"Let's go!" Roland grinned and shot Thorin a look. Since he was going to play Middle-earth's dream-fulfilling king, he might as well take it seriously—so Roland really did intend to bring back a beautiful Hobbit woman Bilbo liked!
"Move it! Master Baggins!" Thorin met Roland's eyes, and the two of them immediately hooked Bilbo by the shoulders and carried him toward the door.
"Uh, afternoon tea still needs a little time..." Bilbo said awkwardly.
"No problem. We'll just take a look around Hobbiton. We've been here so long and still haven't properly seen it!"
"Exactly. The last two times were both in a hurry. This time we need to have a proper stroll and get a feel for this countryside scenery!" Roland nodded again and again.
"Hobbiton is very old. There are ancient, primitive Smials here—the original dwellings of Hobbits, like Bilbo Baggins's Bag End—and there are also newer cottages built of wood and stone. Hobbits have lived here generation after generation, carefree and at peace..." Bilbo Baggins stood at the entrance of Bag End, overlooking the villages and settlements below Hobbit-hill as he spoke as though reciting an epic.
"Ancient, mysterious! Excellent material! The protagonists of knightly novels all come from places like this!" Thorin said, stroking his beard.
"Look, that's the mill. All our flour is ground there!" Bilbo pointed out the mill across the river for everyone. The mill stood on the north bank of the river, close to the little bridge over the water. Unfortunately, during the War of the One Ring, Hobbiton was caught in the flames of war, and almost everything here was basically destroyed!
"That's the Old Barn! The harvested grain is piled up there!" Bilbo Baggins smiled at Roland.
"Does The Shire often have good harvests?" Roland asked.
"Yes. The people