64. Shrimp vegetables and dried shrimps
"Mr. Johns, is the priest you are talking about, Father Reiner Storm?" asked Jessica.
"Beautiful young lady, I'm talking about him, he is a strange man in the eyes of the Creator's Synod, he is said to have been born into a low-ranking knightly family in the old diocese, and has been training as a knight with his father since childhood. At the age of 8, he entered the church for knightly practice, and his talent was very high, but at the age of 20, he became a priest and came to the remote Xiami Peninsula to preside over a small church, which had no future at all, and stayed here for more than 30 years, and the church seemed to have forgotten him. Johns said.
Wang Qinian has another view, he can endure loneliness, this kind of person is very terrible, either he has a fanatical pursuit of faith, so that he serves God with all his body and mind, or he is dissatisfied with the status quo of the Creator Bishop, but he has not left the Creator Bishop, which shows that his thinking about God has reached an extraordinary level, no matter which one it is, he is terrible.
Wang Qinian has nothing on the surface, but he remembers this name in his heart, Rainer Storm, maybe to others, he is very ordinary, but for Wang Qinian, he is definitely not simple.
A meal took more than three hours, after all, this is a relatively formal banquet, although there are not many people involved, only five people, but as the dishes come up and down, the table is always kept tidy, service is a very polite way of service, although on the boat, do the best possible, the taste of the dishes is fake, but everyone is full of praise, constantly express gratitude, seem to be very satisfied, everyone here, etiquette as elegant as possible.
The same is true for Wang Qinian, although his heart is full of complaints. He also knew that the banquet was closer to the West on the earth, and it was a very formal ceremony, so formal etiquette was needed, and in any case, he had to look happy with a smile on his face.
"Thank you, Venerable Magicians, I have a great day. Johns smiled and bowed, took the hat and coat from the waiter, and thanked him again.
"It was a pleasure to talk to you. Thank you for your patronage. Wang Qinian said. also bowed slightly, and the others also said these unnutritious words and said goodbye to each other.
Wang Qinian returned to the cabin, but Xiaoshuang puffed out his mouth. Wang Qinian asked her for her opinion in advance. She also went. But it was only for a while, and he couldn't stand it anymore and flew away early: "You humans like to do these meaningless things!"
"Little Shuang. I don't like these things either, but etiquette is the lubricant in human interactions, although it seems contrived, but according to it, it can naturally change a person, although it is ridiculous in your eyes, but it has achieved human civilization, there are no rules, there is no circle, these are not you divine creatures, and they are also part of the real civilization of mankind. ”
"Is that really the case?" asked Xiaoshuang tilting his head.
Wang Qinian nodded: "If a population does not have these rules, they will not be able to develop, don't underestimate these etiquette." ”
There was applause outside the door, Jessica walked in, the three students hurriedly said hello, Jessica smiled in response, and turned her head: "I didn't expect you to say such a set of truths, think about it." ”
Wang Qinian smiled: "Won't you come here for my words?"
"Of course not, just by the way, we're going to be there tomorrow morning, the boat stops for an hour, and then we have to move on to the next stop, this stop is just us and Johns, don't you like the priest?" said Jessica.
Wang Qinian was taken aback, and then said: "I can see to you, I am a necromancer, and I have a bad impression of the priest of the Creator Bishop, which is probably related to my previous experience, but the priest mentioned today is not simple." ”
"How is it not simple, but a loser, his contemporaries either became the elite of the knights, or became the bishop of the grand diocese, and here he is, without the slightest promotion. Jessica said.
"The fame of the world has nothing to do with him, he is afraid that he has walked into an area that no one else has walked. Wang Qinian smiled, but Jessica didn't believe it.
"Is that really the case? You may have lost your eyes. Jessica said.
"You can see it when you go to the Xiami Peninsula. Wang Qinian said.
In the Shrimp Peninsula, after the Mikoyan magician received Demir's letter, he was also happy in his heart, the old friend finally escaped, he calculated, there are still a few days before the boat comes, he ordered to go down, he must go to pick it up in person, and he has to prepare a little local specialty, there is no special product on the Shrimp Peninsula, that's it, or produce two things, the same is the shrimp fishermen, and this peninsula is named after this, this place is no different from other places, but the next specialty is unique, is that the Shrimp Peninsula has a leafy vegetable, is a wild vegetable, called shrimp vegetables, grows in the deep mountains, and there is nothing surprising, but the shrimp is cooked with it, but it is the best delicacy in the world, but the quantity is scarce, and in the deep mountains, occasionally the mountain people pick it and sell it at a high price, so the Mikoyan magician instructed his men to pay attention these days, there are shrimp dishes must be bought.
