"It's enough to cook porridge tomorrow morning, don't dig it." Haizhu straightened her waist, she took off her shoes and walked into the water, the sea water did not reach the instep, and she stomped her foot hard, and the water splashed mixed with fine sand.

"Wow, the water splashes my jaw." Changshou shouted, he took off his shoes and jumped into the water, saying, "I'm going to play in the water too." ”

"Just play by the water, don't run into the sea." Haizhu instructed.

Dongzhu and Feng Ping have taken off their shoes and gone into the water, the cool water is swinging in the instep, the soles of the feet step on the fine sand, arch with the toes, and are taken away under the washing of the water, the sand and gravel fall on the instep and disappear, like a small fish pecking at the surface of the feet, itchy and numb, making people unconsciously want to laugh.

Haizhu saw that Han Ji didn't go into the water, she kicked the water on him, and Changsheng also kicked when she saw it, and poured water on the person.

Haizhu took a step back, picked up a large handful of water and splashed it over, called on a few small ones to help together, and said, "Come on, beat him, we are a gang tonight, and we will bully him together." ”

"That's what you said?" Han Ji took a step back, turned around and inserted the lantern into the crack of the reef, he didn't take off his shoes, he strode directly into the water, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Come, see who bullies whom." ”

"Bullying you." Shiohei shouted excitedly.

Dongzhu and Fengping were silent, and directly expressed their meaning with their actions, stirring up the water and letting it go.

"Surround him." Chang Ming commanded while running, Han Ji stopped him with a stride, threw him into the water with his backhand, raised his chin, stared at the four Haizhu sisters and brothers, and said, "Who bullied whom?" ”

"Too arrogant, don't go near him." Haizhu laughed and shouted, bent down and splashed water at him, saying, "That's it, don't let him get close." ”

Changsheng's clothes and hair were all wet, and he had no worries, he became more and more energetic, and when others splashed water, he hugged his legs, and his second uncle wanted to arrest people, so he sat in the water and dragged people, shouting: "Quick, I will drag people for you, you splash him." ”

Dongzhu and Fengping Chaoping were happy to play and were not afraid of Han Ji, they thought that there was too little water in their hands, they picked up a big clam shell and played with a strong water, and they were panting and panting, and the water on their faces was not sweat or water, and it was salty when it flowed into the corners of their mouths.

"It's late at night, we're all back, can't you go back?" The passing aunt shouted loudly.

"It's getting late, stop playing, I want to play until dawn." An old man spoke up.

"Okay, let's go back now, you go first." Han Ji straightened up, he looked up at the sky, it was indeed not early, and said, "Haizhu, we should also go back." ”

"Okay, let's go back." Haizhu got up from the water, her whole body was soaked, and her hair was dripping wet, she was glad that she didn't wash her hair in the afternoon, otherwise it would have been washed in vain.

Dongzhu pulled Chaoping and Fengping together and walked up from the water, she found shoes in a pile of shoes and put them on, "Fengping yours, sister, yours, this is Chaoping, the last pair of shoes is long-lived." ”

There was still an old man standing behind the reef, Han Ji didn't rub it any longer, he took a bucket in one hand and a lantern in the other, and took the lead in leaving the beach.

When the old man saw that they were all gone, he continued to patrol along the seashore, and when he saw the people who were still chasing the sea, he shouted to drive people away, and met the gray-haired old woman halfway through, and said in a loud voice: "I have seen it all over there, and everyone is gone." ”

"I'll take another look, I'm not worried if I don't go there myself." The old woman carried a worn-out lantern around the people and continued to walk, the soles of her shoes crushed through the fine sand, and the wind made a small clattering sound.

"Don't stay by the sea for a long time, go back when you see it."

"Yes."

The old grandmother who spoke was the one who went to sea on Haizhu's boat last year, she had no children or grandchildren, she was alone at home, and she always felt that the days were long and the nights were long, and the days were difficult. Later, in order to kill time, I found something to do, pry oysters on the beach during the day, sell them for money, never bargain, and at night carry an old lantern eliminated by a restaurant to patrol the seaside to remind people who rush to the sea to go home.

