Chapter 140: The Legend of the Merman
Outside, it was cloudy, the wind was howling, the thin wooden doors were creaking, and the dense raindrops were falling, and the air was very bad. Fushun put on his coat, put on his hat, threw the fishing net behind his back, and pushed the door out.
"Ah Shun!", a woman with a big belly called him and shoved into his arms a shrine that looked to be some years old, but was polished very brightly.
Inside the shrine is a woman with a fishtail, a beautiful woman, a compassionate face, a graceful figure, the scales of the fishtail shimmering with multicolored light, and a sea serpent around her waist.
This is the legacy of Grandpa Fushun, according to his own eyes he once saw this peculiar woman, that is, the long-standing shark people, and then with the memory of the good agarwood carved out of this shrine, and left a word, the descendants of the Fu family every time they go to sea to bring this shrine, put it in the bow of the ship to worship, will inevitably turn evil into good fortune.
For this method, Fushun does not believe it, for so many years, the fishermen in the village have never seen the mermaid again for generations, except for his grandfather.
He has been begging for a living on this island for more than ten years, and over the years, he has salvaged a thousand strange things from the sea, including a pink ball of soft flesh like a sea rabbit, an octopus with long antennae, and a drop fish, which looks like an old man's crumpled ball, without a single bone in his body,......。
But he has never seen the merman in his grandfather's mouth, and his grandfather is addicted to alcohol, he must be drunk, and he doesn't know which beautiful girl he sees as a merman.
But his wife Ah Fang must take it with him, otherwise he will not feel at ease. He had to take it and put it on the bow of the boat.
Looking at Ah Fang's high belly, Fushun was both happy and worried. The high-chested man is about to become a father, but the worry is that this ghost has lasted for almost half a month, and he is so stormy every day that he can't go to sea.
The noodle jar at home is about to bottom out, and if he doesn't go to sea, Ah Fang will be hungry after giving birth to a child, all blame him for his lack of ability to be a husband, who calls himself only fishing.
"Go back, it's windy and rainy outside, beware of flashing waist!" Fushun took Ah Fang in and plunged into the wind and rain
A flat boat struggled to move forward in the sea, although it was day, it was like night. The strong wind carried the raindrops and kept slapping on his face, and his body, his whole body was still soaked, and the rain was blowing on his face, making him almost unable to open his eyes.
He stood in the bow of the boat, skillfully casting and closing the net, but each time he became more disappointed.
The first net went down, and a few two-finger-sized mackerel came up, these fish can't be sold at all, but it doesn't matter, it's better than nothing, although the fish, at least you can make some fish soup for Ah Fang to drink.
Listening to the eldest lady in the village, the woman after giving birth drinks some mackerel soup in confinement, which is good for the body and milk, so when she thinks about it, Fushun is happy in her heart, at least it is a good start, isn't it.
The second net, a bag of heavy seaweed, this seagrass is not the kind of algae that I have seen in daily life, but has a jagged edge, and when I pour it back into the sea, my hand is pricked by this seaweed, and I feel a great sting.
Isn't this seaweed poisonous? Fu Shun didn't dare to be careless, took out the knife he had brought with him, cut the skin that had been pierced just now, and when he saw that the blood that came out had turned light green, he squeezed out the poisonous blood with all his might, until the red blood came out again, and then he tore off a strip of cloth and tied it tightly.
There was not a hint of a clear day, and the clouds were getting thicker and thicker, and they seemed to be piled up on the sea, and even tornadoes could not blow them away.
Looking at the empty bucket, in which only a few fish were swimming, Fu Shun lowered his heart, shook the wooden oars, and rocked the boat into the depths of the sea.
The waves on the sea were like dragons roaring and tigers roaring, and the huge waves crashed one after another, and the boats swayed up and down with the wind and waves.
It was easy to stop at a leeward place, and Fushun cast out the adjacent three nets.
The third net went down, the hand felt quite heavy, and Fu Shun was secretly happy in his heart, just by this feeling, it must be a big fish weighing dozens of catties!
He simply took off his coat, squatted down, and dragged the net to the boat little by little, the board of the boat was soaked by the rain and a little slippery, and on two occasions he was almost dragged into the sea, but his hands were getting heavier and heavier, and his hands were grinding with fishing nets, but as long as he thought of the little bean-sized light in the simple wooden house by the sea, he was full of strength again.
His Ah Fang must be half-lying on the bed, doing some needlework in the bean-sized light, sewing some palm-sized clothes and pants for the soon-to-be-born child, touching his belly when he is tired, and talking ...... to the child in the belly.
This kind of scene makes him feel warm just thinking about it, and the child who is about to be born, as a father, he must let them both live a good life!
He quickened the speed of the net, and the prey had already surfaced, a huge tail! a tail that shimmered with multicolored scales even in the gloomy air! What kind of fish is this?! It must be sold for a lot of money! Fu Shun suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and with a force on his hand, he fell to the board of the boat, and dragged the contents of the net up.
The huge tail fluttered incessantly on the board, staggering the boat. The fish seemed to be wounded, and there was a lot of blood on the board. Fushun got up and was about to untie the net, when he was greatly frightened!
A boy of fifteen or sixteen years of age was lying naked on the plank, his long black hair like seaweed hung wet on his chest, his handsome face was half covered by hair, his body was as white as jade, and on his chest was a huge bloody hole that ran through it, and blood was gushing out of it! His hands hung weakly at his sides, and from the waist down, was a huge tail covered with multicolored scales!
What is this? Is it really Grandpa's "shark man"?!
Fushun couldn't believe his eyes, he rubbed his eyes, and was sure that the one lying in front of him was indeed a "shark man"!
The boy opened his eyes, looked around, and asked weakly, "Who are you?"
Seeing that the injury on the young man's chest was very serious, Fushun remembered that there were some commonly used hemostatic drugs in the cabin, gold sore medicine, after all, begging for a life at sea, injuries are common, Ah Fang is careful, and prepares these things for him every time.
"My name is Fushun, and I have been fishing near this island lake, you can call me Ah Shun", Fushun felt that this child was so handsome, and he didn't know what happened to him, so he would be so heavy.
Then he went into the cabin and took out the herbs, which he was about to put on for the boy.
A blue-green glow shot out of the boy's eyes, and he pouted at him, revealing two rows of fine, sharp teeth. Fu Shun didn't dare to move anymore, put the herb in front of the boy, and took a half step back.