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 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, Elizabeth's parents went to sea and never came back, and were buried in the sea.
Koizumi Anko looked at the older girl who was lying on the bed at night, crying under the quilt 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're such a worrier."
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 countless days, which made Chi Feichi have 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 very 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
No matter what, the Montgomery family will continue to be glorious, 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 Jianlian exceeded my expectations, she is a qualified head of the family."
"But she was still burned to death," Koizumi Anko sighed again and said melancholy, "You really know 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 and could endure 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. However, in the end, Becky gave the bone jade to her child and died.
In the fire...
If she knew this, Koizumi Hongzi would sigh endlessly.
As expected, Elizabeth quickly cheered up, got over the pain of losing her loved one, 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 want to marry her. Koizumi Hongzi transforms into an old mother, picking and choosing, not liking any of them.
Elizabeth was not in a hurry to get married. It was not until the year when the city was officially named "Eshenyuan" that an accidental cargo ship hit the shore. Among a group of patients who were sent to the medical clinic, Elizabeth saw one at a glance.
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 he still acquiesced.
Because there is no point in objecting...
Elizabeth married the sailor, and four years 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 yet conquered. What's more, in this era, the sea is a more dangerous beast for humans. In addition, merchants can easily encounter pirates and rob and kill their companions. While gaining wealth, they also
You have to bear 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 Medicine 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' was no longer a symbol that could not be mentioned. Instead, some people found it magical and believed 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 had nothing to do all day long, watching the city prosper, watching every place in the city getting electricity, and watching little Sophia growing up day by day, learning medicine from her mother, and then being raped by a Japanese young man.
Got it in hand.
After experiencing the marriage of Elizabeth, Koizumi Anko 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," Sofia smiled with a gentle smile, "but I want to transplant the elder tree in the yard. I smelled it faintly when it bloomed since I was a child.
As the aroma grows, I will feel more at ease with it by my side, 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? 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, as long as "I am a witch", "I witnessed hundreds of years of history and then became depressed", "What I said is true, if you don't believe me I will tell you in detail" such a set of three
Even if you need a doctor to give you a diagnosis of "recommend hospitalization for observation," but if you don't tell the truth, it's useless to see a psychiatrist.
Koizumi Hongzi was complained about 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 truthfully.
The peaceful time seems to never 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 spend the night 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, laughing suddenly and 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. Some people combined it with the legend of the Montgomery witch and speculated whether 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 went crazy and went to soak in the cold sea water for several hours in the middle of winter, just looking at the sea without saying anything...
I heard that Sophia has become as scary as a real witch, and some ignorant children will chase Sophia 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, could Sophia really be bewitched by the devil..."
"I saw her yesterday. 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? Although only a handful of people could become wizards and witches in the past, it is not too rare to have special people in certain aspects, such as people who are very good at eating and cannot eat anything to get their stomachs full, 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 fearful and resistant, and they will no longer shout about beating or killing."
Koizumi Hongzi reacted, "You mean..."
"Maybe the Holy See succeeded, or maybe the world has 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."