Han Ji stood at the pier and watched the merchant ship go away, his eyes drifted to the island in the distance, he thought that after he married Haizhu, he could move to the Admiral's Mansion on the island, which was close to the sea, she had nothing to do and went to sea if she wanted to, and she didn't have to worry about the opinions of the elders in the family when she got along with each other on weekdays. He could feel that she was a little restrained when she came to his house, she was used to being at ease in her own home, she could sleep when she wanted, and she went out when she wanted to play with her feet.

Chapter 160: A big family

The merchant ships docked at the wharves along the way, and when they arrived at Yongning, it was nearly dusk, and the fishing boats had already returned to the bay, and the wharf was much deserted.

Haizhu didn't need to check the household registration, she said hello to the guards and left the dock first, there were people on the street, she walked through the lively street market and turned into Qingshi Lane, Chaoping also rode a bamboo pole in the alley, She grabbed him and asked, "The food at home is not good?" ”

"No, my little sister was disobedient, she cried all afternoon, her milk was coaxing her, and my second sister didn't start cooking until she got out of school." Chaoping held a stick in one hand, pulled Haizhu in the other and walked back, hid the stick behind the door when he entered the door, and said in a jump: "My eldest sister is back!" ”

"Didn't you just leave the day before yesterday? Just stayed for a day and came back? Second Uncle Qi asked, "You came back alone?"

"Well, he's a visitor, and I don't want to stay anymore and I'll go back." Haizhu scooped water to wash her face and hands, she glanced into the kitchen, Fengping was burning the fire, and Dongzhu was stir-frying.

"Xingzhu is still crying? I'll go take a look. She walked out.

Before entering the door, he heard the sound of washing clothes, Haizhu pushed the door in, and saw her third uncle sitting at the door rubbing diapers, and when he saw someone, he immediately "shh ”

"I'll take a look." Haizhu pushed the door in lightly, the doors and windows were closed, the room was stuffy and smelly, a dim lantern hung at the head of the bed, and Bei Niang's pale face was sallow and sallow in the candlelight.

Grandma Qi glanced at Haizhu and beckoned her to come over to see, the little girl in the cradle sucked her lips and closed her eyes and fell asleep, her face was still wrinkled and wrinkled, her eyebrows without eyebrows were wrinkled, and she was not happy when she fell asleep.

"You sleep, I'll bring you the meal when it's ready." Grandma Qi said softly, she pulled Haizhu to open the door and went out, breathing in the fresh air, she sighed and said, "Your third uncle is not a bastard, your third aunt is also a quiet character, this girl doesn't know who to follow, she has a big temper and is difficult to serve." ”

Haizhu thought to herself that Bei Niang's quiet temperament was acquired, so only her mother knew whether she was born well-behaved or not.

Going out, Grandma Qi slapped her shoulder and asked, "Why did you come back so soon?" Your mother-in-law didn't stay with you for a few more days? ”

"A guest from his house is still a person in the officialdom, and I don't want to stay for a long time and come back." Haizhu still said the same thing, walked into the door of her house, she went into the house to stir-fry, the pork liver was cut and not fried, the fish was steamed in the pot, and a plate of scrambled eggs and scrambled tofu with leeks was placed on the stove, and the rest was gone.

"What does my third aunt eat?" She leaned out and asked, "How do you fry pork liver?" ”

"Pork liver is boiled in soup, and then a pinch of flour is thrown for her to eat." Grandma Qi walked into the kitchen and said, "After eating chicken and drinking fish soup for a few days in a row, her milk was blocked, and Grandma Erwang said to give her something lighter." ”

How can Grandma Qi understand this, she gave birth to three children, and most of the confinement was fish soup cooked with powdered fish soup and soaked in rice, and when she served her eldest daughter-in-law in confinement, she was a chicken for two or three days, all of which were bitter. When she arrived at the little daughter-in-law, she thought that if she had the conditions, she would make up for it, and when she stewed chicken soup, she also lost wolfberry and red dates to replenish her blood, and she heard that pig's trotters stewed soup made up for people, and she went to buy two pig's trotters to stew for half a day, and it turned out to be an accident.

"I smell that the smell in my third aunt's house is not good, and it is stuffy, she is probably uncomfortable, can you open the window to disperse the smell when the sun is good at noon?" Hae-joo thinks she's crazy to keep her in a foul-smelling house.

"Okay, I'll tell your third uncle."

The steamed fish is up, the sea beads wash the pot and burn the oil, the water in the steamed fish plate is grated, the fish is poured with soy sauce and then stacked with chopped green onions, and the oil is heated and poured on it.

"Bring me two eggs." Haizhu shouted.

The eggs are broken and fried in the oil pan, the two sides are golden brown, scoop the hot water from the back pot and pour it down, cover the pot with your hand, Haizhu takes a knife to the warehouse to chop a section of bonito meat, and the bonito meat is washed off and the ashes are put in a bowl with shell scraping foam.

"Set the table, you serve the food, and the last dish will be ready immediately." She said to Dongzhu and Grandma Qi.

"Sister, the water in the pot is boiling." Feng Ping shouted.

