Upon entering this narrow street, the strong atmosphere of the Great Xia Dynasty immediately enveloped the area. The shop signs on both sides were all in the style of the Great Xia Dynasty, and instead of Latin, which Qin Mo couldn't understand, they were written in Chinese characters. The shops mainly sold porcelain imported from the Great Xia Dynasty, and business was booming. Occasionally, there was one or two silk shops, but they were rather deserted.
"The capital city has a Silver Sparrow Avenue, and Rome has a Silver Sparrow Alley. I don't know when someone jokingly came up with this name, but none of the Great Xia envoys stationed at the Temple have ever raised any objections, so the name of this street has been settled. When we people who are thousands of miles away from home miss home terribly, we come here to stroll around and have a drink."
After entering Yinque Street, Xu Luo pointed out to Qin Mo as they walked, which restaurant served authentic food, which shop often diluted its wine, and which shop was owned by the Wang family of Daxia. But the more talkative he became, the more Qin Mo felt that he was hiding the homesickness in his eyes.
The dishes at "Liu's Restaurant" are very authentic. As soon as Qin Mo entered, she smelled the genuine aroma of Beijing roast duck, and the various accents of Daxia dialect spoken in the restaurant made her feel even more at home.
"Captain Liu, prepare a feast. This is food for people, not for ghosts," Xu Luo shouted as soon as he entered, clearly familiar with the restaurant.
A lame man came out from behind and chuckled rudely, "Young Master Xu is here. You must be tired of the pig feed on the mountain! It must have been hard for you to endure for two months before coming down the mountain."
When the lame man saw Qu Huan, he immediately became much more respectful and said with a smile, "Lord Qu, it's been a long time since you've come. We happen to have some fresh cod today. Please go to the private room and sit down. I'll prepare it for you."
"Oh! You have cod? Then I'll have to teach you how to cook it." The taciturn Qu Huan told Qin Mo and Xu Luo to go to the private room first, while she followed the boss to the kitchen, clearly having some experience in cooking fish.
"Liu the Cripple used to be a captain in the Great Xia army. He traveled to the Western Continent with the merchant caravans of the Great Xia aristocratic families. He lost his leg halfway there and never went back. He opened this restaurant instead."
"The cripple is honest and his skills are pretty good. Old Qu and I like to come here to get together and ask about all sorts of news from Great Xia. To be honest, we only get one letter home a year. This year, Great Xia won a great victory over the orcs in the north, so we only received an extra letter from home. It's just too far away here."
It was only then that Xu Luo showed his homesickness. Separated by thousands of miles and years, a letter would take more than half a year to arrive, which was a cruel torment.
"Qu Huan stayed there for twenty years...didn't he encounter any suitable high-level scriptures?"
Xu Luo glanced at Qin Mo and said dejectedly, "I've encountered him twice, but I haven't been able to fully comprehend him. He's been stuck at the last step for five years and still can't enter the Earth Realm. If you ask me, this kind of opportunity is rare and hard to come by. Just be good enough. Are you going to die here?"
"I won't die here. At most, I'll wait three more years. If I don't get the opportunity, I'll go back. My son is about to get married, so I have to go back." Qu Huan came in from outside, plopped down in a chair, picked up the wine jug, and drank it all in one go.
Qin Mo looked at Qu Huan's displeased expression and asked cautiously, "Didn't you say that serving the Holy Temple would give you priority in selection? Brother Qu, with your current peak Profound Realm skills... is there really no use for them?"
Xu Luo slammed his fist on the table, angrily saying, "Don't even mention serving the Temple, that's a real rip-off!" Want to chat with more like-minded people about "Sailing and Conquest"? Follow "Youdu Literature" on WeChat to read novels, discuss life, and find kindred spirits!
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