Admiral Middle Age

"You..." Visible to the naked eye, Old John was a little excited.

When Lin Jianguo was looking at the tavern, he was also looking at him: black hair, black eyes, and the most important thing is that kind of feeling that can't be explained-the other party should be one of his own.

This made 'Old John' somewhat excited and somewhat looking forward to it.Especially when the other party sat down in the booth opposite, and next to him, young and beautiful figures sat down one after another - the other people didn't know each other, but the Washington I knew was sitting at the outermost .

Old John was even more excited, his whole body trembling slightly: "You are, who are you?"

?

Shouldn't I be asking you this?

Slightly, frowning, Lin Jianguo withdrew his gaze from looking around, and fell on the face of the dirty-looking yellow tavern owner in front of him: "Now, we are the ones asking you. "

Washington sat on the edge of the booth, leaning against the chair behind him, one leg crossed over the other, one white-gloved hand resting on the lap of the upper leg, and the other, quietly Caressing the 'Luo Ying Shen Ax' that was stuck on the ground beside him, the whole person looked a little lazy and lazy.

The voice of speaking was soft and slow, without a trace of ferocity.

It’s just that no matter if you are familiar or unfamiliar, you all know: this battleship girl who’s’ intimately’ holding her ax is really fierce at this moment—it’s very likely that one of Old John’s answers is wrong, and His is the famous 'Luo Ying Shen Axe'.

"I……"

"Well, let's have some tea first." Peace Ark came in with a tea tray, and went directly to the table after turning a corner from the kitchen: "I didn't expect that such good tea could be found here... …Oolongtuan, it looks like it should be genuine, and it’s in pretty good condition.”

Skillfully brewing tea, the medical ship's wife did it seriously and authentically: "And what's even more surprising is that they have a whole set of tea making tools here. Look, this old tea tray is also full of Typical cherry wood, the craftsmanship is still very good, it can almost be called a master's technique."

"? Oh!" Lin Jianguo understood a little bit: This medical ship lady of this family is revealing the bottom line of Old John and the others: tea can be bought, originally this kind of bad semi-fermented oolong tea, It is prepared for long-distance transportation-compared with green tea, this semi-fermented oolong tea can be stored for a longer time and transported farther, and of course it can be spread to a wider range. .

Sweeping wool does not catch a place, naturally the larger the scope, the better: the larger the scope, the more places to collect, and the stronger the enrichment effect will be-this is how wealth is accumulated.

Well, oolong tea and black tea are mostly invented and manufactured for this reason.

Now, the medical ship's wife has brought out authentic oolong tea and a professional tea tray—the former can also be said to be a commodity, a commodity in circulation.

As for the latter, only the habit formed over the years can produce such authentic, exquisite and exquisite tea sets: "Look, this whole set of tea sets is quite well preserved."

With his back to Old John, Peace Ark showed everyone the whole set of tea sets he had found with joy: "Although these things are scattered, each one has been well maintained, and each one They are all excellent!"

They are indeed excellent!

Although it doesn't look particularly good.

But Lin Jianguo can also see the obvious patina and oily luster on the tea sets taken out from the Peace Ark. These things are not new, but have been carefully modified, cherished for a long time, and then carefully collected and preserved. down!

This can also be seen from the fixed eyes of Old John standing on the Peace Ark—after the Peace Ark took out a whole set of tea trays, except for the surprise at the beginning and the almost uncontrollable footsteps, Old John, His gaze never moved away from the tea tray: "Your?"

Make tea step by step, warm the pot, divide the cups, and rinse the cups.

Picking up the first cup of tea that was poured out, Peace Ark did not pass this cup of tea to Lin Jianguo.

Instead, he just squatted down and turned around flatly, with both hands, dripped the cup of tea in front of Old John.

Although the tone of the question was interrogative, there was an unquestionable affirmation in the words of Peace Ark.

Looking at the dark red tea soup in the small purple clay cup handed to him, Old John kept his head down, motionless, and did not directly reach out to take it.

Peace Ark also did not go to supervise.

This is just quietly holding a small purple clay cup, flatly stretched out in front of Old John, motionless—thanks to her having the body of a ship's mother, otherwise, she would just be half squatting and serving a cup of tea Persisting for such a long time, Lin Jianguo felt that he would definitely not be able to do it.

Legs will definitely be numb;

Hands and arms are also sore;

After a long time, people will also wobble - but if it is replaced by the medical ship ship girl doing this action, all these scruples will be completely gone: she just quietly holds the teacup, quietly before old John,

What are you doing here?

Some girls who don't understand and feel sorry for themselves (even if she is a ship's mother, she will be uncomfortable holding a cup for such a long time)-to be honest, if Old John really insists on not answering for a while If he said that, Lin Jianguo was ready to speak and return to Heping Rent: If you like to drink or not, don't you want to show your face!

