The arrival of Mrs. Bai and her group, coupled with having a helmsman familiar with these waters, prompted Gu Kaiyuan to decide on a trial voyage during this high tide.
Holding her child, Bai Suihe watched the ship sail into the distance before she followed Mrs. Bai back with a hint of disappointment.
"Alright, we still have to follow the necessary rules," Mrs. Bai said. She knew exactly what her daughter was thinking. Maintaining a sense of reverence for the sea, Mrs. Bai felt that the rules passed down by fishermen for thousands of years held a certain degree of wisdom.
Bai Suihe didn't argue with her. Besides, just because she couldn't board the ship this time didn't mean she couldn't go on the next voyage.
The local customs here were far too strict. For a person's first time boarding a ship, one had to not only check their Chinese zodiac but also their exact birth time and date. The fortune-teller even used all of this information to determine the exact time of departure.
