Yin Hong

Ever since people felt the chilling wind sweeping from the north for the first time, the entire city of Jerez has been shrouded in a layer of ice-like cold temperature.Both gentlemen and ladies wore heavy smoke-gray robes. The hoods or hoods on the robes tightly wrapped their hair and ears, and the collars were turned up high to cover their lips. Only a pair of eyes and a nose exhaling white gas were left exposed.

The sheep’s wool that was shaved in the summer has all grown back. They hide in their own small wooden pens on the farm, huddled together in threes and fives, rubbing against each other to keep warm, and the firewood is burned under the relatively strong roof. These lambs and horses are not warm enough to freeze.

Albert returned as promised, before the snow fell on the top of the mountain, and when he returned, his expression was as usual, and he was silent about his long journey.Of course, Yawen didn't intend to ask, he was used to his brother's numerous little secrets, he wasn't interested, and these little secrets were harmless, so he never tried too much, keeping an appropriate and warm distance.

Charlotte was very happy, and she had been busy for several days, preparing to invite the Leovis family to dinner this evening in her cozy little room-in the They had just had a good dinner last night at Leovis's big estate.

"This is not the same. There is a big gap between the big stone house and our small wooden house. Don't you think our little home is very warm?" Albert complained that his mother was too keen on During the dinner, Charlotte retorted him very dissatisfied, "Look at our fireplace, it is so close to the dining table, which is something you can't experience in those big cold houses."

"I don't think so at all." Albert whispered back.He made a grimace at his brother who stood aside but smiled, and then walked out with a whip whip.

He came back a little thinner this time, and his originally round face finally seemed to have some sharp edges and corners. He looked older and more mature than before, and his height had also risen again. Not much difference.

It has been five or six months since the last time we parted. During this time, Yawen and Andre went to many different places together and visited many long-lost friends. Business is also booming, and everything keeps flowing on track.

And in these days that passed like a running elf in a blink of an eye, Sancerre evaporated like the morning dew, and he never appeared within the range of Jerez City again. It is like a supporting role in a certain story, giving full play to its own value, and then slowly fading out of the reader's sight, disappearing with countless unsolved mysteries.

Yawen thought, Andre should have found out a lot of news about that Flores Mohola, but he didn't take the initiative to mention any of these things. Yawen knew that he was waiting Ask yourself a question, or if you don’t have a particularly deep obsession, you don’t want to continue this matter—after all, Andre still doesn’t want him to continue to fall into this bottomless whirlpool middle.

But in fact, Yawen was just too busy during this time, so busy that he didn't want to hear anything else that would make him even more headache.

A good teacher and helpful friend of Andre and Catherine in the past, Mr. Yoyolan Milewafort from France, for some unknown reasons, found Alvin's father, Abt, and left many commissions, all of which were These detailed charts are extremely difficult to complete.He came in a hurry and asked for it urgently. The amount of information on these charts was so great that Abt could not complete them within the time required by him alone, because these sea areas were so remote that Abt and Charlotte For several days in a row, Dee buried herself in the sea of ​​books in the library, flipping through the materials non-stop.

After returning from another voyage, Yawen saw this terrible picture. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he took the initiative to share some of it for his parents, so that they only need to search for information, draw and make charts. All done in his spare time on board.In this way, they finally handed over all the thick and heavy stacks of sea charts to Mr. Millaiwafort within the stipulated time.

Yawen seldom endured such a heavy workload. He fell asleep in the small navigation room several times. Sinna was shocked when he found out for the first time. He was surprised and funny at the same time. He: "It turns out that Mr. Bonardi Duran, who is omnipotent in our eyes, will be so tired that he dozes off during working hours? In case of a sudden storm, I can't afford to command Wrong responsibility."

Yawen himself was a little dumbfounded, but he rushed to complete the charts before returning to Spain.Mr. Mile Wofort left in a hurry after getting the chart, and he didn't know what kind of busy work or important things it was, which made such a calm writer lose his demeanor.

