Finally, it was the beginning of spring, the snow finally stopped, and the sun finally appeared after a long absence of nearly two months. The snow on the mountain is slowly melting, the sea breeze is gusting, the cold is biting, and on the tidal flats and reefs near the sea, there are fishermen shivering in the cold wind and insisting on catching the sea.

"Summer night, winter white" is an authentic saying about catching the sea, due to the influence of the size of the low tide and the temperature, the night in summer and the day in winter are the best seasons to catch the sea. In winter, the main thing is to catch oysters, and in winter the temperature is right, and the oysters are very fat, and when there is a lot of harvest, the oysters can be eaten for several days at a time.

For the villagers of Dongshan Village, who have just experienced a winter of lack of food and food, the gift of the sea is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow. The people who rushed to the sea each carried a bamboo basket or a small bamboo basket, or put it around their necks, or straddled their arms, and held a small shovel in their hands, looking for their "prey" on the reef. There are also villagers who ignore the cold of the sea water and net fish in the shallow water, which is a busy scene.

"Xiaocao, your boots look warm, waterproof, right?" Zhou Sango, who asked the Yu sisters to go to the beach to pick up seafood, looked enviously at the deerskin boots called by the grass. Although she didn't recognize the fabric of the boots, she also knew that it was not something that ordinary people could afford.

Yu Xiaocao saw that everyone was wearing shabby cotton shoes, and some were afraid that their only shoes would be wet by the sea water on the beach, and even wore straw shoes barefoot. In the cold season of spring, the little feet are frozen red by the cold seawater, and some of them have chilblains.

She shrank her feet back a little embarrassed, and whispered, "A few years ago, my father hunted a deer and sold it to a restaurant in the town. Isn't my body bad? My father took less money for the deerskin and asked the owner of the restaurant to make a boot. When I came out to catch the sea today, my father had to let me put on ......."

Zhou Linglong quietly pulled her sister's back placket, and said to Xiaocao with a smile: "Your serious illness a few years ago frightened Aunt Liu, you have to dress warmly, so as not to worry your family." Sango, don't stare at other people's feet, wait for Dad to come back this time, and let him buy you a pair of boots. ”

The Zhou Linglong sisters are the daughters of Liu's best best friend Aunt Fang's family, Aunt Fang's man Zhou Danian is a merchant, and there are dozens of chickens at home, and the family background is counted in the entire Dongshan Village.

Zhou Shan is only one year older than Xiaocao, but he is also sensible: "Sister, I'll just take a look." The boots are too expensive, and our cotton shoes are quite warm. How much food can be bought for the money of a pair of boots! ”

"There's a net fish over there, let's go take a look!" Yu Xiaocao didn't want to entangle herself on her boots any longer, so she changed the topic.

When I got closer, it turned out to be Uncle Santang's Yu Bo, and Uncle Zhu, a good fisherman in the village, braved the cold to use fishing nets to catch fish. Someone is responsible for pulling one end of the net on the shore, and the aftermath and the bolt take turns to slowly walk into the water at the other end, and walk back to the shore in a semicircular arc after reaching chest-deep water, while the rest of the people take the net and pull it up in unison.

There was not much harvest in this net, except for a few fish of one or two or so, only a few palm-sized small fish stuck to the net line. As soon as the two men who had gone to sea came ashore, their daughter-in-law brought them a boiling ginger soup. Wrap in a thick cotton coat, drink a few sips of ginger soup, and then go down to the sea net.

"I know there's a reef that sounds hidden, but you'll have to be careful when you go there, let's go over there!" This is the first high tide since the beginning of spring, and there are too many people rushing to the sea. Even some families in the town have taken tools to try their luck. There were more people on the reef than seafood, and a few children searched for a long time, but they didn't get much.

Yu Xiaolian knew that the place her sister was talking about, and when she was catching the sea there last summer, she saved someone. A few people talked and laughed and went towards the cliff, and sure enough, there were a lot of seafood there.

"The shell of the oyster is very sharp, and sometimes the slightest contact with the skin can cause the skin to be scratched by the shell of the oyster, so you have to be careful. Xiaocao, you have little strength with stones, so you can pick up other seafood, right? "Zhou Linglong is a big girl after all, and she is very good at taking care of her younger brothers and sisters.

A few people were prieing oysters on the reef, and soon the baskets and buckets were full. Zhou Shan said with a smile: "Today's harvest is really a lot, if you do this every day, you won't be afraid of hungry in the spring!" ”

"My dad said that the reef can only be revealed when there is a big low tide, and there are only two big low tides a month, so how can you come every day. Besides, eating oysters every day, aren't you afraid of vomiting? Yu Xiaolian was also very happy in her heart, thinking about what her sister would make delicious dishes with these oysters.

After experiencing the winter of lack of food and vegetables, Yu Xiaocao changed her tricks to cook and cook, saving food and delicious, and there was nothing at home that was not praised. Ordinary radish and cabbage can make all kinds of tricks, not to mention seafood? Xiaolian is full of expectations for her craftsmanship.

