Kong Zhen rubbed his face a little helplessly, smiled at me and Princess Yingli and said, "If you don't like the simplicity of the house, then please come in and have a cup of lemon tea." ”She was the first to land in the dinghy, and then reached out and pulled the boy up.The boy had recovered from the previous fright, and felt that he was so old, and it was very shameless to be pulled by Kong Zhen to get ashore, so he decisively refused Kong Zhen's help, got up from the dinghy, stepped on the side of the boat, and jumped to the shore with a slight jump.The group of poor children on the street saw Angelo come back and squatted behind a pile of stones on the side of the street and secretly looked at Angelo."
Xiao An, didn't you say that if you can come back early today, you will play with us?"
A girl poked her head out of the pile of rocks and asked Angelo."
Where's Leah?"
Angelo glanced at the group of children and asked them."
She didn't come out!"
The girl said."
She doesn't want to play with us."
Another boy added."
She just wants to keep her dog with her, and she doesn't even allow us to touch her dog."
There were smaller children in the back who poked their heads out like mushrooms after the rain and complained to Angelo.Angelo was like the leader of this group of children, and greeted the group casually: "Okay, you guys go play first, don't run far, I'll go see Leah, and then I'll come to you." ”"Yay!"
The group of children cheered and ran away in a swarm.The boatman put the rope on a stone pillar and set up a plank on the shore, and Ying Li and I stepped off the boat and surveyed the civilian area.Although the stone pavement on the street is old, some places have been invaded by shellfish molluscs, and even some dark brown moss has grown, but some damaged places have been repaired, and at the intersection of the street there is a stone trough dozens of meters long, and a clear spring water bubbles out of the stone trough and pours into a pool with a statue standing in the middle.Several civilian women squatted beside the pool to wash their clothes, and some men in shorts, showing their dark skin, stood on a stone platform by the pool with a wooden bucket to shower, and two old women sat by the pool washing a pot of fish bladders, and the barrel next to it was also full of shellfish.In Haiyin Silk City, only the poor will eat fish and shrimp and fresh shellfish every day, Haiyin Silk people think that after eating too much fish and shrimp, they will become Cana people in the next life, Haiyin Silk City is a water city, the whole city is built on the sea, whether it is vegetables or meat, it has to be transported by land, it is for this reason that this kind of food is expensive.Most of the rooftops of the civilian areas have rooftops, some of which have pergolas built on them, rows of dried salted fish with skin and bones hanging on the clotheslines on the roofs, and sea vegetables braided like braids hanging on the walls.Kong Zhen led us through the door into a narrow alley, one side of the stone path was covered with moss, the ground was a little slippery, and the walls were a little mottled, far less glamorous than they looked on the street outside, Ying Li stroked the stone wall with one hand, looking up at the gap between the two buildings.The boy led the way in front, he was very familiar with the place and was always waiting for us at the turn.Probably not wanting us to see her humble home, Kong Zhen's face was slightly embarrassed, and she reminded Ying Li from time to time, asking her to be careful of slippery roads.Helena and Becky followed with curious expressions, although Ying Li and I had wandered around the civilian areas of the imperial capital before, but there were only a few times when we had walked into a civilian home so closely.It was a small, cramped-looking stone house, sandwiched between two buildings, with no direct sunlight in.The wooden doors of the stone houses are inlaid with some beautiful shells and sun-dried starfish, and I don't know who painted the sand, sea and sky with a brush on the wooden doors.Kongzhen pushed open the wooden door of the stone house and let us in, and the inside of the house was very clean, and the walls were covered with some lilac seaweed, and some dried scallops were strung with rope and hung on the wall like a door curtain.When it heard the door open, a fur seal came out of the house, and its four finned feet jumped clumsily on the ground, but when it saw a group of people standing in the doorway, it hissed in fright, and quickly hid under the bed in the house.A cute little girl ran out of the house, saw Kong Zhen and the boy, held up a big scallop in her hand, raised her head and said to Angelo with a happy face: "Angelo, the dog helped me catch a big shell again, can I bake it and eat it for dinner?"
