Chapter 11: Terrifying Octopus

Here, the Cai family was busy cooking, while the Yin family was still unaware of anything.

Jiang Wan took her cousin to a place with few people. She could see that her cousin was very reluctant to meet strangers. Her aunt had said before that her cousin was not like this before. This couldn't go on. What if her mental illness became more and more serious and someone died?

So today she planned to catch up with her cousin while she was in a relaxed mood to talk to her. But before she found the opportunity, she ran into two "acquaintances".

Actually, we are not that familiar with each other. We just talked a few words on the mountain yesterday.

"Sister Wan, Sister Ning~~"

Little Jinbao was very sweet-mouthed and had a good memory, so he never called the wrong names. Jiang Wan smiled and touched his head, and asked casually, "Yinzhu and Jinbao, are you guys here to catch up with the sea as well?"

Lian Yinzhu shook her head and moved awkwardly. She put her basket on the ground and took out several farm tools.

"I, I can't go out these few days, and I thought you might be short of a lot of things since you just got here. This small rake and shovel is very useful for catching fish, so I'll lend it to you for a few days."

Jiang Wan was delighted, this was truly timely rain.

"Thank you, Silver Pearl! Where do you live? We will borrow it for three days and return it to you after three days."

Lian Yinzhu couldn't help but curl her lips happily when she saw Jiang Wan was so happy. She pointed in the direction of the end of the village and spoke very carefully.

"My house is in the middle of the area with the most houses. There is a big banana tree outside the house, which is easy to spot."

After delivering the things, the little girl left with her brother. Jiang Wan noted the location she mentioned, turned around excitedly, picked up the shovel and handed it to her cousin.

"Cousin, we are so lucky today. We finally have the right tool."

Although digging in the sand is not very strenuous, your little paws will still feel pain and injury if you dig too much.

"Let's go, let's try it~"

Jiang Wan took her cousin to try to dig some clams. They easily dug up a pile of sand and revealed the clams hidden underneath.

A small shovel is also useful.

There are always various kinds of snails and shellfish attached to the reefs. There is a kind of shellfish called the general's cap, which is small in size but has a strong suction force. If you don't shovel it off unexpectedly, it will be frightened and stick to the rocks tightly, making it very difficult to get it off.

Jiang Wan saw quite a few yesterday, but she had no tools, so she couldn't even think about picking them out with her bare hands, so she gave up yesterday with great regret. Today, she had a shovel, so she picked them out one by one.

The general's cap is small, about the size of a beer cap. It is very similar to abalone, but slightly rounder and smaller in size. However, the nutritional value is not much different. I would like to get more general's caps to bring back for my family to eat than clams.

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"Cousin, you take care of the shovel and I'll take care of the crabs. Let's try to catch as many as possible today."

When Yin Ning heard about crabs, she recalled the half crab she had eaten yesterday. It was so delicious that she still couldn't forget it. Her emotions were aroused again, and she grabbed the shovel and promised seriously: "Okay, I will definitely scoop more!"

The two sisters didn't go too far away and were both active in the reefs. Without her cousin, Jiang Wan picked up the crabs quickly and accurately by herself, and even managed to grab a few conches and put them in the basket.

Occasionally, some villagers would pass by the sisters and just look at them for a few seconds before leaving. No one took the initiative to talk to them, and the sisters were happy to be alone.

About half an hour later, the two sisters had moved to another group of reefs. Jiang Wan saw several puddles here.

There are usually fish and shrimps in the puddles left by the low tide, but she didn't dare to go in. Because sometimes there are ferocious eels hiding in the puddles. With her small body, she would only be bitten by the eels.

In the past, when she live-streamed her fishing, she was fully equipped, wearing rain boots, gloves, and pliers, so of course she was not afraid of catching eels. But now, forget it.

It is better to be safe than sorry, so Jiang Wan gave up exploring the puddle and concentrated on looking for her crabs.

Yin Ning, who was not far from her, had already shoveled a small bag of general hats. Her palms were rubbed hot by the shovel handle, but she still insisted. She knew what the situation was at home, and she didn't want to be a drag. It was not easy for her to do something, so she had to insist on it no matter how painful it was.

Yin Ning was so focused on looking for the general's hat that she didn't notice any villagers walking towards her. Naturally, she also didn't notice that something thin was suddenly squirming towards her from the cracks in the stones under her feet.

Hmm? Your ankles are a little itchy and cold?

Yin Ning felt something was wrong and looked down. She was so frightened that she screamed and her shovel flew away. What the hell is this thing? !

