After the Legend

Chapter 17: May party

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Xiao Tianjian was startled and hurriedly asked what was wrong, but Mingna was only busy crying and had no time to pay attention to him. When Marshall saw this, he complained: "Why did the earl go out without saying hello? He didn't come back for two days, even if You and the young master are doing business, so you should say something. Xiao Mingna has been very sad these past two days. She thought she was abandoned by her relatives. "

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian quickly hugged his granddaughter and said, "Don't cry, don't cry. How could Mingna have such an idea? Although it is a bit excessive for your mother to lose her temper and run away, your father just went to work, and grandpa just went to work." ...Uh...we casually walked around outside. It was still early when we left, and you were sleeping. We didn't want to wake you up, so we didn't tell you. We didn't mean to abandon you."

Ming Na burst into tears and asked: "Then you...should also tell...me. I watched...father...and that woman...run away. I thought you all didn't want me anymore..." Before she could finish her words, She cried again.

Xiao Tianjian hurriedly coaxed, while Marshall sighed beside him: "Even if it's earlier, it's okay to tell me, or tell Ming Na in advance the night before, and the child won't be so sad."

Xiao Tianjian glanced at him and did not respond. He just coaxed Ming Na: "Okay, okay, grandpa was wrong this time. Grandpa will never do this again."

"You won't... abandon me again?"

"That's right, I won't leave you behind again." Xiao Tianjian didn't even bother to think about it, and just agreed.

Ming Na felt better after receiving her grandfather's assurance, and she slowly shed her tears, but still sniffed from time to time. Xiao Tianjian thought that the child's red nose was very cute, so he made her happy, and asked her what she had done in the past two days. When he learned that Ming Na's practice was not going well, he promised to teach her again, and promised to give her candy and Toys as compensation.

In fact, Mingna was just scared because she suddenly lost her relatives, so when she saw her grandfather, she cried aggrievedly. After being coaxed by him for a long time, she learned that her father was only going to work for a few days and would be home soon, and He would also bring his mother back, and his smile would bloom again. As soon as her heart was relieved, she was attracted by the laughter coming from the distance.

Marshall also had a smile on his face and asked: "The people in the city are having fun. The dance has just started for more than an hour, and it's not too late to go now. Xiao Mingna, do you want to put on a new dress and go have fun?" With Xiao Tianjian accompanying her, Still, he wasn't worried about what other people would say.

Ming Na was a little excited. Although the dance was boring, the food was delicious, and she hadn't seen those boys for a long time. I wonder if they have any new games recently.

Xiao Tianjian unexpectedly expressed his objection: "Are you talking about the dance party at the Chief Executive's Mansion? I've heard of it before. It's just a pretending elegant party for officials and businessmen. It's not interesting. If Ming Na wants to go Play, I know a better place.”

Minna hurriedly asked: "Where is it?" Marshall said hesitantly: "Your Majesty Earl...it is better not to take children to dangerous places."

Xiao Tianjian glanced at him: "I'm here, what are you afraid of?" Then he picked up his granddaughter and said, "It's just the right time to go, let's go play with grandpa." After that, he took Ming Na out of the house, ignoring Marshall's call behind him, He started his Qinggong and headed towards the street in the distance.

Ming Na felt that a strong gust of wind blew her hair into chaos, and the scenery on both sides of the road swept back quickly. It was the feeling of flying that she had not seen for many days, and it lasted longer than before. She couldn't help shouting happily. stand up.

By the time this feeling disappeared, she was already on the street, full of happy people, everyone dressed in festive costumes, children chasing each other, occasionally bumping into adults, and they were only laughed at and scolded.

"How's it going? Isn't it more fun to be outside than to be bored at home?" Xiao Tianjian asked.

Mingna nodded sharply, but thinking of Marshall who was shouting behind her just now, she said, "We might as well ask Grandpa Marshall to play together."

Xiao Tianjian smiled: "Silly boy, old Marshall also has something he wants to do, right? Do you want him to stay with you all day? Look over there, the grandfathers have their own fun."

Minna followed his hand and saw a few elderly people smoking pipes and chatting under the eaves, teasing the children running around from time to time, and two people playing chess. She thought about it carefully, Grandpa Marshall seemed to like to smoke a few puffs of cigarettes, but he couldn't smoke because he always had to accompany her, so let him do what he likes when he has free time.

Seeing that his granddaughter had no objection, Xiao Tianjian smiled slightly, then carried her around and walked to an alley. Within a few steps, there was a tavern that he often visited.

Ming Na had never been to this house before, and she only wondered why the house was so short. After taking a closer look, she discovered that half of it was built underground. After walking down a few steps, she heard faint singing and dancing coming from the house. Voice. After Xiao Tianjian pushed open the closed door, Ming Na found herself in a world completely different from the outside.

The tavern had a small facade, but it was huge inside. There was a bar in front of it. The boss seemed to recognize Xiao Tianjian and said hello from a distance. There are twenty or thirty small round tables in front of the bar. Except for seven or eight female guests, most of the guests are men. There are also two or three dwarves among them. They almost fill the entire tavern, but most of them are now But they all crowded around the small stage on the right, where a beautiful woman with curly golden hair and a red dress was dancing.

