Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Meeting Relatives

I patted her and thought suspiciously, Chen Shuimei has a demented expression and acts strangely. It must be that Heipicai did something after leading her to the corner, so why did they bring Chen Shuimei back?If it was just to deceive a woman, and he had already succeeded, throwing the unconscious Qiu Shouxiong into the sea, wouldn't everything be fine?Just when I was puzzled, Uncle Quan's ugly voice rang out: "Although Pai Huazi's drug is powerful, it usually only temporarily captivates people's minds. Just pouring cold water can restore consciousness. A Cai, you Watching them, I'll go get some cold water."

After finishing speaking, Uncle Quan pushed away the onlookers and ran out of the cabin. After a while, he came back with a leather bucket with sea fish painted on it. He immediately raised the bucket and splashed all the water on Chen Shuimei's face. The salty smell of my body dissipated, and it was stronger than the smell on my body. Chen Shuimei, whose head was wet by the sea water, shivered, as if she just saw Qiu Shouxiong in front of her, she cried out: "Sir, why am I all wet, I... When did you wake up?" "You...I..." Qiu Shouxiong was obviously confused and couldn't say a whole sentence.

Uncle Quan sneered, pushed Qiu Shouxiong away and asked Chen Shuimei, "Don't be afraid, tell me everything I ask you, what happened to you just now?" "I..." Chen Shuimei shook her head, with a blank expression on her face, "At that time, my husband had just been fished out of the sea, and I was crying and shaking him. At this time, a person came, and I smelled a fragrance and then I didn't know anything. I don’t know, I was in a daze like I was dreaming, and then I woke up after being splashed with water.” "Sure enough, I'm right!" Uncle Quan yelled, "There's a smuggler and a trafficker on this boat, tell us who that person is!"

Hearing these words, a chill rose from my spine. I understood everything. I didn't expect them to use this method to frame me. I watched Chen Shuimei identify herself in the cabin, and the onlookers followed her. She, and then her eyes fell on me. She raised her hand and pointed at me: "It's him!" Although I already knew what situation I was about to face, I still turned around to see if there was anyone behind me, but I only saw the wooden boards of the cabin, and when I turned around, I met Chen Shuimei's angry eyes: "That's the person I will never admit my mistake! He walked past me just now, I smelled a fragrance, and then I was confused, it was this guy who mesmerized me with drugs!"

As soon as these words came out, the passengers who were sitting next to me and Ah Hui immediately got up and ran to huddle with others like the plague, but I was too angry to speak. Amid the ensuing insults from other passengers, Ah Hui pushed Chen Shuimei's hand away and said loudly, "You're talking nonsense! He didn't use the Mini!" But her words couldn't penetrate the insults at all, and some people even took advantage of the chaos Push me away from Ah Hui. I was pushed and shoved indiscriminately, and watched Uncle Cai and his nephew Heipi Cai come to me, snatching Dayang back in my pocket in a few moments of confusion. I couldn't deal with this, so I could only shout loudly: "The two of them framed me, don't listen to this woman's nonsense..."

But no one listened to me at all. They were all accusing me angrily and yelling at me loudly. My ears were buzzing amidst all the accusations. Looking at their angry faces, I couldn’t hear a word clearly. .My heart is extremely wronged.But looking at them, they seemed to be more wronged than I was. I was stunned, and suddenly realized that their grievances were not only aimed at me, they were just venting, venting against the war-torn country, abandoned homes, lost relatives and others. The dissatisfaction and resentment that fell into this black boat, everyone spewed out the anger in their hearts: "Fuck you! Slap Hanako!"

Unbearable, I yelled back loudly: "I'm not flirting with Hanako, I was wronged!" But still no one paid any attention, and when I couldn't argue, there was a voice outside the cabin like a thunderclap: "What's the noise? Shut up for me!" Almost at the same time, a hairy head poked out of the cabin, and it was Zhong Canfu with a beard again: "Fuck your mother, what's wrong with you? A whole boat of people screaming like this?" The yelling stopped, and Uncle Quan chuckled: "Brother Ah Can, you came just in time, we caught a human trafficker."

