boyutpedia Chapter 284: Staying in a Small Fishing Village
Chapter 284: Staying in a Small Fishing Village
Originally, Gu Wenxuan wanted to buy some Mingqian tea, which was said to be the best tasting tea. Unfortunately, the Mingqian tea that the tea farmers talked about had already been divided up by the wealthy families who had been eyeing this tea in advance. Ordinary people like them who had no connections could not buy it even if they had money.
It was only after listening to the explanation of the tea farmers that Gu Wenxuan came to know that the so-called "Qingqian Tea" is a once-in-a-century tea that can only be produced in a certain year with high temperatures, abundant rainfall and suitable mountain conditions. The annual output is more than 300 kilograms, and it is also a rare cloud tea.
"Pre-rain tea" is also called spring tea, with an annual output of 1500 kilograms, which is not a lot. Next is summer tea and autumn tea, which are large in quantity and cheap, suitable for daily drinking.
Gu Wenxuan felt that they were not important people and there was no need for them to drink the "pre-Mingming tea" that only appeared once in a hundred years. So, without any hesitation, she first bought some pre-rain tea to give as gifts and to entertain guests, and then bought some ordinary summer tea to take back for her family and relatives to drink daily.
On the third day, Gu Wenxuan and her friends climbed Zhongyuntai Mountain, which was formed in the Sinian Period and was originally in the sea. There are many strange rocks and caves on the mountain, and it is very interesting to explore slowly.
On the fourth day, they went to Beiyuntai Mountain. This mountain, also known as Donghai Mountain, was originally an island in the sea, but now it has become an important port for exchanges between the country and foreign countries. A pass not far from this port is an important stronghold for Haizhou to defend against repeated invaders (meaning invaders who come repeatedly, here referring to the Japanese pirates).
Gu Wenxuan became excited when she heard about the war. Although she couldn't get close, she still took the trouble to run to the vicinity of the pass and watched from afar.
The last place they visited was Yingyou Mountain, also known as Dongxi Lian Island, located in Haizhou Bay. It has a rocky coast and a climate with "no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer". It is a particularly beautiful paradise consisting of beaches, sea water, green mountains and fishing villages.
Gu Wenxuan and her companions first viewed the vast East China Sea from various perspectives on Yuntai Mountain, and then went to a small fishing village on Yingyou Mountain to experience the life of fishermen.
With the help of a local guide found by the Lin family to act as a middleman, the people in the fishing village enthusiastically invited Gu Wenxuan and her friends to a house that had been vacated in advance.
"This is the house of my youngest son. He works in the county town, so he brought his wife and children to the county town."
Hong Lizheng, who is already in his fifties, has gray hair and many wrinkles on his face. Together with him are his old wife, eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law.
Gu Wenxuan thanked him with a smile, and then asked Fang Youfu to give him the agreed rental fee.
Hong Lizheng took the silver and copper coins with a smile, "I have asked the children to put the dry firewood in the woodshed, and the water tank is full. You can pick the vegetables grown in this house. If you have any other needs, you can always go to the next yard and talk to my eldest son and his family."
He liked guests who were willing to pay the most. Not only could he make some money by renting out his youngest son's house, but he could also make extra money by delivering firewood to them every day. He was hoping to make as much money as possible from this good thing.
Gu Wenxuan nodded to show that she understood, "Then I'll have to trouble your family to take care of it."
After seeing off the headman's family, the guide made an appointment with Gu Wenxuan that he would take Gu Wenxuan and others out for a stroll the next day, and then he went directly to stay at his relatives' house in the village.
Although the house that the guide rented for Gu Wenxuan and the others was a blue brick and tile house, it did not have many rooms because it was built after the youngest son of the village head separated from the family. Gu Wenxuan and Jia Yuelan lived in one room, and the Fang brothers divided the remaining three rooms, so the guide himself had no place to live.
Originally, the guide was planning to sleep on the floor in the woodshed. After Gu Wenxuan found out, she gave him some money and asked him to find a villager who could provide him with food and lodging.
The guide happened to have relatives in this village, and in order to save money, he went to stay at his relatives' house.
The relatives would not charge him for accommodation, and he would give some extra money for food to his relatives. The relatives would benefit, but they would not think he was annoying just because he stayed a few more days.
Not to mention that Gu Wenxuan and the others had already revealed in their conversation that they would buy seafood in the fishing village. The guide's relatives were also fishermen, and they also hoped that the guide could help them make some connections so that their family could sell more seafood.
After the relative mentioned this matter to the guide, the guide found an opportunity to carefully ask Gu Wenxuan.
Gu Wenxuan had no objection to this kind of thing, except that she would first inspect the goods and ask the price before deciding whether to give priority to buying the seafood from the guide's relatives.
After hearing this, the guide nodded repeatedly and kept saying "of course, of course".
After spending a few days with Gu Wenxuan and the others, the guide already knew that although Gu Wenxuan was truly generous, she was definitely not a good-tempered person.
She will take the initiative to give you what she is willing to give you and what she should give you. If you plot against her or fool her, she will not even blink an eye and will beat you to pieces.
After the guide left, Gu Wenxuan and the others first looked around the house where they were going to live. They found that the headman's family had cleaned the house very well and there was no need for them to redo the work. Then they spread out the clean bedding they had brought and took out their own teapots, teacups, bowls and chopsticks.
After finishing these things, Gu Wenxuan took the others to the coast.
Except for Gu Wenxuan herself, everyone else was in contact with the sea for the first time. They walked back and forth on the beach for a few circles, exclaiming and discussing in surprise, and picked up a lot of small seafood.
These were all new species to them, ones they had never seen before. Although Gu Wenxuan had not only seen them, but had also seen their horrific mutated versions, she was still infected by the cheers of the crowd and had a gentle smile on her face the entire time.
When she met fishermen returning from fishing at sea, Gu Wenxuan went over and picked out a mackerel, a sea bass, a big squid, a basket of shellfish, and a basket of live shrimps.
When you come to the seaside, you have to eat seafood. The seafood here is not only fresh but also very cheap. Gu Wenxuan bought it without hesitation.
She could estimate the approximate weight of fish, shrimp and shellfish with just a few picks. The number reported by the fishermen after weighing them was never more than half a pound different from her estimate.
After paying the money, Gu Wenxuan made an appointment with the fishermen to buy beautiful shells and snail shells.
In the past, there were merchants from the county town who came to buy these, and the prices they offered were always very cheap. Gu Wenxuan took their prices and added 10% to them. She was also willing to give the fishermen two choices: copper coins and supplies. The fishermen agreed without hesitation to sell her all the shells and snail shells they had saved at home.
The four Fang Youfu brothers who followed out were silent the whole time. After Gu Wenxuan had finished talking to someone about the matter, they carried the seafood that Gu Wenxuan had bought, and went back to the small courtyard they rented with her and Jia Yuelan in the afterglow of the setting sun.