Chapter 21: The King of the Sea Beasts (4)
"I see, it's a pity that I couldn't see Shang Yinglong again. Lao Huang's tone could not hide his pity.
"Dad, didn't you say that you should be content and happy, Ying Long, a legendary beast, should be satisfied to see each other, why be insatiable. Besides, this is a place where we ordinary people live, and it is naturally not suitable for divine beasts to stay for a long time, so it is best for Xiao Yinglong to return to his own place. Huang Ping knew that his father was reluctant to give up, and comforted.
"Who said that Daddy is insatiable, stinky boy, you have only been in this world for a few days, and it is too early to teach Daddy a lesson. Lao Huang was comforted by his son's preaching tone, which was very boring, and he taught his son a lesson in turn.
The crowd laughed.
When Shangguan Rui went to rescue the girl alone, the four of them had already caught enough sea fish. After some greetings, it was not early, the two fishing boats parted ways, and Shangguan Rui and the girl returned to shore on the fishing boat of the Huang family father and son.
On the way back, there was no more urgency just now, and it was almost dusk when I returned to the pier at the normal speed of the fishing boat.
The wharf is full of fishermen who make a living from fishing, and the fish they catch cannot be brought home, and at this time of the day there are designated fishmongers who come to buy the fish caught by the fishermen.
Shangguan Rui and the girl are both informal people, helping the Huang family father and son to load the fish into baskets and bring them to the shore, waiting in line to sell the fish.
At this time, the fishermen and fishmongers in front of them quarreled, and the two sides fought red-faced.
A bare-chested fisherman scolded: "The price was only lowered once in the first two months, and now the price of seafood has dropped to half of what it used to be." We have worked hard to catch fish and come back cheaper and cheaper, but the things outside are getting more and more expensive, how can we fish for a living? ”
The fishmonger at the front teeth disagreed, and said impatiently: "This is the meaning of the above, I am just following the instructions, if you have any opinions, you can go directly to the Sea Dragon Gang." ”
The reason for their argument is probably that the fishermen are not satisfied with the fact that the traders have lowered the value of the seafood.
The girl was very sensitive when she heard the words of the Sea Dragon Gang, and asked, "This person is really strange, the dealer has cheap seafood, he can find someone else to sell it, why bother here?"
"Childe doesn't know, here and even in the entire East China Sea, the business of seafood trading is monopolized by the Sea Dragon Gang, and the fishmongers are all designated, and no one dares to sell them privately without the consent of the Sea Dragon Gang. Lao Huang lamented weakly: "The life of our people is getting more and more difficult. ”
"Maybe it's because of the price of seafood in the market, and they can't do anything about it. ”
"If you look at Gongzi, you know that you are from a big family, you haven't been to the market and don't know the itinerary, the price of seafood stalls has only swelled in recent years, and the seafood is more than twice as expensive as before. The seafood we catch is now sold to dealers for less than one-tenth of the price of seafood in the market. Lao Huang shook his head helplessly at the state of the world and said: "It's just that those unscrupulous profiteers colluded with the Sea Dragon Gang to constantly oppress and exploit us poor people." ”
"Less than one-tenth of the market!" the girl couldn't help but be furious when she heard this, she walked straight to the dealer and slapped the table in front of her with a strong palm, how could the fragile and old table withstand the girl's angry palm, boom! The table immediately became shattered, and the aftermath made everyone within a radius of several feet feel shocked, "I want you to buy all the seafood here at the original price." ”
Lao Huang walked up to the girl in a panic and pulled the girl's hand, "Childe can't help it." ”
"Old Man Huang didn't expect you to be so bold as to dare to find someone to make trouble and openly oppose the Sea Dragon Gang. The fishmonger couldn't help but be angry when he saw the other party's rude and rude behavior, and it was no wonder that rudeness and violence to people had always been his forte, but he didn't expect that now he had become a victim, so how could he not be angry.
