Breeding Mermaid Cubs

After the opening of the sea, the sea surface returned to its former bustle. Wang Qingye had been to saltwater seas before, and had never been to freshwater rivers and lakes.

He ate too much seafood, so he wanted to catch some freshwater fish to eat.

Wang Qingye rowed the boat all the way, and there were many fishermen casting nets on the river. On the beach and shallow water area on the river bank, there were many women with headscarves or straw hats, holding their trousers and holding medicine in the water. Back and forth, with a small bamboo basket tied around his waist.

These are women who gather pearls, exposed to the wind and the sun for many years, because they can only gather pearls in shallow water, so they may not be able to harvest much. The pearls are taken to jewelry stores, and the people there are old and cunning. Pearl women will keep the price extremely low, but for poor women, they can have enough food for a while.

Mianshu hangs her feet on the bow of the boat. The wind blowing on the river is different from the smell of the sea. In spring, the river is as green as blue. At this time, the scenery on the river bank is good: "The river is much narrower than the sea, and there are people everywhere. When can I go into the water?"

"There are a lot of people in this area, let's just walk forward for a while."

Mian Shu looked at the water and wanted to change his tail, but seeing that there was water and couldn't touch it, he could only feel aggrieved.

"Hey, what do the people by the river do?"

"Didn't I tell you to collect pearls just now?"

"It's not for collecting pearls, take a closer look."

Wang Qingye heard the sound and looked over. There were more than a dozen people on the beach by the river bank. Men and women were intertwined. They scooped up the mud and sand in the river with shovels and squatted by the river to wash them. There were also strong men who dug the sand and carried it to the shore. Pour it on a grooved inclined wooden board, and water pours down at one end, and the large silt and stones are washed down, and the fine sand is covered in the wooden groove.

Wang Qingye is familiar with this craft, generally speaking, it is gold panning.

It is very common in places where gold veins have appeared or on nearby river banks. He had heard Tang Suxiao chat before, and there were people in Xiacheng who started their fortunes by panning for gold.

This work is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It is not as easy as collecting pearls. If you are not lucky, it is difficult to pan for gold. These gold diggers are either spontaneous or hired to pan for gold. The salary is very little, naturally, there are many people who want to get rich in one day, otherwise, it is difficult to persist in such a drudgery.

He remembered that the mute had done this job before, and because of this, his skin was tanned, and the sunburn on his face hadn't fully healed yet.

"How do they know that there is gold in that field and there is no gold there?"

"Of course I don't know."

Mian Shu said: "Wouldn't it be that you have to search from place to place. This is more troublesome than collecting pearls. At least you know that pearls grow in oysters, so you don't have to search aimlessly."

Wang Qingye said: "The so-called wealth and wealth are sought in danger, that's probably the case."

"Gold is so valuable, it's only natural to spend some effort, so should we try it?"

"How to try?"

Mian Shu dialed the water: "I'll go to the river to see, where there is golden sand in the sand, let's dig there. Don't you want to buy a house?"

Wang Qingye patted Mianshu's head: "Go down if you want."

Taking advantage of the lack of fishing boats on the river, Mian Shu stayed in the boat tent, took off his clothes, slipped down from the stern, jumped to the bow, and grabbed the oars: "I'm going to the front, there is no one there, You cast the net over there, and I will catch fish for you along the way."

"Go."

Wang Qing saw the small shadow in the river getting lower and lower until he couldn't see it. He didn't know how far the little fish cub had run away with a flick of its tail. He rowed the boat to the place agreed by the two to stop and cast the net.

In fact, it is easy to catch fish in places with a lot of people. The experienced fishermen know where to fish, but since Wang Qingye got the buff of Mianshu, he doesn't have to care about where to cast his net at all. Not too much. The net is in the water.

After getting off the net, Wang Qingye dropped the fishing rod as usual, and turned on the live broadcast by the way.

8888: Good guy, the anchor still remembers the live broadcast, I thought he had quit the Internet.

Yichichun: I found that the frequency of live broadcasts has dropped sharply since the appearance.It was like this before Zai Zai entered the live broadcast, and now the anchor is also like this.

