webnovelvip Chapter 12 Fate Does Not Knock 3
Chapter 12 Fate Does Not Knock 3
Soon after, everyone saw several small islands lying on the junction of Tianshui in the distance. Lao Zhao pointed out the corolla-shaped Big Star Island to them, and told them that there were six other islands around the Big Star Island. Together, the islands are called Seven Star Island.Among them, Daxing Island is the most suitable place to live. For fishermen like Lao Zhao, living on the island is much more convenient than living on the shore. Later, they settled down on this uninhabited island.
Half an hour later, the boat entered a sunken bay on Daxing Island. A windbreak was built here, so the boat would not have to worry about being carried away by the waves and wind when it parked here.
Daxing Island is full of mountains, and a small reservoir is surrounded by several low mountains. About [-] households are distributed near the reservoir.The houses here are all built with the back of the mountain. The thick walls are made of large stone bricks, and the roof tiles are carefully pressed down with stones. There are flocks of chickens and ducks in front of the houses, and a vegetable garden has been opened up. For fear of being eaten by chickens and ducks, the vegetable gardens are surrounded by fences made of discarded fishing nets.
Ye Lai saw that there were not many green vegetables, and she guessed that they might not have enough to eat, "We will buy more dehydrated vegetables tomorrow."
Bu Huan's eyes followed the meat, "Do you sell chicken and duck here?"
Old Zhao smiled and said, "They sell eggs and duck eggs too. But you should eat more seafood when you come here. We are so poor that we can only eat fish and seafood every day."
Hu Qiao smiled and said, "Then we can have a good time this time."
Huang Jing said: "If you eat for three days in a row, you will not want to eat for three months."
Old Zhao laughed out loud.
All the people on the island, old and young, greeted Old Zhao when they saw him, "Is your guest here?"
Old Zhao smiled and said, "Here we are, everyone will help take care of it in the future, thank you in advance!"
Everyone agreed, "You're welcome!" They also came over to talk to Cheng Jin and the others, asking where they came from and why they wanted to live here...
They chatted and walked, and soon they arrived at the place where Huang Jing lived. His landlord's surname was Zhang, and he hadn't come back after going out to sea. He went into the house and put away Hu Qiao's things, and then accompanied Cheng Jin and the others to the residence.
The house that Cheng Jin and the others rented stood alone on the east end of the island. It was a two-story stone house. It was built on the highest ground. There were many trees in front of and behind the house. inclined.
Looking around, Xiao An always felt that the house was also slanted, "It's pretty cool." She took out her camera to take pictures of the house.
Everyone entered the house, there was nothing but the simplest furniture inside, Cheng Jin urged Yang Simi and Xiao An to change into clean and dry clothes.
You Duo said: "Why did you think of building a house here?"
Old Zhao said with a smile: "It's been ten years. I was young at the time, but later I found out that living with everyone is more lively."
Bu Huan said: "The company rented this house for us. I'm curious how the company contacted you?"
Old Zhao cheerfully said: "My daughter is studying outside. She said it would be a waste to have an empty house, so she helped to post a rental information on the Internet. I don't understand that. I didn't expect someone to rent it."
It is estimated that the rent must be very cheap.Ye Lai was beaming when Lao Zhao talked about her daughter. She smiled and said, "Your daughter is very smart. She is going to college now?"
Old Zhao smiled and said, "It's only a freshman year, and I still have to study for several years."
"It won't be long, time flies..."
After chatting for a while, Lao Zhao left. Before he left, he asked them to go to his house for dinner, and said that he would come to call them before dinner. He said with a smile, "However, there must be no pickled fish..."
Lao Zhao's sons and daughters were all on the shore, and he and his wife were the only ones left on the island. He called Huang Jing and Hu Qiao over for dinner, and on the table were big pots of braised fish in brown sauce, big pots of fish soup, and various dishes. Shellfish, and then a plate of small green vegetables.
The fish was very fresh and tender, and Cheng Jin, who was not used to eating bright dishes, thought it tasted good. The big pot of fish soup was stewed with a chicken and a big fish, and it tasted pretty good.The green vegetables are the most popular, and it is also because of the small portion. Each person holds a chopstick, and there is only green vegetable soup left on the plate.
When the meal was almost finished, everyone slowed down, and Lao Zhao brought out another pot of spicy fried conch, "This thing is good for wine and food. You have all eaten and finished your meal, so why don't you have some wine?" He took a bottle of white wine and put it on the table.
Bu Huan said happily, "Okay, let's have a drink, anyway, you don't have to worry about drunk driving today."
Old Zhao smiled and said, "You don't have to drink and drive if you want to. I've told everyone to lock up the boat."
Yang Simi said: "Just your locks..." Cheng Jin stuffed a piece of fat and tender shellfish into Yang Simi's mouth, Yang Simi frowned and exhaled vaguely, "It's hot."
Cheng Jin hurriedly handed the cup of cold boiled water to his lips, watched him drink a few sips, "Is it better?"
Yang Simi said, "It hurts."
Cheng Jin said: "Open your mouth, let me take a look." He pinched Yang Simi's chin, the two of them got very close, and the room suddenly became a little quiet.
Han Bin suddenly said: "Kissing should relieve pain."
Hu Qiao, who was habitually drinking soup while looking at Cheng Jin and Yang Simi, choked, turned his head and coughed.
