"The craftsmanship is good, it smells good." During the meal, Shen Sui was very popular, "The sauce tastes good, is there a lot?" Tomorrow he will bring an altar and put it on the boat. ”

"Okay, you'll pick it up after you've eaten."

The five people at the table talked to Shen Sui from time to time about Haizhu, Dongzhu and Fengping were not in a high mood and didn't want to deal with people, Han Ji was unfamiliar with the relationship, so he could only eat seriously.

At night, Shen Sui slept on the boat with Han Ji and didn't let Haizhu clean up the empty house.

……

The next morning, the people in the fishing village woke up, and the official boat set off for the village. Haizhu stood at the bow of the boat and waved to the people under the boat, seeing Dongzhu and Fengping crying, she first felt funny, and then felt sad after recalling, these two children were insecure and relied on her too much.

The speed of the official ship entering the sea is fast, the ship has a heavy draft, the ebb and flow of the sea have little impact on it, and it can even play chess while sitting in the cabin.

Shen Sui is not a tolerant character, he has long been tired of playing chess and reading books, he saw Haizhu passing by, and hurriedly called her in to talk.

Single-minded, the situation on the chessboard was sideways, Han Ji was bored to win, he took the chess pieces and took out the book to read.

"Master Han, the book I asked you for before seems to be a recipe." Haizhu went next door and brought the book over, "The book is soaked in water and the words are not scattered, I think it should be good ink, and it took a lot of thought to compile this book, do you think it matters?" ”

Before Han Ji could speak, Shen Sui took the crumpled book and flipped through it randomly, and the smell of baked fireworks came to his face, and the food on the paper also had some artistic conception.

"It's not an important book, you can play with it." Han Ji said.

"Why is there a blank page at the end?" Shen Sui asked, he flipped to the cover and read: "Han Changkong? Also surnamed Han? ”

"An elder in the family likes landscapes, is good at mouth, loves this way, and every time the younger generation of the family goes out, he will send a copy, let us continue to write about local delicacies for him." Han Ji said helplessly, he took the book and turned to the last five pages, took out the pen and ink from under the table and began to transcribe, "I wrote these dishes after I came to Guangfu, and after I copied them, the book was returned to Miss Qi." ”

Haizhu sat aside and waited, and quietly asked Shen Sui if he was illiterate.

Shen Sui didn't answer, and Haizhu understood that this was an illiterate person, worse than her.

"As I said before, in which direction is that uninhabited island?" Haizhu asked tentatively.

The windows were blown open by the sea breeze, and the sash made a loud sound against the plank, and the sentry soldiers on the boat trotted over to check on the situation.

Han Ji waved his hand to signal him to leave, he stepped forward and closed the window, and said to Haizhu, "Be quiet, the three of us know about this." ”

Haizhu glanced at Shen Sui, is it appropriate to give her such an important matter?

"So if I'm supposed to go down, just the three of us sneak over?" She asked.

"The bandits are ferocious, how can they succeed with this little soldier on the ship, and if the situation is clarified, they must send troops to the sailors." Shen Sui whispered.

This matter is considered to be a private conspiracy between Han Ji and Shen Sui, the young man's ambitions are greater than the sky, one has justice in his heart, and the other has justice in his heart, both of them are not angry bandits, robbing salt and killing people and going rampant. After saying a few words in private, the young and energetic two hit it off, and they wanted to find the help of Haizhu who was good at swimming in the water and help the people with justice.

Han Ji looked dignified and tall, Haizhu thought that he was a stable and reliable person, but he didn't want him to be restless, and he looked at Shen Sui as a person.

