Chapter 182 Rurik's first contact with his future sister-in-law
This visit was so sudden! Lilia could never have imagined that the Rurik whom she was bound to meet would be meeting him now.
"Rurik? Is he Rurik?!" Lilia opened her eyes wide and inadvertently looked at this very beautiful little boy with a golden ponytail.
With just this look, Lilia understood that Peravina and Kawei's praise for Rurik was truly appropriate.
He is really a cute boy, and despite his cuteness, he also secretly reveals a sense of bravery and wisdom.
As for the girl behind him, is she a servant?
Really a servant?
A girl who is plainly dressed but wearing a huge pair of silver jewelry is also considered a servant?
For a moment, Lilia had a pessimistic attitude, as if her sister Svetlana was already taken advantage of by another woman at a young age.
While Lilia was thinking wildly, Rurik noticed that he was being stared at by a girl, and he was also murmuring mentally.
He faced Kawei directly: "The girl here is your wife?"
Kawei was so excited that he walked up behind Lilia and held the girl's shoulders with both hands in a very skilled manner, "This is Lilia, my wife."
"Oh? Really? She... looks very beautiful."
"Hahaha, thank you so much for your compliment."
Rurik's words were definitely not flattery. He thought this girl was indeed beautiful, the kind of girl who fit his own aesthetic. Here, he really wished Kawei to be a winner in life.
Everyone knows that many young men of the tribe went to Novgorod to find a wife.
The purpose of Kawei's trip to the far east was to find such a beautiful girl and bring her back.
Her name is Lilia? A very familiar name.
Rurik knew that many ancient Slavic words for naming people would be used for thousands of years. "Lilia" was a common female name.
Rurik put his own affairs aside for the time being, faced Lilia's eyes, and suddenly asked in ancient Slavic: "Are you Kawi's wife?"
Lilia was so shocked that she was stunned on the spot, followed by a surprise.
"Are you Rurik?" Lilia asked excitedly.
"I'm Rurik, what? Is it weird?"
"You..." Lilia never thought that this Rurik actually understood the language of her hometown. She walked over very boldly and stood in front of Rurik. "You..."
"What's wrong with me? Sister Lilia?" Rurik deliberately said the honorific, but it made Lilia feel that this little boy seemed familiar to him?
A very warm feeling flooded into Lilia's heart. At this glance, she felt that this little boy was really awesome!
It's as if she really has become a sister.
Lilia originally showed a quiet and shy side to the Kawi family, but that was just her disguise.
She is very willing to try some interesting things, and has a deeper understanding of the great mission entrusted by her hometown manor on her thin shoulders.
Rurik must be trying to get closer, Lilia simply stretched out her hand, as if teasing her biological brother, trying to fiddle with Rurik's deliberately blond ponytail. Of course, Lilia didn't have a biological brother, so that didn't matter.
In her opinion, when this child marries his biological sister, he becomes her younger brother.
It seems that there is nothing special in essence.
But this move seemed offensive to Rurik.
Although she was beautiful, Rurik was still subconsciously vigilant. Besides, in his heart, he didn't feel that he was really being treated as a child, and being teased by a girl who was a generation younger than his own mental age was something that made him happy.
Things should obviously be the other way around, with him giving orders to Lilia!
Hearing a snap, Rurik quickly pushed away the girl's outstretched right hand and pushed it aside.
In an instant, Rumia, who was eager to protect her master, seemed to have a conditioned reflex, and rushed to Rurik, stretched out her hands, and looked at Lilia with determined eyes, showing a threatening look.
Lilia, who was smiling at first, froze on the spot. She looked like she had done something wrong and hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, I'm not a bad person."
"Rumia, stand down!" Rurik ordered. After that, he looked up at Rumia again with a serious image of holding the hilt of the sword in his hand.
He ordered in ancient Cyrillic: "Woman! Now, get down on one knee and tell me who you are!"
As the only son of the leader of the Ross tribe, recognized as the leader of the next generation, and recognized as a child blessed by God, Rurik has already discovered that he does not need to talk about contracts and cooperation with the tribesmen and simply give orders. The tribesmen are generally willing to do it for themselves.
