“…… Mr. Huntelaar, we will definitely deliver the goods to your house on time! ”

The young salesman leaned forward slightly at this time, and said with respect on his face.

"Hmm."

John nodded indifferently and said, "Very good, my housekeeper will pay the rest of the payment after delivery...... Be careful, be careful not to damage the microscope! ”

"Rest assured, sir!"

The salesman said loudly, almost patting his chest and guaranteeing it!

After a few more words, John got up and left, and the carriage in which he had arrived had been waiting outside, so there was no need to call again. Behind him, the salesman had been standing in front of the shop and watching the carriage disappear from sight, because his years of experience had taught him that anyone who could pay for an expensive microscope without changing his face deserved to be so grovelling.

It's just that he didn't know that the face of this distinguished guest in his eyes changed just after the carriage drove out not far away--his calm turned into a pain!

"Now Mr. Elber has another nag."

After feeling sorry for his money, John was worried about Mr. Housekeeper's nagging, and he was very troubled for a while.

Just looking at the order form in his hand, John's brows jumped a few times and his expression finally calmed down: "Anyway, this thing must be indispensable for future research, and I heard that the 19th century microscopes are as beautiful as works of art, let alone Zeiss products?" Maybe if you keep it all the time, it might appreciate in value......"

When he first saw the name Carl Zeiss today, John was really shocked.

He had indeed heard of the history of Zeiss for a long time, but he did not expect that the product would be on the market as far back as 1884, so he did not hesitate to choose this brand that he had only heard of: after all, the future generations can have such a great reputation, and the quality of the product will not be bad, right?

While feeling sorry for the money he had just spent, John stopped in front of another store.

He was going to the ball with Pique tonight, and his friend invited him to lunch at home, and it was polite to buy some gifts for the first time. After visiting several stores, John finally picked out a few small gifts that were not expensive but were quite delicate, but he was already tired enough.

"Sooner or later, I'm going to get the city out!"

After placing the last gift in the carriage, John glared fiercely at the inconspicuous shop behind him, and muttered to himself. For him, who was accustomed to shopping in the city, it was too much trouble to buy something in Berlin in this era, but considering the poor transportation conditions and the high cost of most industrial products, this idea could only be buried in his heart for the time being.

At Peake's house, they met their friend's mother and two brothers, had a happy lunch, and waited until they had finished their afternoon tea before they got into a carriage and drove to a manor where the ball was held.

"The ball was organized by the Marquis de Mans, who was also a large mine owner and owned a steel mill......"

In the carriage, Peake gave John a detailed account of the ball. In fact, it was Pique's father who received the invitation, and the old man was a customer of the Marquis de Mance steelworks, but he had something to go to Hamburg and didn't have time to attend, and Pique's brother had other important things to do tonight, so he gave Pique the opportunity.

"Pique, there's a question I'd like to ask."

After listening for a while, John suddenly smiled and asked, "Since it's a ball, shouldn't you bring your own dance partner?" Wouldn't it be a little embarrassing for the two of us big men in the past? ”

Pique smiled and replied, "Of course not, in fact, it is precisely because we don't have a dance partner to bring that there is a kind of human existence!" ”

"What kind of person?"

Hearing Peake say this, John suddenly became curious and hurriedly asked.

"You'll know when you get there."

Blinked mysteriously, Peake laughed sheepishly.

Rolling his eyes angrily, John stopped asking. He now knows a little bit about his friend's personality, and he knows that Pique has a hobby of selling goods, and the more you ask, the more he doesn't say anything, and he won't reveal the answer until the end, so John simply doesn't bother to make that effort.

"The focus tonight is to see if we can meet a few entrepreneurs, otherwise we will be blamed by Joshua again!"

While listening to Peake's nagging narration, John secretly pondered his mission tonight. With the sound of the wheels gurgling, the carriage pulled into a manor house and finally stopped in front of the door of a large house. After getting out of the carriage, they heard the faint sound of music coming from the door of the hall, and both John and Peake subconsciously tightened their bow ties, and then walked in under the guidance of a waiter.

As soon as I walked into the hall, a wave of heat suddenly hit my face!

The hall of hundreds of square meters is brightly lit, with the latest bamboo light bulbs, old-fashioned kerosene lamps, and even some giant candles illuminating every corner, and at least a dozen neatly dressed waiters shuttle through the hall, constantly serving people mellow wine.

