"Oh, it turns out that a distinguished guest is here. Please forgive me for the poor conditions here and poor greetings." After hearing the eldest daughter's explanation, the young woman slowly opened her mouth and said to the spring breeze, but there was no defensive posture at all. Relax.
Also, if the husband is not at home, a woman with two children in this remote place in the countryside needs to be careful.
"Sister-in-law, you're welcome. We're here to buy this kind of seaweed (the local name for kelp) from you. I don't know if it's convenient for you. I just walked along and didn't see anyone in the village. They all went to sea. ?"
Chunfeng replied with a faint smile, "Generally, seaside fishing villages make a living by fishing, and most of the people in the village probably go to sea."
"Yes, I've been out at sea for three or four days. It's about time I came back." The woman smiled gently and coaxed the child.
When Baili Mochen saw the child's condition, he took the initiative to exit the door. Chunfeng tilted his head. The woman sat feeding the child while talking with her back to Chunfeng.
"I have long heard that someone is collecting these seaweeds. When the villagers come back later, the girl can send someone to collect them. The people in the village are busy collecting these these days. There should be a lot of them. I have them here. Not much, they are all kept in the shack at the back."
Seeing that the little one had almost eaten, the woman put the child on the bed and let her eldest daughter watch. She got up and approached Chunfeng to talk.
Chunfeng could tell that this woman was dressed in shabby and ordinary clothes, but she was neat and tidy. She must be a virtuous wife.
"Then please take us to see it. As long as it's of better quality, I want it here." Chunfeng also stood up and said.
As she spoke, the woman took the two boys to the shack at the back of the house. There were probably hundreds of kilograms of kelp piled inside, and they were all dry, filling the shack full.
These were the results of many days of picking by their mother and daughter. When they first heard that someone was going to collect these things, the woman took her children and started picking them up. At that time, the other villagers did not believe it, but they had already collected them. It rained a lot.
Because I usually bring a lot of this stuff when I go fishing. Some people once tried to eat it, but the taste was really bad, so no one paid much attention to it. After catching it, they just threw it on the beach. on, or in an open space.
So it was easy to collect them at first, but now that there are more people collecting them, it’s not so easy to find them.
I guess it’s time to go to the sea to fish out the ones on the ground.
Chunfeng asked someone to weigh the woman's bag first to see how much it weighed.
This weight actually weighs five hundred kilograms. Chunfeng charges one penny per kilogram. More than five hundred kilograms is more than five hundred kilograms. For a poor family in a small fishing village, this is a lot of money. .
The little girl watched Chunfeng count a few coins and a few scattered copper coins to the woman. Her eyes were full of excitement, and her little hands clenched into fists in excitement.
"Sister-in-law, this is five hundred and ten kilograms. According to one penny per kilogram, here is five hundred and ten kilograms. You can count it." Chunfeng handed the money in his hand to the woman and nodded.
"Okay, thank you very much, girl. You see that she is a real person. I believe in her character." The woman took the copper coin, looked at it briefly, and said knowingly.
Chunfeng smiled faintly at the woman, turned around and walked to the little girl.
"Little girl, come on, take it! I'll use these for you to buy a new pair of shoes and some thicker clothes." Chunfeng handed a bunch of copper coins to the little girl's hand and said with a smile.
The little girl looked at the copper coin in Chunfeng's hand and bit her lip hesitantly, as if she wanted it very much.
Seeing this woman, she was about to step forward to stop her. After taking two steps, she heard the little girl Nuo Nuo say: "Sister, thank you. My father said that you can't just ask for other people's things, so I can't ask for your money." "
The little girl looked at Chunfeng with her big, pure eyes and said, the unwavering look in her eyes made Chunfeng feel warm in her heart.
"Really?" Chunfeng asked with a frown.
"Well..." The little girl shook her head.
"Well, let's consider this money as a loan from me. You can pay it back to me when you have money later, okay?" Chunfeng thought for a while and then asked.
"This..." The little girl hesitated again.
"How do you have the confidence to return it to me?" Chunfeng looked at the child very curiously. The girl seemed very principled, but I didn't know what she would choose.
"Okay, when I have money, I will definitely return it to you, big sister!" The little girl still nodded firmly.
It seems that the temptation of new clothes and shoes is quite great, but looking at the little girl's firm eyes, Chunfeng somewhat believes that she can do it.
"Okay, then the money is yours!" Chunfeng happily handed the copper plate to the little girl's hand.
After saying this, Chunfeng stood up and prepared to go to the next store to start purchasing.
Just when I was about to turn the corner, I heard the little girl's cry again: "Big sister! Wait a minute!"
"Huh? What's wrong?" Chunfeng turned around and asked.
"I haven't asked you yet, where is your home? How can I return it to you after I make money?" the little girl said seriously.
"Well... let's do it this way. When you have money, go to a restaurant called Piaoxiangju and give the money to the waiter inside. Just say it's for their boss."
Chunfeng thought for a while and said with a smile, now there are several branches of Piaoxiangju opened in Liaodong, all of which are staffed by his own people.
"Okay, big sister, thank you. I'll remember it and I will pay you back as soon as possible." The little girl happily ran back to the house.
Chunfeng just smiled and looked at the little guy's jumping figure, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of person this child's father would be.
This kid teaches well!
Then I walked around the small fishing village and received less than a thousand kilograms of kelp, about half of which came from the little girl’s home.
However, this village is really poor, with few houses that are eye-catching.
Later, Chunfeng learned from the villagers that the place where they were sitting was very prone to high tides, and every heavy rain would flood the entire village.
At that time, they had no choice but to live in caves on the mountains behind them, and the bays in their area had been fished too hard in recent years, so there were very few fish that could be caught now.
The decline in marine fish production, coupled with frequent tidal attacks, requires the house to be repaired after each tidal attack. After this, the income of the fishermen can only maintain basic survival, and sometimes they even cannot even survive. Neither is enough.
So the village has become what it is now, and Chunfeng is also curious about why these people don't move away