When Feng Ye pushed the cart back to the dock, Guo Changling and his wife had already gone home.
Ah-Can has already unloaded today's catch and piled it on the dock; there are only three baskets.
There were also four boxes of cigarettes, two of which were in tattered cardboard boxes and were packed in baskets.
As for the sacks of fabric and clothes, they haven't been unloaded yet.
The bags were already quite heavy, and after absorbing seawater, they became even heavier.
Ah-Can can't move it all by himself, so he can only wait for Feng-Ye to return so they can move it together.
Feng Jiaqing and the others were surprised by today's catch; it was far too little.
They were shocked when they saw the four boxes of cigarettes.
Although none of them recognized what kind of cigarettes they were, they knew they were cigarettes just by looking at the packaging.
"Where did all this cigarette smoke come from? Did you steal it?"
"Dad, what are you thinking? How could we possibly do something like robbery?"
"So what's going on?"
"I'll tell you all when we get back, so we don't have to go through it all again. Let's get the cargo on the ship first."
"Is there more on the ship?"
"Um."
They boarded the boat and were shocked once again when they saw several large sacks of marijuana.
I wanted to ask, but I held back and helped carry the sacks off the boat and onto the cart.
Many hands make light work.
Soon, all the goods were loaded onto a cart and pushed together to Feng Ye's house.
"Now you can tell me, where did all these come from? And what's in the sacks?"
Xiao Chunxiu was the first to ask.
Looking at the pile of cigarettes and sacks, everyone felt both worried and curious.
"These were all found for free, pulled up from the sea..."
Ah-chan excitedly explained the whole story of these goods to everyone.
He spoke vividly, his eyebrows dancing with excitement, clearly overjoyed.
Everyone was both surprised and delighted after hearing this.
"Is what you're saying true? You're not lying to us, are you?"
"Free? That's like a pie falling from the sky!"
"There was fabric and clothes, and even cigarettes—all good stuff. It was like a dream come true."
"Yes, it's unbelievable..."
Seeing everyone's reaction, Feng Ye smiled and said, "Not only us, Guo Changling also found one."
"However, he didn't collect as much as we did..."
Ah-Can added details about the types of goods that Guo Changling found.
Then he laughed loudly, "Haha, I really don't know what to say about him. He's lucky, he had a terrible run of bad luck; he's unlucky, he got so much stuff for free."
"Oh, what happened to him?"
Everyone then asked more questions out of curiosity.
Feng Ye laughed and said, "When his boat was coming back, the propeller broke off halfway and it drifted into the sea. It drifted at sea for more than an hour before we had to tow it back."
"Oh? That's really unlucky."
"Indeed, but I was also quite lucky to run into you guys."
"Having found so much stuff, even if the propeller broke, it was all worth it."
"yes……"
As they discussed this, Feng Ye and A-Can untied the burlap sacks one by one to show them.
"These fabrics and clothes have been soaked in seawater and need to be washed and dried. It's so late today, so please come back tomorrow to clean them up."
"Okay, okay, no rush, we can deal with it tomorrow."
Hearing Aunt Ling say that, Du Guilan nodded.
Everyone gathered around the sack, turning over the fabric and clothes inside to examine them.
When they saw underwear, especially those with little or no fabric and those that were semi-transparent, Xiao Chunxiu and Aunt Ling were fine, after all, they were quite old, but Ye Qingling and Du Guilan blushed a little.
Ye Qingling said shyly, "How can there be such underwear? It's too embarrassing."
Du Guilan chimed in, "That's right, how are we supposed to wear that?"
Feng Jiaqing and Feng Jialing were rummaging through jeans to see if they had any that fit them. When they heard their voices, they both turned around and were spotted by Xiao Chunxiu.
She glared at the two of them and shouted, "What are you looking at?"
The two men looked somewhat uncomfortable when confronted with this question.
Isn't it just women's underwear?
What's wrong with seeing this? It's not like we haven't seen it before.
Just as Feng Jiaqing was about to curse at the woman, Feng Ye quickly tugged at his sleeve and smoothed things over.
"Dad, Uncle Ling, ignore them, come and have a smoke."
He took out Marlboro cigarettes from his pocket, handed one to each person, and then waved the cigarette pack in his hand.
"This cigarette is called Marlboro, an American brand. You guys try it and see how it tastes."
The two of them readily accepted the situation and didn't hold it against Xiao Chunxiu.
They took the cigarettes, lit them, and took a deep drag.
"Mmm, this taste..."
Feng Jiaqing frowned. "Something feels off. It smells a bit bad?"
"Yeah, why does this cigarette smell so strange?"
Feng Jialing also frowned.
"Seventh Brother, you sensed it too?"
"Um."
"Really? Why can't I pull it out?"
Ah-chan looked at the cigarette in his hand with a puzzled expression, then took another puff. "No, it's just a bit strong."
Feng Jialing rolled her eyes: "You've only been smoking for a few days, it's no wonder you can't get it out of your skin."
Ah-Can didn't argue with his father, but turned to look at Feng Ye: "Brother Ye, does it really smell bad?"
"For people who are used to the smell of flue-cured tobacco, the smell of Marlboro tobacco may seem rather unique, or even a bit 'stinky'."
When Feng Ye first smoked it in his previous life, he wasn't used to the unique taste either.
But after smoking more and more, I naturally got used to it.
He explained with a smile, "Marlboro is a blended tobacco, not just raw or flue-cured tobacco."
"Its 'stinky' smell comes from the fact that it has a stronger raw tobacco smell and a weaker flue-cured tobacco smell."
"Dad, if you and Uncle Ling don't like it, then forget it. We'll give you some of the British 555 and 505 cigarettes instead. They're typical roasted tobacco."
As he spoke, he gave Ah-Can a wink, signaling him to bring out the cigarettes.
He only had one pack of opened Marlboro cigarettes on him; 555 and Nanyang Double Happiness cigarettes were in Ah Can's pocket.
Ah-Can understood and immediately took out the package of 555 cigarettes that had been opened and handed it directly to Feng Jialing: "Dad, here you go."
After receiving the cigarettes, Feng Jialing took out two, handed one to Feng Jiaqing, lit one for himself, and took a deep drag.
"Hmm, this tastes much better, this is what smoke should taste like."
Feng Jiaqing nodded in agreement: "Yes, this is the proper smell of cigarettes, unlike the weird smell of the cigarettes we just had."
Seeing the satisfied looks on the two elders' faces, Feng Ye pointed to a basket and said with a smile, "We also have this Nanyang Double Happiness tobacco, from Hong Kong. It's also flue-cured tobacco. You should be used to it. Would you like to try some?"
Feng Jiaqing waved his hand: "Forget it, don't waste it. These cigarettes aren't cheap, are they?"
"It's alright. Marlboro and 35 retail for around seven or eight dollars, while Nanyang Double Happiness is a bit cheaper, around three dollars."
"So expensive?"
"If it were cheap, it wouldn't be able to get on a smuggling ship."
The two thought about it and agreed that it made sense.
Smuggling always targets items that are expensive and easy to sell.
If the price is too low, even if smuggling can evade customs duties, you won't make much money.
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