When my father and the goblins arrived at the Aquatic Grass Hotel, it was already noon the next day.

They had been chatting late with General Garcia and Adeline in the hall the night before, and although it was already spring, the weather was still relatively cold and humid. The fireplace is filled with fragrant wood, all of which are fruit trees, which are split and dried by farmers in cold weather, and then sent to Virujalai with the best quality and strong wood. Garcia said that the captured Salander captives said that they were able to survive the winter in the cold desert because they had a stockpile of stones.

"They call this thing coal," Garcia explained. Actually, this kind of thing was introduced by the historians of the ancient Carrad. I told him the last time Goblins and Sabel were passing by Veruga", at which point Garcia turned to the goblins and asked, "Do you remember?" ”

The goblin was staring at the fire in a daze, when he came back to his senses, "Ah, yes. That kind of stone. The people of the ancient Calade era found some of these stones exposed on the surface, and they used them to keep warm. However, there were relatively few such stones, and soon there were no such stones on the ground, and people followed the veins to find that this black stone belt plunged into the ground like a loach. Mining is so laborious that there are very few people who use it, except for a few people. ”

Garcia said, "yes, but in Rhodoc, you know what? The people who use this amazing gadget are not princes and nobles, but iron miners. Many of the iron ore veins in Rhodoc are not far from coal mines, and there are often coal mines where there are iron mines. Some workshops even use such stones to smelt steel. This stone is excellent, really good, a small little can be enough for a small group of soldiers to keep warm for a day", Garcia looked at the burning fireplace in a daze, "The cold is a major reason. If there were a large number of such stones, we would dare to go deep into the desert and pursue the cunning Salanders. ”

The goblin said, "Yes, this stone is very precious. But as far as I know, if there is not enough scientific and technological progress to offset the cost of obtaining such a stone, the use of such a stone is very much more than worth the cost. Maybe one day this stone will be in the world, but not now. May God bless us so that our future generations can start a new era with these stones. Our time will progress, and humanity will enter a new era of freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of belief, but it will not be the present era. ”

Garcia: "·······"

My father: "·······"

After chatting a little about something, Garcia casually asked about my father's intention to go to the Aquatic Herb Restaurant. Father honestly confessed

Su Ge'er had a friendship with Su Nuo, Wright said twice, his father reacted immediately, and the old and sophisticated Garcia stopped asking, and he ended the conversation lightly. Then tell them that the housekeeper will take them to the Aquatic Herb Hotel the next day. Knowing that her father was going to visit a singer, Adeline only smiled gently, but her father felt guilty, as if he had done something very sorry for Adeline.

Garcia left my father behind while everyone left the hall to rest. At this time, the hall was filled with the faint aroma of fruit trees after the quiet burning, and there was a small enamel stove next to the stove, which contained half a furnace of water, and the water was soaked in orange peel, and the orange peel water was boiling at this time, and it made a weak roar, exuding a refreshing atmosphere. The scent of orange water and wood filled the hall, making people drowsy.

After a moment of silence, Garcia said, "Tomorrow that woman may be beautiful, but there should be only one that is the most beautiful in your heart." ”

The father was a little stunned, but then understood what Garcia meant: "I understand, Uncle Garcia." ”

When his father and goblins were waiting in the lobby of the Waterweed Hotel, the housekeeper helped him hand over the note that Su Ge'er had left for him before, and one of the hotel's runners took the note to contact the people of the song and dance troupe. Goblin and my father were waiting there idle, looking around, and my father looked around and found that the hotel was clearly inferior in decoration and architecture compared to the Emerald Room in Suno. But my father comforted himself, anyway, he was not a regular visitor here, and it didn't matter to him whether it was good or not. There are some cheap landscape paintings hanging on the walls of the hotel, which are the results of the new debut painters who used to exchange for black bread, generally a painting can be exchanged for 2 and a half liters of wine and 5 rye bread, which can almost cope with two days of hunger, and this kind of life for a long time can produce very good painters, provided that these people can persevere until the end, and the vast majority of painters change careers within 5 years after being apprenticed. Those who made it to the end were usually hungry, skinny but skilled men, and with the help of some bookseller or art lover, they would start to transfer a painting, and they would start to value a painting for a few weeks' worth of wine and brown bread, after which they would start to price their paintings in dinars.

While waiting, Father noticed that the goblins looked nervous, just like Jill had before the prom. For the first time, my father tasted the feeling of seeing other people's feelings, and to be honest, this feeling was really good, especially when it was his own teacher on the other side.

When the servant who had handed over the slip came out apologizing, an angry young man walked out, and as the servant looked at his father and the goblin in embarrassment, he noticed that the domineering young man was looking at him with hatred. The father was puzzled, and the goblins only shrugged. The young man snorted in a very nasal voice and walked away. The servant leaned over and whispered, "Mademoiselle invites you in." ”

Then the man trotted all the way to chase the guy who had gone.

