Chapter 279: Gotham Playing Home (Part I)
At night in Gotham, the cylindrical lights of the car lights gradually turn from the corner of the street, and then shine straight on the street, and a sports car slowly drives to the door of a circus station in the western suburbs of Gotham.
It seemed to be a young couple who got out of the car, the tall father walked in front with his daughter in his arms, and the mother followed behind with a ticket and bag, on the surface, it seemed that this was a very harmonious family of three, and everything ended in a scream from the daughter in the father's arms.
"Wow!!"
"Stop screaming." Bruce covered Aisha's mouth, his voice was tired, Selena walked up, took his arm and said, "You better stop covering his mouth, what if you get bitten again?" ”
Bruce sighed and took his hand down, and Aisha, who was in his arms, was very restless and wanted to jump out of his arm, but Bruce stopped him with his other arm.
And why this family of three appeared in front of the circus has to start from the extraordinarily "harmonious" parent-child time in the past few days.
Theoretically speaking, as long as Bruce wants to learn, there is nothing in this world that he can't learn, including parenting theory, but it is very coincidental that all parenting theories in this world are basically only in the theoretical stage, and in practice, these theories cannot be said to be very helpful, and can only be said to be useless.
There isn't any parenting theory in this world that teaches you how to deal with an ancient chaotic creature of the universe that hatches from a part of the soul in a dream, so after Bruce studied parenting theory for ten minutes, he knew that he would probably have to create a whole new discipline on his own.
But as the old saying goes, practice makes sense, and the same is true when it comes to raising children, and after three days with Aisha, Bruce really figured out a pattern.
I don't know if it's the characteristics of chaotic creatures, or the characteristics of children, Aisha is interested in things that move and make sounds.
Originally, this should touch on what Bruce is good at, such as building a robot or a toy car or something to play with Aisha, but later he discovers that Aisha is not a person who likes to see moving, but a person who likes to see moving.
How Bruce discovered this pattern is also thanks to Selena.
Because Bruce is in urgent need of help, Selena has been living in Wayne Manor these days, and the old butler Alfred is happy, but Selena herself is a little sullen.
Although it is very hard to take care of children, she can bear it for the sake of blues, but those artistic cells engraved in her bones are really nowhere to diverge, so Selena built a pair of horizontal bars on the lawn of the manor, and went up to relax when she had nothing to do to consolidate her acrobatic foundation.
Then Bruce found that Aisha would be surprisingly quiet when watching Selena play the horizontal bar, and could even stay silent for ten minutes.
Bruce and Selena are like treasures, during the day. Selena swings around on the horizontal bar, performing all kinds of acrobatic moves, coaxing Aisha to play, and at night, Batman drives his Batmobile. Drag Aisha on the highway of Gotham.
As for why it's a Batmobile, it's because Aisha only likes the kind of cars that can make a big roar, and the other sports cars don't have enough horsepower, so Aisha starts screaming when she sits on it, and she can only be quiet when the Batmobile is marked for its maximum speed.
The life of the past two days is that Selena performs acrobatics for Aisha during the day, what trapeze, cornices and walls, drill fire rings, unicycles, etc., it can be said that she can't hold on to these three days if Catwoman's business ability is poor.
And at night, the roar of the Batmobile will resound in the streets and alleys of Gotham, and the criminals of Gotham are completely lying on their stomachs these days, no matter who hears the terrible sound of the Batmobile's engine all night, their hearts will be shocked.
But this ended on the night of the third day, when the Batmobile's tires were stolen.
Yes, you read that right, the Batmobile, which costs tens of millions of dollars, has its tires pried off.
It happened at dusk when Bruce was about to take Aisha out, and the night before, he had parked the Batmobile a little farther away, but he didn't worry about safety in the slightest, because the Batmobile and the other cars were already two species except for their physical resemblance.
There are a lot of car thieves in Gotham, but if they have the ability to pry a batmobile, why do they have to steal cars in Gotham? Isn't it good to go to any car brand and be an engineer?
But the world is so impermanent, bad luck always comes together, and there is really this kind of genius car thief who puts the technical director and engineer inappropriately and has to pry the Batmobile in Gotham.
Bruce walked to the Batmobile with Aisha in his arms, and when he saw his Batmobile with only three wheels left, he was speechless for a moment.
Of course, he has a spare tire, but the problem is that the technology used by the Batmobile is too complicated, even if it is to change the tire, Bruce has to do it himself, but now that Bruce is holding Aisha, he can't even spare a minute, let alone drag the Batmobile to the Batcave to change the tire and renovate.
Without the Batmobile, Aisha would not sleep, if she did not sleep, Selena and Bruce would not be able to sleep, and if Selena and Bruce did not sleep, they would be more tired and have no energy to coax Aisha, which became a vicious circle.
That is, until they saw an advertisement in the newspaper that Alfred had delivered in the morning, and it was said that the circus, which had been closed due to the Frozen Gotham incident, had reopened.
Bruce and Selena thought that since Aisha loved watching Selena's acrobatics, the circus should be as good as ever, and if he could lull Aisha to sleep, then Bruce would have time to fix his Batmobile.