Shangguan Rui knew that the Sea Dragon Gang would not be extinguished for a day, and this phenomenon would not be eradicated in a day, and now forcing the fishermen to come out is only a useless move to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and if it is not done well, it will cause trouble for the local fishermen. At the same time, he stepped forward to stop him, "Childe must not be reckless." ”
"I really didn't expect you, the famous Shangguan hero of the East China Sea, to be so ruthless, allowing these bandits, robbers, fish, meat, and poor people to stand by. The girlish spirit is in her heart, she naturally doesn't think about it as thoroughly as Shangguan Rui, but she just has a pure heart to fight injustice, and wants to stand up for the weak, "If you don't care, you can stand aside, don't come to hinder me." ”
"Why are you still stunned, hurry up and beat this kid who doesn't know the height of the sky. Seeing that the other party dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, the fishmonger ordered the thugs to commit murder regardless of the other party's origin.
Behind the fishmonger, two big men rushed out and threw their big fists at the girl.
The girl knocked down the two big men with two or three strokes.
"Well played, well played. The fishermen present cheered out loud when they saw that the wicked people who usually acted as powerful people were teased and beaten violently, and they were all happy from the bottom of their hearts.
The girl picked up the fishmonger's collar, and her voice popped out from between her teeth, "Do you accept it?"
"Collect, collect, collect, uncle, your orders are to be followed, please be merciful. "The fishmonger knows that the other party is clever, and the hero does not eat the loss in front of him, and immediately wagged his tail and begged for mercy.
"Don't work fast yet. The girl let go of the fishmonger's collar and pushed forward, because the power was not modified, the dealer staggered back a few times, lost his center of gravity, and was embarrassed on the ground.
The fishermen laughed.
Fishermen were so happy that they stuffed seafood into the fishmongers for money.
A large part of the price that the fishmonger lowered has to be handed over to the Sea Dragon Gang, and the money handed over to the Sea Dragon Gang cannot be small, in other words, the purchase of seafood at the original price is equivalent to the price that has risen by himself, he regards money as the root of his life, and now his heart hurts like a knife, and he can't help but gnash his teeth secretly, "Okay, you don't know how to live or die Huang Laohan, you dare to find someone to come to my yard to make trouble, let's walk and see how I repair you in the future." ”
Huang Ping was no exception and sold the seafood he caught for a good sum of money, which was originally their daily share and was the most common thing, but now it was ecstatic.
Lao Huang didn't have much joy when he saw it, he knew that the fishmonger was a good person, would he just give up?
Shangguan Rui originally wanted to say goodbye to the Huang family father and son here, but the Huang family father and son were hospitable and good things today, and strongly invited Shangguan Rui and the girl to go home for dinner. It happened that the silver money on the two of them had sunk into the sea when they drifted in the sea, and now they were penniless, and they didn't know how long they would have to go to join their own people, and more importantly, the two had not had a grain for two days, so they agreed to the invitation of father and son.
The two followed back to Huang's house, which was a simple house with the smell of seafood everywhere, and an old woman was weaving a net in a corner, which must be Lao Huang's wife.
"The place is stingy and the hospitality is not good, and I hope the two of you will not be surprised. Lao Huang entered the door and served two cups of light hot tea.
"Uncle has you heard in the past two days that a person who was injured in a shipwreck floated to the shore and was rescued by a nearby kind fisherman?" Shangguan Rui was worried about the safety of the sailor soldiers who fell in the same boat with him, even if it was a floating corpse, they were also a heroic sacrifice for the people of the East China Sea to get a good life and bury it, and asked with a slim hope, "Or a nameless floating corpse?"
"Yes, yes, have you heard?" The girl was also concerned about the safety of the Sea Dragon Gang, and the reason why they were in trouble was because they listened to their orders to go to sea, and they were always ashamed.
"The nameless floating corpse has never seen ......," the old yellow face hesitated.
The old man said that it didn't matter, the reason why Zai Xia asked more abruptly, because these people were very likely to be friends who fell together with Zaixia. Shangguan Rui looked at his face and knew that Lao Huang seemed to have something to hide, so he asked eagerly.
