Haizhu didn't know what happened in the village, she packed up her belongings early the next morning and sent Dongzhu Fengping and the old turtle to the dock, with Grandma Qi watching at the dock, she, Qi Laosan and Zheng Haishun came back to pick up the second wave.

The door was locked, and Haizhu glanced back before holding the boat.

"Reluctantly?" Shen's second sister-in-law asked.

"It's a little reluctant." The people in the village are good and friendly, and if it weren't for the danger, Haizhu would not be willing to move away. I moved out of the clan and went outside, but I didn't have anything to put up with you.

The clans that live by the sea and live by fishing are particularly united, unless it involves life and death, verbal conflicts will not go to their hearts, because when they go to sea, their lives are not only in their own hands, but also in the hands of their companions, and they may need each other's help at some point, and if they make enemies, they will harm their own lives. For this reason, the village is usually very harmonious, and there are almost no quarrels and fights, and it may be that as soon as the quarrel started, the people of the clan came forward to mediate.

Internally united, externally consistent, if she moves out, and has conflicts with other people in the future, she will be one-to-many.

"I'll be back in the next year." Second sister-in-law Shen comforted, she changed the topic and asked, "Why do you still want to take the turtle away?" Just put it back in the sea. ”

"Then I won't be able to find it when I come back next year, and it will be with me when I go to sea." Turning out of the river, Haizhu raised the sails, and she put away the oars and sat in the cabin without rowing, and said, "The old turtle is also a member of my family." ”

Shen Huai thinks this girl is very interesting, sometimes mature and sometimes naïve, a bit like Xiaoliu, what she thinks about all day long in her mind is different from ordinary people, this kind of person's life will not be boring.

Qi Laosan's boat walked at the end, and he sat in the cabin and said to his second brother: "In the future, we will follow the eldest niece." ”

"Then you have to listen to her." Second Uncle Qi laughed.

Qi Laosan glanced at him, is this like a word? He's an elder.

The three boats docked at the pier, Zheng Haishun got off the boat to help Qi Lao Er to Qi Lao San's back, and he went to store the boat with Haizhu.

The garrison on the dock was also responsible for guarding the moored ships, ten cents a day, Haizhu paid a month's fare, and Zheng Haishun also paid a month's fee.

"Let's go out together and come back together." He said.

"Uncle Zheng, have you ever considered living in a different place?" Haizhu asked.

Zheng Haishun smiled, "Don't think about it, what?" Do you want to move out? ”

When the merchant ship came, Haizhu shook his head, "Let's go, line up to get on the ship." ”

As for the old turtle that was dozens of pounds larger, it was carried up by two men, and the guards who checked the household registration watched their movements with wooden faces.

With Shen Huai here, the steward of the ship arranged three cabins for them, and they were not exposed to the cold all the way, and they passed after a long time of talking and laughing.

When he was on the boat, Haizhu had already told Shen Huai about going out to rent a house, and when he got off the boat, he sent someone out to inquire, and within half an hour, he rented two adjacent courtyards, which were on the back street of Shen's house, without worrying about safety.

Haizhu put the luggage in and called Wei Jinhua to take Qi Laosan out to buy daily things, there are pots and stoves in the house, there is no firewood, firewood to buy, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are indispensable, and spices for stewed meat such as pepper, pepper, star anise, cinnamon and other stews should also be bought. Haizhu brings fewer things, more things to buy, into the museum pottery shop seems to be purchased, eating bowls, stir-fry plates, soup bowls, stewed meat cans, tightly can be bought with your heart. Qi Laosan couldn't pull it.

"We'll live for a month, just deal with it." Qi Laosan followed behind with a big bamboo basket and persuaded, "What are you doing when you buy so many wooden basins?" Isn't one turtle enough for a person? ”

"Those who wash vegetables, those who wash their faces, those who wash their feet, those who take a bath, and those who bathe in turtles." Haizhu has a desire to shop, so I can buy it vigorously.

"Two to wash your face and feet are enough."

