woman and sea

"elder sister--"

Suddenly, a little girl's voice broke into Hongyan's ears.

Looking at the reputation, there was a little girl who was only six or seven years old standing timidly in the crowd, and she praised in a slightly childish voice, "You are so amazing, just like a sailor!"

Hongyan put on a soft and kind smile, walked past the crowd, knelt on the ground, and looked at the little girl.

Then, pressing her thigh with one hand, stretched the other hand forward, rubbed her hair affectionately, and said softly, "Because my sister is a sailor.—"

Hongyan smiled like that, her eyes sparkling.

Her deep pupils contain too many emotions, but they are as clear as a mirror without waves, making it impossible to read and elusive.

"Wow! Really?!—"

The little girl suddenly became shocked, her mouth was wide open and she was dumbfounded.

Hongyan smiled slightly, put her index finger and middle finger together, gently supported the little girl's chin, closed her wide open mouth, then nodded and said, "Yes, really."

The little girl swallowed her saliva in astonishment, and after a while, she continued to ask cautiously: "Then... sister, can you tell me what the sea looks like? I have never seen the sea..."

Hongyan smiled softly, lowered her eyes slightly, and let her eyes go blankly, then said slowly with a sigh of relief: "The sea...it is an endless, deep and empty blue world....The sea and The sky is almost the same color, but not all the same.—where the water is shallower, the color is like the blue sky at noon; where the water is deeper, the color is more like the blue sky at night. ——

In addition, above the sea, there are waves surging like the wind; in the ocean, there are cheerful fish swimming like birds... Sometimes, you can also see golden beaches and rainbow-like colors. Colorful coral reefs—in short, the ocean is a very beautiful place, a free and unrestrained vast world..."

Hearing this, the little girl couldn't help but shuddered greatly, with an unconcealable fascination on her face.

So, she continued to ask: "Then, sister, have you ever been to the end of the world? What does the end of the world look like?"

Hongyan frowned in some embarrassment, and said apologetically, "Well... my sister hasn't been to the end of the world, so I don't know for now. But one day, my sister will definitely go to the end of the world to see Look, when the time comes, sister will come back and tell you, okay?"

"Okay!——" the little girl was delighted, clapping her hands and laughing, "but... Xiao Lu still wants to see it with her own eyes... Um... hey, that's right!—Sister, you can bring Xiao Lu Going to sea together?—"

Hongyan smiled slightly, rubbed the little girl's hair again, and said softly: "Oh?—So your name is Xiaolu.—My sister can take Xiaolu to sea with me, but I have to wait until Xiaolu grows up. That’s all right.” Then, Hongyan pretended to be angry and lightly scratched the tip of Xiaolu’s nose, “But now Xiaolu must be obedient, listen to what father and mother say, study hard, and wait until Xiaolu grows up to be as tall as her sister. When the time comes, my sister will come back to pick Xiaolu out to sea, okay?"

"Okay!——" Xiao Lu hurriedly jumped up and down, clapped his hands happily and laughed, "Then, Xiao Lu hooks up with my sister——"

"Ah."

Hongyan smiled and nodded, and lightly hooked Xiaolu's little finger, "Hang yourself on the hook, 100 years, no change."

After pulling the hook with the deer, the swan goose straightened up and gently patted the sand on its knees.

Just as he was about to leave, Xiao Lu grabbed the hem of his clothes again.She said: "Also, Xiaolu doesn't know her sister's name yet—"

Hongyan leaned slightly, gently pulled Xiaolu's right palm, and wrote his name on it like a tickle.

"The little deer has to remember well——" Hongyan wrote lightly, one stroke at a time, "my sister's name is 'Hongyan'. Here, it is written like this.——One day, I will become a famous Navigators of the world..."

As Hongyan wrote, her eyes couldn't help becoming a little out of focus.

The second half of the sentence is not for Xiaolu, but what she wants to say for herself.

Instead of saying "yearning", I would say "encouragement".

Because she is not sure what her future will look like, let alone...

"Yeah! Little Deer remembered!——"

Xiaolu clenched her fists tightly like a treasure, afraid that the words Hongyan wrote in her hand just now would slip through her fingers, "Sister Hongyan... Xiaolu also wants to be a world-renowned What about navigators, so, can Xiaolu also change his name to 'Hongyan'?"

Hongyan frowned slightly, bent his index finger, tapped Xiaolu's forehead lightly, and said pretending to complain: "Hmm—that's not possible. If Xiaolu's father and mother say yes, then that's fine.— — Xiao Lu is still young, you must listen to your father and mother, and you are not allowed to make up your own mind, otherwise, my sister will not take Xiao Lu to sea in the future.—”

"Okay!—The little deer will ask his father and mother when he returns home——"

Xiaolu grinned happily and smiled brightly at Hongyan, "Sister Hongyan, don't worry, Xiaolu will be obedient. So sister Hongyan, you must not let her go, you must wait for Xiaolu to grow up."

