Time Travel: A Fisherwoman Goes to the Sea to Raise a Baby

"Is this your friend?"

Song Qingyuan put Duoyu back on the ground and glanced at Sihai next to him.

The chubby child is very fair and has a very cute round face.

Although he wasn't dressed very well, it was obvious that the child was well taken care of by his family.

"I'm Duoyu's friend! She came in first, and I came in second."

Sihai shook his head and his eyes were shining.

Hao Siqing glanced at Song Qingyuan and her mood inexplicably improved.

"Would you like some drinks, my friend from Duoyu County?"

Hao Siqing opened the lid of the wooden barrel, and different drinks emitted different aromas.

"I just want a bowl of mung bean water."

He looked around and ordered the cheapest one, one penny a bowl.

The Xiangsu soup that Duoyu drinks is the most expensive one sold at the stall, costing three cents a bowl.

The dish is made by stewing sea fish and tofu with fermented black beans, raw soy sauce, and has a spicy and fragrant taste.

Sihai took a quick look and turned away, holding a penny in his hand.

He clapped his short, stubby hands and placed the money on the lid of the barrel.

"I won't charge you any money. Since you're Duoyu's friend, I'll treat you to a drink."

Hao Siqing handed the money back to Sihai, but the child was unwilling to take it.

"No, no, you have to pay. You can't eat and take it for free." Sihai blocked Hao Siqing's hand that wanted to pay, and drank the mung bean water in one gulp.

Immediately handed the bowl back.

The little girl looked at the fish eagerly and drank the soup in no time after she noticed it.

He ran away holding Sihai’s little hand.

"Where are the two children?"

Song Qingyuan came back with shrimp cakes in his hand, and saw that his wife was the only one left at the stall, and he felt a little confused.

"I went out to play."

Hao Siqing smiled and told her husband what had just happened.

"This kid is not bad, and his family has taught him well."

Song Qingyuan broke the shrimp cake into small pieces and stuffed them into Hao Siqing's mouth. In the past, most of the children brought by Duoyu came here to drink the drinks at Hao Siqing's stall for free.

I don't like Duoyu very much.

Now that Sihai offered money on his own initiative, it seemed very different.

"You eat first. I'll ask Lao Zhang to save some wontons for when Duoyu comes back."

There are people selling chicken soup wontons at both docks in town, and they are all from the same family.

The dock here is larger than the one where Xu Yiyi and his team are, so there are more pedestrians.

Business was naturally better, and when Song Qingyuan came back, he saw that there were not many ingredients left.

I don’t know when Duoyu will come back.

I had no choice but to ask Lao Zhang, the wonton seller, to keep them for now and cook them when Duoyu came back.

At this time, the two children ran down from the dock quickly against the wind.

"I'm telling you, my eldest sister is amazing at holding her breath. You'll see later."

Sihai took Duoyu's hand and squeezed back into the crowd.

Suddenly, Duoyu became nervous.

Sheng held Sihai's hand and hid behind an adult.

"Shh—don't say anything, I saw my mother."

Hearing what Duoyu said, Sihai recalled the woman in the lotus pink clothes and looked over curiously.

She no longer had the same confidence as at the beginning, and was holding a black boy in her hand.

There was unhappiness written on his face.

Only after the people left did the fish dare to show up.

"If my mother saw me, she would definitely tell me to go back to work, but I want to play with you, so we have to stay away from my mother."

Sihai nodded, he also wanted to play with Duoyu.

When I returned to my brother and sister, a competition had just ended on the sea.

Uncle Great Grandpa looked at Xu Anyang and sighed frequently. He climbed onto the boat but still fell down.

I watched the hydrangea that was about to be in my hands being taken away by someone else.

But it was so unfair. Fortunately, he didn't bet on Xu Anyang.

Otherwise you will suffer a big loss.

Only young people like Xu Yiyi can participate in the breath-holding exercise, and Xu Honglian's breath-holding skills are average.

So her uncle didn't let her go.

"Just wait and see! My eldest sister will definitely be the last one to surface."

Everyone stared at the large engraved pot on the official ship, and there was no movement on the sea.

This competition is simple, just put your head down.

Unlike the pearl diving competition that Xu Yiyi participated in in the provincial capital, it was only secondary in comparison.

The most important thing is to see who collects more beads.

At this time, Xu Yiyi submerged himself in the water, feeling quite bored.

After about half an incense stick of time, the first person went up.

The person next to Xu Yiyi's face flushed, veins bulged on his forehead. Under the sunlight, there was plenty of light underwater.

She even saw some people chewing bamboo to get some fresh air.

Of course it was discovered immediately.

People went up one after another, and in half a minute, only she and another girl were left underwater.

A quarter of an hour later, the girl couldn't hold her breath any longer and raised her head to the surface of the water to breathe.

As expected, Xu Yiyi took first place.

But when he floated to the surface, he found that there were only about ten people left on the shore.

The bulk of the money went to our family members.

"Along with the breath-holding, we also do the surfing, which is quite interesting. At this time of year, there are not many people here at the breath-holding area."

Yun Duo looked at Xu Yiyi with some confusion and explained.

"You're really good at holding your breath. I saw you were so relaxed in the water, your expression didn't change at all. You must be able to hold your breath for a while longer, right? Why don't you stay a little longer before coming up?"

Yun Duo's tone was very regretful as the two of them floated on their backs on the water.

They lazily kicked the water with their legs and chatted with each other.

"Why bother? Just being first is enough."

"What you said is true. If it lasts longer, maybe you can go to the capital city to be a pearl girl."

There was a hint of regret in Yun Duo's tone. She won first place last year and ran to the provincial capital to become a pearl diver.

As a result, she needed someone to recommend her, and her breath-holding skills were not as good as the worst among the pearl divers.

I could only return to town in shame.

"Is being a pearl diver good? Why do so many people I've met want to be this?"

Not only do they want to do this, but all pearl divers have an inexplicable sense of pride.

"You can make money! If anyone in the family becomes a pearl diver, things will definitely get better within a year."

Yun Duo was very envious because the girl next door was a pearl diver.

Originally, my family was even poorer than hers, but after the holidays, I found that everyone else had started wearing gold and silver.

The house was demolished and rebuilt at the end of the year, and now we live the best life in the village.

Xu Yiyi inexplicably thought of the young steward she met the last time she went to the provincial capital.

He tried to coax her into introducing a lucrative business.

She immediately felt something was wrong.

Giving ten taels of silver a day is enough to feed an entire family for half a year. How could such a good thing happen?

Later, when she asked, she found out that there were pearl divers who were registered by the government and those who were privately raised by pearl merchants.

Like Xu Yiyi, who had no experience for the first time, she ran to a jewelry store to buy pearls.

Behind that shop is the largest pearl merchant in the city.

These people often recruit some people who are good at diving to collect pearls for them. These people are not under the control of the government, and their life and death are entirely in the hands of merchants.

After being deceived, give them a little sweetness.

When you finally come to your senses, you'll realize that you've been controlled by that businessman your entire life.

It's fine if you follow him and he still has value, but if he has no value to be used, you will die without knowing how.