As soon as he had spare time, Shen Yunshan took the fishing rod and rode a bicycle to the ditch river by the sea to fish for sand fish. He began to use a single hook, which is similar to fishing in the freshwater river, and after half a day, he can catch two or three catties and eat by himself.

The meat of the sand fish is delicate, whether it is braised or stewed, the taste is extremely delicious, and it is a delicacy of the seaside people.

Later, Shen Yunshan learned to carry the hook, that is, dozens of fish hooks were hung on a long line, each hook was about a foot apart, and two long bamboo poles were connected to both ends of the long line.

The largest sand fish is about a foot long. But one day, Shen Yunshan's hook was hung with a big guy more than three feet long. He was overjoyed, but when he came to him, he was dumbfounded—where is this fish! It has a human face!

Shen Yunshan thought that he had encountered a monster, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly threw the hook back into the river, and did not dare to go to the beach to fish for several days.

After hearing this, someone teased: "It's called a spiny ray, and it's also called a human face fish." You're scared like this! If you meet a ghost-faced fish, it won't scare you to death!"

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The next day, Shen Yunshan mustered up his courage and braved the swishing sea breeze to return to the river, and found that the bamboo pole was still floating!

Shen Yunshan sighed and said, "It turns out that the monsters in the sea are nothing remarkable!" But after thinking about it, "Since it's called a mermaid, it must be a beauty." I'd better get rid of it!"

Suddenly, Shen Yunshan felt his eyelids jump up, and he wondered in his heart: "As the saying goes, the left eye jumps wealth, and the right eye jumps disaster." Why am I jumping in both eyes? Is there something big going on?"

Thinking of this, Shen Yunshan hurriedly threw down the hook pole and returned to the shore.

A strong gust of wind blew down Shen Yunshan's bicycle propped up on the seawall.

Dark clouds rolled in the air, the sea breeze blew stronger and stronger, and the air was filled with salty smells.

"Whew...... "The sound ......of the wind and waves came in a hurry.

The seaside is full of marshes and ditches, and only on the seawall can pedestrian vehicles.

Shen Yunshan hurriedly put on his shoes and climbed the seawall to pick up the bicycle, but as soon as he rode it, he was blown down by the sea breeze.

Because he had just learned to ride a bicycle and his skills were not good, Shen Yunshan had to push his bicycle back.

The sea breeze turns sharp and cool, and the waves sweep across the beach.

Shen Yunshan looked around, but he didn't see a single fisherman, nor did he see a fishing boat.

Thinking of a sentence that the locals often put on their lips - there is no wind and three feet of waves on the sea, Shen Yunshan only then understood why those fishermen did not dare to brave the wind to go to sea.

Not to mention fishing, just looking at the huge waves in the sea scared Shen Yunshan's legs weak.

Suddenly, Shen Yunshan heard the sound of the wind and waves that seemed to be mixed with the cry of a woman. He thought he had encountered a ghost, and he trembled and couldn't move his feet.

After being stunned for a while, Shen Yunshan slowly came to his senses. He turned around and saw a sampan washed ashore by the waves.

The sampan is a means of transportation for large ships. When a large ship cannot dock in shallow water, the boat uses it to come ashore.

Fishermen also often use sampans for fishing.

The sampan is small in size and thick in wood, so it is not easy to turn over even in strong winds and waves, and the cabin will not sink when it is filled with water.

"This sampan is worth a lot of money!" Shen Yunshan said with joy in his heart, immediately put down the bicycle, turned around and ran down the seawall, and ran towards the goal.

The target is getting closer, and the woman's cry is getting clearer.

Suddenly, Shen Yunshan remembered the legend about water ghosts - water ghosts can conjure people with all kinds of things.

Thinking of this, Shen Yunshan couldn't help but slow down and approached the sampan tremblingly.

In the half of the sampan's bloody water, there sat a beautiful woman with a baby wrapped in a small quilt in her arms.

The woman held the baby in one hand and struggled to grasp a black kiln bowl with the other, scooping the blood out of the cabin.

Each time, she could only scoop up a small half bowl of water, then catch her breath for a while, and scoop it again.

"Oh my God," Shen Yunshan exclaimed, "You, are you a mermaid, or are you a grimace fish who has changed, changed? I was about to release that fish just now, and I, I'll go and release it when I turn around!"

The woman sitting on the sampan saw someone coming and exclaimed in surprise: "Big brother, please don't go, I'm not a fish, I'm a human." You can do well, save our mother and son!"

Looking at the woman with tears on her face, Shen Yunshan thought: "Ghosts should be fierce and vicious, and they shouldn't be so beautiful and weak." ”

So, Shen Yunshan handed over his kettle and said, "You drink some water first!"

The woman took the kettle, took a few sips of it herself, took another sip in her mouth, and then fed it to the baby's mouth.