The late autumn wind may always be a little cool.

Slightly salty of the sea, the wind gently hovered in this slightly small room, the fire in the fireplace burned just right, the gently jumping flame reflected the woman's face, the soft shadow cast on the wall, the wind was whimpering? But the tears in the corners of the woman's eyes did fall on the child's sleeping face.

"Is the child asleep?" walked in at the door of the room a handsome man, a man in a military uniform, slightly thin, but in his early thirties, but the corners of his eyes were already wrinkled with exhaustion, the woman did not reply, just gently shook the child in her arms, and muttered a well-known song in her mouth.

The man walked straight behind the woman, hugged her gently, and called out in a slightly low voice, "Ni Shang"

The woman closed her eyes, leaned on the man's arms, and touched her forehead against the man's stubble that had not been trimmed for several days, which would not have happened on an ordinary day.

The walls of the eastern city are crumbling.

The shouts of the 100,000 troops under the city seemed to be in everyone's ears.

The woman opened her eyes and looked at the reddish face of the child in her arms reflected by the firelight, and did not turn around, and asked the man behind her softly

"What's his name?"

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The low house, a growing plant was on the windowsill, the light shone on the sleeping boy's face through the bright green branches, the bed sheet was gray, the boy was holding the quilt between his legs, and there was even a trace of saliva on the pillow, the boy's steady gasp proved what an ordinary morning, and all this came to an abrupt end after a loud bang.

"Get up, you lazy!"

Claire kicked open her brother's door and rushed into the house, desperately shaking the poor teenager who was still asleep just now, just equal, but also shining on Claire's delicate little face, the two locks of playful braids tied on the side of the face, and those innocence of the little freckles, in fact, Luo Mu had woken up when Claire ran to the door, a good biological clock allowed him to avoid the fright of his sister kicking the door every day, but I don't need to explain too much on Monday after the weekend, so at this time of the day, Claire can happily wake up her brother and go to school with Luo Mu。

Luo Mu forcibly sat up and opened his eyes, with a helplessness in his voice, "Okay, okay, don't shake it, if you shake it again, I'll fall asleep again."

Claire grinned, put her hands behind her back and watched Luo Mu lift the quilt very slowly, sit on the edge of the bed and put on her shoes, Chrissy's voice came from outside the house at the right time, "Xiao Mu is awake, go wash up, Claire, you come and help me cut the bread"

Claire turned around and said to the outside of the house, "Okay Mom!" After speaking, Claire turned to look at Luo Mu who was sitting on the edge of the bed dangling, her eyes gurgled, and she stretched out her two hands and rubbed Luo Mu's hair vigorously, leaving a string of crisp laughter and running out of the house.

Luo Mu sometimes really admires Claire's eternal good mood.

After breakfast, Chrissy helped Luo Mu carry the schoolbag, brushed Claire's hair, glared at Luo Mu yawning and tired, and instructed, "I'm so sleepy every day, and I don't know what you're doing at night, so you are not allowed to sleep in class!" After that, she scratched Claire's upturned little nose again, Luo Mu looked at the room next to the living room and said, "Dad, we're leaving!" There was a response inside, and just as he was about to say something, Luo Mu interrupted, "I know, I know, take care of my sister."

Rose's voice came from the back room, "You little bunny, come back early from school."

Claire, who couldn't wait for a long time, grabbed Luo Mu and ran out, "Let's go, let's go, I have to say so much every day"

Chrissy smiled as the siblings turned around a street corner and disappeared from sight, closing the door.

Luo Mu is very thin, so thin that Chrissy is afraid that others will say that she abuses her son when she goes out, Luo Mu will be ten years old next month, but her weight does not even exceed sixty pounds, at this moment he is wearing a gray-black short-sleeved shirt like a scarecrow in the field to prop up his clothes, and his legs are as straight and slender as two straws, Luo Mu's face is ordinary, with a slight black hair, a small ponytail tied behind his head with a purple holster, his small eyes and Luo Mu's thin cheeks look inexplicably clear, Luo Mu always looks like he can't wake up, Chrissy always feels that there is something wrong with his son's body, but after running to the clinic in the city a few times, I didn't see a reason, seeing Luo Mu usually eat three bowls of rice and a lot of bowls, Chrissy finally stopped worrying.

"Brother Mu!" A young man who looks quite energetic is standing on the corner of the street waiting for Luo Mu, after seeing Luo Mu and Claire, he happily beckoned and ran over, Claire took Luo Mu's arm, saw him running over, pinched his waist and pointed at the young man's nose and scolded, "Okay, you Ke Rui, you don't want to borrow homework from me, last time you copied my homework and the teacher found out, you didn't let go of a fart! The teacher beat me ten boards!" Curry stood a little embarrassed, and looked at Luo Mu for help, Luo Mu yawned and looked like he didn't see it, Curry looked at Claire again, with a painful expression, "Claire, I still have a few new glass balls in the store, I feel that my skills have been declining recently, and it's useless to keep them, so it's better for you to see..."