So many feet, so ugly, and still crawling onto her feet!!

“Wan Wan!! Help!!”

Yin Ning was unable to shake off the monster on her feet, and she was even more terrified. She burst into tears and her general's cap fell to the ground. She turned around and ran to find her cousin, but she stepped on the legs of the octopus and her feet slipped and were about to hit the reef.

"cousin!!"

Jiang Wan was so frightened that she dropped the crab and ran towards her cousin.

"careful!"

A strong arm pulled Yin Ning back.

Yin Ning's mind went blank at this moment. She just wanted to quickly get rid of the monster on her ankle. She grabbed the person in front of her and clung to him tightly as if she was grabbing a life-saving straw, trembling and begging: "Help! There is a monster on my foot!!"

The little girl couldn't stop crying, like a delicate flower blown by a rainstorm.

Lian Yue felt half of his body was numb, so he quickly let go of his hand and looked at the monster on the girl's feet. He breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it was something else, but it turned out to be an octopus.

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"Don't be afraid, it's just an octopus."

Lian Yue squatted down and tried to pull the octopus sucking on Yin Ning's ankle, but the octopus' legs were wrapped around it and sucked it tightly. If he wanted to get the octopus off, he would have to hold the girl's foot with one hand. But he was a man, and men and women should not touch each other.

He doesn't care about his reputation, but girls definitely do. She was so frightened at the moment, what would she do if she made trouble later?

Just when he was worried, Jiang Wan came running over.

"Cousin, cousin! Wuwuwu..."

Yin Ning couldn't help crying and kept shaking while hugging Jiang Wan.

"Don't be afraid, cousin, it's okay. This octopus is just like a crab or conch, it's just a small animal in the sea. Don't be afraid, I'll help you get rid of it."

After comforting her cousin, Jiang Wanan turned around and thanked Lian Yue. If Lian Yue hadn't pulled her, her cousin might have been disfigured today.

"Thank you, big brother, for saving my cousin."

"It's just a small matter."

Lian Yue saw that some villagers were looking over here, so he left without saying anything and gave up his place. Jiang Wan didn't have time to ask his name. Now that her cousin was almost scared silly, she should quickly get the octopus down.

After years of fishing, she has learned a lot of things, like this one, when being sucked by an octopus, if you hold its eyeball, it will feel uncomfortable and will naturally let go.

Jiang Wan quickly removed the octopus and put it into the basket, then covered it with weeds. She looked at her cousin's ankle, which had two broken skins from being sucked and pulled hard.

It's just a minor injury on my cousin's foot, but I'm worried that she might get hurt.

"Cousin, I've locked up the octopus. It's okay now."

Yin Ning pursed her lips and her crying became quieter, but she was still shaking and hardly dared to take a step forward. In her eyes, this large expanse of dark rocks became extremely scary, as if an octopus could run out of every crack in the rocks.

The cold and sticky feeling resurfaced in her heart and made her shiver several times.

"Cousin, I'm afraid..."

She didn't dare let go of her cousin's hand and walk away by herself.

Jiang Wan understood that her cousin had a psychological shadow and felt very distressed, so she held her hand tightly and went to pick up the generals' hats that were thrown away.

We have been shoveling for more than half an hour, we can't just throw it away like this.

The two sisters held hands tightly and put the general's hat into the basket little by little. Then they picked up the shovel and rake and decided not to continue fishing in the sea. They went straight to find the adults.

The adults were lucky today. They not only dug a lot of clams, but also caught two fish. However, one of them was dead, but it was fish meat after all, so Yin Huaishan and his wife didn't mind it and thought of cooking it for lunch.

When the two sisters arrived, they heard the brother and sister arguing.

"Brother, the fish's gills have turned dark red and slightly white, which means it has been dead for a long time. It's best not to eat dead fish, especially dead fish that are not fresh."

Yin Huaishan was reluctant to throw away such a big piece of fish, and Song Wenhui was also very hungry and supported her husband very much.

"Brother, if you don't believe me, go ask Auntie Niu and the others. They can't eat it anyway."

Yin Huaixi was very persistent, and the couple had no choice but to throw the fish away. However, Jiang Wan picked it up and put it back into the basket as soon as it was thrown.

"Wanwan?"

"Mother, we won't eat this fish if it's not fresh, but we can save it and use it as fish bait."

People can't eat it, but the guys in the sea love it. Jiang Wan is not satisfied with only being able to bring some seafood home at low tide. She wants to be able to bring seafood home at high tide, otherwise when the low tide turns into night, won't the family be out of food?