"I see, don't hide it from Shaoxia, I did see Yu Laohan rescuing a drifting man on the shore early the morning before yesterday. Lao Huang is kind and cautious, he is afraid that this matter will be unfavorable to Yu Laohan, so he said endlessly, but thinking that the other party is a legendary figure like Shangguan Rui, he feels that his worries are a little redundant.
"Where is Old Han's house?" the girl hurriedly asked.
"Right next to the big banyan tree in the next village. Lao Huang knew that Shangguan Rui and the two were close friends, so he couldn't sit still, and said: "Anyway, we need this time to prepare dinner, so Shaoxia can go to the next village first to see if you are friends." Anyway, Yu Laohan's house is not far from here, and it only takes about a mile to the left to get out of our village. ”
"Thank you uncle, let's go and see it now. After the girl thanked Lao Huang, she immediately set off to find someone.
Shangguan Rui was worried that the person who might be the sailor would be seen by the girl, afraid that there would be an incident, so he nodded to Lao Huang and quickly followed.
The two of them were in a hurry, and their steps were naturally urgent, and they arrived in a blink of an eye after a mile of travel.
As soon as they entered the village, the two of them smelled the sour smell of vinegar wafting in the air.
Shangguan Rui thought for a while, and saw an old man sitting in front of the house at the entrance of the village, he stepped forward and asked politely: "Take the liberty of inviting the old man, why is there a sour smell of vinegar everywhere in your village?"
"Young people don't know that the place where we live on the water is humid near the sea, so every household has the habit of burning vinegar and drinking vinegar every first and a half months to remove moisture and mildew. It is also a coincidence that yesterday the village chief showed unprecedented mercy and distributed a small jar of rice vinegar to every household, so today most of the people in the village boiled rice vinegar to dehumidify and remove mildew from the room. Although the old man looked at the young man's face, most of the fishermen on the seashore were enthusiastic people, and he did not bother to explain the doubts in detail to the other party.
"Thank you, uncle. Shangguan Rui hugged his fists and thanked him.
The two continued to move forward, and Shangguan Rui muttered, "I didn't expect such a smart person among the sailors or ordinary soldiers of the Sea Dragon Gang. ”
"Someone must have been injured and didn't want the smell of herbs on their body to be discovered, so they used this trick to cover up the smell. The girl Bing Xue was smart and was mentioned by Shangguan Rui, and immediately thought of these.
"The girl is really smart. Shangguan Rui praised.
"Of course. The girl's mouth was strong, but in fact, her heart was full of taste, "Let's go to Yu Laohan's house immediately to see who this smart man is?"
"Don't worry, this vinegar trick may be a trick, I'm afraid that person is no longer in Yu Laohan's house now. ”
The girl's face was suspicious, and she said, "Since that person is leaving, why do you have to do this vinegar trick?" She didn't want Shangguan Rui to feel that she was dull and didn't dare to ask, so she chose to be silent.
Shangguan Rui said: "With that person's ingenuity, he must have predicted that if someone really wanted to look for him desperately, even if he couldn't smell the smell, he would definitely go from house to house, so even if he covered the smell, he would be found sooner or later." If it is not expected, he must have been seriously injured and could not be transferred quickly, so he asked someone to give the village chief of the benefit to him to distribute rice vinegar and arrange this vinegar meter, and the main purpose of this plan should be to delay the time to find someone and fight for a chance to get out for himself. ”
I don't know why the girl is particularly concerned about comparing herself with Shangguan Rui, and she is even more unwilling in her heart, "Why is Shangguan Rui thinking that everything is before me, I am really useless." Although he was unwilling, he couldn't help but ask, "How can I find this person now?"
"The man was seriously injured and must not have been able to walk far, he must have found a sparsely populated place nearby and hid temporarily. And he is injured and has difficulty moving, someone must help him, and he is a newcomer to this place and knows not many people, we only need to secretly pay attention to Yu Laohan's whereabouts, I believe that we will be able to find this person. Shangguan Rui said while thinking.
At this time, the girl admired Shangguan Rui even more, she was only impressed by his high cultivation before, and now she was even more impressed by his superb intelligence.