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The boat was traveling very fast, with a smooth journey, and in a blink of an eye, it was in the ocean.When they were sitting around having dinner, Shi Yaoguang explained clearly the reason why Shuimongshou was not on the same boat.

Mrs. Shi Yin said: "Although the master of the water meter can't take the ride, Jing'er doesn't have to worry about it. She treats this place as her own home. If you need anything, just turn on the voice. You will live in the room next to us, which is convenient for daily life. Take care."

Shui Jing replied: "Thank you, cousin and uncle, for your trouble. Jing'er is as sympathetic as Cheng Huan. I hope you don't worry too much."

Mrs. Shi said again: "Guang'er, Qing'er, you must take good care of Gu Jinger, don't leave her alone because of playing."

"My nephew and my cousin are traveling in mountains and rivers and looking for exotic flowers and plants to use as medicine. It is inconvenient to bring my cousin with me, so I have to accompany her in my spare time."

"Cousin and Cousin originally only intended to appreciate the beauty of mountains and rivers and broaden their knowledge. Now they are working hard because of my illness and looking around. I am embarrassed. If my cousin and aunt force them to accompany me again, I will be even more disturbed. In fact, it’s not impossible for me to chat with my cousin and aunt in the boat.”

"My son remembered that in the early days, my son accidentally opened the glove box at home and brought the xylophone to the boat, just in time for my little cousin to play the xylophone to amuse myself. After dinner, my little cousin will follow me to pick up the xylophone. "

Mrs. Shi nodded and said: "It's very good, Jing'er can also practice more diligently, so as not to waste her piano skills."

With Shi Yaoguang's support, Shui Jing came to their room and sat down on a chair. Shi Yaoguang immediately opened the box in the corner of the room and took out a brown xylophone.

He suddenly laughed out loud when holding the high xylophone to Shui Jing.Shui Jing asked in surprise, "Cousin, why are you laughing?"

Shi Yaoguang put the violin away and said with a smile: "Little cousin, do you still remember when I was a child and carved words on the xylophone?"

When Shui Jing heard the words, her thoughts went back to the past, a midsummer afternoon when she was nine years old.

In the back garden of the Shui Mansion, the little boy Shui Jing sat obediently in the gazebo, with a pair of small hands unfamiliarly fiddled with the xylophone strings on the stone table, bringing a tinkling sound to the quiet garden.

"I played it wrong again! It doesn't seem to be the way to press it. How can I produce overtones?" Just as Shui Jing stopped to think, a little boy in blue clothes walked in quickly and picked up the xylophone.

"Cousin, return my xylophone quickly."

Shi Yaoguang said angrily: "This xylophone is mine, you played it without my consent, I haven't settled with you yet!"

Shui Jing opened a pair of bright and energetic round eyes, and said in surprise: "How could this piano be yours? Don't talk nonsense."

"I'm not talking nonsense. My father asked me to learn the piano the day before yesterday, and bought a brown xylophone for me to learn from my aunt in Shuifu. This is the one I'm holding now."

Shui Jing hurriedly said: "No! I wanted to ask my aunt for advice, so I brought this violin at home. It happened that my aunt was out on business and asked me to wait for her in the garden. My violin is also brown."

Shi Yaoguang shouted: "You say this qin is yours, but what about my qin? Don't lie, children who lie will slap their teeth."

"I don't know where your violin is, I'm not lying, return the xylophone to me quickly." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to grab Shi Yaoguang's arms.But Shi Yaoguang was born taller than Shui Jing, and he was also stronger than her. When you were fighting for each other, Shui Jing accidentally touched the xylophone with his face, screamed in pain, and covered his mouth with his hand.Shi Yaoguang quickly picked up a group of teeth on the ground.

It turned out that Shui Jing's loose molars were knocked off the ground and Shi Yaoguang picked them up.Shi Yaoguang held the xylophone and teeth, and said triumphantly: "Oh! Your teeth fell out, which proves that you are lying. I will not play with you anymore. You can eat some candies. My mother said that eating sweets can relieve pain and bleeding. I want to go home gone."

Looking at the xylophone, Shi Yaoguang continued: "At that time, I thought it was me, but before I found out, I took it away from you. When I returned home, my father saw that I had taken it back and carved the words , just told me that he had gone to Shuifu to fiddle with the qin, but he broke the strings due to excessive force, so he took it to the shop for repairs. Only then did I know? You are in vain, because I have already engraved the string on the qin. You can’t change the word back, so I had to lead me to Shuifu to return the tooth and apologize to you before you come home.”

