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In order to facilitate the Dragon Team's operations, the Tianjin Municipal Bureau specially equipped them with a sedan, an old Ford model.

Compared with Chang Wei's Bugatti Viña, the off-road performance of this Lancia Bonito is much worse.

Driving on the country road, Chang Wei slowed down again and again, but he was still feeling uneasy.

Heading east, the vehicle drove directly to the seaside.

There is a beach here. Last time, Chang Wei went here to catch seafood. He picked up a lot of things and was even given a bamboo basket by the enthusiastic fishermen.

In the cold winter, he certainly wouldn't come to the beach to catch seafood again. The car turned along the road and drove straight to the pier.

At this time, the sky was getting bright, and the fishing boats that had been drifting on the sea all night had just docked and were carrying their catch to the shore in baskets.

Fan Tuaner and Jiang Hongxia squeezed in the passenger seat. After getting out of the car, they took a breath of the salty sea breeze and looked at the endless sea. The stuffiness caused by the bumpy ride just now instantly dissipated.

Chang Wei strolled to the dock to see what was available.

Prawns, hair shrimps, yellow croaker, hairtail, crab, conch, jellyfish, hairy clams, scallops, octopus...

Of course, the most famous sea cucumber is indispensable...

Forget it, I won’t complain about this black, soft thing today.

Chang Wei likes small animals very much, no matter they swim in the water, run on the ground, or fly in the sky, he can’t miss them at every meal.

Of course he prefers big animals, like Land Rover, Jaguar, BMW and so on.

"Fellow villager, how much are these seafood?"

The fisherman who was unloading the fish looked up and whispered, "These all belong to the commune. Private trading is not allowed."

Chang Wei nodded, took out cigarettes and passed them around to the fishermen, "We are not cutting off the tail of capitalism, we just want to buy some to bring back for our elders to taste."

The leading fisherman put down the basket in his hand, took the cigarette and looked at them, "Aren't you from Tianjin?"

"I'm from Beijing, here on a business trip."

"Is he a cadre?"

Chang Wei smiled, agreed with him, and took out a lighter to light his cigarette.

The fisherman wiped his wet hands on his clothes, pinched a cigarette between the tips of his thumb and index finger, and lit it, taking a deep puff. "These belong to the commune and cannot be sold. If you want to buy some to honor your elders, there are some in the village that we picked up in the morning. I'm afraid you won't like them."

Chang Wei said repeatedly: "I don't mind, they are all from the sea, how can I mind them?"

The fisherman nodded with satisfaction, put the cigarette between his lips, turned around and gave a few instructions, then led Chang Wei and the others towards the village.

Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the sea, eat by the sea. Now all fishing boats belong to the commune, but fishermen can still catch fish on their own, either by going out to sea or using cages, and whatever they catch is theirs.

The last time Chang Wei came here, he bought fresh goods from fishermen on Jinmen Street.

The fishing village is not large, the roads are narrow and winding, and there are many catches drying in the yards of each household.

Chang Wei followed the fisherman and pointed at the clam meat in the dustpan and asked, "Are these dried goods?"

The fisherman said nonchalantly, "Well, there are plenty of these things. You can find them in the cracks of rocks on the beach when the tide is out. They are worthless."

After walking through two alleys, the fisherman pushed open the gate and entered a house. "Mom, there are guests at home."

An old man with gray hair came out of the house with a stern face. He didn't say hello to Chang Wei and the others. He took a few long benches and placed them in the middle of the yard.

"Do you want fresh goods or dried goods?" The fisherman took out a bowl and poured water for them. "If you are going back to the capital today, you can take some fresh goods. They won't go bad even if it's freezing cold. If you are going back a few days, it's better to take dried goods."

"We need both. Bring some dry goods, such as dried fish, dried shrimp, clam meat, shredded squid, etc."

Chang Wei spoke, and the other members of the Dragon Group fell silent.

The main reason is that they don’t understand that there are only two main kinds of seafood that can be eaten in Beijing, one is hairtail and the other is kelp.

"How much do you want?"

"There are six of us. We are a big family in the capital. We can afford a few sacks of food."

The old lady thought they were just buying some, but she didn't expect them to buy several sacks. She immediately became enthusiastic and snatched the thermos from her son's hand and said, "We don't have that much at home. Go to your second uncle and third uncle's house and ask them to bring it all over."

The fisherman smiled awkwardly at Chang Wei and the others, said hello, and jogged out of the yard.

Chang Wei didn't care about the old lady's attitude. These were fishermen, not businessmen. If you come to them empty-handed, don't expect them to treat you as a relative or friend.

"It's easier to live near the sea than to farm." Wu Jimao looked at the drying racks by the wall and said with emotion: "I went back last weekend and found that many villages around were starting to have trouble getting enough food."

"Next year will be even harder." Chang Wei muttered softly, not daring to say more.

"We can't eat from the same pot." Wu Jimao watched the old lady walk away, with his own people around him, and he couldn't help but complain.

Jiang Hongxia twisted his ear and gently scolded him: "Don't say this outside. The people's commune is a national policy."

"I'm not really stupid." Wu Jimao snatched the ear back with a grin, muttering, "You city people don't understand these things, only Chang Wei can understand."

Chang Wei didn't respond to him. He played with a lighter in his hand, jumped over the low courtyard wall, and looked towards the sea.

In later generations, the people’s commune was completely denied because of the issue of the big pot meal.

Everything has two sides.

In his view, although the big pot system had destroyed the rural economy, the people's communes still had positive aspects.

At least it integrated natural villages and broke the tradition of more than two thousand years of imperial power not extending to the countryside and clan feudal forces controlling the countryside.

The old lady fumbled around in the house for a long time and brought out two bowls filled with some dried shrimps and dried fish as snacks for the guests.

Not much, just two or three yuan per person.

Chang Wei tasted some and found it delicious.

Fresh, fragrant and crisp.

He shifted his gaze to the shelf beside the courtyard wall.

What are drying there are dried shrimps, big shrimps that have been dried into shrimp strips, each one is the size of one's palm.

But judging from the old lady’s attitude, you won’t be able to taste it without paying.

From time to time, an old man or woman with shiny black and red hair would come over with a winnowing basket or a basket and greet the old lady. They would put the things in the yard and not talk to Chang Wei and the others. They would retreat to the corner of the yard to talk to the family.

These people, who were born as fishermen, were hard-working and not good at speaking, especially when facing strangers, they would avoid and dare not look them in the eye.

Only a few children were brave enough to stand in front of Fan Tuaner and Jiang Hongxia, looking at their fair skin, biting their fingers and blinking their big eyes.

Chang Wei took out a handful of candy from his pocket and gave it to Fan Tuaner.

As soon as Bing Meili and Jiang Hongxia handed out the fruit candies, the children immediately started scrambling for them, but were scolded by their elders and scattered.

After a while, more children came running, but they didn't dare to enter the yard and lay on the wall drooling.