1365. Follow your heart
Pushing the door and entering the courtyard with many flowers and plants, this place is very different from the appearance of Samira's memory.
The children who were washing and drying the Terro fruit stopped playing, and looked at the gate of the courtyard with a stunned expression, first surprised by Samira's beauty, and then their eyes stayed on Surdak's face for a moment, and then looked at the big man behind them with some horror.
The two-headed ogre's majestic body like a small hill gave several small children a strong sense of oppression.
Several children shouted to the grandmother who was preparing dinner after the grapes, "Grandma, grandma, there is a guest coming......
The trembling voice did not look like welcoming the three Surdaks, Samira was the first to enter the courtyard, she pursed her lips and looked at the Tairo fruit floating in the pool, squatted down to pick up one, and then took a brush from the hand of a little girl, and asked her, "What is your name?" β
"Angie."
The little girl looked at Samira, who was dressed in tight leather armor, and whispered.
She rolled her big clear blue eyes and looked at Samira secretly, staring with some envy at her fiery red salamander leather armor.
Samira squatted beside the girl and gently brushed the texture of the taro fruit twice, explaining:
"Anji, brushing the Tailuo fruit is not just about brushing off the soil on the surface of the peel, the dirt in the cracks on this side of the peel must be brushed out, otherwise the buyer will deduct the money."
Looking at Samira's skillful movements, and seeing the clean Tairo fruit, the girl's blue eyes immediately widened, and she exclaimed incredulously:
"You...... How did you do that? β
Sami stretched out his hand and threw the washed taro fruit into the basket, stuffed the brush back into her hand, touched her head affectionately, and said with some pride:
"That's because...... I'm your eldest sister! β
Several children looked at Samira with puzzled expressions, a little puzzled, how could this beautiful woman who had never met before call herself 'the head of the eldest sister', and we were not familiar with it......
At this time, the grandmother, who heard the children's shouts, her hands covered with wheat flour, slowly walked out from under the grape trellis.
When she saw Samira squatting by the pool, a happy smile immediately appeared on her face, her face was much older, and her face had many more wrinkles, but her complexion was okay.
She stretched out her hands to Sami and called out happily, "Haha, it turned out to be my Samira who has returned!" β
"Mama......"
Samira stood up and threw herself into Mama's arms.
The two hugged for a long time, and for Samira, it seemed that Mama's heart was the warmest embrace.
After the two of them let go, Mama still looked at Samira with pity, and her eyes were extremely soft.
Surdak stood beside him and coughed, then said very humbly:
"Hello, Mama, I'm Samira's companion, Surdak."
Mama finally let go of Samira and turned to look at Surdak.
"I remember you, you are the knight who took Samira away, when you participated in the defense of the city of Warzhmara, and many people praised you at that time."
Her voice was gentle and calm, and her eyes fell on Surdak, looking him up and down.
"Mama, now they have been promoted to earl." Samira hugged Mama's arm and whispered.
Hearing Samira say this, Mama glanced at Samira secretly, and her tone became a little more enthusiastic: "What a great knight, my Samira thanks to your care, please stay and eat some apple pie I made." β
She looked at the door and asked Surdak, "This big guy is also your companion?" β
Surdak hurriedly beckoned the two-headed ogre to come in and introduced to Mama, "Hmm! His name is Gulitham. β
Mama needed to look up to see Gulitham's two heads, and she exclaimed, "It looks really strong, it looks like I'm going to prepare a double dinner." β
The two-headed ogre bent down slightly, and said very kindly, "Maybe I can help." β
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According to Surdak, one of the things Gulitham usually pays attention to is brushing his teeth.
It is said that many ogres have rotten teeth when they are old, and often a bad tooth will affect their appetite.
Once the ogre becomes inedible, then it means that his strength is declining.
Gulit now had a mouth full of clean and neat teeth, and there was no smell of stench on his body, he was an outlier among ogres, and he sat under the grape trellis and concentrated on the fire, occasionally bursting from the palm of his hand.
A large steak of meat is fried on the pan, and the fat is constantly overflowing, and the oil splashes are constantly exploding on the edge of the pan, and the aroma of the taste buds is irritated.
A group of children squatted very obediently by the pot, each holding a wooden plate in his hand.
The ogre sprinkled the fried steak with a pinch of salt and pepper, scooped up a small pickled cucumber in a jar, and distributed it to the children in the shelter.
