Chapter 218: Transitional Chapter
The village looked a lot bigger than Zheng Shu had imagined.
He thought it would be a very dilapidated village, but he didn't expect it to look almost a small town.
However, after Zheng Shu looked at the heavy wooden fence outside the village and the huge wild boar on his body, he also understood the reason for this situation.
In such an era, if the number of people gathered is less than a certain level, ordinary gathering places will not have any ability to protect themselves in the face of the attack of some wild beasts.
In the same proportion, only a sufficient number of people can increase the likelihood of the birth of a strong man.
In the god generation, how big a village can be depends entirely on the number of strong people in it.
"It's the largest village in the area, and it's where I use it to maintain and repair my equipment." Atalanta greeted the child next to her and explained to Zheng Shu, "I'm going to sell this prey now, and if you need to sell it for money, you can come with me." β
The villagers, who were still a little wary when they saw Zheng Shu's dress, immediately lost their vigilance after seeing Atalanta behind him, and even many children came out of the surrounding houses to greet Atalante. Looking at their appearance, they are indeed quite familiar.
"Of course, that's bothering you." Zheng Shu turned his head to observe the surroundings, smiled and nodded with her.
Walking on the road, Zheng Shu carefully observed the surrounding situation, and from his senses, there was no strong person in this village worthy of his attention.
Although the physical fitness of the villagers is good, it can even be said that they are worthy of the human beings of the god generation, each of them has the physical standards of professional athletes in the previous life, and this level of physical fitness is combined with the group cooperation ability of human beings and the spears prepared by every household, even if it is like the giant wild boar on Zheng Shu's body, it will be hunted when it comes here.
But the existence of the whole village that really exceeds the limit of ordinary people may only be the hunter in the small hut on the mountainside in the distance, although it is only barely beyond the physical limit of ordinary people, but according to the Greek evaluation standards, his combat effectiveness in the jungle should be barely regarded as a hero.
Zheng Shu squinted his eyes and looked at the forest hut in the distance, the hut was about ten kilometers away from the village, according to the size of the village in this world, it could basically be called a lonely one.
If Zheng Shu guessed correctly, the one in that hut was probably the hunter who adopted Atalanta in mythology.
While thinking about it, Zheng Shu and Atalanta had already arrived at the place where meat was sold in the village, and here Zheng Shu also found several people who did not look like this village, who should have come from other villages to trade.
Zheng Shu didn't get involved in the transaction too much, just picked a few pieces of meat from his share that seemed to be of good quality for dinner, and gave the rest to Atalanta for her to help sell together.
After all, with the information he knew, Atalanta was a fairly trustworthy person, so Zheng Shu was not worried about her greed for her share.
However, for Atalanta, it is too rare for someone like Zheng Shu to completely trust as soon as they meet:
"Your way of dealing with the world is too naΓ―ve, if I think about it, you will be pitted very badly." Atalanta educated Zheng Shu in a serious tone.
"It's okay, I'm sure you won't cheat me." Zheng Shuhao waved his hand absentmindedly, and after handing the piece of meat in his hand to Atalanta, he continued to observe the surroundings with his mace.
"You ...... Sooner or later, you're going to suffer a big loss. Feeling that her preaching seemed to be of little use, Atalanta picked up all the meat and walked to the butcher's shop, seemingly with a gloomy face.
However, in Zheng Shu's senses, Atalanta's mood was not much angry, if there was that lion's tail, maybe she could see her tail waving happily.
"What a well-informed person...... Zheng Shu shrugged his shoulders as he watched Atalanta's back leave, dragging the remaining boar skins towards another shop, which he had found before that specialized in leather.
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"To be honest, I don't recommend you to make leather with me." After carefully inspecting the wild boar skin brought by Zheng Shu, the owner of the leather shop came to this conclusion, "I recommend you to go to the big city to find a leather maker to help you deal with this leather, their skills are much better." β
"Can't handle this leather?" Zheng Shu scratched his hair, feeling a little troublesome.
