The ice and snow in the small southern town hadn't melted, and the north wind howled, following them through the lonely streets.

"This is a friend I met in England, Sherlock Holmes, he is a very good detective. This time I came to China for travel, but there was a little accident during the trip and I lost my luggage." She introduced .

Christa's grandfather—an old man who is nearly seventy years old put down the rolling pin in his hand, and exchanged glances with another grizzled grandmother

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Terrible, my granddaughter was cheated by wild men after going outside for a few months!

No, no, this is definitely a puppy love, and he needs to report criticism. He wants to prevent this kind of thing from happening!

Seeing that there was no response from them, Christa continued to speak tentatively: "...he has no place to go now, so I want to let him live at home temporarily. He can't speak Chinese, and he doesn't know the place well, so it's more convenient. "

As she spoke, she turned her head and looked at Sherlock again. She couldn't speak Chinese, and Sherlock grinned and showed his white teeth.

This kid seems a little silly.Old Mr. Jiang was a little worried, how should he take care of Lan Lan from now on.No, you must examine it carefully.

"I lost my luggage? Where did I lose it? Can I get it back?" The grandmother who was making dumplings with presbyopic glasses pinched the lace of a dumpling before realizing it belatedly, "... Lanlan wants him to live in the house. At home, I’ll wait to clean up a room and come out. It just so happens that these few days are also Chinese New Year, and everyone is lively and lively. Mr. Holmes, you can just celebrate a Chinese festival with us. It’s very lively, and you will definitely like China The words that Sherlock said, grandma used English, she pronounced it very slowly, but the syllables were relatively standard, so it was not a problem to communicate with Sherlock at all.

"Thank you." Sherlock's rare humility is far from the lazy or hyperactive look she saw on Baker Street, which made Christa reluctantly I couldn't help but look at him several times.

Mr. Jiang saw that his precious granddaughter couldn't bear to look away for a moment, let out an unhappy cold snort from his nostrils, and went out angrily to play chess with his friends.

Christa looked away from her grandfather's back in some astonishment, and blinked, "Grandma, I'd better clean up the room. I'll take Sherlock up first."

Grandma smiled and nodded.

Her family's house is a self-built two-story structure, with only three people living in it, and the space is very spacious. It is not difficult to tidy up an empty room for Sherlock.

"Isn't your Chinese name Yuebai? Why do they call you Lanlan?" Sherlock asked abruptly when going up the stairs.

"The nickname is Xiaoming. In Chinese, 'Yuebai' is a kind of blue, and the meaning of 'Lanlan' is similar to Xiali. By the way, don't you know Chinese?"

"I will observe. I can easily judge a name."

"...Okay, here we are." Krista opened the door with the key. The room is actually very tidy, and a special person comes to clean it regularly, and the New Year is approaching, and every corner of the house is clean. Just make the sheets.

Christa took out a new set of quilt from the cabinet, "Lay it yourself, I'll get you the quilt." After she finished speaking, she went out and turned into another room.

Sherlock held this brand new printed bed sheet in his hand, and suddenly fell into a deep confusion.

After a while, Christa brought him a brand new set of clothes with the quilt and tag still intact.

"A whole set of clothes. My father left it when he came to live a few years ago. You can wear it after you take a shower." Mr. Andre is a very delicate person, and his clothes are also very elegant. The number of clothes is more than that of Keli There are more Stars.

"I'll go out first. Remember to come down for dinner later. Today is New Year's Eve, and it will be New Year's Eve in two days...Let's say first, you can't do weird things at my house, it will scare my grandparents Speak well, you are not allowed to call them goldfish, and you are not allowed to analyze and observe them at will. Mr. Detective, do you hear clearly?" Christa approached him and asked softly.

"What should I do?" Sherlock looked at her innocently.

"Hmm..." She pondered for a while, "When are you going back to England?"

"Why go back? London is so boring, so boring."

"It's even more boring here. It's just a remote and peaceful small city. There have never been any appalling vicious incidents that can be published in the newspapers."

"You're more interesting than those murders."

"Great detective Sherlock Holmes, if I kick you out now, you are ready to live on the streets!" This person has not given up the idea of ​​observing her and dissecting her. Where is the good friend he promised?

The little girl went downstairs angrily, leaving Sherlock with blank eyes, did he just... say something?

The thinking of the poor two people is not on the same line at all.

Sherlock came downstairs wearing a thin sweater after washing off his travel dust. The air conditioner in the room was very warm, and it wouldn't be cold without a coat.

A girl with a beautiful side face and sharp eyes is sitting upright at the kitchen table making a dumpling. Her expression is very focused, and the strength of her hands is just right so that the dumpling skin will not be broken, and the edges will not be loose. Xingzhi made a dumpling with a rather complicated shape.

"Xiali, let's cook dumplings tonight. This is a traditional Chinese food, have you eaten it before?" Krista's gentle and kind grandmother, a lady surnamed Wu, greeted him warmly.

Krista glanced at him at first, but then she just cared about the ingredients in her hands.

"Lanlan used to cook dumplings." When he said this, his name was in Chinese, and the pronunciation was very accurate, which made Ms. Wu stunned for a moment, "So you can speak Chinese?"

"I won't. I'll only speak her name." Sherlock shook his head.The grandmother looked at her granddaughter and felt a little regretful when she saw her cold reaction.

Ms. Wu turned her head and talked to Sherlock for a while. Sherlock, who is good at observing people's hearts, is too easy to please the elders. After talking, Ms. Wu is satisfied with this young man who is very likely to become her grandson-in-law So bad that even Krista felt that she was in danger of falling out of favor.

For dinner, I ate boiled and fried dumplings, with fillings ranging from three delicacies to leeks.Grandma Christa is very good at hand, and the guests and hosts enjoyed the meal.

The only unpleasant thing is that Sherlock almost knocked his teeth when he ate a dumpling containing a coin.

Krista held back a smile and poured him a cup of hot water.

"It's all right. It's really lucky to eat the only dumpling with coins in it."

The toothache detective did not speak.

"Okay, okay, you are not that fragile, I understand. Let's go out for a stroll now, I have to buy you two sets of clothes for emergency. By the way, I can also take you to see the customs of China." Chris Ta reassured him.

Facing the blatant flirtatious behavior of the two of them under his nose, Mr. Jiang snorted heavily, and angrily went to play chess at his old friend's house.

"Where should we go first?" Christa muttered, "It's the 29th of the Chinese New Year today, and there are no closed shops..."

Krista thought for a while, "...I remembered! Come with me!"

The author has something to say: Oh my god, what did I write last night, change it quickly!

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