Haizhu happily took the old turtle to dive, the light under the sea faded little by little, and the neck and arms that were in direct contact with the sea water could feel the sea water getting cooler and cooler.

Two octopuses, which were as soft as flesh, floated into the middle layer of the sea, and the sea beads pinched them, and the octopuses were already rotting. She continued to dive, and when she reached the bottom, she saw several dead octopuses swaying with the current on the fine sand of the ocean floor. As she arrived, the water vibrated and the dead octopus, which landed gently on the mud and sand, was stirred up and moved away in the direction of the current.

Haizhu used an iron rake to cut through the sediment, and a fat steamed crab was alarmed, and it was frightened to run away with its big tongs, and it went into the sack in an instant. She continued to shave the sand, and then shaved out lazy orchid crabs and stone crabs, and the pale yellow shrimp were pulled out of the cracks in the stones, and they crashed into people in a panic.

During this time, female octopuses die every day, and the fish, shrimp and crabs at the bottom of the sea do not worry about eating and drinking, and they can have a full meal at the door of their homes.

Haizhu shook the sack, thinking that it was no wonder that during this period of low tide, there were fewer shrimp and crabs on the beach, they were full of food and hid on the bottom of the sea without moving, not drilling out of the sediment, and the tide could not take them to the shore.

The old turtle came over with a sea urchin in its mouth, and it hit the sea pearl and threw it in front of her.

Haizhu pried open the sea urchin, broke off the sea urchin thorn stuck in the stone crevice, and the old turtle immediately went over to devour it.

Two sea fish swam over to grab food, and Haizhu simply pried a few more sea urchins and threw them into the sea, and after a while, more than a dozen sea fish of various colors were recruited.

She selected a large sea urchin and pried a few into a sack, and when the old turtle was full, she dragged half a bag of shrimp and crabs to swim to the sea, and when she floated, she met a turtle, and when the two turtles met, no one paid attention to the other, and each went its own way.

Haizhu untied the sack and put the turtle he encountered halfway in, dragging the dead sack out of the sea. She sat down on the wooden ladder that had sunk into the water, and when she let go of the sack, the turtle came out with a swift movement, and bit at her with its fine teeth.

"It's pretty fierce." Haizhu knocked it with an iron rake, and for fear of being bitten, she turned it over, bypassed the fishing net line wrapped around the two turtle fins, and kicked it away.

The old turtle floated and watched, and when Haizhu was on the boat, it hit the bottom of the boat with a bang.

Haizhu cast a net to catch it and got on the boat, a man and a turtle sat and stood on the stern of the boat, two red-billed and black-haired seabirds passed by and rested on the side of the boat, and after a while, they spread their wings and left, and she also got up and set sail for the return journey.

Half of the crabs and shrimp were sold to Jiubei Restaurant, and the rest of the sea pearls were carried back, and the sea was forbidden for nearly three months, and the shrimp and crabs caught were all eaten and sold for money, this time she wanted to eat with an open stomach.

"Dongzhu, go to the tavern and come back with two catties of rice wine."

"What do we eat for lunch?" Dongzhu looked into the basin, "Wow - what a fat shrimp and crab." ”

"Yes, it's quite fat, and the crab navel is bulging." Haizhu was proud, "Eat fried noodles with crab roe and steamed crab and shrimp at noon, and then have a plate of steamed eggs with sea urchin." ”

Haizhu scooped water to wash her hair and take a bath, and without waiting for her hair to dry, she sat in the yard and kneaded noodles, which can absorb crab butter better than rice noodles.

The crabs and shrimp are washed and poured into the grate and steamed in a pot, and Grandma Qi uses chopsticks to pry open the crab shell, and the yellow and clear crab roe is put into the bowl, and the crab meat is removed and put on the plate.

"Feed me a spoonful of crab roe." Haizhu opened her mouth.

Feng Ping scooped a spoonful of crab roe and fed it to her mouth, Grandma Qi glanced at it and said, "I'm afraid your sister won't be able to enjoy it." ”

Haizhu smiled, the crab roe entrance was oily, fragrant and glutinous, a bite into the stomach, there was still a fresh fragrance between the mouth, tongue and teeth, and it did not disperse for a long time.

