A man and a turtle sat quietly in the bow of the ship in the morning sun, the mist shrouded in the sea dissipated little by little, the sun sprinkled on the sea surface and fell to the bottom of the sea, and the sea water became more and more blue and clear.

The boat floated on the sea for a long time, Haizhu first took the old turtle to Yandao for a trip, when the familiar cliff cave appeared, terrible memories poured into the turtle's brain, the old turtle lost his calm, and was about to bite Haizhu in the back, while also climbing away from the bow of the ship in a panic.

Haizhu touched the gnawed leg, stood up and looked at the sea, she mainly came to see if there were any killer whales to ask for help. On the other hand, killer whales often haunt this area, and the shark does not dare to make a mistake, so she wants to go down to the bottom of the sea to see.

After collecting the sails and stopping the boat, the boat stopped outside the cliff cave, Haizhu took a headscarf to cover her hair, took a newly bought net bag, tied the soles of her shoes covered with iron nails, and plunged into the sea with a pointed axe. She first sank into the sea and swam around, and when she looked at the bottom of the sea, the sea seemed to be foggy, and the further down the fog became, the thicker it became.

There were no killer whales underwater, and Haizhu swam out of the sea again, and shouted at the bow of the boat to call the old turtle to go to the sea.

The old turtle hesitated and hesitated, but out of trust in her, he slowly climbed to the side of the boat and plunged down, and one turtle swam happily and cautiously to the bottom of the sea.

Halfway through the swim, Haizhu turned his head to look up, the upper layer of the sea water was no longer clear and bright, the sea water became gray, the fish swam by, and the light dimmed for a moment. The old turtle looked at her and took the lead and rushed to the bottom of the sea.

"You're brave again." Haizhu followed, and with the posture of the old turtle, there was no danger at the bottom of the sea.

The further down the sea water became, the more turbid it became, and the sea water was still mixed with fine sand, and a black shadow was revealed in the sea not far away, Haizhu put away his arm and raised the pointed shovel, and before he could move, he saw a manta ray bigger than a dustpan floating over, it fell into the sea like a cloth, floating around with the current.

The manta ray has never seen anyone, and it is not panicked when it sees the sea pearl, but when it realizes that the turtle is catching up, it flappes its pectoral fins, and suddenly flies out lightly in the seawater, and disappears in an instant.

Haizhu and the old turtle continued to dive, and encountered a manta ray floating in the water as if asleep, this one is bigger, no wonder killer whales come to this sea area every year to hunt, this should be the habitat of manta rays.

Further downstream, Haizhu saw kelp blades, and downstream along the floating kelp, she came to the underwater forest. It's no wonder that the bottom of the sea is as dark as a thick fog, and there are countless kelp seaweeds growing here, the longest of which is two or three feet high.

The kelp is as tall as a giant tree, and the seaweed is all over the seabed like an overgrown weed, and the sea urchin attaches to the kelp, revealing its fangs to gnaw on the stems and leaves of the kelp, and the kelp leaves are mottled and full of gnawed tooth marks.

The old turtle found a clump of fresh seaweed, and he swam over and dragged a lump of seaweed to swallow it, and Haizhu picked it up with a pointed shovel. She stood at the bottom of the sea, the clatter of iron nails falling on the reef, and the passing fish curiously swam to her feet to listen to the sound.

Haizhu waved his hand to open it, opened the net pocket and chose a big sea urchin like picking green shells, pinched the thorns and threw them into the net pocket, one after another. She moved her eyes, and the sea urchins were thrown into the net pocket one by one, and she didn't stop until she filled a full bag. tied the net pocket and threw it on the reef, Haizhu took out another net bag and began to catch large crabs and shrimp, and she didn't want the small ones.

The turtle swam over and slammed into her buttocks, its mouth open, and its carefully selected sea urchin fell in front of her eyes. Haizhu skillfully opened the sea urchin for it, got up and dragged a few more from the kelp, and quickly opened the shell and placed it next to the old turtle.

The smelling sea fish approached him, and the old turtle did not drive away, but he ate the sea urchin with a group of fish of various colors, and after the sea urchin finished eating, it went to find the sea pearl, and a group of fish also followed and mixed a big meal.

