As time passed, Marvin passed away at the age of more than a hundred years old.
This is a scientist and a scholar who has contributed a lot to this port city. Chi Feichi and Koizumi Hongzi stayed above the herbal medicine shop, watching from a distance the long queue of people going to the cemetery to see Marvin off.
The bone jade was handed over to Elizabeth.
Elizabeth was depressed for a while, but finally cheered up. She hung the sign "Witch's Herbal Medicine Shop" on the herbal shop and ran the herbal shop. From time to time, she visited her parents who had returned from fishing at sea.
But one day, after Elizabeth's parents went to sea, they never came back and were buried in the sea.
Koizumi Anko looked at the eldest girl who was lying on the bed at night, covered with quilts and crying until she fell asleep. She felt extremely distressed. "Elizabeth must be very sad because her relatives have passed away one after another, and now she is the only one left..."
"And you worrier fog."
Chi Feichi drifted out of the house and looked in the direction of the stone building on the pier on the roof.
This city has not yet been connected to electric lights, and the kerosene lamps on the streets are not enough to provide much light. At night, the people who live here cover their heads and sleep, and everything is quiet.
But that dock is an exception. Cargo ships come there from time to time, and rows of torches are often lit up at night. The wealthy businessmen who come here live in that stone building.
Koizumi Hongzi looked at the dock and sighed, looked at the sky and sighed, looked at the herbal medicine shop and sighed. In the rapid passage of time, she sighed for an unknown number of days, which gave Chi Feichi a headache.
"Actually, Elizabeth's personality is very similar to that of Beji." Chi Feichi looked down at Elizabeth who was continuing her medical visits.
"Becky?" Koizumi Hongzi was indeed attracted to her attention and did not sigh again.
"Becky was quirky when she was a child. She liked to pester her great-grandfather, Lawrence, to tell stories. She had so many problems that gave Lawrence a headache," Chi Feichi recalled. "At that time, Lawrence believed that with the Montgomery family His heritage will continue to be glorious no matter what, so he handed over the Montgomery family to Beji, but neither he nor I thought that the delicate little girl could support the family in the turmoil. As a result, Beiji Ji Jianren exceeded my expectations, she is a qualified head of the family."
"But she was still burned to death," Koizumi Hongzi sighed again, melancholy, "You are really, knowing that Becky and Elizabeth are so similar, I feel even sadder when I think of Becky being burned alive..."
Chi Feichi: "..."
His original intention was to let Koizumi Hongzi know that Elizabeth had the tenacity of Becky in her bones and could persevere no matter what.
Fortunately, he didn't say that Becky was the most afraid of pain when she was a child. Because the decoction was scalded by the fire, she pestered Lawrence to give her the bone jade, but in the end, Becky gave the bone jade to her child, but she died. In the fire...
If she knew this, Koizumi Hongzi would sigh endlessly.
As expected, Elizabeth quickly cheered up again, got over the pain of losing her loved ones, and showed a bright smile to everyone who came to see her.
In this small town, Elizabeth is the most beautiful girl. There are many young people and elders who come to her door to marry her. Koizumi Hongzi transforms into an old mother, floating aside to pick and choose, not liking any of them.
Elizabeth was not in a hurry to get married. It wasn't until the year when the city was officially named 'Eshenyuan' that a cargo ship crashed into the shore. Among a group of patients who were sent to the medical clinic, Elizabeth saw one at a glance. A young sailor with light blond hair.
Not only the young people in the city, Koizumi Hongzi felt sad about this, and firmly believed that the other party had deceived Elizabeth's heart with a hateful smile, but in the end they still acquiesced.
Because there is no point in objecting...
Elizabeth married the sailor, and in the fourth year after the outbreak of World War I, Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter named Sophia.
Soon, the war was over.
The number of cargo ships in this port city gradually increased, and sailors organized fleets to sail for trade, bringing wealth to the family and many gifts to Elizabeth.
Just when Koizumi Hongzi became more and more satisfied with the sailor, the sailor also died on the sea.
Even in the future, the sea will be an existence that humans have not conquered. What's more, in this era, the sea is a more dangerous beast for humans. In addition, merchants are easy to encounter pirates and companions. While gaining wealth, they also Take the risk of losing your life.
After Elizabeth was depressed for a while, she quickly cheered up and continued living with her five-year-old daughter Sophia.
More and more people are coming to Jiangshen. Some are foreigners who have traveled across the ocean, and some are businessmen from other places in Japan. More and more people are coming to Elizabeth's 'Witch's Herbal Shop', not only for medical treatment, but also for Some people who want to prepare medicinal herbs to take to the sea also come to Elizabeth.
Unknowingly, the 'witch' is no longer a symbol that cannot be mentioned. Instead, some people find it magical and believe in Elizabeth's medical skills even more.
Probably influenced by Eastern culture, Sophia is a shy girl. When Elizabeth leads her hand to touch the bone jade, she moves cautiously. When helping in the herbal shop, she is used to purse her lips and smile softly.
Chi Feichi and Koizumi Hongzi spent the whole day doing nothing, watching the city prosper, watching every place in the city getting electricity, and watching little Sophia grow up day by day, learn medicine from her mother, and then be killed by a Japanese young man. Got it.
