1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

After paying the money, Du Haijun boarded a fishing boat full of fishy smell in the dim light.

He was obviously out of tune with everyone. In the cramped fish hold, there were more than a dozen people, almost all of whom were coastal fishermen wearing Liberation shoes. They could only stand by the side and it was difficult to squat.

Du Haijun, who came last, could only stand in the middle, surrounded by illegal immigrants emitting various smells.

"Brother Biao, there are too many people downstairs. Can I go upstairs to get some fresh air?"

A Biao, who was in charge of reception, said: "I'm sorry, the conditions are a bit simple. Be patient for now. It will be much better when you get on the big ship."

After that, A Biao closed the fish hold.

The person who came to help joked: "Brother Biao, who is this person? He is dressed like this even though he has smuggled himself. They will stay in the big ship for several months. If they are so clean, aren't they afraid that someone will not be able to hold back and expose him directly?"

A Biao was a little speechless: "It seems that he was introduced by an acquaintance of Boss Gao."

"Looking at his appearance, he is probably a runaway after committing a crime. He is probably not a good person."

"Why do you care so much? We are only responsible for collecting money. In our line of work, we should talk less and do more. Do you know that? Otherwise, if you really meet a big boss, you will be thrown into the sea."

"I understand, Brother Biao."

After saying this, the man called A Biao pulled two baskets of miscellaneous fish and poured them directly on the deck, and also blocked the lid of the fish hold, pretending that he had just gone out to sea to fish.

In the fish hold, Du Haijun had a dark face. After the lid of the cabin was closed, the light inside was so dark that it was a bit scary.

The fishy smell rushed into his nose and made him retch on the spot.

The person standing next to him said quickly: "Brother, you must not vomit."

Du Haijun took the chicken explosion lighter he carried with him and lit it. Only then did he see clearly that the small fish cabin was full of people.

Everyone had a dark face and was wearing shabby clothes. They looked like the Eighth Route Army in the countryside, and they brought a lot of things.

Some had biscuits hanging around their necks, some carried quilts, some wore five or six pieces of clothes, and many carried spittoons for toilets. They all looked like they were going to escape.

A young man asked first: "Your lighter is good, what brand is it?"

Du Haijun didn't want to talk to them, but at this moment, the fishing boat started up. Suddenly, the smell of diesel and the shaking from side to side made Du Haijun finally unbearable and vomited on the spot.

All of a sudden, the whole cabin was filled with a smell. Even the fishermen in the cabin couldn't help it and started to curse in the local dialect.

"Salin, he doesn't know how to take a boat, but he dares to come and sneak across the river. We will change boats later, and you must not be with him."

"Black Pig, give him the spittoon you are holding quickly, don't let him vomit all over the cabin, it's disgusting."

Du Haijun, whose face turned pale from vomiting, didn't care. He took the spittoon and was about to vomit again, but he smelled a foul smell in the spittoon.

His face became even paler, his stomach churned, and he vomited even more violently.

He had never experienced such a disgusting thing since he was a child. Du Haijun finally couldn't stand it. He just hoped that the boat would stop and kept knocking on the top cover.

But the people on the boat didn't mean to open it at all. Instead, they took a long stick and hammered the door panel, shouting: "Be quiet, you will be discovered later, and you will be thrown into the sea to feed the sharks first."

"Also don't use lighters or flashlights inside, the light will shine through."

After more than half an hour of sailing, the fishing boat arrived at the new dock of Dandan Island. A Biao was counting the number of people with a small notebook.

"Li Sande."

"Yes."

"You only paid a deposit of 5,000 yuan. How do you plan to pay the rest?"

Li Sande smiled and said, "I will work to pay off my debts after I arrive in Amei."

"Then we have to agree in advance. The interest rate is not low. You may have to work for a year to pay off all the money."

"No problem. I will definitely work hard after I arrive in Amei."

A Biao said, "I will register for you. Go directly to the cabin. It's a bit crowded. You can bear it."

Li Sande happily carried the quilt on his back, a large bucket of water, and a lot of dried fish and glutinous rice cakes on the boat.

He heard from people who went abroad that it was very difficult to smuggle, and many people died of starvation. You must bring more things and something to protect yourself, so as not to be bullied on the boat.

When Li Sande came to the cabin excitedly, his brows frowned instantly. He was not afraid of the fishy smell, but the sour smell inside made his stomach churn.

"Fuck, why is it so smelly."

A man named Lin Agou cursed: "You ask this guy in a suit, he has been vomiting non-stop since he got on the boat."

Li Sande looked at Du Haijun, who was vomiting in the corner of the fish tank, and did not disdain him, but became familiar with him.

He has also seen the world, and the suit is not simple at first glance, no worse than his relatives in Southeast Asia.

This is definitely a big shot, and it is always a good thing to know more people. Maybe there will be more ways out in the future.

There is a saying that maybe the person in front of him is just a tiger in the plain and bullied by a dog. If he has a chance to turn over in the future, maybe he will remember his kindness.

"Boss, hello, it's your first time on a boat."

After being on the boat for so long, someone still took the initiative to talk to him. Du Haijun glanced at the man and asked, "Where are we?"

