Chapter 89: From the City
After Daddy Anduin walked out of the door, he glanced at the farmland outside the village that had become barren again after the harvest and was waiting to be reclaimed, hesitated for a moment, sat down at the door, took out the homemade hookah and took a few hard puffs, his brow furrowed deeply.
"Huh, old man, why don't you go to the fields, what are you doing here?" said Aunt Vera, who was about to go out for a stroll, when she stepped out of the threshold and saw Father Anduin sitting on the doorstep.
"I'm thinking about one thing. Daddy Anduin tapped the ground next to him with a hookah stick and motioned for Aunt Vera to sit down. "You say...... What the hell are we going to do with that field?"
"What to do? Of course, it's planted. Don't you want to be wild?" Aunt Vera glanced at Daddy Anduin with a puzzled expression.
But at this glance, she saw that Daddy Anduin's sideburns seemed to have several more gray hairs than yesterday, and then looked at the wrinkles on his face, and her heart suddenly softened.
"Of course, if you really don't want to grow that. Anyway, now that our two boys and daughter have found jobs in the city, and they get a lot of salaries, it will be enough for each of them to take a little out to support the two of us. Let's raise them so big, this little filial piety should always be there. ”
"Nonsense!" said Father Anduin angrily at Aunt Vera. "The children have jobs and good salaries, but they have their own homes, so they still need money. The last time the boss came back, he said that his kid planned to send him to Xinfei Academy to go to school since he was a child, and it should cost a lot. We two old guys have hands and feet, why do we have to burden the children. ”
Aunt Vera was kind enough to persuade. was reprimanded by Daddy Anduin. Suddenly I was not happy. He glared at Daddy Anduin: "Then what do you want?"
"I didn't think about anything, I just hesitated. You said...... Are we going to plant wheat on that piece of land as we did in previous years, or will we plant something else?"
"What to plant?" asked Aunt Vera, stunned.
"Didn't the Cantona Chamber of Commerce come to our village a few days ago, saying that it was going to contract the land in our village to plant fruit trees. I thought, instead of contracting them to grow it, it would be better for me to grow it myself. We have planted fruit trees for a few years before, and we have experience. If you grow it yourself. The money you make is definitely better than the money you can make to the Cantona Chamber of Commerce. ”
Aunt Vera gave Daddy Anduin a blank look: "If you really want to make money from the fields, then you might as well learn from the rest of the village to hand over the fields to the Cantona Chamber of Commerce." According to our family's more than ten acres of land, there are at least thirty gold coins a year. After being idle like this, I can go to other chambers of commerce and find some random work to do, and in the end, I can also make a lot of money?"
"That's different. After all, this land is my own, and it always feels bad to hand it over to someone else and take the money. Daddy Anduin shook his head. "Besides, I don't like to do boring work in those chambers of commerce, but I still prefer to toss in the fields. ”
Aunt Vera couldn't help but sigh.
Based on what she has known about Daddy Anduin since she married Daddy Anduin for more than 30 years, usually. Although he seemed to be hesitating at this time, he had already made up his mind.
"Okay. Since you want to do it, do it. Anyway, of course it's good to make more money, even if you lose, you can't lose anywhere, and you can't die. "Aunt Vera is as supportive as ever of Daddy Anduin.
"Hehe, since you say so, then it's decided. ”
With the support of Aunt Vera, Daddy Anduin suddenly made up his mind, and immediately felt that his heart was bright, and he knocked the homemade hookah on the ground hard, and stood up.
"I'm going to go to the city again and ask how the fruit tree saplings are sold now. If you go by, I'll plant tomorrow!"
Seeing that Daddy Anduin looked in a hurry, Aunt Vera said angrily: "Don't you look at what time it is now?"
"What are you afraid of, anyway, now our village is also connected to the road, and there is also the magic locomotive bus of Filson's carriage and horse, I took the bus this time, and it only takes less than two hours to go back and forth, very quickly. ”
Daddy Anduin had always had a temper of walking away, and after dropping a word, he strode out of the village.
Although the village of Prana, which is now 70 to 80 kilometers away from Bonta City, was also opened to the road last month, and the Fillson Carriage & Horse Company immediately opened a bus to the village, in order to meet the needs of several surrounding villages at the same time, the bus stop is still located on the road outside the village, which is still a few steps away.
Who knew that before he reached the entrance of the village, there were suddenly a few dripping sounds at the door, and Father Anduin followed the sound and saw a medium-sized magic bus driving in from the narrow gravel dirt road at the entrance of the village.
Daddy Anduin was stunned, and wondered if the bus stop at Filson's carriage and horse shop had suddenly been changed to the village?
On closer inspection, it was found that the mid-size magic bus did not have the Filson Carriage logo on it at all, but a sign on the front with the word "rental" written on it.
