"You guys, don't be careless tomorrow." The owner walked back with a heavy fishing net on his back, thinking about what impact the disaster the worm master mentioned would have on the village.

"Yes, I know..." the fishermen replied, and then started chatting.

"Even if we are told not to be careless, tomorrow's job is just fish." A young man looked at the ship owner who was leaving and said helplessly, "Oh, I'm so idle. I still like going to sea."

"Don't say that, the shipowner is also for our own good. If the breeding is done well, we people don't have to take risks to make a living, and that kind of tragic happens!" An older fisherman said to the young man while packing the tools on the boat.

"Missing? What's the matter?" The young man standing aside scratched his head and asked, why didn't he remember what tragic happened?

"Ten years ago, on the owner's ship, a girl named Caibei was eaten by a shark. Before she could pull her up, the whole sea was dyed red. There was nothing we could do..."

"Oh, that's the matter! It's very miserable..."

"The husband of Caibei girl quit her job and moved to the edge of the cliff to make a living with her daughter. It's not difficult to understand his mood. The owner saved his wife first..."

"But if I weren't there, I might have done that."

"Yes, since then, the shipowner started breeding, and I also know what it feels like. This kind of thing makes people feel uncomfortable."

Xue Song, who was standing aside, listened to the fishermen's exchanges and looked at the place where the Saji family was.

"Accident? No wonder I'm unwilling to communicate with the villagers." He shook his head, they could only solve this kind of thing.

"You are back, dad." Shima looked at her father who was washing her feet and greeted her. She sat next to her father and told her what happened today.

"Well, I met Mina on the beach today, but Mina's father asked her not to talk to me. Why is that?"

"I'm sorry..." The middle-aged man suddenly fell silent when he heard his daughter's words. He touched his daughter's head, "It's not your fault, don't take it to heart, I will handle it."

"Um."

Looking at his well-behaved daughter, the middle-aged man remembered what happened and felt a little guilty. This incident had tortured him for a long time, and his former friends also parted ways.

Although it is natural to make such a decision, looking at the appearance of the Sakichi family, the man still couldn't let go, and his daughter's problem also made him unable to face it.

"It's time." The middle-aged man thought that the breeding industry has been doing well over the years and there is no need to take risks like before. It is too dangerous for Sakiji and his daughter to go out to sea to fish. He thought about finding time to have a good talk with Sakiji.

When Saki was injured in his leg, he stayed at home to take care of his daughter who was just one year old and entrusted his wife to him for care. When they went out to pick shells, they encountered a shark and did not have time to pull Saki's wife up. When the accident happened, blood dyed the nearby sea red.

After he packed up the relics of Sakiyo's wife, he brought the family to Sakiyo's house and begged for forgiveness.

"If I were on the boat, it wouldn't have become like this..."

"Saki, at that time... there was really nothing I could do..."

"There's no way? Yes, it's me that I shouldn't have handed over my wife's life to others. You go!"

Listening to Saki's words, the man kneeling on the ground clenched his fists, but he couldn't say anything. Over the years, he has vigorously developed the breeding industry but did not want such a thing to happen again. He hopes to give Saki's family and a stable career to the people in the village.

Now, taking advantage of the disaster that the Insect Master said, it is time to persuade Saki to join them. In this way, their father and daughter don’t have to risk going out to sea.

"Jijiji..." The beach became more and more noisy, and more crows became more and more. They were still calling their companions to come to the land. Xue Song put his suitcase aside, sat cross-legged on the ground, his mind approached the water veins, and used the Hidden River to float out of his body to the sea.

A wave hit, and the boat kept shaking. Mina was tied with a long rope and jumped into the water. She wanted to dive to the bottom of the water to collect shellfish. She took out a knife to pry off the shellfish that were absorbed on the reef one by one, filled the net bag and returned to the boat.

"That girl is so amazing! She is obviously so young."

"Yes, I've always been in the water to pick shells on her mother's behalf, but she's actually quite pitiful..."

Hearing the fishermen's comments, the owner looked at the Sakiji and his daughter not far away, silently.

"What's wrong?" After returning, Saki, who was dealing with shellfish, was prying the shell meat, looked at his daughter's dancing and roaring, and he looked in the direction of his daughter's finger.

"That's..." Saki opened his eyes wide. It was a pearl the size of a quail egg, crystal clear and transparent.

He stood up and picked up the pearl and returned to the house, and began to rummage through the cabinets. When he saw the small purple-red incense bag on his hand, he couldn't help but tremble. It was left by his wife.

Putting the pearls in it, Saki calls his daughter, and he tied the bag with a long string and put it around Mina's neck.

"No one is allowed to tell you about this. Even if I have any faults, I can survive as long as I have this." Looking at my daughter who was still unable to speak, Saki told me, "No one will protect you, I have to protect your life..."

Mina held the sachet in her hand and lowered her head.

In the evening, the sound of footsteps came,

"Who!"

Saki turned around and looked outside the door, a tall figure stood outside.

"It's me, I have something to say to you." The owner of the ship stood at the door, and the dim sunlight shone his shadow on the curtain.

