All the evil beasts in the world, I feed on demons and monsters

Chapter 76 Cui Jie'er

Nanhai County, Tingchao Village.

This place is still 20 to 30 miles away from Nanhai County, but it is close to the ocean. The people in the village rely on the products of the sea for their livelihood.

During this period, every household had to send someone to the sea to fish for pearls. After all, almost everyone in Nanhai County knew how to swim.

Unfortunately, ordinary pearl divers only need to serve for ten days before returning to work for a quarter of the year. But now, the imperial court is using people to death.

They say pearls will be used during national sacrifices, but this reason is far-fetched. I have never seen anyone mention the use of pearls in national sacrifices before!

Others may not know, but Sister Cui from Tingchao Village doesn’t believe it.

"Whoever is in charge of this job will make sure the baby is born without an asshole!"

At the village well, Cui Jie'er was smacking her clothes with a stick, cursing. She was twenty-eight years old, with large, charming eyes and a high nose, but her face was rough and her hands were thick-knuckled and calloused.

She was tall, with big breasts and a round buttocks, and was wearing a hemp cloth dress. The sound of her talking drowned out the "crackling" sound of clothes being smashed.

"That's right. I guess it's the high officials in the court who want the pearls and want to order us poor people around!"

A dark and thin young wife next to her said cautiously.

"That's really unconscionable!"

"I heard that the one-eyed man surnamed Wang from the next village hasn't come back in a few days! I heard my father-in-law say that he went into the water with him. He's like the Dragon King of the water, and even sailfish can't catch up with him!"

"People like this have died. I think those officials are greedy and want to taste the salty men pickled in the water!"

"Sister Cui!"

The young wife next to her tugged at her clothes, but she was completely unfazed and said, "What? Talk about it and you'll die!"

"My man is in the army!"

"In previous years, if someone in our family had served in the army, they were exempted from corvée service, but this year they're forcing them to enlist! My unfortunate father-in-law has been gone for half a month. He's probably enjoying his life with the Dragon King, but how can I survive?"

The others also looked unhappy.

This Cui Jie'er's family is relatively good. Her man is in the army, so she only needs to send someone out once.

If there were no military households in the family and one of them died, another would be appointed! When would the appointment be made? Until the national memorial service ended, or until all the male members of the family died out!
There are many empty houses in the village recently.

After saying that, Sister Cui carried the clothes basin and strode towards home.

As she walked, a simple courtyard appeared in front of her.

Outside a loess mud house, irregular pieces of bluestone formed a fence, which looked fairly regular.

creak-

As soon as Sister Cui entered the courtyard, she heard the old man in the next room cry "Ouch".

Bang!

She slammed the clothes basin and turned to walk over.

"Hehehe! If Hehehe dies, will your son and husband be able to come back?"

On the bed in the next room, an old man was covered with a quilt, his face crooked and his mouth drooling. When he heard the noise, he could only move his eyes; his body did not move at all.

Ever since her son joined the army, the old woman has been nagging about it. A while ago, her husband was forced to go pearl diving, so he stayed at the village entrance every night. At his age, the damp, cold sea breeze blew on him, and he had a brain stroke, becoming paralyzed.

The village butcher came to the door the next day and wanted to negotiate a price to buy the man, but was beaten away by Cui Jie'er with a fire poker.

At this moment, the old man heard the noise, but just cried.

Cui Jie'er scolded impatiently: "Cry, cry, cry! You've wet the quilt with your tears, who will dry it for you?"

She cursed and swore, but she wiped the old man's body, turned him over, and cleaned out his excrement and urine.

After finishing, Sister Cui came to the main house, which was also empty. A girl of four or five years old was clumsily picking up dried seaweed bit by bit from a winnowing basket.

"mother!"

The girl smiled as soon as she saw her mother. Her face was covered with dry scars. She said, "Today, Erniu stole my seaweed. I did as you said and kicked him in the crotch. He fell to his knees and called me ancestor!"

