Chapter 111: The Monster's House
A strange pair of young men had arrived in the town of Wittins, and this had been spread all over this small town.
The first to feel the strangeness of the young man was the owner of the furniture store.
The owner has been making furniture for more than 20 years, and he thinks he has seen all kinds of requirements, but he has never seen to nail furniture to the floor.
Although the request was strange, the boss still readily agreed under the effect of gold coins.
But when it comes to the choice of colors for the furniture, the boss is worried again, and the young man's love for bright colors is so overwhelming that they reject the calm brown that everyone in the town loves, and ask him to paint the furniture in colorful blues, yellows, reds, and pinks.
Fortunately, the light of the gold coin blinded his insistence on art, which successfully fulfilled the needs of the guests.
Such a puzzling collocation comes entirely from Nana, and Nana's aesthetics come entirely from Leo's words and deeds.
Later, it wasn't just the owners of the furniture store who thought they were weird, but all the adults who thought they were weird.
Not to mention their outliers, who did not attend the meetings of the Winter Veil Festival, nor did they have any relationships with the tax collectors brought by the knights, but their flamboyant and out-of-place houses in the town would make all the grown-ups look away from them.
What's more, they are criticized as destroyers of the town's unpretentious scenery.
But it became a paradise for poor children and small animals.
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"What are you looking at out there? ”
Leo pushed open the fence gate, crossed his arms, and asked the child who was hiding by the fence to peek with a grim expression.
Several children were chattering about the house, which had been sternly warned by the adults not to approach, and Leo was startled when he didn't notice the silent approach.
"Run! The monster is out!"
Frightened into the sea, someone shouted, and the children dispersed.
Only one child squatted for too long, and when he got up, his legs and feet were a little numb, and he fell to the ground with an "oops" sound.
The child fell to the ground, curled up and pinched his sore-numbed legs, and in horror, he was gradually covered by the growing shadow brought by Leo's form.
"Monster, who do you say is a monster?" Leo shouted as he grabbed the child's cold wrist and pulled him up from the ground, with a fierce expression.
Where could the child stand the evil aura that Leo rushed out of all kinds of superb scenes, the corners of his eyes drooped, and he cried loudly.
"Leo!"
Hearing the movement outside, Nana hurried out. After seeing the child who was grabbed by Leo, he reprimanded loudly: "You are bullying others again!"
Leo pursed his lips and said, "These kids squat here every day, and they say that we are monsters, and they deserve to teach them a lesson. ”
"So you scared a child into crying?" Nana knocked Leo's hand off and patiently checked the child's body to make sure he was safe and sound, then wiped the tears from the child's face.
"Did it scare you?" asked Nana softly.
The child whimpered and nodded.
"I'm sorry, Leo doesn't have a good temper, as an apology, can I invite you to our house?"
Under Nana's soft voice, the child gradually stopped crying, wiped his tears, and looked at Nana with wide eyes.
He swore that he had never seen such beautiful eyes, like a pool of blue spring water, and like a piece of ice blue transparent ice, in the blurred ethereal, straight to the depths of the soul.
"Come on, you need a hot cup of tea and a bit of cake. ”
The child was pulled into the home of this monster with a green exterior that the adults talked about.
Stepping through the stone steps, I pushed open the bright red door, and I saw a bright yellow and white living room, in which several strange shapes of furniture were placed.
"You may be seated. Leo, go get something to eat. ”
"Why. Leo was reluctant. "That's all prey I caught from the wild, so I won't give it to this little bastard. ”
"If you don't take it, you can cook for yourself. Nana threatened with the same unflinching.
For more than ten years, Leo has either ordered food in a tavern or served by a servant in the Duke's castle, and his cooking is naturally not as skilled as Nana, who was born in a tavern.
It's not like he hasn't secretly tried to learn, but Nana also has a similar ability to seek, always stopping him before he causes disaster.
So after a month of failed attempts, Leo resigned himself to becoming a salted fish.
"What's your name?" asked Nana with a pleasant face.
"Nika. ”
The child, who had gradually regained his vitality, turned his eyes again, and looked at everything in the house.
"Meow!"
Nika's eyes lit up and she saw a big ginger cat crawling out from under the couch.
"Do you know this guy?" Leo, returning from the kitchen, placed the plate in front of Nika, which was filled with cakes, puddings, and a few pieces of cheese.
"This is our famous good luck cat. Nika said as she reached for the tempting piece of cake.
Leo unceremoniously slapped Nika's dirty hands off and reprimanded, "Come back after washing your hands." ”
Nika obediently ran to the pool and rinsed her hands with cold water, and when she returned, she tasted these children's favorites with relish.
