good night my mermaid princess

The sky was getting dark, the wind swirled, and the air mixed with sand passed through the chest cavity through breathing, and the feeling of passing through the respiratory tract was very uncomfortable.

This is the hot and scorching southern Africa, and its location close to the equator determines its heat.Even if you come to Mozambique on the coast, close to the endless blue ocean, the people there are not at all cool by the sea breeze.

Population and environment determine that there are many desolate places in Africa, but Mozambique is by no means one of them.In its port, the sea is very lively every day: ships coming and going, bustling people, and seagulls often passing by at low altitude.The sea here is vast, deep and boundless.If you cast your eyes on the farther sea, you will be surprised to find many small black spots, those are ships that have sailed far and sailed into the middle of the sea.

The black particle in the upper left corner is not actually black, but the distance caused this effect—it is actually a large white sailboat.There are many dark-skinned slaves on its deck. They are paddling hard, trying to let this behemoth sail to the treasure land discovered by the captain a few days ago-the treasure land that has not yet been discovered and hides countless pearls.

The fat captain was sitting on the red carpet on the deck. He was also terribly black, like a piece of coke. He was wrapped in a dark river-colored silk turban, with a pair of huge gold earrings hanging on his thick earlobes, and he was playing with a pair of gold earrings in his hands. ivory scales.

Beads of sweat flowed down the necks of the slaves and slid across their naked chests. They had no clothes to wear. If they had clothes on them in this weather, it would only cause their skin to be burned by the high temperature.

The vice-captain was walking back and forth with the whip, and from time to time he whipped the slaves who were lazy or unable to work hard. The whip hit them and made a crisp sound. The vice-captain always liked this sound.

"Here, here, you little bastards who pick pearls, get out of here." The captain watched the rock approaching slowly like a person, and whistled happily.

The slaves in the cabin swarmed out, one by one anxious, the ankle cuffs were rattled, for fear that if they walked slowly, they would be whipped by the vice-captain and his men.Their steps are very small, because they are very small and thin, almost all skinny children, and occasionally you will find a few that are not so terrible, but they are also very unhealthy.But there is no way, who told them that they are all illegal child laborers.

"I'll tell you again, 20 pearls per person per day, those who don't have enough will not be allowed to eat!"

Dropping anchor and lowering the sails, they were ready to go in the bilge, throwing the plumbed hanging ladder over the side of the ship, and then tied the two ends of the ladder to two iron posts.At this time, the deputy captain's men picked up a young slave, unshackled him, filled his nostrils and ears with wax, and tied a stone around his waist.He wearily climbed down the rope ladder and disappeared into the sea.

Then one after another, there was the sound of falling into the water one after another, the salty sea water splashed, and another round of brutal hard work began.

After a while, the divers came up one by one with pearls in their hands.The deputy captain and his men grabbed it brutally and weighed it.

"Crack!" There was a sudden whipping sound, and the little slave who arrived a few days ago was whipped.

The vice-captain threw away his pearl casually, put the thumb of his right hand against the tip of his tail finger, and spat at him:

"Little Jerry, don't you want to live? So small!"

The little slave shook his head hastily, made several forgiving bows, and dived down again.

A wave appeared on the surface of the sea, and a golden light appeared.The sun is still scorching everyone fiercely, and the air around the sea is always filled with an indescribable stench, no matter how familiar it is, it will make people feel nauseous unconsciously.

In the sea, little Jerry looked everywhere. He had no experience in picking pearls at all, and he didn't know where to look for them. He didn't know what kind of clams had big and bright pearls.

When he surfaced again, he watched the others lift up the pearl which was much bigger than him, and remembering the burning whip, he couldn't help shivering.

The vice-captain is getting closer and closer to him, he is almost crying, 20 pearls that meet the requirements, it's really hard.

And when the deputy captain motioned him to take it out, he was tremblingly raising his hand holding the pearl, when the other hand that was hanging down was suddenly grabbed, someone opened his fist, and stuffed it into a pearl. Unbelievably round.

