Chapter 14: Du's Marriage Proposal
"Group annihilation? Where did Second Aunt learn this term?"
Su Qian was immediately amused by her words.
"Uh, actually I slipped up. What I wanted to say was that it was all destroyed!"
The second aunt of the Su family explained in a low voice with a slightly embarrassed look on her face.
"Aunt, what I want to say is that your group annihilation is more appropriate than total annihilation!"
Su Qian suppressed his smile and spoke seriously.
"It's getting late, let's go to bed early!"
Gu Luyun glanced at the stars in the sky and said softly, "Fortunately, it's cool this night and there are no mosquitoes. If the weather is hot, it will be troublesome if mosquitoes come out!"
"Well, sister-in-law, I've put your share of pork here for you. We'll have a big pot of rice starting tomorrow. You'd better put the pork away properly so it doesn't get smelly!"
"Well, what about yours? Do you want me to save it for you?"
Gu Luyun asked softly.
"Okay then, I'll trouble you, sister-in-law!"
Although the second uncle of the Su family didn't know how his eldest sister-in-law would store it, he thought that both his eldest sister-in-law and Xiao Aqian were educated people, so they must have their own way!
"Well, let's rest early! We have other things to do tomorrow!"
Seeing that nothing else happened, the second aunt of the Su family said hello and prepared to go to bed.
After Uncle Su and the others returned to their Stone House No. 11, Gu Luyun said softly to Su Qian, "Ah Qian, put these things away!"
Su Qian nodded slightly, wiped her hand over the pork, and the pork disappeared out of thin air!
She was so determined to let me put it away, she must have known that something could be put in the jade pendant.
At this moment, Su Qian admired the gentle woman in front of him even more!
Knowing that the jade pendant was a priceless treasure, he had no selfish motives and guarded and cared for the original owner for fifteen years, treating him as his own child!
"Let's go, let's rest early!"
Gu Luyun spoke softly to Su Qian, and the two returned to the stone house and closed the wooden door.
In the dark night, the dragon and phoenix twins slept soundly. After several months of exile, they finally settled down and no longer had to rush. The two little guys finally relaxed.
Gu Luyun fell asleep leaning against the dragon-phoenix fetus, while Su Qian continued to practice his internal energy.
Ten days, no, nine days later she would go to Haiping Town, but she didn't have a penny.
Although she still had a few hundred coins in her account, she couldn't cash it out.
She can't always say that she picked up those things on the island, right?
It's okay once or twice, but if it happens too many times, people will definitely become suspicious.
After all, how could there be so many things to pick up on this island that is close to primitive society?
So, she plans to go to the sea after dark tomorrow night!
The most valuable things in this sea are not the marine creatures, but the black pearls produced by the pearl oysters unique to the ocean!
You know, Haiping Town is close to the sea, and the people in the town must make a living by going out to sea!
Well, with so many people going out to sea, fish, shrimp, clams and the like must not be worth much anymore!
What he needed to buy most was a fishing boat. With it, he could go out to sea at will and travel between the island and Haiping Town openly!
Thinking of this, Su Qian devoted himself to practicing his internal energy.
Only with a strong body can you support yourself in using water control techniques for a longer period of time!
Soon, the night passed!
When Su Qian opened her eyes, Gu Luyun had already left the stone house with the dragon and phoenix fetus without her knowing.
At this moment, after practicing for an entire afternoon and a whole night yesterday, Su Qian's internal energy had already entered the first level of Qi refining.
She stretched her body lightly and felt a refreshing sensation emanating from her whole body from the inside out.
After getting up, Su Qian walked out of the wooden door of the stone house and found Gu Luyun teaching the dragon and phoenix fetus to learn to read on the beach with a thin branch at the door.
"Ah Qian, wake up! This is the breakfast I left for you, eat it quickly!"
Gu Luyun put down the thin branch in her hand, patted the fine sand on her body, pulled her to sit down next to the stone slab and spoke.
There were more than twenty cooked clams placed on the stone slab, which were still steaming.
"Mom, don't worry, I'll go get some water and wash up first!"
Su Qian smiled faintly at Gu Luyun, then stood up, picked up the wooden barrel beside him and walked out of the rock.
On the beach outside the rocks, groups of people were searching and picking up fish, shrimps and crabs.
From a distance, Su Qian saw Su Xi and her brother standing beside the reef, bending over, as if they had found something good.
She walked towards them carrying the bucket.
Just when Su Qian was only two or three steps away from them, Su He shouted happily, picked up a perch weighing three or four pounds in his hand, his face filled with joy.
"Ah Qian, you're here?"
Su Xi turned around and saw Su Qian, and greeted her, "Are you here to fetch water?"
"Well, you guys have a good harvest!"
Su Qian looked at the pile of clams they had placed on the ground, as well as a number of spicy snails and grouper.
"Well, it's almost done, we can go back now!"
Su Xi took a look at the harvest on the ground and said to Su He, "Ah He, help your sister Qian get a bucket of water. Let's go back!"
"No, I'll do it myself!"
Su Qian chuckled and shook her head, then jumped lightly onto the reef and poured herself a bucket of clear sea water.
"Hey, Ah Qian, when did your skills become so good?"
Su Xi asked in surprise.
"Well, I've been practicing my father's internal skills recently, and the effect is pretty good!"
Su Qian jumped back to their front and said, "Let's go back!"
When they returned to their own stone house, Su Xi and her brother took their harvest to Stone House No. 6 where the old patriarch was.
Su Qian, on the other hand, was wiping and washing herself with a small piece of fine cotton cloth cut by Gu Luyun.
Soon, Su Xi and her brother came back and said, "Ah Qian, someone is here to propose marriage!"
"What?"
Su Qian looked at her in confusion, but his hands did not stop, scrubbing the cotton cloth in the wooden tub.
"It's the Du family from before. They've come to our Su family to propose marriage!"
Su Xi turned around to look at Room No. 6, then sat next to Su Qian and said.
"Propose a marriage? Who are they planning to marry?"
Gu Luyun came over with a piece of coarse cloth and needle and thread in her hands.
"It seems to be Sister Qing from Uncle Zhong's family. The Du family brought ten kilograms of millet, an iron pot and a wooden barrel. Oh, and two pieces of cloth and one or two taels of silver to ask for Sister Qing's hand in marriage!"
Su Xi whispered, "I just saw the young man from the Du family who came to propose marriage. He looks okay and seems to be honest. And I think Sister Qing is willing too!"
"That's great! Xiaoqing seems to be eighteen this year, right? It's time for her to get married."
Gu Luyun looked far to the east and said, "Since Xiaoqing has tacitly agreed to this, I'm afraid it will work!"
"Well, the Du family said that if this is accomplished, their Du family and our Su family will be relatives by marriage, and we can take care of each other on the island."
Su Xi nodded lightly and said.