Chapter 589: Sensing (Part 1)
Snow City.
This is a big city located in the north. It was once the capital of the Kingdom of Shavigo. Later, for some reason, the capital moved. However, the tradition of skiing that has been left for thousands of years has not been transferred to the new capital as the capital is moved.
On the contrary, this old city has been passed down year by year.
Skiing in Xuedu has only been terminated a few times over the past thousands of years, and the reasons are all due to extremely serious wars.
Every time skiing is reopened, in order to show its national prestige, and to allow the people to forget their pain, skiing activities will be more prosperous than in previous years.
This year is no exception. The devil disaster in the past few years caused panic. Fortunately, the situation has been reversed this year, and the demons are finally being expelled. People are happy, it can be said that the whole country celebrates together.
Queen Dai Luanni is not a foolish monarch, so she naturally knows what kind of beneficial impact this festival can have at this time.
She sent someone to prepare for this matter a few months ago, making sure to impress this year's skiing.
Ronghua Town is a small town, mainly composed of hunters and merchants. What they usually do is to deal with customers. However, there are not many customers at ordinary times. It is only a few months before and after skiing every year that this place will reach a peak business season.
Fortunately, they are all their own houses, and they won’t waste anything when they are vacant. When the weather turns colder, and when there are more customers, the money earned in a month is enough for the family to spend a year, which is cost-effective.
Last night, a customer was in the store. He was a young man, dressed well and looked very handsome. He looked like he was probably not an ordinary poor man. When asked what he was doing, the other party just smiled and said that he was the little manager of a caravan.
Seeing his appearance, the shop owner believed it. At such a young age, being able to manage things is enough to show that the other party is a capable person.
When we came, it was snowing outside. The carriage business was very prosperous due to skiing. The young man probably didn't rent a carriage, but he was walking from the other side of the road.
The shop owner is a middle-aged man with a medium figure and a face. He always smiles. He looks very festive and has a good personality. When he saw a young man walking on foot, he felt a little sympathetic. Not only did he quickly free up the room for the other party, but he also cooked a large pot of soup for free and gave it to him.
When I went in, I found that the young man looked normal and had no sign of cold at all, but I still kept the soup.
"You said, did the young man yesterday get up now? Could it be... he caught a cold and got sick?" Early in the morning, the shop owner got up early, cleaned up the restaurant in front, and at the same time, he made breakfast with his wife.
"Probably not. I saw that when he came in, he was not as afraid of the cold as others. Maybe he was tired of walking." The owner's wife thought for a while and said.
"We are all outsiders. We don't understand how strong the wind and snow are here, how cold the weather is here, and it's not good to be frozen. There is no need to destroy your body to watch the event, right?" The shop owner muttered while working: "However, the annual skiing is a happy thing. How many people are there just this month? At least there is this number."
While the shop owner said this, he stretched out five fingers.
"Five hundred people?" The owner's wife replied casually, actually she was deliberately teasing her old man!
The shop owner glanced at her and shook his head: "This is five thousand, at least five thousand people have arrived here."
"Will I not know this? Really, isn't this teasing you?" The owner's wife gave him a blank look, said, and then greeted the young man who came down from the building: "Get up so early?"
"It's getting late, the sun is coming out." The young man, of course, was Romon, and he smiled faintly.
"Young man, what should I eat?" the shop owner asked while making pancakes with a smile.
Romon hasn't come to such a civilian hotel for a long time. He smelled the aroma of pancakes that kept floating in the fresh air. He said without hesitation: "Give me five pancakes first, and then a bowl of broth."
"Okay, wait a moment, it will be out of the pot soon." The owner of the shop said, putting the fragrant pancakes into the large box that had been prepared. At the same time, he took out five steamed pancakes, put them in a white plate, and then put them in a can of broth, put them together in a tray, and brought them over.
"Come on, try my skills." The shop owner said in anticipation as he watched the young man put the pancakes in his mouth.
"Yeah, the taste is really good." After taking a bite, the smell of the fragrance made Romon enjoy eating it.
At this time, in October, the weather outside was almost the same as in winter. Although the business in the store had begun to improve, few customers could get up so early.
The shop owner made some reservations in advance, and he had already finished his work, so there was no work to do next, so Romon asked the shop owner to sit opposite him and chat with him.
