Tongtian Bamboo Repair

Chapter 418 Xing Family
Waves and coconut groves. Under the scorching sun, several tall coconut trees provided shade, and a slight sea breeze blew in with the smell of the sea. Under the cool shade of a tree, a muscular man was weaving a fishing net with his upper body bare.

His hands are very dexterous, and the wooden shuttle tied with hemp rope passes through his hands. The crisscrossed hemp ropes are intertwined into meshes, and a damaged fishing net is slowly repaired in his hands...

His movements are skillful and his work is serious. A group of old ladies were seen smiling, covering their mouths and laughing.

"What a great young man. He is energetic and can repair fishing nets."

"Yeah, look at how long his hands are, his skin is white, and his strong arms..."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at how coquettish you are, you really want to kidnap him and take him home!"

"If the old Xing family agrees, I will tie them up now and give them a basket of pike!"

"Okay, it's just a basket of pike. If the old Xing family agrees, I'll give you half the boat!"

Several women pointed aside, but the man didn't pay attention. After he finished the work in his hands, he turned around and went to the house to take out a basket of prepared sea fish and hang it up.

His diligent look made the eyes of those women brighter.

Who doesn’t want a hard-working husband?
At this moment, a voice shouted: "Xiao Zhang, come back!" Hearing this voice, Zhang Miao responded: "Okay, I'll be back after drying these fish!"

The person who called him walked out of a wooden house. She was tall, her skin was slightly dark due to the wind and rain, and her thick hands and feet were rough. It was obvious that she was a person who often did heavy work.

This person is Xing Sanniang, the fisherman who rescued Zhang Miao from the sea.

Xing Sanniang glanced at the group of chattering women. The women looked at her and then dispersed. After the women dispersed, Xing Sanniang came over and said, "Xiao Zhang, don't listen to those old women talking. They all have evil intentions but no courage."

Zhang Miao answered with a smile while working quickly: "I know, ma'am."

The way Xing Sanniang looked at him was like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law. The more she looked at him, the more she liked him. This little Zhang has iconic looks, a tall and powerful figure, and is diligent and conscientious in his work. Apart from having no spiritual roots, such a good man is not worthy of his daughter!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh. Finally, Zhang Miao also finished his work. He put away the fish basket, returned to the house with Xing Sanniang, and started having lunch.

Lunch was very simple, a plate of pickled vegetables, a grilled dried fish, a bowl of kelp soup, and a pot of fragrant rice porridge. Liuyan Island is close to the sea, so naturally it is close to the sea. There is no land to cultivate here. The fragrant rice is bought from outside and the pickles are pickled by ourselves. There is no shortage of salt here, but there is a shortage of vegetables.

As for dried fish, that is certainly enough. Xing Sanniang is a fisherman. She has her own fishing boat. In addition to selling the fish she catches every day, the rest will be made into dried fish and stored.

"There is no need to leave food for Xiaorong today. She won't come back to eat today." Xing Sanniang explained.

Zhang Miao nodded and handed a bowl of rice porridge to Xing Sanniang. Xing Sanniang was not polite at all, picked up the rice porridge and started drinking it.

In Liuyan Island, there are more women than men, and almost all families are headed by women. Because of the extreme imbalance between men and women, it is a big problem for women here to get married. Those with some money will marry men from outer islands. This requires a large amount of betrothal money.

And those who have no money can naturally only become female bachelors. Zhang Miao was washed up on the island, and then picked up by Xing Sanniang. Xing Sanniang originally wanted to marry Zhang Miao to her own woman, thereby saving a large sum of money in betrothal gifts...

After lunch, Xing Sanniang went to the fish market on the island. She has a small business in the fish market. In fact, she is quite famous in Liuyan Island because she has good boxing skills.

There are about three thousand people on Liuyan Island, and most of them have no spiritual roots. If you want to get spiritual roots, you must go to Haisuhai City to buy artificial spiritual root transplants. However, artificial spiritual roots are very expensive, and it is not cost-effective to transplant them if you are over 30 years old. Although the fishermen on Liuyan Island live a worry-free life, it is still difficult to save money to buy spiritual roots.

Ordinary people do not have spiritual roots, so naturally they can only learn some boxing and kicking skills, both for self-defense and for physical fitness. If she wasn't proficient in boxing, how could Xing Sanniang, a woman, be able to take on the job of fishing at sea. In fact, as long as people here don't have spiritual roots, they will practice a boxing technique to strengthen their body.

