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

In the dim room, candlelight flickered. Xu Yiyi and her two siblings sat at the dinner table. Wu Yuan was lying in the cradle after eating.

Seeing a large table of seafood in front of her, Xu Yiyi was almost moved to tears.

Who would have thought that there would come a day when she could eat seafood like it was free.

Drink some wine and eat as much blue crab weighing more than six kilograms as you want.

Er'er, Sanchuan and Sihai preferred the dry pot squid. Xu Yiyi tried it and found it a little bit spicy, but more of it was salty and fragrant brought by the soybean paste.

It was nothing like the dry pot she remembered, but it was still delicious.

"Sister, will you go to sea again in the future?"

Just now on the beach, Li Xiuying suddenly came to her and told her that her elder sister almost died while going out to sea.

They have always said that they have implicated the eldest sister, and now it is their fault that the eldest sister was broken off from engagement by the Zhong family.

It is said that the eldest sister originally had the opportunity to become an official's wife, but now she can only be a fisherman's girl in this small fishing village.

But that was clearly not the case. It was the eldest sister who first proposed to cancel the engagement and she also took the initiative to find a matchmaker to cancel the engagement.

Later, Brother Zhong still wanted to win back the eldest sister.

"It will come out. I like doing this, no matter whether it is dangerous or not."

Xu Yiyi saw that Er'er's expression was not right and thought that she had heard the gossip of the villagers when she went out.

Explain it clearly right away, otherwise the little girl will start to imagine things.

"Li Xiuying said you could have been an official's wife..."

Er'er sounded a little lost. Being a fisherman is hard work. It would be great if her elder sister could live a life like the lady from the Zhong family, with someone to serve her!

"Everyone's pursuits are different. I don't want to be an official's wife. I just want to live a leisurely and comfortable life in a fishing village with you."

Xu Yiyi's words undoubtedly gave Er'er a reassurance.

She was conflicted. She wanted her elder sister to live a good life, but she was reluctant to let her elder sister leave. It was not easy to be torn between these two options.

"Li Xiuying asked if you and Brother Zhong didn't have a chance, could you introduce him to her? She wants..."

Li Xiuying is fifteen years old, two years older than Xu Yiyi.

She has been looking for a marriage partner recently, but with her conditions, the only people she can find are similar.

The family conditions are average, there are many children, and there will be many people to serve after marriage.

Li Xiuying was not willing to find such a person, thinking that since Xu Yiyi and Zhong Congyun had broken up, she might as well introduce him to her.

"That's a nice thought. If she likes it, she can go and get it herself. I won't introduce her to anyone."

Ever since Xu Yiyi knew that Li Xiuying didn't like her, she had no good impression of her.

It would be the same even if she was Uncle Li and Aunt Li's daughter.

"I knew my elder sister would say that. I've already rejected her, and she's so angry that it feels like her nose is going to be crooked."

Li Xiuying has a pretty face and is considered pretty in the fishing village.

But her skin color was like Li Shunan's, more wheat-colored, and she got even darker from going to the beach every day, so she didn't look very eye-catching.

Aunt Li often praised her for being very good at doing housework and taking her younger siblings out to catch seafood.

She is a very virtuous young lady, but she is a little narrow-minded.

Xu Yiyi is prettier than her, so she particularly dislikes Xu Yiyi.

Especially after knowing that Xu Yiyi had hooked up with Zhong Congyun, he always had a stern face, but now it looked a bit bitter.

This kind of person is just like an unrelated relative. If you live better than her, she will look down on you. If you live worse than her, she will be unhappy.

No matter what you do, it's wrong in her eyes.

It's a nice day after the typhoon. It was pitch black yesterday, but today it's a cloudless day again.

Xu Yiyi entrusted the well-fed Wuyuan to Er'er, and took Sanchuan on Uncle Li's boat to the town.

"Uncle Li, how much is this boat?"

Xu Yiyi sat on the boat and looked around. It was similar to the roofed fishing boats of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It could be rowed by one person or two people. The boat was high at the bow and low at the stern, larger in the front and smaller in the back. It had strong stability and was relatively safe when sailing on the sea.

But the boat is small and can only accommodate three people at most.

"I didn't buy this boat. It was passed down from my grandfather. I spent dozens of taels of silver on it. A similar boat in the boat market would cost around sixty taels. What do you think? Do you want to buy it?"

Yes, she wanted to buy one. After all, she couldn't afford a big boat right now. If she really wanted to set up a stall in the town later, it would be more convenient to have a boat of her own.

"Do you have money?"

Seeing Xu Yiyi ready to make a move, Li Shunan laughed.

It takes many people a long time to save up for a small boat like this.

"Not now, but I will definitely have it when I make money."

Xu Yiyi spoke seriously, but Li Shunan didn't take it seriously.

After arriving at the dock, Li Shunan went to sell the fish, while Xu Yiyi and Sanchuan went ashore to look for a private school.

I had previously visited a relatively good private school in the town. I heard that it was founded by a businessman and the student population there was somewhat mixed.

It is mostly limited to a certain clan and accepts a small number of foreign students.

When Xu Yiyi went to see, he happened to see that children from the same clan were bullying students from outside the clan.

So she made a prompt decision and rejected this private school.

Later, Lin Ke somehow found out that she was looking for a private school, so he wrote a letter to recommend one.

Xu Yiyi took the visiting card and went to the southeast of the town, asking for directions all the way to the door of a private house.

The vermilion door was closed tightly, and the door knocker gleamed brightly in the sunlight.

Xu Yiyi knocked on the door knocker lightly. A crisp sound was heard, and the door slowly opened with a "creak".

A servant in plain clothes appeared before him.

Xu Yiyi bowed and said, "Please tell the emperor that I have been recommended by the noble man and have come to visit you for my younger brother's study."

"Please wait..." and then closed the door.

After a moment, the door opened again.

Xu Yiyi was led into the house. As soon as she entered the yard, she heard the sound of reading aloud.

I saw seven or eight children sitting in the room, and an old man holding a book was walking slowly in front of them.

Xu Yiyi and Sanchuan were waiting in the room next door.

Only after the old man got home from school did they have time to talk.

The two men bowed respectfully, and the old man had a stern face, showing no emotion.

"Sir, I'm sorry to bother you. I've heard that you're knowledgeable and a great teacher, so I've come here specifically to ask my younger brother to study..."

The old man stroked his beard and took a look at the letter of recommendation brought by Xu Yiyi.

"What is your relationship with Captain Lin?"

The old man looked at Xu Yiyi with a scrutinizing look. Lin Ke was his former student.

He was originally a doctor of the Imperial College, but because his wife passed away and he did not want to stay in Chang'an, a sad place, he resigned and traveled around.

Later, I learned about this place from a letter to Lin Ke and planned to spend my retirement there.

The students he teaches now are all selected by him personally and are smart and studious.

Xu Yiyi was indeed the first one to come with a letter of recommendation.

"Captain Lin is my father's superior."

"Since he was recommended by Commandant Lin, you can try him out for a few days first. If he's suitable, we'll make a decision."

The old man did not agree immediately, but just asked him to come and try tomorrow.