Chapter 3 A glass of 82-year-old rye
It is not advisable to stay in a place of right and wrong for a long time.
Charlotte did not stay at the scene of the "Goglyph Massacre" for a long time. After all, the carnivorous beasts in the Silver Song Forest are still very ferocious. Although the goblin's flesh is fishy and sexy, the wild wolf and grizzly bear will not care about it.
He has been in the woods for three days and has gained a lot; it is time to return to the town to rest.
Charlotte took his clay demon and wild boars all the way back through mountains and rivers. He didn't chase after the rabbits, nor did he chase them when he met a pheasant. He rushed all the way and rushed back to the nearest town - Gruyal when the sun sets west.
That was the first gathering place Charlotte encountered after traveling through time, and of course the only one. He has not gone far yet.
Of course, since you have traveled to such a magical world, who can endure loneliness and live an ordinary life in an unknown town with simple food?
Charlotte recalled the clay stone demon and the stone-toothed wild boar on the edge of the forest. After all, the Dharma Lord is still a Dharma Lord in this world. They are all noble figures and cannot be seen at any time.
In such a remote town, it is better not to be too shocking. If a battle really breaks out and needs to summon helpers, Charlotte can summon his minions at any time, of course, the premise is that he has enough magic.
Charlotte saw Gruyal's wall from afar, about two floors high, five or six meters high. It was a simple wall with a viewing platform on it. The town guards carrying bows and arrows were monitoring the forest in the distance. When they found danger, they would ring the alarm bell in the viewing platform.
Because some wild beasts or monsters often run out of the Silver Pine Forest to harass the town, their mission is very critical and not very safe at the same time.
"Hey, Charlotte, you're back. Wow, you can bring back a large bag of things every time. Is Silver Pine Forest your back garden?" Hans, who was standing guard at the gate of the town, saw Charlotte from afar and shouted. Charlotte had a good relationship with them.
"Yes, I just came back from my Silver Pine Farm." Charlotte was carrying a large deerskin sewn backpack, and he had already taken out the inventory that he wanted to deal with in the town.
His inventory has 40 grids, which can hold a lot of things. However, it cannot be used in public, so he put it in his large deer-skin backpack early. There was also a rabbit, a pheasant, and two squirrels hanging around his waist, like a hunter returning home with a load.
Many times, hunters in the town dare not go too deep into the Silver Pine Forest. If a hunter meets a hunting team of wild goblins, the result is that the goblins have an extra main course for dinner. Without going deep into the forest, the harvest will definitely not be so much.
Charlotte photographed the guard who was less than 30 years old and was already bearded, and said, "I guessed that you were standing guard today. Now, this little pine nut is used as a snack for everyone. This is given to Little Hans as a toy."
As he said that, he stuffed Hans a small bag of pine nuts, and a big pine tower that was two laps larger than an adult fist. Hans's son was just five years old and was a sturdy and savage child, and Charlotte liked it very much.
"Ha, I knew you could get good things every time!"
Hans and the guards around him all divided the pine nuts one by one. It is said that Gruyal guarded the Silver Pine Forest, pine nuts and mushrooms, and so on, and it was nothing at all.
But the pine nuts are ripe from October to November, and it is only August, and these pine nuts are all taken out by Charlotte in the squirrel's warehouse. The poor squirrels are not only going to be eaten, but they don't even spare the little food in the nest.
Charlotte departed from the guards and walked into the town. When he entered the gate, there was a street paved with stones. However, the stones were very rough, so the road was far from flat, but this was already the best road in the entire town.
In other alleys, you either use gravel to mess with land or just land. If it rains all the time, there will be puddles and mud everywhere.
The buildings facing the street on both sides are second or third-story brick and stone buildings. The lower floor is mostly shops and used for living. Some of them also have a wooden stick on the windowsill on the second floor, with linen clothes hanging on it. This reminds Charlotte of the story of Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing.
Charlotte is not clear about other places, but for Gruyal, it is like medieval Europe on Earth. The pedestrians look dusty. You have to know that it is very laborious to take a bath at this time, so their hygiene is not good. It is normal to have sweat on your body.
In fact, after traveling through the past three months, Charlotte took a bath in a small river or stream in the wild. It was a very important and laborious thing to dig a well because it was digging a well manually.
It may take more than half a month for more than ten people to complete it. The premise is that the excavation location is correct and the groundwater level is very high.
For houses, there are only two-story buildings with brick and stone structures next to the main street, and the houses in other places are all on the first floor. I have never heard of steel bars and concrete in this world, so it is naturally a very luxurious thing to build a building.
The townspeople live in brick and stone houses, and the majority of people live in wooden houses. There are even hay roofs, and the decayed hay must be replaced every once in a while. In short, this other world is very backward and poor. But there is magic...
Charlotte first found a grocery store, which did not sell daily necessities, but some herbs, leather, tools, etc. He sold them himself, and also purchased these raw materials. Every time Charlotte came back from Silver Song Forest, he would go to the grocery store to handle some of his own gains.
"What? 2 silver coins per piece? What are you kidding? Open your green bean eyes and take a closer look! This is the skin of a timberwolf in his prime, with no wounds and excellent quality! Add 50 copper, or I will get it to the union to sell it..."
Two wolf skin 5 silver coins, three rabbit skin 1 silver 50 copper, some herbs 3 silver 80 copper, one goblin rotten leather armor 6 silver, one rusty hatchet 1 silver... Some things were sold in total. Charlotte was walking while slamming the wallet in his hand.
"This old bastard is getting more and more stingy. If it weren't for the town's only one grocery store, he wouldn't have been cheap..." Gruyal was not a very prosperous place, but it was a town in a mountain valley.
