Evetrona's old stories

As soon as the sound of the violin was played, the voices of the surrounding whispers stopped abruptly. This song is similar to the Celtic style, with a tempo of about 130BPM, and it sounds cheerful and melodious.

Ye Fei was stunned listening to it, she was used to listening to the harps and drums in taverns, and this was the first time she heard the violin solo version.The same piece of music is played by two instruments, one can remind people of a group of laughing and toasting people around the wine table, while the other - which is Eve's version now, Ye Fei can imagine a completely different scene from the past: she seems to be able to see a scene of a girl in festive costume jumping and walking in the golden wheat field in the afterglow of the setting sun. ...

Ye Fei came back to her senses, and the smile in her mind overlapped with Eve's face at the moment.

"She's really talented." Ye Fei sighed, and she sighed softly.

"You're not bad, what you lack is self-confidence." Seeing that her companion was feeling a little lost, Shirley leaned over and put her shoulder to shoulder, "Look at her, she seems to be very happy no matter what she does. Very focused, I remember when you practiced piano with your uncle when you were young, you always put on a bad face..."

"I wish I could have worked harder then."

"It's not too late now. I'll practice with you when we get back. When we're free, we'll go to the slope of Dongshan Mountain. You can carry the piano on your back. For me, I'll bring some delicious food..." Shirley held Ye Fei's hand and comforted her.

After the song was over, everyone present applauded. Eve also let out a long sigh of relief. She seemed to feel that her performance just now was not bad. Blinked.

"What a child..." Ye Fei muttered.

"Why, the unyielding Ye Fei appeared?" Shirley raised her eyebrows and teased.

Ye Fei seemed a little unhappy and didn't answer the conversation.Seeing this, Shirley put her arms around her arm and shook it twice.

At this moment, a muffled sound came from not far away, which attracted the attention of the girls in the backyard. Eve also looked over there, and she saw Luge walking out of the back door of the villa with a gloomy face.

"Sorry!" He obviously didn't know that there were people in the backyard. Seeing a group of girls staring at him, he knew that he was disturbing them, so he bowed slightly to them.

"Is that Luge?" Shirley looked at the man in the straight clothes not far away in surprise, and shook Ye Fei beside her, "Why did he become so dark?"

"Blown by the sea breeze." Ye Fei said, "I heard that he circled the whole mainland."

They were talking in a low voice, and Eve, who was sitting in the center, put Qin aside, stood up and trotted towards Ruger.

"She wears such high heels and walks so fast!" Ye Fei exclaimed when she saw Eve's shoes exposed under her skirt.

Shirley glared at her and motioned her to keep her voice down.

They saw Eve walking up to Ruger.

"Hello..." Luge greeted her very cautiously, "Eve...sister?" He scratched the back of his head and said tentatively.

Eve nodded at him, "Can we have a chat alone?"

"Of course." Luge looked at her suspiciously.

So the two went to a shade tree near the backyard. They can still see the crowd in the backyard from a distance, but no one will hear their conversation.

Under a tall and lush oak tree, Eve propped up the trunk with one hand. After Luge followed and stood still, she asked him straight to the point: "Have you had a fight with Mochi?"

Luge's eyes widened, apparently unprepared for Eve's question. He was taken aback for a moment, and replied: "There was no quarrel, to be precise, I came out before we had time to quarrel...how do you know?"

"I guessed it when I saw you when you came out. Did you upset him because you told him you were going to go to sea again?" Eve continued to ask.

"How do you know?" Luge didn't even realize that he said this sentence twice. He couldn't care less about being polite at the moment, so he took two steps and approached Eve, and then asked, "Who told you?"

When Luge approached, Eve thought he was going to fight her, and was even thinking about whether to avoid or fight back.But Ruge didn't intend to be rough, and even realized that his behavior was not very polite, so he took a small step back with an apology while asking the question.

"It's a guess." Eve said, "I just think that if you have a conflict with Maoqi, it's most likely an old problem. Moreover, sometimes when you write a letter, Nanfen will let me read it with Minxi, so I generally know what you are doing. You combine archeology and natural history in order to reverse the picture of marine civilization in the last era. If you want to write a more comprehensive book based on this, you need to go to the old New World."

New Continent is the old name of Qiyangzhou.

When Ruge heard her words, he didn't know whether it was because of excitement or shock, and his voice trembled, "You are right... I am indeed going to Qiyangzhou, but I haven't disclosed this matter to Mao Qi, and I haven't told anyone. It's just an idea."

