Chapter 136: There is a home in the vast sea

There are spacious rooms in the brand new bamboo building, there is a large courtyard outside, divided into front and back yards, and there is a barn next to it, and there are flocks of ducks in the courtyard.

It was getting colder, there were a few blankets, and there was a small charcoal stove, and on the stove was a porridge of meat that was boiling, and a thick aroma wafted out, not a porridge of fish, but of pork, and a pig that had just been killed at home.

Fragrant, really fragrant.

Xiao Tao, who was lying on the bunk on the ground, clicked his mouth twice, stretched out his tongue on his lips***, and kept talking about incense.

"If you think it's fragrant, get up and drink some of it, where did this come from?" The person in charge of cooking in the lighthouse came to Xiao Tao's side with a bowl of freshly cooked porridge, touched Xiao Tao, and said when Xiao Tao opened his eyes slightly.

Xiao Tao was still in a state of confusion, there was no bamboo building in front of him, let alone a yard, and the flocks of ducks that others said were nowhere to be seen, only a slightly chubby person looked at him with a smile.

"Where is this? How did I get here? Xiao Tao seemed to have forgotten what happened before waking up for the time being, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice.

"You fell into the water, we fished you up, the young man is lucky, such a dark night, and it is a thunderstorm and windy weather, if it weren't for Lao Wang watching, what we will find tomorrow morning will be two floating corpses."

The cook patiently said to Xiao Tao, Xiao Tao was stunned for a while, and finally remembered what happened before, yes, he grabbed his father and swam in the sea, only remembering that there was a house in front of him, and the lights were on, and later, he saw two people swimming towards him, the water was better, and he didn't sink at all, and then he had no strength.

"Where's my dad? Where's my dad? Is my dad away? Xiao Tao, who thought of what happened before, reacted, and the first thing that came to mind was his father's safety.

"Yes, yes, that man is your father? Don't worry, I'm alive, I guess I'm a little older, I'm tired, I'm lying there and I haven't gotten up yet, you wake up and drink the porridge, and after drinking, I'll keep your father, I'm going to sleep for a while. ”

The cook pushed the porridge bowl on the floor in front of Xiao Tao, yawned, threw down this sentence and lay down directly on the ground and fell asleep in the most comfortable position.

Lao Wang, who took turns to sleep for a while at night, got up at this time, swept his eyes on the sea with clairvoyance, sat at the window, and said to Xiao Tao: "It is a big fate for you to come over last night, don't think about other things, take care of it, people are good, and the boat can be rebuilt." ”

Lao Wang could see at a glance that the two of them were fishermen, and the boat must have been overturned at night, and the importance of a boat to a fisherman's family was needless to say, I was afraid that the two of them would not be able to think about it.

Xiao Tao did feel a little sorry for the boat, but he didn't particularly care, the person who was already going to die was actually alive again, the big deal was to go to the water to catch more incense, let his father fish on the shore, and his brother also helped to do something, and he could get another boat in two months.

Nodding gratefully at the window to the person whose name he didn't know, Xiao Tao came to his father's side, took a closer look, and saw that it was really fine, so he was relieved.

Endured the pain all over his body, picked up the bowl and tried the heat and cold, drank it, let the aroma of meat permeate his mouth, and showed a happy look on his face.

"Well, this uncle, you live here with another uncle?" Xiao Tao, who was reluctant to drink all the porridge in one go****** his lips sounded.

Lao Wang still guarded his post, looked at the boring and monotonous sea with clairvoyance, and asked rhetorically: "You don't know the lighthouse?" ”

"I don't know, what is a lighthouse? The name of the village? My father and I came from Ansizhou, found a big island in the sea, built a small house on the island, and was able to find a place around the island where there was a nail incense, I swam down to dig, and thirty copper coins of a piece of incense could be exchanged for a penny, just three days later, let the wind blow confused. ”

Xiao Tao's eyes looked out of the window, and as he spoke, his expression changed, yearning and regret, and finally he was happy.

