Chapter 22 6 of clubs...he seems to want to make sure I'm a real human being with flesh and blood...

I walked and walked in the woods, and soon came to a flat open space.A hundred flowers bloom: under the hillside, there are row upon row of wooden houses.A street wound through these houses; it was bustled with very small dwarfs, not unlike the ones I had met.On the top of the hill, a small house stands alone. There seemed to be no magistrate here to whom I could consult, but at any rate I had to find out where I was. As soon as I entered the village, I saw a small bakery.As I walked past the shop, a blonde girl appeared at the door.She was wearing a red dress, with three blood-red embroidered on the chest, "Just baked bread!" She smiled and greeted kindly.

The smell of bread hit me in bursts, and I couldn't help stepping into this small shop.I haven't tasted bread in over a week.Here, loaves of bread and various pastries stacked on broad counters along the walls whet my appetite. Smoke from the oven wafted from the narrow back room.At this time, another girl in red came into the small shop.She has five red hearts embroidered on her chest. I suddenly realized: "Plum Blossom Gnomes" work in the fields and take care of livestock; Specialized in blowing glassware; "Ace gnomes" dressed in beautiful clothes, gathered flowers and berries in the forest, while "Heart gnomes" baked bread.Now I just need to find out what the "Dwarf of Spades" is doing, and I can get a general idea of ​​the layout of the whole game.

I reached out and pointed to a loaf of bread on the counter and asked, "Can I have a taste?" Five of Hearts leans against an unassuming wooden counter.Above it stood a glass tank with a lonely goldfish in it.She narrowed her eyes and looked at me. "I don't think I've spoken to you in days." She had a very confused look on her face. "Yeah," I replied. "I just fell from the moon to the earth. I have never been good at talking. The real reason is that I am not good at thinking. Since I have difficulty thinking, it is better to just shut up and keep silent."

Experience has taught me that when dealing with the gnomes of the island, one must never speak coherently.Talking nonsense and rambling like them, but can achieve the effect of communication. "You said you fell from the moon?" asked the Five of Hearts. "Yes, dropped from the moon." "Then you must want to eat a piece of bread." Five of Hearts said without thinking.To her, falling from the moon is as common as standing at the counter baking bread. Sure enough, I expected.It wasn't hard to maintain some kind of communication with these dwarves as long as I imitated their way of speaking.

Suddenly, Five of Hearts' face became serious.Leaning on the counter, she leaned forward and whispered to me in a low voice, "The future is in the cards." After finishing speaking, Five of Hearts returned to its original demeanor.She tore off a large slice of bread and stuffed it into my hand.I took it, stuffed it into my mouth, and chewed it as I walked out of the bakery into the narrow street.The bread sold in this shop is a bit sour, but it is chewy and definitely filling. The dwarves walking in the street all had hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades embroidered on their backs.There are four kinds of uniforms: the red gnome in hearts, the blue shirt in clubs, the pink dress in squares, and the black dress in spades.

Some dwarves are taller and dress like kings, queens, and squires. The king and queen wear crowns on their heads, while the page wears a sword at their waist. I found that there is only one representation of each card in the deck of cards here.I only see a king of hearts, a six of clubs, and an eight of spades.There are no children on the island, and there is not a single old man in sight.These dwarves are all young and strong. I wandered the streets for a while.The gnomes saw me, took one look, then turned and walked away. Only Meihualiu—the dwarf galloping down the road on the back of a six-legged monster—came up to me and greeted me: "Princess Sun walked all the way to the ocean." After speaking, he walked around the corner and walked away.

I'm starting to feel dizzy.Obviously, I entered a society built on a particular class system.It seems that the residents of this island do not abide by the law every day, but walking in this small village, I feel very uneasy, like playing a solitaire game, being stuck between two cards, and I don’t know when it will end This game. The houses in the village are all low wooden huts, with glass oil lamps hanging outside the doors-I can see that these oil lamps are all made in the glass factory of the square gnome.The lights weren't on yet.The sun is about to set, but the whole village is still immersed in the golden sunset.

On the benches outside the house and on the cornices of the roof, there are glass tanks with goldfish in them.I also found that large and small bottles were scattered all over the village, and some were just discarded in the alleys.I saw a few dwarves wandering the streets with small bottles in their hands. One house was much larger than the others and looked like a warehouse.I heard the sound of knocking and knocking in the house, and I put my head into the door to have a look, and found a wood factory inside.Four or five dwarfs were busily engaged in assembling a large table.The clothes and styles on them are similar to the blue uniforms of the field gnomes. The only difference is that their clothes are pure black, and the emblem embroidered on their backs is spades, which is different from the plum blossoms of the field gnomes.