Balabala: Please think about the audience in the live broadcast~

X: Where's the cub?

"here!"

Mian Shu poked his head out of the river, picked up a string of water droplets, and blinked towards the live broadcast room.

StarCraft 123: Tears, the anchor actually came out to watch the cubs, I also want to catch fish and watch the cubs!What a longing life this is!

Ah only, only whirring: It’s been a long time since I saw Zai Zai’s white hair, and I almost forgot that my Zai Zai has white hair.

X: Usually I have to go to school, so I can only dye my hair.Zai Zai, show brother a look at the tail!Brother will drink Coke for you. It has been a long time since I saw a beautiful tail.

Seconded, seconded, seconded!

"How's it going, are there any fish nearby?"

"Yes, I rushed over here." Mian Shu lay on the oars: "Would you like to come down and try, and I can take you to see if there is any golden sand."

"Catch it."

Mian Shu reached out and grabbed Wang Qingye's wrist: "Come down, I promise I won't make you choke on water like before."

a: The anchor is too ruthless, let's change the subject after looking at Zai Zai's tail.

Interstellar xxx: Yes, selfish!

Da Da Da: What happened before? Is there anything that a rewarding VIP like me can’t see?

Yichichun: Haha, Zai Zai probably threw the anchor into the water before.By the way, can the anchor know how to swim?

Wang Qingye turned off the live broadcast: "I'm not interested in kissing fish mouths."

"It's okay, as long as I'm interested in the mouth of my relatives." Mianshu shook Wang Qingye's hand: "Come down, I promise not to make big waves, just look at the fish and see if there is any sand."

Wang Qingye sighed and jumped off the boat anyway.

A group of fish gathered at the bottom of the boat, and part of the ground cage had already been covered. He appeared to scare away the surrounding fish, and Mianshu swiped the fish lightly with his tail and swam back.

"come on."

Mian Shu stood up and walked around the man in a fancy way, then stretched out his hand and grabbed Wang Qingye's fingers, slowly swung his tail, the surrounding water became faster, and the two walked ten meters away in a flash.

The water is very friendly, the fish and shrimp pass by, the river is not muddy, when Mianshu sees the fish, he wags his tail and rolls up the current to drive the fish to the direction of the fishing boat. He drags Wang Qingye to the boat river bottom.

Under his influence, the surrounding water was calm, and Wang Qingye was able to stand firm on the bottom of the river. If it wasn't for the suffocation of the lack of air, he would still have the illusion of being on land for a while.

Wang Qingye picked up a mussel by his feet, tightened his hands, pulled Mianshu to him, and pointed to the river.

Mian Shu stretched out her arms to hug his waist, put her tail on his leg, raised her chin and leaned towards him, their eyes met.

"If you don't agree to me, I won't let you go up."

Wang Qingye's eyebrows twitched, he knew that this brat would play tricks, and it would be no good to lie to him...

He patted Mianshu's head: What's the matter?

"Actually, what I said yesterday was serious."

"What happened to Xu Ruozhi was indeed intentional. I'm not a selfish mermaid. In the past, my parents could spoil fish other than me. I could give up precious gems and beautiful pearls to others, but you can't. I hope you are Just mine. It makes me sad to think that you might one day like to take care of someone else."

Mian Shu put her chin on Wang Qingye's shoulder: "I don't think I was like this before, if you want to blame, you can blame yourself, you are the one who brought me home, and you taught me to be bad. "

After acting coquettishly, he raised his head again: "Wang Qingye, can you wait for me for a few years?"

Wang Qingye looked at the sincere ice-blue eyes under the silver-white hair fluttering like seaweed in front of him, and didn't know how to answer him.

If you want to pick melons, you want to eat them right away. Who can bear to put them for a while before taking them out?

Besides, he's just a little mermaid......

Mianshu was a little disappointed when he couldn't wait for the answer. He held Wang Qingye's face, and lightly pressed it on his lips like a treasure, but he failed to achieve his goal. Until he agreed, Xu knew that the forced answer this time was not the answer he really wanted.

