Swim and swim, I don't know how long I swam, and the sky turned from bright to dark.

During this period, Li Ling also saw some floating corpses, these were stowaways, and I don't know how many dead souls there are on this road every year.

Li Ling groped around with these floating corpses, collected all their valuable things, and put them into his waterproof cowhide bag.

There was a bang, and I only heard the sound of paddling reaching my ears.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, Li Ling looked at the sound and saw that it was a small wooden boat, and there were many people on board.

"Brother Longtail, there seems to be a shark there!" A boy's voice came.

"Where there are sharks in Deep Bay, there are only in Mirs Bay! He's supposed to be a swimmer! "The person who answered the call listened to the older voice.

Li Ling breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and finally saw someone.

Shenwan is in the NS area, Mirs Bay is in the YT area, and the people on the boat speak Cantonese, which seems to be a smuggling boat, and it seems that they can take a tailwind boat.

The boat quickly rowed to its side, and at the bow squatted a middle-aged man with long braids, whose nickname 'Long Tail' probably came from his hairstyle.

The long-tailed man teased Li Ling with his characteristic sissy voice: "Pretty boy, broke down?" Can you endure a lot, just get a tire, not afraid of getting tired and burping? ”

"If you let me take a boat, then I'm definitely not going to die." Li Ling's tone was as relaxed as his.

"Want to take a boat?" The long-tailed man laughed, turned around and pointed at the passengers on the boat, "Each of them paid 2,000 yuan for the boat fare, and I will ensure that they can smuggle in smoothly."

I have a 'buy-out' relationship in Hong Kong, and I can send them to Tin Shui Wai at a designated time and place to pass through the border safely. The jurisdiction of the anti-police force, this is called a one-stop service! ”

He turned his gaze back, "Pretty boy, I have principles in doing things, as long as you pay enough, I will pull you, but if you are an iron rooster, then you continue to swim in your sea, I will row my boat, and we will break up." ”

Li Ling listened to the words, his thoughts changed frequently, Li Ling has a friend in the real world who works for a luxury passenger boat of a shipping company in Shenzhen, and travels back and forth between Shenzhen and Xiangjiang all the year round, Li Ling heard him say that the first-class ticket price of his passenger boat is only 300 yuan, and now it costs 2,000 yuan to take a small wooden boat, and the black-hearted degree of the long-tailed man makes him smack.

Of course, there is a cost of smuggling involved, but the problem is that it is only 1983, and now the salary of an ordinary worker in the mainland is only a dozen yuan per month, and the money from taking a smuggling boat is enough for a worker to save for several years without eating or drinking, which is simply a vampire!

"Big guy, I'm taking a boat halfway, I shouldn't pay the full fare, besides, we're fellow countrymen, you're cheaper!" Li Ling's purpose was not to bargain, but to get more useful information through dialogue.

"It's because of my fellow countryman that I give you a chance to take a boat, you don't have to get an inch, and the boat fare is not allowed to be less!" The long-tailed man bites to death and does not let go.

Then he gave a proper explanation, "I don't earn this money alone, most of it has to be bribed to the messengers of the Jianbizui sentry, they are the royal police, the lackeys of the capitalists, they don't recognize people and don't give enough benefits, they will definitely stop you."

'Swimming', 'escaping', 'buying customs', and 'Royal Police' were all words commonly used before the handover.

"Big guy, everyone has difficulties! Why swim my own when I have so much money? ”

Li Ling decided to board the ship first, and then slowly talk, he discussed with the long-tailed man, "How about paying when you get ashore?" ”

"You're dreaming!" The long-tailed man sneered and refused.

Seeing that he didn't agree, Li Ling made a small request, "Big guy, I have money in my bag, but I can't open it in the sea, you let me borrow a little bit of the position on the ship, and I will open the bag and withdraw the money!" Don't worry, I'm not on board, I'll just lie on my stomach next to the boat! ”

Li Ling showed a gesture of goodwill.

