Seeing Hong Ling's expression, the old man explained with a smile: "I won't sell it, but I will give it to you! Because you are its chosen owner!"
Hong Ling never expected that the reason why the old man didn't sell was actually because of this.
The old man stretched out his hand and handed the marriage stone in his palm to Hong Ling again: "I promise, I will protect it well!"
"Okay!" Hong Ling agreed directly without thinking.
The old man held his beard contentedly and said, "With these words from the girl, I feel relieved!"
Hong Ling chuckled and gently touched the surface of the Marriage Stone with her fingertips. After a long time, her eyes turned to other strange-shaped stones: "I think every stone here has its own beautiful legend!"
"Indeed!" The old man had a kind smile in his eyes, looking at each stone as if looking at his own child: "Every stone here is unique in the world; just like the marriage stone in your hand,
It’s the only one in the world!”
"I understand!" Hong Ling nodded lightly: "Can you tell me the meaning and legend of each of these stones?"
"I'm sorry I can't tell you!" The old man apologized, but there was no room for change.
"Why?" Hong Ling was slightly puzzled: "Could it be that only those who are destined to know the meaning and legend of their own destined stone?"
The old man nodded slightly: "Girl is a transparent person!"
"I know!" The old man's words had reached this point, and Hong Ling could no longer continue asking. She stood up slowly and took out the money bag from her arms: "I know that the value of the marriage stone cannot be measured by money, so these silver coins
Just think of it as a little bit of my love for you!"
"I appreciate the girl's kindness, but the girl should keep the money for herself!" The old man then stood up, but had no intention of accepting the money.
Hong Lingliu frowned slightly: "Aren't you setting up a stall here to support your family?"
"Supporting the family?" The old man laughed: "If it takes only a few years to meet a destined person, and use the silver they give to support the family, I'm afraid that the old man will be hungry and only a pile of bones will be left!"
"..." Hong Ling.
"Girl, there's no need to say anything. This is how I always do things!" Without waiting for Hong Ling's reaction, the old man raised his head and looked at the sky: "It's getting late. It's time for me to go back and rest!" After muttering to himself, he crouched down and carefully moved the hands.
Pick up the stones one by one on the cloth and put them in the box behind you.
"..." Hong Ling subconsciously raised her head and looked at the bright sun hanging in the sky; she was extremely puzzled by the old man's so-called "it's not early"!
After packing up the things, he put them on the flatbed truck behind him and waved to Hong Ling: "Girl! Take care!" After saying that, he pulled up the flatbed truck and pushed towards the dense crowd.
Staring at the old man's leaving back, Hong Ling shook her head gently: "What a weirdo!" She lowered her eyes, gently touched the marriage stone in her palm, and turned to leave.
The moment Hong Ling turned around, the old man who was walking forward suddenly turned back and said with an enigmatic smile: "I hope it can successfully save your life..."
Hong Ling, who was walking among the crowd, accidentally caught a glimpse of a middle-aged couple in coarse linen clothes. The man had a soft smile on his face and a pair of big hands, caring and supporting the woman. The woman responded with the same soft smile.
'Although they are not rich, they look so loving...' Hong Ling's eyes were filled with envy and sadness: '... Marriage Stone, can you tell Hong Ling whether she can still find a destined person in this life?
?' A touch of bitterness overflowed in my heart.
Slowly put away the catkins and hold the delicate marriage stone in the palm of your hand.
It took a long time to get out of the sad mood; the corners of the lips under the veil evoked a forced smile.
The smile lines froze before they were fully opened!
"When did Luoluo get off Qianding Mountain?" He stared at the distance with unblinking eyes, chatting and laughing with the three of them; he couldn't help but tighten his grip on the catkins: "With Luoluo's cleverness, if
Let her see Hong Ling, and she will recognize Hong Ling at a glance!" Thinking of this, she quickly dodged into a crowd of people on one side.
The gangsters who were bragging together looked at the woman in red who suddenly broke into their midst in shock.
"Am I right?" A gangster came to his senses first, his face almost close to Hong Ling's pretty face.
Hong Ling suppressed the anger in her heart and kept her pretty face away.
A gangster next to him rubbed his eyes vigorously to make sure that the person in front of him had not disappeared. He immediately bared his teeth and said with a smile: "It's true! It's true..." He said in a cheerful voice, as if he had won a grand prize: "...In the past
Those girls, when they saw us, ran as fast as wild beasts. What happened today? Did the sun come out from the west? "
"Don't rush to be happy yet!" He suddenly stretched out an arm to separate the two men from Hong Ling.
Everyone was puzzled and looked at this person one after another.
The man lightly scratched the tip of his nose with his thumb, raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't you see that her face was covered with a veil?"
"I see it!" everyone responded in unison.
"Do you think the face under this veil will be so ugly?" After the man finished speaking, he jumped away from Hong Ling, as if Hong Ling had an infectious disease.
Everyone surrounded Hong Ling and nodded: "That's not unreasonable!" Their searching eyes wandered back and forth on Hong Ling's body.
'Hold it! You can't take action, you can't attract the attention of Luoluo and the others! Hold it! You must hold it back...' Hong Ling clenched her hands tightly and kept hypnotizing herself.
"Want to know what this girl looks like? If we lift her veil, we can see clearly at a glance!" one of them suggested.
"It makes sense! It makes sense..." Everyone agreed.
"Then...who will reveal it?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent; everyone was afraid that when the veil was lifted, they would see a horrible face; after all, normal women avoided them like snakes and scorpions!
From the corner of her eye, she saw Luo Luo and others approaching her through the cracks in the crowd; Hong Ling hurriedly looked away, fearing that her attention would attract their attention.
The gangsters were still confused, you looked at me, I looked at you, but no one dared to step forward and lift the veil on Hong Ling's face.
Hong Lingle's leisure is because as long as they don't come forward, she can remain silent. In this way, the possibility of being discovered can be reduced!
"Otherwise..." A gangster bit his fingertips in confusion and suggested, "...we draw lots to decide?"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said anything.
"..." It was suggested that the man should not dare to say any more for fear of getting into trouble in the end, so he decisively lowered his head and pretended that he had not said anything!
Looking at the cowardly looks of the gangsters, Hong Ling sneered: 'A group of men as timid as rats!'
"I'll do it!" Suddenly, a short gangster closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and walked up to Hong Ling with a look of risk-taking.