Chapter 20: Fairy Tales

Ellie tries to escape, but is caught by the boy.

The big calloused hand gently stroked the birthmark on her face: "They are all laughing at you, but Ellie, people who really like you will find you beautiful." ”

"Will you marry me, Ellie? I'm an orphan and may not be able to give you a rich life, but I'll try to earn money to support you. ”

The boy's eyes were too hot, he was just like his grandfather had said. This ugly birthmark was like a treasure in his eyes.

She nodded slightly.

The merfolk also have a history of intermarriage with earthly humans, and when she told her grandfather, Elder Eli didn't stop her.

"I hope he will be a good boy, and if he is wronged, this will always be your home."

Grandfather always cherished Ellie, and she threw herself into his arms and couldn't hold back her tears.

The tears fell into the sea, and instead of turning into pearls, it was a light pink transparent crystal, which was beautiful.

The fact that the ugly girl Ellie marries a human shocks the whole clan. There are a lot of people who gloat, and they all watch jokes.

Ellie didn't want to make a big deal about the wedding, and they only invited her grandfather and acquaintances to their wedding.

"You think they're going to live happily ever after?"

Qianshi thought about it, according to the routine of fairy tales, it is generally the male and female protagonists who live happily together.

Dogge looked at the young man in front of him: "No, no, disaster will befall them soon." ”

After marriage, the teenager worked hard to earn money to support the family, and Aili also spun moonlight yarn to supplement the family, and the life of the young couple was prosperous.

This situation invites the envy of others.

The village chief's daughter has always been in love with the boy, and the village chief proposed but was rejected.

She thought that the young man was just in love, but she didn't expect to become a relative without making a sound, and she was still an ugly girl.

She couldn't bear this breath, and often had nothing to find fault with, but in exchange for the boy's disgust, she was even more disgusted.

"I heard that the tears shed by mermaids turn into pearls." She slowly approached Ellie and shoved her against the table.

The pain in her body spurred Ellie into tears, and despite her endurance, one fell to the ground and turned into a light pink crystal.

"No matter how unreasonable you are, he won't like you. This is the last time, and I won't spare you next time! ”

Ellie ignores her and rushes home to cook.

The village chief's daughter remembered that Ellie was crying, and a drop fell to the ground, and she squatted down to look for it, and there was no pearl, only a pink crystal.

Transparent and beautiful.

"She's an outlier."

She strung the quartz into a chain and carried it with her.

In a rush, I was taken by a young lady in the city and bought it at a high price.

It was money she had never seen before, and it was just a grain of quartz that she had ever gotten for. She was shocked and delighted at the same time.

The daughter of the village chief went home and told her father that the people had abandoned their conscience in the face of great interests. They were deliberating on how to make more money.

There are many ladies and ladies in the city, and they may be able to sell them elsewhere.

The small fishing village is too dilapidated and the risk of going out to sea to fish is high, and the whole village is in poverty. If you can make money from pink quartz, you don't have to work so hard to fish.

When the fishermen begged the young couple for pink quartz, they said with a pleading face, pouring their bitter water.

Ellie is glad that her tears are of such use, and at the same time she is very sympathetic to the children who do not have enough to eat: "I can only give you a small amount, and there is no more." ”

"Thank you, Ellie."

"Ellie, you're so nice!"

Once people have tasted the sweetness, how can they let go easily, and the interests will only corrode their conscience.

"Ellie, you're secretly crying again!" The young man was very distressed, and there was an endless stream of people who came to beg for pink quartz, and her eyes were about to dry with tears.

"Don't give them to them in the future."

"Okay." She comforted her husband.

Life has improved for the people of the village, and she doesn't want to tear herself anymore.

Ellie was found to be pregnant, and the young couple were very happy, and the fishermen got less and less pink quartz.

Because she had a child, she refused the fisherman's request.

"There are abundant resources in the sea, enough to sustain you."

The rejected fishermen were embarrassed and walked away.

Ellie gave birth to a boy, born in the sea, with the same ice-blue fishtail as his mother.

The boy named him Enge.

"Enge?" Chiyo thought of the little mermaid and was surprised.

"Yes, it's Enge." Dogg glanced at her and continued.

The huge profits made by the villagers are gone, so they can only do their old jobs and go to sea to fish. But the days of pampering are too much, and the skills that originally relied on to survive have been forgotten.

On that one voyage, there was a storm, and only one of the ten people came back.

People blame Ellie for all the blame.

"If you promise to give us Pink Quartz, do they still need to go fishing?"

"You pay back my husband!"

"Give back my father, woo."

The home of the young couple was surrounded, the teenager was restrained, and Ellie was holding the child, feeling ridiculous.

"When I didn't give you pink quartz at the beginning, it wasn't the same as a good life, it was your own laziness, greed, and abandonment of the ability to survive, all of which are days!"

The villagers chattered and didn't make sense at all. Ellie felt sorry for her husband, but she didn't dare to act rashly, she could attract a lot of water, but it would hurt the youth.

The young man asked her to take the child away, she glanced at her husband, gritted her teeth and left.

The young man has feelings for the villagers, he thinks that they are only deceived for a while, and it will be fine after a while, but he underestimates the greed of the human heart.

"He's here, afraid that the mermaid won't come back?"

The villagers said viciously and tied him up with hemp rope.

