Time is like air, you can't see it but you can feel it.
It's been three years since Foxy and Reilly made the deal.
Donghai, Windmill Village.
"Sister Lujiu, Ace has gone to Dadan's house in Houshan again, and is now being chased by Dadan."
In a peaceful village, a girl with short dark green hair ran into a happy tavern wearing a light blue dress.
"Hey, isn't this Maggie?"
In the living room of the tavern, several villagers were drinking, and they smiled when they saw the girl who broke in.
Behind the bar is a woman with a gentle smile, long wavy orange hair tied up with a hairband, and a few freckles on her cheeks.
"Maggie, take a break before talking."
Lujiu poured a glass of juice for Maggie with a smile on her face.
Sitting on the stool, Maggie gulped down the juice and let out a big breath, saying, "Ace went to Dadan's place to cause trouble again and is being taught a lesson by Dadan. Go and see!"
"oh."
Lu Jiu wiped the plate with a very calm expression.
No panic at all.
"Lujiu-san, here's a glass of beer."
At this time a guest raised his hand.
"Come right away."
Turning around to take a bottle of beer from the wine rack, Lu Jiu looked at Maggie with a smile, "Excuse me."
"All right!"
Maggie opened her mouth and finally left the bar with her drink.
"Uncle Turk, just drink here during the day. Be careful if you go back at night and get scolded by your aunt."
Putting the wine in front of the guests, Maggie scolded.
"Haha... I've been taught a lesson."
Some of the people drinking around looked at the angry Maggie and laughed.
Behind the bar, Lujiu put down her plate and looked at the noisy scene, shook her head and took off her apron.
"Maggie, I'll leave this to you. I'll go to the back mountain to have a look."
"Sister Lujiu, wrap it up on me."
Maggie was too lazy to argue with these drunkards, so she skillfully picked up the apron from behind the bar and put it on.
At the same time, Lu Jiu left the tavern and walked towards the back mountain.
Three years ago, Lujiu gave birth to Ace on the Chambord Islands, but she still informed Garp six months later.
For this reason, Garp and Reilly had a fight and got drunk that night.
The next day, Garp took Lujiu and Ace to Windmill Village.
Garp has always abided by his agreement with Roger, but because of Foxy, Luju survived, so the issue of raising Ace must be Luju herself.
Lujiu opened this tavern when she came to Windmill Village and got along very well with the villagers here.
It's just that Ace is a bit naughty. Although he is only three years old, his ability to cause trouble is not comparable to that of ordinary children.
This is completely contrary to the original work. Ultimately, it may be because Lujiu is still there.
During the past three years, Rayleigh would sometimes come to Windmill Village to stay for a few days, along with Garp.
But Garp really raised Ace as his grandson. He always wanted to be Roger's father and asked Ace to call him grandpa, but Ace always called him old man.
Ace was beaten by Garp a lot because of this incident.
As a mother, Lujiu treated Ace as if he were free-range, and everything went as it should.
Strictly speaking, Lujiu was pregnant with Ace for three months longer. Although Foxy intervened to allow Ace to be born early, Lujiu still suppressed it for three months before that.
Therefore, Esluju’s body was not in good shape after giving birth.
There is a group of bandits in the mountains behind Windmill Village. This was prepared by Garp in advance for the purpose of raising Ace.
But because Lujiu was still alive, it was put on hold, but the two sides had not been happy to meet each other since Ace could crawl.
The two sides became familiar with each other after going back and forth. Ace would come here to cause trouble no matter what, and the bandits were also very aggressive and never really harmed Ace.
At most, she would spread her buttocks, and Lujiu wouldn't say anything.
After all, the bandits are often the nannies of Ace, so in order to thank these bandits, Lujiu drinks in the tavern for free.
However, these bandits were very courageous and never took free food. In the end, Lujiu had no choice but to give these guys a discount.
Walking on the back mountain trail, there are various wild flowers blooming on both sides of the road. When entering the woods, there is no so-called darkness. On the contrary, I feel the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers.
The sunlight casts through the cracks in the branches, and a breeze blows from time to time, making it extraordinarily quiet and intoxicating.
Lu Jiu liked this place very much. It would be great if that man was still alive.
At the end of the trail, there was a cluster of wooden houses, which were buzzing with noise.
"Asshole Ace, I just washed the clothes."
In the open space, a series of wooden racks were on the ground, and the clothes that had not been dried on them were all covered with mud.
Not far away, a fat woman with orange curly hair was washing clothes in a wooden basin with a cigarette in her mouth. Then a little doll crawled out of the wooden house, followed by several pirates chasing her.
During the fight, the clothes I finally washed and ready to dry were all scattered.
"Boss, Ace did it on purpose."
Panting, several bandits looked at the obese woman with fiery eyes and trembled all over.
"Dadan, come and catch me!"
Little Ace, who was only three years old, was making faces and pointing his butt at Dadan.
"Asshole Ace, if you don't wash off all these clothes for me today, I want you to look good."
With an angry face, Dadan looked around, picked up the wooden stick on the ground and immediately chased Ace.
"Catch me if you can."
Very nimble, Ace used his short legs to hide behind other bandits.
"Boss."
"Asshole Ace, use us as a shield."
There was a flurry of activity, and many bandits were whipped out by Dadan's stick, and fell to the ground groaning in pain.
While running and making faces, Ace didn't even look at the road, and ended up bumping into someone.
"Who dares to block my way?"
As soon as he got up, Ace's milky voice was very arrogant.
"Hey, Lujiu."
Dadan, who was holding a wooden stick behind him, looked at Lujiu and said hello.
"Dadan."
Lujiu glanced at Ace, who had his head lowered and felt guilty, and looked at Dadan with a smile.
"Why are you here?"
Lu Jiu bent over and grabbed Ace by the collar, and walked towards Dadan. "Just now Maggie said that Ace got into trouble again. You don't need to look at my face next time. As long as you catch him, you can beat him as you like, as long as he is not maimed or killed."
"Since you said so, then hey..."
Dadan looked at Ace, who was shrugging his head, with a sinister smile.
"Am I your biological child?"
Ace became anxious when he saw that Lujiu not only refused to help him but also asked Dadan to teach him a lesson.
"You are so naughty and mischievous when you are only three years old. You will definitely get into trouble in the future. Who else taught you to be so rude and not even call your mother?"
It was easy to lift Esti in front of her, and Lujiu had a smile on her face.
As soon as Ace saw this smile, his heart skipped a beat.
"Mom, I was wrong."
In the end, Ace succumbed to Lujiu's smile.
"You still know you were wrong?"
Lujiu covered her mouth with a surprised expression, which made Ace's face turn red with embarrassment and anger.
"Although you are my mother, you cannot insult me like this."
"Oh, little Ace has quite a bit of backbone."
The bandits around him were laughing, and some were even wiping their tears.
"Damn it, how dare you laugh at me, just wait for me."
"Come and beat us if you can!"
All the bandits were making faces like Ace just now...