Lord of the Mysteries Chapter 50: Old Neil’s method of repaying money (third recommended ticket)
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At half past seven, at the Moretti family dining table.
"Klein, why do you also need to arrive early as a consultant? Will the security company's emergency be more dangerous?" Benson forks a potato in a potato stew and mentions the morning thing with concern.
Klein carefully spit out the spurs of the pan-fried meat fish, and he prepared to answer:
"A batch of historical documents that need to be transported to Beckland immediately, I must check the scene to make sure there are no omissions, you know, those who only wield their fists don't know the ancient Fusac text."
After hearing his answer, Benson chewed the food in his mouth and couldn't help feeling a sigh of emotion:
"Knowledge is really important."
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Klein took out the remaining 5 pound note and handed it to Benson:
"This is the extra reward I got today. You also need a decent dress."
"5 pounds?" Benson and Melissa spoke at the same time.
He picked up the banknote and read it over and over again, half surprised and half puzzled:
"This security company is really generous ..."
His salary for 1 week is 1 pound 10shilling, 4 weeks is just 6 pounds, just 1 pound more than this extra salary!
And with that salary, he feeds his brothers and sisters and gives them a decent place to live so that they can eat meat two or three times a week and get a few new clothes every year!
"You don't doubt what I said?" Klein asked deliberately.
Benson chuckled: "I don't think you have that ability, nor the courage to rob the bank."
"You are not a liar." Melissa stopped his knife and fork and answered seriously.
Me, I am now a habit of lying ... Klein was a little ashamed.
Although this is a realistic persecution, his sister ’s belief still makes him sad.
"Today's business is urgent and important, and I played a key role in it ... that's why it's worth 5 pounds." Klein explained slightly.
In a sense, he is telling the truth.
As for the upcoming £ 5 grant—the one he planned to use to join Divination Club, he planned to hide it. One would take £ 5 home again, which would really scare the brother and sister and make them doubt themselves What you are doing is an illegal business. The second is to accumulate some money for the purchase of additional materials for Divinator learning and mastery of mysterious knowledge.
Benson took a bite of oatmeal bread with satisfaction and thought for more than ten seconds:
"I do n’t need too decent clothes for my job. Well, to be precise, the clothes are too good. These are enough at home."
Unless waiting for Klein to persuade, he took the initiative to mention:
"With this extra income, we really have savings. I plan to buy a few more books on accounting for more in-depth study, Klein, Melissa, I do n’t want another five years, my Weekly salary is still under 2 pounds, oh, you know, my boss and my manager are filled with stool, and a mouth is a stench. "
"Awesome idea." Klein agreed, leading the sentence, "Why not take a look at the grammar books in my room? To be a real decent person, to get a generous reward, this Is a very critical factor. "
Maybe, it wo n’t take long before the civil servant exam will appear in Ruen Kingdom, preparation in advance can take a lot of advantage ...
Benson heard his eyes shine:
"I really forgot this thing, come, let us toast to a better future."
Instead of drinking rye beer, he poured oyster broth into three cups and tapped with his brother and sister at the same time.
Drinking the clear soup, Klein looks at her sister who is fighting with Pan-Fried Meat Fish and smirks:
"In addition to Benson books, I think Melissa also needs a new skirt."
Melissa raised his head and kept shaking:
"No, I think it's best ..."
"Save it." Klein added to her.
"Uh." Melissa seriously nodded.
"In fact, if you don't pursue fabrics and the latest design, it will not be too expensive, we will save the rest of the money." Klein said with a non-refusal attitude.
Benson also added a sentence:
"Melissa, could it be that, do you want to wear old skirts at the 16th birthday dinner of Selina?"
Selina Wood is a classmate and good friend of Melissa. Family conditions are not bad. His brother is Solicitor and his father is a senior employee of Thengen branch of Beckland Bank.
However, their so-called dinner is to invite friends to share dinner, chat, and play cards.
"Okay." Melissa lowered his head, muttered, and then fork a piece of beef stew.
Silent for a while, she suddenly remembered one thing and quickly looked up:
"Mrs. Schoder next door asked the maid to send a business card and hope to visit us semi-formally on Sunday afternoon, that is, at 4 pm tomorrow, to meet new neighbors."
"Mrs. Schoder?" Klein stared blankly at her brother and sister.
Benson tapped the edge of the dining table with his finger, like a thought:
"Mrs. Schoder of Narcissus Flower Street4? I have seen her husband, a senior Solicitor."
"Senior Solicitor ... maybe he knows Selina's brother." Melissa said with a little joy.
