Chapter 276: Preparing for the Sea
Even if there was smoke above Nanhua Qi's head, it couldn't stop Xia Hou Ah Huang from leaving. Yan didn't really understand what he thought, although Nanhua was still young, but if it was still in reality, his behavior was properly xing harassment, okay!
She couldn't help but soothe Nanhua, whose hair was about to explode, and said in a teasing tone: "Huh? It's amazing, when did your relationship get this good? ”
"Ugh." Nanhua was stunned for a moment and suddenly became a little squeaky, and stammered: "Who, who has a good relationship with him, wait until I see him and must flatten his nose!" ”
"Oh, if you really want to do that, I can help you grab Akira's hand." She chuckled softly.
Nanhua licked her lips and said a little uncomfortably: "Well, well, okay, that's the best." ”
When the two of them felt that their stomachs were finally not so strong, they stepped out of the door of the inn together. Nanhua had already seen the face of this little fish, but the instant face that had been staying in the inn today was not yet, and he knew that he could hardly see anything when he arrived last night.
She looked up and saw that all kinds of dried salted fish hung on the door beams of every house outside the village. The smell of fish fills the nose because the air is filled with this smell. She and Nanhua walked towards the beach in the distance, because it was obvious that the villagers in the village were staying by the sea at this time.
The closer they got to the sea, the stronger the breeze and the stronger the fishy smell became, but even so, when they saw the endless blue sea, they were both shocked and speechless. Several seabirds swept through the air and chirped crisply. It seems that the weather is fine, but if you look a little farther away, you will see that the sky is dark, as if half of the sea is covered by dark clouds.
At first glance, it is a harbinger of a storm.
The two of them stood on the beach for a while, and then walked towards the place with the most people, because Gongzi Xia Hou and they were there now, with the villagers of Youyu Village.
Childe Xia Hou was learning how to use oars with an old fisherman at this time, and then he saw two people, one tall and one short, walking towards this side. He gestured with his hand up, then withdrew his gaze to continue what he was doing.
"Is this easy to learn?" After approaching, Yan stepped forward curiously and asked.
Standing in front of Gongzi Xia Hou was an old man with gray hair and beard, and when he heard this, he looked up and said, "This thing is difficult to say, and simple to say." It's easy to learn, but if you want to master it completely, you have to rely on years of experience. ”
"Little girl, do you want to try it?" The old man picked up another oar and handed it over.
In an instant, Yan immediately stretched out his hands to take it, then nodded and said, "Of course, I want to try." ”
Nanhua, who was standing on the side, blinked and said, "Can I?" I want to try it too! ”
"Of course, sweet little girl, there are plenty of oars over there. You can go get one and learn how to use it. The old man smiled kindly.
A group of people were paddling on the beach with an oar, looking a little funny and ridiculous, but the look on their faces couldn't be more serious. It's just that after more than an hour, everyone also feels a little boring.
"Why don't we go into the water and try it?" Zhong ion proposed.
When a fisherman heard this, he immediately retorted: "No, this will not work, the storm is coming soon, the weather at sea is changing very quickly, and the clouds are moving very quickly." ”
Childe Xia Hou said lightly: "Then is there any other better way?" Tomorrow we want to go to sea, and we have to at least try before we go to sea. ”
The old man with the white beard looked at them fixedly, turned his head to look in the direction of the sea, and after a while said, "There are still two quarters of an hour before that cloud leaves here, and if you must try to go into the water, I advise you to move quickly." ”
"These fishing boats are on loan to you for the time being, but when the storm comes, remember to tow the boats to shore, okay? Fishing boats are what we live by. ”
"Thank you very much." Gongzi Xia Hou nodded in response, turned around and waved to everyone: "Quick, push the boat into the water, move faster." ”
The villagers of Youyu Village had already begun to walk towards the village one after another, but the old man stood for a while, and as he was leaving, he said to the people: "Oh, now that the wind is strong, in order to prevent you from being blown farther away, I suggest that you tie the boat with these ropes, and then tie them with a stake on the shore." ”
Thanks to the old man's words, I am afraid that even if there is no strong wind, it is estimated that their lame rowing skills will not be able to control the boat to row farther to the sea. I have to say that they luckily went into the water and tried it, otherwise by tomorrow, they would definitely not be able to go far even if they went to sea.
They were finally not so scrambling, and when they were in a hurry about how to use the oars in their hands, the eyes of those who were already blowing could not open their eyes. They had to prepare to go back, but the wind was already strong and they could not control the direction of the ship. Fortunately, the boat was already fixed to the beach with a rope, otherwise it would have been blown by the wind and would have to go further out to sea.
At this time, the oars were no longer working, and it was only a few people who pulled the rope along the way to let the small fishing boat return to the shore smoothly. The storm hadn't quite arrived, but it had already left them in whack. Heli dragged several small boats to the shore, and after dragging them to a higher place, they didn't care about saying anything, so they walked in the direction of the inn together.
When they were still a little way from the inn, the dark clouds had already drifted over everyone's heads, and the pouring rain suddenly poured down. Everyone in the drenching rushed in the direction of the inn like rabbits, but when they stood inside the inn, they were still drenched.
"It's so chilling." Xia Hou Ah Huang wiped the rain from his face and said with a sigh.
He was answered by several sneezes that rang out almost simultaneously.
Yan was also a little dumbfounded when she looked at this scene, just now she was still thinking about whether she could go out to sea for a trip with their lame rowing technique, but several people caught a cold! She has had this kind of experience, if it is a symbol of a cold in reality, but in Wangu, this kind of thing is called a wind chill!
At least tomorrow there will be no way to go to sea, she thought. If there is such an accident, it means that their plan has to be delayed. Not to mention anything else, first of all, we have to let the personnel who just sneeze all pour a bowl of ginger soup.
