"Pirates? Who are they? Pirates are many times more powerful than them. If you dare to anger the pirates, not to mention the entire people on the ship, and even the nearby towns will be killed by them. However, pirates also have
Their code, like the Conquerors of the Sea led by Williams, was that they only robbed those merchant ships that gained ill-gotten gains and never harmed those who did not resist."
When Julianna returned home, Gioni's words lingered in her ears for a long time. The tough but just pirates were like the heroes in her heart. She really wanted to meet them. Aunt Maggie and Cousin Tazea didn't know where they were going.
Now, there is only Uncle Kaji at home who is hiding in the kitchen and drinking secretly. Why not ask Uncle Kaji. He used to be at sea often and may know something.
"Uncle Caji, do you know about pirates?"
Juliana sat down carefully, trying to keep a certain distance from him. The dizzying smell of alcohol on his body made her nauseous.
"What?!"
Uncle Kajie, who was drunk, slightly opened one of his sleepy eyes and stared at her.
"Well, pirates, pirate things. Do you know?"
"Shut up! Don't mention them!"
Uncle Cajie suddenly stood up and stared at her fiercely and raised the wine bottle in his hand. Julianna was startled, thinking that he was going to hit her with the bottle and hurriedly avoided it. Unexpectedly, Cajie just shook it a few times and took it.
He took a few swigs from the bottle, looked at her angrily, and sat down unsteadily.
Juliana became even more curious. Her uncle's tone sounded like there was some deep hatred between them. She sat further away to prevent her uncle from getting hurt when he got excited. After making sure that she was safe, she continued to inquire.
,
"I'm afraid you don't know."
This provoking method was indeed effective. Uncle Kajie stood up suddenly, supported his lame leg and walked towards her very quickly while limping. His eyes were blood red and glowing coldly, and he roared like a crazy lion.
,
"I don't know?! Listen. I lost my leg because of those bastards! Your unlucky parents were also killed by them! I don't know?! They bastards made me lose my precious right leg.
Make me a useless person! These devils... Juliana ran out in a hurry. She had never seen Uncle Cudgel so excited. Even if Aunt Maggie wanted to break his bottle, he would not
As angry as she was now. She finally understood why the people in the town said that Uncle Cage was a good sailor in the past, although she never believed it. But at this time, her respect for the pirates was gone, because she heard
She came to a fact that she didn't want to believe: her parents were killed by them. They are my enemies! The heroic image of the pirates immediately disappeared without a trace in her heart, and was replaced by anger and disappointment.
"Bang bang", Juliana was convinced that Uncle Cajiu had broken her most beloved wine bottle, which showed how deeply he hated pirates. Thinking of this, she actually felt sympathy for the old drunkard, which was rare.
Today is September 13th, the town’s traditional day to worship the Poseidon. Legend has it that the Poseidon is a grumpy, moody giant. As long as he is unhappy, the calm sea will suddenly become rough, the wind will blow, and the fishermen at sea will
Suffered a disaster. Therefore, the small town fishermen who have been out at sea all year round have been carrying out this sacrificial activity since early times. On this day, no one can leave the port, people stop all work and put on their most beautiful clothes.
People wear clothes and bring gifts to the Poseidon to the seaside. There, a special sacrificial ship will send people's offerings to the sea. This activity is repeated year after year, but now the reverence for it has faded.
, this time it just becomes a festival for people to celebrate and rest.
Early in the morning, the quarrels started as usual at Aunt Maggie's house. First, Tazea complained that she didn't have beautiful and well-fitting clothes. In fact, her clothes never fit well. Today's pink dress was tight and tight.
There is no space in her fat body. She is wrapped like a fat sausage, making people feel suffocated and uncomfortable.
Then Cousin Jones carried a basket of prepared offerings and complained: Spending so much money on a boring thing with no reward, and glared at Julianna who was clearing the dinner table, meaning...
Just like raising a guy like you for free. Uncle Kajie was looking for a new bottle in the kitchen to replace the more than ten years old Xinai wine bottle that he broke in a rage yesterday, because he couldn't find the right one for a while.
He rarely lost his temper with Aunt Maggie, and then turned his anger on Julianna.
"What are you doing in such a sneaky way over there? Come here and find the bottle, you pest! And you guys, hurry up!"
