Chapter 21: A Small Fishing Village
Before dawn, the whole world was shrouded in darkness, and only one magical animal could predict that the sun was coming, and the people who were still asleep got up from their beds after a long cry and began their busy day.
The little bottle is fourteen years old this year, his parents died early, and only a mute sister is left to rely on him.
When he was eight years old, his father went missing while fishing, and his mother fell seriously ill and left the country, leaving the family without labor.
Unlike ordinary crying children, he carried the family strongly, and then he began to go out to sea with the uncles in the village to fish, and gradually a few years passed, and he became the most powerful fisherman in this small fishing village.
The lives of the two siblings are gradually improving, but because the elder sister is mute, she is eighteen years old and has not yet come to the door.
"Sister, I'm going to sea~" He said to the inner room after getting dressed and taking the tools.
"Ahh......h
Although the woman was dressed very plainly, and even had only a worn-out wooden hairpin on her head, and her face was slightly yellowed, her facial features were very delicate, and her body exuded a touch of pure and elegant temperament.
She rested her left hand flat on the bottom handle, made a chopping motion with her right hand, and made a string of "ah, ah" sounds from her mouth.
The little bottle smiled and said, "Sister, I brought yesterday's dry food, you don't have to worry." ”
He looked at her patched clothes, and swore to himself that when he came back this time, he would go to the town to buy a new dress for his sister.
The little bottle was followed by a group of fishermen who walked from the village to the sea, and everyone put their tools on the boats and prepared to go to sea.
Then the little bottle put it down and looked into the sea as usual, and then he saw that something seemed to be floating in the sea.
He fixed his eyes and saw that it seemed to be a person, so he shouted to the people on the side: "Uncle Yu, Uncle Zhou, look, is there a person in the sea?" ”
The two people next to them took a serious look and really saw a person floating in the sea.
"Sail over and drag him up to see if he's still alive."
After half a ring, the little bottle and the crowd finally pulled the man in the sea up.
"Uncle Yu, there is still breath, why don't we take him back to the village first?" The vial placed his index finger on the man's nose and felt the breath.
"This man's origin is unknown, let's put him aside, we still have to go to sea." Uncle Yu said hesitantly, and several fishermen next to him also showed expressions of agreement.
"But...... This ......" the vial hesitated, looking at the unconscious man again.
"Otherwise, Uncle Yu, you go to sea first, and I'll carry him home first?" He finally made up his mind, and he still couldn't bear to see death without help.
"Alas, the little bottle still follows your father's kindness~ Your father was ...... at the beginning" Uncle Yu sighed.
"What else do you say about old things?" Uncle Zhou interrupted him with his mouth, "Let's go to sea first......"
Ye Feng finally woke up from the long darkness, he opened his eyes, and found himself lying on an old bed covered with a thin quilt.
He sat up, remembering that he had been kicked in the chest by Ma Tu, punched in the face, and stabbed several times by the soldiers. But now I don't see any scars on my body.
He ran his internal force for a week, feeling that his body was incomparably smooth, and his whole body seemed to have inexhaustible strength.
Sure enough, as the pioneer baby said, his second pulse has been opened up, and he has reached the realm of one body and vein.
He looked carefully into the house. It was found that there was no decoration in this room except for a bed, a rough bow and arrows hung on the walls, and a fishing net.
Then he heard a noise, and from outside the house came a young girl dressed in shabby burlap. The girl saw that he had woken up, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Ahh
Her right index finger pointed at Ye Feng, her left index finger stretched out, her thumb and middle finger pinched each other first, and then opened when she swung it to one side, and then her right hand clenched into a fist and stretched out her thumb upward. Ye Feng looked at her with a questioning expression, his watery eyes looked at him, his eyebrows raised slightly, as if he wanted to get Ye Feng's response.
Ye Feng looked at her movements and instantly understood, she should be a voiceless person, right?
Ye Feng once learned sign language class when she was in the police academy, and her sign language meant "Are you okay?" ”
Ye Feng smiled slightly: "I'm fine, thank you for saving me." ”
Hearing Ye Feng's answer, she showed a sweet smile and pointed outside again.
"You want me to go out for a walk?" Ye Feng asked guessily.
"Ahh
Ye Feng walked down from the bed and followed the girl out of the house, he saw a bamboo fence in the current yard, and there were a few chickens and ducks in the yard wandering idly on the ground, as if they were looking for food.