And just like that, they booked their tickets and came to the show the day after the circus opened.
Previously, this circus in the western suburbs of Gotham was quite popular, and there were many animal taming performances here, especially several powerful acrobats who could perform many difficult acrobatics.
However, since Gotham had been shut down for a while due to ground damage, the circus had not done very well, and this time it reopened, and the circus owners warmly welcomed the Waynes.
Not only because they came early, but more importantly, Wayne had money, and if he was happy to see it and made an investment, the circus might be able to expand to a larger scale.
Originally, the circus owner wanted to invite the family of three to sit in the middle of the front row, but Bruce refused, on the one hand, because the lights there were too dazzling, and it was too close to the ring of fire, which was a bit hot, and on the other hand, because Aisha's appearance was different from ordinary people, and there were too many people in the middle, and it was easy to be discovered.
Bruce and Selena chose to make it to the rightmost corner of the front row, which was close to the circus toilets and exits, so that they could leave immediately if something happened.
The audience entered in twos and threes, and there were more people coming today than on the first day, but they were still not satisfied, and the boss who stood at the door of the backstage had a somewhat gloomy expression, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with this situation.
He heard some movement coming from the backstage, turned back to lower his voice, and scolded, "What are you doing?" Why make such a big move? Didn't I warn you? Wayne is coming today, be honest with me, idiot! ”
Then, as if venting, he complained, "It's all your fault! If you still need a salary, why can't you be like lions and elephants, as long as you give me something to eat, you can work for me? ”
"As you can see, the circus business is not good, so I can only pay you a third of your salary this week."
Several of the acrobats backstage were furious, and one of them, a rather tall man, stood up and said, "Hey, Henry! You can't do that, we've been working with you for a long time, we've earned enough money for your tickets before, we're performing dangerous and difficult projects, we're exchanging our lives for money, you can't be ...... like that"
"Grayson, you'd better be honest! Do you think it's time for your Grayson family to be known on the East Coast? ”
"Don't forget, your dad Grayson Sr. broke into a pulp during an important performance and smashed your house's signboard, if it weren't for that, how could the noble Grayson come to perform in my little place?"
"Don't expect more, listen, your wife is not in good health, and asking for leave every once in a while is a burden, and giving you a full salary is already a burden for me......"
The tall manly man on the other side of him called Grayson burst out, and several of his companions around him came up to grab him and whispered to comfort him, and finally, he waved his fist, still didn't say anything, and walked back into the crowd.
The circus owner sneered like a villain: "Don't think I don't know, that little oil bottle from your Grayson family also wants to do this, but let him be careful, don't fall into the flesh like his grandfather......"
Hearing someone cursing his son, Grayson couldn't bear it any longer, ignoring the companions who were pulling him, walked forward quickly, gave the circus old man a punch directly, and then pointed his finger at his nose and said, "You also said it, Wayne is sitting outside, and you have to point at me for this show today." ”
"Now that I'm leaving, are you going to use those lions and elephants to get close to begging for money from Wayne?"
The circus owner wiped his nosebleed, his neck and face were red with anger, he stared at Grayson and said, "You'd better finish this show well, if something goes wrong, you whole family will get out of here!" ”
Grayson snorted coldly and turned to leave.
In the audience, Bruce and Selena were still waiting for the show to start, when suddenly they heard the bell ring twice, and then a half-year-old child came up with a basket and asked, "Would you like some pancakes or bread?" There were also fried onions and cheese slices for 15 cents a serving......"
Selena looked into the basket he was carrying, where there was fragrant food, but Bruce looked up at the boy's expression and said, "You don't seem to be happy?" ”
The boy said with a blank face, "If you don't want to, I'll go ask the others." ”
"Bring me a pancake and two slices of cheese." Selena told him that the boy looked down and took the food out of the basket and handed it to Selena, and after finding out that Bruce had given an extra 10 cents in a tip, he returned the money in a panic and said, "It's only 15 cents a piece, and your tip is ...... more."
"You don't do this very often, do you?" Bruce looked him in the eye and said, "In circuses and theaters, vendors and flower girls tip about the same price as what they sell......"
Selena also nodded and said, "I also did this job when I was a child, if I don't tip much, I won't be able to complete the goal, but I will be beaten." ”
The boy sighed and said, "I'm not a peddler, it's just that the circus owner doesn't like my father, so he doesn't let me perform on stage, and only lets me do this kind of chores." ”
"So what do you do? Is it difficult or an actor? ”
Selena looked the boy up and down, and found that although he was not very old, he was very well-proportioned, with long hands and feet, and some traces of muscle could be seen on his arms.
"Of course I'm an actor and a member of the famous Grayson family of trapeze, and my dream is to be a great trapeze artist like my great-grandfather, but ......"
As he spoke, he glanced back at the backstage, as if he was afraid that someone would be staring at him, and he said, "Thank you for your kindness, but 10 cents is too much, I only need half of it, and I have to go to someone else's, goodbye." ”
Selena took the money he had returned and muttered, "The Grayson family? I seem to have the impression that they aren't native to Gotham, right? It's rare to see such a simple child in Gotham......"
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