Flower of Azure

Chapter 1: Glass marriage

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The man stopped.

Liuli played with it carefully and couldn't put it down. I just don’t know if I, like Xi Shi, can find a lover like Fan Li in this life

Liuli leaned lightly on the large carved sandalwood chair and listened to the ditty. While half asleep and half awake, the sad words pulled her heart into a trance and confusion. There was always a person in white clothes floating around in her dreams. She opened her eyes as hard as she could, but she couldn't see clearly.

"Hey, you'll know when you take it back."

"Your name is Liuli, right?"

While she was lost in thought, a black cat suddenly jumped out of nowhere. Its green eyes looked at Liuli coldly. Liuli shivered in fright, her hand trembled violently, and the necklace actually fell into the swimming pool.

"Turns fifteen today?"

"Me, I am a rag collector!"

"Of course it works. Only by using it can you find your marriage."

"tattered?"

The man smiled strangely at her.

How was the night? Some people go to the river tower to sleep alone. Don’t sing when you are sad: An old song from the Southern Dynasties, Sima has many tears...

Liuli woke him up lazily and looked around for herself, but was surprised to find that the antiques and jades on the stall were quite old. She picked up a jade bracelet at random. The quality and texture were very good. The clear and distant color made her want to sink into the green.

"Now, I can finally go home and sleep peacefully without having to feed mosquitoes."

Liuli raised the necklace in her hand: "But what's the use of it?"

"Ah?" Liuli couldn't react for a moment.

"Yes, do you believe that everyone in this world has their own destined person? But you know that the world is so vast and time and space is so far away. How difficult it is to meet, know and love each other at this time and here. . Maybe you are on this side of the world, but he is on the other side of the world, and you will never see him again in your life. Maybe you are there, but at the wrong time. You were just born, but he has been waiting in vain for his whole life and is about to die. It may be the right time and the right place, but you are in the wrong body. As a man or a woman, or as a relative, you can only suffer for a lifetime. You and your lover are not only in the wrong time but also in the wrong space, even if you are in Even if you search hard all your life, you will definitely not find him. This Pei Liuli can take you to a place where he is. But whether you can love and stay together in this life depends on your destiny... "

She wandered from stall to stall in high spirits, and said hello to the familiar boss from time to time. Playing with various antiques one by one, I can't put them down. Usually, she can always find a lot of treasures here.

"What?" Liuli suddenly touched the Liuli necklace that the man put into his hand, and his body suddenly felt like it was being touched by electricity. Exit and go far away.

"My marriage?"

The word "glazed" originated from ancient Indian language and spread eastward along with Buddhist culture. Its original representative color actually refers to blue. It is known as the first of China's five famous utensils (gold, silver, jade, colored glaze, ceramics, bronze) and one of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism. Glaze is an ancient Chinese material and a very precious jewelry. It has a history of more than 2,000 years. It has been exclusively used by the royal family since ancient times. It has extremely strict grade requirements for users, so it is rarely seen among the people. By the Ming Dynasty, it had been basically lost. However, even the incomplete craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty was still protected by grade. The colored glaze at that time was already very opaque, so it was called medicinal jade. "Ming Dynasty" records: The ornament awarded by the emperor to the number one scholar is medicinal jade, which is only available if it is fourth grade or above.

Lotus collectors and lotus collectors sing songs, orchids and boats pass by outside the willows, no matter what the dreams of the mandarin ducks are shattered.

"Finally I've been waiting for you. I've been sleeping for a long time."

Liuli has been thinking about Liuli's necklace. Late at night, after they all fell asleep, they sat alone by the swimming pool to enjoy the cool air. While eating the iced watermelon, he looked at the necklace carefully.

Suddenly, I noticed that there was an extra stall set up in the corner over there. It didn't have many goods. It might have been newly opened and there were only a few people. She clasped her hands behind her back and walked to the front of the stall like an expert, but she couldn't see anyone. After looking around for a long time, she found the boss sleeping on the back of the cart.

"This is your glass. Be sure to take it."

Liuli was puzzled as she held the Liuli necklace in her hand.

Three Xiangs away, the blue clouds look across the sky with melancholy. The beauty smiled and said: Lotus flowers are similar, but love is short and lotus roots are long.

She patted the boss and wanted to chat with him to see if he had any good treasures. It took him a long time to wake up from his sleep, raised his head with a confused look on his face, and smiled innocently at Liuli, as if he had mistaken her for someone else. Liuli took a step back in surprise. She clearly saw that the man's eyes were green, but it seemed that they were not. The man rubbed his eyes, stared at Liuli twice, turned away with some embarrassment and yawned.

I am always looking for something very deliberately, but my eyes can never find a place to stay. She is far less lively and cheerful than her appearance suggests. The smile is bright, but the heart is always cold. There was nothing that she really cared about. She knew that she might not belong to this world at all.

There is also a legend about the origin of Liuli that makes Liuli feel very excited and longing for her, so she loves her even more.

"Ah? Aladdin's magic lamp?" Liuli's eyes lit up and she was ready to move.

The sky in the old city was always so gloomy that she felt depressed and even wanted to vomit. Liuli doesn't like heavy and depressing things, so she always hates the sky here. She always felt that her heart was incomplete, as if a part of it had been lost in the long river of time, and she could never find it back. She could only exist in this world, looking for each other.

