【Notre Dame Cathedral】Salome of the Archdeacon

I smirked professionally, and politely sent these two masters away.

I turned around and untied the noose around my waist: "John, I have thought about it. If you encounter real difficulties, your brother and I can give you money and do our best to help you, but you can't always be okay with you." Brother wants money to do bad things."

Gringoire leaned over to my side, grinning: "Sister-in-law, what kind of work do you arrange for Gringoire and me? I can go to the sky, go to the earth, go up the mountain of swords, or go down into the sea of ​​fire!"

"Don't talk nonsense, it won't happen, I have to sweep other people's chimneys every morning to earn some extra money, can you come or not." I pushed his head to the other side.

"That's it?"

John grinned and wanted to "cut" I didn't "cut" for a long time, and finally rolled his eyes at me, he didn't want to do any work at all, he just wanted to play in the world, he thought it was a great job, but he didn't expect it to be Help people pass the chimney and clean the glass.

"That's it? Can you do it?" Claude frowned and sarcastically at John, holding his forehead and rubbing his temples. It was time for his arrogant and lazy little brother to taste the hardships of life.

I went on to introduce the job content and said: "The three of us will go to sweep the chimney together. We can finish the job before you go to school. I will do the rest if you can't finish the work for half an hour. If you dare not go down, I will go down. You and Ge Langois help me look at the rope, let’s divide the money evenly! After finishing this, I have to go to Claude to learn painting and Hebrew every day, so I won’t delay your schooling, how about this odd job?”

"Xiaosha, don't do it after you finish your work today. It's really too dangerous. I think you're very uneasy. If you need money, you can use mine. All my money belongs to you." Claude was sad and blamed himself He hugged my shoulders and kissed the top of my hair.

"That's no good, I'm not too short of money, I mainly want to exercise Gringoire and John, and Quasimodo is watching us! It's okay, don't worry about me or them, I will do the work I won’t do it until I finish clearing the chimney of Notre Dame.” I hugged Claude back and reassured him: “Life is so difficult, but it is important for them to find the meaning and joy of life in the hardships.” I have always believed that they will eventually grow up, they just need to be guided slowly."

John owed a speech again. He didn't want to suffer a little bit of pain, so he played a rogue at me and Claude: "I don't want it, I just ask my brother for money."

"The purpose of this job is not to make money, but that you should experience the lives of the poor. You live too easily, and you don't value other people's labor." Claude listened to my words seriously, thought deeply, and made up his mind. John's funny to please.

Little John continued to argue with me, trying to hang on to Claude's money bag rope: "But my brother makes money very easily!"

"You just follow me. I guarantee you have a lot of pocket money. No matter how difficult life is, you must find a way to overcome it. Besides, we haven't lived too hard a difficult life. Our life is better than most poor people. , I’ll take you to have a look.” I patiently explained that educating children requires patience, although I’m just a child, but I have Claude’s education in my life, Claude will teach me to write and draw, he is The best teacher, but with John, you can't use the usual method.

I brought out the majesty of the eldest sister-in-law. This problem will be resolved sooner or later. John must learn to be self-reliant. You have to give advice to the emperor, so he earned money. The fief tax and rent are shared by the two of you, but most of them are spent on you. If you don’t study hard now, you have to do odd jobs with me, otherwise I won’t give you pocket money money."

"Damn it! Okay! Dear sister-in-law Salome, you and your brother can strangle my neck with the rope on the money bag!" John became angry at me and Claude for no reason, he was used to money, Claude didn't give him money, and John actually felt a little resentful.

But I was not angry, I jumped to his side, poked out my face with a smile to peek at John's downcast face: "I'm glad you didn't say you're going to be a beggar anymore, you have a little self-esteem now."

John still couldn't think about it: "I want to say, but Brother Cloban doesn't accept me! He also encourages me to read good books, don't make my brother sad."

"My brother will definitely not keep you, because he doesn't want to see any young people's bright future ruined in vain. It is really helpless for a gypsy to be a beggar. We have no place to live, and it is a problem to have enough food. You don't want to be a beggar." Beggars, and you'll regret it in the end, when you're going to grovel over a sour supper today."