"Tell me after you think about it."

Birds and insects chirped on the river bank, and weeping willows swayed. I don't know what kind of flower was blown down the river, and a layer of small white flowers floated on the river.

Wang Qingye wiped his face and saw that there were no fishing boats or people around, and he didn't know where there were few people. Only a few towering trees full of white flowers scattered white petals with the wind.

He climbed up to the bank, stood on the bank, picked a flower, and squatted down to soak in the water comfortably: "I know what you think, let's talk about it when you grow up."

Mian Shu took the flower branch: "Yes."

When the two went back to collect their nets, they caught a lot of crucian carp and carp. Wang Qingye cleaned them up at home, and it was getting late. He picked some big-bellied carp and went to the restaurant, planning to have dinner there at night.

"Where's your clam? Shall I show you if there are any pearls?"

When Mianshu came back, he carried Wang Qingye back. The clamshells, which were as big as two palms, looked plump.

"Eat it if you feel hungry."

"I'm not greedy, so forget it if you don't want to see it." Mianshu put the dusty clam into the water tank: "I'll keep it for you first."

"Okay, let's go to the street." Wang Qingye carried the basket, and the two of them went to the street together: "It's still early for dinner, so let's go shopping later, brother Zhou Zhu and sister Yan'er got married on 26, let's see Let's see what to give as their wedding present."

"Send some furniture, didn't you just buy a new house?"

"Also."

Wang Qingye put the fish in Jianglouchun, and let the cook handle it when he was free.

He originally planned to buy some good cloth, and it would be enough to send some generous gifts. Two days ago, he heard that spring began, and the cloth shop would buy a batch of good satin that was new in the capital. He ordered a few, but Hearing what Mian Shu said today, it was not unreasonable, so he went to the wooden store to order a large wardrobe.

There is a business in the wood shop that specializes in making furniture for new houses and weddings, and it is not troublesome. You will show it to see the style and pay a deposit, and it will be delivered to your door when the day comes, so you don't have to worry about anything.

After finishing shopping, Wang Qingye happened to bump into Tang Suxiao who was in a hurry. After the beginning of spring, the business they talked about before began to pick up. Many people from other counties brought seafood to the restaurant during the day. The carriage of the inn took the people to the inn, and the one-stop process was carried out to the end.

He hadn't seen Tang Suxiao since Kaihai, presumably he was busy with business.

"Not only is he busy with business, last year my father built a building ship himself, and now it is being tested. It must not be sloppy at all. My father saw that my fleet is at sea, and now there is business again, but he has changed a little bit towards me. If you are happy, you will leave this hard work to me." Tang Suxiao sighed: "I just came down from the sea today."

Wang Qingye recalled last year when he went to buy a boat from Tang's Boat Company, he heard the boy who brought him mention that a distinguished guest came this spring: "Is this boat going to have a feast at sea?"

"Brother Wang, it's true. This boat is my father's honor to the nobles in the capital, so there is no need to be careless about it."

"It is He Guiren that even Young Master Tang is so cautious."

Tang Suxiao glanced at the sky: "Look, it's getting late, why don't Brother Wang treat me to dinner, and I'll tell you something about it."

"I have nothing to do with the nobles, I don't want to lose a meal in vain."

"Hey, it's guaranteed to be worth the money."

Mian Shu stopped the peddler on the street, and was about to pay for two bunches of candied haws to eat, but the money bag was already deflated, half of the pocket money was confiscated by Wang Qingye, and he went to play in the theater with Jiang Yu again Well, the money can no longer afford him, it seems that when he goes to school tomorrow, he has to pick up a few bottles of drinks and bring them to the academy to sell, so as to enrich his purse.

He looked at Tang Suxiao: "Hua Peacock, if you buy me two bunches of candied haws, I will invite you to our house for dinner."

"What did you call me?"

"Flower Peacock!"

Wang Qingye lowered his head and laughed.

Tang Suxiao said to Wang Qingye while paying for the money, "You don't take good care of your son, it's an insult to gentleness."

