Chapter 127 [Life of the Ground Mouse]

Just after this day, our ship began to turn north and headed northeast.

Four days later, during these four days, the crew carried a body out of the cabin and threw it into the sea.

Later I learned that this kind of smuggling trip is common for people to die. The living conditions in the cabin are very poor, there is not enough fresh water and food, and the temperature and ventilation conditions are bad, and even breathing is difficult. People with a poor body will have to hold on if they get sick at sea.

On this kind of smuggling boat, don’t expect them to prepare doctors and medicines for you! But this is not what makes me feel cold... What really makes me feel a little cold is that the crew of these smuggling boats have a snake head and their attitude towards people!

They are the same people, they are just locked in the cabin, not allowed to come out... All this makes me feel like they are selling black slaves in those old movies!

Such experiences made me a little distant from Lao Snake and his men.

But then at dinner, the old snake pulled me to chat. I couldn't help but ask him: "If the people below die, won't you receive money? Why don't you give them more food and water?"

The old snake smiled, his smile was very cold, and he looked at me strangely.

"You are Chinese and don't understand the market." Lao Snake replied lightly, then he pointed to the cabin in a contemptuous tone, saying, "These people are dead and are worthless."

I deliberately made some things to him, but Lao Snake didn't care and told me a little about the situation in this industry.

Smuggling is an inevitable problem anywhere. At present, from the perspective of East Asia, the human-snake group that smuggled is divided into two waves. One wave is from the coastal areas of China, mainly from the Fujian generation.

Another wave is some scattered snake heads from Southeast Asia.

"We are different from you Chinese." This is the original words of Lao Snake.

In the 1970s and 1980s, a generation of human-snake groups in Fujian smuggled many mainland smugglers to Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao, and of course Japan, and the Americas.

It can be said that it was a golden period of smuggling... It sounds ridiculous, mainly because the country's economy was not yet developed and was not open, and it was relatively backward in all aspects, and there were few communication channels with the Western world. Most smugglers went out with the heart of going to the West to make a fortune.

To put it ridiculously, that time was the "seller's market" and it was also the golden period of the human and snake group. The price of smuggling to the Americas was very high, and most of them were not bargaining... More importantly, pay first and then get on the boat!!

The direct consequence of such an action was that almost all human and snake groups at that time lacked the awareness of "after-sales service".

When people boarded the boat, the money was received. Human and snake groups usually transported those smugglers like slaves, using the most frugal method... Try to stuff more people in the cabin. Putting one more is more money! Try to bring less food in clean water, because you can bring more people by bringing less goods!!

During that period, the mortality rate of smugglers was very high!

Speaking of this, the old snake seemed to smile. He said, "Don't look at the smuggled people in smuggled boats or car tanks that you said two years ago. These news is a big deal... In fact, more than ten or twenty years ago, the number of people died was many times higher! It's just that the media was not developed in that era, so it was not so popular."

However, with China's economy taking off and its national strength growing in the 1990s, the exchanges between China and the Western world became more and more smooth, and going abroad was no longer a difficult task. Moreover, the country's economic level is increasing day by day, especially the increase in the living areas of citizens in the southeast coastal areas, and smuggling abroad is not very attractive. During this period, the business of the smuggling human-snake group has become much more bleak.

It seems to be a joke, but it seems to confirm the truth that "the market dominates everything". The smuggling business gradually changes from the seller's market to the buyer's market... This sounds a bit ridiculous.

However, in order to attract business, the human and snake group has also taken many measures to adapt to the trend.

For example, the price changes... Lao Snake said that there was even a situation where several companies competed for prices and routes on the road... "It was like your domestic tourism companies were fighting a price war."

Secondly, after-sales service!

In recent years, there has been too much publicity about smuggling people, which has made many people afraid to smuggle abroad. So now the human-snake group that smuggles adopts the method of collecting half of the money first, and then collecting the other half after reaching the destination safely!