"Then why did you quarrel with him?" Eve asked suspiciously.

"I said that I would go to a certain college in another place for a period of discussion and exchange, but Mochi didn't agree with me going out. He wanted me to stay in Kriging, and he didn't even allow me to go to the east of Kriging. I'm already an adult, and I don't plan to use my family's money..." Ruger's words were full of complaints.

"I understand." Eve smiled helplessly, "I heard from others that when he was young, he used to run all over the world, wherever it was dangerous, but now, he doesn't go anywhere, and eats differently with those bad old men in the city all day long, and even his stomach has gained weight. He is like this himself, and he wants you to be like this too."

"Yes, that's right!" Luge agreed with her words very much.

"However, he's not all wrong. Mao Qi only considers the problem from his point of view, which is a bit unreasonable. You think he is selfish, but you are also ill-considered."

Ruge had been nodding his head in agreement when he heard her speak, but he frowned at the end.

"I know he is worried about my safety. He complained that I didn't learn martial arts and magic from him at the beginning, and now I don't even have the ability to protect myself when I encounter an accident. He always wants to control me, saying that he can avoid detours, but If you ask me, he is not helping his son, he wants to get into my head and live it again!" Luge said emotionally, pointing to his head.

"So, some conflicts are difficult to reconcile, and you will encounter many more in the future." Although Eve is small, she looks like someone who has experienced it at this time. Hearing what she said, Ruge suddenly felt agitated for no reason.

"Since it's difficult to reconcile, what should we do?" Ruger said, "You called me here, do you have an idea?"

"If you really want to resolve conflicts, you must make some compromises..."

"I can't compromise." Luger interrupted her. "I can run out once, and I can run a second time."

"Then I'll file a complaint with Nanfen and ask her to lock you at home." Eve said.

"You..." Ruge glared at her, as if he was about to speak harshly, but when the words came to his lips, he just sighed and said weakly: "You can't do this."

"Are you confident in your research?" Eve asked him.

"Of course I have confidence." Luge straightened his back again, "I have gained a lot on the east coast of Heiyuzhou, and Qiyangzhou is the last piece of the puzzle. I can guarantee that if I can After a few years of research in Europe, we will definitely get some sensational discoveries.”

"Then why don't you start writing now, just write about your discoveries and ideas in Heiyuzhou, and save those in Qiyangzhou for later."

"How can it be done? If there is no part of Qiyangzhou, the inference can only be an inference. If there is insufficient evidence, not many people will go to see it."

"It's fine that Maoqi is watching." Eve said, "You have to let him know that you are doing business. If he doesn't read it, I will find a way to let him read it. Moreover, writing in advance is also good for your own career."

"What's the benefit?"

"Suppose you insisted on going to Qiyangzhou, and stayed there for two years. Suddenly, one day, an urgent letter went around and finally arrived in your hands. Your friend said in the letter that someone in your circle also went around Heiyuzhou and came to the same inference as you. This person immediately wrote a short paper, which attracted the attention of the academic world. And you have worked so hard for so many years, but in the end you can only contribute to other people's theories, and the other party doesn't even need to personally Go to Qiyangzhou to verify it, because someone has already done it for him."

"How is this possible..." Hearing these words, Ruge was a little dazed. He was thinking about the possibility of this matter, and walked around Eve and the tree unconsciously. All dizzy.

You can imagine how flustered he is right now.

"Go and write now." Eve advised him.

"I have to start writing right away." Ruger finally stopped, talking almost at the same time as Eve.In fact, when he was circling, he was already thinking about how to start writing for a while.

He left in a hurry, stopped halfway, turned his head and bowed to Eve, said "excuse me", and trotted towards the villa.

The conversation between Eve and Luge was not long, and on the other side, Ye Fei and Shirley had been keeping an eye on them.

"What are they talking about? Why did Ruger run away?" Seeing Ruger returning to the villa, Shirley felt curious.

"The two seem to be very different from each other." Ye Fei said, "He even bowed?"

"It's true that the two of them haven't met a lot. As for Luge, I've heard people say that he bows when he sees everyone. I don't know where he developed the habit." Shirley's eyes still stayed on Yi who was in the distance. Eve, she said, "Why is Eve still standing there, let's go up and have a look?"

"No, maybe she wants to be alone?" Ye Fei said.

"Don't worry about it, let's go." Shirley took Ye Fei's hand and walked towards the forest where Eve was.