Claire tilted her head, shook her braids and said, "Hmph, that's pretty much it."

Claire, who got the compensation, turned into a happy little butterfly again, flying around Luo Mu, Luo Mu folded his hands behind his head, closed his eyes and walked forward, while Ke Rui sighed and followed aside.

Qinghe is a very small town, located at the foot of Qinghe Mountain, one side of the mountain, one side of the sea, the town has a history of hundreds of years, most of the town are fishermen, because the nearby sea is rich in a kind of fish called "Jin Ling", this kind of whole body is golden, the neck with a feather is a very precious food, it is said to be able to and the legendary "soul master" A few years ago, a small church was built on the edge of the town, and Mr. Father Priest said that he could let the children come to school every day after praying for several nearby towns around Saturnalia (Note 1).

Qinghe is so small, but it is just a big road, forty or fifty households, and the whole town can hear firecrackers on the Saturnalia Festival, so Luo Mu closed his eyes but never got lost, Qinghe is not far from the church, but ten minutes away, after a while, Luo Mu and Claire, Ke Rui arrived at the classroom, walked to their respective seats and sat down, the teacher had already come, as always, because of Luo Mu's lazy bed, the three of them were the last classmates to enter the classroom by stepping on the bell.

The teacher was used to it, but the three of them were never late, so the teacher just glared at the three of them and began to lecture, "Patsy, stand up and say what we talked about in the last class?"

Luo Mu looked at the little girl with a ponytail who stood up next to her, looking confused and a little shy, smiled, and fell asleep on the table.

Luo Mu didn't even know how long it took to sleep this night, until the shrill school bell rang at noon, and with the chaotic sound of the surrounding classmates cleaning up the books, Luo Mu finally woke up leisurely, rubbed his sour eyeballs, and looked out of the classroom window, and could see the chimney in the distance coming out symbolizing the noon break, and the black smoke coming out when the machine stopped.

The church can build a classroom for these rural children, and invite teachers to give lectures to them, it is really a very rare good deed, the church can do this, which is tantamount to opening the door to other roads for these children, without this classroom, these children have followed their parents to the sea to fish since they were very young, and after more than ten years, they are nothing more than taking over their parents' class, inheriting the small fishing boat, and fighting with the sea.

And the appearance of this classroom allows them to learn knowledge, even if they go to the factory not far away to become a worker, although it may not be much richer than fishing in a small town, but they still have the right to choose.

Luo Mu is also a very laborious child, but in the past few days, he has been too sleepy.

The priest of the church, a kind old man with a gray beard and a slightly chubby body, would come to the classroom every day at noon to watch the children pack their school bags, and he would greet the children one by one, and warn them to stay safe on the way home, not to run around, to say hello to their parents when they come home, and so on.

Luo Mu and Claire packed their schoolbags and called Curry to leave the classroom, Mr. Priest stood at the door, looked at Luo Mu and Claire with a smile and said, "Claire is also working hard this morning."

Claire smiled and took Father Wright's hand and said coquettishly, "Yes, yes, my brother's sleep can affect my class."

Luo Mu, who was about to sneak past the side, stopped with a wry smile when he heard this, turned his head to look at Father Wright, the priest frowned, touched Luo Mu's head, and said with some seriousness, "You can't sleep in class anymore, you must know that Almighty God is looking at us."

Luo Mu pulled a long tone, "Got it!" After that, he stretched out his hand and took Claire's hand and ran out of the classroom, the sky was still blue, Luo Mu ran home with his sister in a smoke, because the church is not a regular school after all, and the teachers also need time to rush back to the city, so the school in the church only has a morning class every day, and the afternoon is the time at everyone's disposal, usually after lunch at this time, Luo Mu took Claire out early to play with Curry, but as soon as he finished lunch today, Luo Mu told his parents that he was going to sleep, and specially told Claire not to disturb him, and then ran to his house and closed the door。

Claire pouted a little unhappy, and Chrissy and Rose looked at each other a little strangely, usually their son didn't like to stay at home so much.

At this time, Luo Mu was sitting on the bed in his room, and there was a chair opposite the bed, Luo Mu was dancing towards the stool and said something, but this was in the eyes of others, and in Luo Mu's eyes, there was an old man sitting on the chair with his eyelids lowered and listening to him quietly.

Note 1: Saturnalia Festival: An important festival during the Corvo Empire, held around the winter solstice, where trade was forbidden, and slaves were temporarily freed to celebrate the rich income that the gods brought to their families during the year.