"Thanks to the uncle and uncle who rescued me and my father, otherwise a home will be over, uncle, look at this place, it is not good to live a good life, wait for me to get more incense, and then change the house for the old man to live in."

Xiao Tao knew that he was grateful, and when he saw that the place where the two of them slept didn't seem to be so good, he wanted to build a house for others in the future, and when he spoke, he brought the porridge bowl to his mouth with his hand, looked at the meat inside, and was stunned, then he felt that something was wrong.

If people are really having a hard time, how can they use porcelain bowls, how can they boil meat porridge for themselves to drink, rice porridge is enough.

"Old, uncle, you and this uncle don't seem to be having a hard time."

"Hehehe, it's enough for the young man to have this heart, you don't have to want to repay all day long, just live your family's life well, there is good rice wine in the jar next to you, drink some hot by yourself, you were tired last night, right?"

Lao Wang knew what the young man was thinking, so he laughed kindly twice, and pointed to the jar placed next to him without looking back.

Xiao Tao nodded and shook his head, his mouth half open, wanting to say something but not knowing how to speak.

Lao Wang's eyes are in charge of the sea, but his mouth is not used, and he is idle, and he said to Xiao Tao: "Thirty incense for a copper coin, a little less, in Luzhou, look at the quality, if thirty incense is all of the highest grade, don't say that it is a copper coin, even a hundred copper coins There are countless people rushing to ask for it, and you can get one hundred and twenty wen when you sell it to Luzhou specialty firm." ”

Xiao Tao was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't believe that Jia Xiang could sell for so much money, and after dozens of breaths, he asked tentatively: "Uncle, do you know?" ”

"I know, I'm from Luzhou, how can I not know, guard the lighthouse, show the way to the boats, where there are reefs in this area, where there are rapids, it is clear, the salary of thirty wen a day, the wine and food merchants will manage, as long as the ships within the visual range of the lighthouse where I am can get help, it is not a dereliction of duty.

It is also the duty to save you last night, so I don't need to thank the two of us, I want to thank Zhang Tingshi of Luzhou, and then come out to fish or fish for incense in the future, if you are tired, you have no place to rest, so go to the lighthouse to see, drink some hot water, have a meal, and don't need money. ”

Lao Wang's voice was not loud, but it was like thunder in Xiao Tao's ears.

"Uncle, don't you just put money in it? What exactly is a lighthouse? "Until now, Xiao Tao doesn't know what the lighthouse represents.

"The lighthouse is a home, a warm home for people who sail away, as long as you meet the lighthouse, it is home, you don't have to be so polite with your family, drink it, there is still in the pot, wait for a while your little stone uncle wakes up, and makes something for you to eat, and there are vegetables."

Well, make a vinegared cabbage, as for the money from the lighthouse, take it from the people, use it for the people, and a small number of people from other states sell things to the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce, then the money is enough to support the lighthouse. ”

"Home?" Xiao Tao felt that his strength had recovered a little, took the meat porridge in the bowl while it was still cold, drank it in one go, stood up and walked to another window, took a breath, hurriedly took a few steps back, and looked into the distance in a daze.

"It's too high, no wonder you can see far, I see, uncle, could it be that this lighthouse was specially prepared by the people from Luzhou who gave the sea?"

"Yes, it is to give the sea people to prepare, but not just this one lighthouse, from this place on, there are a total of two hundred lighthouses, fifteen large ones, like the one we are in, the rest are small lighthouses, from here to Luzhou by sea has to walk for more than half a month, how can there be fewer lighthouses?"

Lao Wang found a person to talk to and began to give a detailed explanation.

The more Xiao Tao listened, the more surprised he became, and when Lao Wang said about it, Xiao Tao sighed, lowered his head, and his voice became small, "If Ansizhou can be like this, then my father and I will not almost lose our lives last night, I have always heard people in Luzhou say how good Luzhou is, I have tried my best to think about it, and now I know that I don't think enough." ”

Xiao Tao envied the people in Luzhou, and he was sad at the same time, they were all next to the sea, why could people go out to sea to fish and be protected, they had nothing here, home, it was really home, within the range of two hundred lighthouses, don't worry about anything, fish well, and if you are hungry, you can have a hot meal if you find a lighthouse.