At the end of the month, the waning moon was dusk, the night wind blew through the dots of light on the sea, and the night was darker, and the old lady shouted all the way. Seeing that there was indeed no one, she turned around and walked to the dock again, and when she arrived at the pier, she said hello to the guards who kept vigil, and went out of the town and returned to the village in the middle of the night.

When it was dawn, she appeared on the beach again, and the lantern in her hand was replaced by an iron rake.

"Grandma, I'll buy oysters." Dongzhu ran with the three fat cats, she glanced at the basin on the ground, handed over a copper plate, poured the oyster meat in the basin into the basin she brought, got up and said, "Grandma, I'm back, you help me watch my gluttonous cats." ”

"Okay, slow down."

"It doesn't matter, I've practiced martial arts, and the next game is stable, and no matter how fast I run, I won't fall."

At this time, the golden sunlight leaked through the clouds, and the old grandmother looked at Dongzhu's back, the light fell on the tips of her fluttering hair, and chased the young girl all the way away. She also felt that life was not difficult, and it would be good to live a few more years.

*

Qi Laosan went to the dock with Haizhu after dinner, and after the low tide, the fishing boats left, and he was still waiting for the passing merchant ships at the dock, a man patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Brother, don't take passengers to see killer whales today?" ”

Qi Laosan glanced at him, understood the meaning, and said, "There is something today, and there is something tomorrow, you rent a boat?" One hundred wen a day is rented to you. ”

"Done." But the man didn't have any money with him, so he asked if he could give it back tomorrow when he returned the ship.

"To my eldest niece." Qi Laosan pointed to the sea, "The one who brushes the teeth of the killer whale is the one." ”

The passing merchant ship came, Qi Laosan took someone to talk to Du Xiaowu, registered and received the ship, he hurriedly went to the dock to line up to check the household registration before boarding the ship.

The merchant ship made a large circle and crossed the territory of the killer whales to the west, and the passengers on board took the opportunity to see the orcas coming to the surface, and they bought live fish at the last pier and dumped them into the sea as they came.

The killer whales in the sea spew water in thanks, and uncritically devour the sea fish that fall into the water and escape, this kind of fish is too small to swallow without chewing.

"Hey—" The man on the merchant ship waved his hand at Haizhu excitedly, and said in a loud voice: "Girl, you are quite bold, are you not afraid that it will bite you?" ”

Haizhu raised her hand and waved, threw away the bamboo sticks and replaced the bristle brush and began to brush the teeth of the killer whales, from April to the end of August, as long as it was not a stormy day, she went to sea to brush the teeth of the killer whales, even a hundred killer whales should also finish brushing, but as long as she went out of the boat, there were guests waiting with their mouths open every day.

"Okay, the toothbrush is clean, rinse your mouth with water." Haizhu patted the killer whale's cheeks, and calculated that the killer whale should have brushed its teeth three or four times, and the mouth was not dirty, and correspondingly, the brushing time was shortened.

"Next." She leaned over the side of the ship and shouted.

The killer whale at the stern of the boat was reluctant to go, still waiting with its mouth wide open and showing a mouthful of sharp teeth, when a killer whale swam in, it called twice briefly, and the other party went around the water.

"It's clean." Haizhu was speechless and repeated: "Your mouth is clean, go hunting, the medical fee has not been paid, I want to eat the kind of fish sent yesterday, go catch it." ”

The killer whale still refused to leave, there was no way, Haizhu picked up the bristle brush and continued to brush it, deliberately brushed its tooth roots, scratched its tongue with the bristles, and made a tea effort, and then it left with a cheer.

The next killer whale immediately rushed out of the water, its mouth open, and the water inside flowed down with a bang.

"What ethnicity are you from? Yesterday a killer whale with a calf owed me a fish that was not given. Haizhu said to herself, in order to prevent this killer whale from being too short, she first brushed it with a bristle brush dipped in salt, inside and out, she patted the whale's gills, and the killer whale made a short sound, slowly sank into the water, rinsed her mouth very quickly, imitated the previous killer whale, and surfaced to open her big mouth.

