woman and sea

Chapter 38

The place where the alumni reunion is held is on the deck of the ship island.

Without him, just because the deck of the ship island is wide enough for the graduated monks of each class to sit.

Now, each ship island hangs a banner with numbers from five, ten, fifteen... to thirty written on it to distinguish them.

Although there is no regulation on class seating in the Alumni Association, most of the time, they still sit together according to class gatherings.

But ten years later, the class reunion will be different. At that time, most of them will tacitly sit around each other according to their ranks and identities, get close to those who are of the same status as them, and alienate those who are less than them. It does not help itself.

"Little Yanyan!—Come here!—Come on!—"

As soon as he boarded the deck along the gangway, before he could stand still, Hongyan heard the voice of a pretty girl.

She immediately pursed her lips and smiled, and the previous gloom was swept away.

That person is none other than Qing Yun, her classmate and roommate back then.

Hongyan looked intently with a smile on her face, and saw Qingyun baring her teeth and claws, waving vigorously at her without a ladylike image at all.

With such a shape, anyone would think that she is an unrefined country girl, but in fact, she is the eldest daughter of the current Hongfeng Ship King in Qinglong Continent.

The aura of wealth and glory lingers around her.

Hongyan immediately beamed with joy, quickened her pace, came lightly to Qingyun's side, and said with a smile: "Sister Qingyun, long time no see, how are you?"

While talking, Hongyan gently supported her shoulders and sat cross-legged beside her.

The graduated monks who came to participate in the class reunion, regardless of gender, sat on the ground.

Qingyun is six years older than Hongyan, and is now 28 years old.

——The nautical academies in this world have only a minimum age requirement for monks who come to study, but no upper limit, so it is extremely normal for students in the same class to have an age difference of ten or eight years.

Qing Yun's face was filled with the tenderness of his daughter's family, he was holding Hongyan's arm and dangling it, and said with a sweet smile: "Okay, sister, I am not very good." ——Xiao Yanyan , I am now the official wife of the current Huaguang Ship King, and my baby is already three years old, by the way, my good baby is a lovely daughter.—”

Hongyan raised her eyebrows and smiled, then put her right palm on her chest, bowed slightly, and pretended to be joking with her: "I wish Mrs. Zheng all the best.—"

Qingyun grabbed Hongyan's wrist, narrowed his bright eyes, twisted her, and said with resentment: "Hmm! Xiao Yanyan, are you going to have a separation with your sister now?..." As he spoke, he moved his chin again. Shrinking it slightly, he "choked" without thunder or rain.

Hongyan caressed her face lightly, couldn't help but comfort her and said: "How can it be. —— Good sister, I haven't seen you for many years, I miss you too late, how can I have a relationship with you?"

"Hmph!..." Qingyun still pretended to be pitiful with his nose and eyes narrowed.

"Okay.—Here, just smile.——" Hongyan stretched out her index finger and poked the corner of Qingyun's lips with a smile on her face, and raised an upward arc, "Really, you are the mother of a child now I kissed you, but Duandi is acting like a child here. It's a good thing your good daughter didn't see it, otherwise, wouldn't you be ashamed to be someone's mother again? Don't be ashamed..."

"Hmm... you little heartless, you're here to bully others..." Qingyun grabbed Hongyan's wrist and wrapped her right hand in his warm palms, and said, "you also Don’t know how to feel sorry for her... she shed so much blood when she gave birth to a child, she almost died..."

Hongyan shrank her pupils, frightened, hurriedly raised her left hand to hold the back of Qingyun's hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Sister Qingyun, you—"

"I lied to you." Seeing Hongyan's frightened half-death look, Qingyun laughed until his branches trembled, and said out of breath, "Although it hurts so much, I also bleed so much Blood and sweat, but death is not inevitable. Well, sister, I have a strong figure and slender legs and arms, so I won't die easily."

Qingyun and Hongyan were about the same height, and their bodies were quite strong, so they definitely wouldn't die just because they had children.

