The next day, Yutan sent his men back to Manado to sell his shop, and he himself took the rest of the crew on board and returned to Kamecca. He knew that Wood's plan to auction house had failed, and he would not let go easily, and he would not be able to return to other people's territory, and Wood's influence in Port Matt was still small, so he would not pose much threat to him, so in the future, he would have to go back and forth between Cameca and Port Matt to do business.

And Xiao Tianjian, after thinking about it again, decided to write a letter and send it to his daughter-in-law's mother's house. In the letter, he explained what he and his granddaughter had seen, focused on the child's sadness, and asked Dora to make her plan clear and not to betray the family and make her husband and daughter sad. He also mentioned in the letter that he was going to take Minna to Camica for a few days, hoping that Dora would not disappoint them when he returned.

After writing the letter, he looked at the little granddaughter beside him who had been staring at his pen and sighed. Although he doesn't like Dora, his daughter-in-law, for Minna's sake, he still hopes that his son can be married to each other. After thinking about it, he added a few more sentences, implying that An Long did not do anything to be sorry for his wife, he only made that false appearance out of some need, and repeatedly drove his wife and daughter away from his side, completely for their safety, and persuaded his daughter-in-law Dora not to misunderstand him.

Minna blinked when she saw these words: "Grandpa, what is Dad going to do?" Is it dangerous? "Isn't what those people said yesterday true?

Xiao Tianjian hesitated for a moment and said, "You are still young, I can't tell you, anyway, you just need to remember that your father didn't do anything bad." Minna looked at his expression, which also became serious, and Zhengse nodded.

Xiao Tianjian handed the letter to the people at the Xiao family's branch, took some money with him, and took his granddaughter onto Youtan's boat and set off for Camica.

The journey was boring. Minna has been living by the sea or at sea for two or three months in a row, and there is nothing new left. Yutan had limited toys to bring with him, and as a gift to his beloved daughter, it was impossible for her to play with them. At first, Xiao Tianjian and You Tan chatted about the events after the separation and their past experiences, and Minna listened with great interest for a day, but after a long time, she felt that her experience was more interesting, so she was impatient to listen to others. With two old men drinking in the cabin, she walked out to the deck alone.

Yutan's fleet consisted of two large ships and three medium ships, as well as a dozen or so small sampans attached to the ships, this time with the exception of one large one that was still carrying goods in the southern seas, and one medium one remained in the port of Matter, and the others returned to Kamecca together. Minna was on one of the largest of these ships, and she remembered that the bilge contained flour, cream, sugar, eggs, vegetables and fruits, wine, glassware and cloth, and other boats with things like livestock, poultry and wood. There were many crew members on deck, and I heard that Yutan had nearly two hundred men under his command, all of whom were capable and strong, and Minna walked around alone, not worried about danger.

She lay on the stern side of the ship, looking at the port of Matt in the distance, where only a small black dot remained, and she felt a little uncomfortable. She didn't know if she was right to walk away like this. Originally, she thought that her parents had done bad things, and they had each found a lover, and it was likely that they didn't want her anymore, so she felt sad. Now, even if she knows that her father has not done anything bad, she still feels sad when she thinks of her mother.

I remember when I was in the Weisha Desert, my grandfather once said that although he had enjoyed a lot of good things, power, wealth, and fame...... But he hoped that he was still the little clerk who received two or three thousand gold coins a month (she didn't quite understand why the person who received two or three thousand gold coins a month was still a small clerk), and that he could live happily with his family. And what about her? Although she walked around the whole continent and learned a lot of things she didn't know before, she missed the days when a family of five was happily together in her instant.

Hmph, it's all the fault of that vicious woman named Veronica, and that little white face named Goodwin (Xiao Tianjianyu)! They were the ones who caused Mom and Dad to leave!

