Red Maple Island is the largest island in the Misty Sea, the island is full of red maples, and in late autumn, it is as bright as fire, bright as the morning glow, and is very gorgeous. In the northwest corner of Hongfeng Island, there is a nameless small fishing village, next to the village there is a muddy stream, which flows down from the southeast mountain range and flows into the sea here.

It's early summer, but the island's spring hasn't completely faded. Next to the low huts, the peach and apricot blossoms of the unique varieties of Red Maple Island are in full bloom, contrasting with the tall red maples around it. Most of the residents of the village make a living from fishing and do not plant crops, so there are only a few old radishes and old cabbages left over from last year in the messy idle land next to the village. The flowers have failed, the rapeseed slowly ripens in the sea breeze, and if no one picks it, it eventually sprouts in the poor soil.

Yellow mud walls and sparse hedges separate the main outline of the village. At the southernmost edge of the village there are two hedges, covered with green vines. There is an earthen well outside the fence, and there is a heavy roller next to the well, silently telling the old days of the fishing village. Not far away is a patchwork of vegetables, planted with some vegetables, although low and sparse, but very well cared for. On the other side of Doi was a crude tavern with a half-new liquor flag hanging diagonally, swaying from time to time in the sea breeze and making a fiery sound.

The village is nameless, and neither is the tavern. The tavern is run by an elderly couple and only sells some home-brewed cloudy liquor and pickled side dishes. The old couple had no children under their knees, only one grandson, named Chen Feng. Obviously, his name comes from the red maple trees that surround him.

Chen Feng was fifteen years old, and like most teenagers on the island, his hair was split into two halves, left and right, and each knot was tied at the top of his head, shaped like two sheep's horns. However, Chen Feng's face is not as thick and black as other fishing village boys, but is naturally white, the color is luster, the slightly curved eyebrows are not sparse or dense, the sideburns are combed extremely neatly, especially a pair of eyes are very bright, on this desolate and simple island, there is a smell of floating dust. Although Chen Feng's clothes were shabby, they were very clean. Around his neck, he wears a quaint bluestone, which matches his clothes.

It was a scorching noon, and most of the fishermen were hiding in the shade to take a nap, but Chen Feng dragged his fishing nets to the beach. He knew that he was most likely to catch big fish only if most of the fishermen were resting at noon.

Not long after Chen Feng walked out of the tavern, he saw a carriage coming from the only wide road in the village. He hurriedly flashed to the side, very curious: Red Maple Island is vast, the hinterland is vast, and there is no shortage of lively towns, but the small village is located in the middle of nowhere, and it is often impossible to see outsiders here all year round, let alone the extremely rare horse-drawn carriages on the island.

The speed of the carriage was very fast, and it didn't take long for Chen Feng to get close, and then it suddenly stopped.

The black car curtains were opened, revealing a teenage boy, who shouted to Chen Feng, "Hey, this is Red Maple Island?"

Because of the light, Chen Feng didn't see who was still sitting in the carriage. Seeing that the boy was so rude, he couldn't help frowning and didn't answer immediately.

The boy's arrogance couldn't help but turn into anger, and just about to interrogate Chen Feng, Chen Feng saw that the curtain of the car was completely opened, revealing another person.

"Huh?" the voice was made by a dark, ugly old dwarf, his face wrinkled, his features clinging together, his hair very thin, and his ears surprisingly pointed. Chen Feng was sure that this was the ugliest person he had ever seen in his life.

The old dwarf stared at Chen Feng with cold, bewitching eyes, and his small eyes suddenly lit up, and then became cloudy again. After pondering for a while, he said coldly, "Young man, your Yin Tang is black, your fierce lines are on your eyebrows, your dark clouds are covered, and your face is dead, there will be a great disaster! I think you have at most one day of Yang Shou left, and you will definitely not live to tomorrow!"

