The slightly weird commander's ship girl tour

It was clearly just a breakfast, and quite simple in fact, just white porridge, but it was extremely rich, and the long table was almost full.

When Yixian and the others brought out the dishes, the other girls also came down the stairs one after another.

First came Zhaohe and Yingrui, then Haitian. Haiqi walked at the end, and seemed to be nagging in front of Zhenhai about the bad behavior Huang Chen had done to Maomao before.

Finally it was Harbin. This guy looked like he hadn't slept well. He sat at the table and glared at Huang Chen, as if blaming him for taking away his room.

"It's rare that so many people are here today." Yixian took off her apron, served Huang Chen a bowl of porridge in a small bowl, and said with a smile.

Huang Chen thought of Fushun's miserable appearance just now and immediately laughed.

After breakfast, Zhao and Yingrui were still the ones cleaning up the dishes, but Yixian went back to her room to change her clothes and prepare to go out. She had been busy selling the restaurant these past few days, and today was no exception.

Ninghai and Pinghai hadn't seen Yixian for a long time, and they also clamored to go with them. Zhenhai also went with them. Their jewelry store was still not found, and even no one who was interested had shown up.

But if it really doesn't work out, you can pack it together with the big restaurant.

Huang Chen wanted to go along. He had heard yesterday that the price had been lowered, and he wanted to see what was going on.

Although Yixian said that he was in a hurry to sell and was noticed, Huang Chen suspected that the buyer was trying to lower the price just because she was so young and beautiful.

After all, I am a man, so I won’t be weak in confidence.

However, Yixian and Zhenhai asked him to rest for a while. Harbin even laughed at him for reading too many strange novels. How could a ship girl be bullied by ordinary people?

Despite this, Harbin also chose to go.

This made Huang Chen feel a lot more at ease. No matter what, if he really met someone who was blind, Yixian would probably just refute him with words, but Harbin would really take action.

After Yixian and the others left, the hall felt a little empty.

While they were talking, Anshan and the others had disappeared, perhaps to catch up on some sleep or perhaps to attend to other matters. Haitian, however, said hello to Huang Chen and said they were going back to their rooms to pack up.

In short, when Zhao and Yingrui came out of the kitchen, Huang Chen was the only one left in the hall, lying there doing nothing.

He originally wanted to go back and sleep for a while, or read a book. He brought a commander's manual with him this time. Although he didn't plan to go to the academy for classes, the content was still very important.

But when I lay there, I suddenly didn’t want to move.

"commander?"

Zhaohe came over and poked his head in confusion.

"Maybe she just fell asleep." Ying Rui held his sister's hand, "Stop poking her. Let the commander rest for a while."

"I just got up." Zhao He smiled proudly and was about to leave when he was suddenly grabbed by a hand.

"and many more!"

"W-what!" Zhao He was startled. He turned around and saw that it was only the commander. He was immediately annoyed. "Don't be so jumpy. It's really scary."

"I say...what do you usually do?" Huang Chen raised his head.

"what?"

"Just like usual, um...right now, what are you going to do now?"

"Now... go back and practice dancing?" Zhao He was a little surprised. "Commander, why are you asking this? Ah, could it be that you also want to learn dancing? This..."

"That's not it." Huang Chen stared at the girl's rather embarrassed expression, somewhat speechless. Why do you act like I'm a loser? She also praised me when I was learning dancing with Shengli and the others before.

"Um...by the way, is your jewelry store next door? Take me to have a look." He suddenly became interested and wanted to see what kind of jewelry could be sold in a dedicated store.

"So that's all, Commander, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zhao He breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought you had other ideas."

"What do you mean by other ideas?"

"Hmm..." Zhao He was silent, and Ying Rui suddenly became interested. "Sister, the other ideas you mentioned... Hmm! Hmm!"

The girl didn't finish her words before Zhao He covered her mouth. Although her eyes were wide open, she could only stammer.

Huang Chen watched the girls playing and said nothing, but couldn't help laughing in his heart.

The jewelry store is connected to the restaurant, or it can be said that the jewelry store was originally a part of the restaurant, and several rooms were separated from the restaurant to form the jewelry store.

But the first floors are not connected. When the store was first opened, you could enter directly from the outside, and now you can also go from the second floor.