Mian Shu took a candied haws in one hand, biting it satisfied and left.

"Hey, little beauty, you haven't said what you want to treat me to?"

"Wang Qingye hit a carp."

Tang Suxiao nodded in satisfaction: "The carp is tender and tender, not bad, not bad."

At night, after the restaurant was closed, Wang Qingye sat in a pot of sauerkraut and carp, moved the small table to the riverside, and ate against the wind. The air smelled of river water and spring flowers, cool and comfortable.

Tang Suxiao drank three bottles of wheat wine, and after eating and drinking, he said slowly: "At the end of the month, Nanping Hou will go to Xiacheng to check the salt affairs. My father built a building boat as the host to entertain Nanping Hou. Brother Wang, do you want to go?"

"The Tang family is worthy of being a giant in Xiacheng, and even the Marquis of Nanping can make friends with them."

Wang Qingye took a sip of wine, Lord Hou is indeed a noble person, no wonder the Tang family attaches great importance to it.

"Brother Wang is not from Xiacheng, so I don't know about it. Many years ago, Xiacheng was not stable. There were bandits on the sea, and the people of Xiacheng were in dire straits. In the past, when Nanpinghou was eight years old, he went out with the army. Shenwu, but after two months Xiacheng has returned to peace."

"Outsiders only know that Hou Ye was young and promising, but they didn't know that he almost died when he wiped out the bandits at sea. Hou Ye is good at fighting, but he mostly lives inland. He suffered a lot when he went to sea to suppress bandits for the first time, so he fell into the sea. There were many dangers in the past few days, but fortunately there was no danger. At that time, my father donated a lot of boats and food to help Lord Hou take down the bandits. It was originally for the stability of Xiacheng, and we businessmen can do better. Business, I didn't expect Master Hou to remember this matter all the time, and have some bits and pieces with our Tang family over the years."

Wang Qingye said: "Master Tang's act of righteousness is really rare."

Tang Su and Xiao Lian raised his eyebrows and smiled: "This time, it's really a famous person in Xiacheng, maybe not only Xiacheng, it's definitely not Brother Liao."

"It's good to see the world, but Zhou Zhu will get married at the end of the month, and I've promised him to go."

Tang Suxiao raised his eyebrows: "Brother Wang is rare to be sympathetic to his subordinates, I will not force myself."

After seeing Tang Suxiao left, Mian Shu didn't bother to eat slowly anymore. He took one bite. The carp was not big, and it was cooked hot and sour. It was very appetizing: "Who is Nanping Hou?"

"Princes and generals are people in the palace."

He did have a brief understanding of Linchao, the emperor is upright and loves the people, he is a good emperor praised by the people, and now in the peaceful and prosperous world, on the one hand, it is easy to have a benevolent emperor, and because there is an invincible Marquis of Nanping guarding him, Open up the frontier and expand the territory, and the border people submit.And I heard that the Marquis of Nanping is only thirty this year, so he is still young.

Mian Shu nodded: "I understand, it's probably the same as me."

Wang Qingye shook his head amusedly: "If that's the case, why don't you go back to inherit the throne? Eat, drink and play like a salted fish all day long?"

Mian Shu said: "Why should I inherit? I also have an elder brother. He is just like the Nanping Hou you mentioned. He is the bravest mermaid in the mermaid clan. Of course he will inherit the throne."

Wang Qingye put a chopstick of vegetables into Mianshu's basin, seeing Xiao Yuzai's seriousness, and saying the same thing every time, I thought he was talking big or joking, but now I believe Mianshu is in the mermaid The family status is precious: "In this case, why were you injured and stranded on the reef?"

Mian Shu paused with his chopsticks, and raised his eyebrows: "There was a civil strife in the mermaid clan, and the traitors took me out of the mermaid palace and wanted to take me as a threat. Arrived at Muhai."

Wang Qingye frowned: "Then what about your parents? Don't you want to know how the Mermaid Palace is going?"

"Of course I also want to." Mian Shu wondered: "If the civil strife persists, I can't help everyone with my current ability, but it may add to the chaos."