Ye Fei couldn't resist her, so she put Eve's violin in a box and ran towards Eve together with Shirley. The others wanted to follow after seeing the actions of the two, but the two moved very quickly, almost as if they were sprinting. Due to the need to maintain their image, the rest followed a few steps and returned angrily. They pointed out the behavior of the two wild children, and the topic returned to attractions, dresses and food.

Just as Eve was about to take off her high heels, she saw someone running towards her, so she stood up straight and waited for them to come.

The two stopped in front of Eve panting, and Shirley turned her head and glanced behind her. Seeing that no one followed, she was relieved.

"Hello—" Shirley was still panting heavily, and she managed to maintain a steady tone. Seeing Eve smiling and nodding at her, she introduced herself and her cousin to Eve, "My name is Shirley Lange, and her name is Yefei Xilinsi. We saw you standing here just now, so we followed."

"Hello." Eve said, "I'm just a little tired, so I rested here for a while."

"It's really boring over there, isn't it? In fact, we're not very used to such an occasion." Shirley glanced at the crowd in the distance, and winked at Eve with a smile, "I saw that you didn't seem very interested when you played the violin just now."

Eve glanced at Shirley, and suddenly remembered that she was the girl who gave her notation just now, so she said, "I like your notation very much, it's quite different from the popular style now."

"It was written by Ye Fei's uncle. It's called "Wine in Autumn."

Eve's eyes fell on the girl beside her, and Ye Fei held the piano box in her arms and handed it to Eve.

"Let's sit in the back for a while." Eve took the piano, put it on her back, and walked towards the hillside, Shirley and Ye Fei also followed.

After passing through a small forest, they reached the back side of the low slope.A few years ago, Mao Qi had planted some flowers and plants here, and now it has become lush and lush. Among these plants, Eve's favorite is a kind of gramineous plant with a light blue color called "Moon Moon Cloud".

Eve brushed away clumps of vegetation and walked on a hidden pebble path. At the end of the road was a big tree. Under the dense branches and leaves of the big tree, there were a few scattered wooden chairs and a low table. , Eve took out a brush from the waterproof bag placed under the big tree, and swept the fallen leaves and dust off the chairs and tables.She put the piano case on the table and invited them to sit down.

"If someone sneaked over here, Nanfen might have to say a few words about me." Eve said, "It happens that you are with me, and I can be blatantly lazy."

The trees here are shady, the flowers and plants are lush, and the autumn wind blows, you can hear the rustling sound, and there are fallen leaves and flowers falling from time to time.

"Haha, Aunt Biao is indeed a strict person." Shirley said, "I remember when she brought Minxi to our house when she was young, she scolded Xiao Minxi in front of everyone and made us all jump. Ye Fei, do you still remember this incident?"

"Of course I remember. Wasn't it because of you? You took her to Dongshan to play, and she was covered in mud. If it wasn't because she was still smiling, I would have thought she was being bullied by you." Ye Fei looked at Eve when she said this.

"I was not very old at the time. At that time, I thought that the only fun place in the backcountry here was in the mountains." Shirley laughed.

"Where are you from?" Eve asked.

"Near Liuyuan Peninsula, Rozimi Town, there is a special sweet berry, you can come to our place when you have a chance." Ye Fei said, "I will take you to our family's winery when the time comes."

"Does your family have a winery?" Eve's eyes lit up, "Is Luozhen your family's brand?"

Maoqi would bring back the whole carriage of Luozhen berry wine every year, and send boxes to old friends, saying that it was a special product of relatives. Only then did Eve know that the relatives he was talking about turned out to be Nanfen's sisters.

"That's right, it's Luozhen Winery. Uncle Maoqi will reserve some wine at our house every year." Ye Fei was very proud when talking about these.

"Shouldn't he be called Uncle Cousin?" Shirley whispered in her ear.

"I can't tell the difference. The last time I called him cousin, he laughed at him for a long time, and then I kept calling him uncle..."

Eve was listening, and was finally amused by the two sisters.Klickin's titles for relatives are also very detailed. Maoqi is a local, while Nanfen's relatives immigrated from neighboring countries in her previous generation. Therefore, it is reasonable for Ye Fei not to be able to call Maoqi.But Eve doesn't have such troubles, because now she calls everyone by their first name.

Ming Festival Celebration (Part [-])

Eve took off her shoes, hid her feet in her skirt and sat cross-legged on a chair, staring at the two of them.

