Chapter 67: The Return of the Family
It's March.
It's the season when the snow and ice completely melt away, and the spring flowers bloom.
Everything revived, the branches pulled out the young leaves, and the grass and trees that emerged from the soil paved the earth into a verdant green.
Some of the wildflowers that bloomed earlier also decorated the world with colorful and colorful colors.
At this moment, the royal capital is on an official road southwest of Diluo City.
A convoy of tall horse-drawn carriages was creaking and creaking.
At the front of the convoy, there were several men riding alone on horseback, advancing side by side, not fast, a little trusting of the horse.
The warm breeze is intoxicating.
The scenery on both sides of the road is not beautiful and beautiful, but it is also pleasing to the eye and in a good mood.
"Dad, we'll be in the royal capital soon. ”
After seeing the stone bridge in front of him, Roger, who was walking on the right and was nearly thirty years old, said.
"Hmm~"
Cohen Reeling, who was walking in the middle, nodded, he still remembered the stone bridge in front of him, and they passed by it a year ago (when he was three years old).
Now, they're back.
"Hey~ I didn't expect that we could come back, but it was because of that servant?"
Jon, who was walking on the left, couldn't help but say, every time he thought about it, he felt very unnatural and very complicated.
Kind of happy.
But I couldn't laugh.
Because from his heart, it was difficult for him to accept that the person who saved him and the Leylin family was the servant son.
And the boy is now in a high position, highly regarded by the king, and has the title of earl, and is a noble and powerful magician......
In short, Jon is very entangled, a bit like those rich and handsome who have been counterattacked, and he has to adjust his mentality, and look at the person who used to look down on him with a level-eyed gaze.
Obviously, this process of adjusting one's mentality is quite uncomfortable.
"That's enough! ”
Cohen Rayling glared at him and said, "No matter what, he's also your brother, I want you to be like a qualified brother, instead of saying these rude things all the time, understand?"
"Understood. ”
Jon obediently kept his mouth shut.
……
Behind the convoy.
In a rickety side van in which a woman was riding.
The mother, Olenna, sat in the most comfortable chair, with her arm resting on her knees, her head tilted, and her eyes squinted at the maid who sat on the small bench opposite.
Verani.
This old-looking, ordinary-looking maid who looked like she was sixty years old, and Olenna looked at her a lot, but she didn't see her attraction there.
"In addition to serving her husband for more than 30 years, what else is there to praise?"
Olenna couldn't figure out that her husband would have sex with this woman.
After learning that she was pregnant with her husband's child, Olenna also had vicious thoughts and quarreled with her husband many times, but in the end, she had to admit that reality and watch her belly grow bigger day by day...... That nobleman didn't have one or two illegitimate children?
Verani was not driven away, and remained at the castle with her son.
Olenna didn't toss her without tossing her, but no matter how badly she treated her, the maid always obeyed her and met her every request...... Even some of the requests are too much for her husband Cohen to bear.
Olenna also found her dead - her son, and when something happened to her son, she always went crazy and never looked like she was obedient again.
But......
Except for occasionally finding a few stubbles and picking a little thorn, Olenna didn't really take her seriously, people's hearts are flesh and blood, Olenna, who gave birth to three children, also knows that it is not easy to be a mother, she is at most in a bad mood, find this woman to vent.
But now......
Olenna was stripped of her power to vent, and she had to start being polite to the maid.
Because Villani's son is now a big man with a head and a face.
It was these people who were saved by the servant.
People learned about the Entu newspaper.
Even if you don't report it, you have to be more respectful than before in terms of attitude.
So Olenna can't use her as a person to vent her anger on.
So she allowed Villani to get into the carriage in the best conditions.
So similar to her son Jon, Olenna's mood is also quite awkward.
In the cramped carriage, how can Olenna force a smile in front of this face she doesn't like all day long?
"We're almost at the royal capital!"
When you hear cheers outside.
Olenna finally couldn't help but speak:
"Villani, you have a good son. ”
"Madam, this is all good discipline between you and your lords. ”
Verani's face became a little frightened, and she immediately said very reservedly.
"I have educated such excellent children there, and this is all due to you. Olena Pi didn't laugh.
"Madame, I just pray a lot before God, and it must be God's work. Verani made a few gestures on her chest, her expression becoming reverent, and she began to mutter some prayers.
Olenna shook her head, stretched her legs and said, "Okay, don't read it, my legs are a little sore, help me pinch it." ”
"Yes, ma'am!"
Verani breathed a sigh of relief and asked Orenna to rest her leg on her lap and began kneading it for her.
Because of the proper technique and moderate force, Olenna narrowed her eyes comfortably.
……
The royal capital is the city of Dilo.
On the edge of the most prosperous Triumph Street, the community where the top nobles of the kingdom gather.
A deserted and dimly lit mansion, after more than a month of intense renovation, and more than 50 highly trained servants hired, stood respectfully on both sides of the door.
The convoy belonging to the owner of the mansion, led by a young butler, finally arrived at the renovated mansion.
