"Do you call this an expedition?" The bearded man clutched his chin in distress.

The thick beard was scratched by his fingers, and he quickly realized this, and took out a small sterling silver comb from his pocket and re-groomed it.

"Actually, I'd rather treat it as a guest." He said cheerfully.

Barbara withdrew her greedy gaze from the comb and immediately climbed up the pole, "I'm glad I came to an agreement with you, sir." Our family is not wealthy, but we will definitely do our best to entertain you. ”

Lan Shuying wanted to roll her eyes.

Sure enough, just after Barbara said this, the bearded man grabbed a handful of silver coins from his money bag to cover his expenses during this time.

Barbara pretended to excuse herself a few times, and finally accepted the guest's heart with a touch of shame.

At her mother's suggestion, Alesa stepped forward, smiled sweetly, and said, "Uncle, your beard is so beautiful!" How long will you stay in our home? Mom said that there will be a bonfire in the village next month, and I really hope to participate with distinguished guests like you. ”

She said this with great sincerity, and her demeanor was so generous that people who didn't know cast approving glances at her.

Only Lan Shuying knew that this line was corrected back and forth by the mother and daughter eight times last night, and when the last time, Alaisa was so sleepy that she almost fell asleep on the spot.

The bearded man's eyes lit up: "Oh! The last time I attended a campfire was when I was a teenager, and thank you for having me, Miss Aressa. ”

At the end, he told them that the time of the guest was a month.

That is, for the next month, this committee visitor will live with the family.

Along the way, Lan Shuying remained quiet all the time.

Her arms droop naturally, and her blue eyes always look straight ahead, exuding a serene and gentle temperament. The skin that had been excessively pale was injected with life, reminiscent of holiness, and the worrisome thinness became just the right amount of slenderness, and every part appeared even and delicate.

The bearded man was talking to Barbara's mother and daughter while secretly observing her.

He was so pleased with the manner of Miss Agatha that as soon as he was ushered into his room, he took out a pamphlet and wrote it down on the first page.

At this moment, he heard a muffled conversation, and the bearded man pressed his ears against the wooden wall close to the source of the sound.

“…… This is not my room. ”

He heard Miss Agatha's voice, soft but firm.

It was followed by an adult woman speaking, and with his years of experience working on the committee, he could clearly feel her suppressed disgust.

Oh, the goddess is above, disgusted?!

- "You're living here from today, and the training period is over. ”

He thought about it, pushed the door out, and found the mother and daughter at the end of the hallway.

"I'm sorry to interrupt the conversation, but I want to ask, what does the training period mean?"

Barbara replied with a forced composure: "The gods of my faith have experienced all kinds of suffering, and in order for Agatha to be a truly useful person in the future, and for her to be able to take on the responsibility of the goddess incarnation, I have been training her very well since she was very young. ”

The bearded man frowned: "So what does the training include?" ”

In Lan Shuying's smiling eyes, Barbara said solemnly: "I specially prepared a lot of shabby clothes for her, before she lived alone in the attic, one meal a day, which can make her not heavy on material desires and not afraid of the dark!" Also, sometimes I would let her go to the dark room to be alone, and the last time Lord Moose came, she was practicing telepathic communication in it. ”

Barbara picked up a few things about her past persecution of Agatha, and embellished the purpose.

When she said these words, she lowered her head, the bearded man could not see her expression, only Lan Shuying, who was facing her, could see the threat in her eyes - if the real Agatha was here, she would probably be like a frightened little quail now, she said whatever she wanted, and she didn't dare to refute it at all.

The bearded man thoughtfully, "Oh, I've heard about it. He turned to Lan Shuying, "Miss Agatha, is what this lady says true?" "He wants to hear the truth.

A shallow smile appeared on Lan Shuying's face: "That's true." ”

Barbara breathed a sigh of relief, but then picked it up again.

For the girl continued: "I am so grateful for her generosity, and without her training I might not have been able to see the Goddess." ”

This aroused the interest of the bearded man.

"Once I was so hungry that I fainted in the dark room, and woke up to find myself standing on a path formed by flames......"

The girl's narration was colorful, and the bearded man was gradually attracted by her words, as if he also saw the path of flames.

In her telling, blood-red flowers without branches and leaves grew on both sides of the road, and a thumb-sized flame jumped from the center of each flower. She kept walking, the road slowly widened, I don't know how long, at that time, all the places she could see were already full of flames, and every step was painful.

Then she meets a woman in a red dress, she can't remember what the woman looks like, only that the woman is very friendly.

By the way, the woman has a golden eye in the center of her eyebrows.

It's exactly like the goddess Degu in the temple.

……

"Mom, has Agatha really seen the goddess?" Alesa asked apprehensively as she leaned on her mother's lap.

Barbara's face was full of disdain.

She wasn't a Paramane and had no place for Decus in her belief system, and Agatha's words, she thought were nonsense, and only that stupid council member would believe them......

Oh, it's just a brainless dream.

At this time, she may have forgotten that she received a living allowance every month because she had a dream about a red python when she was pregnant.

A strange bird flew past their wooden window, which provoked Alesa to scream.

"Okay, be quiet, do you want the guests to see the joke!"

With tears in her eyes, Alesa said, "...... I hope he can go soon. ”

It's only been a day, and she's already tired of acting in front of guests.

Her room was the prettiest in the house, now occupied by Agatha, and the clothes in the closet, the bedside rag dolls, and the shell wind chimes, all of which were no longer hers. The housework, including the delivery of food to Sears, was also in her hands, but she didn't want to deal with that idiot at all.

Moreover, she hasn't gone out to play with her friends for two days.

When will this day end?

Barbara covered her mouth and admonished with a fierce look in her eyes, "I wish you could use your brain before you speak next time, unless you want to stay in such a poor and dirty place for the rest of your life." ”

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