The holidays are fast approaching.

The people of Shaonan are wealthy, and they attach great importance to education, and the same is true of the magic capital. In addition to three magic academies and one children's magic school, there are also several schools for the common people, and most of the local children attend the latter. This is not only because children's magic schools only admit talented children, and children from magician families with slightly less able abilities cannot be enrolled, but also because the basic knowledge taught in ordinary schools is very comprehensive, which is quite helpful for the future development of students.

These ordinary schools basically arrange their curriculum according to a three-tier, ten-year system. The first two years of primary school are compulsory education, only a few basic courses are taught, so that students can write and calculate, have a certain amount of common sense, and if they do not continue to study after graduation, then whether they are doing a small business, working as an apprentice in a shop or going to a rich man's house as a trainee servant, they can be competent; In the third year of secondary school, the number of subjects studied will be increased by half, and the difficulty will also increase, and etiquette courses will be added, and the students who graduate are enough to be qualified for clerical work, housekeeping, small clerks, etc.; In the five years of higher education, there will be a clear division of majors, some people will study accounting, some people will study measurement, some people will study management, some people will study medicine, some people will study law, some people will study politics and diplomacy, and so on. After these graduates left the school, they formed the elite class of ordinary people in Shaonan.

Most of the children of magicians, if they are unable to attend a children's magic school, will be educated in a regular school while practicing magic at home, and after graduating from secondary school, they will continue their studies at one of the three magic schools.

Minna has completed two years of study at a primary school in a civilian area and is considered a graduate. Leaving like this, although she was a little reluctant in her heart, but when she thought of being able to live with her parents, she immediately left that little sadness behind. And although Xiao Tianjian felt that his granddaughter had learned too little, he no longer felt pity when he thought that she could still receive an education when she returned to Ito. Before the summer vacation began, he was ready to go on a long trip, and several friends said hello to him, and by the way, he scavenged a lot of good things from his old friend Hanlin and his wife Patty.

But with Sauron, he didn't gain anything at all. The Potions professor was unhappy that he was going to take away his assistant, who had worked so hard to get his assistant. In the past two years, Sauron has actually taught Minna as if she were his own student, and he has made a ten-year teaching plan, full of training her to become a talent and then showing off to his old rival Sennet, only to be abruptly interrupted by Minna's grandfather, and he is so depressed that he can't do it. The last time Minna went to him, he forced her to skin three hundred slugs, collect a hundred liters of slug's mucus, and be nauseous for three days.

Therefore, Minna is actually very happy to be able to escape from the clutches of the potions master as soon as possible.

After packing all the luggage she could, and then saying goodbye to the friends, teachers and classmates she had known in the past two years, Minna followed her grandfather on the hired boat. She remembered with some regret that Harpy, who was grounded at home by her mother because she failed the exam, silently wished him not to fail the exam next time.

Lu Ba, the neighbor, came to see off their grandchildren, and his face was full of reluctance: "I'm about to leave so soon, my sister can't bear Xiao Minna." He was still holding Minna's head and rubbing it vigorously.

Minna finally broke free, stepped back a meter, and said with a smile: "When will Sister Luba marry Big Brother Wise?" I'll definitely come to the wedding then. As she spoke, she peeked at Wise, who was helping to carry things, and the other party smiled and squeezed at her, and carried a box of dry food onto the boat.

Lu Ba patted Minna's head: "Little ghost, what are you doing so much?" Although she said this, when she looked at her sweetheart, the expression on her face was so sweet that it almost dripped.

The luggage was loaded and the ship departed. Lu Ba kept waving his hand to say goodbye to Minna and Xiao Tianjian, and a pink water lotus with water droplets appeared in front of him, and he knew that Wise had just picked it from the water's edge. Raising her eyes and seeing him waving to Minna as if she was fine, she patted him a few times, took the flower, and raised her sleeve to wipe the sweat on his forehead: "It's always this trick, are you annoying......"

Minna looked at the two of them on the shore from a distance, secretly laughed, and shouted: "Sister Luba, you have to love Brother Wise, don't quarrel!" provoked everyone around to look at Luba and Wise, Luba stomped his feet, and scolded the "troubled little ghost" from a long distance, but was quickly hugged and gagged by his lover.

