"And then? Your mom never came back? Just like my Abba? ”

Yamika's family history completely piqued my curiosity.

Only a heartless naughty boy like me can do this to expose other people's scars and probe into the privacy of other people's parents.

"No, I heard that the Gaul lived in a place called Catalonia on the west coast of the Mediterranean." Yamika replied without mind.

It seemed that she hadn't spoken comfortably in the crowd of men in the old Alexander's caravan for a long time.

Now that I have a loyal listener with a lot of curiosity, she's always there to answer her questions.

"Yi Jincheng, what do you want to do most when you grow up?"

Amika turned around and asked me a question about my life and my future.

"Me! I want to be like my grandfather, go to all the places I want to go! ”

I said very heroically, in fact, there is another ideal that I am not embarrassed to say, that is, to marry a woman like Yamika to be my wife.

"The Four Seas Merchant is not as easy and fun as you say, and you can't imagine the hardships and dangers involved! I was tired of running around with my dad on business trips to foreign countries all year round. If possible, I would like to live forever in a place like your home, how happy! Yamika looked at me and smiled enviously.

"No problem, I'll go and tell Grandma, as long as you want, you can stay at my house for as long as you want!" I cried out in ecstasy.

"Will you feed me in the future?" Yamika asked with a shy smile, and clouds floated on her face again.

"I do!"

I uttered these three words almost with a shout, hoping that all living beings in heaven and earth would be able to hear my voice.

"Yi Jincheng, what you say today will count in the future!"

Yamika froze in fright, then ran down the hill with a grin.

I didn't chase her anymore, but stood quietly on the sandy slope, my heart at this time was like a cloud in the sky, soft, lingering and happy.

Now my dream is to grow up quickly and take Yamika to the ends of the world.

When I was tired outside, I returned to the home of "Qingfengze", where men farmed and women weaved, and had children.

If Yamika wishes, I can build a sea ship for Yamika in the distant Canhai Sea, and take her across the vast Mediterranean Sea to the place called Catalonia to retrieve her grandma.

A boy who has just turned eleven years old and has never experienced any hardships in life, the moment he has an appointment with the girl he likes in this life, he will suddenly have so many magical ideas.

Now that I'm old, I can't help but feel a lot of emotion when I think back then, it's really the most beautiful than when I was a teenager!

During Amika's time in "Seifuze", her grandfather's caravan used to rest at home for a while.

In order to protect Yamika, I had to endure the grievances in my stomach and go to Aunt Ludan's house in the royal city for a few days with my two younger brothers and Cousin Langol.

Fortunately, the caravan did not stop for a long time, and after all the jade materials and jade in Chang'an Fang were ready, they went north to Middle Earth non-stop.

The reason why my grandfather left his position as the head of the forbidden army in Khotan and came to Qingfengze was mostly to comfort her lonely daughter and my mother.

Once, Grandpa Lu Yu couldn't go out because of the changes in Chang'anfang's family.

Grandpa temporarily invited my grandfather, who was idle at my house and had nothing to do all day, to follow his caravan to a foreign country to relax and learn a little more about the world.

Grandpa's kung fu, they also took care of each other on the way.

After a few trips to the trade road, my grandfather also fell in love with such a wandering day, and my grandfather's caravan also needed a martial arts master like my grandfather as his escort.

As a result, the two old men hit it off, and now no matter where the caravan goes, they will go together and become the most tacit partners.

For this reason, my grandfather also specially invited his apprentice Yakrahan, who was an officer in the Wangcheng Guard, to "Qingfengze".

Since then, this Uncle Jacques has become the master who teaches and supervises our fists, feet, swords, guns and kung fu.

The decision of the two old people, the mother also applauded.

On the one hand, the caravan will have a master to take care of it on the way in the future, and it will be safer for people and things.

On the other hand, my mother has always adhered to a relaxed and tolerant attitude in the education of our three brothers, never taking everything too seriously, and touching us with love.

But grandpa and grandpa were different when they were at home, sticks and roaring, and we children couldn't afford to be slack and sloppy.

Although the mother looked distressed, she could not do anything, she could not go against the wishes of the elderly.

Of course, the happiest thing is our undisciplined children, who are happier than participating in the festival of the New Year Buddha in Wangcheng.

Mother now fully regarded Yamika as a member of our family, and often took her to meetings at relatives' houses in the royal city.

All the relatives who had seen Amika were full of praise for the young girl from Rome.