"Okay, come on." Haizhu took the bowl in, the water in the pot had been boiled milky white, she grabbed the bubbling rice noodles and threw them into the soup, the boiling blisters were pounced, she scooped the soup with a spoon and poured it into the bowl, shook it and poured it into the pot, and so on three times before closing the lid.

Fengping took out a piece of firewood and put it in the swill bucket, and after a while, the spark went out and only a puff of white smoke remained.

The vegetables and mung bean porridge had already been served, and the cat jumped on the chair to look at the table, only to turn around and leave, and honestly jumped into the bamboo basket to sleep.

Second Uncle Qi chuckled, the cat's mouth was raised, and when he saw the vegetarian vegetables, he didn't move, and he didn't have a greedy mouth.

The sound of the lid being lowered sounded in the kitchen, and Haizhu picked up the rice noodles to take a look, picked up the pork liver and poured it in.

The cat smelled the smell, stretched and ran in and meowed.

"Without you, I'll make it for you who is confined one day." Haizhu scooped the soup into the bowl, added water to the pot, and went out with the pork liver to cook rice noodles, saying; "Let's eat it first, and then send it to my third aunt when the powder is cold."

Feng Ping washed his hands and followed out.

When everyone arrived, they began to eat with chopsticks.

While eating, a baby's cry sounded next door, the sound was getting closer and closer, Qi Laosan came in with the child in his arms, and he said, "You eat, don't worry about me, and don't take care of her." ”

"My third aunt is asleep?" Dongzhu asked.

"I slept and was woken up again."

Haizhu took a sip of porridge, glanced at it and said, "Third uncle, you are quite skilled in holding children." ”

"You are all raised by me, you count how many babies I have held, can you not be skilled?" Qi Laosan has been raising children for his brother since he was a child, and Haizhu is still the one he holds the least, and he was not a few years old when she was born.

"Our family, I was coaxed by my eldest brother and second brother, I grew up and coaxed children for them, and now that I have children, it's time for you to coax me." Qi Laosan sighed.

Grandma Qi was full, she took over the child and asked the third child to bring food to his daughter-in-law, and the many children in the family seemed to have a lot of things, and the old and young were busy.

The child who is not out of confinement can't blow the wind, Grandma Qi took the child back to her house, and when the child was asleep, she came out and said: "Chaoping, you sleep with your brother at night, and I will sleep with Xingzhu." ”

"And what about her milk? You hugged it in the middle of the night? Haizhu asked.

Grandma Qi thought for a while and said, "Forget it, I'm old, don't make me sick anymore, let her father serve me." Haizhu, when your third aunt was confined, your third uncle didn't go to sea with you, he left, and I couldn't be busy alone. ”

"Okay."

Haizhu washed and slept in the house, and she was tired after a day's ride.

I don't know when it was quiet outside, but the next morning Haizhu was the first to wake up, and she opened the door and Grandma Qi got up when she heard the sound.

When the water seller came, Haizhu beckoned him to come over, "Send eight buckets of water every morning and fill the two water tanks." ”

"Okay, let me wait until your house to buy water." The man who sells water teases.

Haizhu smiled, she took the copper plate to him, don't waste money when she can spend it.

As soon as there was a fire in the pot, the doll next door woke up and cried, Haizhu ran over to take a look, just in time to change the little girl's diaper, she covered her nose in disgust.

"You were like this when you were a child, don't dislike anyone." Qi Laosan exposed her shortcomings, called out to her and said, "Don't run away, bring me a diaper to dry outside." ”

He stayed up until his eyes were black, his face still had sleepiness, but there was no irritability between his eyebrows and eyes, he patiently washed the child's buttocks and wrapped them in diapers, and then picked them up and sent them to the bed to feed.

He collected the dirty diapers on the ground without disgust and took them out to wash, Haizhu followed forward and backwards, only looking at it without moving his hands.

"You help me feed the turtles raised in the puddle, I've been busy for a while, just take care of it." Qi Laosan said.

"Okay."

When the children in the house were full, he washed his hands and dried them on his clothes, trotted in to hug the children, and called Haizhu to come in and see, "Look who your little sister looks like?" ”

Haizhu couldn't see it, but she could see that her third uncle was a good man, and although his skills were not great, he was extremely competent in front of his family.

"Haizhu, it's time to eat." Grandma Qi came over and shouted, "Your medicine is gone, and you forgot to bring it when you came back?" ”

"I don't drink anymore, I went to Fucheng to see a doctor, and the doctor asked me to stop for a few months." Haizhu walked out and said, "Third uncle, you take good care of your daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law at home, I went to sea to fish." ”

"Won't you go bird's nest picking?"

"No, it's almost forbidden to the sea, I'm going to go to the sea."

"Still shopping? Are you going to go shopping? Qi Laosan followed out and instructed: "Don't forget yourself, don't run away." ”

"I know, I know, I know, and when I become a father, I become verbose."

Chapter 161: Playing with a Dolphin as a Ball

Haizhu was not in a hurry to leave after getting on the boat, she didn't use the boat for a few days, and a lot of bird feces fell on the board, she poured water on the board, picked up a broom to clean, and sprinkled water on the side of the boat to soak, and then brushed it with bamboo strips.

