Her composure affected Dongzhu and Fengping, and her little liver, which had been pounding, regained its calm in the rich smell of leeks.

At sunset, Wei Jinhua and Zheng Haishun brought a hen to visit.

"Jing Niang, you slaughtered the chicken, let Haizhu drink one more bowl of stew soup, and give her a shock." Wei Jinhua said.

"The girl is very powerful, I don't dare to rush over when I encounter this situation." Zheng Haishun's words were full of admiration, "Amazing, I work at the docks, and someone mentions you, and I say it's my eldest niece, and they all praise you."

Hae-joo smiled.

Wei Jinhua brought a bench to help choose leeks, "Will you set up a stall tomorrow?" ”

"Go, today is today, tomorrow is tomorrow, what days should be lived." Haizhu said.

"Why are there bandits coming here in broad daylight? Is bandits so rampant this year? Zheng Haishun and Qi Laosan sighed, he was not lacking in worries, bandits can sneak to the beach to kill people, and they will still have a way to survive when they go to sea in the future?

Qi Laosan sighed, this is not something they can worry about.

As he was talking, Han Ji and Shen Sui came over, and Zheng Haishun and Wei Jinhua immediately got up and left.

After going to sea to suppress bandits, Han Ji lost a lot of weight, and his already heroic appearance became more and more cold, looking very bluffing. As soon as he stepped into the door, the sound of talking in the courtyard suddenly disappeared, and Haizhu saw that her family was uncomfortable, and led the two people out to talk.

"You came here today?" She asked.

"As soon as I got to the dock, I heard about your feat of defeating the bandits, and I didn't have time to prepare a congratulatory gift, so I came to offer my heart first." Han Ji smiled, noticing that the people living nearby were looking this way, he crossed his arms and quipped: "It's famous now." ”

"Still in the mood to joke, it doesn't seem to be too serious?"

Speaking of this, Han Ji exhaled heavily, he had just come out of prison, and the three minions he caught were not considered bandits, they were a few pimps from the fishing village in the east, who had contact with the bandits, and wanted to emulate the behavior of the bandits in slaughtering the village and kill a few people as a vote.

"Correct? If you want to take advantage of the chaos to kill people, it should be dark, how can anyone swim in the sea to kill people in broad daylight, or is their target the fishermen at sea? Haizhu looked at Shen Sui, these people are very good, why is he still short of people to come to her house to fight for the idea of peace.

"They had stolen a fishing boat, were going to go ashore at the pier, and waited for it to get dark. But there were so many people on board that the boat capsized, and it happened to be not far from the shore, so they planned to swim over. Shen Sui couldn't say anything, he should be glad that the boat capsized, these people were planted in the hands of Haizhu, they really let them come from the dock, I don't know how many people will die tonight.

Haizhu: ...... So the fisherman who had his throat cut was unlucky to get home?

"I'm still thinking that bandits dare to go ashore to kill people in broad daylight, and that's the end of it." She complained, "No, I can rest assured that I can set up a stall tomorrow." ”

Han Ji just came over to tell her that he was going to the guard post here to set up defenses, and told her not to go out at night, so he led Shen Sui away.

Haizhu went back to tell the family, Qi Laosan went to Zheng Haishun again, and the neighbors also came over to inquire about the news under the pretext of sending some food.

It was getting dark, and every house closed its door, and suddenly heard the footsteps of Sisuo outside the wall, and several families living in the alley were so frightened that they came out with white hair.

The guards patrolling the alley loudly explained the identity of the "bandits" who attacked the fishermen on the beach today, "Tomorrow at noon, they will be beheaded at the pier for public display, and their bodies will be thrown into the sea." ”

The creak of the door opening sounded one after another, and in the midst of the buzzing discussion, the guard continued: "From tonight onwards, there will be guards patrolling at night, and if you go out on important matters, you will carry your household registration with you. If something is wrong at night, you can shout loudly. ”

"There's guards patrolling, then I can sleep in peace."

"Sister-in-law, don't come out when you hear movement at night, just shout loudly in the house, and we will go out when we hear the sound."

"Yes, yes, yes, when he heard the shouting, he opened the door and came out, there were many of us, and he was scared away."

The patrolling guards walked away, and the neighbors hurriedly locked the door, and after a sound of locking, the streets and alleys quieted down, and the sound of gongs and drums in the distance came clearly.

"It's better to live here, the guards are stationed during the day, the guards patrol at night, and the ghosts in the village take care of you." Haizhu deliberately sighed in front of her milk.

"That can't be helped." Grandma Qi sighed, "Don't think too much, go back to the house and sleep first." ”

Haizhu didn't say much, she just planted a seed first to see if the time was right to germinate.

