Xiao Tianjian was startled, and hurriedly asked what was wrong, but Minna only cared about crying and didn't have time to pay attention to him, Marshall saw this, so he complained: "Why didn't Lord Earl go out without saying hello?" I haven't come back for two days, even if you and the young master are doing business, you should say something. Xiao Minna has been very sad in the past two days, she still thinks that she has been abandoned by her relatives. ”

When Xiao Tianjian heard this, he hurriedly hugged his little granddaughter and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, how can Minna have such thoughts?" Although it is a bit too much for your mother to lose her temper and run away, your father just goes to work, and your grandfather is...... Belch...... Casually took a walk outside. It was still early when we left, you were sleeping, and we didn't want to wake you up, so we didn't tell you, we didn't want to abandon you. ”

Minna cried and asked, "What about ......you?" Should also be told...... I, I watched...... Father...... And that woman...... Ran away, I thought you all didn't want me anymore......" Before she could finish speaking, she began to cry again.

Xiao Tianjian hurriedly coaxed, and Marshall sighed beside him: "Even if it's earlier, it's okay to tell me, or tell Minna in advance the night before, the child won't be so sad." ”

Xiao Tianjian glanced at him, didn't respond, just coaxed Minna: "Okay, okay, this time grandpa was wrong, grandpa will never be like this again in the future." ”

"No more ...... Leave me behind? ”

"Yes, yes, I won't leave you behind." Xiao Tianjian didn't care about it, so he just agreed.

Minna got her grandfather's assurance, and felt better, so she slowly put away her tears, but she still sniffed from time to time. Xiao Tianjian felt that the child's red nose was very cute, so he made her happy, and asked her what she had done in the past two days.

In fact, Minna was just scared because she suddenly lost the trace of her relatives, so when she saw her grandfather, she cried out aggrievedly, and was coaxed by him for a long time, and learned that her father was only going to work for a few days, and he would come home soon, and he would bring his mother back, so he smiled again. As soon as she let go of the big stone in her heart, she was attracted by the laughter in the distance.

Marshall also had a smile on his face and asked, "The people in the city are having fun, the dance has only been around for more than an hour, and it's still too late to go." Little Minna, do you want to change into a new dress to play? With Xiao Tianjian by his side, he wasn't worried about what other people would say ugly things.

Minna was a little excited, the dance party was boring, but the food was delicious, and she hadn't seen the boys in a long time, and she wondered if they had any new games lately.

Xiao Tianjian unexpectedly expressed his objection: "Are you talking about the dance party in the Qitun Governor's Mansion?" I've heard it before, but it's just a gathering of officials and businessmen pretending to be elegant, and it's not interesting. If Minna wants to play, I know a better place. ”

Minna hurriedly asked, "Where is it?" Marshall hesitated and said, "Your Excellency...... It's better not to take your child to dangerous places. ”

Xiao Tianjian glanced at him: "With me here, what are you afraid of?" Then he picked up his granddaughter: "It's just the right time to go now, let's go play with grandpa." With that, he took Minna out of the house, ignoring Marshall's call behind him, and began to work lightly, and swept straight into the street in the distance.

Minna could only feel that a fierce wind was blowing her hair in a mess, and the scenery on both sides of the road was speeding backwards, and it was the feeling of flying that she had not seen for many days, and it lasted longer than before, and she couldn't help but shout with joy.

By the time that feeling had vanished, she was already on the street, full of joyous crowds, everyone dressed in festive costumes, children chasing each other, occasionally bumping into adults, and only being laughed and scolded.

"How? It's more fun to be outside than at home, right? Xiao Tianjian asked.

Minna nodded abruptly, but thought of Marshall, who was yelling in the back just now, and said, "We might as well call Grandpa Marshall to play with us." ”

Xiao Tianjian smiled: "Silly boy, old Marshall also has what he wants to do, right?" Do you want him to be with you all day? You see, over there, the old grandfathers have their own fun. ”

Minna followed his finger and saw several elderly people smoking pipes and chatting under the eaves, teasing the children running around from time to time, and two people playing chess. When she thought about it, Grandpa Marshall seemed to like to smoke two puffs of cigarettes, but he couldn't smoke because he was always with her, so let him have time to do what he liked.

Xiao Tianjian saw that his granddaughter did not object, smiled slightly, and then hugged her around and came to an alley, and within a few steps, it was a tavern that he often came to.

Minna had never been to this house, but wondered why the house was so low, and when she looked closely, she found that half of it was built underground, and after going down a few steps, she heard a faint sound of singing and dancing coming from the house. After Xiao Tianjian pushed open the closed door, Minna found herself in a world completely different from the outside.

The front of the tavern is very small, but the inside is very large, and there is a bar counter in front, and the boss seems to recognize Xiao Tianjian and says hello from a distance. There were twenty or thirty small round tables at the bar, and the guests were filled almost the whole tavern, except for seven or eight women, mostly men, and two or three dwarves, but most of them were now crowded on the edge of the small stage on the right, where a gorgeous woman with curly blond hair and a red dress was dancing.