Zhang Miao's body is extremely clean, and his body is made of the exquisite heart of Nine Apertures. Zhang Miao once asserted that this exquisite heart cannot cultivate more than seven orifices. If the highest nine-orificed exquisite heart is cultivated, then this exquisite heart may transform into a human being.

The Linglong Heart transformed into a human being, not just like a fairy, but rather giving birth to a new human race. The nine orifices are exquisite, and he is a person who knows everything, knows all the bones, has a dexterous mind, and flexible hands and feet.

This time, Zhang Miao cut off all his karma, which was equivalent to 'death'. In order to 'resurrection', he chose to occupy a nine-aperture exquisite heart and became a new person. Yes, they are new people, even the race is new.

This exquisite person with nine orifices appeared for the first time in the world, because of the sudden appearance. Neither heaven nor earth is a match for him. Therefore, this body has no spiritual roots. Without spiritual roots, there is no way to practice the current spiritual practice. Perhaps you can try those ancient practices that don’t require spiritual roots.

During this period of time, Zhang Miao was sorting out the memories in his mind and planning to practice ancient Qi training techniques. In the ancient art of refining weapons, the first priority is the body. The body must be polished to be round and leak-proof, so that Qi can be introduced into the body.

Therefore, if he wants to practice, he must first learn a boxing technique to strengthen his body... Fortunately, it is not difficult to learn boxing here, and Xing Sanniang is a master in this way. After she heard that Zhang Miao wanted to learn boxing, she was very happy to teach him Liu Yandao's most widely circulated boxing technique - Boat Boxing.

This boat boxing, as the name suggests, is a boxing technique used on ships. This boat is not a large transoceanic boat, but the most common small fishing boat here. A small fishing boat is not big, so this punch is not a violent punch that opens and closes, but a small and agile punch between square inches.

This punch focuses on the stability of the lower limbs, so that they can be as stable as a mountain on a rocking boat. Also pay attention to upper body strength, at least the strength to swing the oar and cast the net. It is said to be boxing, but it is more focused on life.

Boat Fist is destined not to be very aggressive. After all, people who learn boxing will not use it to fight fish monsters on the sea. Fish monsters don't have fists either. But in terms of strengthening the body, this boxing method is really good.

After Xing Sanniang went to the fish market, Zhang Miao had nothing else to do, so he started practicing boxing.

Beginners of boat boxing first focus on lowering the plate. Beginners will place a large fish basket on the ground, and walk on top of the big fish basket to imitate the shaking of the hull at sea to exercise the stability of their lower plate. Once you are able to walk smoothly on the fish basket, you can dig a big hole in the ground, fill it with water, place a large wooden basin, and then start walking on the wooden basin.

Zhang Miao has an exquisite body with nine orifices. The essence of the exquisite nine orifices is that you can master it once you learn it. He is very quick to master the boat fist, but the boxing method is different from the magic. The magic is basically done as soon as he gets started. After you master boxing, you still need to study hard and practice hard to improve your physical fitness.

While Zhang Miao was practicing boxing on the fish basket, a girl walked towards here with brisk steps. When she came to the house, she saw Zhang Miao who was concentrating on practicing boxing. There was a subtle expression on her face. This expression contained some annoyance, some disdain, and some appreciation?
This girl is Xing Xiaorong, the daughter of Xing Sanniang. Like all fishermen, her skin is not fair, but a healthy wheat color. Because the hair is often soaked in sea water, the quality of the hair is not good, and it is slightly yellow and split. But her skin is smooth, her figure is strong, and she has a flexible beauty.

Xing Xiaorong is a pearl fisher. This is an extremely high-paying but also extremely dangerous job. There are three thousand fishermen on Liuyan Island, but there are less than thirty pearl fishermen. The sea pearls collected by the pearl divers are a low-level spiritual material. One sea pearl collected is equivalent to a boatload of fish for Xing Sanniang. And Xing Xiaorong is the best among the pearl divers. She can harvest three to five sea pearls every time she goes into the sea, making her a high-income earner.

Logically speaking, a woman like her has no worries about not getting a husband. But like all high-income women, her vision is extremely high, and ordinary men don't even notice it. The person she wants to marry must be a practitioner with spiritual roots!
Although she does not have a spiritual root, she has been working hard to save money and plans to transplant a spiritual root. As long as the transplant is successful, she can embark on the path of spiritual practice. She is also a girl with a dream!
Because of this dream, she and Xing Sanniang had great differences. Xing Sanniang felt that the business of pearl divers was too risky. Although the income was high, if it was not enough, she would be swept away by the undercurrent of the sea, or killed or robbed by the sea monster. Moreover, this profession is very dependent on youth, and you cannot do it when you are old and weak.