Estimating the time, the ship was about to arrive this morning, and the Mikoyan magician went down the mountain early and came to the docks. The cool and slightly sea-smelling sea breeze was blowing in his face, sparkling in the distance, there was no one on the dock, there seemed to be someone coming from behind, he turned around and saw that Father Storm had also come to the dock, he was not like Mikoyan, there was no one behind him, he was alone, he was wearing a shabby priest's robe, but it was clean, not clean, its material determined its cleanliness.
Mikoyan usually did not pay attention to Father Storm, although he had long heard of his name, and when Mikoyan's predecessor left, he confessed to this Father Storm, but Mikoyan did not pay attention, and only then did he realize that this priest was not simple.
"Good day, honorable servant of the Lord, noble Father Storm, how did you come to the docks?" asked Mikoyan.
"Good day, esteemed darling of the creator, noble magician, I am here to pick up people, what about you?" said Father Storm, smiling.
"I'm also picking up people, a group of our Huolin Qiaodun students have returned from training in the Barbarian Continent, I'm here to pick them up, who are you picking up?"
"I'm just picking up a person, he also traveled to the barbarian continent, and when he sent me a letter, I came to pick him up. ”
The two of them laughed and talked, it was still early, and these two people who could decide the life and death of the town chatted on the dock, and occasionally fishermen passed by, and immediately saluted the two respectfully.
Strange to say, although the town is located in the territory of Noma, but Noma did not care, this place has naturally become the jurisdiction of Huolinqiaoton and the Holy See, but Huolinqiaoton and the Holy See are not asked, Huolinqiaoton is better, after all, this is a transit station, and the magicians are regularly replaced, in order to maintain the teleportation array here, but the Holy See has not been managed here except for a small church, and this place seems to have become a place of exile.
"Do you know that in the mountains and forests, there was a werewolf, and a few adventurers encountered it and were injured, or I treated them with herbs, I don't know how lucky they are, whether they can escape the catastrophe of the moon and a half, it depends on their luck. Father Storm said that adventurers were scratched by werewolves, as if they were sometimes infected, and that on the night of the full moon there was a certain chance that they would become werewolves.
"Last month, I heard a wolf howling at the moon on a full moon night, and it was an unusual sound, but I didn't think about it that way, isn't there no werewolf on the Shrimp Peninsula?" said Mikoyan.
"Not before, but in the past two months, someone saw a werewolf, and a shrimp picker was bitten by a werewolf, and later died of his injuries. Fr. Storm said.
He knew that Mikoyan had hardly been in the town since he had been here for two or three months, that the magicians were such a bunch of weirdos, and that few of the magicians of Horlingbridgeton were willing to go to the town, and that there was probably nothing in them that deserved their attention.
"That's a problem, the moon will be full in two days, and we'll talk about it then." Mikoyan said that there was a sharp sail on the sea level, and the boat came, and they were in good spirits, but it was not the boat they were waiting for, and it would take a while, and then the dock began to be lively, and the locals were holding dried shrimp, and there was a person holding the dried shrimp vegetables, and Mikoyan saw them, and Mikoyan raised his hand and called him to him, and looked at the shrimp vegetables, which were of good quality, and took out money to buy them.
The other shrimp sellers flinched, and Mikoyan also walked up, and the vendor said with a bitter face: "Master Magician, we don't sell shrimp vegetables, in front of outsiders we say shrimp vegetables, in front of you, we dare not lie." ”
Mikoyan grabbed a handful, looked very similar, tasted one in his mouth, immediately distinguished, smiled, and let a few people go.
The boat got closer and closer, and finally docked, and the gangway was lowered under the boat, and Dai Mill was the first to walk out of the cabin, and when he saw that it was an old friend who came to pick him up, he hugged each other excitedly, and after a while, Mikoyan shook hands with Wang Qinian and others, and whispered: "Thank you, if it weren't for you, Dai Mill and the students don't know if they can come back." ”
The students disembarked and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Jons greeted Father Storm, who laughed and walked back, while the makeshift vendors peddled dried shrimp and fake shrimp dishes to the people on board.
The boat stopped here for an hour, and the people on board also took this opportunity to gather in groups on the pier to breathe, and the hawkers' shouts and counter-offers resounded on the pier.
"You rest here for two days, I will give you the wind, although this place is remote, there is nothing to eat, but there is still some game, the shrimp roasted shrimp dish here is a must, don't look at the dock someone sells shrimp vegetables, that is fake, it is estimated that all the shrimp dishes in the market are here with me, I let you taste the real shrimp roasted shrimp dishes." Senior Magician Mikoyan said to Wang Qinian. (To be continued......)