"Got it—"

The movement here woke up the two people next door, Qi Laosan and Bei Niang came over one after the other, Qi Laosan saw that his second brother had come out, he stood at the door and asked, "Is there anything for me to do?" ”

"No, you have something to do." Haizhu said.

"Then I'll go repair the ship, if there's anything to do, come to me, Haizhu you know where I am."

"You'll remember to come back in the second half of the night." Second Uncle Qi reminded.

"I remember." Qi Laosan has not forgotten his second brother, and he will come back at least once in half a day.

Bei Niang sat next to Haizhu to help her, the remaining three fish were smoked, she saw Grandma Qi sitting outside the door to mend the tide of the pants, she washed her hands and walked over to pull out the needles inserted in the basket, each needle was threaded on the line, the rusty scissors were sharpened little by little with a whetstone, and an old pair of scissors was sharpened by her.

"Mrs. Qi, you are so blessed, marrying a daughter-in-law is more intimate than giving birth to a son." Passing neighbors laughed.

Grandma Qi smiled and nodded, "Yes, I am blessed to marry a good daughter-in-law and come back." ”

Bei Niang bit her lip and stole fun, she took the scissors into the house with brisk steps to oil, the vegetable oil was smeared on the scissors and then wiped off the excess grease with a cloth, and the scissors were placed in the sewing basket like new. Seeing that the hour was almost up, she took the copper plate and went to the street to buy chickens and bean skins, some of the people selling vegetables on the street already knew her, the chicken seller didn't need her to make a gesture and brought out a fat hen for her, the tofu seller counted thirty bean skins for her, the tofu was cut in half and put it in a basket for her, and the old woman who sold sea vegetables followed her to the alley and sent the sea vegetables to the door.

When the sun went down, the woman who was hiding in the house to enjoy the cool came out with a stool, smelling the aroma of chicken soup coming from the middle of the alley, they chatted about Bei Niang, and said: "This dumb girl has lived a good life since she got married, how long has it been, it has been two months, she is much fatter than when she got married, and her face is round, and she looks blessed." ”

"In and out are smiling, people are doing well, not angry, don't look at the old lady is an old woman from the countryside, she has a compassionate heart, married a dumb daughter-in-law and came back and didn't see her grinding people. Unlike the old woman in my family, when I bought two more feet of cloth to make a new dress, she would stare at a pair of turtle eyes and scratch me, eager to scrape two catties of meat from me, refining oil and stir-frying. The little daughter-in-law holding the baby raised her eyebrows and complained, she glanced at Mrs. Song's house, lowered her voice and said: "That day, Bei Niang and Mrs. Song fought, Mrs. Qi came and didn't ask, like an old hen, she protected Bei Niang and Dongzhu behind her, tsk, I was envious of me." ”

Speaking of this, Hong Shanniang also whispered: "I had the intention of mentioning my little cousin to Qi Laosan, but my cousin was not happy when she heard about his family's situation, and she didn't look down on Qi Laosan carrying goods at the dock. Thinking about it now, it's still a pity, Qi Laosan is a coolie to make money, and he doesn't want women to follow him to work hard and endure hardships. ”

They were muttering in a circle head to head, and they didn't even notice Qi Laosan walking past the road.

"Why are you so happy?" Grandma Qi saw the third child grinning into the door, she glanced at him, "What's the happy event?" Picked up the silver? ”

Qi Laosan didn't speak, he took the urinal and pushed his second brother into the house, then put the backrest flat, kneaded it vigorously from shoulder to toe, and then beat it from his feet to his back, and before going out, he took a comb to comb his second brother's hair and tied it up, and the whole person was neatly groomed.

"The windows are open for ventilation." Second Uncle Qi reminded.

"Okay." Qi Laosan opened the window and pushed the person out again, and he went out with the urinal.

Bei Niang glanced out, she lifted the lid of the pot and scooped up the stewed whole chicken, poured the washed bean skin and seaweed into the pot, heard footsteps come in, she turned around, it was Qi Laosan, she laughed.

Qi Laosan touched her head.

Bei Niang pointed to the steaming stewed chicken for him to eat, he shook his head, he just wanted to come and see her, the people in the alley had changed their opinion of her, from picky and disgusted to envious, he was happy for her, and he was happy for himself, happy that she lived a good life without being afraid.

"Third child, when you leave, go to Erwang's house to take a look and see if Chaoping is still there." Grandma Qi said.

