Volume 1 The Winter of Halma Chapter 23 The Role of the Pocket Watch
Elizabeth watched Andu waving the banknote in her hand in a daze.
This was the first time she had seen such a high face value of an Imperial Silver Dollar so closely!
Elisabeth, who usually worked as a maid at Mrs. Goethe's house, but had only seen one value, at most five imperial silver dollars, could not believe the scene in front of her.
Last night's conversation with a hint of joke turned out to be a reality!
To say that there is no expectation is false, Elizabeth really hopes that there will be a windfall from heaven to help their brother and sister.
But although she had some thoughts in her heart, Elizabeth didn't dare to take what Andu said too seriously, after all, how could such a big piece of cake just hit both of them?
But the silver dollar that kept shaking in front of her made Elizabeth have to believe that such a thing really happened.
The scene in front of her made Elizabeth feel like she was in a dream.
"You, did you really sell it?" asked Elizabeth after a moment's pause.
"Yes, it was sold at auction this afternoon. Andu said with such an expression.
Looking at Elizabeth, who was still in a daze, Andu stepped forward and smiled and stuffed the imperial silver dollar into her hand.
Elizabeth took the money in a daze and did not react for a long time.
Andu couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw this scene, and reached out to pinch her delicate face.
"As the treasurer of the family, this money will be left to you. ”
It wasn't until Andu disappeared into the small living room that Elizabeth finally came to her senses and stood there, looking at the money in her hand and falling silent.
Andu, who had returned to his room, had just been lying on the bed when he saw Elizabeth come in with him.
"What's wrong?" Andu sat up slightly, puzzled.
"It's nothing, it's just, it's just that this money is really sold by you with what you picked up?"
It was only at this time that Elizabeth first took into account what Andu had said to her the previous day.
But she still couldn't believe that Andu could pick up such a valuable thing, and really sold it in one day.
"Are you hiding something from me?"
Elizabeth took a deep breath and suddenly spoke, looking straight at Andu's heart a little hairy.
Andu looked at his sister with a calm expression, then smiled as usual and spread his hands.
"Don't you want to trust your brother so much?"
"No, it's not... I was just... I just think it's a bit too much. ”
Elizabeth was a little flustered by Andu's rhetorical question.
Looking at Andu's sincere gaze, Elizabeth began to have some doubts in her heart, whether she had misunderstood him, could it be that what he told me was true?
"I know, you probably can't believe it, how could such a good thing come to us?"
Andu patiently explained, waving his hand to Elizabeth as he spoke, motioning for her to sit down and listen slowly.
"But life is so wonderful, yesterday on the way back, I saw a black bag about the size of a cabbage fell to the ground, so I opened it curiously and looked at it. ”
Andu said without blushing or panting, as if all this had just happened.
"And you know what I saw when I opened it?"
"Look, what do you see?"
"It's full of black crystals that have been seriously smuggled in the past few years in the Empire!"
"Oh my God, how dare you sell it!?"
"So, I only asked you what to do yesterday, but don't worry, I'm going to the Bilton Auction House, they have a relationship with the second prince behind them, don't worry about taking this kind of thing, it's the black crystal that was originally worth thirty imperial silver dollars, and when it arrived, it was directly reduced by one-third, these damn profiteers!"
"Oh my God, they're too black-hearted!"
"Yes, these people should be sent to the Halma Labor Reform Center to be reformed and reformed!"
"Well, But, Andu, how did you know that Bilton Auction House had something to do with the second prince? I haven't heard of it!"
"Well, that's what that Tonali guy told me when he was idle!"
......
Ten minutes later, Elizabeth finally left Andu's room on the grounds that Andu was hungry.
Andu once again has a new insight into Elizabeth's observation, and from today's answer, Andu decided that he must write the script in advance when making up stories in the future.
"It's almost exposed!"
Andu thought about the conversation between the two of them in the second half just now, and his heart was stunned for a while, if he talked about it for a while, it was estimated that Elizabeth would have a new problem again.
At the same time, Andu once again found that he knew too many things, and sometimes just an unintentional sentence could expose a lot of problems.
"You must be careful when you speak in the future, even in front of Elizabeth. ”
Andu had to admit that when facing Elizabeth, he would always subconsciously be less guarded, or even not at all, but as time went on, the risk of doing so would become higher and higher.
"The closer people are, the more they can't let them know the truth......"
A trace of loneliness flowed in Andu's eyes, and he turned his head to look at the crescent moon outside the window, and fell into silence.