This is what happened two weeks ago, and in the following two weeks, Yawen was a little unaccustomed to leisure.The goods to be transported have been handed over, so Andre gave all the sailors a long vacation, allowing them to accompany their families to church to pray and quietly wait for the arrival of Christmas Eve. Except for some small business matters that still need to be dealt with, Even the captain, who had always buried his head in the pile of documents, was idle.

"This kind of contrast is really unbearable." Sitting on the stone steps in front of his house, Yawen sighed to Andre who was standing beside him, "I think my brain is too fast to react. coming."

"You should enjoy this time, and you will be busy again soon." Andre was unceremonious as always, without any intention of comforting him, "I received a new one from Napoli two days ago. The invitation letter from the Chamber of Commerce, I hope we can go and have a look."

"It's all trivial things. Naples is so close, so it's still within the range of my cognition. Don't let anything like 'Polar Seagull Peninsula' and 'Southern Region of the Mollerus Sea' appear again." I haven’t even heard of the position.” Yawen smiled wryly, “I finally realized how big this world is.”

Andre was still standing beside him steadily, but Yawen could clearly hear him humming. Although the sound was so soft that it was hardly noticeable, it could still be distinguished in this quiet winter day.

"Don't laugh, I'm not curious about what Mr. Miller Wafort wants to do, I'm just simply surprised by the appearance of these charts after completion." Yawen shook his head twice, "After all are completed , we found that this should be an extremely vast sea area, but it was forcibly divided into so many small sections, the details are unimaginable."

"How detailed?"

Yawen thought for a while, and said: "In detail, you can even count how many bird's nests can be built on a small island in this sea area." After he finished speaking, he laughed first, "What a strange metaphor .”

"Not surprising." Andre said, "I can imagine it."

"That's good." Yawen looked up at Andre's face from bottom to top, and asked, "Where's Catherine?"

"Stay with the mother, they come over with the father at night."

"I heard that she met a young nobleman in the library my parents often go to, and she has a pretty good relationship now, right?" Yawen smiled maliciously, "If it's really me If you think like that—I'm waiting for the day when he is maimed by you."

"Why do you think so?"

"Others may not be able to see it, but I definitely know it." Yawen stood up with his hands on the ground, patted the dust behind him, then looked at Andre from the left side and said, "You are a cold-faced and warm-hearted captain. , I don’t know how much I love this little sister at home.”

Andre squinted his eyes and looked back at him, "Do you have a position to accuse me?"

"Of course - if you're referring to Albert." Yawen's smile is rarely so hearty, perhaps it's really because the two days of leisure have brought him a good mood, making his whole body feel refreshed Very happy, "It is because I love my naughty and disobedient brother from the bottom of my heart that I can understand you so thoroughly."

Andre finally followed him with a chuckle, walked into the room with Yawen's shoulders on his shoulders.This fusion of feelings has gradually become stronger with the passage of time, just like brothers whose blood is thicker than water.

In the evening, Catherine accompanied her parents to Yawen's house on time. Many people gathered around the small table, the flames in the fireplace were crackling and dancing, and there was indeed an indescribable feeling of warmth in the air. drifting.Charlotte cooked a large pot of carefully prepared vegetable soup, which was her specialty, and many different kinds of meat slices and fruits were placed on the table.

It's just that seeing the Leovis couple, who have always paid attention to etiquette, squeezed together in front of the small table with them, Yawen always felt a little funny.Of course he didn't change much on the surface, but when others weren't paying attention, he winked at the big category, and expressed his thoughts without hesitation.

Andre took a sip of the fragrant fruit juice and nodded his approval.

The dinner officially started after Catherine gave a cheer.The cold wind outside the house does not penetrate into this small wooden house at all, and the strong wood blocks all the cold outside the house.

Yawen accidentally glanced at the gradually darkening sky outside the window, and felt his heartbeat inexplicably sped up a little bit, like an unknown throb, echoing in the valley of his mind.

☆、Chapter 037