As long as there are enough vests, the plot can't kill me

[Girl, I wonder if you are not interested in being the mayor of this city]

Ever since leaving that shabby shack, the city lord's words have been lingering in Lin Xiao's mind.

She could sense that the other party wasn't joking.

why?

Lin Xiao couldn't think of a suitable reason, and the thought of going home arose in his mind again.

The journey to the real world must end here.

With her current strength, it is not suitable for her to go deeper. The more secrets she knows, the faster she will die.

"Xiao Lin, you're finally back, come quickly."

At the restaurant entrance, Liu Laosan, who had been looking around for half a day, finally found the figure he had been waiting for in the crowd.

He raised his hand vigorously and greeted her as loudly as he could, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he knew Miss Xiaolin.

"You haven't eaten yet, come on, Xiaolin, let's go straight to the kitchen. The old man has prepared something delicious for you."

Without waiting for Lin Xiao to say anything, Lao Liu half-dragged and half-pulled the man into the store in full view of everyone, causing the well-informed natives to become furious.

What’s even more infuriating is that this bastard doesn’t try to hide his smugness and arrogance at all.

"Uncle Liu, are all the fish soups sold out?"

Lin Xiao was not surprised by Lao Liu's enthusiasm and probably guessed the reason.

"It's sold. It's sold very quickly, haha."

Speaking of this, Lao Liu's face immediately wrinkled with smile, and he wished that the whole city knew about today's feat.

The two white jades were of extremely high quality. The soup and meat were snapped up as soon as they came out of the pot. The bones were also bought up by several monsters at a high price. Even the pot for cooking the soup, ahem...

After all, there is more than just Lao Hei at the border!

"Hey, old man, did you get a new pot?"

Lin Xiao ignored Old Liu who was shaking with excitement. As soon as he entered the kitchen, he was attracted by the two brand new big iron pots.

In the morning, the old man was still complaining that his nephew was a miser. He regarded a broken pot as more important than a coffin and refused to change it.

Efficient, pretty fast.

"Haha, it's all thanks to you, Xiaolin, that the store made some money and is now a little better off. Come on, don't just stand there, sit down and talk."

Seeing that the master uncle was about to lose his temper, Lao Liu quickly took over the conversation and invited Lin Xiao to take a seat while trying to avoid the other side's sight.

Even though the old man keeps saying that the broken pots need to be replaced, he actually treasures those two old pots more than anyone else.

"Xiao Lin, come and sit down."

Lin Xiao took in the wit of the uncle and nephew, and could not resist Old Liu's repeated requests, so he moved to the empty seat on the east side and stood quietly beside the old man.

In most cases, square table banquets follow the principle of the host sitting in the north and the honorific sitting in the east. The east side is often reserved for honored guests, making the host appear serious.

If it is not an octagonal table but a round table, and even the direction is unclear, the direction facing the door should be the host seat. Following the principle of right honor, the most important guest should be placed on the right hand side of the host seat, which is the main guest seat.

These empty words may be useful if you say they are useful, or useless if you say they are useless. It all depends on the situation.

Lin Xiao found his seat, but did not rush to sit down. What message could this convey?

Cultivation!

The fact that she can find a seat shows that she understands the rules in this regard, and the fact that she doesn't sit down before the host indirectly reflects her own quality.

When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace.

Etiquette has always been a luxury, something to be considered only after solving the problem of food and clothing.

Only Lao Liu himself knows whether his repeated invitations were intentional or unintentional.

It doesn't matter whether Lin Xiao's response was out of habit or he was deliberately pretending.

Establishing a character is more reflected in the details.

Details are like reputation. Doing them well may not necessarily bring you any benefits, but if something is not done well, it will only take a moment for your reputation to collapse.

Not everyone can do what Young Master Lin does and act like he has a strong background.

The fundamental reason why she can behave so naturally is that she has never had to worry about money in her two lifetimes, so she has more energy to do what she wants to do.

Not having to face the pressure of survival is an extreme luxury.

'Petite-minded' does not only have a derogatory meaning, it can also represent sadness and helplessness.

Therefore, Lin Xiao is generous, Meng Yunqing is reserved, and Li Mu is extreme; this is all destined to happen.

As long as they travel through time with their memories, even if it's a thousand or eight hundred times, their personalities will be pretty much the same.

Back to the current scene, the generous Lin Xiao gave his answer, and then it was Mr. Chen's turn.

"Xiao Lin, you're welcome. Please sit down and let's eat first."

Old Chen is not a blind man, nor is he an ordinary old man who cooks noodles. Putting aside his identity as the sect's supreme elder, the wrinkles on his face are evidence of his experience.

He would not make a simple judgment, but would subconsciously apply Lin Xiao's performance to the many young people he had met before, and compare them repeatedly.

The most powerful support for the conclusion comes from the details that the little girl inadvertently reveals.

For example, he invited Lin Xiao to sit down as the host of the dinner, and as soon as his nephew sat down at the main seat, he casually took out a purse.

The bag contained money from selling fish.

blah blah blah!

The heavy cloth bag collided with the hard wood, making a dull sound.

The old man controlled the strength very well, and the purse made an enticing sound without affecting the round plate with the dishes at all.