The dough is rolled out and cut into strips, the sea pearl is moved out of the tandoor and pan, the bottom of the pot is heated and the oil is poured out, the crab roe is poured into the oil hot, a bowl of crab roe blooms in the hot oil, and the smell of the fragrance wafts out in the sizzling sound.

Chaoping and Dongzhu were both guarding the side of the pot, staring blankly.

Pour a bowl of boiling water into it, cover the pot and simmer over low heat, take advantage of this time to boil water and cook noodles, and when the noodles are cooked, scoop them up and pour them into the thick crab butter soup and stir-fry.

"Scoop a spoonful of peanut tahini." Haizhu said that by drizzling autumn oil on her hands, the color of the noodles is better.

"Peanut tahini is here—" Dongzhu shouted, "what more?" Chopped green onions? ”

"Yes." Haizhu instructed Feng Ping to burn the fire, and she quickened the stir-frying, mixing peanut tahini and crab butter soup, and each noodle was hung with sauce.

Finally, sprinkle with chopped green onions, Haizhu shouts Dongzhu to serve the plate, one person picks a plate of fragrant noodles, sprinkles a circle of crab meat on the noodles, and the sea urchin steamed eggs are served on the table, and each person pours half a bowl of rice wine and eats.

Bei Niang sat aside and ate her chicken soup and green vegetable noodles, and there was an omelette in the bowl, she looked at the rice in her bowl, and then looked at the others in front of her, and always felt that the noodles in her bowl were not tasty.

"It's delicious!" Dongzhu deliberately coveted her, "The crab meat is fresh and sweet, dip it in the sauce on the noodles, and you can eat three steamed buns empty." Third aunt, haven't you ever eaten my sister's boiled crab butter, it tastes so fragrant......"

Grandma Qi raised her hand to hit her, "You can't stop your mouth if you eat." ”

Dongzhu playfully sticks out her tongue.

Qi Laosan picked out a chopstick noodle for Bei Niang to eat, "Eat less, just taste it." ”

Bei Niang bit the noodles on the chopsticks neatly, and Dongzhu asked with a smile, "How is it?" I'm not wrong, right? ”

Bei Niang nodded vigorously.

"I'll make it for you when you're born." Haizhu patted Dongzhu and motioned her to shut up and stop talking, "Milk, third uncle and third aunt, how about we go back the day after tomorrow?" Spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in my hometown. ”

"Okay." Grandma Qi agreed, "I'll go back and see my old sisters and talk to them." ”

Chapter 122: The Ruined Old Home

Clothes that are often soaked in sea water fade quickly, Haizhu's daily clothes are mostly old colors, the clothes are soft to the touch, but the color is not very good-looking, gray blue fades into gray-white blue-white, red-yellow fades into rust and dirty yellow. Before going to bed at night, she turned out the two dresses newly made in the summer, and found that the skirts were shorter when she got on the upper body.

"Am I getting taller?" She stood in the doorway with the doorframe taped to it.

Qi Laosan put down the basin when he heard this, went to the kitchen to get a burned branch and drew a line on the top of her head, "It's a finger taller, you dangle in front of me every day, and you can't see it when you grow taller." ”

Haizhu shouted out Dongzhu and Fengping, Chaoping also kicked and tapped out, and the three sisters and brothers successively measured their height against the door frame, and they all grew taller. Because the pants are made wide, and they are still worn even when they are taller, no one notices.

"Tomorrow I will go to Buzhuang to buy new clothes, go back to the house and go to bed early, and go over tomorrow morning when the stall is closed." Haizhu glanced at the third child and said, "Third uncle, you also buy beautiful clothes for my third aunt." ”

"Buy them all, buy one for your milk and your second uncle." Qi Laosan washed his hands and walked out, "Come and lock the door, go to bed early."

The door opened, and two night guards passed by, and they glanced at the third child, and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Go next door, I live next door."

