little gentleman

Early next morning Bilbo and Gandalf were ready to go.Before leaving, Bilbo refused the request of the three young hobbits to go with him, and told Sam to take care of the house.

"Mr. Baggins, let me go with you, Mordor is dangerous." Sam begged Bilbo to take him with him.

"It's enough to have Gandalf with me, and everything can be solved," Bilbo disagreed. "You have to watch this house carefully. If you go too, Bag End will really become Circleville. The Baggins family!"

"But I'm worried about you, and Mr Frodo," said Sam worriedly.

"I'll write to you at the coaching station and keep you informed, and if Frodo is found I'll be the first to tell you," promised Bilbo.

"What about us? Can we follow?" asked Pippin.

"You two are doing me a favor by staying at home and not getting lost!" ordered Bilbo, "and stop running around!"

"I can stay in Bag End and help Sam," Merry said.

"I'll stay too, and I can go to my aunt to inquire about it, maybe it will be helpful." Pippin said proudly.

Bilbo rolled his eyes helplessly: "There are a lot of fresh peaches in the storage room, don't eat them all at once!" Maybe it's okay for the three little guys to stay in Bag End, at least they won't cause him any more trouble trouble.

So Bilbo and Gandalf set off together, and the three young hobbits watched them go.After the figure of the far traveler disappeared at the end of the green field, the three returned to the round green gate of Bag End.

Like all hobbit dwellings, Bag End was well stocked with good food and good ingredients, and Bilbo, being a well-to-do hobbit, had several hoards in his hole, and food was especially plentiful.Pippin and Merry, having nothing else to do, set about getting their lunch ready, and they were delighted to have plenty of fresh peaches in the house, as Bilbo said--a hobbit can provide food even in such distressed times. happy.

Sam fetched letters and newspapers, and he shook out the newspapers like Bilbo, hoping to find something useful, but he only saw the following news on the front page——"A Scandal in the Royal Family: Mirkwood" Trapped by love, the prince elopes with his civilian lover."

"'Civilian lover', look at this sarcasm!" Sam clicked his tongue in disapproval.

"At least I didn't write the name. Anyway, the main victims of this scandal are the Mirkwood royal family." Merri thought that readers' attention would be focused on Legolas.

"But Mr. Frodo is easy to hurt out there," said Sam angrily, "and if I ever meet that Prince Legolas again, I'll spank his ass!"

"Although you're tall enough to spank him, I advise you not to try it," Merry said. "He's a pretty good fighter!"

Suddenly someone knocked on the door of Bag End. Judging from the eagerness of the knock, the guest was extremely anxious.

Pippin went to open the door, and it was his aunt who rushed in. She hugged Pippin and said, "Oh! My little Pippin! Let me see poor Mr. Baggins!"

"Bilbo is gone, and you won't see him for a few days," Pippin told his aunt.

"My God! How can this work!" My aunt hurried into the living room, sat down on Bilbo's favorite chair, moistened her throat with tea, and chattered: "I still have something to say to Ba Jin Mr. S said: Those foreigners are the most unreliable! Has Mr. Baggins forgotten how poor the only girl in Hotton who fell in love with foreigners is? She ran outside with that human boy and was cruelly abandoned La!" she said, wiping her eyes with her handkerchief.

Pippin hastened to refill a cup of tea for his aunt, lest the excited woman should be too angry to talk too much.

The aunt gasped, and before the three of them could answer, she went on like a cannonball, "It's over for Frodo now, and he'll be sold by that elf! To some dreadful Orc, perhaps! They'll sell him The hobbits were chained up, and went down to the mines of gems! Oh, I can't imagine!"

"Don't worry, Frodo will not go digging, Bilbo will chase him back." Merry comforted Pippin's aunt.

"Mr. Baggins? He's a brave hobbit, but he can't do anything! He's bound to fight the elf and be killed! Oh! what a misfortune! The property will be auctioned off when he's dead." , I think I have to buy these beautiful chairs from him, and I can't let those stupid guys ruin them!" The aunt cried and looked at the chairs one by one, as if to ensure the safety of her future property.

At last Sam reassured that the chair would not be bought by anyone else, and my aunt reassured herself, and left sighing, claiming that she would visit some more friends and tell them about the misfortune at Bag End.

"A very kind woman," said Sam, "but I think she might as well not come."

Pippin and Merry felt the same way, and all three found it a nuisance to have visitors at such an hour.

However, as people wish, there are always some unwelcome guests who come uninvited.

The next morning, Sam and Merry were in the garden together, and Sam was tending the plants, and Merry cut some blooming flowers for the vases.

There was a sound of hoofbeats from far to near, and the two looked up, and saw a small carriage driving towards Bag End.

"My God! Isn't that Rosso Sackville Baggins? I don't want to see him!" cried Merry.

