Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 240 Respective New Year Preparations

After opening the box and seeing a large stack of 10-pound banknotes inside, Xio froze in place, and even stopped breathing. After a while, she tried hard to suppress the excitement in her heart, and kept waving: "Forsi , did you see, it's 1000 gold pounds!"

Attracted by this voice, Forsi leaned over and saw the 1000 gold pounds in the box, and said enviously: "With so much money, Hugh, you probably sold yourself to Mr. Hastur, right? "

"What are you talking about, this is the money I earned through my own hard work!"

Xio looked proud, and then told Fors about the cooperation between himself and Hastur.

She thought it would be a lot to give her one or two hundred gold pounds at most, but she didn't expect it to be 1000 gold pounds!

When she spread the news before, she also took the opportunity to sell a lot of materials, earning about 80 gold pounds, and now it is a huge sum of money.

She was so excited that she didn't know how to spend the money, and she definitely wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

"Obviously Mr. Hastur saw you as pitiful and deliberately gave you some work."

"Hmph, you can continue to be envious, this is 1000 gold pounds, is it worth the entire manuscript fee of your entire book?"

"..."

Forsi didn't answer. Her manuscript fee for a book was not that much, usually between a few hundred gold pounds, and she had never received more than 1000 gold pounds.

Xio narrowed his eyes with a smile, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I won't forget you. I will cover all the expenses for this year's New Year's Eve!"

"Really?"

"Of course it is true. I plan to spend 100 gold pounds to have a prosperous New Year."

The New Year of the two of them has always been rich and thrifty.

If you earn more this year, then spend more money to have a good year; if you earn less, then buy some food and stay at home, watching other people wear new clothes and go out on the street.

In the past, Forsi paid a lot of money, Xio had very little savings, and she always wanted to be promoted, so she didn't dare to spend it casually.

"I've been meaning to buy a new dress."

"One skirt is not enough, at least three sets of New Year's clothes are needed!"

Xio generously said that she covered all these expenses, and treated it as a New Year's gift to Forsi.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go out and buy now!"

"Go, don't save me money today!"

Xio led Fors out happily.

On the other hand, as the end of the new year is approaching, Leonard, who can finally rest, listens to his teammates discussing how to celebrate the new year, and silently walks aside, not participating in this topic.

He has always been alone. When he was in Tingen before, he and the captain could make do with the New Year. After all, neither of them had a family, so they happened to stay at the Nighthawk stronghold to celebrate the New Year together.

But this year, he came to Backlund.

Although Klein is still traveling with him, Klein's brother and sister will come to Backlund from Tingen to celebrate the new year in two days.

During this period of time, Klein has been busy with furnishing the new house, and he seems to attach great importance to and look forward to celebrating the New Year.

Although Klein invited him to celebrate the New Year together, he was too embarrassed to disturb their family reunion. After all, they hadn't seen each other for almost half a year, so they must have a lot to say.

"Hey, old man, I can only spend this year with you."

"Hehe, if you didn't refuse at the beginning, you would have had a new family long ago."

"...Old man, can you stop mentioning her, I'm really afraid to meet her again."

"New Year, I remember that this festival is getting more and more attention, it's because of Roselle, he seems to like this festival very much."

"Is it related to Emperor Roselle?"

"During his administration, there were many interesting activities every New Year, and he even asked the factory to give employees a full seven-day holiday so that they can also celebrate the New Year."

Listening to the old man's recounting of the past history, Leonard felt less lonely for a while.

West End.

After finishing his day's work, Klein returned to his newly rented house in the south area of ​​the bridge.

This is also a row house, with three bedrooms and two living rooms, and three bathrooms, which is slightly smaller than the house rented in Tingen.

There is no way, the house price in Backlund is too high, the rental price of the same house is about [-] times that of Tingen.

Although he has some extra income during this period, it is not enough to pay for the cost of buying a new house. He can only rent it for the time being. Before the Chinese New Year next year, he should be able to save enough money to buy a new house.

See if you can buy a small villa in one step.

It is really comfortable to live in a house that is completely your own.

After visiting the house several times, Klein listed the things that still needed to be purchased on the paper.

