Self-cultivation of the traveler of the world

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And in the long coastline around England, there is such a small town, which is remote and mixed with dragons and snakes.

Even in the 70s, people in villages and towns still live a backward life.

There is no running water, no gas, no TV and telephone, and even the electricity is intermittent. If it is not for the occasional Union Jack flag, it is hard to believe that this place belongs to the same country as London!

Of course, backwardness does not mean poverty or sparsely populated. The people here are no worse than some wealthy towns. The only difference is that the crowd is too mixed!

The small town of Smuggling was not originally called by this name, or in other words, the town did not have a name at all. This name was passed on and shouted by the people who came and went!

That's right, Smuggling, Smuggling, a paradise for stowaways and smugglers!

Most of the people living here rely on smuggling, smuggling, trafficking, and crime. Therefore, although the place is remote, people are not short of money at all!

Of course, not everyone is willing to join forces. Although the criminals in the town will not say anything about such people, they still have a faint isolation and rejection of them.

But no one will deliberately drive them away. After all, there must be some people in the town to do the hard work and build some basic service facilities, right?

The taverns, gambling halls, restaurants, hotels, and some small department stores in the town are opened by good people, which is much more reassuring than those opened by criminals!

No one doesn't like good people, and bad people are no exception!

And the Lyle Lupines are the weirdest of the good guys!

The Lyall Lupine family of three came here six years ago, Lyall Lupine in shabby clothes, Mrs. Hope with a haggard face, and little Remus who always looked timid.

A family of three came to the town, bought the most remote hut, and lived on odd jobs every day!

For some reason, no one had ever seen a smile on the faces of this family, and even some idlers took advantage of this to make a bet on who could make the Lyle Lupines smile.

Of course, the idlers lost in a mess in the end, and Lyell Lupine has since gained a nickname, called Bitter Melon Face Lupine, and the Lyle Lupine family is also called the weird family!

No one in the town likes their family, so life for the Lyall Lupins is very difficult.

Lyle Lupine has to go to the town every day to find work, wash the boats, move the loads, feed the horses and cut firewood, and he doesn't even mind picking manure. Although the salary is meager, he will be able to make ends meet.

Whenever Lyle went out, Mrs. Hope would clean up the housework at home. Fortunately, little Remus was very sensible and well-behaved, which made Mrs. Hope relieved a lot.

The only thing that worries their family is that little Remus is getting older...

"Remus, where are you?"

"I'm here at the window, I'm reading a book!"

As the sun was setting, the first thing the tired Lyle did when he returned home was nothing else but to locate little Remus.

Lyle didn't feel relieved until he saw Remus sitting in front of the window, looking helplessly at the sunset outside the window.

"Huh, Remus, tonight is the night of the full moon, after dinner tonight, remember to go to the underground cabin with me, don't worry, Dad will always be with you tonight!"

"I see, Dad..."

Hearing his father's words, Remus didn't have any intention of resisting. He was young but sensible. He already knew that he was unusual. In order not to worry about his tired parents, he didn't even complain!

"...hey Lyle, are you back?"

Hearing the movement in the living room, Mrs. Hope trotted out of the kitchen too, holding a handleless shovel in her hand. The shovel was yellow and mushy.

I saw that she was wearing a washed-out dress, and the rhinestones on the headband had long since disappeared. Her feet were bare, and she was wearing a pair of brown sandals and slippers. Through the slippers, one could vaguely see the rough There are several wounds on the feet that have scabbed over.

"Hey! Honey, it's me, don't worry, I'm back!"

"Whoo~"

Seeing her husband come back, Mrs. Hope breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the father and son with warm eyes, smiled relaxedly, turned around and went back to the kitchen, and continued to work on the family's dinner.

It can be seen that Mrs. Hope is a very gentle person.

"Remus, what did you do today?"

Lyle took off the aluminum kettle on his body, hung it on the wall, moved his stiff shoulders, squeezed a smile on his tired face, sat on the chair, and looked at the water bottle in his hand. Remus of the book.

