Chapter 302 Grouper Conceals Valuables
"Don't worry, it's okay!" Liang Ziqiang replied to them. As they got closer and closer, the middle-aged man and Duobao were already under the side of the ship.
Fortunately, Liang Ziqiang and Zhu Tianpeng are both very strong men. Although it was difficult for them to pull, they were still able to control it.
Moreover, they all took horse stances and stood still to keep themselves firmly on the boat, so as to avoid falling into the sea by accident.
The middle-aged man's body gradually rose up outside the side of the boat. He did not forget to throw the large basin in his left hand up and back into the boat.
He used his freed arm to climb upwards and grabbed the edge of the cabin.
In this way, it would be much easier to grab the rope with one hand and climb the edge of the boat with the other hand, and you can climb onto the boat.
Afterwards, Duobao was also pulled onto the boat.
At this time, the middle-aged man was covered in water, even his hair was soaked into wisps, and the metal-framed glasses on his nose had long disappeared.
He looked so miserable, completely different from his image before he fell into the water.
But this man was not as panicked as expected. He didn't even wipe the water off his face. He started to thank Liang Ziqiang: "Thank you very much, young man! If you hadn't rescued me in time today, I would have lost my life in the sea!"
Liang Ziqiang and Zhu Tianpeng exchanged a few polite words. Liang Ziqiang asked, "Why isn't Old Xie on the boat today?"
The middle-aged man was just beginning to wipe the water off his forehead and cheeks. He paused after hearing this and asked in surprise:
"Do you know Old Xie? He was at Driftwood Island today, managing oysters and abalone. I was driving the boat today. I went to the city to discuss business. I just came back from the city and ran into those two people blasting the reefs! These two bastards are so hateful. Not only did they not listen to advice, they even dared to attack me! By the way, how do you know Old Xie?"
Liang Ziqiang discovered that this man's way of speaking and behaving was very different from all the other villagers. He spoke a lot, but always slowly and unhurriedly.
Even when mentioning the two fish fryers who nearly took his life, he did not get angry and swear like the villagers, and at most he just said "bastards".
When he was trying to dissuade the two men from blowing up the reef, he used the same method and reasoning, without any panic.
"You are the owner of the oyster farm on Piaomu Island, right?" At this time, Liang's father slowly brought the boat closer, glanced at the middle-aged man, and asked.
The middle-aged man did not hide his true identity at all: "I am not a farm owner, I just raise some oysters and abalone on the island. My last name is Qiu, Qiu Dongzhi. You can just call me Old Qiu!"
"Isn't that the owner of the field?" The loud-voiced Deng Zhaocai on the other boat couldn't help but interrupt, pointing in the direction of Liang Ziqiang and saying, "Last time, your old Xie played with electric rays and electrocuted himself to death. It was Brother Qiang who brought him back to life!"
What I said...
Liang Ziqiang himself didn't dare to admit it. What did it mean to be electrocuted and brought back to life, as if he could have a say in the eyes of the King of Hell.
In fact, he just fainted due to electric shock and needed to be rescued.
But this time, Old Qiu understood Deng Zhaocai's outrageous language style, and immediately said happily: "Old Xie told me about this when he returned to the island. It turns out that the person who rescued him from the electric ray was you, young man! This is not good, I have to repay the kindness, did Old Xie thank you?"
"Thank you, thank you," Liang Ziqiang thought to himself. Old Xie was so grateful that he would hold you down even if you didn't let him. "Not only did he thank you verbally, but he also took us to a snapper island. Look at the dozens of snappers in the boat. I just caught them from that island today!"
Qiu Dongzhi glanced at the snappers in his bucket and basin, and Liang Ziqiang thought he would nod and agree.
Unexpectedly, Lao Qiu was quite dissatisfied and pulled his face:
"Old Xie, this is a bit outrageous. Is this how you repay a favor? It's too light! Is his life only worth this little fish? I'll talk to him later and ask him to thank you sincerely and give you something decent!"
When Liang Ziqiang and the others heard this, they opened their mouths wide and forgot how to close them.
They have only fished the front of the entire snapper island, and the reefs on the back haven't started to move yet! Counting the front and back together, the money that snappers can sell for is not less at all!