The guy who was wiping the table with a towel witnessed the scene and just pouted and laughed. Ever since the beauty named Su Ge'er stayed in this hotel, various people would come to visit her every day, and in the middle of two dates, such unpleasantness often appeared. The owner of the hotel has warned everyone not to get involved in this kind of jealousy, because the servants often do some things without authorization to spread the word and arrange the meeting, and it doesn't matter if you do this in general, but during this time, they are all the children of the nobles who have a head and a face in Veruga, and if they get into any difficult roles, it will do no harm to the hotel. The owner of the hotel was now thinking that if it weren't for the high enough price from the other party, he would have been reluctant to receive this group of Svadians.

After a while, the dance troupe boy who helped Su Ge'er send the receipt last time came to greet my father. In a warm flattery, he hung the goblin aside, and his father was embarrassed, and he interrupted the compliment and told him to lead the way. Along the way, this quick-tongued guy talked about their performance projects and the various people they received during this time: "You are definitely the one who is different, Miss Su Ge'er has only taken the initiative to receive one guest, and that is you." ”

Father pointed to the goblins, "And this gentleman." ”

The little guy nodded yes, but he didn't want to waste a word on this person.

In a short time they passed through the courtyard, where a few willow trees began to bud, and a faint green could be seen in the distance. Some unknown birds began to fly out of the warm grass and probe among the branches in early spring to comb their feathers. In front of a separate house, the little guy introduced that this was Miss Su Ge'er's residence, and occupied a separate house. "Come in, gentlemen, Miss Su Ge'er is waiting for you inside."

Father pushed open the heavy wooden door and asked about a faint aroma. Before he even saw inside, it was as if his father had felt a pair of blue eyes cast an eager glow.

Most of Su Ge'er's topic is on her father. Noticing the goblin's intent, she couldn't help but smile tiredly, and reluctantly brought the goblin into the conversation.

In fact, Su Ge'er didn't know what her feelings for her father were, and even she felt a little puzzled.

Many people complimented her, gave her small gifts, and wrote poems for her. In the first few years she came to the Emerald Hall, she was very excited when she first came into contact with these eager men, and she believed the promises of several men one after another, but those men gradually disappeared after getting what they wanted. Slowly, Su Ge'er began to try to distinguish the truth from what the men were saying, but soon she was desperate to find that these men were lying without exception. She slowly began to close her heart, and in those most struggling days, she became less and less trusting of others. She began to save money, and her lady-in-waiting brought it from home herself, one of the few people she believed in it all, and she circled among all kinds of men, an earring, a hairpin, a small golden scepter, a precious stone, and she secretly amassed her wealth, ready to leave Suno when she had enough money. Soon, her savings were enough for her to leave and buy a plot of land to grow grapes and wheat, and raise cows, horses, and sheep. But she was suddenly confused, and she didn't know where to go.

She could only continue to wait for a turnaround in the Jade Hall, until one day, a scheming guest sat in front of her at a loss. In a short period of communication, she found that this dumb boy seemed to be one of the only people who did not deliberately meet her and did not lie. She had been chewing slowly since that night, and then smiled slightly.

She hadn't thought that this stupid boy would really be impulsive to kill, and she felt a feeling like she had never felt before when she went all the way to get the dagger back. She wanted to know more about this man. She knew a lot of people from the upper class, who told her some recent anecdotes, including Hal's economic crisis.

It is said that in the midst of the crisis, Hal lost the son of a hillbilly lord, a dumbfounded young boy who almost died for the sake of a little Kugit maid, what a big fool.

Su Ge'er asked, "What's the name of this fool?" ”

"What Huo. Arcadio II put, or something"

“H.A！” Su Ge'er was rubbing the two words on the dagger in her dreams. She had a dream, and in the dream was the silly Huo. Arcadio II was rushing left and right with a little Kugit girl in her arms, just unwilling to let others hurt her. This dream made Su Ge'er full of tenderness after waking up from the dream: a silly boy who doesn't lie, is honest and kind, and is willing to give his life to protect the little girl...

Su Ge'er looked at the gentle Huo. Arcadio II, in a trance, had a feeling: she wanted to grow old with this man.

All kinds of rhetoric are not as good as a thick smile; A splendid gift is no match for a dagger full of courage; Empty promises of all kinds are no match for a feat of being willing to take risks for the sake of the weak.

Suddenly. Arcadio the second sat with his back to the window.

Su Ge'er looked at him, he was shrouded in a soft light, like the boy galloping on the grassland on a white horse in a dream. No, that's the teenager.

At this time, Su Ge'er didn't even see that the goblin was quietly staring into her eyes in a dark corner, as if she was looking at two bottomless autumn waters.