"Today... I peeled potatoes in the morning, I was reading in the morning, I helped my mother boil water at noon, and I cleaned up the garbage in the afternoon..."

"Wait, baby..."

Hearing what Remus said, Lyle immediately became nervous.

"Clean up the trash, have you gone out to take out the trash?"

Hearing his father's harsh tone, little Remus lowered his head a little aggrieved.

"No...no...my mother poured it...I helped her lift it to the door...then I read at home..."

The reading that Remus mentioned was not just reading. After all, there was no light source at home, so if you want to read, you have to get it by the window.

And that small window carried all of Remus' yearning for the outside world... Unfortunately, he couldn't step out of the house after all...

Seeing the child's aggrieved expression, Lyle's heart twitched. He was really distressed, but he had to be tough.

The dark forces are becoming more and more turbulent, and the living environment of vampires and werewolves is getting worse.

If he didn't want his son to be arrested and executed by the Ministry of Magic, he had to be strict to ensure that his son's identity as a werewolf would not be discovered by outsiders.

If his heart is not ruthless, not only his son's life cannot be guaranteed, but his wife may also be in danger.

No way, he has also worked in the Ministry of Magic, and he can't understand the bureaucrats of the Ministry of Magic who can't eat anything and do everything!

Although those idiots are obedient to the outside world, they have never been soft on the inside. If he wants to protect his wife and children, he can't rely on anyone but himself!

"...I'm sorry, Remus, it was Dad's fault..."

"Okay, you father and son, it's time to eat..."

Before Lyle could apologize, Mrs. Hope came out with a pot of potato soup.

"...No matter what, wait until after dinner!"

Whenever this is the time when Mrs. Hope is at her most majestic, watching the father and son wash their hands and eat obediently under her instructions, it feels wonderful.

Such scenes happen every day in this family, but every day is not boring, but sometimes, it will be broken by external accidents.

'Boom—boom—boom'

"Who... who is outside..."

Chapter 457 The Lupine Family of Smuggling Town!

"Who... who is outside..."

The sudden knock on the door broke the tranquility of this harmonious little family. Whether it was the Lyle Lupines or the little Remus, the first thing they felt after hearing the knock on the door was fear.

Beside the potholed dining table, Lyle looked at the door vigilantly, and waved quietly at his wife and children.

Seeing this gesture, Mrs. Hope and Little Remus seemed to have rehearsed it countless times. They tightly covered their mouths, took off their shoes, and hid barefoot towards the legendary underground hut.

The so-called underground hut is actually a small underground storage room, which is used to store some simple production and maintenance tools.

But because of the special nature of little Remus, Mr. Lyle remodeled this small storage room, not only concealing the entrance, but also installing a cage made of pure metal in the storage room.

Some sponges were wrapped around the railings of the cage, but the sponges seemed to have been bitten by something. They were tattered and shabby.

"Quick... go in!"

Mrs. Hope brought little Remus quickly to the basement, locked his son in an iron cage, picked up the airtight sackcloth hanging on the wall, and looked deeply at the man who was suppressing his heart with red, tearful eyes. The terrified son took a look, gritted his teeth, and slowly covered the cage.

The sackcloth gradually covered the cage, and little Remus' world fell into darkness little by little, but no matter how frightened and terrified he was, little Remus never made a sound, not even a cry.

never... not at all...

The cage was tightly covered, leaving only a small gap for his son to breathe. He picked up the adze, chisel, ax and saw and set it on the cage, making the cage look like a platform for holding tools.

Then, he quickly wiped away the tears on his face, suppressed the sadness in his heart with great perseverance, took a deep breath, climbed out of the basement with hands and feet, and closed the cover door of the basement.

While doing all this, Mrs. Hope didn't even have time to look back at little Remus.

"who is it..."

Seeing that her husband had pulled out the thing called the magic wand from nowhere, and was nervously facing the door, Mrs. Hope's suppressed emotions surged up again.

