Chapter Fifteen Sister and Brother

  It's easy to talk about practicing, but when it comes to actually doing it, there are a thousand threads and no place to start.

  Ding Yunyi had never trained soldiers before and didn't know where to start, but tomorrow they would officially divide into two groups as agreed upon, yet he had no clue what to do here.

  It's really depressing.

  I originally thought that I had traveled to this era, relying on my grasp of historical knowledge, it wouldn't be difficult to mix in and get a official position, but who would have thought that now I can't even solve the problem of basic food and clothing.

  There were some silver coins that Zou Weiqun had given to himself on his body, but what's the use of just having silver coins? There was no place to consume on this island either.

  Ding Yunyi, who was anxious and distracted, could no longer stay in the military camp.

  All the brothers went out to sea to fish, including Xiao Yifeng and Bao Zonghua. Only he was left behind, which was Hong Tiaoyuan's intention, saying that he should make a good plan in the military camp, but he had not planned anything for half a day.

  Walked out of the barracks, strolling along, and didn't know where to go either.

  Suddenly, several children's cheers came from the front, Ding Yunyi was curious in his heart and walked over step by step.

  It turned out to be a few kids who caught two large birds. Ding Yunyi had never seen such birds before, and he casually asked, "What kind of bird is this?"

  "Watercock." A child said without turning his head: "Catch this bird back, pluck its hair and burn it, it's fragrant."

  Ding Yunyi exclaimed "Oh" and suddenly had an idea, speaking in a business-like tone: "Sell these two birds to me, okay?"

  "For sale?" Several children turned their heads together: "Not for sale!"

  Ding Yunyi was taken aback and hastily took out silver from his bosom: "You see, I have silver, I don't want yours for nothing."

  "Silver?" The leading child scratched his head, took the silver and looked at it, then disdainfully returned it to Ding Yunyi: "What's this? We don't want it!"

  Ding Yunyi was taken aback, but thinking about it again, the people on this island lived extremely hard lives, and were even still living in a primitive state of bartering for goods. Silver coins had little use here, and some families hadn't even seen what they looked like in their entire lifetime, let alone having several children.

  Seeing several children who didn't care about their own money, Ding Yunyi felt a bit helpless. As an adult, he couldn't just snatch things out of the kids' hands, could he?

  Shaking his head and about to leave, a woman's voice suddenly sounded from behind: "Ahu, what are you up to again?"

  The sound was familiar, turned around, and met the eyes of the woman behind him. Two voices simultaneously came out of their mouths:

  "Ah Xi?"

  "Inspector?"

  The one who came was Ah Xi, who taught himself how to fish at sea.

  "When the four words 'Inspector Big Shot' reached his ears, Ding Yunwei was extremely embarrassed. He was just a small inspector and had no connection with the two words 'Big Shot': 'Ah Xi, I'm not some big shot, that day Hong was just joking with you, so just call me Little Ding.'"

  "Brother Ding." Ah Xi smiled with a pursed mouth.

  "Sister, who is he?" asked a child named "Ahu" as he walked over.

  "This is our new patrol officer from Penghu." Ah-hsi pulled the child to his side: "Officer Ting, this is my younger brother Ah-hu."

  Two siblings? That makes things easier. Ding Yunyi's mind was racing extremely fast.

  "Sister, we caught two pheasants, just right to bring back and have you cook for us to eat. Brother Ding said he wants to ask us to buy." Ah Hu boasted, pointing at the pheasants in his companion's hands.

  "Buy?" Ah Xi's face turned stern: "Ding Ge and Hong Batou are the same, they came to protect us from being bullied by pirates. He asked you for two grass egrets, can't you even give them to him?"

  "Hmmph!" Ah Hu snorted: "Every time the pirates and those strange people come, Hong and his men have already run far away, never once have they protected us!"

  Ding Yunyi's face suddenly turned red.

  It seems that Hong Tiyuan and his subordinates got along well with the fishermen in Penghu, but when it came to suppressing bandits, they were not very good.

  A Xi smiled secretly, then immediately put on a serious face: "Listen, Ding Ge and Hong Baotou are not the same, and the grasshopper is not something precious. Tomorrow you can think of a way to catch two more, that's all. Sister will go home and cook fish soup for you to drink."

  Ahu seems to be quite afraid of his sister, muttering to himself as he took the pampas grass from a little partner's hand, and with a huff, handed it over to Ding Yunyi: "Here."

  Ding Yunyi felt a bit embarrassed, it's not easy to catch the two egrets, they don't want silver, and owing things to children is always bad, after thinking for a moment, he had an idea:

  "Ahu, who says we can't fight pirates? Tomorrow we'll have a drill, and once we're done with the drill, we'll go fight pirates. So, you gave me two wild geese today, tomorrow I'll invite you to watch our drill."

  It was really a child's nature. As soon as they heard this, Ahu and his little friends were excited, one by one opening their eyes wide "Really?"

  "I'm a dignified inspector, why would I tell lies to you kids?" Ding Yunyi smiled and said: "However, we have to agree on one thing first, you can only look but not make any noise."

  "Alright!" Ah Hu nodded vigorously: "We guarantee it!"

  Watching her brother's excited appearance, Ah Xi smiled again and let Ah Hu take the little friends to play first. She asked: "Brother Ding, what do you want to do with the grass skirt?"

  "Eat."

  Ding Yunyi's answer made Ah Xi stunned for a moment, and then Ding Yunyi smiled and said: "It's really eating, but my eating is very different from others. Tomorrow during training, it will be of great use."

  A Xi didn't understand but thought that since an official said so, it must be right.

  Ding Yunyi wanted to go back, but suddenly found himself lost and didn't know the way back.

  It's no wonder that Ding Yunyi is like this. He was originally a road idiot, and he had to walk on slightly remote roads dozens of times before he could remember them.

  A Xi seemed to have noticed Ding Yunyi's embarrassment and smiled sweetly: "Brother Ding, we're going the same way, let's head back together."

  "Ah, ah." Ting Yunwei couldn't help but be moved by her words.

  "Where are your parents?" After a while, Ding Yunyi asked casually.

  Axi suddenly fell silent, then said in a low voice: "Years ago, the great pirate king Guī Wáng Wán came to our island. He was from Fúsāng country. His subordinates and my father had a dispute over some trivial matters. My father had a bad temper and refused to admit defeat. As a result, Guī Wáng Wán killed my father. My mother fought with them desperately, but she also got killed by Guī Wáng Wán..."

  Ding Yunyi's mouth fell open, he didn't expect that this girl who loved to smile so much would have such a sad story behind her, and he felt like he had asked the wrong question.

  I don't know how to comfort you, I thought for half a day and finally squeezed out a sentence: "Ah Xi, rest assured, if Gui Wang Wan comes again in the future, I will definitely kill him to avenge your father and mother!"

  "Really?" Ah Xi raised her head and asked with surprise and full of expectation.

  Ding Yunyi nodded vigorously: "Really!"