1986: My Happy Life in Provence

Chapter 170 'Noble' Movement

The artifact exhibition Zoe is attending will last for three days.

This is the first important event in her life, and as parents we must go to support our daughter.

On the morning of the last day of the exhibition, Ronan drove Louis and Leah to Aix.

In addition to watching the closing ceremony in the afternoon and taking Zoe back to Lourmarin, Ronan also wanted to visit the hunting supply store in Aix.

There is still more than a month before the hunting season begins. Ronan has already asked his friends for information on retro guns. If he can't find any, he will ask Theo to borrow one. The guy has several anyway, and Theo is eager to let Ronan try out his "big treasures".

You don't have to rush to buy a gun, but you need to prepare the equipment first.

After returning to Lourmarin this time, Ronan will start the intensive work of restaurant decoration. He may not have the time and energy to go to the big city again, so he might as well do more things at once.

On the way, Louis told Ronan that Zoe would meet them at the hunting supplies store in Aix. After shopping, the four of them would have lunch and go to the exhibition in the afternoon.

"Zoe must be very tired these days, there's no need to call her over." Ronan said to Leah in the back row, "Leah, you don't have to accompany me. I'll take you and Zoe to the cafe, and Louis and I will come to you right after we finish shopping."

Ronan thinks there is something wrong with Louis's arrangement.
Why would any woman like to go to a hunting supply store?
Didn't you see how they looked when they saw the nomadic tools at the 'Migration Festival' market?

Leah leaned her head towards the front row:

"I'll go with you. Zoe wants to go too."

Ronan thought that Leia was being polite to him, and continued to persuade her:
"I'm very quick. I'll finish shopping in half an hour at most."

Louis asked Ronan:
"What do you want to buy at the hunting supply store?"

Ronan tapped the steering wheel and said:

"I want to buy some professional hunting clothes, hunting tools and outdoor equipment."

Hunting clothes can also be worn when picking truffles, so you can buy a few more.

The same goes for props and equipment, and this year Ronan is going to improve his winter truffle picking experience in all aspects.

Louis shrugged and said:
"Then it will take you at least two hours. It's impossible to buy everything in half an hour."

"Two hours?" Ronan smiled and tilted his head. "I've never walked around Paris for two hours."

Louis laughed a few times:

"That's because you haven't been to a professional hunting supply store, especially one in Provence. I swear, no man can leave there easily, not one!"

Ronan also smiled and shrugged:

"Look at all the different types of guns? But I'm not buying a gun today."

Hunting supply stores also sell guns, but Ronan doesn't have this schedule today.

"It's not about guns, it's about buying clothes!" Louis clapped his hands excitedly, "That will take up a lot of your time. The last time I came with Alan, that guy spent a whole morning shopping!"

"It's just a camouflage uniform. Does it take so much time?" When Ronan was taking the hunting license exam, several instructors were wearing camouflage uniforms of similar style and color.

Ronan thought that was pretty good.

Louis' eyes widened in disbelief:
"My God, you're going to go hunting in those 'vulgar' clothes? This is France, not Germany!"

Leah in the back row smiled and explained to Ronan:
"Hunting has been a 'noble' sport in France for hundreds of years. Men in Provence can live without suits, but they cannot live without good-looking hunting clothes. If you wear camouflage clothes, your friends will refuse to go up the mountain with you."

Ronan tilted his head back:

"Is it hunting or 'beauty pageant'?"

Louis smacked his lips unhappily:

“This is the elegance and romance of the Provencal people!”

Ronan smiled and said:
"That's great. Leah has such a good sense of taste. She will definitely match the most elegant and romantic hunting outfit for me."

Ronan was deeply impressed by the traditional southern French costumes that Leah made for her and Louis, they were so beautiful!

Leia patted the back of Ronan's seat, her tone filled with undisguised happiness and pride:

"There's someone else in our family who's the best at dressing."

"Hello, my model." Zoe teased Ronan as soon as she saw him.

Zoe changed her outfit again today. Her long golden hair was slightly curled and her white dress looked as beautiful as anything in a magazine.

Ronan looked her up and down:
"I almost forgot that Louis' family has a 'fashion' master."

Zoe is without a doubt the best dressed girl in Lourmarin.

Zoe put her arm around her mother, Leah, and eagerly took them into the hunting supplies store:
"Before you came, I went in and took a look around. Today I have a lot of room to play."

Ronan came to the largest hunting supplies store in Aix.

It is divided into several areas according to guns, ammunition, gun accessories, hunting clothing, warm gear, hunting accessories and hunting knives.

After the waiter learned of Ronan's needs, he patiently introduced it to him:
"Although it is generally believed that the most important tools for hunting are guns and their equipment, from a professional perspective, safety is definitely the most important thing. Clothes that can protect the body and comfortable and durable shoes can help you move freely and comfortably in complex terrain and tense situations, making hunting safe."

Ronan nodded in agreement:
“Professional clothing and shoes can also make things easier.”

A few months ago, Ronan went into the mountains to pick French lilies and suffered a lot because he didn't have professional costumes and props. After that, he vowed to equip himself from head to toe.