"Okay." Hongyan stood up straight, stroked the folds of the clothes lightly, then nodded sincerely to Xiaolu, and said with a gentle smile, "It's a deal. - Then, my sister will go first." , there will be a period later.”

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand gently to the deer, and walked away lightly and gracefully.

"Sister Hongyan, have a good trip.——"

Fawn looked at Hongyan's receding back for a moment, waved his arms vigorously, and said goodbye to her.Until Hongyan's figure disappeared at the end of his sight.

—— "Is there... a date later?..."

Hongyan, whose back was facing the deer and drifting away, gradually showed a desolate and sad look on his face.

Along the way, everyone's praise and gratitude slightly offset the depression in Hongyan's heart.

This time, Hongyan was still not retained.

Although it was expected - she had already expected such an ending, but she still felt unwilling.

But, let's forget it this time...

Counting the days, there are still nearly four months left before the first "classmate reunion".

Now take the boat back, the time is just between tight and generous.

Even if the schedule is delayed due to bad weather, at least it will return to the local area about ten days earlier.

Hongyan has already made a plan. When the time comes, he will first find someone from the family of the nobles to be a retainer and serve as a follower for their female family members - in this way, not only will he have a place to live, but he can also save some money by the way.When you have saved enough travel expenses for the next trip, you will say goodbye to them and continue your journey to seek the job you yearn for.

——The job that Hongyan yearns for is navigator.

It is definitely not Hongyan's arrogance or conceit to say that one day he will become a "famous navigator".

She has the capital to "bring her mouth to the sea".

Her capital is even so dazzling that people feel that it is unreal——

If it weren't for the "evidence" that they saw with their own eyes, no one would believe that there would be such an outstanding person in this world.

Hongyan was born in the "Daqinglong Nautical Academy" under the Daqinglong Ship King, which ranks first in the ship union and is the head of the long-term director.

——In this world, only the Nautical Academy under the Daqinglong Ship King can be labeled with the word "big" before to show its excellence.

All the other sailing academies under the ship king can only be called by name, they are what they are, without any prefixes - for example, the names of the other three long directors' sailing academies are just "Baihu Nautical Academy", " Suzaku Navigation Academy" and "Xuanwu Navigation Academy", not to mention less directors and other councilors.

"Daqinglong Nautical Academy" is the top nautical academy in the world. It is the highest institution that young people who are willing to devote themselves to the nautical career dream of, and it is also the cradle of future ship kings and top navigators.

It gathers the most outstanding teaching resources and navigators with the richest sailing experience in the known world...Of course, the tuition fees there are also the most expensive in the world, which is prohibitive——

A whole 100 gold coins!

This is money that ordinary people cannot earn in several or even dozens of lifetimes.

So the quality of students there is also the highest in the world.

——The vast majority of those gathered in the Daqinglong Navigation Academy are the children of noble families, born with a golden spoon in their mouths.It is no wonder that Daqinglong Marine Academy is known as "the cradle of future ship kings and top navigators".

They do have this capital.

Hongyan, more than four years ago, graduated from the world's top nautical school with the dazzling achievements of "first class in navigation department" and "first class in nautical chart" as a "dual subject monk". college.

Because Daqinglong Navigation Academy is the top navigation academy in the world, the exams here are naturally the most demanding in the world—not so much strict, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they are strict.

In this domestic country under the joint rule of ships, the graduation grades of all maritime academies are divided into "three grades and fifteen grades" according to their grades - Grade A, Grade B, and Grade C, with five grades in each level. Segmentation, the fifth grade is the lowest, and the first grade is the highest.

Since the establishment of Daqinglong Navigation Academy, Hongyan is unique, and there is no one that can surpass it.

That's why her nautical records are also different - they are ironed with dazzling black gold trim.

Although there is no inner page in her nautical documents that can record sailing experience.

Hongyan's achievements, as well as the cyan cover and the nautical document printed with the Qinglong emblem in her possession, are a golden signboard no matter where she goes.

Whenever it shines, it is a dazzling and shining status symbol.

It is always silently proclaiming its owner's wealth, power, glory and knowledge.

— The premise is that its owner is a man.

But swan geese are not.

Just because Hongyan is not a man, no matter how dazzling and important something is, in Hongyan's hands, it is just a heavy piece of waste paper. The only thing that can be given to her is a quasi-noble status that is neither embarrassing nor embarrassing.

And her dazzling grades, apart from being recorded by the school, can only be reduced to a piece of her past.

And the "past" is always going to pass.

——In this way, it can only remind Hongyan herself occasionally, and let her remember how brilliant she was back then.

