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

Seeing the elder sister's face turn rosy, Er'er felt a little relieved.

"Sister, can I cook tonight? You can take a good rest."

Er Er rolled up his sleeves and prepared to work.

Children from fishermen's families start helping with various chores at home as soon as they can walk.

Xu Yiyi took a look at the pig stomach she bought.

Worried that Er'er couldn't wash it clean, he decided to do it himself.

"This thing is very difficult to wash, let me do it!"

Just as he was about to stand up, Er'er pushed him back down.

"Why don't you just teach me? You sit next to me and teach me how to do it. If I don't know how, I can learn."

Er'er threw the pig's stomach into the wooden basin and rinsed the outer layer with clean water.

I'm a little curious about what my elder sister brought back.

"what?"

Er Er reached out and found some unknown paste-like objects on his hand.

"This is pig's stomach. It's delicious when stewed with old hens."

Xu Yiyi couldn't help licking her lips as she spoke.

Some people are not used to it, but the spicy taste of white pepper mixed in the pig's stomach makes the stewed soup particularly delicious.

"First, use a knife to remove any remaining dirt, then scrub it with wood ash. Wash it several times until everything is clean."

Er'er followed Xu Yiyi's instructions, picked up a small knife, and carefully scraped off the dirt remaining on the pig's stomach.

Then he fetched a basin of clean water, gently placed the pig's stomach in it, and began to rub it repeatedly.

Sanchuan and Sihai killed the old hen and were plucking its feathers in the yard after scalding it.

Wu Yuan was lying on the table playing with his hands.

A Yue pondered the new shells she had brought back.

After A Yue came to the island, she has always lived in the same room with Er Er.

Xu Yiyi specially added a wooden bed inside.

Maybe I was attracted by the decoration of Er'er's room as soon as I moved in.

I have become particularly fond of things made of shells.

Now their room is filled with various decorations made of shells.

After the pig's stomach is cut into pieces, it needs to be fried. After frying, it is transferred to a clay pot and added with boiling water, and then served with ingredients such as lotus seeds and lilies.

After cooking for half an hour, add the chopped chicken and simmer slowly.

The rain outside the window was getting heavier, there was a gurgling sound in the kitchen, and fragrance wafted out of the earthenware pot.

After dark, light the shell lamp and the room will have a dreamy and hazy feeling.

Xu Yiyi asked them to occasionally serve out most of the chicken and pork tripe, and use the remaining soup to boil the seafood.

Xu Yiyi didn't order rice, but boiled a bowl of rice noodles and placed the seafood in the clay pot on the rice noodles.

The rice noodles are soaked up with the pork tripe soup, and one bite is the ultimate enjoyment.

Fang Zhiyi was in the study, his eyebrows wrinkled into wavy lines.

It was raining heavily outside, and sailing on the sea was much more dangerous than usual.

But there was no news from the yamen runners sent out during the day.

He was so anxious that half of his face was swollen.

"The official ship that the lord went out to sea has returned. The master asked them to go down and change clothes. They can come back to report later."

When Fang Zhiyi heard this, his wavy eyebrows finally smoothed out.

Regardless of anything else, at least come back.

……

A team of yamen runners did not dare to waste time, and after changing their clothes, they immediately rushed to the study.

"Sir, I have set out from the island and have been heading southwest. We have checked every island we come across. We have traveled twenty nautical miles and have not found the merchant ship named Jia."

Fang Zhiyi had a gloomy face when he saw them come in, and he could guess that today's search might not yield any results.

It's not too surprising to hear this at this time.

"Could it be that the Xu family's eldest lady guessed wrong?"

The leader hesitated for a moment, and Zhong Congyun immediately stood up.

"Yiyi grew up in a fishing village and lived by the sea. For people like her, judging the direction of the sea and the direction of the water is a common thing, so her speculation cannot be wrong."

Zhong Congyun inexplicably had this confidence in Xu Yiyi.

"I just said it casually, not targeting anyone."

Seeing Zhong Congyun's confident expression, the others touched their noses and were too embarrassed to say anything.

"Congyun is right. After the Xu family's eldest lady gave a direction based on her own guess, I went to the Xu clan's patriarch to confirm it."

Fang Zhiyi pursed his lips.

"Since the direction is correct, there is another possibility. The body was brought back by someone, or perhaps it was thrown from a moving ship. The direction it was thrown from happened to be the direction we guessed, so the body was carried along by the current."

Thinking of this, Fang Zhiyi's eyebrows returned to their wavy shape.

In this case, it would be a bit troublesome to find out the source of the corpse.

Because this business name is very likely fake, and ships sailing on the sea are elusive.

If they want to find it out, it will be a huge project.

"You guys go down first!"

Fang Zhiyi waved his hand, and after the others left, he sat alone in the study again.

The rain outside showed no sign of abating.

It is very dangerous to sail in such an environment, so merchant ships must have a place to stay.

As he was thinking, he fell asleep in a daze.

The next morning, I went to the dock to look for Qingshan.

Qingshan was lying in bed and didn't expect that Fang Zhiyi would come to see him.

"You want to ask me where the merchant ship docks?"

Qingshan was a little surprised, as there were quite a few records in the government!

"If you really want to know, you can go back and check."

Qingshan rubbed his eyes, feeling a little confused.

Last night, if a crew member wanted to take his wife back to the provincial capital, they would have been a newlywed couple and were very affectionate with each other.

It disturbed him and kept him awake all night.

"I'm not talking about the official records, but the less formal stopping points that you caravans know about."

Qingshan laughed.

"Merchant ships have dedicated personnel who monitor cloud cover and wind direction to assess weather conditions. If a storm is predicted, they will prepare in advance. Ships not yet at sea will stop sailing, and those already at sea will seek shelter from the wind at the nearest shore to prevent a disaster. However, this is all within the jurisdiction of the government."

Qingshan stood up, poured Fang Zhiyi a cup of tea, and spoke to the adult in detail.

"The movement of merchant ships is also affected by the voyage schedule. If it's just a rainstorm without a strong wind, there will basically be no ships docking. After all, everyone has to earn a living, right? I only know of six private docking points like the one you asked about, and they're all deserted islands, only for temporary stopovers."

Qingshan pointed out the six stopover points.

His merchant ships carry both cargo and passengers.

If the ship is transporting cargo, it will be more casual and unpretentious to choose such a private stop to go ashore.

However, if the merchant ship is carrying passengers, it must dock at a stop under the jurisdiction of the government.

If Fang Zhiyi wanted to find these people, he might have to look for them in places that were not under the jurisdiction of the government.