“What rules?” Yang Xiaohai couldn’t help but become curious. Farmers on land didn’t have so many rules.0

“What rules? Sea rules, of course. We boatmen have a few, like certain surnames can’t board the boat or certain words can’t be said on the boat. The boat people have even more rules than we do, even down to where they can relieve themselves.”0

“I don’t know all the details. When you get home, make sure to ask your family so you don’t accidentally break any taboos.”0

“Alright.” Yang Xiaohai tried to piece together an image of the boat people in his mind with the boatman’s description.0

“But there’s one good thing about the boat people. Whenever there’s...0