Rise From the Humble

Shortly after noon, the fleet set sail again. There were many reefs along the coast. The fleet made a bend toward the depths of the sea and bypassed the reefs in this area.

Our journey is the stars and the sea...

Watching the ship sailing into the deep blue sea riding the wind and waves, this line flashed through Zhu Pingan's mind for some reason.

During the day, I talked about "Zhu Xian", tasted various delicacies carefully cooked by the chefs of the Li family, and occasionally bickered with the evil Li Shu. The leisurely days passed by slowly.

On this afternoon, the pattern of blue sky and blue sea was finally broken. A few dark clouds floated in the sky, slowly covering the sun. Shaoqing's clouds drifted past and revealed the sun. The dark clouds seemed to be playing a hide-and-seek game with the sun. Gradually, Still addicted.

The color of the sky gradually changed from dark blue to light gray, and the sun became darker and darker.

The wind gradually picked up

Zhu Ping'an lay on the bow of the boat holding a plate, eating fried squid snacks made by the chef of the Li family, blowing the slow sea breeze, looking at the place where the sea and the sky meet, and his thoughts gradually drifted to Xiahe Village.

A dull and generous father, a pungent and attentive mother, and an elder brother

homesick.

While Zhu Ping'an was blowing the sea breeze on the bow of the ship, Li Shu was clumsily embroidering a mandarin duck pillowcase in the luxuriously decorated cabin boudoir. She held the embroidery needle in her delicate hands and was embroidering very seriously. But not every effort has the same effect. reciprocated.

There was a pair of cute mandarin ducks in front of Li Shu, and then two fat ducks appeared on the pillowcase under her hand.

"Miss, it's getting dark, please take a rest." Baozi's little maid felt extremely distressed as she watched her young lady embroidering in the dim cabin.

"It's dark. Why can't I see clearly?"

After listening to what Baozi's little maid said, Li Shu stopped what she was doing, looked out the window and pursed her lips in realization.

"Yes, miss." The little maid Baozi nodded vigorously.

"Then you go hold the lantern and paint, hurry up." Li Shu urged.

"But miss, please take a rest. You haven't had a good rest for several days." Baozi's little maid's eyes were red. "I got up so early in the morning to go to the kitchen and have to embroider during lunch break. Even the toughest of us can't stand it. Miss."

"There's so much nonsense, why don't you hurry up and hold the lamp." Li Shu sneered and raised the embroidery needle in her hand, "If you keep talking too much, I'll embroider a little bastard on your face."

"Miss~~" Baozi's little maid covered her face and looked at Li Shu aggrievedly, remembering the years when the lady drew bastard pictures on her face, and then she was glared at by Li Shu before she went to hold the lamp.

The little maid Baozi took out a wooden octagonal palace lantern inlaid with jade, opened the lampshade, blew out the fire stick to ignite the wick, then covered the lampshade and placed it on the table in front of Li Shu. The room instantly became a little brighter. , Li Shu nodded with satisfaction, and then started embroidering again.

"Miss, we have so many embroiderers in our house, how wonderful it would be if we left them to embroider, otherwise we would have raised them in vain." Baozi's little maid pouted.

"What do you know? This is the pillowcase used when getting married. Of course, you have to embroider it yourself." Li Shu rolled her eyes, and then continued to embroider her own mandarin duck (fat duck). This embroidery was done stitch by stitch. , I don’t want the smelly toad to smell the smell left by other women while sleeping, not even the embroidered lady!

"Let's take a rest, Miss, you haven't rested for a long time." The little maid Baozi always wanted Li Shu to take a rest. My lady got up early in the morning and hasn't had a rest yet. It hurts in her eyes. .

"Dad and Zhu Ping'an's family have already arranged a date. You don't know how tight the time is. Zhu Ping'an's family is pressing hard. This time we go back to meet the deadline." When she said this, Li Shu's pretty face turned red. , there was complaint in the voice, but the eyes as dark as ink were shining with the longing for the little daughter's family.

"Yes, the master has sent a letter." The little maid Baozi also blushed. The young lady only arranged for her to be a dowry girl.

"Miss, I haven't shown the letter that my uncle's family sent to us yet." Baozi's little maid reminded her.

"Oh, I just threw that letter away and didn't know where to put it. I didn't find it when I came here. Anyway, he will know it when I get home, so there is no need to tell him." Li Shu was immersed in the sea of ​​embroidery, slightly Shaking his head, the needle in his hand led to colorful threads interspersed on the pillowcase, and the fat duck on it became more and more colorful.

"Uh-huh," the little maid Baozi nodded, cupping her cheeks and looking at her young lady's embroidery.

When the master sent the letter, my uncle was not on vacation at that time. The letter from my uncle's family to my uncle was also sent by someone from the family. The letter talks about the marriage between the young lady and her uncle. It seems that Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Zhu, has found many fortune tellers at home. They all say that her uncle and the young lady are a match made in heaven. They say that the young lady is a prosperous husband and that the uncle will be promoted and make a fortune in the future. Gui, they all say that the sooner they get married, the better it will be for my uncle.

One of the well-known Taoist priests read the birth dates of the young lady and the uncle, and said that the young lady was in the form of a flying phoenix, and that the uncle was originally in the form of a koi carp, but when he met the young lady, he transformed into a dragon, and the carp jumped over the dragon gate. Transforming into a dragon is said to be a good marriage cultivated in eight lifetimes. This Taoist priest is the most famous Taoist priest in the whole Anqing Prefecture. He only makes one divination a month. If he hadn't happened to pass by Xiahe Village and borrowed water from Zhu Ping'an's house, Mrs. Zhu, Mrs. Chen, would not have had the opportunity to ask someone to make a divination.

It was this Taoist priest who said he wanted to get married before May. He said that in April, when the weather gets warmer and the river fish reverse the current, it would be the day when carp jump over the dragon gate. It is also said that May is an evil month. In May, five kinds of poisonous insects such as snakes, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, and toads become rampant. Demons and monsters are also very active, releasing poisonous gas and spreading plague. The entire environment is not conducive to carps jumping over the dragon gate.

It is also said that May is the day when the "Fetus God" visits the human world. The Fetus God is responsible for nurturing babies until they are safely born. The Fetus God will stay on every bed in May. If you get married in May, you will conflict with the Fetus God. God will not give healthy and smart babies.

The Taoist priest calculated an auspicious day on the zodiac, which was April 28th, avoiding the opposition of the young lady and uncle's birthdays, and calculated the most suitable day this year.

Other divination masters also say that May is an evil month and is not suitable for marriage.

Anyway, Madam Zhu and Mrs. Chen went to temples and Taoist temples to find fortune tellers and read birth dates to people, and they all said they wanted to get married before May.

Therefore, Madam Zhu and Mrs. Chen urged her to go back and get married, and the date was set for April 28th. I heard that my uncle’s house is ready, the new house is packed, everything is ready, and even relatives have been notified.

The master arranged to take the boat back just in time, so I can still have a few days to spare when I get home.