In two days, Benson and Melissa will arrive in Backlund, and he has to furnish their rooms, which can be regarded as a small surprise for them.

In addition to decorating the room, he also has to prepare some new year goods. How can he not prepare something to eat for the New Year?
As for spending money?
Work hard for a whole year, isn't it just for the happiness of the Chinese New Year in these few days?

The money, saved, is for use at this time.

"Right now, the temperature in Backlund is generally minus seven or eight degrees during the day, and it will be colder at night. Melissa must prepare a new set of warm clothes. This must be done before she arrives in Backlund, otherwise she will definitely He will use all kinds of excuses to refuse."

"Benson came to Backlund, and when he was admitted as a civil servant, he also needed a new set of decent formal attire. He also needed to match him with a tie, pocket watch, and walking stick."

"As for myself...you can also buy a set of more casual clothes. After all, buying summer clothes in winter will save a lot of money."

"In terms of food, beef, fish, and pork are still the main three types of meat. You can also prepare a few special dishes of Backlund, so that Benson and Melissa can try something new."

"During the Chinese New Year, you can also take them to the Queens District, which is the busiest place in Backlund during the New Year."

A smile subconsciously appeared on the corner of Klein's mouth. Celebrating the New Year really feels unreal.

Fortunately, I also have a home here, and I also have relatives to accompany me to celebrate the New Year.

……

House of Earl Hall.

Audrey looked at the maids who were constantly busy, and felt an unspeakable feeling in her heart.

After this new year, she will truly become an adult.

In the aristocratic circle, once a noble lady becomes an adult, her family will arrange a marriage soon, and then she will get married in two or three years.

Whenever she thinks about this question, she is a little bit resistant to growing up.

But adulthood seems to have a magical power, which makes people yearn for it very much.

Obviously there is only one year difference, but adults and minors are different in many ways.

Generally, when they become adults, their parents will not restrict their private life too severely, and will give them more freedom. In many things, they will no longer prohibit this or that, but let them try a lot and get familiar with adults as soon as possible. That set of new rules.

Even when it comes to the issue of men and women, parents have begun to learn to turn a blind eye, and some parents even encourage them to get in touch with some outstanding noble youths.

Once the two look at each other, and weigh the family circumstances of both parties, and feel that it is suitable, they start to arrange a lifetime marriage.

These are the personal feelings of some other noble ladies when she participated in the tea party.

Obviously a lot of their words were complaining, but the smiles on their faces were bright.

It can be seen that they are not very resistant to becoming an adult, but are willing to accept their new identity.

Audrey, who was a little annoyed, couldn't help but sighed as she looked at Susie, who was resting on the ground as usual.

Days like Susie's are sometimes quite enviable. It doesn't seem to have any troubles, whether it's New Year's or other festivals, it doesn't make any difference to it.

How many bones it can eat this year, it will still be the same next year.

Perhaps the only problem it needs to worry about is how much delicious food it can hold in its stomach during the New Year.

"Wang?"

Feeling the gaze from Audrey, Susie raised her head slightly and glanced at Audrey.

"It's alright, just go back to sleep."

Susie buried her head again and began to close her eyes and think about the problem.

This year it is different from previous years. In previous years, it was really sleeping when lying on the ground, but now, it is lying on its stomach and closing its eyes, but its thinking is constantly running.

It is thinking about some big issues in life beyond the life of dogs, such as where do dogs come from and where should they go?
Who are you?

What kind of existence is a dog, and how is it different from humans?
What kind of dog life goals should a dog learn to think?
There are really too many questions worth thinking about, and it also wants to ask Audrey for answers to these questions.

But it understands that it has surpassed Audrey by a lot when it comes to reading.

After all, I read some works of Emperor Roselle every day to learn the knowledge and spirit inside.

And Audrey has to learn some things she doesn't like very much every day, such as dancing, social etiquette, instrumental music painting, various languages, and even political history.

In such a comparison, it felt much happier than Audrey.

As for this year's New Year's gift, it has already thought about it. It wants a whole set of works written by Emperor Roselle on the aspect of thought.

(End of this chapter)