The woman was quite pretty. The neckline of her dress was very low, revealing most of her breasts. Her slender waist was twisting wildly, and her hands were tugging at the edge of the long skirt. From time to time, half of her snow-white thighs were revealed, attracting the attention of those around her. The man drooled and threw countless flowers and copper or silver coins to her. But if anyone approached her and wanted to take advantage, she would push him away, causing others to laugh. Only the person who threw the gold coins, Only then can she take the initiative to approach him, but whether he can successfully steal sex depends on the man's ability. The woman was minding her own business and winking at the men around her. Suddenly she saw Xiao Tianjian coming in and blew a kiss to her.

When Xiao Tianjian saw it, he just smiled slightly and took his granddaughter to sit on the bar. The owner of the tavern smiled and said, "Earl Xiao, what's the wind blowing today? Did you come to the shop?" Xiao Mingna was looking around, and he was a little surprised: "Is this your daughter? This is not a place where a little girl should come."

After Ming Na heard this, she immediately turned around and argued, "I'm not a little girl!" However, Xiao Tianjian and the boss both laughed. The former said: "This is my little granddaughter, please give her some milk. I am still the same." Mingna quit again: "I don't want to drink milk!"

The boss smiled and asked, "What do you want?"

"What do you have here?"

"There's everything, I'm telling you, you can have anything you want in my old Bud's store."

"Then..." Ming Na rolled her eyes, "I want orange juice, and it's fresh!" Her request was actually a deliberate criticism. At this time, the orange season had already passed two months, and Marshall could only make cakes. Use dried oranges or orange powder. If you want to drink fresh orange juice, you have to at least go to a big city. How can there be such a small shop

Old Bud glanced at Xiao Tianjian, but the latter just smiled and said, "Give it to her if you have it, no matter how much you pay." How much is a little orange juice worth? Just treat it like coaxing a child.

Old Bud suddenly laughed, went down and tinkered for a long time, and finally made a glass of orange juice and put it in front of Minna. Ming Na took a bite and saw that it was really freshly squeezed, with pulp still inside, and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Although she was young, during the two days of quarrels, she also asked Marshall for fresh oranges and heard about the current price of fresh oranges from him. This glass of juice costs at least one or two gold coins. She secretly glanced at her grandfather and saw that he was just looking at her with a smile and didn't care at all. She felt at ease and felt that her grandfather really cared for her, so she smiled a little proudly.

After taking two sips of orange juice, she looked around and saw the guests sitting around. Most of them were drinking a kind of golden beer in a large glass cup. She knew that it was a local specialty beer. It was said to be based on the dwarves. Brewed according to the family’s recipe, it is different from the beer from other places. She had wanted to taste it many times, but unfortunately her grandfather stopped her. It was a holiday today, so I wonder if she could make an exception

She turned to look at the wine glass in Xiao Tianjian's hand, a little eager to try it. Xiao Tianjian noticed her gaze and felt funny in his heart. He wanted to coax the children. It was the festival anyway, so he asked: "Want to drink?" Mingna nodded in surprise, and he smiled and said: "I can only take a sip, taste it." Just try it." Mingna jumped up with joy and almost fell to the ground. Her grandfather pulled her back to the high round stool. She just smiled happily and pulled the hand that was as big as her head with both hands. A big cup, I smelled it and took a big sip.

It's icy and cool, and I can't taste it at first. Gradually, there is a refreshing fragrance, with a bit of bitter taste. But after drinking it, there is a hot breath straight into the nose, and even the mouth becomes spicy. .

Mingna hurriedly put down the beer and took a big sip of orange juice before she felt her mouth felt cooler. Xiao Tianjian and Old Bard both laughed when they saw it. Ming Na got angry when she saw this: "Bad grandpa! Why didn't you tell me this was spicy?!" Xiao Tianjian smiled and said, "You think it's spicy because you're a kid who's not used to drinking it, but it's actually very delicious." I drank half the cup in one breath. Minna curled her lips and ignored him, only staring at a few dwarves who were having a drinking contest.

Xiao Tianjian smiled again, then whispered in Old Bud's ear: "Why did you let that woman come into your store? Didn't you say you wouldn't let her do business here?"

Old Bud answered him in the same low voice: "She just came to dance today, don't worry, I won't let her mess around."

Xiao Tianjian felt relieved now, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at the dancing woman. Although it is a good thing to be favored by beauties, he has seen a lot of beauties and has a high level of vision. Of course he will not like a woman who is mediocre in appearance (in his opinion) but still insists on asking for money. What's more, the other party is still famous for being a **.

Unexpectedly, the "other party" glanced at him, but thought he was interested, so he walked over with a slender waist and said with a charming smile: "Why didn't your lord come to my house to sit down? I specially invited you to go last time. "

Xiao Tianjian smiled: "I heard that you are very busy. You have guests every day, so I won't disturb you." The woman heard his sarcastic intentions and felt a little unwilling. She was about to get close to her and use other methods, but she The smell of inferior perfume made Minna unbearable.

