Chapter 215 Fish Scale Crystal Top
Everyone warmed up.
Uncle Huang frowned.
"We have to find the way back to Daye as soon as possible. This is the right thing to do. After all, this is not a place to stay for long."
"Why?"
"Winter is coming."
“Is it scary?”
"The winter here is extremely cold, and we need to prepare nearly three months' worth of food. During these three months, everyone stayed indoors and tried not to go out if possible. We didn't know how to do it, and we almost froze to death in the winter. Fortunately, we were taken in by a kind-hearted local family, and we were able to save our lives."
Chen Shiyi had also suffered from poverty and experienced cold winters, but the winter that Uncle Huang talked about was definitely not on the same level as what he had experienced.
Uncle Huang looked at Chen Shiyi's expression and smiled.
"Don't worry, I'll take you to meet the most important local official now."
To get around in Sali town, you basically have to walk. Most of the area is jungle, with only small paths for people to walk on, and no other roads.
Along the way, they met many aboriginal people. They were very surprised and worried about Chen Shiyi's arrival.
People usually behave like this when it comes to unknown things.
In fact, I was more nervous than them.
When he arrived at the county town of Vasudhara, Chen Shiyi's mouth opened as wide as an egg.
The entire county town looks like a landscape encased in a white shell.
It's simply stunning.
All the streets and houses here are white. People of all kinds walk around, wearing all kinds of clothes, colorful like the brightly colored fish in the ponds.
They did not have a shop. They just put the things they wanted to sell on the ground and then sat in the back. Some of them dozed off, while others stared at Chen Shiyi and the others with alertness and surprise.
"They all respect the color white. Their coins are white. Look, those people wearing white clothes are the nobles of Vasati."
There were no trees around the county town; it was all white and endless.
The houses here are all low, and the roofs are made of colorful fish scales. Under the sunlight, they are smooth and flowing, as silky as water.
“Are there so many fish scales?”
Uncle Huang smiled.
"This is not fish scales, it is the ore here. According to Daye, it should be called crystal ore. They have a very sophisticated technology that can cut each piece of ore smoothly."
"This is so beautiful. It would be a waste to use it as a roof."
"Indeed, but there are many of these crystal mines here. There is a saying that things are valuable because they are rare. Only when they are rare are they valuable. If there are too many of them, they will not be that valuable."
Uncle Huang brought Chen Shiyi, followed by Fu Da, Bo Yuan, and Master Xu Zhou into a white house with a pointed roof and a circular arc.
The leader was wearing white clothes. No one knew what the clothes were made of, but the texture was very good and the drape was good, making him look more majestic and upright.
Chen Shiyi and the others followed Uncle Huang and bowed to the person sitting at the top.
The two of them were talking there, chattering, and occasionally glancing at Chen Shiyi.
The leader wore a turquoise diamond-shaped forehead ornament, had amber eyes, brown skin, and was very handsome.
"He asked you what you were wearing?"
She was wearing a thin satin woven with brocade silk. The hem of her long skirt was embroidered with begonias. Her skirt was dyed with gouache, and paired with a green lotus-breasted outer garment, it was a unique look.
"So how do you talk to him?"
"I said it was silk. You brought a lot of it."
Chen Shiyi nodded.
"Yes, they are all on board. Do they want them?"
“That should be the idea.”
"What do you want in exchange?"
Uncle Huang started chatting with the people above again.
"He said he could offer gold."
Chen Shiyi thought for a while.
"Uncle, can you help me ask if they can build a port here so that our big ship can dock and have a place to store the cargo?"
Uncle Huang turned around and told Chen Shiyi.
"This is a very important matter. He needs to ask for instructions from above."
During the days of waiting, Chen Shiyi and his team unloaded the cargo from the ship and piled it in a temporary rented house.
She temporarily lives in a house with white walls and crystal tiles in the county town.
The bed was a low platform covered with animal skins and there was no light.
Chen Shiyi finally understood why fish scale crystal was used for the top.
It was so dreamy that I didn’t know what was happening during the day, but once night fell, the whole county was glowing with a faint white light, shrouded in mist and fog.
The fish-scale roof of the house they live in glows at night, just like daylight.
If you can't sleep at night, you can cover your eyes with a black cloth and fall asleep.
Later, when Aunt Huang also came to the county town, she looked solemn when she heard Chen Shiyi's praise.
She told her whole story.
There were many wild beasts and poisonous snakes in Vasati, but they were afraid of light. In order to have a good sleep at night, they made the roof out of glowing crystals to avoid the wild beasts and poisonous snakes.
They do it not for beauty, but for survival.
"Then why doesn't Sari have these?"
Aunt Huang smiled.
"But you also need money. Just like the rich people in Daye eat delicacies from land and sea, but the poor are happy with just a steamed bun."
"But how do they resist the poisonous insects and beasts?"
"My house is built on a night-shining pearl. They don't know that. I have never been to other people's homes. People here are very cautious."
She followed Aunt Huang, and took Fu Da and Bo Yuan to look for various goods to see if they could bring them back to Daye to make a fortune.
Black rice, animal fur, various spices, pearls as big as eyeballs, red corals as tall as a person, and crystal fish scale tiles, I also want to bring some back...
Chen Shiyi has recently fallen in love with eating the grass here.
This kind of grass looks like cabbage, but its leaves are thin and long, white on the bottom and green on the top. It looks good and tastes good. After washing it, it tastes very light and seems to have no taste. After a while, a faint sweetness will overflow from the tip of the tongue and throat. For Chen Shiyi, who had not eaten vegetables on the boat for a long time, he had to hold them in his hands even in his dreams.
They had dinner in the yard of their rented house. The mountain rat meat was soaked in local cooking oil, then roasted over a fire and sprinkled with salt and seasonings they brought with them. It had a unique flavor.
Chen Shiyi always feels hungry at night recently, so she bought all the fruits sold in the county and ate them all at night.
A few people were eating barbecue, and she was eating some fruit on the side.
After eating a green, fist-sized fruit, she felt hot all over.
Her abdomen felt like a fire, burning her entire body. Even her fingertips were burning. She patted her cheeks with her hands, and her cheeks were also burning.