In this way, before the money is confiscated, they dare not abuse the smugglers like they did before. Because the person dies, they will not receive the final payment!

"But... the two people who died in the past two days..." I asked frowned.

The old snake raised its eyebrows, and his thin face was filled with a hint of cruelty and cunning: "What I'm talking about is the situation in your country. We are different from you!"

He then explained that many small countries in Southeast Asia have a very backward national economic standards, and the rules for smuggling business are still stuck in the same way as China has been a dozen or twenty years ago.

That is, collect all the money first and then get on the boat!

This situation makes these human and snake smuggling groups in Southeast Asia do not care about the lives and death of the smugglers... Anyway, the money has been received!

"The people who wear it include Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Malaysian ones." The old snake said lightly: "They all paid first before boarding the boat."

Then he mentioned something casually as if he was unintentionally: there were some cruel and ruthless human-snake groups... After collecting the money, he would join forces with local gangs to engage in a black and black activity when he arrived at the destination! He sold the people he wore to local gangs directly. I heard that someone was sold to South American drug plantations! I don’t know what life and death...

I was frightened by these words, and I couldn't help but look at the old snake with a little more profound meaning.

The old snake laughed, patted his chest, and promised: "Don't worry, I'm very trustworthy! You are Fatty Fang's friend, I won't sell you!"

Looking at this guy's flashing gaze and a somewhat obscene smile, I thought to myself. Only if you believe in you will be a ghost!

But then I became a little more wary and vigilant about these people. I became much more alert when I went to bed at night. I was originally close to the crew, but now I try my best to alienate them... These are real people who kill without blinking!

As the boat heads north day by day, the climate gradually becomes less hot, and there is even a little cooler in the morning and evening!

I don't know if it's because I'm lucky, we've been calm all the way and we haven't encountered bad weather. Since the sixth day, the old snake has been muttering since morning and doesn't know what to say, as if we were praying not to encounter a storm.

As the climate became colder, the cabin finally stopped dying, which made me feel relieved.

Although I told myself that this is not a nostalgic thing I should care about, it is never a pleasant thing to let me watch someone die in front of me like this.

Although the old snake said that those were Vietnamese and Indonesian.

That night, I was still sleeping, but I was awakened by the noise outside. I immediately turned off the bed and happened to see the old snake pushing open the door and shouting me: "Here you come out, you're here."

I was a little puzzled and walked out of the cabin in a daze to the deck. But I saw a scene that surprised me!

The fishing boat I was in had already descended and the sailing motor was turned off. Next to it was a larger ship of No. 1! The big ship looked dark under the night, with a metal shell, and the side of the ship was much taller than ours.

Now the two boats are lined up together. Two wooden boards are built in the middle to serve as a simple bridge.

The old snake stood beside me, touching his waist with one hand... it was a gun. Several of his crew members also stood beside him with guns.

What surprised me even more was that... the door of the cabin under the fishing boat was opened! A group of people were coming out from below, and then transferred to the big boat through the two wooden boards on the boat!

In the darkness, I didn't think of these smugglers. I only saw that most of them were men, few women, and they were dressed very ordinary. Everyone was carrying simple luggage and not much. At night, no one spoke, and they were quietly lined up to transfer from the board.

Most people have a weak and weak look. Most people walk alone, few of them come together, and everyone walks with their heads down. Even if they are weak or the people around them are almost falling down. No one will support each other!

And on the big ship, I saw a few dark figures standing on the deck of the ship, holding black guns in their hands. Under the dim ground lamp, the eyes of those people were flashing like wolves.

"What the hell is going on? Old Snake?" I looked at the guy beside me with some vigilance.

The old snake smiled a little guilty, but then whispered: "I can only send it here. You are going to transfer the boat now. If you take that boat, they will continue to plant you to your destination."

I was a little annoyed: "Why haven't you mentioned this before? Fang... Does he know your arrangements?"

Looking at the old snake's awkward smile, my heart immediately became clear... It seems that the fat man doesn't know this guy's arrangement!

