Chapter 438: Promise not to look back 8
After seeing off Aunt Ma’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Chunmian simply cooked a bowl of noodles and ate it, then washed up early and went to bed.
In February, it was a bit cold at night. Chunmian took a simple bath after burning water. The conditions at the beach were just like this. It was not realistic to have a comfortable bath in Chunmian.
Fortunately, I have experienced the plane of the end of the world before, Chunmian can now adapt to various conditions well, so it is OK now.
For a few days, Aunt Ma and his family came to take care of her. Although the three daughters-in-law each had their own thoughts, they treated everyone well.
Most of the time Chunmian stays in the village, occasionally going to the town to inquire about the customs and customs, and learn about the local characteristics.
After several days of inquiry, Chunmian learned that Xi Chu was guarding a sea and even needed to trade from Ningchao to exchange for salt life!
The salt on Ning Chao was boiled from salt and stone. Although the salt grains were relatively coarse, it was already very good for ancient times.
Salt and iron were originally the government control of various countries. The control was strict and the price was high. It was good enough for ordinary people to eat it!
Western Chu obviously didn't know that sea water could dry salt. The court did not know, so it was even more impossible for the people to know. Chunmian tried it and the sea water was also salty, so why not take salt from here?
In response, Aunt Ma explained: "Although that thing is salty, it is bitter and astringent. If you eat too much, you will feel uncomfortable. Who dares to eat more? However, a few years ago, when the village was poor, I didn't eat it before. But later, my life got better and I stopped eating it. It tasted really bad."
After the sea salt is dried, further treatment is needed to remove the impurities and harmful substances inside, so this technology has not been developed in Xichu yet.
After hearing this news, Chunmian felt that he had found this plane and could play the point!
But now I am a village girl, and it is obviously impossible to get to the top leaders of Xi Chu.
So, things have to be taken slowly.
I am not in a hurry to sleep in spring, and I am leisurely enjoying the days of eating and sleeping when I am full, basking in the sun when I am full, and then continuing to eat and drink in the small fishing village.
There is not much money left, but Chunmian has no land in the village. If he goes to sea, he has to wait until after March. Moreover, there are few girls in the village who go to sea with him.
However, you can go to the reefs by the sea to pick up some seafood to eat. Although the types are single and the quantity is not too large, it is still enough to eat by yourself.
Aunt Ma was afraid that Chunmeng would not be easy for a young lady to be outside, so she often called her together.
Anyway, there are not many sleeps on the reef, and it’s not much less. The whole village will go over, it depends on who is about to pick up more. After all, no matter how many you can pick up, you can’t pick up all of them alone. There are still tides.
When the tide rises, all the reefs are flooded and nothing can be picked up. It is better for everyone to go together. In this case, if something goes wrong, you can still help each other.
When Chunmian is low every day, I go to the beach to pick up some seafood, bring it back and cook it, or clean it up, cook noodles, and cook porridge.
Fresh clams can be cooked in noodles or soup. They are cooked alone and are also very fresh, but it also requires some means to deal with the fishy smell.
People in the small fishing village live by the beach all year round and have a lot of experience in dealing with these, such as mint and perilla, which can be used to remove fishy smell.
In order to save money, many people even grow some mint that is easier to feed in the yard, just to use it when eating seafood.
Of course, today's seafood is not called seafood, but Haicuo, which means that the species in the sea are complicated. Listening to this explanation, Chunmian feels quite strange.
In addition to clams, you can also dig oysters. Sometimes you have great luck. You can also encounter sea cucumbers, various small conchs, sea dishes, and occasionally shrimps and crabs. However, these two are not easy to catch and are not easy to encounter.
The rest are some mixed fish, and everyone only chooses the ones they have eaten to touch. Some fish that look strange and look not very delicious at first sight. Everyone will ignore them when they see them.
She had never seen many fish in Chunmian before, so she gave up even if she didn't eat them.
Chunmian's hand speed is very fast. If you were not afraid of scaring the villagers in the village, Chunmian could even catch fish with bare hands, and his hand speed was faster than that of fish.
Fortunately, it is generally controlled. Even so, Chunmian still brings a lot of seafood back. After eating the rest, he will use the coarse salt and dry it. Keep it for the winter when you can't catch the sea, you can steam it or fry it as a dish.
In just half a month, I came to the small fishing village and had already dried a row of sea fish in the small courtyard where I was sleeping.
The weather is getting warmer and more comfortable every day.
However, the comfortable days did not really let Chunmian down his guard. After all, as a single girl, even in modern life, she cannot be said to be 100% safe, let alone in ancient times?
That night, Chunmian packed up and went back to bed to rest.
Yes, after half a month in the fishing village, Chunmian finally stopped sleeping on the bed, but instead made a bed.
Lying back on the bed, covered with a soft quilt, half asleep and half awake, I heard footsteps.
Although the footsteps are deliberately lighter, the other party may have a large weight base or have no time to do it, so after the footsteps are lighter, it still sounds very heavy.
Along with it, there was a low and dumb voice: "Is this the one? Isn't it wrong?"
"Impossible. I've been watching for several days. I'm just a soft and soft lady. I'm good at eating and drinking every day. I should have some money in my hands."
"That's not bad. It just so happens that my brothers haven't eaten meat for a long time, hehehe..."
"That's right, I'm guarding the sea, I've finished it, robbed the money, and threw the people into the sea. I don't know where to go tomorrow morning."
...
Chunmian listened with his ears for a while, and there should be four people coming, but only two people were communicating.
He quietly got up from the bed, touched a wooden stick beside the bed, and Chunmian walked towards the door.
The latch of the ancient door opened easily from outside. Seeing the cold tip of the knife that had penetrated into the crack of the door, and was jamming his latch bit by bit, Chunmian lowered his eyes slightly, thinking about something.
The country's control of salt and iron is very strict, and ordinary people cannot have such knives in their hands. If the heroes of the martial arts world are fine, who will come to this small village if they have nothing to do?
So those who hold knives are either from the court or...
Bandits.
Since the Western Chu ascended the throne in Feng's reign, the overall environment in the country has improved, and a clean and honest prefect came to the Bianguan City. This can be seen from the daily communication with Aunt Ma.
Therefore, it is impossible to be a member of the court.
Then there is only the last possibility left.
Chapter completed!