Bilbo took the contract, didn't even look at it, and signed his name directly.

Bahrain took the contract, verified it, and then smiled with satisfaction, "Welcome, Bilbo Baggins, you're already one of us." ”

Thorin said with a calm face, "Find him a pony to ride." ”

"Ponies?" Bilbo hurriedly said: "No, no, I can walk on my own, I don't need to ride that furry thing." ”

Before he could finish speaking, Chili and Filip set it up from the left and right sides, respectively, and placed it on the back of a small pony.

Bilbo protested vehemently: "I don't want to ride a horse, it's uncomfortable, I prefer to walk on my own feet, I can keep up with your speed." ”

Thorin said coldly, "Bilbo, I don't doubt your ability, however, our journey is very long, so we must save our strength. ”

Bilbo sighed helplessly, "I suddenly started to regret it, excuse me, can I turn back now?" ”

Thorin said coldly: "No, you have already signed, if you leave now, it will be to turn your back on our Oak Shield Clan, and our entire Oak Shield Clan will be your enemy." ”

Bilbo shrunk his tongue, "Alright then, so be it." ”

Gandalf drove the carriage to his side with a smile, "I'm glad you're here, Bilbo, it seems that I'm sure you're right." ”

Bilbo smiled helplessly: "I don't know why I did this, it's too unlike me." ”

Gandalf smiled and said, "No, perhaps, this is the real you, the real you who you haven't even realized yet." ”

At this time, Thorin, who was at the front of the team, took out a bag of gold coins and threw them to Xu Feng at the back of the team.

Xu Feng took the money bag and put it into his pocket without humility.

Immediately afterwards, Chili, Fili, Ou Yin, and Ou Li all reluctantly took out their money bags and threw them to Xu Feng.

Bilbo asked, confused, "What are they doing?" ”

Gandalf took a sip of charr tobacco and said with a smile: "They just used you to bet on whether you can come, the swordsman Diedi said you will definitely come, Thorin They said you will definitely not come, and now, Diedi has won, Thorin they have lost." ”

Bilbo asked curiously, "What about you, did you win or lose?" ”

Gandalf laughed but didn't say a word.

After a short while, Dwalin tossed a bag of gold coins at Gandalf, who put it away without humility.

Although the secondary gods do not need gold and silver treasures, it is always a very happy thing to win chips.

Just as Bilbo was about to express his gratitude, his nose itched and he couldn't help but sneeze several times in a row.

"This horsehair makes me allergic......" he dug into his pocket, and then his face changed dramatically, "No! No! Wait! Stop it! Back! I have to go back! ”

Gandalf hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Bilbo exclaimed, "I forgot my handkerchief!" I have a lot of handkerchiefs, and each one is thrown away after use, so I need to bring a lot of handkerchiefs, and they are handkerchiefs embroidered with the badgins emblem! I have to go back and get it! ”

Dori laughed, and then tore a piece from his burlap clothes, "Here you go, no thanks!" ”

Bilbo took the greasy, dirty "handkerchief", and his whole face was almost distorted.

Thorin shouted in a deep voice, "Don't stop, keep going!" Before it gets dark, we have to get out of the Shire area. ”

Gandalf smiled, "Bilbo, you have to get used to it, it's not the comfortable life you enjoyed before, everything has to be simplified." You grew up in the hills and rivers of the Shire, there were no strong winds and no big waves, but now that the home is behind you, it will make you very uncomfortable for a while, but think about it from another angle, although the home is behind you, and the world is already in front of your eyes. ”

“…… All right. Bilbo tried to wipe his nose with a dirty handkerchief, but after several attempts, he couldn't get his hands on it.

The dwarven procession was slow, but it never stopped.

As Gandalf said, the homeland is getting farther and farther behind Bilbo.

Bilbo thought he was going to be sad, but in reality, he was very excited.

He couldn't wait to see the world beyond the Shire.

First, they climbed over a hill.

Bilbo exclaimed, "This mountain is really high. ”

The dwarves burst out laughing.

Balin laughed and said, "My dear Bilbo, where is this mountain? This is just a hill, and the so-called hill is nothing more than a pile of bulging stones, and the real mountain is not only tall and majestic above the surface, but also deep and bigger roots in the earth. ”

Groyin smiled: "Bilbo, when you get to the Lonely Mountain, you will understand what the real mountain is." ”

Bilbo shrugged his shoulders and didn't respond.

He felt that the mountain in front of him was already the largest mountain he had ever seen.

Of course, such thoughts only lasted for half a day.

As they walked out of the Shire and across the uninhabited deserts, mountains appeared in front of Bilbo's eyes.

Bilbo was speechless in amazement.

He really couldn't imagine what kind of force could create these hard rock mountains.

Thorin reined in his horse's head, looked at the sky, turned back and said, "Chillfeli, you two go ahead and explore the way, and we will set up camp at this high point." ”

"Yes!"

Chili and Filip immediately struck their horses and quickly explored the way ahead.

Bilbo asked curiously towards Xu Feng, "Diedi, I don't quite understand, why do we want to set up camp at a high point, can't we find a warm cave?" ”

Xu Feng smiled faintly, "Prince Thorin is extremely experienced in this regard, he is right, in the mountainous area where this situation is complicated, we should find a commanding height to set up camp, and we must not hide in a cave." ”

Bilbo asked, "Why?" ”

Xu Feng smiled: "If we have enemies, we can't detect their sneaking whereabouts from low places, and if we sleep in a warm cave, the enemy can burn us to death by setting a fire at the door." ”

Bilbo smiled awkwardly, "There aren't so many enemies, right?" I mean, we just passed through here, went to the Lonely Mountain, and it didn't get in anyone's way, so why would they target us? ”

Xu Feng said with a smile: "The alliance side will naturally not deal with us, after all, Thorin is recognized as the prince of the Oak Shield Clan, and there is Gandalf in the team. However, the Demon Lord's side doesn't think so. ”。

Bilbo was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Diedy, you're scaring me, aren't you?" Actually, there's no monster at all, you're just trying to scare me and see how I'm afraid of making a fool of myself, aren't you? ”

Xu Feng smiled faintly and rode away.