Wishing You Eternal Happiness

The hustle and bustle of Quanzhou City under the night has faded, and the bustling port in the day is completely dark at this moment. The large and small sampan boats moored on the shore, along with the fine waves sent by the sea breeze, undulate silently on the water surface. Sensational. In the distance, there were occasional sporadic orange fishing fires on the bows, and the flames jumped little by little in the night, echoing the ancient lighthouse that had stood there hundreds of years ago to guide the direction of the night return.

But some people who went to the sea never returned after leaving here, only the lighthouse at night.

Gaffer knelt facing the sea and finished putting incense to pray silently. He was reluctant to leave for a long time. Standing on the side of the dam, looking at the direction his father had sailed away, his heart fluctuated.

In the last life, after marrying Pei Xiuzhi, her life was not easy. After entering the door, she worked diligently to serve her elders, tried her best to please her stepson, and did not dare to tell her husband when she was wronged, everything was to maintain the virtue and tolerance that she should have.

At that time, to be a competent wife who could be recognized by her husband and her husband's family was her greatest goal.

Later she committed herself to Xiao Yintang. After realizing that she couldn't get rid of his control at all, she could only learn to accept it. She told herself that this kind of life was actually very good. He had really done his best to her. If she dared to be dissatisfied, it would be no good or bad.

Only when she died and lived again did she know how pitiful and pitiful she was before.

Since opening her eyes that day and discovering that she had returned to the world from the underground palace, she stubbornly believed that it must be the blessing of the undead of her father to make her return to the present before she was married.

For the rest of her life, she would never marry Pei Xiuzhi, let alone have any relationship with Xiao Yintang.

These two men all said they loved her.

Pei Xiuzhi surrendered her because he had difficulties and was forced to do so.

In the name of petting, Xiao Yintang turned her into an unseen living dead, also because he had difficulties and was also compelled to do so.

She doesn't hate them. Being alive because of life, there are indeed many things that cannot be one's own. She is the same.

But they made her chill, and this cold came from the depths of her marrow blood.

The love of men and women in the world, but that's all, she thoroughly sees through it.

Facing the night breeze with a slightly salty smell, Gaffer took a deep breath.

She was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Sri Lanka. Everything in her memory about warmth and good memories is closely related to her hometown, also known as Licheng. The pier under her feet at this moment has a special meaning to her.

Just now tonight, amidst the ups and downs of thoughts, I couldn't help but come here to pay homage to my father again.

The marriage of the two families has been finalized, and there is also the Song family, who is now the holy family. In order to teach her a stepmother who is not born enough, a few months ago, the Song family sent two wives to Quanzhou to go on the road together tomorrow. At this point, she couldn't rashly request the interruption of the marriage contract based on her own will.

Besides, even if she mentioned it, grandmother would never agree to it.

She can only find another way.

Tomorrow she will set off northward and embark on an unknown path of rebirth.

Daddy, if you are alive in the sky, bless Afu.

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Zhang Da and her companion stood far behind, looking at the back of the little lady standing in front of the pier, he somewhat guessed it. The father and daughter are deeply affectionate. The little lady will go north to marry tomorrow. She must have all thoughts tonight. Therefore, I cherish the memory of the master who has disappeared. I also feel emotion. I dare not disturb her. After waiting for a moment in silence, she looks at Sandalwood and winks. .

Sandalwood knows it, so he came to Jiafu and whispered softly: "Little lady, it's windy and cold at night, why don't you go back?"

Gaffer turned around silently, followed the custom, and threw the tribute and incense to the sea, and then returned.

Zhang Da hurriedly opened the sedan curtain, Jia Fu got on the sedan, Zhang Da lifted the lantern, and was about to lead the way back. When he looked up, he saw two shadowy figures on the opposite side. They were carrying something towards this side. Suddenly they found someone at the pier. , Seemed to panic, and hurriedly turned around to leave.

By the moonlight, Zhang Dao early recognized that those two men were just fellows of the Jin family who were competing with their own fleet.

