After Veronica left for Merton, Anlong packed his bags and prepared to go out the next day. Xiao Tianjian saw that his son was going on a business trip, and hesitantly asked him how many days he would be going to go so that he could confirm his itinerary. An Long raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "If my father is in a hurry, he can ask for help." Qitun is just a small place in the countryside, not worthy of a hero like you, and it is really a sin to let you live here. Xiao Tianjian was silent and no longer mentioned this matter.

After An Long left, Xiao Tianjian wandered around inside and outside the small city every day, and his life was easy. He still lives in the study, as a wandering hero who often eats and sleeps in the open, he doesn't feel anything unaccustomed, but Dora is very uneasy, always trying to get some comfortable pillows and bedding for him, Winnie also made the bed neat and tidy, and finally Xiao Tianjian got impatient, suggesting that his daughter-in-law is now summer, and spreading so many things on the bed will cause him to get heat and prickly heat, so he stopped their neurotic behavior.

However, when he saw that Dora had to budget carefully every day, move as much money as possible from her limited income, buy good food and drinks to entertain herself, and even use her savings, he felt a little uncomfortable.

He was never short of money, not to mention that his merchant house made a lot of gold coins every year for him to squander, and he himself often made some windfalls when he took risks. And the eldest son, Yunlong's family, has always lived a rich and even luxurious life. On more than one occasion he had advised his eldest son to be simpler.

But he never expected that the same son as An Long would live such a modest life, and even meat could not be guaranteed to be eaten every day, and in order to entertain him, his daughter-in-law would do everything possible to save money from other places. Now he deeply realized the debt to An Long's son, not only in terms of feelings and responsibilities, but also in terms of wealth and worry-free life. He remembered that An Long seemed to have vaguely mentioned that since he became an adult, he had never asked for money from Kado, and even the cost of Mei Li's treatment was paid by An Long himself with the knight's salary.

Xiao Tianjian felt guilty, so he took out a bag of gold and gave it to Dora, saying that it was the food expenses for him to live in their house temporarily. This bag of money is almost three times Anlong's monthly salary, enough for him to spend ten days. But to his surprise, Dora flatly refused.

She said, "You can come to our house as a guest, we are all welcome, how can we ask for your money?" Our family doesn't have an inn. "The most important thing is to let Ito Castle know, what will Elon and Lilith think? I'll definitely laugh at her and Anlong.

Xiao Tianjian had no choice but to take back the bag of money, but his perception of this daughter-in-law was much better, although it was very annoying to pay attention to etiquette and norms everywhere, but it was really rare to have such a backbone. So he changed his ways, and while he was out wandering, he would occasionally buy some meat or candy and come back, claiming that it was just a "small gift from the elders". Because they were all worthless things, Dora did not refuse, but ordered Winnie to make some pastries in return.

Xiao Tianjian looked at the table full of delicious pastries, and had a better opinion of his daughter-in-law. He saw that in addition to taking care of the house, Dora had to take care of the flowers and plants in the garden and discipline her mischievous daughter every day, which was really hard. Thinking that he was idle anyway, he took the initiative to take over the responsibility of taking care of his little granddaughter. Dora was worried about not having time to prepare for the May Day Ball, and was in a hurry to hand Minna into the hands of her grandfather.

Minna was very happy, she liked this grandfather very much, and it was a wonderful thing to be able to get rid of her mother's broken thoughts. And after two days of getting along, Xiao Tianjian also deeply realized that the essence of this little granddaughter is far from the "timid" little girl when they first met, or it doesn't seem to be a person at all. God knows how he thought this kid was cute and well-behaved in the first place? She's a naughty person at all, she's bold, and if she doesn't pay attention for a while, she doesn't know where to go.

However, her temperament is more pleasing to him than her grandson Bewen. Bewen was also very eccentric when he was a child, but the older he was, the more honest and old-fashioned he became, he was only twelve years old this year, and he was no different from an adult, not fun at all, not as lively as this little granddaughter. Thinking like this, he was a little more indulgent to Minna, not only taking her around, but also often telling her stories about his adventures, and even taking her to the bars in the small town to open her eyes, of course, drinking is strictly forbidden.