It's like my own side, when I go to sea, I bring some steamed rice, and then get some vegetable leaves, and wait until I roll them up outside to make do with them, and it's okay when it's cold, but if it's hot, the food is rancid, and I eat it with a sour taste in my mouth.

"It's good to be born in Luzhou." Xiao Tao muttered, raised his head and suddenly found that there were two boats on the sea that were much larger than fishing boats, and immediately shouted to Lao Wang: "Uncle, boat, boat, big boat, there is a big boat coming, do you want to eat here?" ”

Lao Wang's angle couldn't see this side, and when he heard Xiao Tao's words, he hurriedly climbed up the ladder next to him, and when he got to the top, he could see the surrounding places clearly, only showed his head, looked over there, and said while climbing down:

"Don't worry, they came over to bring us things for our daily use, including meat and vegetables, as well as ice, which are used to freeze meat, and after delivery, they will patrol other places."

"Luzhou's? Patrol? Patrol what? Xiao Tao looked back and became even more curious.

"In case something happens to a boat from another place, or a fishing boat at sea, they will go over to take care of it, there is nothing to do now, and when the fishing boats go out more in the future, and there is a conflict with the fishing boats in other places, the patrol boat will go over, well, that's what the notice of the good official said."

Lao Wang looked very proud when he said this.

Xiao Tao nodded to indicate that he understood, "I know this, if there is a conflict with a fishing boat in other places, then send a patrol boat over to see who is justified." ”

"Wrong, it's not to see who is justified, it's to see who dares to touch my Luzhou ship? There is no reason to talk about it, if it is a ship from another state, then forget it, if it is a ship from another country, the patrol ship will arrest people, and in case of resistance, kill. ”

Lao Wang's words were full of murderous aura, which frightened Xiao Tao, and at the same time he was very excited, and asked in a low voice, "Then if there is a conflict between the ships of other states and the ships of other countries, will the ships of Luzhou be in charge?" ”

"Tube, as long as it's Datang's ship, it makes sense, and if it's not Datang's ship, it doesn't make sense."

"That's great, I don't know if I can build the lighthouse a little farther away, in the future, the fishing that my family catches, as well as the incense I catch, will all be sold to the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce, uncle, can you collect it here?" If you run to Luzhou, it's a bit far. ”

Xiao Tao suddenly felt full of pride, thinking that his family would go out to fish in the future and also have patrol boat protection, no need to care about the wind and waves, no need to be afraid of people from other places, he has the strength in his body.

He knew that the farther away he was in the sea, the more likely he was to catch a special fish and sell them for a large price, and he listened to the people who came from the west to say that when they were fishing, they could often meet people from other countries, and sometimes they scolded each other.

If this lighthouse can be built a little farther, and the patrol boats can go farther away, then see who dares to mess with themselves.

Lao Wang looked at He Xiaotao with a smile and said to him: "Collect, as long as you take something, you will accept it, but the quality is calculated according to the lowest, I can't see the quality of so many things."

The lighthouse will also be repaired in the future, mainly because the patrol boat is too good, and after a period of time, the boat in the dock will come out, and it will be able to patrol farther away, and the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce will make fishermen's money, so they will help the fishermen do things and protect it. ”

"Really? That's really great, in the future, my family will sell things to the lighthouse, uncle, you can talk to the people who come here in a while, let them go to the island where my house found to build a lighthouse, and I will ask all the people in my village to sell the things. ”

Xiao Tao's eyes were full of joy and began to fantasize about what the future would be.

After waiting for a while, two patrol boats came, and Lao Wang really told the person who got off the boat to deliver something that Xiao Tao said.

The patrol people are not directly responsible for this matter, they can only write it down and report it back to the higher level when they go back, and if they really succeed, then they will be rewarded.

