Chapter Ninety-Six: Eating Away
"This skewer is very tender. ”
"Uh-huh, and the idea of topping the skewers with greens is great!"
"Here, try this french fries. ”
"It's crisp and refreshing, but the taste is a little pungent. ”
"Some green bee wine to moisten your throat?"
"Fight poison with poison?
"I don't need to, I'll have a small bowl of Yangchun noodles slowly..."
"The lips and teeth are fragrant, and the aftertaste is endless. ”
"There's a little snack over there...... Mustard cake, do you dare to move?"
"Touching, so touching!"
"Hahaha......"
The green smoke slowly drifted away, accompanied by the brisk chatting of the witches and wizards. The alley was not long, and the two of them walked for more than an hour before they walked back and forth.
When Zheng Qing crossed the small archway at the entrance of the alley again and walked into the ice and snow, it was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon. Although the wind and snow stopped, the clouds did not disperse, and the sun did not show up from morning to night, in a trance, the sky has darkened a lot, and most of the shops on the street are lit up with neon, colorful rainbow light and pleasant music break the cold chill in the air, making this world a little more vibrant.
Not far from the food street is the 'Jota' restaurant where Zheng Qing had previously booked a seat.
Looking at the waiter standing at the door of the restaurant, the young public student couldn't help rubbing his bulging belly and glanced at the witch with a sad face.
Elena was tilting her head and pouring the last bit of green bee from her cup into her mouth, letting out a satisfied sigh.
"Shall we go in and rest before eating?" Zheng Qing took the cup in her hand, helped throw it into the trash can next to her, and asked in a low voice: "I heard that the dim sum of 'Yota' is very good, you can have some..."
Yelena tilted her head, her eyes wandering, and glanced at the pink plaque in the distance.
"I've eaten a lot. The witch frowned, brought it to his ear, and muttered quietly, and the warm, wet exhalation made a ring of tiny hairs blow up the wizard's neck, and he felt his whole back stiffen.
"We can rest inside and eat again. He muttered and whispered, lest a little louder it would break something.
"But it's so stuffy inside!" the witch raised her arm and stood there and spun lightly, the corners of her skirt fluttering, and the boy faintly saw her white calves.
He swallowed silently.
"Then let's go to the lake and eat less?" Zheng Qing suggested in a hoarse voice.
"Great idea!" Elena agreed with a smile.
Hearing her brisk voice, the young scholar finally mustered up the courage to raise his head and look at the big charming eyes. He couldn't help but have a big smile on his face.
I'm really happy.
After not taking a few steps, the gypsy witch suddenly stopped.
"Did you pay a deposit for your position at the 'Yota' restaurant?" she looked at the wizard hesitantly, then looked back at the pink plaque, "If we don't show up, will your deposit be taken away?"
As a famous restaurant on the pedestrian street, 'Jota' is popular with young witches and wizards because of its homonym with 'yota', and on weekends there is always a shortage of seats.
However, because of the public scholarship students, Zheng Qing did not queue up like ordinary students, but got the number of the restaurant's 'internal supply' - a common practice among all the shops in Beta, large and small. Because the whole town is built on the basis of the subordinate college of the First University, the 'top students' of the school are always given all kinds of subtle preferential treatment.
Even so, he paid a golden bean as a deposit.
Of course, there is no need to explain all this to the witch.
"It doesn't matter, it's okay. The wizard smiled heartily and waved his hand indifferently: "The position of 'Yota' is valid for three days. Even if we don't have time to go, we can move out of the position...... Have you forgotten that I'm a Wandering Gold member? Jota's boss has a good relationship with the Wandering Wizard, and if I put that number in the Wandering Bar, I might be able to make a small profit!"
"That's good!" the witch breathed a sigh of relief.
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Compared to the pedestrian streets, there is no sign of snow clearing on campus.
Because of the resurgence of silence, the school is now very short of manpower, and many of the staff of the school committee have been sent to the depths of the silent forest on business, and the old people who remain in the school have no spare energy or interest to clear the snow except to maintain the normal operation of the school committee.
"I thought they were going to use magic to clear all the snow away. Zheng Qing stepped on the ankleless snow, looked around at the white expanse, and couldn't help shaking his head: "The pedestrian streets are so clean, and the inside of the school is not as good as the outside." ”
"The snow scene is also very good," the witch jumped around in the snow like a deer, circled around Zheng Qing, and picked the snow that had not been stepped on: "It is naturally not unusual for your family to snow in winter, but there are many students in the school brought by heat, but this kind of weather is rare." ”
"Be careful, don't fall. Zheng Qing looked at the witch's figure worriedly and reminded.
"I've recited the anti-slip mantra, I'm not afraid. The gypsy witch grimaced at him, a smug face.
Zheng Qing touched the tip of his cold nose and couldn't help laughing.
Only then did he realize that in addition to the fact that the school was a wizarding school, he was also a wizard - this is about the time when the lamp of legend was dark - and several thoughts suddenly turned in his mind, such as whether to prepare a few warm charms, whether to prepare a few potions to dispel the cold or find a few small spells from the library, and then wrap a small gift for Yelena during class tomorrow.
Thinking so, before they knew it, the two of them had come to the shore of Linzhong Lake.
Although it is snowing today, the lake has not yet frozen. In the darkening sky, wisps of steaming mist can be faintly seen on the surface of the lake, like a dream.
Compared with normal days, Linzhong Lake today is much quieter. Whether it is the buffalo on the lake or the big red birds, they are gone, and I don't know if they have hid somewhere to escape the cold. As far as the eye can see, it is white on all sides, and the small island and small tower in the middle of the lake are also a little white, but the lake water is black and heavy, falling in this white world, which is particularly eye-catching.
"I don't know if the fish in the lake will freeze if they run out in this weather...... Hard, pia on the shore. Zheng Qing thought of the fishman he knew, and he couldn't help but think of such a thought.
"Hahaha, although the fish-man is aquatic, he is not afraid of the cold. When the witch heard this, she couldn't help but laugh and said, "After all, it is a magical creature, their ancestors are a race that can live in the extremely cold deep sea." ”
Zheng Qing's gaze crossed the witch's shoulder, and he bowed his head again and again: "Yes, yes, this is the wizarding world, this is the wizarding world...... Even snakes can roam around on snowy days, so what's not possible?"