my age of magic

Chapter 1465 15. Great Hero

Sora rubbed his face at a loss, forced a smile to me and Princess Yingli and said, "If you don't dislike the shabby home, please come in and have a cup of lemon tea."

She landed first from the small boat, and then stretched out her hand to pull the boy aboard.

The boy had already recovered from the previous fright. He felt that he was so big, and it was embarrassing to be dragged by Kongzhen to get ashore. He decisively refused Kongzheng's help, stood up from the small boat, and stepped on the side of the boat , jumped to the shore with a light leap.When the group of poor children on the street saw Angelo coming back, they squatted behind a pile of stones on the street and watched Angelo secretly.

"Xiao An, didn't you say that if you could come back early today, you would play with us?" A girl poked her head out of the pile of stones and asked Angelo.

"Where's Liya?" Angelo glanced at the group of children and asked them.

"She didn't come out!" said the girl.

"She doesn't want to play with us," another boy added.

"She just wants to be with her dog, and she doesn't even allow us to touch her dog." A younger child poked his head out like a mushroom after the rain and complained to Angelo.

Angelo was like the leader of the group of children, and greeted the group of children casually: "Okay, go play first, don't run too far, I will go to see Liya, and then I will come to you."

"Yeah!" The group of children cheered and ran away in a swarm.

At this time, the boatman tied the cable to a stone pillar and set up a plank on the shore. Ying Li and I got off the boat and looked at the civilian area here.

The civilian area of ​​Haiyinsi City still looks in order. Although the stone roads on the street are old, and some places are occupied by shellfish molluscs, and even some dark brown moss grows, some damaged places have been repaired. After repairing, there is a stone trough tens of meters long at the crossroads of the street, and a stream of clear spring water "gurgles" out of the stone trough and pours into a pool with a statue in the middle.

Several civilian women were squatting by the pool to wash clothes, and some men were wearing shorts, showing dark skin, standing on the stone platform by the pool and holding a wooden bucket to take a shower. Two old women were sitting by the pool and washing their clothes. There is a basin of fish maw, and the wooden barrel next to it is full of some shellfish.

In Haiyinsi City, only poor people eat fish, shrimp and shellfish every day. Haiyinsi people think that after eating too much fish and shrimp, they will become Janna people in their next life. Haiyinsi City is a city on water, and the whole city 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 roofs in the civilian area have a roof, and some roofs have built awnings. Rows of dried salted fish with skin and bones are hung on the clothesline on the roof, and seaweed like braids are hung on the wall. .

Kongzhen took us through the door and walked into a narrow alley. One side of the stone road was covered with moss, the ground was a little slippery, and the walls were mottled. It was far less glamorous than it looked on the street outside. Win Li Dan Hands caressing the stone wall, looking up at the gap between the two buildings.

The boy leads the way, he is very familiar with this place, always waiting for us at the turn.Probably because she didn’t want us to see her humble home, Kongzhen’s face was slightly embarrassed, and she reminded Yingli from time to time, asking her to be careful of the slippery road.Helena and Becky followed behind with curious faces. Although Ying Li and I had wandered around the civilian areas of the imperial capital before, it was only a few times that we walked into civilian families so personally.

This is a small stone house that looks very narrow. The whole house is sandwiched between two buildings, and the sunlight cannot come in directly.

The wooden door of the stone house is inlaid with some beautiful shells and dried starfish, and no one knows who painted the beach, sea and sky with a brush on the wooden door.

Kongzhen pushed open the wooden door of the stone house and let us in. The house was very clean, and the walls were covered with some lavender-colored sea vegetables, and some dried scallops were strung together with ropes and hung on the wall like a curtain.Hearing the sound of the door opening, a sea dog sprang out of the room, its four feet turned into fish fins jumped awkwardly on the ground, but when it saw a group of people standing at the door, it hissed in fright, and quickly jumped to the ground. Hide under the bed in the house.

