She Only Cares About Cultivation
Chapter 212: 【211】Tasty and Pretty Fisherman 62 (Fifth Update)

Chapter 212: 【211】Tasty and Pretty Fisherman 62 (Fifth Update)

The child was missing her mom, and her heart ached as she gently rubbed her head.

"Be good, if you like it, your sister will make it for you every day."

Yaya’s eyes reddened as she collected the dishes and chopsticks to wash them in the stone sink by the door, next to a large water tank. Seeing that it was not much water left inside, she carried two buckets and went down the hill to draw water at the foot of the mountain.

The fishing village was situated quite high up, about the height of a small hill, and going all the way down led to the well in the village.

Along the way, she met many elderly men and women from the village. When they saw her, a stranger, they couldn’t help but ask,

"Are you the sister Yaya mentioned? What’s your relationship with her?"

Clearly, Yaya’s purchase of tofu had intrigued everyone, leading them to inquire about her origin.

After all, with Grandma so seriously ill, where could there be any spare money for tofu?

Xiao Yu greeted everyone politely and then explained, "I’m a distant relative of their family. There was a disaster at home, so I came here to seek refuge with my Aunt. I didn’t expect it to be tough here as well, and then I encountered my Aunt falling seriously ill, so I stayed to take care of her for a few days."

"You’re a good girl, not just turning around and leaving but staying to take care of her, which is quite rare,"

The villagers kept their distance from her, fearing she might carry some virus, but they were kind to her.

After fetching the water, she nodded friendly at everyone.

After three or four trips back and forth, she finally managed to fill the large tank at home with water.

She then covered it with a large wooden lid to prevent any dirty things from getting in due to wind or rain.

"Sister, the tide has gone out, shall we go seafaring?"

"What do you and Grandma usually rely on to sustain your lives? The yields from seafaring?"

Yaya shook her head, "Seafaring won’t catch much good stuff, it’s all about luck, and usually, it doesn’t sell for much. Therefore, I mostly barter them with others,"

She had already learned from Yan Qing back on the island that, in their country, the inland areas were better off with rice, and some places even grew wheat, but here by the coast, they mostly grew millet, what modern people refer to as grains, or millet.

So she was certainly surprised when she first saw the rice and wheat she grew on the island, with such short growing periods. But even with their surprise, they simply thought the soil on the island was special and wouldn’t think it had anything to do with her.

When asked where the seeds came from, she said they were already on the island when they arrived, lest they make up any story. Her brother wouldn’t dismantle her platform, as the poor boy knew nothing about these crops.

Why did these coastal fishing villages grow millet? Because millet is drought-tolerant and has a strong ability to thrive on its own.

Besides, they also planted hemp, whose seeds could be eaten and whose stem fibers were useful for making ropes and weaving fabrics.

People by the sea needed to mend their fishing nets and make all sorts of ropes. Clothes weren’t bought often. In most cases, they wove their own.

Then there were millet and soybeans. To sum it up, they mainly had hemp, millet, and soybeans as their crops.

So, the things Yaya could barter from others were mostly excess goods from their homes, like Millet, which had a short growing cycle for their main food. As for millet (larger than millet and sticky) and millet, these slightly better-tasting staple foods were generally not given out for bartering.

Typically, the edges of fishing villages have many rocky reefs with varying elevations. Some are connected to mountains, others are in shallow sea areas, of various sizes.

If the tide goes out, the middle of the sea’s reefs will be revealed, just like the large clusters of green mussels Xiao Yu picked in the middle of the previous island’s sea. Huagang Village’s sea also has similar reef clusters. Generally, the shellfish found on these reefs are much more abundant than those along the coastline.