Bei Niang half-lowered her eyes and smiled, and let the seven aunts and eight women look at it.

"She was sick when she was a child, her throat was broken, and she couldn't speak, so she saved you money to change her mouth." Grandma Qi smiled.

There was silence on the boat, and then a dry laugh rang out again.

The boat entered the village, and the children swimming in the river called the old people in the family to come out, and Grandma Qi had not gotten off the boat, and the old sisters and concubines she had befriended in the past had come over.

As for the four Haizhu sisters and brothers, as well as the three brothers of Qi, the six of them together are not as popular as Grandma Qi.

The anchor smashed into the mud, Qi Laosan carried the second uncle Qi down first, Haizhu followed the boat to open the door, the iron lock was rusty, a thick layer of mud and sand fell on the dining table in the yard, weeds grew at the root of the wall, and a wild leek grew at the kitchen door somehow.

The door panel of the bedroom was blown down by the wind, and the door frame also fell off the wall, Qi Laosan first put his second brother on the bed, and then ran on the boat to move the wheelchair down.

Dongzhu and Fengping got off the boat with Chaoping, stood outside the door and looked into the courtyard, and didn't take a step to enter.

Haizhu came out to look at them and said, "Why don't you go in?" ”

"Sister, I want to go see my dad first." Dongzhu said.

"Oh," Haizhu's pace slowed, "I'll go talk to my milk." ”

There was yellow paper that had been prepared on the boat, and Dongzhu followed the wind and took it down.

Haizhu went to talk to Grandma Qi, and she left Chaoping and took Dongzhu and Fengping to the river.

"I'm going too—" Shiohei snapped up, "I'm going to see my mother too." ”

Grandma Qi paused and said, "Take him with you." ”

It turned out that the child knew it in his heart.

Walking along the river, walking about a pillar of incense, a low forest appeared in the west, Haizhu followed the direction of his memory with three small ones, the sun spilled through the branches and leaves, and the cemetery was not gloomy hidden in the woods.

When they found the grave of Boss Qi, Dongzhu and Fengping's tears immediately fell, and the two of them knelt in front of the grave and sobbed quietly.

"Eldest sister, where is my mother buried?" Chaoping asked childishly.

Haizhu took two steps to the left, pointed to a low grave bag and said to him, "That's it, you talk to her." ”

Chaoping glanced at her, he didn't know anything, lowered his head and stared at the tombstone for a while, he also knelt down.

Haizhu was busy burning paper money on both sides, she was silent and didn't speak, and when the paper money was burned, she knelt in front of Boss Qi's grave and kowtowed three times.

Dongzhu and Fengping also kowtowed, and Chaoping also kowtowed when he saw it, saying that he came to see his mother, but he looked at the tomb with strange eyes, and he never cried from beginning to end.

"Gone." Haizhu led the tide and stood aside to wait for Dongzhu and Fengping.

Dongzhu and Fengping wiped their tears and stood up, dragged Haizhu's clothes and cried and walked out, and when they came out of the woods, they found Qi Laosan waiting outside, and they ran over to hug his thighs and cry.

Qi Laosan sighed, squatted down and picked up one in his hand, didn't say a word, and walked back with the person in his arms.

Haejoo pulled Shiohei after him, and she asked him what he was thinking.

Chaoping shook his head, "I don't know. ”

Sometimes it seems like a blessing to be able to cry.

Chapter 123: Discovery of Tridacnis

Lunch was eaten at Haizhutang's grandmother's house, Haizhu could talk in her own home, and when she returned to her hometown, she became a child, and she ate at the children's table. She simply didn't interject, and when she was full, she left the table with Dongzhu.

"Do you want to fix it at home?" Dongzhu asked.

Haizhu shook her head, "We slept on the boat at night, and we stayed for a short time, wasting time repairing the doors and windows and yards, and the next time we came back, it was so bad that it didn't look good." What do you think? ”

Dongzhu felt that her hometown was a thought, and she felt that her sister was right, so she nodded and said, "Listen to you." ”

But Grandma Qi and the people in the clan didn't think so, after the meal, Uncle Wu took the men of the clan who had not gone to sea to carry wooden ladders and axes and hammers, and the women who were idle came to help pull the weeds, and when the grass was pulled, it was spread out outside the house to dry, and it was used to light the fire when the wine was cooking.

