Jiang Shiyue thought they were afraid of being caught for illegal transactions, so she repeatedly stated that she would never tell anyone and that they could provide tickets or pay extra money.
The captain waved his hand. "Don't get me wrong! We're not greedy. Although we still maintain the production team system here, we don't have land and don't need machinery, so there's no need for diesel or gasoline. Although we're in the city, we're very poor. I don't even know if there's a car in the entire town, so I really don't have any gasoline for you."
Jiang Shiyue: “…”
So poor and still don’t have land?
Perhaps Jiang Shiyue's expression was too obvious, so Sha Hai added, "We are indeed a village... no, a production team. However, our village used to make a living by fishing. Starting a couple of years ago, there were too many illegal immigrants, and the local authorities couldn't handle it. Especially in the past two years, with the economy improving, there are even more illegal immigrants than before. Since they couldn't handle it all, the local authorities simply expropriated our land and built a port. And we were assigned to work at the port."
"Isn't this good?" Jiang Shiyue was puzzled. It sounded like this meant that he had changed from a fisherman to a civil servant?
The captain smiled bitterly, "What's so good about that? They trade with foreigners at the port, or at worst, with people from Hong Kong Island across the way. The less busy jobs are reserved for educated people. Illiterate fishermen like us can only do hard labor."
Unlike fishing, children can also do fishing and earn work points, but children are not allowed to work in the port, and the elderly are not allowed to work either, only young and middle-aged people are allowed.
It seems that the income is stable, but when the profits are distributed at the end of the year, it is actually tighter than when I was a fisherman.
Jiang Shiyue glanced around the room and thought to himself that this house was even more tight than life!
She slapped her forehead and belatedly asked the most important question to her, "I forgot to ask, where are we?"
Sand Sea: “…”
team leader:"……"
The two of them exchanged a look that Jiang Shiyue could understand: This girl has such a big heart!
Jiang Shiyue: “…”
The captain said, "We are called Shajia Village. It belongs to Yingcheng."
Jiang Shiyue exclaimed "Ah!", opened his mouth and then closed it again.
For a moment, I didn't know whether to say that I was unfortunate or lucky.
I used to clamor to come to Pengcheng when I was in school, but I never had the time.
This time I thought of Huacheng, but by chance I ended up in Pengcheng.
Pengcheng is the name of the city, and Yingcheng is a district of Pengcheng.
He may not look good now, but he will be great in the future!
Jiang Shiyue was no longer so anxious to leave and took the initiative to ask, "In that case, could you please take me in for one night? I'll pay for the accommodation."
The captain and Sha Hai both showed embarrassed expressions.
Sha Hai spoke first: "Girl, it's not that we don't want to take you in. Look..."
He stretched out his hand and gestured in a circle around the room. "You've seen the situation at our house. We have such a small space, and eight people living here. I'm really afraid of putting you in a difficult position."
Jiang Shiyue smiled and expressed her understanding.
The space is full, and even if she sleeps on the floor it might be in the way.
I can only look at the captain with expectation.
The captain smiled bitterly: "Our family's situation is not much better. If you don't mind, you can spend a night with my daughter."
Jiang Shiyue agreed immediately.
The captain came out and dismissed the villagers, then took Jiang Shiyue back to his home.
Their family conditions are much better than Sha Hai's. At least they don't have to put bunk beds in the same room.
But it's still very crowded.
Besides, the captain said he wanted to squeeze in with his daughter.
Jiang Shiyue thought it was one girl, but it turned out to be two.
There is only a 1.5-meter double bed, and three people have to squeeze in.
Jiang Shiyue felt really embarrassed, so she borrowed a blanket from them and went back to the car to sleep.
At least it's more comfortable in the car.
***
Jiang Shiyue has been rather picky about sleeping on a Simmons bed lately. She can’t sleep well in the car and wakes up early.
She sat in the car, looking at the still-dawn sky, and sighed softly: "It's really hard to go from luxury to frugality!"
Seeing that the door of Sha Hai's house was open, Jiang Shiyue went in to borrow some water to wash up briefly, and then had breakfast at Sha Hai's house.
In fact, I just borrowed the pots and pans from Sha Hai's house, and the ingredients were provided by Jiang Shiyue.
Jiang Shiyue took out a lot of things from the trunk, some of which he took to the captain's house last night, and some of which he gave to Sha Hai's family.
She brought some mutton.
Boil a pot of water, throw the sliced mutton in and cook it, then take it out, put it in a bowl, add some coriander and seasoning to make a simple version of mutton soup.
Jiang Shiyue also brought some steamed buns, which she broke into pieces and put into the mutton soup to have something to eat and drink.
The Shahai family had obviously never eaten this before, and they found it new and fresh. The whole family praised it as delicious.
However, Jiang Shiyue felt that this kind of praise was somewhat polite.
After all, southerners eat light food and may not like such fishy things.
The Shahai couple are in their thirties and have two daughters and a son.
The eldest daughter was about ten years old, just at the age when she began to love beauty. Her eyes were always on Jiang Shiyue's clothes, and from time to time she would praise her clothes in broken Mandarin.
Jiang Shiyue said, "You can't wear my clothes, but I can give you a new set of clothes that will suit you. I'll send it to you when I return to Huacheng."
The little girl was immediately delighted.
Sha Hai's wife hurriedly scolded the girl, saying that she was impolite and should not ask people for things without permission.
"It's okay." Jiang Shiyue patted the little girl's head. "Children all love beauty. And I've caused you a lot of trouble by parking my car in front of your house."
It is only right to give them a small gift for the inconvenience they cause in entering and leaving.
After chatting for a while, Jiang Shiyue turned the topic to what she wanted to know. "We've built a port here, so the economy should be better. And the villagers should be given some subsidies for land acquisition, right? Why is it that every household is so financially strained, and housing is also so tight?"
Sha Hai sighed, "It's a long story, but also simple. We were originally fishermen, and most of the time the villagers lived on their boats. This house was usually occupied by those who stayed at home, and at most they would stay for a day or two during the New Year when they came back to reunite with their families. As for the arable land, there wasn't much to begin with, and the compensation was limited. The point is, even if you have money but no land for housing, you still can't build a house."
Later, farmland was occupied to build a port and fishing was no longer allowed.
It’s not that it’s not allowed, but you can’t fish in this waters anymore.
They had no choice but to go ashore and move back to their house.
The village collective land is only this big. With so many people returning to the village at once, everyone wants to build more houses, but where can they get the residential land?
Jiang Shiyue's heart moved slightly when he heard this. He raised his chopsticks and pointed towards the east of the village. "There seems to be a piece of wasteland in the east of the village. Isn't that your village's?"
Sha Hai glanced at Jiang Shiyue, hesitated and said nothing.
The little girl who had been looking at Jiang Shiyue suddenly said, "That's the cemetery in our village."
Jiang Shiyue: “…”
It turns out that people live in that area.
Fortunately, she didn't go there.
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