After Zhao He and Ying Rui finished playing, the girl took Huang Chen to the second floor.

The structure of the second floor is simple, with a long U-shaped corridor, the girls' rooms on both sides, a bathroom at one end, and a small warehouse where Huang Chen is temporarily staying at the other end.

There are two staircases near the end of both sides, one leading to the restaurant and the other leading to the jewelry store.

Zhao He walked to the front and turned on the light in the dark. A room that looked small yet quite large appeared in front of Huang Chen.

It is said to be quite large because the space is indeed quite large, about one-third the size of the hall next to it, and it is no problem to easily fit seven or eight tables.

However, the piled up things made this large room look cramped.

First, there are several tables of various styles, decorated with different patterns, placed in the corners or in the middle of the room.

Then there are several solid wood cabinets against the wall, one of which is filled with books, bamboo slips, pens, inkstones, and various styles, either stacked or displayed in glass cabinets.

On another was a variety of ceramic ornaments: teacups, soup bowls, Jianzhan teapots, vases, blue and white, underglaze red, multicolored, and enamel.

On one was a collection of calligraphy and paintings, some rolled up, others hung against the wall. On another was a chessboard and various black and white chess boxes. On another was a collection of sundries, sandalwood, jade.

Then there are all kinds of things, big or small, scattered in the corners of the room, or piled up on the cabinets, or hung on the wall, or packed in bags.

Some of them he knew, but most of them he didn't know.

Huang Chen even saw a half-human-high stone lion near the gate, buried in a pile of lanterns, with its pitiful head exposed.

"Is this a jewelry store?"

He blinked, feeling that his understanding of the word accessories was different from that of the girls.

Chapter 601 What if I’m not well prepared?

"what's wrong?"

Zhao He didn't understand what Huang Chen meant. He walked to the front in a daze, pulled out a fluffy feather duster from somewhere, and started cleaning the dust on the shelf.

"I say, this doesn't look like a jewelry store at all, does it?" Huang Chen walked to the cabinet where the calligraphy and paintings were displayed and took a closer look. They should just be handicrafts, not antiques.

But he knew nothing about calligraphy and painting, he could only say that it looked beautiful.

"Why isn't this called a jewelry store? What else can it be called if not a jewelry store?" Zhao He felt strange. This place has always been called a jewelry store. Zhenhai called it that, Yixian and the others called it that, and even people who came to buy things called it that.

But now it’s suddenly not called a jewelry store anymore.

The girl puffed her lips, and suddenly remembered that he was the commander, so it didn't seem to matter.

"It's whatever you call it."

She picked up a small teapot, dusted it off, and put it back.

"That's not what I meant." Huang Chen explained, "I just feel... this place is more like, more like..."

He opened his mouth and found that he couldn't summarize his thoughts briefly.

What kind of shop is this? A calligraphy and painting shop? It sells more than just paintings and calligraphy. A porcelain shop? It sells more than just porcelain. If we were to discuss these things purely from a functional perspective, they all have one thing in common: they can serve as decoration in a room.

From this perspective, it seems that there is nothing wrong with calling it a jewelry store.

Or maybe a grocery store? It still doesn't feel right.

"Don't worry, Commander. This is just a small shop with no name." Ying Rui saw Huang Chen's tangled look and comforted him, "It actually started out as Zhen Hai's collection room. She likes to collect valuable things. But later, there were too many things in the collection room, so she wanted to sell some of them."

"Add to that the calligraphy and painting my sister and I sometimes practice, the porcelain and ornaments Haitian and Haiqi sometimes make, and Yixian and her friends sometimes make fans and lanterns. In short, before I knew it, there are so many things piled up here."

"Did everyone make all of this by theirselves?"

Huang Chen was surprised by the calligraphy and painting in front of him, "This..."

"I drew this. Isn't it pretty?" the girl said with a smile.

"Very good, there is no problem as a handicraft." Huang Chen praised.

"So what the Commander is saying is that this is completely unfit as a work of art?"

"No, that's not what I meant." Huang Chen shook his head. "I... just can't make an artistic evaluation with my level."

He spread his hands, looking helpless. "You know, your commander knows nothing about art."

"Commander, you really have to say that!" Ying Rui couldn't help laughing. "Even my sister can produce good works sometimes."

Zhao He immediately retorted by waving a feather duster, almost knocking down the lantern hanging on the roof.