Haizhu leaned out of the door and said hard work, When her third uncle entered the door, she closed the door and locked it.

……

The next day, Qi Laosan and Haizhu did not get out of the boat, the uncle and nephew waited for Dongzhu Fengping and Bei Niang to close the stall before taking Qi Ershu and Chaoping to the cloth village, the cloth village has ready-to-wear for sale, selected the style and color, according to the volume or collection or release, within half an hour, the family each bought two new clothes.

Out of the cloth village, Qi Laosan went to the tavern to carry two jars of good wine to the boat, Haizhu took Qi Grandma to the jewelry shop, "Milk, you choose the right gold bracelet, I will buy it with Dongzhu and Fengping to send it to you, and when you go back to the village, you and your old sister and old woman will show off and show off, so that everyone in the village will know that you have several filial descendants." ”

"Really? Dongzhu and Fengping also pay? Grandma Qi smiled and narrowed her eyes, "What about Chaoping?" Do you have any money? ”

Chaoping pinched his fingers, he didn't, all the money he earned was filled in his mouth.

"I'll go out for him." Second Uncle Qi said with a smile.

Grandma Qi waved her hand, "I just said casually, don't mix with the third child, Chaoping has no money now, buy it for me when he has money." She walked to the counter and chose a pair of bat-patterned fine gold bracelets to put on her hand, the rim was a little cramped, but she could still wear it.

"My sister-in-law is so blessed, and she has grandchildren to be honored." The shopkeeper recognized Dongzhu and Fengping, and she shouted for fifty-eight taels of bracelets, "Give you a cheap price, and I'll buy cakes and stuff me with more meat stuffing in the future." ”

Dong Zhu smiled happily, and her mouth was full of good, and Grandma Qi also dispelled her mind of bargaining when she saw her like this, which made her think that she had got a cheap price because of her face.

Fifty-eight taels of silver Haizhu out of fifty taels, Dongzhu and Fengping each out of four taels, at the end of the shopkeeper lady sent a palm-sized wooden box, the family happily went home.

Grandma Qi had two more bright gold bracelets on her wrists, and when she was washing vegetables, she deliberately squatted outside the door with a basin to wash, and her sleeves were rolled up, and the gold bracelets shone brightly in the dazzling sunlight.

The neighbors who passed by asked when they saw it, and she said with a smile: "Haizhu and Dongzhu Fengping bought it to honor me, and I don't know when they discussed it, so they led me to choose a style today." ”

"Then you are blessed, all three children are filial."

Grandma Qi was happy to listen to this.

Haizhu pouted happily in the house, and after waiting for a while, Grandma Qi finally came in with the cabbage sum that was about to be washed, and she said: "The people in the alley are afraid that they are going to laugh at you behind your back, this alley is full of rich people, which old lady doesn't have a bracelet on her hand?" ”

"Some of them belong to them, and what I have in my hand is given by you, and it has nothing to do with others." Grandma Qi washed her hands carefully and said, "It's too late for them to envy me, so they won't laugh at me." ”

Haizhu shook her head, she knew that the old lady was so happy, she should have sent it earlier.

A pair of bracelets, Grandma Qi showed off in the alley for a long time, and when she left by boat, the people sitting in the alley joked that their ears were quiet.

The boat left the dock, Haizhu went to the island to pick up the old turtle first, came together, and went back together.

The boat was floating on the sea, and Chaoping was running on the boat excitedly, his memory of the last time he was on the boat was blurred, and even forgotten it.

When the seabird entered the water to fish, he cried out in surprise: "Daddy, the bird can still fly if it falls into the water." ”

Second Uncle Qi sat on the board of the boat and looked at the endless sea, and responded lightly. He saw Qi Laosan coming down from the cabin on the second floor, and said: "Laosan, Chaoping is two years old, not young, when he goes back, you take him down to the river to teach him to swim, our children by the sea can't know water." ”

"Okay." Qi Laosan leaned on the side of the boat and looked down, the sea water was bottomless, and there was wealth hidden in the water, and it could kill people in an instant.

"When Chaoping grows up, do you plan to let him go out to sea to fish?" He asked.