"A worm master said that disasters will happen in the sea in the near future, so be careful."

"You are not qualified to say this!" Sakichi's faint words came from the room.

"I said, do you have a clear idea of ​​what will happen? You are the ones who find the sea's mutated villages," the ship owner ignored Saki's sarcasm.

"Who knows..."

"Sakiyo, there has never been any incident in the village on the sea for the past ten years."

The shipowner said slowly with his head down, and then he also made up his mind to raise his head suddenly.

"In the future, I will not let anyone die before my eyes. Can you go back to the village to help me?"

"Now fish farming has finally improved a bit, and now everyone can live a peaceful life." Thinking of the happy days in the future, the ship owner gradually smiled.

"You and your daughter are fishing alone. Something will happen one day. Do you hope this is the case? What should Mui Ne do if something happens?"

"I know very well what you are doing. The one you cannot forgive is not just me and yourself. Don't blame yourself anymore. You have more important things to do. If you think about your daughter's future, come back..."

The owner stood outside the door and tried hard to persuade him that he wanted the Sagi family to come back to the village and that he wanted to compensate them.

Saki was a little silent as he listened to the owner's words, his eyes drooped, and his fists were clenched.

"I will come again, you must be careful." The owner of the ship didn't hear the movement in the house, took a deep breath, and turned and left.

The bright moon hangs in the sky like a jade plate, and the sound of waves on the ground could not suppress the cries of the crows, and the chirping was very lively.

Xue Song looked at the little crab that was washed ashore by the waves and was waving his pliers towards him. Suddenly, the birds around him ceased to scream. He stood up and threw the little crab back into the sea. He looked at the shells around him. The crows stopped shouting and retreated to the deepest part of the shells.

In the quiet courtyard, crickets came from time to time. Xue Song came to the ship owner's house and knocked on the door to inform him of the importance of the matter.

"I know, just in case, I will let everyone take refuge on the cliff..."

"Bang bang bang..." The sound of the gong sounded, and the young and strong men rushed around to gather the villagers. On the cliff away from the sea, Saki and his daughter were also awakened, standing on the edge of the cliff in their pajamas, looking at the sea.

The sky in the distance has begun to turn white, and the sea has begun to shine constantly, which is the white fish belly!

"The fish... so many died..."

"This is...Red Tide..."

A large piece of red came from afar, and all the fish wherever they went turned over to the water, floating on the red sea surface like blood.

"how so..."

Looking at the tragic situation in the farm, the owner could no longer support himself and fell to the ground with a look of annoyance on his face.

"No matter how you escape, is it futile?" The farming that has just improved, the hope in the village made him face the fishermen who are seeking life under his command. He promised to lead everyone to live a good life.

"There is no way to do this kind of thing..." Sakichi looked at the red tide in the distance and held his daughter's hand tightly. He trembled a little. Looking at the blood-red red tide reminded him of the day his wife was dyed red on the sea.

"At that time... there was no way..."

He closed his eyes and lowered his head, listening to the shipowner's suppressed sobs, he couldn't bear to look at it anymore.

"The red tide has finally passed!"

"Yes, but in this way, breeding is over."

"Forget it, start from scratch and go fishing."

"Too."

The fishermen chatted and cleared the dead fish in the fish pond. The owner was not depressed. He had organized a team and prepared to go out to sea to fish and start over.

"Have the voice not recovered yet?" Xue Song looked at him and knelt aside, and asked pitifully. It had been several days, but she still couldn't make a sound.

Mina nodded at Xue Song, and Xue Song nodded.

"I think it's best to let her listen to more people's voices." He looked at Sakichi who was weaving bamboo baskets and said. If he only stayed with his father alone every day, it would take a long time for Mina to get better. "Then, I'll say goodbye first."

The disaster has already happened, not a typhoon or tsunami. The red tide has little impact on the long-distance voyage of the port, so he can continue to set off. This is also the first time he has seen the red tide, and he only knows it was caused by algae.

He stepped on the beach and walked towards the port.

The sound of waves came, and not far away, the fishermen were dragging their boats into the sea, preparing to go out to fish.

Looking at the shells scattered around him, he picked up one and looked at it.

The little crying beetle was still hiding inside, looking at the outside world pretty.

"It's so strange. The red tide has clearly passed, and the insect has not returned to the sea. Could it be... the disaster has not passed yet?" Xue Song couldn't help but think of it as he looked at the rolling waves.

"Minai, come with me..."

Mina made a basin of water and was scrubbing her clothes. Her father came over from behind and asked her to take Pearl to the village with him. Mina didn't think much about it, and returned to the house to wipe her hands clean, picked up the small incense bag and followed her father.

The owner was dragging a fishing boat in front of him to go out to sea, and the fishermen were also pushing him from behind. He was also surprised to see the father and daughter walking over and stopped.

"Don't go out to sea first. After the red tide, poisonous shellfish will appear..." Sakichi said to his childhood playmate.

"That kind of thing rarely happens, you know that, now you can only go to sea." After that, he dragged the boat back to the beach.
To be continued...