Shui Jing replied: "Yes. At that time, Aunt Shui just came back and saw me standing in the gazebo without seeing the xylophone. She asked about this and was about to go to your house to ask questions. Later, when she saw that you apologized and saw that it was a misunderstanding, she went Let me take the piano you repaired later, and exchange the piano with each other! But at that time, why did you refuse to say what words were engraved, and why?"

Shi Yaoguang smiled awkwardly: "It's nothing, childishly engraved words indiscriminately, I messed up the xylophone, sorry to change it back!"

After hearing this, Shui Jing curiously reached out to the bottom of the violin and groped for it. After several guesses, she finally guessed the literal meaning from the uneven marks. She said word by word: "I stole the xylophone, Shi Yaoguang forced Shui Jing to admit it. Oh! I Cool! I wake up! The big tooth you lost is used to prove that Shui Jing lied." After speaking, Shui Jing flattened her mouth and said angrily, "Cousin Shi, you are so arrogant."

"It's not surprising that my little cousin has a lot of childish things."

Shui Jing said: "It's no wonder you misunderstood. It just so happens that our zithers are all brown in color and it's hard to tell them apart. Also, I changed my teeth and the molars became loose."

"Let's stop worrying about the little things in the past. I have left this xylophone aside for a long time. Try to see if it is out of tune."

Shui Jing smiled and replied, "Okay, then I'll play a song called Waves Washing the Sand."

So the two spent a warm night amidst the beautiful sound of the piano.

Shi Yaoguang escorted Shui Jing back to the room, and then returned to the original room, only to see Shui Jianqing opening the bag, taking out the bedding and spreading it on the bed.

Shui Jian looked at Shi Yaoguang with a smile and said, "My cousin finally came back after enjoying the piano music and sending my cousin back to her room! But my cousin's piano skills have improved a lot, no wonder you linger so much on my cousin."

Shi Yaoguang also smiled and replied: "That's true. In addition, I also talked to her about interesting things when I was a child, and I left late unknowingly, so that my cousin could not go back to the room earlier to rest."

"I chatted with my uncle, and I will go to bed soon. Just now, my uncle told me that the wind is going very smoothly, and I will probably arrive at the largest mountain in the world tomorrow morning. I will ask my cousin to accompany me to lead the way. Let's rest early now."

Shi Yaoguang saw something falling out of Shui Jianqing's lapel with sharp eyes, and asked curiously, "Cousin, what are you wearing?"

"It's a precious mirror." Shui Jianqing replied while arranging the mirror and putting it back in the lapel. "I saw that it wasn't too big, and there was a rope, so I hung it on my body."

"Is it the thing about the kit and the mirror that you mentioned to me this afternoon?"

"That's right."

"Do you believe what the Taoist said, saying that we are banished immortals from the sky, and that we will encounter disaster?"

"How can there be so many immortals born into the world, how can the Taoist alms for fate be taken seriously! As for the disaster, we have not been in peace for so many years!"

"Then cousin, you brought them again?"

"My mother told me to do this, how can I not obey. Besides, some small things are not in the way."

Shi Yaoguang nodded and asked again: "If you can practice Taoism and become an immortal, and travel overseas, would you be willing?"

Shui Jianqing asked back, "Cousin, what do you think?"

Shi Yaoguang paused for a moment before answering: "It's not bad to live forever and be among the immortals, but people are not grass and trees, how can we ignore family affection? Besides the prosperity of the world, now that I have ambitions that have not been rewarded, how can I devote myself to pure cultivation!"

"What is your cousin's wish?"

"The great ancestor emphasized agriculture and suppressed merchants. Merchants were registered as a separate city. They were not allowed to ride horses and chariots. They paid double the population tax. Their descendants were not allowed to be officials. Although Emperor Wu has abolished the ban on his descendants from being officials and allowed them to pass the exam to gain fame, the policy of suppressing business is still strict. I wanted to get it for a long time, so I took an official position and offered advice to ensure the balanced development of agricultural and commercial activities.”

Shui Jianqing heard the words and praised: "I admire my cousin's determination to go to court; I also think that it is meaningful to gain fame and benefit the people. And when we return from overseas, our two cousins ​​will go to Beijing to take the exam together. Taste the long-cherished wish."

