Chapter 34: Bargaining
He didn't know where he was going, maybe it was time to travel to the mainland. Walking by feeling, his legs led him to the green forest garden again. The trail spreads like a spider's web, connecting attractions to homes, and the roads are sparsely populated, with some shops not yet open.
He wandered around the garden for a while, and the sun lit up the tall trapezoidal windmill, which had not yet picked up, and if he had stood on a high place and observed, he might have been able to see the location of the island.
At eight o'clock, a man peeked out the door and set up a pergola beside the house, carefully separating the meat from the skin, and then hanging the cut pieces on the heat plate. It was not easy for the young man to be so diligent, so Yang Qingnan walked over and said hello to him.
"Little master, how do you sell this beef?"
The little brother said to Nunu on the side of the board: "Did you see the label?" ”
"It's not going to be that expensive, is it?"
Yang Qingnan stretched out his hand and wanted to pick up a piece to see the quality of the meat, but he didn't expect to be immediately stopped by the little brother: "Don't touch it!" If you touch it, you have to buy it! ”
Eh, it's true that this young man is hard-working, and his mouth hasn't spared anyone. He looked around and suddenly had a plan.
"I want ten taels, thank you."
"Ten taels, huh?" The little brother quickly sliced a large slice of meat, and then put it on the scale to weigh.
Yang Qingnan saw that the meat he cut was too small, so he said to double it again.
The little brother cut another piece with his eyes, took out the sealed bag and put the beef in the weighing plate, handed it to Yang Qingnan, and said angrily: "Oh, a total of seven hundred and five." ”
"It's weird, you clearly say five hundred on this label."
"Forget it, five hundred is five hundred." The little brother said impatiently.
Yang Qingnan took the bag in his hand and weighed it, becoming even more suspicious, and said, "I'm afraid there aren't two catties here, right?" ”
"So you want two pounds?" The little brother carried the meat into a bag, and he was so angry that he wanted to get angry, "Well, this is a thousand." ”
He smiled contentedly and said, "Oh, yes, both bags are the same." ”
The little brother was speechless, and waved his hand to stick the cleaver on the board. Yang Qingnan bent down close to the window and asked, "Hey, little master, what's your name?" ”
"Li Ming."
"Let me tell you something, a man had a big fight with you yesterday, didn't he?"
"What's the matter with you?"
"You lied to him, didn't you?"
Li Ming simply didn't speak, crossed his waist and didn't look at him. While he wasn't paying attention, Yang Qingnan quickly flipped the label over, and the price was also written on the back.
"Hehe, two hundred and five."
"You scolded me." Li Ming glared angrily.
"I didn't scold you, it does say two hundred and five." Yang Qingnan also stared at him through the glass, "I just found out that there are actually two prices for this beef." ”
"Let's go, you're getting in the way of my business."
"Okay, I'll go back to town and get some publicity about your butcher's shop."
"Wait, what did you say?"
"Oh yes, I know your father, your father is a cattle killer, right? He's here to kill you, he's here to sell. ”
Yang Qingnan was about to walk away after speaking, Li Ming suddenly rushed out of the tent and grabbed him, put down his face and said, "Please, don't tell him, otherwise I will be beaten to death by him." ”
"Don't worry, your father is much more upright than you, I've never seen him hit anyone, and it's hard to say when he's angry. But if you do one thing for me, I won't say anything. ”
"What's that?"
"Open the windmill's barn."
"What are you going to do?" Li Ming was dumbfounded.
"I don't do anything, just go to the rooftop and blow the wind."
"Aunt Xu manages the grain crops, she won't agree."
"So I want you to get out, you are from Xiaoyuan, she will agree to let you in."
"Yes, as long as you don't do bad things."
The two agreed, Li Ming closed the shop, and then went to ask Aunt Xu to borrow the key. He opened the door and stood in the bottom warehouse looking at the wind, Yang Qingnan walked along the spiral upward staircase, and walked to the small pavilion on the top floor, where a small opening was opened on the side of the rotating blade, which happened to face north.