"Look at his own creation, if he doesn't have the ability, going out to fish can ensure that he eats and drinks without worry." Second Uncle Qi glanced at Chaoping, then looked at the magnificent sea, and said, "Although I almost lost my life at sea, I don't think going out to sea to fish is something to be afraid of. ”

Haizhu got off the boat and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

"Speaking of the sea, going out to sea to fish is very thrilling, exciting, and addictive." Second Uncle Qi felt that the third child couldn't understand his feelings, so he asked Haizhu: "Do you think it's right?" ”

Haizhu nodded, "That's right." ”

Second Uncle Qi smiled, people are ants at sea, every time he comes back from fishing at sea, he has a pride that feels very great, and that kind of blood boiling feeling makes people more energetic, and he wants to live well.

Unfortunately, he couldn't experience it again.

"Haizhu, Fengping will settle accounts, burn fires and do business, although these can make him make money to support his family, but he still has to learn the ability to go to sea to fish, this is what our seaside dolls must know, a man who has no courage to go to sea is a house finch without hair, not very good." Second Uncle Qi said, "The wind is not small, we can't delay swimming in the sea any longer, and when we come back from our hometown, you or your third uncle will take them to the river to swim in the river every evening." ”

Haizhu pondered, nodded and said okay.

Those who can go through a struggle on the sea and return safely can at least look down on life and death, and will enjoy life more, and she feels that the fishermen near the sea have a sense of pride.

Qi Laosan couldn't interject on the side, he was only afraid when he looked at the sea water that was about to drown.

When the sun rose overhead, the boat passed by Hui'an Wharf, Haizhu lowered the sails and rocked the oar, and the guards on the wharf boarded the ship to check the household registration and check the bilge, ask where they were going, return the household registration and let the boat leave.

Haizhu greeted the steward on the merchant ship on the side, he was Grandpa Hong Shan, and Father Hong Shan was also on the ship.

When the boat left the dock and passed by the steep cliff, Haizhu pointed to the old turtle: "Do you remember this place?" You've also caught sea snakes here. ”

The old turtle was hunched on the stern of the boat, uninterested in everything around him.

Except for Haizhu and Second Uncle Qi on the board, everyone else went up to the second floor, they stood outside the cabin and looked east, when the mouth of the Haihe River appeared in sight, Grandma Qi shouted excitedly: "Go home, go home." ”

"Bei Niang, that village is our hometown." Qi Laosan pointed to Bei Niang.

"Milk, what are you doing with the bracelet?" Dongzhu asked out loud, and the others heard and looked over.

Grandma Qi didn't stop removing the bracelet, she lowered her eyes and said, "It's all my own family, there's nothing to show off, I just want to talk to my old sister and old woman like before." When we leave the village, I'll put it on again, and I will know what you want. ”

The people who were chasing the sea on the beach noticed the boat coming from the sea, Wei Jinhua squinted and looked at it carefully, and said, "Is this Haizhu's boat?" As he spoke, he packed up his things and walked to the river, muttering, "I saw that it was her boat, why did she come back at this time?" ”

The others also stopped to watch, and when the boat approached, they recognized the people on board, and those close to them packed up their things and prepared to go back.

Lou turned into the Haihe River, Haizhu lowered the sails, she stood on the bow of the boat and beckoned: "Aunt Wei, I didn't expect us to come back, right?" How are you doing? ”

"I guess you're back, old woman, you're back too? I haven't seen you for more than half a year, how are you doing? Wei Jinhua was so enthusiastic that she stepped on the water and climbed onto the boat and said, "You haven't eaten yet, have you?" My family has cooked a meal, and it will be a meal when I arrive at my house at noon. ”

Later people also stepped on the water boat, and they had endless words to talk about when they first met Grandma Qi.

"Every time my mother passes by your door, she will say when you will come back, auntie, you won't come back this time, right?"

Grandma Qi beckoned Bei Niang to come over and said, "The third child has married a daughter-in-law, I will take her back to recognize her relatives, and she will leave after doing wine." ”