Xing Sanniang thought about letting her daughter inherit her fishing boat, find an honest man to marry, and then have a child and live a good life. But Xing Xiaorong doesn’t want to!

Both mother and daughter are stubborn. For her marriage, her mother followed the same routine as everyone else and tried every means to get Xing Xiaorong married. In order to get rid of this fate, Xing Xiaorong worked harder to fish for pearls in the sea, hoping to quickly raise enough money to transplant spiritual roots, and then escape from this family. She believed that after becoming a monk in the future, she would definitely escape from this remote place. Island, go to live in a big city in the west (Dongjiao Prefecture).

Therefore, Xing Xiaorong did not like Zhang Miao, the 'cheap husband' he picked up. But Zhang Miao has a soft temper. No matter how provocative and provocative Xing Xiaorong is, he always looks resigned. As time went by, Xing Xiaorong became helpless...

Zhang Miao, who had been practicing boxing for a while, heard the noise. He looked up and found that Xing Xiaorong was back. So he jumped off the fish basket and said to Xing Xiaorong: "Xiaorong is back, are you hungry? I specially left a grilled fish for you. I added lemongrass when I grilled the fish. It's delicious."

Seeing how attentive he was, Xing Xiaorong raised her head and said impatiently: "No, I've eaten!" She ignored Zhang Miao and went directly into the house. Seeing her impatient look, Zhang Miao was not angry either. Zhang Miao has lived for hundreds of years, how could his character be so angry with a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl.

From what he observed these days, the mother and daughter depended on each other for each other's good, but they were both stubborn and had their own ideas, and could not tolerate objections from others.

Zhang Miao walked into the room and saw Xing Xiaorong changing clothes. The girl did not shy away from him at all, but Zhang Miao was a shameless person. He quickly turned his head and said, "Do you want to take a shower? I made new soap. Didn't you say that the soap was very useful last time?" I made a new one out of coconut oil and put it next to your cabinet.”

After hearing what he said, Xing Xiaorong paused for a moment, and then said firmly: "I know!"

She walked into the room carelessly in her underwear. Zhang Miao hurriedly said: "I also made whale oil conditioner. Remember to use it. It's good for your hair."

"Okay, okay, I understand, why are you so long-winded!" Xing Xiaorong's impatient voice came from the room.

Zhang Miao smiled slightly, picked up Xing Xiaorong's clothes on the ground, and washed them later.

Zhang Miao naturally has to do what he can to live and eat in other people's homes. Because of his habit, Xing Xiaorong, who was critical of him, had nothing to say. It also made the neighbors very envious of the old Xing family for picking up such a 'virtuous and well-managed' son-in-law...

After a while, Xing Xiaorong came out of the shower. She glanced at the grilled fish on the table. The grilled fish was golden brown and crispy. There was also a faint aroma of vanilla in the grilled fish, which was added with lemongrass. Next to the grilled fish, there is a bowl of fragrant rice porridge and a plate of delicate pickles arranged in an exquisite and cute way. Even ordinary pickles were put in different ways by Zhang Miao.

Looking at this exquisite meal, Xing Xiaorong was also filled with emotion. Before Zhang Miao came, she and Xing Sanniang lived a rough life. Although the two of them are women, one is busy fishing and the other is busy making colored beads, so naturally they have no input in housework. The porridge is cooked with either too much or too little water, the grilled fish is either burnt or pale, and the small plates for pickles are often left unwashed.

How could it be like now, when everything at home is in order, Zhang Miao can cook delicious meals, do needlework, repair fishing nets and dry fish!
It's just...it's just that he is an ordinary person after all...

Xing Xiaorong sighed. She is a very independent girl and has a good plan for her life. Even if she marries a husband, she must marry one who is worthy of her and who can help her. She planned to save enough money to transplant her spiritual roots before she was twenty-five years old, and then find a husband who also had spiritual roots transplanted, or who had natural spiritual roots.

Although this idea is a bit ambitious, how will you know it will not succeed if you don’t try it? If she succeeds, then her family will be able to break away from the fishermen class of Liu Yan Island, become residents of the mainland, and be able to work in a spiritual workshop. If she is lucky, her next generation may have natural spiritual roots, even if they do not have natural spiritual roots. Root, she also has the money to transplant one for her child. Her child will definitely not be able to live on Liu Yan Island!

Unfortunately, she and Zhang Miao were not destined to be the same person. Being virtuous and managing the household is indeed good, but it does not change their class!

(End of this chapter)