"No problem, you can lie down casually!" The long-tailed man should be self-controlled, and he is not afraid of him making trouble, but he still urged: "You move quickly, I'm in a hurry!" ”

Li Ling swam to the stern of the boat before reaching out to clamp the edge of the boat, put the cowhide bag on it, and wiped the water particles.

The sealing of this cowhide bag is good, and the self in this world dares to jump into the sea, and the back is naturally a waterproof bag, Li Ling also made a fortune from the dead during this journey, and searched out some money and things from the dead floating corpses.

He opened the bag and the first thing he touched was the dry food he had brought.

Taking advantage of the light, he picked up in his bag, most of which were clothes. Continue to touch the bottom of the bag, before he was afraid of losing his money, so he put all the valuable things at the bottom.

I turned out a bunch of money, all of which were bits and pieces of Hong Kong dollars, and I thought that those smugglers had asked someone to exchange them in advance.

Guangdong Province circulates Hong Kong dollars, and ordinary merchants are all willing to accept it.

There was a boy sitting on the side of the boat where Li Ling was lying on his stomach, and he asked casually: "Liangzai, you are so young, what year was you born?" Take a black boat in the middle of the night, not afraid of your family's worries? ”

"I'm just going to Hong Kong Island to find my family!" The boy's voice was muffled, sounding silly, "Big guy, I was born in 70 and am thirteen years old this year!" ”

Born in 70 years, thirteen years old? Li Ling only thinks it's interesting, I'm still born in the 90s.

"Hey, what are you procrastinating? If you don't have any money, hurry up and squeak, don't delay me in business! In half an hour, it will be the time of handover, and once it is late, the whole ship will rush to the street! The long-tailed man saw that Li Ling was just staying there and rummaging through the bag, and urged him loudly.

"I have the money!" Li Ling didn't delay any longer, and counted all the Hong Kong dollars, damn, it's only a few hundred, so little, no wonder that group of people want to swim by themselves.

Ruthless, Li Ling took off the ancestral gold necklace hanging around his neck, the long-tailed man often does the smuggling business, it is easy to find him in the future, and he will redeem it later.

"This is pure gold, the ancestral treasure that my mother gave me can be sold for more than 10,000 yuan, as a boat fare, let you take advantage!"

"Cheap? I've never liked to take advantage, how do you say it? Take advantage of a small advantage and suffer a big loss! The long-tailed man came from the bow of the boat, took the necklace, and inspected the goods by burning the earth, and it was indeed real gold, and then threw it, and he immediately shook his head:

"Pretty boy, this is pure gold, but the amount is only thirty or forty grams! Don't think I don't understand the market, the gold price in the U.S. futures market yesterday was 350 dollars per ounce, 28 grams per ounce, the exchange rate of RMB against the US dollar is 4 to 1, and your necklace is only worth about 1500 yuan, not enough money! "He's pretty good at mental arithmetic.

Inadequate? Li Ling's real-world gold is worth more than 1,300 US dollars per ounce, even if it is 83 years now, but the appreciation of gold is not too much.

Li Ling did not argue, with his situation, it was useless to argue.

He rummaged through his bag again and found a gold ring, which was probably the richest family member of one of the floating corpses, and handed it to the long-tailed man, "This gold ring is also given to you, and together with the necklace, you will take advantage of it 100%!" ”

Li Ling is determined to take a tailwind boat, Li Ling has studied this period, whether a single person swims to the mainland or to the Xiangjiang River, there are great hidden dangers, the original body does not understand this aspect so he swims alone and smuggles, but he can't help but pay attention to these, since the long-tailed man bought the pass, he must take advantage of this relationship.

The long-tailed man turned the ring upside down, he recognized the value of the ring, or maybe the gold necklace had exceeded the boat fare, he waved his hand, "There is money and a place, get on the boat!" ”