155 Let's talk about sea monsters again
readx;? Winter seems to announce its return with this typhoon again. The temperature of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info dropped sharply at night, and even if you stayed in the hotel, it was so cold that you shivered, and the cold wind seemed to be pervasive, and the wooden window panels couldn't resist it at all.
Ian pulled out an overcoat from his bag, which he had bought from an old hunter in the village of Hale when he followed the Messiah into the snowy mountains. His body looked huge, but it was exceptionally warm.
Ian wrapped his coat tightly and glanced at the girl on the bed.
Except for the sensitive parts, the girl's body was wiped by Ian with warm water, and the dirt turned a basin of water black. The little girl's dirty little face looked even more pretty after wiping it, but she was still suffering from a high fever, so her face was extremely pale.
Ian thought about it, took off his coat again, and put it on the little girl's body, and deliberately checked whether some of them were tightly covered. After doing everything, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and was about to sit back on the stool when he was suddenly stunned.
Because his hand was pulled.
Ian looked down and saw that the little girl was not awake, but her hand came out of the futon, and then grabbed one of Ian's fingers tightly. Ian tried to break her hand, but found that she used a lot of force, Ian was afraid that he would hurt her again if he used force, so just think about it, just let her hold it, and sit next to him anyway.
After sitting back down, Ian looked at the little girl again. How old was she? Thirteen, fourteen, or sixteen like the Messiah and about to reach adulthood? Where was her home, what about her parents, why did she do that kind of work at such a young age?
Countless questions haunted Ian's mind, and he rarely felt pitiful for a person, because he himself was tragic enough. But now, he felt that this little girl with a frown on her brows in a serious illness was so pitiful that she was inexplicably distressed.
She was having a nightmare, and she looked so pitiful. Ian remembered that a long time ago, when he had a high fever, his mother would be by his side all night, holding his hand all night until he got better.
Ian looked at the little girl's face, couldn't help but reach out his hand, and gently pinched the little girl's face like pinching the Messiah's face, and then said softly, "Everything will be fine." ”
"It's going to rain for a long time, so let's eat something first. The fisherman handed Ian a piece of dried fish, "Put your sister down first, it'll be fine, the fever has subsided, isn't it?"
Ian grinned and took the fisherman's dried fish, but didn't get up. In fact, he also wanted to get up, his fingers were about to be scratched by the girl, and he was almost unconscious. But he thought that he had survived all night anyway, and it would be fine to stay up any longer, so he continued to sit.
After being introduced, Ian and Big Ben already know that the fisherman's name is Quinn, and the name is quite in line with his image of a strong man. He lives in a fishing village next to the port of Sofia, and he came to the port of Sofia to buy fishing boats.
"My good boy, buy a boat?" Big Ben said in surprise, "Even a small boat costs a lot of money, and you plan to make it all the way back?"
"Why can't you make it back?" asked Quinn, rhetorically, "as long as there is sea, the ships are unimpeded." ”
Then Quinn said that he wanted to find an old fisherman to trade, buy a cheaper boat, and let himself go out to sea to fish, it didn't matter if it was old or new. Big Ben is quick to introduce himself, and as Ian had guessed, he was indeed a merchant who lived in an inland city, and this time he had come to the port of Sophia to buy some seafood.
"I thought it was going to be nice weather before I came. Big Ben complained, "Who knows if I caught up with a typhoon, do you think I'm unlucky, and Quinn, do you have typhoons all year round?"
Quinn shook his head: "Actually, there are fewer typhoons in spring. ”
"It's still spring, and it's almost freezing me into an ice sculpture. ”
"It stands to reason that this is the time when it should be spring, the seaside is different from other places, it is not very cold in winter, and it is not very hot in summer. "But this year seems to be an exception, this year's winter was cold, colder than usual, and the wind was strong, and many of the fishermen who ventured out to sea never came back." ”
Ian listened to Quinn's words, suddenly thought of something, hesitated for a moment, and still asked, "Quinn, do you have any legends of sea monsters there?"
"Sea monster?" Quinn was stunned, "You know the sea monster too, aren't you from the mainland?"
"Sea monsters? Big Ben suddenly became interested, "Is the sea monster a monster in the sea?" ”
Quinn nodded: "Actually, the coastal cities have legends of sea monsters, and according to legend, they lurk at the bottom of the sea and will eat fishermen who go out to fish. ”
"What does a sea monster look like?"
"I don't know. Quinn replied honestly, "Every place has a different version, in our village, according to legend, a fisherman saw a sea monster a long time ago, it was a very strange creature, and it was also very scary, with eight legs, as if it had no bones, and each leg had a suction cup that could overturn a very large fishing boat. ”
"Eight-legged? Big Ben sighed.
"I don't know if it's true, but I also know that there is a village where the sea monster is said to be a huge monster fish that can swallow a fishing boat whole in one bite. Quinn said what he had seen, "Actually, there are rumors of sea monsters in Sophia Harbor, and many people know that it was hundreds of years ago, Sophia Harbor was just a small port, and many people saw it at that time, a winged monster jumped up from the bottom of the sea and flew directly into the sky, and the wings spread out as if it could cover the sky." ”
Ian thrashed in his heart.
"Actually, I don't know if it's true. "After all, no one has ever seen it, and the current sea monsters are more like scaring children who can't sleep, and it is also a very unlucky thing to be in front of the fishermen." However, "
Quinn's voice changed, "But I believe the sea monster is real. ”
Ian was stunned: "Why?"
"Quite simply, who knows what's in the sea. Quinn said softly, "Although the water is blue, I can't see the bottom, and I don't know how deep it is." It's not unusual for such a huge place to raise any monsters. ”
"Well, you're right. Big Ben nodded knowingly and gave a thumbs up to Quinn, "Very philosophical." ”
Quinn scratched his head, "What's philosophy?" ”
"Ugh"
Just as Quinn and Big Ben begin to engage in a heated philosophical discussion again, Ian suddenly hears a very slight voice.
"Actually, there is. ”
Ian was stunned for a moment, then looked down to find that the little girl had woken up. She looked at Ian with those black eyes and whispered, "Sea monsters, there are actually ones. ”
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