Chapter 31 Conference

During the days of tree felling and pile driving.

Li Duoyu was exposed to the sun and wind every day, and his whole body was tanned black and red. His shoulders and arms had even peeled off two layers of skin.

Every time he got off the pile driving boat, Li Duoyu would almost always eat, take a bucket of water from the well to take a shower, and then fall asleep.

He snored very loudly.

Zhou Xiaoying couldn't sleep well these days, but fortunately he finally behaved himself and didn't continue to do anything to him.

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It was the sixth day of pile driving.

Something big happened on Dandan Island today, so the pile driving was suspended because it was their island's turn to attend the "conference".

It started at six in the morning that day.

The loudspeaker of the production brigade kept notifying:

"Good morning, fellow villagers and friends. I hope you will not go out to sea or do farm work today. All gather at the playground of the primary school. At 8:30 this morning, the county organized a meeting. I hope all villagers will come to watch."

When Li Duoyu got up in the morning to brush his teeth, after hearing this broadcast, the painful memories of those who should have died suddenly emerged, making him a little depressed.

Because of Agui's accidental death, he was reported by Agui's wife Zhang Meiying, and just happened to hit the muzzle of the crackdown.

In his previous life, Li Duoyu was also one of the protagonists of this meeting, and he was sentenced in the primary school where Zhou Xiaoying taught. The degree of shame made him want to find a hole to bury himself.

Li Duoyu didn't want to go at first, but his second brother had a task requirement, and the whole village must participate. Under his urging, Li Duoyu reluctantly accompanied Zhou Xiaoying.

When he and Zhou Xiaoying arrived at the school playground, they found that there were already a lot of people around, some standing and some with their own small stools.

There were two rows of security guards standing around.

On the stage stood many criminals who were sentenced, most of whom were people who smuggled goods caught by anti-smuggling ships some time ago, and there was a security guard standing behind each of them.

Among them were Lu Lao Da and Lao Zhangtou who were caught on Dandan Island.

Both of them had their heads shaved, and a white tag was hung on their chests, with their names and the conspicuous three words "smugglers" written on them.

The people on the stage all lowered their heads.

They didn't dare to look at the people watching below.

And Li Duoyu was like this back then, and he didn't even dare to look at Zhou Xiaoying.

What surprised Li Duoyu was that.

There were four people on the stage this time, and he actually knew the plump female criminal, the one who was doing honey traps in the hotel.

She also had a tag hanging around her neck with her name and crime on it.

Liu Jinhua, for selling meat.

The three men who were his accomplices were charged with extortion and hooliganism, while the innkeeper was charged with organizing the sale of prostitutes.

I didn't expect this group of people to be arrested so quickly. It seems that they encountered a troublemaker, or maybe they jumped to a leader.

Wait until about 8:30.

The residents of Dandan Island have all arrived. A leader from the county held a loud speaker and shouted on it:

"Today, we have called the villagers here to popularize legal knowledge and tell everyone what they can and cannot do.

Many people on our island think that it is normal to use silver dollars to exchange electrical appliances and radios with people outside, but I want to tell you that this is illegal and you will be sentenced."

The host on the stage was dry-mouthed, but few fishermen on Dandan Island took it to heart.

They didn't like to hear such words at all. They just wanted to know how many years Boss Lu and Old Zhang would be sentenced.

Some villagers stared at the only female criminal on the stage the whole time, and kept telling all kinds of dirty jokes.

"This Shuizha is so pretty."

"The two nipples are so round and the butt is so big. If I marry her, I will definitely have grandchildren."

"I should have had some fun with her first."

In addition to the men, the women in the village also like to discuss Liu Jinhua.

"If you don't do good things, why do you want to be a prostitute?"

"If it were in the past, they would be stripped of their clothes and thrown into a pig cage."

Agui and his group sat on the school wall, all wearing sunglasses, holding cigarettes in their mouths, looking far away.

The afro nicknamed Tugou said, "Brother Gui, you are not serious this time, right? You didn't do this in the past two years. It feels like a parade in the past."

Xiaohei, who replaced Li Duoyu, went to sea with Agui to sell goods when Li Duoyu was hitting the stakes two days ago and made nearly 700 yuan.

He patted Tugou's afro.

"What's there to be afraid of? Why are you talking so discouragingly? There are hundreds of boats in one night. How can they catch them all? Besides, Brother Shui has already established connections with the higher-ups. Once there is any action, they will notify us."

Tugou was very unhappy with Xiaohei who patted his head, but there was nothing he could do. He was young and had a low status in this circle.

He glanced at Li Duoyu who was not far away, and began to miss the days when Brother Yu was there. Brother Yu not only did not bully them, but also often treated them to drinks and cigarettes when he made money.

Unlike this Xiaohei, who was not only talkative, but also stingy.

After the host spent half an hour reading the script, a security guard escorted Lu Lao Da from Dandan Island to the front and gave him a piece of paper to read.

"I, Lu Daguang, deeply realize the mistakes I made, which caused great losses to the country and the people...

I am willing to reform myself and be a good citizen who abides by the law in the future."

After Boss Lu finished reading, the host pronounced the verdict on the spot: "Lu Daguang, guilty of smuggling goods, sentenced to five years in prison, and all illegal gains from smuggling goods will be confiscated."

After hearing this verdict.

The playground exploded instantly, because more than half of the families here had people involved in smuggling goods.

Some people thought the sentence was too heavy.

Some people disagreed. After hearing the verdict, Xiao Hei snorted coldly:

"It's only five years. One trip for us can be equivalent to two years' salary for people in the city. As long as we make more trips, even if we are caught, we can still be a hero after five years."

But Tu Gou was a little scared.

Because among this group of people, he was the only one who was not married and earned the least. It was okay for them to be locked up for five years, but if he was locked up, he would not even be able to marry a wife when he came out.

Li Duoyu had known the verdict for a long time, and when it was almost time, he took Zhou Xiaoying away first.

She was pregnant now, and there were too many people later, and he was afraid that she would be squeezed.

When leaving, he happened to run into Agui and others sitting on the wall. When Tugou saw Li Duoyu, he smiled and said hello: "Brother Yu, long time no see."

Li Duoyu glanced at everyone, looked at Agui for a few seconds, and said lightly:

"Long time no see."

After Li Duoyu finished speaking, he didn't say hello to Agui and Xiaohei, and left directly.

For Li Duoyu, his friendship with Agui ended the night they came back after hitting the reef, and there was no need to continue dealing with them.

Seeing that Li Duoyu didn't even say hello to them, Xiaohei exploded directly. After Li Duoyu walked away, he cursed on the spot:

"What's so awesome about it? When you lose money from raising kelp and have nothing left, don't come to us crying to borrow money. At that time, I won't lend you a penny."

Tugou looked at Xiaohei with disgust.

He felt that Xiaohei was more like a dog. When Brother Yu was around, he didn't dare to say anything, but when he left, he started to gossip about others behind their backs.

Ah Gui, who had smoked several cigarettes, jumped down from the wall and said to Xiao Hei, "You should prepare to buy Yuan Datou in the next two days."

"Another big ship is coming?" Xiao Hei looked surprised.

Ah Gui nodded, "This time it's a big ship from Hong Kong Island. The goods there are cheaper and easier to sell."

"It's better to follow Brother Gui."