Chapter 485 The new book has arrived
Among Frederick's favorite works, instant noodles occupy an important position, and even more important are various items made of slime glue.
The combination of the two is the fork and packaging bag that comes with instant noodles.
Frederick knew that someone was recycling the forks in instant noodles.
This kind of fork and spoon is integrated, and the handle is divided into two parts and can be screwed up through the screw. It is hard and has a little elasticity.
Many small shops have a business of exchanging forks for candy. When they have saved enough, someone will come to collect them. They take them back and wash them in hot water with plant ash to remove the grease, and then pack them into bundles of ten.
For the poor, this cheap, light and mold-free fork is much easier to use than a wooden fork and spoon, and rats can't use them to grind their teeth.
It’s not surprising that instant noodle forks are sold here, but this is the first time I’ve seen them selling packaging bags.
After taking apart several pieces of packaging bags, they used red-hot tongs to fuse them together to form a relatively deep bag. Several holes were burned into the mouth of the bag, and the mouth of the bag could be tied up by pulling through the rope.
Frederick looked at it for a while, then turned to Jin Li and asked: "What is this kind of bag used for?"
It took Jin Li a while to realize that he was talking to her, and she said curiously: "You don't know? This is used to hold fire."
Frederick shook his head, he really didn't know.
You can light a fire by just snapping your fingers. If you don’t want to use magic, there is a magic lighter that looks like a Zippo. Ordinary people keep fire in their homes. I don’t know much about how they light fires.
"Come over here." Jin Li pulled the old man to a stall not far away.
In winter, you need fire to survive.
In winter, some people need to go out hunting, and sometimes there are accidents at home that cause the fire in the fireplace to go out, so fire must be prepared.
It is also simple for people to light fires. They mainly rely on striking flints or drilling wood to make fires to obtain sparks. They use sparks to ignite flammable flax, dry moss, dry algae or the soft inner stems of reeds and other herbaceous plants. Fire starters often have sulfur added to facilitate burning.
Fire starters are afraid of water, so waterproof instant noodle bags are very popular.
Frederick was convinced by the ingenuity of the working people.
Frederick and Jin Li had just finished watching a stall selling kitchen knives and axes, when the proprietress of a bookstore not far away ran over to her.
"You are finally back!" The boss lady pulled her sleeve, "The new episode of "The Invincible Detective" is here. I dare say you can't guess what this episode is about. I guarantee you will like it!"
Jin Li was a little embarrassed and used her eyes to indicate that Frederick was nearby, indicating that she had work.
But the landlady will get it wrong and say nonchalantly: "Well, isn't he just a man? How dare he not read with you? If he dares, I'll kick him into the sea."
"What do you think? If you want a man to deal with it easily, I’ll ask my sister-in-law to knock Grand Duke Weisen unconscious and put it in a sack and transport it to you.”
Now Jin Li was even more embarrassed.
Frederick felt the simplicity of the people here, and thought that this aunt's sister-in-law should also go to one of the colleges to learn how to grow greenhouse vegetables.
He said to Jin Li: "You still like to watch "The Knight of Red Eggplants", right?"
Jin Li replied in surprise: "You ask, do you know?"
Frederick laughed triumphantly and said: "The content of this episode of "The Invincible Detective" is the collaboration between the Invincible Detective and the Red Eggplant Knight."
Jin Li's eyes suddenly shone. , looking as if the two chefs were ecstatic, but immediately became nervous.
It's working time now, so we can't do personal things like buying comic books. Frederick smiled and said: "Let's go, I also want to go to the bookstore."
The proprietress looked at Frederick and asked: "You came with the boat, read it on the boat Passed?”
Frederick smiled and said nothing.
This bookstore belongs to the Church of Nature and is quite large. The owner is the priest of the church and the wife is the daughter of the owner of the butcher shop in the city. She runs the bookstore in a decent way.
There is a long counter right at the entrance of the bookstore. The books are placed on the shelves at the back. The proprietress and her son will take out any book they like from under the counter.
The classics of the Church of Nature are placed closest to the door. There are beautifully packaged bearskin paper editions and cheap paper editions. These paper editions were printed in Weissenburg City from samples provided by the church.
Next to the classics are a set of picture literacy books and some books on learning foreign languages. Frederick had seen it from Larsen. Larsen said that he was teaching literacy to the tribesmen in the church in the winter. Started teaching foreign languages to people who went south to do business.
These books are very cheap and are published by the Translation Court of the Principality of Wesson. They mainly focus on the vocabulary and grammar of the Natural Church classics in order to open up the book market.
The winter here is too long. If people are literate and can read comics and novels to pass the time on winter nights, there will be a huge market.
The landlady took a copy of the latest episode of "The Invincible Detective" from the cupboard and gave it to Jin Li, and said at the same time: "This time I got a new copy of "Detective Sherlock Holmes and Bloody Footprints". Do you want to read it?"< br>
Jin Li asked curiously: "What is this book about?"
Before the landlady could answer, Frederick said: "This book is somewhat similar to "The Invincible Detective". They are all about solving crimes, but "Invincible Detective" prefers violent crime cases, and this book mainly focuses on secret conspiracies."
Frederick did not expect that Psyche wrote such a novel while fishing at work. It will soon be translated into other languages and published, but I haven’t read it yet, so I paid for a copy.
"You don't need to pay." Jin Li stretched out her hand to stop Frederick, "You are our honored guest. The chief priest said that all your expenses here will be borne by the church."
The landlady was shocked when she heard this. She thought this pretty boy was the man Jin Li was looking for, but she didn't expect that he was actually a distinguished guest of the church.
The next second, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She heard from her husband that the big shot from the south would be visiting in the near future.
Frederick was too lazy to argue with her about what had just happened. At this time, he did nothing and let the other party scare him, which was much more fun than accepting words.
He saw some collections of local poems and stories on the bookshelf. He had not seen any translations in Weissenburg, so he bought them with the intention of passing the time in the winter. Anyway, the church paid for them.
When Jin Li paid, Frederick noticed that the currency here had previously been bartered by the Bear Claw tribe.
The gold coins of the North contain the same 3.5 grams of gold as the florin coins of the Rhine League, and the ratio of silver coins to copper plates is the same, 1 gold coin = 20 silver coins = 2,000 copper plates. This is one of the political and economic legacies left by the former Guild Hall Alliance.
What is printed on the currency here is not the heads of emperors and generals, but various animals. The gold coins are printed with ferrets, the silver coins are bears and wolves, and the copper coins are squirrels and rabbits. The face value of the currency The bigger the animal skin is, the more valuable it is.
Frederick walked out of the bookstore carrying the bundled books and saw Jin Li looking a little distracted. He knew that she wanted to go back to read in a hurry, but she had to follow him, so he decided to go back early.
He pointed to a nearby restaurant and said: "Let's go eat first, and then go back and read a book after eating."
Jin Li's face twitched slightly when he told her what she was thinking. Hong said: "Heli should have bought the ingredients. Her cooking is better than the ones outside."
She went on to say that the Church of Nature arranged for several people to take care of Frederick, including herself as a tour guide and guard, Heli as a cook, and Luli as a carriage driver. Just now Luli took Heli to buy groceries. Get there first.
Frederick understood and returned to his residence with her.
However, as soon as I entered the door, I smelled something burning.
(End of this chapter)