Fu Qiang was speechless after being silenced by Fu Wan's words, and the eldest brother Fu slammed the bamboo-shaving knife he was holding onto the ground.
"Qiangzi, you stole our diesel fuel before, and you were punished for that, so I'll let it go. But don't forget, our ancestors killed Japanese soldiers!"
"Decades ago, someone like you would have been considered a traitor and scorned by everyone!"
Fu Qiang's expression immediately turned sour. "Uncle, you're exaggerating. What era are we living in? Doing business with foreigners is perfectly normal!"
"There are legitimate and illegitimate businesses. Do you think it's legitimate to dredge up things that are protected by the state from the seabed and sell them cheaply to those Japanese?"
Fu Wan hit the nail on the head. This is the early days of reform and opening up, and many laws and regulations are still imperfect. If this were the modern era before her rebirth, let's see if they would still dare to exploit legal loopholes!
So you really aren't going to participate?
Fu Qiang was still somewhat unwilling to give up. If his elder brother Fu really didn't participate, especially Fu Wan, he definitely wouldn't be able to explain himself.
"No, no!"
Fu Ming grabbed a bamboo stick and tried to shoo him away, saying, "Fu Qiang, you better watch out! If I find out you're doing anything to betray the country or collude with the enemy, I'll deal with you!"
"Then you'll regret it!"
"The charge of treason is too exaggerated," Fu Qiang said with a dark face before turning and leaving.
Fu Lao Er was squatting under a tree not far away, smoking his pipe. He couldn't bear to buy those rolled cigarettes, so he bought cheap tobacco and used the pipe left by his father to satisfy his craving.
When Fu Lao Er saw his son come out with a dark face, he guessed that the plan had failed.
"What, is your uncle still holding a grudge about what happened the other day?"
Fu Qiang shook his head, somewhat impatiently. "They're unwilling to work for the islanders!"
Fu Lao Er was somewhat taken aback. "The first place winner gets three hundred yuan! And each person who goes gets a twenty-yuan subsidy. Are they out of their minds?"
Otherwise, who would turn down money?
Hearing the completely different answers from the two brothers, Fu Lao Er and Fu Lao Da, Fu Qiang felt that normal people should think the same way as Fu Lao Er, but he also felt a strange feeling in his heart.
Why do I feel like I've become a traitor who betrayed the country after leaving Master Fu's house?
I must be overthinking things. Never mind, I'll go report the situation to Xue Qing!
Thinking of Xue Qing's unpredictable temperament, Fu Qiang felt a headache coming on.
At the Fu family home, Fu Wan, seeing that the sun was about to set, packed all the fishing nets she was going to take into a snakeskin bag.
Ye Xiaocui had prepared dinner in advance, and after the group finished eating, they carried their things and headed towards the dock.
The dock was crowded with people, mostly villagers preparing to go out to sea.
A few people who were on good terms with Boss Fu would call out to him from afar.
"Doggy, have you eaten yet?"
Boss Fu was already desensitized to that title and replied with a smile, "Eat! Going out to sea?"
"I haven't seen you go out to sea for several days. You must have had a great catch this time!"
"Thanks to you, everyone has a bountiful harvest!"
Amidst the pleasantries exchanged, Fu Wan, Fu Ming, and Fu Liang had already loaded the fishing nets and traps onto the car.
"Dad, the boat is setting sail!"
Fu Ming, holding the crank handle, shouted, and Boss Fu waved to the people greeting him on the dock.
"Let's go!"
The engine roared to life, and a plume of black smoke from the diesel fuel rose into the air as the boat beneath Fu Wan's feet slowly sailed away from the dock.
"Boss Fu is setting sail today. I wonder if he'll have the same good luck as before!"
"That's hard to say. A few days ago, I asked him to go out to sea, but this grown man said he had to wait for his daughter to come back. But it's strange, ever since his daughter came back, his fish catch has been increasing!"
The dock is only so big, there are no secrets, and everyone coming and going can see how much fish each family has.
Looking at the fish that Fu Wan's family had caught in the past few times, everyone originally wanted to follow in Fu Wan's footsteps and have a taste of the catch, but they didn't expect that this guy wouldn't go out to sea for several days.
Now, as soon as his boat sets off, several other boats follow behind them at a moderate distance.
"Father, there are several ships following us!"
Fu Ming had the sharpest eyes and spotted the villagers following them in less than half an hour.
Fu Laoda glanced back and said, "It's nothing. They're probably from the village. They said a few days ago that they wanted to come with us for some soup."
Fu Ming was a little unhappy. "Why are we drinking soup? I've never seen them serve soup to us before."
Fu Liang comforted them, saying, "Once they've thrown a few empty nets like I have, they'll naturally stop following along."
He's already numb; he just threw another hand net, and didn't catch a single fish.
"With this boat following us, we can't cast our nets!"
Fu Ming prepared the equipment for extended fishing and was currently stringing the bait.
Boss Fu glanced back at the boats behind him, then stepped on the gas pedal hard. In less than ten minutes, he had left those boats far behind.
Following behind were Fu Da Laizi from Fu Family Village and his third brother, who was the elder brother of Er Laizi, who had previously stolen diesel fuel from Fu Wan's family.
Although this person wasn't as annoying as Er Laizi, he wasn't exactly a kind person either.
Hiding a knife behind a smile to disgust people is what his brothers are best at.
"Brother, their ship has sped up!"
The boatman, Sanlaizi, shouted and then floored the accelerator to follow.
Big Laizi watched Boss Fu's boat from afar and also witnessed Fu Liang pulling in empty nets several times.
"Pah, who is this guy with such bad luck!"
He cursed, noticing that it was already dark and he hadn't even thrown his own net down yet.
"Big brother, are we still going to follow or not?"
Boss Fu was still flooring the gas pedal in front, while Sanlaizi was chasing after him.
His heart was bleeding as he chased after him!
This is burning diesel fuel, which is burning through money!
"We're not going anymore! Let's stay here!"
They didn't bring much diesel fuel when they came out. If they continued to waste time like this with Boss Fu and his men, they would end up adrift at sea waiting to be rescued.
How embarrassing!
When the boats behind saw that Big Laizi and his crew weren't following them anymore, they simply found an area nearby to set their nets.
Everyone wanted to follow along and have a taste of the soup, but given the current situation, it's clear that others don't want to take them along, so there's no need to waste oil following them.
With such a vast sea and so many fish, could they all really have fallen into Boss Fu's net?!
Fu Laoda drove the boat around twice, while Fu Ming stood at the stern, shining a flashlight for a long time, but he didn't see any other boats behind him, nor did he see any boats with lights on.
"Father, they're not coming!"
Boss Fu then steered the boat toward the area near the deserted island, and Fu Wan threw the strung bamboo tubes into the sea one by one.
This thing is made somewhat like extension fishing; a string of bamboo tubes connected by a line are thrown in, and then foam is used to float them on the surface as markers.
Octopuses love to crawl into spaces like this, but it's unclear whether they like the carefully prepared bamboo tube and soda can traps.
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