woman and sea

Chapter 23

Because the dough needs to be raised before steaming the buns, Yang Fan made an agreement with Aunt Lukui that he would come to collect her "reward" when he left Aunt Haixing's house.

After another row of houses, Haicao stopped suddenly.

Haicao turned Yang Fan with his elbow, motioning her to follow his pointing direction.

What Haicao was referring to was a cover inserted obliquely under the eaves, with one or several words written on it in a fluttering manner, but Yang Fan couldn't understand them anyway.

"The word reads 'wine'."

Haicao saw that Yang Fan was puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, so he added with a smile, "Here, listen carefully."

"Oh..." Yang Fan nodded hesitantly, and took a few more breaths.

The air is filled with the refreshing fragrance of rice wine.

Suddenly, Yang Fan remembered something, and looked at Haicao with wide eyes: "Eh?! Wine?! Isn't that Aunt Haixing's house?"

"Well, yes." Haicao nodded lightly, without stopping, took the first step, and walked straight into the house.

——"Well... I don't know that Aunt Haixing has something good to give to Haicao......."

Yang Fan unconsciously slowed down his pace.From the previous formation of walking side by side with seaweed, it was switched to a state of one in front and one behind to show the priority.

In her subconscious, she still has the consciousness of a soy sauce party.

The stores here are a bit similar to the farmhouses on the earth. Each store is a small courtyard house, with business in the front and people living in the back. All the building area can be fully utilized.

Aunt Lukui's steamed stuffed bun shop is like this, and Aunt Haixing's restaurant is also like this, which makes Yang Fan feel a little kind unexpectedly.

As soon as he entered the door, Yang Fan saw an uncle sitting at a square table in the corner, sketching and writing.

Just as he was guessing whether he was the waiter or the accountant, he saw Hai Cao saluted respectfully and called "Uncle Haiying".

——"Oh—so this old gentleman is the head of Haiying Village..."

—— "Hmm... she's surprisingly amiable, without any pretensions."

While muttering in his heart, Yang Fan also imitated the appearance of seaweed, and bowed to him respectfully: "The villain has seen Village Chief Haiying."

Seeing that it was seaweed, Village Chief Haiying stood up, smiled kindly at her and Yang Fan, and then turned to greet the back room: "My wife, our girl is here."

The village head of Haiying didn't call Haicao by her name, but called her "our girl" to show his closeness.

While talking, Haiying Village Chief hurriedly beckoned for Yang Fan and Haicao to come and sit down in front of him.

Yang Fan guessed that their relationship must be good.

From this point of view, although Haicao was the child they picked up, they did not treat her as an outsider at all.

Yang Fan and Hai Cao came to Sifang Table and sat down.

Hai Cao sat directly opposite to the village head of Hai Ying, while Yang Fan sat on the left hand side of Hai Cao with a little restraint.

"Girl, you must be the one our girl rescued from the sea yesterday." Village head Haiying smiled, but looked at Yang Fan with fiery eyes.

Yang Fan nodded, and said in a low voice, "Well... yes..." This kind of sight made her feel somewhat at a loss.

Being exposed to the elder's sight, Yang Fan couldn't help feeling a kind of panic that was seen through his heart.It seems that all the excuses and cover-ups are hidden in his insightful eyes.

This is the majesty and aura unique to the elder Xianda, right?

Although he didn't put on airs, he still shouldn't be taken lightly——

It's just that this feeling is not comfortable for Yang Fan.

In fact, Yang Fan doesn't like to be looked at by others.She doesn't like being "interpreted" by others, or rather, she is afraid of being "interpreted" by others.

Seeing that Yang Fan was rather reserved, the head of Haiying Village withdrew his scrutiny and said with a kind smile: "Young lady, you don't have to be formal. The households in the bay are all neighbors and folks. The seniority of my relatives is commensurate, if you don't mind, you can also call me 'Uncle Haiying' along with Haicao."

Yang Fan nodded and said with a smile: "Well, that's fine, then I'll make a deal and call you Uncle Haiying." ——Oh, yes, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is Yang Fan, from Yangshu Yang, the sail that raises the sails. My home is in the hinterland of the Xuanwu Continent, a place called 'Dalianfan'."

