Minna blinked in confusion, "Uncle Yutan, what's wrong?" You Tan hurriedly said: "It's nothing, you go back to the room quickly, it's none of your children's business." With that, he led the first mate into the study, and asked the servant to inform a few of his right-hand men.

Minna tilted her head and went back to her room in disbelief, but she slept for a long time yesterday, but she was not sleepy, closed her eyes and rested for a while, then got up and sat on the windowsill in a daze. Recalling You Tan's look just now, she was still a little suspicious, his boat was detained, would the consequences be serious? Why does he look at himself?

There was a voice coming from the next room, and Sibylla seemed to be arguing with the babysitter. Minna listened carefully for a while, and realized that it was Sibylla who was going outside, but was stopped by the nanny, and was making trouble. Minna pursed her lips, she really didn't like this wayward "little sister" in her heart.

"Bang!" Minna was startled when the door was knocked open, but she saw Sibylla walk in, and as she walked, she turned back to the nanny who was following her and said, "If you don't let me find my father, then I can find Minna, right?!" She sat on the bed next to Minna and nodded her chin at Minna: "I'm bored to death, you can talk to me for a while." ”

Minna was reluctant, but her grandfather once said that it was polite to be a guest at someone else's house, so she acquiesced. The nanny followed up in the room, and when she saw that there was nothing wrong with the two little girls staying together, she stopped stopping her: "Then the young lady will stay here to play, and I will ask someone to make snacks for you." Then she exited the room and closed the door, except that Minna could clearly hear her outside the door ordering the two maids to guard the door.

Sibylla said angrily: "I hate the wet nurse the most, she always told me to tell me when she was a child, and didn't let me do anything, but my father trusted her very much, and always told me to listen to her!" ”

It turns out that Sibylla's nanny is also her wet nurse? Minna thinks about her nanny, although Winnie is not a wet nurse, she does always manage herself, but she is not annoying except for being verbose, ****, occasionally going crazy (being angry with Minna), and being a nymphomaniac (when facing Xiao Tianjian).

"What the hell happened to Daddy's fleet? Why are ships and cargo detained? Sibylla said to herself, "My father is a well-known merchant in Camica, who would be so bold as to detain our ship?" Tell the Presbyterians to arrest him! ”

Is that so? Minna recalls meeting Utan at Manado, and if Uncle Utan is really that great, why should he be so respectful to the man at the Wood Auction House?

She had been meditating and not talking at all, and Sibylla was upset: "Hey! Why don't you speak? You're not happy to talk to me? ”

Minna hurriedly said, "No, I'm just...... I don't know what to say, and I don't understand why your dad's boat was detained. ”

Sibylla glanced at her: "Of course you won't know, how can you know this kind of thing as a child?" ”

Minna pouted, "You're not like a child. But she didn't say it. However, Sibylla seemed to suddenly become interested in her: "Hey, I just heard that your grandfather doesn't want you anymore?" Leave you alone and go? Is it true? ”

Minna blushed and argued, "That's not the case! My grandfather...... My grandfather is going on an adventure, and it's inconvenient to take me with him! It's not that you don't want me! "He just cares more about his mom and dad.

Thinking like this, Minna couldn't help but have red circles in her eyes, but she didn't want to be looked down on by Sibylla, so she endured it.

"Really?" Sibylla leaned closer to her suspiciously, and Minna turned her head hurriedly, "Why are you looking at me like that?" My grandfather let me come back here because he believed in your father. ”

"Oh." Sibylla sat up straight, "That's okay, my family is very rich, it doesn't matter if I raise you more, anyway, there are a lot of people in my family." ”

Minna was angry: "I'm not going to live with your parents!" I'll be home in a few days! I still have my mom and dad at home! ”

"Huh? Do you still have mom and dad? Sibylla looked surprised, "Then why are you with your grandfather?" I never played with my grandfather, he was old and verbose, and he hated it the most. ”

