Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 81

[Chapter 81 Home Visit?]

Before the last ray of sunlight in the sky dissipated, Duncan saw the familiar facade of the antique shop.

The gas street lamps on both sides of the road have already been turned on, and the slightly yellowish light illuminates the signboard in front of the door and the gray wall. The lights on the ground floor, waiting for Duncan to come back.

Strictly speaking, from Duncan’s perspective, he and Nina have just met, but for some reason, when he saw the lights on the first floor, he felt an inexplicable… apology.

Is this apology because I went out and never returned?

Duncan stepped forward and pushed open the door of the antique shop. The bell hanging at the door rang crisply. The next second, he heard a burst of hurried footsteps coming from the direction of the stairs.

The girl in a plain dress ran down the stairs like a gust of wind.

“Uncle Duncan!” Nina stopped on the stairs, looked at Duncan who appeared at the door in surprise and joy, and there was some surprise in her eyes, “I thought you…

” Note that it’s getting dark.” Duncan shook his head, “I’m sorry, I actually wanted to go to Shizijie District to pick you up after school, but then something happened.” “Did you go to

Shizijie District?” Nina was surprised and confused Looking at Duncan, she looked up and down, as if to confirm whether her uncle had been drinking outside again, or was in low spirits due to the effects of drugs, “Pick me up after school?” Uncle Duncan showed a strange yet familiar side

, This made Nina not know how to react.

“I’m just curious about your current situation at school,” Duncan said casually, “Don’t talk about it, you don’t have to worry about me going out to drink or hang out with ‘friends’ in the future. If I come back late, it’s because I have to do business. Do you understand?”

Nina watched Uncle Duncan enter the room and close the door in a daze, and she nodded subconsciously when she saw his steady steps and energetic demeanor.

“It’s getting late,” Duncan said to Nina who was standing at the top of the stairs as he walked towards the second floor, “Have you eaten yet?

” , Nina always seemed a little hesitant when answering, “When I came back, I saw that you were not at home, and I didn’t know if you would come back tonight, so… I haven’t cooked yet. But I bought some bread, and I planned to …”

“Eating bread alone is not nutritious enough, let’s go, there are some good things in the kitchen,” Duncan was about to step up the steps, when he turned his head and smiled at Nina, “Today I will cook.”

Uncle wants to cook? !

Nina seemed to have heard something from the Arabian Nights, but before she could ask any questions, she saw Uncle Duncan striding upwards, so she had to follow up quickly. Ai Yi, who was on Duncan’s shoulder, was a little surprised: “Uncle, this pigeon has been with you?

” I gave her a name, Ai.”

“Ai? As a pigeon… what a strange name…” Nina scratched her hair, and she followed her up to the second floor, watching Uncle Duncan walk towards the kitchen Go, she finally couldn’t help asking, “Did you buy anything?”

“Actually, it’s just a dried salted fish,” Duncan found the salted fish he put away from the kitchen cabinet, and picked up the hard ingredient. Nina shook her head with a rather smug expression, “Don’t look bad, it tastes pretty good for cooking soup.”

“Fish?!” Nina opened her eyes wide in surprise, “What day is it today? Is it so expensive? Fish is so expensive, don’t they usually… huh?”

She finally saw the dried fish in Duncan’s hand. The ugly thing made the girl very confused. She blinked her eyes and looked at it for a long time: “What kind of fish is this? Why haven’t I seen it?”

Duncan knew that Nina would react like this.

Of course, the residents of the city-state have seen fish—although the boundless sea is dangerous, and there are dangerous things called “children” in the deep sea that threaten human safety, but not all sea areas are as weird and extreme as the deep sea area, because The protection of the gods and the defense system of the city-state itself, the ocean will be relatively safer in the shallow sea near the city-state and on a few routes that have received divine grace, and these areas often provide valuable resources for the city-state civilization.

People collect seafood and minerals from offshore areas, hunt whales and other fish with great industrial value on the routes protected by the gods, and use these things to maintain the survival of the city-state and support industrial development.