It was rare for the four of them to see him lose such a temper and dare to scold the three highest-ranking people in the family. They were all frightened. They searched through the boxes and cabinets for a long time but couldn't find anything. The house was turned into a mess. In the end
It was Aunt Maggie who found a bottle filled with cooking wine to replace his wine bottle, and the cooking wine was placed in a tomato sauce bottle that had a little bit left. In order to grab the remaining sauce, Tazea hurriedly grabbed it
Get a piece of bread and spread it all over, take a big bite and eat, and say,
"I want to lose weight, mom, but in order not to waste this precious food, I have to eat another piece of bread."
As he spoke, he swallowed in three mouthfuls, patted his belly and burped.
"My good daughter, you are really my smart child."
The mother appreciatively took a mouthful of bread crumbs and ketchup from her daughter's fat face, and buttoned another button for her that had been loosened because it was too tight. Then she turned to Zhu behind her who was snickering secretly.
Lianna, stern and biting command:
"Why are you giggling there, you annoying guy? Why don't you go and put on your new clothes! When you go out and people see your sloppy look, they will say that we are abusing you. Go!
You know that we spent a lot of money to adopt you. Those guys who always like to gossip about others say that we have never treated you well. This is really... Okay, okay, I'm going to change my clothes.
"
Julianna didn't want to ruin her happy mood today. Before her aunt finished nagging, she quickly ran back to the attic to change into a dress that her cousin had thrown to her yesterday that she no longer wore. The new dress that her aunt said was indeed relatively new, milky white.
The light pink top and skirt were bought less than a month ago. However, for a piece of clothing that is not suitable for cousin Tazeya’s figure, this month is a bit too long. The whole skirt except the hem
Apart from the fact that it is still intact, there should be no intact place anywhere else. Only four of the twelve buttons on the top are left, and the other eight have long since become loose and fallen off due to being overwhelmed. Julie
Anna had to find some other buttons of the same color and nail them on. The abdomen of the top was relatively tight and narrow. Therefore, this area was also the most damaged. There were wide cracks of more than ten centimeters in length at the seams of each piece of fabric.
The longest piece has been cut straight from the armpit to the bottom, revealing a long section of raw edges. For this purpose, Julianna spent nearly a whole day carefully tucking the raw edges into the pleats. Then she carefully and carefully tucked the cracked edges into the folds.
Everywhere was sewn up with thread. Although she had packed in a lot of clothes, her cousin's clothes were really too big for her, especially the waistband of the skirt. It could probably fit two Julianna's in it.
Her waist was so small that she had no choice but to use pins around the skirt opening to prevent the skirt from falling down due to being too loose.
I finally put on this new dress. Now it can really be called a new dress, because it is basically re-cut and sewn. Overall, this dress is not bad, except that it is a bit loose. Julianna changed her clothes.
She then took out the sky blue butterfly hairpin given to her by Kenia and carefully put it on her golden curly hair. She took a look in front of the mirror. Although she had never cared about her appearance, at this moment she was not only
She was attracted by her own beauty: her snow-white and delicate face was set off by her long golden curly hair, which made her look pure and elegant. The sky blue headdress shimmering on her golden hair highlighted her beauty. Although the newly sewn clothes were still a bit
The ill-fitting but milky white color is most suitable for her innocent and pure temperament. In short, if you didn't already know that she was a poor orphan who was fostered in someone else's home and her parents died, then you would definitely think that she is a princess living among the people.
"Julianna, why are you dawdling up there? We are going to be delayed by you again, come down quickly!"
Aunt Maggie's piercing scream came from downstairs again. Julianna nodded to herself in the mirror with satisfaction and replied:
"I'll come down right away."
Then he smiled sweetly at himself in the mirror and turned around and went downstairs.
Just as she walked down the stairs, the noise suddenly stopped. She looked at the surprised expressions of her four relatives in confusion. They also suddenly discovered that this orphan girl who had never cared about before turned out to be such a beautiful cousin Tazeya.
Both Cousin Jones and Cousin Jones blushed at the same time, but one was because of jealousy, and the other was because of excitement and nervousness. Tazea rolled her eyes and glanced at her, and soon she found the hairpin. She seemed to have finally discovered it.
