"Okay."

No one has set foot here before being discovered by Haizhu, there are many nests of swiftlets, there is a bird's nest every three steps away, in the collision sound of iron nails and stone walls, the two halos are close and far away.

As soon as his hand hurt, Qi Laosan was so frightened that he let out an "oops", a bird flew over his head, and he stopped panicking when he heard the sound of flapping wings.

"What's wrong?" Haizhu asked loudly.

"It's okay, a swallow pecked me, I thought it was a snake or a side, it scared me."

"The sea snake can't climb up, there are swiftlets, spiders and insects can't survive in this place, third uncle, don't worry."

"Hey, okay."

"Don't pry bird's nest with eggs." Haizhu instructed again.

"Okay, I got it."

I don't know how long later, an unknown cry suddenly sounded outside the cave, Haizhu and Qi Laosan stopped their movements in unison, pricked up their ears and listened carefully, and there was a faint sound of water splashing.

"Who?" Qi Laosan suddenly spoke.

Haizhu was startled, she glanced up and said, "It can't be someone coming, right?" "If this place is discovered, her way to wealth will be cut off.

No one spoke under the cliff, but there was a crashing sound, and the echo was heard from below to above, and the sound was dull. Qi Laosan became more and more vigilant, he looked at the degree of burning lamp oil to judge how long the two of them had been in it, and said: "Haizhu, it is estimated that it has been a while, we should go back, it is dark and the sea is dangerous." He panicked when he thought of the vast sea, and he was even more afraid that someone from below would row the boat away, and without the boat, he and Haizhu would either starve to death or die of thirst here.

"Okay, let's go down, but don't be afraid, third uncle, it is estimated that the old turtle is hitting the bottom of the boat below."

Qi Laosan then remembered that there was an old turtle who came by boat together, he hooked his neck and looked down, climbed down one foot at a time, and said: "It's harder to go down than to come up, anyway, did this old turtle remind us that it's time to go back?" ”

"It's not a good thing." Haizhu was still suspicious of the sound outside the cave, and she wondered if it wasn't for people passing by, it was the old turtle that had been chased back by a whale or a dolphin.

The iron nail made a long mark on the stone wall, Haizhu calmly grabbed a piece of stone, and her slippery foot stuck back into the crack of the stone, and the falling momentum stopped, and she broke out in a cold sweat.

"Oh my mother—slow down, slow down, scare me to death." Qi Laosan leaned against the stone wall and looked down in fear, "This is really terrible money, it scares my legs." ”

"It's fine."

"It's okay, you're hard-mouthed, I'll give you milk when I go back, we won't earn this money."

"You say, it depends on whether you are trained or I am trained." Haizhu continued to climb down, her heart was also fluttering, and she continued: "Isn't going to sea an adventure, who encounters a storm and never goes to sea?" ”

Qi Laosan was silent, when he climbed out of the passage, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the sun on the west slope shone brightly into the cave, and the cave was dazzling. Seeing the light, his tense body unconsciously relaxed, and when he looked down, the boat was still there, and there was no one on the water, but there was a turtle in the bow of the boat.

"It's really this thing making a noise, and it's almost scaring people to death." He sat on the protruding rock, grabbed rice noodles and rubbed his hands, turned his head to look at Haizhu's legs and hands, and asked her if she was hurt.

Haizhu shook her head.

"Alas-" Qi Laosan sighed, "When I was young, I was taken care of by your father and your second uncle, and when I grew up, I went to dry salt, and I never suffered from going to sea, let alone frightened." When I grew up, I was touched by your light, and I didn't take on the burden of supporting my family, and I always secretly liked that I was not greedy, and it was enough to make a little money in a down-to-earth manner, and I thought it was pretty good. Only after a trip with you did I really know how difficult it is to make money, and I really don't have to work hard to fish and carry goods. Without Haizhu's support, the little money he earned was not enough to support his family.

"I didn't mean to call you along." Haizhu was bent on removing the wet rice noodles from her nails, and the rice noodles swelled, making her fingernails hurt inside.