As I said that, my eyes turned red——I have never experienced the pain of "begging for food" in my previous life. It is fortunate that my brothers, sisters and friends depend on each other for life, and rely on a little skill to hang around among all kinds of people During this time, being without food is the most painful thing in the world. I lamented in a personal way: "If a person can't even eat, how can she think of noble literature and art? Farmers, workers, and servants froze to death on the street. I have seen quite a few, how can this world give them a chance to live well? So, John, listen to me, for you, and for your brother, if you have the ability one day, I hope you people To change the world, everyone contributes a little bit."

"Xiaosha, how can I cherish you enough? If you are gone, the idealists in this world will also perish. An angel like you should be left by heaven, but you came to me and brought happiness to me. Me." Claude held my head in distress, and my head was rubbed messily under his big hands.

I sniffed and suppressed my tears back: "It's you who make me happy, Claude, really, you are my best ideal, and I am willing to keep a noble heart forever, no matter what my status is. By your side, I hope I can remain idealistic forever."

Claude hugged me tightly, his arms were warm and stable, his voice was soft and firm: "My girl, please rest assured by my side, I will always do my best to protect you, I don't want to let you There's a trace of dirt on your heart."

"Well, I need a good pair of shoes to work, brother, you see my shoes are leaking fingers, can you give me some money." John made another untimely last effort, trying to get the last bit of money.

"I can ask the monk to bring you a new pair of church shoes." Claude said to John with a straight face, "You can't go on like this, and I won't give you anything except tuition and board." money."

John told the truth: "Well, I can only secretly call Boyce out alone. I can't afford the room rate in Love Valley, and she may not come out at all."

"I knew that if you wanted money, you wanted a prostitute." Claude was going to die of anger, he really hated iron and steel, but the good news is that now John has shown signs of turning around.

"Then I'll go first." John turned around slowly.

"Come back." I stopped John with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?" John said with a sullen face.

"This is today's wages. I'll share them with you." I took out thirty crowns and a silver eagle dollar and put them in his hand. This is my wages today, and I gave them to him.

"But I didn't do anything." John took the money and looked at me in a daze.

"You listened to what I said today, so it counts as your work. I hope you can do what you say. You are going to school now, right?" Claude and I looked at each other and smiled, and Claude also gave me a smile. Many households have lost money, and all his wages have been handed over to me.

"Yes, I will go back to school now, and I will do odd jobs tomorrow morning." John promised me with certainty.

"Very well, thank you, John." I took Claude's hand and thanked John.

John also smiled at me. He felt very warm. He and his brother had no mother since they were young, so he longed for a woman's love. He seemed to understand something, and he thought about it for a while, nodded to me, and ran out the door.

We couldn't be serious for three seconds, he ran out in a hurry, the door was open, Claude supported his aching forehead, and complained calmly: "You come back! Close the door."

John walked with his legs crossed again, ran to close the door and ran away.

John deliberately did not close the door, so Claude was very angry, and I watched the two brothers laugh out loud.

"Oh~ Xiaosha, my dear, I love you so much, little monster!" Claude picked me up and cheered in circles, knocking down all the books. It can be seen that my brother is making progress, the most gratifying thing is him up.

"Others are goblins, but I'm a little goblin, it's okay." I covered my little mouth and nodded his head, "Look at you~ you're happy like a child."

Claude held my hand excitedly and kept shaking: "Madam! You can educate John well and solve my most troublesome thing!"

"John is a pretty good kid, but he's naughty and doesn't know what to do. You always protect him, and you still have a headache, which makes your forehead swell."

I picked up Claude's diary, wrote down some thoughts, and returned to my nature, laughing with Claude.

……

It was snowing heavily outside again, the portraits, the sea of ​​flowers... I seemed to think of something, and I smiled comfortably.

Claude didn't take a break yesterday. He was instructing large and small documents, and he kept holding my hand without letting go, and gradually fell asleep on the desk.

I also got down on my stomach, lay beside him and looked at him with a smirk, and observed him carefully from the side: the sun shone on his black cassock, the stained glass cast jewel-like light and shadow on his handsome and thin side face, his brown His eyelashes flickered slightly, and even his breathing was so shallow and gentle.

I lifted a strand of his gray hair that was hanging down with my hand.

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