"Human trafficker?" Zhong Canfu's voice was full of surprise, "Oh, Lao Quan, is there anyone else who dares to steal your business? I want to see who that daring human trafficker is?" The eyes of the others turned to Uncle Quan immediately, and his expression changed immediately: "Old Zhong, don't talk nonsense, I never make up my mind on Lord Jiao's boat." Zhong Canfu ignored him and shouted at the crowd: "Who is Pai Huazi?" Everyone turned away and looked at me. "It's you again?" Zhong Canfu looked at me pretending to be surprised, "Little boy, aren't you a doctor? You changed careers so soon?"

I was about to defend myself, but suddenly there was a pain in my face, and at the same time there was a crisp sound, Zhong Canfu glared at me angrily: "I'm asking you something, do you fucking know whose boat this is?" "It's Lord Jiao's boat..." Zhong Canfu slapped my face until my face was swollen, my ears were filled with buzzing sounds, and I couldn't even speak clearly. Zhong Canfu sneered: "You know it's Lord Jiao's boat and you dare to mess around, you're fucking tired of work, aren't you?" "He's really not a human trafficker—" Ah Hui yelled and rushed over, but was pushed away by Zhong Canfu's big palm: "Come on, pack up this little boy and bring it out, there are so many big fish in the sea, someone has to feed them Two bites of food!"

Everyone cheered in unison: "Drown him, drown him well, and throw Pai Huazi into the sea to feed the fish!" Uncle Quan and Heipi Cai cheered cheerfully: "Brother Ah Can, you really are a good man!" I looked at the reaction of everyone in surprise, and felt very incomprehensible. Just a few words like this, are you going to throw me into the sea?Without any evidence, even if I'm really a flirt, I can't easily decide a person's life or death!Looking at the joyful faces of those passengers, I suddenly felt that they didn't care whether I was a bad person or not, they might just want to watch the excitement.

