Chapter 2: The Sea Lady
Ji Mingyue woke up the next morning, only to find that she didn't know when she fell asleep last night, and there was no longer her cheap pirate "husband" by her side, Ji Mingyue remembered to be afraid! Actually fell asleep like this? What if the man wakes up in the middle of the night and does something to her?
Ji Mingyue thought about it in a mess and didn't come up with a reason, and after a while, a mother-in-law entered the house, saying that she had been instructed by the three masters to take Ji Mingyue around.
Ji Mingyue asked Huo Ting's whereabouts by the way, saying that she went to the dock to repair the ship, and the woman didn't know when she would return, Ji Mingyue thought that it was not a matter for her to be so empty, and she had been locked in the house since she was taken to the island and never went out, Huo Ting's order was exactly what she wanted.
said that he went around, but he didn't go too far, that is, he walked around the cottage. Ji Mingyue: This island is bigger than she imagined, there are not only pirates on the island, but also fishermen, and at least half of these pirates are from fishermen. Of course, some are voluntary, and some are forced to do so.
These pirates go out to sea to fish during the fishing season, but during the ban on fishing, they have to go out to sea to rob passing ships in order to make a living. However, due to the extremely strict sea ban in Dajin in recent years, only official merchant ships are allowed to travel on the sea, and these pirates dare to go to sea once unless they are forced to be in a hurry.
"Grandma, you said that you had no choice but to dare to go to sea once, as if you were right to rob!" Ji Mingyue walked all the way and listened to the mother-in-law who led the way talk about the things on the island, and couldn't help it, so she replied.
When the grandmother heard Ji Mingyue say this, her steps paused, swept Ji Mingyue up and down, and said helplessly, "I said that the third lady of the family, at first glance, you have never suffered hardship, who cares if you can't save your life, right?" ”
"Why can't you manage it? What is right is right, what is wrong is wrong, and besides, I think this island is quite big, and I can't be self-sufficient by working hard, so why do I have to think about robbing others for nothing? ”
That grandma would have given Ji Mingyue a complete roll of the eyes, and simply took Ji Mingyue a few steps, walked to a beach full of reefs, and pointed to a group of people who were working on the beach.
"Mrs. Sanjia, you have seen almost this village, you will do things here in the future!"
"What? Work? What else do I have to do? What am I going to do? Ji Mingyue was shocked by the sudden change, pointed at the women on the beach and then at herself, looking incredulous.
The old woman laughed and said, "This drying fish is already the easiest job on this island, our island is no better than other places, we have to rely on ourselves for what we eat and wear, even our big boss has to go out to sea to fish in person, you are here to do a good job, you are familiar with the road, you can go back by yourself after finishing the work, I have to go back to repair the fishing nets!" ”
"Oops! Grandma, don't be in a hurry..... I don't know how to do it......"
After the old woman finished speaking, she flashed without waiting for Ji Mingyue to speak, leaving Ji Mingyue to jump on the spot.
"It's going fast!" Seeing that there was no shadow of people, Ji Mingyue could only mumble helplessly, she never thought that she still had to work, but everyone said that the big masters had to go to sea to fish, and she was a little lady of the three masters, could she not work!
"This is the new lady who married the third master yesterday, right?" At this time, a woman drying fish on the beach stepped forward to talk to Ji Mingyue.
"You know me?" Ji Mingyue asked.
The woman smiled, "I don't know you, but I heard that the third master married a delicate beauty, Hua Gu, I look at it like this, there is no one else but you!" ”
No, Hua Gu was looking at Ji Mingyue from afar. The women on the island work all year round, exposed to the wind and rain, their skin is rough and dark, and their bodies are also very strong, where are they like Ji Mingyue, their faces are as white as tender tofu, they can pinch out the water, and their bodies are also slender and weak like pieces of paper, as if they can be broken when the wind blows, if she is a man, she also loves this delicate and tender beauty.
Ji Mingyue, who was flattered, didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she could only squeeze out an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling at Hua Gu.
"Sister doesn't have to be polite, just call me Mingyue!"
Hua Gu saw Ji Mingyue smile, and she also laughed, holding Ji Mingyue towards the reef beach, and explained the origin of the woman to Ji Mingyue very understandingly.
"Aunt Hua, I'm a real person, in this case, I'm a few years older than you, so I'll call you a girl! Sister Mingyue, Grandma Huang asked you to fish with us, right? This Grandma Huang fed our boss when she was a child, otherwise the boss would not be alive now, our boss is grateful for Grandma Huang's kindness, and he respects Grandma Huang very much, so on this island, Grandma Huang's words still have a lot of weight! ”
"But sister, don't worry, my sister will take you, this job is not difficult!"
Hua Gu said that it was not difficult to work, but when Ji Mingyue arrived at the reef beach, she almost didn't faint. The reef was sunbathed in rotten dried fish, and the sea water in the bay was blood-red, and it was full of fish entrails that had been discarded at will, and some of them were washed up on the shore by the waves.
Ji Mingyue finally understood why Grandma Huang was like stepping on Hot Wheels before. Seeing that the women on the beach were squatting and working by the bay, they seemed to have become accustomed to it, Ji Mingyue was not too eye-catching, so she could only endure the nausea in her heart.
Fortunately, Hua Gu remembered that Ji Mingyue would not kill fish, so she only asked Ji Mingyue to clean the fish that had been cut and salt them. Rao is like this, Ji Mingyue still has a lot of effort.
"Girl, the speed of washing the fish of yours has to be accelerated, and the inside of the fish belly has to be cleaned, and the corners and corners have to be picked, otherwise it will be easy to break! This salt is not rubbed like this, it has to be wiped evenly, all places have to be smeared, but not too much, the salt on our island is a rare thing......"
Thanks to Hua Gu's good temper, she patiently mentioned it over and over again, and Ji Mingyue slowly got started. It's just been a morning of work, Ji Mingyue's neck is stiff and can't be lifted at all, and her arms and shoulders are sore, like lifting stones.
The scorching sun shone into the sea water and refracted to emit dazzling waves, Ji Mingyue looked up and felt a trance and dizziness, and then looked down at her wrinkled hands that had been soaked in salt water, Ji Mingyue wanted to cry without tears! But what can be done, this island is someone's territory, she doesn't have anyone to rely on, it's not what people say and what she does!
"Girl, come and rest for a while!" Seeing that Ji Mingyue's little face was flushed, Hua Gu beckoned Ji Mingyue to rest in the shade of a reef, and handed Ji Mingyue the bamboo tube for storing water.
Ji Mingyue, who had been busy all morning, was already smoking, and after holding the bamboo tube and drinking a tube of water, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, so that she had the time to take a look at the women who were drying fish together.
"Why don't they talk or rest?" Ji Mingyue looked at the women who had been busy and asked curiously. After all, there is no other sound in the fish drying field except for the sound of the waves and the sound of cutting and washing fish, which is really quiet and a little weird.
"They're ama." Hua Gu is no longer surprised.
"What is ama?"