"It's this hand." He quickly put down the hand he was about to raise, raised the other, and then quietly let go of the little pearls he picked in his heart.

"Oh oh~"

Seeing the big, round pearl, the voice of the mate changed.

Watching him walk past him, Little Jerry was secretly relieved.

"Snapped!"

The sound of the whip suddenly exploded very close to the right ear.

He was so frightened that he almost lost his grip on the side of the boat.

Turning his head hastily, it turned out that the whip was aimed at the middle of the two people, only to see the tail of the whip swing, and a thin bloodstain was wiped out on the side of the girl's face on the right.

"Help others? You can't protect yourself."

Of course the vice-captain knew that it was impossible for the newcomer to pick such a big pearl in a few days, and it must be the girl next to him who was the best at picking pearls who helped him.

"Don't have a next time."

The deputy captain hummed at the two of them, flicked his whip again, and left.

Now, the girl's face had two thin streaks of blood oozing, one approaching the corner of her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault." Little Jerry said very sadly.

"It's nothing, just pick it again." The girl rubbed her fingers over the accidentally injured place, and in turn comforted and guided him, "You have to remember that the bigger the clam, the better. You can go to big rock cracks and other places to find clams." Look for the one with the mouth slightly open, usually the mouth is tightly closed, usually there are no pearls, you absolutely don’t want to break it.”

Little Jerry nodded as he listened, his heart was full of emotion, and she actually gave advice to herself when she was asking for blessings.

"You're such a nice guy," said little Jerry. "I'm Jerry. What's your name?"

"Su, Sue."

"Full name Susan or Susanna?"

Jerry Jerry asks this question because the title Sue is often used as a shorthand or pet name for these two names.

The girl smiled and shook her head: "No, just read Sue, Su in Chinese characters."

Yes, Su is a complete Chinese, without any mixed blood.Her hair is thick black, and her eyes are also deep and pure jet black, shining and beautiful like black pearls.And her complexion, due to years of exposure to the sun, had turned dark wheat, but it was much better than the other slaves' deep blackness.Although it looks slightly malnourished, it does not make people feel deformed, but it is considered too thin. At the age of 16, she is at the age of secondary development, at the age of transition from a girl to a girl, and the edges and corners of her facial features have already appeared a little bit, a little bit mature, a little bit clear.

"No wonder, I think you look different from us, much prettier than us."

Jerry touched the back of Hei Liang's head and said embarrassedly.

Su smiled softly: "You are exaggerating."

She is especially beautiful when she smiles, in contrast to her complexion, her white teeth have a kind of vigor like a sunflower.

So, he, who was already looking stupid, also smiled unconsciously.

"Do you still have time to lie down here and chat?"

Dissatisfied voices from above spoiled the atmosphere.

The first officer watched them snort, and with a whip aimed at Jerry's head, he was about to knock him off.

Sue hurried to pull Jerry, pulled him down first and jumped into the sea, saving him from the whip that would definitely make his nose crooked.

"Remember my words."

Following these words, Su's figure had already dived into the sea.As far as slaves are concerned, they have no right to enjoy pleasure.

One after another, children surfaced. They were like fish that needed to breathe, floating up and down. The pearl pockets hanging from the side of the boat looked like people who ate too much, and their stomachs protruded with sinful tumors.

Su surfaced, the bulging bag in front of him could no longer hold a single pearl.

A hand reached out and snatched away the pearl that she had nowhere to put.

"You've had enough, go rest."

The captain fiddled with the pearls picked up by Su, each one was bigger than the other, she was indeed very talented in this aspect.

Her 10 pearls are worth more than everyone else's 30, so counting her a few less and not letting her die from overwork is a good deal.

"Captain, I have collected 4023 pearls for you, 123 more than agreed, you should let me go."

"Don't worry, don't worry, you forgot? There is another item in our agreement."

"When will there be another item?" Su was still very young, and he couldn't play with the cunning and cunning captain.

"Yes, among these pearls, there must be one over 200 grams."

"Captain, I have never made such an agreement with you."