Thousands of ships and sampans enter the port every day in Quanzhou. The number of piers is limited, and there are often conflicts between ships competing for advantageous positions. Some companies with strong financial resources pay high rents to the Municipal Bureau of Shipping to rent the piers to facilitate the entry and exit of their fleets. , Only allowed to own boats or loaned to others for use. The Zhen family's financial resources are among the best in Quanzhou, and they have a good relationship with the government, so they naturally have a private wharf in an excellent location.

In the middle of the night, the golden guy was sneaking up and carrying something from the dock. Zhang Da had doubts in his heart, talked to Jia Fu in the sedan chair, and immediately chased up, seeing that it was a rolled straw mat inside Not knowing what was packed, he shouted: "Stop! What did you carry?"

The two guys didn’t expect it to be so late. There were still people on the pier of Zhen’s family. They turned their heads and ran away, but they didn’t hold their hands firmly. A group of dark shadows slipped out of one end of the tube and fell to the ground, like a humanoid figure. .

Zhang Dan took a picture of the lantern and found that it was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy in ragged clothes and very thin, with his eyes closed, looking at his dead.

Zhang Da ran at the wharf all year round for dispatching. He hadn’t seen anything before, so he immediately understood, furious, went up and grabbed the guy who wanted to flee, and said angrily: "Okay! Just abandon the corpse in the middle of the night, dare to abandon to my host. On the dock, follow me to see the officer!"

Quanzhou's sea trade is prosperous. Half of the people in the city rely on the sea for food and live on the sea. It is very different from the land, and the risk is greater. After generations, many superstitions and taboos that no one can explain have gradually formed. For example, abandoned corpses at the dock are one of them. In the eyes of the locals, this is an ominous act. The dead water ghost refuses to leave, and will be attached to a nearby ship to cause trouble, and it will be unlucky for the owner of the ship.

Seeing that there was no way to hide it, Zhang Da was angry again and wanted to see the officials. He was frightened. He knelt down and begged for mercy, saying that this young man was working in his own dock and had no family members. He contracted an illness a few months ago and was about to die The manager reported the matter to Master Jin. Master Jin didn’t want to report to the officials. He had always been jealous that the Zhen family occupied the best pier. The Zhenjia Wharf was dropped into the sea, and the body washed away with the tide. Not only was it clean, but the ghost was still there, and it had nothing to do with his family.

Quanzhou Wharf has gathered countless people who come here to ask for a living. Although the government strictly prohibits the use of unregistered people in private, this is just an empty order. Because of the low wages, the docks prefer to hire such foreigners. This boy must be one of them, but unfortunately, he fell ill and died.

Where is Zhang Da willing to let go, sneered: "Don't be afraid of damaging Yinde! Let's go! See the official and see what your master can say!"

The two guys were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and couldn't help begging for mercy, saying that they were forced to act and had nothing to do with them.

Hearing the movement, Jiafu got off the sedan chair and inspected it. Zhang Da saw it and hurried over: "Little lady, don't come! Here is the pickle!"

Seeing that Miss Zhen Jia was also there, he knew that if he was sent off, Mr. Jin didn't know how, anyway, the two of them were indispensable and unlucky, so he turned to her for mercy and burst into tears.

Gaffer frowned and glanced at the man on the ground.

"He's not dead, I just saw it, as if he moved!"

Sandalwood suddenly exclaimed.

Zhang Da was busy illuminating his face with a lantern, and as expected, the boy's eyelids on the ground trembled slightly, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

The lantern is dimly lit, but it also shines a pair of black and white eyes. It must have been clear at first, but it was probably too sick. At this moment, the eyes seemed to be covered with a faint veil, and they were dull.

After a while, the young man's consciousness seemed to come back a little sober, his eyes gradually focused, fixedly looking at Jiafu in the cloak, motionless.

Upon seeing this, the golden guy sighed in relief, hurriedly got up from the ground, and wrapped the boy in a rag mat indiscriminately, while saying: "We will send him back now. Go now, go now!"

The boy's face was hidden by a torn straw mat. The man raised the tube and hurried away.