"It's so good, it's getting late, my cousin has a rest earlier." After saying good night, Shi Yaoguang burrowed into the quilt to sleep peacefully.

At dawn the next day, the boat sailed to Luling Ridge, the largest tit in the East China Sea. Shui Jianqing had already got up and got ready.When the boat was moored, the two of them went ashore, and they were greeted by a large expanse of blue sky, greenery and lush trees, which made people feel relaxed and happy.

"Such a steep mountain is full of exotic flowers and weeds! I have to pay close attention." Shui Jianqing thought to himself.

"Cousin, don't you want to transplant flowers? Why didn't I see you bring a flower pot?"

"Those flower pots are inconvenient to carry, I'll find out where they are, and it won't be too late to bring them back when I go back."

While talking, Shi Yaoguang suddenly felt tinnitus and pain, he quickly covered his ears and shouted: "It hurts me! It hurts me too! What is this from?" A small bird with a yellow head and a green body, shaped like a bee, was chirping loudly.

"This is the thunder bee. It is named for its sound like thunder and its small size. I read it in "Natural History". They live in the deep mountains and specialize in eating Chiba vines. When they are impacted by foreign objects, they will make thunder. The sound stuns the other party. If you hadn’t caught it quickly, you might have been stunned by it. It seems that there are rare Chiba vines nearby, I’ll go find some and get some.” Shui Jian Qingyu stopped Look around.

Shi Yaoguang shook his head, feeling better before he said: "Such a small guy is making such a loud noise, I might as well bring it back for others to see." Then he took out a small paper tube from his body, and carefully aimed it at the Pour the thunder bee into the mouth of the cylinder, and then close the mouth of the paper.Then he followed Shui Jianqing to a cedar tree.

"Aren't you looking for Chiba vine? It's just a cedar tree, nothing special."

Shui Jianqing pointed his hand and said: "Do you see that the horizontal branches of the cedar tree are entwined with vine-like plants full of dense spiked leaves? This is the Chiba vine I am looking for. Its spiked leaves Dried and brewed as tea, it can generate body fluid and strengthen the lungs, moisten the throat and open the voice, and thunder bee calls so loudly that it doesn’t make you tired, even if you have more of it, it is a rare medicine for nourishing the dantian and invigorating the central qi.”

"Such a good medicine, I need to take a few more back home. It's good to drink it as tea every day. Cousin, tree climbing is my strong point, so you will be responsible for supporting it below." After finishing speaking, Shi Yaoguang hugged the cedar tree , slowly climbed up the trunk.

Shui Jian Qing Ang looked up at him as he cautiously climbed to the branch and stopped. With the help of the main trunk, he pulled hard, tore apart a Chiba vine, threw it down, and quickly reached out to catch it.

After a while, he took two more, and the water monitor listened to him clearly: "There are three more, I will pick two more, and keep one more. What is this one stacked on top of it? Why is it so slippery? Wow! It's a snake!" Shi Yaoguang, who was having a lot of fun pulling out the rattan, suddenly caught a glimpse of his hand turning into a gray-brown snake body, he screamed in fright and shook his hands, the gray-brown snake followed the trend, towards the top of Shuijianqing's head slide.

It's Viper!Shui Jianqing saw it sticking out its tongue, showing a pair of sharp and sharp teeth, hissing towards him, immediately recognized it as a poisonous snake, and turned around and fled.It's just that he is fast and snakes faster!In a blink of an eye, it was already ten feet away.Shuijian Qingqing tripped over a stone in a hurry, and the mirror rolled out of her skirt.He didn't care to pick up the mirror, and raised the back of his hand to face the gray-brown snake, secretly planning what medicine should be used to stop the poison after being bitten by the snake.However, after waiting for a long time, there was no movement.

"Cousin, are you alright?" Shi Yaoguang, who had climbed down from the tree, rushed over to help Shui Jianqing up and asked.

Shui Jianqing looked at the original path, and saw the viper laying motionless in front of the mirror, as if dead, he couldn't help but wondered: "Cousin, just now the poisonous snake was clearly coming towards the back of my hand, why did it stop in front of the mirror ?”

Shi Yaoguang picked up the mirror and handed it back to his cousin, saying: "I came from behind just now, and I saw the gray-brown snake passing in front of the mirror was irradiated by a strong brilliance from the mirror, and then fell to the ground. It was really true just now. How dangerous! I really shouldn’t have thrown the snake towards you in fright, if I hadn’t been helped by the precious mirror and killed the snake, I’m afraid my cousin would have been injured, and I should have hit it even more.”

