Chapter Twenty-Four: The Unreliable Craftsman and Apprentice
"This should be the ...... here"
Zhu Ping stood on the chaotic street, paved with all kinds of debris, and looked up at the large "metallic" sign hanging outside the door...... Hutt Watch Shop.
Iron in Orlanton is very expensive, and if you can put one or two refined iron tools in the shop, it becomes a "faΓ§ade", and some shops that have no money and want to slap their swollen faces and become fat will choose to carve them out of wood and then paint them with silver-white paint.
This kind of behavior is somewhat like the "luxury restaurant" in Zhuping's hometown, where a few large cheap fake antiques must be placed in the hall.
Through the small rough glass of the clock shop, you can see the "shell" of the clock inside.
"Let's go! Let's go inside! Zhu Ping pushed open the door, and Lina followed behind him, without bringing the two little giants, after all, this is about cooperation rather than provocation.
"Welcome, what do you need?" A junior apprentice who is only 1.5 meters tall, with soft facial lines, and has not yet reached the age of voice change, bowed slightly, looking very polite.
Zhu Ping said straight to the point: "Is the owner of the store there?" I have a deal to talk to him, and I don't know if I'm available. β
"My master is still sleeping, you wait a while, I'll go and call him." I don't know that the male and female apprentices in the small place that covers an area of only 30 square meters but stuffed too many "groceries", flipped and moved, and ran to the second floor very quickly.
"This place is so messy!" Lina, who is becoming more and more picky in the operation of the castle, can't help but cover her little nose, and her face is full of resistance to the sour smell that comes from nowhere.
Wonder is the daughter of ignorance...... Zhu Ping couldn't help but laugh and said, "You haven't seen a boys' dormitory...... These are nothing but drizzles. β
Soon there was a commotion from upstairs.
"You unlucky, didn't you say don't come to bother me to sleep until noon?"
"Division...... Master, someone downstairs is looking for you. β
"Looking for me? Your master, I know a lot of people, everyone wants to look for me, and I can't sleep yet. β
"Master, those two people who came here seem to be quite rich......
The last two sentences were as thin as mosquitoes and flies, but Zhu Ping's facial features were sensitive, and he listened to them word for word.
There was a shrill sound on the stairs, and a thin figure with a thick beard on his face and a height of no more than 1.5 meters walked down.
The owner of the clock shop glanced at Zhu Ping up and down, swept over the "generally decent" clothes, turned his head and reprimanded the junior apprentice in a voice as thin as a mosquito and a fly: "Next time, if you have more eyesight, don't be a rich man." β
Then he changed his expression to lukewarm, and smiled at Zhu Ping: "Sir, what do you need?" The small shop has everything here. β
As he said this, he unnoticedly put away the dirty socks that were still on the table.
"Mr. Hurt? The only artisan in the capital city of Orlanton...... Right! Zhu Ping was too lazy to be polite, and directly broke the theme.
The bearded old craftsman frowned, and the displeasure on his face was obvious: "Are you here to buy something?" If not, please don't bother me doing business. β
The cultivation path is a rare and ordinary thing for the aristocracy, but for ordinary people in Orlandon, even the middle-income group, it is still quite mysterious.
MysteriousThis is not a good word, because the unknown means danger and trouble!
For ordinary people, everything that involves the extraordinary realm is easily involved in the whirlpool full of death crises, and the same is true for people in the extraordinary realm, if you don't want to cause trouble, you must keep your distance from your "peers......
Especially the restless ones who are frantically chasing extraordinary powers.
It's like a "siege", where those on the inside want to get out, and those on the outside want to go in.
Craftsman Hurt turned his head and said unhappily at the junior apprentice: "Don't bring these random people into the store all day long, we are doing small business and can't withstand the wind and waves." β
This sentence seemed to be said to his apprentice, but it was actually said to Zhu Ping.
He's saying he doesn't want to cause trouble.
When the words fell, the old craftsman turned his head and left, unwilling to delay even a minute or a second.
"Ding...... Whoa, whoa, whoa......"
Zhu Ping popped up a gold coin from his fingertips and landed steadily on the table, dripping and spinning, making a pleasant sound.
Stopping the craftsman Hurt's imminent steps towards the second floor, he closed his eyes tightly, wrinkled the layers of crow's feet, and said to himself: "It's a copper coin, it's a copper coin, it's a copper coin......"
Then keep walking.
"Master, it's a gold coin...... the apprentice shouted excitedly, grabbing the gold coin on the table.
"Hey......" Craftsman Hurt couldn't help but sigh, turned around and slapped the apprentice, and under the gaze of the other party's big eyes full of mist, he snatched the gold coin away and held it tightly in his hand: "Say it!" What's the matter? β
"I want to get the inheritance of craftsmen." Zhu Ping's speech was still so simple and rude, without any foreplay, and he smashed Huanglong.
