Zuo Yi left Nulet in the early morning, crossed the North American continent from the east coast of America to the west coast, and then headed north to Mana. It was still only around nine o'clock local time in Dormont.
On this trip to North America, it can be said that he has basically achieved his goal, and now it is time to relax.
Zuo Yi planned to fly back to Hangzhou in the evening. What he wanted to do at this moment was to fill his stomach.
As a Holy Knight, Zuo Yi can go to the limit without eating or drinking for several months and still maintain a strong life. But in normal times, he lives like an ordinary person with three meals a day and some more from time to time.
night snack.
Many beings who have been promoted to higher levels of life will actively suppress or even cut off their own emotional desires, making it easier to break through to even higher levels of life order.
But Zuo Yi has never thought of taking this path. He likes the joys and sorrows of being a human being. He likes adventure and excitement as well as peace and happiness. He likes delicious food and appreciates everything beautiful in the world.
Now, he just wants to have a good meal.
Well, treat yourself.
Zuo Yi is not interested in Western food, and Myrna is not a country of gourmet food, but he is lucky to be in Dormont's Chinatown, which has the highest density of Chinese restaurants in Myrna.
Zuo Yi chose a Hong Kong and Cantonese restaurant nearby, sat down, took the menu, and ordered more than a dozen Cantonese dishes and dim sum.
After eating and drinking, Zuo Yi greeted the waiter to pay the bill and asked at the same time: "Are there any shopping malls nearby?"
After all the hard work of traveling to North America, he hasn't bought a gift for Bao'er yet.
You can’t go back empty-handed, right?
“The big shopping malls are all in the city center…”
The restaurant waiter smiled and replied: "You can take the subway there. It's only five stops away. By the way, have you been to our open-air market in Fasheng?"
"open-air market?"
Zuo Yi didn't know anything about it when he saw him, so the restaurant waiter introduced him to him enthusiastically.
It turns out that just two streets away is the largest open-air market in Dormont and even Maina. Dormont citizens and foreign tourists like to go shopping in this market because the things there are cheap, beautiful and diverse.
Extremely rich.
The Fasheng Open Air Market was originally established by immigrants. It was originally just a small trading place for bartering. After decades of development, it has formed its current scale.
The prosperity of Chinatown in Maina is largely due to this open-air market. Many of the stall owners there are Chinese immigrants, so the restaurant waiters are very proud when they talk about it.
There are a lot of secondhand goods and antiques in the open-air market. Someone once spent ten dollars to find a porcelain bottle that was used as a lamp holder. After appraisal, it was found to be a rare official kiln treasure. It was sold at Sotheby's for tens of millions of dollars.
sky-high price.
"You can try your luck."
The restaurant waiter encouraged, "Maybe you can make a fortune from it."
Zuo Yi couldn't help laughing, and gave him a hundred-dollar bill as a tip: "Thank you for your good advice."
Saying goodbye to the cheerful restaurant waiter, Zuo Yi followed the other party's instructions and soon found Fasheng Open Market.
The restaurant clerk was not exaggerating. This open-air market is really huge. There are all kinds of street stalls that can’t be seen at a glance. Countless tourists and pedestrians are passing through it, making it a noisy and lively scene.
Zuo Yi walked over with great interest, looking for a suitable target.
To buy a gift for a little girl, you don’t necessarily have to go to the boutique counter in a big shopping mall. The street stalls here have countless products, and there are many unique items. It is also a good choice to pick a few pieces to take home.
Soon, he stopped in front of a street stall.
Pointing to an ornament on the street stall, Zuo Yi asked in English: "How do you sell this thing?"
This is a sculpture made of cast iron, about thirty centimeters in height. The main body is a human standing and roaring female bear, with two chubby cubs at its feet.
The shape of the female bear is very rough, similar to the style of the original statue, while the two cubs are very detailed, lifelike and agile.
Zuo Yi liked this sculpture because it had a "soul".
A master's work must have a soul. This "soul" is the condensation of emotion and inspiration, and is the essence of the work given by the master.
A work without a soul, no matter how exquisite and beautiful it is, is nothing more than a work of craftsmanship.
Zuo Yi is a part-time rune master craftsman, and his eyesight is far beyond what ordinary people can match. Although this thing is inconspicuous among a bunch of miscellaneous gadgets, it cannot escape his sharp eyes.
The stall owner is an old Mexican, an immigrant from Mexico, the third largest country in North America. He wears an iconic style hat, and his small eyes are shrewd.
In response to Zuo Yi's inquiry, he smiled and raised his index finger.
"One dollar?"
Zuo Yi raised his eyebrows: "I want it."
"no!"
The stall owner Lao Mo immediately became anxious and shouted in broken English: "One hundred, one hundred dollars!"
The people of Daxia are rich, and the tourists from Daxia are even richer. At first glance, Zuo Yi looks like the kind of wealthy Daxia tourist who doesn't want to kill anyone.
"make a deal."
Zuo Yi immediately dropped a big bill and took the female bear sculpture over.
The stall owner Lao Mo grabbed the dollar bill and was stunned. He immediately realized that he might have been tricked by Zuo Yi.
He found this sculpture when he was looking for old goods. He only spent five dollars. A hundred dollars was already a profit of nearly 20 times. But seeing Zuo Yi's deal so happily, he felt that he had suffered a big loss.
.
But when he wanted to regret it, Zuo Yi had already stood up and left.
The more Lao Mo stall owner thought about it, the more unwilling he became. He immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed a number. He stared at Zuo Yi's back and muttered a lot of words.
Zuo Yi didn't know the little tricks of the stall owner Lao Mo, so he continued to sweep the stalls in the open-air market.
Suddenly, a cowboy man holding a wooden box in his hand walked diagonally through the crowd and happened to collide with a woman in a goose-yellow dress in front of Zuo Yi.
"Oh!"
The woman in the long skirt screamed in surprise, staggered and almost fell down.
Snap!
At the same time, there were sounds of wooden boxes falling to the ground and bottles breaking.
There was a blue and white porcelain vase inside this wooden box. It was smashed into pieces together with the box, and it looked so tragic that even instant noodles couldn't stick it back together!
"omg!"
The cowboy man held his head in his hands and screamed in despair. He stared blankly at the debris on the ground, wanting to cry without tears.
The woman in the long skirt subconsciously apologized: "I'm sorry."
"sorry?"
The cowboy man seemed to have been severely stimulated. He waved his arms and roared loudly, with a ferocious face: "Do you know how much this blue and white vase costs? You have to compensate, compensate!"
The woman in the long skirt blushed: "No, it wasn't me who hit her."
"It's not who you are!"
The cowboy man yelled: "You have to pay!"
Many people gathered around to watch the excitement, and many people understood what was happening at a glance.
But no one bothered to meddle in other people's business, or stood up to say something to the woman in the long skirt.