Ruby's Otherworldly Adventure

The next morning, Ruby and Meyer finished breakfast at home, and went to the temple together as usual.

The place where they live is not far from the temple, and because they are professionals, they are not afraid of the invasion of wild animals, so they built their houses on the back of the mountain.It is said to be a house, but it is actually a thatched house, which was built with the help of the villagers. After all, these two girls have never learned how to build a house.

After arriving at the temple, Meyer played the harp and sang as usual.After singing a song, she took a sip of honey water to moisten her throat, then called a group of apprentices who were practicing in the temple, and began to teach them characters.

That's right, Meyer had promised Pastor Noah that in addition to playing songs every day, he would also teach the children who helped the temple basic characters.

The children who help in the temple are all apprentices accepted by Pastor Noah, and Pastor Noah will decide whether they will be left in the future or driven back home as a farmer based on their performance during the practice period.Of course, if a child with extraordinary talents can realize the power of faith on his own during the inspection period, and become a trainee priest, he will be directly accepted as an official member of the temple.

Since these children are the seedlings of future pastors, they naturally cannot be illiterate, otherwise they can't even understand the scriptures, how can they explain the teachings of the church?

Of course, this is also the reason why the goddess of life is too unknown. Since she has few believers on the mainland, a mid-level priest like Noah can preside over a temple and become a bishop.Like the Guangming God Sect with believers all over the mainland, the priests are not high-level, and they have no right to open a new temple on their own.Moreover, the apprentices in the Temple of Light are all selected from the noble children, and the most uneven are those from rich families. The children who come out of such families have learned characters from their parents or tutors since they were young. Naturally, they don’t need to worry about their cultural knowledge in the Temple. .

In short, such a shabby temple is really rare in the world, no wonder Pastor Noah is so stingy.

After Meyer taught the ten characters for today, he asked the apprentices to practice hard, and left them to practice writing on the sand table with branches. Because the children here are very self-conscious in learning, Meyer left with confidence.

Characters have always been something that only nobles and wealthy people are qualified to master, so apprentices cherish the opportunity to learn characters. They constantly review the characters they have learned in the past two days on the sand table. Sometimes the sand table is full of characters, and they will Once the sand is smoothed out, you can practice again.

The cheapest paper used for writing costs ten sheets and one copper coin. For the children of these peasant families, such expenses are unaffordable.Although Pastor Noah will pay these apprentices 10 copper coins per month as compensation for their inability to help the family, in the eyes of these simple children, it is not worthwhile to waste so much paper in the early stages of learning to write.

Today is the day when traveling merchants pass by the village. Meyer waited early at the entrance of the village. After a while, he saw a merchant driving a flatbed truck into the village. The cart was full of goods.

Meyer stepped forward and asked: "I want 20 candles. If there is beeswax, I will ask for all of them. Butter candles are fine if there is no beeswax. And the sugar at home has run out. If you have any goods this time, please give me I'll have a can."

The middle-aged businessman said with a smile: "Okay, beeswax is 1 silver coin, because few people in the village buy this, I only brought two to try to sell. Exquisite butter candle 2 copper coins, sugar 1 silver coin Another 50 copper coins a can, do you want to buy something else? I brought a lot of new things this time.”

"Really? Then I want to take a good look." Meyer curiously rummaged through the workshop, and really saw something of interest.

"How do you sell this piece of cloth?" Meyer picked out a roll of red cotton cloth and turned to ask the businessman.

"Miss has a good eye. This color is very popular in the city now." The businessman flattered without any trace. He wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune from Meyer. After all, beeswax is also a candle, only because it is smokeless and contains honey when it burns It is sweet and expensive, and only rich people will use this. Poor people in the countryside are so particular about it, so he guessed that Mayer is a young lady who is full of food and goes to the countryside to experience life.

So he tentatively said: "5 silver coins a roll, I'm a small business, and I just earn money for running errands."

"At most 50 copper coins, no matter how expensive it is, I won't ask for it." Meyer bargained skillfully. After living in the village for so long, she is no longer the young lady who just went out and knows nothing about the world. This businessman is obviously a newcomer. The traveling businessman who didn't know the situation in Heitong Village dared to deceive her like this.

