During the Ming Dynasty, there was a small fishing village in Quanzhou called Luo Citrus Village, and there was a young man named Gu An in the village, whose family had been fishing for generations.
Gu Anben is not surnamed Gu, which is also fate.
It was the high tide that day, and a baby slept in a small wooden basin and stopped in front of the Gu family's door with the tide. The second elder of the Gu family happened to have no children under his knees, and was very surprised to see it, so he carefully picked up the baby and named it Gu An, which means peace and security, and carefully took care of him to grow up.
The second elder did not hide his origins, Gu An knew that he was a baby picked up from the sea, but also to his adoptive parents like his own child, from an early age to know filial piety and gratitude.
The fishermen of Luoci Village all make a living by going out to sea to fish, and due to the distance of the voyage, it can only go home in as little as half a month or as much as one or two months.
Gu's father was nearly seventy years old, and the burden of going to sea to support his family was naturally handed over to Gu An.
Gu An is industrious and can bear hardships, and when he has a job, he rushes forward to let his parents rest on the side, and he is very sensible and filial. The second elder is happy in his eyes, and only hopes to find a good daughter-in-law for his son, and this life will be complete and regret-free.
In the blink of an eye, it was a good day to go to sea, and the fishermen knelt in the Dragon King Temple to worship the gods reverently, and after finishing, they boarded the boats one after another to bid farewell to their families.
After getting on the boat, Gu An frequently turned back to wave goodbye to his parents, quite reluctantly. This is Gu An's first time out, before he only followed his father to row a small boat in the sea not far from home to catch fish and cast a net, and the income was small.
There are many winds and waves in the sea, and fishermen risk their lives to go out of the country just to catch more big fish and earn some silver to support their families. In the middle, it has to be exploited by the layers of fishing and fishing bullies, and in the end there is little left, which is also the center of the fishermen's acid.
As the saying goes, "blessings and misfortunes depend on, and misfortunes and blessings lie down", but many unexpected things happened during this long trip to the sea. Look at the officials and read on!
The fishermen were divided into two large boats, one carrying nine people.
The leading boats were all middle-aged fishermen in the village who had many years of experience in going to sea, followed by a blue-headed boy the size of Gu An.
After sailing in the sea for more than twenty days, fortunately there were no strong winds and waves, and the people finally arrived at the destination sea, took out their fishing gear and began to cast nets to catch fish.
When the nets were collected, the fishermen saw that the nets were almost stuffed with big fish and prawns, and they cheered and rejoiced!
"This time it's not in vain, I can sell it for a good price."
"Obedient, such a big fish and shrimp is rare."
"Yo, big turtle!"
I don't know who shouted.
Gu An also stepped forward, and sure enough, there was a brown-green pattern on its back, and a turtle the size of a copper basin was struggling in the net.
If you look closely, you can see that the turtle has tears in the corners of its eyes, and I am amazed when I board.
Gu An is kind in nature, but he can't bear it, so he holds up the turtle and wants to release it.
The others stopped him and said, "The turtles belong to everyone, so why did you let them go?"
Gu An pondered for a moment and said, "Then exchange the share I deserve for this turtle."
"Are you crazy, how much is a turtle worth?"
"If a stupid boy has money to send you, you can't send it."
"Don't you want to marry your daughter-in-law and think that the turtle will turn into a turtle girl to repay the favor!" Hahaha..."
The crowd regretted something, ridiculed it, and didn't understand it, but Gu An didn't think so.
The custom in the fishing village is that all the fish, shrimp and shellfish caught are divided into one share per person after returning home. The share that is divided can be freely disposed of.
Gu An was willing to make this exchange, and everyone laughed at his stupidity, and the elders even looked at him and shook his head.
Only one person showed a look of approval to him, and secretly began to pay attention to Gu An.
This time, the two boats were full of fresh fish and harvested a lot.
One after the other began the return voyage.
In the midst of the laughter, Gu An fell asleep, dreaming that the turtle would open its mouth to speak, and also told Gu An that there would be a sea overflow in front of him tomorrow, and that it was absolutely impossible to move forward here today.
