[British and American Entertainment] The Road to True Love

2005, London

Aglaia was awakened from her sleep by bouts of cold. She opened her eyes and looked around, not surprisingly, she found that most of the quilt had been snatched away by Doris, leaving only a little edge The corners rest on half of his body.

She sighed silently, rubbed her hypothermic hands, poked Doris's blushing little face to vent her anger, and complained in a low voice, dumbfounded: "You bad girl, you robbed me of my quilt again, and I will see you tomorrow." It would be strange not to tie you up!" In the spring, after changing the quilt, she said this every morning, but she never did so.

Aglaia got off the bed, turned around and pressed the corner of the quilt for Doris, brushed away a strand of flaxen hair that was mischievously hanging on the girl's face, changed her clothes, pushed open the bedroom door and went out .

Outside the door, Kronos had been leaning against the wall on one side of the corridor and waiting for a while. He impatiently moved his hands, frowned, and his short reddish-brown curly hair was in a mess.

Seeing Aglaia coming out, he said with some dissatisfaction: "Agleya, you are so slow, you really are a troublesome girl!" Agleya glared at him, and said in a low voice: "Be quiet, Do you want to wake Doris and Marisa?"

Kronos just shut his mouth and remained silent. Aglaia nodded in satisfaction, took the initiative to take Kronos' hand, walked to the stairs, and said as he walked: "Come on, follow me!" Sister, go, move lightly."

Kronos muttered awkwardly: "Isn't it more than three months older than me, almost four months, and I always act like my sister." After all, he still held Aglaia tightly. hand, followed her downstairs.

The two walked on tiptoe, but even so, the aging corridors and stairs in the old wooden house still made creaking noises one after another. Fortunately, it was still early at this time, and other people in the house were still asleep. Shen was not awakened by such a sound.

They went into the kitchen, put on their aprons and sleeves, and went about their daily routine.As the oldest two children in LoveHouse, Aglaia and Kronos have been getting up early every day since they were 8 years old to complete the routine work that should be done by Marisa.

Marisa was reluctant at first, but later she couldn't resist the two stubborn children, and she herself was really tired every day, so it was very difficult to get up in the morning, so she agreed to let Aglaia and Ke Ronos takes over her job.

Oh, yes, Marissa is not their mother, but she is their mother.

It should be said that every child in LoveHouse regards Marisa as their mother, because they are all abandoned children.

Aglaia is the first child picked up by Marisa Grace, and she was abandoned shortly after birth and then picked up, so Aglaia's affection for Marissa is also the deepest among several children of.

In her opinion, if it hadn't been for their children to hold her back, Marisa could have found a responsible gentleman to marry and let this gentleman take care of her for the rest of her life, obviously her Marisa was such a gentle and beautiful woman.

But Marisa once sternly denied Aglaia's idea. She said that these children are the greatest gift in her life. Perhaps because of this, she took a unified surname for their children - Dona Terra, bestowed by God [Note 1].

Oh, speaking of which, I have to mention that Marisa also has a harmless taste, because she likes fairy tales, so she gave every child in LoveHouse a god name, such as having a very The pure blond Aglaia, whose name comes from the goddess of light among the three goddesses of grace.

LoveHouse is a private orphanage. Due to its various limitations, the number of children it takes in is not too many. Including Aglaia, there are six children in total, two boys and four girls.

Aglaia and Kronos are the oldest, who are 13 years old this year. The younger boy Morpus, who just turned 8 last month, is followed by Eleto and Maia, who are also 7 years old, and The youngest little sister Doris. 【Note 2】

Except for Aglaia and Kronos, who were picked up with tags indicating the date of birth, most of the other children were picked up with unknown dates of birth, and their ages can only be roughly judged based on their body shape. Size, and for this reason, Elito and Maiya are always arguing over who is bigger.

LoveHouse is remodeled from the old house of Marisa's family.Marisa's ancestors were once British nobles, but in her grandmother's generation, they have gradually declined.

But Marisa's father was still indulging in the glory of his ancestors and couldn't extricate himself, day in and day out.Marisa's mother was also slowly disappointed in her husband.

When Marissa was six years old, her mother met a man who gave her mother enough sense of security, so Marissa's mother resolutely divorced her father and followed that man.Later, Marisa was given to his grandmother by his father to be raised.

Marisa's grandmother is an elegant but stubborn woman, even after the family decline, she is still obsessed with her aristocratic manners, so after Marisa came to her, the first thing she did was to teach Marisa etiquette and Standard equipment for various noble women, such as piano, literature, painting and so on.

Marisa grew up slowly, she was not the most intelligent woman, the only thing she was good at was the piano taught by her grandmother, which made her grandmother always look at her and sigh silently. .

Her academic performance is also mediocre, and she has no ambitions, so after graduating from high school, she stopped studying, but opened a small dessert shop with the support of her grandmother.

Marisa's father died when she was 25, and her grandmother when she was 27.Marisa, who has no relatives in this world, sold the house left to her by her father and some poor furniture in it, and lived in her grandmother's house. It was also when she was 27 years old that she picked up A Graiya, thus, she found the meaning of her life.

