Chapter 389: Met the Sea God?
Chen Yi put away his playful thoughts and nodded seriously, "I will go to discuss with Lord Lu tomorrow. Lord Duan still needs to hand over to Lord Lu. It is estimated that it will take seven or eight days before he can leave. Now it is the spring plowing period, and Lord Lu has a lot of things on his hands. It is not wise to hand over to me. Nine out of ten times, he has to wait until after the spring plowing.
It should be OK for me to go out for a while now, but it may be difficult if I go out later."
"Okay! Let's go!" Su Tai clenched his fists.
He quickly put on his clothes and went out to talk to Shen Ying.
Shen Yi became the county magistrate, so we must celebrate it. Everyone is busy working in the fields, so this matter has to be postponed.
The couple arranged household affairs, told their four children to take good care of themselves, and then left.
Shen Yi could ride a horse, and the two of them traveled light, and it only took them more than three days to get from Shenjiazhuang to the ice field. They did not dare to delay, and crossed the ice field directly to Qiongzi, which took them six days in total.
"So fast!" Su Tai looked at the vast ocean around her and jumped and shouted happily.
Shen Yi held him tightly, deeply afraid of the vast and boundless sea, "Wife, can the boat you mentioned really withstand the wind and waves on the sea?"
He had been crossing the river for many years and could tell at a glance that the waves were unusual. No wonder many people in Qiongzi died in the sea every year.
Su Tai nodded wildly, "Husband, believe me, think about the seafood I caught, the wind and waves on the water are just a small matter."
Out of unconditional trust in his daughter-in-law, Shen Yi felt relieved. When he turned around to tie the carriage, a large fishing boat about 20 meters long and 7 or 8 meters wide appeared on the sea.
"Wife, this is... a fishing boat?" Shen Yi stared in astonishment at the huge thing in front of him that was as big as a courtyard. No wonder his wife said that fishing boats could withstand the wind and waves on the sea.
Su Tai got on the fishing boat and waved to Chen Yi.
Shen Yi ran up without saying a word.
The boat was more stable than he had expected. After feeling it for a while, his uneasy heart settled down.
"Come with me." Su Tai took Chen Yi to the cabin and pointed to a disk similar to a steering wheel and said, "This ship is so big that it needs manpower to move forward, but only one person can operate it. Just keep turning this disk. The faster it turns, the faster the ship will go. If you slow down, the ship will stop.
In addition, this disc controls the direction, and one person can operate two discs at the same time, but it is a bit tiring. "
Men like these things the most. Shen Yi tried to operate it immediately and found that the boat really moved. He became more and more excited as he played with it. In just two quarters of an hour, he had figured out the correct way to use it and began to control the direction of the boat towards the fishing boat.
Yu Mengzi worked hard at the seaside all day. As it was getting dark and the sea was getting rough, the surrounding villagers went back home together. He also slowly stood up on the beach.
He patted his aching back, gasped and looked at the vast ocean, his eyes slightly wet.
Ever since his son and daughter-in-law died at sea, he has been raising three grandchildren by himself. He dares not stop for even a second. He doesn't know how long he can live or whether he can raise his grandchildren.
The more he thought about it, the sadder he became. Yu Mengzi's vision was blurred by his tears. In a trance, he seemed to see a huge ship appear before his eyes.
How is this possible? How can there be such a big ship in the world?
He subconsciously turned around to leave, thought for a moment, and looked back again. This look scared him so much that he fell on his butt on the beach.
Su Tai and Shen Yi in the cockpit also saw Yu Mengzi.
Su Tai said hurriedly, "Try to see if you can get closer, or ask if there is a port here."
Shen Yi operated carefully.
Su Tai thought about it and decided to go outside to take a look.
Yu Mengzi just watched the boat getting closer and closer to him. After a while, a beautiful woman appeared. The woman waved and shouted at him. He must have met the goddess of the sea!
Yu Mengzi came to his senses and immediately kowtowed to Su Tai.
Su Tai: “????”
Shen Yi brought the boat closer, then walked onto the deck and asked in a hoarse voice, "Fellow countryman, is there a port?"
Yu Mengzi didn’t understand what Shen Yi said, so he just stood up with a blank look on his face.
Su Tai was helpless. "You continue to drive the boat. Let's walk along the seashore to see if we can get ashore."
It should be possible, but I don’t know if the port is that big.
At the same time, Su Tai was still gesturing with Yu Mengzi.
Yu Mengzi didn't understand and subconsciously followed the direction the boat was heading. After a long while, he suddenly realized what was going on and quickened his pace to let the fishing boat follow him.
With the help of Yu Mengzi, the couple finally reached shore.
After dropping anchor, Shen Yi took Su Tai ashore and expressed his gratitude to the excited Yu Mengzi.
Yu Mengzi asked curiously: "Where are you from? I thought I saw a god! How come you have such a big ship?"
His words were full of a strong rural accent and sounded very obscure. The two could only understand his meaning from a few words.
Seeing that he was dressed in rags, Su Tai took out a tael of silver to thank him.
Since I couldn't communicate with Yu Mengzi, I could only say goodbye to him temporarily.
Being in a foreign place, the couple was particularly careful and had no plans to leave the fishing boat.
Yu Mengzi excitedly ran back home with the one or two taels of silver he had unexpectedly obtained.
The eldest granddaughter Xiaoyu had already cooked and was sitting at the low door of the house with her two little grandsons waiting for him.
He quickly quickened his pace.
The eight-year-old Xiaoyu saw Yu Mengzi coming back, and tried hard not to let her tears fall. She ran up with her brother on her back, "Grandpa, I'll help you get it."
"Okay, okay!" Yu Mengzi handed her a small fish basket, which contained some shells opened from the beach. They could be stored for a while after being dried.
"Grandpa, why are you so late today?" Xiaoyu held the fish basket nervously and looked up at Yu Mengzi with grievance.
Yu Mengzi felt inexplicably sad, and his tone of voice softened a lot, "Grandpa just met a noble man, and he led him a section of the way, so he was delayed for a while."
He didn't dare mention the money outside.
For a poor family like theirs, one tael of silver was enough to support the whole family for one or two years and was a huge sum of money.
Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief and his steps became cheerful.
There was no extra money in the house to buy candles, and the only candle was very precious and could not be used easily.
Yu Mengzi went into the kitchen in the dark, ate something, and then took his granddaughter and grandson back to the house to rest.
The next morning, just as he was about to go to the beach, he heard the villagers talking about big ships and so on. Driven by curiosity, he also squeezed into the crowd.
"Today, several village chiefs brought a lot of people to the harbor. The boat was really big! If we had a boat like that, wouldn't it be less dangerous for us to go fishing?"
"That's right! I've never seen such a big ship in my whole life!"
"Come on, let's go and see what's going on."
"What are you looking at? Everyone is running there now. How can we squeeze in?"
Yu Mengzi wanted to speak several times, but he didn't say anything because he was hesitant.
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