When Gu An was surprised and wanted to ask the turtle in detail, someone next to him patted Gu An's shoulder, and when he woke up, he found that he was biting the fruit in his mouth, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, but a dream could not be taken seriously.
The ship is still heading back. After eating the fruit, Gu An threw the core into the sea, and coincidentally saw the big turtle again, and there was a small turtle of similar color on its back.
No wonder the great turtle shed tears when it was caught in the net, it turned out that it was reluctant to have children.
The big turtle never wandered, and the little turtle followed Gu An's boat around, and most of the people on the boat also saw it, and they were curious.
Gu An then repeated what the turtle in the dream said to him and his friends.
Someone suggested, "The turtle must not believe in the dream, let's pause for two days."
There are also people who object, it is so easy to catch so many big fish and prawns and do not rush back to sell a good price, less delay for one day, the loss of fish and shrimp will be a little less.
"Clear water and blue sky, no wind and no waves, where the sea overflows, ridiculous and ridiculous!"
The middle-aged fishermen on the leading boat laughed when they heard about it.
Gu An was in trouble, if the turtle dream was real, it would be a major event in which human life was at stake.
(Note: What the ancients called a tsunami is what we now call a tsunami, and the destructive power of a tsunami is enormous.) )
At this point, one person stood up, "Pause for two days, I will not leave." ”
The person who spoke was a young man with clear eyebrows, the same one who had previously cast a praiseful glance at Gu An and secretly paid attention to him.
"I'm in favor of it too."
Gu An was closely followed, and if life and property made him choose, then he did not hesitate to choose the former.
Not to mention the lives of so many people.
One after another, people came out to stand on Gu An's side, most of them were good brothers who had played from childhood to adulthood, after all, young people regarded belongings less lightly. Although the remaining few did not stand up, a few acquiesced to the majority.
The middle-aged fishermen on the leading boat saw Gu An and their boat stop, scolded and grinned for a while, and continued to sail after holding their own experience in sailing.
As for the spillover, they have heard about the older generation of fishermen in this century-old sea disaster, and after all, they have not witnessed it with their own eyes and are anxious to go back and sell a few more dollars, after all, there are old and small, and a money is eager to break in half.
Gu An's persuasion was fruitless, and he had no choice but to give up. With the boat partner, he found a reef island to dock the boat.
It was night, and Gu An and his friends in sleep were suddenly awakened by several loud noises, and the boat began to jolt up and down, and there were bubbles bubbling up and down the seabed.
Everyone was very frightened, and the timid ones were afraid that a huge wave would overturn the ship and leave the reef island at a fast speed, but fortunately, the vision process was not long, and the sea surface returned to calm in a short time.
The two days flew by, and Gu An and they set sail home.
On the way back, they felt more and more wrong, and the wreckage of the boats was constantly floating on the surface of the sea, and some people even found some fishermen's clothes and fishing gear in the sea.
Gu An's heart sank, this was a bad omen of something bad, wasn't it that the ships in front of him had already suffered?
The facts tell them that it is. The closer you get to home, the worse it gets, and it's not just the wreckage of the ship that floats on the sea, but also the remains of the bodies of three, three, two or two...
What a sad scene, there were already people crying on the ship, and there were their relatives and relatives in those corpses.
By the time they returned to the village, the home was gone. The houses collapsed in pieces, the broken tiles were uninhabited, and the desolation was too desolate to be witnessed.
The sea overflowed like a fierce beast, not only devouring the fishing boats, but also leveling their homes, and everywhere they went, they were in a mess. Human beings are as vulnerable as ants in the face of natural disasters.
The second elder of the Gu family was also killed by the natural disaster of the sea overflow, and Gu An did not expect that a trip to the sea would be eternally separated from his parents... So sorrow came from it heartbreak.
But after mourning, he had to rebuild his home and bury the bodies of the victims, Gu Anqiang rebuilt the house with tears in his grief.
The houses by the sea are not large, and most of them are made of wood. One is the convenience of materials, the other is the low cost, and almost all the exploited fishermen are poor all their lives and cannot afford expensive materials.