"If you hadn't been frightened and threw the snake away quickly, you might have been poisoned by the snake. Fortunately, everyone is safe this time. It seems that this precious mirror is quite unusual." Shui Jianqing looked at the mirror while talking, the mirror It has already returned to its original appearance, but that layer of luster seems to be more prosperous.After scrutinizing it for a while, seeing nothing unusual, he put it back in the skirt and put it in order. "Let's move on while the weather is clear."

Along the steep mountain roads, admiring the beauty of thousands of green peaks and strange rocks, they also picked up some Hezhuwu, Huangjing, ginseng, pine nuts, and licorice. They simply took them for lunch, but they were not hungry.Some hares, squirrels, and elk appear from time to time. They are not surprised by anyone and swim freely.The two stopped and walked, looking at the vibrant scenery, but suddenly felt enlightened, but they didn't find some exotic flowers.After walking for more than half a day, I came to a waterfall without realizing it. Silver flowers splashed, the water sounded like thunder, and the water was crystal clear. Several branches of blue flowers grew in a crevice beside the stone, and the stems and leaves were feather-like plants.Shi Yaoguang first pointed to it and said, "This flower is very cute, what's its name?"

Shui Jianqing followed his fingers to look aside, and said happily: "This is like the legendary blue bell flower, which is named for its buds that resemble bells. Like the three-flower plant, it can detoxify nameless evil poison, and it can also activate blood and give birth to life Muscle, relieve pain and blood stasis, very useful for my cousin's disease."

"In that case, let's go back and get flower pots to pick!"

They went back along the road, Shui Jianqing carefully noted the route.Back on the boat, took a thin flower pot, Shi Kangnian said: "It's already dusk, I'll let the boat anchor for one more day, you should go up the mountain tomorrow morning!" Shui Jianqing took orders.

In the evening, Shi Yaoguang told everyone about the encounter with the snake.

Shi Kangnian said: "It turned out that the Taoist was not a lunatic, and what he gave was also meaningful. Unfortunately, I didn't pay attention to it at the time and drove him away. I remember that in addition to receiving the precious mirror, Bai Shou also seemed to get a gift bag. I don't know. What's hidden inside?"

"I put it in the bag, let me go into the room and take it out to have a look."

Not long after, Shi Kangnian took the golden brocade pouch from Shui Jianqing, opened the pouch and looked inside. It turned out to be two red cloths, and sealed the overlapping cloths with beeswax. On the cover, it reads: In case of danger, you can only open it, and you will be rescued. These words.Shi Kangnian handed the kit back to Shui Jianqing and put it away: "It seems that it's not time to open it yet, it may come true in the future, why don't my nephew take it with me?"

"OK."

Shi Yaoguang took out the paper tube containing the thunder bee again, handed it to Shui Jing and said, "This is a little bird called thunder bee that I caught from the mountain, and now I give it to you to play with."

Shui Jing shook the paper tube and heard the Thunder Bee making a thunderous call, and said amusedly: "This bird seems so small, but its call is very loud. It would be too big to raise it in a bird cage. .”

"I'll build you a thin birdcage tomorrow." Shi Yaoguang said again.

There was nothing to say all night, and everyone went to sleep peacefully after eating.

The next day, when the sky was cloudless, Shui Jianqing and Shi Yaoguang headed up the mountain with a flowerpot and a shovel.They walked through the old route for half a day, and finally came to the waterfall.With the assistance of Shi Yaoguang, Shui Jianqing carefully uprooted the bluebell from the root and moved it to the flowerpot.At this time, suddenly a gust of wind blew up, and a spotted tiger jumped out from the stone wall, and the two hurriedly turned around and fled back the same way.The tiger followed closely for about half a mile, and seeing that he was about to catch up, Shi Yaoguang suddenly woke up and shouted: "Cousin, take out the mirror and shine it on the tiger."

Hearing the words, Shui Jianqing hurriedly held the flower pot in one hand, took out the mirror from his bosom with the other hand, turned around and took a picture of the tiger that was rushing towards him, a golden light shot on the tiger's face, and subdued the tiger.He didn't dare to relax, and still pointed the mirror at the tiger.After half an hour, the tiger vomited blood and died, and the golden light of the mirror suddenly dimmed and returned to a faint luster.