A cute little girl ran out of the house, saw Kongzhen and the boy, held up a big scallop in her hand, raised her head and said happily to Angelo: "Angelo, the dog helped you again!" I caught a big shell, can I bake it for dinner?"

The little girl looked about six or seven years old, with long black hair straight like a waterfall, wearing a slightly oversized linen vest, standing barefoot on the peeled wooden floor, with a black grape-like face and empty space. It is almost carved out of a mold.

"Of course!" Angelo took two steps forward, pulled out the thing that was retracted under the bed, and held it in his arms to comfort him.

Kongzhen squatted in front of the girl, patted her pink face, and said affectionately: "Liya, there are guests, come and say hello to 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 tense as before, and she greeted us one by one as Sorama said.

I walked up to the girl and squatted down, looked at her demure appearance, her big black eyes like purple grapes, turned to Sora and asked, "Is this your daughter?"

"Yeah!" Kongma replied while arranging a place for us to sit down, "Before he went to Qiyan City, he just became pregnant with Liya."

Unlike Angelo, this girl named Liya's eyes are full of spirituality. I think she can perceive the magic vortex around me.

I squatted in front of her, and she seemed a little shy and a little nervous.

"She's so cute!" I said to Sora, and then turned to the girl and said, "Hey, little guy, do you stay at home like this every day?"

"Mom won't let me run around in the street!" The girl's eyes didn't fall on me, I felt her eyes seemed to be chasing some parts of the magic cyclone on my body, maybe this wasn't magic perception, It can only be said that she has a very keen sense of magic elements, and even so, it is extremely rare.

The room is not too big, Sora poured a glass of water for each of us, and then said to Angelo, "Angelo, take Liya out to play for a while, but don't run too far."

Hearing Kong Ma's order, Angelo cheered, and then pulled Liya's little hand out of the room.

"Sorry, I didn't know that you lived such a hard life in Haiyinsi." I sat down next to a small wooden bed. The wool blanket on the bed looked very worn out, and there were even a few big holes. A piece of linen cloth is sewn with fine stitches, and it looks like it was sewn carefully. The sheets on the bed are very clean. The room looks a little damp because it hasn't seen the sun for a long time, but the bed looks dry.

"Everything is slowly getting better now." Sora smiled and said to me.

Her gaze reveals a kind of indomitable attitude towards life. She is a strong woman, and the ups and downs of life did not crush her, but made her stronger.

She stretched the bust on her chest, perhaps because she had been looking for work on the dock for a long time, her skin became a little rough under the wind and sun, and her originally fair skin turned into a greasy wheat color, around her waist The short skirt in the middle is more like a broken piece of cloth.

I glanced at Yingli, she seemed to understand the meaning in my eyes, and smiled at me.

I took a sip of the clear cold water in the clay cup and said to Sora: "If, I mean, I can give you a little help in life, you can take the two of them back with us. Go to the imperial capital, or you can stay in Haiyinsi, and start a small business, a grocery store or a magic shop. I have opened several workshops in the imperial capital. The supply of goods is not a problem, and I can provide some Start-up capital."

Sora thought for a while, and then said to me: "Can I discuss this matter with Singer?"

"Of course, you can also invite Sister Singer." I sat opposite her and said, "The Sora I know has become more mature and stronger."

When she heard me say this, a faint smile appeared on her face, but that smile was full of bitterness: "No matter what, we must live on!"

There is a flower pot on the window sill of the house, and a tomato plant grows in the flower pot. This tomato grows very weakly, with only a dozen curly leaves. Two branches hang between the top two branches. The green fruit the size of a thumb, the tomato leaves are swaying in the sea breeze blowing in from the window, yes, Kong Zhen is not like this plant facing the sea breeze silently in the barren soil without sunlight. growing tomatoes?

"Do you know where Uncle Fred and Sister Singer live? Do you still have contact with them?" I asked Sora.

In this strange city, the only people she knew were Sister Singer and Uncle Fred.

Sora nodded and said: "Of course, if they didn't help us from time to time, maybe my life would be more difficult."

