Section 4 Trading on the Beach

Lying in bed, smuggled goods are still a topic of conversation.

"I've heard that there are often smuggled goods sold on the beach here in Kusho. Can we ask the team headquarters and take the time to take a look over there? Jiang Sigui came up with an idea.

"Yes. Looking for Director Ji tomorrow, do you want us to take a day off and go to the Nine Institutes to have a look, we can't buy anything, and it's good to have fun. Luo Yufu said.

Everyone, you say a word, I say a word, only until there are bursts of howls, and they all fall asleep.

The next day, the leader agreed to the request of the breeding team members to go to the beach of Jiusho.

After lunch, after a short rest, Ma Linxi called Wang Changsong, who was in the same shop, up: "Ready to go." ”

"Okay. Wang Changsong stretched his waist and said, "What about Fan Guangjie and Hu Longbiao?"

"They woke up early. Ma Linsi said as he wiped his face with a towel.

Marlinsi brought a straw hat, a kettle, and a towel, and the four of them went to the beach to collect shells.

Starting from the seventh team, turn right along the road at the entrance of the village, cross the Huangsan Railway for a while, follow the earthworm-like road, and go straight to the south.

The scorching sun hung overhead, and several people were sweating profusely for a while.

The gravel pavement is full of potholes, and from time to time there is a shallow ditch that diverts water, and the gravel everywhere is hot by the sun, as if it has been fried.

On both sides of the road were tall shrubs and clumps of trees, and it was not until we approached the communes of Jiusha that the coconut trees gradually increased, and the houses were hidden in the depths of the dense coconut groves.

After arriving at the Kusho Commune, the sound of the sea became noticeably louder, like a dull rolling thunder.

After the town, over a few sand dunes, a deep blue sea appeared in front of Marinthi on their right. The sound of the waves is getting louder and louder, the fishing boats on the sea are dotted, and the small red flags on the masts can be seen clearly.

They quickened their pace, passing through a sparse coconut grove and over a low sand dune with golden sand in front of them.

The beach stretches to the east and disappears into the faint coconut groves. To the west, the sandy beach meets the boundless skyline. To the south, after a few hundred meters of gentle sandy beach, it slowly stretches into the depths of the sea.

The waves pushed up layer by layer, and then retreated layer by layer. This is the southernmost part of China's coastline.

A map of the whole country came to Ma Linxi's mind, and the location of Hainan Island was getting bigger and bigger, and the coastline was becoming clearer. It turned out that at this moment, Marlinsi was standing on this standard blue coastline.

The sand grains on the beach have been washed by the seawater, and there are no edges and corners, like golden rapeseeds, shining in the sun. On the endless beach is a floating object pushed up by the sea, which should be the boatmen abandoned in the sea planks, plastic bags, foam, sponges, ropes, there is no shadow of shells, everyone is not interested.

The sun was sinking in the west, and a large gray-white cloud blocked out some of the scorching sun.

They rolled up their trousers and walked slowly along the ebb and flow tide line towards the fishing boats moored in the distance.

The sea breeze blows, wrapping in salty and wet, and feels cool. The heat and heat of the first time are long gone.

Suddenly, Ma Linxi felt a little itchy in his neck, and when he reached out and touched it, his fingers were covered with a layer of snow-white salt frost.

After a while, a tall and a short fisherman came to meet him. Only then did it become clear in front of Ma Linxi that it turned out that they were holding more than a dozen shells in their hands, gesturing and asking them if they wanted it.

A few people suddenly came to their senses, although they didn't pick up the shells, they could buy a few and take them back in vain.

Fishermen poured more than a dozen shells of various shapes onto the flat mirror-like sand, and then laid them out one by one for them to take a closer look.

Finally, Marinsi's gaze fell on an oval-shaped, creamy yellow seashell, with clear and varied veins, a hard texture and a porcelain-like surface. Due to the language barrier, they had to ask for the price with gestures.

The tall man stretched out three fingers of his left hand. Marlinxi was surprised when it was three cents, but the tall man shook his head.

Marlinsi asked, "Three pieces?" he nodded and smiled. Three yuan is equivalent to two days of business trip allowance, which is really reluctant. Marlinsi turned her head to leave.

Seeing that he wanted to leave and hesitated, the tall man immediately grabbed Ma Linxi again and stretched out two fingers. Since the price has dropped, let's buy one.

Ma Linxi put his hand into his shirt pocket and took out a five-city catty "Jiangsu Province General Grain Stamp".

In these days, food stamps are also hard currency, and they are also valuable things. However, local food stamps are not common in Hainan, which is equivalent to a piece of waste paper.

But Ma Linxi immediately realized that the other party might be illiterate, and suddenly had a bad idea in his heart, calmly handed over the food stamp, and told him with gestures that we didn't bring any money, this is five catties of national food stamps, far more than two yuan miles.

The man took the stamp, looked left and right, and handed it to the short man, and the two of them repeated it for a long time, probably thinking that there would be no fake, and the tall fisherman handed the shell to Marinsi.

Ma Linxi put away the shells, could not suppress the joy in his heart, called everyone and rushed back, and turned around and looked twice, for fear that the two fishermen would catch up if they found out.

"What are you afraid of? We didn't lie to him. Even if he finds out that he has been fooled, he can find other breeding teams to exchange for national food stamps. Hu Longbiao said breathlessly.

That being said, Ma Linxi was born without deceiving others, and he still felt a little unsteady in his heart. I thought to myself, it's okay for people to find out that they have been deceived and chase you back and scold you.

It wasn't until he crossed the dunes and twilight fell, leaving the sea far behind, that Marinthi's heart calmed down.