According to legend, colored glaze was discovered by Fan Li when he supervised the creation of the King's Sword in 493 BC. Fan Li believed that this material was the ultimate achievement of the yin and yang of heaven and earth, so he dedicated it to the King of Yue along with his sword. The King of Yue was grateful for the merits of forging the sword, so he returned the original sword and named this magical substance "Li". After that, Fan Li visited many skilled craftsmen and made "Li" into an exquisite piece of jewelry, which he gave to Xi Shi as a token of his love. According to legend, this is the earliest colored glaze in the world. The war broke out in the same year, and the defeat was even greater. Xi Shi was forced to go to the Kingdom of Wu to make peace, and returned the "Li" when she was leaving. Legend has it that Xi Shi's tears fell on the "Li", and the heaven and earth, the sun and the moon were moved by it. You can still see Xi Shi's tears flowing in it. People call it "Liu Li", and today's "Liu Li" evolved from this name.

"You mean this glass was originally mine?"

The manufacturing process is extremely demanding. The early mold making is very complicated, and the requirements for the mold are also extremely demanding: the expensive colored crystal crystal gradually cools down after being fired and formed in the mold, and needs to stay in the furnace for at least several days. The flow of molten liquid colored crystals between them is difficult to control. But precisely because of this, there are various colored glaze works with different shapes but unified styles. Due to the manufacturing characteristics of colored glaze, it is impossible for two identical colored glazes to exist in the entire world. So it appears more precious and unique.

As he spoke, he began to put away the stall.

Liuli rubbed her hands, her face full of excitement. "Uncle, who are you? A god?"

However, the real ancient colored glaze is basically invisible now. Liuli has always wanted to find one for collection, so that his name of colored glaze is not in vain. However, most of the collection at home are made of water colored glaze, glued with transparent resin. The resin product made by adding pigments is only used for decoration. It lacks the crystal feeling of lead crystal glass, is prone to aging, and is obviously much lighter than the pendant in your hand. Several pieces of ancient colored glaze that were finally found were not very transparent in texture. The piece of glass in his hand fell in waves, like a clear tear. It is radiant, clear and transparent, with softness in its dignity, and elegance in its warmth. The colorful colors in the glass seem to be constantly flowing and changing. Sure enough, as described in Yuan Zhen's "Yong Liuli", "the color is the same as the ice, and there is nothing to separate the dust." It is so beautiful.

There was originally a party at home, and there were a lot of people waiting to celebrate her fifteenth birthday, but she sneaked out. She didn't like that kind of environment, because there was nothing more than a bunch of boastful and flattering words, the hypocritical smiles that she had long been disgusted with, and the cold eyes looking at her coldly from the corner.

"Yes... uncle, how do you know?"

"This is your fate, not mine. Put it away, this is a good thing! It can make your dreams come true."

I came home very late and was inevitably scolded by my mother. But that man always pampered himself too much, saying happy birthday to her gently, and then gave her a white jade butterfly button of excellent quality. It should be very expensive! She lowered her head and reluctantly said thank you.

As the man spoke, he pushed the cart and hummed a tune full of Beijing flavor, and slowly disappeared into the sunset. Liuli stood by the moat, leaning against the willows, feeling a little inexplicable but full of joy. Hehe, it seems a bit cliché, but usually according to the plot of TV, something unexpected will happen next.

Originally, Liuli had loved and studied these precious jade stones since she was a child. She understands and is more familiar with Liuli, who has the same name as her.

Looking forward to it.

"right."

"But this thing isn't mine, take it back!" Liuli handed him the necklace.

"Uncle, have you admitted the wrong person? I never ordered any glass necklace from you."

"It's not really junk, you know? There are a lot of ownerless things in the world because their owners have lost their memory. My job is to collect these things that are still useful and valuable, and then Return them one by one to their owners.”

In front is the antique market, Liuli's favorite. Ceramics, bronze vessels, jade, embroidery, and various handicrafts fill the long street. Liuli likes antiques the most, and likes to get close to the ancient and dusty years through each item.

"Oops, necklace!" Liuli seemed to have lost her soul and didn't care about anything. She didn't even care that she couldn't swim at all, so she just plunged into the water. Fortunately, the water was not deep and the bottom was clear, and the Liuli necklace slowly sank to the bottom of the pool, with a faint colorful cold light. Liuli stretched out his hand, and the moment he was about to reach the necklace, he discovered that the bottom of the pool was It became such a deep black hole that before she could scream with her mouth wide open, a gust of water swept her down.

The city is full of smoke and water, and the moon is dim. People are leaning on orchids and singing songs, and they often remember each other.

I wandered around the old streets and alleys under the city wall, and went to old teahouses to listen to ditties and doze off. This kind of peace and leisure is the life she wants to live.

"Yes, so uncle, you know me?"

After listening to the ditty in the tea house, she walked straight along the base of the city wall. Her hand gently moved against the wall, and the slight friction made her feel warm. There seemed to be a feeling that the thick wall tiles were absorbing her little by little, and she felt that her body was floating lightly, as if she was about to merge with the silent ancient city wall.

"I don't know." The man shook his head and continued to put the goods in the car one by one.

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