Qi Laosan patted the thin long basket hanging on his waist and said, "I know, you want to take me to make money together." ”

The old turtle waited in the water, but when he saw that the people did not come down, he hit the bottom of the boat again.

Haizhu glanced down and said, "Let's go, don't say what you have, the bird's nest you picked will be yours." ”

The uncle and nephew blew out the lantern and continued to climb down until their feet stepped on the plank, and both of them sighed heavily.

Qi Laosan untied the bamboo basket, pulled out the lantern on his shoulder, he knelt on the bow of the boat and dragged the old turtle onto the boat, he didn't dare to rub it any longer, he rowed out of the cave with the boat in his hand.

Out of the cliff cave, the blowing sea breeze with the temperature of the sun, the two people on the boat shivered, the cliff cave was cold, stayed in it for a long time, came out to be exposed to the warm sun, and then suddenly the arms and legs were cold.

Haizhu untied the iron nail insole, stood on the bow of the boat and judged the direction, and hoisted two sails. She stood on the bow of the boat and looked out to sea, not seeing the whales or dolphins that had made the previous calls.

"Hurry up—come here, there's something underwater!" Qi Laosan ran over and dragged Haizhu from the bow to the cabin.

A black shadow emerged from the sea, the head of the killer whale was half exposed to the sea, Qi Laosan was so frightened that he dragged Haizhu tightly to the second floor, he screamed loudly: "What the hell is this!" God, this is a fish too? Oh my God, oh my! It's going to jump on board! Is it going to hit the ship? ”

Haizhu was dragged by him to stand unsteadily, and her arm was also clenched painfully, and finally reached the second floor, the boat shook, she held on to the hatch, and said: "Third uncle, let go of me, this is a killer whale, not eating people." ”

The old turtle bent his neck and lay motionless on the board, not daring to come out.

Haizhu walked down the wooden ladder and passed by the old turtle to look at it, she lay on the side of the boat and looked down, this killer whale was very large, and the white spots on the eyes were bigger than her head.

"You really don't eat people?" Qi Laosan followed, he looked at the big fish swimming with the boat in amazement, and asked, "What is it doing here?" What did you just say? Is this a killer whale? Also whales? Can you refine whale oil? ”

"You're so daring, you can't kill it in the sea." The killer whale sank into the water and changed direction, and Haizhu followed to the stern, where it swam past and she saw a plank under its pectoral fin.

Qi Laosan also saw it, he followed to the other side and leaned on the side of the boat to look down, saw the shape of the plank, and said, "It hit the sunken ship?" ”

"Probably not, maybe the fishing boat was wrecked and swept away by the current, and after the waves went down, the side of the boat that broke was inserted into the hapless killer whale under the impact of the waves." Haizhu stared at the killer whales that surfaced from time to time, the cry she heard in the cave before should have been made by it, and she didn't know whether it followed the boat to ask for the old turtle on the boat or to ask for help.

The underwater killer whale poked its head into the stern of the boat, but it didn't control its strength, and the plank inserted under its chest hit the bottom of the boat, and it screamed, and the boat shook with it.

"Third uncle, you go and lower the sails." Haizhu walked to the stern of the boat and lay down, her arms stretched out and barely touched the water, she looked at the sinking killer whale, silently waiting for it to swim up again.

Qi Laosan also walked over, he squatted at the stern of the boat and said, "It's here to find someone to help?" It's weird to be smart. ”

The killer whale resurfaced, and Haizhu leaned out to scratch it, smooth and sticky to the touch, and the splash it brought splashed her face. She didn't bother to wipe the water from her face, and when she saw the plank slanting over, she held it tightly with both hands.

Qi Laosan was afraid that she would be dragged down, so he dragged her legs, and the underwater killer whale struggled in the opposite direction, and the plank stuck in the flesh was dragged out, and the sea water at the stern of the boat immediately appeared bloody.

The killer whale leaped out of the sea and landed heavily, splashing over the cabin, where it screamed and swam away quickly with its tail fin.