Strictly speaking, the old snake's land business now is a bit like the "second-deao dealer" that is often called in business. However, the difference is that the second-deao dealer sells the goods to the next company, while the old snake sells the land as a smuggler!

Although I was a little angry, I still wisely shut my mouth. I knew it would be useless to protest at the old snake at this time... These people were all killing people without blinking. Now I said that it would be useful if I was annoyed. I directly shot me and threw it into the sea. I had no place to shout for justice!

The old snake accompanied me onto the big ship, and I realized that the crew on this ship were all ghosts. The guy in the lead was a black man, like half a black iron tower, with his upper body naked, biting a piece of cigar in his mouth, his face was ferocious, his eyes were scattered, and he was playing with a military dagger in his hand.

The old snake went up and said hello to him. I obviously saw the black man looking at the old snake with a hint of disdain in his eyes. Then the old snake whispered a lot to him and pointed at me. The black man didn't say anything from beginning to end, but just looked at the old snake coldly waiting for him to finish.

Finally, the old snake wiped the sweat and turned to me and said, "Okay, I've told you, come with them, where are your personal belongings?"

I patted the bag on my back. Since I saw someone dead on the boat, I have taken it with me.

The black man looked at me coldly for a while, and I could feel his eyes were very cold, and there was something gloomy inside. When he looked at me, I felt like I was staring at by some kind of beast!

Then the old snake talked to him for a few more words, basically the old snake said, and the black man occasionally said.

Finally, the old snake patted my shoulder, and the smile on his face was very hypocritical: "Peace all the way!"

Then he quickly ran back to his own boat and removed the wooden boards connecting the two boats.

This bastard!! I couldn't help but curse.

Being a human snake, he actually changed his business!!

Next I sighed and glanced at the black man. He was also looking at me, but then he turned around and left, not seemingly interested in me. A crew member next to me came over with a gun in his hand and pointed at the front.

That means: the past!

I took a look and found that the dozens of smugglers had entered through the door of a cabin. It seemed that on this boat, they would continue to be locked in the cabin under the deck and continue to live the life of a ground rat like a person.

The difference is that the crew member around me used a gun to signal me, which means I will go with them too!

I hesitated for a moment and wanted to tell something, but the black man had gone far away and ignored me at all. The crew member looked murderous and arrogant. It seemed that if I didn't move the place, he would probably come up and give me a gun without hesitation!

I finally realized the situation I was facing: my first class treatment along the way will be terminated here! Next, I will live in the cabin below with those smugglers...

I endured the anger in my heart. I knew that the situation was so urgent that I could not have any room for resistance. I could only walk over silently and followed the people outside the cabin to slowly line up into the cabin below the deck. There were crew members on both sides holding guns and urging from time to time.

Maybe I thought I was too slow. When I was the last time I entered the cabin, the bastard behind me kicked me. I staggered down, and the cabin door behind immediately slammed and closed!

The cabin was dark, and I could feel that the place was not there. It was very small and filled with a strange stench. The dozens of people who came in first had already spread out and found a place to sit down and lie down. It was difficult to find a place on the ground.

The entrance of the cabin door was occupied by three or four people. As soon as I was about to sit down, they immediately came over and pushed me and signaled me to go inside.

It turns out that the location at the cabin door is actually very "popular"! Because the crew outside comes to deliver water and food at random every once in a while, they throw it at the cabin door at random, so the closer they are to the cabin door, the more food and water you can grab... And only strong people can grab this good position!

The old and the weak were squeezed into the innermost part.

The innermost place is the least air circulating, usually the most stuffy, coldest or hottest place!

I didn't want to cause trouble, so I didn't conflict with the people at the door, but chose to temporarily avoid it and walk to the innermost part of the cabin. The space inside was indeed not so crowded, but the air was stuffy and filled with a smell of moldy and rot. It made me almost suffocate. I found a place to sit down casually, but I heard a few coughs coming from not far away from me.
Chapter completed!