The beautiful-looking teenager silently accompanied Gu An, and he helped Gu An do whatever he wanted. Ask him where his family is, whether he has a family, he does not answer, and over time Gu An does not ask, quan dang has an extra brother.
On the third day of the new house, Gu An dreamed of the turtle in the daytime, this time the turtle was more anxious than the last time, telling him that someone was going to kill him tonight, telling Gu An to quickly dig a hole under the bed that could accommodate him, and hide in the hole at night.
The turtle saved the life of Gu An's boat at sea, indicating that the turtle's words did not deceive people, and although he was still curious at the moment, he still did it.
At night, Gu An hid in the dug hole with bated breath, and the bed was covered with a personal shape made of clothes, as if someone was really sleeping on the bed.
Sure enough, at three o'clock, a group of masked gangsters broke into the house with a knife, raised a knife and slashed at the bed, Gu An was so frightened that he did not dare to come out, thinking that when did he offend this gang, he had never formed a grudge with anyone, why was this?
In the confusion, more footsteps were suddenly heard outside the house, and it turned out that they had arrived in time for the arrest, and they had surrounded the house in groups, and the masked gangsters suddenly panicked, and had nowhere to escape but to surrender their weapons and capture.
After Ying Yu took the gangsters away, Gu An crawled out of the hole, and the Qingxiu teenager changed his previous silence and taciturnity, he ripped off the belt on his head, and a flowing hair hung down in an instant...
Gu An looked stunned, it turned out that the teenager was a beautiful and beautiful girl, from a neighboring village, named Xu Xiang. Because of her outstanding appearance, she was taken by the fishermen to take her as a concubine, and fled to Luoci Village to avoid the bullying of the fishing bully.
Just in time to catch up with the fishermen in the village to go out to sea to fish, they mixed into the crowd and boarded the boat, and saw that Gu An was not only kind and kind but also a talent, so he secretly had feelings for him.
Xu Xiang hid in Gu An's house, although she was dressed in men's clothing, she was recognized by the minions of the fishermen who were looking for her everywhere, and the fishermen had heard of her cruel in the local area with their vicious and famous methods.
Delicate in her mind, she expected that the fisherman would not give up on this, so she secretly observed the movements of her minions. Knowing that they were going to kill Gu An tonight, they hurried to report to the officials to arrest these miscreants.
As it was, the truth came out.
Gu An, who was originally confused, was embarrassed at this moment, how could he be looked up to by other girls when he was poor and white?
However, Xu Xiang had already regarded Gu An as his sweetheart, and it was inevitable that after the night long dreamed more, he would send a matchmaker to come to the media, thinking that if he married Gu An Yuba, it would not be good to pester.
Gu An was happy in his heart, but at present, his parents' mourning period had not yet passed, and he was not allowed to marry during the three years of filial piety, and he was afraid that the girl would suffer with him later, so he found an excuse to push away from the matchmaker.
The matchmaker went back to pass on the message, and xu Xiang immediately said goodbye to his parents and ran to Gu An's house, and once the package was lost, he would not leave.
What is not famous, this life is to follow him Gu An. It was only three years, and she could afford to wait.
(In modern terms, this girl is a real tiger, a typical bold girl.) )
So although the two were under the same roof, they were scrupulously adhering to filial piety, and there was no half a step across the thunder pool in each room.
After three years of filial piety, Gu An carefully prepared the ceremony, and the next dowry was given to marry Xu Xiang. The two officially became husband and wife, and they were very affectionate.
The author has said: There are omens before the tsunami, such as undersea earthquakes and submarine volcanic eruptions, which are first earthquakes followed by tsunamis.
The reason why fishermen can catch a considerable number of large fish and prawns at once is also because the seabed organisms have pre-perceived that the tsunami is coming and migrated to safe waters on a large scale.
Fishermen have lost several precious lives because of blind self-confidence, and they still have to be in awe in the face of nature.
Gu An was filial to his parents from an early age, and saw that the turtle pitifully exchanged his gains for its freedom, and the turtle frequently dreamed of him in order to repay the favor, and in turn saved him twice. Gu An's extremely kind qualities are more favored by Xu Xiang, not that he does not marry, but also a good person has a good reward, which is a good story of its own.