The fisherwoman just smiled bitterly: "I grew up by the sea and learned how to live by the sea. If I leave the island, I don't know what I can do!"
Tang Qiyue understood.
"What about your family? I'm talking about your mother's family!"
When talking about her family, the bitter smile on the fisherwoman's face disappeared, leaving only numbness.
"I have no family. I haven't had any family since they sold me for a bag of beans!"
Tang Qiyue: ...
She didn't know about the fisherman's story. Perhaps the fisherman hadn't had anyone to talk to for a long time, so she told Tang Qiyue about her own experiences.
Ten years ago, the fisherman's daughter was only eight years old. At that time, the place where her family lived had not yet escaped from the war, and life was very difficult. Coupled with the famine, the family had to drag their children out to beg for food in order to survive.
There are eight children in Yu Niang's family, and Yu Niang is the fifth. It is said that when there are too many children, the middle children are easily neglected.
The fisherman's mother was a girl, and her parents had no energy to pay attention to her. In addition, the fisherman's mother was a quiet person, so she followed her parents out to escape the famine.
Along the way, the girls in the family were sold by their parents one after another. When it was the fisherman's turn, she happened to meet Aunt Hai and others who were going inland to exchange supplies.
Maybe there were many people selling their children at that time, so Aunt Hai discovered that the fisherman's arms and legs were long.
People who grew up by the sea know that children with long legs and arms can be good underwater players if they are well trained.
There have always been female divers on the islands, but not every family is willing to send their daughters to the sea for training, and not all of them can survive to grow up.
Aunt Hai also has a daughter, but she is reluctant to let her daughter become a diver. However, at that time on the island, every household had to train their daughters to participate in the diver training.
For the sake of her daughter, Aunt Hai spent a cloth bag of beans, which was only about five pounds, and bought the fisherman's daughter.
She said she was going to be a child bride for her son, but in fact she was going to be a diver in place of her daughter.
Even though she was a mermaid, the fisherwoman was not unhappy about it. Compared to being sold at any time by her biological parents, at least she could eat half full on the island.
Later, she learned how to go into the sea and discovered that there were all kinds of food in the sea. She was not afraid of being poisoned. As long as Aunt Hai was not watching her, she would stuff the oyster meat on the reef and the fish and shrimp rolled up from the seabed into her mouth.
Later, she really became a mermaid. Aunt Hai arranged for her son to marry the fisherwoman when she was fifteen years old.
Life went on the same way. In the first year, Biaozi treated her very well, but in the second year, the fisherwoman still didn't get pregnant. In addition, she went to the sea every day. Biaozi was afraid of death when fishing, and was looked down upon by the villagers, so he would come back and drink.
That’s when the domestic violence started.
Biaozi has been beating the fisherman for three years until now. If Tang Qiuyue and the others had not appeared, the fisherman would probably have continued to endure it until she could no longer bear it.
Tang Qiyue listened quietly and could hear the despair in the fisherman's voice.
"I've thought about it countless times. One day, when he gets drunk, I'll coax him to go to the beach, and then I'll take him into the sea and let him die in the belly of a fish!"
The fisherwoman looked at Tang Qiyue and said, "But I'm afraid that the Sea Goddess will dislike me, and I won't be able to receive any gifts from her in the future!"
The fisherwoman covered her face with her hands, tears falling through her fingers.
Tang Qiyue didn't know how to comfort her. At this moment, the fisherman's wife probably just needed someone to accompany her and listen, and she didn't need to do much.
The crying continued for a while before the fisherman calmed down. She wiped her tears embarrassedly and apologized to Tang Qiyue.
"But everything is fine now. I heard from Sister Zheng that Biaozi will be shot. When he dies, my good days will come. I won't leave. I want to live here for the rest of my life and watch my mother-in-law go crazy. When I get old, I'll go and accompany the Sea Goddess!"
Since the fisherman has made her decision, Tang Qiyue naturally will not interfere and will just choose to respect her.
Looking at the sun outside, Tang Qiyue did not stay for long. She just told Yu Niang that if she had any difficulties, she could go to the family compound to find her, and then she left!
The fisherwoman reminded Tang Qiyue, "Today is a high tide. If you're going to the beach, it's best to go early. There will be a lot of rare goods!"
Tang Qiyue said she understood.
She left early because she wanted to go fishing.
The fisherwoman did not go to the beach. Her health did not allow her to do such a thing. Anyway, when she recovered, she could go to the sea at any time and would have no shortage of food.
When Tang Qiuyue left the fishing village, she saw many people carrying rakes and wooden buckets and heading towards the beach, so she also ran quickly towards the family compound.
As soon as she arrived at her own yard, she heard Xu Qiuju next door calling her: "Sister-in-law, hurry up, everyone is going to the beach, let's go there early too!"
Tang Qiyue responded, opened the door, carried the wooden barrel and joined Xu Qiuju and the others.
All the adults and children in the family compound walked towards the beach. When they got there, they found that even the one-eyed uncle had come with a group of soldiers from the cafeteria.
The high tide was indeed unusual.
As the tide slowly receded, some people couldn't wait to go into the water.
Tang Qiyue was not in a hurry. Her goal today was to find some rare items and exchange them for some points.
The people in the family compound had been familiar with going to the beach for a few days, but they had never encountered a big tide. As a result, they were curious about everything they saw and kept exclaiming. The children were also making all kinds of noise, so the beach was very lively.
Tang Qiyue did not join them. She used the scanning function of the trading system and was able to see a lot of hidden seafood.
While everyone was busy picking up seafood, Tang Qiyue was picking up seafood at a rapid pace.
Every seafood item is worth a point.
She was so happy picking up things here that she didn't notice a boat had docked at the pier.
When Tang Qiuyue looked at the bursting barrel of seafood, although her back and waist ached, she felt very happy. She was about to carry the barrel home, after all, the tide had risen.
As a result, when she stretched out her hand, she didn't grab the barrel, but was grabbed by someone.
Tang Qiyue looked up in confusion, and then saw Zhan Zeye's smiling face.
"Wife, today's harvest is good!"
Zhan Zeye held the wooden barrel in one hand and held Tang Qiyue's hand with the other. Although he was praising her, Tang Qiyue felt very strange.
Why does it feel like Zhan Zeye's tone is off?
"It's a big tide, so there must be some good stuff. I picked up a lot of sea cucumbers, a few sea fish, and even a big conch!"
Tang Qiyue pointed at the wooden barrel carried by Zhan Zeye, which was filled with her spoils of the day.
But Zhan Zeye didn't look at the wooden barrel. Instead, he released his grip on Tang Qiyue's hand and carried Tang Qiyue on his shoulder with one hand.
"go home!"
Suddenly being flipped over and carried on the shoulders, Tang Qiyue screamed uncontrollably.
Many people stopped to watch, and then bursts of laughter were heard. Without asking, everyone knew they were joking with her.
"Zhan Zeye, you're crazy, put me down!"
Tang Qiyue pounded Zhan Zeye's shoulder and protested softly, but Zhan Zeye only said in return: "Be honest, or I will kiss you here!"
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