The Old Man and the Mermaid

When Egrele was studying at the school, he rarely participated in any on-campus activities, and there was no traditional prom in college like in high school.The occasion where formal attire is most needed is at most the speech during the course quiz. In this case, Egrele usually rents a set from a location that rents out formal attire, and the price he has paid in four years is also much cheaper than customizing a set many.

His friends often ridicule his dressing taste, but in fact they also know that Aigre just wants to save some unnecessary expenses, and sometimes provide him with some help within his ability.

From the tone and description of the fat boss, it can be known that the gathering tonight is not particularly formal, it is just a celebration for the familiar town residents to welcome the return of the students.Most of the people present will be relatives and friends who know each other, and Aigre can be considered to have grown up under the noses of these middle-aged and elderly neighbors, so naturally he will not be absent.

It's just that he didn't seem to have any playmates in his childhood, and it is estimated that few of the young people who returned from the foreign college this time were particularly familiar to him before.Just by listening to the names, he might not be able to remember exactly who these people of his own age were.

Aigre stood quietly on the coast for a while, but still did not find any trace of the mermaid.This creature always gave him an unreal feeling, as if these few encounters were just his personal fantasy.

The mermaid didn't appear, and he certainly wouldn't stay under the scorching sun for too long, and soon returned to the lighthouse.

The lamp bearer didn't need to work on such a sunny day, and it was still early in the afternoon, so he simply sat in front of his old computer and began to check some of the problems that had accumulated recently.

For example, how to properly feed a few pearl oysters of unknown origin.

Not only is this computer old, but the system and accessories have been placed for many years. Aigre’s grandfather didn’t know how to use the computer when he was there, and Aigre only came back to use it a few times when he was on vacation.However, after returning to his hometown, after minor adjustments by Aigre, the startup went smoothly, and he was also connected to the network line in the lighthouse.

He moved the white mouse, which had turned black, opened the browser and browsed slowly.

According to the information provided by netizens, shellfish need to survive in natural flowing water or running water for a long time. Even if they are raised together with tropical fish and small shrimps at a suitable temperature, it will not have much effect.Some people also said that shellfish need to live in fish tanks with a depth of more than [-] meters, and some even put down their words directly, saying that they raised a few shellfish in ordinary small fish tanks, and they are still alive and well .

Anyone has the right to answer the questions raised on the Internet, so Aigre is just looking at them for now, and does not intend to believe any of the answers for the time being.There are many experts in breeding fish and mussels on the small island. You may meet them when you go to the party in the afternoon, so you can ask them appropriately.

After all, it was the wish of that Mr. Mermaid, and Aigre didn't intend to just ruin it so casually.

If it doesn't work, he can keep the corals and return these pearl oysters to the mermaid or release them into the sea—it's not clear whether the mermaid can speak or not.

In any case, he must be able to understand human language.Agree speculated.

Just as he was thinking, the screen in front of him suddenly flickered, and then it couldn't be turned on again.Aigre squatted down and checked the connecting wires behind the display, and then sighed, confirming that this poor display had finally reached the end of its lifespan after years of hard work.

Judging from the speed of the computer's operation, it is estimated that even if the mainframe can still be used, it will not last for too long.

Aigre sat on the chair and thought for a while, opened the drawer to look at the cash in his hand, recalled the amount of deposit in his bank account, and decided to check if there was any value for money when he went to the town for lunch Nice little laptop worth considering.

Thinking about it this way, maybe in the future, there may be some emergencies that will require a large sum of money.It's just that I don't know the exact prices of pearls and corals on the market. If they can be sold at a good price, it would be a good choice to make a mutually beneficial transaction with merchants.

He raised his right hand to cover his eyes, thought wildly for a while, then stood up and took the sun hat placed on the other side of the table, ready to go out.

Before he left, he glanced at the brand new table, and recalled the scene when he was fighting with the mermaid in this small room, and confirmed that he was not just having a ridiculous dream.

The mermaid had indeed appeared in his sight several times, and had had face-to-face contact with him.