*

The increased number of patrolling guards in the town greatly calmed the people's minds, and the next day it was a good day, and early in the morning, the streets were lively.

Haizhu counted the things on the wooden cart, pondered that there was no leakage, and opened the door to let Qi Laosan push the wooden cart out.

"In the future, when I fetch water, I will also push a wooden cart over, and I can carry two more buckets at a time, which is easier than carrying a burden." Qi Laosan said.

"Hey, are you going to set up a stall?" The sister-in-law who bought the water talked to Haizhu, "Where are you setting up a stall?" What is sold? I'll take care of your business later. ”

"Selling pancakes, in the alleyway next to the Changming Tavern." When it comes to taking care of business, Dongzhu is particularly clever, "Selling others is two cents a piece, sister-in-law, you go to sell three for five cents." ”

Haizhu touched Dongzhu's head and said to her sister-in-law, "She has the final say in my family." ”

Dongzhu stuck out her tongue and smiled, especially proud.

"Okay, I'll go later."

Qin Jingniang walked aside and didn't interject, she would shout when Fengping ran fast.

Tables and benches had been set up at the entrance of the alley outside the Changming Tavern, and Boss Chen stood outside the tavern and saw Haizhu coming, he walked over and said, "When the sun rises today, I guess you will come over." ”

"Uncle Chen bothered, haven't you had breakfast yet? I'll send you the pancakes later. Haizhu unloaded the things on the wooden cart and continued: "It's okay to have breakfast, I'll send you two less stuffed between your teeth." ”

"I don't have that much between my teeth." Seeing that the guests were coming, Boss Chen stopped bothering and went back to his tavern.

The fire in the stove had not yet burned, and there was already a circle of people in front of the stall, all of whom were rushing to Haizhu. Yesterday afternoon, someone saw her and recognized someone, saying that she set up a stall on the street to sell cakes when the weather was good, and someone happened to have eaten it, and the taste of seven points was exaggerated to ten points.

No, a group of idlers came over early in the morning.

"Little sister, the cake is delicious, if you make a pot of soup with it." Comments were made.

"It's good to set a few more tables, I think this cake is the best when it's out of the pot, and it will be a little less flavorful when you take it back to the cold." Diners who are accustomed to eating breakfast are a little regretful that they can't sit and eat.

Haizhu was so busy that he didn't have time to reply, and the guests came one after another, and the more people around, the more people came to join in the fun. Later, when the people heard that it was the girl who jumped into the sea yesterday to kill the bandits and save people, they became more and more patient with the waiting, and they had to let her earn the copper plate in their hands.

Qin Jingniang was just helping to collect money before, but seeing that Haizhu was so tired that she moved her fingers, she also washed her hands and came over to pull the dough and stuff it.

Dongzhu flipped the cake and turned her wrist hurt, and whenever she couldn't hold on, she glanced at the copper plates stacked together in the cash box, and she was instantly full of energy.

An hour later, the noodles in the basin were gone, and Haizhu let out a sigh of relief, apologized to the customers who didn't buy it, and asked them to come back another day.

There were two "jingles", and a short and fat man threw a dime of broken silver into the cash box, and without saying anything, he walked away.

"Hey! Big brother, you ......" Haizhu shouted with her neck raised, only to see a hand raised above her head and swung twice.

"He is not short of money, and the famous fortune boy on the dock will give a dime of broken silver when he is happy to see whoever is pleasing to his eyes." The guest who had not left the stall said, "I guess I heard about you yesterday, and the loose silver came, and I gave it to you and kept it." ”

Haizhu: ......

It's not that she doesn't understand this kind of behavior, and if there is a person who has the courage to catch thieves on the street, she is willing to take care of the business every day, and she has enough money to throw a corner of silver to buy a good mood.

This is the happiness of the rich.

She closed the stall and went home.

*

The business on the stall has been booming until the New Year, and after the New Year, Haizhu has not come out of the stall to do business, and then set up a stall after the fifth day of the New Year, people's memories of the year ago have been washed away by the flavor of the New Year, and the stall has returned to peace.

Haizhu is also happy, business is good, people are offended, and she can't stand it if it continues to be so hot, not to mention Dongzhu and Fengping.

Because she left her hometown and the people were not around, this year seemed to Grandma Qi to be quite boring, and when the weather warmed up, she planned to return to her hometown.

Zheng Haishun and Wei Jinhua also had this idea, but they weren't sure if the bandits had stopped, so they asked Haizhu to go to Shen Sui to ask.

