Magic Merchant Racial Anecdote

Not long after sitting down, the apple pie was served on the table. The crispy pie crust was filled with fresh apple filling. It was still hot when it was cut, and the golden pulp flowed on the plate.

"Please take your time, do you two have anything to drink?" The old lady put down the plate and asked with a smile.

Ned's attention had been completely attracted by the apple pie, and he didn't hear the old lady's question at all.Alai asked with great interest: "What do you drink? I see that people in the city like to drink. Is there any wine here?"

"Of course, our forest elves are famous for their wine-making skills. Every household here can make wine, and the taste of each family's wine is different." As if talking about her proud craftsmanship, the old woman's smile deepened.

"Oh, is that so? Do you have 'Toto wine' too?" Alai asked casually as if recalling the funny scene of Green just now.

"Our family doesn't sell that kind of wine." The smile on the old lady's face disappeared, as if she didn't expect the guest in front of her to drink that kind of thing, even her voice became stiff.

Aware of the unnaturalness of the old lady in front of him, Alai became curious: "Does that kind of wine refer to 'Toto wine'?" He asked.

"Well, 'toto wine', 'bubble wine'... There are many names for this kind of wine, the main thing is the feeling of crackling when you drink it in your mouth. It's all ruined... It's all gone." Maybe it was too long since no one talked with her, so the old lady couldn't help but said a few more words, but she stopped talking.

Oh, I'm talking about carbonic acid.But how could Coke ruin the lives of goblins?What happened in this strange city full of 'drunk people'?

"But I just drank 'toto wine' just now, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it." Alai saw at a glance that the goblin grandma in front of her didn't want to say any more, so she just deliberately provoked her.

"For foreigners from afar, listen to my advice and stay away from that kind of wine." The old lady said earnestly.

As if she couldn't bear to watch the young man in front of her turn into a 'drunk man' in the city, she sighed faintly, supported the table with one hand, and slowly sat down at the table with Alai and the others, recalling Tell the story of what happened in this city.

It turned out that most of the people of the forest goblin race live by making wine from fruits or plants in the forest. Everyone lives a day of sunrise and sunset, harmoniously coexisting with the forest.

Until one day, a goblin named 'Toto' accidentally discovered a plant, this magical plant, used to make wine will produce tiny bubbles, which taste like a goblin dancing on the tip of the tongue Likewise, all goblins are fascinated by the wine brewed from this plant.

After learning about this plant, the goblins continued to try and use this plant named 'Toto' to brew all kinds of interesting wines.

As expected, each kind of wine was very delicious, and attracted other races to buy it, and many goblins in the city became rich and lived a more prosperous life.

But the good times didn't last long, and when everyone's life was getting better and better, the king of the forest goblin family wanted to monopolize the secret recipe of wine making.For this reason, he sent his son to search for the seeds of that plant with guards one by one, and forbade all the goblins to plant 'Toto' privately.

The king's atrocities were condemned by the heavens, and the water source of the king's capital gradually dried up. In order to survive and protect themselves, the forest goblins broke into the palace, killed the king completely, and overthrew his brutal rule.

It's a pity that the prince had already learned about the goblins and escaped early.The lost forest and water could not come back, and the remaining forest fairies had to abandon their homeland and move to live in the southernmost forest.

"So, is the 'toto wine' sold in the city brewed later?" Alai listened to the story with relish while eating an apple pie.But compared to the tragic past of the forest goblins, he is obviously more interested in this kind of alcohol that tastes like Coke.

"That's not the case, as early as when the goblins broke into the palace, the king burned all the 'toto' seeds in a fire, and now the ones in the city are not 'toto' wine, the real 'toto' wine Much tastier, and they're selling cheap imitations."

After the old grandma finished speaking, she seemed to be thinking of the beautiful and distant past, sighed very melancholy, and looked long into the northern sky. ——That was the direction of the 'dead city' when they came.

With her gaze, Alai looked at the Huoshaoyun, which was dyed red by the setting sun, and also thought of the continuous barren desert beyond the forest.

For a while, no one spoke.

"What a pity..." Ned, who was sitting on the side, finished his last bite of apple pie in silence, picked up the still warm orange tart, and muttered while eating.

Alai recovered from the inexplicably heavy atmosphere just now, raised his eyebrows and glanced at Ned, knowing exactly what he was regretting.This dragon will not sympathize with what happened to the forest goblin, and it must be a pity that it cannot drink authentic 'Toto' wine at the moment.

As the story came to an end, the sunset finally put away the last ray of light. The city that was empty just now seemed to come alive suddenly, and the number of fairies on the street gradually increased. Under the light, they all looked energetic and dressed in exquisite Chinese clothes, as if they had moved the luxurious 'dark market' into the forest.

It seemed that everyone had been asleep during the day because they were drunk, and now they finally woke up.Sitting on a round chair by the street, Ah Lai thought to himself as he watched the goblins in costumes coming and going.

