Chapter VIII Commercial Street
Clumsily pinching the homemade simple lockpick, Yi Hui also began the training of his lockpicking skills. Not to mention opening ten locks before the hourglass is emptied, the current Yi Hui is a bit reluctant to open one lock.
Scott deftly opened one level 3 practice lock after another, and the sound of the "click" lock spring being cracked was endless, "How can you open it so freely?" Yi Hui thought, "Don't stay still yet, you can't open it just by looking at it all the time." Cheering himself up, Yi Hui picked up another level 1 practice lock and pounded it.
"Don't be discouraged, I didn't know how to pick locks as quickly as you did." Scott encouraged Yi Hui while practicing.
Scott's words gave Yi Hui a little more motivation. Yi Hui let go of the impetuousness in his heart and seriously cracked the level 1 practice lock. After his mood calmed down, the movements on Yi Hui's hands began to soften, the accuracy of judging the sound of the lock spring switch also increased, and the practice lock that was cracked in his hand gradually became much more.
Before I knew it, an afternoon had passed, and Yi Hui had cracked a total of 20 Level 1 practice locks, according to Scott, this score was already okay for beginners who were learning to pick locks. This reason is probably related to Yi Hui's frequent use of a screwdriver to disassemble and assemble his computer before crossing, this kind of activity has exercised Yi Hui's hands-on ability, so Yi Hui should be more comfortable with the skill of unlocking.
After dinner, Jinli suggested that everyone go to the street to visit the night market, and let Yi Hui see the business atmosphere of Grenoble. Yi Hui happily agreed, he had already received his first salary when he first arrived, and it was always a little itchy to take the money without spending it, so he just took this opportunity to buy something special to try.
As soon as he said go, Jinli took Yi Hui to Market Street. The market streets in various areas of the Grenoble city are distributed in a divergent manner, and now Yi Hui and Jinli are shopping in the commercial street of the warrior district, because Jinli's leather armor has some wear and tear in the last mission and needs to be repaired in the equipment shop.
The signboard of "Old Henry's Leather Shop" is hung high, and the store's faΓ§ade is in a good position near the square on the commercial street. Before entering the door, Yi Hui smelled a smell of leather, and under the leadership of Jinli, they opened the curtain and entered the store. At this moment, it is already a little dark, the store has been lit, and the owner of the store is writing calculations on the counter with the lights, probably recording the day's business accounts. A few young men were napping on the chairs at the door, and it seemed that they were tired from a day's business.
The boss looked up and saw Jinli and Yi Hui entering the store, and shouted at the guys at the top of his voice: "Simon, Harris, don't sleep, the guests are coming, hurry up and say hello." β
The young man named Simon rubbed his sleepy eyes and stood up, walked up to Jinli and Yi Hui, rubbed his hands and asked, "May I ask you two, what can you serve?" β
Jin Li handed over the package in his hand and said, "This leather armor needs to be repaired, and in addition, add a few armor pieces to the chest to reinforce." How much does it cost? β
Simon took out the leather armor from the package and looked at it, and said, "There are about 5 major breaks, 3 small breaks, plus the cost of reinforcing the armor piece, it is about 1 gold coin and 50 silver coins." β
"It's a little too expensive." Jin Li exclaimed, "Boss, I suggest a twenty percent discount on this price, your price is indeed a bit outrageous." β
"Oh, my distinguished guest, our pricing can't be said to be expensive, it doesn't make you much money." The boss walked out from behind the counter, and said with a smile on his face, "I also have a suggestion, I don't think there is a need to change the price, but I think you can compromise, according to your plan, 1 gold coin and 50 silver coins cannot be missing, but we can replace the lining of your armor, I happen to know a better cloth tailor, do you think this is satisfactory?" β
Hearing what the boss said, Jinli nodded with a pouting and said, "Okay, smart boss, you're really good at business, but my leather armor really needs to be replaced." You are so attentive. Okay, okay, this is the deposit here first, when will I be able to pick it up? β
The boss took Jinli's deposit of 50 silver coins, registered Jinli with a smile, and said, "You will be able to see your leather armor in three days, I am sure you will be satisfied." β
After finishing the repair of the leather armor, Jinli also picked up a new pair of combat boots and a few new belts to hang his great sword. Asked Yi Hui if there was anything he wanted to buy, Yi Hui looked at the furnishings in the store and said that he didn't particularly want anything. The leather armor sold in this store is a bit bulky because it is opened in the warrior area, and the leather armor here is estimated to be unable to be worn by Yi Hui for the time being.
Then Jinli went to a weapon shop called the "Round-Headed Hammer" and sent his great sword for maintenance, which cost a few more gold coins.
Touching the obviously deflated wallet, Jin Li sighed: "This is hard work to make money, and it is fast to spend money, but if I don't spend this money, my dear weapon will not be well maintained, and it is very dangerous for a warrior not to have a good weapon." When I save the money, I must buy a better big sword, lighter and sharper. Oh, Yi Hui, what kind of weapon are you using? Can you lend me a pale red dagger to see it? β
"Absolutely." Yi Hui summoned his Doran Sword and handed it to Jin Li.