The young man's body was full of scars, his flesh and blood were blurred, and his breath was weak, and when Ellie saw him, she couldn't help but cry.

When the tears touched the air, they turned into pink crystals, and the villagers outside the wooden fence turned red-eyed.

She gave Enge to the Great White, a great white shark that was Ellie's childhood playmate.

She didn't have time to go back to the deep sea, so she had to ask Dabai to ask her grandfather for help.

The village chief's daughter hired a sorcerer, who restrained her with a black potion, because she was afraid of hurting her husband and was restrained.

She could only pray in her heart for her grandfather's rescue.

Ellie was put in a cage for mermaid arrests, and they would whip the youth every day to make her cry.

Ellie's fishtail has lost its vitality, and its flesh is blurred and pitted. The sorcerer cuts her flesh with a knife and does all sorts of research.

Grandfather will not ignore himself, so it can only be that Dabai has encountered some danger.

She was worried about her husband and her children, and gradually, blood and tears flowed out.

People were glad it was a brighter red crystal, but they didn't care that it was her blood, it was her life.

"They brutally drained her of everything. A month later, both the young couple died. The villagers thought of the child, but no one saw him. ”

Chiyo frowned, if this was a fairy tale, at most sympathetic. But it's a real thing, and it's just disgusting.

"How did it come to light?" Chiyo asked the old man.

"It is said that the great white shark later went back, but it was only seriously injured, and before he died, he told the truth, and the little mermaid could not be found."

Chiyo didn't know what to say, and was depressed and angry in his heart. She had determined that Enge was the mermaid's Ellie's child.

"So there are so many inside stories!" The old woman didn't know when she came over, and after listening to it, she was thoughtful.

Dogge waved her away: "Go and go, I'm old, I'm old, and I love gossip so much." ”

"What, really!"

The mother-in-law muttered and walked away.

"Is the outcome of the matter out?"

"How can it be so easy, it is a village, there are more than 100 people, how to deal with it, do you have to lose your life."

It was the young man who answered, and Chiyo glanced at him, and he smiled back.

"It's hard to solve this problem."

"There's always a solution."

"How does Uncle know so much?"

The young man looked at the old man and asked his own questions.

Dogge hesitated for a moment: "My daughter married into that village, and when she fled back, she broke down and said. ”

He sighed: "It's all sin! ”

Chiyo said goodbye to the old man and prepared to enter the city of Cello.

The young man followed her all the time, and asked east and west, "Where is the young lady from, and is she going to the city of Sailuo?" I know it well and am willing to show you the way. ”

This kind of bearing can only be possessed by people of the royal family.

At this juncture, a person from the royal family, Qiyue couldn't help but think more.

"You're out of business?"

"Business can be done every day."

He didn't answer the question.

"Let's go, then."

Chiyo glanced at him and continued walking.

Qiyue was stunned for a moment, then regained her smile and followed her to talk about the customs of Sailuo City.

The mermaid affair has had a certain impact on the economy of Sailo City, and there are fewer vendors and shops on the streets.

"Is Miss going to take a rest at the inn first, or is there something to do?"

Qiyue asked her politely.

"Go to the City Lord's Mansion."

Qianshi has asked the jade pigeon to send a message to the city lord's mansion to explain the intention.

Qiyue has been out to investigate the news, so she didn't receive the news in time. It is also normal for people from the royal family to go to the City Lord's Mansion.

"Okay."

Qiyue led the way in front, and Chiyo followed him.

She guessed correctly, Qiyue has something to do with the City Lord's Mansion.

The star priest of the palace, Qixing, also has an elder brother, who seems to be called Qiyue.

He led her all the way to the lobby where the guests were entertained.

"Tea?"

He expertly poured her a cup of tea, and Chiyo took it.

"I heard that Her Majesty has a dragon horse? I don't know if the city has that honor. ”

He looked at Chiyo meaningfully.

"Of course."

Qianshi released Ryoma, and Money has been staying in the manor, although there is thundercloud nectar, but it is still a little stuffy, and as soon as it comes out, he rubs his head against Qianshi and spoils her.

Chiyo smiled and touched his head to soothe it.

"I haven't seen it in a long time."

Qiyue looked at Ryoma and smiled, shaking her head, as if remembering something.

At the beginning, Li Guo was so poor that he sold all the dragon horses!

"There will be more and more in the future."

Chiyo is ready to save money to buy a female dragon horse from Wei Guo as a companion for Money. In the future, there will be a little dragon horse.

"Is the queen going to take care of the merfolk herself?"

Qianshi replied softly: "Yes." ”

"I'm afraid it's not that easy."

Qiyue shook her head, sat down in her place, and refilled another cup of tea. I told her about Sailuo City for a long time, which made his mouth dry.

"It will work out."

She affirmed.

Enge is Ellie's child, the great-grandson of Elder Eli, and perhaps there will be a chance for peace talks in the face of the child.

"Tell the merfolk people that I want to talk to them about Ellie's children."

Enge must be implicated in this matter. The little mermaid still wants to go home, and Chiyo doesn't know how to explain to him the news that his parents have died.

"Kid?"

Qiyue was surprised, who would have thought that the little mermaid had already arrived in the hands of the queen. He didn't dare to ask more, and retreated silently.

It's a sunny day, the sunset is parting, and you can still see the tail of the sun. Qiyue looked into the distance and smiled, could it be that the heavens finally saw Li Guo?