Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

After a whole night of tossing and turning, no one slept well.

After all, Li Yuer had the body of an eight-year-old child. She couldn't get up in the morning, and her family didn't wake her up. When she woke up, only her bedridden mother and younger brother were by her side.

At this time, the little brother seemed to be hungry. He cried very softly, like a cat's meow, with his eyes closed. He was a small ball, wrapped in a tattered quilt that was not warm at all.

In the past life, people lived in good conditions and every child was treated like a treasure, so there was no need for them to suffer such hardships.

"Yu Baoer, you're awake."

Li Yuer's mother, Mrs. Fan, gently opened the swaddling clothes that wrapped her son, and a foul smell spread out.

The yellow-green diarrhea covered the swaddling clothes.

From the appearance of the excrement, you can tell that the child is not healthy.

Mrs. Fan struggled to get up and staggered to change the baby's poop bag.

Li Yuer had never been a mother before, and she stood there in a daze for a moment, not knowing what to do.

When she came to her senses, she quickly ran to the kitchen shed to find hot water.

The iron pot was opened, with porridge and whale meat warming on the steaming curtain and water warming at the bottom of the pot.

Li Yuer took out a wooden basin for washing feet, which was a shared basin for the whole family.

There was no need to be so particular. Li Yuer returned to the cabin with the warm water.

"Mother, here is warm water."

Fan smiled weakly, "My dear Yu Baoer has grown up and knows how to take care of his brother."

I don’t have a real name yet, so my parents gave me a nickname, Manatee.

Manatees are dolphins in previous lives. In this era, dolphins are marine creatures revered by fishermen and are linked to some mythological stories.

Li Yuer was still somewhat unfamiliar with Bandao's parents, but the blood bond from the depths of her soul made her want to get closer to them involuntarily.

It could be the emotions left by the original owner, or it could be the primal connection of blood being thicker than water.

Feelings are developed through time, so Li Yuer decided to take it slow and see how things go.

At this time, the curtain outside the door was lifted, and the voice of the eldest cousin Li Yanshou was heard: "Third uncle, you are awake. Mother left porridge and whale meat for you in the pot. You haven't eaten whale meat yet, right? Whale meat is very fragrant, almost like pork."

In fact, the taste of whale meat and pork is quite different. Li Dalang, who has only eaten meat a few times, thinks they are equally delicious.

Li Laosan Li Fuyi opened a pair of confused eyes and stared at the top of the boat in a trance. When he heard his nephew talking to him, he just tilted his head and glanced at him a few times.

Yesterday, the group of beasts beat him crazily, and he huddled up in pain. Something hit his head hard, and he felt dizzy, and a warm liquid flowed down his head and face. He felt his consciousness becoming more and more blurred, and those people laughed crazily at him. He thought he was going to die.

He fainted, then was woken by the cold. He lay in the cold snow in December, his hands and feet were sore from the cold. Later, the pain in his hands and feet went away, and he lost all feeling. He began to become confused again, and in a trance, he felt extremely hot all over.

He knew that he was experiencing a last burst of energy. When a person is extremely cold, he will no longer feel cold, but will instead have the illusion that he is very hot.

In a daze, he thought about a lot of things. He remembered his father's disappointed eyes, the bread that his mother secretly stuffed into his mouth after he was punished by not being allowed to eat, his nephews and nieces who were about his age, and everyone in the family.

He even remembered the broken bowls he had broken when he was a child. Fearing he would be beaten, he buried the broken bowls under the rocks in Nandian.

Finally, he saw himself lying on a lonely little boat. It was pitch black all around him, with a storm raging. He was swept by the waves and drifted towards an unknown distance.

Never going home again.

His last consciousness was in a vague conversation: "Brother, please help me. This is the child of my distant cousin... Don't worry, I won't let you work in vain. We can discuss the money... I'll invite you to meet in the building some other day. Don't sit in the lobby, but in the private room..."

When he woke up again, he was back in his cabin.

At first, he thought he was dreaming, but the clear pain in his head let him know that he was still alive and he was rescued.

After the high fever, Li Laosan's voice was still hoarse, "Haigoer (Li Yanshou's nickname), how did I come back?"

