Jiang Yue led the way, and two mule carts squeezed through a small path.
The weeds on the side of the road were already taller than people. If there wasn't a stone marking the road, Jiang Yue wouldn't have recognized it. It was obvious that few people had entered or left the village in the past few months.
Jiang San and his companions became even more nervous. Didn't the boss want to do business? Why did he go to the deserted road?
If you are killed here, you will be helpless!
If they hadn't trusted the boss, they would have run away long ago...
Fortunately, after walking for a while, they came across a village. Those who had never seen the ocean were stunned. The turquoise water seemed to have no end in sight! It was amazing!
The waves hit the rocks, making a loud "pa pa pa" sound, and you have to shout to be heard.
Jiang Yue led them to Uncle Jin's door. Since he had poor hearing and couldn't hear the knocks if they were too soft, she banged on the door and shouted, "Is Uncle Jin home? I'm Jiang Yue!"
"Second Uncle Jin!"
Jiang Nian stepped forward, "Yueyue, someone came out."
Footsteps approached, and a trembling voice sounded from behind the door, "Who is it?"
"Is this Uncle Jin? I'm Jiang Yue. I stayed here with you for a few days two years ago. Do you remember?"
With a "creak", the courtyard door was opened, and a thin, dark, and wrinkled face was revealed. It was indeed Uncle Jin.
He first saw Jiang Yue standing in front and said happily, "It's Madam Jiang!"
He looked back and saw a few strong men. His face froze. "Why, why are there so many people?"
Jiang Yue explained, "These are the guys my family hired. They want to buy some more fish from you."
Upon hearing this, Uncle Jin seemed a little worried. He opened the door hesitantly and let them in.
Uncle Jin's wife, Aunt Alin, is still hiding in the cellar with her children and dares not come out.
Although life outside was obviously much better than the previous two years, Jiang Yue felt that Uncle Jin's family was living even worse than before, a bit like a frightened bird.
After he pulled the man out of the cellar, Jiang Yue asked, "Second Uncle Jin, what happened to you guys in the past two years?"
He sighed and then told the whole story.
Two years ago, their village was first looted by bandits, and then there was a war, and thieves came to invade from time to time. Some families even had their boats stolen.
Due to a series of natural disasters and man-made tragedies, half of the people in their village died, and now there are only fifty or sixty people left.
The soil here is thin, so they can't grow crops. Without a boat, they can't fish. Naturally, life is getting harder and harder.
Even though they heard that things were peaceful outside, they didn't dare go out because they were so scared.
Jiang San and his companions also fell silent. They had experienced difficulties when fleeing and had escaped death several times. If it were not for their boss wanting to do business, they would definitely not dare to go out.
This family had sad faces and their backs were bent.
Jiang Yue pondered for a moment. "Uncle Jin, I want to discuss a deal with you. I'll give you a boat and fishing nets, and you and the rest of the villagers can go fishing together. I'll take whatever fish you catch, both fresh and dried."
"We'll stay here for five days and leave on the sixth. I'll leave my boat for you to use, but you can only sell any fish you catch to me."
"From now on, my guys will come every fifteenth day to collect dried fish. You all know what kind of fish I collected before, so I'd like to trouble Aunt A-lin to help collect the dried fish in the village."
"I don't know what you think of this method?"
Before Uncle Jin could say anything, Auntie A-lin quickly agreed, "Okay, okay! I remember that the fish my wife wanted must be good. We will definitely help you clean it up!"
She was so excited that her hands were shaking and her eyes were red. She didn't know how to thank him.
If they don't go fishing, their family will have to eat tree bark.
Uncle Jin was not good at speaking and said thank you with trembling lips.
Jiang Yue borrowed the kitchen from them, and Jiang San started cooking.
Knowing that they were short on time, Aunt Alin hurried to each household and collected some dried fish from the fishermen to exchange for some food.
Knowing that the generous nobleman had come again, everyone was very excited and went to find people who had small wooden boats to discuss taking turns fishing.
Jiang Yue and Jiang Nian went out for a walk and said, "The boat has been delivered."
This time, Jiang Yue and his friend did not go fishing at sea. Instead, they took Sui Sui to play at the small beach where Uncle Jin had taken them before.
When Suisui saw the sea for the first time, he was stunned and motionless.
Jiang Yue held his front legs with both hands and slowly lowered them. His hind paws immediately retracted when they touched the water, and he struggled to climb onto her.
She laughed at it.
"Dear, this water is very comfortable, don't be afraid."
She coaxed Sui Sui to go down and touch the sea water. Gradually, he seemed to become interested and went down to the beach smoothly.
He saw some holes with things surging out of them, so he pressed them down with his paw. After playing with them for a while, he saw something else interesting and changed his target.
Sui Sui was so happy that he ran back and forth on the beach, digging in the water with his claws and eating a few shrimps. His hair was all wet.
Jiang Yue and Jiang Nian held hands tightly and walked slowly behind Sui Sui.
No one disturbed her at this time, so she took off her shoes on the shore. The sea water brushed over her feet, and she stepped on the soft sand, which was very comfortable.
"Ah~" Sui Sui cried out and turned to look at his parents.
Jiang Nian walked over and Sui Sui raised his front paws, only to find that he was pinched by a crab.
He half squatted down, carefully picked up the crab and threw it into the sea.
Then I checked his pink and tender paws back and forth. They were just a little red and not injured.
Sui Sui hummed a few times and clung to Jiang Nian's chest without moving, as if she was begging for a hug.
"You're soaked. I won't hold you."
"Hehe~"
Jiang Nian always disliked Sui Sui's love of acting like a spoiled brat, which was not like him at all. He said he disliked her, but it didn't stop him from picking up the child with both hands and holding him against his chest.
Jiang Yue climbed onto his back from behind, chuckling, "Big boy, I want to be carried too."
Jiang Nian smiled softly, kissed her on the lips, and then stood up.
His treasures are all around his chest and back.
The family of three played at the beach until sunset, and Suisui fell asleep again, so she put it into the space.
Bringing a wolf along would only attract more attention, so she'd better save herself the trouble.
They returned to Uncle Jin's house at dusk.
Jiang San and his companions finally breathed a sigh of relief. Without their boss, they had no backbone.
Uncle Jin's house was not big enough, so he wanted to invite the distinguished guest to some empty houses where no one was living, but he was afraid that the distinguished guest would find it unlucky.
Jiang Yue drove the three servants into the house, and she and Jiang Nian rested on the mule cart. The mule cart was cleaner...
At midnight that day, those who had boats in the village went out to sea, and those who didn't have boats panned for food on the beach.
Jiang San and his companions also went to join in the fun. In their area, there were few large lakes, let alone the sea.
When the fishing boat returned, they were shocked to see a sea fish as big as a human.
One side is curious about everything in the sea, while the other side has spent a lifetime by the sea and also wants to know what the Central Plains is like.
The two sides hit it off immediately and soon started chatting enthusiastically, without any trace of the caution they had shown a few hours ago.
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