All kinds of things were moved down, and they were carried to the warehouse area of the lighthouse, so that Lao Wang could check it, and with a handprint, the patrol boat left the lighthouse and headed for another place.

Xiao Tao also followed to help a little, his body has not fully recovered, he is sore and sore when he moves, looking at the two patrol ships in the distance, he suddenly made a decision, and he will have the opportunity to enter the patrol fleet to do things in the future.

"Xiao Tao, Xiao Tao, where are you?" As soon as he returned to the top, Xiao Tao heard his father's voice and ran over in surprise.

"Dad, I'm here, I'm here, Dad, are you awake? I'll give you a hot state to drink, meat porridge, which is made of the kind of pork that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year. ”

While speaking, Xiao Tao went to heat the porridge, and after watching the porridge bubble, he sniffed and brought a bowl to his father.

"Dad, hurry up and drink it while it's hot, there's something else to eat in a while."

"What is this place?" Xiao Tao's father obviously didn't react, so he saw that his son was busy there for a while, so he brought a bowl of meat porridge, and also sniffed, similar to Xiao Tao's action just now, knowing that it was pork boiling, he was a little worried when he asked.

"Dad, eat quickly, we're home, oh, Dad, can't you move your arms from rowing last night?" I feed you. ”

Xiao Tao scooped some with a spoon and blew it to his father's mouth.

Xiao Tao's father tasted it in confusion, and clicked his mouth twice, "It's delicious, Xiao Tao, you made it?" Is this home? When did our family become like this? How long did I sleep? ”

"It's home, there will be more homes in the future, this state is made by the uncle of the family, as long as it is a person from the Tang Dynasty, begging for a living at sea, the lighthouse is home."

Xiao Tao told the matter from beginning to end while feeding his father, and the person who was his father had already seen the sleeping people here just now, but he didn't expect that there would be such a good place.

Drink the porridge in the bowl in one go, take a long breath, and say: "That's good, that Zhang Tingshi in Luzhou is not an ordinary official, and the future will be better, and your brother doesn't have to worry about his daughter-in-law." ”

"Yes, yes, let's sell things to the chamber of commerce in Luzhou in the future, even if more money is given in other places, we won't sell it, but the chamber of commerce in Luzhou can protect us, in case we sell everything to others, they can't make money, and the lighthouse can't be maintained."

Xiao Tao also has his own ideas, since he wants the family to protect, he has to let the family make money.

Thinking of this, Xiao Tao patted his head with his hand and said, "I forgot something just now, I forgot to let the patrol boat help us go back, what can we do?" Do you want to swim back? ”

At this time, Lao Wang also came up, heard the words of the father and son, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, young man, there are two small boats parked in each lighthouse, and when you raise them for another day, you will row one back, and remember to send the boat back when there is a new boat." ”

"Huh? Can you still use the boat here? Then uncle, aren't you afraid that we won't return the ship? Xiao Tao was a little incredulous when he was happy, and he heard the old man's words mean to borrow them a boat, let them work, and return the boat when he has the money to buy a new boat.

"I'm afraid, I'm not afraid, it's a big deal, it's a big deal, you always have to go out to sea to fish, write a note when you take the boat, if you really don't pay it back, there will be a patrol boat to see there, and if you are found, then the consequences will not be said."

Lao Wang is not worried at all, unless it is two people who will move their home when the time comes, in order to earn a boat, so that people cannot find it.

Xiao Tao jumped up, waved his hand there happily, looked at his father, and then looked at the old man, and said: "Uncle, don't worry, we will buy a new boat in the shortest possible time, the incense is so valuable, it is enough to sell it a few more times, uncle, tell you a secret, I can swim to a depth of thirty zhang underwater to pick nail incense." ”

When Lao Wang heard this, he was also stunned, and asked tentatively, "Really?" Can you swim that deep? You're out of breath? ”

"Wheezing, but I can use that breath for a long time, I have a way, that is, to make the place that does not need to move not move, tie a stone and sink it, and when I finish picking the incense below, release the stone and swim up again."

Xiao Tao shook his head and said.