The head of Haiying Village frowned slightly, and muttered in a low voice: "The Xuanwu Continent... so... it didn't come from there..."

"Huh?" Yang Fan didn't hear clearly.

The head of Haiying Village smiled slightly, and waved his hand to signal her not to care: "Oh, I mean, it turned out to be Miss Yang Fan——fortunate to meet, fortunate to meet. This name is quite rare. I don't want to, you are from the Xuanwu Continent You wandered from such a distant place, but you don't know, have you ever encountered any embarrassment?"

After thinking about it, Haiying Village Chief smiled kindly, and added, "Miss Yang Fan, don't worry about it, but it's okay. If you need help, just ask, as long as your uncle and I can do it, I will do my best to help you." Go to take care of your worries."

Yang Fan bent his index finger and rubbed his nose, then pursed his lips with a slightly embarrassed smile: "Oh, Uncle Haiying, do you think you need to be so polite? I'm even a little embarrassed to say that. ——Actually, It's nothing, I just couldn't open the pot because my family was poor, and then my damn father wanted to sell me to a brothel to be a concubine, so I slipped off with oil on my feet and cut my hair, He pretended to be a man and went to work as a boatman on a merchant ship. Unfortunately, his identity was exposed, so they threw him into a sack and threw him off the ship to sacrifice to the sea."

——"Amitabha...Amitabha...the current matter is urgent and the situation is compelling, so this is nonsense. I hope my father on earth will not mind...Amitabha..."

This set of rhetoric is what Yang Fan told Haicao before.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Yang Fan does not intend to let more people know that he is an alien.

Haicao nodded, and joked aside: "Uncle Haiying, look, Xiaofan is really optimistic. After suffering such a catastrophe, he still said it so lightly. What an optimist—"

Village Chief Haiying gently twirled his beard, smiled kindly and said, "Well, not bad."

Yang Fan waved his hand indifferently, and said indifferently: "Well, it's okay—anyway, it's a day to be happy, and a day to be sad. Instead of complaining about yourself, it's better to live a good life. Life is short, so how can you get angry with so much free time, right? -"

This is Yang Fan's heart.After waking up, now, she has accepted the reality and is ready to "discuss the protracted war" here.

The head of Haiying Village couldn't help laughing: "Well, you are a chic girl."

After speaking, the three looked at each other and smiled.

"The three of you father and son have a very happy conversation."

Aunt Hai Xing opened the door curtain, and walked towards the three of them with a smile on her shoulders holding a thing that was nearly half tall and covered by a bundle.

Seeing his wife coming, the village chief Haiying smiled at Yang Fan, then got up and went forward, taking the things from his wife.

At the time of the handover, the head of Haiying village slightly lowered his eyebrows, and whispered to Aunt Haixing in a slightly vague voice: "That kid didn't come from there..."

Aunt Hai Xing raised her eyebrows slightly, and subconsciously glanced at Yang Fan, then came to her senses, smiled slightly apologetically at Yang Fan, then turned her head away, and whispered to Village Chief Haiying with her lips barely moving: "Oh? No? Is it?...but I feel like..."

"If not, you can ask again when there is no one else around." Village Chief Haiying slightly lowered his eyebrows, exchanged meaningful glances with Aunt Haixing, and then stopped talking, only turned around and turned around. The thing covered with furoshiki was gently placed on the square table.

Aunt Haixing then sat down opposite Yang Fan, put her hands on the edge of the table leisurely, turned her head, smiled kindly and said to Haicao: "Good boy, you can open it and have a look yourself."

Yang Fan frowned, looking at the seaweed seemingly puzzled.

I saw that the seaweed was also a little unknown, and it seemed that I didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Aunt Haixing's gourd.

After pondering for a while, Haicao still nodded, stood up, and carefully lifted off the burden covering that thing.

Yang Fan tilted his head slightly, silently paying attention to Haicao's expression and the thing on the table.

At the moment when Haicao lifted the burden skin, Yang Fan saw that Haicao's eyes widened in astonishment, and her body trembled violently, as if struck by lightning.

Yang Fan's heart trembled, and he was startled subconsciously. At the same time, he shook his head reflexively, losing focus in his eyes.

