Dongzhu nodded and said, "I've been looking for a few days, maybe five or six days, and I'm slowly getting used to you not being at home, so she won't look for it." ”

"Will she come back in the evening? I don't know if I recognize it when I see it. Haizhu muttered.

After licking the chicken blood, the cat came in with half of the blood-stained hair, and the three cats licked each other's mouths, and the hair straightened out and rubbed their tails to the side of Haizhu's legs, meowing with their throats.

"Why are Xiaobai and Xiaogray's stomachs so bulging? Fattened or cubed? Haizhu raised his leg and said in disgust: "Don't rub it on my leg, it smells of blood." ”

"It's a cub." Grandma Qi came out and said that she was carrying a bucket of water and preparing to scald the chicken feathers, and said, "Haizhu, my uncle won't leave tonight, right?" The chickens were slaughtered, and in the evening they called their family to come over for dinner. Half a month ago, a ship from the north brought in half a shipload of porcelain, and I bought new dishes and soup bowls. ”

"Uncle?" Haizhu was stunned for a moment, and asked hesitantly: "The wedding date is set?" ”

"I forgot to tell you, his father and mother came over on the day of the Lantern Festival, and we agreed on the date, the eighth day of October, and said that it was chosen by my aunt." Grandma Qi ignored her surprise and said, "You have both been out to play for a month, it's good that the wedding date is set early, I won't worry about you when you get married, how you want to toss and how you want." ”

Haizhu heard the meaning of the words, and the old lady was still worried that she would not be able to control Han Ji, afraid that she would have a big belly before she got married, and finally end up with a bad reputation. After smiling the three small ones next to her, she didn't explain anything, turned around and said, "Don't prepare his meal, he won't spend the night in Yongning, and he will return to Fucheng later." As for Mrs. Hou, she also gave her a copy of coconut and live chicken, and I will shout when the meal is ready, and I will follow her if she comes or not. Dongzhu, you will go to Hongshi Village later, and call your mother to come over for dinner in the evening. ”

Dongzhu nodded, held the coconut and went out.

Feng Ping and Chaoping's eyes rolled and immediately followed.

This is going out to show off, Haizhu chuckled, she tied up her hair, took a coconut from the basket and pried it open with a knife, inserted a rice stalk and handed it to Second Uncle Qi, and said, "I brought it back according to the number of heads, each of them has one, try it." ”

Second Uncle Qi lowered his eyes, took the coconut and took a sip, and said, "It has a very special taste, and it looks strange, how can such a thick shell get so much water?" Is there a hole when it grows? The water is full and long? ”

"It's not rainwater, it's a ball, and I don't know how it's coconut water instead of apple-like pulp." Haizhu shrugged.

The big white cat jumped on Second Uncle Qi's legs, stretched out her paws to pull the coconut shell, Haizhu took it away and beat its hairy paws, she took a coconut from the basket and threw it on the ground for them to grind their claws.

"I'll go back to the house and sleep, don't wake me up if Han Ji comes over before he leaves." She confessed.

Second Uncle Qi responded.

Haizhu fell asleep for less than an hour, Han Ji changed his clothes and came over, he saw Grandma Qi plucking chicken feathers outside the door alone, and went back to call the two servants to come over to help, and told them to have a little bit of eyes.

"Haizhu fell asleep, but she hasn't woken up yet, and before she went to bed, she specially explained that you can't wake her up when you come." Second Uncle Qi said with a smile.

"Then let her sleep, she didn't sleep well on the boat. I came here to resign, and I have been gone for nearly a month, and there are still things waiting for me to deal with in Fucheng, and I will come back when the things over there are dealt with. Han Ji said in a low voice.

"You're busy, you don't have to be so polite, the people in our family don't care about those messy etiquette, if you're busy, you can leave, and it's not strange if you don't come to say hello." Second Uncle Qi pointed to the room behind him and said, "Haizhu is not a clingy character, she is not a person who will let herself be wronged, she has her things to do, she won't sulk if you don't come, you can be busy with your business with peace of mind, and it is important for you to have more things." ”

Han Ji nodded, he glanced into the room, and said, "I'll be here in a month at most." ”

When the person left, Second Uncle Qi nodded with satisfaction, this kid still cares a lot about Haizhu, otherwise he will come back after following his words. The word of emptiness is empty, as long as you have the heart, you will not be empty for a year.