"You!..." Hongyan breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at her with resentment, and scratched her on the bridge of the nose heavily, "It's disgusting to scare me as soon as we meet!..."

Qing Yun stretched out his arms, and spread them on half of Hong Yan's body like a plaster, and lightly knocked his chin on her shoulder, acting softly with her: "I just want to see if you care about her... ..."

"Hmph, my aunt doesn't care about you at all!" Hongyan gave her a sidelong glance.

"Hmm...you're bad..." Qing Yun flashed a pair of watery eyes, pretending to be pear blossoms with rain.

Hongyan chuckled, stroked Qingyun's forehead lightly, and said softly: "Okay, it's okay if I care about you.—Really, a person of such an age..." After thinking about it, He said, "Hey, sister Qingyun, how is Huaguang Ship King treating you well?"

Qingyun nodded hurriedly: "Well, my husband treats me very well. Now I don't have to worry about anything other than taking care of my husband and raising my children at home. Also, the three sisters who are Mrs. Ping and I also hit it off very well. I didn’t have any wrong thoughts, and it saved me a lot of worry. ——By the way, my husband also told me that he would never take in another Mrs. Ping again——Oh...Look, I'm sorry for breaking it here—Xiao Yanyan, how about you? How have you been all these years?"

"I...it's okay..." Hongyan smiled a bit reluctantly.

Qingyun frowned, and after a moment of pondering, he understood.So, he said with a regretful expression: "Xiao Yanyan, now...is there still no nobleman willing to keep you?..."

Hongyan sighed, nodded with a wry smile, "Mmm..."

Qingyun shook his head, put his right hand on his forehead, and said in a deep voice: "Little Yanyan, it has been five years... Although I have always admired your persistence and courage, but now I have to pour cold water on you—— Today's world has indeed put us women in the position of men's accessories.

Good sister, really don't blame my sister for speaking harshly - as a woman, it is doomed that you will not have any great achievements in this life.If you are still willing to recognize me as my sister, then don't blame her for talking too much—I still think that way, I think, you should hurry up and find a nobleman to marry when you are young.Finding someone to rely on, settling down, and enjoying some glory and wealth without worry, is it better than living in no fixed place with fear?After all... you are a daughter's family after all. ..." After thinking for a while, she added, "Hey, if not, you will marry my husband—"

"Hmm..." Hongyan smiled sadly, shook her head slightly, and said with a choked voice, "Sister Qingyun, I know you are thinking of me, but I still want to persevere... Now, I just I've only been to two continents. I haven't been to the Suzaku Continent and the Xuanwu Continent. I don't know if there will be a ship king or ship owner willing to keep me...

Furthermore, the future I yearn for is to spend my whole life at sea.Even if I die, I will be buried in the belly of the fish. ——As a sailor, it is undoubtedly a shame and a great shame to die on land without a disease.I won't care about others insulting me, but there is one thing, I can't let myself humiliate myself. ——Sister Qingyun, you know that what I value most is my honor as a sailor..."

Qingyun sighed while propping his forehead, smiled helplessly, then lightly patted Hongyan on the shoulder, frowned, and pretended to be stern and said angrily: "You!...you are a stubborn donkey, you are so stubborn! ...You're so stubborn, you can't justify it no matter what you say! ...I'm so mad at my sister!..." As he spoke, he folded his arms in front of him and gave her a cross look angrily.

Hongyan stuck out her tongue, smiled reluctantly, and said softly: "Sister Qingyun, whether you say I'm paranoid or crazy, I'll admit it. There's nothing I can do about it. Sailor's way..."

Qingyun bent his index finger and tapped Hongyan's forehead, humming pretending to be disgusted and said: "I really admire you!..." After finishing speaking, he copied his hand into his waist purse and took out ten yuan The gold coin was pressed into Hongyan's hand, "Here, take it!"

Hongyan was terrified, and immediately wanted to decline.

