1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 488 Ruan Jingcheng and his son died

Back at the shore, Liang Ziqiang boarded his own wooden boat, which was not parked together with the other boats, but a little distance away.

At this moment, he was sitting on the boat, but did not set sail immediately. Instead, he was silently looking outside in the cabin and waiting quietly.

After waiting for another ten minutes, there was movement on the road of Haoliu Village, and the black car drove out of the village.

The scattered trees on both sides of the village road stood like a pantomime. All the scenes in the field of vision remained silent, as if to set off the shiny black car with the solitary smoke rising from the rear.

The black car, wrapped in gray-yellow dust, drew a straight line on the land. Like a pitch-black coffin, it was able to fly because of the wheels installed, and it was getting farther and farther away in Liang Ziqiang's eyes.

I heard that today is an auspicious day, suitable for family reunion.

Ruan Jingcheng and Tong Wen'an, they both deserve such a reunion.

The car disappeared completely, and Liang Ziqiang started the motor and drove the boat home.

The purpose of this search was completely unsuccessful, but my heart was filled with a sense of relief that I had accomplished something.

After returning home, the next day while busying himself with some housework, he would turn on the TV from time to time to see if there was any news he wanted to see.

However, the whole day passed and nothing was seen.

At dinner time, as usual, I tuned to the local channel of Yanghai City.

After several routine news broadcasts, the three words "Ruan Jingcheng" finally appeared in the announcer's mouth:

"Next, we will broadcast a breaking news. Mr. Ruan Jingcheng, the founder of our city's famous hotel, the Snow Egret Hotel, and several factories, suddenly felt unwell after dinner last night. Although he was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, he still passed away last night.

A young man who had dinner with him alone also felt unwell and was sent to the hospital. After asking the chef, driver and others, it turned out that he was the lost son that Ruan Jingcheng had just found. The young man also failed to be rescued and died last night.

The police's preliminary investigation found that Ruan Jingcheng and his son suffered from severe food poisoning, which may be related to accidentally eating a type of crab called the Honest Clean Crab.

The chef has been taken into custody, but he said that he bought the crabs from an old fisherman in the vegetable market. He mistakenly thought they were normal king crabs when he bought them.

Public security organs are conducting vigorous investigations to find the whereabouts of the old fisherman.

We would also like to remind the general public that the king crab is highly similar to the highly poisonous honest crab. Be sure to carefully identify the king crab before cooking and eating it.

The subtle differences between them include..."

Liang Ziqiang had no intention of listening to the introductory content. At this moment, only two words echoed in his ears:
Death, death, death...

At the same time, faces flashed through my mind.

There are older brothers, younger brothers, and fathers who are sitting face to face at the dinner table at this moment;
There is Yan Zi’s beautiful face that always seems to be troubled, and Deng Zhaocai’s body full of scars;

There is the bold and serious look of Old Xie, and the look of Old Qiu when he looks at him through his metal-framed glasses...

"What are you thinking about? The food is getting cold!"

Liang's father coughed and reminded Liang Ziqiang. Then, his daughter-in-law Chen Xiangbei also glared at him.

"Nothing. Dad, remember to take some stomach medicine before you go to bed!"

Liang Ziqiang answered irrelevantly.

As he spoke, he chuckled. His wife looked at him and curled her lips, thinking that his laugh was too silly.

He ate very quickly, finishing the rice in his bowl in no time. He did not leave the table, but sat at the table and watched his family continue eating.

In this life, I still stay in Changwang Village. My father and elder brother are both fine and intact.

However, Dai Qingfu, Ruan Jingcheng and Tong Wen'an are all gone.

The mystery of the previous life was finally solved; the incompleteness of the previous life was also complete in this life. "Speaking of the stomach, it has been a while, we must bring something to Piaomu Island to thank Lao Qiu?" Liang's father said.

"It's time to go. I'll get ready. How about tomorrow?" Liang Ziqiang agreed.

The next day, the father and son carried some dried fish and boarded the lotus-patterned boat to Piaomu Island.

In fact, Lao Qiu also said that he had all kinds of fish and shrimp on the island, but he couldn't go there empty-handed. I guess Lao Qiu didn't have the time and energy to dry the fish.

"Aqiang, you're here?" Old Qiu greeted him and got straight to the point in his second sentence:

"Did you find out where Old Xie is in Qiansheng Village?"

Liang Ziqiang was silent for a second, and something in his heart suddenly surged. This matter was exactly what he was most afraid of facing Lao Qiu, but he had to face it.

But he had already thought of the explanation in advance. After a second of silence, he said calmly:
"I did find that Aunt Qin, and she made it sound like it made sense, but the other villagers said it didn't happen.

I half believed and half doubted, and went to look for him in the place she said. There was only one adopted boy in that village, but the villagers said he was adopted from the city. His biological father had been found recently and they recognized each other. You should have heard of his biological father's name, Ruan Jingcheng!"

"Ruan Jingcheng? Is that the big boss Ruan Jingcheng who runs a hotel and a factory?" Old Qiu was shocked. "I just heard on the radio last night that he and his son both had food poisoning and could not be saved!"

"I also watched the TV news while having dinner last night. It seems that the chef was too careless!" Liang Ziqiang sighed.

"Alas, it's so hard to find my son. It should be such an enviable thing!" Old Qiu shook his head, "They are just not destined to be father and son!"

Obviously, Lao Qiu himself had lost a son, and he could empathize with the father and son in the news, with mixed emotions on his face.

Liang Ziqiang felt uncomfortable after hearing this, but fortunately Qiu Dongzhi did not dwell on this topic and immediately asked:
"Where is Old Xie? Has anyone in Qiansheng Village seen him?"

"Old Xie has been to Qiansheng Village, and several people in the village have seen him. But after that, no one knows where he went. But Old Xie is very capable, so he will definitely not be in any danger. I guess he has some temporary mission or something. He may come back to the island to find you someday, so don't worry about it!"

From beginning to end, Liang Ziqiang's answer was only half the truth.

It is a fact that Tong Wen'an and Ruan Jingcheng have recognized each other as "father and son". But he did not mention the fact that Tong Wen'an killed Lao Xie.

Although it was indeed wrong to hide the truth from Lao Qiu, what good would it do to let him know that his own son had killed his good brother?
There is no other meaning except to make him live in nightmarish pain for the rest of his life.

What's more, Tong Wen'an originally planned to kill even his biological father, Lao Qiu, so that he wouldn't get in his way. If Lao Qiu knew about this, it would only add to his pain.

"I hope your guess is right!"

Although Lao Qiu was still very worried about Lao Xie's whereabouts, there was nothing he could do.

"By the way, Uncle Qiu, it was you who saved my dad last time. I said I wanted to give you a reward, but you got angry with me. So you have to accept this, right?"

As he spoke, Liang Ziqiang took out a bead from his pocket.

The size of this bead is much larger than those usually peeled from mother-of-pearl oysters. It is probably 18 mm in diameter.

The most special thing is that this pearl is not the most common milky white or beige, nor is it even the rare pink.

This is a pearl that is completely transparent but has a golden hue!

Golden pearls are much rarer than pink ones.

Liang Ziqiang drove a tugboat to that sea area so many times, but he only got three of the most special pearls.

Two are pink and one is gold.

The most valuable gold is naturally the one in your hand.

(End of this chapter)