”The little girl looked to be six or seven years old, with long black hair straight like a waterfall, wearing a slightly large linen vest, standing barefoot on the unpainted wooden floor, and her black grape-like face and emptiness were almost carved out of a mold."
Of course!"
Angelo took two steps forward, pulled out enough to shrink under the bed, and held it in his arms to soothe him.Kong Zhen squatted in front of the girl, patted her pink face, and said affectionately: "Liya, you're here, come and say hello to Young Master Jijia and Princess Yingli!"
”The girl asked weakly, "Ah Zhen, are they here to collect debts?"
”Kong Zhen said to the girl, "They are not here to collect debts, they are guests." ”The girl breathed a sigh of relief, her face was obviously not as nervous as she had just been, and she greeted us one by one as she had said.I walked up to the girl and squatted down, looked at her demure appearance, her big black eyes like purple grapes, turned my head to Kong Zhen and asked, "Is this your daughter?"
”"Hmm!"
While arranging a place for us to sit, Kujin replied, "Before he went to Strange Rock City, he happened to be pregnant with Riya. ”Unlike Angelo, the girl's eyes were full of spirituality, and I felt that she could sense the magic vortex that surrounded me.I crouched in front of her, and she seemed a little shy and a little nervous."
She's so cute!"
I said to Sora Shin, then turned to the girl and said, "Hey, little one, do you stay at home like this every day?"
”"Mom won't let me run around the streets!"
The girl's gaze didn't fall on me, I felt that her eyes seemed to chase some part of the magical cyclone on my body, maybe it wasn't magical perception, it could only be said that she had a very keen sense of magical elements, and even then, it was especially rare.The room wasn't very big, so he poured a glass of water for each of us, and then said to Angelo, "Angelo, you take Leah out for a while, but don't run too far." ”Hearing Kong Zhen's command, Angelo cheered, and then took Leah's little hand and got out of the room."
I'm sorry, I didn't know you had such a hard time living in Haiyinsi."
I sat down next to a small wooden bed, the wool blanket on the bed looked very shabby, and even a few large holes, which were sewn together by Kong Zhen with a few pieces of linen, the stitches were fine, and at first glance they were carefully sewn, and the sheets on the bed were very clean, and the room was a little damp because of the lack of sunlight for a long time, but the bed looked very dry."
Now everything is slowly getting better."
Sora Zhen smiled and said to me.There is an indomitable attitude to life in her eyes, she is a strong woman, and the rough life does not crush her, but makes her stronger.She pulled the bust around her chest, perhaps from a long time looking for work on the docks, her skin became a little rough under the wind and sun, her originally fair skin turned into a shiny wheat color, and the short skirt around her waist was more like a broken cloth.I glanced at Ying Li, and she seemed to understand the meaning in my eyes and smiled at me.I took a sip of the cold water from the clay cup and said to Kong Zhen: "If, I mean that I can provide you with some small help in terms of life, you can take the two of them back to the imperial capital with us, or you can stay in Haiyinsi and do some small business, a grocery store or a magic store or something, I have opened a few workshops in the imperial capital, the supply of goods is not a problem, and I can provide some start-up capital." ”Kong Zhen thought for a while before he said to me, "Can I discuss this matter with Singh?"
”"Of course, you can also invite Sister Singh to come along."
I sat across from her and said, "The void I know has become much more mature and stronger. ”When she heard me say this, a faint smile appeared on her face, but the smile was full of bitterness: "No matter what, you always have to live!"
”There was a flower pot on the windowsill of the room, and in the pot grew a tomato, which was very weak, with only a dozen curly leaves, and between the two branches at the top hung two thumb-sized green fruits, and the leaves of the tomato kept swaying in the sea breeze blowing in from the window."
Do you know where Uncle Fred and Sister Singh live?
Do you still have contact with them?
”I asked about the truth.In this strange city, the only people she knows are Sister Singh and Uncle Fred.Sora Zhen nodded and said, "Of course, if they hadn't helped us from time to time, maybe my life would have been more difficult." ”I guess the situation of Sister Singh's family will not be much better than that of Sister Kongzhen, otherwise Kongzhen's life would not be so difficult, so I asked Kongzhen: "Ambassador Fred and Sister Singh, are they okay?"
