If they could see the face beneath the veil, they would probably kneel down because of what they were thinking at that moment... What a blasphemous thought.
…
On the day he set sail, the streets were crowded with residents who came to see him off.
The bluestone slabs are crowded with colorful cloths, and the air is filled with the smell of sea breeze and bacon. The sky is as blue as the wash, the white clouds are as clean as new, seagulls fly across the sky, and the streets are filled with lively singing.
The black-sailed boat crossed the river and headed for the dock. The young captain stood at the bow, the feathers on his hat swaying like a free heart.
“——Have a safe voyage!” The girls waved the colorful cloths in their hands.
"——Captain! Have a safe trip!" the young man shouted.
"——If we can find the legendary sirens, their magic will surely bring prosperity to the sea city. I really hope that day will come..."
"——Captain! Vice Captain! May the gods of the sky bless you, and may the blessings of the angels of the sea protect you!!"
The enthusiastic farewells, one after another, made Su Mingan a little dazed. He raised his head and looked at those faces, some dark and some slightly red. Most of them were enthusiastic aunts and young girls, but there were also many old faces. They sang farewell songs, threw bright flowers, and local rice wine and tea.
In the crowd, Su Mingan saw a familiar figure. The man was sitting on a roof, with a quiet expression on his face and a bottle of wine in his hand.
A girl, about 25 or 26 years old, sat next to Su Lin and joked about his drinking capacity. Although Su Lin's expression was very calm, he did not show any unfamiliarity. It seemed that they were already acquaintances.
Su Mingan saw Su Lin, but did not go over. They were both in a state of vacation. He heard that Su Lin was staying in someone else's house, and did not have a grand life like him. Su Lin just strolled around the streets, or planted flowers and plants, or sat in a roadside teahouse listening to books, living a qualified retirement life.
At this time, a bottle was thrown at Su Mingan by a girl on the street. She didn't seem to expect that she could hit Su Mingan's hand. She was stunned for a moment, and then her face was full of embarrassment.
Su Mingan took a look and saw that it was a bottle of hot tea. It seemed to be a tea that had just become popular in recent years, produced by the female owner of a cloth shop in the city. It was said that the taste was hard to describe at first, but later it became delicious.
He took a sip, which caused a round of cheers from the crowd, the sound was so loud that it almost pierced his eardrums. Then came more tea bottles and wine bottles, almost smashing him to death. Yueyue was so scared that she immediately drove away on the boat.
The black-sailed boats cut through the water.
The water ripples and the seagulls cry.
The fisherman pulled up his net.
Scoop up a boat full of moonlight.
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This time, dozens of medium-sized ships followed Su Mingan on the voyage.
He experienced the joy of sailing, the feeling of freedom in the sea breeze, and thought that if he was born by the sea, he might really become a captain.
He and Yueyue went to distant countries to experience exotic customs, to the deepest seas to track the traces of sea monsters, to learn advanced technologies, such as navigation, astronomy, and medicine...
Going out to sea again and again was like an uninterrupted dream. Su Mingan did not have a deep sense of reality, as if he was floating in the sea without an anchor. He seemed to have truly experienced all of this, but it was just a dream.
He is still the young captain. Time has not left any dust on him. Only the face of Yueyue beside him is changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
She had the power of life and would not die due to old age, but she did not deliberately maintain her youthful appearance and allowed it to age.
"In my previous life, I have never lived to middle age or even old age. This time, I want to experience a complete life. I want to see... if nothing happened, and I grew old with my companions around me until we were all gray-haired, what would that normal life be like... like?" Yueyue said.
They went to many places - every country around them, and they remembered what special products there were, what special snacks there were, and what enthusiastic bosses there were. He bought a singing mechanical box and gave it to Yueyue. She also made local plum blossom cakes by hand and gave them to him to eat.
They went to various banquets, wearing Baroque-style dresses or just cloth clothes to dance, and no one did not give him face. They were navigators known to the whole area. Because of Minghui's experience, she could dance the elegant waltz, but he knew nothing and could not learn anything. She would hold her hand through the white gloves and dance with him.
They can waste a lot of time choosing a small trinket without worrying about being interrupted by the task. They can also look at the stars on the deck and rest when they are tired. Even if they sleep late, they will not have a blade on their neck.
The sesame cakes at the morning market emit a scorching heat. The wine boiling on the stove looks like ripe peach blossoms in spring.
Sea breeze and jewels, banquets and tea and wine, sunsets and bonfires, plum blossoms and winter jasmine trees.
Brush past every peach blossom, drink every cup of milk tea, taste every dessert, and kiss every inch of the evening breeze.
The setting sun favors his eyes and brows, but the years cannot withstand the dust.
He looked towards the sparkling sea with a clean and pure smile.
…
Maybe,
This is Su Mingan's life...
The happiest period of time.
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