The woman looks a little beautiful, the neckline of her clothes is very low, revealing most of the ****, the thin waist is twisting wildly, her hands are dragging the edge of the long skirt and dancing, and from time to time half of the snow-white thighs are displayed, which attracts the saliva of the men around her, and throws countless flowers and copper or silver coins to her, but if someone approaches her and wants to take advantage of it, she will be pushed away, causing others to laugh at her, only the person who throws the gold coin can get her initiative to approach, but whether he can succeed in stealing the incense depends on the man's ability. The woman threw a wink at the men around her, and when she saw Xiao Tianjian coming in the door, she flew over and kissed her.

Xiao Tianjian only smiled slightly when he saw it, so he took his little granddaughter to sit on the bar, and the owner of the tavern smiled: "Count Xiao, what kind of wind is blowing today?" Did you come to the shop? Seeing Xiao Minna who was looking left and right next to him, he was a little surprised: "Is this your daughter?" This is not the place for little girls. ”

When Minna heard this, she immediately turned back and argued, "I'm not a little girl!" But Xiao Tianjian and the boss both laughed. The former said, "This is my little granddaughter, you can give her some milk." I'm still the same. Minna stopped again: "I don't want milk!" ”

The boss smiled and asked, "Then what do you want?" ”

"What do you have here?"

"Everything, I'm telling you, in my old budd's shop, you can do whatever you want."

"Then ......," Minna rolled her eyes, "I want orange juice, and it's fresh!" At this time, the orange season has passed for two months, and Marshall can only use dried oranges or orange powder when making cakes, and if he wants to drink fresh orange juice, he must at least go to the big city, how can such a small shop have?

Old Bard glanced at Xiao Tianjian, but the latter just smiled and said, "If you have it, give it to her, and I will give it as much as you want." "How much is a little orange juice worth? Just coax the child.

Old Bard laughed suddenly, went down to tinker for a long time, and really got a glass of orange juice and put it in front of Minna. Minna tasted it, it was really freshly squeezed, and there was still flesh in it, and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Although she was young, she also quarreled with Marshall to eat fresh oranges during the two days of awkwardness, and heard from him about the current price of fresh oranges. This glass of juice, I'm afraid it will cost one or two gold coins, to say the least. She secretly glanced at her grandfather, and saw that he was just smiling at her, not caring at all, and her heart settled down, and she felt that her grandfather really hurt herself, so she also smiled a little proudly.

After taking two sips of orange juice, she looked left and right and saw that most of the guests seated around her were drinking a golden liquid in a large glass, and she knew that it was a local beer, which was said to be brewed according to the recipe of the dwarven people, unlike the beers of other places. She has wanted to taste it many times, but unfortunately she was stopped by her grandfather, and today is a holiday, I don't know if I can make an exception?

She turned her head to look at the wine glass in Xiao Tianjian's hand, a little eager to try. Xiao Tianjian found her gaze, and was amused in his heart, thinking that it would be good to coax the child, anyway, it was a holiday, so he asked, "Do you want to drink?" Minna nodded in surprise, and he smiled and said, "I can only take a sip, just taste it." Minna jumped up with joy, but she almost fell to the ground, and was pulled back to the high round stool by her grandfather, and only laughed merrily, and pulled her hands over the cup the size of her head, sniffed it, and took a big sip.

Cold, cold, at first I couldn't taste anything, and gradually there was a burst of fragrance, with a bit of bitter taste, but after drinking it, there was a hot breath that rushed to the nasal cavity, and even the mouth became spicy.

Minna hurriedly threw away her beer and took a big sip of orange juice before she felt cooler in her mouth. When Xiao Tianjian and Old Bard saw it, they both laughed. Minna got angry when she saw this: "Bad grandpa! Why didn't you tell me this was spicy?! Xiao Tianjian said with a smile: "You children can't get used to drinking it, but it's actually delicious." After that, I really drank half a glass in one go. Minna pursed her lips and ignored him, staring at a few dwarves who were fighting wine.

Xiao Tianjian smiled again, and then leaned over to Old Bud's ear and whispered, "Why did you let that woman into your store?" Didn't you say you wouldn't let her do business here? ”

Old Bard also replied to him in a low voice: "She's just here to dance today, don't worry, I won't let her mess around." ”

Xiao Tianjian was a little relieved, but his eyes involuntarily glanced at the dancing woman. Although it is a good thing to have beauties in favor, he has seen more beauties and has a high vision, this kind of woman who is mediocre (in his opinion) but still pesters him with the idea of asking for money, of course he doesn't like it, not to mention that the other party is still notoriously debauched.