"Miss, are you kidding me? You can't even buy a corner of this piece of cloth with 50 copper coins. If you don't want to buy it, there are still people waiting to buy it." The businessman said angrily. A chick who has seen so much of the world will let go of her doubts and obediently pay for this piece of cloth.

Hearing what the businessman said, Meyer couldn't help laughing: "Don't do this with me, it seems that you just came here and you don't know, otherwise you can ask anyone in the village and you will know that I am the Temple of Life The priest, in the Goddess's sanctuary, I have never seen anyone who dares to take advantage of the temple like this."

Now the businessman doesn't dare to play tricks, no matter how daring he is, he won't dare to offend professionals. This priest is quite good-tempered. If someone with a hot temper burns him every minute for blasphemy, then He had nowhere to cry.

The businessman honestly wrapped the cloth and handed it to Meyer. In fact, he was not going to take any money just to please the pastor.Seeing his trembling look, Meyer didn't want to embarrass him too much, and paid the full amount. Before leaving, the merchant half-sold and gave her a large bag of self-produced nougat, which made Meyer shake her head.

"Today's shopping is complete. It's really hard to do shopping alone. Let Ruby cook something delicious to reward you when you get back." Meyer carried a bunch of things and staggered towards the hut of the two of them. Go, after becoming a professional, her physical strength has improved a lot. Like before, she would definitely not be able to carry so many things by herself.

On the road, a boy named Riel saw that the respected pastor was carrying a lot of things by himself, and he looked very strenuous, so he volunteered to help share a large part, which relieved Meyer. After helping her move things to the house, Meyer gratefully grabbed and gave him nougat as a reward for her help.

Riel happily left with candy in his bag. When he helped, he didn't expect such benefits. Although the family conditions improved a lot after Miss Meyer came, he could eat his stomach every day, and it was no longer the same as before. I'm hungry and full, but adults don't buy such extravagant snacks for children if they have spare money, so Riel hasn't tasted candy yet.

'I heard that this kind of sugar costs one copper coin in the city, which is enough to buy two catties of rye flour. I want to take it home and give it to my sister to taste. ' Good brother Riel thought so.

Riel went home happily, and Meyer also opened the door and walked into the house, just in time to see Ruby processing the harvested beans, grinding them into soy milk, and turning them into tofu for consumption.Speaking of which, no one in this continent has discovered the method of making tofu before, so so far, only Ruby can make it.Pastor Noah fell in love with this kind of white and tender food once, but unfortunately he couldn't buy it if he wanted to eat it.

"Ruby, I bought all the things you told me, and I didn't get scammed this time. I also bought an extra roll of cloth. Look how beautiful the red cloth is. It can be used to make a dress for Jenny The dress she's been wearing all this time is so old that it can't see its original color." Meyer raised her face and begged for praise.

"You're adding to my workload without authorization." Ruby raised her forehead: "But I really should thank Jenny, she brings goat milk here every week, and she refuses to accept the money. How about it, I will find time tomorrow to make clothes Come out, you find a time to give her the finished clothes."

The decoration sub-occupation includes sewing, and Ruby, who has embroidered a lot of magicweave gloves, is already familiar with sewing clothes.

"Yeah, Ruby is the best." Meyer clapped her hands together and shouted happily, "Then let's make tofu quickly."

"Wait a minute, the tofu will be cooked in a while. Speaking of which, why do you buy so much sugar? We can't finish eating so much." Ruby asked.

"The kind-hearted businessman saw that I was cute, so he sold me some at half price. Anyway, don't worry about so much, it doesn't matter if you can't finish it. I will give some to Pastor Noah, and let him reward the students who have made progress with the candy." Mei Ye changed the subject calmly. She didn't want Ruby to know that she moved out of the temple today to threaten others. In Ruby's heart, she has always been so kind, so she didn't want to ruin her image because of this kind of thing.

