Chapter 95: Melon-eating physique

The chicken was finally bought, but it had already been plucked clean, chopped into pieces and placed in a bowl, processing it very cleanly.

Jiang Wan also bought some vegetables from Lian Yue's house so that she didn't have to go around the village asking for directions.

After leaving Lian Yue's house, Jiang Wan did not go home. She walked along the beach to the coconut grove. She did not wait for anyone to climb the trees to pick coconuts, but she caught a passing uncle and asked him. The uncle immediately dropped the things in his hands and slid up the tree.

This uncle is really amazing. Most of the coconut tree is straight and branchless. He didn't use any tools, just his legs and hands to climb up and he was able to quickly climb to the top of the tree.

Soon there were two bangs, and a few green coconuts fell from the tree, making several holes in the sand.

You have to be careful when walking under coconut trees on the beach. If a coconut falls, it's no joke and can kill you.

Jiang Wan picked out the coconuts carefully. Each one was very heavy. Fortunately, she brought a backpack.

There were five coconuts in total, and Jiang Wan gave the uncle fifteen coins. The uncle was very happy, and he took off his shoes on the spot and hid five copper coins.

Jiang Wan: “…”

I don't know if he is hiding money from his mother or his wife. Isn't it said that women had a low status in ancient times? She has seen many people in this village who are afraid of their wives.

"Little girl, the villagers call me Lao Meng. Next time you want to eat coconuts, you can come to me again. I am very skilled."

Jiang Wan nodded and smiled, "Okay, okay, Uncle Meng, I'll remember that."

As she was talking, she noticed a fishing boat returning from the sea, and she immediately picked up her backpack and trotted towards the bay where the boats were moored in the village.

When the fishing boats return, most of the catch has been sold, but they will leave some small fish and shrimp for their families to eat.

Jiang Wan was not well prepared today, so she also wanted some small fish and shrimp.

Because the coconut grove was a little far from the bay where the boat was moored, she walked for a long time before she got there. When she got there, the boat had already stopped, and the slightly larger hull made the small fishing boats beside it look like little babies.

I don't know if this boat belongs to the village or an individual...

Jiang Wan was hesitating about how to go over and talk to someone when she suddenly saw an acquaintance.

"Uncle Zhou!"

When Zhou Qian heard the shout, he looked around subconsciously. Almost everyone on the boat had the surname Lian, except for one named Cai, and his surname was Zhou.

"Xiao Wan? Why are you here?"

He jumped off the boat swiftly and didn't see anyone from the Yin family nearby. He looked at the thing on Jiang Wan's back and saw that the heavy belt was digging into her clothes.

"Why are you carrying so many things by yourself? Put them down now."

Jiang Wan actually felt okay, as she could carry the 30-pound backpack. However, her original body's skin was very tender, and it was a bit painful at the moment, so she obediently put the backpack on the ground.

"Uncle Zhou, I want to buy some fish and shrimp. Do you have any more on the boat?"

"Fish and shrimp? Of course we have them, but they are all small. The big fish have been sold. If you want to buy some, I can go ask for you."

"Uh-huh!"

Zhou Qian came and went very quickly, and when he got off the boat he was holding a wooden bucket. Jiang Wan went up to take a look and her mouth was watering.

Lots of shrimps and lots of sardines.

These sardines are slender, about the length of a palm. Their meat is as good as those of black sea bream and yellowtail, but they have more bones than them.

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This kind of fish with little meat and many bones has little market here, but Jiang Wan likes it very much.

She was already thinking about whether to pan-fry or crisp up the food when she took it back.

"Uncle Zhou, I want all these small fish. Can I also weigh two kilograms of shrimp?"

"Of course you can. The captain wanted to give you all these for free, but I thought you wouldn't want to take things for free, so I took the initiative to refuse them for you."

Jiang Wan was stunned. Was she already so famous? Even the captain of the ship knew her?

She looked at Zhou Qian in confusion, and Zhou Qian quickly explained: "The captain saw me talking to you just now, and he asked me if I was his daughter, and I casually said that you were from the Yin family. Well... his family has two children who are going to be sent to school, you know."

Jiang Wan understood that this was all thanks to her uncle.

Hehe~

"Uncle Zhou, you're right to refuse. I definitely can't take things from others for free. I want to buy all the fish and shrimp in this bucket. Can you help me get a real price?"

"No need to ask. I usually sell these. This bucket is only fifteen cents at most."

Only fifteen cents!

Jiang Wan, who is now a wealthy woman, immediately paid the money generously.

But how could she carry back such a heavy bucket of fish and shrimps plus the basket?

"Xiao Wan, wait here for me. I'll give the money to the captain and send you back."

"Good!"

Jiang Wan was more than happy to have someone help her bring it back.

Looks like I have to make more crispy fish tonight and send some to Grandma Lian Yue and the Zhou family.

Zhou Qian came back quickly. The heavy basket on his back seemed to be weightless. He walked faster than Jiang Wan while carrying a bucket of fish.

As expected, he once wanted to be a general.

Jiang Wan heard her mother talk about the Zhou family.

Grandpa Zhou passed the imperial examination and became an official when he was in his thirties. At that time, Uncle Zhou was already married.

Uncle Zhou was not a good student, he liked to work in the fields since he was young. Later, when he followed Grandpa Zhou to Kyoto and had no work to do, he found a master to learn martial arts, saying that he wanted to join the army.

But I never saw him go there again, probably because his family didn't allow it.

Fortunately, he did not go. Given the chaos inside and outside the court, if he had gone, he wouldn't know whether he would be able to see his family again in his lifetime.

And without him, Zhou Erbo's two children would not be able to survive on the road of exile.

I heard from my mother that the two children were carried on Uncle Zhou's back for most of the exile.

After hearing about the Zhou family's story, Jiang Wan has always had a good impression of this family.

If Uncle Zhou's two sons were not too young, she would have thought of matchmaking them for her cousin.

Um……

Zhou Li and Zhou Yuan seem to be ten years old, and my cousin will be fifteen soon, so being five years older doesn't seem too old.

Nowadays, people who are more than ten years older can love each other, so what does a five-year difference mean?

Don’t think about it, don’t think about it. If my cousin knew, she would strangle herself to death.

Jiang Wan quickly stopped her wild thoughts and was about to ask Uncle Zhou about his children when she saw Uncle Zhou suddenly stand in front of her and completely block her.

"What are you doing in broad daylight?!"

Following Uncle Zhou's angry shout, Jiang Wan heard a fake "Aiya" and then a flurry of footsteps.

She wanted to lean her head over to take a look, but Uncle Zhou seemed to have eyes on his back and blocked her with his backpack.

"Little kids, don't look around."

Jiang Wan looked down at herself. She was a short man, flat from head to toe, and really was a child.

Alas, her young age can still affect her ability to eat melons.

By the way, who were those two people just now?

She seemed to have heard the voice before, but also seemed not to have heard it before.

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(Second update at 9 o'clock~)