The midday sun slipped from the windowsill to the table legs, and because it was winter, the shallow light was neither dazzling nor warm. The living room is full of old furniture, which has nothing to offer except to be clean and tidy. There were exactly four people sitting at the dining table in the square - an old couple, a young man, and a young girl. They don't look like a family at first glance.

The girl slowly ate the rice one by one, and the look on her face was listless, which was far from her usual radiance. The old woman sitting on her left asked with concern, "Is it not to taste, little girl?" ”

The vegetables on the table are all picked from the back garden of their own house, fresh and fresh, but also very ordinary. Other than that, there is no trace of meat. Poor peasants have coarse tea and light rice, not to mention the Daimyo's mansion, and even the food in the flower drunken house is ten times better than here. The biggest advantage of her mother Sang Jianai is that she will never treat people who do things for her badly.

Before the girl could say anything, the young man sitting on her right hand raised his big hand and gently pressed it on the top of her hair, bent his eyes to the old couple and replied: "I'm sorry, this guy has always been a picky eater, and even eats vegetables only from leaves and not stalks." ”

Although it was true, the girl immediately turned her head and glared at him, not knowing whether it was because of his actions or because of his words, or maybe both. But the girl wasn't really angry.

The old woman smiled kindly: "Although picky eating is not a big problem, it would be better to get rid of it." ”

The girl disagreed: "There is no need for this." ”

When she returns to the Daimyo's Mansion, no matter what delicacies she wants to eat, she will not be a problem!

"Now, little girl, that's not the case." Although the old woman was still smiling, her tone suddenly became stern, and her eyes flashed with a certain determined light staring straight at the girl, "If two people want to be together for the rest of their lives, the key is not to see if he can accommodate you to live the luxurious life you are used to, but to see if you can accommodate him to live the ordinary life he is used to." ”

As he spoke, he looked at his wife next to him and smiled, and the happy smiles that appeared on the two old faces were the same.

"That's how we got to where we are."

The words of persuasion in the tone of the passer-by made the girl inexplicable for a moment, and she looked at them with a confused expression in a daze. The young man understood, and a drop of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, embarrassingly embarrassed with a handsome face.

"If you don't have this kind of awareness, even if you elope out after all the hard work, one day you will be separated for various reasons."

The girl suddenly realized that her current identity is the eldest lady who gave up her glorious and wealthy life and ran out with the young florist at home

When she casually made up this lie, she didn't think about life after the so-called elopement. And in fact, despite the man he likes, the girl never thought that one day she would accommodate him to live the ordinary life he was used to.

- From this point of view, the girl's liking is indeed very immature.

However, she was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl who was protected like a blank slate.

Growth requires not only opportunities, but also time.

The girl pouted, not knowing if she really understood the old woman's words. I only heard a soft "pop", the chopsticks were placed horizontally on the rice bowl, and the girl got up and left the table: "I'm full." ”

There was also half a bowl of rice in the white deep well bowl in front of her.

After only taking two steps, he was stopped by the young man.

"Pear."

The girl's footsteps faltered, and her expression when she looked back at the young man was full of incredulity, and her already big and bright eyes widened: "...... What do you call me? ”

The corners of the young man's eyes twitched invisibly - didn't he say it before, but now he is thinking about what kind of trouble he is going to make!

The young girl made a look that it is inconvenient to call you princess if there are outsiders present, and if you mind very much, you will call you Lily of the Valley, and the young man remembered the reason for stopping her, glanced at the white rice in her bowl, and said, "Don't waste it." ”

The food of the poor peasant family is particularly valuable, no more than the mansion of the great name who spends money on the earth, and the Taoist ideal of hard work will not understand this royal daughter.

Even if he doesn't think about the love of getting along day and night for months, the young man does not want the princess of his country to grow into a brain-dead aristocrat who is very likely to say that he eats cake without rice and eats meat when the vegetable harvest is bad.

Her usual willfulness cannot be unconditionally condoned, at least not yet.

The girl frowned, and Nunu's tone was a little impatient: "They all said that I was full." ”

The young man didn't say anything more, just looked straight at her. The eyes are not sharp and stern, nor are they listless as usual, but they are like good-natured adults looking at their own children who have done something wrong but refuse to admit it.

If it weren't for such a difficult situation, perhaps the youth would be much better spoken than they are now. - After all, he is not a princess mentor, let alone one of hers. No matter what kind of person the girl grows up to become, he has no responsibility.

After a stalemate for a while, the girl "cut", turned around and walked to the table as if she had compromised, picked up the chopsticks and picked up the bowl, and then—the bowl was slanted, and all the white rice was poured into the young man's bowl—

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The girl had a smug expression on her face, and walked away with her chin held high.

The young man couldn't help but droop his eyes and looked down at the rice piled up like a small hill in the bowl, thinking that he was naïve to expect that she would know her mistake and change it.

The young man sighed, raised his eyes and faced the old couple's kind teasing alone: "Oh, the young man and the little girl have a really good relationship, and I envy the old woman." ”

- Where do you see that they have a good relationship? From that half bowl of leftover rice!!

