Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Dumb Butler
"Pique, what are you doing?" Ryder held a stick, looking left and right and couldn't make out what it was.
"There's a card slot here, you can remove the wooden block from the top of the card slot. Peake said.
Ryder took off the wooden block from the card slot according to Peake's instructions, and in an instant, as if he had touched a switch, three small wooden sticks popped out of one end of the "stick-like object".
"This ......," Ryder was shocked, "is this the 'noble cane' you made?"
"As a pragmatist, I don't think the 'noble cane' has any substantive effect, so I innovated on the basis of making the cane, and installed a small mechanism, you see, as soon as the wooden card slot is opened, three branches can pop out, you see, so that the cane can be well supported on the ground, and we can sit on the handle of the cane, because the material we use is hard enough, so we don't have to worry about the cane being crushed at all. β
Ryder was speechless, thought for a moment and said, "But, don't you think it feels strange to sit on a wooden stick?"
"This ...... I didn't think about this, this inspiration came from when I was a child, my father took me to the north forest to cut wood, I was tired of chopping wood, I thought about how good it would be to have a wooden bench to sit on, it is much better than sitting on the ground, you see, as long as we put the three small branches together, and then use wood to jam this card slot, it becomes a cane, this design I am so satisfied. β
"Okay. Ryder scratched his head and said, "Let's go around the town at dawn and see if we can sell this cane." β
In this way, the two of them walked to the town with a vision of making a lot of money in the future.
Soon, the two of them came to the door of Dosol's carpenter's shop again, and the two of them stood at the door, and before they came, they had discussed that the first business would be done here.
Soon, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties walked over.
Ryder immediately stepped forward with Pique's "Special Cane" to sell, "Dear Sir, you see, this is our special noble cane, there is a mechanism here, as long as it ......"
Before Ryder could finish speaking, the middle-aged man waved his hand and walked into the carpenter's shop.
Undeterred, Ryder saw an old man walking over, wearing a gray hat, about sixty years old.
He stepped forward to sell: "Look, uncle, our special cane ......"
As soon as Ryder was halfway through speaking, he saw the old man's face clearly, and his face changed instantly, "You, you are from the Geyi Town Mayor's family, I recognize you." β
Ryder thought of the picture of being treated as the owner of the big black foot in the vegetable market that day, and was caught to pay compensation, the old man in front of him was one of the few people who restrained Ryder that day, Ryder still remembered that he was a mute, only screaming and wah-wah-wah, and couldn't say a word, this old man should be the housekeeper of the Geyi family, that day Ryder heard the "lamp-loading boy" call him Hodder's housekeeper, Ryder looked at him with Alzheimer's appearance, and did not embarrass him, but he also did not want to sell Pique's special cane to him.
The old man's eyes were dizzy, he didn't recognize Ryder at all, and after a few words of wah-wow-wow, he walked into the carpenter's shop.
So repeatedly, Ryder pulled a few more people to sell, some customers were kind, asked the price, Ryder said that only three copper coins were needed, but they later found out that the cane Ryder was holding was different from the recently popular aristocratic cane, and they all shook their heads and walked away, and even, some people regarded the two of them as liars, and before Ryder opened his mouth, he was scolded.
Eventually, Ryder saw a little boy and resisted the urge to pitch himself, and was saddened.
Unexpectedly, the little boy came up to me and said, "I like your cane very much, if you can't sell it in the end, can you give it to me?"
"......" Ryder clearly didn't want to deal with him.
Pique looked happy and said, "Even if this cane is sold, I'll make another one for you for free." β
The little boy went away happily.
Later, the two of them saw the customers enter the carpenter's shop one after another, and then come out again with a high-imitation aristocratic cane in their hands, and they were very unhappy.
"It seems that my work does not conform to the popular aesthetic. Peake pondered for a moment and concluded, "Then we'll do the same thing as them." β
Pique had realized what he had done wrong, and the reason why people admired the so-called aristocratic cane was all vanity, and they only cared if their cane was similar to that of the Baron Hydgvi, and they didn't care about the usefulness of the cane.
"Don't be discouraged, Pique, at least I love this cane. Ryder reassured. "Let's go, we need to go in and have a look at them again and see what details of their canes are. β
Peake and Ryder re-enter the carpenter's shop.
The last time I came was in the morning, when it first opened, there were already more than a dozen customers patronizing, and now it is afternoon, and it is the time for people to go out shopping after dinner, so that the carpenter shop is now full of people, and no one cares whether Peake and Ryder are brown hair anymore, because the carpenter shop has become crowded.
As soon as Peake and Ryder squeezed in, they heard a clerk shouting: "The last hand of the noble cane! The last handle of the noble cane! Whoever gives more money belongs to whomever he wants! Say it again! Whoever gives more money will sell it to whomever he wants! Don't shout anymore! Now start bidding!"
In an instant, dozens of people in the room crowded up, rushing forward one after another, trying to grab the last cane.
It's really more popular than people, the two of them are tired and tired of selling outside, and they don't shout casually at the enemy's house.
"Don't rob, don't rob! The fellow raised his cane high and shouted, "Ten copper coins at the bottom price!"
"Eleven copper coins!"
"Twelve copper coins!"
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"Seventeen copper coins!"
As prices skyrocketed, the atmosphere in the carpenter's shop became silent.
Most people can accept ten copper coins to buy a walking stick to support the faΓ§ade, but most people are reluctant to ask them to pay for more copper coins.
Seeing that the twenty or thirty people below were silent, the guy in the store was still not satisfied, and shouted: "Has anyone increased the price?" Finally, I finally asked again, has anyone increased the price, and there may not be goods tomorrow!"
"Peake, do you see the cane? Ryder was a little anxious, thinking that today was in vain, "Are you confident that you can copy the exact same?"
"It's too far away! I can't see clearly, I haven't even touched it, how can I imitate it. β
"Then we need to figure out how to do it......" Ryder looked left and right, not knowing what to do for a moment.
"Seventeen copper coins!" and is there any price increase?" the shopkeeper shouted, expecting the price to climb again, but he was soon disappointed.
The audience was silent, and finally the shopkeeper shouted, "Okay! Seventeen copper coins, ......."
"Wow, whoa!" A shout of whoa, who
Everyone slashed backwards according to the sound, only to see that behind the crowd, a short old man was screaming, and the short old man was holding a silver coin in each hand!
Two silver coins! Equivalent to twenty copper coins! This is not something that ordinary people can easily take out.
"It's Hodder, the butler of the mayor's house. Ryder recognized the mute old man at a glance, "It seems that this last noble cane will belong to him." β
Peake quickly grabbed Ryder's shoulder and whispered in his ear, "This ......"
"Wonderful! Peake!" Ryder rubbed his hands together happily.
The old man was holding two silver coins and screaming, and no one knew what he was talking about,
"Two silver coins, two silver coins!" Ryder squeezed through the crowd and walked in front of the old man, but shouted to the shopkeeper, "I bought two silver coins." β
After Ryder finished speaking, he whispered to the old man, "Old man, I'll go and get that cane for you, yes, you can just give me two silver coins." β
The old man's eyes were dizzy, and he looked at Ryder's head with brown hair on his head, and thought he was the shopkeeper here, and handed him two silver coins.
Ryder handed over the two silver coins, retrieved the cane, and then walked through the crowd, handed it to the old man, and then dragged Peake out of the carpenter's shop.
The old man got the cane, groped for it happily, and then suddenly found that a piece of wood had fallen from the cane, and then, with a snap, three wooden bars popped out from the bottom of the cane......