Chapter 736 - 510: Sharing a Room

Chapter 736: Chapter 510: Sharing a Room

When the fishing boats docked, many villagers soon came out to help. Xiaomi packed up all the remaining small seafood and pulled Wei Ziang along to go watch the fun.

Only from everyone’s chatting did Xiaomi learn that not every household owned a fishing boat. Usually, a few families with good relations would pool together to buy one, then go out to sea together and split the profits together.

This was also the busiest time. There was a special water hold on the boats for storing seafood. After docking, they would empty out all the catch inside, then sort it, and promptly send it to the city.

The nearest county to here was Quan County. Although it was still quite far, one had to know that along the sea, the last things in short supply were seafood and boats.

Next to Quan County there was a big river that went straight to the sea. Once these things were packed separately into big wooden barrels, a boat would be dedicated to taking them to Quan County. It was much faster than going by land; they could get there in half an hour.

If they delivered to Quan County now, they could still catch the wealthy households’ dinner. Many maids and servants of big families would go near the docks in the afternoon to wait to buy the freshest seafood.

"Wow, what a huge sea turtle. This could probably sell for twenty to thirty taels of Silver. Eldest Zhang, your boat has really hit the jackpot this trip."

Xiaomi was weaving in and out of the crowd and just happened to hear this sentence, and her eyes immediately lit up.

"Where’s the sea turtle? I want to buy it. Thirty taels, right? I’ll buy it now!"

It was as if she were afraid that if she spoke a moment too late, the big sea turtle would be bought by someone else, even though at this moment, aside from the fishermen, the only outsiders were the two of them.

The others had already seen Xiaomi and Wei Ziang just now, but since they didn’t know them, they hadn’t asked anything.

Now seeing Xiaomi speak up on her own, everyone turned their heads toward her in unison.

A man was holding a sea turtle larger than a washbasin. "Young master, young lady, you want to buy this one?"

Xiaomi nodded like a pecking chick, while Wei Ziang had already started taking out Silver.

"That’s right. I just heard you say thirty taels, right? This is thirty taels, give it to me."

Wei Ziang took the big sea turtle in one arm. This turtle was different from the regular turtles they saw in rivers. The most obvious difference was its four legs: it didn’t have toes, but rather flippers like a fish.

But this big sea turtle really wasn’t small; it must weigh thirty to forty jin. No wonder it cost thirty taels.

After handing the Silver to the sturdy man, Wei Ziang carried the turtle and led Xiaomi away for the time being.

They had already taken a look around the fishing boats. Aside from this big sea turtle, there wasn’t anything particularly special today, so there was no need to keep looking.

Once they had walked a bit farther, Wei Ziang said, "Sea turtles, like turtles, can leave the water for a while. Tonight we’ll just keep it outside first. Tomorrow, once we leave this fishing village, we’ll put it into the space."

Xiaomi nodded repeatedly. "Mm, mm, I know. We’ll leave first thing tomorrow morning."

The two of them quickly returned to that granny’s house. The granny and the three children had all gone to the seashore, probably explaining to the others who they were.

They didn’t mind. Wei Ziang put the big sea turtle under the eaves, and Xiaomi brought over a bucket, poured a bit of Spiritual Spring water into it, and tried to feed it to the turtle.

By rights, sea turtles were marine creatures, not freshwater ones.

But when the Spiritual Spring water came close, the turtle still quickly stretched out its head and began to drink.

Xiaomi clicked her tongue in amazement. "Animals really do know good stuff better than humans, huh."

This way, there was no need to worry at all about the seafood raised in the space not getting used to it. Besides, she had already stored a lot of seawater for raising them.

After the two of them played around the big sea turtle for a while, the granny came back with her husband, her two sons, and three grandchildren.

They hadn’t seen any daughters-in-law all day, but Xiaomi didn’t ask much, since they weren’t familiar.

What surprised everyone most was actually this big sea turtle—it turned out it was from the fishing boat of the granny’s son. It was just that the granny hadn’t arrived earlier, so they hadn’t had time to introduce everyone.

There were five people on their boat in total. Those thirty taels just now, five people split it and each got six taels. Their family alone got eighteen taels. That could definitely be called a bountiful harvest.

You had to know that on a normal day, going out to sea for a day, each person might only earn a few dozen copper coins, and coming back empty-handed was also very common.

Having such good luck as today was truly a rare occurrence.

The granny specially made two big fish and also a large table full of various spicy shrimp and crab dishes. She was clearly genuinely happy and wanted to properly celebrate.

If circumstances had allowed, Xiaomi would’ve even liked to take out a jug of wine.

This seafood fresh from the nets was truly fresh!

But after they had eaten and drunk their fill and were led by the granny to the room where they would rest, the two of them felt a bit awkward.

Earlier, the granny had said there was only one room; the other room could only be found at the village chief’s house.

Xiaomi didn’t know where the village chief’s house was, and in a totally unfamiliar place—even though she was sure she wouldn’t be in danger, and even if she did encounter danger she wasn’t afraid—

the moment she heard they were going to be separated, she instinctively refused.

Besides, they were an engaged couple. Traveling outside and sharing a room wasn’t exactly some shocking, heaven-defying act, right?

As long as they didn’t cross any lines, it was fine.

Yet it was only when it came down to it that Xiaomi felt something was off. After the door closed, when Wei Ziang carried the oil lamp over to the bed, Xiaomi only felt the little deer in her chest start rambling around.

The room was very small. Besides a bed, there was a small cabinet at the bedside that could hold things and also the oil lamp.

A few steps and you were there.

Xiaomi practically held her breath the moment Wei Ziang put down the oil lamp.

Then she heard a light sigh above her head.

Before Xiaomi could figure out what was going on, Wei Ziang had already sat down beside her and directly took one of her hands.

"So nervous? You were pretty straightforward when you agreed just now."

His teasing instead made Xiaomi suddenly less nervous. She even turned her head and glared at him. "I’m not nervous. I was worried you’d be nervous."

Wei Ziang couldn’t help but let out a quiet laugh. Seeing Xiaomi about to puff up her cheeks, he nodded repeatedly. "Right, right, right, I’m the one who’s too nervous. How about I keep watch tonight?"

Even though sharing a room was a great opportunity, Wei Ziang had never thought of doing anything.

Just as Xiaomi worried, he also wasn’t at ease letting her stay alone in someone else’s home. Even if, on the surface, they each had their own place tonight, he wouldn’t be able to rest easy sleeping somewhere else.

Xiaomi hesitated for a moment, then shook her head. "It’s fine, let’s sleep together. This bed isn’t small anyway. We’re going to get married in a couple of years; what’s there to be afraid of?"

Wei Ziang was slightly surprised, then nodded steadily and quickly. "All right."

No matter what, Xiaomi allowing him to be this close and even being able to calmly say the words "get married," instead of being as restrained as before, was already a big step forward.