Seeing that Hongyan was about to decline, Qingyun frowned suddenly, gave her a hard look, and said seriously: "Tsk! Don't refuse!—"

Then, he put on a earnest look, gently stroked her shoulders, looked deeply into her pupils, and said softly: "Okay—Xiao Yanyan, I know what you want to say.— ——Then how about this? The money will be regarded as my sister’s advance payment to you. When you come to the Xuanwu Continent, come to me and be my guest for ten or eight years. ——My sister, since you Now that you have made up your mind, then, I won’t stop you anymore. Instead of spending time and energy saving money and wasting your time, it’s better to visit other continents as soon as possible. ——It’s really hard to say, you should come sooner I've traveled all over the four continents, it's better to die soon..."

After thinking for a while, Qingyun made another gesture of ear-attachment, then cautiously lowered his eyebrows and looked around. After confirming that no one was paying attention to the two of them, he covered his lips with his right palm and attached it to Hongyan's ear. He said softly, "Little Yanyan, if you really don't want to depend on a man to live, then when the right time comes, I will help you to beg my husband. ——If you can do it from his hands. You searched for a hundred-rope-class ship, let you go quietly to the sea, and go to the unknown sea to search, it seems... It is also a good choice..."

Hongyan was startled, took a deep breath subconsciously, locked his eyes tightly on Qingyun's pupils, and said in a trembling voice: "No way!... How, how is this possible?!...Sister Qingyun, you promise Me, don't!...If this kind of thing is found out by the ship union, it will undoubtedly be a felony of expulsion and exile! I...how can I have the heart for you to take such risks for me?!——If you really want to do this , then, you can take back the money. After today, I will sever ties with you, and there will be no more contact in this life."

Qingyun narrowed his eyes slightly, sighed, and gently grabbed Hongyan's wrist: "Good sister...I...I just love you..."

Hongyan let out a wry smile, then melted the coldness on his face, then patted Qingyun's shoulder lightly, and said softly: "Sister Qingyun, I appreciate your kindness. I also solemnly request You, please don't try to achieve me by putting yourself in danger. You and I got along day and night like that back then, and we were heart-to-heart, and I have already regarded you as my good sister in my own heart. My sincerity, of course, is also I hope you will be happy, safe and successful. If you miss me, then pray to the gods for me. One day, I will come to you with good news."

"But..." Qingyun pursed his lips, with a hesitant expression.

Hongyan shook her head, her expression full of sincerity and sincerity: "Okay.—Sister Qingyun, you don't want to, but.——Well, I will accept these ten gold coins with gratitude. As for For other things, you really really don't want to worry about me anymore. Otherwise, I will never be able to finish your kindness and virtue."

Qingyun frowned, and hummed pretending to complain: "You! You have a big mouth all over your body, look at this tongue!..." She finally sighed, nodded, and said in a muffled voice: "Okay...then I can only wish you smooth sailing - okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about some happy things."

Therefore, the two changed the topic to what they had seen and heard over the years, and never mentioned anything about sailing and sailors again.

After a while, everyone arrived.

Then, those graduated monks rowed barges into the sea in groups of three or four to fish, washed and stripped them, brought them back to the deck, and grilled the fish with the barbecue grills that those graduated monks helped bring.

——This is a program stipulated in the class reunion, which is quite a bit of reminiscing about bitterness and sweetness.

Later, those practicing monks brought them many jars of old wine.

So they ate fish and drank wine.

During the banquet, there was a lot of fun, talking and laughing.

In the evening, all the talents will reluctantly say goodbye to each other and leave each other.

——This place is farewell, and the time to see each other is another five years.

Qingyun even reluctantly pulled Hongyan to give him a good meal, exhorted him thousands of times, and then left with the guards sent by the Huaguang Ship King.

Hongyan watched her figure go away fixedly, and after a long time, she turned and left reluctantly.

——"When we get together again in five years, can I really become a sailor as I wish?..."

"Hong Yanqing.—"

The preoccupied Hongyan was about to leave when suddenly a man's voice came from behind her.

