The tension in Whitewater Bay was tense at the moment, and the atmosphere was tense. Ri is standing in the middle, frowning, looking very headache.

"Master Lizheng, you can't favor them because they are from the same clan as you, you have to pay us money for everything this time."

"What's the compensation, is the sea your home?"

"How do you speak?! You're reasonable, aren't you?! ”

The people on both sides saw that the push and push were about to start a fight again, and Li Zheng wanted to stop it loudly but couldn't help coughing, and the cough was out of breath and very scary.

"Li Zheng, Li Zheng, are you okay?"

"I, I'm fine, hold them up!"

After confessing to his son with a red face, Li Zheng quickly stretched out his head and drank some water handed over by the person next to him. The warm water ran down his throat, finally making him feel better.

"Don't make any noise, be quiet!"

As the prestige of Li Zheng of Baishuiwan, there is still prestige, and as soon as he spoke, people on both sides stopped for the time being.

It's a trouble, and it's still strange to be poor.

The Baishuiwan area is very long, and there are two large villages, which outsiders have always called Qiancun and Houcun. The village where Li Zheng is located is the back village, and the people who are making trouble to lose money are from the front village.

Everyone lives by the sea, and there are many fishermen, so it is inevitable that there will be some disputes over fishing sites. In the early years, the two villages agreed that the sea area in front of their respective villages would not disturb each other, and it didn't matter if they were farther away.

Decades have been peaceful, but yesterday, a person surnamed Ye in the village came back from fishing and didn't have much harvest, and on the way to the dock, he happened to meet a dense school of fish swimming towards his boat. At this time, who still remembers the unwritten agreement, just want to quickly get out of the net to catch a wave of fish, so as not to escape the fish.

It was also his luck that he went down to the middle of the fish group and fished nearly 100 catties of pomfret.

This fish is about 30 yuan a pound at the dock, and even if so many fish are sold cheaply, it will cost more than two taels of silver.

Two taels of silver, who doesn't envy it.

When I heard that the people in the previous village heard that they only thought that they were lucky, but later I don't know who said it, saying that the surnamed Ye didn't catch any fish at all when he went to sea, and he caught it in the territory of the former village when he passed by the former village.

said that there is a nose and eyes, and everyone is uncomfortable. When they inquired more closely, they found eyewitnesses. Although the witnesses were far away at the time, the fishermen were too familiar with the action of netting, and what they said was categorical.

At this time, the front village exploded, and a group of men shouted and went outside the back village, insisting that the people surnamed Ye pay them the money.

Who is willing to pay two taels of silver, especially the father and mother in the family of that family are sick, and the family owes a lot of money after taking medicine all the year round.

One asked for money, the other was unwilling to give, so it made a fuss.

It's difficult, the rules of the two villages not to invade each other's sea areas are set by Li Zheng, and he himself feels reasonable, so he has been restraining the people in the village like this all these years. But now that his family is in trouble, he feels that this rule is too unreasonable. After all, the sea has no owner, unless there is a government seal notice, otherwise how can it be said that the sea is theirs.

The public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, and there was no result after arguing for a long time.

Li Zheng was old and in bad spirits, so he had to summon the village chief of the former village and discuss it with him.

"Brother Chai, look at this trouble. I think everybody has a place to take advantage. ”

The head of Shibamura raised his eyebrows and was about to speak, but he was blocked back by Li Zheng's mouth.

"The place where Ye Qiu laid the net is indeed the territory of your former village, I have no opinion on this. It's just that there was no one in your village at that time, and the fish didn't have this in an instant, so I don't need to say it, he was also lucky to order so many fish on the Internet. If he doesn't get out of the net, the fish will be gone, and no one will benefit. In my opinion, the matter of dividing half of the two taels of silver into your own will be over, and you will still be friendly neighbors. ”

"Lizheng!"

Ye Qiu was very unwilling, and the men in the former village opposite him were not happy either. Chief Shibamura frowned, and his mouth was a little unkind.

"Li Zheng's words are a little too unfair, since the fish is in the territory of our former village, it is the fish of our former village. Ye Qiu took away the money from the sale, not to mention that he would pay us all the money, at least he had to pay more than half of it, I think two taels of silver would be good, and if he didn't want it, he would pay for it. ”

Chief Chai was not afraid of Lizheng, and even wanted to suppress him. Because Li Zheng is old and sick, he is about to retire, and he has already made arrangements for the next lieutenant to be him. At such a time, it is necessary to establish its own prestige, and naturally it cannot be regressed.

