There lived a hobbit in a cave underground, his name was Bilbo Baggins.

As a hobbit with a short stature and about half the height of a normal human being, Bilbo is undoubtedly more adventurous than his peers.

Although as he grew up, he behaved more and more like other members of his race, acting as ordinary and home-loving, and sometimes even refused to leave home to go to nearby human towns to see those new magic gadgets.

But there is no doubt that beneath the calm exterior, Bilbo still has a yearning for adventure and exploring all kinds of fantastic things deep down in his heart...

Perhaps seeing the desire for adventure in this little hobbit, the demigod "Gandalf" who walked the mortal world as a wizard chose him among thousands of hobbits and joined the dwarf "Under the Mountain" as a snitch.

King Thorin's Lonely Mountain Expedition.

Of course, at the moment, Bilbo has never known the fantastic destiny that he is about to take part in this legendary journey.

Optimistic and positive, he is currently concentrating on whether to add one or two fried small yellow croakers for dinner!

You must know that since meeting Gandalf, an old family friend whom he has not seen for many years, he has regretted his rash and outrageous move yesterday: He must have been obsessed yesterday, and actually invited Gandalf.

The wizard came to his home for tea today.

Oh my God! Dealing with wizards, even with Gandalf, an old friend who has been a good friend since his parents' grandparents, is undoubtedly an extremely outrageous behavior in the eyes of other hobbit neighbors and relatives - for a law-abiding person

For the Hobbit.

Enjoying the afternoon tea of ​​cumin cake and osmanthus tea on the plate, the depressed Bilbo suddenly didn't even want to think about the dinner specifications. His heart was in a mess...

Looking up at the sky, Bilbo finally felt a good mood when he saw the interior of his bright house. After all, the Hobbit's residence, the "Bag End" that he called home, was luxurious and comfortable.

There are solid wood floors with tiles and carpets, many Shire-made porcelain and wooden furniture that would be considered antiques in the human world. There are bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, dining rooms, wine cellars, food storage rooms and other rooms.

With an ingenious special design, basically everything you can think of and comfortable hanging configurations, this burrow has it all.

This excitement about being proud of one's own burrow was lost in the deafening ringing of the doorbell outside the front door.

Guests are coming!

Which hobbit neighbor would disturb him at this time of afternoon tea? Bilbo guessed that it must be Gandalf who came to accept his invitation for yesterday's afternoon tea.

After hurriedly heating up the water and taking out a set of cups and plates and a few pieces of cake, the upset hobbit quickly ran to open the door.

"I'm very sorry to keep you waiting, Gandalf——??" He was about to say this, but he realized that the person standing in front of him was not Gandalf at all.

It was an old-looking dwarf with a white beard and a red hood. To Bilbo's surprise, the old dwarf jumped in as soon as the door opened, as if he

It's like I've been invited a long time ago.

"Bahrain, I am willing to serve you! Your home is quite easy to find. It seems that I have done a good job in exploring the path."

As the most experienced dwarf in the team, the old dwarf Balin, as the pioneer of path exploration, took the lead in finding Bilbo's home - Bag End, where Gandalf and the dwarves agreed to meet in advance.

"Bilbo Baggins is willing to serve you!" the hobbit agreed, and was so surprised that he couldn't ask any questions for a while.

If a strange guest suddenly comes to the door, perhaps the owner of the house, whether human, elf or other race, will get angry and directly drive the person away, or directly close the door violently to make the guest feel rejected.

But the hospitable hobbits would not do this. They would warmly and politely invite any guest, even a stranger, to enjoy some refreshments.

As a descendant of the Baggins family, and also a Hobbit family known for its law-abiding nature, Bilbo Baggins quickly smiled awkwardly and invited his guests to sit down and drink tea.

"I'm getting ready to drink tea. Please join me and have some snacks with your tea."

Although his words were a little stiff, Bilbo was indeed sincere. Suddenly, a dwarf came to the door, and the wizard Gandalf hadn't come yet. At this moment, his heart was troubled!

The two of them had not sat at the table for long, and the knight had just eaten the third piece of cake when the doorbell rang again, louder than last time.

