Chapter 32 Chongxi
Liu Chengzhi and He Shuimu followed the sound and walked to the end of the rain forest. There was a cliff. They looked up and saw a girl hanging on a tree halfway up. The girl probably fell from the cliff and grabbed the life-saving tree halfway. At this time, they stepped on the cliff wall and had nowhere to settle down. They paniced and called for help. Seeing this, they went to the rain forest to find a few vines, tangled together, and then looked for a small path to the top of the cliff. Liu Chengzhi was good at light skills and was thinner than He Shuimu, so he tied one end of the vine to his waist, and the other end was wrapped on a huge rock on the top of the cliff. He Shuimu pulled it down and rescued the girl.
"Benefactor, please accept the benefactor's betrayal!" The girl acted as if she was about to kneel down and kowtow, and they hurriedly pulled her up.
The girl is about teenagers, wearing a short-sleeved top similar to a robe, and a tunic skirt of a witch girl on her lower body. She has the head of a Ming girl, and a bunch of Wanda Lan on her head. Liu Chengzhi was puzzled by the child's fluent Hakka dialect, why she dressed up like a foreign style. He Shuimu told Liu Chengzhi that this girl should be a "Nyonya", a girl from Han and local life. If she is a boy from Han and local life, she is called "Baba". That's why she dressed up like this.
When the girl saw that they were from the Ming Dynasty, she looked kind and saved her life, so she asked them to visit her home.
The three of them got off the cliff and walked about a stick of incense, and then came to a village. The houses in the village were not the water bamboo houses that the Wu people lived in, but mostly thatched wooden houses similar to the Han people, and even houses made of blue bricks. The villagers wore short-selling Hanfu, and some women wore clothes similar to the little girl, communicating in Hakka dialect. Liu Chengzhisu heard that since the eunuch of Sanbao went to the West, many Ming people had moved south to Nanyang, and most of them lived near the old port. This place should be a village dominated by descendants of the Han people. Behind the village were rice fields and vegetable fields, and many mulberry trees. If it weren't for knowing that he was still in a foreign land, Liu Chengzhi had the illusion of returning to the south of the Yangtze River.
"The climate here is hot and it is rare to plant rice for three seasons." He Shuimu pointed to the rice fields and said.
The three of them came to a walled yard again. As soon as they entered the door, they saw a pond of lotus flowers, fish swimming in the pond, and there were also wooden pavilions, waterside pavilions and pavilions and Java volcanic pumice stones that imitated Taihu stones.
"Dad, I'm back." Ying Gu went to call her father out, and saw the male owner in her thirties, wearing a straight face and a square scarf, dressed like a Ming Dynasty person.
The male owner of this family was named Wu and was named Jingtang. He was originally from Raoping, Guangdong. His father moved here during the Jiajing period. His daughter Wu Yinggu happened to be the third generation. Most of the villages were descendants of people who came here to settle and make a living at the same time. Yinggu also told the story of the two of them saving her. The male owner was very grateful. When he learned that they were going to the old port, he said that the journey was long and he would stay overnight to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.
Liu Chengzhi looked at the room. Although it was not big, it was quaint. An ancient sword was hung on the main hall, and a few ancient books were placed on the mahogany bookshelf. A large blue and white porcelain tank three feet high and two feet wide were placed beside the window, and there were a few goldfish swimming in the tank. Although it was thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, I was here, but I felt a sense of familiarity when I returned to the Ming Dynasty. Liu Chengzhi looked at the goldfish carefully and was stunned. He couldn't help but think of the silly girl who was watching goldfish in his yard just dawn and even jingled the bells on the pomegranate tree...
Wu Jingtang called his wife to come out to pour tea, and saw a housewife dressed similar to Yinggu, who took out a purple clay tea set. She did not comb the hair of the Ming woman, but just tied her hair behind her head and decorated it with Wandalan. She also spoke fluent Hakka dialect. Wu Jingtang's wife specially made several local special dishes to entertain them to thank them for their life-saving grace to their daughter. The dishes were sweet and spicy, and Liu Chengzhi was not used to eating them, but she was quite fond of a bamboo shoot stewed pork that was very similar to the Ming dish, and she ate several bites.
