save the bachelors

Chapter 5019 5022 [What Bilbo hates most]

"We have to push this table back, otherwise there won't be enough space for everyone to sit down." Balin said to Philip and Xiang Nan.

"Everyone? How many people are there?" Bilbo asked, almost going crazy.

Just then, the doorbell rang again.

"No, no one's home. Go away! Go bother someone else!" Bilbo yelled frantically. "There are already too many dwarves in my living room. If this is some idiot's funny idea, I can only say that this idea is very...tasteless."

But the knocking on the door continued.

Bilbo had no choice but to go over and open the door.

As soon as the door was opened, a bunch of dwarves rushed in. They were crowded together, one next to the other.

"Oh, get off me, you big fat pig."

"You're pinning me, Biff~"

"It's not that I don't want to get up, it's that Bangbo is on top of me~"

The dwarves said in a noisy manner.

Bilbo was stunned when he saw this scene.

The four dwarves in the room had already made him overwhelmed, and he didn't expect that eight more dwarves would come at once, causing his brain to freeze.

Just then, a tall figure bent down and revealed his face.

"Gandalf?!" Bilbo recognized him at once and finally understood what was going on.

It must be that Gandalf took the initiative to add himself to the adventure team, which attracted so many dwarves.

……

After a long time, the eight dwarves at the door finally climbed down from each other's bodies and filed into Bilbo's Bag End to meet up with Balin, Dwalin, Fili and Kili.

They greeted each other happily, and then unceremoniously took out all the food from Bilbo's pantry, starting a grand and lively dinner party.

Bilbo's heart was bleeding when he saw the delicious food he had worked so hard to collect being wasted by these ignorant dwarves.

Because delicious food is an absolutely irresistible temptation for Hobbits. Even the most frugal Hobbits will not skimp on eating six meals a day.

"Put these back~"

"Don't touch that food~"

"That's the wine I worked so hard to make~"

He stood guard at the door of the food storage room and kept talking, spitting everywhere, but the dwarves completely ignored him.

In their eyes, Bilbo was already a member of their adventure team, and his food would belong to the entire adventure team.

Of course, they would not eat Bilbo's food for nothing. When the adventure mission was completed, Bilbo would receive one-fourteenth of Erebor's treasure.

That would be millions or even tens of millions of gold coins, enough to buy the entire Shire, where the Hobbits lived. So a little food was nothing to them.

……

While the dwarves were carrying the food, Gandalf was counting the dwarves.

"Dwalin, Balin, Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin, Dori, Nori, Ori, Bifur, Bofur, Bumpo, and one more is missing," he said after he finished counting.

"He will be here later," Dwalin said. "He is going to the north to attend our family meeting. He will be here in time, don't worry."

Gandalf nodded, and then the sumptuous dinner officially began.

Everyone happily enjoyed cakes, cheese, jam, bread, potatoes, milk, butter, eggs, bacon, sausage, preserved fruits, sun-dried tomatoes, beer, wine, ale and honey tea...

For the dwarves, this is a rare feast.

After being driven out of their homeland by the evil dragon Smaug, they had no choice but to wander around. Although they finally settled in the Blue Mountains, it was far less prosperous than the Lonely Mountain.

They could only make a living by forging iron, mining, making toys, etc., and their lives were very hard. Therefore, they were extremely eager to return to the lonely mountain and regain their lost wealth.

Xiang Nan also thought that the food stored by Bilbo Baggins tasted good.

In fact, the cooking skills of the Hobbits are very famous in Middle-earth, because they love food and cooking, and always try to make the food as delicious as possible.

……

Compared to the dwarves who were happily gathering together and enjoying the rare indulgence and pleasure, Bilbo felt angry when he saw the empty food storage room, the floor soiled by the dwarves, the toilet with broken pipes, and the antique furniture scattered everywhere.

"What's the matter with you, dear Bilbo? You look very unhappy." At this time, Gandalf came over and asked.

"Of course, that's a question," said Bilbo angrily. "I'm surrounded by dwarves. What on earth are they doing here?"

"Oh, you see, they are having a party." Gandalf laughed, "It's a bit noisy, but once you get used to it..."

"But I don't want to get used to it. Look at them eating all my food, the floor is covered with mud, and my mother's antique china plates are used casually by them. And this tablecloth, every stitch of which I crocheted with my own hands, they actually use it to wipe their mouths..." Bilbo complained to Gandalf. He was really going crazy.

As he was talking, Ou Rui came over and said, "Excuse me, where should I put this plate?"

"Throw it over here." Philip waved his hand with a smile.

Ori immediately threw the plate to him.

Philip caught it and threw it to Xiang Nan, who took it and put it on the shelf.

"Oh, don't throw it away. That's my mother's Western pottery. It's hundreds of years old." Bilbo's heart almost stopped when he saw them throwing his antique porcelain around.

The dwarves didn't take it seriously.

On the one hand, their personalities are rough and bold, not as refined as Bilbo's; on the other hand, their lifespans are much longer than those of humans and hobbits. A century-old plate is not an antique in their eyes.

They were happily clearing away the cups and plates while tapping their knives and forks on the table, and even rubbing them against each other to keep the rhythm.

"Oh, don't do that, you'll make them dull," Bilbo warned.

"Haha, did you hear that? They will get dulled." Gloin laughed.

When he said this, the dwarves all laughed, and then they all sang along to the beat, and Oin and Norri even played their flutes.

"Blunt knives, bend forks
Break the bottle and burn the cork

Smash the cups and break the plates

That's what Bilbo Baggins hated most.
Cut the tablecloth and step on the butter

Drop the bone on the bedroom doormat
Pour the milk on the pantry mat

Spill red wine on every door
Soak the jar in the hot pool

Take a big stick and smash them
Wait until you finish if there is still a complete
Throw it into the living room and roll it

That's what Bilbo Baggins hated most."

As they sang, they tossed the cups, plates, and bowls back and forth like they were performing acrobatics. Finally, they were all piled together, forming a high mountain.