He comfortably took a mouthful of the cold apple pie. The slightly solidified pulp tasted a bit sticky, but it had a different taste.

The shops on the street also opened one after another, and the lights were shaking in the shadows of the trees, like monsters with teeth and claws.The old granny's store finally had customers in twos and threes. She got up and walked back to the kitchen, poured two glasses of homemade cider for Alai and Ned, and was busy greeting the new guests.

The night wind blows through the treetops, making this city filled with the smell of wine and flowers a little more confusing.A Lai chatted with Ned until late at night while eating snacks.The surrounding bars also gradually quieted down, and the old lady came out to signal that she was going to close the door to rest.

Alai paid the bill with a smile, thanked her for her warm hospitality, and took Ned, who had eaten to his heart's content, to visit the bar named 'Mechanical Heart' again under the moonlight.

The bar in the early morning is completely different from the daytime. Warm yellow lights flow down from the store. In the night, even the metal-colored door frame is also dyed a bit soft.

Mr. Green was still wearing his neat uniform during the day, and was standing behind the bar, carefully wiping the crystal wine glasses one after another.The light refracted in his green eyes, appearing quiet and gentle.

"Hi, excuse me again. We are here to deliver the goods." Alai stood at the door, knocked the door politely, and greeted the inside of the store.

Mr. Green, who had been waiting for Ah Lai and the others to arrive, put his cup back on the cup holder, beckoned them to come in and talk, and then closed the shop door cautiously.

"To be honest, I didn't expect anyone to come." After closing the door, Mr. Green lost his composure just now, and finally looked a little tired. While pouring tea for Alai and the others, he was at the bar by himself. sat down.

"So, where are the goods?" Unlike the calmness he showed, Alai could hear the eagerness that was hidden in Mr. Green's tone.

He stared at Alai with an indescribable stubbornness, like a fanatical gambler on a gaming table, just waiting for this hand to turn his hole cards to see whether hell or heaven awaits him.

Alai can naturally feel Green's weirdness, but no matter what the customer is, a transaction is a transaction.He motioned Ned to take out the agreed-upon Coke from the space, a large 500ML bottle, 24 bottles in a box, a total of 20 boxes, which were filled to the brim.

The moment he saw Coke, Green's expression changed, whether it was sadness or joy, he picked up one of the bottles and looked at it through the light, the translucent black liquid, shaking tiny bubbles rushed to the bottle. bottle mouth.

"May I open it and taste it?" Mr. Green asked as calmly as possible, suppressing his excitement.

"Of course, please let me do it for you." Alai nodded. Inspection is also a basic part of the transaction.He took the bottle in Green's hand and twisted it...not twisted.

Alai cleared his throat in embarrassment, and handed the bottle to Ned.

Ned spun lightly, and with a sound of '呵——', the lid was unscrewed, and the shaken Coke couldn't wait to run away, and the sweet smell of soda was everywhere in the air.Holding the Coke bottle, he took two steps back in disgust.

Unlike Ned, who was used to seeing Coke, Green's eyes were straight. He crossed the bar to grab an empty wine glass, took the still steaming Coke from Ned's hand, and poured a glass.

The rising bubbles gathered in the cup, and before the bubbles disappeared, he hurried up and took a sip.It's that feeling, that crackling 'toto' smell.

As if letting go of a boulder in his heart, Green leaned on the bar counter as if he had lost all strength, staring blankly at the wine glass.Ah took a look at him, and always felt that the young man in front of him would break down and cry or laugh out loud in the next second.

But no, the good upbringing since he was a child made him develop the habit of not showing too much emotion to outsiders. Green just stared at this cup of Coke for a while, then regained his composure.

"Thank you for your help, I was rude just now, I will pay you now." He stood up straight and said, regaining his initial calm attitude.Then he walked around the bar and took out a bag of gold coins from the dark cabinet behind the wine cabinet.

Coke is exchanged for gold coins. Although this trip is a bit hard, it is really worth it.A Lai took the gold coins and counted them with a smile on his face, and the number was correct.

"Thank you for your patronage, Delai Transportation Company will serve you wholeheartedly." He threw the gold coin back into Ned's space, and Chao Green bowed smoothly, ready to say goodbye and leave.

Seeing that the transaction was over and the people in front of them were about to leave, Green suddenly stopped them. "Please wait a moment. I saw that your company's introduction said that everything can be delivered to your door... I have a special order. I wonder if you would like to accept it?"

He first asked hesitantly, and then he added as if he had made up his mind: "Please do me this favor, the remuneration is easy to negotiate."

Alai stopped his steps to leave, and turned back to look at Green with a tangled expression.For the sake of that bag of gold coins, Alai thought to himself.

"We will do our best, what is your specific entrustment?" He asked Mr. Green cautiously.

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The next chapter reveals Green's past.

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