Marisa, who had no good feelings or confidence in marriage because of her parents, simply stopped thinking about starting a family and concentrated on taking care of Aglaia. She converted her grandmother's old house into an orphanage, and began to take in those who were abandoned or their parents. dead children.

Marisa's dessert shop is the main source of funds for the orphanage. Because she can't afford people, she needs one person to complete a huge workload every day, including getting up early to prepare ingredients and baking desserts, and cleaning up after closing the shop at night .

She is not a very strong woman, so after the dessert shop closes every night, Marisa will be tired and her limbs are sore and limp. The sensible Aglaia sees it, so when she grows up to eight years old, she can reach the cabinet with a stool Together with Kronos, she took over the preparations every morning, lightening Marisa's burden.

When they got the preparations almost done and breakfast was ready, Marisa also got up, went to the kitchen, hugged and kissed Aglaia and Cronus, and said: "Okay, dear Guys, thank you for your help, let me do the next thing."

Aglaia and Cronus took off their aprons and sleeves and went to wake the other children up.After everyone had a lively breakfast, they were ready to go to school. Except for the three-year-old Doris, they were all the age to go to school [Note 3].

Seeing that her brothers and sisters were about to leave, the youngest, Doris, held the doll that Aglaia made for her out of old washed socks, and looked at them whether she wanted to cry or not.

This is a drama that will be staged every morning from Monday to Friday. The older children are used to it, and they will not be fooled by this clingy and clever little girl. After kissing Doris, they leave Love House.

In the room, Marisa smiled and hugged the frustrated little girl, and said with a smile: "Oh, sweetheart, don't do this, let's go, Marisa will teach you how to make cakes."

So Doris became happy again, giggled, hugged Marisa's neck, and branded a loud kiss on Marisa's face without hesitation.

The school Aglaia and the others attended was jointly established by the church and the government to provide basic education for children from poor families and orphans.

As a public school, like other public schools in the UK, it does not require students to pay any tuition fees. The only thing students need to pay is books and living expenses.

But because the original intention of this school is to help children from poor families, they don’t need to pay for books. All the books come from government funding and social donations, and free lunch is provided for students. Although it is not rich, it is also There are all meat and vegetables.

Studying in this school, the only expense for Aglaia and the others is that Marisa, who entered the school at the beginning, purchased the two second-hand bicycles for them.

The children talked and laughed and arrived at school. After parking the car, they went to their respective classes.Kronos and Aglaia are in the same class. He helped her carry her schoolbag, and only handed Aglaia’s schoolbag to her when he was in the classroom. In these details, Kronos always highlights His own gentlemanly demeanor.

Not long after Aglaia sat down, Tina who was seated next to her quickly greeted her, and Aglaia responded with a smile.Tina said, "Hey, Aglaia, here you come, and your little footman is carrying your schoolbag again?"

Aglaia was a little displeased in her heart, but on the surface she just smiled and didn't say anything. Agleya attaches great importance to everyone in LoveHouse, and she always has an inexplicable sense of responsibility for them, so she doesn't Like others to make fun of them at will.

Today is Thursday, every Thursday morning, after two classes, all the children will gather in the church in the school, the teacher will send each child a piece of music, and everyone will sing together under the command of the teacher hymn. 【Note 4】

Some children who can sing well will be specially selected by the teacher to form a choir, and stand beside the altar to lead the singing every Thursday, and Aglaia is one of them.

Aglaia has a naturally good voice. She has been learning the piano from Marisa since she was a child. She has always had a great sense of music, so she has always been the darling of music teachers.

The day of classes was over quickly, and Aglaia and Kronos rode home together after picking up the other three kids from the lower grades.Aglaia had finished her homework in school, so she put away her schoolbag, told the others to do their homework obediently, and then rode her bike to help out at Marisa's dessert shop.

When passing by the familiar shoe store, she habitually turned her head to look at the pair of red leather shoes in the window, but unexpectedly found that the pair of shoes were no longer in the window, and she couldn't recover for a while. You know, she had saved a lot of money for a long time just to buy this pair of shoes, and she was only ten pounds short of saving enough, but she was bought away by someone.

Lost, she kept turning her head to look at the window, but she forgot to look at the road ahead, so she didn't notice that a person came out from the corner not far away, so she bumped into it firmly.

"Oh!" Someone cried out in pain, and the bicycle body shook violently at the same time. Aglaia was unsteady and almost fell off the bicycle. She turned her head and saw that she had knocked down someone.

She hurriedly got out of the car, turned the car around, and quickly walked to the person in front of the car, and asked anxiously: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sir, are you all right? Can you still stand up?"

The man who was knocked down half sat on the ground, rubbed his sore elbow, and said, "It's okay, it's okay, but little girl, you have to watch the road carefully next time, if you accidentally bump into an old man, you may be hurt." It's not that easy anymore."

Aglaia saw sharply that the palm of one of the man's hands was scratched, and she said, "Sir, let me take you to the nearest clinic. Your hand was injured. I caused it. I should be responsible for it." of."

The man insisted not to go to the clinic, but Aglaia insisted on being responsible for the man’s injuries, so after a discussion between the two, Aglaia proposed to take him to Marisa’s dessert shop, where some basic trauma medicines were always stocked. , can be used to treat the man's wound, the man did not refuse, and left with Aglaia