Zhang Dazhi and the two brought them back to the boy in this way, but they were waiting for him to die before finding a place to deal with them. But such a thing is too common, and it is only the fault of the young man's life. Thinking that the owner would set off tomorrow morning, the incident was broken, and it was expected that the two of them would never look back and abandon their bodies at their own wharf.

Gaffer turned around and walked a few steps, the look that was in the young man's eyes when he looked at him just now appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help but pause slightly.

She knew that it was the gaze of the dying person who was eager to continue to live. She felt the despair and hope in this, and she could not understand it more clearly.

She turned her head, looked at the backs of those people again, hesitated, and said: "Uncle Zhang, leave this child in our dock. Please ask a doctor to see him. If you die, bury him."

Zhang Day was stunned, and then understood that the little lady was moved with compassion, and couldn't bear to watch that young man wait to die alive.

There are at least hundreds of people employed to do things in the Zhen’s dock, and they don’t care about one more. As soon as the little lady spoke, he naturally obeyed, nodded and said: "Little lady has a good heart, if she is young, he will obey." , Screamed at the two guys and ordered them to be carried to the Zhen family dock quickly.

The two guys just came out to throw the corpse at the order of the steward. They didn’t expect that something happened in the middle. They were crying out of bad luck. Suddenly seeing Zhang Dayuan take over, he breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately brought the person back quickly, flattering. Spread his legs to the Zhen's dock. Zhang yelled his entourage to follow up to deal with the matter, and escorted the little lady back to Zhen's house.

When it was already a son, Jiafu asked the glottis, and learned that her brother Zhen Yaoting hadn't returned yet.

It’s not that my elder brother never stayed overnight and did not return home, but he will go out early tomorrow morning. Moreover, this night in his previous life, Jiafu remembers that he did not have such a thing, and he does not know where he went. I didn't fall asleep much in the middle of the night. Early the next morning, I got up early, just after I finished my makeup and changed my clothes for traveling, I heard the sound of footsteps in the yard, and the door slammed open. , Turned his head, and saw his brother stepped in, with the same clothes on his body, knowing that he hadn't returned all night, and greeted him. Just about to ask him where he went, he saw him conjure a box from behind. , Put his hands up like a treasure, and said excitedly: "Sister, guess what's in the box?"

The box is carved with a whole section of agarwood and is inlaid with cloud shells and gems. It is exquisite and gorgeous. The box alone is expensive.

Jiafu glanced at it and frowned: "Brother, where did you go last night? Why don't you say something, mother is very worried!"

Zhen Yaoting waved his hand: "Didn't I come back? I'll tell you later! Guess it!"

Jiafu didn't guess, turned around to ignore him, Zhen Yaoting was anxious, and opened the box by herself and shouted: "Purple shark pearl, this is a purple shark pearl necklace! I bought it all night after chasing the baby and gave it to you!"

Gaffer turned her head and looked at the necklace in the box in surprise: "Where did you buy it?"

Zhen Yaoting triumphantly told the story.

It turns out that when he was busy with Zhang Da at the dock yesterday, he suddenly heard a comment that there was a Hu businessman from Persia with a necklace made of purple mackerel beads in his hand. He heard that Quanzhou was full of riches, so he wanted to come here. Selling at a high price, but never met a suitable buyer, I am leaving today.

My younger sister will go north to marry tomorrow. The few days after she came back from Xishan Temple, she ran into evil, and she was a little unlucky. Although Zhen Yaoting liked to hang out, she was very affectionate towards this younger sister, and remembered that she was taught by her mother yesterday. Saying that my sister married into Pei’s family, although it is beautiful, I must have all kinds of hard work in the future. He wants him to learn well and win his sister. At that time, he only nodded and agreed. In fact, when he turned around, he forgot. Words, the few people kept talking about the rarity of this treasure, and immediately thought of buying it for her, and asked the Persian where he lived, knowing that he lived in the feudal fang where the feudal lords lived. , Hurried over, but couldn't find anyone when he arrived. After inquiring, he learned that the Persian was disappointed when he saw no buyer, and had already left this morning.