"Haizhu, you go again this time and leave me a key, I will come over from time to time to take a look, the door is broken or the roof is leaking, your uncle is idle and repairs it in time." Wei Jinhua said.

"Okay." Haizhu responded, and after a while she got up and said, "I'll go to the dock to buy some vegetables and come back, and everyone will have dinner at my house in the evening." ”

"Come on, you're a little outsider." Wei Jinhua grabbed her, "They're not outsiders, you have to eat a meal to do some work."

"When your third uncle is serving wine, you can just add two more good dishes of wine and food." Ah Bo, who repaired the door frame, said, "Your family can't even get together a pair of dishes and chopsticks now, let alone tables and chairs, don't bother, let's go back to our own house to eat at night." ”

Haizhu looked around, and really, she was silent.

Wei Jinhua patted her when she went out to carry water, and Haizhu followed out, "Auntie, what do you want to tell me?" ”

"When I returned to my hometown, my grandmother and uncle worried about things outside the home, and there were many things in the clan, and you didn't understand."

Haizhu teased the water and nodded his head, "Then I'll be an errand runner." ”

"That's right."

Haizhu once again saw the power of the clan, repaired the house after half a day's work, and had dinner at Uncle Wutang's house in the evening, and agreed on the day of the banquet in a few words at the dinner table, only giving one day of preparation time, just waiting for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

Haizhu found that she really didn't have to worry about it, so she didn't care about it at all, she took Dongzhu to swim in the river with the wind and tide, and the tide went down to the river for the first time, and the water sank down.

Second Uncle Qi sat by the river and watched, and said to Haizhu: "Find him a plank for him to lie on his stomach, you don't need to support him, you can learn it by fluttering a few more times." After that, he said to Chaoping: "Don't be afraid, your brother and sister are near you and won't let you drown." You try to relax, hold your breath, sink and float, you try. ”

Haizhu threw the bad door panel into the river, and she jumped into it, the river was so shallow that she didn't dare to dive, so she floated to the surface with her head up.

Dongzhu and Fengping can swim in the water, and when they first enter the water, their movements are still a little rusty, and they are proficient after swimming a few laps, and the two try to hold their breath and dive. With Haizhu staring at the side, the sisters and brothers are not worried about choking on water, and someone will save them if something is wrong.

Second Uncle Qi looked at Haizhu for a while and called Haizhu, he said to Dongzhu and Fengping: "When you go out to sea and fall off the boat, no one can follow closely to save you, you weigh the time you hold your breath, and if you can't hold it, you will get out of the water." ”

"I can't hold it back, I'm panicked, I can't get up." Dongzhu blushed with her breath and spoke a little panting, she raised her face and asked, "What if I panic?" ”

"Figure it out by yourself, what you have practiced since you were a child is the ability to react, when you get to the sea, you are the only one who can save you, calm down and think of a way when you panic, don't expect the people on the shore to jump down to save you." Second Uncle Qi said coldly.

Dongzhu pouted, and she glanced at Haizhu.

Haizhu spread her hands, she couldn't help it, she was also afraid of being trained.

Dongzhu glanced at the second uncle dissatisfied, took a deep breath and buried his head in the water.

Second Uncle Qi looked at the river with a flat look, unmoved by the dissatisfaction of his nephew and niece.

Haizhu glanced at him secretly, his face was a little bluffing.

Chaoping lay on the wooden board and bounced his legs, he didn't dare to make a sound when he looked at his father's expression, let alone say that he couldn't swim, so he could only bury his head and bounce his legs in the water.

After fifty counts, Dongzhu and Fengping both raised their heads, exhaled turbid air, and took a breath to dive again.

After about a pillar of incense, Second Uncle Qi sent a message to ask Haizhu to remove the planks of Chaoping, and let Dongzhu and Fengping try to swim in the water when they were underwater.

"Are you open or closed underwater?" He asked.

"Open your eyes." Dongzhu said.