Cheng Jin let go of Yang Simi, and asked naturally while filling the soup, "Oh? Why?"
You Duo said, "Because you distracted your attention?"
"Whatever it is, it will be fine in two days anyway. Come, drink and drink!" Bu Huan took the initiative to distribute small wine glasses for everyone, and then stared at Huang Jing, "You can definitely drink it. Come on, let's drink more today point."
Huang Jing raised his eyebrows, "OK!"
Cheng Jin didn't drink, and while feeding Yang Simi the warmed fish soup, he chatted with Lao Zhao and his wife, "How many families are there on your island?"
You Duo said: "Not counting the one we live in, there are 52 houses on this island."
Xiao An drank, her face was flushed, she asked doubtfully, "Really?"
Aunt Zhao smiled and said, "That's right, there are 52 households here, 43 are Tangzhou households, and the remaining nine households are from the northeast."
Next to Qinyuan is the South China Sea. Tangzhou is not close to the sea. It is about a 3-hour drive from Qinyuan, and it takes more than 3 hours to fly to Qinyuan from the northeast.
Cheng Jin said: "Are they your relatives in the north?"
Old Zhao narrowed his eyes and drank some wine, "No, they all have houses in Qinyuan City, but they like our small island very much, so they discussed with us and wanted to build a house here too. At first we refused, we all It’s a fellow villager. I’m not used to a group of foreigners coming here suddenly, but they said they were willing to pay for the repair of the windbreak dam. When we first came here ten years ago, we didn’t have much money at all... Later their house was still ours. I helped to build it, and we have been getting along well since then."
Cheng Jin smiled and said, "Since they have a house in Qinyuan City, they should seldom come to live here, right?"
Old Zhao nodded, and he said while peeling the conch: "Isn't it? After the freshness wears off, they really seldom live here. They usually go to the island to live for a few days in a month or two, but recently they are all on the island. I also went to sea today, when they come back, they will definitely invite you to dinner when they know that there are guests on the island."
Cheng Jin smiled and said, "That's not necessary."
Yang Simi looked at Lao Zhao peeling the conch, and Lao Zhao said, "Try it, it's very good as a snack."
Cheng Jin smiled and said: "He burned his tongue, your conch smells spicy, you should wait for him to heal before eating."
Ye Lai said: "Well, it's quite spicy, don't eat it when you get burnt, or it will take a long time to get better if you get burned."
Yang Simi didn't insist on eating conch, but he didn't want to drink fish soup anymore. He relied on Cheng Jin to watch other people drink and chat.
Huang Jing said that he is from Sichuan and has been traveling in recent years. He and Hu Qiao met in Yunnan a year ago. They traveled together for three weeks. Because they got along very well, they kept in touch after they parted.He came to Qinyuan half a day ago, and then happened to follow the people from Daxing Island who came ashore to play on the island, and then lazily nested here for the past few months, and now he has hooked Hu Qiao over.
Ye Lai said with a smile: "You like to walk around, you can find a place with a lot of personal traffic to open an inn or something, and you can't live on this isolated island all the time."
Hu Qiaodao: "I've thought about it, but firstly, I need to find a place, and secondly, I need a lot of money, so this idea can't be realized for the time being."
Bu Huan clinked glasses with Hu Qiao, "Damn! Money is the most harmful thing, sometimes I really want to be smashed to death by money!"
Hu Qiao nodded vigorously, "I want to too!"
Huang Jing smiled wryly, "Stop drinking, you two drank a little too much."
"A lot? Not much, not much..." Hu Qiao went to toast Bu Huan again.
You Duo asked Bu Huan beside him, "Why do you sometimes want to be killed by money?"
Bu Huan was too busy drinking to talk.
Han Bin said: "Because he definitely doesn't want to be stoned to death by money when he is not drunk."
Cheng Jin felt that these people were a little drunk, "Okay, I'm almost drunk, let's go." Lao Zhao still wanted to keep them, Cheng Jin smiled, "No hurry, we can drink another day, we still have to stay on this island Stay up there for a long time."
Huang Jing also said: "Yes, they just arrived today, let them have a good rest first."
After thinking about it, Lao Zhao went to find a flashlight and said that he wanted to send Cheng Jin and the others back.
Cheng Jin stopped him and only brought his flashlight, because the way back was not smooth.
There was no moon in the sky, and it was only eight o'clock at this time, but except for the lights in Lao Zhao's house, the whole island was pitch black, and the sea breeze was blowing in the dark night, and everyone shivered.
You Duo said: "Are they all asleep?" His sudden voice was scattered in the wind.
Huang Jing said in a low voice: "Because they want to save electricity, they usually go to bed after dark after eating. When the moon is shining, everyone will chat outside and go to bed later."
Bu Huan said, "Isn't there a TV?"
Huang Pu said: "There is only one TV on this island, and sometimes everyone gathers to watch it."
"..."
Bu Huan said, "Fortunately, I don't want to watch it."
Han Bin looked at the direction of the sea and said, "There are lights on the sea."
There was indeed a light on the deep sea, Huang Jing said: "Maybe someone has come back, let's go, let's go to bed early too, Hu Qiao and I are going this way." He supported Hu Qiao towards the direction where he lived.
Cheng Jin also said: "Go, go back and rest."
After a good night's sleep, Cheng Jin didn't wake up until noon the next day, and then heard that someone was missing on the island.