Shark Lie Song

After Wan Qijing returned to the clan and met Wan Qilin, the second thing must be to go back to see his mother.Of course, if he hadn't been escorted back—then he might have skipped the step of greeting the patriarch.

Wan Chengjing, who was sitting quietly in Grandma's boudoir, thought silently in her heart, and the corner of her mouth could not help but raise a shallow arc with a smile.

When grandma walked in holding his favorite Houttuynia cordata dumpling, she saw a man sitting there gleefully.

"A Jing...but what's the fun?"

Wan Chengjing suddenly withdrew from the imaginary situation, and in front of her was the graceful figure of her grandmother.

"No, no, I just think that the patriarch is like an eight-year-old woman--Grandma, do you know? The eight-year-old woman is a new word I learned, which means..."

"I know, I heard from my friends." Grandma still smiled calmly, looking at Wan Chengjing, who was more than two heads taller than her, like her own son, "Ajing still has to respect the patriarch... …After all, he is almost your adoptive father."

Wan Chengjing nodded, then got up and pressed Grandma lightly on the chair to sit down, walked around behind Grandma, picked out Grandma's favorite hairpin from the dressing table and tied up a half of silver thread for Grandma. Mixed hair.

"I know that my admiration for the patriarch will not change."

Wan Chengjing recalled when he was a child: the other little mermaids were always accompanied by a strong father, and his family - his father died early, so his mother took him and his younger brother, as well as the "Ah" between childhood and youth. "Mom" - but at that time "Grandma" was still called Qiao Niang.

The whole family is miserable in capitals.

At that time, Wan Qijing's family, the two humans needed fresh air and food, Wan Qijing and his newborn brother needed a lot of milk and supplementary food - mermaids already eat a lot, let alone in a growing body. There are two young children at the stage of birth—so this kind of family is basically unsustainable without adult male mermaids. Most of the girls with children in history have remarried, which is exactly the same as human beings.

At that time, life was really difficult, and other mermaids could only help occasionally.Not to mention the procrastinating wars in the clan, if they catch up with the emergency of winter supplies on land, people are often too busy to help them... At this time, it is the patriarch who brings his newly grown children to them from time to time. Deliver all necessities.

At the beginning, Wan Chengjing's biological mother was actually very wary of these things that could be called "charity"—she didn't think Wan Qilin and his son would fall in love with her, but he was afraid that they would fall in love with him. Qiao Niang.

Qiao Niang was born beautiful since she was a child, but gradually, she became more and more beautiful as she got older.

Of course, it turned out that she was overthinking, because Wan Qilin and his son had indeed fulfilled their duties as patriarchs, not to mention that he and Wan Qijing's father were still good friends.

It's Qiao Niang, who was hooked up by an unknown pawn in the mermaid tribe every minute...

Naturally, with Qiao Niang's marriage, their family's life has really improved for a while.Although that unknown soldier—that is, the later God of War in the clan—died on the battlefield not long after.

But when you think about it carefully, the happy moments of the family are just those few short years: At that time, the mother was there, the younger brother was there, Qiaoniang and the heroic couple were also there, and Wan Qilin and his son who came to visit every two days were also there. ——Of course, there is also Wan Chengsi who is often a guest at his house but often does not sit for a while...

Those days were really good.

Wan Qilin was dealing with various matters in the house.

Naturally, it is impossible to use paper to transmit letters under the water-so there are generally two ways for the mermaids: one is to carve stones, and the other is to carve bamboo slips.However, very few people would choose to carve stones. Generally, this method would only be used when the patriarch conveyed important matters or sent information thousands of miles away—for fear that the bamboo slips would be soaked if it took too long.

So Wan Qilin saw that the pile of bamboo slips in front of him was really one head and two big.

War, war, all war.

It has been a long time since there are so many things to deal with, and Wan Qilin feels that he really has no free time every day.

Thinking of the news just sent by Wan Qilin, the price of food will rise again because of the war on land, so it is possible to stock up on food in time, Wan Qilin is still thinking about how to announce this news to the clan—— Almost half of the tribesmen are used to eating food on land and have given up the native food underwater...

Looking at Wan Chengsi's news, it read "Two months to return" at the end.

……

Wan Qilin sighed slightly.

Back then, Wan Chengsi actually fell in love with Qiaoniang—or more accurately, it should be the kind whose love is deeply rooted until death...

At that time, Wan Chengsi was not a glib merchant of rare goods.As an air businessman who is afraid of hardship and fatigue, he rests every day and every day. He does some food business when he has nothing to do. He also buys some pearl shellfish for a little processing and then sells them to Jiao Niang’s merman husbands to earn a meager salary—— Then exchange this reward for various necessities, and send it to Wan Qijing and his family's empty house in the name of Wan Qilin.

In fact, Wan Chenglin suspected back then that Wan Chengsi's character, why did he become a tired and unflattering air businessman who earns little money... Later, he vaguely figured out that Wan Chengsi should be for Qiaoniang and Wan Chengjing's biological mother sent air, so he did this job.