Minna laughed and hid back in the cabin, Xiao Tianjian was sitting next to the boatman looking at the scenery, and when she looked back and saw her, she couldn't help but laugh.

The boat they were on was hired from the civilian quarters, slightly larger than the one they had come, and the boatman was a sturdy middle-aged man. When Minna saw him rocking, she became interested, and whispered to her grandfather, "Let me rock the boat?" I shook it. "She's lived in the Magic City for two years, playing with local kids, and she's no stranger to these things.

Xiao Tianjian hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Now the river is too narrow, there are many boats, and the water is deep, if you want to play, let's talk about it later." Minna had no choice but to give up.

Since the western civilian area where they lived was in the opposite direction to the Barrow River, they walked from the west to the capital city of Yini, more than ten kilometers away, through the Senro River. After walking less than ten kilometers, you will come to the confluence of the Barrow River, which is five or six hundred meters wide, and countless boats of all sizes go back and forth on the water, and on both sides are bustling markets and residential areas.

Ahead is the Eni Dam, which was once described by the special boatman of the Xiao family trading house in Encore City, which was once described as a behemoth five times larger than the Ori Dam. But in Minna's opinion, the dam was certainly very high, but it was less than five times as high, but seeing that it blocked the entire river, she suspected that what Baodeman was talking about was probably not the height, right?

The dam has a total of six gates, which are released daily according to the number of passing vessels. Minna and her entourage were lucky enough to come to the dam just when the gate opened, and they passed without having to wait. However, after passing through the gate, Minna realized the meaning of the so-called "five".

In fact, behind the gate is a large rectangular lake, the boundary is two or three kilometers wide, and many boats are parked in the lake, under the command of the dam staff in three columns, and then slowly pass through the next gate, and then the river.

On the north and south sides of the lake are towering dams, which seem to have been made of large blocks of stone, and on the east and west sides are mountains and fortresses.

After passing the dam, you can see the edge of the city in front of you. Although Shaonan often becomes the object of aggression by other countries because of the wealth of the country, it has never destroyed the country, and has survived the difficulties under the support of difficulties every time, carefully speaking, it has been established for thousands of years now, and it is one of the oldest countries on the continent (second only to the elf kingdom), and the capital city of Yini is a thousand-year-old capital.

The river flows past it, so a large part of the city is close to the water, and then the further west, the higher the terrain, a large area of dense houses stretches from the water's edge to the sky, and there is almost no end in sight, only a large rose-gold building on the top of the hill can be vaguely seen, which is the Shaonan Palace.

At this time, it was actually still early, and Minna and her party had just set off. Xiao Tianjian thought of his little granddaughter's departure, and he didn't know when he would have the opportunity to come again, so he simply took her to have a good time along the road, and Yini, the largest city in the continent, was naturally not to be missed.

The closer you get to Inni, the more you can see the traces of the city's history. Most of the houses are old, and although the exterior walls are newly painted in various bright colors, the mottled walls hint at its age. Also half of the water city, the waterways of Yini are much wider than those of the Magic Capital, but strangely, large ships are not allowed here, so Minna and Xiao Tianjian can only pay to get off the boat and change to a local dinghy.

Ranging in length from two to five meters, these dinghies are pointy and elongated, making them flexible and easy to handle for both people and cargo. Minna sat on the stern of the boat and entered the waterways of the outer city of Enni, and found that it was quite fast.

Summer is the season when the river is flooded, and the water level of the river rises, flooding the low-lying areas of the city. If the capital of magic built houses on the shore near the water, then the current situation in the outer city of Eni seems to have built houses directly in the water. Minna traveled all the way and saw many people entering the house directly with the dinghy. The second or third floors of these buildings are connected to the rest of the building by bridges. Hawkers carry boats carrying various goods across the river, and if someone wants to buy something, they hang down the basket with money with a rope, and the hawker will put the goods in the basket for customers to carry up.

Minna saw it interestingly, and also threw a few copper plates to the vendors, and bought a few snacks and fruits, among which the small fish rice, compared with the Ori small fish rice I had eaten before, there was less round seed grass, but more fragrant mango crushed and mycelium, and the taste was more fragrant.

