Chapter 22 The sanctimonious navigator
"Can you take me to meet your parents?" he said.
The little girl nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, but wait, they took Sister Teresa to the city of Pars in the morning and will not be back until noon." ”
"Well, then I'll just go around~"
"I'll stay with you!" she blinked happily.
"No need for it"
"Please, I'm really bored by myself, I heard Sister Teresa say that you are very talented, tell me a story, right?"
This request gave Zheng Fei a headache, and he just wanted to refuse, but when he saw her big watery eyes, he couldn't bear it, so he had to nod.
But what are you talking about? You can't talk about upgrading to fight monsters, pretending to be slapping your face, he thought about it and had an idea.
Sitting on a comfortable bench and facing the flowerbeds, he retold the classic film from memory, the "Roman Holiday" by Audrey Hepburn, the goddess of the century, which a girl would love.
It took half an hour to tell the whole story, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the little girl's expression after listening to it as fascinated, and she even forgot to chew the sugar in her mouth.
"Oh my God, you should be a writer!" she exclaimed, startling the gardener who was building weeds not far away, and almost cut his hand.
The writer was not interested, even though he had read all of Shakespeare's works by heart, enough to set off a cultural frenzy in the Renaissance.
"No, no, no, I'm going to be a navigator. ”
"Navigator?" she tilted her head and paused, "but our family doesn't."
Her words were interrupted by a very high-pitched barking of horses, and then only the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and two splendid carriages rolled up the dust and smoke into the manor.
"Mom and Dad and Sister Teresa are back, it's up to you!" With that, she ran into the castle and had to hurry back to the house.
Zheng Fei stood up, looked at Teresa who got off the car, and smiled.
When Teresa saw him, she was surprised and laughed.
"What's the matter, daughter?" the man with a short mustache asked, following her gaze to see Zheng Fei, and immediately walked over to greet him: "Guest, are you here to buy grapes? I am Antonio, the owner of the Pals Manor. ”
"Voyager, fly. Zheng Fei stretched out his hand and said kindly, not at all nervous that his father-in-law should have.
Hearing the word Fei, Antonio's smile stopped at the corner of his mouth, and he turned his head and asked Teresa, "Is this the kid?"
Teresa nodded and looked at Zheng Fei worriedly.
Without warning, Antonio punched Zheng Fei with a punch, and was habitually blocked by Zheng Fei.
"You've ruined my daughter's innocence!" he yelled hysterically, and another punch was blocked, his wrists gripped tightly.
"But I'll marry her. Zheng Fei said very seriously.
"What qualifications do you have to marry her?! Even if you are a navigator, you can't change your poor origin, and she is a nobleman!"
To be honest, being humiliated like this, Zheng Fei became angry, suppressed his feelings, and said as calmly as possible: "One day I will become the person who will be admired by the nobles." ”
Antonio glared at him angrily, wanted to do it but couldn't do anything, gradually became a little less angry, withdrew his hand angrily and dropped a word to follow me, and went into the castle first.
For some reason, Zheng Fei was left for lunch.
Teresa's family sat at the long European table, neatly arranged with many pairs of silver cutlery, eating sardines and drinking Antonio's own wine.
Zheng Fei's demeanor was very gentlemanly, which made Antonio feel good.
"Young man, why did you take my daughter?"
"Because I promised her. ”
"Oh, so it's not because of love?"
"Love is honed through time, and we have a saying in the East called love over time. "The four words of love for a long time, Zheng Fei said in Chinese.
The whole table was stunned for a moment, and they all put down their knives and forks and turned their heads to look at him.
"Are you from the East?" said Antonio's eyes with a hint of awe.
"Well, my father was the largest silk merchant in the Celestial Empire, and a few years ago I led my family's fleet across the ocean to do business, but I didn't expect the fleet to be wrecked in a storm at sea, so I ended up here. ”
Zheng Fei explained matter-of-factly, not panicking at all, he knew that proper bragging could increase his chances of winning, anyway, the group of lonely and unknown people in front of him had no way to verify it.
"My God" the people sighed in a low voice, and their eyes were the same as Antonio's, with more awe.
Only Teresa understood that Zheng Fei was talking nonsense, and squeezed her eyes at him with a smile.
After a pause, Antonio cleared his throat and said, "I'm not interested in your past, I only care about how much wealth you have now, let's talk about it." ”
"I have one of the largest ships in Atlanta. Zheng Fei said proudly.
But the old fellow was not satisfied, and asked, "What else, how much money can you come up with now?"
Zheng Fei only had about a hundred silver coins left on him, which was not enough to see at all.
Seeing that he didn't answer, the old guy knew what to expect, and sneered as if talking to himself: "Cousin, come out!"
As soon as the words fell, there was a squeak from upstairs, and a few seconds later, a richly dressed middle-aged man appeared by the guardrail, holding a black jade cane, his eyebrows and eyes drooping slightly, looking down on everyone with a lofty attitude.
Zheng Fei was very disgusted with this kind of person, and when he was the captain of the St. Hurens, he could meet this kind of pretentious aristocrats at every drinking party.
Half a minute of silence followed, so silent that only the clash of knives and forks could be heard.
"Navigator?" The middle-aged man finally spoke, his expression still so disdainful, and he glanced at Zheng Fei's sailing suit.
Zheng Fei nodded, looked at him, and when he saw his golden curly hair, he suddenly wanted to burn them, which must be very cool.
"How long is a sailing career?" the man asked.
"It's been more than ten years. Zheng Fei replied flatly, and saw the man's Nunu mouth, a little surprised.
After standing in place for a while, the man went downstairs, his boots clattering on the stairs, and stood in front of Zheng Fei.
Zheng Fei noticed that he was also wearing a sailing suit, but the grade was much higher, and the emerald wrench on his finger was enough to buy a boat.
"My name is Sylvester Antonio, and I've been sailing for fifteen years. The tone was arrogant, but there was also some sarcasm.
"Oh, good name~" Zheng Fei couldn't help but smile when he thought of action superstar Sylvester Stallone.
Sylvester, well, let's just call him West, he seemed to be very dissatisfied with Zheng Fei's attitude, and asked, "You haven't heard of me?"
Zheng Fei shook his head, and secretly cursed in his heart, who do you think you are.
"I'm the first navigator of Renaya! I've been to the northernmost point of the world, Stockholm! You hillbilly haven't heard of me?!"
Zheng Fei whistled and said casually: "Let me popularize it to you, the northernmost city in the world is called Longyearbin, and there is no town further north, where polar bears and Vikings live." ”