Han Ji was uncomfortable with her, and she couldn't pretend to be warm anymore, so she looked over and said, "Brother Shen is right, you little girl has a lot of thoughts, and she reacts quite quickly." ”

Haizhu rolled her eyes, "Isn't there something wrong with you two, what do you do in private about my strengths and weaknesses." ”

"Hey, do you want to do a big one?" Shen Sui's heart was itching, he instigated: "The government is very ink, sending a soldier is slower than ants moving, and when the people go to the bandits, they will already run away, let's go to explore the situation first?" ”

"Isn't his father an admiral?" Haizhu looked at Han Ji, "Suppressing bandits is not the business of the sailor?" ”

"That also needs to be reported by the government, and the government will only dispatch the army if it can't solve it, and it won't be able to do it for more than half a month." Han Ji crossed his arms, stared at Haizhu and said, "If you have any other concerns, please don't make me and your sixth brother sigh for a while." ”

"I just don't know what to ask a lot, I must dare to go, if there is danger, I jump into the sea, who can help me? I'm not afraid that you two will leave your life behind, and I won't be able to explain to your father and mother when I go back alive. ”

This time it was Shen Sui's turn to roll his eyes, and Han Ji also showed disdain, but in order to drag Haizhu away, both of them whispered and promised not to hold her back.

Haizhu grinned and pushed the book on the table in front of Han Ji, "The last condition, I can't read but want to learn to cook from the food recipe, and I have to ask Han Gongzi to read it to me, anyway, there is nothing to do by boat." ”

Han Ji looked at Shen Sui, and Shen Sui waved his hand again and again, "I can't read." ”

Han Ji looked suspicious, "Your father is an official of Yu, you can't read?" You haven't been to a private school? ”

"Oh, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, I don't like poetry and books, and my brother can write and martial arts, so my father and mother won't force me to do things I don't like." Shen Sui was quite complacent, he sat down with his legs crossed, as if he was sitting in a teahouse listening to a play, and said with a smile: "Let's start reading, I will also learn how to cook in the air." ”

Haizhu went back to the house and brought the grilled shrimp, and seeing Han Ji's aggrieved face, she sneered: "I didn't eat enough in the morning, I'm hungry." ”

The next trip is that the three of them sit or stand in the cabin to study the food recipe, the food on the table has been changing, the grilled shrimp is gone, and there are fried small fish bought at the fisherman's house, if you pass by the dock, the food on the table will be replaced by fresh fruit, or buy tofu, and the three of them go to the stove kitchen on the boat to fry tofu according to the food recipe.

Four days had passed, and there were only ten soldiers left on board, and it was to be stationed on an offshore island in the westernmost part of Quang Province, where fishermen lived.

"Come out of here, there's a whale!" Haizhu shouted.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, there was a column of water about ten kilometers away from the ship, and a behemoth appeared on the water, and the helmsman of the ship was so frightened that he hurriedly □□adjusted the sails, and the bow of the ship turned in the water, for fear of hitting it.

The three of them could see clearly on the second floor, the huge object in the water was as long as ten ships, the stone blue skin was smooth, and it broke through the water smoothly, and the water column refracted brilliant light in the sunset.

"It's shocking, I don't dare to speak out every time I see these big guys." Shen Sui took a long breath, he had just seen these things, and he had always been afraid of the sea, it was too big, it was not worth mentioning in their eyes, and whales could look at people like people looking at ants.

The whale sank to the surface, and Haizhu was still looking at it reluctantly, she sighed: "It's amazing to look so good." ”

"Eye-catching?" Shen Sui shouted, and Han Ji bowed his head in confusion.

"Yes, it's eye-catching." Haizhu nodded, compared to those sea monsters in the previous life, this humpback whale can be called beautiful.

Han Ji was shocked, "Don't you think it's scary?" ”

Considering their mood, Haizhu hesitated: "It's a little, but I think it's shocking, it's worth appreciating, I've seen it once and want to see it again, it's perfect." ”

"Remarkable." Han Ji gave his hand in admiration, "One day I have your mentality, I guess I will dare to swim in the sea." ”

The official ship docked, the garrison on the island came to greet her, Han Ji and Shen Sui were busy greeting people, Haizhu got off the boat first and walked around, and saw the green and yellow bananas on the island, in her memory, she still ate it when the original owner was ten years old.

As for her, she has only seen pictures in ancient books.

Although Shen Sui had eaten a lot of bananas, he had never seen a banana tree, so he climbed the tree and cut it in two, saying that he would bring it back to his mother and sister-in-law.

"I'm going to take Sihang back, there are a lot of people in our village." Haizhu is going to go up to the tree to pick it when she leaves tomorrow morning, and she plans to go down to the sea to catch some fish, and by the way, see what the island is like under the water.