The two net pockets were full, Haizhu carried one in one hand, shouted to the old turtle, one person and one turtle went upstream, and the stupid fish that ate sea urchins also followed behind the turtle, crossed the sea and took the lead and stopped following, and turned back to the bottom of the sea.

When she got out of the water, she looked at the sun first, and she dived up and floated and was on the bottom of the sea for about half an hour. On the boat, she poured sea urchins and shrimp and crabs, Haizhu took off her clothes and stood on the board to move her body, and at the same time raised the sails and floated by the boat, and when her body recovered, she lowered the sails, put on her clothes, took her things, and took the old turtle to the bottom of the sea.

The sea water in the place of this dive is clear, avoiding a dark blue jellyfish, Haizhu followed the old turtle to the bottom of the sea, there is still some distance from the bottom of the sea, it is excited to speed up.

At the bottom of the sea are mountains of spider crabs, they are piled together and crawl slowly, and the manta rays float above the crab pile, and they keep flying into the crab pile, and the crab pile is smashed apart, and they eat the crab meat in a big gulp.

The old turtle also rushed in to get a piece of the pie, and the shelled crabs had no power to resist when they encountered natural enemies, and they kept squeezing into the crab pile, and the further down the crab was, the safer it was.

Haizhu remembers that when she went to sea three years ago, she encountered migrating spider crabs, and they moved their habitat, but they encountered manta rays. She opened her net pocket to pick up crabs along the edge, the spider crab had no shell, it was soft, and it didn't need to be peeled when steamed, two or three bites of one, just thinking about it, Haizhu was full of mouth.

The two net pockets were full, Haizhu swam to the sea with one in one hand, thinking of the blue jellyfish floating in the sea, she took the old turtle and left together, let it swim in front to lead the way, it can avoid the jellyfish tentacles floating in the water.

Haizhu took the old turtle to the bottom of the sea - the boat turned back five times, the water tank, bucket, jar, pot, and basin in the bottom warehouse were all used, and two net pockets and a fishing net were filled with crabs tied to the stern of the boat and thrown into the sea, and then she set sail back with satisfaction.

There was no one at sea, so she took off her clothes and hung on the side of the boat, and lay on the board with her hair scattered, dried her hair and curled it high, and then put on her clothes and sat on the bow of the boat with the old turtle to blow the wind.

The old turtle was overwhelmed, it leaned up its neck and opened its mouth to burp, Haizhu took off her shoes and erected it to cushion its neck, and said with a smile: "Believe you, big sister killer whale, this is a good place." ”

The old turtle had been with her for three years, and for the first time she had seen it hold up like this.

The boat traveled at sea for half a day, and arrived at the island at sunset. At this time, the sunset in the sky is all over the sky, the clouds are like fire, the clouds that are rotten like cotton wool at the bottom are burning with a raging fire, black smoke is rising, and the clouds above are black and gray, no wonder there is a saying that the clouds are burning.

The children on the island were chasing the sea on the beach, picking up what they saw, and what they couldn't eat, they smashed and fed the chickens, ducks, and pigs. Haizhu released the old turtle into the water, and it swam to the island by itself, and she went to the bottom warehouse to carry a bucket of half-dead spider crabs to the children on the island.

"Just put the bucket on the edge of the old turtle's sand pit, I'll pick it up myself next time I come over." She confessed.

"Thank you, Sister Haizhu."

"Well, don't eat dead crabs, feed chickens and ducks when crabs die." She instructed.

Haizhu picked up the oar and pushed the boat away, before the boat turned around, a fishing boat came, the man on the boat greeted Haizhu, he jumped into the water to help her push the boat that touched the bottom.

Haizhu thanked him.

"Uncle Ding, don't send us rations, the eggs and duck eggs we sell are enough to buy food to eat." Said the kid on the island.

The man dragging the fishing boat carried a bag of brown rice and a bag of rice noodles on his shoulder, and the grain bag weighed him so much that he couldn't raise his head, and his voice was still strong: "You haven't grown up yet, the clan should give it, eat more, grow taller and gain fatter." ”

Haizhu turned around, the man carried the grain bag to the island and disappeared into the trees, and the boy girl on the beach dragged the anchor to the reef.