"I'm really not used to wearing this kind of shoes. It might be a bit novel at first, but then I don't like it more and more." Eve couldn't help explaining because she felt a little guilty after being stared at by the two of them.

"It's very understandable." Shirley said with a smile, "I'm the same way. When I saw this kind of shoes for the first time, I liked them very much. When I was a child, I always liked to run around in my mother's shoes secretly, but when I actually wore them to go out, I realized that these shoes are just for looking good. Ye Fei, what do you think?"

Ye Fei shook her head: "To be honest, I haven't worn it once."

"Really?" Shirley was quite surprised.

"My mother said that I'm not feminine and I'm not suitable for wearing high heels. I actually think so." Ye Fei fiddled with her long brown hair while talking.Both she and Xuelier are relatives of Nanfen, and they can be seen to be somewhat similar in appearance to Nanfen. It can be said that they are quite good-looking, and coupled with their rich family background, the two are actually born as young ladies, not as miserable as Ye Fei herself said.

"Your mother may just think that you are not a lady, but this is not their era, and the advantages they recognize are not looked down upon by young people today." Eve said.

"That's because people nowadays are looking for the bottom line. They look one way in front of people, but another way behind their backs." Shirley raised her chin towards the other side of the hillside, "Ladies don't just want to It’s fine to be polite, shy and weak. I think Eve, you are more ladylike. You are sincere, have a sense of justice, and are knowledgeable. You don’t hide like others. The inside of a lady." After Xue Lier finished speaking, she glanced at Ye Fei beside her, so Ye Fei nodded and agreed.

"I..." Eve was suddenly overwhelmed by a person she just met, and she didn't know whether the other person's words were sincere, so she said, "I don't think these are just for ladies. Some advantages are more like a relatively basic principle of being a person, and... I am not as good as you think. You have just come here not long ago, and you may not have heard many rumors about me. When you hear , it might be a surprise."

"Are you talking about beating people?" Ye Fei's eyes lit up suddenly, and then she felt a slap on the back of her head.

Eve was amused by the two of them again, and couldn't help showing a happy smile. In the eyes of Shirley and Ye Fei, that smile seemed like a golden sunrise that dispelled the morning fog. It was a smile that only a truly carefree person could show.

The three of them chatted for a while, and talked about some innocuous topics, such as the hobbies and specialties of the three of them, such as the food here, such as the Shengming Festival celebration... Afterwards, Eve changed the topic, took out the violin and played a few pieces that she was good at, in order to end this somewhat tiring conversation for her.

"What did you tell Luge just now? He's locked himself in the bedroom now, isn't he thinking about running away from home again?" When she returned, Nanfen put her arm around Eve and asked her. She could feel Nanfen's suppressed anxiety because of the festive atmosphere.

"He probably won't travel far in a short time." Eve whispered in her ear, "I just advised him to sort out and publish the achievements of the past few years, and he agreed. Now he must be writing articles in his room."

"Is he willing to listen to you?" Nanfen asked in surprise. She was pleasantly surprised at first, but then her expression became very bad. Seeing her expression, Eve knew that she was thinking wrong, so she said, "You also know that he can't tolerate anything but his own research results. I also saw this and told him that if you don't publish these results, someone will take advantage of you sooner or later. As a result, when he heard it, he turned his head and left, fearing that others would take the lead."

"Sometimes I really think that Eve in our family is really too smart—how did you find out?" Nan Fen smiled when she heard her explanation, and tapped the bridge of Eve's nose with her finger.

"When he came back empty-handed, I felt a little strange at that time. Maybe all the luggage was left at the house of his friends. In this case, as long as Maoqi speaks, he can leave immediately."

"Is that so?" Nan Fen suddenly said, "His friend named Risk, I have to find someone to ask him what's going on."

When the time came in the evening, the scattered people in the manor gathered towards the villa, preparing to go to the capital to participate in the festival celebration. Ruge still kept himself in the room writing and drawing, no matter who told him to do so. When he came out, it was Eve's insincere mention of the luggage, which made him open the door. He remembered that some important specimens and cultural relics he had collected were still with his friends and had not been retrieved.

The convoy entering the city was also quite large, with more than 20 carriages. Eve and Nanfen sat together. In the same carriage were Shirley and Ye Fei, as well as two other women who were about the same age as Nanfen. After introducing them, Eve found out that these two were the mothers of Shirley and Ye Fei.