"It's not that I can't handle it, it's that I don't have enough tools and manpower here, and it will take more time to deal with this level of skin, unless you can live here for a few months, otherwise you won't be able to make this thing into leather armor for you." The tanner shook his head, and there was a slight loss in his eyes, it seemed that he was also very sorry to give up such a good piece of material.
"If this level of leather is made into leather armor, its defense power can even be compared to heavy armor, and it is much lighter than ordinary heavy armor, and it would be a waste if it was hastily made because of lack of time."
"Okay...... Do you accept this material here? Zheng Shu tilted his head and simply proposed another solution.
Anyway, it wasn't bad for him the little defense that leather armor provided, and the main thing he needed now was a new piece of clothing to wear on his body. After two days of trekking in the jungle, the white fabric on Zheng Shu's body has become tattered, and it is estimated that it will be completely shattered in a short time, and Zheng Shu can only run naked at that time.
"This ......," the tanner hesitated, looking a little reluctant, "to tell you the truth, if you bring this leather to the city, it will sell for several gold coins even if it is just raw materials." But in my case, this skin will give you a few silver coins at most. β
This sentence is what the leather maker said sincerely, unlike the group of robbers, his eyesight is quite good, and he can see at a glance that the mace on Zheng Shu's body is a real thing.
As soon as he stepped into the shop, the ground that had been trampled on by many people suddenly reckened a small piece, and it could be seen that the weapon on the customer in front of him was not only a real thing, but also estimated to be heavier than he thought, and it was likely to be a special weapon.
Seeing Zheng Shu pick up the mace quite easily, the owner of the leather shop could immediately judge that this was definitely a hero-level figure.
However, as Zheng Shu said before, in ancient Greece, hero is not necessarily a positive title, in a sense, this title may be similar to some fantasy "adventurers".
If it is an ordinary hunter, the owner of the leather shop does not mind making a lot of money by making this leather into a leather armor, after all, if this leather is made into leather armor and sold in the city, it can be sold for at least a few dozen gold coins.
The favorite of those aristocratic lords is this kind of light but highly defensive treasure, if you meet someone who likes it, it is not a problem to sell a piece of leather armor for hundreds of gold coins.
But the person in front of him is not an ordinary hunter, but a hero with combat effectiveness beyond ordinary people.
If he found out that he had made money from him by using the information difference, the shopkeeper was afraid that the other party would run back to the village and kill him in a fit of anger.
You must know that this world is not a society governed by the rule of law, basically it is justified by a big fist, if it is killed for no reason, it may cause hostility from other heroes, but if it is an act of revenge, then no one cares.
The shopkeeper knows this very well, and of course, the most important thing is that the previous owner of this shop died for this reason, so he explained the current situation to Zheng Shu very simply.
With his small shop, if he takes out a few gold coins at a time to buy this wild boar skin, the capital chain will basically be cut off directly, and it is estimated that he will go bankrupt before he can make leather armor.
So although there was a lot of reluctance in his heart, the shopkeeper could only give up this wild boar skin.
"Don't bother, you should have finished clothes and leather armor here, right? I'll give you this boar skin, and you can just change my clothes. Zheng Shu's voice saved the shopkeeper from his lost emotions, and without too much hesitation, the shopkeeper immediately agreed to the deal.
Although the finished leather armor is actually much more expensive than the purchase price of this wild boar skin, it is a very profitable deal for both parties.
"Thank you very much for patronizing!"
Without paying attention to the shopkeeper who kept bowing and thanking behind him, Zheng Shu walked out onto the street in a new leather armor.
"I didn't expect you to dress up a little bit and be quite energetic, although you don't look very good, but your figure is very good." Atalanta's voice came from behind her.