Han Ji ran down from the boat and grabbed her sleeve and said, "Don't go into the sea, in case the whale hasn't gone far." ”

Haizhu didn't listen to him, but dragged his arm to the sea, "Such a big whale won't run this way even if it seeks death, and it will run aground when it comes, if you don't believe it, follow me to the sea to see." ”

There is a difference between men and women, Han Ji is not like Shen Sui who slaps and beats the girl with a big grin, it is impossible for him to pick up Haizhu and forcibly take him to the shore, seeing that he can't stop it, he has to stand on the shallow beach and wait, watching Haizhu be submerged by the sea little by little.

It was already evening, and the underwater light was relatively weak, and the further downstream it went, the darker it became. The bottom of the island is like an upside-down mountain, strange rocks are piled up on top of each other, lush seagrass grows in the mud of the stone crevices, fish and shrimp live in the seagrass bushes, octopuses that blend with the reef hide on the reef, and soft and flexible tentacles quietly touch the small silver fish that are close to the seaweed.

Haizhu was the yellow finch in the back, and the octopus predation exposed herself, and she grabbed the octopus with her backhand and threw it into her net pocket.

The dark and dreary bottom of the sea was like a huge mouth of the abyss, she didn't dare to go any further, and Haizhu dragged the net to swim to the water. The octopus in the net pocket spewed out a stream of thick ink, leaving a black tail behind the person.

The squid who had lost its prey chased after her, and Haizhu looked down and saw a giant squid with two long tentacles spread out longer than her legs. Startled and delighted, she used the octopus as bait to lure it to the surface, and when it sensed danger, she kicked her leg violently, and in a large stream of thick ink, the squid wrapped around her leg, and she quickly leaned over and grabbed the squid's long tentacle and pulled it off the leg.

There was only a little light left on the sea, and Haizhu rushed out of the water to show off to the people on the beach: "Look what I caught!" ”

She had long black hair, her face was dark, her teeth were getting whiter, and her arms were wrapped with wriggling soft flesh, Han Ji watched her step by step on the water and walked towards the shore, and couldn't help but take two steps back.

Shen Sui scolded a foul word, "You became a ghost on your next trip to the sea?" What's the deal with the face? ”

Haizhu didn't know why, and when she reached out to touch her face, she saw that her hand had changed color, and she said calmly: "The squid is sprayed on my face, look at what you're fuss about." ”

The squid's ink was hard to wash, and Haizhu didn't completely wash off the skin of her face, so she gave up and walked to the sand pit to watch them burn the fire.

The firelight rendered a bright color on her face, and Shen Sui sat opposite her, and couldn't help laughing when he saw her face, and when he saw her rolling her eyes with a gloomy face, he trembled with laughter.

"Laugh again, don't eat it later." Haizhu was speechless.

"You... Don't look at me, don't sit in front of me, you sit next to Han Ji. Shen Sui knelt on the beach with a smile, "I'm laughing to death, you might as well not wash it, black and white." ”

Han Ji had endured it well, but Shen Sui laughed like crazy, he also lowered his head and laughed silently, and when he looked up and saw Haizhu looking at him with murderous aura, he slapped his legs with laughter, "Why don't we fry the squid and you come over to eat it?" ”

Haizhu didn't leave, sat squarely opposite the two, and said viciously: "Laugh, keep laughing, laugh to death for you." ”

Chapter 22: Landing on the Island

The moon hung high, the sea shimmered in the night, the fire in the sand pit was extinguished, and the squid on the iron plate was fragrant, and the salty and garlic aroma was very tempting.

Shen Sui clumsily picked up the shovel and cut the fried tentacles with scorched edges, two long tentacles, eight short tentacles, thick and long meat, shoveled up three bowls, and the iron plate was still full.

"The soup is also cooked, and the head of the squid is for you to eat, and it will be in vain for your hard work." Han Ji filled a bowl of soup and sent it to Haizhu.

Haizhu snorted, and accepted it when she saw it, and didn't bother with the two of them.