Then, she heard a dull "plop" sound coming from her ear.

When Yang Fan focused his gaze again, he saw that Haicao had bowed his head respectfully and knelt down on the ground in fear.

——"Hey?! What the hell?!...What the hell has such a lot of mana?!...Could it be that someone lowered his head?!..."

Yang Fan was a little suspicious.

What was placed in front of the seaweed was just an ordinary wind lantern.And it's kind of old-fashioned.It is similar to the European-style retro street lamps that appeared in period dramas, except that there is one less light pole than those European-style retro street lamps.

It may be due to the lack of purification technology, the glass surface of the windshield is not very transparent, there are still some sporadic impurities mixed in it, it looks almost like a frosted glass, and it is hairy.

"Aunt Haixing...this...is too precious...please take it back...baby...I really can't accept it..."

Due to being too excited, the seaweed seemed to have difficulty even making a sound.

It was just a short sentence, but she said it with such effort.Between the opening and closing of her lips, her upper and lower teeth kept fighting, and she finally managed to complete such a sentence.

Aunt Haixing sighed softly, bowed slightly, held Haicao's arm to help her up, smiled kindly, and said softly, "My good boy, this was bought with Hailong's pension from our family."

Hai Cao's throat choked, her lips moved, she looked at Aunt Hai Xing in a daze, and said calmly, "Hai Long...brother..."

Aunt Hai Xing nodded and said with a kind smile, "Yes...so, you can accept it."

Haicao pursed her lips and said hesitantly, "Aunt Haixing, but...I...I..."

Aunt Haixing stretched out her hands, stroked Haicao's arm gently, and said softly: "My good boy, this is not a gift, but a request.——I want to ask you to help your brother Hailong to fulfill his unfulfilled wish, go to Take a look at the end of this world. Although I know it may be too difficult for you, it is really meaningless to entrust it to anyone other than you. So, here, aunt ,please!……"

Yang Fan was in a daze when he heard it.Xindao, what is the relationship between this wind lamp and the end of the world?

"Brother Hai Long's wish has not been fulfilled..." Hai Cao looked at Aunt Hai Xing blankly with out-of-focus eyes, and repeated it as if muttering to herself.

Aunt Hai Xing nodded with a gentle smile, and said lightly, "Mmm..."

Slightly lowered her head, lowered her eyes to meditate for a moment, Haicao finally raised her head slowly, as if she had made a big determination, clenched her fists, nodded vigorously, and said firmly: "Yes, The boy obeys."

Yang Fan on the side, affected by such a serious atmosphere, quickly suppressed the doubt in his heart, and his expression became serious, and he didn't even dare to breathe.

Although she still hasn't figured out the situation until now, she can still be clear about one thing - since Haicao used the rare promise of "obedience", there is no doubt that this time is an extremely solemn entrustment up.

Having received Haicao's promise, the village head Haiying and Aunt Haixing, the two elders over half a century old, finally showed their faces in relief, nodded and smiled.

After thinking for a while, Haicao hesitated to ask Aunt Haixing: "Aunt Haixing, can I...can I...go and see it now?..."

Aunt Haixing smiled and nodded: "Yes."

Village head Haiying gently wiped his beard with his thumb, and said in a deep voice, "My good boy, when are you going to leave?"

Haicao pursed her lips, pondered for a moment, and said slowly, "Then... tomorrow morning."

Haiying Village Chief seemed to be stunned: "Oh? So early?"

"Hmm." Seagrass smiled.

Village Chief Haiying pondered for a while, then exchanged glances with Aunt Haixing, finally nodded and said: "Okay, then you can go back and clean up as soon as possible."

Seaweed nodded.After thinking about it, she turned to look at Yang Fan, then at Haiying Village Chief and his wife, and said hesitantly, "As for Xiaofan..."

Aunt Haixing smiled warmly: "Don't worry, I will make arrangements for her well, and I will definitely let her have no worries about food and clothing."

Now, Yang Fan seemed to understand a little bit, so he raised his arm to support his chin, frowned slightly and looked at Haicao, hesitantly said: "Little Cao'er, you... want to leave here?"

Haicao smiled and nodded: "Well, yes. I'm leaving here. —— Xiaofan, you can stay with Aunt Haixing from now on. The two of them will definitely treat you as well as your biological parents."