Shi Yaoguang couldn't help laughing and said, "This precious mirror is really powerful. It has the ability to subdue tigers. In the future, you don't have to be afraid of being attacked by wild beasts when you explore deep mountains."

"Fortunately, cousin, you remind me, otherwise this potted flower will be ruined."

Shi Yaoguang bravely picked up the dead tiger and said with a smile: "Cousin, let me carry the tiger back to the boat for everyone to see, and then peel off the tiger's skin." After speaking, the two of them went down the mountain by the same path.

After sailing for several days, the ship finally approached Fusang, which is the closest to China.Shi Kangnian was busy counting the goods and directing the crew to move the goods to the board.Listening to the noise, Shui Jing asked curiously, "Cousin, what kind of goods did Uncle Shi Biao prepare for sale?"

Shi Yaoguang looked at it and said, "There seems to be cloth, tea leaves, porcelain, powder puffs, pearl hairpins, books and so on."

Shui Jing asked again, "Are you going up too?"

Shi Yaoguang looked at Shui Jianqing, Shui Jianqing said: "I have never been to these foreign countries, I want to go ashore to appreciate the charm of this place."

"I will also go ashore with my cousin. Cousin, you can rest on the boat and wait for us to buy some special products for you when we come back."

"Okay." Shui Jing replied meekly.

After they left, Shui Jing went back to her room to play the piano for a while, and then, accompanied by Aunt Shui Biao, went to chat on the board.Soon, they heard their voices coming back.Shui Jing was surprised: "Cousin, cousin, why did you come back so soon?"

Shui Jian looked at Shi Yaoguang with a smile and said: "The customs of Fusang Kingdom are similar to those of our country, except that their citizens are all dressed up differently. It turns out that they admire our culture. All citizens, regardless of official, agricultural, industrial, or commercial, need to go to school. At least one must be familiar with the "Three Character Classics", pass the exam, and be given a turban representing the color of different types of work before they can work; if they fail to pass, they can only become homeless, and the people are all ashamed. I wanted to go to their school to see them The books I read, but my cousin bought some things in front of a few stalls on the street, and told me to give it to my cousin, and told me to come back as soon as possible. I think they are going to school at this time, so there is no need to interrupt their study, so I will come back first. .”

Upon hearing this, Shui Jing turned to Shi Yaoguang and asked, "What did my cousin buy?"

"This is a sandalwood fan made of fragrant sandalwood unique to this place. It emits a faint fragrance. There is also this kind of food called corn, also known as pearl rice. It is delicious, you should try it."

Mrs. Shi looked at her son holding the pale yellow bar-shaped fruit in his hand, and coveted: "Son, can I eat this corn too?"

Shi Yaoguang was taken aback when he heard the words, and said: "I only bought two, and I plan to give my cousin a taste of new ones. My mother has eaten them before, so I didn't reserve a portion for you."

Mrs. Shi said angrily: "My son only cares about his cousin and cousin, so he doesn't care about mother? Could it be that mother can't eat again after eating?"

"I don't mean that, baby. They're here for the first time, and they're guests."

Shui Jing rescued and said: "Auntie, it's just a new taste anyway, I'll share half with you."

Mrs. Shi replied, "Jing'er is still cute."

Shui Jianqing woke up suddenly and said, "Why don't you let my aunt eat. I brought two baskets of loquats. I don't know if they have gone bad. I can quench my thirst by eating them." Shui Jianqing couldn't help but say He stuffed the maize that Shi Yaoguang handed over into his aunt's hand, then got up and went to the cabin.After a while, two baskets of yellow, elliptical, half-palm-sized loquats were placed on the board. Shui Jianqing was still worried. Pour it out and spread it on the board of the ship to check whether there is rot one by one.Looking at the golden dots from a distance from the outside of the ship, it is really beautiful.Some passers-by stopped to watch, and some interested people asked, "Where did this come from?"

Shui Jianqing ignored it, picked up a loquat, peeled it and ate it.

Seeing this, the good-for-nothing person smiled and said, "So it's edible, how much is it? Sell one for me to taste."

Shi Yaoguang came over and said on his behalf: "This is a native Chinese loquat, one with a grain of silver."

The good guy gave him a silver coin, so Shi Yaoguang picked a cute yellow loquat and handed it to him.Like Shui Jianqing, he peeled off the skin and opened his mouth to eat. He saw that the juice was all over his mouth. He couldn't help praising: "Good food, sweet and delicious. You can sell more than a dozen and let me pay tribute to the king."