Zheng Shu turned her head to look over, she had now sold a large pile of wild boar, and at this time she was walking over with two bags in her hands: "It's a pity that your face is too tender, if you grow a little more beard, maybe you can become a heartthrob." β
Zheng Shu touched his smooth chin, a little speechless. Atalanta herself is a pure human, so she will be affected by the panel skills, and her face should be very ordinary in her eyes.
However, aesthetics have changed with the times, and in ancient Greece, people preferred to look at people's bodies rather than faces, and preferably with strong muscles.
As for the face, as long as it makes sense.
Although Zheng Shu's external face looks ordinary, because he pays great attention to cleanliness, his skin texture alone has surpassed most people, and the only drawback may be that he feels a little less "tough guy".
"Here, it's yours, because you offer a lot, so you don't have much money to sell."
Zheng Shu, who took the bag handed over by Atalanta, checked it a little, and it was indeed a lot less than he expected, not to mention gold coins, there were not even a few silver coins, most of them were copper coins.
"It's a lot less than I thought." Zheng Shu casually flipped it and threw the bag back to Atalanta, "Here you go, I'm not sure if this is enough to pay you." β
Atalanta was a little stunned when she saw Zheng Shu walking towards the outside of the village, and suddenly ran to his side as if she remembered something: "Just give me the money?" And it's getting dark, where are you going? β
"Ah, didn't you say it in advance? You lead the way, and I'll pay you. Zheng Shu shook a few pieces of pork that were tied to his mace, "It's too late, of course I went out to find a place to camp, and I just caught this wild boar today, how about I taste it." β
Atalanta looked Zheng Shu up and down, and a strange expression suddenly appeared on her face: "You are planning to go camping like this?" What do you do with wild boar, do you eat it grilled directly? β
"Uh...... Any questions? Zheng Shu was a little confused.
"Hey! Forget it, come with me, I know there's a hunter's hut nearby, and it's not close, but you should be able to get there before dark at your speed. Atalanta sighed, it had been determined that Zheng Shu was the eldest young master who didn't know which nobleman ran out of it, and he didn't even know these common senses.
Led by Atalanta, Zheng Shu and the others soon arrived at a hunter's hut.
This kind of hunter's hut is maintained by all the hunters in the surrounding villages, so that it can be used for emergency living when necessary, and the corresponding materials are placed in it, and it can be used directly if needed, but it is generally made up after use.
Watching Atalanta's unusually skillful chopping wood and handling wild boar meat from the outside, Zheng Shu scratched his head and sat on the ground a little overwhelmed. If anything, this kind of outdoor activity is really the first time he has done it.
In the previous world, because of the power of the dragon king, there would not be much difference no matter where it was.
And after coming to the Moon World, although the three Gorgons sisters lack common sense in life, they are also the daughters of the sea god, and Zheng Shu can go to the beach to pick up fish every day since her body has grown up to be able to move freely.
That's right, it's picking up fish.
As long as he needs it, the fish will automatically jump to the shore and let him pick it up.
Fresh sea fish is taken to the temple and roasted over the fire to eat, and the taste will not be too bad if it is sprinkled with a little salt, so Zheng Shu knows for the first time: it turns out that the meat of the beast will be so stinky.
Smelling the smell of Atalanta's barbecue, Zheng Shu felt that his sensitive nose was almost ruined, even the raw goat milk he drank when he was a child did not smell so fishy.
However, Atalanta is indeed very proficient in living in the wild, smearing some "green belts" collected on the way to the meat, although there is still a certain fishy smell, but the smell is no longer so bad.
"Amazing, amazing." Zheng Shu took a bite of the meat handed over by Atalanta and couldn't help but admire, "It's really a tower meow......
"What's Tameow?!" Atalanta was keenly aware of the loophole in this sentence.
"Uh......" Zheng Shu choked for a moment, knowing that he had accidentally said the abbreviation, "Sort of...... Abbreviation? β
"Huh?!" Tameow's eyes sharpened.
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