When he walked out the door, Aigre thought for a few seconds, but in the end he didn't lock the window - he still remembered how the mermaid climbed into the lighthouse from the window.Not locking the windows was probably regarded as a different kind of respect for this mysterious creature.

Before entering the market, he took out his mobile phone, which could only send text messages except for making calls, to check the date, only to find that today is Saturday.It's no wonder that the guys throwing parties set the date for today, people always have extra free time on the weekends that they can use to do things outside of work.

"Little Iger!"

As soon as he stepped into the market, Aigre heard a call from the lady at the fruit stand.The young woman's name was Irene, and her husband's family name was difficult to pronounce, so Aigre generally called her Madam directly.

"Good morning, ma'am." Aigre walked over and greeted gently.

"Good morning, Eigre." Mrs. Irene looked at him with a smile, handed him an apple in her hand, and asked at the same time: "I heard that Boss Witt has visited you? Did he tell you clearly about the night? About the party?"

"I've heard all about it." Aigre took the apple, "I'll be there on time."

"That's good." Mrs. Irene smiled and nodded, "My children are very curious about you brothers and sisters who are studying outside, and they have been pestering me to say that they want to find you. He is very naughty. The boss didn't make much progress, I always told him that you need to take care of the lighthouse, but I didn't have the time to talk to him."

"It's fine if you can learn useful things, grades are secondary." Aigre reassured casually.

"Of course I know." Mrs. Irene took off her gloves and washed her hands in the sink beside her. "I am his mother, and the most important thing is whether he is happy or not."

Aigre nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Ma'am, is the electronics store on the commercial street still open today?"

"It's open, as long as they don't meet those big holidays, they don't rest for a whole week." Mrs. Irene replied, looking at him curiously, "Do you need to buy anything?"

"Would like to see if there is a suitable little computer," said Eigre. "The old morning one in the lighthouse burned out."

"I'll recommend you a shop owned by the boss. We bought our computers and TVs from him." Mrs. Irene walked to the back of the fruit stand, took out a pen and paper from the box, and wrote down the name of the shop and the name of the shop. After handing the address to Aigre, "Take it, the boss is very nice, if I recommend you, he should give you a discount."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome—oh! That's right." Mrs. Irene had already turned around and was about to go to work in the store, but she suddenly remembered something, turned around and said to Aigre, "Little Iger, choose this afternoon. If it’s not too late for a good computer, can you come to help? The party needs a lot of fresh fruit at night, and it will take a long time for me and my husband to move it.”

"No problem." Aigre agreed, "I'll come over in the afternoon."

"Thank you, our little Iger!" Mrs. Irene smiled brightly at him, and went back into the shop.

Aigre was still enjoying this beautiful morning, but the mermaid on the other side was obviously much more excited than him.

—he drank wine, and it was bad wine.

Although the mermaid doesn't like alcohol very much, it doesn't mean that he won't be affected by the effects on the brain.And he has nothing to do now, and he plans to make some thrilling moves.

He dived all the way to the depths of the ocean from the coast where he bought the wine before, breaking through schools of different types of fish one after another, constantly creating small eddies in the sea, and at the same time changing the direction of some less stubborn currents.

He quite enjoyed this unimpeded feeling, which allowed him to clearly feel the power contained in his body.

Having suffered losses from Aigre twice, the mermaid was eager to challenge something tough, to vent the power that was constantly tumbling in his body but had nowhere to vent.

He quickly descended, swimming beside an unapproached seabed ravine, looking for the first unlucky guy.

"Guru..."

To be honest, the mermaid doesn't like this place very much. The sound of bubbles bursting like viscous magma makes him really unhappy.Compared to this kind of dark bottom, he prefers the bright sea surface - even though he can see things in the dark without the help of firelight, it doesn't mean that he can't love those bright lights on the sea surface.

The mermaid swam slowly for a moment, then rushed in one direction, stretched out her hands and grabbed something fiercely in the darkness.