Zhen Yaoting wanted to buy the necklace, asked the direction of the Persian's departure, and chased after him. Last night, he finally let him chase the person at the station. The Persian refused to sell it at first. The more he refused to sell it, Zhen Yaoting did. The more I wanted to buy it, the high price was paid, and it lasted for a long time. In the end, he finally forced the Persian to make a move. He took the baby and rushed back to the home that he had just arrived this morning. He didn't care about the fatigue of the journey, so he ran to his sister first. Present treasure.

Gaffer was surprised. Unexpectedly, my brother didn't come home last night because of this. When I glanced at the necklace, I saw that it was a string of purple pearls, and I knew it was a fake.

In the palace in her last life, she had seen the purple shark beads presented to Empress Zhang by the envoy of Fanbang.

The name of the purple mackerel pearl is purple. In fact, the color is not purple, but pink, but it turns into deep purple when facing the sun, so it got this name. Because it was so rare that it was hard to find a daughter, after the queen got it, she specially called Jiafu to visit her to appreciate it, saying that if she liked it, she would give it to her.

How dare Jiafu ask for it, he bowed his head and declined, and when he came back to think of his father, he was still sad for a long time, so he was deeply impressed.

"I'll wear it for you! Sister, if you have purple shark beads, you will surely go well in the future, safe and wealthy!"

Zhen Yaoting took out the necklace and said happily.

Each of these beads has the size of a little finger, and is rare and round, shiny and flawless, and the color is rare. It is naturally a good thing, but it is not a purple shark bead.

Gaffer knew that his brother had fallen into the Persian trap. Seeing his tired face but his eyes glowing with excitement, I was moved. I couldn't bear to pierce his excitement, but I thought that he was the heir of the Zhen family's family business. Wanting to suffer, he hesitated, and said, "Brother, you were deceived. This is not the purple shark pearl. I have heard people say that the purple shark pearl is named because it turns purple in the sun, and it doesn't come with it. Purple."

Zhen Yaoting was taken aback, staring at the necklace with wide eyes, his face changed drastically, and he raised his hand and fell to the ground, and said angrily: "Okay, grandson turtle dare to lie to me! I'll ask someone to chase after me. If caught, don’t interrupt. He has no bones!" He hurriedly went out to order, and returned angrily, grabbed the necklace and threw it on the ground, raising his foot to step on it.

Gaffer hurriedly stopped, picked up the necklace and said, "Brother, that person must know your reputation. The price of this bead is high, and he can't sell it. This is the reason why you deliberately led you to buy it. At this moment, people will not be able to catch it. I see. Come on, this is your mind, brother. Although it is not a shark bead, it is better than a shark bead. It is also fate to buy it. It is just brother, before you do anything, remember to think more, or discuss with the steward first, don't do this again Believe in others so as not to be deceived again."

Zhen Yaoting was so angry that she wanted to step on this thing to get rid of her anger. Hearing Jia Fu's words, her anger disappeared immediately. He touched his head and said with a smile: "I know. The lesson of grandmother and grandmother, I Remember it all. This time I was a little anxious, I was afraid that I would not be able to catch up with you to get married.

Jiafu remembered the last words she left before she was nailed into the coffin by the Queen Mother in her previous life, knowing that after her death, her brother must have a miserable end. In this life, I have been determined to change my destiny. So I put on the necklace, went to the mirror, took a photo, turned around and smiled: "Thank you, brother, I like it very much."

Meng clan learned that his son hadn't returned last night, he actually went to buy a necklace for his sister, complained a few words, and gave up. Because of all the clothes, I was on the boat yesterday. Early in the morning, I took a pair of children and resigned to the old lady. The group went out to the pier and boarded the boat.

Before Sandalwood left, she specially gave the king's wife yesterday a box of frozen dragon brains. There were double ten in it. They were perfect, saying that it was the little lady's order to add makeup to her daughter. Wang's wife never dreamed that, with just a word of her own, the little lady actually fell in love with her. She was very surprised and thankful, and she was full of kind words: "The little lady will go to Beijing this time. Madam, we have both wealth and honor in our fate!"