The boat carried her far away, and the island's voices became muffled.

Chapter 204: Welcome Bird

Qi Laosan set up a stall to sell fish at the dock, he pushed a wooden cart, and people sat on the rafters, and when there were no customers, he looked up at the sea. Seeing Haizhu's boat returning, he said hello to the stall owner next door and pushed the wooden cart to the bay.

The anchor dropped the ship, he picked up the anchor and dragged the boat to the shore, the bow of the ship hit the reef, he dragged the anchor to the reef and smashed it into the dirt.

"I came back late today, we thought you would come back at noon." He said as he stepped on the bow of the boat.

"Running far, I have gained a lot today." Haizhu led him to the stern of the boat, untied the fishing net and dragged it with him, and the crab got out of the water, struggling to flip, and made a "clattering" sound in its mouthparts.

Crabs full of nets were carried down the wooden carts, and the guards, the vendors, and the owners of the fishing boats were all pumping in amazement.

Haizhu dragged a net of crabs from the sea with a smile on his face, and instructed Qi Laosan to go to the bottom warehouse to carry a bucket and a basin.

The wooden cart was sealed with an arm's high wooden board on three sides, the crabs were poured directly into the carriage, and Haizhu carried the empty bucket to the water tank in the bottom warehouse to fish for sea urchins, and the sea urchins were filled with two buckets and leftovers.

"Haizhu, where did you run to cast your net?" Someone asked.

"I went to the sea to fish, and I encountered spider crabs molting, and the crabs were piled up like a small hill." Haizhu carried the bucket trailer rafters and said, "In the evening, I will make a crab feast, and everyone will come to cheer for it, and each person will have a tael of silver, and you can eat as you like." ”

"Not going for takeout?" Shopkeeper Li asked.

"I'll go to sea tomorrow, and I'll sell it to you if I catch it again." Haizhu promises.

"I can't go to sea tomorrow, the water officer said that tomorrow will change the sky." Qi Laosan came over with two buckets of sea urchins and shrimp and crabs.

"It's going to rain? Then you won't go to sea. Haizhu gave Shopkeeper Li a look, she went to the bottom warehouse to walk around, and picked up half a pot of shrimp, crab and sea urchin that fell on the board, and then got off the boat and left.

"Brother, the bucket will be sent home for you tomorrow." Qi Laosan said to the person who borrowed the barrel.

"It doesn't matter, you use it first, there are many buckets at home, and there is no shortage of these two."

At the fish stall, the fishermen who helped watch the stall stood up and shouted, "Third child, don't you want the rest of the fish?" ”

"Yes, I'll come back later."

Walking to the door of Jiubei Restaurant, Haizhu took out a bucket of soft-shell crabs and gave it to Shopkeeper Li, saying, "This bucket is not money, I will give it to you to eat, there are dead crabs in it, you can choose." ”

"Dead crabs can be eaten, not river crabs, sea crabs can be eaten as long as they don't stink when they are dead." Shopkeeper Li shook the bucket and muttered, "The dead crabs are fried, the live crabs are steamed, and I will call the two old brothers to come over at night to drink and eat crabs." ”

Turning into the bluestone alley, before the people walked in, the fishy smell of sea crabs drifted in with the wind first, and the women who were choosing vegetables in the alley raised their heads one after another, and saw Qi Laosan pulling a car full of crabs, and they were shocked and didn't know what to say.

"Don't cook, come to eat a crab feast at night, you can eat as much as you like for one or two silver per person, and children under the age of ten only need three hundred Wen." Haizhu said.

"You've captured all eight generations of crab ancestors?" Hong Shanniang lost the leeks in her hand, there was food at the door of her house, and she didn't have to cook.

"Spider crabs molt, a large group of them let me meet, all of them have no shells, and you don't need to peel their shells when you eat them." A cat smells something fishy and runs out, and Haizhu picks two dead crabs and throws them at it.

The big white cat at home howled sharply, it was another little yellow, extremely protective of food, and couldn't see other cats eating their own things.

