Chapter 40: Ah Hua's Past
In addition to salvaging the water demons and driving out the river demons, the water ghosts are also the historical guardians of the village. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Why did the info team Tomura leave the history of the village to a foreign surname to guard? Later, Ah Hua briefly explained the situation at that time, and I realized that this was the case. In fact, it is no wonder that this happens.
And what Ah Hua said, I can only half-believe it, how could such a thing happen in this world!
More than ten years ago, Ah Hua was destitute and wandered all the way from his hometown to Team Village. He plans to work as a casual worker in the team's soil village. He would sometimes go to the market to pull goods, or help villagers renovate their houses, harvest grain, and so on. In short, he does all the work that can make money. But because Ah Hua has a withdrawn personality and usually has little contact with the villagers, he doesn't have much work, and he can only barely make ends meet at that time!
It was winter, and at about two o'clock in the morning, Ah Hua planned to go to the market to find some casual workers who were pulling goods. People who don't work in the market generally don't know that the market starts to be filled with vendors at two or three o'clock in the morning. Merchants who sold vegetables and meat began to go to the wholesale market to pull goods to the retail market to sell. During this period, there will be a number of casual workers who will need to haul and unload the goods. Ah Hua will also go to the market to find this kind of job when he has time.
Ah Wah had just opened the door and found three young men standing in front of the house he had rented. He recognized the leader as the son of Lao Chen, who specialized in fishing for a living in Tutu Village, and everyone called this person a fish seller.
The fish seller told Ah Hua that their family didn't catch much fish yesterday, and they planned to catch some more fish now and take them to the market for wholesale. And his father has night blindness and his eyes are not good at night, so he can only let him go. He felt that the three of them might not have enough manpower, so he came over and called Ah Hua.
After the matter was completed, the fish seller promised to pay a reward, although this reward was not particularly high, but it could help Ah Hua pull goods in the market for three nights. So Ah Hua agreed to come down without thinking about it.
At this time, Ah Hua also recognized the other two young men. One is a chicken seller at home, and everyone calls him Brother Chicken. The other is a pork seller at home, known as Pork Rong.
What a coincidence, the "three heroes" of the vegetable market have arrived. They often mingle in the market due to their family's business, and they are about the same age, so they are more familiar with each other.
But the problem is that Ah Hua is not familiar with them, and he has not even spoken a few words. It's just that Ah Hua saw them when he was shopping for vegetables at the market, and sometimes asked them why their chickens were so expensive and the pork seemed to be a little unfresh.
Ah Hua thought it was strange at first, but he didn't care too much if he had money to make.
Then the four of them came to the edge of the Pearl River. The fishing boat of the fish seller's house was docked on the shore, and it was an all-wood medium-sized fishing boat.
They steered the ship to the shore. Because the water upstream is relatively fast, it is difficult to catch fish, so they sail the boat downstream.
The Pearl River was pitch black, and there were no oil lamps on the boat. The fish seller said that if the lights were lit, they would scare the fish away.
The only light source around is the lights on both sides of the Pearl River, but the distant water can't save the near fire, and the lights are too far away to shine at all.
I don't know how long the fishing boat has been running, and I don't know where it is on the Pearl River. At this time, the fish seller asked Ah Hua to get the net, intending to fish nearby. Ah Hua and the fish seller threw their nets on the right side of the boat. The fish seller told Ah Hua to pull up the net later, and then he walked to the left side of the boat.
Ah Hua noticed that Brother Ji and Pork Rong, who came with him, didn't work at all. At first, he was a little angry, why was it just that he was working, and everyone else was not doing it. But then I thought about it, maybe they were just here to play, and they would definitely have to work if they received other people's money, and there was no way to do it. I thought it would be a good job, but now that he is the only one doing it, he feels that he has lost a lot.
At this time, Ah Hua felt that the behavior of the three fish sellers was a little wrong. Ah Hua was arranged to fish on the right side of the boat, and they were on the left side, as if deliberately not being seen by Ah Hua.
The fish seller whispered, "How's going over there?" Is there a situation? ā
"I don't know, it's black!" Brother Ji also whispered.
"I must have all fallen asleep by this time!" Pork Rong whispered.
"No, usually they arrange a vigil at night! But now there is not only no one, but not even a little light! Brother Ji said, "The people over there are indeed very strange. I've been watching them for many days. There are fewer and fewer of them. In the end, they were all gone. But a day later, all of them reappeared. ā
"Can't people leave?" Pork Rong said.
"But the problem is that they didn't take anything from their shores! All left in place! and left no one to guard it. Brother Ji said.
"Why didn't you call us then?" The fish seller said.
"At that time, I didn't dare to go over, I was afraid that they would come back at any time! As a result, they only came back a day later! I really regret it when I think about it! Brother Ji said.
"So what now?" Pork Rong said.
"Wait a little longer before you act!" Brother Ji said, "Fish seller, go over and look at that fisherman, don't let him know about us!" ā
"Got it!"
Although the conversation between the fish sellers was very quiet, there was no sound here except for the sound of the river flowing, so Ah Hua could barely hear it. At this point, he could be sure that fishing was just a disguise, just a disguise for the fish sellers. And Ah Hua's duty is probably to help them complete the pretense of fishing.
At this time, the fish seller came over, and he looked at Ah Hua vigilantly, he was worried that Ah Hua would find something, because their behavior was indeed too strange when it was just fishing. But Ah Hua pretended to be casual and asked if there were any fish on the other side of the boat. The fish seller said they were still watching. After that, I didn't talk to Ah Hua about this topic again.
The fish seller asked Ah Hua to pull up the net that he had just thrown into the water, but there were not many fish. They loaded the fish into the boat's tank and continued to cast their nets.
In this way, Ah Hua threw the net back and forth several times in the vicinity, and the fish either did not catch it or ran out. So the few times I collected the nets, there was not a single fish. But the fish seller still let Ah Hua continue to throw the net.
Doing this useless work made Ah Hua feel dissatisfied and irritable, and it was winter, and this kind of work was clammy and cold, making people more likely to get tired. But the rice master told him to do it, and he had to do it.
The fish seller then hurried to the other side of the boat and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you act when you have caught all the fish over there?" ā
"The situation on the other side is really strange!" Brother Ji said, "I saw people in the morning, and there were quite a few people, more than a dozen. But now there's no movement over there! Let's swim over and have a look! ā
"Huh? Swim? Pork Rong said, "It's winter!" ā
"Our boat is so big that it's easy to spot even if you don't light it up." Brother Ji said, "I'll go over with Pork Rong to have a look!" The fish seller stayed on the boat and watched the fisherman and pick us up! ā
"Okay!" The fish seller said.
"Be careful!" Brother Ji said to Pork Rong, "The people over there are very vigilant, I observed them from a long distance before, and they were all discovered. I pretended to be fishing nearby to get by! ā