Early in the morning, Minna woke up from her sleep and heard the sound of people frolicking on the shore outside her window. Grabbing her messy hair, she opened the window of the cabin.

A burst of fresh air came through the window, with a faint botanical fragrance and a hint of fishy smell. The river reflects the morning sun, reflecting on the hull of the boat and on the rocks on the shore, forming golden lines like fish scales, and occasionally a touch or two of greenery, but it is formed by the slender and smooth leaves of the thin water lily growing on the bank.

Minna's boat was now docked at a small pier by the Ori River, lined up with other boats. Although there was an inn in the town, the grandfather and grandson were used to life on the ship and did not do much about it.

The inhabitants of the shore began their day in the morning light, selling goods to the people on board or transporting goods to the ship, while young children looked at the ship curiously and whispered about which one was better.

Minna cleaned herself up briefly, and was attracted by the scent wafting from the window. A small sampan is weaving through the boats, selling hot breakfast to passers-by, and business is doing well. Minna saw from afar the strange food tightly wrapped in the turquoise leaves of the aquatic plant Phoebe and wanted to taste it with great interest.

She pulled out the change bag and pulled out five copper plates, but when she tried to throw the money on the sampan like everyone else, she felt embarrassed. The small sampan was still more than ten meters away from her, and there were several boats in between, and seeing that there was not much food left for it, Minna was anxious to buy it, but she didn't know how to throw the five copper plates over.

Mr. Baodeman, the boatman, walked past the cabin and greeted the porters on the shore in a loud voice, with whom he had dealt with the men of the caravan when he had followed them south. Minna's eyes lit up when she saw him, and she hurriedly asked him how to buy the things on the sampan. When he heard this, he was amused, took the copper plate in Minna's hand, reached out to the side of the boat, picked a leaf of a fine water lotus, turned his hands around, made an inverted cone, stuffed the copper plate into it, covered it with the leaf next to it, and tied it with the end of the long leaf. He took the small bag of money in his hand, shouted in the direction of the small sampan, "Have a small fish rice", and threw it over, just past the boats in the middle.

The woman on the sampan gave a long answer, and took up a basin-sized fishing net, took the bag of money, pinched it with her hand, and threw back a round bag of cattail leaves, which fell into the hands of Baodman.

Minna happily took the packet and eagerly opened it, only to see a fist-sized mass of hot rice wrapped in grilled fish, herbs, and some unknown dried fruit. When you take a bite of it hot, the sweetness of the rice spreads in your mouth, the skin is charred and delicious, the fish meat is fresh and tender, and the sweetness and sourness of the dried fruit are really delicious.

"It's delicious...... Mr. Bodeman, would you like some? Minna warmly invited the old boatman, but the other man smiled and waved his hand, took out three copper plates, and bought half a portion of grilled fish from the vendor on the shore, with the sweet wine left over from the past, and enjoyed his breakfast beautifully.

Xiao Tianjian got into the cabin and saw that his little granddaughter was eating breakfast, and smiled: "It turns out that Xiao Minna has already eaten?" I even bought an extra one. He also has a few small fish rice in his hand, as well as a packet of local fruit that is bright and dripping with early morning dew.

Minna ate a very hearty breakfast, her eyes squinted and smiling, and she was in a very good mood: "It turns out that the people here can eat such delicious things every day, they are so happy." Xiao Tianjian smiled, and suddenly heard the sound of drums and cheers not far away, and both grandparents and grandchildren looked curiously, it turned out that a few clowns were performing for the guests on other boats, and they turned over more than ten somersaults in a row, and played throwing and catching balls, and a dwarf was beating the drum accompaniment.

Xiao Tianjian saw that his little granddaughter was interested, so he raised his voice to call the clown to come over and perform. When a clown who was waiting by heard this, he greeted his companions, and jumped alone from the top of the middle cabins, and landed lightly on the bow of their boat, which could be called as light as a swallow.

