"We in the village did not participate in their war, but were innocently affected. We were attacked by local people when we were leaving. Otherwise, nothing would have happened to us. That's why the leaders were so talkative and could be released with a little money.

"

"Otherwise, if so many people were sentenced and the matter was so big, he might not be able to hold his official position."

This was what he was thinking about later. He must have thought that the fewer people who reported the case, the better. The more people involved, the bigger the case, so he imposed heavy penalties and light penalties.

Lin Xiuqing frowned and said, "What should we do? We are not that capable."

"Nothing to do. Just tell the truth. You didn't come with me in the first place. Those people in the town have nothing to do with us. We don't know each other. They can't blame us no matter what."

"Yeah, just let them trouble whoever led them there," Ye Mu said curiously, "Has the agent in the town come back? I guess you can't protect yourself either? So many people were led by him

I went there, but if I didn’t bring it back, I had to be torn apart by these people.”

"He didn't come back, and he wasn't on the list of people who were arrested. He probably ran away and hid in advance."

"Then his family, brothers and sisters are in trouble. They can't find the rightful owner, so they can only make trouble for the family."

The old lady has always been there. Amitabha said, "They are all poor people, just to make more money. Now it will not be long before the white-haired people give away the black-haired people, and they are still locked up in a different place, and they can't even take a look..."

"Sigh... If you can help us, just help us. If you can't help us, there's nothing we can do... This is all life..."

No one cared about the old lady's thoughts.

Mother Ye asked again: "How many people were arrested in our village this time? Who are they? How much did you spend to redeem people?"

"Four to five thousand, some of them rent our boats. For the people I invite, I will pay for them, and the others will deduct it directly when the accounts are settled."

"so much!"

Father Ye rolled his eyes at her, "You earn a lot, why didn't you tell me?"

“If you’ve already been arrested, what else can you earn?”

"Then if you invite someone here, you won't be responsible for their safety? You will definitely have to spend money to redeem them."

"Who are they? Who among you is so unlucky as to be caught?"

Father Ye immediately shut up again and quickly took a few more bites of rice.

Ye Yaodong smiled and said: "As soon as you came back, you kept asking questions. First, pack up our things, wash what needs to be washed, and divide the things we bought back. Those few can't wait to unpack them."

The three children had already been picking around the pile of luggage, but they didn't dare to dig through it for fear of being scolded. They were scratching their heads and couldn't wait any longer. They immediately said after hearing this.

"Dad, what did you bring..."

"Can we turn over?"

"What did you buy again?" Ye's mother was diverted and went to rummage through a pile of things.

Lin Xiuqing also followed them to sort out their luggage, turning out the small toys belonging to the children and giving them to each of them. The remaining food, drinks and gifts were also put away neatly.

"Why is this the only set of clothes your dad has left? Where are the others?"

"Aren't you still wearing your clothes?"

"What else?"

"It's broken, throw it away."

"You're a prodigal son. If it's broken, you can bring it back and give it to me to wash and sew. Can't you still wear it? Anyway, what does it matter if you wear clothes for work?"

Mother Ye scolded Father Ye while sorting out her things, "There are no more clothes and pants, and no more boxers..."

The children on the other side were all sharing the toys with smiles on their faces, with you and I holding each other in my arms. The atmosphere in the family instantly became more relaxed, if not for the nervous look on Father Ye's face.

At this time, Mother Ye suddenly paused while holding Father Ye's clothes, "That's not right, your boxer briefs have several holes in the back of your buttocks. Why are the others gone?"

"I told you, but the whole thing was accidentally torn."

"Can't we bring it back and sew it up?"

She stood up suspiciously and looked at Father Ye up and down, "Could it be..."

"Don't talk nonsense about things that don't exist."

"I haven't said anything yet, why are you so nervous? Have you been arrested too?"

Father Ye became angry and put down his chopsticks heavily, "Is there anyone like you? When you come back, you ask questions non-stop. Are you interrogating the prisoner?"

Mother Ye had a clear look on her face, and rolled her eyes at him angrily, "I'm just telling you why you always act like a thief with a guilty conscience. When asked who were the ones who were arrested, one or two of them immediately changed the subject. It turned out that they were also involved.

Too embarrassed to say it."

The expression on Father Ye's face was worse than eating a fly.

"The clothes were gone and they told me they were torn and thrown away. I dared to burn them directly when they were released."