"Why do you call it Good Luck Cat?" Nana picked up the topic again.
"Because whoever lives in it will have extraordinary good luck. Nika's mouth was stuffed with cake, and her voice was a little slurred.
"In other words, it's a stray cat? Seeing how clean it is, I thought someone's pet was lost. Leo sat down next to him, picked up a piece of pudding and put it in his mouth.
"It's not a stray cat, it just doesn't have a fixed owner. Nika struggled to express herself. "It stays in each house for a while, and then it moves to the next. ”
"That is, a little liar who cheats to eat and drink. Leo nodded knowingly, grabbed the back of Meow's neck, who wanted to climb onto the table, and carried it in front of him.
Meow obediently let Leo lift a front paw and put it down.
"Meow Wangwang has gained a lot of weight. Nika couldn't help but stand up and touch her wacky belly.
"Half of Nana's stuff is in its belly, and it's almost as fat as a pig. Maybe you can change the name of it to Meow Hum in the future. ”
Hearing the new name Leo had given it, Meow Wong waved his short legs in dissatisfaction and let out a series of "Wow Wow" calls.
As soon as Leo let go, it landed on the table with a dexterity that didn't fit its size, pulling a piece of cheese from its plate.
"Because of its cry, you call it meow? I sound like, 'Ahhhhh ”
After half a ring, Meow finally left the battlefield satisfied, and Leo and Nika could only regretfully stop petting the cat.
"Okay, now that you've had enough to eat, let's talk to me about business. After seeing Meow leave, Leo once again grimaced and faced Nika.
Nika looked at Leo with some fear. Fortunately, Nana's gentle smiling face was still here, so he didn't cry again.
"You kids, why do you call us monsters?"
Leo was a very good ear, and could often hear them coming from around the corner as he walked around the town. Although Leo disdains to arrest these civilians, there is always a thorn in his heart.
"Because that's what our mom and dad call you, and mom and dad say you're weirdos. ”
"Weirdos?" Leo looked at himself and Nana strangely, but didn't see anything about himself.
Could it be that he has been in contact with the forces of darkness too much lately, and has been corrupted unconsciously?" Leo pondered.
"Your house is so ugly that Mom and Dad think that the heads of people who decorate houses like this must be abnormal. ”
Leo's face darkened suddenly, this color scheme was chosen by him and Nana.
"A bunch of tasteless fellows, so full of life and green, they say it's ugly?" Leo scolded viciously.
"And you've never been to church, and they say you're definitely a heretic. Nika added.
In this regard, Leo had nothing to quibble, and snorted: "The unbelievers are better than their gods. ”
After figuring out the reason for the hostility of the townspeople, Leo began to get a little impatient, he was not interested in staying in a room with a little kid.
"Okay, okay, now that you're full, let's get out, don't get in my way. I still have things to do. ”
Nika was so frightened by Leo's sudden drive that she stood up, and didn't dare to ask Leo, but just asked Nana, "What are you going to do?"
"Go to the backyard and make some toys. Do you want to come along?" Nana twisted Leo's awkward head. "Don't look at Leo, you can come if you want. ”
With Nana's guarantee, Nika chooses to go in and have a look, curiosity is the nature of children.
The backyard was filled with large pieces of wood, and a large pit was dug in the middle of which was more than one person deep.
Leo picked up a tree, and in three or two strokes he cut it into several stakes with a bhut, and Leo threw it away, and the stakes were planted straight into the pit.
Once again, Bugati was reduced to an instrument without majesty.
After a few times, a short pier with twists and turns took shape.
"Do you want to get a pond?" Nika said excitedly.
"If you think we're digging a cellar, I don't have anything to say. Leo lifted up a tree trunk again and cut it to look like an abutment.
"I've only heard that the knight's house has such decorations, and even the backyard of the knight's house is just an open space. Nika looked at the slightly shaped pond with some envy and hiccuped.
He had just eaten too quickly and too full, and the exhaust gas in his stomach was released.
Nana touched Nika's bulging belly and asked, "Didn't you have lunch?"
Nika touched her stomach casually and said, "In winter, we don't have to work in the fields, and we don't have to herd sheep and pigs, so why do we eat so much, we only eat one meal at night." ”
However, in fact, ordinary people simply cannot afford two expensive meals in winter, so they have to cut back on their expenses and barely survive the winter.
Nana couldn't guess the specific reason, but with the help of Izenus, she could see that what Lanika said was not the truth.
After thinking for a moment, he tilted his head and said, "Since you are all idle, can I ask you and your friends to take care of Meow Wang during the day?" ”
Nana tactfully not only maintained the dignity of the children, but also solved their food and clothing problems.
People who are physically ill will have a greater mind.
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