Rise From the Humble

Heavy rain falls on the quiet swallows, white waves surge into the sky, and fishing boats are nowhere to be seen outside Qinhuangdao Island. Who knows where to go?

Thousands of years ago, Wei Wu whipped his whip, and there was a posthumous chapter in Jieshi in the east. The bleak autumn wind is here again, and the world has changed.

Only by standing on the shore of the vast ocean, watching the huge waves lapping at the rocks, and listening to the roar of the waves like giant beasts, can we truly understand the heroic passion in Chairman Mao's song "Lang Tao Sha? Beidaihe". The sea is really an elixir that broadens people's minds. Standing on the beach and looking at the boundless sea makes people have the courage to think about the world.

When Zhu Ping'an looked at the sea and his thoughts were spreading, Li Shu and Baozi's little maid also stood on the beach and looked at the sea curiously.

"Miss, didn't you say last night that the sea is boundless? Why are we standing on the edge of the sea now?"

The little maid Baozi stood on the beach, but she didn't look at the endless sea in the distance. Instead, she looked at the coast under her feet with a confused face, and asked in confusion.

Hearing this, Li Shu withdrew her gaze from the endless sea in the distance, and glanced at the little maid Baozi speechlessly, as if looking at a dead tree, "Stupid girl, the boundless sea means that the sea cannot be seen at a glance, but it does not mean the sea. There are no edges.”

"The boundless sea means that there are no edges." Baozi's little maid muttered in a low voice.

Um?

Li Shu turned her head and glanced at Baozi's little maid. Baozi's little maid shrank her neck and stopped talking. She was like a little mouse only seen by a cat, with a capital word of "coward"~~ but the look of giving in was very cute.

Today is a day for a long voyage, but because ancient people had superstitious ideas, they must set sail at noon. It is said that at noon, the Yang Qi is the strongest and all six evil spirits are warded off. Only by sailing at noon can the voyage be smooth.

Yesterday, Zhu Pingan and Li Shu took a cruise from the capital to Tianjin along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu sent people to pick Zhu Pingan and the others up at the Tianjin Port dock. After resting for the night, Zhu Pingan and the others took a carriage. Came to the seaside.

At this time, Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu was doing some sea worship activities with some local officials at the seaside pier, which were also some feudal superstitious practices. Of course, the most important thing was to comfort himself. They organized manpower to build an altar, invited the Taoist priest from the local Taoist temple on the mountain, and tied several slaughtered white fat pigs with big red flowers. In addition, chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep were treated the same and were all placed on the altar. They walked to the harbor and waited for the Taoist priest to perform the ritual before offering these sacrifices to the sea.

Since the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, there has been no such activity of worshiping the sea before sailing for a long time, so it still attracted many people to watch, and everyone regarded it as a pastime. Not only ordinary people, but also some dignitaries came to watch.

However, the ceremony was cumbersome and boring, and Li Shu didn't like this kind of occasion, so she followed Zhu Ping'an to watch the sea.

However, apart from seeing the boundlessness of the sea, the beach is not very beautiful, unlike those modern beaches. The beach at Zhu Pingan's feet was muddy and a bit dirty. It was not as beautiful as fine sand.

I'm a little disappointed, but it's understandable if you think about it. Many of the excellent modern beaches are man-made, and most of the natural beaches are in the south. Like the Bohai Sea, most of them are quagmire and have no beaches.

Seeing that the sacrifice at the pier seemed to have come to an end, Zhu Ping'an took Li Shu and Baozi's maid back to the pier.

"It's you?"

The pier was very lively. Zhu Ping'an, Li Shu and the little maid Baozi passed through the crowd and were going to the pier to wait for boarding. When they were walking on the way, they suddenly heard a girl's voice that was half surprised and half angry. It sounded not far away in my ears.

Hearing the girl's voice, Li Shu raised her head warily, and then saw a gorgeously dressed girl not far ahead, surrounded by maids and old ladies. Well, there was also a beautiful young woman beside her. Their eyes all fell on Zhu Pingan.

Yo, we know each other.

Seeing this scene, Li Shu slightly raised her lips, her dark eyes glowing, looking straight at the person coming from the opposite side.

When Zhu Pingan saw the person coming, his head was a little big. Why did Miss Yan Er come to Tianjin Wei? After going to the toilet and accidentally peeping on Miss Yan Er taking a bath and the incident in the toilet, Zhu Pingan was really afraid of meeting her. Last time she threw her shoes on the way to the Royal Street to praise the official, and the bathroom incident was also very scary to think about. The girls around Miss Yan Er at that time seemed to be armed with sticks and swords... She seemed to be a crazy girl!

Miss Yan Er's face was slightly red at the moment, and she gritted her teeth and glared at Zhu Ping'an, her eyes filled with shyness, anger and a third of hatred. On the other hand, the young woman next to Miss Yan Er looked at Zhu Ping'an up and down with interest.

"Hey, this is Zhu Ping'an, the new number one scholar in my family who is often mentioned by my sister, Mr. Xiao Zhu. Geez... you really can't tell a person's face." The young and beautiful woman covered her mouth and giggled, saying in her words Zhu Ping'an doesn't look very good either. His handsome appearance and Yushu Linfeng have nothing to do with Zhu Ping'an.

Miss Yan Er often mentions me? Haha, he probably said bad things and yelled about beating and killing, Zhu Ping'an thought to himself.

The handsome young woman next to Miss Yan Er is probably Yan Shifan's wife and concubine. Because Yan Song only had a son, Yan Shifan, and a daughter, Miss Yan Er, it was more likely that Yan Shifan's wives and concubines could be called Miss Yan Er's sister.

"Who is this lovely little sister?" The young and beautiful young woman seemed to have just seen Li Shu. After talking about Zhu Pingan, she looked at Li Shu and asked deliberately.

The young woman looked at Li Shu and smiled. Not only did she smile without showing her teeth, but she also stretched out her slender hand to cover it slightly with a handkerchief. Her whole body was airy and airy, as if she came from a wealthy family.

"Madam, who are you?"

Li Shu glanced at the young woman up and down, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and asked lightly.

Li Shu's word "ma'am" caused the young woman opposite to lose half of her wealthy look. Bo's pretty face was caught off guard with embarrassment, and her words and deeds that seemed to be a showdown turned into ashes at this moment.

"Ahem, little sister, don't call me madam, please call me sister. Otherwise, others will think I sound very old." The young woman covered her mouth and said, squeezing a few times on her face. Smile.

"Calling you sister? Doesn't that make people think I'm very old?" Li Shu blinked, looking innocent.

Calling you sister doesn't make people think I'm very old?

Li Shu's words were extremely destructive and directly KO'd the young woman. The forced smile on her face could no longer be put on, and the smile on her face froze. This is just the surface. It is estimated that the impact on the heart is even greater.