As the sky began to darken, the children came back from the outside in twos and threes, and the cloth pockets were stuffed with taylor nuts, and they all poured into the pool of the small courtyard.
Then you will be attracted by the ogre frying meat under the grape trellis, and quickly surround it.
Almost all of the children who were able to go to the city to collect Taylor fruit were older than eight years old, and some of them had an impression of Samira over the age of ten, but when Samira left, they were still very young, probably only five or six years old, and they did not have a deep impression of Samira.
When the older children returned to the shelter, they saw Samira come back and hula and surrounded him.
Samira discovered that these older children, who only knew how to wash fruit a few years ago, had left the city of Worimara for several years.
According to Mama, the children who had been collecting the Taro fruit with Samira had grown up, and now they were scattered all over the city of VoΕΎmara, and some of the boys were going to serve in the army, but not many were in the city. Almost all the girls are begging for a living in the city, some have already found their other half, some are still single, and a few people rent a hut and live a very hard life.
The last time she received money from Samira's mail, Mama decided to repair the leaky shelter, which is now the way it has been renovated.
And these children who were admitted later were almost all children who survived the guard battle.
Listening to Mama's constant chatter, Samira listened with relish, and the meal went on for a long time, and it was not until Gulit had eaten everything on the table that the children began to clean up the table.
And the chattering grandmother pulled Samira back to her room.
Surdak offered to check Mama's body, and Mama's health was not bad, except for the gradual deterioration of her physical functions when she was too old, there was basically no major problem.
Surdak walked out and went outside to check on the children who were bathing by the pool.
For a while, there was a lot of commotion in the yard.
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Samira sat beside Mama's bed, the smallest room at the edge of the stairs on the second floor, with only one window and a bed, and a dilapidated wooden cabinet hidden behind the door, where Mama lived when Samira lived.
Mama lay on the bed, leaning against the wall at the head of the bed, and said with a look of relief:
"My Samira has finally grown up and found someone to like."
There was a hint of tiredness in her voice, and it could be seen that managing this group of children made her feel very difficult.
Usually it's the older kids who manage the younger ones, but lately, the older kids have been a bit busy.
The tero fruit is ripe throughout the city of Vorimara, and the children have to squat down every street to grab more fruit and then sell it for money, one of the few sources of income for the shelter.
Mama asked curiously, "How is it, is he good to you?" β
Samira tucked the broken hair behind her ear, and a ripple flashed in her pale red eyes.
"I know him, there are still many people in the city talking about him now, saying that he saved a lot of people at that time, the quality of this kind of person should not be too bad, I think there must be a lot of women around him, right?" The old lady whispered to Samira.
Samira frowned, looking a little melancholy, and shook her head slightly.
"What? He doesn't like women? Mama asked with a shocked look on her face.
Samira shook her head and whispered, "It's true that he likes women, but he's the kind of person who is very disciplined, and he has a very strange idea in his heart. β
"Strange thoughts?" The wrinkles on Mama's face came together.
Samira thought for a moment before saying, "He prefers monogamy, and having a wife gives him a little more guilt." β
"That's a really good idea...... I've heard that some elves are like that. Mama whispered to Samira.
Then he asked her, "What do you think?" β
"I want to marry him." Samira said without hesitation.
The old lady stretched out her hand to put her arm around Samira's shoulders and said with great satisfaction: "This is my Samira, be brave, pursue your own happiness, yes, you must be brave!" β
"Hmm!"
The two snuggled up like this, looking through the window at the silent night outside.
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Checking the health of these children is still quite a hard task.
Some of the children who were left with disabilities in the last war cannot be changed unless they can become warriors and have the most basic carrying capacity in their bodies, so that they can rely on the theories of Ferdinand scholars to transplant new limbs for them.
It can be seen that the children in the shelter are very optimistic, and everyone has a very bright vision for the future.
Many children wish they could become great warriors, just like the eldest sister Samira, who roams the world.
They even asked Surdak very curiously: 'What kind of strength do you have to be like the eldest sister Samira......
Surdak thought for a moment, pointed to the wooden fence a hundred meters away, and told them, 'If you want to be a good marksman, you must at least be able to shoot the pumpkin hanging from the fence......
The older children were immediately excited, and they all had some homemade wooden bows and arrows in private, and everyone was eager to try them.
It's a pity that the wooden arrows shot by everyone can only fly out more than 30 meters at most.
For a while, the children's laments kept coming from the courtyard......
Meow for the sea 1 Silver Alliance Leader (29/90)
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