The Old Man and the Mermaid

Aigre turned his head and looked in the direction where the voice came from—this was exactly the direction the mermaid was pointing at before.Aigre recalled the expression of the mermaid when he left, and roughly speculated that he should avoid the eyes of other people.

What a keen awareness.Agree sighed.Just these few brief encounters had already made him completely sure of the fact that creatures like mermaids were indeed superior to humans in every aspect.

The person who called Aigre was Mr. Witt, the owner of the previous grocery store.With a fat belly, he was trotting all the way down from the high ground where the lighthouse was, waving his right hand to Aigre as he ran.

Aigre stood up from the ground, turned around and looked at the fat boss who was gradually approaching him, and greeted him politely: "Good morning, Mr. Witt, don't you have to take care of the shop today?"

"It's useful, but it's still early. My wife urged me to go out for a walk and exercise before the store opened. I thought that your child has always had a good sleep. You should have woken up at this time, so I stopped by to have a look." Fat The boss looked at him cheerfully and explained, "The academies all over the world are just on vacation, and many children who are studying abroad have come home, so there is a small party on the commercial street at night, and everyone wants to welcome them These children who are studying hard outside. Little Payer, you have only come back not long ago, so why don't you join us this time? Although I know you don't like excitement, the party should still be quite interesting."

"Evening?" Aigre was taken aback for a moment and asked, "How long will it last?"

"It depends on how energetic the children are." The fat boss rubbed his chin and gave a vague answer. Out of the corner of his eyes, he caught sight of the small row of clear numbers on the beach, and immediately smiled. Question: "Just now, I saw you, little Payer, looking out of your mind. Do you have an appointment tonight? Is it a girl from the town?"

"Ah... no, Mr. Witt." Aigre thought for a few seconds before replying, "I've been preparing to write something for the past two days, so I plan to come to the beach to collect materials after night falls."

He never lied, and the mermaid is indeed a pretty good writing material.

"That's right." The fat boss nodded knowingly, "But you seem to be majoring in liberal arts in college, right? If you have a lot of interest in writing, I have a few people who have walked out of Dusk Island. The publisher's contact information, do you want to contact me for you?"

The fat boss asked this question very seriously, so Egrele thought about it for a while, nodded and accepted it, and thanked the fat boss: "Then I will trouble you, thank you very much."

"How can this be troublesome?" The fat boss clenched his thick fingers into fists and thumped Aigle's chest lightly twice, "Your child has lost his parents since he was a child. I grew up watching so many eyes of everyone on the island, you were sensible and obedient since you were a child, and you helped us a lot, and of course we older guys have to provide you with some help within our ability."

Aigre showed a not-so-obvious smile, bent down and thanked again: "Thank you."

"So let's just say that?" The fat boss stretched his limbs and said, "Don't worry, this is not a particularly serious party, and everyone knows that your work is especially important at night, so I won't mind if you leave early Yes. I will also tell others in advance that you remember to wear clothes that are not easy to get dirty this afternoon, and come early to try the barbecue of old Ted next door, and his skills have improved a lot recently. "

"Okay, I'll be there sooner."

"See you in the afternoon."

After the fight with the mermaid before and the conversation with the fat boss this time, the sun that had been lazily hanging on the sea level rose a little higher.Aigre turned around and wiped off the four numbers on the beach with the sole of his shoes, and looked far away at the shimmering sea.

These kind light spots on the sea looked a little dazzling, and Aigre had to close his eyelids halfway to ensure that his pupils would not be stung.

It was a hot and calm summer morning as usual, except that he had had a rather unusual visitor from the sea some time ago.Moreover, this mysterious guest seems to have invited him to come back here to meet again at night—this is Eigre's guess about the four numbers, and he also sincerely hopes that this is not a hidden gauntlet.

But in fact, this is a gauntlet.

It's just that the mermaid never intended to fight him to the death.He just admired Aigre's fighting skills and hoped to compete with him again.

The mermaid is aware of how rare and mysterious he is in the eyes of humans, so naturally he will not be so unguarded that he will easily show up in front of other humans.Just being discovered by this kid just because he fell into a coma due to his weakness was already the most dangerous encounter he had encountered in so many years.

However, he also didn't know how long it would be before this young man got so close to this beach, so he simply asked for a meeting.He didn't know if Aigre understood what he meant, but he didn't regret that he took the initiative to approach humans this time.

Maybe next time he can just write a full question?Although he cannot pronounce the syllables of human languages, he can understand human speech and understand their languages.