Those who do things still feel it is an honor.
The reason is very simple, his status is noble. Of course, in the process, he negotiated the contract with the tribesmen, and what he gained was the praise of the tribesmen for "justice".
Once he felt the refreshing feeling of having power in his hand, Rurik's current mentality changed quickly.
Lilia was startled. She looked left and right, including at her husband's house. Her husband's expression was also very serious, and he had no intention of speaking for herself. It seemed that her husband was also very afraid of this Rurik.
authority?
Lilia really knelt on the ground on one knee and even lowered her head slightly.
She learned some etiquette in her hometown, and her biological father Ligus taught her that she must bow her knees when facing more noble people, especially as a woman, she must master this aspect of etiquette.
Lilia, who was half-kneeling, explained her identity in ancient Slavic.
"The daughter of the head of the manor is indeed more noble than ordinary girls. However, in my opinion, she is no more noble than my maid. That is your tribe!" Rurik pinched his hairless chin and spoke.
Like a stinky old guy showing off.
"Yes, I am now the blacksmith's wife, and my status is humble." Lilia followed Rurik's words and said weakly.
"Humble? No, I don't think the blacksmith is humble. Your husband and I are friends."
After hearing his words, Lilia's nervous mood improved a lot. Who would have thought that the relationship between her husband and Rurik was very good?
The words have come back.
Lilia slowly raised her head, widened the corners of her dark blue eyes, and asked sincerely: "Are you really Rurik? Really?"
"Huh? Are you actually doubting me?"
"No! How dare I doubt it?"
At this moment, Rurik thought, it was unfair that he could not have his golden ponytail touched by others.
Rurik stretched out his right hand, directly covering Lilia's head, stroking her somewhat rough hair braid. Indeed, the feeling he gave him was rough, completely different from the soft hair he imagined a girl should have.
In fact, Lilia can't be blamed for this. If anything, it's the wind and sun along the way, as well as the nasty rain along the way.
There was no possibility of washing her clothes along the way, and her personal cleanliness basically consisted of washing her face with salty sea water. As for her hair, she had not washed it since she left her hometown, not to mention the use of soap.
Can't wash it very clean...
Under Lilia's youthful appearance, she actually exuded a regrettable smell of sweat, and Rurik could smell it.
Lyrica still slightly tilted her head. She was absolutely sure that this little boy was Rurik, a man much more noble than herself.
It was from being touched on the head that she felt the aura of a king.
Rurik took his hand back and faced the silent Kawei and Klavason: "She is your daughter-in-law, but she lacks cleanliness. Kawei!"
"I'm here." Kawei responded quickly.
Rurik skillfully changed his words to Norse: "I have ordered my new servants to wash their hands and faces with soap, and will arrange for them to take a bath soon. You have just come back, you should clean yourself well and remove the stench from your body."
Wash it off completely. You know, there are relatively high cleaning requirements for you."
"Ah! I understand." Kawei smiled, his eyes looking at his half-kneeling wife, feeling happy in his heart.
After all, after using soap to clean thoroughly and wash the clothes, once he had the first comfortable feeling, Kawei could no longer bear to live without soap. Now, he had to drag his married wife with him.
Lilia didn't know what they were talking about. She also had other things to say.
She said in honorific terms: "Honorable Rurik, the leader of Varyag has chosen a wife for you."
"Huh? What did you say?" Rurik was suddenly stunned.
"Yes, your father has chosen a wife for you."
"My wife? What? Why didn't I know?!"
Rurik thought she could say some flattering words, but he didn't expect that her words were so abrupt. Wife? My wife? I'm only eight years old! It's still early for the traditional twelve-year-old to get engaged!
Rurik hurriedly asked: "What is going on? What arrangements has my father made? Tell me quickly!"
"Yes." Lilia's attitude was calm: "My sister is called Svetalana, and she will be your wife."
"Wait, Svetlana? Was it really my father who arranged this?"
"It's absolutely true! She is my sister. When...when you get married, I will be your sister."
