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

Xu Yiyi didn't tell the children about this incident. To be honest, she was also scared.

After all, the sea is not comparable to the river, and the danger increases exponentially. The moment she fell into the water, she really thought she was going to an unknown world again.

If she really left, these children would definitely have a hard time.

Holding the soft and fragrant Wu Yuan in my arms, my heart slowly calmed down.

When my uncle found out they had fallen into the water, he rushed over to see what was happening.

Xu Yiyi was killing a chicken at that moment, and Lin Ke brought her all food, including two live chickens, two live ducks, some noodles and rice noodles as gifts, and a large basket of fruit.

Sea fish after the fishing season is not worth much, and the family still has some money, so she asked Er'er to go to the sea to pick up things but not to buy them first.

The little girl has been going to the beach with the villagers since she could walk.

He is very experienced and picked up a lot of things in just a short while.

I picked up a dozen mussels, a basket of crabs and shrimps, a five-jin octopus, and three or two jin of sea fish.

Fresh seafood is best steamed, and shrimp and crabs only need to be steamed.

The mussels are stir-fried and the octopus is kept for now.

Xu Yiyi picked a fat chicken and added dried abalone to make soup.

The kitchen was bustling with activity. The small bed customized for Wu Yuan had also arrived. Xu Yiyi tidied it up briefly, placed the prepared cushion inside, and put Wu Yuan's small quilt on it.

For the next year, unless something unexpected happened, Wu Yuan would sleep on it.

Uncle Great-grandfather looked at the smell of fireworks in the yard and felt a little dazed.

This is more lively than when the child's parents were still alive.

"How's it going? Are you scared today? The mistake Anyang made today is something everyone who goes out to sea will encounter.

With your small body, you can't do any work at sea, and you'll be in danger if you're not careful."

Few women in the fishing village would go out to sea. Most of the women you see at sea are widows who have lost their husbands and have several children to support. They want to go out to sea and try their luck.

But most of the work is done in the cabin, cooking and cleaning the seafood after pulling up the nets.

I basically don't do any real technical work.

The great uncle originally thought that he just wanted to let the children go out and bump into the wall and scare them a little, but who knew that they would be so unlucky today.

All the kids fell down.

Baosheng was so frightened that his mother kept wiping away tears when he passed by.

The mother and son both said in unison that they would never go out to sea again.

Uncle Great-grandfather never expected that Baosheng, who was so big, was even timid than a cat.

Anyang was also quite silent. He had implicated everyone with what happened today, and he was too scared to say anything.

When he got home, he hid in his room and refused to come out.

He thought Xu Yiyi was crying at home, but when he came here, it was different from what he imagined.

"After what happened today, you should stay home and take care of your younger siblings. Don't even think about going out to sea..."

Uncle Grandpa would not allow anyone to allow her to go on the boat with him.

"Uncle, what you said is a bit too overbearing. You may not know it yet, right? It was me who rescued the person today. The sea was so rough that Anyang and Baosheng couldn't help it. It was a little girl like me who saved the person.

I'm not afraid of danger, what I fear is having to rely on others for my survival. I want to lead a life of luxury with my younger brothers and sisters, ensuring they have enough food and clothing, and don't have to worry about food every day. Going to the beach alone won't achieve that!"

The days when your palms are facing upwards are the hardest, just like when you were in school, if your pocket money was gone, you would have to wait for several days before asking your family for more.

They are my biological parents, and I still feel insecure when asking them for money.

Xu Yiyi doesn't like living that kind of life.

"Hey... you stubborn bastard, you don't listen to me. The clan sends you food every few days, and you can go to the capital every month to collect your father's silver. How come you don't have enough to eat? I'll tell the villagers not to take you with them, so you just stay home."

Of course, Uncle Great Grandpa knew that it was Xu Yiyi who saved people this time, but saving people and going to sea are two different things.

Just because you are a good swimmer doesn't mean you can always escape danger when you encounter such a situation.

The sea god is ruthless but also affectionate. It depends on your luck. You are not always so lucky.

"I can find a way without you..."

Xu Yiyi is small, so she can't use the big net like the one today that requires several people to pull together.

Buy a boat that you can use alone, do whatever you want, and have no restrictions. How free.

The uncle sneered and didn't take it seriously.

This family has nothing but the best house in the village and a few little kids.

Fishing boats are sold at a very high price, starting from one thousand taels of silver. Every year during the fishing ban period, it costs dozens of taels to repair them. The families in the village who have large boats are all purchased by joint ventures of several families.

But this house can't compare to it.

