In any powerful or influential family, it's almost embarrassing to call oneself an aristocrat if you don't own several clocks and watches.
As mentioned earlier, the clocks set by the goblins are not exorbitantly priced, but they are not affordable for many people either.
At least many ordinary people are constantly worried about food and clothing, so they don't care about what time it is.
If old John and Ella hadn't been so used to knowing the exact time, they wouldn't have gritted their teeth and spent so much money to buy a grandfather clock.
Thanks to this clock, old John and Ella didn't oversleep for too long.
"I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting."
Old John apologized to Carl again.
Carl said the two of them had just arrived and hadn't been waiting long.
"I wonder how well you two have packed. If you're all ready, we can get ready to leave soon."
After hearing what Carl said, Old John immediately said that the luggage was all packed and just needed to be loaded onto the carriage.
Seeing this, Carl and Lady tied the swift horse to the side and helped old John and his wife put away their luggage.
Thanks to the help of Lady and Carl, Old John had no problem with the rest of the luggage, but he was stumped by the five jars of wine.
Each of the large, fat wine jars was quite heavy, and he couldn't move them by himself.
After a long while, he finally managed to move the jar of strong liquor he had drunk from next to the carriage.
Just as Old John was struggling to lift it and was about to call Ella for help, Lady walked up to Old John and, without saying a word, easily lifted it and placed it inside the carriage.
"Wow, that's quite heavy!" Lady clapped her hands, raising an eyebrow in surprise.
I never expected that this short, chubby black jar would be so heavy.
“Old John, you should stay here. Leave the rest of the wine jars to me and Carl.”
After saying that, Lady, with a hearty smile, patted Old John on the shoulder like a good buddy.
It was as if the two had not just met yesterday, but had been old friends for many years.
Old John didn't mind Lady's behavior at all.
However, he would be more satisfied if Lady had toned down the force with which she patted his shoulder.
Just then, Carl came out of the distillery carrying a jar of wine and saw Lady's disrespectful behavior.
"Lady!" Carl called out his name with a veiled warning, "Hurry up and come help!"
"Okay, okay!"
Unexpectedly, Carl caught her red-handed. Lady touched her nose, feeling a little embarrassed, and immediately put her arm down on Old John's shoulder.
Then, he smiled obsequiously at Karl and jogged into the distillery to fetch more wine.
Carl carried the wine to the carriage, placing it on the carriage as he apologized to old John.
"Sir, I'm sorry, Lady was rude."
“No, no,” Old John chuckled, unconcerned. “It’s fine if Lady calls me that, Carl can call me and Ella that too.”
"Ella and I are just commoners, and we do not deserve your honorific titles."
Ella, standing to the side, smiled and echoed her agreement, clearly quite in favor.
Seeing that the two of them really didn't care at all, Carl didn't refuse and nodded in agreement: "In that case, old John and Ella can get on the carriage and wait for a while. Lady and I will finish moving soon."
"Thank you very much."
Old John thanked Ella repeatedly.
The two then followed Karl's instructions and boarded the carriage to wait.
It must be said that those who can be explorers are indeed much stronger than ordinary people. At least this wine jar, two people can basically lift it by one person, and it doesn't take much effort at all.
In just two or three trips, Carl and Lady had moved all of Old John's remaining five jars of wine, and neither of them was out of breath.
After everything was packed and they were about to leave, Karl discovered a problem.
No one was willing to drive the carriage, and although old John offered to drive, Carl politely declined.
Although the Swift Horse is obedient and docile in front of explorers, it is still a hybrid of the Wind Horse and an ordinary horse, and contains half of the blood of magical beasts.
When faced with civilians weaker than himself, the swift horse will not obediently listen.
Therefore, either Carl or Lady would be needed to drive the carriage.
After thinking for a moment, Karl placed his horse alongside the two horses on the carriage.
"Lady, I'll drive first, and then we can switch later."
Lady had no objection to Carl's suggestion, or rather, she was delighted with it.
He had long wanted to test the speed of such a robust horse, and luckily Karl was ahead of him, so he could run for a while without any worries.
Lady immediately nodded vigorously at Carl.
Lady's thoughts were written all over her face, and Carl could see them clearly.
This time, he didn't warn Lady again, after all, he also wanted to try such a nimble and fast horse later.
After discussing it, the two set off immediately.
"drive!"
Soon, one person on horseback and another driving a carriage left the spot.
Old John felt the carriage start to move, and he opened the wooden window to take one last look at the place where he had lived for twenty years.
It's time to leave!
Old John felt an indescribable melancholy.
Just then, his hand, which was at his side, was gripped tightly.
Old John turned his head and saw it was Ella.
Although Ella's eyes were filled with tears, the corners of her mouth turned up in a joyful smile.
Old John knew what Ella was happy about, so he not only squeezed her hand in return but also gave her the same smile.
At this moment, the melancholy in his heart slowly faded away, and was submerged by a gentle joy.
Soon, no, finally, they will find their daughter, after waiting for so many years!
It must be said that there is still a significant gap between different speed horses.
As for Karl, simply by driving the carriage, he could sense that the speed of these swift horses was no slower than when they had ridden there before.
Not to mention Lady, who had quickly sped off outside the gates of East City.
Wow!
Lady stopped, let out a strange cry, and the loud sound caused the timid birds in the surrounding woods to flee in fear.
A whooshing sound came, and several birds flew straight up into the sky, passing over Lady's head.
Seeing this, Lady whistled again, feeling incredibly pleased!
However, after resting for a while, he soon heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him.
Lady turned her head and saw it was Carl. She immediately shouted "Giddy up!" and sped off.
The four of them continued their journey towards Hope City.
Because of the presence of Mr. and Mrs. John, Carl slowed down his journey to ensure he ate three meals a day on time.
They traveled for several days without incident, and encountered no danger.
Until they arrived at Thunder Valley.
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