Rebirth 77: From Beachcombing to Becoming a Tycoon and Spoiling My Wife

When Yang Bai returned home, Yang Qiaoqiao was already asleep under Aunt Wang's care.

The way it lies in bed and sleeps looks like a kitten.

Yang Bai sat on the edge of the boat and gently pinched his daughter's cheek.

"Aunt Wang, thank you again."

Wang Qunfang waved her hand with a smile, "It's nothing, you're a great hero in our village."

"My husband works on duty at the crab farm. If the people from Shatou Village demolish it, how will we survive?"

Wang Qunfang's husband had participated in the Korean War and earned a second-class merit on the battlefield, at the cost of losing a hand.

Aside from government assistance, her family had no able-bodied members, and Wang Qunfang supported her entire family with her needlework skills.

Yang Bai then arranged for her husband to work at the crab farm, where he was responsible for guarding the gate and feeding the crabs.

She looked at Yang Qiaoqiao and said.

"This girl is very filial. As soon as she heard you were in trouble, she cried and begged to see you. I coaxed her to sleep because she was tired. It's nothing serious, I'm leaving now."

Yang Bai got up and saw Wang Qunfang to the door.

Back in the bedroom, as she sat down, Yang Qiaoqiao's eyelids twitched slightly. She opened her eyes and vaguely saw her father. Her vision cleared a bit, and when she realized it was really her father, she immediately threw herself into Yang Bai's arms and burst into tears.

"Dad, I dreamt that you were beaten so badly that your nose was crooked. Are you alright, Dad?"

Yang Bai couldn't help but laugh. He said she was filial and knew how to worry, but he also said she was unfilial because she dreamed of him being beaten black and blue.

He took his daughter's hand and placed it on his face.

"Feel it, see if I'm hurt."

Yang Qiaoqiao touched it, her bright eyes looking around.

"No, I wasn't really hit."

"Very good."

Yang Qiaoqiao hugged her father tightly around the waist. She had been so worried, but seeing that he was alright, she finally felt relieved.

The spot where she held her hand was exactly where Zhang Ning had applied medicine to her abrasion. With a quick press, the ointment seeped tightly into the wound.

Yang Bai hissed in pain.

Yang Qiaoqiao quickly let go of her hand.

"Dad, is your back hurting?"

Her innocent question broke Yang Bai's composure.

"It's nothing, Dad just got into a fight and overdid it."

Yang Qiaoqiao quickly climbed off the bed, pressed Yang Bai down onto the bed, and covered him with a cool blanket.

"Dad, rest if you're tired. I'm going out now."

.......

Shatou Village.

Hu Shan, his head wrapped in bandages, limped into the meeting room of the brigade compound and pulled up a chair to sit down.

There were also six people sitting inside, who were the village secretaries of the six villages.

They had just returned from the commune, and the six of them were startled when they saw his appearance.

Looking at his expression, Hu Shaohua, the village party secretary of Shatou Village, asked with an extremely gloomy face, "This matter didn't work out?"

He had already learned from the people who had run back to the village that the plan had failed.

I never expected it to be so obvious.

Hu Shan gritted his teeth and nodded.

"It failed. Yang Bai is too ruthless. He shot me in the head and I almost lost my life."

The entire audience gasped.

Even though they were already prepared, their eyelids still twitched involuntarily.

"Secretary Hu, how's the situation at the commune?"

Hu Shaohua shook his head.

"We expected to fail; we were just stalling for time to give you control over the people of Haiba Village."

Another village party secretary slammed his hand on the table, "More trouble than good. I think Widow Hai should just give up on her and go wherever she wants."

The village party secretary, with his pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks, nodded.

"With half the manpower, they still managed to handle it like this? Ha, are they eyeing the resources of Widow's Sea?"

He took a sip of tea.

"Keep dreaming."

Hu Shaohua frowned and lowered his voice.

"How about we hijack the fishing boats in Haiba Village tomorrow, and have Yang Bai come over to negotiate with us? If he doesn't agree, we'll seize and dismantle the boats. Without boats, we can soon dominate the sea off Haiba Village."

They certainly wouldn't take matters into their own hands and instead send fishermen to block the area.

Even if we report it to the authorities, we can just push them out.

Destroying a few boats won't put the fishermen in jail for long.

The advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Hu Shan quickly shook his head.

"You can't do that," Yang Bai warned me one last time.

Hu Shaohua asked.

"What's wrong?"

Hu Shan repeated Yang Bai's warning verbatim.

Someone nearby turned pale and hurriedly tried to persuade him.

"Secretary Hu, that's a 60-ton steel ship. Sending fishermen in small boats to stop it is simply suicide. In my opinion, we should stop here and cut our losses."

Upon hearing this, Hu Shaohua immediately flew into a rage.

"Cut your losses in time? They're riding roughshod over us, and you're saying such cowardly things!"

"Squinty-eyed Hu, are you reluctant to part with that hat, or do you think life in our village is too peaceful?"

"In my opinion, Yang Bai is full of landlord mentality and capitalist thoughts, and has no sense of collective dedication whatsoever! Two years ago, someone like him would have been arrested and criticized, and executed a hundred times over!"

His chest heaved violently as he breathed heavily.

"Don't rush, we'll find an opportunity sooner or later! Do you think he can keep that sixty-ton ship safe forever?"

"How rude of them to us! They even declared that the people and livestock of Shatou Village are not allowed to set foot in that sea area!"

Hu Shaohua's finger trembled as he pointed to the door, his roar making his voice hoarse.

"He really thinks he's someone special; he's incredibly arrogant!"

After saying that, he picked up the rough porcelain teacup on the table, drank the tea in one gulp, and turned to look at Chen Zhuan beside him.

"Secretary Chen, how's Chen Dahai from your village who sided with Yang Bai? Can you persuade him to switch sides?"

Chen Zhuan, Chen Dahai's cousin and also the Party Secretary of Hetou Village, shook his head slightly upon hearing this, a hint of sarcasm on his face: "Now he's willingly following Yang Bai, so why would he listen to my advice? Even if his lover tries to persuade him, it won't change his mind."

"Besides, he hasn't relied on the village for a living for a long time, and his residence is close to Haiba Village. If you really push him too far, he might move his whole family to Haiba Village to settle down. Yang Bai has a precedent for this."

Upon hearing this, the six village party secretaries inside the room fell silent for a moment.

Just then, hurried footsteps sounded outside, and the bespectacled clerk rushed in, clutching a notice from the seafood company, his voice frantic:

"Something terrible has happened! Secretary Hu! The seafood company has issued a notice increasing the quota for fish catch procurement!"

"At the same time, the retention ratio will be adjusted upwards, the quota for fishing supplies will be cut off, and the settlement of fish payments will be postponed! All three notices will be implemented next month for a period of one month!"

Hu Shaohua's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in shock:

"What?!"

When this news reached Hu Shaohua, it was like a bolt from the blue, meaning that the village would receive no more resources.