Under this premise, the occupation of “fisherman” will certainly exist.

However, the oceans of this world are not like the earth after all. Even safe sea areas are “safer” compared with deep sea areas. Therefore, even offshore fishing in this world is an extremely professional, thrilling and even a test of extraordinary knowledge and combat skills. things.

Fish was a known but expensive food item for those living in the city-state.

Even if the sea is around them, even if there are countless fish in the sea.

Nina hadn’t eaten fish for many years—even before her uncle fell ill, a commoner like her didn’t have much chance to see fish served on the table.

Ordinary fish are so rare, let alone gifts from the deep sea.

Duncan even suspected that this kind of deep-sea fish he caught on the Lost Country was the first time in the territory of the Puland city-state—let alone Nina, a commoner girl, I am afraid that even the consul of the city-state and the high-ranking priest of the church We have no chance to try this fresh.

Nina is lucky today.

“Don’t worry about the variety, just wait and eat.” Duncan knew that there were some things that couldn’t be explained clearly, so he didn’t explain at all. He turned and went back to the kitchen to start preparing today’s dinner.

This strange fish is not small in size, even after it is dried, it is quite a size. If it is used to make soup, it cannot be eaten at one time, so he divided the dried salted fish into two sections, and prepared to use the fish head first – the rest can be used After the rope is threaded, it continues to be hung in the cabinet, and it may become more flavorful after further drying.

Uncle really started cooking.

Seeing the familiar figure busy in the kitchen, Nina felt like a dream.

In fact, she didn’t care at all what happened to the strange fish that her uncle brought out, and she didn’t even care about today’s dinner at all.

Compared with these trivial things, the changes that happened to her uncle were the weirdest things that deserved her most attention.

There was the sound of the knife hitting the cutting board, the gas stove was hissing, and the bottom soup in the pot was bubbling and bubbling.

Nina was in a daze. She hadn’t seen such a scene for several years?

There was a trace of hesitation on her face, and it was only after a while that she seemed to suddenly make up her mind, and said to the busy back at the kitchen door: “Uncle, tomorrow…Mr. Morris is coming to visit.” “Home visit?” Busy

cooking Duncan was taken aback when he heard this, “Mr. Morris… your history teacher?”

Nina nodded, “Yes.”

“The teacher in that school still makes home visits?” Duncan will take care of it. Put the fish pieces into the pot, and put the knife into the pool while looking back at Nina in surprise, “I thought this was a ‘feature’ only available in those schools in the upper city.” “Schools… really don’t have

this Rules,” Nina said cautiously while paying attention to Duncan’s attitude, “but old Mr. Morris is special, he… pays special attention to students.”

Duncan didn’t speak for a while.

Things went a little beyond his expectations.

He didn’t expect that his “Captain Duncan” would suddenly encounter such a situation and need to deal with it when he was carrying out activities in the city-state!

He has considered dealing with the church, considering dealing with the magistrate, and even considering dealing with the city-state navy and military and police forces—whether he likes it or not, his plan is full of spirit fire, swords, and more than a hundred people from the Lost Homelander. Door broadsides.

But he never considered in his plans that there would be an old man who taught history in the public schools.

Why is this reality always so unexpected?

“Uncle?” Seeing Duncan’s lack of response for a long time, Nina couldn’t help feeling a little worried, “Aren’t you willing? Then I can tell old Mr. Morris… Actually, I told him today, I told him about your health. It’s not very good, so I can’t accept the home visit this time, he didn’t say anything at the time…”

Duncan looked at Nina’s nervous reaction, and his mind was filled with thoughts.

It seemed that the old Mr. Morris had made a request for a home visit for the first time.

So how many times did Nina say no for the same reason?

“…he teaches history, doesn’t he?” Duncan asked again suddenly.

Although she didn’t know why her uncle asked this question again, Nina nodded, “That’s right.” “Very good

, I just want to deal with professionals in the field of history,” Duncan laughed, “When will he come over tomorrow ?”

(End of this chapter)