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Part One: Penghu Storm Chapter 474 "Angel" (Part 1)

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    "Pirates? Who are they? Pirates are many times more powerful than them. If you dare to anger the pirates, not to mention the people on the entire 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 plundered 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, and she really wanted to meet them.  Aunt Maggie and Cousin Tazea have gone somewhere, and Uncle Cajie is the only one at home hiding in the kitchen drinking secretly. Why not ask Uncle Cajia, he used to be at sea often, maybe he knows something.

    "Uncle Cajie, do you know about pirates?"

    Juliana sat down carefully, trying to keep a certain distance from him. The dizzy 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, pirates. 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 wine bottle and hurriedly avoided it.  Unexpectedly, Kajie just shook a few times, picked up the bottle, and took a few sips. He looked at her angrily and then sat down unsteadily.

    But Juliana became even more curious. Her uncle sounded like he had some deep hatred between them.  She sat further away to prevent her uncle from getting hurt if he got excited.  After making sure you are safe, continue 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. My legs were broken by those bastards! Your unlucky parents were also killed by them! I don't know?! These bastards made me lose my precious right leg.  Make me a loser! They devils Juliana ran out in a hurry. She had never seen Uncle Cudgel so excited, even if Aunt Maggie wanted to break his bottle.  As angry as she was now. She finally understood why the people in the town said Uncle Cudgel had been a good sailor, even though she had never believed it. But now her respect for the pirate was gone, because she heard it.  When she came to a fact that she didn't want to believe: her parents were killed by them. They were 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", Julianna was convinced that Uncle Cajer had broken her most beloved wine bottle, which showed how deeply he hated pirates.  Thinking of this, I felt a rare sympathy for the old drunkard.

    Today is September 13th, the town¡¯s traditional day to worship the God of the Sea.  Legend has it that Poseidon is a grumpy, moody giant. As long as he is unhappy, the calm sea will suddenly become rough, the wind will rise, and the fishermen at sea will suffer disaster.  Therefore, fishermen in small towns who go to sea all year round have been conducting this sacrificial activity since early times.  On this day, no one can leave the harbor. People stop all work, put on their most beautiful clothes, and come to the seaside with gifts dedicated to Poseidon.  There, a special sacrificial ship would deliver people's offerings to the sea.  This event is repeated year after year, but now the reverence for it has faded and it has become just a festival for people to celebrate and rest.

    Early in the morning, the usual quarrels at Aunt Maggie's house started. 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 tightly stretched over her fat body, leaving no gaps.  She was wrapped like a fat sausage, making people feel suffocated and uncomfortable just looking at it.

    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  It's like raising a freeloader like you.  Uncle Caje was looking for a new bottle in the kitchen to replace the ten-year-old New Love bottle that he broke in a rage yesterday. Because he couldn't find the right one, he rarely got angry with Aunt Maggie.  Then he 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 big temper and dare to scold the three highest-ranking people in the family. They were all frightened.  Everyone searched through boxes and cabinets for a long time but couldn't find it. The house was turned into a mess, and finally?Aunt Maggie found a bottle of cooking wine to replace his wine bottle, and the cooking wine was placed in a ketchup bottle that had a little left in it.  In order to grab the remaining sauce, Tazea quickly took a piece of bread and spread it all over, took a big bite and said while eating,

    "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 the food in three mouthfuls, patted his belly and burped at the same time.

    "My good daughter, you are really my smart child."

