Chapter 207 Riparian

A sister crisis was quietly resolved after Anan woke up.

When Baozhu learned that Anan was thinking the same thing as she was, she felt like she had found a soulmate.

"Anan, what can we give Master as a gift that is not expensive?"

"Master said yesterday that it's good to have a good intention. I can sew socks!"

Li Anan patted her chest proudly. This was the only needlework she knew. She couldn't learn the others, so she gave up in the end.

"I can sew socks, but most of us wear straw sandals. Why wear them in such hot weather?"

An idea suddenly occurred to Baozhu.

"I recently learned a dish from Xiao Wan. Can I cook it for Master?"

Anan blinked.

"I can't do it..."

"Ah... then what should we give?"

The two little girls squatted in the kitchen and felt worried for a while.

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Compared to the two at home, Jiang Wan is much more relaxed and comfortable.

She went back to the place where she had dug for scallops yesterday, but only dug up a few and that was all.

Although there were no webbing, she did find a nest of sea urchins around this beach.

It was a pleasant surprise.

She couldn't carry so much by herself, so she happened to meet two little boys from Zhou's family who were out looking for seafood, so she asked them to help carry the seafood home twice.

After sending the nest of sea urchins back home, Jiang Wan took his two brothers to the beach again.

This time she wants to help the Zhou brothers find seafood.

However, these two guys were very nimble and were able to grab the crabs faster than she was. Moreover, they were not afraid of slippery things.

A sea eel jumped out from a crevice in the reef, baring its teeth and about to bite someone, but Zhou Yuan stepped on it, grabbed its neck and threw it directly into the basket.

Jiang Wan was stunned.

She really can't even compare to him in terms of skills.

I feel like I am holding everyone back.

"Sister Wan, do you like to eat this little snake? I can give it to you."

"No, no, I'm afraid of this guy and I don't dare to eat it. You guys should take it back and eat it yourself."

Jiang Wan said one thing and meant another.

She is afraid of conger eels, but she likes eel rice very much.

The eel meat is smooth and soft. After being marinated and cooked with a special sauce, it becomes fragrant, glutinous, and a little sticky.

People who don’t like it would get sick of it after a few bites, but she really likes it.

But she couldn't take the fruits of other people's children's labor for nothing, she had to save face.

The three of them caught a lot of crabs and snails along the way, and also picked up a few freshly dead sea fish. It was a pretty good harvest.

When they were about to go back, they saw four or five children playing in the sea.

Jiang Wan was a little surprised.

Because those children seem to be of school age, and they should be going to school now.

I heard that the Third Master was very impartial and would count the number of students in both classes every day. If anyone skipped class, he would definitely catch them and spank them.

Even if he was late, he would still check on each house one by one. He is really responsible.

I haven’t heard of any kids daring to skip classes in the village school recently. Where did these kids come from?

"Yuan, do you know them?"

Yuan shook his head, but Li nodded and pointed at one of the little girls and said, "I know that little girl. She is the granddaughter of the village chief. I heard her call him village chief."

Jiang Wan seemed to be thinking about something. The village chief's family, so they should be entertaining guests?

Maybe the children of relatives are coming over, so take them out to play.

After all, many villages around are quite far from the beach, and some children have never seen the sea.

Jiang Wan was about to leave with the Zhou brothers when she suddenly heard the sound of a little girl crying.

"I won't go, I won't go! Mother said that if the water is above our knees, we can't go forward! Wuwuwu..."

"Cousin, you are such a coward! You were born by the sea but you are not as brave as me!"

A boy grabbed the little girl and walked towards deeper water, laughing at her as he walked.

An adult not far away heard the noise and just took a look. The waves were gentle today and there was no danger at the beach.

Jiang Wan's eyes suddenly focused, he dropped the bucket and ran towards the children quickly.

"Come back soon!"

Her voice was so loud that several people in the sea, including the adults around her, heard it.

Thanks to her mother being a doctor, the adults thought something had happened and came running over.

"Everyone go to shore, it's dangerous!"

Jiang Wan ignored the children on the beach and ran straight towards the little girl.

The gentle waves hit the beach, and it looked peaceful. But this peacefulness concealed a murderous intent.

There was a sudden break in the line of waves, and the water there did not splash onto the shore in layers like the surrounding water, but flowed vertically towards the deep sea.

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This is the beach killer rip current.

Once a person is caught in the water, the seawater can pull them into the deep sea at a speed of two meters per second or even faster. In modern times, 90% of drowning deaths are caused by rip currents.

The fast and turbulent sea water will not allow people to react in time, and even if they react, they cannot stop the strong current from sweeping them away. Only those who are good at swimming and know how to avoid rip currents can survive.

And now, the little fat boy grabbed the little girl and stepped into her!

Jiang Wan chased after them and told them not to go any further, but the little fat boy refused to do so.

"If you don't let me go, I won't leave. Who do you think you are? The sea is not yours. I want to play~"

The fat boy was about to say something to his cousin when he suddenly felt something unstable under his feet and was inexplicably swept into the sea.

He was a man who had only splashed a few times at the edge of the pond before he learned how to swim and was instantly sucked away by the sea water.

"Help! Help, help..."

The little girl was also swept away by the sea, but she was a good swimmer and was swimming desperately to save herself.

But it was obviously useless, the rip current was too terrible.

Jiang Wan chased after her, jumped into the offshore current, hugged the little girl, pulled her around, and swam sideways for her life.

Rip currents are long but not wide, usually no more than ten meters. This rip current she just saw is even narrower. As long as you are out of the range of the rip current, you will not be swept away by the sea water.

Jiang Wan didn't know why she was so impulsive, but she really couldn't bear to watch this little girl die in front of her.

The little girl in his arms was running out of oxygen and struggled a few times but then she held on and didn't move again.

Jiang Wan really tried her best to save such a well-behaved child.

It was a short time, but it felt like a long time had passed.

Suddenly, she felt that the force pulling her was gone!

Jiang Wan insisted on swimming to the side, and finally emerged with the little girl. When they swam to the surface, both of them were panting wildly, because they were really suffocated in the sea.

When I came to my senses and looked around, I found that they were hundreds of meters away from the shore and I couldn't even see their faces.

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(I’m afraid it will be too late for review, so I’ll put the review first. I’ll go back to the picture after it’s updated. Good night, my little cuties. Be careful about rip currents!)