Chapter 51 Goose Girl
In the Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame, knight squires and knight squires are different.
Knight squires are subordinates of the lord, essentially a kind of servant, who needs to fight for the knight lord and serve the lord on the battlefield.
Help the knight maintain his equipment, help the knight put on and take off his armor, help the knight carry items, help the knight make fire and cook, and keep watch for the knight at night. Of course, the reward for doing all this is that all the expenses of the squire are provided by the knight.
Three meals a day, training resources, and future weddings and funerals, all expenses are signed by the knight.
But knight squires are different.
Squires are more like apprentices, following a regular knight, practicing fighting spirit, learning to fight, and even learning how to govern the territory.
So usually squires are children of nobles.
Nobles send their children to another noble family to serve as squires and learn how to become a qualified knight.
Of course.
Those who are willing to send their children to be knight squires are generally small nobles, such as lord knights like Rosen.
As for the great nobles, earls, barons, etc., they would hire tutors to teach their children. Russell had previously followed the great knight Eric hired by the baron to study at home in the castle, and had never been a knight's attendant in other people's homes.
"Russell, what are you doing? It's time to give a gift to your grandmother!" Rowling shouted on the sofa.
When Russell walked over, she stared at Russell with ill intentions and said, "You won't send a pot of flowers again this year to perfunctorily?"
Old Lady Ingrid teased, "You only send a pot of flowers every year. You little ghosts have forgotten that you are a mushroom family and have to learn from others' flower family... It would be nice to give your grandmother a pot of mushrooms."
Fluorescent mushrooms are a kind of mushroom, and rain long flowers are a kind of flowers.
Mrs. Meryl smiled faintly: "Mushrooms are delicious, flowers are beautiful, and you don't lack mushrooms, mother. Send some flowers to decorate the courtyard. You can see the colorful sea of flowers every day. Wouldn't it be better to feel better?"
Old Lady Ingrid shook her shoulders and laughed: "Flowers are like those flashy and exaggerated words. Maybe I am no longer old enough to listen to lies."
"Lies should not be taken seriously, but flowers can be seen and heard."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed happily.
Rowling was a little impatient and interrupted: "Grandma, mother, accept the gift first... As the eldest granddaughter of your grandmother, this year Cooper and I have prepared a birthday gift for you. I believe you will like it!"
Her personal maid brought a very gorgeous lady's hat, which was mainly black and had a brim comparable to a straw hat.
But on the top of the hat, there was a circle of colorful feathers, which were shining and very eye-catching.
"Wow, look, look at what gift my beloved Rowling brought me!" Old Lady Ingrid liked this hat at first sight.
Rowling smiled and said, "The feathers on this hat are made of the tail feathers of the mythical beast Colorful Bird. They can change color in the sun. Grandma, please try it on... It makes you ten years younger in an instant!"
Following that, the eldest brother Roland gave her a gem bracelet.
It looked very ordinary, but Roland's subsequent words made it shine: "This is a gift I specially asked Princess Anxia for. Princess Anxia also asked me to send birthday wishes to you, grandma, and wish you good health and longevity."
"The dragon is watching!" Old Lady Ingrid took the gem bracelet with both hands, and her voice was choked, "Princess Anxia, do you still remember me, an old woman!"
Princess Anxia is the mother of the Grand Duke of the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy, and her status is unparalleled.
"Princess Anxia certainly remembers you." Roland said, "She also said that when you are free, you can go to the Red Castle to have a look. She said that you haven't been to the Red Castle for many years, and many noble ladies there miss you!"
Old Lady Ingrid sighed with a trembling voice: "Yes, I haven't been to the Red Castle for many years. Since your grandfather followed the late Grand Duke, I have lived in this valley of dim light."
"Mother, how can you say that? Although father is gone, you still have us, Rosen, Luo Bi, and Roland, Royal and other juniors to accompany you." Baron Roman hurriedly comforted.
As he said that, he turned his head and gave Lola a look.
Lola immediately rushed forward: "Grandma, Lola also has a gift for you! This is a scarf that Lola knitted for you by hand. Try it on!"
With Lola's interruption, Old Lady Ingrid no longer missed her late husband and happily put away the gift.
Rowling looked at Russell, who had not taken the initiative to give gifts, and reminded him loudly again: "Russell, what are you waiting for? Don't try to use a pot of flowers to perfunctorily!"
She was upset about losing the duel, and she just wanted to squeeze Russell.
Let Russell embarrass himself.
Russell smiled indifferently, walked to the old lady, and took out the prepared gift: "Grandma, I have held the coming-of-age ceremony, and also divided the territory. I am no longer a child. So this year's gift I carefully prepared for you."
Two single photos lay in the palm of her hand.
The lens made of white crystal is inlaid on a slender and delicate metal frame. One side can be placed on the ear and the other side can be placed on the bridge of the nose.
There is also a thin chain for hanging.
"What is this?" Old Lady Ingrid was confused. Not only her, but everyone present didn't know single-lens reading glasses.
"Two round mirrors, what is this, Russell?" Rowling raised her eyebrows, "Is it gem jewelry or something? This shape is too weird!"
"This is called reading glasses." Russell explained casually.
Then he said to the old lady: "Grandma, try this pair of low-degree reading glasses first, just like me."
He demonstrated and asked someone to bring a book.
Old lady Ingrid was a little confused, but she still put on the single-lens reading glasses under Russell's guidance, and then began to look through the book handed by Russell.
This time.
She exclaimed: "Oh, dragon! It's amazing!"
She looked up in surprise and looked at everyone: "The words on the book have become clear. For several years, I couldn't see the words on the letters clearly, and I needed the servants to read them out! Now I can see clearly by myself, it's amazing!"
"It's amazing, grandma, you change to this pair of single-lens reading glasses and try it out to see which one is more suitable for you."
"Good, good!" Old lady Ingrid was overjoyed and couldn't put down the single-lens reading glasses sent by Russell.
After testing, the pair with lower degree is more suitable, and the pair with higher degree is clearer to wear, but it will make you a little dizzy.
"When I save enough money, I will give you a few more pairs of single photos with different degrees, and then find the one that suits you best." Russell said with a smile.
"Dragon Watching, you are really my good grandson. Russell, the best gift grandma received this year is this...what is it called?"
"Reading glasses."
"Yes, it's this pair of reading glasses!" Old Lady Ingrid was overjoyed.
Rowling was a little unconvinced: "Grandma, please give me a pair to see, what kind of reading glasses are these, are they really so magical?"
The single-lens reading glasses were quickly passed around, and everyone tried them.
But except for Old Lady Ingrid, no one suffered from presbyopia, so naturally they could not detect the magic of reading glasses.
Instead, they were surprised that reading glasses could magnify things.
"Carter, come here." Seeing that no one knew what was good, old lady Ingrid immediately called old housekeeper Carter and handed the pair of high-powered single-lens reading glasses to Carter, "You also have blurred vision, come and try the invention of the will-o'-the-wisp."
After Carter put them on, he looked at the book again and immediately exclaimed like old lady Ingrid: "The dragon is watching, it's amazing!"
"Amazing, isn't it? This is Russell's filial piety and also a blessing for us old people." Old lady Ingrid said happily, "The dragon is watching, the light is blessing, I will write a letter to the scholars of the Red Castle, Russell can definitely be selected as a scholar with his reading glasses!"