Holding the blade of Dolan's sword, Jin Limo sighed, "It's really a good weapon, it feels good, and the center of gravity is also very stable." Well, it's just too small. As Jinli was about to hand the Sword of Dolan to Yi Hui, the dwarven owner of the weapons shop stopped him.
"What a beautiful dagger! Can you lend me a look? My eyes are on the sword. "The dwarven boss's name is Firebeard, and the weapon shop he opened is famous far and wide, and the sword of Dolan that Yi Hui showed today attracted his attention as soon as it was revealed, and he couldn't help but open his mouth when he saw that Yi Hui was about to put away the sword of Dolan.
The generous Yi Hui handed the Sword of Dolan to Firebeard, who widened his eyes and carefully observed the Sword of Dolan. "Oh, just holding this sword makes me feel my energy increase, I didn't think it was still a magic weapon, although this magic is a little out of tune, please forgive me for saying that, hehe. Normally, swords usually have some offensive magic attached to them, such as 'sharp cut' or caste magic, please forgive me for being unheard. But this sword is sharp enough, the grinding and cutting of this edge is simply perfect, and the distribution of the center of gravity is also classic. I can't even tell what kind of ore this red sword is forged from. It's a good sword. β
Just as the old dwarf sighed at Doran's sword, a new customer came to the weapon shop, this is a gorgeously dressed young man, with long golden curly hair, and his fair skin is so white that even women are jealous...... Uh, except for the pair of triangular eyes. The young man entered the "Round-Headed Battle Hammer" weapon shop with a few followers, and the young man's eyes immediately widened when he saw the Dolan Sword in Firebeard's hand.
"How many gold coins are there for that sword, I bought it!" The boy shouted loudly at Firebeard, and after a few steps, he walked up to Firebeard and reached for Doran's sword. The boy's name was Henry, the only son of the owner of Badgers, who ran several large hotel businesses in the city, and at the age of 16, he had just completed his Class 1 Warrior professional qualification exam, so he was rewarded with a large sum of money from his family. After receiving the reward, Henry immediately brought a group of entourages to the shopping street to buy equipment. "Of course, the weapon used by my young master Henry must be high-end." That's what he thought.
"My esteemed guest, this sword is not an item sold in our shop." Firebeard quietly stepped back, dodging Henry's hand and returning the sword to Yi Hui.
Seeing this, Henry thought that Yi Hui had bought the sword one step ahead, and with a proud expression, he said, "Boss, I will pay twice the price to buy the weapon in his hand, and if you are not satisfied, I can pay five times the price." β
Firebeard waved his hand again and again and said, "My guest, you may have misunderstood, this sword is not produced in our store, nor is it sold in our store. This sword belongs to this guest, and I just took it to take a look. β
After Henry understood what was going on, he didn't give up, but turned his attention to Yi Hui. "Make a price." Henry said to Yi Hui, "I want that sword of yours." β
Yi Hui looked at Henry's triumphant face and felt sick for a while, in the previous world, he knew how arrogant and unreasonable some gentlemen were once they were rich, but he didn't expect that there was still a market for this kind of creature in this world. Yi Hui dismissed Henry's request for a trade and said, "I'm sorry, I'm used to using this sword, and I won't sell it." β
Henry took a heavy wallet from the hand of his entourage, rubbed it and made a "brush" sound of the gold coins colliding with each other: "Hand over your sword, these 2,000 gold coins are yours." And the place where Henry was standing just blocked Yi Hui's way out.
At this time, Jin Li came over with a big grin and said, "What are you doing, boy, my friend won't sell it to you, do you still want to rob it?" β
Seeing Jinli coming up, Henry's retinue also stepped forward, competing to show their loyalty in front of their master. Jinli didn't pay any attention to the actions of these miscellaneous fish, he didn't back down in the slightest, but rolled up his sleeves like a provocation.
"What, want to fight?" Jin Li said provocatively to these entourage, "Just let your Uncle Jin Li move your muscles." β
Seeing that the atmosphere in the shop was not right, Huosu hurriedly handed over a group of men to calm the scene, some of these dwarven men had just come out of the forge room and still had this steaming heat in their hair, and they still had fire tongs or forging hammers in their hands.
No matter how much Henry was embarrassed, he couldn't find trouble in other people's territory, so he shook his fist hatefully and said, "Hmph, what's the big deal, let's go to another store and have a look." With that, he waved his hand and led a group of followers out of the "Round-Headed Hammer" weapon shop.
Huosu rubbed his hands embarrassedly and said to Yi Hui: "I'm sorry to trouble you." β
Yi Hui shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly, and said: "There should be a lot of such people, even if you don't meet them today, you will meet them in the future, boss, you don't have to take it to heart." β
After a moment in the weapons shop, the two of them walked out of the store, and after Henry's trouble, Yi Hui lost the interest of shopping again, and pulled Jinli back. A dark shadow hung far behind Yi Hui and them, and followed lightly.