The dinner went on very happily, the two of them made a rare three-course meal at home, and Elizabeth rarely complained about the cost of the day.
The pleasant dinner was spent in the laughter of the two, and Elizabeth busily cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and went back to her room.
Looking at the time on the wall clock outside the door, it was already past eight o'clock.
Andu sighed and decided that he must buy a pocket watch on the road tomorrow, which is necessary for someone like him who has no concept of time.
Turning on the lights in the room, Andu came to his desk and picked up a book about the basic theory of cards and read.
After reading the book for a while, Andu took out a notebook from the drawer, which was the one he had written down the ingredients for the Insane Potion.
Andu looked up and thought about it, then waved his pen and listed the events of the day today, and began to compare the recorded things one by one.
"Well, when I saw Walkley take the money to me, it wasn't very calm, it should be related to a previous experience......
"When I hid it from Elizabeth, I obviously felt guilty and nervous, and the guilt was fine, but the nervousness was a little too much......
"When Scott rejected me, he should have dealt with it more naturally, and it didn't affect me......"
"Overly cautious on the way back......"
Andu compared them one by one, recording some new ideas and questions from time to time, and at the same time crossing out some things, and finally stopped on a few of them, and began today's reflection homework.
When Andu was seriously reflecting, time passed quickly, and Andu could feel that his thoughts were becoming pure little by little.
It wasn't until about ten o'clock in the evening that Andu stopped the work of reflection under Elizabeth's reminder.
Andu tore off the page where he had written the materials for the Crazy Potion in the afternoon, and the page where he had just written about today's experience.
Then he folded the one full of materials and put it in his pocket, took out a lighter from the drawer, and slowly lit the other one until it burned to ashes.
After doing this, his face finally showed a hint of tiredness, and he reached out to turn off the lights in the room.
He was about to go to bed, and the musty smell on the quilt immediately made his already good mood collapse.
Holding back the smell, the corners of Andu's mouth twitched, and he climbed onto the bed in disgust.
Not just the pocket watch, this house also had to be replaced!
Andu covered the quilt angrily and thought depressedly.
Early in the morning, Andu got up after Elizabeth went out as usual, and went straight out after a simple wash.
Because he was carrying a large amount of cash, Andu was in a particularly happy mood when he walked in this new morning.
"Well, you have to control yourself, you can't really be like a dirt bun. ”
Andu silently admonished himself in his heart.
Maybe it's because the environment isn't very good after coming to this world, or maybe it's some confusion in memory, Andu feels that he is becoming more and more irresistible to money now.
"Evil money. ”
While enjoying the beautiful feeling brought by the money in his arms, Andu hated himself for being happy for money now.
But it's a good feeling to be rich!
Andu couldn't help but let out a lament in his heart, but the smile on his face became even bigger.
Andu first went to yesterday's bathing center and retrieved his priest's robe and the torn padded jacket.
Andu had not intended to retrieve the torn padded jacket.
But when it was time to throw it, he could always vaguely remember the scene when Elizabeth used her thin body to hang it in the sun to dry when she first came to this world and was not yet clear-headed.
Andu, who was carrying a large bag in his hand, walked along the central avenue, paying attention to both sides from time to time, looking for a watch shop.
But after a while, Andu saw an old watch shop, Gwill Watch Shop.
Andu's door opened the door of Gwill's watch shop and was greeted by rows of wall clocks, large and small, classic and modern, and rows of polished glass display cases.
"Hello, do you have a good quality pocket watch here?"
Andu walked to the counter and spoke to the young clerk.
"Yes sir, you can take a look here, these are the more popular pocket watch styles in the empire in recent years, and the price is relatively moderate, if you are sure to buy it today, our shop will also provide a one-year free maintenance and repair discount. ”
Andu followed the direction of the clerk's finger and saw a display case full of pocket watches.
Moving his steps to the display case, Andu said to the clerk.
"You can help me recommend a few good quality models, the main thing is durability. ”
The clerk listened to Andu's words, and was not displeased, but just smiled.
"Sir, our pocket watches here are famous in the whole of Halma, and many people from the North District will come to us to buy pocket watches, so there will be no problems with the quality at all, and our store has a warranty discount, you don't have to worry about this. ”
Andu nodded and said casually.
"I mean, the kind that has been fallen, and it can be used to smash people once in a while. ”
The clerk froze in place, and it took a few seconds to react, and he asked as the corners of his eyes jumped, and a smile appeared on his face.
"What did you say, sir?"