Li Dalang complained: "Uncle San, please stop calling me a sea dog. I am so old now. It was Grandpa and the others who carried you back home."

Li Dalang is only a few months younger than his third uncle, so naturally he doesn't like people of the same age calling him by a nickname.

Li Laosan wanted to poke his head with his hand, but when he moved his hand, he grimaced in pain.

"Uncle San, don't move. The doctor said that your whole body is frostbitten. You need to take good care of yourself."

Li Dalang told Li Laosan the whole story.

Upon learning the truth, Li Laosan was shocked. In just a few days, the Li family had established a relationship with the number one restaurant in town and even did business with it.

Thinking of the abuse he had suffered before, Li Laosan cursed angrily: "This group of unscrupulous dogs and beasts, they tricked me into signing the contract to sell my body for only one and a half taels, and now they want ten taels to redeem me! Damn it! They cheated the people of their money, and they should use it to buy paper!"

Li Laosan felt extremely upset and aggrieved. Not only did he not help his family, but he also became a burden to the family, causing the family to lose more than ten taels of silver.

In the past few years, he didn't want to stay at the seaside and work at sea. It was not because he was lazy, but he felt that going to sea could not change the fate of the Li family.

He just wanted to make a name for himself outside one day, let his father see his abilities, and let his family live a good life.

But what happened in the end? Not only did he achieve nothing, but he also became a burden to his family.

At the beginning, after being tricked into entering, they were locked in a dim cellar that was smelly, dirty, dark and damp. The door was locked with an iron door, and there were people guarding it in shifts day and night with knives.

They were only given one meal a day, which was rotten steamed buns, hard and smelly, and the water was cold with ice chips in it.

Those people wanted to use hunger and cold to make them surrender. After a day of starvation, some of them finally couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to escape.

So they teamed up and prepared to escape at night.

They didn't expect there were so many thieves, at least twice as many as them, and all of them were equipped with knives.

It was not until then that he understood why the thieves would send away the previous escorts after luring a group of people in, so as to prevent them from escaping in a group.

As expected, they were caught again.

When being tortured and interrogated, someone couldn't bear it anymore and pushed him out, saying that everything was planned and instigated by him.

Seeing someone taking the lead, others followed suit and pointed out that he was the leader.

The vicious whipping fell on his body like a violent storm, and he was in excruciating pain, but he did not cry out. He just stared coldly at the human traffickers, at those who betrayed him.

He wanted to remember every face present. If he survived today, he would pay back everything he had suffered tenfold or a hundredfold.

He was beaten all over, and finally someone hit him on the head and left him in the snow in the backyard to die.

The manager who had previously had an argument with him took the opportunity to unzip his pants and urinate on him.

The steward said sarcastically, "Boy, who do you think you are? In front of me, you are just a dog. If you go against me, this is what will happen to you! What do you think this place is? Here, you are worse than a dog. If you die, you will just be left with a straw mat."

Then they took the remaining people and left.

Li Laosan bit his lips tightly, his eyes full of hatred.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Li Dalang quickly changed the subject and told him good things about his family in an attempt to divert his attention.

The only good thing that happened to the Li family recently was that Li Yuer discovered a whale and sold it for a large price at Nongchao Building.

The rare whale finally diverted Li Laosan's attention a little.

Li Laosan couldn't believe that a whale, the legendary king of the sea that was larger than the government's largest sailing ship, was stranded on a small island like theirs and was fortunately discovered by his niece.

Could it be that the goddess of the sea felt pity for their family and was silently guiding and protecting them?

"Uncle San, the porridge is here. Eat it quickly. It's cold and it will cool down quickly." Seeing that Li Laosan's emotions had stabilized a little, Li Dalang went to bring him some porridge.

His hands and feet were wrapped with cloth, so Li Laosan could only eat from his nephew's hands.

"Where are Dad and the others?"

"They have all gone to collect whale meat. Our family has signed an agreement with Nongchao Restaurant. We have to deliver 10,000 kilograms of whale meat to the restaurant in three days. It's cold, and the whales are frozen hard. If we don't hurry up, we won't be able to finish the collection."