Chapter 415 Knife Wounds
At first glance, Liang Ziqiang still didn't see Deng Zhaocai's solid figure like a clumsy bear. He only saw guests coming in and out, and two doormen were greeting and seeing off the guests.
Liang Ziqiang walked among the pedestrians nearby, without staying, and quickly went to the bank and exchanged all the money he brought for savings certificates.
When I first went to the bank to apply for a fixed deposit last year, the annual interest rate for a six-month deposit was 4.32 cents, and 5.76 cents for a year.
Later, two rounds of adjustments were made in April and August this year.
It is now October 1985. The annual interest rate for six-month deposits has reached 6.12, and that for one-year deposits has reached 7.2. The highest is for five-year deposits, with an annual interest rate of 9.36.
Compared with the interest rates in later generations, the current regular "prize-winning deposits" have surprisingly high interest rates.
After saving the money, Liang Ziqiang used the cash in his pocket for daily expenses as usual to buy some food and daily necessities for his daily voyages, and then returned to Binzhou Port where his boat was docked.
"Brother Qiang, I saw you passing by not far from the hotel, and I knew you were in town again today!"
This time, Liang Ziqiang noticed Deng Zhaocai sitting in his lotus boat before he even boarded the boat. At the same time, Ah Cai had stood up and greeted him.
"It's been two months since we last met," Liang Ziqiang put down his load and asked Ah Cai, "You've been working as a security guard for two months. Are you used to it?"
"I'm used to it. I have a good relationship with the captain, not to mention the other security guards. We are all brothers!" Ah Cai chuckled, "If I hadn't come here for that dog's life, I would have wanted to be a security guard here until I was old!"
When Ah Cai smiled at him, his two rows of teeth were exposed. The dog's teeth were well-shaped, like a horse neighing at him on the grass.
However, the second half of Ah Cai's joke was not funny at all, but just made people feel uncomfortable. This might be the saddest joke Liang Ziqiang had ever heard.
"Brewed! You're quite capable. You've gotten to know everyone well in just two months!"
When you feel uncomfortable, the most comfortable thing is to curse and hit him. So Liang Ziqiang cursed and hit him with his fist.
He was just pretending, and his fist was quite light. But as soon as the back of his fist touched him, Deng Zhaocai unconsciously covered his right arm and uttered an "ouch".
"What's wrong?" Liang Ziqiang felt something was wrong and tried to lift his sleeves. "How come you've become so squeamish after working as a security guard for two months?"
Acai was very cooperative and pulled his sleeves up by himself.
Liang Ziqiang's eyes narrowed.
Although Acai is still strong now, he has lost any extra fat. I wonder if he has been practicing every day.
There was a wound on the sturdy arm muscle, which seemed to be healing, but still red. The wound was not wide, but long and narrow, as long as an adult's middle finger.
"Have you already attacked him?!" Liang Ziqiang asked anxiously when he saw the long wound on his body.
"Fight? I haven't had the chance yet. Every time I run into him, it's in a crowded place, so it's hard to fight." Deng Zhaocai shook his head and said, "But I saved him again and took a knife for him."
"No, someone has already done something to him. Isn't this something they all want to do? Why are you trying to save him?"
"He'll be fine. It's the same coward in jeans again, this time he hired a helper. Both of them are still the same cowards, the knife in his hand is not much longer than a pencil sharpener, what can this knife do? It's obvious that he just wants to continue making trouble and ask for more money!
The two men holding knives were shaking their hands and waving at the air. One was blocked by the bodyguard, and I happened to be there, so I blocked the other one for him. Anyway, whether he blocked it or not, there were other security guards nearby, and it looked like the guy named Ruan would definitely not be hurt.
It was brewed, not too deep, just a little skin injury. But the mouth was stretched very long, hissing... It still hurts a little now!"
"You..." Liang Ziqiang didn't know what to say, "Are you here to mess with him or yourself?!"
"This injury is nothing serious. One more injury means one more trust!" Deng Zhaocai grinned, as if he had made a fortune. "Except for this most stupid method, I don't know any other way!"
"By the way, Brother Qiang, can you help me get one or two fish maws?" Deng Zhaocai paused and looked at Liang Ziqiang.
"What do you want fish glue for?"
"I've estimated that if I want Ruan Jingcheng to leave the bodyguards behind and take me out alone to do things, it will probably take forever. I can't keep waiting like this. If I let that bastard live another year, I'd be letting Yan Zi down!"
"You want to do it in front of his bodyguards?!"
Ah Cai nodded:
"I can only choose a remote place with no one around, so it's easy to do it and also easy to escape. But it's impossible to leave his follower behind! That bodyguard is damn strong, I may not be able to defeat him. If I'm well prepared, I can defeat him, but I'm afraid I'll get hurt.
By then, I definitely couldn’t go to the hospital with my injuries and wait to be arrested. I had to find a way to stop the bleeding myself! "
Liang Ziqiang finally understood what he wanted the fish maw for. He just felt a lump in his throat.
Ah Cai continued, "Mr. Xie from Driftwood Island doesn't like me. Even if I go to ask for it, I won't get it. But their fish maw is really magical. It stops bleeding quickly and can restore strength. I used to have one in my hand, and later gave it to Li Liang and let Yuan Xiaomei eat it together..."
Liang Ziqiang actually understood this without being told. It was said that the best fish maw could even save a woman from hemorrhage, and Lao Qiu's fish maw was made by some unknown method, but it seemed to be even better than the best. If someone was really injured by a knife, using Lao Qiu's fish maw to stop the bleeding would be the best choice.
It was clearly something he didn't want Ah Cai to do, but he had no power to dissuade him.
"Fish maw alone is not enough, at least you need anti-inflammatory drugs, right?" Liang Ziqiang reminded.
"This time my arm was injured and I was prescribed a lot of gentamicin. I only took two pills and saved the rest!" Deng Zhaocai was a little proud of himself for being prepared.
"Okay, I'll go to the island and ask them for help!" Liang Ziqiang immediately agreed solemnly.
"Brother Qiang, when will you come to the city next time?"
"It would have taken about half a month. If I get the fish maw from Mr. Qiu and Mr. Xie, I would come here a week in advance and wait for you on the boat!" Liang Ziqiang made an appointment.
"Please thank Lao Qiu and Lao Xie for me!" Ah Cai said word by word, "If I succeed in avenging Yan Zi, as long as I am still alive, I will secretly run to Piaomu Island and kneel down to thank them! And Brother Qiang, I will thank you for your kindness. As long as I am still alive and breathing, I will..."
"Fuck! What's the point of talking about life or not? Stop nagging me!" Liang Ziqiang interrupted Ah Cai and drove him off the boat. "It's not good to stay outside for too long. Go back!"
Ah Cai left footprints on the beach. The October wind blew through the sleeve of his injured arm and pulled his entire clothes backwards.
Liang Ziqiang stood on the boat and watched him go away. He thought, if the same thing happened to Chen Xiangbei, the decision he made would be no different from Deng Zhaocai's, right? The figure walking in the wind with injuries would definitely be himself.
Returning to the village from the city, Liang Ziqiang will have another day of rest tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is the day when the fleet will go out to sea again.
The next day, he brought a lot of fish and shrimps he had caught from the deep sea, and sailed alone on a lotus-patterned wooden boat toward the Driftwood Island...
(End of this chapter)
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