”"I can take you to their house, and they will be happy to see you."
There was no answer for good or bad."
Okay, let's go now."
I said.In fact, before that, I didn't expect to see Kong Zhen on the first day I came to Haiyinsi, and I would be able to meet Sister Singh immediately, thinking of Sister Singh, who used to be Qige's personal maid, and thinking of how much care she and Uncle Fred took to me in the caravan, I couldn't wait to meet them.Empty Truth and I came out of her humble home and walked down the old stone road to the main street, where the boy Angelo was leading a group of poor children who couldn't seem to wear clothes all over the street, as if they were playing a game called a pirate ship.
Breast, squinting at the children in the street, trying to find Leah's figure from the group of children."
Angelo, Leah, are you going to come with me to Aunt Singh's house?""
AhhGoing to Aunt Singh's house?
Great, we can have a lard bibimbap again, or this time Aunt Singh can make us one of those fragrant wheat cakes with a layer of butter" "Oh, go eat wheat cakes!"
”In fact, the wheat flour in the Green Empire is not expensive, usually three or four copper plates can buy about a pound of wheat flour, I never thought that in the Green Empire, there would be children who can become so excited to hear about eating wheat cakes, I have always thought that wheat flour is probably the cheapest grain other than sweet potatoes, only the natives of the Hiero plane will make a move that will be satisfied with holding a wheat cake, but now I have come to the prosperous Haiyin Silk City, which is second only to the imperial capital, and hearing such words from a child's mouth makes me feel particularly harsh.Seeing Angelo and Leah cheering so much, Sora really lowered his head in embarrassment.We took a small boat and headed for Sister Singer and Uncle Fred's house, in another civilian area, which was close to the outskirts of the most concentrated workshops in Haiyin Silk City.Along the way, Angelo and Liya seemed very excited, although Ying Li and Kong Zhen almost never communicated, but she seemed to like Angelo and Liya very much, when everyone was sitting on the boat, Ying Li took out the canned luncheon meat that he carried with him, a princess of the Green Empire can actually have this kind of cheap thing in her magic waist bag, if it is known by the Imperial Capital Magic News, it will inevitably be a conversation after tea and dinner of an Imperial Capital person.But when I'm traveling, I like to pack some jerky and canned luncheon meat in my magic backpack.For Leah, the iron box in front of her was undoubtedly very novel, she blinked at the round iron box in front of her with wide eyes, and then turned her head to look at Angelo.The boy was more knowledgeable because he was often looking for work on the docks, and he swore to Leah: "I've seen this thing, it's on the docks, I know its name, they call it canned luncheon meat, and it's said to be filled with the word I can't speak, and in short, it's a box to eat, and it tastes great." ”After saying that, the boy picked up the box of canned meat with both hands, leaned over and sniffed it vigorously, as if he wanted to know what the box tasted like."
Angelo, have you eaten it?"
Leah asked excitedly."
No, I've seen some boatmen who go to sea like to use these empty boxes to cook cereal."
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Angelo shook her head a little embarrassed."
Would you like to try it?"
Ying Li asked the two children with a smile.Angelo and Lia didn't agree immediately, they looked at Kong Zhen in unison, and saw that Kong Zhen nodded slightly, and the two children almost jumped up from the boat."
It's okay, I have a lot of these canned boxes."
Ying Li said softly to the two children.Liya's eyes were full of envy, and she said to Ying Li: "Ying Li, you are so happy, you can eat canned meat every day!"
”Ying Li was a little speechless, full of emotion, a faint smile appeared on her face and said to the girl: "In the future, Liya will be able to eat this kind of canned meat every day" "Really?
”Leah's immature little face was full of incredulity.Kong Zhen and I sat opposite me, watched Ying Li communicate frequently with the two children, and said to me with emotion: "Jijia, do you know?
The princess of the Grimm Empire you married is a big hero of Haiyin Silk City, I really didn't expect it!
She was so easy-going. ”