The huge creature let out a dull wail, and bubbles rolled out around his head.Immediately afterwards, he was flipped by the merman and thrown into a deeper position, eventually hitting a rock.

There was a brief moment of silence between the currents.

The mermaid swam around the creature expressionlessly, sizing up its shape.

The whole body of this creature is dark red, and the thick and hard scales look a bit like massive crystalline rocks. The red lines like small snakes are entrenched on its shell, reflecting the bright red between the scales.

It has a pair of huge fins that look like transparent wings on its back, and its body is also huge, it looks like a hill, after being thrown into the gap between the two rocks by the mermaid, squeezed It's not even a little bit reluctant in such a small space.

The form of this creature is both beautiful and extremely hideous, and at the same time extremely powerful.The long and tough tail slammed down heavily on the rock, pushing its body away from the rock, and rushed towards the culprit who attacked it angrily.

It looks delicious.While watching its movements, the mermaid thought about the steps humans take when cooking animals.

It's a pity that he can't get the seasonings made by humans, let alone move this big guy to the stove to bake.

The huge creature bent down, twisted the huge fins on its back forcefully and reluctantly, and then rushed towards the top of its head, knocking out an invisible gap in the originally calm sea current.

The mermaid stretched out both hands, grabbed the big and sharp horn on the top of the creature's head, pulled him to swing the fish tail quickly, and threw him into the bottom of the sea again.

The fishes around obviously didn't know what these two tough guys were doing, but they instinctively moved away to avoid being affected by this fight and lose their lives innocently.

Compared with this big guy, the size of the mermaid is as small as a sparrow, but he seems to be treating a cloth bag full of air. After a few rounds, this creature that should be regarded as the overlord of the sea Completely lost the power to parry.

He threw the poor guy into the gap between the sand and gravel for the last time, feeling the blood flowing comfortably in his body, which also awakened his alcohol-corroded thinking.

He circled and swam in the same place for a while, still absolutely not trying to deprive that big guy of his life, but removed two scales from its back as a demonstration, and then left the seabed happily.

He didn't hit too hard, so the big guy didn't suffer any fatal injuries, and he can continue to move around comfortably after two days of rest-it's just that if he meets this mermaid who beat it for no reason in the future, probably Just choose to bypass directly.

And the reason why the mermaid didn't kill it directly was simply because he really couldn't find any way to take care of that big guy.

It seems to be a good decision to drink some human-made wine occasionally during the day when you are energetic.The mermaid closed her eyes slightly while swimming, thinking about it.

It's a pity that his ability on the coast is much weaker, otherwise Aigre will definitely suffer.

Naturally, Aigre didn't know this. He was carefully selecting the model of the computer at this time, thinking about what software to install when he got home.

He is not a primitive person, so like all ordinary young people, he needs the help and entertainment of the Internet and electronic products.He occasionally borrows a friend's computer to play games in his spare time.

what game?

Minesweeper.

Aigre's friend once laughed wildly for 3 minutes after hearing about his hobby, and installed various versions of minesweeper on his computer for Aigre's leisure and entertainment.

Then they were dumbfounded after seeing Aigre's amazing reflexes and hand speed-especially when they found out that Aigre was not only an expert in minesweeping, but also always in the most luck of the two situations.

In this regard, Aigre said that this is simply because the dilapidated desktop computer in the lighthouse can't play any other games at all.This led to the fact that even the card-type game consoles that were common on the street never existed in his childhood.

After listening to his explanation, the bad friends cried with each other to show their sympathy, and then raised their tear-free faces after a few minutes, and continued to tease Aigle's various weird habits.

Aigre knew they were harmless, so he never minded.

He felt very lucky that he found a computer suitable for him in less than half an hour, and after paying on the spot and completing the transaction, he returned to the lighthouse with the computer.

After walking into the gate of the lighthouse, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed—the mermaid didn't come again, and the fish tank he used to raise those pearl oysters was still quietly placed on the table.

Aigre was silent for a few seconds, shook his head, lamented how quickly he had changed his mind, and then began to install the computer and get ready for the evening party.