Chapter 31:
Sea creatures do not have a specific date for their coming-of-age ceremony like humans. After all, there is no calendar in the underwater world. Even an old turtle can only give an approximate time. As for specific dates such as months and numbers, he It is impossible to say.
But no one can go wrong with their bar mitzvah.
After all, different spirits will have special performances on the day of adulthood.
For example, the old sea turtle can't be successfully transformed until the day of adulthood; and the oarfish also shed its silver skin on the day of adulthood and turned into the same skin as a normal human.
So every time Shen An'an asked when he became an adult, the old turtle said with an inscrutable expression: "Don't worry, you will naturally know that day."
Shen An'an asked several times, but the old turtle refused to say anything. In the end, Shen An'an simply didn't bother to ask any more. Anyway, as the old turtle said, when that day comes, you will naturally know.
However, although she did not continue to struggle with the question of when the adult ceremony was, she began to struggle with another more important matter.
For example, on the day of adulthood, she can speak. When faced with that little brother scientist, what should she say in the first sentence?
The oarfish: "What's so difficult about this? I was in the city some time ago, and I heard the children in the city sing a nursery rhyme, nodding, choking, shaking his head, and saying hello for the first time. Just say hello to the little brother scientist. Hello!"
Shen An'an: "..."
Old Turtle: "Aren't you always curious about the name of the human scientist? Otherwise, you can ask him what his name is."
Shen Anan felt that the old turtle's suggestion was a little more reliable, but she always felt that it was a bit too ordinary and did not fit her identity.
She is a little angelfish!
When we met for the first time, I directly asked people what their names were, but there were no queues.
Or Octopus understands her thoughts: "You can ask him if he has a girlfriend."
Shen An'an was a little moved: "...is it appropriate to ask such a direct question when we first met?"
Octopus: "What's wrong with that. You must ask about this kind of thing in advance. After all, even in the sea, polygamy is condemned."
The old turtle on the side heard the conversation between the two and said casually: "Don't ask, I asked this question for you last time."
When the old turtle came back that day, he only said that the human scientist was surnamed Zhou and that he had given Shen Anan a new name called Xiaomei, but did not mention the issue of girlfriends.
So not only the octopus essence and the oarfish were stunned, but even Shen An'an was stunned: "...I asked? Why haven't I heard you mention it? Then what did he say, did he say yes or no?"
Yes, or no, that's a really good question.
If you want to say no, everyone admits it personally. He has a girlfriend named Xiaomei who lives on the island!
But if you say yes, even his girlfriend, Xiaomei, doesn't know about it.
And when he thought that the fish he had worked so hard to raise was about to be humiliated by a nasty human scientist, the old turtle didn't want to be an assist at all.
So he turned his head and started to pretend to be dead as soon as he closed his eyes: "...I'm too old to forget. If you have a chance, you should ask him yourself!"
Seeing the old turtle's reaction, Shen An'an felt a little drum in her heart: "...he doesn't really have a girlfriend outside, does he?"
Although the old turtle didn't want to be an assist, he didn't want to make any unnecessary misunderstandings, so he reluctantly explained for Zhou Suiyu: "No, no, he didn't say that... Oh, stop thinking about it, Don't ask me, I'm getting old, and I really can't remember what he said. Anyway, you can speak soon, and you will know if you ask him directly. "
Shen An'an listened to the old turtle saying no, but her heart was temporarily put down. As long as Zhou Suiyu didn't have a girlfriend, Shen An'an would have the confidence to attack him.
After all, as the old saying goes, there is no little brother who can't be teased, only little sister who can't be teased!
Zhou Suiyu recently discovered a new phenomenon. Since Shen Anan started to grow her legs, the time she can leave the ocean has become longer.
Thinking that when the little mermaid was first with him, he either needed to put the little mermaid on the shore and let her tail dip in the sea water. Or you need to pour water from the sea water to douse the little mermaid from time to time.
But now, the little mermaid can leave the sea and play on the reef for a long time.
Of course, this kind of change cannot be achieved overnight, it is a relatively long process.
Zhou Suiyu secretly recorded that at the beginning, the Little Mermaid did not leave the water for more than an hour, but as time passed, she could only leave the sea for half a day now.
Zhou Suiyu couldn't help but wonder, does this indicate that one day the Little Mermaid can actually leave the ocean completely?
So she is not only able to live in the deep sea, but amphibious by sea?
Zhou Suiyu silently wrote his new findings in his "Little Mermaid Research Report", and thought, if this is the case, is it necessary to build his own glass house by the sea?