The tanuki cat dragged the dead crab into the house, and its owner pointed at the big white cat and scolded: "Next time you come to my house to eat fish, I will beat you." ”

Mrs. Hou heard the movement in the courtyard and came out, and the parrot also flew out after her, and it landed on the wall and looked down, and scolded in a rough voice: "Dead cat." ”

Haizhu raised her eyes and glared at it, "What are you talking about?" Who did you learn from? ”

"At noon, he sneaked out of the house and ran to your house to look for you, and was so caught by your three cats that his wings were about to fly off." Mrs. Hou thought it amused, and she sat in the yard that afternoon to play a rack for cats and birds.

Haizhu threw three dead crabs to feed her cat, Qi Laosan pushed the cart into the door, she took a crab and beckoned to the parrot, "Do you eat crabs?" ”

The parrot was stunned by the cat on the ground, and it stood on the wall and walked around, but it didn't dare to go down.

In the next yard, Xingzhu climbed out of the house, and met a big turtle crawling out with a turtle fin, she climbed on the back of the turtle slipperily, and the big turtle slowly climbed out of the door with the baby on her back.

Xingzhu saw Haizhu let out a loud "ah", and she sucked her fingers and said something that only she could understand.

"You're calling me?" Haizhu went over and picked her up and asked, "Are you hungry or thirsty?" ”

The big turtle is not affected by people, and crawls into the yard following the fishy smell, and the gray cat licking its paws jumps on the back of the turtle, sits on the turtle's back and continues to lick its fur.

The parrot slid its eyes, jumped up to the roof along the wall, hung its claws on the fishing net, and then turned back to the wall, walked up to the courtyard wall of the Qi family step by step, stretched its neck to watch the cat eat crabs on the back of the turtle.

The big white cat jumped up to the wall out of nowhere, and the parrot was so frightened that it "quacked", spread its wings and swooped back.

"You can all play on stage, noisy people." Mrs. Hou entered the yard and chatted with the birds, "You tell me the truth, your master deliberately let you go, right?" I'm thinking you're too noisy. ”

"He's a bad guy, so the birds won't follow him." Parrots are not excited.

"Yo, do you know what a good guy is and what a bad guy is?" Mrs. Hou took the fan in the maid's hand and continued to ask, "Tell me, how is he bad?" ”

The parrot doesn't answer, spreads its wings and pecks at the water to clean its feathers.

"Don't say I'll call the cat." Mrs. Hou laughed and teased.

"It doesn't know so much." The old lady answered.

As soon as her words fell, the parrot flew away, hovering over the yard and whispering, "Bad guys—bad people—bad people—"

The tone is longer than the other.

The children in the alley were attracted to it, and they stood outside the wall and looked up at the talking birds in the sky, and some people threw peanuts at it.

The parrot ignored it, it turned its head and flew towards the courtyard of Haizhu's house, shouting at the top of its voice: "Haizhu-Haizhu-"

"Haizhu is taking a bath, what are you shouting?" Qi Laosan replied casually.

Mrs. Hou brought the old lady over, and the old lady raised her eyes and stared at the bird that landed on the roof, this bird was so weird, she was always panicked.

"Come back with me, there are a lot of cats here, and if they catch you, you'll eat you." Mrs. Hou shouted.

The parrot ignored her, and it stared at the turtle in the yard, where there was no one and no cat on its back.

There was a commotion in the yard, Haizhu hurriedly came out of the bath, she wiped her hair and stood at the door to see, the turtles in the yard were eating crabs, the children were grabbing the crab legs and crawling happily, Qi Laosan followed behind to pick up the children, the cat flicked its tail and stood on the wall staring at the birds falling on the ridge, and the others squatted in the yard in a circle to wash crabs.

For the first time, she felt that the yard was too small.

"Haizhu!" The parrot was excited when he saw the man, and flew down with its wings, but its paws were hooked, and it fell on the gray tile with a bang, and the cat saw the opportunity and swooped over.

"Oops, hey, cat! Great! Hold it! Little white and little gray! Give it all down to me! ”

"Hurry up and stop it with a bamboo pole."

"Mimimi—" A crab tossed onto the roof.

For a while, people turned over on their backs, those who took bamboo poles took bamboo poles, those who carried ladders moved ladders, those who shouted cats shouted cats, and Xingzhu sat in the corner and giggled.