Fortunately, before Lin Jianguo was ready to speak, Old John still took the teacup that the medical ship's wife had been holding with trembling hands—to be honest, it was probably going to be cold!

Anyway, Lin Jianguo didn't feel any hot feeling when he killed the cup handed to him in one gulp - the old John on the opposite side also killed it so simply.

Lin Jianguo felt that he couldn't lose points too much—in fact, he didn't know that it was just right to kill such a small cup of tea in one gulp.

Seeing that Old John simply finished off the tea handed to him, he bowed in a peaceful manner, then stood up quietly and walked aside, turned around, and continued to sneak into the kitchen next to him.

If it were Kawauchi, the light cruiser girl of Shigesakura's family, she changed into an elegant kimono, moved over in a small step, started to take over the tea tray placed here by the Peace Ark, and continued to show everyone her own tea ceremony.

In the room, it was very quiet for a while, so quiet that the sound of Guam wiping the table was so clear.

Alaska flicked his hands above the guitar, shaking his head and immersing himself in his own music.

The others were just doing their own things silently, but they were all in tacit understanding without making a sound.

Playing with the empty teacup in my hand, the comfortable feel really makes this teacup feel unbearable to put it down.

It's just that it took too long to hold it, and there was no tea in the cup. Lin Jianguo felt that it was better to let it go-he stretched out his hand, and Kawauchi quickly reached out to catch it (with both hands). Seriously, Lin Jianguo didn't even know what he should say What's the matter.

The teacups were handed back one by one, and in the end, only Old John was left holding the inner teacup handed to him by the Peace Ark.Kawauchi didn't rush him at all, but quietly put his hands in front of him and waited quietly.

Lexington patted Washington's hand lightly, smiling softly and warmly.

Bismarck folded his hands on his chest, and looked ahead, as if he didn't see anything; Eugen looked at his eldest sister, at the admiral, and at the silent old John.He also obediently raised his head and looked at the lines on the ceiling—the room was suddenly quiet and scary.

"The way back is not easy." Old John finally spoke.

But it didn't have the smooth and flattering tone before.

The whole person seems to have aged many years all of a sudden, and the voice of speaking seems so... old and dry:

"Is it really difficult to go? What's the situation? Tell us and let's listen," Lexington's voice was still soft, warm, with a soothing power.

It's just that Old John didn't pay attention to her.

The tavern owner raised his head and looked at the smiling Bald Eagle's wife who was speaking.Without saying a word, he looked away without a trace of expression.

His eyes flicked across the faces of Washington, Veneto, and Eugene one after another.

It fell on Lin Jianguo's face, and the same flashed by.

Then it landed on the face of Bismarck who was looking up at the ceiling, and looked at the iron-blooded wife who lowered her head, but turned back and landed on Lin Jianguo's face: "You, want to go back?"

"..." Opened his mouth slightly, Li Jianguo still closed it, and then nodded earnestly—although, he knew very well that the "go back" that the old John opposite said and the "go back" he thought were completely different. one thing.

But, what old John said about going back—going back to that part of the world that is still strange to itself (a strange familiar place).It was just a goal that I had planned.

So to go back (the kind that Old John said) was actually one of my goals.

Even, it is the only goal I have so far—otherwise, I really don't know where to go: 'Go back', that will be a more distant goal...so far away that I don't even know what to do. Know if it is possible.

"No, it's too difficult." Shaking his head with a sigh, Old John lowered his head in frustration, but then raised it suddenly: "No, you can't walk by sea. If you walk by sea, it's really too difficult. You Can't go like that."

"Then we..." Since the other party said this, Lexington felt: this is the best time to get something out of the other party's mouth...

"Go to the American continent? Go through the Bering Strait in winter?" If you don't go by sea, it seems that there is only such a choice if you go on land—but I don't know if the North Pole here is the same as the world it used to be. , in winter, you can cross the ocean.

"No, that side is more dangerous. So far there has not been any news from that side, which means that there is no way to go there." Old John vetoed Lin Jianguo's plan, and even, the whole person seemed to have a special kind of Impulsive—just, being 'calm' by an ax in front of him: "You can't go over there."

"Oh," looking at the old John who was standing on the spot, blocked by Washington's axe, unable to move forward, but unwilling to give up, muttering that he could not go over there.Lin Jianguo was really curious: "Have you guys tried it?"

It is said that practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

Over there, whether it is true that you can't leave or not, you definitely can't just rely on your words as a conclusion.

So: "How are you sure you can't walk over there?"

"Over there, I really can't go." Looking at the curious Lin Jianguo, Old John was a little anxious, and he hesitated, struggling with embarrassment: "Really, I really can't go over there."