1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 476: Deng Zhaocai, who escaped death, appears

After going through the hospitalization procedures, Liang's father lay on the bed and began to receive an IV. Unlike later times, Liang Ziqiang found that the IV tubes in the county hospital were still the yellow rubber tubes.

On the morning of the third day, Liang's father drank white barium sulfate and took a barium meal. Analysis results showed that the gastric ulcer was large in area, eroding the blood vessels and causing gastric bleeding.

Seeing this result, Liang Ziqiang felt that it was not the worst one.

What he was most worried about was that something bad might be growing in his father's stomach. Rupture of stomach cancer could also cause gastric bleeding.

Gastric ulcers are large in area, and although they are not easy to treat, they are much easier to treat than gastric cancer.

Based on the examination results, Dr. Jin prescribed some long-term medications and asked Liang's father to take them regularly, and also reminded him of the precautions he should take in his daily diet and lifestyle habits.

After being discharged from the hospital and returning home, Liang Ziqiang thought that his father was definitely not suitable to continue sailing in the future.

The fleet is currently in a long rest period. After a dozen days, fishing operations will begin in ordinary deep sea areas in late April. By then, Zhou Hui will probably have to replace his father and become the captain.

Liang Ziqiang had not yet figured out how to help Lao Qiu from Driftwood Island. During these days at home, he decided to go to Wuming Island to catch some snappers and groupers, and then sell them to Wei Pan.

Because the quantity was not too large and did not require much help, he drove the lotus-patterned boat to the county fishing port alone.

We parked the wooden boat at the fishing port and carried the fish into Wei Pan's store, where the transactions were still conducted at the prices of wild snapper and wild grouper.

After the deal was done, Liang Ziqiang drank a few sips of tea and chatted for a while, then carried the empty bucket and prepared to return to his wooden boat.

After walking a dozen steps, suddenly a hand pulled his empty bucket.

Liang Ziqiang instinctively turned his head and saw an old fisherman wearing a hat squatting on the ground with some small fish and shrimps in a basket beside him.

At this time, the old fisherman reached out and pulled Liang Ziqiang's empty bucket, and asked in a hoarse voice:

"Would you like to buy some fish? I've been waiting here for quite some time. Would you buy some for me?"

Liang Ziqiang was a little amused. He was a fishmonger, but why didn't this old man see clearly that selling fish was taking over his head?

Besides, there is the largest public purchasing station nearby. In addition, there are three individual purchasing points like Wei Pan. The old man can just pick the fish and shrimps and sell them there. Why bother squatting on the roadside and hawking?

In short, Liang Ziqiang felt weird.

"I'm also a fisherman. If you want to sell fish, you should go to those purchasing points. Although the purchase price is lower, it's better than wasting time here, right?"

Liang Ziqiang slowed down a little and told the old fisherman.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, his eyes fell on that dark old face that was even more wrinkled than his father's, and a trace of pity arose in his heart.

This man is really old. Not only is his face full of wrinkles, but the hair exposed under his hat is mostly white. Even his beard is white, which forms a sharp contrast with his extremely dark skin.

"Okay, if you're worried that the purchasing store will offer a low price, I'll go with you to that store and ask them to give you a higher price!" Liang Ziqiang stopped and turned to say.

The price at the purchasing point will be lower than the retail price of fish and shrimp outside anyway, there is nothing he can do about it, but he can tell Wei Pan to give him a higher price. It's not easy for this old man to look wrinkled.

Unexpectedly, the old fisherman did not thank him. Instead, he looked up at him and said in a low voice:
"Brother Qiang, it's not easy to find you. I've been waiting here for two days!"

Liang Ziqiang was so shocked that he clenched his fist in his heart. After the voice was no longer so hoarse, it was clearly Deng Zhaocai's voice! A young and familiar voice came from an old and frail figure. How could he adapt to it at once?
He didn't know what happened, he only knew that in the past year or so, he hadn't seen Deng Zhaocai when he passed by the Snow Egret Hotel. Now that he was meeting him in this state, one thing was certain, it was definitely inconvenient for him to show up.

He looked around and lowered his voice and said quickly, "Don't squat here, come to my boat and talk!"

Unexpectedly, Deng Zhaocai shook his head and refused: "Don't go there, it's not good for you."

Then he pointed and said, "There's an abandoned ship that's been there for a few years. No one's around. Let's go behind the ship and talk!"

Liang Ziqiang took a look and thought it was quite suitable, so he nodded and said, "I'll go first, and you come later!"

After saying that, he casually picked up the empty bucket and headed towards the wrecked ship.

He looked around and found that it was indeed very quiet behind the rusty wreck. There was no one there, except for two little seabirds, which flew away when they saw him coming.

He sat on the sand for a while, and the "old fisherman" slowly came over carrying something on his shoulder.

"You're amazing! You tinkered with it like this and even I couldn't recognize it at first glance!"

As soon as Deng Zhaocai sat down, Liang Ziqiang spoke.

It was obvious that Deng Zhaocai had a fake beard and fake white hair on his face. He painted his face black and wrinkled it in some unknown way. Then, when his grandmother put on the hat, he looked like a genuine old fisherman.

"He has been hiding all the time. I won't go to Binzhou Port to wait for you. I'll come here to find you instead because Binzhou Port is close to the hotel and I'm afraid his bodyguards and the like will find Binzhou Port!" Deng Zhaocai explained as his voice returned to normal.

"So you succeeded?"

Liang Ziqiang thought about it and realized that it was in October of the previous year that Deng Zhaocai gave him a cassette, and he never saw Deng Zhaocai again since then.

It has been a year and a half since we last met. A year and a half is not a short time, and Deng Zhaocai could not have remained silent for too long. He must have found an opportunity to approach Ruan Jingcheng alone and then attacked him.

Now that he has ended up in this state and is hiding from place to place, it must be that someone under Ruan Jingcheng is looking for him.

Deng Zhaocai did not answer immediately, but picked up his clothes.

First the abdomen, then the back. That was not the Ah Cai he knew. The skin on the abdomen and back was covered with scars.

"How many times... did you get stabbed!" Liang Ziqiang gasped, "And you still couldn't avoid his bodyguards?"

"I waited for a long time, but there was no chance for us to be alone. I had no choice." Ah Cai put down his clothes, looked at Liang Ziqiang and said, "Brother Qiang, thank you for those fish maws. After being stabbed so many times by his bodyguards, I didn't dare to go to the hospital. I ate all those fish maws, and the bleeding stopped, so I survived."

"I can't thank Lao Qiu and Lao Xie in person, but I must come to you to thank you." Ah Cai was silent for a few seconds, and then continued, "Because this is the last time I will see you in this life. I will soon go somewhere else, not to another city or province, but to another country."

"Ruan Jingcheng is a well-known figure in Yanghai after all. If you kill him, he will definitely not be able to stay here..." Liang Ziqiang sighed.

It seems that Ah Cai attacked Ruan Jingcheng in front of the bodyguards, and killed Ruan Jingcheng after both of them were injured. Judging from the scars that have healed, it must have happened some time ago. Ah Cai must have carefully made up like this according to the plan he prepared in advance, and has been hiding from place to place, so he has not been caught.

But no matter how successful the disguise is, hiding in the local area will eventually lead to being exposed, which is definitely not a long-term solution.

However, running outside doesn't seem that easy. I wonder if Ah Cai has made sufficient preparations...

(End of this chapter)