"The sea is thousands of feet deep, and there is a sea dragon king living underneath. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoSea Dragon King, with a long beard, wearing gold armor and sitting on the throne......"

Crisp nursery rhymes waft in the wind. It was a little girl of seven or eight years old, with a slightly dark face, yellow hair combed into two pigtails, wearing a kudzu shirt, holding her trouser legs high, and walking barefoot on the beach. The girl carried a bamboo basket on her back, and from time to time bent down to dig out the sea melon seeds left behind after the low tide from the sand and threw them into the back basket.

"Amin! Hurry up and get here! There are a lot of clams here! The little girl shouted to the boy not far away.

Xiao Ming came in response. Two children digging clams from the sand with all their hands and feet.

The little girl said, "It's not too early. Let's go back when we're done digging thorough. ”

Xiao Ming nodded and said, "You are still very capable, and you have found so many in a while." ”

The little girl smiled: "Okay, you must continue to tell me the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" after eating today." ”

"I don't even remember much."

"No, if you can't remember, you'll have to make it up for me."

"Good sister, let me go today."

"No, no, I just want to listen to the story."

It has been almost half a year since Xiao Ming came to Shangtao Village on Yuwen Island.

Yuweng Island belongs to the Penghu Islands, and there are only about a dozen small fishing villages on the island except for one small town. Shangtao Village is the smallest of the dozen or so fishing villages, with a total of 11 families who make a living from fishing and pearl oysters. Li Gui, the head of the village, is seventy years old and has a son and a daughter. The daughter married into the Fang family in the same village and had two sons, Fang Qing and Fang Bao. His son Li Tao married the Tian daughter of the neighboring village and gave birth to two daughters, the eldest named Ah Zhen and the younger named Ah Zhu. Li Guiyuan hoped to be able to hold his grandson as soon as possible, but he failed to do so after more than ten years. Seeing that the Li family has no successor, the old man is worried day and night, and Li Tao and his wife often have sad faces. Two years ago, the Li family father and son moved the idea of adopting a son. But there are so many people on the small fisherman's island, where to find children without fathers and mothers. After thinking about it, I could only take advantage of the time to sell pearls in Quanzhou Mansion and find a boy from the traffickers to raise. However, the countrymen have no way, and they don't know that traffickers sell more girls, and secondly, even if they have children, they don't want to sell them to countrymen. I don't have a clue for two years. But a few months ago, when the old man Li took his son-in-law and grandson to Quanzhou Mansion to sell a few large baskets of pearl oysters, he picked up a handsome and smart boy out of thin air. The Li family deliberately went to the Mazu temple in the town to burn incense and make wishes, and regarded Xiao Ming as a treasure in the palm of their hands. After Xiao Ming arrived at Li's house, he naturally changed his surname to Li. The countryman was illiterate, so he called Li Ming from Jane. Although Xiao Ming was reluctant in his heart, he obediently changed his name verbally and recognized his father. After two months, he gradually became harmonious with the people in the village, especially with Fang Bao and Ah Zhu. Fang Bao often goes out to sea to fish with the adults, and his sister Ah Zhen is thirteen years old and takes care of the housework with her mother every day, so Xiao Ming spends most of his time with his sister Ah Zhu every day. The fishermen's children know how to water. Xiao Ming was still a landlubber when he first came, and it didn't take long for him to go into the water with his companions to fish.

One afternoon, Xiao Ming and Ah Zhu were mending fishing nets in the backyard. Suddenly, I heard someone knocking on the door, and when I opened the door, I saw that it was Fang Bao. Ah Zhu said: "Brother Bao, why didn't you work with your grandfather and them today?" Fang Bao said: "Dad said that the harvest has not been much recently, and there is no need for manpower, so let me come to you to play." ”

Ah Zhu clapped his hands and said, "Okay." Brother Bao, take us to the island to the east to play. Fang Bao said with a smug face: "What's so interesting about that island." I'm taking you to another great place today. There are many pear trees there, and the pears on the trees should be ripe, so I will take you there. ”

Xiao Ming asked, "Where is the pear tree, why have you never heard of it?" ”

Fang Bao said: "Hehe, two or three months ago, when my father and I came back from going to sea, we passed by the edge of the Ghost Head Reef and saw a small island full of pear blossoms, so beautiful. I wanted my dad to drive the boat over to have a look, but my dad told me that the island was very evil, and scared me that there were monsters on the island, and someone had been there before, so they didn't come back. But I just don't believe it. ”

As soon as Ah Zhu heard this, he came to his senses, pulled Fang Bao's sleeve and said, "Let's go now." ”

Xiao Ming was a little worried: "What should the adults do if they know?" ”

Ah Zhu said: "Let's go and go back, no one knows." Why are you so cowardly? ”

Xiao Ming said: "Who said I was cowardly. ”

Fang Bao made a small gesture and said, "Don't make noise, we won't be able to go if people hear it." I've stolen a boat, come with me. ”

In the afternoon, there was not a single figure in the village. The three of them soon came to the beach, found the boat stolen by Fang Bao behind a large rock, and rowed out without a sound. It was a cloudless day, calm and calm, and it was a good day to go to sea. The three of them laughed all the way in the direction of Devil's Head Reef.