Yang Fan looked at the head of Haiying and his wife with some doubts, and at the same time received their kind and sincere smiles.Then Yang Fan turned to face the seaweed again, and asked hesitantly, "You...are you going to go to sea?..."

"Ah."

"I want to go too—" Yang Fan clapped his hands and said.

Haicao looked at Yang Fan in a daze, but said nothing.

After a while, she hesitated and turned her gaze to Aunt Haixing, as if she had a question.

Aunt Haixing and the head of Haiying looked at each other, then turned to Haicao and nodded and said, "If not, you can take her to have a look first." Then she said kindly to Yang Fan, "Miss Yang Fan, if you are willing to help Our girl, then my aunt is here to thank you in advance; if you choose to stay after thinking about it, then, after she leaves, you can come and live with us. Just rest assured that our old couple will treat us like our own daughters Generally treat you well."

"Well, good." Yang Fan grinned, got up and picked up the air lantern, "Let's go—" Then he strode out with his feet.

"Xiaofan!" Haicao frowned and said, "This man is really..."

Suddenly, Yang Fan swung out like a gust of wind.Haicao sighed, smiled at Haiying Village Chief and his wife, and then chased after them.

When Haicao was chasing after him, from a distance, he saw Yang Fan holding up the wind lamp, like a telegraph pole, staring blankly at the intersection, looking left and right.

Haicao pursed her lips and smiled, went forward to meet her, and teased her: "What's the matter? Xiaofan, are you looking for your husband at the intersection with a lantern?"

Yang Fan rolled his eyes and snorted, "Bah! Nonsense! Is Yang Daxia so worried about getting married?! I just don't know where to go. ——Say, where to go?!"

The corner of Haicao's lips curled into a smile, and she pointed to Aunt Lukui's steamed stuffed bun shop with her slender fingers: "Of course I'm going to get your reward first—let's go——"

As he said that, he grabbed Yang Fan's wrist naturally, and walked towards Aunt Lukui's steamed stuffed bun shop in a bouncing manner.

Yang Fan held the boat lantern in one hand, and gritted his teeth angrily: "Hey! Let's finish it slowly?!——This junk thing sinks! If it falls, it's yours or mine?!——"

This Qifeng lantern is quite heavy, it weighs about ten or twenty catties.

Haicao let go of Yang Fan's wrist, stretched out his hand in a good mood, and said happily: "Then you can hold it for me—"

Yang Fan curled his lips, lifted the hanging ring of the wind lantern higher, raised his jaw slightly, and hummed indifferently, "No."

Haicao tilted her head, raised her arm to support her chin, looked up at Yang Fan with slanted eyes, and asked in confusion, "Don't you think it's heavy?..."

Yang Fan sighed, and suddenly changed into an indifferent face, and looked at her with a little pressure: "It is because of Shen that I have to hold it. I am strong."

"Then you still think it's heavy?" Haicao wiped her hands leisurely.

Yang Fan frowned, stretched out his hand and gently pinched Haicao's little nose, complaining to her angrily: "Are you fat?...I mean, tell you to walk slowly!..."

"Biao? What's that?..."

"Two tigers!"

"Two... tigers?..."

"stupid!"

Although he was disgusted on his lips, Yang Fan still liked to tease this little girl in his heart.

- "Wait...why did I use 'teasing'?..."

Before Yang Fan could think too much, Haicao snorted, turned around lightly, grabbed her wrist, and continued to walk towards Aunt Lukui's steamed stuffed bun with small steps.

In all fairness, when he was on earth, in order to avoid suspicion, Yang Fan was always very reluctant to have too much physical contact with girls he didn't know very well.Over time, it even reached the point of almost disgust.

But now, Yang Fan doesn't feel disgusted by the seaweed who has just known him for only a day so affectionately grabbing his wrist.

--"why?……"

Yang Fan thought about it carefully.

——"Hmm... Sure enough, it's because of that sentence, right?..."

Because Haicao regarded Yang Fan as an ordinary girl from the very beginning, so Yang Fan would not feel embarrassed and restrained in front of Haicao.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan pursed his lips and smiled in relief.

——“Well, this is—”

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