Although she was not in the same class, but after five years, she still remembered this person's name and voice.

In a sense, he is indeed Hongyan's old acquaintance.

Smiling lightly, turning around, Hongyan put his right palm on his chest, and respectfully respected the man without losing politeness, neither humble nor overbearing: "I wish Master Yufeng all the best."

On top of the beam crown worn on the man's head, there are three bronze beams on the crown.In the middle of the beam crown, there is a forehead flower of a bronze anchor pinned.

The gentle sunlight in the evening coated them with a bright luster, which also made that person look solemn and sacred.

In comparison, the aura around the swan goose, which has no crown beams and forehead flowers, looks bleak and lonely.

The male monk named Lord Yufeng grinned inexplicably, and said slowly: "Hong Yanqing, I'm sitting not far from you. It stands to reason that you should have seen me at a glance. But from the beginning to the end, you didn't even It's so sad that you didn't come to say hello to me. After all, the two of us have fought openly and secretly for three whole years, haven't we?"

Hongyan has a total of 60 graduate monks this year, with ten students in each class.

Hongyan is a monk from the second class, while Yufeng is a monk from the third class.

This Lord Yufeng is the only bronze navigator among the sixty monks of the same class.

Like Hongyan, he is also a double discipline monk.

At that time, his graduation grades were two "Class A and Third Class".

——If so, he is also the second best graduate monk after Hongyan among the current graduate monks.

Yufeng raised his jaw slightly, and Shi Shiran approached Hongyan, stood two steps in front of her, and said leisurely: "It's been five years, and you still haven't given up, it's really rare."

Hongyan smiled slightly, disapproving, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Oh? I gave up after only five years, Mr. Yufeng, you are too underestimated."

Yufeng smiled and then stood up, "Hongyanqing, speaking of which, do you know why I always compete with you?"

Hongyan shrugged and didn't take it seriously: "I think it's just that as a man, I have the pride of a man in my heart, and I don't like a woman stepping on your head. That's all."

Yufeng smiled heartily, but didn't answer, he just said to himself: "Hongyanqing, as you can see, I have now obtained the title of 'Bronze Navigator', and now I can also compete in the 'Third Class Hundred Rope Class'. The official ship has served as the first assistant navigator."

In this world, the classification of ship class is divided into "three" intervals.

"Third-class hundred-rope class" refers to ships between one hundred ropes and three hundred ropes;

"Second Class Hundred Ropes" refers to ships between [-] and [-] ropes;

"First Class Hundred Ropes" refers to ships between [-] and [-] ropes.

——The same is true for ships of the ten rope class and the thousand rope class.

"Then, congratulations to your honor." Hongyan nodded to show his understanding, and said leisurely with an indifferent expression, "May your honor achieve success soon."

Yufeng still didn't answer, and still said to himself: "Speaking of which, there is one thing that is giving me a headache. I am thinking, should I become a navigator to teach and educate people in the future, or become a high-ranking nobleman, a ship owner or It's the ship lord—Hong Yanqing, you know that I do have the capital."

Hongyan stroked his palms and said with a smile: "Master Yufeng's private affairs have nothing to do with me. To be a navigator or a high-ranking nobleman is naturally up to you. As long as you don't do anything harmful to nature, then it's fine." gone."

Yufeng leaned slightly, looked at Hongyan, with a meaningful smile on his face: "Although it's a private matter, I hope it's - 'our' business."

Hongyan's heart tightened, and only now did he realize that there was something in Yufeng's words.However, she didn't point it out, she just pretended that she didn't understand.

She smiled proudly in return, and said slowly: "Master Yufeng, I'm really sorry, I only care about my own affairs."

Yu Feng straightened up, wiped his hands, sighed, and said leisurely: "When we meet again in five years, I hope you can still laugh. - Hong Yanqing, I wish you smooth sailing and success."

After all, Yufeng was a little helpless, but very tactfully said goodbye and left.

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