"My name is Romon, I haven't asked you what you call me yet?" After drinking the last bite of broth, Romon finally patted his stomach with satisfaction. Since he became a noble, he has rarely tasted this kind of food for civilians. Now, he has eaten it again, and this feeling is really a bit wonderful.
The store owner said generously: "My name is Harvey. Many young people call me Uncle Harvey. If you don't dislike it, call me that too!"
When Romon heard this, his smile became stronger and stronger: "Okay, then I will call you Uncle Harvey in the future."
"As for my wife, if you call her Aunt Harvey, she will get angry. She is so old, she is not convinced at all." After peeking behind her, Uncle Harvey whispered to Romon.
With such a personality, Romon felt very relaxed: "Well, then how do I call her in the future?"
"Young man, listen to this old guy arrange me. You can call me Aunt Harvey in the future." Unexpectedly, the owner's wife was extremely smart. She heard her husband's words all at once and walked over. While packing up the dishes in front of Romon, she glared at her husband fiercely.
"What a fierce woman." Uncle Harvey muttered this way, but there was a smile in his eyes. "By the way, young man, you said yesterday that you came here to watch skiing activities, right?"
"Yes, Uncle Harvey." Romon nodded.
"But it's just October, and heavy snow will not fall until November. The competition will take place until December, and it will take a lot of snow to fall. If there is still such a long time, can you?" Worried that Romon didn't understand the inside story, the boss Harvey explained the division of dates.
"Uncle, don't worry, I'm on vacation these few months, and it's not a problem." The other party's concern made Romon smile.
"Since that's the case, you can stay here. After a few days, the shops will be filled up slowly. It will be difficult to find a suitable hotel. It's okay to come two months earlier." said the owner Harvey.
"Yeah!" Romon nodded, but he didn't make up his mind whether to live in the store manager.
It is very close to the city. It is more than a dozen minutes away, and it is convenient to walk to the city gate. However, according to previous accommodation habits, Romon still prefers to choose a relatively comfortable place to live in a place for a long time.
However, the size of this hotel is not small, the service is not too bad, and the store owner is very good at talking about hospitality. Romon chatted with him for a while and felt very comfortable, so hesitated.
Because I was fine, Romon chatted with the shop owner in front of me in the morning. At noon, a few people walked in from outside, carrying two big buckets, and the inside was constantly emitting white air, as if they were filled with water.
There should be a lot of living things in the water, and the thumping water splashes constantly splashing out.
"Uncle Harvey, what kind of shrimp is this?" After the store owner and the other party cleared the payment for the goods, Romon approached and watched.
I actually saw many crystal and beautiful shrimps swimming in two large buckets.
Their appearance is completely different from what Romon saw before, and it is more crystal clear and beautiful.
"This is ice shrimp." Uncle Harvey, the owner, introduced with a smile: "Young man, have you never eaten this shrimp? Let me tell you, this is a rare delicacy. It is the shrimp from the ice sea further north. The meat is extremely delicious. Look carefully. When they are swimming, there are small ice chips in the water around them. It is precisely because of this characteristic and their special growth environment that creates their unique taste."
When Romon saw that Romon was a little curious, the owner smiled and said, "I will make some ice shrimp dishes at noon. Then you can try it."
"Okay." Romon responded happily.
Originally, Romon was just a little curious about new things, but when he ate a few dishes recommended by the shop owner, especially the shrimp he made, he immediately felt that he was really feasting. Romon liked the extremely delicious feeling very much and immediately made up his mind to stay in this store this time.
At night, Romon, who had recovered from the tiredness, began to meditate regularly.
Even with Shennongjiao, Romon meditated every day.
At this time, it was already late at night and it was very quiet outside. People nearby fell asleep early. Romon sat cross-legged on the bed and gradually entered a state of meditation.
The elements of the earth, the elements of fire, the elements of water... Romon felt that the elements of the earth and water were the strongest here.
Scattered wind elements were hovering around, a call he had felt before actually appeared more than half an hour after he entered this state of meditation.
"It appears again." Romon tried hard to feel it, but the sensing was not so clear, but what he could have been sure was that this call appeared nearby, and there was no doubt about it.
Chapter completed!