Fisherman

It was almost noon when Zhao Qian woke up. Rather than waking up naturally, it was more like being woken up by a panting sound outside the house.

In his barbecue business, black and white are always reversed. He does things at night and sleeps during the day. In addition, he was tired all day yesterday, so he slept for a longer time.

When he got up from the bed, Zhou Geer who was sleeping on the floor had already disappeared, and even the bedding rolls on the floor had been packed. He was stepping on slippers, his mind was a little drowsy, and when he came out of the back room, he saw Zhou Geer sitting On the short bench, one foot was upturned, sweat beads were all over the forehead, there were several bloody footprints mixed with water on the ground, and there was a small pool of blood beside the stool.

"What's going on!" He regained consciousness in an instant and hurried over.

Brother Zhou didn't know he was in the room, so he was startled, his crossed legs were stepped on the ground, and he looked at him in panic.

"Are you still at home?" Zhao Qian didn't know where to fool around at this time.

Zhao Qian nodded and stared at his feet: "Let me see."

Brother Zhou retracted his feet and stepped back, his body's resistance was obvious: "No, there's nothing wrong."

"It's okay to bleed so much?" Zhao Qian ignored his obstruction, squatted down and lifted his foot up, the sole of the foot was hurt, the top was bloody, and the wound was still bleeding, it was as big as a little finger A long wound.

The soles of the feet are rough and thick, if it wasn't for something sharp, how could they make such a big cut.

After reading it, Zhao Qian got up and went to the back room. He saw a jug of wine in the room last night, which was just used for disinfection.

Brother Zhou saw him coming out with a jug, and didn't know what he was going to do. When he knew that he was going to use wine to disinfect him, he couldn't help being a little shocked. Zhao Qian loves to drink, but his wine is precious. Now He wants to waste it to sterilize himself, he wants to refuse.

Looking at his tangled expression, Zhao Qian thought he was afraid of pain. After all, he was a teenager, so it was rare for him to comfort him: "Don't move around, it will be fine soon."

He drenched the wound with wine, Brother Zhou's eyebrows were knotted together, it looked like it was in pain, but he gritted his teeth and didn't even hum, it was because he underestimated him.

After disinfection, he quickly found cloth strips to bind him up. He was very quick to do this kind of thing. After all, he was often injured in fights in the past, and there were countless knife wounds and bruises. .

After the wound was treated, he began to question Brother Zhou how he made such a big gash on the sole of his foot.Brother Zhou was stubborn and didn't want to explain so much, but under his coercion, he still explained the matter briefly.

The food at home has bottomed out. The rain outside this morning has lightened a lot, and the sun has gradually cleared up. He wants to go catch some fish and come back to eat. There were two fishing boats at home, and the better one sank into the sea yesterday. I had to use the poorer one. The wind on the sea was a bit strong, so he didn’t dare to go far. He just cast a net near the shore and caught fish for a while. His luck was not very good. He only caught three fish in one morning. An ordinary small sea fish, seeing the wind getting stronger, he had to collect the net and go home. As soon as he landed, he stepped on a dead shell buried in the sand. The broken shell was very sharp and pierced into the sole of his foot. , He gritted his teeth and pulled out the shell, and dragged the fish back home.

"There are so many broken things on the coast, and it's not on the beach. If you don't wear shoes, your feet will be useless sooner or later!"

After Zhao Qian listened, she cursed, not sure if it was a harsh tone or something, Zhou Geer lowered his head and did not speak.

He sighed, the room smelled of blood, he found the veil that wiped the floor yesterday to deal with the blood on the ground, and decided to go to the market.

When he was sleeping last night, he found two taels of silver under the pillow, which should be the original money. After asking Brother Zhou for the way to the market, he saw Brother Zhou sitting on a bench with his back bent, and asked him to People inexplicably feel pitiful.

"Stay in the house and don't run around. I'll go to the market and I'll be back soon."

Brother Zhou responded, watched him walk outside empty-handed, hesitated for a moment, and called out to his back: "The three fish I caught, you should take them to the market and sell them."

When Zhao Qian went out, he saw three fish in the wooden basin outside, and he waved his hand: "No, keep it for yourself to eat."

If you keep it for yourself, Brother Zhou can still eat a little bit. If Zhao Qian took the fish to exchange for money, he wouldn’t even want to see him as a shadow. Normally, he would take the fish to the market to exchange for money consciously. , I asked him to sell it today, but he didn't even take it.

In his doubts, Zhao Qian had already gone a long way.

It takes more than two hours to walk from Shangyu Village to the market. When he arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw several fishermen carrying fish on their backs, ready to go to the market to sell. One of them happened to be Hu San'er whom he met yesterday. , Seeing that they had all climbed into the bullock cart, he followed suit.

Hu San'er greeted: "Zhao Qian, are you going to the market too?"

Zhao Qian responded, the ox cart is quite big, but the fish is mainly placed in the middle, and people sit around with their feet hanging out, which can save a lot of space. People on all sides sit back to back, Hu Saner and Zhao Qian sit On the side.

"What are you going to town for?" Hu San'er saw that he was empty-handed, as if he was going to sell fish. In fact, most people in Shangyu Village knew Zhao Qian's reputation. He is very lazy. He cast nets for three days and fished for two days. Fortunately, there were only a few people in his family. He was the only one in the family. One person was full and the whole family was not hungry. Later, I didn’t know which nerve was wrong, and he spent ten taels of silver. The bride price brought the third son of the Zhou family, Brother Zhou, back home.

Brother Zhou can be regarded as a wonderful flower in Shangyu Village. He has never been talkative. Brother Zhou is not easy to get married. I feel that he is sullen, and no one comes to propose marriage when he is old.