Who knew that the "other party" was glanced at by him, but he thought he had a meaning, so he twisted his thin waist and walked over, and said with a smile: "Why didn't the Earl come to my house to sit?" I specially invited you to go last time. ”

Xiao Tianjian smiled: "I heard that you are very busy, and there are guests every day, so I won't bother." The woman heard that he meant mockery, and was a little unwilling, and was about to put it on and use it again, but the smell of inferior perfume on her body was so bad that Minna couldn't stand it.

Her grandfather, Viscount Zhufa, the main industry in the family is the spice business, so although Dora is poorer after marriage, she has never used anything bad in spices and perfumes, and even Minna's "taste" in this regard is quite high, where can she stand that pungent fragrance? She shouted, "Who are you?" It stinks so much, go away! ”

The woman froze, her face couldn't go up and down, and she was about to scold back, but she saw Xiao Tianjian and Old Bard staring at her coldly. Although she wanted to get some more money, she also knew that these two people were not something she could mess with, so she had to walk away in a huff, scolding in her heart. Soon there were wild bees and butterflies around her, and her damaged self-esteem was quickly restored.

Old Bard looked at her back and snorted coldly, turned his head and smiled and said to Minna, who was pouting: "Ignore her, my son is about to perform, he is a bard, can you listen to him sing?" ”

Minna turned her head to look at the small stage, and sure enough, there was already a young man in his twenties sitting above, who looked a little like old Bard, with gray hair, long bangs covering half of his right eye, squinting eyes, and a very pleasant smile. The entire tavern was filled with female guests—girls of fifteen or sixteen, as well as aunts and aunts in their thirties and forties—screaming, "Little Bud! Little Bud! The male guest next to him pouted disdainfully, but he was blinded by his mother and sisters.

Little Bud's men plucked the lyre a few times, and the melodious tune sounded, and the whole tavern fell silent, and he could only be heard singing slowly: "In the distant forest of Yarrow, out came our black-haired and black-eyed hero, who came to the bustling city of Walter with his family's sharp sword...... and thus he told the legend, his voice a little hoarse, but it had a different taste.

As soon as Minna heard him sing two lines, she knew that he was singing her grandfather, and she was about to tell the person excitedly, but he covered her mouth.

Xiao Tianjian asked Old Bard with a look of annoyance: "Why are you singing this?" Old Bard smiled and said, "This is the origin of our May Festival, thirty years ago in May, it was because you led our soldiers to fight back the sand pirates, that there was an annual celebration." If you don't sing this, how can you count as a May Day? ”

Xiao Tianjian glared at him angrily, looked left and right, and saw that the few people who knew his identity were just smiling and signaling to him to toast, and had no intention of shouting, so he relieved his heart, and whispered to his granddaughter: "Don't tell others that it's me." Minna blinked and nodded in agreement, but was even more interested as she continued to listen to little Bard sing, though she had heard it from Winnie countless times.

Little Bud's poems were sung for an hour, but he sang well and played the piano well, and everyone around him cheered loudly. He smiled and got up to bow to the crowd and thanked them, and sat back in his chair, but suddenly his hand moved, and a cheerful song sounded in the room.

Everyone laughed, and first the shoemaker and his wife took the lead in dancing, and then a young couple joined in, and gradually many people began to dance, and the woman who had danced in the shop before only danced with a man and disappeared.

There were more and more people dancing, and little Bud's tunes changed one after another, all of them were cheerful dance music, and the room became more and more lively, and all the tables and chairs that had been placed in the room were pushed to the side. Minna watched everyone dance, her body swayed slightly, and when she looked at her grandfather, he was already in high spirits, and jumped to the middle of the room and danced a dance that no one had ever seen before, which shocked everyone to applaud.

Minna watched her grandfather only use his head or back to support his body, turning on the ground and making many difficult movements, and she also felt very novel, if it wasn't for Old Bard holding back, she would have to learn to spin on the ground. However, under the influence of Xiao Tianjian, two other young men thought that they were superb in dancing, and they danced out unconvinced. Although one of them failed in his attempt at a difficult move, which was met with good-natured ridicule, the other danced so well that the ladies who had just screamed for little Bard fell in love with him. But when the young man looked at Xiao Tianjian proudly, he found that he had gone nowhere.

Xiao Tianjian had already squeezed out of the tavern with Minna in his arms, and the grandparents and grandchildren laughed together and ran to the street. By this time it was already dark, and the lights were lit up all around, but there were more pedestrians in the streets than during the day, and many people wore various masks and greeted each other to guess who they were.

Xiao Tianjian took Minna to another tavern to eat some bread and broth, and then went to the square with the others to watch the fireworks. Minna saw that the children around her were going to scream every time they saw a firework rise into the sky, so she followed twice, and secretly glanced at her grandfather, and saw that he did not scold herself like her mother, so she was relieved and boldly followed the others to scream. From afar, she saw from afar on the balcony of the Great Hall of the Governor's Palace, Suzanne and several other boys standing solemnly watching the fireworks, and only felt that she was happier today than any previous Mayday.

(I don't have much spirit, I don't know if it's physical or psychological, but I'm not in the state anyway...... ）