The little girl shook the frame in her hand and pouted, "But his father came and beat me up, and he even took away a sea fish!"

"what!"

When Cui Jieer heard there was a fish, she was shocked!
She immediately put her hands on her hips and said, "Wait, I'll get it back for you!"

"Ok!"

The little girl nodded with sparkling eyes, as if her mother could do anything.

...family matters, shrews and troublemakers.

When Sister Cui came to the door, there was chaos. Both sides were kind enough to help each other and carefully counted how many generations of ancestors they had!
After Cui Jie'er threw a tantrum, chattered incessantly with a stick, and cursed the other party's ancestors dozens of times, the sea fish was crushed to pieces and thrown out of the yard.

Sister Cui picked up the sea fish with great confidence, spat on the ground, and strode away among the villagers who were peeking at her.

The night wind is cold and damp, chilling to the bone.

In a place where no one was around, Sister Cui gritted her teeth, silently rubbed the bruises on her body, dragged herself around in mud, and carried the sea fish covered in footprints and filth, slowly walking towards home.

Suddenly, she saw a man standing in front of her house.

He was tall, clad in armor, and stained with blood.

"who!"

When Cui Jie'er, who was originally depressed and tired, saw someone, she suddenly straightened up, gripped the stick tightly, and shouted loudly!
Like a female leopard!

This was a man, a man carrying a package on his back. From the exposed part of the package, one could see red meat and clean white rice.

The man turned his head.

Cui Jie'er was stunned for a moment, then her lips trembled slightly. Her large eyes instantly turned red and filled with tears. Her tall body couldn't help but tremble.

Snap!
The sea fish in her hand fell to the ground with her knees!

Immediately, this well-known fierce woman in the village burst into tears!

……

Inside the house.

Sister Cui felt like she was dreaming today.

Nightmares haunt sweet dreams, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

"Mom! It's delicious!"

At the table, the little girl was holding a bowl of steaming white rice, dipped in a large piece of pork, and eating with her mouth full of oil.

At this moment, the little girl's cheeks were covered with white rice, and she was smiling like a well-behaved kitten.

She picked up the rice grains on her cheeks and on the table, one by one, put them in her mouth like candies, and chewed them slowly.

Cui Jie'er glared and said, "Slow down, no one's going to snatch it from you! And you can't get closer to your father!"

"I want my dad to hold me in his arms at night!"

"Hug what!"

Cui Jie'er glared and said, "Go sleep with your grandma tonight!"

"Why?"

"Go if you are told!"

The little girl pouted, but didn't dare to refute.

Sister Cui picked up a piece of meat and put it in the little girl's bowl, and also served her a bowl of rice.

Then she picked up a piece of sea fish and mixed it with the seaweed. There was also a piece of rice the size of a baby's fist in the bowl. Cui Jie'er ate slowly, her eyes glancing towards the side room, revealing a rare gentleness.

My man is back.

It was said that the army had given leave to all the soldiers who lived near Nanhai County, about 10,000 to 20,000 people. They were given jewelry, silver, rice, flour, and meat, and were told to stay home for two days before attending the national sacrifice.

Sister Cui touched her neck, where she wore a thumb-sized silver pearl, hanging below her neck, just like the silver moon rising from the deep valley, delicate and soft.

This bastard still has some conscience!
Even the wife of Mr. Wang in the village cannot compare to the pearls I have!

Touching the beads, Cui Jie'er seemed to have thought of something, her cheeks flushed. She held out her chopsticks, nodded at the girl, and urged, "Eat quickly! After you finish, go to sleep with your grandma!"

The little girl stammered and concentrated on eating.

The moonlight outside the window is bright, smoke from cooking is curling, and I wonder how many households are laughing and talking tonight.

But the night wind blew, caressing the heat from the stove, and it still felt eerie.

as always.

　Please read on~ Let the final supporting character sound the death knell for Southern Han.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)