I guess the situation of Miss Singer's family is not much better than that of Sora, otherwise Sora's life would not be so difficult, so I asked Sora: "Ambassador Fred and Sister Singer, are they okay?"

"I can take you to their house, they will be very happy to see you." Sora didn't answer yes or no.

"Okay, let's go now," I said.

In fact, before this, I had no idea that I would meet Sora on the first day I came to Haiyinsi, and I would see Sister Singer soon. I thought of Sister Singer who used to be Qige's personal maid, and thought of her and Frey. Uncle De took so much care of me in the caravan, I couldn't wait to see them.

Kongma and I came out of her humble home and walked along the dilapidated stone road to the main street. The boy Angelo was leading a group of children who were too poor to wear clothes and ran wildly all over the street. As if playing a game called Pirate Ship, Sora puffed out his chest and squinted at the children on the street, trying to find Liya from among the children.

"Angelo, Liya, are you going with me to Aunt Singer's house?"

"Ah! Are you going to Aunt Singh's house? That's great, we can eat pork fat bibimbap again, or this time Aunt Singh can make us that kind of delicious wheat cake with a layer of butter..."

"Oh, go eat the wheatbread!"

In fact, wheat flour in the Grimm Empire is not expensive. Usually, you can buy about a pound of wheat flour for three or four copper coins. I always thought that wheat flour was probably the cheapest food other than sweet potatoes, and only the natives of the Yero plane would be satisfied with holding a piece of wheat cake, but now I have come to Haiyin, which is second only to the imperial capital in prosperity Sicheng, hearing such words from a child made me feel particularly harsh.

Seeing Angelo and Liya cheering so happily, Sora bowed his head in embarrassment.

We took a small boat and headed towards the homes of Sister Singer and Uncle Fred under the guidance of Kongzhen. Their homes were in another civilian area, which was next to various workshops in Haiyinsi City. The most concentrated geographical periphery.

Along the way, Angelo and Liya seemed very excited. Although Yingli had almost no communication with Sora, she seemed to like Angelo and Liya very much. When everyone was sitting on the boat, Yingli took out the The canned luncheon meat he was carrying was such a cheap thing in the magic pocket of a princess of the Green Empire. If the Imperial City Magic News found out, it would inevitably become a topic of conversation for a person in the imperial capital.

But when traveling, I like to pack some hard goods such as jerky and canned lunch meat in the magic backpack.

For Liya, the iron box in front of her was undoubtedly very novel. She blinked her big eyes at the round iron box in front of her, and then turned her head to look at Angelo.

The boy was more knowledgeable because he was often looking for work on the pier, and he swore to Lia: "I've seen this thing, it's on the pier, I know its name, they call it canned luncheon meat , it is said to be full of... I can’t say the word, anyway, it’s eaten in a box, and it tastes great.”

After speaking, the boy picked up the box of canned meat with both hands, leaned over and sniffed it vigorously, as if he wanted to know the smell inside the box.

"Angelo, have you eaten?" Liya asked excitedly.

"No, I've seen some boatmen who go to sea like to use this kind of empty box to cook porridge." Angelo shook his head in embarrassment.

"Do you want to try it?" Ying Li asked the two children with a smile.

"..." Angelo and Liya didn't agree immediately. They all looked at Kong Ma, and saw Kong Zhen nodded slightly. The two children almost jumped out of the boat.

"It's okay, I have a lot of these cans here." Ying Li said softly to the two children.

With eyes full of envy, Li Ya said to Ying Li: "Ying Li, you are so lucky, you can eat canned meat every day!"

"..." Ying Li was a little speechless, full of emotion, she said to the girl with a faint smile on her face: "From now on, Liya can eat this kind of canned meat every day..."

"Really?..." Liya's immature face was full of disbelief.

Kong Zhen sat opposite me, watching Ying Li communicate frequently with the two children, and said to me with emotion: "Jijia, do you know that the princess of the Green Empire you married is Haiyinsicheng?" I really didn't expect her to be such a great hero! She is so easy-going."

(End of this chapter)