Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 325 Water Bandits
In the guest room, there was silence.

Zhou Yang didn't know where to start.

Song Yunfei's arm had been cut off as early as in the accident in Beijing, Song Yunfei has been tracking down Chen Xiaohu's whereabouts.

He had met Chen Xiaohu before, and he had no doubts about Lu Yange in his heart. However, something happened to the Song family, and Song Yunfei knew that he could not protect himself, and he felt ashamed of the Lu family. In the end, he could only leave his hometown, and Chen Xiaohu's matter would be over. Let it go.

Zhou Yang also got the news of Chen Xiaohu by chance. It is said that after Chen Xiaohu left the capital, he took a group of brothers to his hometown Dongyang County, and then followed a group of brothers to Nanyang.

Originally, Chen Xiaohu wanted to hang out with an escort agency, but because of Song Yunfei's tight investigation, the escort agency could not accommodate him.There was no other way, Chen Xiaohu could only take his brothers to hide in the home of one of them, Brother Zhou Sheng.

Zhou Sheng's parents passed away a few years ago, and he grew up with his grandparents. When his grandparents were still there, Zhou Sheng was often bullied by other children.

Later, I got to know Chen Xiaohu and a group of children, most of whom had been taken care of by Zhou Sheng's grandparents.

The two old people died one after another, and Zhou Sheng followed Chen Xiaohu to the capital.When I came back this time, the family house was uninhabitable, but the foundation was still there.

The big guy has plenty of strength, he cuts wood and mud embryos, and just like that, he built two earthen houses on the original foundation.

But he always felt that this was not the day he wanted.

I only borrowed it two or three times, and for some reason, rumors spread that there were water bandits on Honghu Lake, who would charge a few taels of silver for crossing the river if they didn't kill people or sell goods.

Fortunately, he can be sure that his sister is doing well.As long as his sister is doing well, he has nothing to ask for.

On both sides of the road, most of the houses are low mud-walled thatched huts, and some people can't even build mud huts, so they can only live in shacks made of sticks and thatch.There are messy branches and rubbish piled up between the houses and shacks, and the road in the middle is only about half a foot wide. In order to discharge the sewage used at home, some people do not clean the drainage ditches on both sides of the road, but make a good road. Dig it, dig a small ditch, and let the sewage flow everywhere.

Zhou Sheng's home is in a shantytown in the west of the city, and the people here are poor.Either rely on stealing or begging, or work as a coolie at Nanyang Wharf to earn a living.

Nor did he spend all day circling Honghu Lake for a few taels of silver.

A dozen men can save money on food and clothing, but the injured brothers have to take medicine to heal their injuries.

The west of the city is near the water, and it is the poorest place in Nanyang County.There is a mixed bag of fish and dragons, and most of the people who live there are sneaky people.

When Chen Xiaohu and his two brothers were squatting at the small vegetable market at Ye Wharf to sell fish, Lu Yangge followed Zhou Yang to the west of the city.

The area near the wild pier is the busiest area in the entire Xicheng District.

When Chen Xiaohu and the others came back from the capital, they didn't have much money with them, so the big guys scraped together and bought two broken boats, and they took turns fishing and went to the pier to carry work, so they could earn some money for rice and grain.

One morning, the young guys came out of the thatched huts, buttoned the eye droppings from the corners of their eyes, and gave a long yawn. They first went to the grass behind the house to untie their waistbands and urinate warmly, and then shook their heads. Put on your pants and go straight to the wild pier.

The fat mouse was so courageous, it swaggered out of the gutter, jumped over the bare instep of the child, and got into a corner.

I heard that Sister Yange entered the palace and was made princess.

I have to go and see the nets I dropped last night. If there are a lot of fish, I can exchange them for dozens of copper coins.

First, Zhou Sheng and the others, behind Chen Xiaohu's back, found a merchant ship while fishing, and borrowed a few taels of money to spend.

For fear of alarming Chen Xiaohu, Zhou Yang and Lu Yangge only brought Sihai and Zhexue, and the four of them entered the impoverished area. The further they went, the more Lu Yangge frowned.

Call them bandits, but they spend most of their time fishing for a living.

They were also lucky today, the two boats went out, and the fish they caught together weighed more than 30 catties.

Chen Xiaohu thought that he would probably stay in this area west of the city for the rest of his life.

If you send it to a restaurant, you can sell it for about [-] yuan. If you sell it at the wild wharf, you can sell it for an extra [-] or [-] yuan.

For this group of people, the places where they go online are different every day, and the chances of encountering merchant ships are also different.

The weather in March has just begun to warm up, and there is already a stench coming from all around.

News from the capital came in one after another, and there were always seven points of truth in three points of truth.

Everyone originally thought very simple, there is a place to live, and two boats, as long as they can support themselves.

Don't underestimate the twenty or thirty renminbi. For those who are not particular about it, buying two catties of brown rice is enough for a dozen or so young men to eat half full.

Sometimes, there is no merchant ship for several days in a row, and sometimes two or three merchant ships pass by in a day.

Those who sell vegetables and buy vegetables, those who sell fish buy fish, and those who make pots, grind scissors and burn mud pots.

Fortunately, they have food to eat and clothes to wear, so they are not really water bandits.

It is said that they are fishermen, but when they meet a merchant ship, they will stop the ship and ask for money. After collecting the money, they will not eat and drink. After buying rice, they will give a large part of it to the poor neighbors nearby.

A bowl of bean curd, a sesame seed cake sandwiched with fried dough sticks.Or a bowl of corn noodle porridge, and two real three-in-one steamed buns.

as if something happened...

It's rare that Chen Xiaohu didn't wander around Honghu Lake today, but collected the net early and went ashore.

Chen Quan died, the Song family fell...

Just like that, Chen Xiaohu and his gang of brothers became water bandits on Honghu Lake.

If you are lucky, you can earn some money and build yourself two or three thatched huts. If you are even luckier, you can marry a wife and have two or three children.

If you're lucky, if you meet a merchant ship passing by, you can borrow some three or five taels of silver, so you don't have to worry about food and drink for at least a few days.

The mouse ran past, and the child didn't feel panicked. With a long nose, he looked curiously at the four people who suddenly appeared here.

"It's in Nanyang County." Zhou Yang got up, "Go, I'll take you to see it."

After hearing Zhou Yang's words, Lu Yangge asked, "Then where are they now?"

This day, when Chen Xiaohu got up to collect his fishing nets, he felt his eyelids twitching.

It was not enough to eat and drink, and they separated after a little filling. Some of them went to the pier to find work, and some of them boarded a boat and went to the center of Honghu Lake.

Chen Xiaohu and a dozen brothers lived in three mud-walled thatched houses at the farthest corner of the west of the city. The houses were not much more spacious than a shack, but they were considered a shelter from the wind and rain.

Before he got close, he could see a young man chopping firewood with his bare back in the yard from a distance, and several other young men were spreading wet fishing nets to dry.

Seeing a group of four people approaching, the woodcutter raised his ax warily and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

As soon as his voice fell, several young people who had been drying fishing nets not far away surrounded him, all of them showing vigilance.

(End of this chapter)