Outside the courtyard there was a young man with an axe chopping wood, he followed the girl to the courtyard, the young man heard the movement behind him, put down the axe, and looked into the courtyard.
He got up, with a smile on his green face, and said to the girl, "Sister, you are here." ”
Then he looked at Ye Feng again and asked, "Are you awake?" ”
Ye Feng was immediately relieved when he heard the young man's question, fortunately there was someone who could speak and communicate, otherwise with his results in sign language class, he would probably go crazy.
"You saved me?" Ye Feng hurriedly replied and asked.
"This morning I was going out to sea to fish, and the fishermen and I in the village found you floating in the sea. I carried you back, but fortunately you were fine. The boy responded.
"Thank you little brother for rescuing me, in Xia Yefeng, may I ask Engongzun's surname?" Since it was the young man in front of him who saved him, he naturally still needs to be thanked, but it seems that he can't get any thanks......
"Hey! Our mountain village husband is lowly, how can I have any name, my surname is Han, no name, just call me a small bottle. This is my sister, just call her Li'er. The boy waved his hand, and did not seem to regard himself as a benefactor, introducing himself and the girl beside him.
"It turned out to be the little brother of the bottle and Miss Li'er, the grace of saving lives, and they should be repaid in the next place." Although Ye Feng was penniless, he felt that he should still do something to repay them.
After all, I am a person in the 21st century, and it is not a matter of minutes for me to make money in ancient times?
Although I don't have the same golden finger as the people who crossed over in the novel, I have knowledge!
"It's so fragrant, sister, have you cooked a meal?" The bottle asked with a deep inhale, and the latter nodded with a smile.
"Brother Ye, you haven't eaten for a day, why don't you eat together, don't dislike the coarse tea and light rice of our mountain people."
As soon as he heard the little bottle talk about eating, the stomach in his stomach began to wriggle and gurgle. Ye Feng, who didn't care about his stomach, found that he was already very hungry.
He said embarrassedly, "I'm a little hungry, so thank you very much." ”
Then, Ye Feng followed the small bottle to the courtyard, and on the table in the courtyard were some meals brought by Li'er.
There were only vegetables and a fish on the table that Ye Feng had never seen, and there was only white rice, which he couldn't care about so much when he was hungry.
He took a few bites, and these dishes had no taste at all, and it was understandable that there were no seasonings in ancient times, but they were too light and had no salt taste.
Finally, Ye Feng felt very warm in his stomach, he was full, and he didn't care so much when he ate.
After eating, I began to complain in my heart, the food I ate in a big city like Linhai was naturally not bad, and now I finally feel that the food eaten by people living at the bottom in ancient times was so bad. Looks like I've got to figure out something delicious.
"Brother Ye, is the food unappetizing?" The little bottle looked at Ye Feng's expression and asked.
"That's not it, it's just that it doesn't smell like salt, it's too light, small bottle, is there no salt at home?" The opinions that should be mentioned, naturally I still have to mention it, this time I was hungry and didn't care so much, how can I eat it if it's all so light in the future?
Obviously, this thing is going to eat and drink here under the pretext of repayment.
Xiao Bottle showed an embarrassed look on his face, and he explained: "Brother Ye, don't you know, the people in our small fishing village have to go to Langshan Town, fifty miles away, to buy salt, and we will only buy some in half a month, and this salt is expensive, so every household saves to eat." ”
"Huh?" Ye Feng showed a puzzled look, and then asked, "Aren't you here by the sea?" How can there be a lack of salt? ”
"The sea water can't be drunk! Moreover, the salt in the sea water has a bitter taste, and generally only people who are too poor to open the pot will add sea water to cook vegetables as salt. ”
"You don't know how to boil salt?" He had the impression that people by the sea could not be short of such a thing as salt.
"What is the salt boiling method?" The little bottle asked curiously, and Lil also looked puzzled.
Well, Ye Feng finally remembered that boiled salt in his world was not popular until the end of the Ming Dynasty, presumably the salt in this world is all from salt wells, right?
"How about we boil some salt and sell it?" Ye Feng asked.
"No, those who sell illicit salt will be arrested and beheaded!" Both Vial and Lil shook their heads vigorously.
Rub, actually forgot this layer! The original idea of boiling salt and selling it by himself was shattered again......