Chapter 3: The Bazaar
Here, people have no entertainment, most of them go to bed after eating at night, except for half an hour with their wives. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Occasionally, a troubadour or two passed by to give a little nourishment to the barren knowledge of the people, who knew a great deal of things, and who, after telling the story for free, could learn a little about the outside world for a little money.
At least I know that there are wizards and swordsmen and all sorts of professions in this world, but I don't think I'm likely to see those people, it's too remote, and there are no dangerous monsters, jackals, kobolds or anything, in short: a small place that is of little value to them.
I just need to be myself and accomplish the goal in front of me, and now, my goal is to sell the tubs and benches I made.
I did my best to do it, sanding off the extra stubble, making sure it was smooth, making sure the quality, going to bed.
The rooster crowed, got up, there was nothing to do at night, and I fell asleep quite quickly, in short, the time for the market came, Selena's father Bill was already waiting for me outside, and I brought a few benches and 5 wooden basins made by myself: loaded on Bill's bullock cart.
"Thank you so much, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to go to the fair. "He helped me a lot and I am very grateful for that. He didn't care, "It's okay, young man, we're neighbors." As he spoke, his eyes looked at Selena, and I understood what he meant, it was Selena who asked her father to help me, and my mind was a little confused: "Thank you." "I still think it's strange to sit next to her, she's a little shy.
The rest of the village also began to gather in the market, either carrying a flat pole, or pulling a cart, or riding an ox cart. Donkey carts. Someone rushed up and greeted me, it was Ivan.
"Albert, are you going to the market too?" "Of course, I need a little thing at home, but you. "I know a little bit about him, and his father went to the market and left him to watch the house.
"Are you sure your father knows you're out?" Ivan shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, "Of course he doesn't know, anyway, as long as he gets home before the crowd disperses in the afternoon, he won't know." "Good luck, then. "Thank you. He patted the money bag on his waist. "I've saved a lot of money this time, so I'm sure I can taste what candy tastes like!"
Sitting next to Selena, I really didn't know what to say, so I could only talk dryly.
"The weather was pretty good today. "Hmm... "What are you going to buy this time?" "I still lack a small mirror in my house. ”
In fact, nothing could be more spooky than now. Luckily, the bazaar is not far away.
I found a vacant lot nearby, spread the cloth, and began to sell my carpentry work, my price was very fair, a copper coin slightly cheaper than the others, but even so, there were still people who tried to bargain, "Young man, how do you sell your wooden basin?" "11 Mr. Copper Coins. "I want to buy your wooden tubs, they look smooth and flat, and there are a little carvings, but they are too expensive. "No, no, it's not expensive at all, you see my price is a copper coin cheaper than theirs. ”
A lot of people who come here like to be greedy, they always like to argue about a copper coin, and when it comes to this time, they always have to give a copper coin, and they have to act like they have taken a big advantage, I don't know what they think, they always do this.
"Okay, you won, you're only willing to pay 9 copper coins, I want to pay 11 copper coins, why don't we neutralize it, how about 10 copper coins?" "Okay, deal." ”
Life is always like this, I like to force people to comply, many things just need to get used to it, such as people who love to be greedy and cheap, just for the sake of the above customer, I theorized for 5 minutes. Just for 1 copper coin. I've earned a total of 102 copper coins, and now, I can finally buy a copy of what I've always wanted: a dictionary.
Thanks to God, the caravan of the feet that had stayed in this bazaar for the time being had not yet left, and because no one had bought the books, they sold them very cheaply, for only twelve copper coins, and for the next two months, I ate and drank a little more relaxed.
This dictionary is very thick, but it has complete transcription on it, as well as pinyin and text double annotations, but some old, it should be used by others, but I don't care, at least, I finally have the opportunity to learn all the words here.
Most people have a hard time understanding what it's like for me to learn their language, it's not my native language, it's been a painful process that I've forced myself to learn after my own language system has been solidified for decades. I couldn't find a teacher, I had no one to teach, so I studied on my own.
The people at the bazaar were quick to go home after getting what they wanted, and I started rushing home after I had bought books and salt, and some condiments for the house, and to my surprise, Bill was still waiting for me.
I'm very interested in a lot of things in this world: how the wizards cast spells, what the legendary species are like, and after six years in this world, many things are still confused, and the whole world is like a veil, waiting for me to understand and discover. I'm likely to be an ordinary person for the rest of my life, at least satisfying my curiosity before I die.
I died in a hospital bed in my last life, and I didn't do too many things, and this time I can't repeat my mistakes, and I'm going to die on the way to the mountain.
I don't know which lucky ones will be chosen by the lord at the omen ceremony next month, a lord, if you want to take root in a piece of territory, you must have enough strength, this is the common unspoken rule on the mainland: the warrior academy that belongs to the lord, and the power of qi and blood is cultivated. I had no hope, and I heard from those people that my fighting skills were completely qualified, but unfortunately I was injured in my early childhood, and it was impossible to gain this kind of strength. This is a congenital damage that cannot be repaired, so there is no hope of following the path of a warrior, and there is no hope of following the path of a wizard.
Every few decades, some wizards will travel along a fixed route, looking for qualified apprentices, there are many legends about them, some good and some bad, most of them bad, such as they are all devils who eat children, so the apprentices who have never been taken away have ever returned, I think this is. According to the elders of the village, every 30 years, they will show up at the entrance of the village on time, and the next month will be the day they come.
I don't think that if I am a time-traveler, I am only better than these natives, only I have a wide range of knowledge, they are also flesh and blood, and they have brains, so I don't think that the probability of me being special in the cultivation talent of wizards is much higher than theirs, and the old people told me that basically, from their grandfather's grandfather's generation, there is only one wizard here. In other words, when I was checked for talent, I was basically destined to hit the streets.
It's a sad story.
I was ready to continue my knowledge in this little place, little by little, and at the age of fourteen I learned all the common words in the dictionary, and then mixed them into the caravan with the counting methods I had taught in school all my life.
Anyway, the world is so big, I want to go and see it, and I must become a well-informed person outside, and I will not return to this small place until I die.
I'd rather be eaten by wild beasts while traveling than die in my bed again.
Not by any means.