Chapter 33 Going to sea(1/2)
Walking along the beach ten miles eastward is a very special place in Quan'andong King Realm.
There is no fixed name in this place, each has its own name. However, there is one of the most familiar names, called "Haigongwo".
As the name suggests, the people here are all marine workers going to sea.
Unlike fishermen, marine workers do not make a living by fishing, but mainly salvaged various precious seafood at sea. Corals and pearls, which are expensive and popular inland, are their favorite harvests.
Liu Ruiying walked ten miles on the beach and came to the marine engineering nest.
There are only two types of people coming here except marine workers. One is to buy seafood, and the other is to go out to sea by marine workers' ships.
Buying seafood from offshore workers is a first-hand source of goods, which is more than 20% cheaper than what you sell in the Anton King City.
But of course Liu Ruiying would not be the one who came here to buy things, he was going to go out to sea.
People who grew up inland have a special yearning for the sea. But if they really want to get into the sea, they will start to worry and be afraid. This feels like the good dragon of Ye Gong. He would rather look at a fake one or wait and see from afar. If he really wants to go, he will inevitably have some messy thoughts in his heart.
Although he had seen many fierce scenes and experienced dangerous things, he was always in a down-to-earth place and a place of peace of mind. This sea was unstable and could not be controlled by human power. It was like he was suddenly sent to a place of nothingness, not knowing the direction, and was very panicked.
As soon as I stepped into the territory of the marine engineering nest, I saw a row of low houses lying on the beach. An elderly marine engineering worker was sitting at the door of his house, chewing something in his mouth, and spitting down from time to time.
Liu Ruiying's eyes were pointed, and when he saw that the saliva he spitted out turned out to be dark brown, like the color of blood stains when they were about to dry out, he was shocked.
I have heard that marine workers have not lived long.
Because they are breeze and sunny all year round, they have to dive into the seabed to salvage pearls and corals. These are extremely harmful to the body and cannot afford it for normal people.
Even an experienced old marine engineer can almost reach the upper limit after working for more than ten years.
If you are not lucky and have not saved up any savings, you have to go to the city to find an errand to fill your stomach.
After working hard for half a lifetime, I finally returned to my original place and missed the golden time to make money and work hard.
Of course, there are many legends of getting rich overnight at the beach.
Someone once took up a coral tree more than three feet tall with his own strength. As soon as he dragged it ashore, he was bought at a high price. The marine craftsman washed his hands and went to the city to build a house to marry a wife, and had a stable life.
"Want to go to sea?"
Before Liu Ruiying could speak, the old marine craftsman glanced at him and asked.
"Young man is going to go out to sea!"
Liu Ruiying said politely, but she was puzzled...I can't figure out how this old marine worker could see that he was going to go to sea.
"Can you water?"
The old marine engineer continued to ask.
Liu Ruiying thought about it and nodded.
Although your water quality is not good, at least you can't die if you fall into the water. However, the sea water is different from other places, and wind and waves are the most deadly.
"If you know how to water, go there!"
The old boatman raised his hand and pointed in a direction.
"What if I don't?"
Liu Ruiying asked.
The old boatman turned his head to look at him. There were still circles of wrinkles wrapped in his deep eye sockets, which were slightly white, all of which were stained with sea water.
People who face the sea every day have their eyes as deep as the sea.
Liu Ruiying also looked at him quietly.
After all, he didn't know whether he should believe the direction a stranger pointed out casually.
Except for showing him the letter, the princess only told him how to get to the marine engineering house, and said nothing else.
"If you don't know how to water, you will turn around and go back. Where do you come from?"
The old boatman said.
After saying that, he cleared his throat, spit out the things he had been chewing in his mouth, turned around and returned to the house, and locked the door to death with a "bang".
He was turned away when he arrived. Liu Ruiying curled his lips and felt unhappy...
I looked at the old boatman just spitting out, and then I found that it turned out to be a ball of chewed tobacco.
Liu Ruiying has always put the incredible things and things beyond her understanding. If she keeps thinking about it, she will inevitably get stuck and make herself uncomfortable.
After looking around, I found that the marine engineering nest was empty and there was no one.
I had no choice but to walk in the direction pointed by the old sea engineer just now.
The low houses became sparse, but instead became a huge shed.
But there was still no one in the shed.
However, from the small house behind the shed, a "ping bell-pang" sound came from the sound.
"Is anyone?"
Liu Ruiying stood outside the shed and asked.
But his voice was quickly suppressed by the noise coming from the hut.
Liu Ruiying was not in a hurry either.
Because there must be someone in the hut.
As long as you wait patiently for a while, the person will come out by himself.
He wouldn't have been struggling in that hut all his life, right?
What he didn't expect was that...it took more than half an hour to wait.
The people from the cottage came out, and the shed became lively.
In the calm and quiet weather, marine workers go out to sea twice a day.
Today's weather is not good for Liu Ruiying. It is a cloudy day that cannot see the sun. But it is the best for offshore workers! Because there are no wind and waves on the sea, there is no sun above your head.
This weather will not prevent them from working, nor will it be uncomfortable to be sunburned. If the boat wasn't small and hungry, I would have wished I wouldn't come back all day, so I could catch more if I could.
The people who came out of the hut were covered in black and gray, and they could not tell what color the clothes were!
And her face, hands, and even her ears and eyes were all black and gray.
It can barely be seen that she is a girl.
The girl's eyes were very bright, especially when her whole body was pitch black, like two pearls of excellent quality.
The marine workers who came to the shed came to have a meal.
From their laughter and jokes, Liu Ruiying learned that the girl’s nickname was “Pearl Girl”!
Pearl girl disdained the jokes and jokes of these marine workers, smiled at themselves, and served them food.
Naturally, you eat fish by the beach!
Either boiled or roasted.
A big buck for a fish and a bowl of rice.
I'm afraid there is no such cheap fishing place in the world!
Although the cooking method is monotonous, it is better to be fresh.
Are fish people greedy for this umami taste?
After finishing the regular customer, Pearl Girl looked at Liu Ruiying and pointed to a free head.
"I'm not here to eat fish, and I don't want to eat your meal!"
An old marine worker shouted.
Before Pearl Girl could react to what he meant, Liu Ruiying took over the conversation and explained it himself.
“I want to go out to sea.”
Liu Ruiying said.
This made the marine workers in the shed laugh again!
In their eyes, Liu Ruiying, a young man, must be a family member. He was bored and went out to have fun and excitement, and then he thought about going out to sea.
They have seen such rich young masters many times and never care about them.
If you are really rich, you can go to the caravan's dock to book a boat, even if you stay at sea for a month.
What are you doing here?
Inland farmers dig food in the land, and sea workers make food in the sea, which is essentially no difference.
But for outsiders like Liu Ruiying, marine workers are indeed much more exciting than those caravans!
"Young master, you'd better not go out! The people here eat stinky fish and shrimps, and they sleep with smelly big kangs! Apart from the sea goods, there is only a place for the small boat to be built. How can you still take people to sea?"
One person said.
Liu Ruiying smiled at him without saying anything.
To be continued...