Shi Yaoguang picked another dozen big ones for him to take.Seeing this, other passers-by also bought loquats from Shi Yaoguang.In a blink of an eye, a whole basket was sold, Shui Jianqing said, "Don't sell them all, save them for other crew members to eat."

Shi Yaoguang nodded to show that he heard the order.At this time, there was a sound of horseshoes in the distance, and the troublemaker rode straight to here, shouting loudly: "Don't sell it loose, sell all the rest to me, and I will dedicate it to the king."

Shi Yaoguang cleverly said: "Cousin, anyway, the crew members can also buy and eat after returning home, why not sell them all to this man to make some money?"

Shui Jian Qing heard the words and replied, "Alright."

So the two sold all the remaining loquats to him.

After Shi Kangnian came back, he found out about this, and he weighed them with Xingbang, and they got a total of several thousand taels of silver. , no wonder people say that ocean-going sales are based on luck.”

Shui Jianqing replied: "It's all thanks to my uncle who brought my nephew out to see each other, so my nephew can make money by chance. I don't know how my uncle's business is when he goes out to sell goods this morning?"

"Tea trees and mulberry trees are planted here and every family in the country knows how to raise silkworms and pick silk, so the cloth and tea I brought are not very profitable. Only porcelain and books are best-selling. However, I bought them with half of the interest sandalwood, and try your luck when you return home or elsewhere.”

Shui Jianqing asked again, "How far is Hechai and Mermaid from here? Will our next stop be here?"

Shi Kangnian replied: "It's not very far from here, only one island, a few small mountains and two or three countries are separated. We will go to the Ryukyu country to try our luck first, and then we will sail there. The Ryukyu country is very beautiful. , you just wait patiently, you might as well go sightseeing when you get there.”

Ryukyu Kingdom, a country rich in glazed glass and crystal stones, green pines and cypresses are planted on the streets, and the roofs of those houses are made of glazed tiles. When the sun shines, they glow with colorful and changing luster, which makes people dizzy.Those national women wear hairpin ornaments made of crystal stones, while men wear crowns and belts inlaid with crystal stones, which are shining and very eye-catching.

Shui Jianqing said to Shi Yaoguang: "This kind of scenery can only be called magnificent and unique. Uncle said that the scenery here is beautiful, and it is true."

Shi Yaoguang replied: "Yes, although I traveled here with my father, I hid in the cabin to study. This is also the first time I went ashore to visit. Why are there so many people going in the same direction? Cousin, wait a moment, Wait for me to go up and ask." After speaking, he went up to talk to an old man who stopped, and then walked back and said, "It turns out that today is their Valentine's Day. Unmarried men and women will dress up to make a wish at the marriage well, and participate in the fire dance ceremony to celebrate Cousin, since we are free anyway, why don't we go visit?"

They followed the people to a temple in the suburbs, and saw a round stone well under a big banyan tree at the entrance on the right side of the temple. On the round well, there were three big characters of Marriage Well written in red characters, and allusions to the well were densely written on the stone wall next to it. .It turns out that there is a touching legend about Marriage Well.

It is said that more than 200 years ago, there was a daughter of a rich man in this country who fell in love with a long-term worker. The rich man found out that he dismissed the long-term worker and said that unless the long-term worker earned 1000 taels of silver, there was no hope of getting his daughter. .A month later, the millionaire betrothed his daughter to the son of a landlord in the city.The rich man's daughter didn't want to marry someone else, so she pretended to go to the temple to offer incense, and committed suicide by throwing herself into a well.The millionaire was very sad. It happened that the long-time worker went out to sea with the fleet to do business after he left, and earned thousands of taels. After hearing the news, he rushed to the temple. In grief, he gave him the token of love from the millionaire's daughter, the crystal pendant. To be buried in the well.Then a miracle happened. The water in the well was bottomless, but after throwing it down, it dried up in a hurry, revealing the rich man's daughter. Chang Gong hurriedly picked her up and survived.When the rich man learned about it, he accepted a dowry gift of 1000 taels from the long-term worker, and married his daughter to him, and the two lovers finally got married.The local people then recorded the incident on the wall and named Ishii as the well of marriage; they also designated the day as Valentine's Day, and held a fire dance meeting, letting unmarried men and women dance and sing around the torch on the grass outside the temple. Equipped with crystal stone ornaments, such as capes and hairpins, throwing them into the well to make a wish can find a lover, so the local unmarried people all go to the temple dressed in crystal stones.Some of them went to the grass to join the singing and dancing people around the big circle, and some went to the stone well to make sincere wishes and cast ornaments.