He approached the small window, took out his binoculars and looked into the distance, and sure enough, he found an island in a little direction, but after adjusting the visual focus, the vision was still very blurry. There were many trees growing on the island, and it was impossible to see if Arambu had landed or not, and the gray fog over the trees obscured the view.
Yang Qingnan quickly gave up, he couldn't stay here for long, so he quickly walked down the ladder to meet Li Ming.
"Windy?" Li Ming closed the door and asked.
He shook his head in disappointment.
There were more and more people, Yang Qingnan walked out of the Cuilin Garden along the spacious stone road, he didn't plan to go back to the town, but walked to the right to bypass the town.
Facing the direction of the forest, he strode up, and after ten minutes, he came to the secret base of the Usa tribe. Today, Granny Xie's health was not very well, and only Lu Nuo came out to greet him.
"The explorer has been released, can you take a look at the footage?"
"No, it's too far away."
"So is there any news of good and evil?"
"No, we can't track him." Runo shifted, "But we can track you." ”
He pressed the controller, the screen on the wall lit up with a faint light, Yang Qingnan touched his chest, and said in surprise: "When did you install a tracker on me?" ”
The screen showed that Alain Bu and his party were preparing to leave on the rocky beach, and he was looking at the sea with his glasses. Then, the screen cuts to directly in front of him, and the scale of the island gradually becomes apparent, before the gray fog has formed above.
Another scene shows him walking up the stairway of the big windmill and looking out of the small window, when a mist rises over the island, and a black stain appears in the large "iron forest".
"What's that?"
"The endemic tree species of the Wild Island, the Black Iron Tree, is said to be sawed constantly with a saw."
"No, I mean the ugly little dots underneath them."
Runo stared at the screen for several seconds, then suddenly patted his head and said, "The Barbarians must have discovered them." ”
"So is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
"It's a good thing, it's a bad thing." Runo further explained, "The Barbarians are not highly educated, they are an out-and-out fighting race, and they have to fight for everything. If those three can't subdue them, they will probably eat them in their stomachs. ”
"Huh?" Yang Qingnan plucked out his ears.
"Friend, this is normal, they have always been superstitious, thinking that eating their opponents in their stomachs will increase their strength. But try to rest assured that they prefer to eat other animals than people. ”
"Ugh."
"You should try to get to know them."
"I don't think so, in fact, I want to know more about the Third World."
"Oh? So you're interested in our history. "If you can see it from our perspective, you may be able to understand what is happening in that world." ”
Later, Runo led him to the reference room, which was full of esoteric books and documents, and a green-glowing management panel in the corner. The manager contains all the important content of the book, and although the built-in translator is still being improved, a smart person like you should be able to read it, said Luno.
Yang Qingnan thought to himself, since you all explore our history and culture, then let us also dig into yours.
He sat down facing the manager, brought up the book table of contents one by one, enabled machine translation, and performed full-screen text translation. Some of the important events recorded in the history of the demon race are nothing more than the division and extinction of wars, which caused many races to perish in the end, and only races that are strong enough can survive.
This is what happens in the demon world, but in the human world, they do the same thing.
In the distant old century, the ancestors of the demon race had traveled back and forth between the two planes and planes, and there were several major battles with the old humans for territory. At that time, their strength was not very strong, but it was more than enough to deal with the old humans. The old humanity was losing ground and was in danger of extinction soon, but at this time, a turning point finally appeared.
Here we are talking about the spirits, who are the only inorganic beings that transcend life and have autonomous consciousness, and they maintain the order of the universe. History doesn't tell much about them, only that in the end it was they who defeated the demon ancestors.
Since then, their offspring have lived in the Old Days, where nothing but cold and darkness have been lost, but the brutal environment has honed their survival instincts.