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

Chapter 64 Carrying the Wife Home

The fisherwoman just smiled bitterly: "I grew up by the sea and learned how to live by the sea. If I leave the island, I don't know what I can do!"

But Tang Qiyue understood.

"What about your family? I'm talking about your mother's family!"

When talking about her mother's family, the bitter smile on the fisherman's face disappeared, leaving only numbness.

"I have no family since they sold me for a bag of beans!"

Tang Qiyue: ...

She didn't know about the fisherman's story. Perhaps the fisherman hadn't had anyone to talk to for a long time, so she told Tang Qiyue about her own experiences.

Ten years ago, the fisherman's daughter was only eight years old. At that time, the place where her family lived had not yet escaped from the war, and life was very difficult. Coupled with the famine, the family had to drag their children out to beg for food in order to survive.

There are eight children in Yu Niang's family, and Yu Niang is the fifth. It is said that when there are too many children, the children in the middle are easily neglected.

The fisherman's wife was a girl, and her parents had no energy to pay attention to her. In addition, the fisherman's wife was a quiet person, so she followed her parents out to escape the famine.

Along the way, the girls in the family were sold by their parents one after another. When it was the fisherman's turn, she happened to meet Aunt Hai and her family who were going inland to exchange supplies.

Maybe because there were many people selling their children at that time, Aunt Hai discovered that the fisherman’s arms and legs were long.

People who grew up by the sea know that these children with long legs and arms can be good underwater players if they are trained well.

There have always been female divers on the islands, but not every family is willing to let their daughters go into the sea for training, and not all of them can survive to grow up.

Aunt Hai also had a daughter, but she was reluctant to let her daughter become a haenyeo. However, at that time on the island, every household had to train their daughters to become haenyeo.

For the sake of her daughter, Aunt Hai spent a cloth bag of beans, which only weighed about five pounds, and bought the fisherman's wife.

It was said that she was going to be a child bride for her son, but in fact, she was going to be a diver in place of her daughter.

Even though she was becoming a diver, the fisherwoman was not unhappy about it. Compared to being sold at any time by her biological parents, at least she could eat half full on the island.

Later, she learned how to go into the sea and discovered that there were all kinds of food in the sea. She was not afraid of being poisoned, so she would stuff the oyster meat on the rocks and the fish and shrimp rolled up from the seabed into her mouth as long as Aunt Hai was not watching her.

Later, she really became a mermaid. Aunt Hai arranged for her son to marry the fisherwoman when she was fifteen years old.

Life went on the same way. In the first year, Biaozi treated her very well. But in the second year, the fisherman's wife was still not pregnant. In addition, she went to the sea every day. Biaozi was afraid of death when fishing and was looked down upon by the villagers, so he came back and drank.

That’s when the domestic violence started.

Biaozi has been beating Yu Niang for three years until now. If Tang Qiyue and the others had not appeared, Yu Niang would probably have continued to endure it until she could no longer bear it.

Tang Qiyue listened quietly and could hear the despair in the fisherman's voice.

"I've thought about it countless times. When he gets drunk one day, I'll coax him to go to the beach, and then I'll take him into the sea and let him die in the belly of a fish!"

The fisherwoman looked at Tang Qiyue and said, "But I'm afraid that the Sea Goddess will hate me, and I won't be able to receive any gifts from her in the future!"

The fisherman covered her face with her hands, tears falling through her fingers.

Tang Qiyue didn't know how to comfort her. At this moment, the fisherman probably just needed someone to accompany her and listen, and she didn't need to do much.

The crying continued for a while before the fisherman calmed down. She wiped her tears embarrassedly and apologized to Tang Qiyue.

"But everything is fine now. I heard from Sister Zheng that Biaozi will be shot. When he dies, my good days will come. I won't leave. I want to live here for the rest of my life and watch my mother-in-law go crazy. When I get old, I will go to accompany the Sea Goddess!"

Since the fisherman has made her decision, Tang Qiyue will naturally not interfere and will just choose to respect her.

Looking at the sun outside, Tang Qiyue did not stay for long. She just told Yu Niang that if she had any difficulties, she could find her in the staff quarters, and then she left!
The fisherwoman reminded Tang Qiyue: "Today is a high tide. If you want to go fishing, you'd better go early. There will be a lot of rare goods!" Tang Qiyue said she understood.

She left early because she wanted to go fishing.

The fisherwoman did not go to the beach. Her health did not allow her to do such a thing. Anyway, when she recovered, she could go to the sea at any time and would not lack food.

When Tang Qiyue left the fishing village, she saw many people carrying rakes and wooden buckets and heading towards the beach, so she also ran quickly towards the staff quarters.

As soon as she arrived at her own yard, she heard Xu Qiuju next door calling her: "Sister-in-law, hurry up, everyone is going to the beach, let's go early too!"

Tang Qiyue responded, opened the door, carried the wooden barrel and joined Xu Qiuju and the others.

All the adults and children in the family compound walked towards the beach. When they got there, they found that even the one-eyed uncle had come with a group of soldiers from the cafeteria.

The high tides were indeed unusual.

As the tide slowly receded, some people couldn't wait to get into the water.

Tang Qiyue was not in a hurry. Her goal today was to find some rare items and exchange them for some points.

The people in the family compound have been familiar with sea hunting for a few days, but they have never encountered a big tide. As a result, everything they see is strange, and they keep exclaiming. The children are also making all kinds of noise, so the beach is very lively.

Tang Qiyue did not join them. She used the scanning function of the trading system and was able to see a lot of hidden seafood.

While everyone was busy picking up seafood, Tang Qiyue was picking up seafood at a rapid pace.

Every seafood item counts as points.

She was so happy picking up things here that she didn't notice a boat had docked at the pier.

When Tang Qiyue looked at the bursting barrel of seafood, although her back and waist ached, she felt very happy. She was about to carry the barrel home, after all, the tide had risen.

As a result, when she stretched out her hand, she didn't grab the barrel, but was grabbed by someone.

Tang Qiyue looked up in confusion, and then saw Zhan Zeye's smiling face.

"Wife, we have a great harvest today!"

Zhan Zeye held the wooden barrel in one hand and held Tang Qiyue's hand with the other. Although he was praising her, Tang Qiyue felt very strange.

Why does it feel like Zhan Zeye's tone is off?

"It's a big tide, so there must be some good stuff. I picked up a lot of sea cucumbers, a few sea fish, and a big conch!"

Tang Qiyue pointed at the wooden barrel carried by Zhan Zeye, which was filled with her spoils of the day.

But Zhan Zeye did not look at the wooden barrel. Instead, he released his hand and carried Tang Qiyue on his shoulder with one hand.

"go home!"

Suddenly being flipped over and carried on the shoulders, Tang Qiyue screamed uncontrollably.

Many people stopped to watch, and then bursts of laughter were heard. Without asking, everyone knew they were making fun of her.

"Zhan Zeye, you are crazy, put me down!"

Tang Qiyue pounded Zhan Zeye's shoulder and protested quietly, but Zhan Zeye only said in return: "Be honest, or I'll kiss you here!"

(End of this chapter)