"Why did you bring us here if you have nothing to do? There are no people here, not even dogs, so what can we eat?"
As a Guanzhong person through and through, Liu Hongji didn't understand Xiao Han's obsession with the sea.
ocean?
It doesn't look like much, it's just bigger and has more water. What's there to be excited about?
Anyway, he is an authentic landlubber from Guanzhong, and coupled with the experience of being soaked in a well, he hates any water bubble that can submerge him.
"You know nothing!"
When Xiao Han heard Liu Hongji's muttering, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes, turned around and cursed: "This is the sea! Do you know what the sea is? The sea gives birth to everything in the world, and also tolerates everything in the world! It just Like a mother, when you come to your mother’s house, are you afraid that you won’t have anything to eat?”
"The sea? Mother?"
Liu Hongji was a little stunned when he heard this. He stared at the sea in front of him, then looked at Xiao Han, and suddenly said: "Don't you just jump out of the cracks in the rocks, but out of the sea?"
For a moment, Xiao Han's mouth trembled twice.
Coming out of the sea? What can come out of the sea? Turtle, or octopus?
"...You are the one who came out of the sea, and your whole family came out of the sea!"
So, on the beach where the last ray of sunset shined, Xiaodong, Lengzi and others saw two figures flashing past them, running towards the distance along the coast. Behind them, a series of footprints were The old man who pulled it, the old man.
Unlike the over-exploited beaches of later generations, the beaches of Tang Dynasty were pure.
There are no soda bottles everywhere, and there are no aunts who come up to ask you to take pictures, and there are no young men standing in front of you with all kinds of crude handicrafts. If you don't buy them, there are many young men who will not be able to leave today.
On the beach at this time, except for the tide that came in tirelessly again and again, there were only a few half-year-old children carrying bamboo baskets and lowering their heads to catch the sea.
These are all children from nearby fishing villages. They go to sea not to eat for themselves, but to sell them into the city in order to exchange for a few rice noodles to make ends meet.
Contrary to what many people imagine, the seaside fishing villages in the Tang Dynasty were actually very small, and the number of fishermen inside was even more pitiful.
This is not because the output of the sea is not rich enough. On the contrary, compared with the barren seas of later generations, the seas of the Tang Dynasty were undoubtedly much, much richer!
However, even though the ocean is so fertile and the output is so rich, the fishermen will sadly find that after harvesting, not many people eat what they catch.
After all, in this era, apart from restaurants, who among the rich and ordinary people in the east of the city have nothing to eat seafood?
I can’t get enough of this thing! After eating a large bowl of steamed buns, I am still very hungry, and if I encounter a stale bun and get diarrhea, I might not be able to work for several days.
Therefore, when fishermen come back from fishing, they are often worried not only about not being able to catch anything, but about not being able to sell it!
Because of restaurants, the demand of the rich will always be limited. In addition, these things cannot be stored for a long time, let alone transported to distant places. If they cannot be sold, they can only eat them themselves or throw them away.
Therefore, over time, only a few families can survive by fishing. Although the sea is rich, it cannot even support a few fishermen. I have to say that this is also a kind of sadness.
"Hey, Yaozi, come here and let me see what you caught?"
Finally, Xiao Han, who was tired from running on the beach, let go of Liu Hongji, who was struggling with Husky. He leaned on his knees and struggled to greet a child not far ahead.
"I……"
The kid who was called looked a little afraid of these uninvited guests. When he heard the greeting, he hugged his bamboo basket tightly with both hands and hesitated whether to step forward.
"Come here and let me take a look. If there's something good, let's buy it!" Perhaps seeing the fear in Wazi's eyes, Xiao Han took a few deep breaths, and then tried his best to smile kindly, while not forgetting to show his kindness. Magic weapon, copper coins!
Obviously, the golden copper coins are indeed a hundred times cuter than the smile on Xiao Han's face!
Looking at the handful of coppers in Xiao Han's hand, Wazi swallowed deeply, and without hesitation, Sayazi ran over here.
Moreover, not only him, but also several children around him saw Xiao Han's copper at this time, and they all ran towards here, fearing that if it was too late, Xiao Han would buy other people's coins instead of his own.
"Brother, this is the stone sucker I caught tonight, it's still alive!"
"Look at mine, look at mine. This is a sea cucumber. The restaurants in the city used to charge three copper coins for it!"
"Don't grab it, I'm the one... Ouch! You pinched me, it hurts!"
Xiao Han didn't expect these "innocent" children to be so obsessed with copper plates. In the blink of an eye, he was surrounded by these children. All kinds of seafood were in front of him, including a few crab pliers. It almost reached his face.
"Don't make any noise!"
His ears were a little uncomfortable from the noise from these children. Xiao Han finally couldn't help raising his hands and shouting. When the children calmed down, he took a breath and said: "I want all your things!"
"Ah, all of them?"
As soon as Xiao Han finished speaking, an older child immediately showed a look of surprise, and then asked eagerly: "Brother, are you from that restaurant in the city? Do you want us to send it to you? Don't worry, it's not much. Collect money!”
"What restaurant, what city? Do you think I'm the recipient?" Xiao Han was stunned for a moment by what the older kid said. He realized after a moment that these kids had gone astray and mistook him for a restaurant. The waiter couldn't help but roll his eyes and said: "What do you think of me? Do I just look like a waiter?"
"picture……"
In front of him, a child blinked his innocent eyes. Just as he was about to nod, he was hit hard on the head by the older child just now.
"Ahem, how can I? Big brother, you are much prettier than those waiters..."
While coughing and saying insincere words, the eldest child did not forget to glance at the copper in Xiao Han's hand.
He doesn't care what this person does, no matter who he sells to, he is selling it. As long as he pays a good price and can get a few coppers back, even if he says that he is the King of Heaven, he will believe it!
"Humph, that's pretty much it."
Although the compliment was somewhat insincere, the childlike Xiao Han still nodded with satisfaction.
Then, he looked at the baskets filled with various crabs, shrimps, and clams, swallowed, rubbed his hands and said, "I want everything, and I won't give you less money, but you still have to help. Live!"
"Work? What work?"
"Go get some water and wood, we're going to have a picnic here!"