"Hello!"
She looked over and saw that the son-in-law Xia Hou, who had just sneezed, had a slightly red nose and a little dazed look. Poof~ It seems that there is one more person who wants to drink ginger soup, maybe for the sake of insurance, or let everyone pour a bowl?
"Let's all go back to our rooms and change our clothes. After changing our clothes, we went downstairs to the lobby and we had something to prevent colds. She said to the crowd with a smile.
This method was taught to her by Aunt Li, saying that she was wandering outside and paying more attention to her body, and then taught several small methods to prevent minor diseases. Of course, she doesn't have ginger in her backpack, but this is a fishing village, and it definitely doesn't go without ginger.
Sure enough, when Yan asked about the inn's junior two, he learned that they had a lot of ginger. So he asked the innkeeper to prepare a large pot of ginger soup for them, enough for each of them to have a bowl.
"Poof, it's spicy!" The expressions of the first to enter suddenly distorted.
"Oh my God, what the hell is this, Dark Cuisine?"
Seeing the reactions of these people in an instant, Yan said angrily: "It's medicine, except for children's medicine, who has ever seen a medicine that tastes good?" "If she didn't want everyone to be in a good state, she wouldn't care if these people would catch a cold or something.
Although there were a lot of complaints, everyone still poured a bowl of spicy and pungent ginger soup, and then everyone sweated. There is the one who loves cleanliness, muttering that he is going to change his clothes again.
"I don't think it's going to be a day to go to sea, I don't think everyone's rowing skills are good at all." Several people gathered in Gongzi Xiahou's room, and for a moment Yan looked left and right, and then said loudly: "Moreover, just now I was thinking about learning how to row, but I forgot to talk to the NPCs, and then hired a few guides. ”
"I'm not in a hurry for the day." Gongzi Xia Hou nodded, glanced at the expressions of the people present and said: "According to our situation, it is indeed better to practice how to use the oars tomorrow, as for whether to set off the day after tomorrow, it depends on the situation." ”
This is how it was decided, after all, no one wanted to go to sea, but the ship capsized for their own reasons. There is no place to stay in the vast sea, and even if you can swim, you will drown when you run out of strength.
That's a big joke.
The storm on the seashore came and went as fast as it came, and that night the wind and rain stopped, and the sky was still full of bright stars, as if the afternoon rain had never existed at all.
Early the next morning, after Gongzi Xia Hou and others took people to the beach to learn rowing, Yan went alone to find the white-bearded old man who taught them how to use oars at the beach yesterday.
That's right, she just wanted to hire this NPC to be their guide. Although one is not enough, she is ready to take this experienced one first, and then find the second and third. In addition to the fact that she felt that this old man was very experienced, the important thing was that she also felt that this one was good-natured and had a kind attitude towards them.
You must know that since yesterday when Gongzi Xia Hou took people out in the morning, there are NPCs in the entire village of Fish Village, and they all know that they are going to sea to find some overseas immortal mountain, and looking at their eyes is called a subtle.
Although they really wanted to make it clear that they weren't actually looking for any immortal mountain, but now that they said this, none of them would believe it. Only the old man looked at them calmly, as if he were an ordinary young man.
For a moment, Yan thought that she would be caught, but she didn't expect that she had just said her intentions, but the old man directly shook his head and refused.
"Uncle, we want to go to sea, so please help us. We don't know anything about the sea, and if there is no one to lead us, we may not be able to return. She said sincerely, with a pleading in her eyes.
The white-bearded old man sighed, shook his head, and said, "No, my eyes are not good when I'm old, if you look for me, maybe it will be bad." ”
Seeing that he really didn't mean this, he sighed dejectedly: "Then what should we do, or you can introduce us to a few candidates." "Anyway, she must find the guide today, and if she doesn't work, she'll keep pestering!
"Hmm." The white-bearded old man squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said slowly: "I have a grandson, although he is still young, he is also a good fisherman. If you don't dislike it, then I'll let him go with you. ”
Where will she dislike, she nodded again and again after listening to it: "Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, presumably your grandson will not be bad." ”
For a moment, Yan thought that this grandson was probably a young man in his twenties, but when he saw it, he found out that it was a young boy who looked only thirteen or four!
"This" is too small! Looking at that immature face, she was a little speechless.
The little boy shouted without stage fright: "Sister, I'm Haizi." Don't look at me as young, in fact, when I was six years old, I often followed my grandfather to the sea. It's been eight years now, and there are few people in the village who can compare to me! ”
"The stinky boy talks big." The white-bearded old man laughed and scolded, but his eyes seemed to approve of the remark.
In other words, this little boy named Haizi is indeed not as immature and ignorant as he looks. Yan hesitated slightly, and finally nodded, and now she can only choose to believe it.
"In that case, I'm relieved, but if we have a lot of people, we will probably have to divide several boats, so I'm afraid one guide won't be enough."
Haizi patted his little chest and said with a serious face: "Leave this matter to me, when you leave, I will take the two of you with me." ”
"Okay." She couldn't help but reach out and rub Haizi's head, and the little boy in front of her reminded her of the cute young master Taining in Ningfu.
At this time, Yan also knew that the old man's surname was Zhou, and the people in the village called him Zhou Dahai. After saying that, he asked Haizi to send her out, but after going out, the little boy asked her with a red face: "Sister, you haven't said what kind of reward you will give us as guides." ”
Blocked by this question, she said a little embarrassedly: "You say the price, I don't know how much to pay." She couldn't believe that she had forgotten about it, and they had agreed to what she had mentioned without saying that they would be paid.
Hai Zi hesitantly stretched out two fingers. (To be continued.) )