Haizhu didn't listen to him, seven people.

bought a bunch of things, but couldn't get them back after paying the silver, Haizhu also went to the dock to hire a porter to send the things back. Then she sent the long-winded Qi Laosan away, and she walked around the street by herself.

As for Wei Jinhua, she saw that Haizhu was hurting when she took out the silver, so she left early.

Affected by the slaughter of the fishing village, those who have connections and money have moved to Yongning to save their lives, and the Chinese New Year is approaching, the streets are particularly lively, and the hawkers are smiling crookedly.

Haizhu walked from the fishing market to the long street, cut two catties of meat, bought ten catties of rice and five catties of noodles, picked freshly baked flower cakes and bought one, and went back to lead Dongzhu and Fengping to visit Shen's house.

"You girl, what else do you bring when you come, the cook at home will make the flower cakes, don't waste the money next time, how difficult it is for you to save some money." Mother Shen took Haizhu's hand and looked it up and down, she liked this girl who saved her son and knew how to advance and retreat, "I've gained weight and grown taller, it seems that I haven't treated myself badly, I'm worried that you have too many things in your heart and will crush people." ”

"I won't treat myself badly, don't worry, auntie. I was going to come to you for New Year's greetings, but who knew that there was such a thing, and the second brother and sister-in-law made a special trip. Haizhu said sincerely: "Knowing that you are still thinking about our three brothers and sisters, I am moved in my heart, and if you don't let me mention something, I can't step into the door with my legs." ”

Whether the words are true or not, whether they are sincere or not, Mother Shen can tell the difference, she smiled and patted Haizhu's hand, and said: "Come to play at home more in the future, I have many children, let them take you out to play." ”

Haizhu picked up interesting things and told her about them, and when it was getting late, she offered to leave, "I'll bring my old buddy over to play with me another day, and I'll show you it too." ”

"Okay, there are still people waiting in your house, so I won't leave you to eat."

Hai led Dongzhu and Fengping out of the Shen family, and when she walked away, she rubbed her cheeks, and used up all ten days of laughter in one hour.

Grandma Qi cooked at home, she was not used to the iron pot, the shredded meat was finely chopped and fried, the porridge was thickened, Dongzhu and Fengping's mouths were raised, and a bowl of rice was said to be full before eating.

Haizhu didn't force herself, she didn't eat if she couldn't eat, "We ate a lot of snacks at Shen's house, and we weren't hungry." ”

"Haizhu?" Zheng Haishun called the door outside the door, "It's me, open the door." ”

He came to find Qi Laosan, discussing that he wanted to find a job to make some money, not asking for more, just making a living.

"I'm going to go to the dock to carry the goods, as long as I have the strength to do it, and I don't have to worry about dealing with people." Qi Laosan said that he worked in Yanting for four or five years, as if he was in prison, and the people he came into contact with were fixed.

"Then I'll try it too, and we'll be together tomorrow morning." When he arrived in a strange place, Zheng Haishun couldn't let go, and he wanted to get a companion when he went out.

"Okay."

The matter was decided, Zheng Haishun left, Haizhu fell into the lock, and shouted Fengping and Dongzhu to wash and scrub and sleep.

"Go to bed early, wake up early tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to the street for breakfast."

It just so happened that she also went to see if she could find a way to make a living.

*

Grandma Qi and Qi Laosan were reluctant to come out to spend money to eat, so Haizhu took Chaoping away, and she and Dongzhu took one by one and walked into the morning market and entered the restaurant.

The guy in the single cloth shirt was still sweating in the cold weather, running in and out to serve food and clean the table and collect the dishes, he saw Haizhu coming in, and hurriedly greeted: "Ah Mei is here, what do you want to eat?" ”

Walking from the door to the dining table, Haizhu saw wontons, syrup porridge, seafood rice noodles, oyster porridge, oyster roasting, blanched vegetables, steamed meat, and steamed fish on the diners' tables. She was hungry all night and wanted to eat everything, and asked, "What is the steamed meat?" …… Then have four duck legs, a bowl of steamed pork ribs, a shrimp dumpling, a bowl of wontons, a seafood rice noodle, a radish cake, and a bowl of sugar water porridge. ”

While the guy was serving the meal, she asked if the restaurant still recruited people to wash dishes and sweep the floor or run errands, "I have an aunt, she is a Mali person, and she is honest and does not make trouble." ”

The guy went to ask the shopkeeper, and when he served the food, he told Haizhu to let her bring someone over to try two days of work, "We are making morning tea, at most busy for half a day, half a day for twenty wen, and a meal." ”

Haizhu responded, sent Chaoping back after eating, and brought Wei Jinhua over by the way, and the shopkeeper told her a few words and let her stay.