"Okay, do you want to eat anything for the night? I bought it back when I came back. Qi Laosan came out of the kitchen.

"Cook porridge at night, buy a few rice cakes and come back, and buy red date-flavored ones."

Qi Laosan turned around and went to Erwang's house, Chaoping and Erwang and a few children were playing in the yard with mud, and he shouted: "Chaoping, your third aunt stewed chicken, go back if you want to eat it." ”

"I don't eat it, I'll wait for my second sister and my eldest brother to get out of school before eating." Chaoping wanted to go out to play, so he threw mud and ran with his third uncle, "Third uncle, I'll play with you." ”

Qi Laosan carried him home and said, took him to the acquaintance's house to repair the boat, sat at the door and could see the sea, he pointed in the direction for him to star, "Your eldest sister went to the sea, you see her coming up and calling me, let's go back together." ”

The dry algae on the bottom of the boat is brushed off little by little, the cabins, the sides and bottom of the ship are washed and dried, and the varnish is repeatedly brushed with three coats of varnish, and the sails are also taken off and oiled.

The old man in the yard who was checking the sails sighed distressedly, "It's cracked, and the oil brushing doesn't work." ”

Qi Laosan put down the paint can and walked over to see, there was a crack at the bottom of the sail, if it was not checked out this time, it would be stained with water after the sun, and it would be a hole when the wind blew.

"Take it to the shipwright to fix it, but don't fool around yourself, it's not a joke if there is a problem with the sails at sea." He said, "Don't worry about the silver on the ship. ”

"Yes, I have to go to the shipwright, but I found out, if the sails of the ship break at sea, maybe people will not be able to come back." The old man's son spoke up, "Dad, you have messed with it, fold it up and send it to the shipwright." ”

Chaoping also followed up, and after watching Qi Laosan's clothes for a while, he also wanted to paint the boat.

The sun was setting a little in the west, and the sea pearl drilled out of the sea, and she dragged the net bag step by step ashore. She was not in a hurry to go back, so she sat on the flat reef and twisted her hair and clothes, watching the magnificent sea reflect the sunset, and the light and shadow became dim little by little.

"Big sister—" Chaoping ran over, "What are you looking at?" ”

"Look at the sea, do you look at the sea?"

When the tide recedes, a blue-blue sea fish jumps out of the sea, the scales reflect the bright light in the setting sun, half of it is covered with the misty sunset, half reflects the blue of the sea, and in a blink of an eye it falls into the clear water, splashing a handful of white waves.

The sea receded inch by inch, and the submerged reef was exposed, and the sea breeze blew by, and the holes in the reef made a clear whistle. The sea water trickled down from the reef, and the hairy crabs that covered it fell with a snap, and then swung their pincers very quickly into the wet sand.

The golden sand was exposed, the sand was washed clean, and the stones of various colors were piled up, glistening faintly in the afterglow of the setting sunset.

Chaoping screamed and ran onto the beach, leaving his footprints on the flat sand, he saw a large tuft of seaweed out of the water, and ran over with a smoke and dragged the seaweed to the shore, "Big sister, big sister, there are fish in the grass." ”

Haizhu used to pick out the shrimp, crab and small fish hidden in the seaweed, and threw the inedible seaweed on the reef, and picked out the edible ones and carried them back to his daughter-in-law by Qi Laosan.

"Haizhu, the cat cub is full moon, you come in and catch two of them back." Entering the alley, the grandmother who has a cat shouted.

Haizhu took two fish out of his net pocket and exchanged them for two fried kittens.

Chapter 116: Haizhu, you won't stop when it's windy and rainy

A gray kitten, a white kitten, Haizhu took the two cats back and looked for a while at home and had no place to close, the firewood room was afraid that it would get into the pyre, and the bedroom was afraid that it would poop and pee on the bed. In the end, Qi Laosan ran to the street, bought a chicken cage, and two cats and cubs who meowed at the top of their voices temporarily lived in the chicken cage, and then released them when they were familiar with people and homes.

Haizhu came out of the bath and saw Chaoping sitting next to the chicken coop, She asked, "Did you give meat to the cat?" ”

"Don't you eat fish?"

She went into the kitchen, tore a piece of chicken and tore it into shredded chicken and put it in a shell, then opened the lid of the pot, scooped a spoonful of rice soup into it, and opened the chicken coop to put the chicken in the cage when it was not hot.

