Train to Another World

Chapter 398 Misunderstanding

Under Old Pier's nervous gaze, Li Zhuoguang took out two pears from somewhere and handed them to the little girl: "Please eat pears."

The little girl was stunned when she looked at the two huge yellow fruits in front of her. Although they were fruits she had never seen before, they were indeed fruits. Because they were close, she could even smell the sweet fragrance.

Seeing that the little girl did not take action, Li Zhuoguang thought she might be a little shy. He stretched out his hand and stuffed the pear into her arms. Immediately, Li Zhuoguang turned around and returned to his seat.

It took Li Zhuoguang some time to eat a Qiuyue pear himself. The little girl got two, so she should be able to block her mouth.

Old Pier ran away happily as he watched his daughter hold two unknown fruits in his arms, with a complicated look for a moment. But before he could think for a long time, he heard Li Zhuoguang clear his throat: "We can help in supporting this matter, and we can even take action within a certain range, but it is not for nothing.

We need you to provide us with the intelligence we need. If you don’t have relevant information here, then you are responsible for searching for information for us. Can you accept this condition? ”

Old Pier forced himself to concentrate and weighed Li Zhuoguang's conditions. After thinking for a little, he confirmed that this condition was because he had taken advantage of it. His expression suddenly became more complicated and he absent-mindedly agreed to Li Zhuoguang's request.

Since the conditions have been agreed, Li Zhuoguang and the others left the city lord's mansion.

On the way back to the hotel, Li Zhuoguang remembered Old Pier's strange performance at the banquet and asked Ariana: "The old Pier's face is not right. Did we hit him too hard?"

"Maybe, but he is not young among humans anymore, and he has been a city lord for so long, so he should not be so easily hit." Ariana thought for a while and continued, "By the way, I'm going to be , You just gave Virginie Fruit, Peel's little daughter, and you shouldn't give two."

"Uh, sorry, I usually give things to even numbers at my house, so I subconsciously gave them two. Is there any explanation for yours to give two fruits?"

"Generally, any pair of fruits are given to the opposite sex, which usually means proposing, and is the kind of proposal with the highest specifications. If you are a great noble, you will give more pairs of fruits.

When ordinary civilians propose marriage, they usually just need two pieces of jerky meat. "Then, Ariana laughed again: "Hahahaha, but that little girl is still very young, and she is only about 100 years old when she turns into the elves. They should understand it as a gift given by their elders. right. ”

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At this time, the lord's mansion of Haichao City

Virginie happily walked her short legs with her two autumn moon pears, ran around the city lord's mansion twice, and then ran to the female family's bedroom. When she arrived at the door, she turned around and pushed open the door with her little butt, then flashed into the room.

Toward the two sisters who were resting, he raised Qiu Yueli in his hand high: "Big sister, second sister, I'm going to get married! My fiancé's skin is so white! There are still a lot of fruits!"

Old Peel, who was chasing over, stood at the door, heard the screams coming from inside, and opened his mouth several times, but couldn't say anything.

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When Li Zhuoguang heard Ariana's popular science, his eyebrows were twisted in a ball. He was not as optimistic as Ariana, and he had an ominous premonition.

Hey, wait, when we met for the first time, was the fruit I gave Ariana odd or even? At that time, the other party seemed to have no special performance, so it should be odd.

"A apple."

"ah?"

"I said you don't need to recall anymore. When you first met me, you gave me an apple."

"How do you know I'm recalling?"

"Ah hahaha, you should look at your expression just now. I raised a rock rat when I was a child. Every time I secretly took part of the food it stored, the expression when it counted the food was exactly the same as you now .”

Li Zhuoguang corrected his expression back to the dead fish face when he heard this.

Back at the hotel, Ariana lay on the blanket with her hands on her stomach, rubbing her stomach: "Oh, I miscalculated and I'm too full."

Xiong Facai took out the glass cup, threw four or five small sour fruits to help digestion, injected them into boiling water and handed them to Ariana: "You shouldn't have eaten so much fruit before you go to the banquet."