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"elder sister--"

Suddenly, a little girl's voice broke into Hongyan's ears.

Looking at the reputation, there was a little girl who was only six or seven years old standing timidly in the crowd, and she praised in a slightly childish voice, "You are so amazing, just like a sailor!"

Hongyan put on a soft and kind smile, walked past the crowd, knelt on the ground, and looked at the little girl.

Then, pressing her thigh with one hand, stretched the other hand forward, rubbed her hair affectionately, and said softly, "Because my sister is a sailor.—"

Hongyan smiled like that, her eyes sparkling.

Her deep pupils contain too many emotions, but they are as clear as a mirror without waves, making it impossible to read and elusive.

"Wow! Really?!—"

The little girl suddenly became shocked, her mouth was wide open and she was dumbfounded.

Hongyan smiled slightly, put her index finger and middle finger together, gently supported the little girl's chin, closed her wide open mouth, then nodded and said, "Yes, really."

The little girl swallowed her saliva in astonishment, and after a while, she continued to ask cautiously: "Then... sister, can you tell me what the sea looks like? I have never seen the sea..."

Hongyan smiled softly, lowered her eyes slightly, and let her eyes go blankly, then said slowly with a sigh of relief: "The sea...it is an endless, deep and empty blue world....The sea and The sky is almost the same color, but not all the same.—where the water is shallower, the color is like the blue sky at noon; where the water is deeper, the color is more like the blue sky at night. ——

In addition, above the sea, there are waves surging like the wind; in the ocean, there are cheerful fish swimming like birds... Sometimes, you can also see golden beaches and rainbow-like colors. Colorful coral reefs—in short, the ocean is a very beautiful place, a free and unrestrained vast world..."

Hearing this, the little girl couldn't help but shuddered greatly, with an unconcealable fascination on her face.

So, she continued to ask: "Then, sister, have you ever been to the end of the world? What does the end of the world look like?"

Hongyan frowned in some embarrassment, and said apologetically, "Well... my sister hasn't been to the end of the world, so I don't know for now. But one day, my sister will definitely go to the end of the world to see Look, when the time comes, sister will come back and tell you, okay?"

"Okay!——" the little girl was delighted, clapping her hands and laughing, "but... Xiao Lu still wants to see it with her own eyes... Um... hey, that's right!—Sister, you can bring Xiao Lu Going to sea together?—"

Hongyan smiled slightly, rubbed the little girl's hair again, and said softly: "Oh?—So your name is Xiaolu.—My sister can take Xiaolu to sea with me, but I have to wait until Xiaolu grows up. That’s all right.” Then, Hongyan pretended to be angry and lightly scratched the tip of Xiaolu’s nose, “But now Xiaolu must be obedient, listen to what father and mother say, study hard, and wait until Xiaolu grows up to be as tall as her sister. When the time comes, my sister will come back to pick Xiaolu out to sea, okay?"

"Okay!——" Xiao Lu hurriedly jumped up and down, clapped his hands happily and laughed, "Then, Xiao Lu hooks up with my sister——"

"Ah."

Hongyan smiled and nodded, and lightly hooked Xiaolu's little finger, "Hang yourself on the hook, 100 years, no change."

After pulling the hook with the deer, the swan goose straightened up and gently patted the sand on its knees.

Just as he was about to leave, Xiao Lu grabbed the hem of his clothes again.She said: "Also, Xiaolu doesn't know her sister's name yet—"

Hongyan leaned slightly, gently pulled Xiaolu's right palm, and wrote his name on it like a tickle.

"The little deer has to remember well——" Hongyan wrote lightly, one stroke at a time, "my sister's name is 'Hongyan'. Here, it is written like this.——One day, I will become a famous Navigators of the world..."

As Hongyan wrote, her eyes couldn't help becoming a little out of focus.

The second half of the sentence is not for Xiaolu, but what she wants to say for herself.

Instead of saying "yearning", I would say "encouragement".

Because she is not sure what her future will look like, let alone...

"Yeah! Little Deer remembered!——"

Xiaolu clenched her fists tightly like a treasure, afraid that the words Hongyan wrote in her hand just now would slip through her fingers, "Sister Hongyan... Xiaolu also wants to be a world-renowned What about navigators, so, can Xiaolu also change his name to 'Hongyan'?"

Hongyan frowned slightly, bent his index finger, tapped Xiaolu's forehead lightly, and said pretending to complain: "Hmm—that's not possible. If Xiaolu's father and mother say yes, then that's fine.— — Xiao Lu is still young, you must listen to your father and mother, and you are not allowed to make up your own mind, otherwise, my sister will not take Xiao Lu to sea in the future.—”

"Okay!—The little deer will ask his father and mother when he returns home——"

Xiaolu grinned happily and smiled brightly at Hongyan, "Sister Hongyan, don't worry, Xiaolu will be obedient. So sister Hongyan, you must not let her go, you must wait for Xiaolu to grow up."

