The Old Man and the Mermaid

The merman hadn't returned to Dusk Isle for several days after enjoying that noon treat—he was looking for the next thing he could gift to Aigre.

He himself doesn't really know the meaning of these gifts to Aigre. The young man doesn't seem to care much about the value of these things, and he doesn't intend to sell them.

But even though Aigre only regarded them as a beautiful collection, Mr. Mermaid decided to bring him more gifts.

He knows that the etiquette of making friends in human society varies from region to region, and there will be considerable surprises, but no matter which country or town you are in, the most important thing is probably sincerity.He doesn't have the ability to enter human society, and he can't provide any help to Eigre, so apart from the possibility that these treasures buried deep in the sea can be exchanged for the currency of human society, he really has nothing to show for it. .

Mr. Mermaid is very lazy and doesn't pay much attention to the communication with other creatures, so if Aigre wants to conquer the world, he might be able to help.

conquer the world?

The scope of the sea is extremely wide, but there are many more creatures living on land than in the sea. Mermaids have read countless books, but they still find it difficult to understand the social coexistence of human beings.They have wars, and naturally there are times of peace. They will abandon the moral bottom line for money, but they will also be willing to give up their lifelong wealth for love.

There are so few intelligent creatures in the sea that the residents in the sea only think about how to make their lives more smooth besides looking for ways to survive.

Mermaids are the most unrestrained race in the sea. They are extremely powerful, so they don't think it is so difficult to survive.There is no discipline in the sea, and there are no laws that restrict their freedom. Whether they want to stand at the top of the food chain in a certain sea area is just a thought for them.

However, although Mr. Mermaid doesn't know exactly what his fellow fish think, at least he can be sure that he hates dealing with other fish - they can't communicate at all.

It felt a bit like that fairy tale he'd read in a book... an adult fairy tale.

A certain girl fell in love with a dinosaur in primitive society across races, and she seemed to get along very happily with him. Then one day, the girl confessed that the dinosaur was still very gentle, so the girl thought that the dinosaur should also like her.

Then, on the second day after the girl thought she had confirmed the relationship, the dinosaur entered the estrus period and happily pounced on another female dinosaur.

When the mermaid saw this story, she subconsciously thought that she might have misunderstood the world before.

After that, he thought about his perception of women quite seriously, and compared the descriptions of women in human books, thinking that this probably wasn't sexism in the full sense.

They will exaggerate the girls under various circumstances, but they cannot erase the long-term discrimination and neglect that women have suffered in the history of human society for so many years.

However, human society is gradually moving towards equality, which is probably a good thing.

But Mr. Mermaid didn't particularly care about that.

He decided to go to a certain deep sea area that he hadn't visited for a long time, to find more precious things as gifts for his first human friend.

Mr. Mermaid did not visit in the next few days, which surprised Aigre.However, although he also thought about the possibility that Mr. Mermaid might never come back, he still decided to renovate the interior of the lighthouse, so that if Mr. Mermaid came again, he would still suffer from the hot air like last time. forced to leave.

That would make Eigre, the owner of the lighthouse, feel quite guilty, and even think that he has not met his grandfather's expectations.

What's more, the few days when Mr. Mermaid left, it was actually convenient for Aigre to ask the people from the commercial street to come to the lighthouse to install the air conditioner and related lines, otherwise, except for the humidifier, Aigre knew how to use it. Besides, the remaining installation steps are enough for him to have a headache.

"Okay, Mr. Payer." The worker trotted down from the escalator and said kindly to Aigre, "I installed the two air conditioners you bought in the place where the cold air can be diffused the most. Although you have a little space here Big, but as long as the wind speed is increased, it should cool down the entire lighthouse. However, the monthly electricity bill may be a little expensive, will the relevant staff in charge of lighthouse communication reimburse you?"

"If I apply, I should be able to get reimbursed." Aigre replied, "When I first came back, the person in charge of the handover asked me if I wanted to install the air conditioner, but I lived alone at the time, so I didn't care much about it. , so I declined."

The worker blinked and teased, "So do you have a partner now? Or are you in the process of pursuing it?"

Aigre was stunned for a moment, only to realize some ambiguities in his words, and shook his head with a smile to explain: "No. It's just that many friends have come to visit me during this period, I can't let them also accompany me to be heated together?"

"I've heard about Mr. Payer's hospitality for a long time, and I didn't expect his grandson to be so kind." The worker praised, and then handed over the engineering bill in his hand to Aigre, "This is from your purchase. Take a look at the flow sheet of our product start, if there is no problem, please sign at the bottom."

"Okay." Aigre agreed, took the flow sheet and read it carefully, and signed his name in the bottom blank column, "Thank you for being busy for so long."

"This is my job. The money you paid includes my reward. How can it be considered hard work?" The worker waved his hand cheerfully, "If you want to buy related products next time, remember to continue Just support our company."

"I'll think about it carefully." Aigre sent him out of the lighthouse and waved his hand, "I'm sorry, have a nice weekend."

"I also wish you a happy weekend, Mr. Payer." The worker raised his hand to Aigre before getting on his delivery vehicle, and then drove the vehicle away from the hillside where the lighthouse is located.

Aigre watched him leave. After returning to the lighthouse and closing the door, he picked up the remote control of the air conditioner and took a look. He sat on the chair by the door and carefully marked the specific function of each button.He doesn't like the sense of stagnation of slowly groping for everything, so after coming into contact with any new thing, he tries to figure out the usage and function as much as possible.

After reading the long instruction manual with a lot of nonsense, Aigre stood up and walked to the humidifier in the small kitchen, and squatted down to look at the water tank of this large humidifier.

This thing is much more useful than the air conditioner, and it should also play a big role in winter.Aigre recalled the first time he saw Mr. Mermaid, his nearly dry skin surface and pale complexion, more or less sighed.

Nature is so fair that even though it created such powerful and beautiful creatures as mermaids, it still deprived them of many aspects of their abilities.

Just like humans may never be able to breathe in the sea without the help of technology.

Aigre recalled a movie he had seen before, saying that one day in the future, human scientists will develop certain medicines to improve the human body, allowing human beings to breathe in the sea and fly in the air.

Young people are full of fantasies about this future, and Egrele is barely one of them—it's just that his mind is usually filled with more unusual ideas.

He turned on the humidifier, but he couldn't feel any big changes for the time being, so he simply sat down and turned his eyes to look out the window.

Looking at it, he was inevitably stunned for a moment.