Chapter 438 The sea stall smells so bad.
Chapter 438 The sea stall smells so bad.
When I went out the next day, I walked directly to Beiyamen in Qingzhou County. After leaving Beiyamen, the road still extended to the northeast.
Many people wanted to go out for a ride. Chu Chu, Hongying, Wen Ya, Luo Mei and their respective mothers-in-law shared a car. Grandma, Granny Zhou and Anlan and the other maids shared a car. The driver was Eleven and an escort.
There is also a government carriage, which is specially designed to carry daily necessities. There is still room for all the things to be put on, so officials can go in and take a rest when they are tired.
Mr. Li brought two attendants, two or three officials, and seven or eight government officials, all on horseback.
Chen Jichang only took Chen Jian with him, and he himself followed Mr. Li on horseback.
Zimo naturally wanted to follow.
Within an hour of leaving the city, Chen Jichang stopped riding and got into Chu Chu's car, claiming to be their guide.
"Qingzhou County has a small population, but a large territory. In addition to the county, it also governs eleven counties. This time we can only visit the five counties to the north and the two counties to the south of the county. In fact, you have already left when you came. After that, one is Fang County and the other is Dazhuang County, which is relatively close to Shengjing. Those two counties are relatively good due to their geographical location."
Chen Jichang paused for a moment and then said: "The place where we will have lunch later is called Longkou County, but we will not enter the county seat, but eat in a small town called Halong.
Longkou County is close to the sea. It is very humid and not so dry. However, the area close to the sea is all saline-alkali land. It is basically impossible to grow any crops. The people make a living by fishing. A lot of people die every year, some starve to death, and some go to sea. The fishing was swallowed up by the wind and waves. "
After a pause, Chu Chu and Hong Ying didn't say anything, but they seemed surprised. Then they sighed and said, "The rich and powerful have moved south long ago."
Seeing her sister-in-law looking at her all the time, knowing that these words were deliberately told to her to let her know the situation in several counties in Qingzhou as soon as possible, Chu Chu felt very heavy in her heart.
The younger brother-in-law believed in Chu Chu and naturally placed his hopes on Chu Chu. Chu Chu felt that the pressure doubled.
There was a delay on the way, and Grandma Yan also came in their car. Seeing that her uncle had been staying in Chu Chu's car, she naturally knew that he had something to say.
Seeing that Chu Chu didn't speak, knowing that she probably still couldn't get through to Spatial Daddy, Grandma Yan couldn't help but ask her uncle: "Then these lands are just empty? Why don't you try to plant something?"
“Farther away from the sea, both rice and wheat are grown, but the yields are pitifully low, and they are still short and small during the harvest season.”
Chen Jichang said a few words, then looked outside the door curtain and said: "There is nothing we can do about the saline-alkali land near the sea. Planting it will only waste the seeds."
Grandma Yan asked again: "Isn't it okay to grow vegetables and raise pigs?"
"It's even harder to live with vegetables. How can we raise pigs without food? Come with us when we get to Halong Town later. There is a pier there. My mother-in-law can buy some dried sea fish and shrimps. They are very cheap. , fishermen are also suffering."
The conversation along the way was all about Qingzhou County. Chen Jichang had been here for several months, so he had some understanding of it, but the same thing was repeated: lack of water, drought, and the inability to grow food.
After walking for less than an hour, I smelled the fishy smell of sea water, and we were almost to Ha Long Town.
"Ah, why is it so smelly! Brother Jue once said that the seaside is very beautiful, and there is a white bird called a seagull, which can fly around on the sea and catch fish."
"How can it be so good? The fishermen are suffering. You will know when you see it later." Chen Jichang was a little disappointed when he saw that Chu Chu had no reaction, but he also knew that he could not force it.
Maybe my butt hurt from the bumpy ride in the carriage, so I got out of the car and went horseback riding.
Chu Chu and Hongying lifted the car curtains and looked outside curiously.
"Is that the sea? The water is the same color as the sky. It looks quite beautiful. It would be nice if there wasn't this smell."
Hongying's tone felt so pity.
"Look at the sea reaching the horizon."
As expected, the children were excited when they saw the sea. Chu Chu also temporarily forgot about what her brother-in-law mentioned and focused on looking at the scenery outside.
Hongying couldn't help but ask: "Can we go down and walk? Look at the beach, there is a lot of sand."
"Yes, look, there are also small fishing boats."
Seeing how interested everyone was, Grandma Yan also joined in.
"Sister-in-law, can we go down and play?"
The two adults are both family members, and Chu Chu is not afraid. The main reason is that she also wants to go down and have a look. Although the smell of the sea water is not very good, she has come here and is not afraid of bringing back some stench.
Mainly because I didn’t take the opportunity to have fun when I came out this time. I felt that I might not have the chance to come back to the capital again in the future.
So I couldn't help but poke my head in and ask my sister-in-law.
"Let them all walk up. Less than a mile further, we will reach the pier. The place to eat is not far from there."
As expected, Mr. Li has a very good temper. When he saw Chu Chu poking his head, he knew what they meant. Mainly because his daughter knew and waved to him.
After Mr. Li agreed, he dismounted, threw the reins to the attendants next to him, and waited for them to get off.
After getting off the carriage, they stepped on the soft sea sand. If it weren't for the cold spring weather, Chu Chu and others would have wanted to take off their shoes: "It would be great if we could come and play in the summer."
Although Hongying was a little disappointed, she didn't expect that this group of people could see the sea. She thought that the sea could only be seen south of the capital.
But I thought it was a pity because of the weather.
However, the children were very happy to come down and play in the sand. They got off the car one by one and wanted to run forward.
"You see, a small boat has docked, and there are many broken boats on the shore."
"Let's go there and take a look."
After getting off the car, I watched them running towards the beach. Even An Jingwen and Wenya, who were being held by Chuchu, also ran up, and their speed was actually not many steps slower than Hongying.
Seeing how happy the children were, Mr. Li couldn't help but say, "If I had known, I would have asked my wife to come with me. Wen Ya is out. I'm afraid she is not used to being alone at home. Speaking of Qingzhou County, she I haven’t visited a few counties yet.”
"If there is a chance next time, maybe it will be good to go back to Wenya. It won't be too late for the whole family to come out next time." Hearing what Grandma Yan said, she knew she was trying to comfort him, but she was also very pleased to see Wenya's slight change.
"Ugh, this stinks too much." Seeing fishermen drying fish on the broken fishing boat in front of them, the children gathered around them, but they also covered their mouths and noses. Chen Jichang and Zimo quickly followed.
"Why aren't there so many small fish and shrimps in the sun?" I saw several fishermen with bronzed faces and ravines blown by the sea breeze collecting fish. There were several fish baskets, and the sizes of fish and shrimps were sorted. There were only a few big fish coming out, and basically no big shrimps.
In addition, the belly of the small and medium-sized fish is directly broken and placed on the broken boat to dry, and the dried fish is made into dried fish.
The remaining fish and shrimps, which were only the size of a thumb or even smaller, were piled in piles and simply thrown aside without being put into baskets.
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