The mystery in my mind was finally solved: the gnome of spades was a carpenter by trade.Their hair was as black as coal, but their skin was much paler than that of a plum gnome. Block J sat on a small stool in front of the house, staring at the reflection of the setting sun on his sword.He was wearing a long pink coat and a pair of loose green trousers. I walked up to him and bowed respectfully. "Good night, Diamond J." I pretended to be relaxed and greeted him, and then asked, "Can I ask, which king is in power now?" Diamond J sheathed his sword back, then glared at me with his glassy eyes.

"King of Spades," he said impatiently. "Because it's the buffoon's turn to be in power tomorrow."But we can't discuss the hand. " "Really? I also want you to take me to meet the supreme leader of the island." "It's up to us to discuss the game." Square J said. "What are you saying?" "It's up to us to discuss the game." Diamond J repeated again. "Oh! What does that mean?" "It is up to you to obey the rules." "Really?" "Look at Taihiro "You really can't tell me?"

I took a good look at his small face.Like the cube girl in the glass factory, he has shiny hair and pale skin. "Sorry, I couldn't understand what you just said," I said. "Are you speaking Dutch?" Diamond J raised his head and stared at me with a smug look. "Only kings, queens, and us servants know the art of two-way speech. If you don't understand this, you are inferior to me." I thought about it.Did block J talk backwards just now? "Let's wait and see" is actually "wait and see".He said twice in a row, "It's not us or me to discuss the game of cards."If you read it backwards, this sentence becomes "We must not discuss the game." "We can't discuss the hand." I said to the Jack of Diamonds. When Diamond J heard it, he immediately looked at me with admiration. "Why do you want to pay it back?" He said hesitantly. "Ah, you test." I replied confidently. This time it was J Cube's turn to gape, looking like someone who just fell from the moon to Earth. "I just asked you which king is in power now. My purpose is to test you and see if you can refuse to answer." I said. "But you still can't help answering me. In this way, you have violated the rule of 'no discussion of the game'." "You are too despicable!" Square J said angrily. "Hehe, I can be more despicable." "How can I pay you back for tricks?" "My father's name is 'Otuo,'" I said. "Can you pronounce the name backwards?" Diamond J glared at me. "Otuo," he said. "Yes. But can you read it backwards?" "Otuo," he said again. "Oh, I know," I urged him, "could you say the name backwards?" "Otuo! Otuo!" Square J roared. "Oh, you've worked hard enough," I comforted him. "Shall we try another sentence?" "Come and release." Square J accepts the challenge. "Shake, shake." I said. "Shake, shake." Diamond J said. I kept shaking my hand: "I want you to reverse this sentence." "Shake, shake! Shake, shake!" Diamond J said five or six times in one breath. "Enough, enough! Thank you. Now would you reverse a complete sentence, please?" "The line is: 'You beat your mother and my mother beats you.'" "You hit your mother and my mother hit you" Fang J said immediately. "Don't follow me! Read it backwards." "You hit mom and my mom hit you" Diamond J said again. I just shake my head. "You're still imitating me. Probably because you can't read that sentence backwards." "You beat mommy, mommy beats you! You beat mommy, mommy beats you!" Square J yelled anxiously. Seeing his anxious look, I couldn't bear it.However, the person who invented this trick is not me. Whoosh, Diamond J pulled out his sword from his waist, and without thinking, he slashed at a bottle by the wall, smashing it to pieces.A few red-hearted gnomes passing by were startled, stopped to take a look, and ran away like a ghost. Now I can almost conclude that this island is a sanctuary for the incurable mentally ill.But why are they all so small? How come they all speak German? What confuses me the most is: why do they have different costumes and embroidered numbers on them like playing cards? Make things clear Before, I wouldn't let go of the J of diamonds.I must be careful not to speak too clearly, for the last thing the island gnomes can understand is an orderly manner of speaking. "I just landed here. But I thought this place was as desolate as the moon. Now I really want to know, who are you guys and where did you come from?".Block J took a step back, looking very frustrated: "Are you the new clown?" "It never occurred to me that Germany had a colony in the Atlantic," I went on. "Although I have been to many places, I'm afraid I have to bear it. This is the first time I have seen such a small person." "You're the new buffoon after all. Damn! Hope there won't be another buffoon out there. There's no point in having a buffoon for every deck." "Don't talk like that! If the clown is the only one who knows the art of speaking, then if everyone is a clown, the mystery of the card game will soon be solved!" Square J waved his hand, motioning me not to say any more. "It's exhausting to involve yourself with all the possible problems," he said. I know it's not easy to get the truth out of him.So I try again: "You guys are all