The old lady was also surprised and grabbed Father Ye directly, "You were also arrested? Why were you so careless? You didn't tell me when you came back..."

"What's there to say? Do you think it's something glorious? I kept asking if it's annoying? I'm not the only one who was arrested. So many people were arrested."

"Oh, what a sin. We have been doing our duty for the rest of our lives, and we still have to suffer this fate when we grow old..."

Father Ye almost exploded with anger and glared at the old lady, "Shut up. If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute. I didn't do anything. I just walked in and walked around to get a feel for it."

"Okay, okay, don't say anything anymore. I'll cook you two poached eggs later to get rid of bad luck." Ye Mu said angrily.

After finishing it, he muttered again, "Fortunately, you are not the only one being arrested, so it won't be too embarrassing..."

"The bald head was not shaved off in vain...it actually came true..."

Ye Yaodong almost spit out the soup with a mouthful of soup.

Father Ye's head felt like smoke was coming out.

The old lady hurriedly patted Mother Ye and said, "Stop talking, it's not a glorious thing. Don't talk nonsense when you go out."

"You won't know if you don't tell me?" Mother Ye couldn't help but rolled her eyes, "Father and son still want to hide it from me, thinking that they won't know if they hide it from me."

Father Ye threw down his chopsticks and went out directly. He was so angry that he couldn't even eat anything.

Lin Xiuqing had never been embarrassed to say anything, and now she asked Ye Yaodong, "Dad was really arrested?"

"Um."

"No wonder dad winked at you when mom asked about it just now."

"You old man wants to save face. Sooner or later, you have to let me know. What else are you hiding?"

Ye's mother packed up Ye's father's clothes and bought things for him, "I'm going back first. I can't save my face anymore. I still have to be coaxed at my age. I'll go back and cook two poached eggs for him first."

The two of them went out one after another. The yard was already empty. After everyone finished talking, they all went out to chat with others.

There was a commotion at the door and a commotion in the house. The three children couldn't divide the toys and all lay on the floor to protect their own.

After eating, Ye Yaodong stood up and took off his rain boots, stepped on his butt and asked, "Is the ground dirty? Lying down like this."

"Dad, your feet smell so bad!" Ye Chenghu pinched his nose and stood up quickly because he couldn't stand it anymore.

Ye Xiaoxi retorted loudly, "It doesn't stink!"

Ye Chengyang glanced at Ye Xiaoxi with disgust, raised his nose, quickly got up from the ground, picked up the toy and put it in the hem of his clothes, holding his nose and ran upstairs.

Ye Chenghu also quickly got up, picked up the toy and ran away.

Ye Yaodong laughed loudly, "It really doesn't stink?"

He smiled evilly and stretched his foot to the tip of her nose. Ye Xiaoxi immediately lowered his head and tucked his head into his arms.

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said, "Little straw bag! Stop teasing her and go take a shower. It really stinks. Take off your rain boots and wash them for me."

Ye Yaodong bent down and lifted up the lying Ye Xiaoxi, "Since it doesn't stink, how about washing my feet?"

She shook her head like a rattle, squatted down, picked up her share of toys, and then hurried back to the room.

"Didn't you say it doesn't stink? Why are you running?"

"Have you received all your wages? Do you want each company to send them to you?"

"No, I sent it to them before I came back."

Lin Xiuqing lifted the cloth bag in her hand and said, "Then I will keep the money."

"Um."

"How much did you earn on this trip? Do you remember it?"

"Yes, the ledger is also in the cloth bag. You can read it yourself. The total income from head to tail is about 60,000 yuan. Aguang's agency fee was also divided into more than 3,200 yuan. The redeemer himself posted 3,000 yuan, and the others

I paid more than 1,000 over there, but it will be taken back anyway, so don’t forget it. In addition, I paid over 6,000 for labor, and I also bought six boats..."

"Ah?" Lin Xiuqing raised her head in surprise, "You also bought six boats? What boats?"

Ye Yaodong briefly told her about the boats he bought.

"Then we don't have twenty or thirty ships on hand? Can we manage it?"

"When all those small wooden boats are sold tomorrow, it will save you a lot of trouble. Just sell them. The remaining fishing boats will be rented out by then. Anyway, there are those boys who go out to receive the goods at the time every day. You

All you need to do is collect the payment with the receipt."

"There are so many ships and there are not enough manpower to work..."
To be continued...