rose legend

Chapter 47 Chapter 47

Max didn't wake up until noon the next day, and Li Rui had already brought breakfast to his room.

Max casually took a few bites of breakfast, and then went to find Li Rui next door. He remembered that Li Rui said that today he would go to the boat to find people, to see if he would take them out to sea.

He pushed open the door of Li Rui's room. There was no one inside. When he didn't know where to look for him, a boy in a sailor suit came out. Seeing him, he smiled and said, "Are you going to find your brother? He went to town I went to Yahan’s house, saying that after you wake up and eat, you can go to the beach for a while, do you want to go? There are many shells and hot pebbles there, I think you will like it!” The boy still With a mischievous blink, Max recognized him. He is the youngest son of the mayor, named Ha Huo, and he is a very lively and active boy.

A smile appeared on Max's face, and he asked in a low voice, "Are you going to sea?"

"No, I'm not." The boy scratched his head embarrassingly, "I went to the beach to pick up some seafood, and my mother told me to cook seafood for you."

"Oh," Max nodded, "you..." He didn't know what to say for a while, he had never gotten along with his peers, and he was a little at a loss.

The boy smiled again, showing his white teeth, and said, "What do you want to ask? As long as I know, I will tell you. I never lie."

Max was moved: "Really?" Then he said, "Can you take me to Yahan's house first? It won't take you too long."

"Okay. I know you want to see the beauties in that house too, right?"

Max was speechless.

When I got there, I saw Li Rui buried in sawing wood, with half of his chest open.

Beside him was a row of pretty girls, sitting and standing laughing and making noises...

Ha Huan sat down skillfully, and then next to one of the girls, he didn't know what to say to her, the girl smiled sweetly, showing two dimples.

Li Rui saw Max, put down his tools, walked over, and asked, "Have you had breakfast?" Seeing Max nod, he said, "Why didn't you go to the beach?"

"You go with me."

"Okay, just wait for me," Li Rui smiled, then turned his head and said to the girls, "I'll do this first, and I'll finish it for you when I come back this afternoon."

The group of girls laughed wildly, making people puzzled. Both Li Rui and Max were puzzled.They suddenly started making noise again, and then everyone wept.

At this time, a girl came over and said to Li Rui: "Let's go to the lake and flower sea together, you can come too, there are many beautiful fish, and you can also hear the singing of the mermaid."

Li Rui was noncommittal.

The girl walked and talked about the girl who died last night. When this topic was brought up, the rest of the people were silent, their hearts were dripping, and they all showed sympathy and regret. One of the girls had tears in her eyes, obviously very sad , she suddenly left us and walked away alone.Ha Kuang wanted to chase, but a girl stopped him and said, "The two of them are usually the best, let her be quiet for a while."

Max listened carefully to their conversation, and knew that the girl who died last night was their mutual friend, and they were turned into seven flowers by the townspeople. I didn't expect her to go first. The cause of death is unknown now, but it may be suicide .

I met the mayor in Huhuahai. He was casting fishing nets. When he saw them, he greeted them with a smile and continued to work. The woman who brought them here that day was also here. two eyes.The weather is so good, but the people around are very cool, she and the people around are smiling, so Max asked: "Do you have to work like this every day?" Everyone is working hard, only resting occasionally.

A girl hurriedly replied: "No, we are very leisurely on weekdays, but the annual tide is coming, we have to be busy in these few days, preparing food, and then holding festivals."

Ha Hao also nodded at the side, and said: "If you can stay for a few more days, you can celebrate the tide festival with us. This is our big day. There are many interesting things, and foreigners come here to trade. There are so many interesting things to say.”

Li Rui became interested and asked, "How are you going to celebrate? For example?"

"Singing and dancing competitions held at sea, gliding, swimming, boating, wave wrestling, and a day trip to a deserted island, hunting and other activities will definitely make you dazzled and dazzled!"

Everyone talked about this tide festival, and they were very excited. You talked and I chatted, so it was very lively.

Suddenly there was an uproar over there!

Here, Max and the others stopped talking, and turned their heads in surprise. Over there, people had gathered together and were making noise. Suddenly, Ha Kui left them and ran over, and the others also reacted and followed.

Relying on his height, Li Rui could see the whole picture clearly. The woman in black fell to the ground, her whole body was wet. The mayor was giving her first aid, but her breathing still gradually disappeared... The mayor did not give up He pressed her chest with great worry and sweat on his forehead. After 10 minutes like this, the woman still could not be rescued.The girls around were already weeping softly, twitching and slapping everyone's hearts, all with sadness on their faces.

Finally, the mayor stood up, turned his head away from everyone, bent over and limped away, looking extremely troubled.Many girls fell on her and began to suffer.Ha Huan also carried everyone behind his back, his shoulders twitched.

Everyone sighed, "Swimming skills are the best, why did you suddenly fall into the sea and drown?"

"I told her to be careful, but she is so brave that she even ran to that hidden reef? The current is strong there, alas..."

"Don't talk about it, let's think about how to comfort her mother. This child is pitiful. How can she survive with a widowed mother?"

"Yes, the children of our town will fall into the sea one day, oh, my Run, she is such a good girl! Why did she go there at such a young age..."