Language is a huge barrier between human beings in different regions that prevents them from communicating.This point is very different from the mermaid group. The communication between mermaids does not need the help of language, and they have their own unique communication system.

What's more, for so many years, the mermaid has not met many other tribesmen in the sea.

When the fat boss came to talk to Aigre, the mermaid didn't leave too far, so of course he heard what they were talking about.Gathering seems to be a very important way of socializing in the human race, and it is usually used to celebrate certain festivals or unique events, such as birthdays or return full of honors.

In this way, he probably interrupted Aigre's original itinerary.

Thinking of this, the mermaid raised her eyebrows slightly, and still decided to come to the shore at eight o'clock in the evening.As for whether Aigle will come to the appointment, that is beyond his ability to predict.

He slowly swam around the Twilight Island, and finally chose to go to the coast of the mainland closest to the island.

The coasts developed by humans are only the majority, and in some areas quite far from the port, there are still uninhabited beaches scattered in various places.The mermaid would occasionally go to those remote coasts to have a look. In those places, sometimes people would build not-so-sturdy cabins, and some alcohol might be sold in the cabins.

He has human currency, so although he can't get close to the place where humans live, it doesn't mean he can't pay attention to those drinks.

He rushed into the bottom of the sea, found some coins he had stored in a place where the sand and gravel piled up on the bottom of the sea, and took them with him to quickly cross the entire sea area between Dusk Island and the continental plate.

The final destination of the mermaid is a beach belonging to a small village.

When he arrived at the shore, he saw the cabin he had come into contact with at a glance—fortunately, there still seemed to be alcohol sold in this cabin, and the old businessman in charge of selling these things was relying on Nap by the window.

The mermaid has been here several times before, and he always chooses a quiet afternoon to take away one or two bottles of wine placed by the window while the old man in the house is intoxicated in his afternoon nap, and then exchange the value against Waiting for currency to stay.

The old man was quite aware of someone who would occasionally close their business in his absence, but he didn't know that the customer he was dealing with was a mermaid.

The mermaid landed on the shore, gradually approached the cabin, stood upright in front of the window of the cabin, leisurely selected the types of wine on the shelf in front of the window, and finally chose the one he took away when he first came. One, and paid in coins.

It is said to be currency, but it is actually not the kind that is currently in circulation on the market, but some coins made of gold from cargo boxes that sank in the deep sea.The mermaid doesn't know much about the current exchange rate in the human world, but it must be no problem to buy such a bottle of poor quality wine.

The history of those currencies is quite strange.At least the mermaids often see those humans standing on the deck laughing wildly, and they may be completely swallowed by the waves in the next night.Then all kinds of items on the ship will fall into the bottom of the sea along with the sunken ship, which happens to be cheap for him.

He took the bottle of wine he wanted, and at the same time returned to the original road, he wiped away the traces of his fish tail as much as possible, and jumped into the sea again.

The mermaid didn't have much interest in alcohol, and buying alcohol was only on a whim because of the conversation between Aigre and the fat boss.It's a pity that he doesn't have legs, so he can't go ashore. Otherwise, he might be very curious about these gatherings of human beings, and maybe he will directly try to integrate into society and experience the communication and interaction between people.

However, his fish tail is just a fish tail after all, and it does not have the chance to become human legs as described in human fairy tales.He is a member of nature, so of course he will be restricted by the laws of nature, just like human beings cannot breathe in the sea, nor can they grow wings to fly in the sky. Sea creatures live where they belong, almost There is no possibility of landing.

When he thought of the mermaids in those fairy tale books that barely showed their plump breasts, he would kind of want to pry open the painters who drew these illustrations and see if their minds were full of yellow waste.

What's the use of drawing it?As if male humans could really do something to these one-tailed mermaids.It is probably considered lucky not to be cut off by those sharp tail scales.

The mermaid slandered like this, and at the same time thought that he should be regarded as a kind creature, at least he didn't directly imagine the too insane picture to pollute the eyes of the public.

Although he is not a soft and gentle creature.

When thinking of a party, the mermaid also thinks of those small fish that have been grilled to black.People sprinkle all kinds of condiments on them, cut their skin and flesh, and put them on the charcoal fire to smoke - that is quite a wonderful taste and aroma.

The mermaid closed her eyes for a while, turned over and rushed towards the surface of the sea quickly. While rushing out of the sea, she opened the bottle cap and poured a big gulp of wine that was actually not that good.