together and living on a mysterious island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. I'm asking you to tell me exactly how you got here. Isn't that a reasonable request?" "give up!" "What did you say?" "You ruined the game. I give up the chance to call and stop following!" After finishing speaking, Square J took out a small wine bottle from his coat pocket, raised his neck, and took a sip.He drank a sparkling drink, the same as the plum gnome.After corking the bottle, he stretched out an arm as if reciting the opening sentence of a poem, and said solemnly: "The silver brig is sunk in the stormy sea." I shook my head and sighed helplessly.This guy's going to pass out fast, and it looks like I'll have to find the King of Spades myself.Anyway, there is no reason to be asked from Square J's mouth. Suddenly, I remembered something a dwarf told me. "I've got to go and see if I can find Frod..." I muttered. After hearing this sentence, Square J immediately jumped up from the bench, raised his right arm, and gave a Nazi-style salute. "You mentioned Floyd just now?" I nodded: "Can you take me to see him?" "Of course." We went from house to house until we came to a small market square in the village. There is a large well in the center of the square.The Eight of Hearts and the Nine of Hearts are busy fetching water; they work together to pull a bucket of water up from the well.Among the crowd in the square, their blood-red clothes were particularly eye-catching. The four kings gathered by the well, forming a circle with their shoulders crossed and their backs crossed, as if they were secretly discussing the country's affairs.I thought to myself, how can a country effectively promote government affairs with four kings standing side by side? The clothes and colors of these four kings are the same as their attendants, only more solemn and luxurious.Each of them wears a crown of gold and splendor on his head. The four queens also appeared in the square.They dropped by, taking out a small mirror from their pockets to take a look at their faces from time to time.It seems that they often forget who they are, or even what they look like, so they often have to look in the mirror.The queen wears a tiara, which is narrower and taller than the king's. On the other side of the square, I saw an old man with white hair and a snow-white beard sitting on a large stone, smoking a pipe.What caught my attention was his size—he was almost as tall as I was.In addition to his figure, his clothes were also different from those of the dwarves.In his gray denim shirt and baggy brown trousers, he looked shabby and homely, in stark contrast to the colorful costumes of the dwarves. Diamond J walked up to the old man and introduced him to me. "My lord, this is the new clown." Square J said. After finishing speaking, his knees gave way, and he collapsed on the square, falling into a deep sleep.Apparently he was drunk. The old man hurriedly jumped up from the rock, opened his eyes, looked me up and down, and said nothing.Then he reached out and started touching me.He first touched my cheek, then gently pulled my hair, and finally brushed the sailor suit I was wearing, as if he wanted to make sure that I was a real person with flesh and blood. "It's... the worst thing I've ever seen," he finally said. "Are you Mr. Floyd?" I held out my hand to him. He held my hand tightly and refused to let go for a long time.Suddenly, as if thinking of something unpleasant, he suddenly became irritable. "We must leave this village immediately!" he said. It seemed that the old man was as unclear in his mind as the dwarves on the island, but his manner was not as cold as theirs.That alone made me decide to go with him. The old man led me out of the village in a hurry.His legs seemed to be weak, and he walked several times.times almost wrestled. I saw a wooden house standing alone on a hill in the distance, overlooking the village below.We came to the house and didn't go in.The old man asked me to sit on a small stool outside the house. As soon as I sat down, a strange-looking head protruded from the corner of the room.This man looks funny, is dressed in purple-blue clothes, and wears a red and green hat with two donkey ears on his head.Dozens of small bells were adorned on his clothes and hat, and his tongue jingled as he walked. He ran towards me, pinched my ears first, and then patted my stomach. "Clown, go back to the village!" the old man ordered him. "Don't be so fierce!" A sly smile appeared on the clown's face. "When visitors come to my hometown, I abandon my old friends. Don't do this, my lord. It will bring disaster! Remember my words." The old man sighed helplessly. "Aren't you going to help prepare that big banquet?" he asked the clown. This lively dwarf, imitating a donkey, stretched his limbs and made several jumping and kicking movements.Then he said: "Your old man is right, this kind of thing should not be careless." "That's the end of today's conversation, goodbye!" After speaking, he rushed down the mountain and returned to the village. The old man sat down beside me, overlooking the village from the hill, I saw a group of dwarfs in rich clothes, haunting and walking among the brown cabins.