Volume 2 A Journey of 10,000 Miles XXXVIII
As the sun sets west, the red glow in the sky is reflected on the sparkling sea, like a feast of lights.
In a small fishing village in the north of Feiyun Island, the cooking smoke was out at this time, the men of each family went to sea and did not return, and the mother-in-law was lazy, and dinner was a lot late.
The beach is at the foot of a hill where two children are sitting side by side, looking out to sea, the highest point in the village, where you can always see the first fishing boats to return.
The boy was five or six years old, with a thin pigtail behind his head, a single coat on his body, and a pair of straw sandals on his lower body, just like the other boys in the village.
The people in this fishing village are all surnamed Ba, and their ancestors have lived together for generations, but they are not as particular as those who are naughty, and they can save a few pieces of cloth.
The girl was much more sophisticated, dressed in a coarse cloth garment, shabby but clean, with a pair of pigtails. The girl was not angry when the boy pulled her braids, she just stared at the sea.
As the sails of the ship full of holes gradually rose above the sea level, the two children widened their eyes, and when the tattered hull appeared, they could no longer resist jumping up from the ground.
"Dog, go tell Grandma!" The girl broke away from her brother and ran to the dock to meet the returning fishing boat, but Abba had promised her that she would definitely buy a new coat after the harvest was complete.
The fishing boats gradually came to shore.
Wei Shu stood behind everyone, but it didn't affect the vision, the so-called dock was just two planks nailed to a reef, and at the foot of the mountain in the distance, a group of people were rushing over with baskets......
"Sister, go tell your grandma to vacate all the water tanks at home!" shouted to the girl waiting at the dock, unable to hide his excitement.
The girl immediately understood what Daddy meant, and ran away happily.
The small dock was busy, baskets of fish were removed from the boat, and each family had a full basket, and there was probably half of it left on the boat, and it would be pulled to the market tomorrow to be sold, in exchange for enough supplies to get them through the coming storm season, and everyone's faces were full of joy.
Their happiness is so simple.
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In the firewood room of the dog's house, Wei Shu was lying on the firewood and grass pile in a daze, and it was not easy to find a vacant room in this small fishing village, so he had to make do with the firewood room of the dog's house temporarily.
"Uncle, let's eat!" The younger sister carried the bowl into the firewood room, a millet dough, a grilled fish, it was already the most luxurious dinner of the fisherman's family, the younger sister was very sensible, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and exited the firewood room. Wei Shu saw her swallow her saliva.
After building the foundation, the appetite will be a lot lighter, but this simple dinner still makes Wei Shu eat very sweet, a whole half-foot sea fish, just sprinkled with some coarse salt, and no other condiments, now only a complete pair of fish bones remains.
Not only are the people on this Feiyun Island very short, but even this house is only Wei Shu high, and in this firewood room, Wei Shu can stand up and tear down the sparse thatched roof.
The stars twinkled, and the band of light across the night sky was still bright, and Wei Shu didn't know if this was the Milky Way of this world, if so, it would be too bright.
The sea breeze at night was very pleasant, but Wei Shu didn't dare to fall asleep.
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As soon as it was dawn, Wei Shu heard a whimper, and it turned out to be a dog squatting at the mouth of the firewood room and crying.
"What's the matter, dog?" asked Wei Shu.
"Woo, Daddy took his sister to the market, not the dog...... Woo...... "The dog cried very aggrieved," usually the dog cries in the firewood room...... Woo, now the firewood room is also occupied by you!"
Wei Shu couldn't cry or laugh, daring to love that he still had half of the responsibility.
Seeing the pile of fish bones on the ground, Wei Shu had an idea.
"Don't cry, dog, do you want to watch a trick?" Wei Shu squatted in front of the dog and smiled.
"Yes!" the cry quickly stopped, and the dog's face was full of tears and snot, and he could see that he was very involved just now.
A ball of fish bones wrapped around the ground in the light water slowly condensed into the shape of a fish, floating in the air......
Where has the dog seen such a trick, clapping his hands and barking excitedly, Wei Shu controls this "fish" to swim in front of the dog, slowly even the swing of the fish's tail, and the fish's mouth opens and closes from time to time is no different from a real fish.
It seems to be a simple spell, but it actually requires the use of true qi locking, touch and mimicry, that is, the combination of forbidden, non, and mustache, which can already be regarded as a primary illusion.
"Do you still want to see it?" It was already dawn, and Wei Shu estimated that it was about to be breakfast time, so he broke the spell and agreed with the dog: "Then you can't tell others, it's a secret between the two of us, okay?"
"Okay!" the dog was still unsatisfied, so he naturally agreed.
Sure enough, during the meal, his grandmother asked him why he was smiling so happily just now, but he didn't answer.
When the dog was still pestering Wei Shu to play tricks, the younger sister suddenly stumbled back, her face full of panic.
"Grandma! Grandma...... Oh no!" The younger sister shouted as soon as she entered the door, "Daddy has been arrested!"
The dog was scared and cried again, but this time the trick didn't work.
The dog's mother ran out of the door in a panic, and Daddy Barna had to make up her mind about this matter, how could she be a woman.
The younger sister is two years older than the dog and is much more sensible, and Wei Shu quickly asked the reason.
Early in the morning, the dog's father and sister-in-law finished selling the fish, and just out of the market, they met a group of people who settled down, not to mention the property, but also insisted on pulling the dog's father to the mine, and the sister-in-law took advantage of the chaos to run back to report the news......
This little girl is quite clever, no wonder the dog's father took her to the market.
After asking the direction of the mine, Wei Shu quietly slipped out of the fishing village, he couldn't stay here for a long time, and if he wanted to keep the fishing village peaceful, he was afraid that he would have to put some effort into it.
Feiyun Island, which is no more than a hundred miles in radius, is mountainous, and the continuous mountains divide the place, and small villages are scattered among them.
The land on this island is very barren, Wei Shu gradually went deeper into the island, and found that the small fishing village of the dog is simply a paradise, and there are still many people on the island who live in trees or burrows. Most of these people are a little stupid, and it is very difficult for Wei Shu to ask for a way.
After a whole hour, Wei Shu finally found the mine where the dog's father was arrested, this mine is between several mountains, and the highest one is afraid to be a thousand feet.
The owner of the mine is the Feiyun faction, or An family, because everyone in the Feiyun faction is surnamed An......
In the valley, a circle of tall stone walls enclose the mine, and Wei Shu, who was lying on the top of the mountain, could vaguely see many gray-clothed people walking around in the stone wall, these people should be the lackeys of the An family.
Outside the stone wall, there was no Feiyun faction sentry, and this group of people had not been challenged here, which was convenient for Wei Shu, and it was very easy to sneak under the stone wall.
In the small fence behind the stone wall, the dog's father squatted in despair with shackles on his hands, this is a dead mine, the miners are all death row prisoners and outsiders, there are very few survivors, I am afraid that I will have to explain here today.
Suddenly, a figure fell from the sky, and before the dog's father could bark, he was covered in the mouth.