During the chat after dinner, Wu Jingtang learned about the real purpose of Liu Chengzhi's trip, and knew that he knew that Yuan was not going to serve in the official position. He lamented that he was so young, and saw through the word "fame and fortune" through. He also told him that the Portuguese fortress was extremely strong and could only lead to wisdom but not attack. He also told him that the Portuguese were fighting with the Red-haired Dutch at this time and blocked the sea surface of the Port of Manlacia. The ships were not close to him. If he wanted to investigate the situation in Manlacia, he could only cross the sea to Johor first and then go by land.
The next day, the Wu family sent them to the entrance of the village, and Wu Jingtang handed them another package wrapped in strips.
"This is a musket collected by my family. The journey is long. Please take it away for yourself." Wu Jingtang also told them to pay attention to the low-lying water accumulation in the rainforest. After dark, they should find an open area to make fire overnight, and be careful of poisonous snakes and beasts.
The two of them thanked the Wu family and continued to rush forward.
It has been more than twenty days since Mrs. Liu and Mama Zhou took Ruyi from the mountains. When she returned to Liu's mansion, Ruyi fell asleep for several days. Fortunately, the doctor said that she was just hungry and cold and frightened, and she lost too much blood, so she was a little weak and the fetus in her belly was not seriously injured. After several days of recuperation, Ruyi gradually recovered her spirit. She was grateful to Feng for saving her life, but Feng also had the conditions to marry her into the Liu family as a concubine.
Bai Ruyi was pregnant with Liu Chengzhi's child. No matter how dissatisfied Feng was, she could not give birth to the child without a title. She also felt that if Bai Ruyi was allowed to be a main wife, if Liu Chengzhi really came back, wouldn't it be just right to fulfill their wish? There was no such beautiful thing in the world? But if Liu Chengzhi couldn't come back, this poor family of Bai's family would sit in the seat of the main wife. In the future, the mother would be noble by her son and be with the blood of the Liu family, and she would not be able to covet the property of the Liu family. After thinking about it, she proposed to let Bai go to the family to be a concubine.
There were also discussions among the Liu family, saying that Feng was mean, and that the Bai family was a good daughter, and she committed herself to your son who was unknown to life and death. After so much hardship, she could only be a side house. Some people also said that they were always the wife and later the concubine. The main house was not married, and it was a rule that they had become. Feng knew more or less about these rumors, but she was in a hurry to seek medical treatment. She wanted Bai Ruyi's child, but could not let her own interests suffer losses. This was what she called a perfect solution. Whatever they said.
Ruyi just thought that after being fussed by the villagers, she would label her "unruly" throughout her life. Even if she could go back to the village and not be killed, she could only marry a cripple, deaf, blind or old man. Because she lost her virginity before marriage, she would always live with a slander on her back, but her child could not do this. In order to give birth to this child, she could eat any pain and endure any pain. Mrs. Liu is not a good person, but at least she could give them a place for her mother and son to live. But what if Liu Chengzhi was not dead, what should she do if she really came back? If he came back, what should she do if he didn't want them? Ruyi didn't dare to think too much. After so much, she felt that the Liu family was willing to protect her and that she would have satisfied her child when she gave birth to the child, and she was not willing to think about the future, so she agreed to Feng's conditions.
Feng felt that the Bai family had died one after another and was filial to mourning, and her family had suffered misfortunes one after another. Although the child could not wait, if Bai Ruyi was allowed to pass the family now, would he be a taboo? So he invited Xi Po to ask for an explanation. Xi Po said that although the Bai family had died one after another, the Liu family had many disagreements recently. Bai family could also do weddings during mourning, as long as it was not a big deal. This is called "joking joy", which is a good thing.
Feng was skeptical, and was afraid that Bai Ruyi would have a bad fate. He came in and ran into the house and asked Zhou Ma to take her and Liu Chengzhi's horoscope to find a Taoist priest. After the Taoist priest joined together, he said that the Bai woman "was originally a fairy in the moonlight in Yaotai, and she laughed at the phoenix and cranes in the world." She was a good fate to help her husband and beloved sons. She also said that she and Liu Chengzhi were destined to have both children, be rich and prosperous, and live in her old age. Feng was relieved when she heard this, and thought that her son's life and death are uncertain now, so the Taoist priest said "helping her husband and beloved sons" and "both children". She was just asking for a good reputation and wanting to ask for more incense money.
Chapter completed!