"Okay." Hongyan stood up straight, stroked the folds of the clothes lightly, then nodded sincerely to Xiaolu, and said with a gentle smile, "It's a deal. - Then, my sister will go first." , there will be a period later.”

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand gently to the deer, and walked away lightly and gracefully.

"Sister Hongyan, have a good trip.——"

Fawn looked at Hongyan's receding back for a moment, waved his arms vigorously, and said goodbye to her.Until Hongyan's figure disappeared at the end of his sight.

—— "Is there... a date later?..."

Hongyan, whose back was facing the deer and drifting away, gradually showed a desolate and sad look on his face.

Along the way, everyone's praise and gratitude slightly offset the depression in Hongyan's heart.

This time, Hongyan was still not retained.

Although it was expected - she had already expected such an ending, but she still felt unwilling.

But, let's forget it this time...

Counting the days, there are still nearly four months left before the first "classmate reunion".

Now take the boat back, the time is just between tight and generous.

Even if the schedule is delayed due to bad weather, at least it will return to the local area about ten days earlier.

Hongyan has already made a plan. When the time comes, he will first find someone from the family of the nobles to be a retainer and serve as a follower for their female family members - in this way, not only will he have a place to live, but he can also save some money by the way.When you have saved enough travel expenses for the next trip, you will say goodbye to them and continue your journey to seek the job you yearn for.

——The job that Hongyan yearns for is navigator.

It is definitely not Hongyan's arrogance or conceit to say that one day he will become a "famous navigator".

She has the capital to "bring her mouth to the sea".

Her capital is even so dazzling that people feel that it is unreal——

If it weren't for the "evidence" that they saw with their own eyes, no one would believe that there would be such an outstanding person in this world.

Hongyan was born in the "Daqinglong Nautical Academy" under the Daqinglong Ship King, which ranks first in the ship union and is the head of the long-term director.

——In this world, only the Nautical Academy under the Daqinglong Ship King can be labeled with the word "big" before to show its excellence.

All the other sailing academies under the ship king can only be called by name, they are what they are, without any prefixes - for example, the names of the other three long directors' sailing academies are just "Baihu Nautical Academy", " Suzaku Navigation Academy" and "Xuanwu Navigation Academy", not to mention less directors and other councilors.

"Daqinglong Nautical Academy" is the top nautical academy in the world. It is the highest institution that young people who are willing to devote themselves to the nautical career dream of, and it is also the cradle of future ship kings and top navigators.

It gathers the most outstanding teaching resources and navigators with the richest sailing experience in the known world...Of course, the tuition fees there are also the most expensive in the world, which is prohibitive——

A whole 100 gold coins!

This is money that ordinary people cannot earn in several or even dozens of lifetimes.

So the quality of students there is also the highest in the world.

——The vast majority of those gathered in the Daqinglong Navigation Academy are the children of noble families, born with a golden spoon in their mouths.It is no wonder that Daqinglong Marine Academy is known as "the cradle of future ship kings and top navigators".

They do have this capital.

Hongyan, more than four years ago, graduated from the world's top nautical school with the dazzling achievements of "first class in navigation department" and "first class in nautical chart" as a "dual subject monk". college.

Because Daqinglong Navigation Academy is the top navigation academy in the world, the exams here are naturally the most demanding in the world—not so much strict, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they are strict.

In this domestic country under the joint rule of ships, the graduation grades of all maritime academies are divided into "three grades and fifteen grades" according to their grades - Grade A, Grade B, and Grade C, with five grades in each level. Segmentation, the fifth grade is the lowest, and the first grade is the highest.

Since the establishment of Daqinglong Navigation Academy, Hongyan is unique, and there is no one that can surpass it.

That's why her nautical records are also different - they are ironed with dazzling black gold trim.

Although there is no inner page in her nautical documents that can record sailing experience.

Hongyan's achievements, as well as the cyan cover and the nautical document printed with the Qinglong emblem in her possession, are a golden signboard no matter where she goes.

Whenever it shines, it is a dazzling and shining status symbol.

It is always silently proclaiming its owner's wealth, power, glory and knowledge.

— The premise is that its owner is a man.

But swan geese are not.

Just because Hongyan is not a man, no matter how dazzling and important something is, in Hongyan's hands, it is just a heavy piece of waste paper. The only thing that can be given to her is a quasi-noble status that is neither embarrassing nor embarrassing.

And her dazzling grades, apart from being recorded by the school, can only be reduced to a piece of her past.

And the "past" is always going to pass.

——In this way, it can only remind Hongyan herself occasionally, and let her remember how brilliant she was back then.

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