Shui Jianqing and Shi Yaoguang just watched from the sidelines, feeling the lively atmosphere.Suddenly, Shi Yaoguang pointed to a place on the left side of the temple and said, "Look there, there are still people selling crystal ornaments. I just want to buy two for my little cousin and mother. Why don't you go and have a look."

When they approached, they saw a wide variety of crystal stones and ornaments in front of an old man, leaning against a plaque on his back, and the inscription read: Mystery connects the mysteries of heaven and earth, transforming into colorful opportunities.

Shi Yaoguang smiled and said, "So he was also a fortune teller." When the old man heard someone approaching, he slightly opened a pair of pure and introverted eyes, and glanced at them lightly.

Shi Yaoguang chose two chic pink and light yellow crystal hairpins, and asked, "Old Bai, how much do these two cost?"

"Five taels of silver. The two guests are outsiders. Why don't you tell your fortune?"

Shi Yaoguang thought that the old man's business might not be good, anyway, fortune-telling is harmless, and the cost is only ten taels of silver, so he nodded and told his birth date, and stretched out his hand in front of the old man.

The old man looked at his palm and looked at his acquaintance, and said slowly: "You are the only son in your family, you are well-off, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, you are smart since childhood, have extraordinary understanding, and you have a fairy bone. Tribulations, but you can still turn the danger into a bargain, and then you can abandon the world, focus on pure cultivation, and accumulate good deeds, and you will be able to return to the fairyland as soon as possible.”

Shi Yaoguang nodded at first, and then he couldn't believe it: "Immortal bone, fairy world! How can I have the possibility of becoming a fairy!"

The old man then said: "The secrets of heaven are unfathomable. If there is no predestined relationship, you will be able to become a fairy! Just like the brother next to you is also a fairy root and fairy bone, with a kind heart and a kind heart. You can return to the fairy mountain."

Shui Jianqing also shook his head and said: "We are just ordinary people, becoming a fairy is not easy. Don't make fun of us, Lao Bai! This is 20 taels of silver, you can put it away and start selling crystal stones."

Seeing that they didn't believe it, the old man took the silver and found a purple crystal stone in the shape of coral and handed it to them, saying: "The guest gave me a lot of silver, so I will give you this amethyst stone! It has magical properties." Magic power. As for what I just calculated, I will know in the future." After finishing speaking, the old man closed his eyes and remained silent.

Shi Yaoguang took the crystal stone and two hairpins, looked at Shui Jianqing, and motioned to leave.

Back on the boat, Shi Kangnian had already sold the goods and came back. Seeing the two of them, he said, "The boat is about to sail, where have you been?"

"Boy and cousin went to watch their fire dance meeting, and bought hairpins for mother and little cousin."

Mrs. Shi took the goose yellow crystal hairpin and stuck it on her head, and said happily: "Guang'er still has a heart, your father also bought some goods, but they are for resale. I have wanted a pair of these shiny ornaments for a long time. , this pink one is perfect for Jinger to match her pink skirt. Let me put it on for her."

After thanking her aunt and cousin, Shui Jing asked, "What is the Fire Dance Festival?"

Shi Yaoguang replied: "This is an activity for unmarried men and women to celebrate Valentine's Day. They dance and sing on the grass around the fire."

Shui Jing said quietly: "It seems very fun! I really want to go sightseeing."

Shui Jianqing comforted: "You will be able to watch it soon. The next stop will be to Xichai Country and Mermaid Country. As long as you find the two elixirs you need, your eye injury can be cured."

Shi Yaoguang said with shame: "If I react faster and pull you away when the criminals are not prepared, you will not be poisoned and injured."

Shui Jing said softly: "How can you blame my cousin for this matter? If my cousin hadn't just discovered that the gangsters were threatening me and told the government, I'm afraid I'd be injured more seriously, or even die. You only have the grace to save my life, not There is no need to blame yourself. If you want to blame, you can blame the gangster for having evil thoughts and acting viciously! Fortunately, he was eventually arrested and brought to justice."

Shi Kangnian said: "Jing'er is right. It's getting late, let's go have dinner and then rest."