Haizhu pulled Dongzhu and Fengping to continue to walk, the people in the morning market dispersed, the people who rushed to the market to sell goods carried the burden over, the fishing market was also lively, in the morning it was to sell salted fish and dry goods, and after the low tide and the evening the boat came back to have fresh goods.

Haizhu put together the padded jacket on her body, stood next to the lady who sold oysters and looked at it for a while, the price of this thing is low and the sense of satiety is strong, the person who buys it will not be entangled in the price, she will buy four or six at a time.

Haizhu also had the idea of setting up a stall to sell food, and she only had two skills in her body, one was to dive into the sea, and the other was to be successful in cooking.

She took Dongzhu and Fengping to the blacksmith shop to buy a pan, and went to the place where the stove was sold to make a small tandoor, and she planned to sell pancakes to try the water first. The filling is leek oysters mixed with pork belly, and the most flavorful pepper and chopped green onion are indispensable.

At noon, Grandma Qi saw that the three losers came back with a big bag and a sore eye, and she didn't have the heart to cook when she was in a bad mood, and the family was fooled again.

Haizhu was glad that she decided to start a food business, otherwise the meat that the three of them had managed to raise would have fallen clean in three or two days.

Before the tandoor and pan were in hand, Haizhu first took Dongzhu and Fengping to cut leeks, and by the way, took the old turtle to the sea to let it hunt and fill its stomach.

Yongning Town is a big town, covering a wide area and there are many people, there are always a few strange people when there are more people, Haizhu led the turtle to walk on the street, and the people passing by looked at it at most, without causing a little commotion.

While Haizhu was sitting on the beach waiting for the turtle, she thought that it seemed feasible to move here.

Chapter 36: Exploitation

The waves crashed against the shore, and the icy waters splashed Haizhu's shoes. With no old turtle in sight on the sea, she got up and took a few steps back, picked up a long stone and knocked the oysters on the reef, and occasionally glanced up at the water.

A guard with a long knife passed by on patrol, and one of them saw Haizhu, and he said hello to the leader and came to the beach. Mao Xiaoer still had a little impression of Haizhu, and when he saw people raising their heads, he repeatedly compared, and asked, "Are you a girl that Shen Sui recognized outside?" ”

Haizhu has no impression of him, but has a good impression of the clothes he is wearing, and instantly lets down his vigilance. She thought that Shen Sui didn't know how many girls she had saved outside, and how many girls like Zhu Nu didn't know, she took the initiative to explain: "I saved Shen Huai and Shen's second brother, and I have a relationship with their family, and I also have a relationship with Shen Sui. ”

The expression on Mao Xiaoer's face instantly became much more sincere, and he introduced himself: "No wonder I think you feel familiar, that time when you told Shen Sui that there was a kidnapper on the boat, I was standing not far from him, and I was a good brother with him." What do you do standing by the sea? It's cold and there are few people here, and it's not stable lately, so you go back early, don't go to a place with fewer people. ”

At this time, a turtle shell appeared on the surface of the sea, and Haizhu pointed to it and said, "I have raised a turtle and brought him here to find food." ”

The turtle climbed out of the water, and Haizhu walked towards the shore, asking where the people living on the pier were catching the sea as he went.

Mao Xiaoer showed her the way and asked, "You moved here?" Seek refuge with relatives? ”

"Second Brother Shen and Second Sister-in-law Shen picked us up, and they only came here yesterday."

