Liu Yanqiu's eyes lit up and he shook his head at Gu Qingsheng.
"Let's go! Brother will take you to see something fun!"
After saying that, he pulled her away without waiting for Gu Qingsheng's answer. Aunt Li and Xiaofu were already waiting outside the door. Seeing Liu Yanqiu's excited look, they couldn't help but complain.
"Slow down, the little girl hasn't eaten yet."
She looked at Gu Qingsheng again, her eyes curved into two crescents.
"Your name is Qingsheng, right? The fishing boat is here. Wait for your aunt to bring you some fish to nourish your body. Just bear with me for a while."
Now that you are here, make the best of it.
After constructing all the situations in his mind, Gu Qingsheng quickly accepted the current situation and smiled softly at Aunt Li.
"It's okay, auntie."
I don’t know if it was because of Aunt Li’s words, but Liu Yanqiu had slowed down his pace, but when he saw Gu Qingsheng’s smile, his steps suddenly staggered.
He lowered his head and his ears turned red.
“Ah!”
Xiaofu suddenly shouted
"Brother Yanqiu was stunned! Brother Yanqiu's ears turned red!!"
Liu Yanqiu's body trembled, and he raised his foot and hit Xiaofu.
"You stinky boy!"
Xiaofu ran away, making faces at Liu Yanqiu.
"Oh, you're so old but still acting like a child."
Aunt Li shook her head and followed Gu Qingsheng. She seemed to be afraid that she would be bored, so she chatted with her to entertain her.
Bianyu Village is close to the sea, but the geology is also rich.
Most fishermen collected money and took fish from several families. After Gu Qingsheng arrived, Aunt Li immediately reserved some fish and waited for the fishing boat to dock.
When we arrived at the dock, it was already crowded with people and a strong fishy smell was lingering.
The fishermen were all dressed simply and had dark skin. Beside them were baskets filled with fish.
There were some transparent, crystalline rubber objects on the ground, which were picked up from the fish baskets and thrown away by the fishmongers.
Seeing it strange, Gu Qingsheng was about to touch it when he was stopped by Liu Yanqiu.
"This is poisonous, don't touch it."
She withdrew her hand awkwardly. These things looked like dead objects and didn't move at all, yet they were poisonous?
"This one isn't poisonous, but some are."
Miao Lanlan replied that she had seen some jellyfish in modern times, and most of the transparent ones like this one were non-venomous. However, ancient people did not have such advanced technology, and they were in a state of being afraid of ropes for ten years after being bitten by a snake, so they simply did not touch them.
Gu Qingsheng withdrew his hand and followed Aunt Li to the reserved stall.
The fishmonger at the stall was older, with sagging skin, and he looked at Aunt Li and greeted her.
He looked at Gu Qingsheng who couldn't stop nodding. He was also straightforward. He slapped his thigh and said to Liu Yanqiu:
"Good boy, you have some skills. You can even get such a beautiful wife."
"Go away! Stop talking nonsense, you old man!"
Aunt Li looked at him unhappily and picked up a fish from the fish basket and put it in her own basket.
"I ordered three from you last time. Did you leave me a few big ones? The remaining ones don't look good to me."
"It's good to have more."
Old Zhang took two puffs from his pipe and started looking for fish for Aunt Li.
"You're late this time. You don't know how hard it is to catch fish now. The weather has been bad recently, and I haven't been out to sea for a long time. Now that I've finally come back, everyone is here to grab the fish."
He lowered his voice after saying this
"Speaking of which, if you had told me earlier that it was Yanqiu who was looking for a wife, I would have gotten you two big ones."
"Don't say that. If you continue, the girl will be angry. We haven't even started dating yet."
Aunt Li also lowered her voice and muttered along with Old Zhang.
After picking out the three largest ones left, Old Zhang grabbed a bunch of small fish and threw them into Aunt Li's basket.
"How can this be possible?"
She was about to refuse, but Old Zhang waved his hand.
"Don't be polite, give the girl something good to eat."
Looking at Gu Qingsheng's eyes, he was full of sighs.
"Look at that girl, she's so pretty, so different from the ones in our little village. Hurry up and nourish her, don't let her starve and become thinner."
Having said that, Aunt Li could only accept it and said helplessly
"I'll have Xiaofu bring you a can of homemade wine later."
As a few people left, more people gathered on the dock.
Gu Qingsheng and Liu Yanqiu walked behind him, and were very curious about everything they saw.
Liu Yanqiu seemed to be very popular and had collected a lot of things along the way.
Xiaofu was a bit naughty, maybe because he hadn't been out for a long time. He ran around on the dock with a lively step, waving at us while running.
"Mom! Come on... Ouch!"
He bumped into the man in front of him without noticing. He was small to begin with, so he ended up getting knocked down by the collision.
"Xiaofu."
Aunt Li hurried over to pick him up, complaining while looking at the person he bumped into, and her mouth froze for a moment.
"Qiang...Qiangzi? Why are you here?!"
“Yo!”
The three men were tall and fat, with scars all over their faces. The leader, Qiangzi, looked at Aunt Li and raised his eyebrows.
"Isn't this the Li family's wife?"
His eyes turned to the fish jumping around in the fish basket.
"You haven't even paid us back yet, so how come you still have money to buy fish? Huh?"
He suddenly grabbed Aunt Li's hair and she screamed in pain.
"stop!"
A stone hit Qiangzi's hand. He let go of his hand with a grin, looked at Liu Yanqiu who was late behind Aunt Li, and said with gritted teeth:
"Liu Yanqiu! When did you come back?!"
"Fan Qiang, it's been so long since we last met, and you're still causing trouble."
He stood in front of Aunt Li and looked at Fan Qiang with a frown. Gu Qingsheng helped Aunt Li up and sighed.
Such things are inevitable in every village. Aunt Li's family situation is not very good. She touched the front of her clothes and realized that she was rescued from Liu Yanqiu's arms, so how could she have any silver on her.
The three fish in the fish basket were still jumping around, and Fan Qiang was furious.
"It's the man from the Li family who owes me money. Don't think I can avoid paying him back just because he's dead. If you want to be a deadbeat, there's no way!"
The noisy voices around quieted down a bit, and everyone looked towards this location.
Liu Yanqiu wrestled with his arms, seemingly intending to fight him here.
"Because you kept forcing the debt, Uncle Li fell off the roof of the house he built in order to make money, leaving behind this orphan and widow. Do you still want to do this?"
"None of my business! I want money!"
Fan Qiang roared with bloodshot eyes. When the situation was about to break out, Gu Qingsheng patted Liu Yanqiu's shoulder and walked over to him.
"How much silver do you want?"
When she came out, Fan Qiang was obviously stunned, and then his face changed into a lustful expression, squinting his eyes and staring at Gu Qingsheng's body.
"Three hundred taels, what? Are you going to pay it back for them? If you can't, you can even offer your body as a pledge."
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