5. Fountain of Life
Unexpectedly, the meaty-faced young man did not come to trouble him, but smiled at him in a friendly way—although this man's smile was more like a sinister smile because of his appearance.
The reason for Yang Shubao's judgment was the way the young man greeted him, he raised his right hand, the back of his hand facing himself, and the palm of his hand facing Yang Shubao, meaning: Look, I didn't come with a weapon.
In Africa, where there were wars and killings, and there was a lack of trust between strangers, who often attacked each other unexpectedly, and then this gesture of friendship appeared.
Yang Shubao stretched out his palm at him, and the two of them shook each other's hands with great strength.
This is also the etiquette of greeting South Africans, many blacks are naïve and straightforward, they think that shaking hands vigorously means respecting the other person, while the light handshake that is popular in Europe and Asia is perfunctory and flippant.
"I'm Ron, Ron. The young man clasped his hand and said, "I heard you say that you want to buy land, right?"
Yang Shubao stared at him vigilantly and said, "No, not necessarily. ”
Ron said to himself: "Then you are lucky, brother, you are lucky, I happen to know how to buy that land, I have a relationship, but you have to be rich, you know what I mean, right?"
Yang Shubao smiled noncommittally: "I understand what you mean, but I'm sorry, I don't actually have much money, this time I'm just going to take a look." ”
His words made Ron, who was originally happy, a little displeased, and he looked at Yang Shubao and muttered a few words, and his tone was not very good.
Yang Shubao didn't understand what he said, he didn't use English, there are many South African languages, and there are eleven official languages alone.
Manager Meissen rescued him, he knew Ron, and after giving him two bottles of banana wine, Ron left in a huff.
Yang Shubao thanked him for his help, and said, "Those two bottles of wine are counted in my account." ”
Manager Maison rubbed his hands together and said, "No, no, man, well, you actually want to buy the land in the reserve, right? How about I introduce you to an agent?"
After speaking, he was afraid that Yang Shubao would think too much and hurriedly added: "It's my brother-in-law, don't worry, he is a professional real estate agent, and he will never charge indiscriminately, let alone cheat you, otherwise you can complain about him, he works in the independent group." ”
The Independent Group is a leader in South Africa's real estate industry, with formal management and a predominantly white staff.
Yang Shubao thought for a while and said: "Then let him contact me, I can't guarantee too much, I can only tell you that if he is the one who can really help me, then I will hire him, otherwise ......"
For the rest, he spread out his hands and expressed himself with movements.
Manager Maison nodded happily and said, "Of course, of course, thank you for your trust in me, I asked him to come over tonight, oh, how can he contact you?"
Yang Shubao said: "I lost my mobile phone, and I can't give the number. But I'll stay in town tonight, so let him come straight to the restaurant. And Mr. Maison, can I borrow your phone?"
He'll have to get in touch with the Cape Botanical Reserve quickly.
"Sorry man, what's the use of the phone here, the signal is very poor. Manager Maison shrugged, "Normally we use the phone to communicate with the outside world, but you know that two days ago there was a typhoon that landed here, and there was a problem with the phone line, and the resort town became an isolated island, and unless you travel by car, you can't contact the outside world." ”
This is normal in Africa, where even South Africa, the most developed country on the continent, does not have full mobile network coverage.
Yang Shubao asked again, "Then how do you contact your eldest brother?"
Manager Meissen laughed: "We can communicate with the radio station. ”
“niubility!”
After dinner, Maison helped him find a small hotel to stay in, and the conditions of the hotel were generally not low, and the price was not low, and it cost three hundred rand.
But this is normal in resort towns, which are considered to be in scenic areas, and prices are higher than in cities and ordinary villages.
After a good night's sleep, when he woke up in the morning, the dryad panel popped out: [The fountain of life is born, young city lord go and drink it]
Seeing this news, Yang Shubao was overjoyed, the Fountain of Life is a good thing, it is one of the essences of the Tree of Life, and it has many magical effects, the two most important of which are to nurture the elves and enhance the magic of the elven city lord.
The knowledge poured into Yang Shubao's brain has some arcane arts, which require magic power to be cast.
It was still early in the morning and the sun was just rising above the horizon.
Yang Shubao left the room to buy some bananas to make food for the goblins, and then trotted all the way to the Tree of Life.
The Tree of Life grew taller again, from one meter eight when he left yesterday to two and a half meters, and its canopy was even more luxuriant, spreading out to five or six square meters.
The main trunk of the tree is very straight, and the branches grow from the center to the surrounding sides into many side branches, among which the top of the main trunk is concave like a small bowl, which is the fountain of life, and the spring water is the sap of the tree of life, which flows slowly from the lines at the top of the trunk, and finally converges into a small pool of clear water.
The Fountain of Life must be two meters high from the ground, and Yang Shubao can't reach it if he doesn't climb the tree.
But there is a problem when it comes to climbing trees, the trunk is too thin!
"It's not going to be easy. Yang Shubao smacked his lips, then looked down at the goblin.
The goblin looked up at his shoulder and grinned, "Lord City, I have an idea, let's take a personal ladder to get spring water." ”
"You've got a good idea, you're such a clever little ghost. Come, squat. ”
Stepping on the shoulder of the goblin, he finally saw the fountain of life, the spring water was turquoise, and he couldn't help but think of the bamboo leaf green he had drunk after seeing it.
The fountain of life appeared for a short time, and there was still very little water in it, only a little accumulation in the spring.
So he was depressed, and said that it was okay to quote it?
When he bought fruit before, he bought a water cup by the way, and prepared to scoop the spring water to drink, tons and tons and tons of it.
But now he thinks too much, not to mention that this spring water can't be scooped and drunk in a water cup, even with a spoon.
He had no choice but to dip his fingers into the spring water and pour it into his mouth, like a bear eating honey.
Occasionally looking down, he saw Nate holding a bunch of bananas and looking up at him.
Yang Shubao said: "What do you see? Eat your breakfast, I stepped on your shoulder but did not step on your hand. ”
Nate took a bite of the banana with the skin and looked aggrieved: "But the city lord, this is not delicious." ”
Yang Shubao said helplessly: "Haven't you ever eaten a banana? Of course it's not delicious with the skin, come, peel off the skin and eat it, is it delicious now?"
Nate peeled off the skin and took a bite, then said with a sad face, "It's still not delicious." ”
It's not delicious, Yang Shubao shrugged and said that there was no way.
There are many bananas in Africa, but the most common banana in South Africa is different from the fruit banana produced in Southeast Asia, the local banana has a higher starch content, is not so sweet, can be used as a staple food steamed and boiled, and can also make wine, which is quite useful, but it is not suitable for making fruit.
Considering that he had to rely on goblins to watch the Tree of Life if he wanted to buy land today, Yang Shubao felt that he had to let him eat and drink enough, otherwise he might not be able to pass the Golden Lion-faced Tamarin family with his small size.
So he could only endure the pain and let the goblins open the banana and dip it in the fountain of life to eat.
Looking at the beautiful breakfast, Yang Shubao told him: "You stay here today, don't walk around, especially don't go to the roadside, you know? ”
As the Elven City Lord, he has Transfiguration in the Arcane, which can change the appearance of goblins and transform the Tree of Life, but he has absorbed too little fountain of life, and he has less magic power, so he can't cast Transfiguration.