In the afternoon of that day, while the old couple had not woken up from a nap, at the edge of the vegetable garden in the back garden, the young man leaned back against the trunk of the cedar tree, stood with his hands around his arms, and his half-open dead fish eyes seemed to be drowsy, but the topic of discussion was extremely strict.

He said to the girl who was sitting on the swing and swaying gently, "Princess, you have also seen the situation of this family, and it is not easy to take in us two unknown people. Just be patient a little longer, and it is expected that the ninja who will support you will arrive the day after tomorrow. ”

The girl is really not used to the poor and boring life here, although she did not complain directly, but the depression on her face and the occasional unconsciously made the little character reveal her irritability and unhappiness. However, the young man's judgment can only be given 50 points - in fact, her negative feelings are not entirely due to being forced to stay here.

The girl looked at the young man with a stupid look, and asked in a very bad tone, "When I return to the Daimyo's Mansion, what about you?" ”

The young man was a little surprised, but did not hesitate at all: "I naturally continue to do what I have to do." ”

As a ninja, there's only one thing you need to do – nothing but carry out your mission.

The girl frowned, not knowing what she was thinking, tilted her head to look at him again, changed her words, and said, "Forget it, come and push the swing for me." ”

Twenty centimeters above the ground, his legs swayed back and forth.

"Yes, yes." The youth responded.

The request was not excessive, and the young man walked up behind her, grabbed the ropes on both sides with both hands and pushed forward, and the swing swung high.

At the highest point of the arc, the girl saw a cluster of colorful flowers blooming in the trees in the distance.

……

……

"Rika-sama! Rika-sama! ”

Rika reluctantly opened her eyes, and Ryoko's expression on the side of the bed finally changed from anxious to relieved. Seeing that she was awake, all the maids went about their duties. Bringing mouthwash, washing water, looking for clothes, opening the curtains to let the sunlight in, the princess's bedroom suddenly became busy in an orderly manner.

The early morning sun crawled onto the girl's fair face, desperately entangled with the remaining sleepiness. In the end, Sunshine triumphed – Rika came to her senses.

The girl, who was forcibly recalled from her dream, was not very happy: "Who told you to wake me up?" ”

Rika sleeps until she wakes up naturally every day, and even if she sometimes stays in bed until three o'clock in the morning before getting up to wash, no one dares to come in and disturb her, except for the daimyo couple and Xiude.

The maids looked at each other, and Ryoko was stunned for a moment, before leaning forward and cautiously replied, "Have you forgotten?" Today is the day when the lady and princess of the Daimyo of Hana Kuni come to visit. ”

- Tsurumi?

Rika pondered for a moment, and finally remembered that there really seemed to be such a thing. But Rika has always disliked the princess of the country of flowers, who knows books and etiquette, and pouted: "The Daimyo's Mansion doesn't hold a banquet, what are they doing here?" ”

Ryoko shook her head honestly: "Rika-sama doesn't know, and it's impossible for us to know." ”

Whatever the purpose of their trip, Rika felt that she didn't care at all.

After grinding and freshening up, Rika went to the tea room of the Daimyo's Mansion to receive visitors from other countries, surrounded by a large group of maids. On the way, she passed several purple and red courtyards, and Lixiang's gaze swept over the various flowers - although the flowers were beautiful, they did not please her at this time.

"You ......" Rika tilted her head and opened her mouth. Ryoko, who was following half a step behind her, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed her head to listen to the command, only to hear the girl's clear voice say, "Have you ever seen a flower with a rainbow of seven colors?" ”

Ryoko thought blankly and replied, "I've never seen it before, are the petals of seven colors?" Will there be such beautiful flowers in this world? ”

Rika's gaze seemed to pass through the iron walls of the Daimyo's mansion and come to the sparsely populated wilderness.

The swing swings high, and the wind blows the hair backwards. If you fall at this time, you will definitely fall badly and ugly. But she wasn't afraid.

- She knew that there was a young man on the earth who would protect her.

The view becomes wider and wider as the swing swings into the air. And then Rika saw it-

- There was a cluster of colorful flowers blooming in the withered yellow bushes ahead.

"It's not that I'm boasting, Tsuru saw this child, he was well-behaved and sensible since he was a child, he knew books and etiquette, and he was all good at elegance and ......"

As soon as he walked to the door of the tearoom, the voice of Mrs. Daimyo of Hana no Kuni came through the door, but the content of the words made Rika scoff.

The woman, who Rika felt as hypocritical as her daughter, was still saying, "...... No matter how you look at it, Tsurumi and His Royal Highness Hidetoku are very compatible. If the two countries can get married, it will be a great joy. ”

- I'm glad you're big!!

Rika rushed to her heart with a burst of anger, completely ignoring any etiquette, and slammed the door in: "No! I disagree! ”

Proficient in Yadao is as good as her brother? What's that joke? A prostitute who is proficient in elegance in Dew Street. Women can't count on both hands, okay!