Yin Huaixi laughed as soon as she heard the word fish bait. Her brain was not as quick as her daughter's and it was almost wasted.

The tide had not yet risen, and the three adults said they would continue to look for it. Jiang Wan wanted to comfort her cousin, so she did not follow them. After covering the basket, she took her cousin to sit under the shade of a tree to rest.

Not long after the two of them sat down, Jiang Wan noticed that her cousin's left and right hands were rubbing her right arm. If she remembered correctly, that was the spot where the eldest brother who had saved her cousin had rubbed her right arm.

"Cousin, what's wrong with you? You've been rubbing your arm. Is your hand injured?"

Yin Ning shook her head violently and stopped rubbing, but the urge in her heart made her unable to control her hands. She could only bite her lower lip and hold her knees with both hands.

Jiang Wan placed her little paw on her cousin's hand, her voice sweet and sticky.

"Cousin, we are the closest sisters now. If you have anything that makes you unhappy, you must tell me. I will be with you."

Yin Ning was stunned, feeling the small hand patting her gently, which made her feel very sad.

"It's okay. You don't have to say anything. But you have to learn to adjust your mood, okay? Leave the bad things aside, think more about happy things, and think about our current life. We are a little poor, but we don't have to follow the rules anymore. We can talk loudly when we want to, and go out when we want to. It's so free here. When we make money in the future, we can buy a small fishing boat, and then we can row the boat out to sea to play. Isn't it very happy?"

The little cousin's words piqued Yin Ning's interest. She felt as if the heaviness in her heart had lightened a little. She followed up with the question, "Cousin, can you row a boat? Can you swim?"

Jiang Wan smiled and leaned his head on her.

"If you don't know how, we can learn. My cousin is very smart, and I'm not bad either. Let's find a good teacher and learn together."

"Learn to swim..."

Can you move freely in the sea like a fish?

What my cousin said is really appealing.

Tears welled up in Yin Ning's eyes. She suddenly grabbed her little cousin's hand and put it close to her ear, her voice so low that only the two of them could hear clearly.

"What?! Ugh..."

Before Jiang Wan could get angry, Yin Ning quickly reached out and covered her mouth. Jiang Wan calmed down and realized that this was not a good place to talk, so she sat back down obediently.

Her cousin just whispered two things into her ear, each of which was a devastating blow to women of that era.

When the family was confiscated and exiled, my cousin was in the back house and had no idea what was going on in the front yard. It was not until the officers entered the yard to search for things that she realized her family was implicated and was going to be imprisoned. Some of the officers who went to the yard to search for property were very dishonest and they made a move on her and the maid. They touched her face and tore her clothes, and pinched her buttocks and legs, under the pretext of checking if she had hidden any jewelry.

The language was even more filthy.

This was an absolute shame and humiliation for the daughter's family, but my cousin had no choice but to endure it. She was later imprisoned, and just one day into the prison, her fiancé's family sent a letter of annulment from the prison guards.

It is common sense to seek good fortune and avoid harm, and when the wall falls, everyone pushes it. The Yin family can't say anything. But my cousin has suffered three blows in a row, and it is even more tiring to be exiled. She has to endure it and not let her family worry. She is really too strong. If she is not counseled, she may have an emotional breakdown.

"Cousin, I've been touched by several men. Am I dirty..."

Yin Ning said the last two words very lightly, but with a sense of determination. Jiang Wan's heart sank, and she immediately turned around and glared at her fiercely, "Nonsense! Cousin, you are so pedantic!"

"ah??"

"You are the victim! You don't blame those bastards and yet you think you are wrong."

Hearing the word "son of a bitch", Yin Ning's eyes widened in disbelief. How could a lady like my little cousin say a word like "son of a bitch"! !

Is this her cousin? ?

"Wanwan... how can you say such vulgar words..."

"Oh, cousin, what time is it now? We are not rich girls anymore, so why should we stick to those rules? I may speak rudely but I act honestly. All we need to do is be upright."

Jiang Wan hooked her finger at her cousin and asked her to come closer to her ear. The two little people clung to each other again.

"Cousin, just think of it as a dog rubbing against you. Don't dwell on it. We are far away from Kyoto now. It's not enough to worry about food, drink, defecation and urination all day long. Don't be distracted by other things. Even if my uncle and aunt knew about this, they would definitely mean this, understand?"

Was, was rubbed by a dog?

Yin Ning blinked her watery eyes. Why did what her cousin said sound so reasonable?