There were several bundles of straw ropes scattered across the deck, which seemed to have fallen while the crew was carrying cargo. Minna was furious and kicked one of them away, and the flying grass and dust fell, only to fall right on one of the oncoming crew members, and then slipped into the food plate in his hand. The crew lost their voice and said, "Ouch, which one did a good deed?!" ”

As soon as Minna saw that she was in trouble, she hurriedly ran over and bowed her head to apologize: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." She was worried in her heart, the other party wouldn't be angry, right?

The crew looked quite young, only in their twenties, and was a thin man with a pointed face, a small nose and small eyes. He looked at Minna for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Aren't you the little lady who got on the boat with our boss's aristocratic friend?" It's okay, it's okay, but what are you kicking the rope for? As he spoke, he threw away the straw rope, shook the plate, patted the dust off the bread, and bent down to show Minna: "It's just a little dusty, and it's all right." ”

Minna's little face turned red and whispered, "I'...... I was in a bad mood for a while, so I ...... Just kicked it casually...... I really didn't mean to...... I—I'll help you change your food. Then he stretched out his hand and took it.

The crew smiled and moved away: "It really doesn't matter, what I ate today is bread and wheat cakes, not fish soup, it doesn't matter if I get some grass ash, little lady doesn't have to take it to heart." He sat down on the sackcloth box next to him with some restraint, took a big bite of bread, lifted the sackcloth next to him, grabbed his sleeve and wiped the surface of the box, and said, "Are you tired of standing?" Please sit down, this is not dirty. Why is the little lady in a bad mood? The sea is beautiful. ”

Minna saw that he really didn't care at all, so she relieved herself, and when she saw that he was so warm and kind, she sat down on the box. But she didn't want to tell strangers the reason for her displeasure, so she just kept her head down and didn't speak.

The crew member didn't continue to ask, saying, "If you don't want to say it, you won't say it, but why bother with a noble child like you?" You should be happy. ”

Minna glanced at him and tilted her head, "You're from Bass?" Is it a slave on a ship? Looking at his appearance, his skin is dark, but a little yellowish, brown hair and brown eyes, although he is short and a little hunchbacked, but the green tendons and calluses on his hands indicate that he is a person who does hard work, which is in line with the characteristics of others saying that the Bass people are "small, strong, hunchbacked and yellow-skinned, brown-haired and brown-eyed". It seemed to be popular to drive Bass slaves along the southeastern coast of the continent, and she had seen them at Gutenberg, who were just less dark-skinned than the crew in front of her.

The crew member hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm a Bass, but I'm not a slave, really!" You see, I don't have a slave stigma on me. He pulled open his collar to show off his swarthy chest, "My name is Corbin, my whole family lives in Lower Camica, and I am a crew member of Lord Yutan, not a slave!" ”

"Oh." Minna didn't care if he was a slave or not, she was just a little curious. Seeing that this Bass crew member looked similar to the legend, she didn't ask any more.

Corbin finished his lunch in two bites, glanced at Minna, and said with a smile: "Little Miss, do you feel bored?" Actually, it's a lot of fun on board. ”

Minna looked at him, "I've seen it everywhere, what's the fun?" It's no different from other ships. "If she wants to play, she is tired of playing all the way before.

Corbin rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "It turns out that the little lady often takes a boat?" No wonder. As...... I'm going to show you something you haven't seen before? ”

Minna became intrigued: "What is it?" ”

"Guess what?" Corbyn sprang to his feet, climbed onto the mast behind him, scratched his head and grimaced, and then jumped into the pile of crates, and threw himself on one heel, standing on one foot, but with the other retracted, his arms raised high, his hands clawed, and bluffing.

Minna smiled and dodged: "It's a monkey!" "The big-eared monkey, which is a specialty of Bass Island, has a picture in the school geography textbook, and that's pretty much what it looks like." Learn like that! And what about the big ears? Monkeys also have big ears! Minna shouted.

Corbin was as kind as he could, and his hands were open in his ears in a gesture: "I'm a monkey, I have big ears, I'm a monkey, I have big ears......" and made a grimace next to Minna while pretending, making her giggle.

"Minna, so you're here." Xiao Tianjian's voice came from behind him, and Minna looked back, and sure enough, it was him: "Grandpa!" She pounced.

