Shangguan Wenyan was eating. After finishing, he felt his eyelids were very heavy. A faint purple light was emanating from the sky, swirling in the clouds.
Then, he lay prostrate on the ground and fell asleep. A purple light descended from the sky, and a dignified and noble man wearing a purple battle robe and a cloak draped over his back stood before him.
His eyes were filled with rage. He reached out, wanting to finish off the black dragon, but was stopped by a blinding golden light.
"You thief, you beast, you scoundrel, how dare you... how dare you lay a hand on my daughter, I really want to kill you..." As he spoke, his hand trembled as he pointed at the sleeping black dragon.
Crossing billions of years of time and searching through one rule-based world after another, was it easy for him?
"Hmph! You think you can fool my daughter? You're dreaming! You think you can raise her? You'll never succeed." He took his daughter away, far away from him, waiting for the right opportunity to return to her divine position.
Shangguan Wenyan was tricked. Deep in his sea of consciousness, he stood dressed in black on a sea that was full of blood red.
"Hehehe... You think I'll give in like this? Pear Blossom is mine, no one can take her away from me, not even you." His face was sinister, and his eyes were full of madness.
Then he turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared.
Li Fagui and Li Zhongguo's eyelids twitched, as if they sensed that something big had happened.
Seven days later, the two called each other anxiously, but to their surprise, the call went through.
"Lotus, what are you doing? I feel uneasy, my eyelids are twitching badly, I miss you," Li Fagui said, feeling aggrieved.
"Fa Gui, I miss you too. I'll call you when I'm done with this." Then he hung up.
Ma Linghua also received a call. "Zhongguo, I'm fine! My daughter and I have gone on a long trip. We need to find a better doctor for Lihua's illness. We might be away for the next few years. Don't worry, just take care of yourself. We'll talk when we get back."
Hearing her grandmother's words, Ma Lihua felt a pang of heaviness in her heart. They had been rescued by someone on a dock.
The three of them were dressed in a way that attracted a lot of attention, and some people even whispered among themselves.
Where did this come from?
"I don't know. Old Li rescued him. I heard he was pulled out of the stream. Everyone thought he was dead, but he came back to life."
“Look, those dressed in such strange ways must be from some mountain village.”
"Alright, alright, everyone disperse!" said an old man in his fifties.
He looked at the three members of the Ma family and asked, "Where are you from? Should we contact your families to take you back?"
Ma Linghua stood up, and it must be said that she still looked so young and beautiful.
She looked around at the diverse crowd and asked, "What year is it now?"
"1912! What's wrong? Don't you know?" The old man looked at her with a puzzled expression.
“1912…the Republic of China…this…this is the Republic of China.” Ma Linghua was dumbfounded.
Ma Hehua was dumbfounded. Had she never been to school? No, quite the opposite; all of her father's knowledge had been used to educate her.
Ma Lihua's mind raced. Was there a time warp? Or was there a loophole in the rules?
Old Li felt a little scared looking at the strange and rambling manner of the group.
"What's wrong with you? Don't try to scam me! I'm just an old man, I don't have much money at home."
"Oh! Grandpa, look at what you're saying. How about this? We're refugees fleeing from war. The Qing army has been defeated, and our hometown has been destroyed. Could you take us in for a few days?" Ma Linghua's pretty face looked so pitiful that the old man couldn't bear to refuse.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "Alright, my family isn't rich either, but we can take you in for three days. Come with me!" With that, he got off the dilapidated boat.
He led the three to a small courtyard. The courtyard was not large, but it looked very clean and tidy.
None of the three spoke. When they arrived at the ground, they saw an old woman washing clothes in the yard.
She looked up and exclaimed, "Old man, this..."
Looking at the three women, she stared at Old Man Li with a confused expression.
"Old woman, these three have had a hard life. We'll take them in for three days, and they'll leave once they find work." Old Li was a decent person; he seemed kind and honest.
The old woman sighed, lowered her head, and didn't say anything. Her own family was already so poor, how could she take in people? Did she not want them to live?
She felt uncomfortable, but she didn't say it out loud. Since the person was already here, could she really just drive them away?
He tidied up a storage room, took out a quilt, and said coldly, "Sigh! Life isn't easy these days. Here's one quilt, you'll have to make do with it!" Then he turned and left.
"Mom, look at her attitude. She's just staying here for a few days, isn't she?" Ma Hehua pouted, feeling very uncomfortable.
"Alright, let's not worry about these things now, let's just make do!" Ma Linghua thought to herself. In this day and age, it's good enough to have a quilt to cover yourself with, it's just that her little heart is suffering.
The bed was a bit small; it was okay for three people to squeeze in, but Ma Hehua snored, ground her teeth, and farted, which made Ma Linghua uncomfortable.
The group changed their clothes, and it has to be said that the old woman was quite taken aback by what they were wearing.
Before dawn, Old Man Li would row his boat to fetch customers, leaving only his wife at home.
Looking at the flawless, high-quality clothes, a glint of shrewdness flashed in her eyes.
"Come in and have dinner!" the old woman said, a rare occurrence for her.
The three members of the Ma family, without any ceremony, followed the old woman into the main room, which was not very spacious.
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