Shi Yaoguang stopped answering, looking at Shui Jing's calm face, his mind went back to two years ago.

Shi Yaoguang has a very good relationship with Shui Jianqing since childhood. Before Shuimongshou became a master, he and his daughter Shuijing lived in the house of his younger brother Shui Baishou, earning a meager living allowance by writing letters for others.Shi Yaoguang often goes to Shuifu to find his cousin to play, sometimes his cousin is not free to study medicine, so he plays with his cousin Shutang, childhood sweetheart, but they are at peace.It wasn't until the age of seven or eight that Mizumatsu became a teacher, and he and his cousin began to take study classes, so he rarely saw Shutang cousin, but the relationship between the two remained the same, and they still went to play with her whenever they had time.This day, because his cousin was about to pass school, he wanted to find out what she liked as a gift for her to celebrate, so he went to Shuijing's house after class.As usual, he walked in through the back door, but before he reached the door, he heard voices from inside.

"I advise you not to act rashly, obediently obey my orders and follow me, don't disturb other people, let them report to the police, otherwise your life will be in jeopardy."

"Don't do evil again, let me go, or my father will catch you."

The door opened to the inside, and Shi Yaoguang dodged to the nearby haystack, only to see a ferocious brown-clothed man pointing a knife at Shui Jing's neck, walking and saying, "Hmph! If it wasn't for your father's relentless pursuit, I would How can there be no way out! Now I have to take his daughter as a threat to see if he knows the trick. Don't talk about it, just shut up and follow me."

Shui Jing glared at the man in brown angrily, and shut up.

Seeing Shui Jing being forced to go out by the gangsters, Shi Yaoguang did not hesitate, and followed them prettyly to meet another gray-clothed man in a sparsely populated ruined temple.The man in brown clothes said: "Ah Cheng, I've caught her." The man in gray clothes nodded in satisfaction, looked at Shui Jing with a lewd smile and said, "I can't believe that the dead old wild daughter is so beautiful. It’s a pity to catch her and not enjoy it. Why don’t you hand her over to me and let me teach her how to serve men.”

Shui Jing's originally calm complexion turned pale, and a pair of bright round eyes stared at him in horror.

The brown-clothed man blocked the way: "Finish the business first, and we're not afraid that we won't have time to enjoy it after we've settled Shuimatsushou! Have you finished writing the letter I asked you to write?"

"Not written yet."

"Write the letter before sending it."

"it is good."

Seeing that Shuijing is not in danger for the time being, Shi Yaoguang heaves a sigh of relief, because he is not sure that he can subdue the two at the same time and keep Shuijing unscathed, so he went back to find helpers from officials while they were writing letters.After a while, Shi Yaoguang took a dozen officials to the ruined temple. They looked in through the broken window and saw a man in brown clothes sitting on a fire to keep warm. A man in gray was nowhere to be seen.Several officials were surrounded outside, and then a few more officials rushed into the temple and fought with the brown-clothed gangsters.Shi Yaoguang was about to take the opportunity to walk towards Shuijing, when suddenly, a gray shadow flashed in from the back door of the ruined temple and blocked him, sprinkled powder, and he turned his head to avoid it, but Shuijing, who was following the direction, met him directly. , making a coquettish cry, the man in gray quickly pulled up Shui Jing and clamped her with his claws.

"Stand back, don't come over, tell the officials to let go of my brother."

Shi Yaoguang took a few steps back, stared nervously at the man in gray, and looked at his cousin, worried that seeing her frightened expression would affect his rescue.Just as he was about to tell the officer to stop, he heard Shui Jing shout: "Don't talk to me, catch that gangster quickly."

The man in gray said angrily: "Shut up! It's not enough to blind your eyes, do you want me to scratch your face a few times to know the taste!"

Shi Yaoguang asked furiously, "What did you say? What did you do to my cousin?"

The man in gray smiled and said, "Just now I sprinkled the poisonous powder, but you dodged it, and it happened to land in her eyes. My poisonous powder is made from the poisonous venom of strange flowers from the Western Regions. Ordinary medicines can't cure it. It's a pity that she My beauty, if it weren't for your meddling, I wouldn't destroy her bright eyes. If you don't want to see her disfigured and lose your life, just follow my instructions and let Ah Wu and me leave. After we are safe, we will naturally Let go of your cousin."

Shi Yaoguang looked anxiously at Shui Jing, only to see that she was nervous.