"Is that so? How old is that girl?" Rurik asked anxiously.
Lilia immediately replied: "Seven years old."
"So small!" Rurik was surprised at first, and then after thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel relieved when he looked at his own little hands. He was just an eight-year-old boy.
Rurik's mind was a little confused. Logically speaking, because of his status, he could have three wives and four concubines in this ancient era where the strong took all. But his body was too young, and it might be some time before he could actually get married.
The past ten years.
Besides, since it is your own marriage, wouldn’t it be better for you to choose your wife?
For a moment, Rurik complained in his heart about his father's arbitrary behavior.
But after calming down a little, he stared at Lilia's face, and the more he looked at her, the more he felt that she was really pleasing to his eyes.
"Stand up, Sister Lilia."
Although the other party said honorifics, Lilia didn't dare to neglect him at all now.
After standing up, she stretched out her arms and spun around in circles at Rurik's request. She was even forced to perform a strange movement of standing and holding her feet with both hands, which tested her flexibility.
It seemed like a confusing request, but Rurik actually made an assessment based on Lilia's figure, associating it with what the legendary Svetlana would look like when she grew up.
Since they are biological sisters, the girl should be the same as this Lilia when she grows up.
Lilia's beauty lies not only in her face, but also in her figure. Her temperament is indeed far better than those of the girls in the tribe. This is what Rurik thinks. Her biggest shortcoming at present is the lack of a thorough cleaning to remove all the clothes on her body.
Wash away the faint smell of sweat.
The meeting with Lilia ended in a dream. Rurik never imagined that his father would actually make an engagement for him four years in advance.
Fortunately, Otto's aesthetics is also acceptable. Svetlana, who is only seven years old, should be a pair of blooming flowers.
According to tradition, four years later at the latest, he will be dragged by his father straight to Novgorod to complete the formal engagement ceremony with that girl.
Regarding this matter, it is best to finish the important things by yourself and go back to talk to your father in person about your life-long events.
In any case, being married to Lilia is equivalent to saying that he and Kawei are brothers-in-law.
There is no term used to describe "brother-in-law" in the West. Instead, it is simply the all-purpose "bro", which means brother.
Brothers? Of course there is a concept of seniority in the tribe.
Rurik knew that even if he and Kawei were more than ten years apart, they were still of the same generation. It was just that he was the junior among his peers.
Although his seniority seemed small and his status was extremely noble, Rurik knew that he also had the right to give orders to Kawei. He also had more right to give orders to Klavasen.
Even though I am young, my noble status is here.
The dreamy contact with Lilia came to an end, and Rurik thought that he had already met his future sister-in-law, and it was not good to say anything.
He casually took out a silver coin from the linen bag on his waist and put it into Lilia's hand himself.
"Rurik, is this...appropriate?"
"Take it if it's given to you. This is an order. I think we will still be relatives in the future. If you obey my orders, you will get more benefits."
It was these words that made Lilia feel honored! She felt that this was a major promise, which meant that it was a right choice for the people of her hometown to board the Ross's leading warship. If she could replace her father and join the Ross,
The first leader will establish a good relationship now, and his biological sister will marry him again many years later. Ah, how wonderful the future is.
Kawei saw all this.
It's a pity that poor Kavey can't understand and can't even think of it. When did this child Rurik learn the Novgorod language? He can even talk and laugh smoothly with his wife?!
Perhaps, this is the favor given to Rurik by the great god Odin! That is beyond the reach of mortals.
Ryuri asked Lilia to stand still, and then he shook his neck coolly, and the golden ponytail on the back of his head also swayed, which was really beautiful.
"Lumia, Kamne, come with me."
Rumia naturally followed her generously, but the new servant Kamne's movements were much more awkward.
Kamni was indeed cramped. When he passed by Lilia, he couldn't help but look more at this big sister from the same country who was many years older than him.
In the past, because of his humble status, he didn't even have the courage to see Lilia from afar.
Now his mentality changed instantly. The noble young lady from the same country must have lost the nobility of the past when facing her master Rurik.