After Koizumi Hongzi experienced Elizabeth's marriage, she also looked away. The only thing she was unhappy about was that Sophia had to leave the foreign residence area and follow her to live in an area where Japanese people gathered, instead of her marrying into Montgomery's house.
Before Sophia got married, Elizabeth gave Sophia the box containing the bone jade, but Sophia refused.
"Let mom keep the family heirloom and give it to me later." Sophia smiled softly, "But I want to transplant the elder tree in the yard. I smelled it when it bloomed since I was a child. The aroma grows, and with it by my side, I feel a lot more at ease, and I will remember to visit my mother often."
At this time, Chi Feichi, who was used to seeing people gathering and leaving, was also heartbroken.
In fact, the two areas are right next to each other, but the furthest away from the two fog groups is the herbal medicine hall. They can only see the elder tree that can grow on the courtyard wall, and can no longer stay on the tree to enjoy the scenery.
After getting married, Sophia and her husband often came back to see Elizabeth. The relationship between the two was so good that they were in love every day. Two years later, Sophia was about to become a mother.
Sofia gave birth to a baby boy at her mother's house and stayed there for another three months before leaving with her husband and the child.
These were the busiest three months in the backyard of the herbal medicine shop, but Koizumi Hongzi sighed again.
"I don't know what this child will look like," Koizumi Hongzi sighed and complained, "Really, Elizabeth and Sophia are obviously the ones we watched grow up..."
"Be careful of depression." Chi Feichi reminded.
"What does it matter?" Koizumi Hongzi said nonchalantly, "Don't you also have a psychiatrist in charge? After I go back, I will have a chance to talk to him."
Chi Feichi was silent for a moment, "Then you will have to be admitted to the hospital for observation."
Koizumi Hongzi: "..."
Chi Feichi didn't say any more and continued to float on the wall and look at the elder tree.
If Koizumi Hongzi goes to a psychiatrist to talk to her, all she needs to do is "I am a witch," "I witnessed hundreds of years of history and then became depressed," and "What I said is true. If you don't believe me, I will tell you in detail." Such a set of three Even if it requires a doctor to give a diagnosis of 'recommending admission to hospital for observation', but if you don't tell the truth, it's useless to see a psychiatrist.
Koizumi Hongzi was complained by Chi Feichi for a long time, and she was unconvinced and counterattacked, "Oh, some evil son of nature also said that he doesn't like elderberries. It's all Lawrence's misunderstanding."
"I'm used to it." Chi Feichi said matter-of-factly.
The peaceful time never seemed to last.
Not long after Sofia and her husband returned with their children, war broke out again, and Sofia's husband left to join the army.
At first, Sofia would often stay with her mother at her mother's house with her children, but gradually, Sofia stopped coming, and even Elizabeth began to stay overnight at Sofia's house, and only came back occasionally to run the herbal shop.
Chi Feichi and Koizumi Hongzi were floating on the wall, listening to news from people passing by.
Since this is Elizabeth's herbal medicine shop, people often talk about the mother and daughter when passing by.
Hearing that Sophia became haggard, sometimes laughing suddenly, and sometimes being alone in a daze, Elizabeth was very worried, so she often went to take care of her...
I heard that Sophia's condition was getting better, but the news of her husband's death came back...
I heard that Sophia locked herself in her home and cooked medicine day and night, not even caring about her children. Based on the legend of the Montgomery witch, some people speculated that Sophia was taking some medicine that could bring her husband back to life...
I heard that Sophia's condition got even worse. She wandered into the forest alone at night. It was Elizabeth who found her after looking for her among many people...
I heard that Sophia was crazy. She soaked in the cold sea water for several hours in the middle of winter and just stared at the sea without speaking...
I heard that Sofia has become as scary as a real witch, and some ignorant children will chase Sofia and call her a "witch"...
Gradually, when the adults talked about Sophia, they looked like the people who believed that the Montgomery family were evil witches, with hesitation, fear, and strong resistance.
"I asked, is Sofia really bewitched by the devil..."
"I saw her yesterday, and her face was gloomy. It was really scary..."
Koizumi Anko was worried on the wall every day, but could not see Sophia's condition. "What happened to Sophia? Is she really bewitched by the devil?"
"How is it possible? Let's not talk about the existence of demons..." Chi Feichi looked at the elder branches and leaves sticking out in Sophia's yard, "Jiangshen was originally a port city, and there were many people coming and going. Haven't you already Have you noticed? In the past, although only a handful of people could become wizards and witches, it is not too rare to have special people in certain aspects, such as people who are good eaters and can never eat anything, and some people who have strong hearing or vision. , but since before and after Marvin was born, there have been fewer and fewer such people, and in the past few decades, when people talk about witches, they are mostly afraid and resistant, and they will no longer shout to fight or kill."
Koizumi Hongzi reacted, "You mean..."
"Maybe the Holy See succeeded, or maybe the world changed for some reason," Chi Feichi said softly in a calm tone, "The Age of Ending Law has already arrived since Marvin was born. Occasionally, there are some people with special abilities. There are not many people like you who have slipped through the net."
(End of chapter)