"I knew it." Haizhu changed the bamboo skewers to remove the unbrushed residual meat, and then changed the bristle brush after a while, this time it was not dipped in sea salt, so as not to hurt the roots of their teeth.

The killer whale left satisfied, it left, Haizhu washed her hands and arms, ran upstairs and got into the cabin, and then there were killer whales to come, she didn't make a noise and didn't show up, half a day at most two whales.

The group of killer whales chirped loudly around the boat, sprayed water into the boat, and kept calling Haizhu. Haizhu lay on the wooden bed, looking out quietly through the window, they probably called for a cup of tea, and when they saw that she was silent, they stopped, sank into the sea and left.

Haizhu waited on the boat, and little by little, just as she was about to fall asleep, two whistles sounded on the sea, and the preying killer whales returned. She rolled over and got out of bed and ran down the stairs barefoot, and the killer whales were already at the stern, and they spit out the tuna from their mouths onto the board.

Haizhu smiled, boasted about a good whale and a good whale, and asked, "Wasn't your group who came over yesterday?" And what about killer whales with cubs? Planning to default? ”

The two killer whales let out a crisp grunt, said goodbye, and then plunged into the sea and left.

Haizhu waited for a while, no killer whales came again, she set sail in the direction of the island, halfway up the bottom of the boat suddenly sounded a crashing sound, she followed the sound probe to look over, "Old turtle? ”

The old turtle swam out from the bottom of the boat, rowing its fins vigorously, and followed the moving boat.

"Alas......" Haizhu didn't know what to say, "you, for the delicious fish...... Alas, I've never seen you be so enthusiastic about me. She cast a net to catch the turtle and got on the boat, twisted the sail to the dock, and went down to the bottom warehouse to get a kitchen knife.

"You haven't slept last night, have you? I've been thinking about it. Haizhu snorted coldly, cutting the fish meat along the place where it gnawed, she sat cross-legged on the board of the boat, and continued to mock: "You have been guarding the sea? The killer whale just walked on its front foot, and you swam on its hind foot? ”

The old turtle didn't raise her head when she ate, no matter what she said, it only ate fish meat and not fish skin.

When they arrived at the wharf, Haizhu's boat had just sailed into the bay, and the four restaurant shopkeepers who were sitting under the grass pavilion and enjoying the shade walked briskly, and their faces were all smiling when they saw the tuna on the board.

"Haha, two today." Shopkeeper Li beckoned to the guy he brought, "Quick, don't let the girl do it, you guys will carry the fish." Carry the fish into Bluestone Lane or into my restaurant? Let my restaurant go, there is a master chef cutting fish in the restaurant, Haizhu, you are tired for a long time, you sit aside and drink tea and rest. I got a good pot of tea last month, you can help me taste it later, don't fool me by the tea sellers. ”

Shopkeeper Li's words were denser than the sand on the beach, and the other three shopkeepers wanted to interrupt, but the words were suppressed by him loudly, and his voice was comparable to that of an old rooster crowing.

Seeing that the guy had already carried the fish off the boat, Haizhu had to say: "Let you cut it in the restaurant, leave half of it for me, and I'll take it back to the neighbors to divide it." ”

"The rest of us will be divided equally between the four of us, Lao Li, let the fish in your restaurant, and the head and tail of the fish will be counted for you, you have more, we have less." The shopkeeper immediately answered.

Shopkeeper Li ignored him, didn't even glance at him, he waited for Haizhu to get off the boat, and took her away from the dock quickly.

The other three shopkeepers hated it so much that they had to follow with a smile on their faces.

On the boat, the old turtle was full, and it leisurely climbed to the stern of the boat and plunged into the sea, swimming slowly in the direction of the island.

The ripples of the sea were not yet leveled, and the seabirds stationed on the pier flew onto the boat, swallowed the scraps in one gulp, and left the ship with their wings spread on the smooth skin, and the red-billed black-clawed bird, which was a step late, landed on the side of the ship and screamed roughly.