Qi Laosan looked at the carrion attached to the ship's board, he sniffed it, it was okay, it didn't stink, "Take this piece of the ship's board back and burn it, don't throw it in the sea." ”

"Hmm." Haizhu wiped the water from her face and stood up, "The sails are up, we should go back too, and if we delay any longer, it is estimated that it will be dark to get to the dock." ”

In winter, the direction of sunset is south-west, and the direction of north and south is distinguished, and Haizhu plucks the sail to adjust the angle and go north. There was a vast sea water all around, and after looking at it for a long time, she simply called Qi Laosan, and the two of them sat on the second floor and poured out the bird's nest to choose fluff.

The sea is windy, and the fluff is twisted up and raised in the hand, and the velvet is immediately carried away by the sea breeze.

The old turtle's shell was dry, and it crashed into the side of the boat, Haizhu was too lazy to move, so she asked her third uncle to go down and carry half a bucket of water to pour on it.

As soon as the water was poured up, Qi Laosan saw that the old turtle froze as if he was dead, he called Haizhu to come and see, and when he looked up, he saw her holding on to the railing and looking into the distance.

"What do you see? Something happened to your turtle. ”

Haizhu glanced over and said, "It's fine, it's a killer whale catching up." ”

In the blink of an eye, the killer whale caught up with the boat, and it pulled out a long series of sounds like a trumpet, and then jumped out of the sea, revealing a turtle in its mouth.

The two people on the boat didn't see its movements clearly, only to see it fall into the sea, and before the splash fell, a turtle flew up, slammed into the sea, and in the blink of an eye, flew diagonally and smashed into the boat.

Chapter 139: The old turtle that broke the guts

The killer whale swam around the boat, and Qi Laosan and Haizhu looked at the turtle with its four feet in the sky and the turtle fins in shock.

The old turtle lying on the board of the boat craned its neck, and it crawled away from the puddle, away from the other turtle.

"Don't smash the boat for us." Qi Laosan reacted and hurriedly went to check the ship's board.

Haizhu picked up all the bird's nests, and ran down the wooden ladder, and she turned up the turtle that flew onto the boat, which was bigger than the old turtle, and the shell was covered with dense barnacles, black and gray-white, and it gave people goosebumps. The two barnacles in the middle of the shell were smashed, and the shell cracked three cracks along the edge of the barnacle's inhabitation, and blood flowed out of the cracks.

"It's okay, the ship's board smashed some wood slag, and there are no cracks." After Qi Laosan checked the plank of the boat, he had the heart to look at the turtle thrown on the boat.

"The shell is cracked, and the right front fin seems to be broken." Haizhu is done.

"Can you still live? Such a big one, I guess it's also a smart one. Qi Laosan moved his mind, "If you don't raise it, I'll take it back and I'll raise it, and take it out of the boat with me after I raise it." ”

"Okay, there's a packet of gold sore medicine pressed under the bed, you go and get it, and bring my pointed shovel down." Haizhu brought a wooden board and pressed it against the turtle's neck so that it would not bite in pain, "Oh, by the way, the scissors are also taken off." ”

Qi Laosan and Haizhu worked together to bring out the smashed barnacules in the turtle shell, cut off the old turtle shells that protruded, and sprinkle medicinal powder on the exposed tender flesh to stop the bleeding, as for the broken turtle fins, it could only grow slowly.

Haizhu was hungry, she washed her hands and went to the bottom warehouse to make a fire, first boiled a scoop of hot water, boiled the water and scooped two bowls to dry, and poured the remaining water with the medicinal juice of the morning decoction, boiled and scooped it up, washed the pot and put the cold rice cake in it, and roasted it hot on the ember fire.

She took the bitter medicine juice on the board of the boat and drank it, and drank until the last sip squatted down and pinched the turtle's mouth to pour it in, "Drink it all, this is a good thing." ”

"In the future, when you drink the medicine, you will share it, and there are ginseng slices in it, as well as angelica, wolfberry, and red dates, which can save lives and replenish blood." Qi Laosan said.