Due to a delay on the way, John and the others arrived a little later than expected, and hundreds of guests had already arrived. At this time, they either gathered together to chat, or smiled and listened to the band, or comfortably tasted the wine prepared by the hospitable host, and the sound of music, whispering, and noise converged into an inexplicable euphoric heat wave, which smashed on the heads of the two of them!

"It's like a prom!"

Excited, Peake couldn't help but let out a low groat and slapped John on the shoulder.

Although he has had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, Pique still has the fantasy of a young man. And his father is still in charge of the family business, and Pique is not the eldest son in the family, so he rarely has the opportunity to participate in such occasions.

John also sensed the novelty.

When he was in New York, because the elder Huntelaar was more reluctant to such lavish balls, he rarely attended, let alone took John with him. And the small dance party that the three of them went to together last time was actually more like a gathering of scholars in the same industry, relatively much more dull, and the atmosphere was naturally incomparable with the one in front of them.

What's more, two young men with strong blood immediately appeared in the hall with a group of flying colorful butterflies!

A dozen young girls walked around the hall, stopping to laugh and chat with the men, and bursts of cheerful laughter came to John's ears from time to time.

Pikla left the gate with John, first found a quiet place to stand, and then immediately touched John's shoulder lightly, swallowed his saliva and whispered, "Look, I'm talking about them!" It's all beautiful, isn't it? Wait, if you think which one is pleasing to the eye, you can try to get to know it! ”

"Oh?"

John raised his eyebrows and looked over with some curiosity.

These girls are clearly in their prime of life, wearing the most fashionable dresses in Berlin at the moment, each of them showing off their plump bodies and fair skin, and the delicate faces of the light pink delicacy under the high pull up are full of brilliance in the bright light, attracting the attention of almost all men.

For John, who has seen countless beauties, real and fake, these girls can only be regarded as good at best, but for young Pique, the qiē in front of him is like heaven, this guy has long seen it straight, and he is almost drooling.

"Humph!"

Just as John smiled and was about to tease his friend for a few words, a cold snort that seemed to be annoyed and disdainful suddenly came from behind the two.

The two of them were startled, and hurriedly turned their heads at the same time.

I don't know when it started, but behind the two stood a tall girl, who was looking at them with a slightly angry face, just like looking at two dirty tramps, her bright eyes as bright as the stars in the sky were full of disdain!

"Good...... It's beautiful! ”

From the first sight of this girl, John's heart suddenly contracted!

The girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and the thick brown was woven into strands, delicately coiled on either side of her forehead, and finally gathered behind her ears. The fine, dense head shimmered in the light with a healthy sheen, smooth and supple like satin. The girl's forehead is not wide, but it is smooth enough to see even the slightest lines, and the two sides extend down in a graceful curve, and finally meet under the lips to create the contours of a perfect face. The two long and pretty eyebrows, a pair of shining, watery eyes, a straight and smooth nose, and rosy and full lips shimmered with dazzling brilliance like many top jewels embellished on a white jade plate.

Maybe for Westerners, a girl's nose is not high enough, her mouth is not big enough, and even her eyebrows are slightly lighter, but in the eyes of John, a white-skinned and yellow-hearted person, this is just right!

If you add one point, you will be longer, and if you subtract one point, you will be shorter!

What's more, this girl is obviously plain-faced, but she does not have the rough feeling of Caucasian woman's skin at all, delicate and tight, smooth and shiny, except for a few faint freckles, there are few blemishes, just like the white and pure skin of ivory. At least in John's opinion, the only person he had ever seen in his life was Emma's skin.

Looking down from above, although the girl's light blue dress is not gorgeous enough, John, who now has a certain vision, can see that the workmanship of the long skirt is very elegant. And the most important thing is that this kind of 19th-century long skirt was originally more and more unsightly for John, but wearing it on this girl's tall figure of one meter seven looks extraordinarily fitted, with a thin waist and towering white greasy, it actually made John have a long-lost feeling - sexy!

Just when John looked at the girl and was stunned for a moment, the other party had already raised his chin arrogantly, looked down at the two young men with bright eyes, and said disdainfully after snorting coldly again: "I have to say that only you vulgar men will be attracted to these equally vulgar women......"

……

There must be another chapter in the evening, but it will be later

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