Chapter 15: Compensation from the Sea Goddess

Song Chuman shook her head. "It's not heavy at all. I think it's actually quite light."

Song Hexiu swallowed hard, his body trembling slightly. "You... put it down first, and let your brother try."

"Okay."

After Song Chuman set it down gently, Song Chuhuai followed his sister's lead and demonstrated it himself.

Now, both Song Hexiu and Sheng Shuwan believed in the fact that their children's strength had suddenly increased.

After having their son put it down, Sheng Shuwan called the children to her side, looking very puzzled. "How did your strength suddenly become so great?"

Song Chuhuai shook his head. "I don't know. I only just discovered it myself."

Song Chuman said with an innocent expression, "Could it be compensation from the Sea Goddess? The Sea Goddess is a deity, so she must be compassionate. I was just a child taken to be sacrificed by ignorant people; she must feel bad for me and is compensating me. When we were digging for seafood just now, it felt incredibly easy—shoveling sand was like shoveling cotton."

Song Chuhuai nodded. "Yes, it was much easier than before."

Seeing her family staring at her in shock after she finished speaking, Song Chuman added, "Didn't Father tell us stories like this before? He said that over a hundred years ago, the people of Qingyu Village went out to sea to fish and accidentally caught a giant turtle in their nets. They kindly released it, and from that day on, that family returned with full catches every time they went out to sea. Not long after, they went to the city to buy a building."

Song Hexiu was stunned. "That is possible, but why has your brother's strength increased as well?"

Song Chuman had already prepared her explanation. "Because my brother and I are twins. Aside from our gender, we are exactly the same. Perhaps the Sea Goddess intentionally gave our family extra compensation because she wants our lives to improve. Strength is very important in daily life."

Song Hexiu and Sheng Shuwan nodded; this explanation was reasonable.

Sheng Shuwan's expression instantly relaxed. She had always been bothered by the Song family members calling her daughter a "jinx," but now it seemed her daughter was a "lucky star."

"A-Man's father, it's fine now. Our daughter isn't disliked by the Sea Goddess; she was saved by her. She isn't a jinx."

Song Hexiu nodded with a smile. "Indeed. It's a case of surviving a great disaster to receive great blessings. Those people were ignorant; our children are favored by the Sea Goddess."

With this, the two of them felt at ease. Children favored by the Sea Goddess would surely grow up safely.

With the mystery of the children's strength resolved, Song Hexiu looked at the seafood in the wooden bucket. "I suppose these are also gifts from the Sea Goddess."

Sheng Shuwan agreed wholeheartedly. "Most certainly."

Song Chuman didn't bother to explain. It was better if they thought this way; in the future, when she found even more seafood, they wouldn't find it strange.

Watching the wriggling octopus, Song Chuhuai suddenly spoke with saliva pooling in his mouth, "Father, Mother, can we eat this seafood tonight?"

Before they had split the household, even if they found seafood, Li Cuicui rarely gave any to them, even if some had died.

Basically, she would eat it herself or give it to the second or third branches of the family, or dry it out to accumulate a certain amount to sell to merchants in the city.

Song Hexiu pondered for a moment. Seafood was quite popular in the city, and these could likely be sold for some money.

However, since these were found by the children, he would still need to ask for their opinion on what to do with them.

Sheng Shuwan thought the same as her husband; she would not disrespect them just because the children were still young.

(End of Chapter)