"I'm sorry, I'll be right back!" The hobbit said and got up to open the door.

"You're here! Gandalf, there was a dwarf before you -" Before the words "come to my house" came out of Bilbo's mouth, the crowd of guests outside the door were shocked by this... Poor hobbit, who never thought that there would be a bunch of guests at the door today.

Outside the door, there were a dozen or so dwarves in different clothes, most of them holding weapons!

"Good afternoon, I am willing to serve you!" The dwarves lined up in a row and bowed to Bilbo. Then the most majestic one among them, Thorin Oakenshield, talked to the master of Bag End like a proud king. :

"Very good, it seems that you have already met a dwarf. Hey, Balin, you ran too fast as a pathfinder! We almost got lost twice before we got here!"

Just when Bilbo was about to be completely stunned and couldn't figure out what was going on, the tall Gandalf, still leaning on his cane, finally appeared outside the house.

As the only person present who knew Bilbo well, Gandalf leaned against the door and laughed. Behind him stood three powerful, tall and brave humans, none other than Gu Xiaoheng, Geralt, and Maeve. Group.

"Gandalf, what is going on?"

Faced with the Hort's question, Gandalf smiled and explained: "I say Bilbo, it is not the way to treat guests when you leave your friends outside to talk. Come on, please take me, these dwarves and humans with you." How about a friend come in and have a small dinner with you, and let me explain it to you while we eat?"

At this point, the hospitable hobbit Bilbo could only invite a group of people to have a lively dinner with him.

....

Even though Bilbo had guessed the appetite of the dwarves with the most powerful hobbit eater he had ever seen in his life, reality still gave him a cruel slap in the face.

Like a bottomless pit that could never be filled, the dwarves ate up all the food in his food storage room that was twenty to thirty square meters in size!

Even the ale beer, wine, vegetable juice, fruit juice and other drinks in the wine cellar were almost completely enjoyed by the dwarves and Gandalf.

Compared with the rude behavior of the dwarves who burped and banged the table while eating and drinking, the three humans who enjoyed the food quietly (that is, the Gu Xiaoheng trio) undoubtedly earned enough impression points in Bilbo's mind. The three of them were Bilbo's current

He is the only guest who is more pleasing to the eye.

The banquet finally came to an end under Gandalf's command, and then the dwarves who had just been singing and having fun all returned to their serious posture.

It was getting late, and the night gradually spread from the windows on the hillside into the cave. The fire in the fireplace danced, adding a bit of light to the restaurant that was almost shrouded in darkness.

In such a dark atmosphere, where one could only vaguely see each other's backs, the dwarves began their own meeting without hesitation in front of Bilbo.

Thorin Oakenshield, who had been guarded by the dwarves at the head of the table, stood up. As a leader, he slowly swept his eyes over every dwarf brother present. Finally, after the Hobbit Bilbo nervously

A trembling expression appeared on his face.

"I don't mean to hide it from you, but just before we arrived at the home of Bilbo, our outstanding and extremely adventurous hobbit companion, I received letters from other dwarf clan envoys. Send them to us with the letter

What we have brought is bad news! This can be a huge trouble and challenge for our next great adventure."

bad news!

Hearing that Thorin seemed to be going on to deliver a speech about some "great adventure" in which he had high hopes, Bilbo stood up tremblingly, trying to pretend that he was going to get the oil lamp, but what he really wanted to do was

Escape from this serious, tense and suffocating room and hide in the empty wine cellar.

As soon as Bilbo stood up, he heard the discussion between Thorin and the dwarves stop. All the participants looked at him, their eyes shining in the darkness.

"Where are you going?" Judging from Thorin's unceremonious tone, he seemed to have understood the hobbit's secret thoughts of escaping.

Bilbo tried his best to look normal, but his trembling tone betrayed him. "It's dark, how about some light in the house?"

"We like darkness," said all the dwarves. "Secret matters must be discussed in the dark! There is still a long time before dawn!"

Hearing this, the hobbit said in his heart that something was wrong.
Chapter completed!