Huang Chen was a little amused and helpless. When Zhao He calmed down and looked at the things in the room again, his mood was completely different from before.

Just now he thought this was just an ordinary shop, but now he knew that most of the goods inside were works of girls. Suddenly, those strange objects, both familiar and unfamiliar, became cute.

Suddenly, his brows furrowed and he looked towards the corner of the room. "Is that stone lion also your work?"

"Stone lion? Ah, that one." Ying Rui was stunned at first, then he followed Huang Chen's gaze and suddenly realized, "That's not a stone lion, it's a statue of the Nian beast. The people in Fushun painstakingly carved it for half a year, but it just hasn't been sold yet."

There's no way this thing can be sold. Who would buy such a weird thing?

It's okay to treat it as an ugly stone lion. The more ferocious it is, the better it can protect the house. But what kind of person would need a Nian beast?

Huang Chen's eyelids twitched. He wanted to ignore it, but he couldn't help asking, "Why would Fushun think of researching something like this?"

"It seems to be... it seems to be from Changchun. There is a statue with Donghuang characteristics. The store doesn't have it yet. It will definitely sell well." Ying Rui thought about it and was a little unsure.

Zhao He, who was working nearby, was deeply impressed. "It's just what Changchun said. Actually, at first we wanted to carve a set of twelve zodiac animals, but later because the workload was too heavy, we changed it to adult animals."

Huang Chen was amazed. On the one hand, he was impressed by Changchun's ability to deceive people, and on the other hand, he was impressed by Fushun's ability to take action.

In the end, I focused my attention on the things in front of me. Ying Rui introduced them on the side and found that many of them were quite interesting.

There is nothing much to clean in a jewelry store, or simple dusting and other work can be done quickly, but if you want to clean it carefully, move the tables, chairs and benches, and clean all the corners and cracks in the house, no matter how much effort you put in, it will not be enough.

Zhao He also came by, cleaned the dust a little and finished quickly, then sat on a dark red armchair and stared at Huang Chen.

"what happened?"

"Nothing." Zhao He shook his head and suddenly opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

"What happened?" Huang Chen put down the scroll in his hand and looked at Ying Rui again, but the girl just shook her head with confusion on her face.

"I just want to ask, when are we leaving?" Zhao He hesitated for a long time and asked.

"When... well, I'm not too sure. It depends on you. When will you be ready?" Huang Chen replied.

"What if we're not ready?"

"Uh..." Huang Chen was stunned. Does that mean he has to stay here forever?

"Ha, ha, just kidding, just kidding." Zhao He laughed dryly twice, then pulled out a small bookmark from the cabinet as if nothing had happened, and slowly put it back, "It's just that Mid-Autumn Festival is next month..."

"Mid-Autumn Festival?" Huang Chen was stunned, feeling that the word was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Yeah, it's August 30th," Zhao He whispered, "Look, it's already the th, and there's only a little over two weeks until Mid-Autumn Festival..."

Huang Chen pursed his lips, but he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Mid-Autumn Festival, is it coming soon? But isn’t August 15th the Mid-Autumn Festival?

But I didn't expect it to happen so soon.

He suddenly felt a little melancholy. "Then let's leave after Mid-Autumn Festival. It's not a big deal. I planned to come here for half a month."

Zhao He suddenly wanted to cheer, but for some reason, he felt depressed and speechless.

"Alright. Don't be so sullen. Cheer up a bit. Didn't I promise to stay until Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Huang Chen looked at Zhao He's tangled expression and laughed immediately, "Even though I agreed, you're still unhappy. You're really hard to deal with."

Zhao He snorted, but didn't say anything else.

Ying Rui also laughed, "Sister is like that. Sometimes she acts like a child."

Chapter 602 Give You the Whole Little Red Flower

"You are the one who looks like a child!!" Zhao He stared at Ying Rui, as if he was going to pounce on him again the next moment.

The latter ignored the challenge and hid behind the commander.

Huang Chen smiled knowingly, watching the girls playing around, but suddenly froze, looking at the things around him, "What should I do with these?"

"Which ones?" Zhao He almost grabbed Ying Rui, but still raised his head when he heard this.

"These are just the ornaments." Huang Chen pursed his lips. "These are all your works. Do you want to take them away?"