The call to Sun Shaoping went very smoothly. Sun Shaoping was initially happy to receive Fu Wan's call, but after Fu Wan told him about Xue Qing's appearance in Fu Family Village, he immediately became serious.
"Comrade Xiao Fu, we are aware of this matter. Please be careful, and we are also waiting for them to set sail."
Hearing Sun Shao-ping say that the camp knew about it, Fu Wan felt relieved.
It makes sense. The valuable treasures recovered from the shipwreck in the waters off Fujia Village must have a cruel history behind them.
Even now, decades later, with the two countries living in good relations, Koichi Kui still dares to repeatedly plot to sink the ship. Does he really think the Chinese are easy to bully?
After explaining the situation to Sun Shao-ping, Fu Wan said goodbye to Village Chief Fu and went home.
Village Chief Fu was also busy having Fu Jianzhun go door-to-door to warn everyone about the importance of safety when going out to sea.
When Fu Wan returned home, Boss Fu and Ye Xiaocui immediately surrounded her.
"Ah Wan, how are you?"
Fu Wan gave them a reassuring gesture, "It's alright, Leader Sun is keeping an eye on things. We just need to be careful around strangers and unfamiliar ships during this time."
Hearing this, Ye Xiaocui felt a huge weight lifted off her shoulders.
Although she had only met Sun Shao-ping once from afar, she had a very good impression of him.
People who have been on the battlefield provide a sense of security to the masses that ordinary people cannot match.
To ease everyone's tension, Fu Wan showed them the newly drafted sea area contract.
As expected, Boss Fu and Ye Xiaocui's attention was diverted. Ye Xiaocui didn't understand what the contract meant at first, but after Fu Wan explained it to her in a simple and clear way, she was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth for a long time.
"Ah Wan, you mean, the government only approved such a large area for us to raise seafood?"
In Ye Xiaocui's mind, that was the ocean, something that belonged to the collective!
Fu Wan nodded emphatically, "Mother, the contract has already been signed, how could it be faked?"
"I've paid for fifty years of lease fees!"
Fifty years!
Fu Laoda did the math, "Oh dear, by then, I don't even know which hilltop I'll be buried on!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaocui slapped him mercilessly, "Pah, pah, pah, what are you saying!"
Fu Wan hugged Ye Xiaocui's arm and laughed, "That's right, Dad, can't you be a little more ambitious? If you live to be fifty years old, you'll be a centenarian!"
Boss Fu chuckled. He really didn't dare to think about what would happen fifty years from now.
"But Wan, the area upstairs is so big, can our family manage it all?"
The area on Fu Wan's contract was a full fifty hectares. Ye Xiaocui didn't understand the conversion unit at first, but when Fu Ming showed her that one hectare equals fifteen mu, Ye Xiaocui was completely stunned!
Transplanting rice seedlings on one mu of land can keep you busy for a whole day. This fifty hectares of sea area is the size of seven hundred and fifty mu of land. Wouldn't you work yourself to death?
Fu Wan was amused by the worry on Ye Xiaocui's face and quickly comforted her, "Mother, don't worry, I'm planning to ask someone for help!"
From the moment the approved sea area was finalized, Fu Wan planned to hire people to do the work. After all, it's the same whether there's one expert or two. If any villagers were willing to work with her, they could learn the aquaculture techniques and then contract sea areas to engage in their own aquaculture.
This will also help the villagers of Fujia Village achieve common prosperity and development in the future.
Upon hearing Fu Wan's words, Fu Lao Da nodded repeatedly. Although he didn't have much affection for Fu Lao Er and the others, he was still very grateful to Fu Family Village.
In particular, many uncles and aunts in the village, like the old village chief Fu and Grandpa Fu, had helped him, and he always remembered these kindnesses.
They all make a living from the sea, and now that his daughter says she can lead the villagers to make money together, he has no objections whatsoever.
If it weren't for the fact that Village Chief Fu wasn't here right now, he would have been moved to tears.
Time flew by and it was early the next morning. Since it was Monday and experts from the county town might come again, Fu Wan got up very early.
Who knew that she would run into Boss Fu, who looked furious, as soon as she returned from dropping her two children off at school.
"Father, what's wrong?"
Fu Laoda went out early this morning. Fu Liang had already bought the village chief's old boat, and Fu Laoda was going to help him check on the boat's machinery.
Upon hearing his daughter's question, Boss Fu's expression improved slightly.
"Ah Wan, there's something wrong with our boat."
"What?"
Fu Wan thought she had misheard. Wasn't he supposed to be going to see the village chief's boat today? How could he say there was something wrong with her own boat?
Fu poured himself a bowl of water and gulped it down before feeling a little better.
"I just went to the dock to check on your brother Liang's boat. The boatman checked it for me, and the problem isn't too big, just that some water got into the engine."
I told him to fix it first, since there was such a big storm last time. And I figured since he's already here, I might as well let him help check it out.
"It wouldn't have been a problem if we hadn't checked; the problem was only discovered once we did."
As he spoke, Boss Fu couldn't help but grit his teeth, "The engine belt broke, and the diesel engine belt broke too."
"How is this possible!"
Fu Wan exclaimed, "This can't be caused by wear and tear, can it!"
Leaving aside the engine belt, Fu Wan remembered that the diesel engine belt was perfectly fine when they returned from their sea voyage.
"Of course not, the tear in that belt is clearly cut by someone!"
This is also why Boss Fu was so anxious and upset. The engine belt of his own ship is not worth much, nor is the diesel engine belt, but the failure of these two things can affect their ability to go to sea.
The key point is that it was clearly the villagers who did this. This realization made Boss Fu, who had thought the villagers were getting along well yesterday, furious.
Although they didn't plan to go out to sea these days, it's clear that this incident was purely to disgust them!
Just then, Fu Ming returned. Seeing that his father and younger sister looked unhappy, he immediately asked what had happened.
Ordinary people in Fujia Village wouldn't do such a thing, and according to Old Li, he was always on guard at the dock except when he went to the toilet, and no one suspicious appeared.
"Ah Wan, could it be Xue..."
Fu Ming wasn't stupid either, and immediately guessed the same thing as Fu Wan. Besides Xue Qing, probably no one else would do something so disgusting.
"But we saw him leave yesterday. When did he go to the dock?"
Fu Ming was puzzled, while Fu Wan sighed and rubbed her forehead in exasperation. "Brother, money makes the world go round. He doesn't need to do anything himself. He just needs to spend some money, and I bet plenty of people will do it for him."
After saying that, Fu Wan pointed in the direction of Fu Da Laizi's house. If you were to ask who in the village was the most suspicious, it would be him.
"That wretched scoundrel, I'm going to find him!"
Fu Wan grabbed Fu Ming, "Brother, we have no evidence."
Fu Ming was furious. Just then, someone at the door shouted, "Brother Fu, hurry to the village committee to answer the phone! The county shipyard is calling!"
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