"Boss, we are on Dandan Island."

Du Haijun frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help but say: "That Li Duoyu, is he from this island?"

Li Sande nodded and said: "Yes, Li Duoyu is from this island, and he is also my cousin."

After hearing this, Du Haijun's face became gloomy, and he also disliked the man in front of him.

After Li Sande said this, the people who wanted to smuggle in the fish tank were very interested.

"You are Li Duoyu's cousin, why did you run out to smuggle? Just follow him, isn't it better."

Li Sande sighed and complained: "We are only relatives, not affection, and we are not as enthusiastic as neighbors."

However, he did not tell everyone that Li Duoyu also gave them opportunities, but they could not bear the hardship, so he did not take care of them.

After all five people from Dandan Island boarded the boat, Brother Biao, who was in charge of the pick-up, said, "Next, you should be quiet. We are about to meet up with the big ship. If we run into the police on the way, you must not make a sound, otherwise the money you paid will be wasted."

A fishing boat with a dim ship light on slowly drove towards the open sea.

After the Lantern Festival riddle guessing activity, Zhang Erhu from Dandan Island brought the militia to Li Duoyu's house.

Li Duoyu and Xiao Tutu had just come out of the bathroom after taking a bath. The child was still sleepy and had no idea what had just happened.

After Zhou Xiaoying took Xiao Tutu, she saw that Captain Zhang had come to find her for something, so she went back to her room to sleep.

Li Duoyu glanced at Captain Zhang and found that the militia was almost fully armed.

"Captain Zhang, you have something to ask me."

Zhang Erhu nodded and said:

"I have something to report to Director Li, and I would like to ask Director Li for a favor."

"As long as I can help, just tell me."

Zhang Erhu said: "It's like this. Just now, we received an order from our superiors saying that someone is smuggling tonight and asked us to patrol the sea. And the fishing boats of our militia company, as you know, have not been replaced for many years, and ordinary small boats can't catch up."

Li Duoyu smiled and said:

"Are you here to borrow a boat?"

"Director Li is indeed a wise man. The superior organization hopes that you can provide some small support."

Li Duoyu frowned. To be honest, it's not that he doesn't want to borrow, but he has always been on the sidelines about smuggling.

Smuggling is definitely illegal, but in this era, it doesn't seem to be such a bad thing. People go to high places and water flows to low places.

Going wherever there is money to be made is normal.

Not long ago, he gave a class in the village, mainly talking about the dangers that might be encountered when smuggling.

As a result, half of the village came to listen to the class, and Li Duoyu was helpless, even though the current economic situation of Dandan Island is very good.

But most people still have the desire to smuggle, after all, they can earn thousands of US dollars every month by washing dishes.

They can afford this hardship.

After all, they have survived the hardest days, and this little hardship is really child's play for them.

They are lucky in Dandan Island, as there are fishing boats near the sea, but the current economy of Digua County next door is still very poor.

In some places not near the sea, two pieces of sweet potatoes and a pot of water are a meal, and there are many families like this.

Smuggling naturally became their only opportunity, although the organization has always asked them to do a good job of ideological work.

To prevent smuggling, Li Duoyu only talked about it, but never took any practical action.

At most, he painted slogans on the white walls of the village.

[One time of smuggling, lifelong regret]

[The smuggling activities will not stop, and the crackdown on smuggling will not stop]

But unfortunately, last year, the Amei Congress promulgated the "Immigration Reform and Control Act", which granted amnesty to illegal immigrants.

It was this bill that completely set off a wave of smuggling in the country, and a large number of people from Fujian Province are gearing up to go to the world.

The tide of the times is not something that can be stopped by human power. What he can do is to warn those who intend to smuggle about the dangers they may encounter on the way of smuggling.

Nowadays, there are two mainstream smuggling routes, one is called the East Route, which goes to the island country, and the other is called the West Route, which goes to Amei.

The East Route is relatively simple but has a low success rate, and the probability of being caught is relatively high. People in Digua County especially like to go to the East Route because the price asked by the snakehead is also low.

The price of the West Route is much higher, but it is very torturous, because the cargo ship going to Amei does not directly cross the Pacific Ocean.

Instead, they have to go to Nanyang first, then go to Ahsan, cross the Suez Canal, pass through the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and finally reach Amei.

And this process is very long. Even the fastest ship will take several months. If they encounter a slower ship and some twists and turns occur in the middle, it is not impossible to take a year.

According to the regulations of smuggling, these people cannot go to the deck and can only live at the bottom of the cabin from beginning to end.

They have to eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep inside. Half a year of closed space is really not something that ordinary people can bear.

If you get sick during this period, you may be thrown directly into the sea.

Because Li Duoyu also joked in class: "If you really smuggle, remember to bring more medicine, directly bring the kind of antibiotics, and medicine for enteritis."

Li Duoyu believes that since smuggling cannot be stopped, he should teach them some methods and knowledge to save their lives, and reduce the number of dead people, which can be regarded as protection in disguise.

In fact, the superiors' handling of this matter was also very ambiguous, not as decisive as the crackdown on smuggling back then.

Even the militiamen were mobilized.

