The 15th of August.
The moonlight shone like water and a mirror.
Bianzhou of the Jiang Dynasty.
Bianzhou was a picturesque place with small bridges, flowing water, and houses. Every scene seemed to exude a lingering poetic feeling.
Thin smoke shrouded the sky above the small town. Figures swayed in the buildings with white walls and black tiles. The waterside pavilions were arranged in picturesque disorder.
This was a small town frequented by literati. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and no one picked up anything they left behind on the road.
Most of the town's residents had experienced tragic times. They cherished their current life and faced it with a smile at all times.
One day, a family of three came to the small town.
The man, although old, could still vaguely see the elegance of his youth in his eyes. He was gentle, refined, and dignified.
The woman was about the same age as the man. She stood there, emitting an aura of eight meters. She looked heroic and elegant.
As for the handsome young man who inherited his parents' good qualities, his facial features were exquisite, like a gift from the gods.
The family's appearance was comparable to that of immortals.
The town's residents were all ordinary people. Occasionally seeing someone with good facial features would shock them, not to mention a real immortal.
This family settled down in the small town.
The man opened a bookstore on the street, selling ink, paper, inkstone, zither, chess, calligraphy, and other trinkets. The woman had nothing to do. She would either ride her horse through the streets or stand in the bookstore, staring at the man until he turned away.
Although the couple was a little strange, it did not stop the town's residents from eyeing their son.
East of the city, Minister Lu only had one daughter. She was tall and sturdy with an ugly face and a fierce temperament. The strong men took a detour when they saw her.
Minister Lu was so worried about his daughter's marriage that his hair was about to fall off. However, his daughter did not care and continued to do whatever she wanted.
Seeing that his daughter was about to cross the age of twenty, Minister Lu gritted his teeth and decided to take in a son-in-law!
With a son-in-law in his hands, would he be afraid that he would give birth to trouble or dislike his daughter?
However, Minister Lu had a bad reputation and his daughter was a ghost.
Even a beggar would not be willing to be their son-in-law.
Just as Minister Lu was about to shift his gaze to the nearby town, the family of three entered his sight.
"Daddy, I won't marry anyone but him!"
Minister Lu's daughter had good taste. She immediately saw the handsome young man who was about eighteen years old.
"Deal! Father is here to propose a marriage for you today! "
Lu Yuanwai patted his chest and agreed.
The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month was the national day of reunion. Most of the people had already closed their shops, but the bookstore on the street was still open.
"Where did Fushou go today?"
When Officer Lu came to the door with Iceman to propose marriage, he heard the woman sitting on the counter from afar and turned his head to ask the man inside.
The man replied with a smile, "Isn't it to avoid you?"
This person was actually over fifty years old, but from his appearance, he seemed to be less than forty years old.
"Why are you avoiding me?" The woman boldly propped up one leg and placed it on the counter, completely ignoring the gazes of the outside world. She said, "In the past, I was too busy to look at him, so he felt sad in private. Now that I've been watching him every day, he's hiding faster than a rabbit. "
"Distance makes the heart grow fonder." The man smiled. "He doesn't like to practice martial arts. You beat him all day, how could he not hide?"
The woman raised her eyebrows. "Fushou is already eighteen years old. His arms can't even pull a stone bow. How shameful it is! His sister can beat him ten times with one finger. Do you believe it? He actually dares to hide from me! How dare he! I should really throw him to his sister's place to train. "
The man said, "What's the difference? He just escaped from the tiger's den into the wolf's den? "
"You're too lenient with him. If he doesn't listen, just beat him up. If one doesn't work, then beat him up again. There's nothing that can't be solved with a fist."
The man said faintly, "If you're willing to beat him up, why would you bother me here?"
"Now you think I'm annoying?"
The woman quickly changed the topic, perfectly demonstrating what it means to say wind is rain.
"Ahem … Lanting, don't let people see you as a joke."
"What did you call me?"
"Well … Peng Peng, don't make trouble."
"No, I want to make trouble!"
The man: "…"
The man looked at Officer Lu as if he had seen his savior.
Officer Lu straightened his chest and was about to walk into the bookstore when he saw the rude woman holding an abacus blocking his way.
"Can't you see that I'm dealing with family matters?"
The woman threw a look at him, her eyes brewing a frightening sharpness. Officer Lu was so scared that he took a step back.
After a while, Officer Lu felt that something was wrong. He was here to propose marriage.
He motioned for Iceman to come forward and state his purpose.
In his opinion, this family of three was just an outsider with no local relatives. How could they fight against a local snake like him?
Iceman chuckled and stated his purpose. The expressions of the old couple changed.
The man looked up at them and asked with a smile, "Marry into our family?"
The woman said, "Propose marriage? To whom? "
Officer Lu said, "To your son, of course."
The woman laughed and said, "Look at your face. Even if you marry a fairy-like wife, your daughter won't be any better, right? Who gave you the courage to come to my son's house and propose marriage? I've been avoiding arrogance and impatience recently. I don't want to get angry. If you know what's good for you, get lost. "
How could Officer Lu not hear that she was mocking him for being ugly?
He was so angry that his whole face kept twitching.
"You two don't want to live here anymore, do you?"
"Hey, you're threatening me, right? Hey, Ah Ci, how many years has it been since someone dared to talk to me like this? "
The man who was named said, "It seems like a long time."
Officer Lu said, "Don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!"
"Okay, I'd like to see how you're going to make me drink a forfeit."
The woman smiled and jumped off the counter. She was about to roll up her sleeves and go forward, but the man hurriedly raised his hand to stop her and pushed her behind him.
"That's enough of you. Your body has just recovered a little, and you want to mess around again. You're fifty-one years old, not fifteen, "the woman said.
"It's not that I want to criticize you, Wei Zixiao, but you're still so cocky after leaving the capital. How dare you control me?"
The man said, "Who was the one who made the rules with me before?"
The woman was speechless. She muttered to herself with a look of resentment in her eyes.
"Zixiao, you've changed."
The man said, "If I didn't change, wouldn't you fly into the sky after leaving the capital?"
It wasn't easy to save his life from the hands of the King of Hell. Would he die if he didn't act rashly?
Officer Lu, who was completely ignored by the couple, looked like a palette of colors.
Before he left, he said angrily, "The county magistrate and I are brothers-in-law. Just you wait!"
"Oh?" The woman raised her eyebrows, "If that's the case, then thank you."
Officer Lu was dumbfounded. Why were they thanking him?
A few days later, Officer Lu's brother-in-law, who had become a commoner, gave him a hard slap.
"You incompetent bastard!"
The bookstore on the street had a new owner.
In the suburbs.
The woman rode on the back of a donkey, the man sat in a carriage, and their child walked on two legs.
"Father ~ ~ ~ I want to ride in a carriage."
"It's no use even if you call me mother," the man said.
"Mother — I was wrong."
"It's no use even if you call me father," the woman said.
The sun was setting, and the bells were ringing softly.
The family of three gradually drifted away.
…
The scene was distorted, and the figures were blurred in front of him. The distant voice seemed to come from the sky.
Blood splattered all over the soft mattress, but none of the officials were able to stop him in time.
He used up the last of his strength and turned his gaze to a certain place. His body became colder and heavier, and he gradually closed his eyes.
Peng —
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