"Who doesn't have mom and dad?" Minna was indignant, "Of course I do, my mom lives in Port Matt!" It's only a three-day boat ride from here! ”

"Your mother lives in Port Matt? What about your dad? Don't your mom and dad live together? ”

Minna didn't know how to answer this, her parents quarreled and lived separately, and her mother had a lover, how could she tell anyone about this kind of thing? She bit her lip and said stubbornly: "Your parents don't live together, and your father is often not at home." ”

"My mom died when I was very young." Sibylla didn't have a sad look on her face, "My dad has to go out to earn money to buy me good food, beautiful clothes, and fun toys, so he is often away from home. So did your dad also make money in business outside? ”

"No, he's a knight and he's busy with work." Minna replied sullenly that she hadn't seen her father for two and a half years.

Sibylla didn't notice Minna's depressed mood, she seemed to have noticed something interesting, and was looking out the window: "Hey, come here!" Look over there, the woman with the child. ”

Minna looked over and saw a woman in her thirties leading a four or five-year-old boy in the flower bed at the gate of Yutan's house, talking to the housekeeper. Both of them wore neat and beautiful white robes, and the woman's skirt was embroidered with a few colorful trims, and she held a shell necklace around her neck.

"Who's that?" Minna asked curiously.

Sibylla pouted: "A widow who lives nearby, who is so poor that she can only afford to hire two maids, and who dresses up like a noble lady every day, brings her son to my house, in fact, just to marry my father so that she can rob our family's property. I hate her the most! Her son is also annoying! Then he turned back to the maid outside the door: "Outside, tell the housekeeper to drive the woman and her son out and not let them in!" ”

The maid answered the door, and then there was the sound of footsteps leaving. Minna saw that a maid had come to the housekeeper in front of the house and whispered to him, and the butler said a few words to the woman, who went away with her son with a look of disappointment, and her son was still snorting, and wiped his hand on his clothes.

Minna felt a little disgusted and hurriedly looked away, but she was a little hesitant in her heart, "Is this good?" Will Uncle Yutam be angry? ”

"Not really!" Sibylla said proudly, "My dad loves me the most, what I want, even if he doesn't want to, as long as I cry again, he will agree, and he doesn't like that woman." The last time my nurse brought a string of turquoise necklaces to accompany me out, she saw it and looked distressed, as if she was cutting her flesh. Dad also whispered to me that she didn't have the anger of a rich family at all...... Angry ......" Sibylla thought for a moment before remembering her father's words, "That's right, it's magnanimity!" Therefore, as long as I don't agree, my father will never find me a stepmother! ”

So that's the case, Minna nodded, and couldn't help but think of herself. She doesn't want to have a stepfather, but will her mother agree? And Dad's side, although Grandpa said that Dad didn't really want to leave Mom, but he was so good to that Veronica......

She raised her eyes to look at Sibylla and asked tentatively, "Sibylla, let me ask you, is it true that as long as you cry a lot, your father will not marry your stepmother?" Is it true that all moms and dads are like this? ”

"I don't know what will happen to Mom, but Dad will." Sibylla lifted her chin very confidently, "I'm my father's only daughter, of course he loves me the most, if he really refuses to agree, then I'll go on a hunger strike!" Don't eat, don't talk to him, run to the rain and the wind! As long as I am sick, no matter what I ask, my father will say yes immediately! ”

Minna was a little dumbfounded: "This ...... It's not good......"

Sibylla smiled slyly and whispered in her ear: "It doesn't have to be really sick, it's too painful, just pretend to be sick, as long as my father believes it, he will be very worried, and no matter what I ask at that time, he will do it!" ”

Minna's mouth opened wide and immediately closed again. Sibylla's words reminded her that when she was a child, she used to make a lot of noise in front of her parents, and as long as she didn't ask too much, she usually made a fuss, and her parents would probably agree. Especially my mother, although she is fierce every time, at most she just scolds herself. Except for the time when she had a big fight with her father more than three years ago and returned to her mother's house in Port Matt, she cried more times as if her wish had been fulfilled.