"Then what if the civil strife is over? Don't you worry about your parents?"

"Don't worry, they are safe, and they will know that I am safe. Those of us who are connected by mermaid blood can find out in our dreams whether our relatives are still alive."

Wang Qingye let out a sigh of relief: "It's good to know that each other is safe."

But it's not good to be wandering outside all the time. He can take good care of Mianshu, and he doesn't want him to go away, but he can't make his parents worry about it. A little fish like Mianshu must have a family. She grew up with a thousand pets and a hundred favorites, so how can she not be in a hurry if she loses it.

Today, no matter what, parents still have to see each other, so they can't abduct other people's cubs at will.

He held Mianshu's hand: "Then let me go back with you to have a look after a while, so that my family members can know that you are well now, and of course you can just take a look at the situation at home."

Mian Shu's eyes lit up: "You mean you want to go back to the sea with me?"

"Stupid fish? I'm not of the same species as you, how can I accompany you back to the sea?" Wang Qingye said, "What is the nearest city to the coast from the Mermaid Palace? I will go to this city then."

Mian Shu sighed, and looked at Wang Qingye dejectedly with his face on his face: "The mermaids don't like humans, and they live very far away from the city. In the middle of the deep sea where humans are difficult to cross, where is the nearest city? "

"That's really troublesome."

Back in the day, Xiaoyuzi was also afraid of him. It seems that the mermaids taught him since he was a child, but there is no reason for the mermaids to hate humans. It is true that most people covet mermaids. After all, mermaids are full of treasures and are too valuable.

"Since this is the case, we can only sail. I will go to the shipyard to find Tang Suxiao to order a sturdy boat."

Mian Shu is worried. The deep sea is too unsafe for humans. Not only mermaids, but also large sea fish, many of which eat meat. He can protect Wang Qingye, but he is also afraid of accidents.

"Let's forget it. I'll go back and have a look when I'm fully recovered. I'll go back soon. If you're on a boat, it may take several months. I'll go back with all this time."

Wang Qingye touched Mianshu's hair, and it was impossible to solve it in a while: "Don't worry, this matter can be discussed in the long run."

Spring came and the days passed quickly, and the people were busy with farming, taking advantage of the spring to plant all the crops that could be sown, but it took ten days in the blink of an eye.

At the end of the month, a lingering spring rain came, and oil-paper umbrellas were floating around in the city. The villagers in coir raincoats and carrying burdens selling vegetable seedlings and crop seedlings were happy, and the drizzle kept coming, so the seedlings would not be dried out. , although there are not as many people coming and going in the city as in the past, the seedlings are easy to sell.

At this time, a fast horse rode into the city at the gate of the city, followed by a low-key but undisguised expensive carriage.

The tea in the carriage was fragrant, and the man with his hands on his knees moved his fingers slightly.

"Master Hou, you've already entered the city, let's have a sip of tea first."

"I haven't been back for many years, do you feel homesick?"

The man opened his eyes, raised his brows with a heroic look, and looked at the gentle man sitting beside him who was adding tea.

"Master Hou forgot, I'm an orphan, and I'm just living in Xiacheng. I can't talk about whether I want or don't want to."

Nanping Hou narrowed his eyes slightly, hiding the flash of disappointment in his eyes. Suddenly, the carriage jolted, and the tea overflowed, spilling the hand of the man holding the teacup. His brows tightened, and he quickly grabbed the man's wrist: "Is it hot?"

"No problem, the tea is not hot."

Nanpinghou took out a handkerchief and covered the man's hand: "I remember you are most afraid of being scalded."

"Forgive me, a wild dog ran past just now and blocked the horse."

"You are waiting for Ben Hou to deal with it for you!"

"Subordinates are terrified."

The man dried his hands and said softly: "Forget it, Lord Hou, it's just a dog, let it go, a small county is not like a capital city. Why don't I just get off the car and see if there is any good food nearby, so I can buy some Give Hou Ye a taste?"

"Traveling, you're tired, you'd better settle down first. Let's go out for a stroll in two days."

"it is good."

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