Sixty years old with the army, the heirless boss loves his fertile wife

Chapter 58 Gooseneck Barnacles
"That's a type of military boxing. If you want to learn it, you must first become a female soldier!"

The person who spoke was Zheng Hongjuan. She walked up to Tang Qiyue, saw her standing there with a smile on her face, and subconsciously rolled her eyes.

Even though she helped Tang Qiyue explain, she still thought that Tang Qiyue was not worthy of Zhan Zeye.

"Female soldier, can I be one?"

Shanhu really envies those who join the army. She is not young anymore. Although her parents love her very much, she still has to get married eventually. But she doesn’t want to get married. She doesn’t want to be treated as a tool by her husband’s family like the fisherman’s wife!

Zheng Hongjuan did not seem to despise Shanhu because of her question. Instead, she looked at Shanhu carefully, rubbed her chin and said, "Your physical fitness is very good, and there is a high possibility that you can pass the female soldier assessment, but now is not the time to recruit soldiers!"

There is a fixed time for recruiting soldiers, and the recruitment of female soldiers is also very strict. Not everyone can participate.

Shanhu didn't understand these things. She only cared about whether she could become a female soldier. She took Zheng Hongjuan's arm and asked for advice: "When will the army be recruited? What should I do? As long as I can become a soldier, I will definitely give you a longevity card!"

In the fishing village, because people often go out to sea to fish, every family worships the Goddess of the Sea. They believe in these mysterious things and also worship some longevity tablets, most of which are given to people who have done good deeds and made contributions to the family.

Zheng Hongjuan obviously knew what the Changsheng card was, and waved her hands repeatedly: "No, I'm just a kid, and the recruitment time is public. Even if you're on the island, you may have to go outside to take the assessment!"

Without hiding anything, Zheng Hongjuan told Shanhu the time. The spring recruitment period this year had definitely passed, but the autumn recruitment period had not yet arrived.

I just don’t know the recruitment quota for each region, which is announced on site every time.

However, there are preferential policies on the island. When the time comes, you can ask Zhan Zeye and Political Commissar Wu to recommend us. It won’t be a big problem.

When Shanhu heard that Tang Qiyue’s husband could help write a letter of recommendation, her eyes lit up when she looked at Tang Qiyue.

Tang Qiyue didn't want to cause trouble for Zhan Zeye, so she said hastily: "Your fishing village can definitely communicate directly with the camp, it would be bad if I got involved!"

Perhaps Shanhu's frustrated expression was too obvious. Zheng Hongjuan beside her snorted, "Although she is the wife of Battalion Commander Zhan, she is only a family member, not a soldier. Her words are useless!"

Only then did Coral realize how inappropriate her behavior just now was.

"It's still early anyway. I see it's getting late. Do you want to go fishing? Although it's a low tide today, it's almost the 15th, so there are still a lot of good things rolled up by the sea!"

With the reminder from Coral, the female diver, Tang Qiyue and Zheng Hongjuan were very excited. Since there was nothing else to do anyway, Tang Qiyue carried the wooden bucket and walked towards the beach with Coral.

Zheng Hongjuan was originally following them, but she had just walked a few steps out of the yard when her little niece called her away, saying that her two brothers were fighting and their eyes were red. Their parents were busy, so they could only come to find Zheng Hongjuan, their aunt.

"I really owe them. You guys go catch fish. I'll go back and take a look!"

Zheng Hongjuan followed her niece, and Tang Qiyue continued walking towards the beach with Shanhu.

"Sister Qiyue, why do you think women must get married?"

Shanhu is still a little girl after all. After what happened to the fisherman's wife and combined with the lives of those married women in the fishing village, she doesn't know that getting married will involve being entangled in all kinds of troubles, and she will have to endure all kinds of disgust and beatings from her husband. What is the point?
Tang Qiyue shook her head: "No one stipulates that women must get married. I don't know what the situation is in the fishing village, but there are many women out there who have never married in their lives and are living well!"

Shanhu was shocked. In her limited life, she didn't know that women could choose not to get married. "It's a new society now. Women and men have equal rights. Many outstanding women are busy with their careers. They don't have to get married and give everything for their families! Even if life is not going as planned, you can still get a divorce!"

Tang Qiuyue said something that Shanhu had never dared to think about.

"Even in the old society, in some places in the south, there were some women with advanced ideas. They became self-combed women and never married, just living for themselves!"

These are things that Shanhu has no access to. She was shocked by what Tang Qiyue said, and she also envied Tang Qiyue for knowing these things.

"Then Sister Qiyue, why did you get married? Were you forced by your family?"

Maybe what Tang Qiyue said shocked Qiyue so much that she became curious about why Tang Qiyue got married.

"Not really, it's just that getting married is the best option for me!"

Tang Qiyue smiled and did not explain to Shanhu the reason why she wanted to get married. After all, that was a secret that she could not tell anyone. However, it made Shanhu realize that marriage is a choice, not something that must be accomplished.

When the two arrived at the beach, the sea water had slowly begun to recede. Shanhu was grateful for what Tang Qiyue had told her, and took her around other people who came to catch seafood, and instead took her to the area behind the reef.

There are many reefs and hidden reefs under the sea. If it weren't for the fact that Coral is familiar with the distribution of the seabed here, most people would definitely not dare to come here.

"Sister Qiyue, there is a kind of barnacle in the cracks of these reefs. Although they are not very big, they are very delicious. I heard from my father that in the past, big bosses would pay a lot of money to let the female divers in the fishing village to pick them!"

Tang Qiyue followed Coral and lay on the edge of the reef. She saw the crevices of the reef and indeed saw something attached to the reef. It turned out to be a gooseneck barnacle.

Although Tang Qiuyue had never eaten it, she had heard of it and seen pictures of it. She knew that the growth conditions of this gooseneck barnacle were harsh, but because it tasted so delicious, many diners who knew how to eat it were willing to pay a high price to buy it.

Today, the islands are under military jurisdiction. Although the fishing villages can still catch fish and sell them normally, most of the fish are used to supply military camps. Although some rare seafood products are sold in small quantities, the advantage is that they are stable and can ensure food and clothing.

As for things like gooseneck barnacles, it is better to give up collecting them because they are too dangerous.

However, the place that Shanhu brought Tang Qiyue to was within reach and there was almost no danger. The only thing to do was to pay attention to the high tide time so as not to be unable to return to the shore due to high tide.

This thing is very interesting. It grows in clumps. As long as you knock a hole in it, it is easy to pull it off diagonally from the back.

The two of them caught half a bucket and also harvested two large lobsters that were stuck in the crevices of the reef. They avoided the main group and returned home.

Shanhu said she didn't want anything and ran back to the fishing village. She also asked Tang Qiyue to steam it and eat it herself without telling anyone.

Tang Qiyue was reluctant to give it up, as such a rare item could be exchanged for a lot of points. But just as she put the item in the kitchen, she saw Captain Huang running towards her with an anxious look on his face.

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