Pushing the door open and walking into the courtyard planted with many flowers and plants, this place is very different from what Samira remembered.
A few children who were washing and drying the taro fruits stopped playing and looked at the entrance of the courtyard with stunned expressions. They were first surprised by Samira's beauty, and then their eyes stayed on Suldak's face for a moment, and then they looked at it with some fear.
Looking at the big guy behind them.
The two-headed ogre's majestic body was like a hill, which gave several children a strong sense of oppression.
Several children shouted to Mammy, who was preparing dinner in Grape Tengxia: "Mom, Mammy, a guest is here..."
The trembling voice did not seem to be welcoming the three of Surdak. Samira walked into the yard first. She pursed her lips and looked at the Taro fruits floating in the pool. She squatted down and picked up one, and then picked one from another.
The little girl picked up a brush in her hand and asked, "What's your name?"
"Angie."
The little girl looked at Samira, who was wearing tight leather armor, and whispered.
She rolled her clear blue eyes and secretly looked at Samira, staring with envy at her fiery red salamander leather armor.
Samira squatted next to the girl, gently brushed the taro fruit twice along the texture, and explained:
"Anji, brushing Taro fruit is not just about brushing off the dirt on the surface of the peel. The dirt in the gaps on the peel must be brushed out, otherwise the purchaser will deduct money."
Seeing Samira's skillful movements and seeing the clean Taro Fruit, the girl immediately widened her blue eyes and shouted in disbelief:
"You...how did you do it?"
Samira reached out and threw the washed taro fruits into the basket, put the brush back into her hand, touched her head affectionately, and said with some pride:
"That's because... I am your eldest sister!"
Several children looked at Samira with puzzled faces, somewhat confused as to how this beautiful woman whom they had never met could call herself the ‘eldest sister’, and we were not familiar with each other...
At this time, the grandma who heard the children's shouts slowly walked out from under the grape trellis with her hands covered with wheat flour.
When she saw Samira squatting by the pool, a happy smile immediately appeared on her face. She looked much older and had many more wrinkles on her face, but her complexion was still good.
She stretched out her hands to Samira and shouted happily: "Haha, it turns out that my Samira is back!"
"Mommy..."
Samira stood up and quickly threw herself into grandma's arms.
The two hugged each other for a long time. To Samira, it seemed that grandma's embrace was the warmest embrace.
After the two of them let go, Grandma was still looking at Samira with tenderness in her eyes.
Surdak stood aside and coughed, and then said very humbly:
"Hello, Mammy, I am Samira's companion, Surdak."
Grandma finally let go of Samira, turned around and looked at Surdak.
"I remember you. You were the knight who took Samira away. At that time, you participated in the defense battle of Wozhimara City. Many people praised you at that time."
Her voice was gentle and calm, her eyes fell on Suldak, looking him up and down.
"Mammy, now I have been promoted to earl." Samira hugged mama's arm and introduced in a low voice.
Hearing Samira say this, Mammy glanced at Samira secretly, and her tone became a little more enthusiastic: "What an amazing knight. Thanks to your care of my Samira, please be sure to stay and eat some of me."
Made apple pie.”
She looked towards the door and asked Suldak: "Is this big guy also your companion?"
Surdak quickly called the two-headed ogre to come in, and introduced to his mother: "Well! His name is Gulitem."
Mammy had to raise her head to see Gulitem's two heads. She exclaimed: "It looks really strong. It looks like I'm going to prepare a double dinner."
The two-headed ogre bent down slightly and said very kindly: "Maybe I can help."
…
According to Surdak's request, one of the things Gulitem pays most attention to is brushing his teeth.
It is said that many ogres have rotten teeth when they get older, which often affects their appetite.
Once an ogre becomes inedible, it means that his strength is declining.
Gulitem now has a mouth full of clean and regular teeth, and he does not smell bad. He is considered an outlier among the ogres. He sat under the grape trellis and concentrated on lighting the fire, and occasionally a ball of flame appeared in his palm.
A large piece of steak was frying on the pan. The fat was constantly overflowing, and the oil was exploding on the edge of the pan, emitting a fragrant aroma that stimulated the taste buds.
A group of children squatted very obediently beside the pot, each holding a wooden plate in their hands.
The ogre sprinkled the fried steak with a pinch of salt and pepper, picked up a small pickle from the jar, and distributed it to the children in the shelter.
