Since Village Chief Shen had already made his point, Chen Gui knew he had no other choice.
Because he is indeed unclean.
Old Chen gave him some money, which he accepted without any qualms.
The old village chief actually knew about this.
He couldn't figure out how he knew, and right now, he had to go and take down the banner.
How glorious yesterday was.
How embarrassing will it be for him to take the banner today?
Old Village Chief Shen waved his hand: "Go ahead."
Chen Gui turned around and opened the door.
Outside the door, several people were busy with their own tasks. People always pretend to be busy when they are in a hurry, but they are just busy doing nothing. Chen Gui's face darkened, and he walked towards the banner without saying a word.
Then he moved a chair, stood on it, and took down the banner.
On the wall, there was a lone nail.
Everyone watched silently.
Wu Yingwei also put down his pen, his brows furrowing slightly.
They actually got the banner!
Some people frowned, some watched coldly, and some watched with a smile on their lips.
Chen Gui kept his head down.
Looking at the banner in his hand, which felt like a hot potato, he gritted his teeth, saw the trash can next to him, rolled it up haphazardly, and threw it in with a "bang".
Everyone was stunned.
Chen Gui didn't give anyone a chance to ask questions and turned to leave the house.
Someone walked to the door, watched Chen Gui walk away, then turned around and whispered, "What's going on? Why is the banner in the trash can?"
"It must be related to Old Chen from Shangwan Village."
"That's nonsense. What I want to know is what kind of relationship they have. Is it possible that Boss Chen's investigation by the police station is related to Brother Gui?"
"You can't just say that."
"I'm just making a reasonable guess."
"Alright, I just found out. Didn't someone fall off Boss Chen's boat that day? He was later rescued by Yingwei's second son."
"Yes, that's true. I heard the leaders praised it highly and even wanted to commend them."
"That man said that Boss Chen refused to help someone in distress, and also said that he had a connection with Chen Gui."
"ah?"
"No way?"
"I'd believe you if you said you'd just stand by and watch someone die, but how is this related to Chen Gui?"
"Who knows?"
"Anyway, all the banners are in the trash now."
"Yingwei, it seems there's been a problem with the commendation. Your son's act of bravery should be on record, right?" someone asked cheerfully.
The village committee only has a few people, and now that there's a reshuffle, some people are close to Chen Gui, while others are close to Wu Yingwei.
Mentioning Wu An's act of bravery when Chen Gui took down the banner was no different from kicking a dog when it was down.
Wu Yingwei thought for a moment and said seriously, "They can't escape."
"I just don't know if these two awards for acts of bravery will be combined into one."
Everyone else is adding up the tables.
He can say a few words, whether high or low, it's not like he can't.
To be honest, he didn't want to show off, but he still felt secretly pleased to do so.
The man gave a thumbs up: "Your second child is this one."
Others echoed his sentiments.
Old Village Chief Shen came out, nodded to everyone, leaned on his cane with one hand, and walked out slowly with the other hand behind his back.
After the village chief left, everyone felt more relaxed.
"Yingwei, congratulations!"
"Once the medals arrive, we should throw a two-table celebration."
"Alright, keep your voices down. If Chen Gui hears us, he'll be in agony."
Wu Yingwei said, "This is, after all, an honor for Aand."
"I can't make that decision."
I'll ask him about it later.
Seeing everyone's flattering expressions, Wu Yingwei couldn't help but admit that for a moment he had the illusion that he was "gaining status because of his son," or rather, it wasn't exactly an illusion...
He didn't stay in the house for long before he had to go out to do something.
A familiar face followed them out, his smile vanishing, and said, "You saw the village chief's attitude, didn't you?"
Wu Yingwei nodded.
"I'm afraid the old village chief is going to hand over the reins to Chen Gui."
"..."
Wu Yingwei remained silent.
"Your spine is too straight and too stiff. If you were even a little bit softer, Chen Gui wouldn't even have the right to compete with you."
After a moment of silence, Wu Yingwei said, "Alright, get back to work."
"Hey, I'm speaking up for you, but to be fair, your second son doesn't seem to have done anything, yet he's managed to put Chen Gui in a much stronger position for you."
"In this respect, Chen Gui is far inferior to you."
Wu Yingwei waved his hand and quickened his pace, otherwise he would lose his composure and people would notice he was smiling.
...
maritime.
Wu An steered the boat slowly forward.
Old Fu and A Qing were lifting the fish traps. The winch slowly rotated, bringing the traps up. Seeing the lively shrimp inside, Old Fu said excitedly, "This is the third row of fish traps, isn't it?"
Aqing said, "I think so."
Old Fu was busy working with him, and said, "This third batch is even better than the first two."
"Wow, this place has such good resources?"
"No wonder you came all the way here."
Aqing said, "My brother chose the location."
Old Fu shook his head, resigned to his fate. Some people are just like that, God seems to be scrambling to feed them.
You have to admit it.
Actually, when he arrived here, he looked at the place based on his experience and concluded that the resources were decent and there would be some gains, but the gains would be mediocre.
But as the traps were pulled up one after another, and he looked at the piles of fish, he couldn't help but fall into self-doubt.
His experience... is very inaccurate!
Ah Qing looked up and shouted, "Old Fu, don't just stand there, hurry up and sort them!"
Old Fu quickly got to work.
With such a large catch, we need to hurry up and process it.
No wonder Wu An was so eager to have him work on the ship. If everyone could earn this much, the two people on the ship really couldn't handle the workload.
After all the traps were lifted up and preliminarily sorted, an hour had passed. What puzzled Old Fu was that Wu An would touch each trap as it was thrown down.
Ah Qing explained, "This is to let the fish trap try my brother's luck."
"You noticed it too, didn't you?"
“My brother is protected by the goddess Mazu, and he will also bless these fish traps to catch a lot of seafood.”
Old Fu was filled with doubt and apprehension.
Is it really that amazing?
Wu An was both amused and exasperated. This kid A Qing was full of nonsense, but he actually got it right.
It's just that nobody believed him when he said that.
After throwing the trap down, Wu An kept 2 points of luck for emergencies and said, "Old Fu, let's go, let's return."
It's 10 a.m. now.
Go home early.
Old Fu was confused again: "Go home?"
"Shall we leave now?"
"I just finished cleaning up the fish traps, and I saw there were casting nets..."
Wu An shook his head: "Casting a net requires finding schools of fish, which is too much trouble. No thanks."
Old Fu hurriedly replied, "It's no trouble at all."
"I'm sure I can find the school of fish."
"Around here."
It was his first time on the ship, and he was eager to make a name for himself.
"What's so great about finding schools of fish?" Aqing waved her hand and said seriously, "We don't need to go through all that trouble with casting nets. We can just ask Tiger and his gang for some toll money when they pass by."
"Huh?" Old Fu felt that he was really getting old, and he couldn't understand what the young people were saying anymore.
Wu An explained, "Aqing meant that when the orcas are driving away the fish, we can take the opportunity to grab some spots."
Ah Qing said excitedly, "That's right, you don't know, the fish are lined up like a row, you could throw a net with your eyes closed and still not be able to pull it up."
Old Fu said irritably, "I don't believe you for a second. These young people these days really know how to lie."
"Ah Qing wasn't lying to you. We also managed to get quite a few manta rays the first time we helped our orcas," Wu An explained.
Old Fu was skeptical.
The orcas and sea turtles from last time really left a deep impression on him; they were all very intelligent.
"Let's set sail and get back early so we can make it in time for dinner." Wu An paused, then continued, "You have important business to attend to this afternoon, so we can't be late."
After hearing what he said, Old Fu stopped insisting.
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