Guitou Reef is more than ten miles northwest of Yuweng Island, it is a small black sandstone island, with cliffs on three sides, it looks hideous when the weather is gloomy, the wind is high and the waves are urgent, so it gets its name. Fishermen have always made detours of the underwater reefs nearby, and almost no one has approached them in recent decades.

After rowing for nearly an hour, the boat gradually approached the beach east of Devil's Head Reef.

The three of them jumped into the water one after another, pushed the boat onto the beach, and tied it under a tree with a crooked neck. Looking up, there was a hillside on the east side of the whole island, and there were dozens of old pear trees growing on the slope, and the trees were full of fruit, many of which were ripe and fell to the ground, rolling all over the hillside.

"Haha, I didn't lie to you." Fang Bao shouted happily and ran towards the hillside first. Xiao Ming and Ah Zhu followed. The arrival of the trio shattered the tranquility of the island, and countless seabirds perched on the beach were scattered in all directions.

The ripe pears are sweet and juicy. It is difficult to eat fruit in the fishing village all year round, and only during the New Year festival can you go to the town to buy some fruit to eat. At this time, the three of them ate with their stomachs open until they were full of burps as if they had called Hanako into a restaurant.

At this time, a light breeze rose on the sea, and I saw clouds slowly drifting towards the sky in the distance. Fang Bao looked at the sky and said, "Ah, it seems to be raining, while the sky is not cloudy, let's go back quickly." ”

When Xiao Ming and Ah Zhu heard this, they became a little frightened, and immediately ran down the hill with Fang Bao, untied the boat, and rowed back with the oars hard. Xiao Ming looked back at the top of the hillside of Devil's Head Reef. Fang just patronized and ate pears, but did not go up to the top of the hillside. Looking at it now, it seems that there is a small path behind the pear grove, leading to the top of the slope. I thought, I'll have to climb up next time.

At this time, the wind direction changed, and the wave gradually increased. Fortunately, it was a tailwind, and although the boat was slightly bumpy, it was faster than when it came. In less than an hour, the three of them returned to Shangtao Village safely. The adults were about to return, Fang Bao hurriedly sent the stolen boat back, and Xiao Ming and Ah Zhu slipped home as if nothing had happened. Before breaking up, the three agreed to play again when the weather was good.

It was thunderstorming that night, and the adults said that it was typhoon season, and everyone asked the children not to play in the sea anymore. But Xiao Ming, Fang Bao and Ah Zhu never forgot those delicious pears, and on a sunny day more than ten days later, they secretly came to Guitou Reef without telling adults.

After a heavy rain, most of the pears on the tree fell to the ground and rotted, and the rest was almost eaten by the birds. The three of them were a little disappointed. Xiao Ming said: "Before I went back last time, I saw that there seemed to be a path behind this pear grove that could lead to the top of the mountain. Let's take a look. ”

After the three of them walked out of the pear grove, a path half a person wide appeared in front of them. It is said that it is a road, but in fact it is just a gap in the grass, as if it has been walked by people many times. But I've never heard of anyone on this desert island, so how did this road come about? Thinking of this, the three of them were faintly frightened, and Ah Zhu said, "There won't really be monsters." Fang Bao shook his head and said, "That's all because the adults want to scare us. Don't be afraid. ”

The trail was very steep, and it took a lot of effort for the three of them to climb to the top of the slope with both hands and feet. Suddenly there was a lot of brightness in front of me, and I could see the land on the other side in the distance. At this time, the wind is not strong, and the sea is blue, which makes people feel good when they look at it.

Suddenly, Azhu exclaimed, "Look, there's another way here!" ”

Xiao Ming and Fang Bao looked in the direction pointed by Ah Zhu, and among the grass, there were several artificially hewn stone steps, and following the trend, they were actually heading towards the bottom of the cliff in the south.

Fang Bao said: "You stay here, I'll take a look first." Then he walked down the stone steps towards the cliff. Ah Zhu said: "Brother Bao, be careful! ”

After a while, Fang Bao's voice came from the other side of the stone steps, "Come on." There's a cave here! ”

Xiao Ming and Ah Zhu walked carefully down the stone steps from the edge of the cliff. It turned out that the stone steps were hewn out of the cliff wall, and were more than two feet wide, enough for an adult to walk easily, and for the three children, it was easy to walk. When he came to the end of the stone steps, he saw Fang Bao stretching his neck and looking into the cave.

Xiao Ming looked in the cave, it was dark inside, and he couldn't see anything. Ah Zhu said timidly: "This can't be the home of the monster." Xiao Ming said: "Monsters won't dig such a good road." In my opinion, eighty percent of this road was dug by people, and there may be people in the hole. He bent down and picked up a stone and said, "Throw a stone first." If there is any movement, we will flee as soon as possible. ”

With a "bang", the stone fell into the hole. The three of them listened attentively, but there was no movement for a long time. Fang Bao said: "I don't see anything here, let's go in and take a look." Xiao Ming nodded and said, "Okay." Seeing that the two were not afraid, Ah Zhu also had the courage to say, "Then go in for a while." ”