Even this is not enough? Anyway, Liang Ziqiang has never been thanked so much by anyone in his life.
It turns out that Old Xie is nothing, and this middle-aged man is the one who is more obsessed with "repaying a favor"! Suddenly, Liang Ziqiang suddenly understood where Old Xie's obsession with repaying a favor came from...
As they were talking, they saw another boat on the sea not too far away. It seemed that it had seen this side and was heading towards them.
When they got closer, Liang Ziqiang saw that it was Lao Xie, but he was driving another wooden boat on the sea today.
"What's going on, Director Qiu?"
When Old Xie saw fish floating on the sea and Qiu Dongzhi looking like a drowned rat, he asked anxiously.
Deng Zhaocai, Liang Ziqiang and others quickly pieced together the complete truth for Old Xie. But Old Xie was not so slow. After listening to it, he punched twice on the boat and cursed.
"Don't hit the boat yet," Qiu Dongzhi said, "This guy named Aqiang saved your life from the electric ray last time, and this time he pulled me out of the sea, that's two lives. It's nothing that you gave him such a small amount of fish. Let's think about it later and see if we have anything worthwhile to thank him for!"
Liang Ziqiang and his group were stunned for a few seconds again. Sincere thanks...
Are all these snappers not serious? Old Xie also argued: "You don't know that island. You can catch snappers like this many times. The money should be not too little, right?"
"It's not enough, and now that he saved me, it's even less than that. Let's think about that later. Let's first consider how to get this boat back?" Old Qiu pointed to the boat that had been hit.
Obviously, he was not sure whether the ship had any problems after being hit so hard, so he did not dare to drive back directly.
"That's easy. We have so many boats. We can connect them to yours with anchors and cables and tow them back together!" Liang's father suggested.
"This is a good idea, but I'm going to trouble you guys again. Let's take us to Driftwood Island later, sit on the island and have some tea!" Old Qiu said apologetically.
They acted right away. Several boats connected to the hit boat and prepared to head towards Driftwood Island.
Qiu Dongzhi said to Lao Xie, "By the way, don't rush back to the island. The two people who hit me drove away in the northwest direction. Although they are probably far away, Lao Xie, you should still get on your boat and speed up. Go all the way to catch up with them and see if you can catch up. If you catch up, don't show mercy and just give them a chance to breathe. They almost sank to the bottom of the sea. How can you not take revenge for such a big grudge?!"
After hearing this, Liang Ziqiang, Liang's father, Lin Baixian and others fell silent again.
Good fellow, no matter it's a favor or a grudge, I will never let you go. He is exactly the same as Old Xie.
It was quite surprising to hear such harsh words coming out of the mouth of the gentle old Qiu.
Old Xie really drove the boat and chased in the direction pointed by Old Qiu without stopping.
Liang Ziqiang and his friends drove their own boats and pulled the wooden boat that Lao Qiu was hit in back to Piaomu Island.
On the way, Liang Ziqiang started chatting with Lao Qiu.
"To be honest, this is not the first time I have come across fish frying. These two guys resorted to murderous tactics over a few words of disagreement. They are a bit cruel, but when it comes to the ability to find grouper, they are really good! They have blown up so many reefs, I don't know how much the grouper alone would have sold for!" Liang Ziqiang sighed when he mentioned the two men who fry fish.
"Looking for grouper? Do you think they threw their weapons into the reef to kill the grouper?" Upon hearing this, Qiu Dongzhi glanced at him and shook his head.
Liang Ziqiang was stunned for a moment. Every time he smelled the smoke and went to pick up leaks, he did catch a lot of floating fish, among which there were a few groupers! The other party was going for the groupers, so this should be correct, right?
"Aren't they frying grouper?" Liang Ziqiang asked in surprise.
"Of course not!" Lao Qiu replied bluntly, "Maybe after they blow up the reef, they will also catch some valuable groupers and sell them outside, but that's just a pretense, a trick to deceive people!"
Liang Ziqiang was even more shocked. "Grouper is the most valuable fish in our eyes. Are they just pretending to catch grouper? What do they really want to fry?"
"Do you know what giant clam is?" Lao Qiu asked him.
(End of this chapter)
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