Father Mavie

Chapter 106 Stone Road (please subscribe!!!)
The next day, 8 in the morning.

"No! No! I don't want to go to the orphanage!"

In the bedroom on the second floor, Junia, who was wearing white pajamas, hid her head under the quilt, shivering like a frozen traveler.

The last time I went to the orphanage, the psychological shadow left on her was too great
"Younia, we went to the orphanage this time to accept the invitation." Ma Wei sighed, "It was my fault for leaving you there last time, and there will be no next time."

"Really?"

A pair of dark blue eyes emerged from the gap in the quilt.

"Really, Dad assures you, your Uncle Levin can be a witness!"

Levin, who was brushing his teeth in the bathroom, suddenly shivered and got goosebumps all over his body.

"Oh"

Junia thought for a while, and crawled out of the quilt, her hair was messy, and she looked like she had just woken up: "Well, Junia knows."

"Hey, go wash up, comb your hair, and get ready to go out."

"Ok!"

Half an hour later, Ma Wei blew the whistle to summon a four-wheeled carriage, and let Fat Ju continue to train the cats and prepare for more invitations to catch mice in the future. Drive to Biel Bazaar.

Before going to South Street, they first came to Mrs. Mel’s bakery and bought 120 pounds of wheat bread and 24 pounds of butter. Anyway, they will deliver food to the orphanage tomorrow. Why don’t they prepare it together today so as not to have to travel alone tomorrow? .

When buying bread, Junia followed the scent and slipped into the back kitchen while Mavi was talking with Mrs. Meier. She looked at the milk toast being baked in the stove, her eyes glistened, and she swallowed greedily.

Because she walked in a hurry in the morning, she only ate a piece of bread, and she was not hungry, she just simply
Hungry.

"Nia?" Ma Wei opened the curtain, "You really came here!"

"Daddy, what is that?"

Junia pointed to the milk toast and asked: "It smells delicious, doesn't it. Is it a food that is good for the body!"

benefit?

This is not necessarily the case. Although milk toast is soft, glutinous and sweet, it belongs to refined grains and is essentially carbohydrates. In terms of nutritional value, it may not be as good as rye bread.

but.
Junia's expectant eyes seemed to be saying something very important. She deeply and firmly believed that children who ate milk toast would become healthier and more beautiful.

"Then buy some." Ma Wei pinched her face, turned to look at the smiling Mrs. Mel: "Help me another 20 pounds of milk toast."

"it is good."

Wheat bread is 3p a pound, black bread is 2p a pound, which is relatively affordable, but milk toast.
A pound costs 1 shilling.

The high price is destined to discourage many people. Not everyone can afford a 1 shilling and 1 pound toast. People living in South Street do not have high wages.

However, due to Mrs. Mel's superb baking skills, the bread she bakes can be said to be second to none in New Rose City, no worse than top bakers. Even many gentlemen and nobles with status, financial resources and status have to arrange servants. People come to her to buy bread.

The picture shows the taste that is deeply in memory from snacks to adulthood.

Therefore, even though milk toast is expensive, Mrs. Mel still bakes 30 pounds a day, most of which are sold to these rich gentlemen.

Today Ma Wei bought 20 pounds at once, and many people are destined to be disappointed.

120 pounds of bread, 24 pounds of butter and 20 pounds of milk toast, such a heavy weight, of course Mavie cannot carry it away by himself. For a penny, they would have delivered bread anywhere in New Ross.

Mrs. Meier's bakery is not only high-quality and low-cost, but also supports many people who cannot find work.

Mrs. Mel has always been the most popular star on South Street, and it is a custom for thieves to never patronize her home.

In Levin's words, even a thief knows how to repay his kindness, and knows what to steal and what not to steal.

Those thieves who have no bottom line and no order will also be resisted and expelled by their peers.

Every industry has its own set of operating rules.

Cut a pound of freshly baked milk toast and put it in an oiled paper bag. While eating, Junia took a carriage to No. 210 South Street.

When she saw the old gate of the orphanage, she still couldn't help shrinking her neck, became a little silent, followed Ma Wei carefully, and stepped up the steps step by step.

Boom boom boom!
squeak
It was not Sister Thyssen who opened the door today, but Gulihana, the youngest staff member of the orphanage.

A white apron was tied around her chest, covering the plain skirt, making it difficult to judge her figure. However, even plain clothes could not resist her youthful and beautiful vigor.

"Good morning, Father, Nia, and Captain Levin."

Gulihana lifted the hem of her skirt, bowed her head, and tapped her left toe backwards, doing a very standard aristocratic etiquette.

"Good morning, Miss Gulihana." Ma Wei took off his hat and pressed it on his chest, and said back: "Please allow me to correct a small mistake of yours. Levin is no longer the head of the Sunshine Circus."

"is it?"

Gu Lihana blinked, her slender eyelashes fluttered, her eyes stayed on Levin, and she said with a smile: "But when I went to see the performance the day before yesterday, the name of the director was still Mr. Levin on the cast list!"