After Minna ate these things unhurriedly, she took a small boat to the waterway near the Xiao Family Commercial Bank's branch in Yini. The branch is located in a commercial block outside the city, and it is a building with pink and infrared walls, which looks spacious, and the gate is also flooded. But when Minna entered the interior through the doorway in a boat, she found that there was a hole inside.

There are buildings on all sides behind the doorway, and in the middle is a square pool, which looks like the shape of the Chinese character "Hui" taught by Xiao Tianjian. There are stairs on three sides of the pool, and when you go up the stairs on the shore, the people from the branch have already greeted you.

Xiao Tianjian was very familiar with the people here, and while saying hello with a smile, he walked towards the front house surrounded by everyone. Minna followed closely behind the crowd.

When he came to the front of the house, Xiao Tianjian saw a large red silk cloth tied to the door, and two wood-carved birds tied to the end, and said with a smile: "Who gave birth to a son?" Is it old? ”

The person next to him smiled: "No, Lao Gu's wife was born at the end of last month and is a daughter." Xiao Tianjian raised his eyebrows: "Yo, eight thousand gold, it's really not easy, Lao Gu, in the future, the young man of Quanyi Ni will be crazy for your daughter." Everyone let out a good-natured laugh, and one of the dark-skinned middle-aged men touched his head embarrassedly and whispered: "The notice just came this morning, the **** concubine gave birth to the little prince last night, which is specially for the little prince." ”

"Oh? Already raw? Xiao Tianjian nodded, "That's really unfortunate, I remember that according to the rules, a hundred years ago, the little doll would stop performing in circuses and theaters across the country, right?" ”

"Yes, pray for the little prince. But those people are also rehearsing for a new show, and on the day of the 100-day celebrations, they can show their faces in front of the royal family. ”

Xiao Tianjian glanced at Minna regretfully, and Minna had already pursed her lips. She had heard her grandfather talk about Ini's circus and theater, and she used to bring him to play during the holidays, but because Sauron refused to let go, or her grandfather was not available, she always couldn't come, and she thought that this time she could finally get what she wanted, but she encountered this kind of thing again. A hundred days, she can't wait.

The people in the branch only noticed Minna's existence at this time, and after knowing her identity, their faces were a little strange, but they quickly returned to normal, and warmly welcomed the grandfather and grandson into the house.

They stayed in the best two rooms in the main building and all the furniture and supplies were carefully selected. Minna has lived a simple life for two or three years, and she doesn't care much about these things. When she opened the window and saw the lively scene on the street outside, she put away her frustration just now and happily went shopping with her grandfather.

There is a shop on the street at the back entrance of the branch (perhaps this is the front door in the true sense of the word), and after passing it, you can see the street outside. There are no less than 30 neighborhoods in the outer city alone, of which more than half are commercial, 30% are half-residential and half-commercial, and the rest are schools, shrines, government agencies, hospitals, pure residential areas and other places.

The streets were filled with goods from various countries on the mainland, as well as goods said to come from other continents, and Minna even found white porcelain tableware with the name of a shop in the Docks of Chiton Pier. There are so many kinds of goods that are so dazzling, and there are so many new and interesting things that she has never heard of, and she really wants to have more eyes. After several days of shopping, she had only visited a few neighborhoods, less than a tenth of the size of Eni City.

In the past few days, she bought two bottles of Shaonan specialty perfume for her mother, a pair of soft and comfortable calfskin boots for her father, a few jacquard scarves for Winnie, a pill for Grandpa Marshall, and a lot of potion materials for herself. In addition, I bought gifts for Grandma Mirabel and my uncle's family, who were about to meet. At this time, she was in trouble again.

What should I buy for my grandfather?

She remembered that Harpy's grandfather had bought a gift for him on his birthday not long ago, so she decided to buy the same one.

That night, Xiao Tianjian received a gift from his little granddaughter - a very good waist seal, the leather produced by Nuojia, warm and moderately soft and hard, but he still couldn't help but be depressed, isn't this kind of thing for the old man? It turned out that in the eyes of the little granddaughter, he had reached this age......

(This volume is coming to an end...... ）