Tiger Roars in China

When A Wan drove Li Meng back home, it was already completely dark.

All you can see are the twinkling lights of thousands of homes on the water.

Awan's home, like those of other fishermen, is a stilt house built on the water.

Fishermen lead a very hard life. They drift on the water for years and can hardly go to land a few times a year.

Even when we go to land, we sell fish and buy daily necessities.

Because they live on land, they cannot afford to build houses or buy land.

Even if someone dies, they can only be buried at water because they cannot afford a cemetery.

It is called a stilt house, but in fact it is a thatched house made by nailing a few wooden stakes into the shallow water, then putting a few wooden boards on top and tying reeds on the boards.

Outside the thatched house, two girls about ten years old were watching over a clay pot hanging over the fire, probably cooking.

Seeing Ah Wan coming back, she stood up happily and called out, "Ajie..."

But when they saw Li Meng on the boat, they immediately stopped talking.

Another girl ran into the room and shouted, "Sister is back!"

A hunchbacked old man staggered out of the hut, followed by two smaller children.

The youngest boy was only about four or five years old.

At this time, A Wan had tied the boat up, put up the gangplank, and let Li Meng up.

Li Meng was stunned and at a loss.

Now, in his mind, it was as if there were tens of thousands of bees, flying around and crashing into a chaotic mess.

Countless residual souls and chaotic memories collided with Li Meng's sea of ​​consciousness, causing Li Meng's soul to be in chaos all the time.

"Big fool, come up quickly!"

A Wan stood on the wooden board, calling Li Meng.

After all, A Wan is a kind girl, even though Li Meng caused her to fail to catch any fish.

However, I still sympathize with Li Meng's experience.

Li Meng looked at A Wan unconsciously. For some reason, Li Meng was unconsciously very dependent on A Wan.

The girl who was watching over the fire leaned close to Ah Wan's ear and whispered to her, "Sister, he is so white, why not call him Xiao Bai?"

Ah Wan pushed her away and said, "Erya, stop talking nonsense!"

None of them noticed that when the old man saw Li Meng, two rays of light suddenly shot out of his eyes.

When A Wan greeted the old man, he had returned to his original appearance, still a hunchbacked disabled old man.

"Dad, I fished him out of the lake. He's an idiot."

While talking to the old man, A Wan patted Li Meng.

Standing next to Li Meng, A Wan, who is only fifteen years old, looks a little petite.

Li Meng's eyes have never left the earthen jar since the moment he came up.

The old man nodded, waved his hand and said, "It's getting late, you guys should eat quickly!"

After saying this, he dragged his hunched body into the thatched hut.

Ah Wan rolled her eyes at Li Meng and said, "You're just a foodie. What else do you know how to do besides eating?"

Children from poor families have to grow up early. Erya is very skillful. She took out a few worn-out wooden bowls and used a wooden spoon to serve vegetable porridge to Li Meng and A Wan.

In order to save food, the children picked wild vegetables from the waterside, chopped them up and cooked them with broken rice, which was called vegetable porridge.

Although the vegetable porridge smells good, it tastes very bad and has the bitter taste of wild vegetables.

A Wan was already hungry, so he picked up the bowl and started eating.

Li Meng eats no slower than her.

A few of the younger ones looked at them eating porridge eagerly and shouted, "Sister, I'm hungry too."

Erya pushed them aside and said, "Si Ya, Xiao Wu, didn't you just eat?"

As Ah Wan was eating, he said, "Children get hungry quickly, so give them another half bowl. It doesn't matter if the adults eat less, right, Xiaobai?"

A Wan still followed Erya's advice and named Li Meng Xiaobai.

Calling someone a fool or an idiot is too harsh.

Li Meng's bowl is empty.

This bowl of vegetable porridge was not enough for him to finish a few mouthfuls.

Erya reluctantly served half a bowl of vegetable porridge to Siya and Xiaowu, as the earthenware jar was almost empty.

Ah Wan pushed the bowl aside and said, "I'm full. Give the rest to Xiao Bai."

In fact, Awan is in the growing period, so how can he be full with just a mouthful of porridge?

Xiaowu and Siya ate the porridge and said to Awan with a smile, "Sister, he is so old, he should not be called Xiaobai, but Dabai."

Ah Wan pushed them both aside and said impatiently, "You're full, go to bed."

At this time, San Ya had already put the fish in the cabin into the wooden basin and muttered, "Sister, there are only so few fish, not even enough to pay the fish tax."

The fishermen on Guishan Lake have to pay fish tax to the fish boss by giving a portion of the fish they catch every day, otherwise they are not allowed to catch any fish.

Ah Wan yawned and said, "There's nothing we can do. The fishing net is broken and we have to mend it tomorrow."

Li Meng licked the wooden bowl clean, but still felt a little unsatisfied.

Ah Wan grabbed the wooden bowl and shouted, "Xiao Bai, that's enough."

The more she called this Xiaobai, the more comfortable it became.

Li Meng stood beside A Wan meekly, not saying a word, looking silly.

Ah Wan thought to himself, what a pity he is so good-looking, it would be great if he wasn't a fool!

As he thought about it, A Wan's face turned red.

Erya and Sanya put out the fire in the fire pit together, buried the fire, and went into the hut to sleep together.

The hut was very small, with a straw mat on the floor and a torn quilt full of patches on it as bedding.

A Wan moved his body to the side to make some room for Li Meng.

Li Meng didn't hesitate and fell asleep.

In such a poor family, the distinction between men and women has become indifferent.

Maintaining and being able to survive is their only luxury.

Many fishermen's children could not even support themselves, so they had to be sold to human traffickers to serve as slaves, at least to survive.

Although Awan is young, he is very strong-willed. He insists on fishing to support his disabled father and a group of younger brothers and sisters.

Although life was difficult, he managed to survive and did not sell any of his brothers and sisters.

She is just a child, but she has become the backbone of the family.

In the middle of the night, A Wan felt someone pushing her.

She asked sleepily, "Who is it?"

"Ah Wan, come out with me."

It is Abba’s voice.

A Wan took away Li Meng's hand on her, put on her clothes, and walked out.

Under the moonlight, the old man sat alone on the straw mat, silent.

Ah Wan yawned and asked curiously, "Dad, it's so late, what do you want to talk to me about?"

The old man glanced at Ah Wan and said, "Ah Wan, the man you rescued today is not an ordinary person. He should be a young master from a wealthy family."

Ah Wan said carelessly, "Dad, I already knew this, he is so white..."

For some reason, Awan's face turned red again.