"Okay." Haizhu went down the bowl and took the rice cake to eat, "Let's eat first, aren't you hungry?" ”

"You eat first, I'll shovel everything off the turtle shell, it's disgusting."

Haizhu broke the rice cake and threw it to the old turtle, and wanted to laugh when he saw that it was as quiet as a chicken, and it was designated as being chased by a killer whale.

After filling her stomach, she continued to go to the second floor to choose the fluff in the bird's nest, her neck hurt and her eyes were sour, so she looked up at the sea and adjusted the sails according to the direction of the wind.

That nightset hung in the sky instead of the sunset, and finally saw a line of coast, Qi Laosan's heart was put down, and it was safe to see the coast.

When night fell, the boat turned west and crossed the island, and before the boat could get close, the old turtle quickly climbed to the stern, passed by the big guy who was motionless as if it was dead, and rubbed it for a moment, and then plunged into the sea and swam towards the island.

"Do you think turtles can talk to each other?" Qi Laosan asked.

"Yes, they're of the same kind." Haizhu was a little worried that the old turtle would not want to go to Yandao with her to pick bird's nests again, but this time it was so scared that it didn't eat on the way back.

When the boat arrived at the bay on the pier, Dongzhu walked over briskly with a lantern, "Why did you come back so late?" We're going to die. ”

"On the way, I encountered a whale blocking the way, and I was delayed for a while." Haizhu got off the boat first, turned his head and said, "Little Fifth Brother, please wait until now, there are only two people on the boat, me and my third uncle." ”

Qi Laosan jumped off the boat with a net of fish on his shoulders and asked, "Is the water officer still there?" ”

Du Xiaowu carried a lantern to the fishing net, and he chuckled twice meaninglessly, "After a day at sea, you caught a net of fish?" ”

"There is also a large sea turtle, but it is not for sale, we will take it back and raise it ourselves." Haizhu also smiled.

Du Xiaowu knew that she would definitely catch more than just such a thing when she went to sea, and this net fish was a cover on the surface. But Haizhu is different from the past, she just has the intention to hide it, and no one dares to investigate. He let him go, roughly estimated the weight of the fish in the next net, and said, "The sailor is on duty, you will come tomorrow morning to make up the fishing tax." ”

He made a good registration in the ship's book, and when the last ship came back, he was able to leave the duty.

"Come back sooner later." He admonished.

"Okay." Haizhu held Dongzhu and talked at the dock, waiting for Qi Laosan to go back and pull the wooden cart over.

"Wait for me for another five years, and I'll go out with you in five years." Because of Haizhu, Dongzhu has a yearning for the sea.

"Okay, at that time, it is estimated that we have already changed into a big boat, you are studying in a private school, you can ask the master how to identify the direction at sea, and if you have nothing to do, go to the old fisherman and ask how to see the wind direction and weather on the sea, as well as the direction of the tide flow in the sea." Haizhu said.

Dongzhu understood, and she muttered, "Our master must not understand this, he has never been to sea." Those old fishermen don't know if they want to teach me, they must be more willing to teach their own children and grandchildren. ”

"The next time the major general comes, you ask him to run a private school along the coast, not only to teach everyone to read and write, but also to invite experienced fishermen to tell you about the experience of going to sea." Haizhu shows her a way.

Dongzhu dangled the lantern, she was really moved, nodded and said okay, "I'll ask Second Brother Han when he comes." ”

Haizhu laughed out loud, and asked people to know that he had called the second brother.

Dongzhu blushed, and when she heard the sound of the wheel, she hurriedly carried the lantern to meet her, and Fengping and Chaoping also sat on the wooden cart and followed.

Haizhu asked the guards for help, and the two worked together to move the big turtle to the wooden cart, and Qi Laosan took two buckets of seawater and pulled the cart out of the dock.

Haizhu took the opportunity to go to the boat and take the bamboo basket down and put it on the car.