Chapter 158 Chapter 158: Outlying Island Fishing Village

Although it is not severe winter at this time, the sea is icy cold and the wind is like a knife.The princess put on the fox fur and coir raincoat, but she was still shivering from the cold.Zhao Guan sat in front of the princess, blocking most of the wind for her.He was in a very relaxed mood, chatted and laughed with Hai Linger, and asked about Hai Linger's life experience. It turned out that Hai Linger was born in a fishing village by the sea, her parents died early, and she grew up with her elderly grandfather since childhood.He has loved playing on the beach since he was a child, and has a strange yearning for the vast and boundless sea.The villagers saw him playing in the tide all day long and called him a tide boy.The tide-gatherer is excellent in water, able to dive into the water for a long time and deep, and catch rare seafood such as lobsters and giant clams, which are sold at a very high price in the market. He and the old grandfather lived a very good life relying on his ability .When Hai Linger was thirteen years old, someone hired him with a lot of money to go to the seabed to fetch pearls. He saw that pearls were easy to sell, so he simply started his own pearl buying and selling business. Before he was twenty, he became a well-known local rich man.Later, when the old grandfather died, he no longer had any attachment to the land, so he decided to go to sea to make a living.He sold all his belongings, changed his name to Hai Ling'er, got a small boat to explore the sea, and never returned for more than ten years.He said that he has been to many islands in Southeast Asia, such as Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, Ryukyu, Gaoshan Island, Annan Peninsula and other places, and he has also set foot in the Dongying Islands and the Korean Peninsula.

Zhao Guan listened to him talking about the strange customs of various places, and was amazed, and finally asked: You used to travel by boat, when did you start to change to this big boat?As he spoke, he patted the big fish under him. Hai Ling'er said: This man is an old acquaintance of mine.That was seven years ago.I was stopping on a small island and the whale was small and somehow got stranded on the beach.The local people wanted to kill it and cook it to eat. I thought it was pitiful, so I bought it with money and hired someone to push it back into the sea.Later, it often went back to the bay, and I swam and played with it in the sea, and got to know it well.Once when I went out to sea and encountered a typhoon, the boat capsized. Thanks to this old friend who came to rescue me, he let me ride on its back and drove me back to land safely.Later, I found that riding a fish is a hundred times more interesting than riding a boat, and I have been traveling on a fish ever since.

Zhao Guan laughed loudly, and said: Out of all the strange people from all corners of the country, Your Excellency must be the number one! Hai Linger had a good impression of Zhao Guan and asked about his background.Zhao Guan glanced back, saw the princess leaning on his back, seemed to have fallen asleep, smiled, covered her with an extra layer of clothes, and told Hai Linger that he grew up in a brothel, joined Baihuamen, and learned poison knife Dharma, becoming the master of Baihua Sect, joining the Green Gang, and becoming the King of Dharma.Hai Ling'er was very interested in hearing this, market brothels, poisonous martial arts, esoteric Dharma kings, etc. were all very unfamiliar to him, so they kept asking, the two chatted very speculatively.

After doing this for about three hours, Hai Ling'er stood up, covered her eyes with her hands, looked out, and said, "We're almost there."Zhao Guan gently shook the princess to wake him up, and said: Your Highness, we are almost on the island.Standing up and looking around, I saw a sharp mountain in the distance, pulling up from the sea, so I asked Hai Linger, "Is that island big?"Does anyone live there? Hai Ling'er said: "There are hundreds of families living on that island, all of them are from Dongying."Zhao Guan and the princess looked at each other, feeling ominous in their hearts.Hai Ling'er said: I have been to that island several times, those dwarves are not very friendly, but they are not harmful, you don't have to worry.There is a small town there, always about a hundred inhabitants.