Ariana sat up, took the water cup, suddenly remembered something, turned her head and asked everyone, "Did you pack up the unfinished food before we leave?"

Li Zhuoguang said in surprise: "If you are going out for a meal, packing is normal. But how can I pack this kind of conversation? I know you cherish food, but some food cannot be saved."

Ariana took a sip of sour fruit tea and explained, “If one party carried an excessive amount of food during the banquet, there was still a lot left after the banquet, and that party did not pack the remaining food away.

This behavior is called "promoting wealth", which is literally understood as boasting about one's own wealth. A further extension is to show your strength and recruit the other party.

If the other party agrees to recruit, he will eat the food left by the other party, which means 'I will eat what you reward you will be yours'. If the other party disagrees, the food will be packed and sent back the next morning. ”

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At this time, the lord's mansion of Haichao City

Old Pier sat in his study, carefully searching for ancient books left by his ancestors on the bookshelf: "A Brief History of the Empire, "Elf in the Storm", "Court Etiquette", "The Barbarian Maid Full of Energy" ... "Customs Encyclopedia", ha, found it, "Customs Encyclopedia". "

Old Pier took out the dusty ancient book from the bookshelf and placed it on the table to search carefully.

When Li Zhuoguang left, Old Pier was in a complicated mood when he faced the table of leftovers. Although Haichao City is just a medium-sized city and its military strength is ordinary, Haichao City has a well-known commercial street.

Even those water merchants who are above the top are willing to open a water shop on the commercial street. The wealthy businessmen and nobles nearby, whether they are sacrifices or banquets, will come to Haichao City to purchase them.

Although Old Peel was unable to impose commercial tax on the water store, he even waived the other party's rent. However, the source of customers and wealth brought by a water store to a city is very considerable.

No mistakes, one song, one post, one content, one reading!

Old Pier has encountered solicitation more than once, and even many of the great nobles, but he has never been moved. After all, the Haichao City was built brick by brick before the disaster came, so how could it be randomly included in other forces?

But this time it's different...

Old Pier looked at the bottle of pure liquid placed on the desk, and there was still a little left at the bottom of the bottle. This was brought by a nobleman named William, who at first thought it was pure water.

After Li Zhuoguang left, he wanted to drink a little bit. Although the party's "promotion" was to return the things as they were, Old Pier hadn't seen such clean water for too long, and he couldn't help it.

However, when he opened the lid and had not yet drunk the water into his mouth, the pungent smell made him realize that this was definitely not pure water. Such a pungent smell is worse than sewage. Because the taste was too pungent, Old Pier could not accept it, so he put it back in place.

But the liquid in the bottle seemed very pure to the naked eye. Coupled with the abundant food brought by their group, it was impossible to bring a bottle of sewage to the banquet, which puzzled Old Pier.

Suddenly, a trace of childhood memories passed through Old Pier's mind. It was when his father was still there, he put him on his knees when he was a child and took ancient books to tell him about the world before the catastrophe.

An outrageous guess came to Old Pier's heart, so he immediately returned to the living room, picked up the bottle of liquid, walked quickly into the study, and began to read ancient books.

"Finished!" When I turned the "Customs Encyclopedia" in my hand, I finally found the record deep in his memory. According to the records in the book, Old Pier took out a small cup and carefully poured out some of the bottle of liquid.

He put the cup to his lips, endured the pungent smell, and stuck out his tongue to lick it. Old Pier's face suddenly wrinkled like anus. I read the records in the book again: "It's not delicious either?"

Old Pier hesitated for a moment, picked up the oil lamp on the table, took off the lampshade, and slowly approached the cup. Suddenly, the liquid in the cup ignited, and a faint blue flame floated on the liquid surface.

Seeing the same characteristics as those recorded in ancient books, Old Pier widened his eyes: "It's really distilled wine? Oh my God! How much food does it cost? How much water?!"