"The master is good, the young master is good. ”
"Hello ladies!"
When they saw the man who had come down from his horse and the woman who had come out of the carriage, all the servants bowed and said hello.
Inside the gate of the mansion, Zhou Ming, who was dressed in a gorgeous robe, also stood there for a long time, waiting for the arrival of this family.
When he saw the middle-aged man who was nearly fifty years old and looked four or five points similar to himself, Zhou Ming walked over quickly, walked up to him, bowed deeply, and said, "Dad, I've been waiting for you to come back for a long time." Zhou Ming's tone was a little excited.
"Good, good, you've grown up, you've grown taller, good!"
Cohen Railling's rough hand patted him on the shoulder, and there was great excitement in his voice.
I haven't seen him for a whole year (three years old), and his son Lemorton is a head taller than he remembers, and his personality is extremely calm and mature, walking with his head held high, and he is no longer the cowering appearance he once had.
"Dad, please come in, everything is ready for you, this mansion, I hope you live happily and comfortably. ”
Zhou Ming pulled his father Cohen Leylin and turned the entire mansion, the person lived in that room, and there were some new facilities such as bathhouses, saunas, flush toilets, floor heating, running water, etc...... It's all there.
In particular, everyone was surprised to learn that these novel facilities, plus the cost of purchasing the mansion, cost a full 1 million gold coins.
“1…… 1,000,000 gold coins?" Father Cohen's tongue was a little knotted, and the person was completely frightened.
With so many gold coins, when the Lei Lin family was not exiled, the output of the entire family's territory in a year was only twenty or thirty thousand gold coins, right?
1 million?
This......
Father Cohen felt that his little heart was a little unbearable.
Including the performance of the mother, Olenna, the eldest brother Roger, the second sister Ciri, the third brother Jon and others are similar, all of them are shocked with some complicated mentalities.
Jon murmured even more: I haven't seen you for a year, and this kid Lemorton has become terrible.
Rich people are terrible!
Not only that, Zhou Ming also prepared gifts for each of them.
For example, the "Earl's Sword" given to his father Cohen was well-made and inlaid with a large number of precious stones, and it was valued by many nobles when he held this sword to attend high-class banquets.
There is also a "fox fur windbreaker" for my mother Olenna, the latest style, sewn by top tailors, pure white as snow, without a single stray hair, after wearing it, the image of a noble lady is fully revealed...... After seeing this trench coat, Olenna didn't want to accept it, but as a woman, a woman with a beauty-loving nature, she really couldn't resist the temptation of this dress, her expression was a little resistant, and her body still unconsciously took the clothes.
As for the two elder brothers and one sister, because they were all swordsmen, Zhou Ming gave each of them 50 bottles of [Stamina Recovery Elixir], 50 bottles of [Healing Elixir] and 10 bottles of [Dragon's Blood Elixir] (low-level), these potions cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins per bottle in other kingdoms, but in the case of senior pharmacist Zhou Ming, each of them gave a hundred bottles.
"These potions are very helpful to me, thank you my brother. ”
The eldest brother Roger is a little more upright, and after taking the gift box, he hugged Zhou Ming.
"I took it...... It's nice to have a pharmacist brother, hehe. ”
The second sister Xi Rui chuckled, now she realized the benefits of having a pharmacist brother, when practicing martial arts or fighting in the future, her physical strength was exhausted or she had a little injury or pain, and it was simply not a matter to have a pharmacist brother here.
"You're welcome!"
The three Jon couldn't wait to take the gift box, opened the box, glanced at the hundreds of bottles of potions on the face, and couldn't help but sigh: "These potions, not to mention ten bottles and a hundred bottles, are even one bottle, and you have to save money for half a year to buy them." ”
"There is a pharmacist brother, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to use potions in the future!"
At this moment, Jon no longer cared about Zhou Ming's status as a servant son of his younger brother, on the contrary, he felt very happy.
But......
Jon still said, "Lemorton, I heard that you are already an intermediate magician, and you have defeated a few powerful classmates in the ring?
Jon still wants to have a sense of accomplishment in front of this younger brother and prove his ability.
Of course, the previous unhappiness is gone, and now he just wants to have a fight with this younger brother.
Let's see who is more powerful in terms of martial arts.
"Let's compare in a few days, you have been on the road for more than a month, and you have just settled, so take a good rest for a few days, and when you are free, we will have another discussion." Zhou Ming said with a smile.
"Okay, it's a deal!"
Jon nodded.
Cohen, a father who was passing by, saw this scene and nodded with great satisfaction.
As for the biological mother of this body, the maid Verani, Zhou Ming didn't buy her any expensive gifts, but before going to bed at night, he made a basin of hot water for her, washed her feet with his own hands, beat her shoulders, and used a special method to press her body, and then said some ordinary words to her...... A few very simple things, this humble and ordinary mother, the tears never stopped.
After a few days, in a warm and reunited atmosphere, Zhou Ming and this family called "Lei Lin" quickly merged together, and they were soon welcomed and accepted.