While talking, the tofu has been cooked.Ruby scooped up the cooked tofu, cut it into tofu slices of different thicknesses, then equipped it with runes and used ice magic to cool it down suddenly, and used the special effect of freezing to make dense small holes appear in the tofu slices. It will better penetrate into the whole tofu slice through these small holes, and the sudden drop in temperature will make the taste of tofu more refreshing and firm, which cannot be enjoyed by science alone.

Ruby poured oil into the pan, put the tofu slices into the pan and fried until one side was browned, then picked up a wooden spatula and turned the white and fat tofu over, and scooped up the tofu on the other side when it was slightly hot. In the porcelain bowl, Ruby shoveled most of the tofu into a large bowl, and put the remaining tofu into three small bowls evenly, and this part was considered over.

Ruby scooped a large spoonful of vinegar, a small spoonful of soy sauce, a pinch of coriander, and a spoonful of homemade chili sauce into each small bowl, and then mixed them evenly, and finally added a little MSG to taste out), the slightly spicy fried tofu is ready.

For the convenience of eating, Ruby cut a few bamboo sticks with a sword and inserted them. On the tofu, for Meyer and the others, a few pieces of tofu are a good dish, and they will not eat other dishes tonight. Of course, there are also reasons why Ruby committed another lazy cancer.

When Ruby was making fried tofu, Meyer was not idle. She brought the stewed rice to the table and set it up, helped the dancing dumplings to sit on the chairs, and waited for the chef one by one. Announce dinner.

Seeing this, Ruby gave the sky a helpless look, brought them the long-awaited fried tofu, and announced that they were ready to eat.

The dumpling 'hummed' and the whole dumpling was buried in the bowl, and the white rice disappeared quickly. It seemed that it would be able to finish the bowl of rice in a short while.

Meyer is not as exaggerated as the dumplings. She savors the slightly spicy, sour and salty taste in her mouth at the same time. From time to time, she eats a few mouthfuls of rice to dilute the overbearing and strong umami taste. If the rice is too weak, she just scoops a spoonful of seasoning soup Serve with rice, or chew a coriander stalk full of sour and salty taste.Under Meyer's encouragement and thrift, one bite of tofu meat can serve two mouthfuls of rice, and after eating plain rice, you can eat the extra tofu meat empty-handed, which feels amazing!

At the end of the meal, the fried tofu has been poked into tofu foam, which is another taste.

After eating, Meyer was in a particularly good mood. She even added a few pieces of tofu to the rice bowl from time to time to save it from the fate of eating rice or eating tofu. The claws of the dumplings are too short. , can only eat one at a time, which is really a tragedy.

After eating, Meyer was in charge of washing the dishes, and Ruby wiped the table and put away the unfinished tofu. When a tallow candle was half burned, it was very late, and Ruby blew out the candle. The two went to rest after washing.

After nightfall, Ruby and the others were sound asleep, and the small hut was quiet, only the sound of the wind blowing the grass leaves.

When the girls were sleeping in the dark, a sneaky person slipped into the room. He tiptoedly opened the food cabinet and carefully found the bowl containing the tofu. With trembling hands, he carefully put the The bowl is held out.Then, there was a sudden chewing sound in the silent hut.

Ruby was a little annoyed by the noise in the trance, turned over unsteadily, and covered her ears with one hand.The stealer trembled from Ruby's turning over, and looked quite guilty.After a while, he repeatedly confirmed that Ruby showed no signs of waking up, and then he was relieved. He hurriedly finished all the tofu, quickly wiped out the evidence, and left quietly as if he had come.

When she woke up in the morning, Ruby was taken aback. She saw that the tofu stored yesterday had disappeared, leaving only an empty bowl. She immediately looked at the dumpling suspiciously. After all, stealing dumpling is a common thing.

The dumpling screamed innocently, fluttering its little wings to the ground. It didn't understand why Ruby looked at him with terrifying eyes.

"If you steal any more, I'll put you in the pot. I haven't eaten raw stewed dumpling meat yet!" Ruby threatened viciously. She knew that she could understand it with the intelligence of dumpling.

"Puff~Puff..." Tuanzi felt very wronged, this time it really wasn't his fault.

However, Ruby felt that she had found the answer, and she left contentedly after she finished speaking harshly.

Ah, today is also a day of harmony.