When Wu Yingwei arrived at the dock, Chen Gui was already waiting. The two met up and walked together toward the storefront.
Chen Gui said, "At this time, all the villagers come to sell seafood."
Wu Yingwei held a flyer in his hand and handed it out as he walked.
Although the village is not very big and is located in a remote area, tourists occasionally come here out of curiosity. Two months ago, a tourist was trapped by the tide while going to the beach.
That's alright.
It's mainly local villagers.
As the saying goes, those who drown in rivers are usually good swimmers, and most of the accidents that happen at the coast every year are local villagers.
Why?
Because they are used to the wind and waves.
Some people have a high fear threshold when facing danger. When they see big waves, they even shout that the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish will be. Some fearless people even run to the beach during typhoons.
Most people are indeed fine, but if a small number of people are involved in an accident and are swept into the sea by the waves, that means they have lost their lives.
Wu Yingwei separated a copy of the flyer and handed it to Chen Gui.
Chen Gui shook his head: "I have other things to do."
"The old village chief also said so."
"I don't recommend this behavior. It's time-consuming and laborious, printing these flyers costs money, most people don't even look at them and just throw them on the ground, and it pollutes the environment..."
After he finished rambling on and on, he saw that Wu Yingwei had already walked ahead.
He was very disdainful of Wu Yingwei's actions. "We're all supposed to be people of status, yet you're doing things that are no different from what a waiter does."
This doesn't lower everyone's standards.
He felt ashamed.
In reality, thanks to Wu Yingwei's tireless efforts day after day, year after year, no villagers in Xiaoxi Village have had any accidents for several years now.
In these surrounding villages, there are injuries and deaths almost every year.
However, no one believed it was Wu Yingwei's doing; they could only say that Mazu (the goddess of the sea) had blessed the villagers of Xiaoxi Village.
Wu Yingwei didn't think what he was doing was anything special; it was just an ordinary job, and he even paid for printing these flyers himself.
"Old Wu, you're here to inspect the work so early."
"It's these flyers again. I have a whole stack of them at home."
"I don't want it, I know what's written on it."
"You're really dedicated."
"I heard there's going to be a leadership change, and I support you becoming the village chief."
"Me too."
"I admire no one in our village but Old Wu."
"Who isn't?"
Everyone greeted Wu Yingwei with smiles.
Wu Yingwei's usually stern face showed a hint of a smile at this moment as he replied, "Don't make a fuss. Take it back and show it to your children."
“Awen, yesterday the tide came in, and your son took some kids to play on the beach.”
Chen Gui walked over and chimed in, "Did you hear that? Go home and discipline your kids."
"If you don't know how to manage it, ask Lao Wu for advice."
"His second son was not studying hard, so Old Wu directly severed his father-son relationship with him."
Revealing the wounds to your face.
Wu Yingwei's smile froze, and the others had different expressions. The once lively atmosphere suddenly turned extremely cold.
Chen Gui, seemingly oblivious to the change in atmosphere, continued, "I also think Old Wu should be the village chief."
"Based on Lao Wu's righteous act of sacrificing his own family for the greater good, coupled with his dedication to serving the village, I would be the first to disagree with him not becoming the village chief."
His words were like knives.
Everyone's gaze shifted from Chen Gui to Wu Yingwei, who was walking forward, as if they could see knives slashing into Wu Yingwei's chest.
Someone said, "Ah Gui, you should just say less."
"I heard that Wu Erzai has turned over a new leaf and is now going beachcombing every day."
"A prodigal son who returns is more precious than gold..."
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Gui suddenly shouted, "Wu Erzai is going to the beach, right? It seems so. The one lurking around Lao Xie's door is Wu Erzai, isn't it?"
right.
Beachcombing.
He scoffed at what the man said and even wanted to laugh.
People go beachcombing and get seafood, and then Wu An goes to their house and steals the seafood. To put it simply, Wu Erzai goes beachcombing every day.
Upon hearing his shout, everyone turned to look.
Wu Yingwei stopped in his tracks.
Chen Gui walked over and said with a smile, "Old Wu, go and see what kind of seafood your second son caught while he was out fishing."
"Oh, I forgot, Wu An is no longer your son."
"But they are also villagers from our village. It's perfectly reasonable for us to go and take a look."
Wu Yingwei nodded.
Wu An and A Qing were indeed acting suspiciously, but not because they were thieves; rather, they wanted to sell crab tigers without anyone else around.
Tiger crabs are much more valuable than mud crabs.
If the villagers found out, they would definitely plow up that mudflat.
However, their actions seemed highly suspicious to outsiders.
Wu Yingwei called out from afar, "Aqing, what are you doing?"
Wu An turned his head and saw Wu Yingwei striding over. He felt a little annoyed. This old man was very stubborn. He would rather call out to A Qing than greet him.
Aqing was startled and instinctively asked, "Brother, what should we do?"
"Judging by the way your dad walks, he's about to hit us."
"Why don't we run away?"
Wu An shook his head. "What's there to be afraid of? They have nothing to hide. They're upright and have nothing to hide." He replied calmly, "We sell seafood."
Seeing Aqing's nervous expression, Wu Yingwei's face darkened even more. Not to mention Chen Gui, even the villagers who followed them felt that these two were definitely up to no good.
Otherwise, why would Aqing be so afraid?
Wu An, on the other hand, remained calm. He had given up entirely and had no shame whatsoever.
Wu Yingwei looked at the two buckets at A Qing's feet. The buckets were covered with straw hats, so he couldn't see what was inside. He asked in a cold voice, "Where did you get the seafood?"
Before Wu An could speak, Chen Gui said sarcastically, "Old Wu, talk to the child properly."
"If they shout like that, do you think they'll tell the truth?"
"They're definitely lying and saying they caught the seafood while beachcombing."
Wu Yingwei shouted, "Hurry up and confess honestly!"
Ah Qing shouted, "Uncle Wu, my brother and I caught seafood while beachcombing, it's true, don't listen to that old geezer Chen Gui's nonsense."
"We didn't lie."
"You can ask Lao Xie if you don't believe me."
"He's been the one collecting our goods these past two days."
Chen Gui exclaimed, "Good heavens, this isn't the first time?"
"You guys are incredibly bold."
"Ah An, you've completely let loose after being kicked out of the house, haven't you?"
"Do you know that if the money you make from selling these things exceeds a certain amount, you can go to jail?"
Wu An gave him the middle finger: "Shut up!"
Chen Gui was furious and pointed at him, shouting, "Old Wu, look at this, look at this..."
Wu An said expressionlessly, "You said it yourself, I've been kicked out of the family, and nobody can control me anymore."
"Also, Aqing didn't lie."
"I understand there might be a misunderstanding, but it's easy to clear it up."
He said the last two sentences while looking at Wu Yingwei.
After saying that.
He turned and kicked the roller shutter door, shouting, "Old Xie, hurry up and open the door to do business!"
soon.
From inside the house came Old Xie's shout: "Coming, coming!"
"I'm sorry, I went to deliver goods yesterday and didn't get back until late at night. I only slept for a few hours."
"You two..."
As soon as he said that, the roller shutter creaked and rose.
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