In the evening, Big Yu finally brought the three of them to the island.The sea area there is indeed very dangerous, the undercurrent is rough, and the reefs are full of rocks. In the last few miles, even the big fish can't swim.After the three of them landed, they went to the market and bought two large altars of water.As soon as Hai Ling'er came ashore, she seemed to be a different person, she talked less and her face was gloomy, as if she was uncomfortable all over. Zhao watched his appearance and knew that he didn't like to go ashore, so he said: Our friends on the boat have been out of water for a few days, and their lives are at stake, so I have to trouble Brother Hai to bring them water and bring them to this island.

Hai Linger's eyes lit up, and said: That's the best.I don't like being on the shore the least, you can take care of yourselves, so I'll go.Calculating with his fingers, he said: It took us about three hours to get here, and it will take more than three hours for me to set off to find your boat now.Divide the water on the boat to save lives, and then bring them back here, and we will not arrive until tomorrow afternoon.Zhao Guandao: You might as well go quickly.I'm afraid it's too tiring for Brother Hai to go back and forth. Hai Ling'er patted Zhao Guan's shoulder and said with a smile: "What's bothering you?"I haven't had such a good conversation with someone in a long time.Zhao Guan, I, Hai Linger, have made you my friend!Then he lifted up two large altars of water, and happily went to fish on the ground.

Zhao Guan and the princess stood on the big rock next to them, watching Hai Linger go far away, they both felt like they were in a dream.At this time, the sun is setting and the sky is full of colorful clouds, colorful and fantastic.Zhao Guan looked up at the sky, and said with a smile: "If you have such an adventure in life, it's not in vain!" The princess couldn't help but nodded and said: You are right.After eating the sea breeze, she felt cold and sneezed.Zhao Guandao: We are all wet, it must be even colder after dark.Let's find a place to rest. The two came to the town, but they saw people coming and going, and it was very lively. Everyone's clothes and language were quite different from those in Zhongtu, and they were obviously residents of Dongying.When the two entered the market, they felt that everyone's eyes were on them, some were suspicious, some were novelty, some were disgusted, obviously few outsiders came to this small island.The princess knew the Japanese language, so she went to chat with the villagers, wanting to buy two clean clothes and find a place to live.The villagers seemed to be very shy of outsiders, and they were not willing to deal with them. The princess even asked seven or eight people, but they shook their hands and turned their heads, refusing to help.

The princess frowned and said: Mr. Hai is right, these people are so friendly. Zhao Guandao: In the past, the rich man of the gang, the Niantan Master, once taught me: Money can make ghosts grind, and poverty can make people discouraged.I wonder if money can impress these dwarves? The princess said: You might as well try it.Then he took off the pearl earring on his ear and handed it to Zhao Guan.Zhao Guan looked at it in his hand, and said with a smile: "What a beautiful pearl, I'm afraid it will cost more than a thousand taels of silver?"The things worn by the golden branches and jade leaves are really extraordinary.So he took the pair of pearl earrings and walked around the market, selling them to people.After walking around for a while, finally a fisherman named Sanlang saw the two pearls were crystal clear and round, not vulgar, and his eyes sparkled, he came up to chat, sold them two coarse clothes, and took them to a small restaurant for a full meal. a meal.

Zhao Guan and the princess felt warm after eating and drinking, and felt that they had never been so comfortable in their lives.The princess asked Saburo about the inn, and he said: "There is no inn on this island, but there is a big house on the mountain, and the two of you can go to seek accommodation."So he asked a child to lead the way and led the two to the big house on the mountain. The child had two braids on his head, his thin body was wrapped in a thick cotton robe, he was carrying a lantern and wearing straw sandals, and he was running very fast in the wilderness.Zhao Guan was afraid that the princess would not be able to keep up, so he stretched out his hand to lightly support her waist, and helped her to walk quickly.The mountain was not high, and the three of them came to a big house not long after.The child said: "This is it."The master's surname is Kaga, you go find him.

The princess took out a crane made of pure gold from her bosom, gave it to the child, and said, "This is for you. A group of Han people will come to the island tomorrow morning. Please tell them that Miss Li and Mr. Jiang are here to stay overnight." Let them find it.If you bring them here, I have something good to give you. The child was very pleasantly surprised, holding the golden crane over and over to look at it, and then bounced away.