    The mother appreciatively removed a mouthful of bread crumbs and ketchup from her daughter¡¯s fat face, and buttoned another button on her clothes that had become too tight.  Then he turned to Juliana behind him who was snickering secretly, and gave a stern and pointed order:

    "Why are you giggling there, you annoying guy? Why don't you go and change into your new clothes! When you go out and people see your slovenly appearance, they will talk about us 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 now.  "

    Julianna didn¡¯t want to ruin her happy mood today.  Before her aunt could finish nagging, she quickly ran back to the small attic to change into a dress that her cousin had thrown to her yesterday that she no longer wore.  The new clothes that my aunt said were indeed relatively new. They were a creamy white top and a light pink skirt. They 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.  Except for the hem of the whole skirt, which is still intact, there should be no intact place anywhere else.  Only four of the twelve buttons on her blouse were left, and the other eight had long since become loose and fallen off due to being overwhelmed. Julianna had to find some buttons of similar colors and nail them on.  The top is tighter and narrower around the abdomen.  Therefore, this area is also the most damaged. There are wide cracks of more than ten centimeters in length at the seams of each piece of fabric. The longest one has opened straight from the armpit to the bottom, revealing a long raw edge.  For this reason, Julianna spent nearly a whole day carefully tucking the raw edges into the pleats.  Then carefully and carefully sew the cracked places with thread.  Although she had put in a lot of clothes, her cousin's clothes were too baggy for her, especially the waistband of the skirt.  It could probably fit two of Julianna's thin waists, but she had no choice but to use pins around the skirt opening, so that the skirt wouldn't fall down because it was too loose.

    I finally put on this new clothes. Now I can really call it new clothes, because it has basically been re-cut and sewn.  Overall, this dress is pretty good, except it's a little baggy.  After Juliana changed her clothes, she took out the sky blue butterfly hairpin that Kenia gave her and carefully put it on her golden curls.  She took a look in front of the mirror. Although she had never cared about her appearance, she was not only attracted by her own beauty at this moment: her snow-white and delicate face was set off by long golden curly hair, which was pure and elegant, and she had a sky-blue headdress.  The glitter on her golden hair highlighted her beauty. Although the newly sewn clothes were still a bit ill-fitting, the milky white color was most suitable for her innocent and pure temperament.  Anyway.  If you didn't already know that she was a poor orphan girl whose parents had died, you would definitely think that she was 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 now."

    Then he smiled sweetly at himself in the mirror, turned around and went downstairs.

    As soon as I walked down the stairs, the noise suddenly stopped.  She looked at the surprised looks of her four relatives in confusion. They also suddenly discovered that this orphan girl who had never cared about before turned out to be so beautiful. Cousin Tazeya and Cousin Jones blushed at the same time, but one of them was because  Jealousy, the other from excitement and a bit of nervousness.  Tazea rolled her eyes and glanced at her a few times, and then she found the hairpin. She screamed as if she finally found evidence of Julianna's 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."

    Julianna 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¡¯ll ask her. No.However, if you dare to touch my money, I will drive you away unceremoniously, remember?  !  "

    "remember."

    Juliana nodded helplessly.  Tazea was not willing to accept that her mother gave 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 one?"

    "No! This one is too ugly. I have to buy another one. Otherwise, I won't go out today!" Tazea 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, again.  Finally, the daughter stopped crying and the family was able to go on their way. Tazea slowly moved closer to Juliana and gloated to her cousin,

    "This time, even if I throw away my clothes, I won't give them to you again. I'll see what you wear then!"

    Julianna glanced at her indifferently,

    ¡°That¡¯s good, I don¡¯t need to spend all 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 discussed this important life event.

    Julianna 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, quickly walk away before he gets 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 mind he was planning how to force her to submit or drive her out of the house directly!

    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 freely on this day when drinking was allowed. He staggered drunkenly along the way. Neither his son nor daughter wanted to help him, so Juliana had to pick it up alone.  Take up this burden.  The pier square was crowded with people. 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. Juliana was very happy that she no longer had to smell the unpleasant smell of alcohol.  Now, let¡¯s walk 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. Julianna turned around and saw 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, only treating him as a very ordinary friend of hers, and she had clearly told him that it was impossible for the two of them to be together.  But Hans still pursued her persistently.

    "Hello, Hans."

    "Judy, you look so beautiful today, like a noble princess."

    "Thank you. Why are you wearing a sailor suit?"

    Juliana was made uncomfortable by 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."

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