Xiao Tianjian hugged her and said with a smile: "Aren't you hungry?" It's already time to eat. Minna touched her stomach, she was really hungry, it turned out that it was already noon? Corbin was eating just now, and she didn't even notice it.

When Corbin saw Xiao Tianjian, he hurriedly tidied up the clothes on his body, and bowed to him with a smile: "Hello noble lord, the villain is a crew member under Boss Youtan. ”

Xiao Tianjian glanced at him a few times and frowned slightly: "You are a Bass slave?" What were you doing? Minna whispered, "Grandpa, Corbin is not a slave, he was playing monkey with me just now." Corbin showed a flattering smile and said, "The villain saw that the little lady was in a bad mood, so he wanted to make her happy." Everyone said that the villain pretended to be a monkey, so ......"

Xiao Tianjian interrupted him without listening: "Is that so?" That's hard for you, you go and get busy. He threw out a gold coin as a reward, Corbyn's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly took it, and said courteously: "You can ask the villain to do anything you want, and the villain is ready to listen to your orders at any time." Xiao Tianjian glanced at him with some disgust, then pulled his granddaughter and walked into the cabin. Minna hurriedly turned back to say goodbye to Corbyn, who smiled and waved her hand, looked down at the gold coin she had just gotten, took a bite, and took it into her arms.

Minna secretly smiled and turned her head and whispered to her grandfather, "Corbin is biting gold coins, it's so funny." Xiao Tianjian pulled her into the cabin, didn't go to the restaurant, but entered her room, and said to her, "Minna, have you forgotten what I told you?" Don't think that just because someone is kind to you and makes you happy, you think that he is a good person. Have you forgotten about Freedo? ”

Minna put away her smile and stuck out her little tongue. Grandpa always believed that the storm in the Weisha Desert was a trap secretly laid by Friedo, so he sneaked back to Monri to find him bad luck afterwards, but he never found him, it is said that he offended someone and hid, and Grandpa has been very depressed. But in Minna's opinion, how would Frido know when there would be a Desert Storm? And how do you know that they will lose their horses and food? So it was just an accident.

Corbyn is even different, he just amuses himself.

Minna said: "Grandpa, Corbin will only play with me when he sees me bored, he is not a bad person." ”

Xiao Tianjian snorted coldly: "How do you know that he doesn't have ulterior motives?" I hated him when I saw the smiling and stammering look, and he bowed...... Not at all like a man. That made him have a bad association, remembering the people of a certain country, it just so happened that Bath is an island country located on the east sea, worshipping the gods, although the surface is docile, but in fact it is ruthless and deadly, it is said that there were Bath slaves who betrayed their masters, causing hundreds of deaths and injuries, so he did not have a good impression of the people of this island country at all.

Minna asked suspiciously, "Is that so?" But she thought the Corbyns were very kind.

Xiao Tianjian patted her on the head: "You are young, you are not sensible, and you can't judge who is right and wrong, so you have to be extra careful." A rich and powerful person like Corbyn, who doesn't know how to work hard, you have to be more careful and don't trust him too much, you know? ”

Minna nodded hesitantly, and soon the rumbling in her stomach reminded her that it was time to eat. The grandfather and grandson looked at each other and smiled, and went to the direction of the restaurant together.

The ship sailed on the sea for three days, and on the morning of the fourth day they reached Camica. Minna's eyes widened in surprise as she looked at the large expanse of buildings near the docks.

She had learned a little about the country in school, and she always thought it was a coral island ten times bigger, with a beautiful sea, sandy beaches, trees, and few houses...... Unexpectedly, she saw a city as big as Gutenberg, with houses one after another, the water was as muddy as Easter's, the boats were densely docked on the seashore, and many people were walking around on the shore, most of them had bronzed skin, wearing white light-colored robes, and small dark curls on their heads. Many of them were short, hunchbacked, Bath men with heavy cargo on their backs, running back and forth on the docks.