Minna clapped her hands violently, and the clown smiled and bent down to make a big salute: "Cute little guest, what kind of show do you want to see?" ”

Minna looked at Xiao Tianjian and saw that her grandfather was just smiling at her, so she asked, "Do you know how to throw the ball?" Just like the guy just now, three or four balls thrown together? ”

"Of course, I can throw a few more." The clown casually took out three or four small balls from his coat pocket and threw them in turn, caught a glimpse of a few fruits on the small table beside Minna, and asked her for two with a smile, plus the balls he brought, the more and more he tossed, but there was no confusion at all.

Minna had seen clowns perform in her previous quarters, but those people were just wearing brightly coloured and oddly clumsy clothes, doing ridiculous movements, and although there were some who could throw and catch the ball, but at most three or four, and it was rare to be able to throw five or six like this. And this clown also looks different from other clowns, he wears ordinary clothes, only a circle of colored ribbons tied around the cuffs, neckline and trouser legs, he is tall and neat, except for the red oil paint on his nose and the green feathers on his hat, he does not look like a clown all over his body.

He tossed six balls and fruits, and played tricks again, first switching the direction of the balls forward, backward, left, and right, then throwing the balls and fruits extremely high, and then flipping two heels and catching them. Minna applauded when she saw it, and the people on the boat next to her were also attracted and looked at it one after another.

"Add two more fruits!" A childish voice came from a neighboring boat, and Minna turned to see a young boy about her age emerge from the hatch and lie on the edge of the boat to talk to the clown. The clown grinned: "Okay, come on!" The little boy threw two fist-sized fruits over, and the clown took them, and the speed of the toss in his hand suddenly accelerated, and the fruits and balls in the air were like spinning wheels, still undisturbed.

The wonderful performance won the applause of the people around him, the clown smiled and threw the two fruits of the little boy back, and dealt with the two given by Minna in the same way, and then grabbed the remaining ball, took off the hat on his head, and bent down to salute: "Thank you for the appreciation, how about I give you another performance?" So he jumped on the roof of Minna's cabin, turned over with one hand, and jumped into the boat where the little boy was sitting next to him, and rolled and jumped back and forth on several nearby boats, each time only lightly using his feet, but did not stay in any of the boats, and several times he was about to fall into the water, and suddenly he fell on the hull next to him, and fell on another boat like a fish, and continued to beat.

Minna opened her mouth slightly, watching the clown jump from ship to ship with amazing agility, and thought that she had learned light skills, and at most she could jump from one ship to another, and she really couldn't do it in a row like this, and she couldn't help but admire. Xiao Tianjian saw the happy look on his little granddaughter's face, and he was also very happy, although he felt that these performances were not exciting, but he also threw a gold coin over with face.

The clown begged for a half-hat copper plate from other audiences, and suddenly saw a bright gold coin, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then screamed, bit the gold coin, blinked, and thanked Xiao Tianjian excitedly. The latter waved his hand casually and did not take it to heart.

Minna also took out a silver coin: "I don't have gold coins, this is my little heart, thank you for performing such a beautiful show for me." ”

The clown happily took the silver coin, made a great salute, and then a fierce man dived into the water, splashing more than a foot high, startling Minna, and wondering why he had suddenly jumped into the river. A short time later, there was a sound of water on the other side of the boat, and she turned to see that the clown had bitten a white flower in his mouth, which came out of the water and gave it to Minna.

Minna took the flower, smelled the fragrance, it is the unique taro lotus of Shaonan, usually grows at the bottom of the water, it is not easy to pick, it is a very precious perfume raw material. She raised a big smile and thanked the clown, who smiled brightly. Only then did she realize that this clown was actually quite handsome and had an extraordinary temperament, why would such a person be a clown?