The two tuna totaled 413 catties, and there were 368 catties left after chopping off the head and tail, and Haizhu left 100 catties, collected 288 taels of silver, and returned to Qingshi Lane with the guy carrying the fish. Leave forty catties of fish and meat to eat at home, and sell the rest to the neighbors in the alley, thinking of Shen's second sister-in-law, Haizhu took ten catties of fish and meat to Shen's house, and only after a trip did I know that Shen Er's sister-in-law and Shen Huai had left home with their children after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The fish and meat were left, Haizhu left the Shen family with a few words of greeting to Shen's mother and Shen's sister-in-law, she went to the place where the road was built to find Han Ji, and said, "The killer whale sent tuna, I'll cook, you clean up and go back." ”

"How much do you keep at home? Is it enough to eat? Han Ji asked.

"Thirty pounds, you eat with your belly open."

Back to Qingshi Lane, Haizhu entered the house and found that cats, birds, and turtles were here, and it was rare for cats and birds to be in harmony.

"Do you have a good voice?" Haizhu asked.

The parrot chirped a few times, and its voice was still a little hoarse, much better than yesterday, "Haizhu, steam an apple for the bird." ”

Just when Dongzhu came back, Haizhu said, "Come and make a fire and steam a bowl of apples for the bird." ”

"Oh." Dongzhu knocked the bird's tail and said, "Lord Bird, the little one will go and prepare food for you." ”

"Well, step aside." The bird shook its tail.

Dongzhu knocked it again and said, "Say you're fat and you're still panting." ”

It's hot, Haizhu doesn't want to fry the fish, cut three pieces of fish for the cat, cut a lump for the turtle, and cut all the rest for the raw marinade, adjust an extra bowl of raw marinade, and pour the juice to eat when eating rice noodles.

The meal was ready, everyone came back, and Bei Niang also brought three plates of cold braised vegetables, two plates of vegetarian food, and one plate of shredded chicken.

Qi Laosan is gone, and he is still eleven people yesterday.

"Eat, there is enough fish for today." Haizhu took most of the steamed apples from the bird and handed them to Xingzhu, saying, "This is your lunch." ”

Two pots of raw pickled tuna, no one needs to be humble anymore, as long as they can eat it, they can eat it with an open stomach.

After a meal, Han Ji sighed, he was enjoying it.

"Little aunt, tell the killer whales tomorrow, and then change the fish, change the taste, I'm a little tired of eating." Longevity said.

"Really, killer whales can understand human speech?" Haizhu snorted, "You still ordered food, I'll take you on the boat tomorrow, and you go and talk to them." ”

"They don't listen to me, they only listen to you." Longevity grinned.

"Thinking too much, there was another killer whale yesterday who defaulted on my account." It's really not interesting, she earns all her hard-earned money.

Chapter 228: The Bird Calls the Pearl

When you fall asleep, the stars are sparse and the clouds are thick, and the rain falls in the middle of the night, and in the quiet night, the raindrops fall on the blue bricks and gray tiles and sandy land, and it is better to sleep with the sound of the wind.

The parrot leaned on the birdcage and fell asleep, the wind blew the birdcage, it was shaken awake, and when it opened its eyes, it saw that the lights were on in the yard, and the maid and the mother-in-law were moving the flowers and plants in the corner, and it stared blankly for a while, and after a while, it reacted and tweeted: "It's raining?" ”

"Well, it's raining." The maid who was waiting for it came from the cloister with light steps, stepped on the footstool to take down the birdcage, and said softly: "The rain is strong and the wind is strong, I will take your nest into the house, don't be afraid, don't fly around." ”

The bird looked up at the sky and asked, "Is it dawn?" ”

"No, it's only the middle of the night."

When the words fell, the parrot flew out of the cage and muttered, "The bird went and called Haizhu to collect his clothes." ”

"Ahh

The bird shrunk its neck in the rain, it flew into the courtyard of the Qi family, and happened to meet the three cats who were hunting at night and came back over the wall, It paused, and cautiously "meowed", no longer arrogant.