Grandma Qi came out, she leaned against the kitchen door and watched, and said in disgust, "The cat has also eaten chicken." ”

"Otherwise, what to eat? They don't catch mice. Haizhu smoothed the tide with the back of his hand, "Go far, don't stare at them, you don't dare to eat them staring here."

"Go and see where your brother and sister and your third aunt are, and we'll eat when they come back." Grandma Qi made the tide run errands.

Qi Laosan was busy collecting the dried bonito, the fish had dried up to seven or eight percent, and it was hard, and the two dried fish collided together like a drum, and the bang sounded.

"Will you take it out tomorrow morning?" He asked.

"It's not dry, it's strung up tomorrow morning and hung on the pole, and the pole is hung in the shade under the eaves, and the wind blows for two or three days." Haizhu mashed the soap corner and washed her hands and clothes, She pondered that grinding the bonito meat into powder can be used as barbecue seasoning, or cutting pieces and scraping slices to make soup base, While it is still in the forbidden period, the town is full of people, she can think about a few more ways to eat and make a lot of money.

The bright moon rose, Dongzhu and Bei Niang came back with the basin, the braised vegetables in the basin were sold out, Fengping followed behind and held the money box, and the copper plate inside rattled.

Grandma Qi closed the door and asked, "Why did you come back so late today?" ”

"We've gone a little further and gone to the alleys to the north to sell." Dongzhu took a sip of the cold rice soup and moistened his throat before continuing: "When we came back, we also met Shen Yuguan, and he said that he would let the little maid come to his house tomorrow to buy it. ”

"Eat first, and say while eating, the porridge is going to be cold." Grandma Qi brought out the red date rice cake with a crispy shell, she heard the faint sound of the waves, and said: "I don't know when the sea will open this year, it's already halfway through July, don't have another typhoon." ”

No one can say for sure, and it's up to anyone whether the typhoon will come or not.

After the meal, Bei Niang lit the oil candle and asked Dongzhu and Fengping to count the copper plates for her, she took out the copper coin strings for buying vegetables and meat in the afternoon, she didn't know how to count, she didn't know how much she spent, she deducted the money for buying vegetables when the rope was full. The remaining one was divided one by one, one for her, one for Dongzhu, one for Fengping, and the copper plates in the cash box were divided into three piles, and finally the remaining two were given to Chaoping.

Bei Niang only picked up the pile of money in front of her and put it in the box.

"Third aunt, what do you mean by this? Divide it with us? Dongzhu couldn't cry or laugh, "On a hot day, you are squatting next to the stove and smoking, I can't help to follow the trend, don't do a loss-making business." ”

Bei Niang waved her hand and insisted on sharing it equally with Dongzhu and Fengping, without the shouting of this sister and brother, she would not be able to do business.

Haizhu walked over and piled up the money, gave Dongzhu and Fengping twenty copper plates, and said: "Third aunt, Dongzhu and Fengping are errand workers, and you hired them to shout, if you think they are dedicated, it is enough to reward a few more copper plates." Look at my third uncle, he carried goods wholeheartedly, his legs were weak and his shoulders were sore, and the shopkeeper of the rice shop didn't say that he would give him a bag of rice and a bag of noodles. ”

Bei Niang looked up at her, she still wanted to share the money she earned with Dongzhu and Fengping, otherwise she would not feel at ease.

"Dongzhu and Fengping have their own things in the future, you have to wait for a long time for them to come back from school, at that time, to sell, many people have already fried vegetables, and there is no need to buy more vegetables. It's better to do this, third aunt, you try to take Chaoping to sell first, or let my third uncle accompany you, you can go to the streets and alleys to sell at noon, and you can go again in the evening, and make more money. Haizhu came up with the idea, she planned to let her third aunt make this small business independent from the family, and if she became famous, she could set up a small stall at the mouth of the alley or on the street, and she could support it alone.

Dongzhu and Fengping are silent, they have to sell cakes at the stall in the morning, and they have to go to private school, they don't have much time to play, if they don't have to follow the streets and alleys to sell, they can play with their friends in the alley, or they can take advantage of the low tide to go to the beach to pick up snails.

Qi Laosan came out of the house with a bathtub and said, "Listen to Haizhu, I'll come back early in the future." ”

Bei Niang put the copper into the money box, she looked at Haizhu's face, grabbed a large handful of Dongzhu and Fengping, and ran away with the money box.

Haizhu: ......

Dongzhu laughed.