"Who is outside the door..."

Neither of them noticed that their voices were already full of trembling and despair.

In this home where no outsiders have ever visited, it is definitely not good news for the couple to hear an unfamiliar knock on the door.

"Who...what the hell is...who..."

......

Darkness, depression, depression, fear...

The underground storage room is not a place where people feel comfortable. Even though every full moon night, little Remus spends a long night here, but every time he feels a sense of comfort from his heart. born of fear.

Fear of the dark, of the full moon, of the unknown, is also a fear of ourselves.

But today, little Remus suddenly discovered that those fearful emotions in the past were far less intense than today.

'Galla...gala...'

There was an inexplicable sound outside the cage, like stones rubbing against each other, very ear-piercing and grinding.

Hearing this voice, little Remus huddled silently in the corner of the cage, staring fixedly at the gap for breathing, covered his mouth with his hands, and pursed his lips tightly.

'...rumble...'

The sound of stones rubbing against each other turned into a dull roar, and if little Remus hadn't been more sensitive than ordinary people, he would never have heard this sound.

But he would rather not have such outstanding hearing, not to hear this dull sound, he was very scared, he wanted to call out to his parents, but he didn't dare!

He still remembers what his parents told him, once he hides in the cage, no matter what happens, don't make a sound!

Do not make a sound under any circumstances!

Little Remus is very sensible, he doesn't want to cause trouble for his parents, so he always firmly remembers and obeys every word of his parents, no matter what, he doesn't make a sound.

'...'

The roar also stopped, followed by a moment of silence, the silence was even more frightening than when the noise was made just now, making little Remus's whole heart hang, as if a big hand was clenched.

'...Tat T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T K

......

"...Who is outside, talk! I will shoot if I don't speak. I have a powerful shotgun in my hand!"

Mr. Lyle, who had stabilized his mood a little, raised the wand in his hand and walked slowly towards the door. Mrs. Hope's eyes were red and she wanted to grab Mr. Lyle, but Mr. Lyle grabbed him and protected him behind her. .

"Who is it, answer me quickly, or I will shoot!!! I will shoot out all the bullets in the chamber, I promise!!!"

"Hello, Mr. Lyle Lupine, sorry to frighten you, but I think you'd better put down your wand first!"

"who is it!"

Hearing the strange voice coming from behind the storage room's concealed door, Lyall Lupine was furious. He stopped Mrs. Hope who was about to rush over madly, and shouted loudly:

"Who are you, come out for me!"

"Ahhh~"

Mrs. Hope frantically tried to break free from Mr. Lyle's hand, while wailing meaninglessly, her eyes could almost ooze blood and tears, and the most precious hairband was knocked aside.

"Woooooooooooooooooooo..."

At the door of the basement, little Remus, who heard his mother's wailing outside the door, tightly clutched the collar of the man holding him, bit his lower lip with his teeth, but still didn't make any sound.

The man snapped his fingers lightly, and in an instant, the wailing outside stopped abruptly, and turned into his father's angry shouts.

"What have you done! Let go of my wife and children, something is coming to me!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lyle, I'm the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, I just asked your wife to take a nap.

After all, fear and compassion are not good for the human body, and your wife's body is a little weak! "

'Squeak~'

The cover door of the basement was slowly opened, and a yellow-skinned man wearing a black wizard robe slowly came out. In the arms of the yellow-skinned man, he was still holding his son, Remus Lupin!

"Let go of him, something is coming to me!"

Wang Xuebin raised his hand when he heard the words, spread out the summoning spell, and then snapped his fingers again. The door behind Mr. Lyle was instantly pushed open by an unknown force.

Hearing the movement, Mr. Lyle ignored Wang Xuebin, turned sideways quickly, protected his lover behind him, and looked at the enemy behind him warily.

But when he turned his head to look, he found a rather handsome owl holding a letter that he was familiar with to the bone, persistently banging on the door.

"Boom-boom-boom..."

Chapter 458 The Lupine Family of Smuggling! !