Huang Chengcheng's rice grains were put on the plate, Haizhu walked out of the kitchen with crab roe rice, she told Han Ji about the things on the dock, and said, "When are you going to the deep sea?" I'll go too, take the turtle, it wants to go down to the sea with me. ”

"The birds go too." The parrot interjected with a thud.

"Where?" Dongzhu came out and heard the question.

"Go to the island in the deep sea to catch chickens, ducks and pigs and sell them back, do you want to go? Discuss it, you can go if you want to go, and I won't take you with your sister to the north after the year. Han Ji entered the house and said.

"Can you change it? We're not going to go this time, and we're going north with us next time? Feng Ping asked, the more he refused to go, the more curious he became.

Han Ji waved his hand, no, there were too many tails, Haizhu went to take care of her younger brothers and sisters, and his eyes and heart were not on him.

"Then let's go to the deep sea, and we'll go to the island to catch chickens and ducks." Longevity said.

"Is it safe?" Grandma Qi was not at ease.

Han Ji was silent, and he couldn't give any guarantees, so he could only say: "Sooner or later, they will all go to sea." ”

"Let them go, keep them at home all the time, and their hearts will be narrow." Second Uncle Qi spoke.

Grandma Qi was silent.

"Let's eat." Haizhu sat down, she put the crab roe rice on the low table beside her, and sent the bird to guard it, "Eat it when it's cold, don't burn your throat and tongue." ”

When people eat, the birds are guarding on the side, and when the people are finished, it is also full, and the remaining uneaten crab roe rice is packed in an oiled paper bag, Haizhu stuffs the oiled paper bag into the birdcage, and says: "Keep watch at night, be careful of mice to steal food, the taste is too fragrant." ”

The bird listened, so he squatted in the birdcage all night to sleep, and closed the birdcage door tightly, for fear that the rat would come in and steal food.

Without its disturbance, Haizhu and Han Ji spent another happy night.

The next day, she sailed to Fucheng, Haizhu also carried the old turtle on the boat and took it away, on the boat she asked about Gu Fuzi who was escorted back, Dongzhu said: "I took the island to meet the old general, the old general took people away, I heard that it seems to be a big prison." ”

"It's time to cut off the head of the dog thief." Haizhu said viciously, catching a glimpse of the bird approaching the old turtle, she hurriedly shouted: "Mingzhu, what are you doing?" Don't bully the old turtle, if you peck it again, I'll beat you. ”

"Birds don't peck." The parrot took the opportunity to fly to the back of the turtle, and it comfortably picked at the shell with its claws and said, "Go, go." ”

The old turtle climbs under the wooden ladder, it is not as good as the big turtle, it can't bite the bird, it borrows the wooden ladder to hit the bird, the bird scolds and flies away, it can't get out of the wooden ladder.

Approaching noon, they arrived at the wharf of Fucheng, and the group got off the boat to eat on the street, and before they reached the street, they saw two officials guarding about twenty unkempt prisoners throwing stones on the seashore, one of them was crying while smashing, Haizhu recognized the person, and he was a glamorous teacher ten days ago.

"Well deserved." Dongzhu snorted.

Xingzhu followed suit, and when she saw the seller of fried chestnuts, she shouted loudly: "Sister, buy it." ”

Han Ji immediately paid for it and asked Changsheng to lead her over.

Find a restaurant to eat, after the meal, I led the carriage to the dock to move the turtle to the carriage, and bumped all the way back to the Admiral's Mansion in the city, and the mansion was lively again, and Mrs. Hou was happy to smile.

After staying in Fucheng for three days, Han Ji took the original team, ordered fifty soldiers, and drove two official ships to leave Fucheng and go to the island standing in the deep sea.

The boat encountered the first island after two days at sea, and before the boat stopped, it heard the rooster and duck chirping, and went around the island and found that there were many chickens and ducks of different sizes on the island, and even seabirds mixed in the flock of chickens and ducks.

"Chickens and ducks lay eggs and are hatched again, so there are constantly chickens and ducks breaking their shells, they are of different sizes, these land-walking birds should be birds laying eggs in the chicken nest duck nest, birds recognize chickens and ducks as their mothers." Han Ji said that he also knew a lot about breeding chickens and ducks, and he thought he had a lot of insights into chickens and ducks hatching eggs and breaking their shells.

"In the future, you don't have to worry about the chickens and ducks on the island, people who patrol the sea and the island pass by every month, go to the island and scatter a few bags of wild grass and vegetable seeds, let them grow in the wild, and come to harvest them once at the end of the year." Haizhu said.

"Get on the boat, and catch the island when you get back." Han Ji said.

Everyone boarded the boat, and the official boat continued to go to the deep sea, and the dolphins that surfaced not far away to ventilate noticed the movement here, and followed far behind.

There were four islands, and after six days of sailing to the farthest island, they ate dinner on the boat and went up to the island when it was dark. The chickens and ducks are all blind in the dark, the lantern is flickering, and the position is grabbed with one hand and stuffed directly into the fishing net, and the big pig is also tied up and carried onto the boat.