In this way, Minna likes her grandfather more, although he is younger and more like her uncle, but he is really good, isn't he? As soon as she got acquainted, she took Xiao Tianjian to her "secret base", in addition to the big tree when they first met, there was also a cave on the hillside at the end of the woods.

She mysteriously dragged out an old wooden box from the depths of the cave, the lock on the box was broken, as if it had been thrown out by some useless family. When she opened the wooden box, she found the "treasures" she had collected, which were actually a complete cicada shell, a freshly molted snakeskin, more than a dozen large pine cones, a few beautiful stones, an old knight's top hat that had lost its hair, a dirty red felt cloth, and a knife that was only half-cut and rusted.

Minna wrapped the felt cloth around her, put on her old top hat, brandished her rusty knife, and shouted, "Warrior, what is your name?" I'm going to duel you! He was still waving his knife in his hand.

Xiao Tianjian saw it, but he was speechless for a while, and only after a while did he say, "Minna, you ...... You're a girl...... Do you usually play this? Don't you play with dolls? Don't like nice clothes and jewelry? Otherwise, beautiful flowers will do. "Isn't it dirty that the granddaughter didn't hesitate to put the dusty cloth on her body?

Minna stopped swinging her knife, blinked and said, "Doll? Does it mean a doll? I don't like that, beautiful clothes and jewelry, my mom likes it, she likes flowers. I love dueling games the most, and all the kids here are no match for me! Grandpa, am I amazing? With that, he waved the knife again.

Xiao Tianjian looked at her undisciplined movements, nodded reluctantly, and asked again, "Have you played with other children?" Do you want to play this? Do the girls here also play this kind of game? "Wouldn't it? The daughter-in-law said that this is a poor country full of rough people, and he thought it was prejudice, but if the folk customs are so "simple" that even girls can only fight with people with the garbage they pick up, he really has nothing to say, even if it is doing needlework and pretending to be a family picking flowers and fruits.

Minna said, "My mother won't let me play with the butcher's daughter, and the grocery store daughter will help her mom and dad look after the store. Susanna, the captain of the knights, is only a year older than me, and she likes to play with dolls, but she cocks her little finger when she eats cookies, and she talks pretentiously, and always says that I am not ladylike, which is the most annoying. I used to only play with boys, but they were afraid of me, so I had to play alone. ”

Xiao Tianjian patted his granddaughter's head lovingly: "It's okay, it's because they don't have vision." "It seems that Xiao Minna's personality is more boyish, and as the granddaughter of his first master in the mainland, it is normal for her to love dancing and playing with swords. He thought for a moment, and suddenly had an idea: "Minna, you've probably heard of it, right?" Grandpa's swordsmanship is very powerful, and there are many kinds of kung fu, do you want to learn it? It's not a child's trick, it's a real martial art. "Anyway, he has already taught a grandson, and it is okay to have one more and one less, he does not have the idea of patriarchy.

Minna's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Then can I learn the martial arts you used when you carried me home from the woods that day?" It was like flying. I want to learn that! She has never forgotten that feeling, and in the past two days, she has often pulled her grandfather to take her "fly".

Xiao Tianjian naturally knew, and said with a wry smile: "That is a light skill, not a martial art, I am referring to the method of defeating the enemy with a sword, not with this kind of knife." He pointed to the rusty knife in his granddaughter's hand, reached behind his back and pulled out a sword: "It's this kind of long straight sword, a little thinner than you usually see, it's our Chinese swordsmanship." ”

Minna only looked at the sword in a hurry, but she was more interested in the back of Xiao Tianjian, remembering that he suddenly slipped out of his sleeve that night, but he was wearing such thin and neat clothes, no matter how he looked like he could hide such a large piece of things.

Xiao Tianjian avoided his granddaughter's probe, saw her staring at her with wide eyes and curiosity, coughed lightly, stretched out his right palm, let her look at a simple ring on his hand, and whispered: "Don't tell others, this is a storage ring, which can store a lot of things, and my sword is usually placed in it." ”

Minna looked at the ring excitedly, and wanted to take it off again. Xiao Tianjian stopped her with a headache, and in order to keep his property, he quickly changed the topic: "Didn't you say that you want to learn light skills?" Grandpa, this will teach you. ”

But when it came time to actually learn, they ran into trouble. Minna is just a six-year-old child, and she doesn't know anything about Chinese culture, she doesn't know where the dantian is, where the Baihui acupoint is, and she can't understand what it means to "concentrate on silence", even if Xiao Tianjian pointed out the location of the acupoint, she didn't know how to run the qi.

