Chapter 213 Huang Tongwei's Parents
Chen Shiyi frowned.
"Master Xu Zhou, should we leave or stay?"
Fuda interrupted.
"Of course I have to stay. No one knows where the next piece of land will be or what will happen along the way. I still don't know whether the next person will be good or bad."
Master Xu Zhou smiled and nodded.
"Brother, what you said makes sense."
After they rested for a while and prepared to explore further inside, they heard a lot of chaotic footsteps, which became louder and louder, as if they were running towards them.
Fu Da immediately became alert and quickly protected Chen Shiyi behind him.
Everyone began to retreat to the two small boats parked on the seashore behind them.
Many people came out from behind the messy bushes, both men and women. They were dressed very differently from them, wearing fur shirts and long pants. Some men even wore only shorts. Those wearing shorts had brown skin and brown eyes.
But some of them had the same complexion as Daye, and their eyeballs were dark black.
Among them, there was a middle-aged woman in trousers with thin eyebrows, pale lips, and a pair of beautiful eyes. She looked at Chen Shiyi and his group with tears in her eyes.
"Are you from Daye?"
When they heard it, they felt very friendly.
One of the four greatest joys in the world is meeting an old friend in a foreign land.
Master Xu Zhou replied quickly.
"Yes, we are from Daye."
The woman burst into tears.
"We finally waited for it. We finally waited for it."
Chen Shiyi looked at the woman from behind and felt that she looked familiar.
An idea suddenly occurred to her, and she hurried forward and asked.
"Do you know Huang Tongwei?"
The middle-aged woman raised her head suddenly, her eyes full of shock.
"She's my daughter."
Chen Shiyi finally felt relieved.
She turned and said to Master Xu Zhou.
"Master Xu Zhou, haven't you met her before? She is the owner of Anyuan Shipyard. A year and a half ago, she and her husband were said to have died in a shipwreck."
Master Xu Zhou was very surprised.
"You guys, are you still alive?"
They were all from Daye and knew each other well. Moreover, the boat that Chen Shiyi bought was the life's work of Huang's mother and her husband. Naturally, they gradually got along well.
Huang's mother took Chen Shiyi's hand and asked hurriedly.
"Is Wei'er okay? How can she manage this family business as a girl? I'm afraid her uncles and aunts will worry about her. I'm afraid she's having a very hard time now."
Chen Shiyi comforted Huang's mother.
"Don't worry, Tongwei is much more capable than you think. She manages Anyuan Shipyard very well."
Huang's mother said happily.
"really?"
"Of course it's true. If she knew you were still alive, she would definitely be happier."
Huang's mother wiped her tears, seemed to have thought of something, and looked apologetic.
"Girls, let me take you to rest. It's been a long journey. You must be tired, right?"
Chen Shiyi was not in a hurry to leave.
"Mother Tongwei, I would like to ask where this place is and how did you get here?"
Huang's mother smiled.
"This is Vasati. As for the rest, we can talk about it as we walk."
Master Xu Zhou sent a few men to Yuyuan's boat to pick up the others, leaving only more than twenty men to guard the boat.
Chen Shiyi followed Huang's mother on foot, passing through a huge jungle. After walking for nearly an hour, they finally arrived at a place that looked like a town.
After all, the crowd gathered here is about the same as that in a town in Daye.
The houses are mostly low houses made of wood, and the roofs are woven from a kind of dark brown long grass, like a braided pigtail of a beautiful girl's long hair. The roofs are all braided pigtails, and the rows of them are quite spectacular.
The street was filled with a dazzling array of goods, including conches as big as washbasins, necklaces made of pure white porcelain and translucent colored stones, and a black round object that looked a bit like a donkey dung egg. Unexpectedly, the ball suddenly unfolded and grew extremely long wings. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a bird, with its golden eyes as big as green beans blinking at Chen Shiyi...
"Aunt, can you buy this?"
Huang's mother laughed, and quickly talked to the stall owner in a gibberish. Then she took out a few white things from her pocket, caught the bird, and handed it to Chen Shiyi.
Chen Shiyi asked hurriedly.
"How much silver will this cost?"
Huang's mother smiled.
"They only recognize gold here, and silver cannot be circulated. What I just gave you is the white coin made by the government of Vasati."
Chen Shiyi sighed.
"I followed the caravan of the eight major families to the ancient Luo Kingdom. Unexpectedly, they left me behind in the ocean current and brought me here. The ancient Luo Kingdom also recognizes gold and silver. Daye's silver bills are useless..."
Huang's mother was stunned.
"Is this how you got here?"
"The same to you?"
"We were also abandoned by their ship and got caught in the current. We encountered a storm on the way and their ship was not very stable. After arriving here, we hit a reef and the ship fell apart. Repairs were useless. Later, we stayed here and waited for Daye's ship."
Chen Shiyi said with a smile.
"As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food, so the way they have been making money will not be easily shared with others."
Most people in the town have tan skin and amber eyes, and they all stared at Chen Shiyi and his group with great curiosity.
Chen Shiyi followed Huang's mother into her room.
Her house was the same as those of other indigenous people, a wooden house with a black braided roof.
The door was low and unlocked, with only a thin rope hanging from a bolt on one side.
"Don't lock the door?"
"There are no lock-and-sell stores here. I searched for a long time but couldn't find any. Moreover, the people here are relatively honest and don't have many tricks. Everyone is like this, so naturally I followed the local customs."
It was a little dark in the room. Huang's mother tore open a piece of cloth, and a large, round, smooth bead was faintly glowing. As time went on, the light became brighter.
Chen Shiyi touched the huge, round bead curiously.
"Is this what you use to keep the darkness at night?"
Huang's mother smiled.
"This is a night-shining pearl, it only shines in the dark."
Chen Shiyi’s eyes widened.
"Oh my god, such a big night-shining pearl? If it were transported back to Daye, it would be a priceless treasure."
"Exactly."
"Do all the families here have it?"
Huang's mother shook her head.
"How is that possible? Night-shining pearls are rare here. This big one of mine was a reward my husband received for doing something great in the county."
Chen Shiyi used the light from the night pearl to take a rough look around the house.
It looks small from the outside, but the space inside is quite large. The sleeping area, dining area, and reception area are all separated. The house is very clean and tidy. There are many strange things inside, such as peacock feathers, many of them, hanging on the wall for decoration, which is very lively...