Su felt very wronged, she hadn't seen her grandpa for a long time... She was not a sold child, to be precise, she was not a complete slave, she came here by herself, two years ago, she picked pearls by herself In exchange for her grandfather's talent as a cheap labor on this ship, she begged a boatman she knew every month to give more than half of her meager wages to her old grandfather.

"Then do you want to break the contract? The price of breaking the contract is working here for the rest of your life."

"I'll go find it now."

"Don't worry, take your time, you can look for it tomorrow."

The captain chuckled in his heart, how can it be so easy to find a 200-gram pearl, and the largest one is only more than 600 grams.

"Captain..." Su became a little anxious, "If I found more than 200 grams of pearls today, please don't make excuses or make things difficult for me if you don't have any conditions at all. Please let me go."

"Su, I'm really sad that you think of me like this. I'm not trying to stop you from leaving as you said. Then it's settled. If you can find it, I will let you go."

"That's the deal!" Su ran out without looking back.

Facing Su's joyful back, the captain joked behind his back.

This is absolutely impossible.The sky is getting darker, and it only takes a moment for it to be completely dark. It is absolutely impossible to find the pearls on the bottom of the sea without light. In such a short time, he absolutely does not believe that she can find them.

Just work for me till the day you die.

The sun gradually dissipated its heat and light, and its position shifted westward.

"Su, isn't that enough for you? Do you want to go on?" Jerry just handed over the last pearl for today's mission. Fortunately, thanks to Su, it was time for dinner.

Su nodded, the wax in her ears had run out, so she had to pour it again.

"The captain promised me that as long as I can find the last pearl today, as long as it can exceed 200 grams, I can leave this hell."

"I'll accompany you." Jerry looked at the sky, the blood-red sunset had already started to go below the horizon, could Su really do it?He thought it would be good to have one more person and a pair of eyes.

Su shook his head and rejected him: "Jerry, you can't help me, it's better to go back to eat."

"But……"

"Trust me." Su blinked at him, and he couldn't help but continue talking, then jumped and disappeared into the sea.

She sneaked in with all her strength, she knew it, and no matter how stupid she has been fooling in the past few years, she should understand that if she can't take advantage of the captain's luck today and take advantage of his easing to get a chance to leave, then she may spend her whole life. There will never be such an opportunity...

But the opportunities in the sea are not enough to believe.

After going back and forth twice, she has dived very deep, much deeper than before, but she can't find the pearl she wants no matter how hard she looks.

The light in the water is already very weak, and perhaps in another moment, the entire ocean will be plunged into darkness.

After searching a few more places, there was still nothing, not even a decent clam, and the air in her lungs was almost used up. She was so anxious that she couldn't help touching the cross that her grandpa gave her on her chest. The remaining relics, preparing for her birthday that year...

God, although I have never believed in your existence, if you do exist, please help me regardless of the past.

I have to go home, I want to get out of this damn place.

The light gradually weakened, and when she was about to despair, a light suddenly appeared on the bottom of the sea. The light swept across her cheeks and illuminated the ocean around her.

Su Xin was ecstatic, she swam towards the light source without thinking.

What was waiting for Su was a very big oyster, the soul-stirring light leaked from its mouth, it was so beautiful that it made one's heart tremble.What's even more unbelievable is that this clam seems to have autonomous consciousness, it seems to be able to sense Su's arrival, and slowly opened its mouth.

As the light expanded little by little, the pearl in the oyster bed also revealed its mysterious face. It exuded its ultimate brilliance, which was inconceivably beautiful and inconceivably large. The moment the oyster was fully opened, Su felt as if the entire ocean are all illuminated.

Su kept swimming towards that clam, and kept struggling to get there. Regardless of the fact that there was little air left in her lungs, this was all her obsession, and she couldn't give up.

There was a brilliant pearl floating in front of her eyes. Su stretched her fingers, ignoring the flickering scene in her eyes, and stretched out her hand towards it. Just a little bit, just a little bit, the boundless darkness was falling, and she tried desperately to think about it. To hold on to the hope of life.

Finally, her palm touched the pearl, and an instant of darkness fell—a faint caused by extreme hypoxia.

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