Intelligent, beautiful, knows how to please adults, etc.

Complimenting their mother for having a good daughter, what they mean is actually that their mother has chosen a good daughter-in-law for herself.

For such compliments, my mother's leisurely acceptance of all the things made me happy to death, as if I and Yamika had become a pair of beautiful couples made in heaven.

On weekdays, with my mother's permission, we took Yamika to many places around the royal city.

Among them is the "Chang'an Yue" Tangchi Courtyard in Shengquan Town at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, which was the "dowry" brought by my grandmother Murong Qionglin when she married my grandfather.

The business of the "Qingfengze" inn is too busy all year round, and it is generally only in the middle of winter every year when the guests are scarce, and the mother will lead us children to live there for a while.

Yamika had originally set out with us out of a strong curiosity, and she had never seen what the hot spring pools in the East looked like.

When she saw the wide and narrow stone pools in the Kunlun Mountains that were built along the outlet of the boiling springs, she couldn't help but be disappointed.

"It's also called a hot spring bath? Our Roman baths are much bigger than here! ”

Yamika didn't go into the pool with us, but just sat on the edge of the pool and soaked her feet, judging with a little disdain.

"Yamika, you brag! Our Chang'an Yue's soup pool is the largest and most comfortable in the world! ”

The third brother of the little fat saw that Yamika didn't look down on "Chang'an Yue" at all, and immediately shouted unhappily.

"I really didn't lie to you! Not far from my house there is one at the foot of a Roman hill, and I hear that it was built in the time of Octavian by 5,000 slaves in three years! It's the size of half a "Qingfuzawa" manor! ”

Yamika pleaded with her hands in the water, grinning in her defense.

Recently, maybe it was because Yamika took away her mother's favor, and the third brother Chang'an has a lot of opinions about her, and the two of them will pinch each other because of a little thing.

Yamika's mind also seems to have suddenly deteriorated a lot, and the cunning and charm of adults in the past are gone, so she likes to play with children like her third brother.

Of course, she is only a year older than me, and she is a little girl who can still be spoiled in her mother's arms.

The sinister nature of the merchant and the life of the adult, with no warm embrace to rely on, she had to make herself mature.

Now that she's been with us scheming kids all day long, her mind is back to where it should be.

Therefore, the war between Yamika and the third brother often ended before it began, and they were close to each other and shared naan cakes and dried apricots.

The bottom of my soup pool is made of flat jade wool, and the perimeter of the pool and the steps leading to the dressing room are paved with wide Kunlun blue stones.

The pond is built on the slopes of the mountain, and when you open the outlet at the bottom of the pond, the daily waste water in the pond will flow out automatically.

I don't like this kind of Yuchi Yamika, although I have been deeply fascinated by her, but I don't dare to agree with this.

So I didn't participate in the verbal battle between them, but hid to the side, quietly admiring the stunning scenery of the mountains.

The mountains are like daisies, and the mist is flowing slowly around you.

The crystal clear and warm spring water stretches every pore of my body.

The second brother and his cousin Langor uncharacteristically did not join in the chaos, and they and several other cousins whispered in the water before secretly moving to Yamika's side.

I haven't had time to remind Yamika that she's been pulled down from the soup pool by these nasty bunches.

A scream was followed by a fierce water fight.

At first, the wiring between the enemy and me was still very clear, but slowly they didn't distinguish each other, and they pinched when they saw someone.

Half an hour later, the children finally had enough of making trouble, so they shook hands and made peace, swam to the deep water on my side, and sat sparsely on the rocks that had submerged into the water.

"Amika, what are the thermal baths of Rome really like? Tell us about it! ”

Looking at Yamika, who was soaked in spring water next to me, I had an inexplicable impulse, and hurriedly found a topic to cover up my embarrassment.

"We Romans love bathing the most, and the largest thermal bath in the city of Rome can accommodate more than 1,000 people at the same time."

"Is there really such a big pool?"

I asked, surprised, it seems that what Yamika said is the truth.

"The baths are the most important place for our Roman public communication activities, such as lawsuits, business talks, wedding sacrifices, and even war diplomacy between countries, all of which are negotiated in the baths!"

Amika brushed her wet hair with her hands and looked up at me with a charming smile.

The second brother Wu Wei and cousin Languoer couldn't stand our lingering ambiguity, so they found an excuse to take the other brothers and sisters to play in the soup pool in the distance.