He brought enough cash today.

The waiter walked away and said:

"Let's look at clothing first. Hunting clothes and shoes should be made of lightweight materials, but at the same time strong and waterproof."

The image of camouflage uniforms immediately appeared in Ronan's mind, but he unexpectedly discovered that the largest hunting equipment store in Aix did not have such a thing!
The whole wall is covered with nice jackets, and underneath are pants and various boots.

When Ronan was "dazzled by the flowers", the waiter continued to put pressure on him:
"Do you want to buy winter clothes, spring and autumn clothes, or summer clothes? I can give you some recommendations."

"I--" Ronan's eyes gradually became blurred.

Are these hunting clothes?
How come it’s better looking than the men’s clothes in Paris clothing stores?
Hunting is not just a 'noble' sport, it is also a 'fashion' sport!
Zoe rescued Ronan in time and asked the waiter:
“Can we match our own?”

The waiter nodded:
"Of course, the changing room is over there."

Zoe turned back to Ronan and said:

"Then let's start in the summer? I remember you also have to go up the mountain in the summer."

Ronan smiled brilliantly:
"Okay, I'll give myself to you today." Ronan's wish came true.

Zoe really armed him from head to toe.

When Ronan came out wearing the first outfit carefully designed by Big Art Zoe, the waiters all gathered around him.

"That's amazing! Even the hats match."

Ronan looked at himself in the mirror uncomfortably.

A plaid shirt, dark brown overalls, a hunting vest of the same color as the pants, and a dark grey beret.
"I almost don't recognize myself anymore." Ronan muttered softly.

Zoe carefully straightened Ronan's collar:
"dislike?"

[The opposite sex you like will carefully match your clothes for you, increasing your happiness by 10 points]

Ronan was startled:
"No, no, no, it looks great!"

Then he immediately said to the waiter:

"I want all of this set."

"Yes, sir!" the waiter agreed happily.

Zoe looked up and asked:
"You won't try anything else?"

Ronan excitedly went to the locker room to change clothes:

"Please give me a spring and autumn outfit. I believe it will look better than this one."

A few minutes later.

When Leah saw Ronan's new outfit, she smiled and said:
"Look, the most handsome hunter in Lourmarin has appeared!"

Louis touched Ronan's jacket jealously:
"This dress is really nice. For the sake of nice clothes, I need to consider getting a license."

Louis is one of the few people around Ronan who does not have a hunting license. He said he is not very interested in hunting.

But it seems that he is quite interested in hunting clothes.

Zoe took a baseball cap and put it on Ronan's head, then stepped back a few steps to carefully examine her work:
"It's OK. You can change your pants into the ones you just wore."

[The opposite sex you like will carefully match your clothes for you, increasing your happiness by 10 points]

"I want this one too." Ronan said to the waiter.

"Yes, sir!" The waiter smiled from ear to ear.

Today is a great day, I met a big client.

Zoe poked her head out from behind the clothes rack:

"Should we prepare extra clothes for winter?"

Ronan will be in the mountains all winter.

Ronan nodded:

"Yes, you can prepare a few more sets."

Zoe's fingers slid back and forth across the clothes:
"Aristocratic sport requires aristocratic attire."

Ronan changed his clothes for the third time and appeared in front of everyone.

"You look good in any style of clothes!" said the waiter who served Ronan sincerely.

Their clothes are indeed beautiful, but not everyone can wear them in that way.

Especially Ronan's "retro" hunting outfit.

The person who matches the clothes is great, and the person who wears them is even more amazing.

Louis curled his lips:

"Well, you do have a bit of my youthful style."

"Louis, you're too short. Wearing a coat with long boots is a disaster." Leah looked at Ronan enviously, "But Ronan has no problem wearing it!"

Zoe wasn't sure if Ronan liked this style, so she asked as she adjusted his 'gentleman's hat':

"What do you think, are you used to wearing it?"

Ronan lowered his head and smiled and asked:
"Do you think it looks good?"

Zoe looked at him carefully for a long time:
"I think it looks pretty."

She looked up and smiled at Ronan:
"You have the capital to wear it."

[The opposite sex you like will carefully match your clothes for you, increasing your happiness by 10 points]

"Bought it!" Ronan said proudly.

A few waiters were laughing nearby.

It was clearly the boy who bought the clothes, but how come he looked like he was doting on his wife?
Ronan just ordered the third outfit, and Zoe's fourth outfit is also ready:

"Finally, try a more 'casual' set."

Another few minutes passed.

Wearing a green coat, green overalls and a woolen hat, Ronan appeared in front of everyone in a new style.

The waiters asked in surprise:

"Sir, is your girlfriend a fashion designer?"

Four sets of clothing in four styles, from southern French countryside, to British gentleman, to French retro, and now to the current "fashion" trend.

Is this girl some 'master' from Aix?

Zoe tried to hold back her laughter and help the shy Parisian boy, but Ronan proudly said to the waiters:
“Not a costume designer, but she’s the best artist in Provence!”

Leah excitedly grabbed Louis' arm.

Oh my god, Ronan didn't say 'no'!
(End of this chapter)