"It's not fair! I was wronged!" "Okay, then I will give you fairness! So that you don't sue me in the palace of the king of hell!" Zhong Canfu proudly turned his head to look at Ah Hui who was being scrutinized by countless people. Two sea hunters ran over, and one of them mentioned my The rattan box and the other dragged me out like a chicken. Zhong Canfu strode forward, and the Tao Haike dragged me onto the deck, and everyone followed Uncle Quan and the others, swearing and chasing after them. After a few steps, Zhong Canfu stopped and said without looking back: "Go back to Lao Tzu, the ship has its own rules." The passengers who joined in the fun continued to squeeze forward unwillingly, so Uncle Quan and Heipicai persuaded: "Everyone, go back quickly, don't worry, Brother Ah Can is in charge, we wait and see that Pat Huazi feeds the fish." Seeing that everyone had returned to the fish cabin, Zhong Canfu gave a look. A sea hunter squatted down and opened my rattan box and rummaged through it. He saw that there were only a few changes of clothes in it, and then only some bottles containing pills. He gasped. He closed the box and kicked it to the side of the boat, shaking his head at Zhong Canfu with a look of displeasure. I still can't accept the current situation. Am I, Cheng Minsheng, going to die on the boat for no apparent reason?I tried to struggle, but was quickly dragged under the mast with my mouth covered and dropped to the ground.Two sea hunters stood behind me with their arms around their shoulders, smiling. Zhong Canfu leaned against the side of the boat, holding the fish edge in one hand, and wiping the sharp thorns with the other hand: "Okay, don't say I won't give it to you." Opportunity, now show me your fairness!" Knowing that the situation was beyond my control, I struggled to get up, and said in a soft voice: "Brother Zhong, I am an apprentice at Quanyongtang, Yanggong Lane, Quanzhou City. My name is Cheng Minsheng. Cheng Dahai, who is famous for acupuncture, is my uncle. One year I will be full teacher, I can help cure diseases..." Seeing Zhong Canfu's impatient face, I explained: "I just broke through the scam of Uncle Quan and Hei Pi Cai when I got on the boat. To trick the woman in the red cheongsam, I woke her up, so they plotted against me." When I said this, my heart skipped a beat, and I secretly thought something was wrong.This matter does not make sense, just because of a woman, did those two human traffickers follow us all the way to Nanyang?Is it because of my cowardly appearance that I ruined their good deeds and made them unable to swallow this breath?Or did they know that there was something valuable on Ah Hui?I started to break out in a cold sweat behind my back, and found that what I always thought was absolutely reasonable, I couldn't help but scrutinize it. I was afraid, but found that Zhong Canfu didn't pay attention to what I said, but waved his hand impatiently at me, "I don't care who you are or what's going on between you, but on the Fuchang, who wants to justify me?" You can give it to him. But there are no free lawsuits in this world, and those of us who go to sea will never do things for others for nothing. Don't say those useless beautiful words, just talk about how much money you plan to pay for this fair right now. ?” I stood there in a daze, and it took a while to understand, and I couldn't help smiling wryly in my heart.So that's what happened, they don't care if I'm cheating or not, they just want to find an opportunity to extort some money from me!I looked at the three sea hunters in horror, and realized that no one on this boat could uphold justice. I licked the wound on my mouth with my tongue. I was beaten very badly just now, and half of my face should be swollen now. , So he quickly took out the ten yuan in his pocket.But before being pushed into the water, after being soaked in the sea for so long, the money was already wrinkled into a ball, I unfolded it carefully in embarrassment, handed the money to Zhong Canfu and said, "Brother Zhong, I escaped in a hurry, I only have ten yuan on me. money, but listen to me, I'm a doctor, and if anyone gets sick on board..." Before I could finish speaking, Zhong Canfu threw a ball of ten-yuan bills over: "You fucking sent a beggar? Little boy, from now on, you won't be on Fuchang!" "Don't you talk about conscience anymore!" I watched the ten-yuan bill roll to my feet, and sadly realized that reasoning here is completely useless. For a moment, my chest seemed to explode with grief and anger, and I suddenly shouted: " Don't you guys discriminate between black and white, and only have money in your eyes?" Zhong Canfu was unmoved, he took a sip of contempt, and said with his eyes wide open, "Listen to me! I look down on you little bastards like scholars the most. Heavenly conscience, you fucking want to talk about heavenly conscience, why don’t you try to influence the Japanese.” When I was dumbfounded, I waved my hand again and said, “You two quickly throw him into the sea for me, there is no money to pay back the fuck Whispering for a long time is a waste of energy." Immediately, Tao Haike rushed over and held me and tried to lift it up. I was scared out of my wits, and the anger that had just been aroused disappeared immediately.I was in a hurry, and