It seems that tonight's anti-smuggling activity will definitely not be small in scale.

Li Duoyu asked curiously: "Captain Zhang, there shouldn't be any big fish tonight."

Zhang Erhu did not act as the Riddler, and told Li Duoyu on the spot: "It is said to be an order from the hall. We are not very clear about the specific situation."

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment. This was a bit strange. Normally, the city bureau and the coast guard should be responsible for this operation.

This time it went directly to the Public Security Department. Judging from the emergency situation, there might be a big fish.

Li Duoyu's first thought was that the organized people had committed the crime and ran away, otherwise they wouldn't have alerted the hall.

In his previous life, Li Duoyu hated this kind of people the most. He once stowaway because of this kind of person who disrupted the situation. In the end, the entire stowaway was cancelled, and many stowaways were caught.

I remember that time, the stowaways wanted to eat alive the big fish that was causing trouble.

"Okay, I'll lend you the boat."

Zhang Erhu scratched his head in embarrassment: "That's right, Director Li, we really don't know how to sail your boat."

Li Duoyu asked: "Captain Zhang, what do you mean?"

"I'm sorry to say it. Director Li, you should understand what we mean."

Li Duoyu looked at these people speechlessly and found that they were also very thick-skinned. Not only did they want to borrow boats, they also wanted to borrow people.

Li Duoyu inevitably muttered: "This kind of thing is quite dangerous. Although I am a member of the organization,"

Still waiting for Li Duoyu to finish speaking, Captain Zhang immediately said: "The military and civilians are one family. Our leader has said that if anything happens to Director Li in the future, it will also be our militia company's business."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "Company Zhang, if you say this, it seems that I am not big enough. As the village director, I also have responsibilities and obligations for this kind of thing. You lead the way, and I will drive the boat."

"Thank you, Director Li, for your support of our work."

After Li Duoyu drove the boat out, he realized that almost all coast patrols were out today.

After sailing.

Company Commander Zhang asked Li Duoyu to adjust the radio to a dedicated channel.

Listening to those intermittent sounds, Li Duoyu realized that this group of people had already known everything about smuggling.

It wasn't that they couldn't catch him before, it was just that they didn't want to catch him that much. If they really wanted to catch him, they really couldn't run away.

"The target ship has been found. The other party is boarding the ship. 05 is already in position."

"03 is already in place."

The sea junction.

A cargo ship more than 100 meters long anchored on the sea. Several small fishing boats clung to the sides of the large ship. The boarding ladder, which was more than ten meters long, was thrown from the deck of the cargo ship.

At this time, the boss of the boat responsible for transporting the stowaways shouted: "Hurry up and climb up quickly."

A fisherman carrying a quilt on his back and carrying a lot of food seemed very slow after climbing up the boarding ladder.

The boss of the ship scolded him on the spot: "Are you stupid? You have to carry so many things. Can you climb up there? Throw away the useless ones quickly. Don't waste everyone's time. When the note comes later, everyone will suffer."

The first step for a stowaway is to climb up the boarding ladder. Du Haijun, who is carrying a box, looks at the dangling boarding ladder in front of him.

My mind is buzzing.

Normally, he might not be able to climb up with empty hands, let alone now that he still has a suitcase.

The fishing boat and the cargo ship are very close. If one of them falls off without a firm grip, he will probably be pinched into a meat pie.

But the stowaways who were traveling with him were all very vigorous, as if they had known about this thing for a long time.

None of them carried boxes, they all carried bags. After grabbing the ladder with both hands, they kept climbing up.

At this moment, Du Haijun was anxious and said to Li Sande who had just spoken to him: "Brother, can you do me a favor? I will give you one hundred yuan in foreign exchange and you can help me put the box up."

Li Sande frowned slightly and became nervous when he saw that many people had already gone up. "Boss, I'll go up first. If I have time, I'll come down and help you."

"good."

However, at this moment, the ship boss Biao suddenly heard the sound of the engines of other ships in the nearby waters, and there were quite a few of them.

These fishing boats immediately extinguished their lights, and someone shouted: "The cops are coming, get out first."

After seeing that something was wrong, the freighter immediately put away the boarding ladder, and Li Sande, who happened to be on the boarding ladder, shouted loudly.

"I'm still on the ladder."

The people on the ship ignored him at all, but kept shaking, hoping to shake him off.

Li Sande clung to him tightly. He had borrowed so much money to collect the deposit, but he didn't want to be caught.

He used all his strength to hold on to the boarding ladder and climbed up step by step until he reached the deck of the ship.

Only then did he realize that some anxious stowaways were already cutting ropes with knives, and Li Sande kicked him over.

"Lin Agou, your uncle's, you still cut it with a knife, and there are still people below who haven't come up yet."

Du Haijun, who was carrying the suitcase, had a blank mind. There were still seven or eight people on their ship who had not yet climbed aboard.

But the fishing boat had already started to flee, and the stowaways who failed to board the boat were also cursing: "Damn cops, why did you come at this time instead of earlier or later."

As a speedboat approached, what they didn't expect was that their boat captain actually took out a gun and pointed it at them. (End of this chapter)