But it was too late, the carriage stopped in front of the two of them, Rosso got out of the carriage awkwardly, almost fell face down on the ground.He staggered and stood firm, pretending to say hello to the two of them.

Sam and Merry had to welcome the nasty creature into the house, and Rosso took the best place in the drawing-room, while the other three hobbits sat opposite him, and Merry sat furthest away from him.

"I've heard the dreadful thing," said Rosso quickly. "It's a shame! My wife and I think Cousin Frodo's shameless behavior is a family misfortune. It's not just Frodo Cousin Luo Duo’s crimes will also affect the rest of you, just imagine which decent family is willing to marry your family? I deeply sympathize with this!”

Sam said dumbfoundingly: "Thank you for your concern."

Rosso is still gushing: "As a man with a decent job, I know the importance of reputation. Once this precious wealth is lost, it cannot be retrieved. Dear cousins, there is such a shameless Brother let your reputation be discredited, no one will respect you anymore, all educated people will leave you, even if they see you, they will detour, because any relationship with you will get a bad reputation, this It's really unfortunate! Thinking of my ill-considered marriage proposal last year, I can't help feeling very scared!"

Sam finally couldn't bear it anymore, he stood up and gave the order to evict: "Mr. Rosso, as you said, you are a man with a decent job. You should keep yourself clean and stay away from families with a bad reputation. So I'm afraid you shouldn't stay for a long time, you might as well leave as soon as possible Let's go!"

Rosso woke up like a dream. He stood up like an electric shock, as if the chair he was sitting on just now was not clean: "You are very right, Cousin Sam! Thank you for your kind reminder. I think I have to go. How many of you are there?" Take care!"

The three hobbits sent Rosso out, and Rosso triumphantly got into his carriage and drove away.

When Rosso's carriage was far away, the three of them turned around and walked back. Meili couldn't help complaining, "This damn guy! He's just here for a joke!"

"Oh, he's not the only one who sees the joke, let them go." Sam didn't care about these boring people. The only thing he cared about now was whether he could hear from Bilbo.

While the people of Hobbiton were speculating wildly about what happened at Bag End, the owner of Bag End was on a journey that had nothing to do with pleasure.

"Gandalf, why are we taking the stagecoach? We're days behind them, and wouldn't it be slower?" Bilbo said anxiously.

"The stagecoach is the quickest way, Bilbo," said Gandalf, "and when we get to the next station we shall have to go on foot, which will be much slower."

"Can we stop them before they get to Mordor? Is there no shortcut?" asked Bilbo.

"Of course there is a shortcut, and this is the one we are going to take, and I think they took the same way," said Gandalf. Frodo will be slow."

"Can't we ride horses—ponies, I mean," asked Bilbo, "and how are we going to keep up with them on foot?"

"There will be a way, Bilbo," said Gandalf confidently. "It won't be stuffed into your head, but it will be laid out on the road for you to discover."

Bilbo was trying to figure out the relation between the way and his head, while the stagecoach had reached the last stage.

"Come on, Bilbo, it's time for us to get off," Gandalf reminded.

The post station is very chaotic. Passengers going in various directions gather here, stay here, and then rush to their respective destinations.Bilbo felt dazzled, and it was easy to get lost in this place, and he could not help worrying: What if Frodo and Legolas were separated by accident?He'll be overwhelmed with people coming and going in no time!

Bilbo secretly looked at the people passing by, and he saw almost all the races in Middle-earth, the most frightening thing was a half-orc with a hideous face!But it seemed that this half-orc didn't want to kill people. He kept looking at his pocket watch, obviously he was just on his way.

When Bilbo looked back for Gandalf, he found that the figure of the white-bearded old wizard had disappeared behind the crowd. Bilbo didn't dare to wander around, so he could only stay where he was and wait for Gandalf to come back.

Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded from behind: "Mr. Baggins, why are you here?"

Bilbo turned his head and saw that it was Gimli: "Gimli? You...why are you here?"

When Jin Li spoke, his beard flicked: "I guess, we may be for the same thing..."

Before Gimli could finish speaking, a surprised voice interrupted him: "Bilbo?"

When Bilbo looked up, Thorin was standing right in front of him, watching him closely.

"Mr Thorin..." Bilbo looked at the dwarf in surprise.

Gandalf came back just at this time: "I just found out that the road to the south is clear, and we can start after we have something to eat."

Seeing Thorin and Gimli, Gandalf smiled knowingly: "Ah, it seems that we have two more traveling companions."

"Hello, Gandalf." Thorin nodded slightly.

"Hello, dear dwarf friends, welcome to our team." Gandalf said with a smile.

"No, you guys joined our team," Jin Li corrected, "I got the news before you, so I was the first to decide to chase that stupid elf!"

Thorin nodded, and said to Bilbo, "Gimli came to Rivendell to find me after you returned to the Shire, and that's where we started."

Gandalf winked at Bilbo: "Look, the solution is waiting for us on the road!"