After saying goodbye to Feng Jiafa, they took the remaining fish to the workshop.
Several families are still busy in the workshop, but it's almost over.
We receive too few fish a day now; it only takes two or three hours to process them.
Although they found it strange that the two had returned so late again today, they weren't too worried.
I'm used to it.
I always come back late because the harvest was so good that it took up too much time.
This time, they thought so too.
However, when they saw the two men pushing a cart into the workshop, with only two baskets on it, they were all taken aback.
"I'm going to eat, I'm starving."
Before anyone could ask, Feng Ye threw down a sentence and ran off.
As for the explanation, let's leave it to Ah-Can; he likes to show off anyway.
After finishing his meal, Feng Ye didn't stay in the workshop to work. He asked Ye Qingling for the key and then leisurely went home.
He had to write a letter so that his father could take it to the Jinghong Hotel and give it to Qin Aijun when he went to the county tomorrow.
It's a pity it's too late now, and no one is at the village committee. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to go through all this trouble; we could just make a phone call.
He won't have time tomorrow; he has to go out to sea, and there are still 30 fishing nets left in the ocean that he hasn't retrieved.
When I got home, I found the ballpoint pen and paper.
However, as soon as he picked up the pen and wrote the three words "Respected," he was dumbfounded.
Since this letter was addressed to Hao Aiguo, it had to include a salutation.
The problem is, he doesn't know how to write the character "郝".
Feng Ye scratched his head, muttering to himself, "How do you write this character again?"
The character “郝” is not commonly used; its basic meaning is only an ancient place name and a surname.
Even if someone is highly educated, they might not be able to write this character in a short time.
Is it because this character is used so infrequently that it usually only appears in surnames?
According to statistics, only 1,530 people out of every 10 million people use this feature.
As he frowned in thought, Ye Qingling's voice suddenly came from behind him: "What are you doing?"
Startled, Feng Ye turned around and saw Ye Qingling peeking out from behind him. He immediately said irritably, "Walking so quietly, you almost scared me to death!"
Ye Qingling was amused by Feng Ye's reaction and chuckled, "You were too focused, you didn't even notice me walking behind you."
Her gaze then fell on the paper, and she asked curiously, "Writing a letter? And so respectfully, who is it addressed to?"
"County Chief Hao."
"Oh, why did you suddenly decide to write to him? Don't you have his phone number? Why don't you just call him?"
"There's no one in the village committee right now, and we have to go out to sea tomorrow to bring back the fishing nets, so we don't have time."
"I'm moving the day after tomorrow, so I have time, right?"
"We can't wait, things are urgent."
Time is of the essence; Hao Aiguo needs to know about this as soon as possible.
If the people behind Longtail Island make their move first and get them out, it will be too late.
He frowned and continued, "Besides, it's not easy to talk about this over the phone."
"What's the matter? Why is it so urgent?"
Feng Ye put down his pen, turned his chair around, sat down properly, and slowly said, "You heard what happened today from A-Can, right?"
"Um."
Ye Qingling nodded, "You guys are too daring, too risky. Luckily there was only one person on that boat. If there had been more people, you might have..."
Her words carried a hint of worry and reproach.
"We observed carefully before we acted. But we really didn't expect there to be anyone on the boat. We thought they had all gone to the island."
"Is your letter related to this matter?"
"Yes. I heard that there are powerful figures protecting Long Tail Island, which is why they have been able to evade arrest. I'm worried that these powerful figures will exert pressure, forcing the police station to release them."
"Oh? If they really release him, that'll be a huge problem. How will you and Ah-Can go out to sea to fish in the future?"
"So, I need to tell County Chief Hao about this and let him handle the pressure?"
Ye Qingling looked doubtful: "But, can County Chief Hao withstand the pressure? Or rather, will he help with this?"
Feng Ye noticed her worry.
Although he wasn't sure if Hao Aiguo was willing to get involved, he firmly said, "County Chief Hao is an upright person and will definitely stand on the side of justice."
He couldn't show hesitation or denial, otherwise Ye Qingling would worry even more.
However, his words did not dispel Ye Qingling's doubts and worries.
She frowned, looking somewhat uneasy: "I hope so."
"Don't worry, everything will be fine."
Feng Ye smiled and said, "Even if I can't go to sea anymore, it's okay. There's still the dried fish business, right? That's enough to keep my family from having to worry about food and clothing."
Hearing this, Ye Qingling finally smiled and said, "That's true. I really hope you don't go out to sea to fish anymore, so you won't always come back so late and make me worry."
"That won't do. I can't stay at home all the time. The waves at sea are my stage."
"Alright, stop joking around and get back to writing your letter."
Feng Ye scratched his head: "There's a little problem. I don't know how to write the character '郝'."
Ye Qingling chuckled: "No wonder you were standing there dumbfounded just now, and only wrote three characters. It turns out you didn't know how to write the next character."
"You can do it?"
"I don't know either, but I'll look it up in the dictionary."
"Yes, you can look it up in the dictionary."
Feng Ye slapped his forehead, annoyed, "How could I have been so stupid? I didn't think of that!"
He chuckled self-deprecatingly, opened the drawer, and took out the dictionary.
This dictionary is quite old; it's the one he used when he was a student, and the cover is missing.
He turned to the section starting with the letter "H", found the page number corresponding to the pronunciation of "hao", and then read the annotations word by word.
Although there are more than one surname that can be pronounced "hao", he compared them over and over and finally guessed correctly and chose the character "郝".
He carefully copied the characters stroke by stroke, then wrote down the words "County Magistrate," followed by "Hello," and that was when the official ceremony began.
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