Parents are busy farming

At this time, the senior brother came back on horseback with a pheasant in his hand. He saw Zhang Gaoyi's actions and nodded unconsciously.

He came to his junior brother's side and touched his arm with the hilt of his sword.

"Not bad! This kid is not stupid!" He said the words of praise casually.

The junior brother nodded, did not speak, and still looked at Zhang Gaoyi's movements.

He was used to this kind of junior brother. He went to the waterside and killed the pheasant. After cleaning it, he took it back.

Zhang Gaoyi happened to have finished practicing for the third time. When he saw the pheasant, he took the initiative and planned to roast it and eat it.

After a while, the smell of barbecue filled the air. The two junior brothers had already climbed up the tree and were feeling quite comfortable leaning on the branches.

Zhang Gaoyi learned a few tricks from Ye Zifen at the mutton soup restaurant, and even brought so many secret seasonings to him that it was not easy to make it delicious.

After eating his roasted pheasant, the two bodyguards took turns hunting hares and pheasants, euphemistically calling it 'improving the food'. ’

If you want to ask where there are so many pheasants and hares, you have not seen enough! These things can often be seen in less populated places.

Some even strolled carelessly on the road, refusing to leave until people were in front of them. It seemed like he was provoking a few people.

Let two masters let them go, it would be a shame for so many years of academic career.

Wild vegetables are everywhere now, and you can make soup with just a few handfuls.

Therefore, they did not have the hardship of traveling, nor did they have to sleep in the open.

As long as I pass through the county town, I will stop to tidy up and go to the inn to have a good rest.

Wang Tinghe's mood became much better because of such a comfortable life. Then his face became rosy and his skin became a little tanned.

After walking and stopping for seven days, the five finally arrived at the beach.

The seaside is not prosperous, but there is a small fishing village every few miles.

There is not much arable land here, and it is surrounded by mountains. People make a living by fishing.

Some poor families live directly on fishing boats.

Wang Tinghe and others were so surprised that they even stayed on someone else's fishing boat for one night.

But after sleeping for less than an hour, they couldn't stand it anymore. With the sound of waves and the constant shaking of the hull, sleeping on it was very uncomfortable.

People here, except adults who go out to sea to fish, the elderly, women and children will go to the beach to look for conches and other things after the tide goes out.

It can be used as food at home, and can also be sold to supplement family income. It's just that the price is lower.

It was once the Ye family's most popular delicacy, but now it has become their food to satisfy their hunger.

On the contrary, food is scarce here and the price is much more expensive.

Some people who want to improve their food will use these things and exchange them for some flour and corn meal.

Ye Yongwang was very lucky that Ye Zifen had prepared these things for them.

They are renting in a wealthy family's home in a fishing village these days.

But even wealthy families are far behind Ye Yongwang's family, and even cannot compare with Zhang Gaoyi's family.

During these days in the fishing village, Ye Yongwang and Wang Tinghe would watch the sunrise and sunset, and go to the sea with the villagers.

Sometimes we even bring gifts to villagers’ houses to have dinner and experience life at the seaside.

Zhang Gaoyi has been very bright-eyed since arriving here. He hangs out among the fishermen all day long, discussing with them how to preserve fish and seafood.

But the most common answer is to transport it in wooden barrels.

Some people have proposed freezing, but freezing requires weather permitting and water transportation, which is too expensive.

He now has an idea and wants to go back and discuss it with Ye Zifen.

Maybe Ye Zifen can help him solve his current problem!

On a sunny day, I went fishing with two fishermen I knew well.

I saw an isolated island on the road, and Zhang Gaoyi suggested going up and taking a look.

But it was opposed by two people.

I heard from the two of them that there are many dangers on such an isolated island, and your life will be involved if you are not careful.

But Zhang Gaoyi was full of curiosity about this place, so he went to the isolated island to explore it despite the objections of the two people.

Unable to defeat him, the two had no choice but to dock the boat and wait for his return on board.

In less than an hour, Zhang Gaoyi came back excitedly.

"How is it? What's on it?" one person asked curiously.

Zhang Gaoyi chuckled: "It's just some trees and stuff, I didn't see anything else."

The two of them felt relieved after hearing this.

There are few outsiders in this fishing village, and the five people are often peeked at, especially Zhang Gaoyi. They think Zhang Gaoyi is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Ye Yongwang.

Some enthusiastic people asked him around the corner to see if he was engaged and if he had a girl he liked, hoping to tell him about his girl.

Ye Yongwang's face turned dark when he heard this.

Although he has not fallen in love with Zhang Gaoyi, a brat like Zhang Gaoyi, but judging from his daughter's attitude towards him, there is still a possibility that the two of them will be together in the future. It's amazing that this boy dares to attract bees and butterflies just by guarding him.

So he cut through the mess with a sharp knife, and cut off those red threads with a "click, click, click", "Humph!" ’

Later I heard that Ye Yongwang and Zhang Gaoyi were from the same village and didn't know much about his situation, so there were fewer villagers surrounding them.

"The villagers here are very enthusiastic, but the accent is not the same as ours." Wang Tinghe and Ye Yongwang chatted in the evening.

"Well! The land and water support the people! Of course it will be different. But it seems that their lives here are more miserable than those of us!"

Ye Yongwang was also a scholar. Seeing the hardships of people's lives, his feelings of concern for the country and the people came out again.

Wang Tinghe knew some of the truth and analyzed it together: "Well! If there is less land, there will be less food. If you go fishing, you can't guarantee a harvest every day. And even if you catch fish, the price is not high. So you can just make a living. It’s just food and clothing.”

Ye Yongwang said hopefully: "If sea transportation can be opened, the lives of people here may improve."

Wang Tinghe quickly stopped Ye Yongwang and reminded him: "In the past few years, pirates were rampant and merchant ships suffered greatly. The emperor ordered the closure of shipping. Magistrate Hong wrote a letter at that time and was reprimanded by the emperor!"

How could Ye Yongwang not know! This is the only time Magistrate Hong has been reprimanded since he became an official.

After pondering for a while, he said four words: "Naval power!"

Wang Tinghe didn't know how to explain it. Politics was actually far away from them, but it felt very close because of his aunt's ideological influence.

Zhang Gaoyi, who was standing outside the door, listened for a while, thoughtfully!

*

Lao Li went home to build a house on the day that Ye Yongwang and others went away.

Before leaving, Ye Zifen handed him two taels of silver.

He said to him: "Yesterday I went to see the cotton. It is growing very well. When you come back from building the house, we will take out the straw, water it once, and thin out the corn seedlings. There are two more plants. They grow together!”

Lao Li hurriedly said: "Yes, it can take more than ten days to build a house at most. My wife has prepared the required materials, but she is worried because I am not around to watch. Don't worry, Miss Fifth, I will try my best to do it as soon as possible." return."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zifen quickly said: "There's no need to rush, as long as it doesn't delay things in the field. My father is not here, and without you to remind me, it feels like I have no backbone!"

Lao Li was so excited that his master could trust him like this.