Yu Xiaocao thought of Kaichun's business with Zhou Shao, so she said to Sister Zhou Linglong: "I heard that the Zhou family in the town intends to build a workshop at the wharf and will collect a large number of oysters. In the future, your sisters can pry oysters to sell when they have time, and earn some money to buy needles and threads. ”

When Zhou Linglong heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up: "Is this news reliable?" Usually, those who receive seafood are not very happy to collect oysters, and the price is always pressed again and again. The villagers don't like to pick up oysters very much, but I hope that the price charged by the Zhou family's workshop will not be too low. ”

The basket of grass and small stones that was responsible for picking up other seafood was also full, and Xiaocao was very satisfied with today's harvest: in addition to small seafood such as horse teeth, sea red, and snails, she also picked up more than a dozen sea urchins, and prepared to go back to stew soup and drink, which was delicious and nourishing. To her surprise, she actually picked up a sea cucumber this time, "abalone cucumber wings" is a delicacies of the mountains and seas, and the sea cucumber is definitely a good thing.

The three sisters and brothers and the Zhou sisters walked on the soft sand with a smile, all the way in the direction of Dongshan Village.

Before entering the village, I saw Aunt Zhuzhu hurrying towards the sea, and when she saw the three Xiaocao sisters, she sped up her pace to meet her: "Xiaolian, Xiaocao, your father has an accident, you go back quickly!" ”

"My dad? What happened to him? Yu Xiaocao clenched the basket in his hand, and his heart was flustered.

The family was struggling for a winter, and in the past few days, when the mountains and forests thawed, the Zhang family urged Yu Hai to go into the mountains to hunt. Early this morning, Yu Hai asked Zhao Orion to go up the mountain. It is said that the beginning of spring is not a good time for hunting, and many wild beasts will be particularly fierce when they enter estrus......

"Your father was bitten by a blind bear, and he was covered in blood, and one of his legs was almost gone...... Hurry home and have a look! Thinking of Yu Hai's tragic situation, the daughter-in-law couldn't help but shudder.

When Xiaoshi heard this, he cried out with a "wow", dropped the basket and ran home. Sister Yu Xiaocao held back the panic in her heart, didn't care about the seafood in her hand, and both rushed towards home.

The Zhou Linglong sisters freed their hands, carried the baskets of the Yu family sisters and brothers in their hands, and hurried to the Yu family.

The daughter-in-law of the Zhu family followed the Yu family sisters and brothers, and kept comforting the children: "Don't worry, your third cousin and uncle Zhuzhu have already borrowed the donkey cart from the next village and went to the town to ask for a doctor." Maybe your dad's injuries aren't as serious as they seem! ”

Yu Xiaocao held back the panic and sadness in her heart, and her steps became bigger and bigger, running fast. In the past six months, Yu Hai's love and tolerance for her are vivid. Although the days were hard, the love and strong affection of her parents gave her the courage to survive in this strange world.

Although Yu Hai is a little foolish and petty, he unconsciously became the backbone of Xiaocao and the pillar of the second room. She really can't imagine what kind of situation the second room will face in the Yu family if her father is gone.

Dad, you must not be fine! Wait for me to save you!! Yu Xiaocao's palm clenched the only life-saving straw - the multicolored stone. Since it was able to use its remaining mana to bring her soul from another world to this world to be reborn, then it must have a way to save Daddy!

[Master, don't worry! As long as your father has a breath, this god stone can pull him back from the ghost gate!! Xiao Tianshi seemed to sense her hesitant emotions, put away his usual arrogance and arrogance, and assured her confidently.

Due to the heavy snow blocking the mountain, throughout the winter, the small mending stone did not have the opportunity to soak in the mountain spring bath. However, it sensed that the aura contained in the snow was no less than that contained in the mountain spring water, so it asked Xiaocao to collect the snow from the bamboo leaves every day, melt it and bathe it. After half a year of recuperation, the spiritual power it accumulated was enough to save the lives of dying people.

With the guarantee of the little mending stone, Xiaocao's restless heart finally fell to the ground. Please bless the gods and let Daddy hold on until she comes home!

The journey home seemed so long. Because of the violent running, Yu Xiaocao's chest seemed to explode, and she grew her mouth and breathed hard. In the eyes of others, she was almost out of breath.

Yu Xiaolian said with a crying voice: "Little sister, slow down!" Daddy's got an accident, you can't have anything to do anymore! I'll go back and take a look first, and you walk slowly behind......"

"No...... Whew...... No! I...... I'm not usually very athletic...... WhewW...... That's what happened! Feel relieved...... My own body knows it myself...... Huhu ......" Yu Xiaocao was out of breath, his legs were as heavy as lead, but he didn't mean to stop and rest.

Finally came to the door of her house, and with all her remaining strength, she pushed the heavy door. The courtyard was crowded with villagers who came to help, and when they saw Yu Xiaocao's three sisters and brothers, they automatically and spontaneously made a way.

"Daddy!" Yu Xiaocao rushed into the door of the West House, pushed away the fat body of the eldest uncle, and threw herself on the side of the kang.

Yu Hai's pale face did not have a trace of blood, and the patched cotton jacket on his body was stained with blood, which condensed into pieces of hard lumps. There were only a few strips of cloth left in his right trousers, revealing his bloody right leg.

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