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"You and the President...... Acquaintance?" Catherine, who had returned from a small single room nearby, happened to see the old man leaving.

"I don't know. Pannis didn't know what he was eating, and his mouth squeaked and chewed: "How can I know someone with such status." ”

"But I see you're talking. Catherine pointed to the seat where the old man had just been sitting, "It's right next to you, isn't it?"

"I guess I'm too handsome. Pannis raised the mirror in his hand again, looked at himself, touched his chin with his hand, and said, "So he was ready to marry his beautiful daughter to me, but I seriously refused, and severely criticized him." ”

"You're so narcissistic. Catherine had a disgusted expression: "And a big man actually carries a mirror with him, can you be more disgusting?"

"It's hard to do. Pannis ruffled his hair in the mirror, threw a wink at himself in the mirror, and quickly dodged Catherine's hand to grab the mirror: "The borrowed tools should be returned to others, don't break them." ”

"Borrowed?"

Pannis didn't answer, straightened the collar and cuffs, patted his face, put on a serious expression, walked to the waiter standing on the side, put the mirror back into the girl's hand very gently, held the girl's hand with both hands, and stared at the girl's eyes affectionately: "This beautiful girl, you see, you and I were both born in the Quaternary, what a coincidence, such a coincidence must be arranged by the gods." To celebrate this coincidence by the gods, why don't we go and have something together?"

"Okay. The girl, who had been staring at Pannis, who had been staring at Pannis, was stunned because she saw Pannis's communication with the president without any scruples, her eyes flashed, and she held Pannis's hand instead, not even caring about the mirror falling to the ground and shattering: "Such a wonderful coincidence, I must go and have something to celebrate." ”

"Huh?" said Pennis.

"My name is Yuni and I'm seventeen years old. The girl said excitedly, "After drinking in a while, let's go home together." ”

"Huh?" said Pennis, his mouth wide open, unable to close.

"Then tomorrow we'll go to the temple and get engaged. The girl let go of Pannis's hand, clenched her hands into fists in front of her chest, and fantasized excitedly: "Let's get married the day after tomorrow." ”

"Hehe, hehe, I remembered, the fire in my house is still cooking, I'll go first, hehe. Pannis quietly took two steps back, quickly turned around, pulled up Catherine, who was smiling backwards and legs, and ran, running faster than the rabbit who had been hit by the arrow, and shouting: "Oh my God, how can there be such a person in the Adventurers' Guild, it's really abnormal." ”

"It's not normal, indeed. Catherine laughed as she was pulled by Pannisy to run, "You haven't been normal since you showed up. ”

After running several streets in one go, Pannis stopped in his tracks, and Catherine was already laughing so breathlessly that she couldn't even speak.

"What's so funny. Pannis said angrily, "It was just an accident. ”

"Well, it was an accident, haha, it's so funny. Catherine couldn't help but laugh and rubbed her stomach and said bitterly.

"Have you found a job to take?" said Pannis, casually changing the subject.

"Nope. Speaking of serious things, Catherine finally stopped laughing: "There are only a few small tasks, the road is quite long, the pay is not high, and it is very troublesome, so I didn't take it." ”

"Well, that's a trip for nothing. Pannis shrugged: "Do you want to go back now?"

"Go shopping, or what's going to eat at night?" Catherine pointed imposingly, "Finally someone helped me carry something." ”

"I knew that this was the result in the end. Pannis sighed with a bitter face: "Women are all the same. ”

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"Why don't you go to that alley?" said Pannis, bored, following Catherine, looking around as she went.

"There's not a whole lot of stuff there. When Catherine heard this kind of topic, she immediately turned on the big sister mode: "Vivien loves fish, although she is never picky, but if there is fish she will be secretly happy." Lina loves the green leaves and mint of the chia grass, and if she can pair it with a little beef, she will be happy all night long. Well, by the way, Lina's shampoo should be running out, this must be bought, her hair is too long, she has to use a lot at a time, and Vivian's snacks, she often gets up in the middle of the night to do experiments, and it will be difficult to stay up without eating at night. ”

Pannis looked at Catherine in amazement: "You remember it so clearly. ”

"Of course. Catherine said as a matter of course: "They are all my family, how can I not remember clearly?"

"What about you?" asked Pannis, "what do you like to eat?"

"Me?" Catherine was stunned, shook her head and smiled, "I don't have anything I like, I can eat everything, and I love everything, so I don't have anything to emphasize." ”

"That's weird. Pannis asked seemingly casually: "Such a large Western-style pavilion and the surrounding real estate, such a rich lady eats so casually." ”

This time Catherine didn't say anything like not to ask, just walked forward with her head down, and only spoke for a long time: "The property was left by my father, in fact, I am not rich, and even said, I am much poorer than ordinary people, I have a big debt, very big, much bigger than you can imagine." ”

"So you treat money as your life, and you are desperately trying to make money and save money just to pay off your debts?" asked Pannis.

"Haha, of course not. Catherine looked back and smiled, an intoxicated expression on her face: "I'm desperately trying to make money and save money, just because I like it." Listen, the crisp collision of gold coins makes people so happy, makes people sink into it, money, how many people are crazy for you, how many people are falling for you, you are the most beautiful devil in the world......"

"Stop, Baron Robert is indeed a philosopher with a lot of ideas. Pannis interrupted Catherine's chanting, "But shortly after he finished writing this long poem as the end of his magnum opus, he committed suicide due to insanity, and are you sure you want to learn from him?"