The tide was low, and the boat was falling with the water level in the swaying, Du Xiaowu took a look, he pinched a pile of household registration and read the names one by one, and the fishermen on the dock caught the household registration and found their boat when they were called to stop.

The sound of the sails continued for a while, and when the water level stopped falling, two or three hundred boats drifted out of the bay in turn.

"You're going to sea alone today?"

Haizhu raised her head, the man who spoke felt familiar to her but couldn't remember the name, she smiled and nodded and said, "My third aunt gave birth, and my third uncle is serving his daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law at home, and he has no time to go to sea." ”

"That's a happy event."

"That's right, hugging his daughter and laughing every day."

The congested boat in front of us dispersed, and the man picked up the boat and shook it, saying, "Let's go first, you wait a little longer." ”

When the person left, Haizhu remembered that this person was a brother to the person who rented her boat. She looked up and saw that there was only one boat left in the bay, and she sped up to wash it.

The sewage on the plank was swept into the sea along the wooden trough, and Haizhu carried two buckets of water to wash it again, and she was still sweating after being busy for a while, It was almost May, and it was hot early in the morning.

"Leaving?" Du Xiaowu jumped on the boat, he glanced at the dock, lowered his voice and asked, "That...... Will you catch a sea cucumber again? ”

"No, I haven't been to the sea much in the past six months, if you want me to help you keep your mind." Haizhu said.

"Hey, okay." Seeing that the boat was coming from the sea, Du Xiaowu got off the boat with the booklet.

Today, there are old fishermen on the Shitai side to talk about the experience of going to sea, the official school side has also opened, the children, the elderly and the women of the nearby fishing villages have taken a boat to listen to the class, a boat carrying ten people, the bow and stern of the boat are about to overflow the water, the waves are a little bigger, it is estimated that the boat will capsize.

The guard on duty at the pier reprimanded the old man who collected the sails, and the old man said nonchalantly: "There is no undercurrent under the water when the tide is low, even if the boat capsizes, it will be fine, it will swim in the water, fall into the sea and get up again." Besides, I am fifty and two this year, and I have been holding the boat for more than 30 years, and I know in my heart how many people can be carried on the ship, and what the situation is at sea. ”

Du Xiaowu didn't listen to him, he walked over and asked, "Where are you?" What is the son's name? "If you can't make sense with the old man, you will find trouble with his son.

"Okay, okay, I'll carry a few less tomorrow." The old man immediately stopped being strong.

Haizhu listened happily, and several more boats came on the sea, and she hoisted the sails in the direction of the island before they could get close.

"The ship is coming." The guards on the island saw the boat to remind the clam old tortoise.

As the boat approached, the old turtle swam into the sea, spitting out a few crushed clam shells from its mouth, and the clam shells floated on the surface of the sea, swept to the bottom of the sea with the tide, and gently landed on the gravel.

Haizhu cast a net and dragged the old turtle onto the boat, and she muttered and asked, "Are you heavy again?" I can't drag you anymore. ”

The boat went away, the old turtle was basking in the sun on the stern of the boat, Haizhu stood on the board of the boat and breathed in the morning sun, remembering Dr. Mu's advice, she gestured to move her body.

The dolphins jumped out from which direction, they followed the back of the boat to chase the waves, and followed the boat to surf in parallel, the water was clear, and their underwater figures were displayed in the eyes of the sea pearls. When they suddenly rushed to the bottom of the sea, Haizhu lowered the sails and jumped into the sea with the old turtle with a net pocket and a pointed shovel.

A group of small yellow croakers swam in the calm sea, four dolphins broke up the fish and were hunting, Haizhu hurriedly opened the net and swam over, she guarded the outer circle, chasing the escaped small yellow croaker with the net.

One, two, three...... Fifteen, there were more fish in the net pocket, and the fluttering movement was getting bigger and bigger, Haizhu was falling and couldn't stabilize her body, she tied the net pocket and tied it to her waist, waving her hands to swim to the sea.

The old turtle followed with a palm-sized fish, and Haizhu got on the boat, and he lay on the wooden ladder that sank under the water to gnaw the fish.

The tank was filled with water, fifteen small yellow croakers poured into it, Haizhu jumped off the boat with an empty net pocket and swam to the bottom of the sea, the old turtle twisted his neck to take a look, and then took another bite of fish meat and hurriedly followed.

A person and a turtle dived, the small yellow croaker floating on the sea surface was pecked by the swimming fish in the sea, a seabird rushed down in the air, a bite of the small yellow croaker that had been eaten, and a sea fish with blue and white scales on the claws drilled out of the water and fell on the board.

The schools of fish that had gathered on the surface of the sea dispersed, and the schools of yellow croakers that had escaped underwater gathered together after the dolphins left, and the dolphins had already followed the pearls to the bottom of the sea, and the schools of fish swam away with the current.

Dolphins scurry close to the bottom of the sea, but wherever they pass, they fly sand and rocks, and they plow out the octopuses, crabs, conchs, and seashells that hide on the bottom of the sand. But the sea water was so turbid that it was impossible to see, and Haizhu had to land on the reef and watch greedily.