Xu Yiyi didn't even have a boat, so he couldn't go fishing in the river, let alone go out to sea.

"Leaving now? Stay for dinner!"

Xu Yiyi’s cooking skills are so good that you can smell the fragrance coming from the kitchen from far away.

"No thanks, I'm afraid you'll make me angry enough."

The chicken soup in the clay pot gradually gave off a fragrant aroma. Sanchuan and Sihai squatted beside it like puppies, sniffing it.

"Be careful, both of you! If you get burned, don't yell at me!"

Xu Yiyi glanced at her sideways. She had been here for about ten days and had eaten well every day. The child who was skinny at the beginning now had a little flesh on her face.

Pointed chin, slender legs, and a thin body, but she looks much better than before.

Many people in the village knew about Xu Yiyi's affair. When Grandpa Xu and his group returned in the evening, they were somewhat disdainful of the news.

"What did I say? She's just a little girl and she wants to go to sea. It's simply unrealistic."

Xu Ming looked disdainful. He said that women should just take care of the family. If they dream of going out to sea and fighting with the ocean, they will die.

"Don't say that. She's still your niece after all. If nothing had happened to Yinli, Yiyi wouldn't have to do all this..."

Everyone thought it was good to be a palace soldier, but who could have imagined that there would be conflicts with pirates almost every day and people would die every day.

When the news of Xu Yinli's death came back, everyone realized that being a palace soldier could also lead to death.

"Brother, are you being too kind? They chose to end up like this, so who can blame them?"

Xu Yinli has never been close to them since he was a child, and they thought he was so capable!

He was unwilling to go to sea, so he ran to the provincial capital. He enjoyed glory for less than two years, but now he is dead, leaving behind several children to make a living.

He didn't get his parents' consent to get married, and he didn't even say he would leave such a big house for them.

That is unfilial.

If it weren't for my great uncle protecting them, this house should have been given to my parents long ago.

Xu Zhengci was so scared by his younger brother's criticism that he dared not say anything more. He followed Grandpa Xu in silence.

It seems like my luck is really bad today. I worked hard all day but only earned ten taels of silver, and each of us got half a tael of silver.

Everyone looked a little unhappy.

"Uncle Yong, let's go somewhere else tomorrow, a little further away, stay for a few days, and then come back. If we keep doing this every day, how can we save any money?"

We can only go out to sea half of the year. If we don’t save enough money during this time, the whole family will have nothing to eat.

On the island, you have to buy everything, and you can't do anything without money.

"I'll think about it when I get back..."

Grandpa Xu's eyes were gloomy and no one knew what he was thinking.

……

Er'er looked at her elder sister frying mussels, and seemed to be hesitant to say something.

It took a long while before he spoke.

"Sister, let's save some money. It's a waste of money to eat like this every day."

Even when people with aspirations like Zhan Jilan were around, they didn't live such a life.

They ate meat every meal, drank goat's milk, and brought rice and flour home as if they were free.

"Life is only worth a little over 30,000 yuan, so that means you can eat less every time you eat. No matter how much you save, you still have to eat, so you might as well eat to your heart's content."

Moreover, an accident may happen at any time, and even these more than 30,000 days may not be enough.

If you don’t enjoy it now, can you wait until later?

I don’t know if there will be a future.

"But do we still have to send Sanchuan to school?"

Xu Yiyi has been looking for a private school these days. They can't go to the official school, and the private school is cheap but they can't learn anything.

My elder sister has been worrying about this matter these days.

"Our family is rich, and the money from selling pearls is useless."

It’s still a little short of money to buy a boat, but it’s enough to send Sanchuan to school.

Xu Yiyi glanced at the little girl sitting in front of the stove, her face red from the fire. Although she was only twelve years old, she was more sensible than other children of the same age.

"Er Er, do you want to go to school with Sanchuan?"

Xu Yiyi suddenly thought of this. There were women's schools in this era, even because the current emperor was a female emperor.

As an exception, women were allowed to serve as officials in the court. Similar to the Sui and Tang dynasties, there were six bureaus and twenty-four departments for female officials.

There are also examples of women serving as local officials.

If Er Er goes to school, he will have more choices in the future than he does now.

"Sister, what are you talking about? I don't want to study."

Er'er had sneaked in to listen to the private school when she passed by it before. The teacher kept reciting words that she couldn't understand.

They would also punish people, and it would hurt just to watch the ruler hit the palm of the hand.

She didn't want to be beaten.

Seeing the rejection on the little girl's face, Xu Yiyi thought about going back to persuade her.