Li Zheng heard the meaning of his words, and his eyes became fierce. Before he could retreat, someone was already trying to crush him.

"It's impossible to have two taels of silver, Brother Chai, if you insist on refusing to reconcile, then I will have to go to the county government for a trip. I'd like to see who the sea area of this former village belongs to, and whether there is any black and white writing that it is the territory of your former village. ”

"You!"

An old immortal!

Chief Shiba almost scolded. How can the county government admit this unwritten agreement between the two villages, they will only say that the sea area is public.

He is just the village head, he is Lizheng, and the people in the county government must help him. What else is there to say about this.

In the end, Ye Qiu reluctantly took out more than one or two pieces of silver and handed it over to the head of Chai Village.

As he was leaving, the village chief turned around and snorted coldly.

"Li Zheng, people are watching the sky, take so much money and be careful not to spend it!"

After hearing this, the people of the village almost got excited again and chased after them to fight, so that Li Zheng persuaded the people to come back.

"It's just a few words, it's not a big deal. Ye Qiu, come home with me in a while, I'll make up the more than one or two pieces of silver to you, and remember not to fish over there next time. ”

Ye Qiu, whose eyes were red, was stunned, and was slapped by his companion before he reacted. He ran to Lizheng's side and stammered: "Lizheng, I, I, I can't ask for your money." ”

"Then you don't have to pay it back?"

"Yes, I want to pay it back......"

"Then it's over, take it. It was I who made the decision to divide your money, and naturally it was up to me to fill the hole. ”

Li was walking slowly with a cane, and his back was inexplicably bent a little.

He is old, and it is very likely that the next Li Zheng will be the one surnamed Chai. When the time comes, I am afraid that the people in the back village will be bullied a lot, and I can't help but sigh when I think about it.

It's a pity that there are no outstanding juniors in the village......

A group of people silently returned to the village, and Li Zheng was also helped home by his son. As soon as I sat down and drank the tea, I heard my daughter-in-law say that someone was looking for me.

"Grandpa Lizheng, Xiaoyu is here to trouble you again."

Seeing people smiling, plus Ye Yu is now looking good, and people are also confident, he just didn't come back to his senses for a while.

This is the girl of the Chuanxing family??

How did he remember that the girl didn't seem to be like this?

Li Zheng can't say what's wrong, the person is still the same person, and the birthmark is still the same birthmark, but it feels very different.

"Grandpa Lizheng? Is this convenient for you? ”

"Oh, convenient, what do you say?"

Ye Yu smiled and moved closer to the inside with the bench.

"Grandpa Lizheng, you must know that I have rented Baoshan Island, right?"

Seeing that Li Zheng nodded, she continued: "The island is rented, but the perennial uninhabited land on the island is deserted and overgrown with weeds, and Ah Niang and I really can't finish it." So I would like to ask you to organize, and I will hire some people to clean up on the island. Meals include lunch, 20 yuan per person per day, of course, you have to be diligent with your hands and feet, and I definitely don't want to be lazy and don't work. ”

Today, most of the men in the village are fishermen and go to sea every day. All she could hire were women or half-grown children and girls. These people's physical strength is not as good as that of a man in the prime of life, and the price of twenty wen a day Ye Yu asked himself if he did not treat people badly.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Zheng heard the spirit, he even sat up straight.

"How much are you going to hire, girl?"

Ye Yu stretched out two fingers and replied, "Twenty people are at least, and thirty or forty is also fine." ”

Baoshan Island is too big, except for the immovable woodland, beach and reef area, there are more than 800 acres of other usable land, how can you clean it up as soon as possible if you don't hire some people.

Li Zheng silently calculated in his heart, this job has to be taken. Twenty wen a day, many women in the village can do it.

"Girl, what do you want to plant when you hire so many people to clear out the land? Do you still have to hire someone in the future? ”

"Grandpa Lizheng, you're to the point. Exactly, I cleared the land to raise flowers. Recently, I was taught a master how to make rouge gouache, which I haven't fully learned yet, but I can plant the flowers first. When I finish my studies, I can officially start the workshop. Whether it's planting flowers or starting a workshop, I'm sure I'll still hire people because of the large amount. I won't want so much at that time, so I'll take a closer look this time. ”

Rizheng's eyes brightened.

"You're still going to run a workshop?!"

That's a great thing for the villagers. How nice it is to be able to make money at your doorstep.

"Girl, you didn't fool me, did you?"

"Grandpa Lizheng, look at what you said, how dare I lie to you. Anyway, Baoshan Island is there, and you can go to the island at any time to check it out. ”

"Good, good!"