How could she have forgotten about it? Grandpa always taught himself that children should be well-behaved and obedient, that they should know how to be sympathetic to adults, and that they should not cause trouble to adults, but as a result, they were used to being good children, but they forgot the privileges of children's waywardness. Hmph, since I can go to the holy mountain with my grandfather against his wishes, why can't I make a noise in front of my parents and prevent them from parting? She is no longer the child who didn't understand anything back then!

In the end, Mom and Dad still love and care about themselves very much. Although my father had not visited him for more than three years, he would write letters every month and often bring delicate toys; And Mom, when they met again in the Magic Capital, she learned that she was sick and injured, but she cried so much that she almost fell ill. So, if they really pretend to be sick or cry, they won't ignore them, right?

Minna made up her mind, and when she looked at Sibylla, she felt that the other party was more pleasing to the eye than before. This new friend, who has a not very likable personality, gave her good advice.

Thinking so, she smiled and said, "Sibylla, thank you." ”

"Huh?" Sibylla was confused, "Why do you want to thank me?" ”

Minna rolled her eyes and smiled: "It's nothing, anyway, I just want to thank you." ”

Sibylla looked at her suspiciously, "Weird and weird. ”

At this time, the nanny walked in with a maid opening the door: "Two young ladies, the snack is here." Sibylla glanced at her, "What are you eating today?" ”

"It's a chestnut flour cake, made of the fruit that the lord brought back from the mainland." The babysitter replied as she placed the snack in front of the two little girls.

Minna smiled and thanked her, and then asked, "Auntie, is Uncle Yutan's business finished?" She was anxious to know when she would be able to return to Port Matt so that she could test her idea.

The nanny hesitated: "This ...... Just now I saw that the door of the study was still closed, so I should ...... You're not done yet, are you? ”

Sibylla asked suspiciously, "Why are you asking this?" ”

"I want to ask your dad when he can send me back to Port Matt, I miss my mom." Minna went to ask the nanny again, "When Uncle Yutan is done with his business, can you please call someone to tell me?" ”

Sibylla rolled her eyes and jumped: "Why wait? It's a very important thing, I'm going to take you to my dad right now! With that, he picked up Minna and ran out.

The nanny hurriedly stopped her: "Miss, the master said that you are not allowed to go out." Sibylla glared at her: "Dad just told me not to go out to play, didn't say I can't play at home, and now Minna has something important to say to Dad, what if you delay?!" Without waiting for the nanny to react, she pulled Minna and ran out of the room.

Minna thought it was rude, but her desire to know the date of return overrode her etiquette concerns, and she followed Sibylla in the direction of the study. When she was still two or three meters away from the door, Sibylla suddenly stopped, stretched out her index finger and "shh

Minna blinked, wondering if she was going to eavesdrop. But that's too close to the door, isn't it? If you change yourself, you have to take it easy when you are twenty meters away. She was still putting her steps so heavily when she ran over just now, I'm afraid that the people in the room would have already found out at this moment.

Sure enough, Sibylla was able to reach the door when the door opened, ruining her plan. Minna followed her, embarrassed.

The door was opened by a man I had never seen before, slightly fat and short, with a pair of glasses on his nose, and he looked quite gentle. Sibila pouted and said to him, "Uncle Accounting, why did you suddenly open the door?" Almost caused me to fall. ”

Minna was even more embarrassed when she heard this.

The accountant was also speechless, and moved his body away, revealing Yutan in the study. The latter said, "Sibyla? What are you doing outside the door? ”

Sibylla was not ashamed at all: "Dad, I'm not here to eavesdrop, it's because Minna has something to look for you, so I just brought her here." ”

Yutan's gaze turned to Minna, and Minna had no choice but to say, "Uncle Yutan, I want to know when you can send me to my mother's place, I ...... I miss my mom so much. ”

A hint of stiffness flashed on Yutan's face, but he returned to normal in a blink of an eye: "This matter...... Don't worry, I'll arrange it as soon as possible, it won't take a few days. ”

Minna was overjoyed: "Thank you, Uncle Yutan. Sibylla next to him asked, "Is it really possible?" Didn't our family's boat be detained? Can we send another boat? Minna listened to her words and became worried again.

