Chapter 36: Noon in the City of Tarakhan
The sun is getting right in the middle of the sky, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. At the beginning of May, at the beginning of May, at this noon, the breath of "summer" can already be clearly felt.
Ah Xi, who was setting up a stall near the city gate, looked at the sky, shook his head, went back to the house, took out a few large bamboos and a bundle of thick cloth, inserted the bamboo pole into the pit that had been prepared on the ground and erected it, and then tied the four corners of the thick cloth to the bamboo pole to make a simple awning.
"It's really a bit hot this year!" said Wren, who sells pancakes on the street, "and it doesn't seem to be so hot in May in previous years." ”
"If you eat well in the past two years, your stomach has accumulated oil and water, and it is naturally easy to get hot. A young man in a big white coat who passed by smiled and said, "In a few days, you will be even hotter." It's going to be hard this summer!"
Ah Xi was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "Doctor Rangnai, how can you see that I have eaten well in the past two years?"
He has indeed eaten well in recent years, and since the new earl succeeded him, on the one hand, he reduced taxes and promoted production on the other, and the entire Tara Khan has prospered a lot. Although the number of adventurers has greatly decreased because of the Northern Demon King, which makes the armory shop very complaining, but with money in the pockets of civilians, the business of a small fruit stall like him and a small restaurant like Rennes will naturally increase greatly.
With money, of course, you can eat well. For example, although he used to sell fruits, he was really reluctant to eat them himself—all he ate was money! Only those fruits that had been spoiled for a long time and were about to spoil would he enjoy them slowly with his family with regret.
But now the situation is different, and fruit has become part of the family's normal diet. In particular, his wife listened to Master Ankar Star's health lectures, and she often talked about "balanced nutrition" and "balanced diet". The woman ordered the whole family to eat at least one fruit every day, saying that it would help them live a long life.
Alas, that's not a waste of money...... What good is it for us little people to live a few more years?
Although he often complains like this, Ashi did not object to his wife's approach. He has suffered for most of his life, and he has only lived a good life in the last two years, seeing that he is nearly fifty years old, and this life is coming to an end, and he really wants to live a few more days like this.
According to the bard, prosperity is a day-by-day process, and the city of Tara Khan will be better next year than this year, and the year after that will be better than next...... In a few years like this, if you die, you have to laugh at yourself for not being blessed.
So for the matter of "health", he actually cares a lot.
Listening to Ah Xi's question, the young man in the white coat made Nai smile: "Just look at your face, you have a shiny face, on the one hand, it is sweating in the sun, and on the other hand, it also means that you have eaten well and have enough oil and water on your body." And your chin is almost two-layered, obviously eating well...... Fat people don't fall from the sky, they can't eat enough, why are they fat?"
Ah Xi subconsciously touched his chin, and he could indeed touch the soft fat meat, and couldn't help but smack his lips.
During this time, he did seem to have eaten a little more...... My wife also persuaded her, saying that it was not good to eat too much......
"What about me?" Wren asked, "I'm not fat." ”
"But you have a lot of spirited eyes. Jean Nai said, "I'm sure you're not the kind of powerful retired adventurer, ordinary people shouldn't have such bright eyes, shouldn't have so much spirit." According to the great physician, this is called 'full of energy' - ordinary people must have a good diet and daily life to have such a state, so that the body can continue to accumulate nutrients and strength, and accumulate to a certain extent, before this happens. ”
Wren smiled: "So, I'm much healthier than this guy Ashi?"
"Yes, Boss Ashi really needs to pay attention, if you eat like this, it will not be good for your health. Jeanna smiled.
Ah Xi blushed from what they said, touched the short hair on the top of his head, and laughed hehehe.
At this moment, Ashi's youngest son, Blake, who had been a policeman not long ago, came over with a small box and shouted from afar: "Dad, I paid my salary and bought a juicer!"
"What's that?" Ashina asked, curious.
Blake triumphantly unwrapped the box, and inside the thin planks was visibly washed and sun-dried straw, without a trace of dust. In the middle of the straw, pieces of metal were strangely shaped, and only one of them looked like a funnel.
Blake apparently knew what to do, and divided the parts into a strange thing. It has a funnel with an opening upwards at one end, a flattened duckbill at the other, and a small drawer at the other. Blake picked up a cup and put it under the duck's beak, took another fruit and cut it into several pieces, stuffed it through the funnel above, and then turned a handle, only a creaking sound was heard, and the fruit quickly disappeared completely into the funnel, and after a while, orange-yellow juice flowed out of the duck's beak, which was clearly juice.
"Huh?!" Wren asked curiously, "Can this thing squeeze fruit into juice? What about the fruit?
Blake smiled and pulled open the little drawer, which was filled with dry, crumbled pulp.
Ah Xi took a closer look at this thing and shook his head: "One fruit squeezes most of this half cup of juice, which is a bit wasteful." ”
"How can you call it a waste? Dad, do you know how much this glass of juice costs in the tavern?" said Blake, "how much does two fruits cost!"
Ashi was stunned for a moment, pondering that this seemed to be the case.
He usually sells fruits, and he always needs a dozen fruits to sell a silver coin. Now two fruits can squeeze a glass of juice, which is obviously a big profit.
And with this thing, he can also do a juice business by the way. Even if it is sold cheaper, two glasses of juice for one silver coin, it is still very profitable.
Thinking of this, he was about to praise his son for his vision, but Wren smiled and asked, "Little Blake, how much did you buy this thing?"
Blake's expression froze suddenly, looking left and right, and he was hesitant.
Ah Xi frowned and asked, "How much?"
"I didn't ...... Not much. ”
"How much, exactly!"
"Three Gold Coins......
Ashi was so angry that she choked on her breath and almost didn't jump.
Three gold coins?! One gold coin is ten silver coins!
"Wasted money! See if I don't kill you!"
He jumped like thunder, picked up the knife that cut the fruit, and hit Blake with the back of the knife, so frightened that Blake ran away, shouting as he ran: "You dissipate your gas! Isn't this thing very good, you have been selling fruit for so many years, and you have never drunk fruit juice a few times......
Because of his police training, Blake ran so fast that no matter how angry Asie was, he couldn't catch up. When he returned to the stall unhappy, he saw that Jeanne had already left, and only Wren looked at him with envy.
"Ashi, you guy, little Blake has just received his salary, so he is in a hurry to buy something to squeeze juice for you...... You old bald man, you are blessed!"
Touching the top of his head, which had few hairs, Ashi couldn't help but smile.