"me! There are snakes. Someone not far away screamed.

Han Ji strode over with the lantern and asked, "Didn't you bite it?" Didn't I have you wrap your arms and legs in a thick linen? ”

"I didn't bite the meat, the snake's teeth hung on the linen." The speaker pinched the head of the snake, and the body of the snake was wrapped around his arm.

"That's good." Han Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

The bird flew over to take a look and flew away, and it went to report the situation to Haizhu: "I didn't bite the meat, the snake is a big snake." ”

"You go and keep a sentry for Feng Ping and Changlife, and help them keep an eye on the snake." Haizhu said.

Birds don't want to.

"They are too short, the snake can bite their necks when they stand up, I am different from Dongzhu, we are tall."

The bird felt justified, and it flew over, and when it passed, it called out to the dwarf.

After working for most of the night, more than 50 people carried chickens, ducks and pigs on the boat, and caught half a bag of snakes, cut off the heads of the snakes, and handed them to the cook to let her slaughter a few chickens and stew two pots of soup with the snakes.

The soup was stewed and the day was bright, more than 50 people each picked up their own bowls to scoop up the noodles and make soup, tired all night, hungry and sleepy, and they were not in the mood to talk during the meal, so they quickly sucked a bowl of noodles, filled their stomachs with hot sweat, covered the quilt and slept directly on the board.

The two main and two pairs of four helmsmen slept all night last night, and while everyone slept, they were in charge of the sails and led the official ship back, and less than an hour after the ship sailed, a thick fog suddenly rose on the sea.

Han Ji's head hurt when he was woken up, he put on his clothes and opened the door to go out, and when he saw the thick mist, he muttered, "Where did this boat come from?" ”

"Not far from the island, the sea suddenly became foggy, Major General, do you think we will lower our sails on the spot and wait for the fog to clear, or go back to the island to dock? My suggestion is to go back to the island, now the fog is heavy, it may not be dispersed until noon, if the wind rises halfway, when the fog clears, the ship does not know where to go. ”

As soon as Han Ji wanted to say let's turn back, she heard the hatch next door open, Haizhu and the bird came out, she also heard the helmsman's words, and asked, "Will the turnaround go in the wrong direction?" ”

"Even if you go astray, if you have an island as a mark, you can get it back, not far away." Said the helmsman.

The dolphin in the sea finally identified Haizhu, and it approached the bow of the boat and jumped out of the water to chirp.

Haizhu glanced at it, and now she didn't have time to pay attention to it, she asked the parrot if she recognized the direction when she came, "We have birds and turtles, turtles can tell the direction when they are put in the sea, birds fly in the sky, it should be no problem to slow down, I suggest moving on." ”

The helmsman looked at Han Ji, Han Ji looked at the parrot, and the parrot whispered, "Remember the place where the bird flies." ”

But it came by boat.

"Try it, come back if you go astray, the bird knows the way." Haizhu said.

"Let's try it, we're not sure what the weather will be next." Han Ji made a decision, he was afraid that the dense fog would last for a few days, and he was even more afraid that the sky would change after the fog.

Haizhu changed her clothes and moved her body, she took the old turtle into the sea, and as soon as she entered the water, the dolphin came over, and it swam around Haizhu excitedly.

"You know me?" Haizhu took the turtle to swim in the water, she stared at the dolphin and recalled carefully, it was silver-gray, not the group of dolphins she knew the year before last, she dived into the sea and glanced carefully, it was male, she suddenly said: "You are the dolphin I rescued from the bully killer whale?" Did you survive? ”

The dolphin lifted her up and carried her to swim in the sea, and the old turtle hurriedly followed, and the birds in the air followed.

Han Ji was anxious on the boat, and in a blink of an eye, he couldn't see anyone, he shouted loudly: "Haizhu-"

"Yes, I'm on the back of a dolphin." Haizhu sent the bird back, "Let the boat follow, and the dolphin will recognize the way." ”

After a cup of tea on the back of the dolphin, Haizhu was cold, she slid off the back of the dolphin, swam to the side of the boat and took the old turtle on board, so that the bird could fly with the dolphin.

The helmsman is terrified, and the boat follows the dolphins? He was afraid that when the fog cleared, the ship would not be able to find its way in the vast sea.

Most of the soldiers on the ship woke up, their bedding was wet with fog, and their hair was also covered with water droplets, but no one cared about this at this time, and they all stared at the foggy sea in a daze.

I don't know how long the boat went, the chickens and ducks on the other boat stopped croaking, and suddenly a golden light penetrated in front, and before the people could react, the bird flying in front shouted: "The sky is clear." ”

The ship sailed out of the thick fog as if it had penetrated a barrier, the bow of the ship was covered with a dazzling golden light, and the stern was still stuck in the thick fog, and everyone on board was surprised that it was not the whole sea that was foggy.