Her grandfather, Viscount Zhufa, had a main family business in the spice business, so although Dora was poorer after her marriage, she never used bad things in terms of spices and perfumes, and Ming Na also had a very good "taste" in this aspect. , how can I stand the pungent fragrance? She yelled at that time: "Who are you? You smell so bad, go away!"

The woman froze, her face unable to move, and she was about to curse back when she saw Xiao Tianjian and Old Bard staring at her coldly. Although she wanted to get more money, she also knew that these two people were not something she could mess with, so she had no choice but to walk away angrily, cursing in her heart. Soon there were wild bees and butterflies around her, which quickly restored her damaged self-esteem.

Old Bud looked at her back and snorted, turned around and smiled and said to Minna who was pouting: "Ignore her, my son is going to perform soon. He is a bard, listen to what he sings." OK?"

Ming Na turned to look at the small stage, and sure enough she saw a young man in his twenties sitting on it. He looked somewhat like Old Bud. He had gray hair and long bangs covering half of his right breast. His eyes are narrowed and his smile is very endearing. The female guests in the entire tavern...including girls in their fifteenth or sixteenth year old and aunts in their thirties and forties...were all screaming, "Little Bud! Little Bud!" The male guest next to him curled his lips in disdain, but I was looked down upon by my mother and sisters.

The little Bard's men plucked the lyre a few times, and the melodious tune sounded. The whole tavern became quiet, and they could only hear him singing slowly: "In the distant Yarrow Forest, walked out our black-haired and black-eyed hero. , he brought the sharp sword inherited from his family to the prosperous Water City..." He recounted the legend in this way, his voice was a little hoarse, but it had a unique flavor.

As soon as Mingna heard him sing a few lines, she knew that he was singing about her grandfather. She was about to tell the client excitedly, but he covered her mouth.

Xiao Tianjian asked Old Bud with an annoyed look on his face: "Why are you singing this?" But Old Bud said with a smile: "This is the origin of our May Day. In May thirty years ago, it was because of you After leading our soldiers to fight back the sand pirates, we have an annual celebration. If we don't sing this, how can we celebrate May Day?"

Xiao Tianjian glared at him angrily, looked around, and saw that the few people who knew his identity were just smiling and toasting to him, with no intention of shouting, so he felt relieved and whispered to his granddaughter: "Don't tell others. That's me." Minna blinked and nodded in agreement, but when she continued to listen to Little Bud's singing, her interest became even greater, even though she had heard it countless times from Winnie.

Little Bud's poem lasted an hour, but he sang well and played the piano well, and everyone around him cheered loudly. He stood up with a smile, bowed to everyone, and sat back on the chair. Suddenly, he moved his hand and a cheerful song sounded in the room.

Everyone laughed. First, the shoemaker and his wife took the lead in dancing affectionately, and then a young couple joined in. Gradually, many people began to dance, and they had danced enthusiastically in the shop before. The woman just danced with a man and then disappeared without knowing where she was.

There were more and more people dancing, and Little Bud's songs changed one after another, all of them cheerful dance music. The room became more and more lively, and all the tables and chairs originally placed in the room were pushed to the side. Minna watched everyone dancing, and her body swayed slightly. Looking at her grandpa, she found that he was already in high spirits. He jumped into the middle of the room and performed a dance that no one had ever seen before. Everyone was shocked and applauded.

Ming Na watched her grandfather perform many difficult movements while turning on the ground with only his head or back supporting his body. She also found it very strange. If Old Bud hadn't held him tightly, she would have learned to turn on the ground. . However, under the influence of Xiao Tianjian, two other young men thought they were superb dancers and danced out unconvinced. Although one of them failed when trying to do difficult moves, which earned everyone a burst of good-natured ridicule, the other's dancing skills were so outstanding that the ladies who had just screamed for little Bud were fascinated by him. But when the young man looked at Xiao Tianjian proudly, he found that he had gone somewhere.

Xiao Tianjian had already squeezed out of the tavern with Ming Na in his arms, and the grandfather and grandson ran into the street laughing together. By this time, the sky had darkened, and colorful lights were lit all around. There were more pedestrians on the street than during the day. Many people wore various masks and greeted each other, asking each other to guess who they were. who.

Xiao Tianjian took Ming Na to another tavern to eat some bread and broth, and then went to the square with others to watch the fireworks. Mingna saw that the children around her were screaming every time they saw a firework rising into the sky, so she screamed twice. She secretly glanced at her grandfather and saw that he didn't scold her like her mother, so she followed the others boldly. cried together. She saw from a distance that on the balcony of the Great Hall of the Governor's Mansion, Susanna and several other boys were standing solemnly watching the fireworks, and she felt that she was happier today than on any other May Day.

(I’m not very energetic, I don’t know if it’s because of physical or mental reasons, but I’m not in the right state anyway…)