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

"But it might not be that easy for you to find these people. Think about it, if all of us in the caravan knew about it, they wouldn't dare stay in that place for long."

Qingshan didn't think the government could find anyone in that kind of place.

But Fang Zhiyi felt that he had to check it out regardless of whether it existed or not.

The people of Guling Village have been gone for a long time, and it is not certain that anyone is still alive. However, the members of the Xu family have only been gone for three or two days, and it is very likely that they are still alive.

If you don't hurry up, it will be too late.

So Fang Zhiyi immediately went back to gather people and start the investigation.

Xu Yiyi stood beside the stall and watched the children at home busying themselves. Er'er had made a delicious meal last night and was no longer satisfied with this. She stood in front of the stall early in the morning and skillfully pinched out the dough.

Seeing Fang Zhiyi walking by in a hurry, he asked Xu Yiyi curiously.

"Were all those people who died with my eldest sister and the uncles in the clan kidnapped?"

Er'er's words prompted Sihai to come forward as well. Sanchuan, who was writing big characters at the side and had not yet gone to school, also pricked up his ears out of curiosity.

"How do you know?"

Xu Yiyi was a little confused. Didn’t her uncle say to keep it a secret for now?

Er Er stuck out his tongue and said, "Li Xiuying said that. My elder sister went to listen, so I went too out of curiosity."

The little girl particularly disliked Li Xiuying, so she felt a little embarrassed when talking about this matter.

After all, she didn't like him at all before.

"Although they didn't say it explicitly, those people were indeed deceived. They didn't even think about how easy it would be to get five hundred taels of silver. They were completely blinded by money and lost their rationality. They just foolishly followed others on the boat."

Although the government is strict in its management, no matter how strict it is, there are always areas that it cannot control.

It is not particularly easy to find a ship in the vast ocean.

"Remember, there is no free lunch in this world. Everything requires hard work to gain something."

Er'er and Sanchuan nodded. Sihai scratched his head, a little confused. He turned around and found that his master didn't understand either. He was relieved instantly.

Fang Zhiyi was waiting anxiously in the government office, but he was very seasick, otherwise he would have had to get on the boat as well.

Xu Yiyi and his sister-in-law set up a stall at the dock and then went back after a while.

Today is a high tide day, and the afternoon to evening is the best time to go to the beach.

As the surging tide rushed in like a mighty army and then slowly receded, the vast beach gradually emerged.

During high tide, the water level rises and falls greatly, exposing a larger area of ​​the beach, which is the best time for villagers to harvest.

Deep-sea fish that are not normally caught, or larger fish, will be washed ashore by the tide.

Xu Yiyi returned to the island and began to wait.

Wait for the tide to go out.

I don’t know if it’s because I got up too early or I didn’t sleep well last night.

She felt a little uncomfortable for a moment, dizzy and weak.

Not long after entering the room, she lay back on the bed. Sihai walked into the house smoothly from the yard, changed his clothes and lay down beside her.

When Er'er entered the room, he saw that the older one was sleeping soundly. Although the one who was laughing had his eyes closed, his eyelashes kept moving, and it was obvious that he was pretending to sleep.

"Come out with me, I'll buy you something delicious, and you're not allowed to make trouble for your elder sister here."

Er'er gently pinched Sihai's face, and the child opened his eyes instantly.

"You mean what you said."

Sihai quietly got up from the bed again.

He originally wanted to stay with his elder sister, because after returning from town, his elder sister didn't let him sleep with her.

But his second sister wanted to buy him something delicious, so he could only wait until next time to accompany his eldest sister.

There was a small merchant ship docked on the river, selling all kinds of things that were not available here.

I heard it came from the south, and there are a lot of strange and weird things.

Sihai took his second sister's hand and ran out happily.

When we got there, most of the children in the village were already gathered there.

This is a double-decker ship, with cargo stored both above and below.

Sihai was carried onto the boat by the boss, followed closely by Er'er and A Yue.

My great uncle was watching outside. After all, someone in the village was tricked out by an unknown merchant ship two days ago.

"what is this?"

Sihai exclaimed, looking at the target standing on the deck.

It was filled with bunches of red fruit-like things.

"This is a candied haws. The red inside is hawthorn, and the outside is coated with sugar. It tastes sour and sweet. Children love it. Would you like to try a bunch?"

Hawthorn? Sihai was a little confused.

This was a fruit he had never heard of.

The candied haws sparkled with an alluring luster under the sunlight, and the red fruits were wrapped in crystal sugar, as if they were treasures beyond his cognition.

Sihai stared at the string of candied haws closely, his little head full of questions.

He wondered what it would taste like.

He had eaten honey, which was bought by his eldest sister. His second sister thought it tasted a little bit like a unique "medicinal flavor", and his eldest sister said it was buckwheat honey.

He couldn't taste it, he just felt it was so sweet.

I started to compare in my mind: Is this candied haws as sweet as honey, or sour with a hint of sweet?

Her little mouth was slightly open, as if she was already tasting the unknown delicacy in her imagination.

"Second sister, I want this!"

Sihai nodded his chubby little hand and made the decision directly.

Er'er took a look and touched the copper coins in his purse.

"Boss, how do you sell this?"

The boss stretched out a hand with five fingers spread out, and Er'er's eyes widened instantly.

"Five cents? That's too expensive."

Er'er frowned and looked at her purse with some heartache. She had saved up the money since she started setting up stalls with her elder sister.

Up to now, there is only one hundred and sixty coins.

"Oh, that's more than that."

I just asked the boss to turn his palm over, and it suddenly turned into ten cents.

"Why are you acting like you're robbing me? It's just some fruit. Ten cents is enough to buy two kilograms of brown rice."

"What are you trying to steal? If I really wanted to steal, I wouldn't have given you the food. The fruit inside is nice, but it's coated in sugar. Don't you think about how expensive sugar is these days?"

Er'er was stunned for a moment. Seeing her second sister's painful expression, she immediately changed her mind and said no.

But his eyes couldn't stop glancing at the target.

Er Er felt a little bit reluctant.

"Can you make it cheaper? I'll buy it for five cents."

After all, he has agreed, so the child will buy him delicious food.

She felt it was not worth it to spend the money that could buy a pound of brown rice on a string of candied haws that she had never eaten or heard of.

But there is nothing my brother can do even if he wants it.

"Okay, five cents is five cents..."

The boss was very straightforward and put the copper coins that Er'er handed over into his cloth bag.

Just pick out a candied haws from the straw target.

Then he took out a knife from the side and cut the candied haws into two halves.

There were only five of them originally, and I gave him five cents, and he gave Sihai two and a half.

No wonder he agreed to sell it at a low price so readily.