……

The sound of chopping meat sounded in the kitchen, and Haizhu was woken up by the movement, and she opened her eyes to stare at the roof, which was swaying in her eyes. After sitting on the boat for a long time, her mind was shaking, and after shaking for a long time, she felt that the ground was shaking even when she stood on the flat ground. It wasn't until I was completely awake that the feeling of shaking dissipated, and I almost tripped and fell to the ground when I got out of bed with my shoes on.

"Haizhu, are you awake?" Second Uncle Qi shouted when he heard the movement.

"Wake up." Haizhu responded, she sat in front of the bronze mirror to comb her hair, and went to sea with the boat for a month, she became more and more tanned, grinned, and her teeth were white.

"Squeak", the door was pushed in, Haizhu looked through the mirror, no one came in, she turned her head in confusion, and a fat girl crawled in with drool.

"Ah, who are you?" Haizhu put down the comb and walked over, she squatted in front of Xingzhu, happily stretched out her hand, and said, "Do you still recognize me?" Big sister hug you up. ”

Xingzhu rolled over and sat up to avoid her hand, staring at her seriously with her big black eyes.

Haizhu retracted her hand, squatted face to face with her, and she observed carefully, and after a while, she asked, "I'm the eldest sister, remember me, right?" ”

Xingzhu ignored her and turned to crawl out.

Haizhu walked over to hug her, but she screamed loudly and didn't let her touch it.

"Haizhu, don't hug her, you can't see the dirty on your body, whoever hugs her will be dirty." Second Uncle Qi said, and then said Xingzhu: "Look at your stinky face, are you still happy if someone hugs you?" You looked for her before, and now that she's back, you won't let her touch it. ”

Qi Laosan heard the voice coming in from outside and said, "Haizhu, don't be suspicious of her, if you cold her for a while, you should not be able to see her, and after a while, she will come up by herself." ”

The big white cat jumped off the stool and stretched, and when he saw Xingzhu crawling over, he ran away.

Qin Jingniang and Bei Niang came out of the kitchen and saw Haizhu, Qin Jingniang said: "I lost a lot of weight on a trip, and I ate more chicken at night to make up for it." ”

Bei Niang nodded, and in a blink of an eye, she saw Xingzhu pinching a vegetable leaf and stuffing it into her mouth, she patted down the wall and pointed it to Qi Laosan, Qi Laosan immediately ran over in three or two steps to pick up his daughter, and sighed: "I'll change your clothes for you, you go to ride a turtle, okay?" ”

Haizhu stood at the door and watched for a while, this kind of excitement has not been seen for a long time.

It was already dark, the laughter of children in the alley outside the house was loud, flocks of birds in the sky were circling and flying into the distance, the sea breeze blew off their feathers, and the hexagonal lanterns shook in circles, and the distorted halo fell on the parrot's shiny feathers, and it spread its wings and shook its feathers.

"Uncle? At home? Haizhu shouted at the door.

The parrot heard the familiar voice, spread its wings and flew over, it circled over Haizhu's head, and asked excitedly, "Haizhu, are you here to pick up the birds?" ”

Apparently forgot about Haizhu's repeated refusal to raise it.

"You don't live here?" Haizhu stretched out his arm, and in the next moment, the bird fell.

She also felt strange that this parrot had been on a parrot with her, and since she told Han Ji in front of it that she didn't want to raise it, it had changed its way to let her adopt it. Want to prove its charm? Or has it been sought after for a long time, but it is interested in people who have it coldly, what is this called? The thrill of conquest?

The parrot did not answer her words, it smacked its beak and muttered some noise, and when it went to the eaves, it flew up to the cage and smacked water.

"Haizhu is here?" Mrs. Hou walked out, pointed to the parrot and said, "It comes with me and calls your name from time to time, do you want to take it back and raise it?" ”

Haizhu waved his hand and said, "There are too many people over there, and the neighbors who brought it back will come to see it, and there are three cats, so it's not good to be surprised." Uncle, I'm here to ask if you and Changsheng will go to my house for dinner, stewed coconut chicken tonight, steamed coconut crab. ”

"I also did it here, let Changsheng come with you, he likes to be lively, and I eat quietly alone."

"Okay." Haizhu was not reluctant, she went out to find Changshou.

When the parrot saw that she was gone, she had to follow, and Haizhu grabbed it and brought it back, put it in the birdcage and put it in the lock.

