The two of Buti walked around the market and bought a bunch of common and uncommon spices. When the two of them wandered around and heard the sound of the lunch clock, they realized that they had unknowingly...

It's already noon.

With Lake's strong recommendation, the two found a popular pie stall at the other end of the open-air market. After queuing for more than ten minutes, they bought the Dolan pie they sold.

The two people who bought the pie stood at the edge of a medium-sized fountain and started eating.

"How's it going, dad? Dolan pie is delicious, isn't it? It's Cary's specialty snack. It's large and delicious." Lake chewed big while showing off his recommendation to Buti.

"Indeed, the rich and sweet sauce is mixed with crispy and delicious pork. After eating, take a bite of refreshing cress. Ah, the greasy taste of the stewed pork fat is completely eliminated." Buti said

Holding the cress in one hand and the pie in the other, I swung my bow from left to right and ate to my heart's content.

"It is said that this pie was invented by a cook named Dolan. At that time, he was working as a helper in the kitchen of a noble family. Every time he finished cooking dinner, he would throw away all the leftover vegetables and meat every day."

"Some nobles are particularly extravagant and wasteful. It is said that they eat fresh vegetables and meat every day, and then throw away all the unused food that day without letting people recycle it to the people under their rule."

"Yes, that's right. Although the kitchen assistants in the kitchen want to secretly take some ingredients that the nobles don't want home, but the nobles have a vicious butler who goes to the kitchen every night to supervise them pouring all the things into the swill bucket, and then sends

Someone will transport the swill bucket out of the noble's castle."

"But the nobleman had a kind-hearted daughter. She asked each helper to take a pie home every day for the family to eat together." A clear child's voice appeared behind Lake.

Lake looked back and saw a little girl appearing behind him. The girl was wearing a light red dress, with a cute bow on her head, and a beauty mark under her big bright eyes.

"What happened next? My little friend, what happened next? How did the Dolan pie come out?" After finishing the pie, Buti pressed the dissatisfied Lake with his hand and asked the little girl in a friendly manner.

"Then, then Dolan suddenly had an idea. While packing things, he quietly took out some ingredients and stuffed them into the thick jam pie. It became the earliest Dolan pie." The little girl crossed her arms and thought for a moment, happily

replied.

"Well, the plot is almost like this, but there are still some battles of wits and courage that haven't been told." Lake was a little angry. It was impolite to interrupt when others were telling stories.

At this time, Buti saw a thin woman in plain clothes looking around at a stall in the distance, as if she was looking for something. He looked at the cute little girl in front of him again, and seemed to understand something. He lowered his body and

He looked at her with his eyes and asked kindly: "Are you separated from your mother?"

The little girl shook her head and said nothing, looking a little embarrassed.

"Then did your parents let you go out to buy things or did you go out to play by yourself?"

The little girl shook her head first, and then nodded.

"Then you are a little girl who ran away from home because you were unhappy after a quarrel with your parents?"

The little girl didn't make any move but thought for a while and replied crisply: "I didn't argue with Martha. Martha has been working and ignoring me. I want her to play with me. Every time I disappear, she

Then he will not go to work anymore, but will come to me and play with me."

"Is Martha your mother?"

The little girl shook her head and said, "Aya's parents don't know where they went to play. They can't be found. It was Martha who brought me up. She picked them up on Dirty Water Street. She sells them every day."

They won’t play with me.” Aya pointed at the thin woman who was looking around.

"Since Aunt Martha is looking for you, then why don't you go back!" Lake stared at Aya with some confusion, "Dad, since you know her parents, why don't we send her back?"

Buti stood up, looked at the confused Lake and said, "If we send her back now, what will happen if she behaves like this next time? Aya doesn't meet people like the two of us every time.

"

"Then she ran away from home, wasn't it because her guardian failed to keep an eye on her?" Lake replied a little dissatisfied.

"Aya didn't run away from home. Aya just wanted Martha to play with Aya." Aya was a little scared when she saw Lake's expression, and hid behind Buti to protest.

"Okay, okay, you didn't run away from home. As you can see, Martha has already started to look for you and is no longer at work, so can we go find Martha and play together?" Buti glared at Lake, seeming to be concerned.

Lake was not very satisfied with his speech. He bent down and persuaded Aya in a low voice.

Only then did Lake remember that the old man in front of him was still his teacher and a respected old priest.

"But, as soon as Aya goes back, Martha won't play with me anymore! I, I, I don't want to go back." Aya glanced at Martha who had already walked out of the stall and replied nervously.

"Aya, we can't be so selfish. Do you know what Martha works for?"

"I know, I know. It's to earn money, to have a fire to bake at night and eat shortbread."

Shortbread is a home-cooked food that is very cheap. You can basically buy two for one price. It is a very high-quality and low-priced food.

"Some of the vendors selling in the open-air market are people living in slums. They don't have fixed residences and they all rent there." Lake explained in a low mood.

Lake originally thought that this girl was adopted by a kind-hearted vendor, but unexpectedly she was a poor little girl adopted by another poor person.

"So do you want to help Martha with the business?"

"I want to, but Martha doesn't want me to help. She hates that I do it alone every time when I don't do well, so I can only play by myself." Aya shook her hands a little unhappily.

"Well, Grandpa will take you to find Martha and let you help Martha work and play together, okay?" Buti took Aya's hand and coaxed her.

"Really?!" Aya's bright big eyes burst out with light.

"Of course, then would you like to go with Grandpa to find Martha?"

"okay!"

Buti stood up and stretched out his hand towards Aya. Aya hesitated for a moment before reaching out and holding Buti's big hand. After grabbing Aya's hand, Buti used his other free hand to take it out of his pocket.

He took out a copper coin and handed it to Lake.

"Lake, go buy two more Dolan pies and then come to me. Remember to bring the cart with you."

Lake nodded, took the copper and turned to go to the pie shop on the side of the fountain, while Buti walked around the fountain and prepared to go to Martha who was about to leave the sight.
Chapter completed!