Chen Feng was stunned, he didn't expect to meet such a strange person when he went out, and heard such strange words. Fortunately, he has a gentle personality, and if he were someone else, he might have had to have a bad relationship with this strange man a long time ago.

didn't bother with him, Chen Feng "snorted", ignored them, dragged the fishing net and turned around and walked towards the sea.

After a while, the carriage behind him also moved, and drove in the opposite direction, and the voice of a strange man came faintly in the wind: "Hehe, you will come to beg me." ”

Chen Feng laughed it off. He had a serious illness when he was a child, and his grandparents were eager to treat him, and he was cheated out of all his savings by a wandering scholar. Therefore, Chen Feng did not believe in this kind of words that judged people and evil at all. If he had this ability, who would have come to the small fishing village to hang out? He would have gone to the big city to tell fortunes in exchange for wealth.

As he walked, Chen Feng thought about the purpose of the strange man's words. Could it be that the man knew that his grandparents were running a tavern and wanted to make some money? Chen Feng shook his head with a smile, although the tavern had a good business, it had a meager profit, only enough food and clothing for a family of three, and there was no money left at all. Even in order to make his elderly and frail grandparents eat better, he often had to go out fishing at noon. Even if he was really deceived, that person couldn't cheat anything.

couldn't figure it out, so he simply let go of these thoughts. When he came to the beach, he untied the boat and entered the sea in the breeze. Facing the magnificent sea, his eyes were resolute and cautious, and his paddle and net were unambiguous, although he was not very sophisticated, but he was also relatively skilled.

After casting a few nets, Chen Feng's luck was not good, and he didn't gain anything. So, he began to head deeper into the sea. Today's weather is good, the wind is calm, and there is no danger of any danger. What's more, he has a good water nature, and he is like walking on the ground in strong winds and waves, which is why his grandparents are relieved that he goes to sea alone.

Because there are too many people fishing in the waters near the village from morning to night, it is difficult to make a harvest, so Chen Feng often gropes around, looking for fish. Just yesterday, he found a reef more than ten miles away from Hongfeng Island, the reef has many crevices, snails, shrimps and crabs, and big fish often swim. He will try his luck in there today.

When you reach the depths of the sea, even if the wind is small, the waves are strong, and the boat shakes from side to side. There are many reefs and sharks, and it has always been difficult to navigate, and only the old fishermen who know each other can cope with it. However, Chen Feng has been on the water for many years, and he has already learned his grandfather's skills in his hands, and the boat is more flexible, so he naturally doesn't care about these, as long as he is careful.

In less than half an hour, he was at the place of the huge reef. The water here is very deep, and when you look down, the color of the water is a little black. Casting a net in such deep water is a very difficult task.

He cast two nets, and with surprising luck, he caught two colorful arhat catfish that were nearly two feet long.

Colorful Luohan catfish is a rare precious fish species in the misty sea, the whole body is orange and yellow, the tail has five colors, rich in spirituality, and the meat is delicious, so it is in short supply. Chen Feng's grandparents were reluctant to eat such fish, and they were often sold in taverns. The grandparents said that the extra copper money needed to be saved for him to marry his wife. Every time he said this, Chen Feng's face couldn't help but turn red. For the opposite sex, he feels very mysterious, but he is even more distressed and nostalgic for his grandparents.

The two colorful arhat catfish in front of me, one is more slender, and the other has a swollen belly, and at a glance it is known that it is a male and a female, and the female fish is about to produce seeds. The two fish were lying in the cabin, their gills opening and closing, their beards and tails glowing with strange colored light, which was different from the colorful arhat catfish that Chen Feng had seen before.

Strangely, the eyes of the two fish actually turned with Chen Feng's movements, and they showed pleading expressions. How did these two multicolored arhat catfish that he caught today seem to have been spiritualized? Chen Feng looked into the water and couldn't help but be dumbfounded: there were groups of multicolored arhat catfish swimming around in the water, forming a circle that was not big or small. Looking into the depths of the sea along the circle, I saw that there was a milky white light at the bottom of the extremely deep water.