We are 2 Narcissus Flower Street ... Klein nodded slightly:
"It is necessary to know your neighbors, but you know, I still have to go to the security company on Sunday. Only Monday is rest, and I apologize to Mrs. Schoder for me."
Speaking of this, he remembered his neighbors when he was a child of past life and his neighbors who lived in the Iron Cross Street apartment. He sighed funny:
"Semi-formal visits ... Should n’t neighbors know each other naturally, should they contact naturally?"
"haha, Klein, you do n’t understand, you have read a lot of newspapers recently, but have not been in contact with those magazines that are provided to families and women, they call families with annual income between £ 100 and £ 1,000 The middle class, preaching that this is the scaffold of the entire kingdom, and praising the middle class for not having the arrogance of nobles and rich people, nor as rude as the low-income class. "
Benson explained easily and happily, "These magazines simplify a lot of rituals between nobles as a symbol of the middle class. The difference between intimate, semi-formal and formal visits comes from here."
Speaking, he shook his head and smiled:
"Generally speaking, if you consider yourself as a gentleman, wife and lady of this class, you will pay special attention to similar details. Their visits to neighbors and friends are called morning visits from 2 to 6 pm."
"Morning visit?" Klein and Melissa both asked in surprise.
What kind of morning visit is a visit from 2 to 6 in the afternoon?
Benson put down the knife and fork and smiled with hands:
"I do n’t know why. I just read a few magazines brought by my female colleagues. Well, maybe it ’s because I have to wear a morning dress to visit ..."
The original morning dress was a dress for mass and assembly, and later referred to as a formal dress during the day, which was different from the evening dress.
"Okay, remember to buy some good coffee powder and tea leaves tomorrow morning, and then buy some muffins and lemon cake from Mrs. Slim. You ca n’t be rude in front of your neighbors." Klein laughed and dipped the remaining bread Serve the gravy, sandwich the potatoes, and put in the imports.
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The next day, which is Sunday morning.
Klein finished drinking the last bite of bad tea, put down the newspaper, put on half-height silk top hat, put on a black cane inlaid with silver, walked out the gate slowly, and arrived at Zoutlan Street by public carriage.
He greeted Roseanne who had just finished Night Watcher and was going to sleep in the rest room. He went all the way down to the ground.
On the corner, he met a Night Watcher team member, 《Sleepless》 Gragus Raideen.
This is a very cold-looking lady with long and thin eyebrows and large eyes, and her hair is black and silky like silk.
"Good morning, Ms. Raideen." Klein salutes with a smile.
Gragus glanced at him with dark blue eyes and nodded his head invisible.
When the two passed by, Gragus stopped suddenly and said in front of the eyes:
"magical ceremony is a very dangerous thing."
Ah ... Klein froze for a moment, and then turned his body, he could only see the other person's back.
"Thank you." He frowned and yelled at the back of Gragus Raideen.
Turning left, he quickly saw Old Neil in the weapons storehouse duty room, and Bright, which should not have appeared here.
"Let's go to my house, I have already received the corresponding materials, and Bright also promised to help me guard." Old Neil said with a smile.
Klein was suddenly surprised:
"Not here?"
Old Neil carried a small silver box and gave a loud cry:
"There is no room to practice magical ceremony here."
Klein asked no more questions, followed Old Neil back to the ground, and then the two took public carriage to the suburb of northern district all the way.
Old Neil's home is a single-family house, with roses, gold peppermint and other "materials" planted in the garden in front.
As soon as you entered, it was a carpeted porch with two high back chair and an umbrella stand.
The porch is a spacious living room with light-colored wallpaper on the walls, dark brown floors, a small carpet with printed patterns in the middle, and a round table with a heavy texture.
The round table is surrounded by comfortable benches, chairs, and a piano.
"My dead wife loves music very much." Old Neil pointed to the piano and casually mentioned, "The sofa and coffee table are in the living room ... our magical ceremony is in the living room today."
"Okay." Klein replied somewhat sternly.
Old Neil put down the silver box and smiled:
"I will first show you a magical ceremony, you pay attention to observation and memory."
In the speaking room, he took out a piece of parchment paper from a small silver box and painted a strange pattern on the black ink specially prepared with a quiet fragrance.
Klein looked at it again and again, and found that Old Neil seemed, probably, probably drawing a bill!
After Old Neil fills in the corresponding position with the number "30" and the corresponding "pound" symbol, Klein can no longer control himself, and asks with confusion and confusion:
"Mr. Neil, what magical ceremony are you going to do?"
Old Neil coughed twice and answered very seriously:
"I ’m going to use magic to solve the £ 30 debt today."
Sure? Klein's eyes widened and his mouth half open.
PS: The third is more recommended ticket ~