Li Zheng said yes in a loud voice, and the whole person was excited.

"Leave this matter to me, and I will be able to arrange it for you tomorrow. By the way, when do you want them to work? ”

Ye Yu had already thought about it.

"The sooner the better, of course, the morning after tomorrow."

Li Zheng agreed, and the more he thought about it, the happier he became, and drank a cup of tea. After drinking tea, I saw that the little girl had no intention of leaving.

"What, you still need my help?"

Ye Yu's chick nodded like a peck of rice.

"Grandpa Lizheng, I want to ask, are there many people in our village who are good at bamboo weaving and rattan weaving?"

"This ......"

Li Zheng thought about it carefully, and it was really a lot. In recent years, every family has no money to spare, and most of the guys in the family are tossed by themselves. What stools, chairs, piers, baskets, baskets, dustpans, these are almost every family.

"What are you asking for, and you want someone to do something for you?"

"Grandpa Lizheng, I want to find someone to make bamboo and rattan flower pots. About this big kind. And make something smaller, so big. ”

Ye Yu gestured the size, and then said, "You also know that there are always several typhoons along our coast in a year. If I plant the seedlings in the ground, the typhoon will be gone. So I thought about planting it in a pot, and it would be easy to move it when the time came. I see that many people's flower pots are clay pots, and that one is too heavy. So I found someone who was good at crafting, and made some pots out of bamboo strips or vines, and then the weaving was almost denser. ”

Bamboo and rattan are inexpensive, and they don't weigh much to pick up, so they are definitely suitable for flower pots.

Li Zheng really admires this girl's little head, and she really thinks about it.

"Then have you figured out how much you will charge for a flower pot?"

Ye Yu hesitated, bamboo and vines are all things that don't cost money in the nearby mountains. However, it is a bit troublesome to cut it back, and it is a bit troublesome to do, and the price cannot be too cheap.

"Four cents a piece, how much you do, I'll say it when it's about the same."

"Okay, no problem, I'll let you know in a moment."

Li Zheng was full of fighting spirit again, his chest was no longer tight, his breath was no longer panting, and the whole person seemed to be ten years younger.

Let your former village be proud, and call the door for the one or two silver. Now the back village can earn an unknown number of one or two.

Oh no.

"Girl, didn't you have a few hundred taels of money left from selling the baby last time, why is it that suddenly such a big battle is to hire people to clean up and take money to collect things, which doesn't add up to thousands of taels of silver? Where do you get the money? ”

Li Zheng asked directly, and Ye Yu didn't hide it.

"It was when I was digging for crabs on the island before, A-Niang took out a piece of dragon's belly incense and sold it for money."

Dragon's belly!!

Li Zheng took a breath, not daring to think about how much it was sold, anyway, it was a thing more precious than a golden pimple.

Since this is the case, then he is relieved.

"By the way, Grandpa Lizheng, there is one more thing."

Ye Yu smiled a little embarrassed, it was really troublesome.

"I want to build a house and a big warehouse on the island. I want to ask if there are still people in our village who can do this work? ”

"Building a house? Why don't you go find Lianqiu? Haven't you always had a good relationship with her? ”

Li Zheng was a little confused, and Ye Yu was even more confused.

"Looking for Aunt Qiu? Does Uncle Stone build a house? Why haven't I heard her talk about it? ”

"Where will the stone build a house, I'm talking about her mother's brother. Didn't she tell you that her brother built houses for people? I think Shi met her when he went to Lianqiu Village to find her brother to build a house, harm, you little girl, what are you telling you to do here. ”

Li Zheng sighed when he remembered the past, and only spoke again after a while: "So I said that if you want to build a house, just go directly to Lianqiu." A group of big men in our village are not good at anything other than fishing, if they build a mud brick house, they can do it, but you don't look like a person who can build a mud brick house. ”

Facing the wind and rain on the island is even more terrifying than on the shore, and if it is a house made of mud bricks, it will be very uncomfortable, and you have to keep tinkering, which will delay things.

Ye Yu recovered from the shock, oh oh twice, and then said goodbye to Li Zheng and prepared to leave. When she walked to the door, she suddenly remembered something, smiled and squinted again, and turned back to talk to Lizheng.

"Grandpa Lizheng, there are a little requirements for choosing people. I don't want my uncle and my second uncle's family, the group of people in Erya's family don't want it, and Grandma Huang doesn't want ......"

There were a lot of crackling and talking, all of them were people she was 'very impressed', and she left after saying that.

Li Zheng laughed secretly, this girl is quite vindictive.

(End of chapter)