As the sky gradually darkened, the children ran back from outside in twos and threes, their pockets stuffed with taro fruits, and they poured them all into the pool in the small courtyard.
Then they will be attracted by the ogres frying meat under the grape trellis, and quickly surround them.
Almost all of these children who can go to the city to pick up taro fruits are older children over eight years old. Some of the older children over ten years old have an impression of Samira, but they were still very young when Samira left.
She was only about five or six years old, so she didn't have a deep impression of Samira.
When the older children returned to the shelter, they saw Samira coming back and cheered around her.
Samira discovered that these older children were just children who only knew how to wash fruits a few years ago. Unknowingly, it had been several years since she left Wozhimala City.
According to Mammy, the group of children who picked up Tailuo fruits with Samira have grown up, and now they are scattered in every corner of Wozhimala City. Some boys are going to serve in the military.
There are not many girls in Lacheng. Almost all girls are looking for a living in the city. Some have found their partners, some are single, and a few of them rent a small house and live a very miserable life.
After receiving the money from Samira in the mail last time, grandma decided to repair the leaky shelter. The current shelter looks like it after renovation.
And these children who were taken in later were almost all children who survived the guard battle.
Listening to Mammy's constant nagging beside her, Samira kept listening with interest. The meal went on for a long time. It was not until Gulitem had eaten everything on the table that the children started to clean it up.
table.
The grandma, who was still chatting with each other, pulled Samira back to her room.
Surdak took the initiative to check up on Grandma. Grandma was in good health. Apart from the gradual deterioration of her body functions due to her age, there were basically no major problems.
Surdak walked out and went to check on the children who were bathing at the pool outside.
There was a lot of noise in the yard for a while.
…
Samira sat next to Mammy's bed. This small room was the smallest room at the edge of the stairs on the second floor. There was only one window and a bed in the room. A dilapidated wooden cabinet was hidden behind the door. Samira lived here.
When I was young, my grandma lived in this room.
Grandma was lying on the bed, leaning against the wall at the head of the bed, and said happily:
"My Samira has finally grown up and found someone she likes."
There was a hint of exhaustion in her voice, and it was obvious that it was very difficult for her to manage this group of children.
Usually the older children are in charge of the younger children, but recently, the older children have been a bit busy.
The taro fruits in the entire Wozhimala City are ripe. The children need to squat on every street, try to grab more fruits, and then sell these fruits for money. This is the shelter's very small income.
source.
Grandma asked curiously: "How is it? Is he good to you?"
Samira tucked the broken hair behind her ear, a ripple flashed in her light red eyes.
"I know him. There are still many people in the city talking about him, saying that he saved many people at that time. The quality of such a person should not be too bad. I think there must be many women around him, right?"
Ma said to Samira in a low voice.
Samira frowned, looking a little melancholy, and shook her head slightly.
"What? He doesn't like women?" Grandma asked with a shocked look on her face.
Samira shook her head and whispered: "It's true that he likes women, but he is a very self-disciplined person, and he has a very strange idea in his heart."
"Weird idea?" The wrinkles on Grandma's face gathered together.
Samira thought for a while and then said: "He prefers monogamy. Having more wives will make him feel more guilty."
"This idea is really...I heard that some elves are like this." Mammy told Samira quietly.
Then he asked her: "Then what do you think?"
"I want to marry him." Samira said without hesitation.
The old grandma put her arms around Samira's shoulders and said with great relief: "This is my Samira. Be brave and pursue your own happiness. Right, you must be brave!"
"Um!"
The two of them just cuddled together, looking through the window at the silent night outside.
…
It is quite hard to check the health of these children.
The disabilities suffered by some children in the last war cannot be changed now. Unless they can become warriors and their bodies have the most basic carrying capacity, new limbs can be transplanted to them by relying on the theories of Ferdinand scholars.
It can be seen that the children in the shelter are very optimistic and have great visions for the future.
Many children hope that they can become great warriors and travel around the world like their eldest sister, Samira.
They even asked Surdak very curiously: 'What kind of strength do you have to be like the eldest sister Samira...'
Suldak thought for a while, pointed to the wooden fence a hundred meters away, and told them: 'If you want to be an excellent marksman, you must at least be able to shoot the pumpkin hanging on the fence...'
The older children immediately became excited. They secretly had some homemade wooden bows and arrows, and everyone was eager to try them.
Unfortunately, the wooden arrows shot by everyone can only fly more than thirty meters at most.
For a while, the lamentations of children kept coming from the yard...
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