The warm light sprinkled on the people, and the mist wrapped around the hair dissipated little by little, but the dense fog in the sea area behind was still there, and the mist at the edge was dried by the sun, and there was a thick fog squeezed out.

"What the fuck." Someone scolded.

"It's just a weather phenomenon, it's raining in front of the door and sunny weather behind the house." Haizhu explained, "There are ghosts on the sea and everyone's compatriots, how can they harm us." ”

"That dolphin may have been sent by our fisherman." Someone joked that he looked into the sea and said, "Huh", "What about dolphins?" ”

"Tired, hungry." The bird cries out tiredly.

Haizhu picked up the bird and walked up to the cabin, saying: "I've been nervous for a long time, continue to sleep, I'm going to sleep, don't call me when I eat, I'll wake up and eat." ”

She wiped the feathers of the birds, Han Ji poured water for the birds, Dongzhu and Fengping were busy peeling pine nuts for the birds and cutting wild fruits, the wild fruits were still picked on the island, although they were small, they tasted very sweet.

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At night, the dolphin reappeared, and the people on the boat cast their nets to catch the fish, chopped it into minced fish and threw it into the sea to feed it, which also tempted it to continue to follow the boat.

When the sky is dark, people land on the island again to catch chickens, ducks and pigs, and they are busy in the middle of the night, and the boat starts at dawn, and the people on the boat are asleep, and only the dolphins on the side of the boat accompany the helmsman all the way forward.

It followed the boat all the way back to Fucheng, and on the way it was fed by the people on the boat, and after the boat docked, it screamed a few times at Haizhu and left.

"Will it still come?" Dongzhu asked.

The others looked at Haizhu, which was what they wanted to know.

"I'm not sure that it should have lived in this area before the killer whale pod arrived." Haizhu said.

At this time, it was close to the end of the year, and the chickens, ducks and pigs were particularly easy to sell, and the two boats of chickens, ducks and pigs were sold out before they left the city.

was homesick in his life, Han Ji wrapped him in a red envelope, and sent him back directly on an official ship, and it was two days after he came back, and he came back and began to prepare for the New Year with Haizhu.

The two families did not have many close relatives in Guangnan, and the Shen Sui brothers returned to Yongning a year ago, so they didn't have to move around, and Han Ji mainly received New Year's greetings from his subordinates.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Han Ji and his father went to the barracks with a long life, and came back in the middle of the night, he spent time in bed with Haizhu, squinted for a while at the beginning of the day, and woke up dressed neatly to go to the lobby, first the bird came to pay respects, the bird then came to pay homage to the New Year, and then the four brothers and sisters of Dongzhu.

The red envelopes were sent out one by one, and Han Ji and Haizhu led a group of small ones to pay New Year's greetings to the old general and Mrs. Hou, and then went to Qi's house, and then stayed at home to entertain his subordinates.

It has been past the fifth day of the first lunar month, and the number of people who come to visit the New Year has gradually decreased.

"Let's go north." Haizhu had a whim, "During the Lantern Festival, we can go to the side or spend it on the sea." ”

"Then buy more lanterns." Han Ji said.

"It's time to buy more, hang a boat of lanterns at night, and put lanterns on the fish and shrimp in the sea when they fall."

The two hit it off and immediately went out to shop.

Chapter 241: Volcanic Eruption

Although it was the end of the year, and the people on the island were in a state of leisure to visit relatives and friends, as soon as the news of the official ship heading north was released, the businessmen who had been wandering abroad all the year round were moved again, packed up their burdens one by one, searched for goods in full swing, and rushed to board the ship with their burdens and bags before the official ship left.

In the early morning of the eighth day of the first lunar month, three official ships were loaded with goods and carried the merchants around the east of the island.

The old turtle lying in the big basin under the wooden ladder heard the familiar footsteps and leaned out of its neck, but it could not see anyone, and it retracted its neck and rummaged through the sand and stones at the bottom of the basin for clams.

On this trip, Haizhu brought a turtle in addition to a bird, and left home for more than half a month a year ago, the old turtle was angry when she didn't see anyone, she was worried that this trip would go out for another month or two, if the old turtle ran away, where would she find it when she came back.

"Sleep a little longer?" When Han Ji saw someone coming in, he picked up the boiling kettle to make tea and pour water, handed over a cup, and said, "Or are we going to play chess?" Sleepy and then sleepy? ”

She slept late last night and got up early this morning, Haizhu didn't have the energy to play chess, she took off her shoes and went to bed, saying, "I'll lie down, Mingzhu, sing a song." ”

The bird that was tending to its feathers twisted its neck, it chirped a few times to clear its throat, and chose its favorite song to open its voice and start the tune, and the more it sang, the more energetic it became, and sang another song after another.

"Shhh, Haizhu is asleep, you rest your throat." Han Ji lightly buttoned the table and whispered, "Come and drink saliva to moisten your throat, are you hungry?" ”

"Not hungry."