"From tomorrow, you two will teach the third aunt to count the accounts." Haizhu said, focusing on telling Dongzhu: "The methods you taught Hongshan are not suitable for her, teach her to count when choosing leeks and peeling garlic, one, two, three...... She specified that she remembered accurately. ”

Grandma Qi laughed in the house, she opened the door and said, "It's not early, you three hurry up and wash up and go back to sleep." ”

"Put the bath water first, I'll come over tomorrow morning and pour it." Qi Laosan walked out of the courtyard, "Haizhu came over and locked the door." ”

……

The bonito was dry, Haizhu closed the door and sat in the yard grinding bonito powder, she released the two cat cubs from the chicken coop, chopped off the tail of the fish and threw them on the ground to make them grind their teeth.

The silver-glowing black fish skin was pried open and torn hard, and half of the fish skin was completely peeled off, revealing the dry, hard, powdery, and white fish, and the outermost layer of fish meat still had a faint smoky yellow.

"Haizhu, I'll help you grind too." Second Uncle Qi said.

"It's not much grinding, I'm enough for one person." Haizhu leaned down, holding down the washed and brushed slate, the dry and hard fish meat rubbed on the uneven stone surface, and the fine powder particles fell onto the oiled paper spread in the wooden basin.

"Mi-" Second Uncle Qi rubbed his fingers to tease the cat, the gray cat was fierce, it gnawed the fish's tail and didn't care about him, but the white cat meowed.

A smear of white suddenly fell on the wall, and the white cat with different pupils smelled the fishy fragrance and climbed onto the wall, and Second Uncle Qi excitedly shouted Haizhu: "That white cat is here again, Haizhu, you throw a piece of fish meat to it." ”

"I'm afraid this cat is the wild father of our little white, one big and one small without miscellaneous hair." Haizhu entered the house and tore off the neck of the chicken, she put the chicken neck under the wall, put it down and left, washed her hands and continued to grind the fish meal.

The white wild cat ran down the wall, and the gray cat barked, and it jumped up the wall with the chicken in its neck, and sat on the wall and munched on the meat.

Hurried footsteps suddenly sounded in the alley, and then someone shouted: "Collect your clothes, it's going to change, the sea is pressing, and this rain can't be light." ”

Haizhu hurriedly brought the basin into the house, and the two kittens were also put back in the chicken coop, "Second uncle, I'll push you back to the house and sit, and I'll go to the street to buy some meat and vegetables and come back." ”

The wooden door creaked open, and the cat on the wall was not startled, and when it saw that there was no one in the yard, it jumped off the wall, licked its mouth and approached the chicken coop, and angrily snorted at the fried gray cat, and scared it to pee before leaving, and swaggered out of the gate.

The rain fell, Qi Laosan and Bei Niang ran back with a basin on their shoulders, the two came back and went out with umbrellas, Bei Niang went to Shen's house to pick up Dongzhu and Fengping from school, and Qi Laosan went to Hongshi Village to pick up Lao Niang and Chaoping.

The water changed color, and the blue sea became a dark black, and the black water was turbulent, rising three feet high in the fierce wind, and crashing violently against the shore.

There was a whirlpool on the sea, the hurricane stirred up the dark clouds, and the guards on the pier hurriedly packed up their things and left, and in a short time the sea water flooded the shore, and the newly repaired grass pavilion on the pier was washed away, and the reef also floated, and was dragged back two or three feet by the sea.

Qi Laosan pulled the old lady with Chaoping on his back, and the umbrella was gone, and he detoured into the alley in the torrential rain, and with the cover of the wall, the three of them arrived home safely.

"This ghost weather, the rain will fall as soon as it is said, and it will be sunny at noon." Grandma Qi scolded when she entered the house.

"I've boiled water, so let's take a shower and get clean." Haizhu held an umbrella and walked to the eaves, the wind was too strong, the chimney choked smoke, the kitchen was full of smoke, and there was no one to see when I went in.

"I've marinated the meat, and if it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'll eat it in the tandoor, eat rice cakes and drink some water tonight, and I won't start the fire if I eat a cold chicken." Haizhu said.

"At this time, just have something to eat, don't pay attention to it."

As soon as the words fell, the door was slammed, and it was already dark, Qi Laosan stood in the kitchen and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Looking for Haizhu, I am a descendant of the Shen family."

Haizhu held an umbrella to open the door, "What are you looking for me?" ”