Haizhu revealed her thoughts, "Uncle Zheng, have you ever considered moving here?" It is far safer to live in the town than in a fishing village. ”

"I thought about it, but I didn't. I'm going to sea, and you've been to sea with me, so if you think about it, I'm sure it's more secure to go to sea with my people. Zheng Haishun shook his head, "I don't have skills, it's stupid to give up the boat to go to the dock to carry the goods, and our family is going back." The ancestors have been like this from generation to generation, life and death have a fate, and wealth is in the sky. He gave the example of the fisherman who had his throat cut while casting a net on the seashore: "Every man has his own life, and when the number of lives comes, I will drink water and choke to death." ”

Haizhu looked at Grandma Qi and said, "Milk, I want to stay here to set up a stall to do business, in the morning I will set up a stall with Dongzhu and Fengping pancakes, and in the afternoon the weather will be warm and go to the sea to fish, and it is also convenient to sell fish here." ”

Grandma Qi pondered with a calm face and didn't speak for a while.

"I'm going back......" Qi Laosan said.

"What are you going to do back in? It's not that you don't have the sea, you just cast a net on the beach, you can come back immediately when the wind and waves rise, and you can carry goods when you come to the merchant ship, which is much more convenient than at home. Haizhu interrupted him.

No matter how good it is here, Qi Laosan still misses his old nest, he dislikes that it is inconvenient to draft water here, and it is not convenient to travel, "I will go back to hold a boat, and I can go wherever I want." "The most important thing is that it doesn't cost anything.

Grandma Qi made a decision for a while, and she wanted to go back and valued the safety here, if she was the only one, she naturally didn't care, she could die one day when she was old. But she still has sons and grandchildren.

"Are you going to rent a house?" Wei Jinhua asked.

"To buy a house, I saved a sum of money in my hand." Haizhu said, "You don't have to worry about the house. ”

Wei Jinhua looked at Qin Jingniang, she said right.

"Since you don't have to worry about buying a house, let's move over, I see that it is convenient for the children, and it is convenient to bring Chaosheng over, the four of them are siblings of one mother, and they are far away." Qin Jingniang followed suit, she most wanted them to move over.

The grandson who was taken away was a heart disease of Grandma Qi, and with this straw pressing, she was completely inclined to move over, leaving the clansmen and her restraints, but the life of her children and grandchildren was better.

Qi Laosan looked at his second brother, and when he saw his second brother nodding, he stopped talking.

The idea of moving has been decided, and Haizhu happily went to Shen Sui to inquire about the situation of the bandits.

Wei Jinhua couldn't sit still, she went home and sat in the yard, once the two families were separated like this, it would be difficult to meet again.

"Shall we move in too? I think it's not difficult to make money in the town, people buy firewood and water, and you also cast a net on the beach like the third child, and come to the merchant ship to carry the goods. She muttered to herself.

"The income in a day is only enough to buy rice, oil and salt, and that's not all, the most important thing is the house." Zheng Haishun looked at the green brick yard and couldn't afford it.

Chapter 45: Sending You Back

When Haizhu went to look for Shen Sui, she met Shen Huai who was about to go out, she called out to him and said, "Second brother, I plan to move here to live, I don't know if the owner of the house I rented is willing to sell the house, can you help me ask?" ”

When renting a house a few years ago, Shen Huai arranged for a small servant to contact the landlord, and Haizhu has never seen the landlord.

"Moved here? Good things, good things. Shen Huai ordered a small servant and asked him to find the owner, "I have heard of this person, he is a sincere person, and he will not cheat you." ”

"I dragged the sixth brother away, he is popular and has a big face, with him, I am not afraid of being pitted." Haizhu grinned, "Second brother, you go and get busy, I'll go find the sixth brother."

"Take the girl to Xiaoliu's yard." Shen Huai sent a maid to prune flowers and trees.

Shen Sui's courtyard is close to the main courtyard, and Haizhu has passed by a few times but has never entered. When I stepped in today, I saw seven or eight girls of different sizes as soon as I entered the door, and the smallest one was smaller than Dongzhu.

As soon as she entered the side hall, Shen Sui came over, He was dressed casually at home, Seeing that Haizhu did not shy away, wearing a short coat and exposing his arms, and his whole body was steaming.

"Practicing martial arts?" Haizhu asked.

"Well, what's the matter with me?"

"Ask about the bandits, we're going back to our hometown."

Shen Sui drank water, put down the bowl and asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to move over?" ”

"If you move here, you have to go back to pack your things, and only our family has moved here, and the uncle and aunt who came with us have to go back."

Sure that she was going to move over, Shen Sui smiled, "I should have moved here a long time ago, and if I heard me earlier, I would have tossed less." Now there are ships patrolling the coastal waters, which is much more stable than it was a year ago. ”

"I'll go back and move when I buy the house." Haizhu knocked on her chin, looked out the door with her chin bowed, and asked in a low voice, "You saved all this?" ”