But you can't deny that there is a point in his words. Catherine half-closed her eyes reflected: "Money is indeed the most beautiful thing in the world. ”

"How does it compare to your chivalry?" asked Pannis, amused.

"There is no contradiction between the two, so there is no need to compare. Catherine replied with a straight face, "Here we are, the largest bazaar in the capital of knowledge." ”

It was almost exactly the same as in the alley just now, when Catherine stepped into the market, the vendors who had been shouting or haggling loudly a moment ago fell silent at the sight of her, and even if they had no choice but to talk to the customers, they would keep their voices to a minimum, as if they were afraid that the loud voice would attract her attention.

"What have you done to these people? Pannis was confused: "How do they see you like they are seeing a predator?"

"Buying something. Catherine walked from stall to stall in the market with a grim face, and soon stopped in front of one of the vegetable stalls, and pointed to a few small bundles of gia grass on the stall: "I want these piles." ”

The owner of the stall reluctantly showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, quickly weighed and wrapped it, and said cautiously: "Six, six, sixty copper coins a kilogram, a total of two silver coins for you, do you think it is appropriate?"

Catherine nodded lightly and took the wrapped vegetables, "Thank you." ”

As soon as the two of them left the relieved stall owner, they heard a customer behind them who had bought something before ask very dissatisfiedly: "Why did you tell me that the price was one and a half silver coins and one kilogram, and she was sixty copper coins?"

"Who made you not Miss Catherine? The stall owner behind him replied angrily: "If only you were like her...... Uh, awesome, you can take sixty copper coins a kilogram. ”

"That's amazing. Pannis smiled and said, "I can't really see it." ”

Catherine ignored Pannis's teasing and continued to walk between the stalls with a blank face.

"Beef, sell beef, high-quality beef, come and see. A young man, apparently a newcomer to the vendors, wondered why his peers in the vicinity had all shut their mouths and bowed their heads, and shouted with great delight, completely oblivious to the sympathetic gazes of the vendors around him—a gaze that looked like a dead man.

In the midst of the young man's loud shouting, a black-haired girl in ordinary civilian clothes walked up to him, carefully looked at the beef on the carriage, and inexplicably circled the stall, and observed the stall up and down in detail, before asking, "How much is your beef?" ”

When the young man saw that the business came to the door, and the customer was a rare beauty, he happily replied: "Ten silver coins a kilogram of beef loin, and eight silver coins of beef shoulder." ”

The girl clasped her hands to her chest, looked at the young man very indifferently, and nodded noncommittally: "Looking at the proportion of each part of the meat on your car, it is obvious that you are not slaughtering your own cattle and selling them, you should buy them directly from the slaughterhouse, right?" ”

"There are two pieces of gravel on the horseshoe of the horse you are pulling are newly embedded, and this kind of gravel can only be encountered by passing through the south gate of the western city and entering the city, so you are coming in from the south gate of the western district. Without waiting for the boy to recover from his sluggishness and incomprehension, the maiden continued: "Look at your wheels again, there is some red clay on your wheels, and this red clay is only found near the slaughterhouse of Mad Hans in that direction, so it is clear that you bought it from old Hans. ”

The boy nodded stupidly, completely unable to understand why the girl was saying this.

"You are honest, and honesty is a virtue. The girl nodded solemnly and continued: "However, Old Hans's purchase is fifty copper coins cheaper than the other three slaughterhouses outside the city, and if he has more than thirty kilograms, the beef loin will only cost three and a half silver coins, and the beef shoulder meat will only cost three silver coins, I am right." ”

The young man finally understood, cold sweat broke out on his face, and he nodded tremblingly.

The girl showed a satisfied smile: "You are a small commodity, the entrance fee should only be three silver coins per car, and the stall management fee of the market is only two silver coins a day, counting the wear and tear of your horses and your food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the cost of your expenditure in a day will not exceed nine silver coins." Spread these nine silver coins into your beef, well, I'll see, well, you should have put in two hundred kilograms of meat, and spread these nine silver coins into your two hundred kilograms of beef......"

"Don't say it. The young man's voice was trembling: "I, it's not okay if I don't sell it." ”

"Don't sell it? The girl nodded and raised her voice, "But then I need to discuss the relationship between cost and selling price with the marketing manager and other customers." ”

"Don't, don't, be quiet. The young man immediately wilted, and said with a sad face: "I sell, I sell, I sell you at the purchase price, don't embarrass me." ”

"No, I can't. The girl refused: "I'm buying, not robbing, there's no reason for you to sell me at the purchase price." ”

"Good, good. The young man gave up the struggle completely, and said in a numb tone: "You can decide as much as you say." ”

"Four and a half silver coins are a kilogram, and I want two kilograms. The girl pointed to a piece of meat on the carriage: "That's it." ”

"What kind of person is this? The young man wanted to cry and watched the girl go away without tears.

"This is the famous Miss Catherine. A middle-aged uncle next to him who originally bowed his head and pretended to be dead when he saw Catherine coming, came over and patted the young man on the shoulder: "It's quite famous in the market, if you dare to bargain with her, she can clearly reveal the cost of every step of your life from production to processing to transportation to sales, and she can calculate it more carefully than you." You're lucky, the year before last there was a baker in our village who was known for his business and calculations who had a relationship with this young lady, and since then, that guy has not dared to sell bread, hahahaha, when you meet Miss Catherine, you will consider yourself unlucky. ”

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? The young man's miserable grievances echoed over the market for a long time.