"Haizhu—" the parrot called out to her wryly.

Mrs. Hou was amused by it, what kind of bird is this, she is completely a quirky child. She grabbed a handful of melon seeds and peanuts and stuffed them into the bird cage, and said, "You live with me first, she will come to see you when she is free, and in another nine months she will become a member of our family, and you and her will be a family." ”

The parrot grabbed a peanut with its claws, and the beak of the bird pecked the shell with a slight snort, and it ate the peanut and drank saliva, and when it went out listening to the voice of Haizhu, it tilted its head and asked, "What is your name?" ”

"Mrs. Hou."

"Uncle—" It shouted after Haizhu.

Mrs. Hou laughed, stroked her palms and said, "Okay, you also call me to call my uncle, and you will follow her if she changes her words in the future." ”

"Madam, the back kitchen has brought food." The maid came over and said.

Mrs. Hou added some water to the bird's bowl and went out to the dining room. As soon as she walked on her front feet, the parrot poked out its paws from the cage and skillfully hooked the wooden lock, and the cage door pushed open and it did not leave, and continued to wait for the bird cage to eat melon seeds.

Next door, Qi Laosan moved the dining table and set it in the yard, and the crooked branches with lanterns were inserted in the sand pit, and the lanterns hung just above the table. Yu Laishun and Qin Jingniang each brought a pot of stewed chicken with coconut milk and put it on the table, and Bei Niang came over with a pot of steamed crab in one hand, and saw Xingzhu sitting honestly on the back of the turtle, so she didn't have to worry about the child.

"Come on, come on, sit down, there's no food in the kitchen." Grandma Qi put two plates of oily vegetable moss on the table and said, "I didn't cook tonight because I had a lot of vegetables, I ate more vegetables, and if I couldn't eat enough, I would cook rice noodles." ”

"Six chickens, how can there be enough to eat." Yu Laishun answered, "Dipping in the light of sea pearls, I will taste what the chicken of Qiongya tastes like." ”

Qin Jingniang scooped a bowl of chicken for him and asked him to eat more vegetables and talk less.

Haizhu also scooped a bowl of chicken in front of him, took another crab, and said: "The coconut crabs of Qiongya live on the shore, they do not go to the sea, they also climb trees, climb coconut trees and eat coconut meat, for this reason, they are also trained to be good helpers for picking coconuts." Haizhu described to the others how tall the coconut tree was, pointed to the coconut shell buried in the sand pile in the corner, and said, "The coconuts I brought back are all picked by crabs, and I specifically specified that only crabs can pick coconuts." ”

"Really?" Dongzhu was excited, it was fun to listen to, she couldn't imagine that the crab would climb a tree to pick coconuts, and the coconut water in her mouth became sweeter and sweeter.

Haizhu nodded and said, "I didn't believe it when I first started listening to Han Ji, until I saw them climb the tree with my own eyes at night. ”

"I'm going to go to Qiongya in the future to see crabs climbing trees and picking coconuts." Chaoping said.

"I'm going too." Life should be peaceful.

"Go, go, eat first." Grandma Qi spoke, she scooped a piece of chicken wings with a spoon, turned her hand into the Haizhu bowl, turned her head and said to Dongzhu, "The next one is for you." ”

"It's all for my sister, when she was away, my third aunt's stewed chicken, chicken wings were all eaten by me." Dongzhu waved her hand, the chicken stewed in coconut milk was very tender, even the chicken thigh meat was not stuffed with teeth, she took a chicken thigh, tore the chicken skin for Fengping to eat, she only ate meat.

Everyone was eating happily, Xingzhu suddenly opened his throat and cried, Qi Laosan turned around and said, "I forgot you, wait a while." With that, he poked the meat with a chicken leg, and handed her the chicken bone to grind her teeth.

"You can give her the soup too, right?" Haizhu said.

"Leave her alone, we'll eat ours first, and feed her when we're done." Qi Laosan waved his hand, he was fed up with the days of holding the baby with one hand and eating with the other, and now he doesn't touch the child every time he eats.

Haizhu glanced over, the big turtle was quite docile, and it lay silently on its back with the star bead on its back, completely using itself as a stool.

