frightfiction Chapter 141 Lighthouse and Telescope
Chapter 141 Lighthouse and Telescope
Su family flower hall.
It’s Su’s dad and Awen’s day off again, and everyone in the Su family is waiting for them to come home for dinner.
But until dark, they didn't come back. Although they usually couldn't come back because of temporary official business, this time Su's father and Awen didn't send anyone back to tell them, so Su's mother and others were a little worried.
We sent someone to the military camp to inquire and found out that something had happened.
It turned out that several fishing boats in Panyu City had gone out to fish and had not returned yet. Panyu City asked people from Qiongzhou Island to help look for them, and the military camp would have boats out every day to patrol.
It happened to be Su's father's turn to take the boat out for patrol, so he took on the task.
The bad thing is that Su's father and his men did not come back to change shifts at the specified time. Now they suspected that they had encountered pirates or Japanese at sea, and Awen was sent by Xiao Yi to find the ship of Su's father and his men.
After the Su family received the news, everyone was worried, especially Su's mother, who began to regret agreeing to let Su's father go to the military camp.
What does it matter what status you have? It would be better for the whole family to live a down-to-earth life in the mountains and guard supplies.
Every day Su Ma would send people to the military camp to inquire about the latest situation, but every time the servants brought back news, the people had not returned yet.
Fortunately, seven days later, news came from the military camp that Su Dad's boat and the fishermen's boats had been found and were on their way back.
Su's mother didn't know whether Su's father was injured or not, nor did she know whether Su's father would go home directly. So she arranged for people to continue guarding the entrance of the military camp while arranging everything at home.
Although she herself knew medical skills, Su Ma was worried that she might not be able to diagnose the disease accurately, so she asked the housekeeper to invite a doctor with good medical skills from the city to wait at home.
In the evening, news finally arrived from the servants in the military camp.
Dad Su was not injured, but he still had some things to deal with in the military camp. He returned home three days later, and everyone in the Su family breathed a sigh of relief.
Since the people couldn't come back, Su Ma had no way to ask about the specific situation, so she could only ask someone to send some food and daily necessities to the military camp.
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"Madam, the master is back."
Just as Su Ma got up and washed up, she heard the maid come in to report.
Everyone in the Su family also got the news and came to the door to greet Su's father.
Dad Su came on horseback from a distance and saw the whole family waiting in an orderly manner at the door to greet him.
What Su Weixi and the others saw was that Su's father had lost a lot of weight. Not only had he lost weight, he had also become much darker.
Previously, Su's father had someone come back to say that he was not injured, but when he got off the horse, he accidentally hurt his shoulder. He subconsciously made a "hiss" sound, which made everyone in the Su family notice his abnormality. Su's father subconsciously looked at Su's mother, only to see that Su's mother just smiled and didn't say anything. She asked someone to help Su's father, and everyone went in together.
Father Su: It’s over! It’s over! I’m not afraid of my wife crying, I’m just afraid of her laughing!
Su's father, who had just arrived home, needed to wash and rest, so Su Weixi and the others did not go to Su's father and mother's yard. They returned to their own yards and waited to have breakfast together later.
When it was time to eat breakfast, Su Weixi saw that Su's father's left ear was obviously much redder than the right ear. But he just looked down and pretended not to see it. After all, his sister-in-law, brothers and sisters were still there, so he gave his father some face.
At the dinner table, Father Su told us about what happened at sea.
When they received the news that the fishermen who had not returned for many days were missing, Su's father took his men to search for them at sea, but there was no trace after a whole day of searching.
Until a soldier on the boat said, maybe those fishermen have entered the range of Misty Island.
After asking, I found out that the soldiers were born and raised in Qiongzhou Island. They all knew one thing, that is, don't go to the direction of Misty Island. Once you go in, you can't get out. Many ships didn't know this before, and disappeared near Misty Island. No one has ever seen them come out again.
So he ordered the boat to go to the Misty Island to check, and indeed saw some floating objects nearby. But those were all fog, and the crew and soldiers on the boat did not recommend going forward. Father Su thought that these people were more familiar with the situation in this sea area than he was, so he did not force them to enter the Misty Island, but only ordered them to go around the edge of the fog.
Originally, they were just looking at the edge with one hand, but unexpectedly, a gust of wind blew and Dad Su and the others lost their way.
But there was also a good thing, that is, in the fog, we actually encountered several fishing boats and fishermen who had disappeared. At that time, the fishermen had no supplies on the boat and were dying of thirst. If they hadn't caught some fish from time to time, they would have starved to death.
Su Ba and his crew still had food and drinks on their boat, and they shared some with the fishermen, thus rescuing them.
According to the fishermen, they encountered a storm at sea and lost their direction, so they mistakenly entered the Misty Island.
"Dad, how did you get out in the end?" Su Weixi was very curious. Even the fishermen who made a living on the sea couldn't get out of the Misty Island, so how did Su's father and the others get out in the end?
"That's all thanks to your father's cleverness." Father Su's face was full of pride.
At that time, Su's father and his men had been wandering around in the foggy island and couldn't get out. When their ship was running out of supplies, Su's father ordered them to move in the direction where the fog was thickest.
Sure enough, after passing through the fog, they saw an island. Finally, they landed on the island temporarily and found some fresh water and food on the island. After replenishing their supplies, the next day, they found that there was no fog on one side of the island in the afternoon. Finally, they successfully returned to the sea without fog.
But they also lost their way in the sea, and it was raining heavily. Fortunately, Su's father brought a telescope and a compass, so they successfully found the way back.
Everyone found it incredible after hearing this. It was really just luck that Su's father and the others were able to get out.
However, after this incident, Su's father privately discussed with Su Weixi and Su's mother and wanted to promote the telescope. In this way, fishermen may be safer at sea.
But it is not so easy to promote it. First of all, glass is needed to make telescopes. Secondly, telescopes are very important for the current military situation, and it would not be good if they fell into the hands of the enemy.
Finally, it was decided to report this matter to Xiao Yi first, and let Xiao Yi report it to the emperor, and finally see whether it should be promoted among the people or only used in the military.
However, before this matter was finalized, Su Weixi gave Su's father a good suggestion.
That is to let Su's father propose to Xiao Yi to build a lighthouse on the seashore.
The lighthouse is lit every night so that ships at sea can see it. No matter if it is stormy or they are lost, as long as they see the light, they can return to the shore.
"My daughter, your suggestion is great! How could I have forgotten about this?" Dad Su really felt that he was too busy. He had been at the seaside for so long that he actually forgot the existence of the lighthouse.
So without waiting for his vacation to end, Father Su hurried to the military camp to discuss the lighthouse and telescope with Xiao Yi.