northernbook Chapter 270 Black shop!
Chapter 270 Black shop!
After the little episode, Tinari took out a letter and handed it to Ying.
"This is a letter sent to you from Xumi City. It was just delivered yesterday."
Ying opened the envelope with some curiosity, still wondering who the sender was. Paimon ignored the burning pain on his tongue and flew to Ying's side to look at the letter together.
Just after finishing watching, Paimeng looked at Ying excitedly,
"Nelue asked us to attend the party!"
In Paimeng's eyes, a banquet is a gathering where people can eat and drink for free!
Free and unlimited buffet!
So the two said goodbye to Cole and Tinari and set out on their journey to Xumi City.
Of course, before leaving, Tinari thoughtfully prepared medicine for Paimon to treat burns. Well, this time it was not hot, but it was indeed bitter.
Paimon:╥﹏╥...
The two woke up in the morning. Under Paimeng's constant urging, they traveled at a very fast speed. Before noon, they arrived at Xumi City, which they had been away from for a long time.
Pedestrians on the street no longer had the void terminals that were previously everywhere, and Ying and Paimeng heard a lot of complaints along the way, saying that life had become more troublesome.
However, most people just take a laissez-faire attitude. As long as they are alive, life must go on. After all, losing the void terminal will not make today's vegetables more expensive by dozens of Mora.
Due to the constant rush on the road, Paimeng arrived at Xumi City and was already leaning weakly on Ying's shoulder. She weakly stretched out her finger and pointed at a small stall on the roadside.
"Ying, I see Shaobing over there waving at me~"
Ying chuckled, pinched Paimon's face, and walked straight to the stall Paimon mentioned. The food here is pretty good, and Ying has eaten here several times before.
The stall sells very common wraps, but if there's anything special about them, it's that they're incredibly expensive...
Ying looked at the stall owner in disbelief.
"How much do you think this cake costs?"
"1200 Mora!"
Ying's eyes became sharp, she felt like she was being ripped off!
She clearly remembered that before he fell into a coma, a full-sized burrito only cost 800 Mora! But now, just a basic burrito with two pieces of meat added cost 1200 Mora!
"How many?!"
"1200, thank you for your patronage~"
"This is a shady shop! I'm going to report you to the Ordinance House!"
"Then you go."
The shop owner didn't say much, just put the pancake aside and ignored Ying.
This scene also made Ying feel that something was a little wrong. Why are the black shops that rip people off so confident nowadays?
Is there someone behind this guy?
But soon, Ying understood why this guy's price was so outrageous, or in fact, the prices in the entire Xumi City had increased to a certain extent, basically maintaining more than 1.5 times.
This data was obtained by analyzing and comparing her previous consumption data in Xumi City, although the data was basically all about food.
Ying and Paimeng sat in a roadside restaurant and ate dishes that made their hearts bleed, even though they tasted good.
Even Paimon, who was always so calm, asked with some concern,
"Ying, why does it cost so much to eat in Xumi City?"
Unfortunately, Ying also wants to know why!
If she only relied on the savings she had saved from doing commissions in Xumi during this period, she and Paimon could only survive in Xumi for less than a month!
This is just considering eating...
After a quick lunch, Yingma rushed to Jingshan Palace with Paimeng in her arms. She didn't believe that Elhaisen and Nashida would not notice such an outrageous price problem!
Paimeng looked at the remaining food with some distress as it gradually disappeared from her sight.
"Ying, we can actually pack..."
Ying paused for a moment, and after a moment, Ying rushed towards Jingshan Palace again, holding Paimeng in one hand and a packing bag in the other.
......
"No, this scene is too funny!"
"Shocked, as the most enthusiastic yellow-haired man in Teyvat, he's missing Mora?"
"Shouldn't the focus be on why prices in Xumi have become so expensive?"
"Do you know how many Moras a Xumi biscuit costs? 50 Moras! That much Moras can't even fit in a carriage!"
"Holy crap, what kind of failed art student from Teyvat?"
......
Since Ying's identity had already been revealed by Nashida, all the people in Xumi now knew the contribution Ying had made to saving the gods.
Therefore, the two of them met Nashida very smoothly, and learned from her some of the things that happened when they were unconscious.
The most important thing is that with the joint efforts of Elhaisen and Senor, the ugly face of the former great sage Azar, who imprisoned gods for his own selfish desires and used the name of the Great Kindness Tree King to suppress the Little Auspicious Grass King, has taken root in the hearts of the people of Xumi.
Now when anyone mentions the great sage, they won't say a word.
"Bah! It's such an easy death!"
Of course, the above conditions are not enough to make Hazard fall to the point where everyone scolds him, mainly because Elhaisen added a sentence,
"The sinner Azar, using his position as a great sage to gain wealth, the amount involved is as high as hundreds of millions of Mora..."
To put it simply, it is to tell the people of Xumi that it is not your fault that you are poor, it is because that bastard Hazard took your money!
At this point, the crowd was outraged and denounced Hazard.
There were also people who burst into foul language on the spot.
"Your mother, give me your money back!"
Well, the matter of the void terminal was also attributed to Azar by Elhaisen.
Anyway, the dead can't talk, and Elhaisen is not worried at all that Hazard can avoid the blame.
As for whether other members of Hazard’s party will refute, come on, what do you think Seno has been doing all this time?
According to Nashida, the only thing Senor had been asking her recently was when the new prison would be completed...
After listening to Nashida's description, Ying and Paimon opened their mouths wide. They never expected that Azar could be so useful after his death!
As expected, it’s El Haisen!
However, Ying's doubts were still not resolved.
"So, why have prices in Xumi City become so much higher?"
Nashida's big eyes flickered, and she avoided Ying's gaze before speaking.
"As I just said, the Great Sage stole a lot of the wealth of the people of Xumi. So after the Great Sage was overthrown, the wealth he left behind was naturally distributed to the people of Xumi..."
Ying understood what Nashida meant and nodded helplessly, while Paimon pondered for a moment and suddenly said "Oh".
“So why are things getting more expensive?”
As expected of Paimon! *2
Nashida smiled and tried to explain it to Paimon using a simple analogy.
"Suppose you have 100 Mora and you can buy a drink. But today, you suddenly have 1000 Mora. What will you do?"
Paimon scratched his head.
"I'll definitely buy some more drinks."
"Yes, many people think so. But if the drink shop only has one drink left in a day, and you, me, and Ying all want to buy it, do you think it will still sell for 1 Mora?"