At this time, a call came from the shore: "Vasily, you have to go!" It turned out that the other clowns and gnomes who had finished the show were about to leave, and the handsome clown raised his hand to his companions, turned back to Minna, and said, "Thank you for the silver coins, lovely young lady." He waved goodbye to Xiao Tianjian again, then climbed the stones along the river and turned ashore, leaving with his companions.

Minna watched them go away, and suddenly a voice came from the boat next to her: "He's really good, isn't he?" It doesn't look like a showmanship at all. Minna turned her head to see that it was the little boy who had spoken out earlier. He was wearing Shaonan clothes, a loose and soft fine white cloth shirt and trousers, a black silk vest, red shawl hair, and a few freckles on his face.

He stretched out his little hand: "Hello, my name is Happi, I am seven years old this year, and my family lives in a small town in the upper reaches of the Barrow River, which is the river to the west. Minna shook his hand amicably: "Hello, my name is Minna, I will be seven years old in half a month, and my family is in Jitun, north of East." ”

"Easter? Are you a foreigner? Little Harpy looked interested, "I haven't been to a foreign country yet, what is that like?" ”

Minna tilted her head: "Hmm...... Not as much water as here...... But I also have a pier on the other side of my house, surrounded by mountains ......."

"There are mountains over there, what is this?" Harpy didn't care, paused, he seemed to think of something, approached Minna and asked, "Are you from East?" Then you must know your country's epic hero, Count Shaw? Have you seen him? What does he look like? Is it the same as rumored? Black hair and black eyes? Speaking of this, he glanced at Xiao Tianjian and asked Minna in a low voice, "Who is this person yours for?" He looked like Count Shaw. ”

He was Count Shaw. Minna stole a glance at her grandfather, and when she saw that he just smiled and shook her head, she didn't speak, so she said to Harpy, "That's ...... My uncle, it just happens to look like him. Why do you ask...... Count Shaw? ”

Harpy was excited: "Because I admire him very much, you think about it, he can go all over the world alone, with a sword, and beat all the bad guys to the ground, how majestic!" I also want to be like him, learn a good swordsmanship, travel to various countries on the mainland, increase my knowledge, hoe the strong and sweep away the weak, maybe one day, I can also become the object of praise of the bard. ”

Minna stared at his thin arms and legs, and then looked at herself, deeply skeptical of the possibility of his goal being achieved: "Can you do it?" You look thinner than I am. She had walked half the continent, and she was exhausted, and he didn't look like someone stronger than her.

The little boy suddenly blushed: "Why not?!" As soon as I arrived in Innie, I went to find a teacher who taught swordsmanship, and I no longer stayed in my room all day meditating! ”

It turned out that he was the son of a small businessman, and there was an aunt, two uncles and a cousin in the family who studied magic, which was also common in Shaonan, who admired magic. Harpy was discovered to have a talent for magic at a young age, so his parents planned to send him to the Children's Academy of Magic. This time, the whole family went to Yini, in addition to wanting to take advantage of the festive day of the May Festival and the **** concubine to sell inventory, but also wanted to go to the magic capital on the return trip to inquire about the application for the Children's Magic Academy.

Harpy muttered, "Mom and Dad want me to be a magician all day long, but how can I be a swordsman when I am a magician?" I'd rather cut someone with a knife than point at someone with a stick......"

Minna didn't know what to say, and when the boy was led back to the cabin by his mother's ear, she discussed the question with her grandfather: "Why does Harpy want to be a swordsman?" He's as thin as a hemp stalk, and I'm afraid he's not as strong as I am. ”

"It's hard to say." Xiao Tianjian smiled, "Where there is a will, there is a way, and it is a good thing to have ideals and goals, maybe he can really do it." But this is someone else's business, so we don't have to worry about it, now that the sun has risen high, let's start early. ”

After leaving Ori, the boat slowly headed east along the river, and soon made a great bend to turn south. The river is wider and there are more boats coming and going. When Minna felt in good shape, she would run outside the cabin to watch the scenery and blow the cool breeze. At this time, it is the beginning of summer, and the morning sun is warm. On both sides of the river, there are lush trees and flowers, on the west bank are low and gentle mountains, and on the east bank are towns and villages, but behind the houses, you can see a line of verdant greenery in the distance.

