Chapter 340 [The sea for the rest of my life]
Having said this, the strange man sighed, turned around and began to tidy up the furnishings in the house.
It seems that this is his usual habit.
But the words in his mouth did not stop:
"I lived half my life, learned a lot, saw a lot, and later encountered misfortune and experienced a lot. So, I felt completely chilled and disappointed by many people and things. Finally one day, I no longer I couldn't take it anymore, so I read a poem, "The boat will pass away, and the sea will send the rest of my life", and then I left the Vanity Fair completely."
"I bought a small boat and made some food and drinking utensils. Relying on the skills of playing on the water when I was a child, I risked my life to come to this vast East China Sea. It turned out that I was lucky. It really led me to find this place, a place where no one but people can live. Little desert island."
"There were many difficulties in the early days. I couldn't do various things, I couldn't build a house, I couldn't find food, and I almost starved to death. Fortunately, I could make a fire, and I survived in the end. I built a thatched hut and started a business. I have a few acres of Susukida, and I know where to go to pick up salt and seafood."
"Although life is very hard, and I don't think there will be a good death when I get old, but I don't regret it."
Half talking and half talking to himself, the strange man turned his head and asked Fang Chang:
"It's not interesting to say these things, just listen to it for fun. Speaking of which, what are you investigating? Come and listen, maybe I know something."
Fang Chang nodded, he didn't hide anything, and said to the strange man:
"I'm a practitioner, and I'm looking for a place in the East China Sea where there are many monsters. Those monsters are not good, and they are very harmful to the world."
"Practice?" The weird man stopped his body, turned around and looked Fang Chang up and down, and laughed twice, with an expression of disbelief on his face. Then, he said to Fang Chang: "Assuming what you said is true, although the world doesn't matter to me, I do know something."
"Oh?" Fang Chang said, "Please tell me more."
The weird man clapped his hands and said with a smile:
"I haven't seen anyone on this island for many years, and the news is tight, but not long ago, there was a boat moored here. I cut some wood from the mountain to repair the boat, and filled the boat with water by the stream. It's the first time I saw it. When they saw me, they were quite scared, but after confirming that I was alive, they were able to communicate."
"From them, I learned that the Central Plains is in a mess now, and the East China Sea, although it is still the same as usual, but there are also undercurrents. Of course, you are here to find monsters, and you claim that those monsters are not good, so you should Go east."
"There are several islands there. In the past two years, there have been fewer people, and the whole family has disappeared. On these surrounding islands, the number of people has always been a big deal, so it is very conspicuous. But after investigation, no one was found. Traces of escape."
"So this matter may be done by the monsters you mentioned. By the way, it is said that near those islands, there are some places where boats are not allowed, because the boats may disappear for no reason."
Fang Chang got up and cupped his hands: "Thank you, I will investigate." Then he was about to leave.
The strange man in front of him, although he has a beard on his face, has a warm heart. He doesn't know what happened to make him feel cold and hide in this otherworldly place.
The strange man crossed his hands, and did not come to see him off, but said:
"I heard that there is a nice island a little east of the north. It is the closest to here and there are quite a lot of people. If you leave to find the next island, you can go north."
Fang Chang heard the words and smiled, nodded and disappeared.
But he saw that there was only one book left in the same place. He was a scholar back then, so literacy was no problem. He picked it up and looked at it. On the cover was written the words "Pure and Pure Essentials".
It turned out that Fang Chang got the news from here and was entertained. Seeing that the behavior of this weird person was a little appetizing, he gave this practice method that he learned when interacting with the city gods and lands as a reward.
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Fang Chang came out of the strange man's residence and walked straight to the sea.
After walking thousands of steps, he was far away from the deserted island before he stood on the water, took out the boat he was on in the future from the backpack on his back, and threw it in front of him.
Jumping into the boat, Fang Chang used the small clay oven in the boat to roast two fish he caught casually from the sea.
It seems that this fish is very good at swimming. It only has a backbone, and the meat is also red. It is delicious after roasting, and it also has a salty taste. After roasting, you can tear off a few boneless and thorny pieces of fish with a light tear, which is convenient and delicious to eat.
Following the strange man's guidance, Fang Chang stretched out his sails, took advantage of the sea breeze at night and headed northward, and made some corrections to the east on the way.
When it was daylight, Fang Chang had already entered the channel, and boats could be seen passing by from time to time.
He changed direction and followed two ships carrying cargo and passengers.
Little did they know that this move made the two big ships in front a little nervous. After all, although the trade in the East China Sea was prosperous, it was not peaceful. The surrounding environment has spawned a lot of pirates at sea, so seeing this lonely ship following behind, they immediately raised their vigilance, and the guards on board also spent more time checking weapons.
Of course, nothing happened all the way.
In the thin sea fog, the figure of the island in front became more and more solid, and then a bustling port was revealed.
Fang Chang followed the two big boats in front of him and approached the small island, but he did not enter the port, but went around the border of the island, found a remote place, repacked the boat into the package, and then went to the island alone.
Fortunately, although the island has strict controls on the entry and exit of personnel, they can't help but walk around the island, so no one noticed that a man in white did not disembark from the port, but suddenly appeared on the island.
Find a small restaurant near the pier, had a breakfast of soybean milk and fried dough sticks, Fang Chang walked straight to the pier.
In the breakfast just now, the soy milk is very good, but the price of sugar as an ingredient is a bit expensive and needs to be purchased separately. After all, there are only some maple sugar and malt sugar on this island in the East China Sea. The rest of the white sugar and brown sugar can only be transported from land, and the main production area is south of the south of the Yangtze River.
The deep-fried dough sticks are fried golden and crispy, and in order to save costs, the store specially practiced techniques so that there is no excess oil on the fried dough sticks, which can save some oil consumption and unexpectedly make the fried dough sticks more refreshing. Fang Chang was not short of money, so he ate a catty of deep-fried dough sticks and two bowls of soy milk for one person.
In the early morning, the pier is noisy.
Many ships moored here yesterday were ready to load and set sail, and those laborers who came here early also got their jobs and began to work hard to make money.
However, Fang Chang plans to find a passenger ship and sail directly to the east for a while.
In this case, the journey should be much more comfortable, and no matter what the statement is, it means that the area where the ship disappeared is "far away" to the east, so there is nothing wrong with driving eastward for a certain distance first.
Thank you book friends in Sichuan for your reward.
(end of this chapter)