I only had time to hug the thick mast with all my strength.With all his strength, Taohaike couldn't drag me for a while, and became annoyed. He threw the fish rib, first came to grab my shoulder, and then another person lifted him and me by one foot to the side of the boat.I was afraid that if I let go, I would be thrown into the sea to feed the fish, so I held on to the mast with all my might.Those two sea hunters grabbed my feet and loosened my tense body. My legs and feet were suddenly unable to retract. We both heyed again, and then pulled them out with all our strength, and I couldn't hold back anymore. Unable to hold on to the mast, he fell face down with a thud. This is the end, I thought to myself while struggling crazily, I never thought that I was going to die at such a young age. fear. In the chaos, a white thing fell out of someone's body, rolled down, and finally hit the mast, changed direction and rolled towards the side of the ship. "Huh?" Zhong Canfu and the two Tao Haike stopped at the same time, my body lightened, and I felt strange. I looked up at the thing, and it turned out to be an ocean.A sea-scourer next to Zhong Canfu snorted, chased after him with a smile on his face, picked it up, threw it into the sky, caught it, then looked carefully and said, "Tsk tsk, it's interesting, it's well hidden." I stared dumbfounded at the piece of ocean, knowing that it could never be on me, and then there was a clanging sound, several pieces of ocean rolled to the ground one after another, a man was standing not far from us, I Just in time to see the last ocean in his hand is falling from his hand. Now Zhong Canfu and the others also reacted, let go of me, and walked in front of that person.Maybe because he was not sure what the man was going to do, Zhong Canfu sized him up, and he was unexpectedly polite: "Friend, what's your name? What does this mean?" The man looked to be only thirty years old, he was tall, his appearance and clothes were very ordinary, but his physique was very strong, and he was not inferior to those sea hunters who had been on the sea for many years. He was imposing in front of Zhong Canfu and others. Not weak at all.Moreover, he was expressionless and looked very cold. My first impression was that he should have been a soldier.But the most important thing is that this person is very unfamiliar. I am sure I don't know him, and I secretly wonder why this person would stand up for me. Hearing Zhong Canfu's question, the man frowned slightly, and said, "My name is Song Zongde. I'm lucky to be on the Fuchang ship. It shouldn't be troublesome, but this young man doesn't look like a human trafficker. Why do you bother?" he." Zhong Canfu was very polite to Song Zongde before, probably because he couldn't figure out his origin. When he heard that he was interceding for me, his face immediately sank: "You mean that we deliberately made things difficult for others? Hmph." The cold voice Humph, I dragged it so long on purpose, I was lying on the deck listening to it, my heart skipping a beat, for fear that he would suddenly lose his temper. Song Zongde didn't seem to care about his threats. He glanced at the oceans that had rolled on the ground, raised his head and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Friends, you are just asking for money, why bother to hurt people's lives, and shame them when the boat is just out of the sea?" , It’s not a good omen either. It’s not easy for everyone to travel this far, and I’m trying to make it auspicious.” After saying that, he bowed his hands and turned around to leave, taking a deep look at me before leaving. The two sea hunters had already picked up the silver dollars scattered on the ground and handed them to Zhong Canfu. He looked at Song Zongde's leaving back thoughtfully, but finally he didn't move. He turned around and squatted in front of me, holding the silver dollars in his hand in front of my eyes. Dangling around, he didn't open his mouth until he looked at me furiously, "I underestimated your little boy. Remember that since you're on the Fuchang ship, be honest with me in the future." After speaking, he stood up, He ordered: "Shrimp boy, go to the fish cabin and tell those idiots to stop making trouble, and whoever makes trouble will throw him into the sea!" I struggled to stand up, and argued: "I'm really a good person, you wronged me." "Good guy?" Zhong Canfu looked contemptuous, "God sees anyone who doesn't like him, he is a good guy." After speaking, he yelled: "Hurry up, don't be an eyesore here!" Leaving me behind, he left without looking back. As he left, Ah Hui helped me up, and said softly: "Are you okay?" I was in a complicated mood for a while, all the grievances I had suffered before, the innocence I was insulted, and the unfair treatment came to my heart instantly , I stood upright, my nose was a little sore, and my throat seemed to be blocked with a stone. Ah Hui sighed softly, and patted my back to comfort me. The two of them were in distress for a while, and Ah Hui asked, "Who was the one who saved you? Didn't you say that you boarded the boat alone? " The sea breeze was blowing on my body, and I was so frightened that I realized that I was covered in cold sweat just now, and now I was chilly all over. I thought of Song Zongde again, shook