Chapter Eighty-Four: Customs
"Difficulty?" Fu Laohan's face, which was not young, instantly aged a few years older.
When people lose hope, they feel that life has become incomparably long.
He knew that this young man had made up his mind, and he couldn't stay.
In other words, the barren Penang Island could not keep the men in the prime of life.
As for their difficulties, these two strangers who appeared out of thin air alone could not solve them.
Old man Fu Balabala washed a few puffs of dry tobacco, and his thoughts turned around a few times, and finally gave birth to a helpless sigh, "That's it, aren't you leaving?" Then it will be done to you. ”
For the sake of being of Chinese descent.
The two then talked about it, but Fu Laohan didn't mention the difficult things, but promised to help him ask about the way back to the mainland if he had the opportunity.
At noon, Chen Fei curiously found Degas, in a 'luxurious' residence connected by two thatched huts.
Degas lay quietly in the open space outside the wooden house, not far ahead, two local girls were drying fishing nets, their eyes falling on Degas from time to time, and a simple happy smile on their faces.
Chen Fei was in a trance for a while, and still found an open space next to him to squat down, and after a little hesitation, he asked, "Degas, let's get out of here." ”
Unexpectedly, Degas replied without hesitation: "Okay! ”
"I want to go back and see some old things, and if I have the chance, I will come back here."
"It's a paradise, isn't it?"
Degas pointed to the two girls outside the house and waved to them, which immediately drew a cheer from the girls.
Chen Fei pursed his lips and muttered in his heart, "It seems that this guy is doing well here, and he can't miss it." ”
That night, Chen Fei saw the 'difficulty' in Fu Laohan's mouth.
At dusk, a large steamer anchored near Penang Island, and then dropped off seven or eight small boats from the big boat, and these people arrived at Penang Island with a loud voice.
They were all men, wearing a variety of clothes, some of them had pistols hanging directly from their waists, and a pair of eyes glanced at the islanders with malicious intentions, full of playful expressions, and their expressions were quite playful.
Chen Fei sensed hostility from these people, and instinctively felt that they had nothing to do with the local residents, and should be outsiders.
He hurriedly observed for a moment, and found that there were about 20 of these strangers who had come ashore.
Many of them went ashore directly from the boat against the barrels, some brought food and barbecue tools, and they casually chose an open space to raise a campfire, while most of the people rushed to the wooden houses.
"Fack!"
Chen Fei hurriedly ran to Degas's residence, and saw two strange sailors pulling the two girls in Degas's room out, while Degas was overturned to the ground, and his face was covered with a lot of sand.
"Let them go."
Chen Fei noticed that the two sailors were not carrying weapons, and rushed directly in front of them, shouting loudly.
The two of them didn't expect Chen Fei's unexpected appearance, they glanced at Chen Fei and Degas with fierce faces, and then scolded a few times, reluctantly threw down the two girls in Degas's house, and walked towards the wooden house on the other side.
With the arrival of this group of unexpected guests, the silent island is slowly beginning to boil.
Many girls were found out of the wooden house, dragged to the campfire, and then unscrupulously stuck oil on these girls, and even some more excessive.
There was a fire burning in Chen Fei's heart, but the strength of the enemy and his friend was weak, so he had to bury this fire deep in his heart.
"They are from the East India Trading Company." Old Man Fu didn't know when he appeared next to Chen Fei, he took two puffs of cigarettes, and the expression on his face was not surprised or happy, as if he was used to such things happening.
"As long as they don't hurt the girls and leave some food behind."
After Fu Laohan finished speaking, he squatted in the shadow behind the coconut tree, Chen Fei's heart was mixed, and the feeling of powerlessness that he was about to be beaten if he fell behind reappeared in his heart.
He thought that after leaving the Butterfly Island prison, he would never have this feeling of powerlessness again.
Even in an instant, a sense of violence rose in his heart, and he wanted to rush into the crowd and kill all these people.
The unexpected party on Penang Island lasted until late at night, when the drunken sailors got up from the girl's arms and gathered around the campfire to continue chatting and farting.
And the girls who had been devastated by them hurried to search for leftover food to feed their stomachs, and no one cried and fussed, and no one sought death or life.
It's as if everything was an unreal deal.
You play with me, I'll give you food.
Chen Fei stayed in the shadows not far away until these people fell asleep one after another, but they still left two people in charge of the vigil.
When the sky was slightly bright, Fu Laohan suddenly shook Chen Fei awake, "I told them, you should go with them, I missed this opportunity, I don't know how long I will have to wait next time." ”
"They promised to send you to the coastal location of the mainland, and only those big ships could cross the ocean."
"Be careful."
After a while, Degas also appeared to the side with the package on his back, and the two glanced at each other, their eyes full of worry and a hint of excitement.
It's finally time to return to my hometown.
Fu Laohan led the two to the shore, where there was a bearded man with a spear waiting for them, he shouted to Fu Laohan impatiently, and then set his eyes on Chen Fei and the two, and then waved his hand and led the two to the boat on the shore.
There was no time for the farewell drama to be played, and the boat quickly sailed out into the sea, and soon they were on the deck of the huge cruise ship anchored in the sea.
This is an ironclad ship propelled by steam, and there are people coming and going on the deck, looking busy and green, and no one cares about the extra Chen Fei and the others.
The bearded man behind him shouted twice and led them into a small cabin.
The cabin is less than 8 square meters, half of the space is occupied by an iron shelf bunk bunk bed, and the remaining half is just enough space for two people to stand side by side.
The bearded sailor whispered to the two men again, and then locked the hatch.
The bearded man speaks Hindi, and when Chen Fei was a mercenary before, he traveled to many countries in South Asia, and he was proficient in Thai, English and Mandarin, while the relatively remote Hindi could only understand some common words.
It just so happened that there were two words in the words that the bearded man had just said, and he understood.
"$50 apiece?"
The message is so obvious that they are being treated as goods.
Chen Fei looked at the closed iron door behind him, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and then he went back to the bunk and lay down without saying a word.
He had sensed that the trip would not be easy, and that Old Man Fu had no reason to harm him, so the problem was with the bearded sailor who was eager to take them back to the mainland.
Only then did he get out of Penang Island and enter the new wolf's den.
After Degas put down his backpack, he suddenly took out a dagger from it, he nodded to Chen Fei with a solemn look, and stuffed the dagger into Chen Fei's hand, who groped around with his body for a while, and finally chose to hide the dagger in his riding boots.