Shen Sui sent two bowls of teppanyaki to the boatman, and when he came, he brought a pot of wine, poured it into three cups, and asked Haizhu if he wanted to drink it, "Drink less, eat this delicious dish with wine, otherwise it will lose its taste." ”

Haizhu took the wine glass and sniffed it, smacked it lightly and felt that it was acceptable, she raised her glass and said, "Come, clink glasses, I wish us success in our action." ”

The white porcelain wine glasses collided together and made a crisp sound of "ding", and the wine went down to the stomach, Haizhu was just about to drink the soup to suppress the taste of the wine, when she heard Shen Sui laugh like crazy again, she squinted at it, gritted her teeth and said, "Do you want to stop eating?" ”

"I didn't laugh at you, I just thought something funny."

What you say is what you say.

Han Ji stretched out his hand and pinched him hard, and only let go of his hand after hearing his painful "hiss", chewing on the tender and tough tentacles, "It tastes very good, eat more." ”

There is a lot of wild garlic on the island, and there are also a lot of garlic grains added when the squid is grilled, and the garlic grains are burnt and fragrant, and they are stained with the juice in the squid meat, so I don't have to say what it tastes like. Shen Sui tasted the taste and stopped talking, he chewed garlic and sipped wine, thinking that if his father was here, he could accompany a pound of wine just by eating garlic.

The tentacles of the squid are round and rumbling, and the grilled ones are very tough, and the taste is very tender after biting, and the meat is wrapped in juice, scalding, fresh and sweet. Haizhu bit her tongue after eating, she took a breath and continued to eat indifferently, only when she drank alcohol did she feel a hot pain in the corner of her tongue.

The tide was rolling on the seaside, and there were crabs crawling out of the water in the moonlight, and Han Ji wondered what they were doing in the fine sand at first, until he saw two turtles getting up from the sea and laying eggs in the sand.

"Crabs even steal turtle eggs, no wonder the squid here can grow so big." Han Ji shouted to the two people who couldn't raise their heads after eating, "You turn around and look at the beach." ”

Shen Sui was already dizzy, he didn't see anything after looking at it twice, he stared at the sea in a daze.

Haizhu ran to the beach with a bowl, and under the bright moonlight, the crab turned out the newly hatched baby turtle from the sand, and she was surprised: "The crab actually kills the baby turtle, it's really not a good thing, I'll go into the water to catch more when the sun rises tomorrow morning." ”

Han Ji wanted to laugh.

Not far away, fishermen on the island are crab fishing, and the sound of lively conversation is high and low. When the people on the beach dispersed, Shen Sui drank himself down, and Han Ji reluctantly carried him up.

Haizhu put away the iron plate and iron frame and put it under the tree, someone will come to collect it tomorrow morning, and the wine jug, wine glass, and soup pot were taken from the boat, and she had to carry them away. When she got up and saw Han Ji still standing under the tree waiting for her, she hurriedly ran over and said, "Master Han, you can go first, don't wait for me." ”

"Let's go safer together, I'll take you out and I'll definitely be responsible for your safety." Han Ji let her walk in front, he tilted his head to avoid the smell of alcohol behind him, and said softly: "We are also familiar with each other, you don't have a mouthful of Han Gongzi, I am the second in the family, and you can call me the second brother with the sisters in my family." ”

Haizhu responded, she had to shout what a young master, she was awkward to death, and she felt inferior when she shouted.

Back on the boat, Haizhu went straight back to her cabin to wash and sleep, and faintly heard a sigh next door, and she curled the corners of her mouth.

*

Shen Sui woke up, the sun had risen, the ship had left the island, the direction of the return trip was favorable, and the island became a blurred black spot in his sight.

Han Ji was reading a recipe for Haizhu, when he caught a glimpse of a black shadow coming in at the door, he didn't raise his head, and he didn't pay attention to him.

Shen Sui was thick-skinned, he sat down with a bowl and a chair, and said to Han Ji: "I heard from the people on the boat that you gave me a bath last night, thank you, brother, I will serve you one day when you are drunk." ”

Haizhu pretended to be surprised and said "ah", "You are still waiting for him to take a bath?" ”