my head and said: "Maybe you don't believe it, but I really don't know him, maybe He is as good a man as you are." Ah Hui nodded, I looked at the crowd, but found that the man was no longer in sight. We supported each other all the way to the cabin. There was no water to wash my face on board, and my wet clothes had dried out. I was wearing this blue Chinese tunic suit, which my uncle asked Tailor Feng to make for me last year. Unfortunately, it had long since disappeared. No one is right, my uncle left me and ran away, and Tailor Feng's tailor shop was blown up by Japanese planes long ago. I lifted up my clothes and wiped my face, Ah Hui patted the salt on my body due to soaking in seawater, and suddenly said: "Min Sheng, it's all my fault, otherwise those two villains wouldn't be lingering on you. " I shook my head and said, "Don't talk about this, if you didn't help me pay the five ocean dollars, I wouldn't even be able to get on the boat, let alone you begged Zhong Canfu to go to the sea to save me." Looking at the kind and beautiful Ah Hui, I realized that perhaps the journey to Nanyang this time was not completely fruitless.Thinking about it, I suddenly thought of Xiuyun again, but the thought just passed by, Ah Hui had already stretched out her hand and gently touched my forehead: "Look, you've hit a big bruise on your head, I'll wipe the medicine bar for you later." I nodded and said, "I'll go thank my benefactor first, wait for me to come back." I bent down and looked in the dark cabin for a long time, and then I found Song Zongde in a corner. He was chatting and laughing with a few people around him. Although he was sitting in the corner, it seemed that this group of people were paying attention. I know the two people next to him, they are from Quanzhou City, they don’t have any friendship, they just look familiar, thinking that these people who know me didn’t say anything for me just now, I feel a little depressed.Seeing me walk in, the two guys turned their heads away and pretended not to know me. They didn't know if they felt a little embarrassed, or they didn't plan to talk to me at all. I ignored them, and walked directly in front of Song Zongde, bowed deeply with both hands, and sincerely said: "Thank you, Mr. Song, for saving your life." Song Zongde didn't speak, but turned his head and looked at me repeatedly. For some reason, his expression was quite different from the indifference just now.I felt a little uncomfortable being looked at by him, and I didn't speak when I saw him, thinking that this person is really strange, maybe he came to the rescue out of chivalrous heart, disdainful of this kind of thank you after the event, so I bowed again Bow, turn around and leave. At this time, Song Zongde's voice came from behind with a hint of teasing: "Minsheng, don't you really recognize me?" I looked at Song Zongde suspiciously, a strange feeling flashed in my heart, and I couldn't help asking: "Mr. Song, what are you?" Song Zongde smiled slightly, patted my shoulder and motioned me to go out with him.I followed without knowing why, and the confusion in my heart was getting bigger and bigger. Did he come to Quanyongtang for medical treatment?But there was no such face in my memory. When we finally reached a place where there were few people, Song Zongde said, "Minsheng, I recognize you now, your appearance has not changed at all, I am your seventh brother, how is your sister?" "What? Brother Seven?" I cried out aloud, and quickly looked at him carefully, but the tall, hard-edged man in front of me didn't seem to have any resemblance to the handsome boy next door in my memory.Moreover, I remembered the tragic experience in my childhood. I thought that only my elder sister and I escaped. Could it be that Brother Qi also survived?What if the person in front of me is really Seventh Brother? Maybe it was because I was still confused, Song Zongde said again: "You are still in the same daze. You forgot that we used to go to the back mountain to pick wild fruits together when we were young, and you were almost bitten by a poisonous snake. Did I pick it away with a stick? ?” I looked at him again, convinced myself a little, and asked him, "It's true that I was almost bitten by a snake when I was young, so let me ask you, what's my elder sister's name?" "Amin." Song Zongde took out a cigarette and smoked it in his hand, then took out a match from his pocket, struck the back of his trousers sharply, and struck the match with a chirping sound. In this way, he is really the seventh brother?Then do I have an extra companion on this strange ship?I got a little excited and was about to recognize him, but seeing his weird way of smoking, I hesitated again. This person in front of me must be a soldier, because many soldiers like to show off and smoke in front of the common people, and before he rescued me in front of Zhong Canfu and the others, I was deeply impressed by his calm appearance. It seems that he probably He also went to the battlefield and killed people. The Japanese burned, killed and looted everywhere, and pulled young men everywhere. How could he appear on the ship when he was far from the age of retiring from the army?Could it be a deserter?It's really hard for me to connect such a person with the seventh brother who protects me and