"Hey, what are you doing!"
"What short-lived ghost? That's an octopus trap we set up!"
Ye Xiaocui was the first to shout anxiously, and Jiang Chunlan was also so angry that she went to the side and picked up the big stick she had used to knock fish.
Even Fu Ling and Fu Yun, who were originally bored, came over, looking at the ships in the distance with puffed-up faces.
That despicable thief! How dare he steal from their house!
Fu Wan picked up a stick from the side of the boat, ready to go up and teach the boatmen a lesson.
Fu Liang and the others who were following behind hadn't heard what Ye Xiaocui was shouting, but they could see that Fu Wan and the others looked like they were facing a great enemy.
Just as they were wondering what was going on, Fu Ming spotted the ship getting closer and closer and immediately became furious.
"You motherfucker, how dare you steal my things!"
Although Ye Lin didn't curse, he immediately grabbed a handy weapon from the side.
Can you just stand by and watch someone bully you? Don't be a coward, fight back!
Fu Laoda was also very annoyed, and immediately increased the speed of the boat to the maximum. As the boat got closer and closer to the sneaky boat, Fu Wan realized where her sense of familiarity came from.
That boat is the same one that Fu Lao Er's family used to have. And the two people on the boat frantically pouring bamboo tubes out of the boat are Shen Dongsheng and Qian Xiaohua!
At this moment, Qian Xiaohua also noticed the boat heading in their direction. The bright red flag made her instinctively want to throw the bamboo tube in her hand back into the sea.
"Brother, they're catching up! What do we do?"
Shen Dongsheng also recognized Boss Fu's boat. The bamboo tube in his hand fell to the ground with a thud and rolled to Qian Xiaobao's feet, who had just come from the driver's seat.
Qian Xiaobao glanced at his new brother-in-law with disdain and scolded Qian Xiaohua in an annoyed tone.
"What do you mean, what to do? We'll just have to deal with it! How can we prove these bamboo tubes are theirs? We just found them at sea!"
"Quickly collect all these bamboo tubes, let's go ahead and cast our nets to catch fish!"
As for Boss Fu and his men who are about to sail the ship right in front of him, do they think they can kill him? Qian Xiaobao has only realized one thing over the years: if you have no shame, you are invincible!
That's what he said, but when Boss Fu's ship came up in front of him and he saw a row of menacing men on board, all of them carrying weapons, he still felt a little scared.
"What are you doing? Those are our bamboo tubes!"
As soon as Boss Fu's boat slowed down and came to a stop, Ye Xiaocui waved the stick in her hand and shouted.
"Quickly return the bamboo tube and its contents to us. For the sake of being from the same village, I won't hold it against you."
Boss Fu also went up to the deck, and Fu Liang's boat was parked next to them. Fu Ming and Ye Lin, armed with weapons, were about to rush onto Qian Xiaobao's boat.
"Don't take advantage of our numbers to bully us. This sea belongs to everyone. We all fish by our own skill. What I picked up in this sea naturally belongs to us!"
Qian Xiaohua continued her tantrum as usual, and Jiang Chunlan spat at her feet, regretting that she couldn't spit on her because of the distance.
Fu Wan sneered, then, finding the stick in her hand too short, grabbed a shovel from the side and smashed it against their boat. "I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as you. These bamboo tubes were painstakingly crafted by my older brother and Brother Liang. You say that if you see them at sea, they're yours? Does that mean if I see the fish on your boat, I can claim them as mine?"
Qian Xiaohua was speechless for a moment. Qian Xiaobao was meeting Fu Wan, whom Qian Xiaohua had mentioned, for the first time. He had heard Qian Xiaohua say that Fu Wan was difficult to deal with, but he hadn't expected her to be a young girl.
She doesn't speak like a little girl; she's quite bold.
"We just won't pay it back, what can you do about it, kill me?"
Qian Xiaobao acted as if he were a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, while Shen Dongsheng huddled in the back without saying a word.
What else is there to say? Fu Wan estimated the distance between her boat and Qian Xiaohua's boat and realized she could easily step across.
Boss Fu noticed that Fu Wan was assessing the distance between the two ships and knew what Fu Wan was planning.
"Ah Wan, you stay on the boat and look after the child. We men can handle this!"
After saying that, he waved to Fu Ming and the others. Qian Xiaobao didn't realize their intentions until it was too late.
Fu Ming and Ye Lin were the first to rush onto the boat. They glanced at the octopus in the bucket and then took it away.
Fu Ming picked up all the bamboo tubes on the boat. Qian Xiaohua tried to grab them, but Ye Xiaocui and Jiang Chunlan, who had just climbed onto the boat, held her back tightly.
"What are you looking at? Trying to steal something!"
Before rushing out, Qian Xiaobao didn't forget to kick Shen Dongsheng, who was huddled next to him. Shen Dongsheng gritted his teeth and was about to rush over when he was nailed to the spot by Fu Ming's gaze.
His eyes were full of threat, making the wounds on his face and body ache faintly.
Damn it, I'd better not go out and get myself killed.
Qian Xiaobao was only of average fighting ability, so Ye Lin didn't beat him up. Just as he was running over, Ye Lin dodged, and Qian Xiaobao almost lost control and nearly fell into the sea.
After taking their own things, everyone left, but Fu Ming didn't forget to throw the bucket full of octopus back onto Qian Xiaohua's boat.
"Here's your bucket back. Don't accuse us of bullying you again!"
The group then sailed away, leaving Qian Xiaohua stomping her feet in anger on the deck.
"Ah Wan, why are there so few octopuses this time?"
Previously, each time a trap was set, there would be more than two buckets, but this time Fu Ming only brought back a little over half a bucket.
Fu Wan thought for a moment, "I guess Qian Xiaohua and the others put them away beforehand."
After all, they only brought back the octopus from the deck and didn't check their cabins.
"Damn it, I'm going to complain to the village chief later. If there are more people like this at sea, it'll be chaos!"
Fu Wan nodded in agreement; that was the only way.
Fish traps and octopus traps both require time to attract prey. If everyone did what Qian Xiaohua did, then no one would need to use trawling nets anymore; they would just be sailing around all day guarding against others taking them.
Fortunately, their traps were hidden under the seaweed next to the island, and were not discovered by others.
Meanwhile, Qian Xiaohua was wiping away tears. Fu Wan's family had taken away the bamboo tubes and octopus from the deck, which made her furious.
Qian Xiaobao glanced at his younger sister and said, "Forget it, we already had two buckets in the cabin, so it's a good deal!"
"They're just relying on their numbers. Next time we go out to sea, we'll bring more people and see if they still dare to be so arrogant."
Qian Xiaohua then remembered that Qian Xiaobao had asked her to put the bucket full of octopuses away, and her face immediately lit up with a smile.
It has to be her older brother, unlike Shen Dongsheng next to her, who is completely useless.
"Brother, let's head over there and I'll have Dongsheng cast the net and see if we can catch some fish!"
Shen Dongsheng quickly spoke up to stop them: "I heard from others that there are pirates in those waters, we can't go!"
Qian Xiaobao scoffed, "What era are we living in? Where would pirates come from! I said we can go, so we can go!"
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