Six chickens gnawed on a table of chicken bones, and when the table was cleaned up after dinner, Yu Laishun came over with a bamboo basket to pick up the chicken bones, and said: "Xiao Huang is still guarding the door at home, and the chicken bones are brought back for it to eat." ”

Haizhu took out a portion of the things she brought back and asked Qin Jingniang to take them back, opened the wooden box containing the apples, she took a basin and scooped five or six of them, cut them into pieces and put them on plates for others to take and eat. Assigned to Xingzhu, she paused for a moment and walked away directly with the apple.

"Ahh Xingzhu shouted.

"Call sister, call her and give it to you." Qi Laosan said.

Haizhu brought a stool and sat not far from Xingzhu, she took an apple in one hand, took a bite and deliberately smacked her mouth loudly, saying, "It's so sweet, sweet and crisp, it's delicious." ”

Xingzhu stared at it, saliva flowed unconsciously in her mouth, the chicken bones in her hand were not fragrant, and she threw them away casually and sucked her fingers instead.

"Do you want to eat Xingzhu?" Haizhu handed out the apple, retracted his hand and said, "If you don't eat it, then I'll eat it." ”

The others looked at the fat girl sitting on the turtle's back with a smile, and when they saw her eagerly stretching out their hands, they couldn't wait to climb off the turtle's back, and crawled towards Haizhu without a reserved grin.

Qi Laosan got up and poured a bucket of water on the turtle's back, and Bei Niang took a wet handkerchief and went over to wipe Xingzhu's hands.

Haizhu picked up Xingzhu and sat on her lap, handed her an apple to hold and nibble, and said, "Are you teething?" ”

"I grew two, and when I got teeth, I started to cratle." Qi Laosan came over and pulled Xingzhu's fat face, pointed to Haizhu, and asked, "Do you recognize who she is now?" ”

Haizhu turned her face, Xingzhu stared at her, and when she saw her smile, the little girl grinned and buried her face in embarrassment.

"What are you ashamed of?" Haizhu smiled heartily, dug out the little girl buried in her arms, and said, "I haven't seen you for a month, but you have grown up a lot." ”

Chapter 203: Underwater Forest

Haizhu rested at home for three days, and on the morning of the fourth day, she sailed out to sea, separated from Qi Laosan at the dock, she sailed to the island alone, thinking of the old turtle, I don't know if it is still avoiding her.

Before the tide is low, there is no one on the beach on the island, chickens can be heard in the trees, and the old turtle swims into the sea at dawn to hunt for fish and shrimp washed up on the island by the tide. When the waves changed, it craned its neck to look out from the water, and the black bottom of the boat sank into the water, approaching the island at great speed.

"Old tortoise?" Haizhu stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the beach, there was no shadow of an old turtle on the beach, but there were traces of crawling.

"Already in the sea to hunt?" She was talking to herself, and was wondering whether to leave, when there was a crashing sound from the side of the boat, and she looked down at the old turtle with its fins and neck cocked.

"I thought you went to the bottom of the ocean." Haizhu cast a net to catch it up, turned its head and twisted the sail, and the bow of the ship moved with the sail, turning around on the spot.

The direction was adjusted, Haizhu tied the rope and lifted her legs away from the bow of the boat, but unexpectedly, the soles of her hind feet were bitten, she tripped and stumbled, and the old turtle was also led forward, and her neck was dragged to the longest.

"What are you biting me for?" Haizhu took off her shoes and stood barefoot on the board, she stared at the old turtle that bit the soles of her shoes and didn't let go, and said with a rake: "Who told you to hide from me, I planned to take you out with me before leaving, but I couldn't find you." ”

The old turtle understood where he could understand, and when he was angry, he loosened his mouth, and shook his neck and lay on the bow of the boat without moving.

Haizhu put on his shoes and took out a coconut crab from the bucket, this kind of crab does not live in the sea, digging the bucket sand and giving some vegetable leaves and grass stalks to mince flesh and peels. She smashed the shell and broke out the fresh crab meat to feed the turtle, and said, "Taste it, I brought it back to you on purpose, the crab meat has the sweetness of coconut, but unfortunately you didn't come with me, you can only eat one to taste." ”

The old turtle opened its mouth and swallowed it, chewed it twice, swallowed it, and crawled to Haizhu's side with its fins to wait for her to continue feeding. Haizhu also sat down cross-legged, and the crab meat and crab paste entered the old turtle's mouth, and the crab shell was thrown into the sea, floating on the surface of the sea and swaying with the water waves.