But it's useless, because Qiao Niang loves heroes...

So he has been wandering away all year round, rarely coming back—almost never coming back unless necessary.

However, he is not the only one who is sad in the clan...

Wan Chengjing joined the pearl hunting team in the clan, and originally wanted to go to the clam group to show his skills as soon as possible, but who knew that the captain would catch him and do special training for several days.

The captain looked at Wan Qijing, who was like a weak chicken, with disgust on his face. Wan Qijing looked at the muscular captain and dared not show it on his face, but the corners of his mouth slightly curled revealed his unremitting.

Anyway, the two hate each other.

"You, if you can hold broken shark pearls with untrained hands, don't even think about going down to the oyster tomb to pick pearls with me."

"You, if those clansmen who can produce beads know that you have one in each hand... I don't think they will let you go."

"..."

"..."

"I'm here for exercise!" The captain was furious for a moment, and Wan Chengjing, who was uttering wild words, crushed a bead like a demonstration.

"Then what's the point of that?" Wan Chengjing retorted.

As a result, Wan Chengjing was punished and couldn't join the pearl fishing team to fish for pearls...

Wan Chengjing returned to the clan dejectedly, thought for a while and swayed the fish tail and went to grandma's house.

Drilling into the air chamber, Grandma is looking at the portrait of the hero back then in a daze...

Wan Chengjing originally wanted to leave silently, but Grandma turned her head to check because she heard the sound of water.

"A Jing?...A Jing, come here."

Grandma waved to Wan Chengjing enthusiastically—although the enthusiasm was a bit too much, but Wan Chengjing clearly saw the flash of tears when Grandma quickly turned her head and inadvertently covered her face.

When Wan Chengjing came to the air chamber, Grandma picked up the cloth that had been prepared to help him dry his hair, as usual.

"Mom misses Uncle again..."

Grandma froze for a moment but didn't stop, she didn't say "You are still young and don't understand" as usual, but asked Wan Chengjing instead.

"Then did Ah Jing think of 'that person'?"

Wan Chengjing sat down on the chair, then raised her head to meet Qiaoniang's eyes seriously.

"Yes, I really want to."

Qiao Niang smiled wryly: "One day is like three autumns... Ah Jing has finally grown up and can understand Grandma's mood..."

Wan Chengjing took out the hairpin that Zhou Jue gave her from her arms—although Zhou Jue intended it for him to give it to his sweetheart—and rubbed it with a slightly hoarse voice.

"I used to be in a daze, doing nothing all day long, and 100 years is so fast; now I live like years, worrying all day long, and every day is like suffering... Mom, does it mean that time passes very slowly when you love someone?"

Qiao Niang nodded, then shook her head again.

"Love someone, if the two of you stay together forever, then time will change quickly, otherwise, it will be as slow as a sundial..."

Looking at the mirror carefully, it is indeed the case.

Grandma didn't continue this topic anymore, but asked Wan Chengjing why he didn't go to the pearl fishing team—Wan Chengjing didn't talk about it, so Qiao Niang didn't ask any more questions, and just told him not to forget to go in the next few days The family ancestral hall offers incense to parents.

Wan Chengjing only stayed for half a cup of tea before saying goodbye to his mother and going to the clan's ancestral hall.

The ranking of parents is still very close to the middle position - this is because the blood of father is really noble.

The ancestral hall is divided into two floors. The first floor is a larger space, where all the dead people in the family are placed. This room is underwater; and after swimming across the house to the space supported by two pillars, there is a ladder It can go up vertically - this is an air chamber - but there is no Jiaoniang living here, but a portrait of the ancestor of the mermaid tribe - Wan Qidong and his partner - is placed here.

Wan Chengjing stood in front of his parents' row for a long time, babbling out what he wanted to say, and then picked up Long Yanxiang who was placed next to him and lightly smeared three lines on the top of the row.

The mermaids live underwater, so they can't light an open flame when they say that they are offering incense—so they have always used this method of "burning incense"—noble and polite.You must know that such a piece of Long Yanxiang can basically be exchanged for a piece of gold of the same size or even more on land.

Wan Chengjing put Long Yanxiang back to the place where he got it for later use, and he only wore the innermost air chamber.

The space inside the air chamber is not large, and it will only accommodate a dozen or so people.

The air inside is regularly replaced by a special person, so it won't look very dirty.

The portrait of Wan Qidong is in the middle.

Since he listened to the old hermit crab last time, he has a different understanding of his ancestors.

The man in the painting is still wise and mighty: ink-like hair, deep eyes, perfect waist, handsome face...

He wondered if the man hiding behind such a picture was really an ugly monster as the hermit crab said—however, he wondered, if what the hermit crab said was true, then the ancestral mate—was also the ancestor Master Jingwei, where is the imprint she left in the world?

Wan Chengjing leaves silently...