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

"Everyone went out."

A Yue lay on the bed and looked out the window.

The shell lamp illuminates the room brightly.

"Yes, my eldest sister is out, let's go to bed."

Er Er threw a small piece of cloth onto Wu Yuan's belly.

The child was lying on the bed on his side with his hands on his side, one hand under his cheek and the other hand hanging naturally at his side, his legs slightly bent, and his whole body curled up into a ball.

It looks very comfortable.

A Yue pointed at Wu Yuan and said aggrievedly, "I don't want him here."

"Why not? Wu Yuan didn't provoke you! Instead, you were with Si Hai every day, carrying him everywhere."

Neither of them held the child properly, and it was likely that they treated Wu Yuan as a baby.

"He...he wet the bed and soaked my quilt."

A Yue pouted in displeasure.

Although her brain wasn't very sharp, she still remembered that during the lunch break some time ago, Wu Yuan was brought to their bed to sleep, and when she woke up, the bed was soaked.

Even his hair was covered in urine.

Hearing this, Er'er touched her nose guiltily. Before her elder sister went out, she told her to get up and hold her to pee.

As a result, she was sleeping too soundly and didn't get up.

The Five Abysses were in a state of chaos, just like a flood covering the Golden Mountain.

"Oh, alright, alright. You're an adult now, you can't argue with a child. Wu Yuan will just lie here for a while. When my eldest sister comes back later, I'll take him back."

Er'er blew out the shell lamp and pulled A Yue to lie down.

I thought A Yue would make a fuss, but as soon as she lay down, she heard snoring.

"You fell asleep so quickly. Someone who didn't know you would think you were drugged."

Er'er complained, covered A Yue's belly with the small quilt, and turned sideways.

Holding Wu Yuan's tender little hand, he fell asleep.

Very reassuring.

Her eyes were tightly closed, and her long, curled eyelashes, like a perched butterfly, cast a faint shadow under her eyelids.

The waves kept hitting the beach, making a sound of "hua-hua", as if the sea was singing.

Accompanied by the sound of waves, Xu Yiyi's boat soon arrived at the dock.

Qingshan was standing on the boat watching the crew unloading cargo, and was a little surprised to see Xu Yiyi.

"Why are you here so late? Aren't you closing the stall tonight?"

Xu Yiyi had no plans to set up a stall a few days before and after the duck racing competition. He rowed his boat out alone in the dark.

Didn’t her great uncle tell you?

Xu Yiyi docked the boat at the pier and saw Uncle Qingshan's confusion.

My great uncle was so stunned that he couldn't react. Halfway through the meal, he finally got my great uncle's grandmother's consent and drank several bowls of rice wine in one go.

When he left, he didn't seem drunk, but his reaction was a little slow.

She only reacted after Xu Yiyi's boat left the river.

"I'm just out for a stroll."

Xu Yiyi was ready to go up with the shell lamp in hand.

As soon as the wind came, the fire was immediately extinguished.

After dark, she walked onto someone else's boat.

"Come up and I'll light some oil for you."

After Qingshan finished speaking, he went into the cabin and came out with a clay pot in his hand.

Xu Yiyi slowly came to the cargo ship. Qingshan took her shell lamp and poured the lamp oil directly into the bucket.

She followed Qingshan's movements and saw that the wooden barrel was full of lamp oil.

"This is whale oil. I bought it with great difficulty a few years ago. There was a small whale in the capital that got into trouble and washed up on the coast. When we found it, it was dead."

Qingshan filled Xu Yiyi's shell lamp with whale oil as he spoke, with a hint of regret in his tone.

"A large whale was cut up by fishermen. This little oil of mine was made from thirty or forty kilograms of whale meat. It cost me several taels of silver. It's precious."

You should know that ordinary lamp oil costs only eighty cents per pound, and the price of whale oil has increased exponentially, far exceeding the price of ordinary lamp oil.

However, this ordinary lamp oil might go out as soon as it is lit on the sea surface.

Whale oil is not like that. It is flame-resistant and difficult to blow out even in strong winds and waves. It is brighter than ordinary lamp oil and will not solidify even in extremely cold weather.

Xu Yiyi took the shell lamp filled with whale oil and relit it.

The wind was blowing, and the small flame on the shell lamp was dancing freely, but it did not go out.

"Thank you, Uncle Qingshan."

Xu Yiyi said happily, so this is whale oil.

She had only heard of it, and this was the first time she had seen it.

"When you're done shopping, go back. Otherwise, stay in town for a night! It's dark out here, and I'm worried about you being alone."

Qingshan thought about it and decided that it would be better to let Xu Yiyi stay overnight.

"There are children at home, don't worry. I may not be as experienced as you, but I can walk this short distance from the island to the town without making a mistake even with my eyes closed."

Xu Yiyi waved his hand and got off the boat.

Before leaving, I borrowed a wooden bucket from Qingshan and dug a large bucket of sand on the beach.

Walk through the bustling pier and follow the path.

The shouting behind me can still reach my ears from time to time.

Jiaowan Village is close to the town, and it's only a quarter of an hour away from the pier. Xu Yiyi lowered his eyes and looked at the flame in the shell lamp, his mind deep in thought.

Slowly arrived at the village.

After leaving home, Zhan Jilan went to the provincial capital for a while. When she ran out of money, she had to return to the house in town with Xie Yushu.

The Xie family was in pretty good shape, and Xie Yushu actually went to school for a few years.

He can recite a lot of sour poems, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to trick Zhan Jilan away.

However, the two of them have passed the stage of being content with love and are now worried about money.

When Xie Yushu's father and mother were still alive, he never worried about this.

Unfortunately, Xie Yushu's mother gave birth to him out of wedlock. More than 30 years later, this matter was suddenly discovered.

Before he could do anything to his mother, Xie Yushu's father was so angry that he died.

My father died, and my mother passed away within two years.

He was the only one left at home, and he originally thought that Zhan Jilan was a rich man.

He used tricks to cheat a lot of money out of her to ensure his future life.

The two hooked up together.

I don't know if they've broken up yet. Anyway, I hardly see Xie Yushu in town anymore.

Xu Yiyi stood at the door and knocked gently.

Zhan Jilan was lying in bed and was startled by the sudden sound.

After Xie Yushu left, many widowers in the village came knocking on his door at night.

She hasn't slept well since then.

She thought that the people standing outside the door were still those people, so she curled up in bed and dared not move.

Xu Yiyi couldn't wait for anyone to open the door, so he kicked it open.

As luck would have it, the clothes she was wearing looked white in the dark, and her hair was long. Zhan Jilan was scared and stuck her head out of the window to take a look.

What comes into view is a touch of white, and the steps are very light.

He cried out in surprise and fell dejectedly on the bed.

Hearing the noise, Xu Yiyi walked to the room where she was.