"At that time, his mother had no money or land with him when he was a few years old, and they were not compatible with the local people. According to him, his mother later married an old widower in the area."
"Fortunately, the old widower was still quite kind to the mother and son. Their life was even harder than ours."
“His wife died in childbirth, and his stepfather also passed away a few years ago. Now he lives with his mother and a sickly daughter.”
Su Qingci nodded. "Sigui, go and see if your Uncle Dasheng went out to sea today. If he's home, ask him to come over."
Si Gui nodded. "He should be at home. We haven't finalized the ship arrangements yet!"
Soon, Xu Dasheng followed Si Gui inside.
Looking at Su Qingci, a dark glint flashed in his eyes, assuming that Su Qingci had come because of what happened yesterday.
“Miss Su, we didn’t say anything yesterday.”
Su Qingci shook her head and said directly, "I called you here for something else."
"I just went to Da Niu's house in the next village."
“His two young children were at home, guarding their father’s body, while the old lady was sick in bed, and the children’s mother went to borrow money to buy a coffin.”
Si Gui and Xu Dasheng lowered their heads sadly as they listened to Su Qingci's words. They already knew Da Niu, and had even shared a room with him on the ship for several days, thus establishing a brief friendship.
Su Qingci continued, "I heard that there was a sailor's wife at Panxi Cave who jumped into the sea with her child yesterday."
Xu Dasheng slapped his face hard with his rough hand and said helplessly, "Those who went out this time are basically people whose families can't make ends meet. Even if they have their own small boat, no one would take such a big risk to go on a long ocean voyage."
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