Xiao Tianjian didn't know what to do, he had only taught people swordsmanship in the past, and rarely taught internal skills to others, and the only one he had passed on was his grandson Bei Wen. At that time, the children were already ten years old, and they had been practicing martial arts for a long time, and they had already mastered some tricks of luck, so there was not much difficulty. But it was the first time he had taught inexperienced children directly.

After thinking about it, he had to give up his mental method for the time being and practice his legs and feet first. He told Minna to run in circles around the woods every day and follow the tricks he taught her to keep her breathing regular. Minna was still a little interested in running at first, but gradually she became impatient, but Xiao Tianjian attracted her with conditions such as helping her catch crested birds or butterflies, and promised to give her a lot of delicious candy and tell her more adventure stories, so she barely persevered.

Dora is a little surprised by the way her father-in-law teaches her daughter to "run", and she is very unhappy that he takes her around every day. In her opinion, the heroic father-in-law only needs to stay in the living room and tell his daughter adventure stories, so that her daughter can stay at home obediently and not go out to be naughty, but he not only takes her outside all day long, but even takes his daughter to the bar. Oh my God, the God of Light is above! What if they encounter a rogue, a thief, a robber or a robber? And I heard that there are many people who challenge their father-in-law, what if they hurt their daughter?!

Winnie scoffed at the hostess's concern: "Miss Dora, what are you worried about?" When has there ever been such an exciting thing in a small place like Qitun? Except for the occasional dwarf, even thieves don't look down on it. Besides, with Count Xiao here, who will be his opponent? He is the strongest martial artist in the whole continent! What are those hooligans, thieves, robbers, robbers? Not even a finger of Count Xiao can compare! ”

Dora knew she was telling the truth, but as a mother, she couldn't help but worry, what was there to go to in a greasy place like a bar full of rough people? Trees and mountains outside are full of bugs and snakes, where is there more safe and comfortable than being at home? As soon as she finished slandering, she expressed her dissatisfaction with the attitude of the nanny in dowry: "Winnie, put away your appearance quickly, although His Excellency the Earl looks very attractive, he is actually an old man twenty years older than you, and he can't have anything to do with you." "It was rude to think that on the night my father-in-law first came, Winnie fainted when she saw him.

Winnie lamented, "Oh, miss, you are so cruel that you can't keep me alive a little hope of fantasy?" ”

Since she joined the Jufa family as a trainee nanny at the age of twelve, her only pleasure outside of work with the other young maids was to inquire and discuss the gossip of the aristocratic and wealthy merchants, the most talked about being the legendary hero, Count Xiao. They are fascinated by his graceful demeanor (legendary), fascinated by his touching love story with an elf princess or a sorceress (legendary), and privately fantasized that one day they would be the heroine of his story and compose an intoxicating love song (even if it was just a legend).

When Dora wanted to marry An Long, who was embarrassed, she didn't approve of it, but she reluctantly agreed because the other party was the son of an epic hero. And now that she can finally meet the hero of her dreams and live in the same house, how can she not be excited? She had to praise him with all the good things she could think of, not even Miss Dora!

Dora, however, couldn't help but repeatedly stop her lust for Xiao Tianjian: "Winnie! Don't forget that you are a professional babysitter! "What are you kidding?! If her heroic father-in-law or anyone else found out about the thoughts of her forty-year-old "old" two-hundred-pound bridesmaid, she would rather die!

In order to distract Winnie, she quickly asked about something else: "I asked you to inquire about the location of Goodwin Chulov, did you inquire?" ”

Winnie barely woke up and returned to her role as a professional nanny: "I heard about it, it's in the northern fortress thirty kilometers from here, and I heard that it's on business. I have already asked the owner of the grocery store to carry a letter, and I am sure that Master Chulov will send someone soon. ”