The place where the boat berths is a small pier. The steps made of cement are inserted obliquely into the water.
Upwards, there is a wide flat land, with broken bricks and ruins faintly visible. There was no one around, and there was no sound.
Yu Xiaoer fixed the bow of the boat, and took out a fish from the cabin, which was the legendary river tiger.
The fish was still alive and running around, but Yu Xiaoer passed one arm through the gills of the fish, pressed it against a huge chopping board, picked up a wooden stick as thick as a child's arm in the cabin, and hit the fish's head several times violently. Down. The fish disappeared and was ready to be slaughtered safely.
Cheng Zihua watched Yu Xiaoer kill the fish with great interest, and asked casually, "Xiaoer, this fish probably weighs about twenty catties."
Yu Xiaoer smiled honestly, "Boss, twenty-five catties. I just got it this afternoon. I wasted a net."
Xu Yishan asked curiously: "How much is this fish worth in the market?"
Yu Xiaoer thought for a while and said: "The market price is a hundred yuan a catty, and there is no market for it. Now there are no real river tigers. All the ones sold on the street are farmed. For a stuff like me, a year It¡¯s a rare encounter.¡±
Old Tang laughed and said, "So, Xiao Er, this is our brother's blessing. In this way, you and your wife will cook fish well, and I will take the two bosses ashore for a stroll."
Old Tang invited Xu Yishan and Cheng Zihua to go ashore for a walk, Xu Yishan thought it would not be good to sit on a boat and watch people make fish, so he readily agreed.
After landing on the shore, Old Tang pointed to the open space and said, "It used to be Xiaoer's home. It was demolished later."
Xu Yishan asked: "Why was it demolished?"
Old Tang smiled and said: "Xiaoer's family has been fishermen for generations. When dividing the division, I asked the ideas of his ancestors. If you want to go ashore, you just abandon the fishing boat and go ashore to work in agriculture. If you don't want to go ashore, you become a professional fisherman. .However, fishermen cannot own land on the shore. The ancestors of Xiaoer considered that it would be easier to make a living from the river than to plan food from the ground. So they classified themselves as fishermen.¡±
"Later, the fish in the river became less and less. At the worst time, they couldn't catch a single fish for three to five days." Old Tang sighed, "If they can't catch fish, their life will be lost. So Xiaoer's The ancestor wanted to go ashore. But in reality it was as easy as he thought. Almost all the local farmers refused to accept his family to go ashore. The ancestor Xiaoer had no choice, so he asked the village to give him this place, and wanted to build some The house is sheltered from the wind and rain.¡±
"The house was built, but after a short period of time, it was forcibly demolished by the relevant units in the name of destroying water and soil resources."
Xu Yishan interrupted and asked: "Do these units not consider the actual situation?"
Old Tang said disdainfully: "What's the actual situation? The actual situation is that no one should contradict the policy. Xiaoer's house is too close to the water, less than 50 meters downstream, which is the source of water for the city's tap water. Therefore, Demolition of his family's house is a matter of course."
From Lao Tang's story, Xu Yishan learned that after Yu Xiaoer's house was demolished, his parents were so angry that they both took poison and died. Xiao Er was dissatisfied, so he petitioned the local government.
?One day, Xiao Er and his wife tried to break into the provincial party committee compound by force, but were stopped by plainclothes police officers from the local police station, who beat them until they called their father and mother. It just so happened that Old Tang went to the provincial party committee compound to ask a certain chief for approval. After seeing such a scene, he stopped several plainclothes people out of compassion.
Everyone in plainclothes knew Old Tang, and knew that he often went in and out of the chief's office, so he gave him face and let the young couple go.
Speaking of this, Cheng Zihua joked: "Brother Tang yelled at the injustice at the time, right?"
Old Tang smiled strangely, and said in a low voice: "I yelled at the injustice at the gate of the Provincial Party Committee compound, did I lose my mind? Surely not."
Xu Yishan became curious, and asked: "Then what kind of mentality did you use to dissuade me at that time?"
Old Tang said without any concealment: "I have seen many cases of beating people in plain clothes. Many petitioners think that the provincial party committee compound is like his own house, where they can come and go freely. They don't know, the local police station arranges There are special interceptors. For all those who trespass into the provincial party committee compound without authorization, there is only one word - hit."
He smiled and said, "If I yell every time I see injustice, I'm afraid I'll be KO'd."
Cheng Zihua giggled, pretending to be mysterious and said: "I know the reason. Brother Tang, you don't know about Yishan, do you?"
Xu Yishan shook his head, really did not understand the meaning of Cheng Zihua's words.
Cheng Zihua pointed to the busy boat lady on the boat, and said in a low voice: "You don't know, Brother Tang likes a good family the most."
If Xu Yishan realized something, he remembered that the boat lady he met just now was really a beautiful woman. This woman may have been wandering on the river for many years, living in no fixed place,The heart is very heavy, so the fat that women hate most is not grown on the body. Her figure is graceful and graceful on the small boat, just like a willow leaf. Coupled with her delicate face and pursed lips, she is charming and charming.
Regardless of Cheng Zihua whispering to Xu Yishan, Old Tang ran to the side, took out something and urinated into the darkness.
After urinating and returning, Old Tang smiled and said, "I still owe them an explanation."
It turned out that when Old Tang heard the cry of Yu Xiaoer and his wife, he felt righteous indignation in his heart. He wanted to fight for them, and afterwards he personally went to the local government of Xiaoer's hometown.
But people don't like him at all, even though he has revealed that he is a provincial cadre. But the local government ridiculed him as a dog and a mouse meddling in his own business.
Old Tang has many connections and knows many leaders. His only regret is that he has too little power.
Old Tang, who had no real power, was so angry that he couldn't do anything about him. He boasted again in front of Xiaoer and his wife, saying that he must ask them for an explanation. But nearly three years have passed, and there is still no news at all.
The biggest wish of Yu Xiaoer and his wife is to go ashore. Give them a piece of land and let them end their life of wandering on the river.
This little wish was never realized, and the Perfume River issued a fishing ban. This makes their life more and more difficult, and it is basically a bleak life. Their only livelihood now is to secretly catch some fish in the river at night and sell them to familiar customers.
The story told by Old Tang made Xu Yishan feel infinite sympathy.
He remembered that there was a student in his class who was from the Jucheng Municipal Government, so he said to Cheng Zihua: "Mayor Cheng, why don't you find Researcher Deng in our class, maybe he can solve this problem."
Cheng Zihua was taken aback, and said, "You mean Deng Xiaofang?"
Xu Yishan smiled, "Who is it if it's not her? She is a researcher of the Jucheng City Government. If you handle such a matter, don't you just do it at your fingertips?"
Cheng Zihua shook his head and said, "Brother Yishan, your thinking is too simple. Let's not say that Deng Xiaofang is a researcher, and she is a cadre in name only in the city government. Even if she is willing to help, we don't owe Xiao Er and them right?"
Xu Yishan said in amazement: "Don't we have to help him only if he owes us?"
Cheng Zihua smiled and said nothing.
Xu Yishan didn't say any more, and made up his mind. When I go to Yiyang City tomorrow, I will find an opportunity to talk to Deng Xiaofang, maybe she can really help.
Just at this moment, a dazzling light came over the river. Immediately, a sharp siren sounded in his ears.
Old Tang reacted the fastest, he muttered in a low voice, "No, the water police are here."
Before Xu Yishan came to his senses, Old Tang dragged him and Cheng Zihua and ran away.
Xu Yishan asked in a low voice: "Old Tang, where are we going?"
"Hide first and avoid them." Old Tang said pantingly: "It's embarrassing to be caught by them."