"Don't talk nonsense, she has returned to the embrace of the Sea God, let's find someone to bring her back, and let her mother see her for the last time, that poor old man, how heartbroken..."

"...I think we have angered the Sea God, so he got angry and sent disasters, let us atone for our sins?"

"Yeah, in our town these two days, both girls... are gone, what should we do? Should we... Let's discuss it and send some sacrifices to Sea God Pray pray?"

Hearing this, Li Rui walked over and asked, "Did that girl drown...I mean drowning?"

The man nodded and said sadly: "She went into the sea to fish for pearls, who knew that she suddenly convulsed, and when we rescued her, she was already out of breath, just for a moment, I really didn't expect... oh , such a nice young man!"

Max was thoughtful, and said, "Is she good at swimming?"

"That's right, Run is one of the best swimmers in our town, except for the liquid method back then, she is the best, and no man can compare to her!"

"Can I go and see her?" Li Rui asked.

The man showed vigilance. After the death of the daughter in their town, the body cannot be shown to others casually. The body must be kept clean and pure, and then buried at sea, so that the sea god will accept it, and they may return to their hometown in the next life.

Li Rui understood, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I was reckless."

The man waved his hand and said, "Guests, you should go back first, the mayor will send someone here, so don't worry."

Max said, "Did the matter with that girl yesterday come to fruition?"

Seeing that person's expression of incomprehension, Li Rui added: "That girl from the ball last night? Her..."

"Oh, that, I heard that I ate fugu meat by mistake... Alas, these young people are too careless, life events can be trifling with, alas..."

Li Rui rested his chin, paused for a while, and looked back at the girl's body. It had been covered with a layer of black cloth, with white lines stretched around it, and many girls were still crying around, remembering her.

However, Max saw the mayor came back again, followed by several people.Two of them supported an old woman, who cried miserably, and Li Rui knew that Run's mother was coming.

Seeing that they were still here, the mayor frowned and said, "Why are you still here?" Then he said to Ha Kuo, "You take me back, your mother has already cooked the meal."

"Mayor," Max was about to speak, but Li Rui squeezed his hand calmly, stopping him from continuing, and then said, "Thank you, you are so hospitable."

The mayor nodded and rushed over there immediately.

Li Rui looked at Max's angry face, smiled, squeezed his little face, and said, "Don't be angry, you see, the mayor obviously doesn't want us to get involved in their internal affairs, if we go up rashly, it will cause trouble for others." The vigilance and disgust, nothing can be done, what do you want?"

"That can't be the case?"

"How? Huh?" Li Rui smiled on his lips, looked down at Max's eyes, and said softly: "Let's check secretly, okay, then go back now? Look, the mayor over there is taking stared at us."

Max nodded, agreeing to his proposal.

After dinner, Li Rui went to the house of Yahan and worked for them. In return, they would send them to the opposite side of the sea before the tide festival came.

All the people in the town looked sad. For a while, the two beautiful girls in the town died, which made the upcoming festival a bit dilute. Those old people lay outside in the sun, and then read some scriptures , Pray for the two girls.

There are three girls in Yahan's family, all of them are beautiful, generous, hardworking and amiable.They were good friends with the two dead girls, and now they are not at home, and they all went to the mourning hall to mourn their dear friends, leaving only an old man to look after the house, the old man also knew Li Rui, and Li Rui fought him Say hello, and get down to work.

The old man might be bored, so he chatted with Li Rui, and he said, "Young man, you are really strong. I heard that you are going to the opposite side of the sea. No one in our town has ever been there. I heard that there is The forbidden place of the devil, outsiders step on it and want to leave no bones."

"Oh?"

"Don't believe me, I have lived for a long time. Things in this world are always like this. You can just say that girl. She was so lively and clever on weekdays, and everyone loved her, but she disappeared in a blink of an eye. Isn't that Children's play, you are still young, you don't know the value of life."

Li Rui didn't speak, and the old man didn't care, and continued: "The weather in this town is about to change. Our Yahan is also a lovely child, she is really filial, alas... don't look at her She looks brave and resolute, but she is actually very timid, that child used to be best friends with Run, and she must be very sad now."

Li Rui also expressed a few words of regret, and then carefully asked: "Is puffer fish delicious? I heard it's delicious, and I want to try it too."

The old man's face darkened, and he reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense, it's highly poisonous, you young man doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, this is something our whole town knows! Who are you listening to nonsense?"

"No, no." Li Rui denied, "The lake is full of flowers and waves, and there are many hidden reefs, so why don't you go fishing on other coasts? Alas, Run still brought us to this lovely town. What about the first person?"

The old man's eyes flickered, "Oh, what do you mean?"

Li Rui secretly thought it was bad, the old man was too vigilant, he laughed dryly, and said, "I want to go swimming in the lake and sea of ​​flowers, so I asked...hehe..."

The old man stopped asking, but closed his eyes and started snoring. Li Rui breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Rui was working very fast. It was about dinner time, and he had finished making the tools for going out to sea. When Yahan's father came back to assemble them, he said goodbye to the old man.

The old man suddenly said: "You still have to leave as soon as possible, this sea storm is coming..."