Daddy Anduin was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, this should be the medium-sized magic bus that can be rented freely in Bonta City in the past two months, and the people in the city call it a taxi.
However, I heard that the cost of renting this thing is much more expensive than the bus, so now it is the wealthy people in the city who can afford it.
And now this taxi actually runs from the city to the village of Prana, which is so far away, and it costs a lot of money.
Thinking of this, Daddy Anduin hurriedly gave way to the side of the road.
Although the nobles and merchants of Bonta were more honest than the rest of the kingdom when the Count of Satsuma was the lord of the castle, now that Her Royal Highness Severny is the lord of the castle, they are even more honest. But compared with these old men, he, an ordinary peasant, has a humble status after all, and he does not dare to stand in their way.
Strangely, however, the medium-sized magic bus stopped right next to Daddy Anduin.
The window of the car near Daddy Anduin opened, and one had a sweet appearance and a quiet temperament. It looks like a beautiful young girl who shouldn't be in such a remote part of the country pokes her head out. A sweet smile to Daddy Anduin.
"Hello. Is this the village of Prana?"
Father Anduin glanced into the car in amazement, and found that in addition to this young and beautiful girl, there were two dwarves and a male elf in the two medium-sized magic buses, and there were three human males, one was younger, and the other two looked at least over forty.
"Ah, that's right, this is the village of Prana. Daddy Anduin nodded. "You're from Bunta, aren't you, what are you doing in our village?"
"We're here to investigate. The young girl answered. After thinking for a while, he turned around and got out of the car from the other side, and then explained to the driver in charge of driving in front of him: "Find an open place to stop, we have arrived at the place." ”
After the driver drove the medium-sized magic bus away again, the young girl walked up to Daddy Anduin again, and smiled every day: "Hello, my name is Evita, and I am from the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to inspect here, what do you call it?"
"Just call me Anduin. Daddy Anduin glanced at Evita up and down, and couldn't help but admire: "You can be sent out by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to investigate." That must have a very high position in the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, right? It's not easy to be so young and beautiful and so capable. That's right. What are you going to look at here? There's nothing special about our village of Prana that needs to be inspected, right?"
"Thank you for the compliment. Evita smiled. "We're here to investigate the Magic Crystal Mine around here. Daddy Anduin, you're a native of Prana, right?
"Well, I've lived here all my life, and I dare say I don't know much about it better than I do. The magic crystal mine you're talking about should be in that direction......" Daddy Anduin pointed to the southwest outside the village. "The Falcao Chamber of Commerce used to mine this magic crystal mine for a few months, and I went there to be a period of absenteeism. ”
"It's great that you're familiar. Evita smiled happily, "Do you have time now? Can you please take us on a field trip? We are short of a suitable guide." If we delay your time, we are willing to pay you a certain amount of money, which should satisfy you. ”
Daddy Anduin laughed and waved his hand: "What is not paid, but it is just to lead the way, what's the big deal." Okay, I'm not in a hurry right now anyway, I'll just take you there. ”
"Really, thank you so much. Evita turned and beckoned to the crowd who had already chosen an open spot to get out of the car, signaling them to come.
When everyone rushed over, Evita first tapped the ground with her toes and said to one of the middle-aged men with a full beard: "Director Dusa, it seems that the road project of your Amrley Chamber of Commerce has not been completed yet, and the road has not been extended to the village at all, so this is not good." ”
The middle-aged man known as Director Dusa immediately cried out, "Miss Evita, you can't talk nonsense. This project was built by President Xu of your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and then our Chamber of Commerce was instructed by the City Lord's Mansion to undertake it, but it didn't cut corners at all. The reason why the roads were not paved into the villages was to ensure that there were roads near each village in the first place. In the future, roads will definitely be paved in every village. ”
Father Anduin, who was on the side, heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help but interject: "Yes, this little girl, the Amrley Chamber of Commerce has done a good enough." When there was no road in our village before, we had to walk to Bangta City if we wanted to go there, and we might not be able to go back and forth for a day. Now that there are roads, even if I don't take the Filson bus, I can get there in the morning just by bicycle, which is much more convenient than before. ”
"These are two different things. Evita shook her head and continued to say to Dusa, "Anyway, this road will definitely not work now. In the future, if the Mana Crystal Mine starts to be mined, such a road surface is not conducive to the transportation of Mana Crystals outward. ”
"It's easy to say, as long as you Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is willing to invest, we can not only pave the road to the village, but also directly to the mine. Director Dussa said proudly. "Of course, you Xinfei Chamber of Commerce has money, but it shouldn't be a big deal to pave such a little more road. ”
Evita shook her head slightly, but didn't say much.
After Daddy Anduin had explained to Aunt Vera, the group was led by him towards a large mountain in the southwest of the village. (To be continued......)