The three elders talked non-stop when they met, talking about the conditions of their relatives and friends, anecdotes widely circulated in the local area, their own children and men... when they were talking, no one could get in their mouths. The little ones got together naturally, and Ye Fei got a thin rope out of nowhere—maybe it was a hair rope. She tied a knot at both ends of the rope, and then played a game of flipping the rope. Fei and Shirley are obviously familiar with it, and Eve also quickly went on the road under their silent demonstration.The ropes were exchanged in their hands in different patterns. They didn't speak much, but just passively listened to what the adults around them were talking about. Sometimes Ye Fei's mother would suddenly mention her, saying how she was not worried and worried about her future. Worrying, Ye Fei had no choice but to speak up to defend herself, and then the mother and daughter had a few words of bickering, and finally this topic would be left behind in the laughter of the crowd; Although they also feel that it is not appropriate to talk about it in front of big girls, once the topic starts, they will not be able to help but continue talking. They will lower their voices and speak very cryptically, as if to say It’s like a great secret. Whenever this happens, Shirley and Ye Fei will secretly look at Eve’s expression and look at her reaction with a slightly probing look. They are very curious: How much does the seemingly innocent girl really know?However, Eve is Eve after all, and she can act impeccably—all they saw was her focused expression on the flower rope in her hand, and she didn't seem to hear the conversation between adults?

The night in the capital is very lively.

Music, crowds, lights, flowers, in such a long river of time that is almost eternity for individuals, people stop here, make noise, and give festive rituals and blessings at the short points of the year, waiting for the alternation of the new moon and the old moon.

The loud sounds of traditional wind instruments and percussion instruments resounded all over the streets. The musicians in holy attire sat on parade carriages decorated with flowers and statues, playing the festive music with great vigor and passion. Why are they still stuffed with cotton balls in their ears?

Dakren—Boyun Manor’s convoy arrived at the capital city of Bomeng when it was dark. Maoqi commanded a group of young people to put away the carriage shed and open the originally closed carriage to the open air. People sitting in the carriage could see the street and others could see them.Tonight, almost everyone in the city changed their clothes. There were rich men dressed like peasants, young ladies dressed like country girls, young men wearing pirate headscarves, merchants wearing colorful silks, hot people wearing golden canes, ladies and ladies wearing hats filled with flowers... rich people change their costumes into various roles every year. Beggars, or commenting or laughing, no one would mind it. If their weird behavior on this day can become a topic of conversation for others in the future, they will be very happy on the contrary.

In previous years, Eve was either dressed up as a princess or as a fairy or goddess. Every time she appeared, she would inevitably cause a commotion, big or small. But this year, she finally persuaded Nanfen not to dress herself up too conspicuously, so as not to attract a large number of crazy suitors. The result of the persuasion was that she played the role of a prince this year.At this time, she was wearing a slim red dress with gold trim and a pair of brown breeches with a wide top and a narrow bottom. She stepped on a pair of black high boots and hung a long sword behind her waist. Her long black hair was simply tied into a low ponytail, looking heroic.

However, from the perspective of playing a role, Nan Fen didn't pay much attention to the preparations this time. Although Eve was wearing a male costume, she couldn't match the appearance of a man. She still looked like a charming girl. Not only that, Ke Mino also laughed at her and asked her which farm the duck came from—to be honest, Eve thought the dress was a bit funny when she saw it, and it even made her feel that wearing men's clothes again was not as meaningful to her as she imagined. Shen Yuan, she is a bit short, and her shoulders are also narrow. With the baggy trousers, she looks narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Not to mention, she really looks like a fat duck.

Comino said it in front of the female relatives, and Nanfen was also present. After she heard it, she didn't give him a good face. Ye Fei and Xue Lier watched from the side, and they were all frightened by this cousin's arrogance. They didn't dare to breathe, and at this moment, they heard Eve laughing.

They have discovered earlier that Eve is easily amused by other people's actions. Sometimes when you say a word or make an action, as long as she thinks it is funny, she will smile, and being able to make a cute girl like Eve laugh is really a very fulfilling thing.From this, Shirley thought: Eve could be favored and admired by so many people, perhaps not only because of her outstanding appearance.

"I won't take the carriage, and just go around the city." Eve sent Comino away, and then said to Nanfen.The Ming Festival is the most important festival of Krigin. During these few days, wandering merchants and jugglers will gather here one after another from afar, bringing all kinds of novelty items for sale, and Eve is particularly interested in the alien handicrafts brought by the wandering peoples.

"Let Luge go with you." Nanfen said.