Chapter 14: Miss Lucy with a Dream
In order to win the trust of Uncle Todd, Carl quickly searched for the memories left by the original owner, while recounting all kinds of braggadocio stories that the original owner heard from Uncle Todd, and casually mentioned some details about getting along with Uncle Todd.
As Carl spoke, Uncle Bar's sharp gaze gradually softened, and a smile appeared on his expressionless face: "Todd, this old thing, is still the same as before, he likes to brag!"
"Whatever goes to slay dragons, it's all nonsense, dragons are legendary creatures, even if the legendary strong meets, they may not be able to win, we are all delivering food. That time, we were just ramming a shipment to Iker Fortress, and on the way we encountered an out-of-control bipedal wyvern mount from the Dragon Eagle Knights, and Todd's scars were unlucky enough to be splashed by the venom of the bipedal wyvern. If it's the breath of a real dragon, not to mention the wound, not even the ashes will be left!"
"Also, this old thing Todd will say nice things about me, and it's good not to scold me secretly, I didn't beat him up a lot in the first place for stealing my ale!"
Carl's series of nonsense successfully brought him closer to the bar uncle.
The barman scolded with a smile, and showed a look of reminiscence: "I didn't expect that Todd, the old guy, finally returned to his hometown, he ran out to be a mercenary because he couldn't stand the boring life of the blacksmith shop, and swore that he must come out of the way and never be a blacksmith again in this life." Unexpectedly, in the end, I went back to be a blacksmith for the rest of my life. ”
"Uncle Todd is having a good time, he now has six children, four sons, and two daughters, all of whom are as strong as Uncle Todd. However, Uncle Todd's sons are not willing to be blacksmiths for the rest of their lives, and they are all clamoring to come out and mingle, so Uncle Todd beat them up several times!"
"Yes? Todd also has a wife and son, haha, I remember, he said that when he gets ahead, he will go back to marry the mayor's miss, and now his wife is the mayor's miss?"
"No, he married Aunt Sanna next door, and they grew up together. The mayor's young lady is married to a merchant and has been away from town for years......"
In this way, the two strangers quickly became familiar with one familiar person, and when it came to Carl's work, Uncle Tom said directly: "I don't have many contacts in Uptown, I'm afraid it will be difficult to help you find a decent job in Uptown?" However, I know some of the managers of the Chamber of Commerce, and if you can write and settle accounts, and can speak French and Sibai, I can still help you ask and see if you can't find something to do in these Chambers of Commerce." ”
"I can read and write, and I can write a good hand in floral script. ”
In addition to the continental lingua franca, he also knows seven languages: Gulosta, Yilei, Franic, Sibai, Baiotin, and Britta languages. ”
"I can also play the harp, make sculptures, and my painting skills are not bad......
Carl introduced himself without modesty, job hunting, the most important thing is to show yourself as much as possible, after all, the other party does not know you at all, the understanding of your ability, first of all, is to understand from your self-introduction, if you introduce yourself low-key and humble, then the other party will definitely think that you are like this, your upper limit is the level of your speech, which is not a good thing.
This point, when Carl was looking for a job before, he deeply realized that although this is a different world, he believes that some social rules are still universal.
What's more, he found that the beautiful little girl named Lucy next to him was also looking at her, and every time he introduced himself, the little girl's eyes lit up, which greatly satisfied his vanity.
"It's enough to be able to write and read!"
Uncle Tom said, "Music, harp or something, little Lucy may like it, but I don't need it here!"
"Uncle!"
Lucy couldn't help but blush, looked away embarrassedly, and protested to Uncle John angrily: "What's wrong with liking music, even the pastor of the church said that music is a gift from God, and when mortals listen to elegant music, they are moving closer to God!"
The puffy little girl Lucy is playful and cute, her eyebrows are curved, the tip of her small and delicate nose is slightly upturned, her cherry-like cute mouth is slightly pursed, and her ruddy and healthy cheeks are bulging to express her dissatisfaction. The cute appearance makes people want to pinch two.
"Haha, little Lucy's dream is to be a musician!"
"Haha, I wish little Lucy's dream can come true!"
"Here, a toast to little Lucy the musician!"
"Cheers ......"
There was another commotion in the tavern, and little Lucy's face turned red all of a sudden, and she glared at everyone angrily.
"I don't think you're wrong!"
Carl shook his head, smiled encouragingly at Miss Lucy, and said, "The difference between humans and animals is because we have dreams. A pig will only eat and sleep, sleep and eat, and will not think about where to find food tomorrow, whether it will encounter an accident, and whether it will be killed by the owner because it is too fat. ”
"And we human beings, in addition to eating and sleeping, we also have dreams and plans. We will think about what we will eat tomorrow, we will think about where to find a job, we will plan to build a big house to shelter from the wind and rain, we will plan a long trip or a dance, and we will have expectations and fantasies about the future. And this expectation and dream is the driving force for us to keep moving forward, and it is also the biggest difference between us humans and animals. ”
"Think about it, if people don't have dreams, what is the difference between them and salted fish?"
Carl's voice was not loud, only Lucy and Uncle in front of the bar, and a few guests who were drinking, but these drunken guests who were drinking with tin can wine glasses were not interested in Carl's words, and just muttered a few "superior tones" and continued to drink.
"If people don't have dreams, what's the difference between them and salted fish?"
Miss Lucy involuntarily repeated Carl's words, then raised her head again, stared at Carl with sparkling eyes, and said happily: "Sir, what you said is too good, are you a scholar?"
Being stared at by a beautiful little girl's sparkling eyes, Carl felt a little embarrassed. His original intention was not just to comfort the little girl, but he didn't want to flirt with the girl or anything.
There are many vulgar people in this world, and in a vulgar and ordinary environment, people with dreams will always be unconsciously resisted and ridiculed by these vulgar people without dreams. Carl himself is also a person with dreams, and has been ridiculed and teased by many such intentional or unintentional ridicules in his work and life before, so he instinctively wants to encourage a little girl with dreams like Lucy.
"Okay, little Carl of the Musk family, don't show your knowledge, our beautiful little girl can't stand your seduction!"
Uncle Tom knocked on the table, interrupting the conversation between Carl and Miss Lucy, and said, "Carl, I have a job here that suits you. The monastery of Saint-Soulamel, outside the city, needed a scribe of scriptures, who knew the ancient Lotta, could write a beautiful hand, and was paid two silver horns a day. ”