Juliana screamed like evidence of theft:
"Mom, look, she actually bought such a beautiful hairpin. It's very expensive. She must have stolen your money to buy it, it must be!"
Juliana saw her aunt's face turning green and quickly explained,
"No, it's not. I didn't take your money. This card was a gift that Kenia brought back to me when she traveled to Jamaica. She can vouch for me. Things are definitely not what my cousin said."
Juliana suppressed the anger in her heart and tried to keep her expression as natural as possible. Her aunt looked at her doubtfully, and finally made sure that she didn't look like she was lying, so she said,
"I will ask her. However, if you dare to touch my money, I will drive you away unceremoniously. Remember?!"
"remember."
Juliana nodded helplessly. Tazea was not willing to let her mother give up interrogating her so quickly and shouted from the side:
"I gave her such a beautiful dress. I have no more clothes. Mom, you must buy me another one!"
"Didn't you just buy this thing you're wearing?"
"No! This one is too ugly. I have to buy another one. Otherwise, I won't go out today!" Tazeya lost his temper and blocked the door with his hands, "You are not allowed to go out either!"
"Okay, okay, baby, I'll just buy you another one."
Aunt Maggie comforted her rambunctious daughter, and then glared at Julianna, the source of the trouble. Finally, her daughter stopped crying and the family was able to go on their way. Tazea slowly moved closer to Julianna, gloating to her cousin.
explain,
"This time, even if I throw away my clothes, I won't give them to you again. I'll see what you wear then!"
Juliana glanced at her indifferently,
"That's good, I don't need to spend the whole day mending your new clothes."
Cousin Jones on the side also walked up to her and said to her in a tone that he thought was very noble,
"I can give you another chance to reconsider being my wife or lover."
He just noticed today that his cousin, who was wrapped in a big, old rag all day long, was so charming, so he thought about it again and again and finally decided that he could forget her past rudeness to him, and even lower his status again.
The orphan girl discusses this important life event.
Juliana choked back at her cousin's words. She looked solemnly at the Satanic cousin in front of her and said softly with a sweet voice,
"I think I answered your question a long time ago, dear cousin. If you have no impression, then I might as well remind you to search deep in your precious memory, maybe you will find the answer.
"
After saying that, he quickly walked away before he got angry. Cousin Jones thought about it for a long time before he understood the meaning of this sentence. The feeling of being insulted again made his face turn purple, but in his heart he was planning how to force her.
Give in or kick her out of the house!
The whole family was in a gloomy mood on the road, and no one wanted to talk. It was rare for Uncle Cajie to drink happily on this day when drinking was allowed. He staggered drunkenly along the way. Neither his son nor daughter wanted to help him. Juliana had to pick the one by herself.
The pier square was crowded with people, and her aunt, cousin, and cousin all went to find people to play with. Uncle Cajie was also dragged out to drink by a few old drunkards. Julianna was very happy that she no longer had to smell this unpleasant smell.
I smelled the alcohol, so I walked around alone. I met Kenia in front of a shop selling strange shells and starfish, and the two happened to go shopping together.
"Hi, Judy."
There was a burst of excited shouts from behind them, and Juliana turned around to see a tall, thin young man in a sailor suit running towards them waving his hands.
"Judy, you look so beautiful today."
The young man ran over panting and looked at Juliana nervously and excitedly. He didn't know where to put his hands so he could rub them back and forth.
"Hey, Hans, I'm here too."
Kania looked at the overwhelmed Hans in a funny way and reminded him that he forgot to greet her.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Kenia. You're here too, hello."
Hans is the son of a fisherman in a nearby town. He has liked the kind, beautiful, lively and cheerful Juliana since he was a child. He has always considered it a blessing to be able to talk to her, but Julianna has no feelings for this boy who has always had a crush on her.
She had a special feeling and only regarded him as a very ordinary friend of hers. She also told him clearly that it was impossible for the two of them to be together. But Hans still pursued her persistently.
"Hello, Hans."
"Judy, you are so beautiful today, like a noble princess."
"Thank you. Why are you wearing a sailor uniform?"
Julianna felt uncomfortable due to his direct gaze and quickly changed the subject.
"Oh, by the way, I haven't told you yet. I've become a sailor. Look, Judy, that's the ship. That's the Angel."