"This is the city of Camika." Yu Tan happily said to Minna Ancestor, "Xiao, it's been fifteen years since you left, hasn't it?" Kameca has changed a lot now, you must not recognize it. ”

Xiao Tianjian looked at the land with a smile: "It's true that you've prospered a lot, and your days are getting better and better, right?" ”

Yutan smiled and nodded, looked back and ordered his crew to dock, and assigned a few people to supervise the unloading of goods on other ships, and accompanied the guests off the ship himself. But during the time when the ship had just docked, it was impossible for him, the boss, to be idle, and after a series of reports of problems with the ship's cargo, he finally had to leave temporarily. Xiao Tianjian didn't care, and took his granddaughter to get off the boat first.

Several long planks have been set up on the side of the ship to connect to the land for people to get on and off the ship. Minna stepped on one of them and walked down, but she heard a commotion next to her and hurriedly turned her head to look.

It turned out to be a dozen or so Kameccan children watching around the boat, pointing and pointing in their hands, patting the cargo boxes brought off the ship from time to time, and laughing at each other.

A person on the ship walked down with a cargo box on his back, and when he saw this, he hurriedly put the box down, walked over and waved and scolded the people: "Go, go, while playing, what if I touch the box?!" The group of children refused to leave obediently, and they made faces at him, and he was so angry that he reached out and wanted to hit him.

Minna recognized it as Corbyn. Seeing this, Xiao Tianjian shouted, "Stop!" What are you doing?! Corbin turned his head when he heard this, and bowed with a busy smile: "Noble lord, these children are not sensible, I am afraid that they will break ......"

"Those are big crates, how can they be broken so easily? Children are not sensible, just persuade them well, why do you beat people? Xiao Tianjian looked at him with disgust, "Don't put on such a grievance look, did I still wronged you?!" ”

Corbin lowered his head and did not speak, and a child next to him shouted, "This Bass slave is the worst, it scares us every time!" "That's right, that's right, the noble lord should beat him." Other children are following suit.

Corbyn glared at them secretly and whispered, "I'm not a slave!" The children grimaced at him, and complained to Xiao Tianjian: "Look, master, he's still scaring us!" ”

Xiao Tianjian stared at Corbin coldly, turned back to his granddaughter and said, "Minna, you can see it clearly this time, right?" I said a long time ago that he is not a good person, and he actually bullies children, hum! Minna nodded, looking at Corbin with some regret. The latter shrunk his head and bent even lower.

Yutan stepped out of the boat and asked, "What happened?" Xiao Tianjian said: "It's nothing, but Lao You, you should also pick when you hire people, don't accept some people with character problems, lest he cause trouble in the future and affect you." After that, he ignored Corbin and walked away with his granddaughter. Yutan hesitantly looked at the few busy crew members nearby, then at Corbin, and frowned, "Why don't you work soon?" ”

Corbin hurriedly replied and turned back to pick up the goods just now. The group of children refused to let him go, and still gathered around and shouted: "You are about to lose your job, see if you are still prestigious!" ”

Another crew member came over and yelled at them: "Stinky boy, don't get out of here!" If you don't leave, I'll go to your parents! The children ran away with a hula, but they still turned around and grimaced from time to time.

The crew comforted Corbyn: "Don't take it personally, these little ghosts have always been annoying, and the boss knows it." Corbyn nodded and walked forward in silence.

As we passed by another ship, two crew members were carrying a bundle of timber, and the other accidentally touched it, and the timber was crooked, and one of them slid down, but Corbin happened to be walking down the side of the boat. His companion saw it from behind and rushed up to push him away: "Be careful! Corbin dodged the wood, but his companion fell, and was knocked to the hand by the slippery wood, and his wrist was bruised.

Corbyn leaned over worriedly: "Ruhl, are you alright?" ”

Ruhl turned his wrist: "It's okay, it's just a little painful." It's good to take a break. He patted Corbin on the shoulder with his other hand: "I know you're in a bad mood, but you should be careful when you walk." Corbin nodded sheepishly, and helped him to his feet, facing the three companions who had caused the accident.