Chapter Twenty-Three: Apprenticeship
Due to the fact that there are no outsiders all year round, the business in the equipment shop is mainly the clothes of the village members, but the weapons are slowly forgotten, and the long swords in the corner are covered with dust. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Kester picked up a sword and blew on its scabbard, and dust fell all over the ground.
"Rusty?" Kester struggled to unsheath his sword, only to hear a screeching sound of metal scraping.
"There's no way," said Elena apologetically, "and no one buys it, so we've had to pile it up in the corner, and we've been there for years." β
"What a poor sword," He Lilan looked at the broken sword in his hand and quickly explained, "I really didn't break it." β
After picking for a while, Kester gave up, and He Lilan persevered in flipping through the pile of poor swords, after all, his original weapon had been damaged a lot in the battle with the Gale Eagle a few days ago.
The hard work paid off, and after being disappointed more than a dozen times in a row, He Lilan finally found a longsword that looked relatively complete as he wished, he picked up the longsword and swung it in the air to ensure its sturdiness, and after Tokeste bought it for 2 silver coins.
After walking around the room, Kester almost got strangled by a rope hanging from the bacon, and he sat down with an embarrassed expression, quietly waiting for He Ling'er's clothes to be measured.
What Kester didn't notice was that a white worm slowly crawled out of the seat behind him.
The worm writhed its fat body and slowly crawled towards Kester, but Kester didn't pay any attention at the moment.
Seeing that the pure white worm was about to climb into Kester's shoes, Elsa's voice came: "Alright, next." β
"Then I'll go first." Kester stood up and walked towards Elsa with a tape measure, the aimless worm behind him poking its head and shrinking its body into a ball.
"Brother Yun, there's a disgusting bug under your seat." He Ling'er looked at the snow-white insect with a very disgusted gaze. After saying that, she casually moved her seat and crushed the fat worm with the foot of the stool.
However, the group didn't notice that there was a little bit of green smoke coming out of the foot of the stool, where the insect corpse liquid was splashed.
After measuring her figure, Elsa went upstairs and used magic to manipulate scissors to make clothes, Kester pondered that there was nothing to do to go back, anyway, the existence of the black sandstorm completely blocked the way ahead of several people, so she stayed to ask Elena about the Gobi Desert, which can be regarded as collecting information by the way. Although Elena is not the kind of girl who is full of enthusiasm, she can be regarded as answering all questions, but she has taught Kester little by little about the daily life of people on the Gobi Desert. He Lilan listened carefully to the conversation between the two, while He Ling'er ran around the room.
During the conversation, time flew by, and soon it was noon, no, He Ling'er's stomach was already rumbling: "Brother, Brother Yun, I haven't even eaten breakfast, it's time to go back to lunch." β
Elena smiled softly, "You guys go back to dinner first, we can talk again in the afternoon." β
Kester realized the fact that he was actually quite hungry, so he took his leave and took the He Lilan brothers and sisters to the previous hotel.
After seeing the three of them rush back for lunch, the boss seemed to be a little disappointed, probably he thought that he could save the tenant's meal money.
"Boss, I heard that you will have a black sandstorm here in a few days?" After eating up the not-so-tasty Tata Valley noodles in his bowl, Kester asked the innkeeper.
"It should be three days later." The boss looked at Kester, "Young man, are you going to enter the Gobi?" It's better to give up, even if there is no black sandstorm, it is better for children like you not to cross the Gobi, after all, people can only live once. β
"There's no way, who thinks..."Kester also felt helpless, "counting the time of the Black Sandstorm, we should have to stay with you for seventeen or eighteen days." These days we live in a regular room. β
"That should be 60 copper coins a day, a total of 1080 copper coins." Probably the bosses are not bad at math, the innkeeper replied without thinking about it.
Kester took out 13 silver coins: "Counting yesterday's wine money and room, it's about the same." "Looking at the only five silver coins left on his body, Kester suddenly realized one thing: the outfit in the equipment shop seemed to be insufficient to buy it." The money given by Uncle Long bottomed out so quickly, hey~" Kester pinched the deflated money bag and thought helplessly.
After the meal, Kester and the three of them walked around the desert village, and after realizing that there were no new discoveries here, Kester took the lead back to the equipment shop.
Elena had already had lunch, and now she was peacefully leaning against the window, gently wiping the flute in her hand.
"Can Sister Elena teach me how to play the flute?" He Ling'er ran over like a little magpie.
"Huh? Thisβ" Elena was a little overwhelmed.
"Teach me, teach me, people want to learn... I'll be so sad if Sister Elena refuses to teach me..."He Ling'er was coquettish to Elena.
"Ling'er, it's time to put away your eldest lady's temper." He Lilan gently patted the back of her sister's head, "Sister Elena will be angry." β
"That's not going to happen, if Sister Ling'er wants to learn, of course I'm welcome, but I haven't taught anyone." Elena snorted and was amused.
"Anyway, it is estimated that we will stay here for more than ten days, and there will be nothing to do, so it is better for you to teach me Elena." After hearing Elena's natural voice, Kester was also fascinated by it.
"Since Sister Elena is willing to teach, count me in." He Lilan also joined the music dream.
"Don't dislike me for teaching badly." Elena smiled elegantly and picked up the flute in her hand, "To learn an instrument, you need to understand it first, so let's start with the flute itself......
In Elena's gentle and melodious teaching, an afternoon seemed to pass quietly in the blink of an eye. When the last rays of the setting sun faded away, Elena lit an oil lamp, and the Kesters realized that it was too late.
"Ok, call it a day!" Just as Kester was about to take the He Lilan siblings back to the hotel, Elsa, who had been working upstairs for a day, went downstairs with the finished clothes.
"So fast?" Kester said in surprise.
"Yo, little brother, are you still there?" Elsa wrapped the three pieces of clothing with a piece of cloth, and then pulled off the rope that almost strangled Kester's neck and tied a knot on the cloth bag, "I did it with magic, and it was very slow with my hands alone, 300 copper coins for one person, and a total of 9 silver coins for three people." I'll wrap it up for you first, and then put it on before you enter the Gobi Desert after the black sandstorm. β
But Elsa's appearance exposed a big problem for Kester right now, that is, he has no money!