Fortunately, the location here is remote and there is no chaos. The permanent population is about four or five thousand, and some migrant populations come to buy and sell goods in nearby farms and villages. Only a few times of the year will a small caravan come here to buy skins and pine nuts, pine oil, mushrooms and other specialties.
Although this grocery store is not like a big deal, it is really impossible to open without a certain connection or skill. Most of the people who come to sell things are foreign adventurers or hunters, don’t expect them to have a good temper. Most of the people who buy things are caravans who come here to buy goods.
The ordinary people here are like medieval illiterate people. Not to mention literacy, they lack logic, are unorganized, and cannot even understand their words.
So the owner of this grocery store is really a person in the town. It should be said that the status of merchants in this world is really not low. It is completely different from the ancient times of my Great Heavenly Dynasty.
At this time, Charlottes came to a building, which was a three-story wooden building with a considerable front and a pretty big front door, of course, it was here.
The two solid wood doors are wide open and there are many people inside. There is a large wooden board directly above the door, with an insignia painted on it: the sword and axe crosses on the shield, and the two letters of rs are below. This is the Adventurer Guild.
The Adventurer Guild is a huge but relatively loose organization. It has it all over the country, some are big and some are small, some are outstanding, and even the city lord has to give him three points of face. Some are small like Gruyal, with no strong men and not many members.
Charlotte strode in and walked straight to the counter. At the counter was a young man in his twenties, lowering his head to sort out parchment paper documents.
Charlotte knocked on the table and said, "Hey, little Jimmy, please call me old Jimmy. I have a few ears here that need him to count..."
"Ah! Mr. Charlotte! You're back, it's so great..." Little Jimmy is at the age of passion and admires Charlotte who can come and go freely in the Silver Pine Forest. Of course, Charlotte gave her the skill "Brave B" before traveling through time.
In Charlotte's mouth, he was a hero who came and went freely in the deep forest, taking the responsibility of fighting evil goblins and expelling wild beasts as his mission. He accompanied danger and fell asleep alone... In short, he was very arrogant and very glorious.
Well, you can probably refer to characters like Batman + Robin Hood + Yang Guo...
"Ha, I'm telling you about this adventure. Let's call your dad first. I have a bunch of ears here to receive a reward."
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When Charlotte came out of the Adventurer Guild, there were 11 more silver coins in his wallet. This time he got a good harvest, with a total of 30 silver coins in his bag. You should know that the ordinary guards in the town only had 20 silver coins a month. Sometimes they even took some food and other things to pay the bill. Charlotte wandered in the deep forest for three days, and then caught up with the guards' income for a month and a half.
Charlotte dealt with his things and was hungry, so he walked straight to the only tavern in the town.
The tavern is not big, with a sign hanging on the door, carved with a wooden wine glass, and a fork and spoon next to it. This is the only tavern in Gruyal - the Pine Needle Tavern.
Charlotte pushed the door open, and an atmosphere called noisy hit the face, which shocked people. It was almost time for dinner, and many people came in the tavern, some of which were still raw.
Gruyal is located in a remote place and is not a famous town, so it is not so prosperous. However, there has been no big mess here for decades, and people are still quite rich. So there are also some traveling merchants who drive their animals and pull their carts to trade.
He walked directly to a table in front of the bar and sat down. Speaking of the tavern owner, Lao Cuifu, after modifying the tavern according to Charlotte's proposal, the business improved a lot.
Charlotte felt that it was mainly due to the recipes he provided. When Charlotte first arrived, he didn't have much money. In order not to get beaten for eating the King's meal, he provided some so-called "ancestral recipes".
But Lao Cuifu refused to admit, "Ah, your recipe is good, but my original dish is the most authentic Middle-earth traditional dish, which has been around for thousands of years!"
Bah! In this social environment where you can’t even have food and clothing, you dare to mention traditional dishes to me? Put all the food you can find in a jar and cook it into a paste. This is also called traditional dishes? You are shameless!
Lao Trefo was an outstanding adventurer when he was young, and he had already sold his face after so many years of adventure.
As soon as Charlotte sat down, Aisha, the maid from the tavern, came over. Aisha is the daughter of Old Trifo. She looks seventeen or eighteen years old, full of youth and a good figure. Her light blonde hair is combed into two braids. Although she has a little freckles, she is still very attractive with the deep white facial features.
She looked at Charlotte, who was still covered in blood and dust, and said, "It's really good to see you come back intact."
"Ha! What are you saying?" Charlotte smiled, "The deep forest of Yinsong is like my garden. Can anyone get hurt in his garden?" Charlotte looked like "Master, I'm very awesome, Yinsong Forest is just a little bit."
"Oh..." Aisha deliberately ejaculated, "I don't know who it was, but was surrounded by a group of wild goblins. If it weren't for the rescue of the white deer, he would have become the goblin's feces and fertile his garden!"
Elsa's joke made the drinkers in the tavern laugh, and they all knew the story.
"Hey, Charlotte! The wild goblins you raise in your home are not easy to mess with!"
"Charlotte, next time I wander around your home, remember to bring your white deer!" From time to time, some drunkards followed Charlotte to joke.
"Go and drink your wine! The rye from 1982 can't block your mouth..." Everyone laughed again when they heard this.
When Charlotte saw the girl in the pub looking good, she joked that she asked for a glass of rye from 1982. In the end, the girl's face turned red. As a result, the rye from 1982 has become the enduring "music" in the pub.
I always say, "Please have a glass of rye wine from 1982." You can tell me how scarce the entertainment in the other world is. It's just a joke, it's been more than three months, and I still talk about it every day, and I look like I'm having fun endlessly.
Chapter completed!