"They must have made a mistake." Levin pursed his lips: "As the priest said, I have resigned from the position of head of the group. The current head should be Tiffany."

With a shallow smile, Gulihana seemed not interested in the internal affairs of the Sunshine Circus, she moved away, and locked the door after the three of Mavi came in.

"What about the children?"

Every time I came to the orphanage, a group of children would surround me, but today it was uncharacteristically quiet in the corridor, and no children could be seen.

"Sister Thyssen and the others took the children out to play." Gulihana shrugged and said, "I can't stay in the orphanage every day, it's no different from going to jail."

"Oh, now that's the case, things are much simpler."

Ma Wei turned around and looked into Gulihana's eyes: "Please take us to meet the fourth prince."

With a flash of eyes, Gu Lihana covered her mouth and smiled lightly: "Father, you really know how to joke. How do I know His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince?"

No answers, no questions, no explanations.

Ma Wei just looked at her calmly, with deep eyes and no waves in the ancient well.

After half an hour.
Gulihana slowly put away her smile, wrinkled her nose, and said helplessly, "Okay, okay, come with me, why do you want to expose the truth? It's a good thing you're working hard."

Originally, she wanted to give Ma Wei a fright, but when she saw that her identity was exposed, she felt a little uncomfortable, and walked in front angrily, her heels stepped on the floor hard, making a rattling sound.

Anyone can see that she is not in a good mood now.

As she walked, Gulihana raised her swan neck, and her aura changed subtly, as if she had changed from a 17-year-old girl with no experience in the world to a lonely and proud knight.

The transition between identities is mellow and natural, the transition is extremely smooth, without any sense of stagnation, it is natural.

Even Levine, who is a master performer, nodded in approval.

The four of them came to the utility room of the orphanage. Gulihana moved a few wooden boxes without much dust, exposing the wall made of stone bricks, and skillfully pushed a stone brick into the wall.

Gala
The secret door hidden in the utility room rose slowly, and a ray of cold wind blew out from the dark stone path.

"Please."

Gu Lihana looked at Ma Wei expressionlessly, her eyes were indifferent, as sharp as a sharp sword, and her tone was mixed with a taste that strangers should not enter, she was completely different from before.

Mawei pulled Junia, lowered his head and got into the stone passage, followed by Levin, but before going in, he glanced at Gulihana, touched his chin, and said thoughtfully: "This Miss, are you interested?"

"No."

Gulihana interrupted him directly, as if no matter what Levin said, she had only one answer.

"pity."

Smacking his tongue, Levine felt very sorry for the loss of an excellent actor in the Sunshine Circus. Just because of the speed of the face-changing, he could perform a performance by himself!

In the dark and damp stone path, the only tool used for lighting is a kerosene lamp in the hand of Gulihana who is walking at the end. The faint light blurs the stone steps ahead, making it difficult to see clearly. Vi had to slow down to avoid slipping and falling, which would be embarrassing.

"Miss Gulihana, don't you really think about it? The treatment in our circus is actually pretty good. Although it's a little hard work, the employee benefits are definitely not worth mentioning!"

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"You have also seen our performance. You must be very interested in circus. If you train well, you will definitely become a pillar in the future!"

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"For a beautiful lady like you, staying in the orphanage is really a shame. You should bring your beauty and acting skills to more audiences. The audience's smile is everything!"

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The corner of Gulihana's mouth twitched, and a flaw appeared on her cold, emotionless face. She glared at Levin angrily, and clenched her left hand holding the kerosene lamp tightly. If it was a sword, it would probably have stabbed through it at this moment. up.

"You should really think about it. If you think it through, come to the Church of Truth to find me. With my recommendation, you don't even need an interview!"

"I will think about it."

After a brief moment of anger, Gulihana regained her composure and began to answer Levin's question.

"Really?"

"real."

"Are you sure?"

".Sure."

"Oh fine."

Levin suddenly lost interest in her, walked quickly to Ma Wei, and said in a low voice: "This woman is a ruthless character. Under normal circumstances, women who are not interested in my charm can't bear this nonsense, as long as they break their defenses , the next routine will be easy to handle. It's a pity."

"Don't waste your thoughts." Ma Wei said calmly: "This kind of woman will not fall in love with you, they like the inside."

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"By the way, where did your arrogance and arrogance go? When we first met, you were quite tall. How did you become this kind of virtue in the blink of an eye? I still like your rebellious and arrogant look, please. recover."

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Levine, break the defense.

He poked his neck and roared: "It used to be the past! I used to be the head of the regiment, and the whole regiment was waiting for me to eat. Can I be serious? Now I am the second child! The fourth child! With you here, what? I don’t need to worry about anything, what’s wrong with letting yourself go?”

"This is the easiest way to break people's defenses. Focus on the pain points. Have you learned it?"

Patting him on the shoulder, Ma Wei grinned under Levin's suddenly stunned gaze: "You still have a long way to go."

"It happens that Gulihana is here, you can practice more with her."

"Whenever you break her defense, you will be a teacher."

Gulihana: "???"

(End of this chapter)