Mao Xiaoer believed that Haizhu had an unusual relationship with the Shen family, and he asked her to find him in trouble, "If I don't report Shen Sui's name to you, he is righteous, we are all good brothers, you are his sister, your sister is our sister, and your business is our business." ”

Haizhu agreed, Shen Sui is good at making friends and loving to do good deeds, although it will cause a mess of money, but the benefits are also visible to the naked eye, and there are many people who treat him sincerely.

"I'll sell pancakes in the north of Changjie tomorrow, and Second Brother Mao will go over to try my craft when he's hungry." Haizhu said.

"Okay, I'll take my brother tomorrow to take care of your business." Mao Xiaoer once again told her not to go to the beach where there were few people, and her brother was still waiting, so he went to continue patrolling.

Haizhu walked back with the old turtle, and vaguely heard Mao Xiaoer telling people that she was Shen Sui's sister-in-law.

"Unlike ordinary girls, this one saved Second Brother Shen and was listed in front of the Shen family." Mao Xiaoer explained to his brothers, "The little sixth master went to suppress the bandits, and our sister will take care of him on his behalf, and when he comes back, he will ask him to drink." ”

*

Mao Xiaoer did what he said, didn't go to breakfast the next morning, and took the two brothers on patrol on an empty stomach to find someone on the long street. Seeing Haizhu taking the two children to set up a stall to burn the stove at the alleyway outside the Changming Tavern, he swaggered to greet the tavern owner, meaning that the girl who sold the pancakes was covered by their brothers, so he didn't find fault.

They came in in military uniforms, and the tavern owner was afraid that he was here to find fault, so how dare he say anything when he heard him shout like this, and patted his chest to give a guarantee: "Don't worry, sir, I will help you keep your mind, if there is trouble with the girl who is not long-eyed, I will immediately go to you to report it." ”

Mao Xiaoer was satisfied, and led his brother to take care of Haizhu's business.

"I lost the contest yesterday, so I invited the two brothers to breakfast this morning, Haizhu, you make me a pot of cakes."

The stove was on fire, Feng Ping sat on the bench and lit the fire, Haizhu scooped water to wash his hands, dried his hands and smeared them with cooking oil, pulled out a lump of noodles from the basin and cut it with a knife.

Mao Xiaoer sat on the bench and watched her skillfully tear the sticky noodles apart, this kind of noodles are more sticky and thinner than the noodles of fried fritters, and the tenacity is good.

The two men standing behind him kicked him without a trace, making their eyes look and ask if this thing could be eaten?

"It's the first time I've seen this practice, and I don't have to roll the dough?" Mao Xiaoer asked.

"The kind of cake that rolls out the dough is too troublesome to make, and you have to move the board over, which is troublesome and takes up space, and there are too many customers to be busy." As soon as she spoke, Haizhu pinched two more and put them in the oil pot, she smiled and said, "This method is easier and not tiring." ”

Mao Xiaoer pulled out a smirk, thinking in her heart that she would be relaxed in a few days, and it was estimated that she would have to close the stall and go home.

A pot of ten cakes, Dongzhu sat on the edge of the oil pan with a shovel to turn the cakes, fried the yellow shells on both sides and covered the pot for a while, then Fengping pressed the flames down.

People passing by smelled the fragrance and came to ask, "What are you selling?" ”

"Wheel cake." Wind flat.

"What's stuffing? Leeks and oysters, which is meat? ”

"Yes, pig belly, two pennies a piece, how many do you buy for the eldest brother?"

Dongzhu opened the lid of the pot, and the burnt pancakes on both sides were ready to come out of the pot, she put on the cotton gloves that her sister sewed overnight, and put the pancakes on the oiled paper, three in a pack.

Mao Xiaoer came to get it himself, it smelled quite fragrant, he sat on the bench and ate it on the spot, the cake shell was crispy, the dough inside was soft, and the honeycomb-shaped soft noodles could be stretched and very elastic.

"What kind of noodles is this?" Mao Xiaoer asked.

Haizhu smiled slightly, glanced at the guests who came in, and said, "Confidential." ”