If there is no need to build glass houses by the sea, is there no need to participate in the so-called scientific and technological progress award?
After all, the reason why he wanted to participate in the Science and Technology Progress Award was to get the prize of 5 million to build a glass house by the sea for the Little Mermaid.
Now that the little mermaid can completely get out of the ocean life, what kind of glass house is built by the sea? He can take the little mermaid to live in the city!
After all, living in the city, eating, drinking, and playing is much more convenient than on an island. Of course, these are all secret thoughts of Zhou Suiyu. As for the specifics, it depends on whether the little mermaid can really escape from the ocean life. , and the will of The Little Mermaid herself.
On the day of Shen An'an's adult ceremony, it was a sunny day.
The golden sun shone the sea water into a azure blue.
Before the old turtle said don't worry, when it comes to the coming-of-age ceremony, you will know. Although Shen An'an listened to the old turtle's words, he was still dubious about it.
In the end, it was only until this day that she knew that what the old turtle said was true!
Because before long legs or not, Shen An'an was not under his control at all. But as soon as she opened her eyes that day, she found that she had suddenly become able to control her tail.
It turns out that the little mermaid is not really able to grow legs when she is an adult, but that she can control whether she can show herself with a fish tail or a human shape.
Happiness came so suddenly that although Shen Anan was sure that this day was her coming-of-age ceremony, she couldn't help but go to the old turtle to confirm it.
After listening to Shen An'an's description, the old turtle couldn't help but redden again.
Shen Anan knew that she had guessed correctly when she saw the performance of the old turtle.
The little mermaid's mother had prepared clothes for the little mermaid to wear on the coming-of-age ceremony. It was made of silver-white dragon gauze, and it was trimmed with blue dragon gauze. It was worn on the body, when walking. Like the Milky Way flowing, like the ocean surging.
Shen An'an put on this dress, and the hairpin that she had given her last week. Even the straight men like the oarfish and the old turtle couldn't help staring at it for a moment.
The octopus even said bluntly: "I feel like it's a bit too cheap for that human scientist."
Shen Anan nodded confidently with a smile: "I think so too."
When the little mermaid dressed up on the seabed and was about to give Zhou Suiyu a surprise, Zhou Suiyu was also busy in the kitchen, preparing to surprise the little mermaid.
He wanted to make a casserole pot for The Little Mermaid. In fact, the more classic is the casserole fish head pot, but this is definitely not suitable. So Zhou Suiyu picked it up and finally decided to make a perfect pork belly and chicken soup casserole for The Little Mermaid.
The main ingredients are pork belly and old hen, and the accessories are eggs, quail eggs, yam, fungus, oyster mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, cabbage and ginger. Originally, this dish could be boiled with some precious Chinese herbal medicines to make it more nutritious, but Zhou Suiyu was afraid that too much supplementation would be harmful to the body of the Little Mermaid. Yu finally gave up those Chinese herbal medicines and switched to natural organic vegetables instead.
Speaking of which, the Little Mermaid eats meat, and she really should eat more vegetables to adjust it. After all, it is not right for children to be picky eaters. Only children who eat well can grow up fast... No, grow up fast!
The pork belly and chicken soup casserole was just smelt out of fragrance, and a girl walked gracefully on the path full of wild chrysanthemums not far away. The distance was far away, so Zhou Suiyu couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly, but he could see that the other party was wearing a long white dress, and the skin was really white, and it would reflect light in the sun.
This island has always been inaccessible. Except for the ships that deliver supplies to the island every week, almost no outsiders visit.
How did such a weak girl get on the island?
And what is she doing on this island?
Zhou Suiyu was full of doubts, so he couldn't help staring at the girl. The more you look at it, the more familiar it becomes. The silver-white skirt on the body is familiar, the figure is familiar, the long braid with amazing amount of hair is familiar, even the hairpin on the head...
No way?
Shen Anan was able to walk slowly and patiently at first, but when she saw Zhou Suiyu staring at her blankly at the kitchen window, she immediately ran towards Zhou Suiyu with her skirt up.
The wind lifted the long skirt on her body, making her whole figure look like a butterfly flying among the flowers.
As soon as Zhou Suiyu recognized her, he subconsciously threw away the spoon in his hand and went out.
As soon as he stepped out of the kitchen, the beautiful butterfly floated into his arms.
Zhou Suiyu didn't even have time to blush when he heard the little mermaid raise her pretty and delicate face, and sweetly called out, "Little brother!"