This amused the craftsman Hurt: "Just you? β
"No, it's not just me, it's her?" Zhu Ping pointed to the cultivator pathfinder next to him, a female creature named Lina.
"You don't have a chance, you're quite a craftsman, you need to be a beginner in your craft, and you need to be spiritual, you ...... Tsk...... Hurt shook his head and sighed, "I don't see any spirituality!" β
When he said this, the old craftsman's face was written with the word Gao Leng, which was a fanaticism for the sacred skill of the craftsman.
The inheritance of the craftsman system is different from that of warriors and wizards, a bit like the "unique craft" in Zhuping's hometown, which is almost exclusively passed down from his family and raised as an apprentice who is like a father and son since childhood.
Lina tilted her head, puzzled, "What is spirituality?" β
"Spirituality is this!"
Zhu Ping slammed, took out ten coins from his arms, and slapped them on the table.
"Don't think you can insult me with some stinky money, I said you don't have spirituality to ......" The old craftsman's eyes were shaken by the shining golden light, and his hand involuntarily stretched out, and then was tightly grasped by the other hand.
After successfully controlling the disobedient little right, the old craftsman said viciously: "No! Yes! β
"Master, ten gold coins!" The young apprentice's eyes widened, because he had never seen so much money when he was so big.
Just when he involuntarily wanted to touch it, his master kicked him angrily: "Bastard cub, didn't your master and I teach you not to bend your waist for five buckets of rice?" β
"But Master, that's ten gold coins! You and I haven't eaten meat for half a year, and with this money......" The junior apprentice looked aggrieved.
"Shut up, money is something, do you think your master and I have no money? Not yet...... Hum! The old craftsman said no more than halfway through, holding one hand tightly in the other.
"Sir, your quality is very admirable, but I'm really interested in the craftsman system, can you make an exception?"
"Bang!" Ten more gold coins slapped on the table.
"Master! That's a lot of money! The junior apprentice was about to cry, his master didn't take it himself, and he didn't let him take it, he felt that there was something wrong with his master's brain.
"Money! No! Calculate! Miscellaneous! Whatever! The old craftsman gritted his teeth and paused, but at last he took control of his hands, turned his head away, and no longer looked at the evil thing.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Today I will teach you another truth, An Neng will break his eyebrows and bend his waist to deal with the powerful......"
"Actually, I didn't come with any malice, I just yearn for the way of craftsmen, and I want to learn to try, even if I can't learn, it doesn't matter."
"Whoa!"
A whole small bag of gold coins was simply sprinkled on the table, colliding with each other, rubbing against each other, and striking countless pleasant notes for a while, like large beads and small beads falling on a jade plate.
There were even a few mischievous ones that rolled to the ground with a muffled sound that came out as an accompaniment.
It was enough to call it the most beautiful music in the world, destroying the old craftsman's mind, making his body turn his head uncontrollably, and his hands uncontrollably holding the gold coin in his arms.
"Just now I was dizzy with old eyes, and when I looked back again, I realized that the two of you are extremely talented, and you are the only craftsmen and wizards in ten thousand."
The old craftsman hurriedly closed the door of the shop, and then the master and apprentice completely ignored the image, pouting their butts and collecting the gold coins scattered on the table and on the ground.
"Master, didn't you say that you can't bend your waist for five buckets of rice?"
"You're still stubborn? Is this five buckets of rice? β
"You didn't mean that Ann could ......"
"Looking for a draw, aren't you?"
"Master, I'm not telling the truth."
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The old craftsman is proud of being a craftsman, but the problem is that the other party gives too much.
The freckled girl Xiao Lina hurriedly carried the princess dress, pulled Zhu Ping's arm and stepped back, making room for the pair of masters and apprentices of similar height.
Zhu Ping sighed, feeling a little lonely: "Actually, I hate to humiliate others with money, but to learn the way of craftsmen, dung is the easiest and most effective way......"
It wasn't until the junior apprentice put away all the money that he hugged the money bag and said in surprise: "Master, there are a hundred gold coins in it, a hundred, we are rich!" Finally meat to eat! β
"Be quiet!" The old craftsman slapped the apprentice again, and even made the sound of metal colliding, suppressing the latter's excitement, and then peeking out the window, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he was about to relax a little.
The old craftsman Hutt pretended that the scene just now did not happen at all, and said seriously: "This hundred gold coins belong to me, let's talk about it, I will only discipline, if you can't learn, don't blame me for anything." β
"No problem."
"Although you have no problem, I still have a small problem, in fact, it is not much of a problem, but it has been a little inconvenient for a short period of time recently."
Your relatives are here...... Zhu Ping was puzzled.
The old craftsman's face was slight, and he said embarrassedly: "Recently, there is no way to teach the apprentice. β
"What!"