Chapter 242: The Journey
Saturday, sunny.
It's early summer, and the cool breeze gives people a refreshing feeling, Harvey sits in the box of the steam train, the window next to the car opens, you can enjoy the natural scenery outside, the kingdom of Barron is in a period of rapid development, you can see a lot of new construction projects on the way.
The train rumbled, and the vibration of the wheels on the tracks was faintly transmitted into the carriages.
Harvey was flipping through Norton's Times, Diana was sitting next to Harvey staring at a hardcover, and Shirley was sitting across from each other with her eyes narrowed and enjoying the scenery flying by outside the car window, and Lily was asleep on Shirley's jade lap. This can be called a family trip, the three goblins naturally followed, Ace soaked in the red wine glass filled with juice as always, Ruby took the trouble to walk through the carriage, curiously exploring the steam train, Helen was quieter, sitting on the window looking at the scenery outside, the foamy hair occasionally shining brightly in the sunlight.
A few days ago, Harvey received an invitation from Count Henrietta, inviting Harvey to Norton to participate in the Griffin Orchestra's performance at Norton Royal Concert Hall, and this performance itself is also a program that Harvey is looking forward to, after all, the symphony played is the "Symphony of Destiny" and "Ninth Symphony", which represent the highest achievements of earth's classical music.
Melodious music sounded in the carriage, and in the corner of the carriage was placed a gramophone sold by the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce, unconsciously, the gramophone gradually spread to all levels of the kingdom, with "Letitgo" as an introduction, attracting more and more investment, "Letitgo" is undoubtedly the most popular tune, followed by the reproduction of this world's classical music, most of which are some classical music, a small number of songs.
After a while, the service staff brought snacks and black tea for afternoon tea, and the conductor personally pushed the dining car over, took off his top hat and showed a generous smile: "Mr. Adrian, I am the captain of this train, Strong Walker, and I greet you on behalf of the Nuoan Railway Operating Company, and I hope you can enjoy this journey." ”
"Of course, thank you very much." Harvey stood up and shook his hand with a smile, feeling that he finally felt a little like a celebrity.
After saying hello, the conductor returned to his post, Lily, who was sleeping on Shirley's lap, seemed to smell the sweetness of the pastry, rubbed her eyes, turned her head to see the snack tower placed on the table, her clear and beautiful eyes suddenly brightened, and she stretched out her little hand to grab it.
"Ahem." Diana, who was flipping through the pages, coughed, and Lily's little hand stopped.
"Lily, I'll take you to wash your hands." Shirley stood up and chuckled softly, the warm breeze blowing in from the window raising strands of hair.
The little one didn't have this patience, his mouth was deflated, and he opened his hands under Shirley's surprised gaze, and a water balloon condensed to wash her little hands, and then was thrown out the window. Lily carefully observed Diana's face, and made sure that she could not see any objections, so she picked up the pastry and nibbled on it.
Harvey was also hungry and was about to reach for a biscuit when there was a coughing sound and a subtle look at him, as if blaming him for not leading by example.
Harvey and Lily looked at each other, and the little one ran up to Harvey's side and climbed onto his knees, giggling to reassemble a large water balloon for Harvey, and then simply handed Harvey his own snacks, not for Harvey to eat, but waited for Harvey to feed him with his mouth open.
The little guy doesn't like to drink black tea, Harvey casts freshly squeezed juice on the spot, knocks on Ace's tall red wine glass, she lazily stretches out a hand on another glass full of juice, and after a while, the freshly squeezed juice turns into half ice, and the bright color looks extremely attractive.
"Ahem~" Diana coughed again, this time putting down the hardcover, and smiled politely at Harvey, the meaning was obvious.
Although Shirley on the other side didn't say it, her eyes didn't naturally look at the glass of juice.
Harvey couldn't stand up with a smile: "Okay, I'll go and ask if there's any fruit." ”
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The group spent the whole morning in the carriage, and when they got off the train, Shirley was frightened by the lively scene in front of them, the Norton steam train station was larger than the city of Elroy, equivalent to several large squares, more than a dozen railroad tracks were neatly arranged, and there was a steam train entering or leaving the station every minute, not to mention the crowds coming and going, which was quite in the style of an Indian railway station, but it was much cleaner and brighter.
Diana stroked her hair and looked around the train station with a sigh of emotion: "It's bigger than the last time I was here." ”
The little guy Lily was not used to the turbid air here, kept sneezing, grabbed Harvey's trouser legs, looked up pitifully with big teary eyes, and buried her little face in Harvey's chest after being picked up by Harvey, occasionally poking her head out to observe her surroundings curiously. The goblins hid in Shirley's satchel, and the dense flow of people made Ruby the goblin dare not move.
The Cromwell Chamber of Commerce has sent someone to pick you up, and there is a luxury hotel in the center of Norton that belongs to the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce.
At the Cromwell Hotel, while the rest time was taking advantage of the break, the waiters were resting in the corner, and their eyes looked curiously at Count Henrietta, who was flipping through a stack of manuscripts in the salon of the hall, and whispered.
"You see, is that the Count of Henrietta himself?"
"It's kind of like, like the pictures in the newspapers."
"That's it, the people who can live here are all big people, not to mention that the faces are so similar, there can't be so many coincidences in the world, and just now I saw Viscount Valen owe him a courtesy."
"He's been sitting in the hall since ten in the morning, is he waiting for someone?"
"Why, it's noon now, it's been more than two hours, this is Count Henrietta, I heard a friend say that it is not surprising that Count Henrietta is the next president of the Literary Society."
"Didn't the newspaper publish the news of Count Henrietta's fraud some time ago?"
"Who knows, Count Henrietta is very sought-after right now, and what literary awards have been given to Norton Nights lately."
"Shut up, someone's coming, it's the hotel carriage!"
The waiters saw a carriage parked outside the glass door, and hurriedly stood up to greet it, the carriage had a sign belonging to the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce, and being able to sit in this luxurious carriage meant that the passengers were either bigwigs or high-ranking members of the Cromwell Chamber of Commerce. However, as soon as they made a move, the Count of Henrietta, who seemed to be a little impatient because of the long wait, hurried to meet them, and the speed was enough to trot, and the waiters who were ready to receive the guests looked at each other, neither had they been, nor had they gone.
The waiters were stunned by the sight of the unattainable Count Henrietta greeting a young man with a warm smile that they swore was definitely more enthusiastic than their trained professional smile.
In other words, now Norton, a hot big man, has come here to meet this young man, and he has been waiting until now in the morning!?