"I'm closing my eyes." Feng Ping scratched his head, "It hurts to open your eyes." ”

"Are you not afraid that a sea snake will bite you with your eyes closed?" Second Uncle Qi asked with a smile.

Feng Ping rubbed his hands, "Then I'll open my eyes, second uncle, don't laugh." ”

Haizhu snorted and laughed, and she followed Fengping and said: "People can open their eyes underwater, and it won't hurt if you get used to it." Catching a glimpse of Chaoping buried his head under the water and unable to lift it, she jumped into the water, holding his neck to make him lift his head.

"Big sister-" Chaoping spat and cried.

"Choking?" Haizhu was frightened when she saw him, and carried him to swim to the shore, "Why can't you raise your head?" ”

"My face was sucked up by the water and I couldn't lift it." Chaoping glanced at his father, pinched his neck and coughed.

Second Uncle Qi looked at him and coughed.

Chaoping coughed and blushed, couldn't pretend anymore, spit and rested on Haizhu's body for a while, and reluctantly stepped on the river again.

"I'm not as ruthless as you, I'll go into the water and watch." Haizhu said to the air, and jumped into the river.

Dongzhu and Fengping emerged from the water and saw that she was also in the water, and their faces suddenly showed joy.

Second Uncle Qi turned his head and didn't see it.

Qi Lao sent a bowl of warm water to the third end, and when he saw that his second brother was thrown aside and no one paid attention to him, he squatted by the river and said, "Come on, come on, drink some water." ”

The four people in the river lined up to swim to the shore to drink water, and Shiohei stopped drinking after taking a sip, his mouth was thirsty, but his stomach was supportive.

"Do you want me to take him away?" Qi Laosan asked as if no one was around, "It's really annoying for him to sit by the river with a cold face, and the words he says are even more unpleasant." ”

Dongzhu nodded heavily and waved his hand like a stinky fly: "Take it away, take it away." ”

Second Uncle Qi glared at her.

Dong Zhu was not afraid of him, and made a face at him, "My eyes are not small." ”

Qi Laosan laughed, got up and pushed the wheelchair away, "I think I was trained like this by you and my eldest brother, and I wanted to kick you two over at that time." ”

"You learned to swim in one day." Second Uncle Qi snorted coldly.

"I didn't die the next day, I was in such a hurry that I drank a stomach full of water and couldn't eat." Qi Laosan avenged the old revenge, bent his fingers and knocked twice on the top of his head, and then put the wheelchair under the wall, "You just sit here honestly and bask in the sun." ”

Second Uncle Qi gritted his teeth in anger.

After soaking in the river for nearly an hour, Haizhu pushed the three small ones ashore, "Go back to bathe and change clothes, and I will take the old turtle to swim in the sea." ”

"I want to go too, sister, I'll wait for you on the boat." Dongzhu ran to the boat, "I'll stay on the boat honestly and don't move." ”

Feng Ping stood in place and watched, and whispered, "I want to go too." ”

Haizhu looked at Chaoping, who hurriedly shook his head, "I'm not going, I'm waiting at home." ”

"Let's go." Haizhu raised his hand, "Chaoping, you tell your grandmother, and we'll be back in the evening." ”

The boat raised its sails and slowly slid out of the river, and the old turtle swam slowly behind the boat, and when the boat was faster, it also sped up.

Because of the winter pearl and the wind flat, Haizhu did not go far, about two miles away from the shore to lower the sails, she tied a net pocket and took a pointed shovel, before going to the sea asked, "What do you two want?" ”

"What's under the sea?" Dongzhu asked.

"Everything." Haizhu looked at the color of the sea water and said, "There are many corals in the shallow sea, and if you encounter something with a beautiful color, I will break a branch for you and bring it up." ”

"Okay."

Haizhu jumped into the sea from the stern of the boat, Dongzhu retreated to the cabin with Fengping, and the sister and brother lay on the side of the boat on the bench to look into the sea.

Haizhu dived to the bottom of the sea to see the situation and swam up, seeing that Dongzhu and Fengping were obedient, she swam to the bottom of the sea again.

"Like a fish." Dongzhu exclaimed, "Our sister is amazing." ”