye Qing waved his hand: "Thank you, I don't know how."
Heizi took the cigarettes he gave to Kangzi and the others, and even though they were only worth a dozen yuan, he lit them up.
If you can smoke, you should accept the cigarettes given by others, no matter whether they are good or bad, otherwise it would be too disrespectful.
These people were puffing out smoke.
Ye Qing took Shen Ninglu and walked to the side.
The old man jokingly said, "Handsome boy, you don't smoke while fishing. You can tell you're a novice at this."
"All night?"
Ye Qing shook his head.
The old man looked at Kangzi and the others, and they also shook their heads: "When Qingzi leaves, we will leave."
The old man said with some regret, "I thought I would have some company."
When Ye Qing heard this, he was surprised. At such an old age, he still wanted to fish all night.
It's like fishing with your life.
Kangzi said, "There are a lot of people here."
The old man shook his head: "I can't seem to chat with other people."
"Especially since there are some bad guys from the central town right here."
Seeing that he was talking about people from the central town and kept calling them "bad boys", Kangzi asked curiously, "Old man, which village are you from?"
The old man smiled and said, "From West Village, you can just call me Lao Daitou."
When Kangzai heard this, he exchanged glances with Cai Ya and the others. The Dai family in Xicun was a big clan, and there were many people with the surname Dai.
But Dai Hui had just been put in jail by Ye Qing, and at this time this old Daitou showed up and was overly enthusiastic. He always felt something was wrong.
Old Daitou added, "I know you all. You are all talented young people in South Village."
"Especially this handsome guy, he has done several great things."
"That's amazing."
Ye Qing suddenly realized, no wonder this old man took the initiative to talk to him and was so enthusiastic.
Kangzi whispered, "Qingzi, I feel like the old man has bad intentions."
Ye Qing smiled and said, "Maybe he has paranoia or delusions of persecution."
"Don't overthink it."
"Fish in peace."
He didn't care much. Even if the old man had other ideas, he was confident that he could deal with them.
Kangzi nodded and walked back, but didn't speak to Lao Daitou again.
It was Shen Ninglu who looked at Lao Dai thoughtfully for a few times.
Ye Qing assembled the fishing rod, reel, and hook, looked at Shen Ninglu, and asked, "Have you ever fished before?"
Shen Ninglu shook his head.
Ye Qing said, "Then you can use Chen Hu's."
Shen Ninglu reeled in the line, and Ye Qing helped her put on the shrimp bait and taught her how to cast the rod and bait.
Shen Ninglu has a strong learning ability. Ye Qing only said it once, and she tried to cast the rod and directly cast it more than 30 meters without breaking the line.
“Is this successful?” she asked.
“It feels pretty simple.”
Ye Qing nodded: "Success."
"That's you, that's why it seems so simple."
"When a fish bites, it will bend the rod tip and you can see the fluorescent line tightening and cutting through the water. Then you can raise the rod to fish and reel the fish in."
After saying that, he hooked the shrimp bait and cast the rod to bait it.
After a while.
Several bad guys in the central town shouted one after another that they had all caught fish.
He pulled up a tilapia and showed it off to Ye Qing and the others.
There is no movement on Ye Qing's side.
Kangzai and the others gritted their teeth, holding back their anger and secretly getting anxious and angry.
At this moment, it is still being broadcast live.
Because of the effect of the last live broadcast, the popularity was very high as soon as it started, and there were two to three thousand people in the live broadcast room at the beginning.
And the number is still increasing.
Through the camera, netizens also saw the provocation of those bad guys in the central town, and barrages of comments started flying.
Wang Jie saw the negative impact and tried to turn the camera around, but was stopped by Ye Qing.
What a great show effect.
These bastards are here to help, so it would be a waste not to use them.
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