my sister everywhere. Song Zongde took a puff of cigarette: "Minsheng, I did escape from the army." I nodded silently, and he said again: "In this shitty world, people have to think more about themselves." I nodded silently again, and he said in the smoke: "How is your sister? Why aren't you with me?" I was saddened by him, shook my head and said in a low voice that I was lost, and then I couldn't say any more.I think of the old days, my elder sister, Brother Seven, and other children nearby were always playing together. Although Brother Seven was not the oldest among the crowd, he became the king of children because of his loyalty and intelligence.We went up to the mountains to roast sweet potatoes, and went to the fields to catch snails. Seventh brother would always come out in front of us little devils, and he was especially kind to us siblings. Song Zongde stretched out his hand to disperse the smoke, I saw his brows wrinkled, and asked me: "How did this happen? I hid in the abandoned well that day, and heard your parents telling you to run all the way, and I never saw you again. , thought you had already escaped." After a pause, he continued, "No wonder, you were so young at that time." With a sore nose, I called Seventh Brother, and told him about my experience after the bandits robbed the village that day. The two of them were very sad. Later, I asked, "Why did you change your name?" He thought about it and said: "After the bandits left, there were not many people left in the village, and my parents were gone. I was instructed by the people in the village to join my uncle and change my name to be his son. Later, when the war started, I joined the army, hoping to learn some skills in the army and never let my family be harmed. However, although I learned some martial arts, I was completely disappointed in the army afterwards." I don't know anything about the military, but I can tell from his expression that he did not leave because he was greedy for life and fear of death. He patted me on the shoulder and said, "I won't talk too much. When you went to the sea to save people and were caught, I I thought you looked familiar, and then I heard you talk and do things, and told that bearded man that my name was Cheng Minsheng, and I was sure, I can no longer ignore things." I got scared, luckily Seventh Brother saved me, otherwise I would have been thrown by Zhong Canfu and the others to feed the fish.We talked about the past for a while, and talked about our respective experiences after separation, and I realized that Brother Seven has had a hard time these years. His uncle had no heirs earlier and treated him well, but his aunt was mean. His wife, who later had her own child, always suspected that he would divide up the family property, and became stricter with him.Seventh brother experienced such a big change when he was young, and suffered hardships at his uncle's house. When he grew up, he joined the army, but found that the army was full of dogs and dogs, and finally left for another country. I felt sorry for my lost sister, and I felt even more sad, and said to him, "Seventh Brother, it will be great if you arrive in Nanyang. Although Nanyang doesn't have so many folks, it's better than being terrified and being bombarded every day." Seventh Brother suddenly changed his face, and said in a low voice: "Minsheng, do you think this ship is weird, we have to be careful, otherwise we will have to talk about whether we can go to Nanyang." I was startled by the tone of his words, thinking of the strange sound in the bilge, did he also notice it?Looking around, worried about being heard by Zhong Canfu and the others, he hesitated and said, "What did you find?" Seventh Brother took a big puff of cigarette and crushed it out with his foot: "I'm not sure yet, but you have to be careful. It's getting late, let's rest first, I live in the cabin on top of you, call me if you have anything." I nodded, I didn't expect him to live on the top, so why did I talk to others in my cabin just now?Did you come here specifically for me?I couldn't help being moved for a while, and followed him all the way to the hatch before saying goodbye to each other. But no one knows that after the chaos of this day, what greets us will be a hellish experience. Life on the ship is very boring, and the most common thing everyone does is to get together and chat.Although I didn't take the initiative to get together with those people, the topics of the people around me were mostly related to the sailing route of the ship. Some older people did not go to Nanyang for the first time, and even their grandparents went to Nanyang.After listening to it for a short time, I had a more detailed understanding of the situation in Nanyang. Starting from Quanzhou, crossing Quanzhou Bay, it took about a day to reach the outer sea.Then go through the South China Sea to the northern part of Taiwan, and then go south along the coast of Vietnam two days later. Going all the way to the southeast, you can reach the Philippines in a few days.As for whether to stay in the Philippines after arriving in the Philippines, or go southwest to the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, or use this as a transit point to go to Java Island, Indonesian islands, etc., it depends on one's ability.