Lin Xiao couldn't be sure of the old man's intentions, and his reaction was very direct. He looked away after just one glance, waiting for the host's routine warm-up.

His calmness and detachment come half from knowing what he is doing and half from his habit of never caring about money.

But this indifferent reaction has special meaning in the eyes of the two seniors.

This time, what they cared about was not Lin Xiao's indifference to money, because they had already seen in advance that she was a sensible girl.

She came to the border specifically for a purpose, and the unique coins in her bag might be one of them.

Based on the above speculation, the real question the two people gave was whether the little girl's behavior of ignoring the purse was instinctive or she forcibly restrained her desire.

The former can further illustrate that this girl with a mysterious origin does have an extraordinary background and is well-educated.

The latter, however, can only simply indicate that the girl has excellent personal qualities and is a calm young person.

Different answers will have vastly different impacts on the direction of the subsequent topic.

"Xiao Lin, come and try this soup. I haven't made it for many years, and I don't know if my hands are rusty."

Mr. Chen did not warm up the atmosphere, but instead directly scooped out a small bowl of fish soup and placed it in front of Lin Xiao.

Then, he symbolically put some food into his own bowl, indicating that as the host, he had already picked up the chopsticks.

"Thank you for your kindness, old man."

Lin Xiao received the signal and without too much politeness, he simply thanked him, picked up the spoon beside him and took a sip.

Needless to say, the taste of the white jade was amazing. She took a few sips and felt the vitality flowing through her body. She immediately threw away the spoon that was in the way and chose to pick up the bowl to drink.

Snapped!

"Delicious."

"Hahaha, as long as you like it, it seems the old man's skills are still there."

The somewhat rough action of drinking soup and the dry and thin words of praise made Mr. Chen laugh heartily, and also made Liu Laosan, whose hands were still under the table, smile.

Perhaps many people would not understand why Lin Xiao pretended for most of the time but gave up in the end, which was equivalent to taking ninety-nine steps in vain.

All this is because this is a high-end game, a real high-end game!

A dinner party is a dinner party, the focus is on the party, not the food.

Using empty and flowery words to describe the taste of fish soup is only suitable for showing off and demonstrating knowledge in low- and mid-range games.

In a pure high-end game, the background does not need to be expressed in words. As long as the details are in place, rudeness will appear frank and being at a loss for words will also appear humble.

If Lin Xiao racked his brains and came up with many flattering words to praise the old man's craftsmanship, he would end up being inferior.

The so-called return to simplicity and nature is nothing more than this.

"Another bowl?"

"one more bowl!"

With all the preparations above, for Mr. Chen, the chef, no compliment can be better than a “delicious” or a “have another bowl”.

So, in this small dinner for three people, Old Liu, who was the host, became a complete spectator and witnessed the entire confrontation between the master uncle and the little girl.

"Xiao Lin, are you familiar with the Baiyu clan?"

After the pleasantries and the meal, the curtain of the game was officially raised.

"I can't say that we are familiar with each other. It was just not long ago that I was lucky enough to make friends with the little princess of their clan."

"Is that so?"

The first attempt was rejected neither lightly nor severely.

Old Chen nodded and reached out to push the purse that had been treated coldly aside.

"Xiao Lin, this is the proceeds from selling fish. Xiao San has already deducted the expenses as agreed."

The old man spoke in a very normal tone. Lin Xiao didn't dare to be careless and his mind started working rapidly.

This moment is the most challenging to one's skills and acting skills.

First of all, she didn't know the market price of white jade, especially the price of top-grade white jade in Jieguan.

Secondly, she had only been here for two days and one night, and had eaten and gotten things for free, so she had no idea of ​​the purchasing power of the local currency.

Finally, selling fish was a helpless choice, which can be seen as a strategy to give up some interests in order to achieve the main purpose of giving gifts to neighbors.

Judging from the reactions of the city dwellers, selling the white jade would undoubtedly be a loss.

Precisely because this was a loss-making business, the old uncle and nephew Chen, who obviously had something to discuss, would definitely put a lot of sincerity into the bag to make up for it.

The degree of sincerity is the key, but unfortunately Lin Xiao is unable to judge it at all at the moment.

But not being able to make a judgement doesn’t mean that the game cannot continue.

She casually looked at the half-open purse, showing a surprised expression at the right moment, then raised her head and glanced at the two of them.

"Old man, at best I can only talk to the little princess, and it may not be useful."

"It's OK as long as we can talk."

Mr. Chen immediately responded, not giving Lin Xiao any chance to regret.

In his opinion, Kobayashi's softening attitude was because he knew his sincerity and understood the value of what was in the bag.

In order to make money, they actually paid a lot out of their own pockets when selling fish.

Selling fish at his own expense was naturally because of what he had just said, or in other words, it was to soften the girl's attitude.

"Grandpa, Uncle Liu, please tell me what you want to say. If I can help you, I will never refuse."

Lin Xiao gave his word, and the uncle and nephew looked at each other, and they saw the relief and relief in each other's eyes.

At this point, hiding the truth would only lead to bad things, so Mr. Chen directly told everyone the real reason for the dinner.

"Xiao Lin, can you ask the little princess whether the shed fish fins from her tribe are for sale?"