The Zhou family has a large population, two daughters, one brother, and an elder brother above. With so many children, Zhou brother's temperament is not pleasing. The family sees that he can do the work and let him do it. It's fine to go out, but it's good to stay at home and help with the work all the time.

At this time, Zhao Qian suddenly came to the door and asked him to go home. These days, there are families who are not in the business of buying and selling children, so everyone thinks that Zhao Qian is not young and wants to ask for a warm bed. No one in the village is willing. Marrying my daughter to him, I had to spend some dowry to marry a brother and go home. As for Zhou Ge'er, who didn't like him, who didn't know, he just liked the hardworking and capable man.

People brought them home, and went away in such a dazzling day, but they didn't even set up two tables for the running water mat, which made Zhou Geer no name and no distinction, and his natal family didn't say anything, and the villagers couldn't say anything. It was Zhao Qian who had no money to set up banquets, but this slacker always went to the market, so he didn't seem to have any money.

Something happened to him yesterday, Brother Zhou was so anxious, Hu San'er couldn't help but want to say a few words to him, but in the end Hu San'er choked back his words.

"Shao Yu stabbed his foot when he went out, I'll go to the city to buy some medicine for him."

This made Hu San'er what else to say, and changed the subject: "Brother Zhou is honest and capable, you are lucky to marry him."

Zhao Qian raised his eyebrows: "Brother Zhou?"

Seeing his strange expression, Hu San'er laughed, "What's wrong? He's a brother. Don't everyone call him that all the time? It's so strange."

Zhao Qian said around the corner, only then did he realize that there are three kinds of people here, men, women, and a kind of brother in between. He finally understands why he can marry a man, not exactly a man. .

Having said that, he felt that Zhou Shaoyu should be gentler and not treat him like a man.

The ox cart drove for a while, and suddenly stopped in his meditation. Someone came to ride the ox cart again. He turned his back and didn't care about it, but he heard the two little girls talking, so he had to look back.

"Cao Fang, I heard that Zhao Qian's boat capsized and fell into the sea yesterday. Have you gone to see her?" The little girl rubbed the little girl named Cao Fang with her back on her back, and laughed so hard that her branches trembled: "But you said Only those who want the pearls in the mussels go to sea to fish them.”

"I just said I like it, but I didn't tell him to fish it. If he wants it, it's none of my business." Cao Fang shrugged her shoulders indifferently.

Hu San'er glanced at the person sitting next to him, and coughed dryly, afraid that the two big-hearted girls would continue to talk, and it would be embarrassing to sit in the bullock cart.

As soon as he made a sound, Cao Fang and Wang Xiang, who was traveling with him, noticed the two men in the car. Wang Xiang exclaimed and quickly covered his mouth.

Cao Fang was very natural, as if what he just said was not what he said, she smiled and greeted Hu San'er: "Brother Hu also goes to the market to sell fish?"

"Yes."

"Brother Hu is really good, he actually caught so many fish." Cao Fang took a serious look at the fish in the big back bucket, and praised her for being a good-looking girl with crooked eyes and a smile.

Hu San'er was a little embarrassed: "No, these are the goods that have been traded for a few days, and they are stored and sold in the market."

After the two talked a few words, Wang Xiang, who had noticed Zhao Qian early in the morning, quietly tugged at the corner of Cao Fang's clothes. Cao Fang ignored it, and after a while, she pretended to see Zhao Qian just now, and said indifferently: "Brother Zhao, are you going to the market too? Look, I was only talking to Brother Hu just now, and didn't see you."

According to Zhao Qian's usual temperament, he would have been jealous for a long time, maybe he would go up and beat Hu San'er up, but today he just cast a glance at Cao Fang, didn't say anything, and didn't even bother to look at her. , just don't turn your head away.

Cao Fang was also a little strange seeing him. In fact, everyone in the village knew that Zhao Qian loved her. The flowers are so good, but let him use them like this, causing myself to be laughed at by some sisters and sisters in the village, saying that Zhao Qian was just new to her, and when she saw that she had nowhere to go, she turned around and married a brother.

Although she looked down on the lazy Zhao Qian, his parents were very capable when they were reborn, and saved some money for him. Over the years, they spent a lot on her, and the money was almost enough. How could she marry him and suffer? , but it's one thing for her not to want to marry, it's another thing for him to marry someone else, if she doesn't resoundingly refuse, it's ruining her face if he marries someone else first.

She is good at playing with this silly man, and today she just wanted to lure him into a fight with Hu San'er, making people laugh. Although the two are about the same size, how can a drunkard stand up to Hu San'er's beating, but she was disappointed in the end. Zhao Qian didn't respond at all.

Muttering in her heart, she left Wang Xiang, sat in front of Zhao Qian, and asked softly, "Brother Zhao, I heard that you fell into the water yesterday, are you okay? I think you look uncomfortable .”

As soon as she sat down, Zhao Qian smelled a scent of powder. To be honest, he was a little smelled.

"It should be brain flooded."

As soon as these words came out, even Hu Saner who was on the side felt the unkindness in his tone, but Cao Fang seemed to know nothing, and still smiled and cared: "Brother Zhao must go to the market to have a good look, don't be left behind." It's the root of the disease."

Zhao Qian didn't pay attention to her, the thick-skinned pretty girl was really annoying.

"Go and sit over there, squeeze over here."

"Brother Zhao is still so caring about people." Cao Fang smiled softly, but did not squeeze any more.

Zhao Qian was thinking, it's true that the original body would like such a girl... Well, ordinary men really can't bear the post of a beautiful girl.