Minna asked Grandpa, "What's that?" Xiao Tianjian said: "That is the Yaluo Great Forest, but it is the periphery. In fact, the forest is said to have stretched all the way to the shore, but it was only in order to build a dam that hundreds of square kilometers of trees were cut down, and the forest shrank there. ”

"So we're so close to the Arrowa Forest? Will we be able to get home soon? ”

"Silly girl." Xiao Tianjian smiled, "That forest is enough for you to walk for a few days and nights, I'm afraid it's not smaller than the elven forest, and there are a lot of dangerous animals." If you want to go home, it's better to bypass it. You've been out for a long time, go back and lie down. ”

Minna pouted and returned to the cabin, still staring at the green outside the window in a daze.

The Arro Forest was indeed large, and the green had not disappeared from Minna's sight after three days. But because the river made a great bend and turned southwest, it sank below the horizon on the fourth day.

Shaonan is worthy of being a country with many rivers and lakes, and Minna can see countless large and small tributaries flowing into the big rivers along the way, and the water is deeper. The small boat they were in was tossed badly in the waves, and after discussing with Xiao Tianjian, Baodman decided to dock behind a large passenger ship and move forward, with only a small amount of money.

There were many dams on the river, many of them tall and sturdy, and Minna was already a little numb to it, and if she were allowed to see Ori's little dam again, she would never be amazed by it again. However, crossing the dam is also a troublesome matter, and sometimes even the number of boats that have to be limited at one time because of the number of boats, resulting in what Xiao Tianjian called a "traffic jam".

In front of the last dam on their trip, they were blocked again. Minna waited a little bored, the light magic in her body gradually wore off as time passed, and she began to feel the exhaustion of her body, the tingling pain in her legs, and sometimes even the pain at night. At such times, the boat was blocked several times in succession, and her temper couldn't help but become bad.

In order to appease his little granddaughter, Xiao Tianjian thought of countless ways, but unfortunately in the season of waiting to pass through the dam, he couldn't even find a clown to relieve his boredom, at most he could only let Baodeman sing two boat songs.

But it didn't take long for Minna to find a way to entertain herself, and that was gossip. The big passenger ship they docked on, there were dozens of people, one of whom fell in love with the son of another family, but the father of the two families had a conflict, and found that the children were in love, so they quarreled all day long, and the people on the nearby ships regularly came to see their good show every day, so as to relieve their boredom.

Minna is also the number one loyal viewer, and sees it as a way to distract herself from the uncomfortable feeling on her body. It's just that Xiao Tianjian saw that his little granddaughter actually liked this kind of cheesy gossip and felt that it was too cheap, so he told her about Romeo and Juliet, as well as Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, but he quickly thought that he was actually telling a love story to such a young child, which was really embarrassing, so he turned to "Journey to the West", of course, it was the TV series version.

The jamming lasted less than two days before they passed the dam. At this time, it was sunset, the river was covered with dark gold, and on the western bank was a large plain, and from a distance, you could see that there was a touch of dark gold on the horizon.

Xiao Tianjian told Minna that it was another big river, and the two rivers formed a fairly vast alluvial plain here, and the place where the two rivers met was Yini, the capital of Shaonan.

But before Eni, they reached a semicircular hill on the plain between the two rivers. As far as the eye can see, the mountain is lit with sporadic lights, spiraling up from the water's edge at the foot of the mountain, and the higher you go, the denser it becomes, until the tower at the top of the mountain is a bright orange light.

This is the Magic Capital.

(First of all, I'm sorry to everyone, this weekend because I have to go to the grave, I will stop for about two days, I will come back on the 6th to continue, please forgive me.) ^_^b）