Yutan smiled, "It's true that things are a bit troublesome, but we'll fix it, you don't have to worry about anything." ”

"Really?" Sibira raised a big smile, "I knew nothing would be difficult for Dad!" My dad is the most famous seafarer in Camika! "I looked at my father with adoration in my eyes.

You Tan smiled and hugged his daughter, and sent her and Minna out: "Go play, what you want to eat, what you want, just ask the housekeeper to do it." Minna smiled and thanked her before leaving with Sibylla.

On the way back to the room, Sibylla walked briskly, and did not forget to show Minna: "My dad is very good, isn't he?" Nothing can be difficult for him, only I will give him a headache. Minna snickered, but nodded in agreement, and Sibylla became even more proud.

As they passed through a hallway, Minna suddenly saw Corbin standing outside the door, nodding to the butler with a smile on her face, as if asking for something, and the butler frowned and listened for a long time before reluctantly nodding and leading him in the direction of the study.

Minna wondered what Corbin was doing in the study, and unconsciously slowed down, and Sibylla noticed her abnormality, followed her eyes, and said with a disdainful expression: "I thought you were looking at something, it turned out to be that Bass slave." ”

Minna hurriedly said, "He's not a slave, he's a crew member under your father. ”

"He's going to be a slave soon, anyway." Sibylla pouted, "I've heard that his father was a gambler and a drinker, and when he got drunk, he fell into the sea and drowned. Their family owes a lot of money to others, and if they can't pay it back, the whole family will be sold to pay off the debt. He always asks people to borrow money, but he can't pay it back, he hates to die, and sooner or later he will become someone else's slave. ”

It was the first time Minna had heard about Corbyn and couldn't help but be surprised. Corbyn, who is always in trouble with others, but has always been very kind to her, would be in such a predicament? She bit her lip and thought to herself.

=====================I'm the dividing line ====================== the transition scene

In the study, Yu Tan sat in the right position, his hands clasped together, and the tighter he gripped it. The other two people in the room—a deputy and an accountant—also waited for his decision with awe-struck expressions.

After a while, the two people couldn't help it, glanced at each other, and the deputy spoke first: "Boss, hurry up and make a decision, you have made up your mind, and we can arrange the rest of the matter." ”

Yutan still frowned and did not speak.

Seeing this, the accountant glanced at his deputy: "Do you think this decision is so easy?" A whole big ship, full of goods, eighty percent of which someone else paid the deposit, if we delay the delivery time, we will lose double the money! Best of all, this isn't the first time! Two ships have accidents in a row, how can others do business with us in the future?! Although he said this, he secretly made a few gestures under his hands.

"So what do you think to do?!" The deputy comprehended and pretended not to be angry and bumped back, "Who doesn't know that things are troublesome?" But those people's conditions are too much! Not only do you have to send the ship and crew to them, but you also have to pay for some magic crystals! This is not something that can be solved with 20,000 or 30,000 gold coins! Promise them, we don't want to keep going! That Wood is just a lackey of a few nobles, why should we agree to such an excessive request?! ”

"Stop arguing!" Yutan was a little impatient, "Wood is indeed nothing, but we are from Camecan, and if we want to do business in East, we must not offend the nobles." Especially now...... Xiao is not there......" he sighed and fell silent again.

The accountant and the deputy glanced at each other, and the former approached You Tan and said: "Boss, money or something, it's still secondary, if you really have to agree to the other party's conditions, we can take the remaining few boats, and we can recover after a few years of hard work." Merely...... The magic crystal requested by the other party, what should we do? ”

(Why can't I stop...... It's on 5K again...... ）