Chapter 39 Another one is crazy

Chapter 39 Another one is crazy

Gift?

Give me?

So... free?

Rather than "making friends", Harold first associated Dolly's words with the word "free".

That's great, I love free stuff.

Harold thought.

But if he had to associate "free" with Dolly, the profiteer, he would have to be wary.

He had not forgotten that in the main storyline of the game Xumi, at the instigation of Dolly, the Traveler bought [One-handed Sword Combat Skills VIII] with 3 Mora. In the end, this canned knowledge permanently increased the Traveler's attack power by points.

Harold didn't know what other players were thinking, but he wanted the 100,000 Mora more.

He is missing Mora, whether in his previous life or now.

"What does Master Dolly want to give me?" Harold asked with pretended curiosity.

"It's what you urgently need right now," Dolly said, extending her right hand to Harold.

Harold understood and half-knelt down, holding the little hand with three gold rings on it and shaking it gently.

Dolly smiled even more happily. She turned to the porter beside her and said, "Go and move the things I put in 'that' warehouse. I want to give a little gift to my new friend Harold."

"Okay, sir."

The porter responded and immediately took a few companions into a small tent next to Dolly's temporary residence.

After a while, they came out in groups of two, each carrying an iron cage.

Ah, it turns out to be a fake flower.

Harold understood. It should be the last time he and Dolly mentioned the nectar of the deceptive flower, Dolly immediately used her prestige among the merchants to collect the deceptive flowers in Xumi City.

However, things like the Liar Flower are not necessities and are quite expensive. Although some wealthy people like to keep them as pets and some alchemists will buy them as alchemical materials, their demand is ultimately not large.

So that's why you're planning to give it to me as a favor?

Harold looked at the five iron cages in front of him with a relatively calm mood. He had already obtained ten Lizards. In the early stages of the project, the more Lizards the better, but how can adding icing on the cake compare to providing timely assistance?

If Dolly had taken out the Liar Flower a few days earlier, he might have behaved a little out of control. But now, he has ten Liar Flowers, and these five Liar Flowers will not bring him any more trouble.

Well, if all five were really given away for free, then he could still create some more "waves".

After all, the price of five Mora flowers exceeds five million Mora!

five million!

A huge sum of money!

"Right away, carry these five liar flowers and the other equipment bought by my friends onto the boat. Keep your eyes open and be careful. These things are super, super expensive. You can't afford to pay for them if they are broken," Dolly ordered, with her hands on her hips.

The porters quickly nodded and bowed to show that they would not let Master Dolly down.

"Look, my friend, I am so generous to you by giving you five lilies at once," Dolly smiled at Harold.

"These flowers would have become the pets of the rich, or become ornamental objects in the cupboard, or become the protagonists of the arena. You know, rich people always have some unknown habits. I could have sold them to these people, or given them to them, so as to make friends with more rich people and earn more Mora, but I didn't do that. Instead, I gave them all to you——"

Dolly suddenly stopped and stared at Harold with burning eyes, motioning him to make some gesture.

Harold calmly responded, "Well, I'm grateful to you, Dolly... well, Dolly."

Harold swallowed the word "master" in time. The relationship between them suddenly changed from business dealings to "friends", and the way they addressed each other naturally had to change as well.

Dolly nodded, satisfied with Harold's advice: "And I can give you much more than that, my friend."

Dolly said as she jumped onto a wooden box in the corner, then knocked on the wooden boxes stacked on the second floor with her hand: "This is what I'm talking about. You must need it. Come on, open it. This is the second surprise I prepared for you."

So mysterious?

The wooden box was just as ordinary as the other boxes next to Dolly's house. Haroldt unconsciously began to guess what was in the box. Even though he knew that this must be another way for Dolly to sell her goods, he still couldn't control his thoughts.

I have to say that Dolly knows how to handle customers.

Harold complained in his heart and walked to Dolly. The box was at the same height as Dolly who was standing on the wooden box. For Harold, it was at his waist and he could open it with just one hand.

Dolly made a "please" gesture and smiled smugly, as if she knew that Harold would be conquered by her goods.

Harold paused for a moment, then opened the wooden box.

The moment he opened the wooden box, he smelled the unique fragrance of the plant.

Plants?

Harold, who had studied biology all his life, instantly became interested and opened the entire box.

There are no beautiful flowers or sweet fruits, only ugly tuberous rhizomes.

Although it looked like an ordinary thing, Harold's eyes lit up.

“Processed Dun Dun peach tubers?”

"No, no, no, no, no," Dolly held up a finger and waved it, "you should call it the 'Peach' vine."

Fairy peach?

Is there such a thing in Teyvat?

Harold examined the contents of the box again and was quite sure that these were the tubers of the peaches which he had processed yesterday afternoon.

Seeing that Harold didn't understand, Dolly hurriedly explained, "The so-called 'immortal peach' is a type of Dun Dun peach, which was discovered by a plantation owner accidentally. This type of Dun Dun peach is twice as sweet as ordinary Dun Dun peaches, and the yield is not low. One plant can produce 7-9 fruits, so the plantation owner named it 'immortal peach'."

Maybe it was a natural mutation caused by the encounter with Dun Dun Tao? Harold thought in surprise.

...What kind of luck this person has! The probability of natural plant mutation is basically below 2 in a million. This probability is so low that the people on Blue Star have been forced to send plant seeds into outer space to expose them to radiation, gravity, and vacuum to increase the mutation rate.

I didn't expect that someone on the continent of Teyvat could accidentally find a naturally mutated Dun Dun peach in his own orchard, and it's twice as sweet. This is probably due to the bonus of the earth veins. It would be impossible on Blue Planet. It would take at least a thousand years to make the fruit twice as sweet.

"That's a good name, and he has a good business sense, too," Dolly nodded to herself and continued.

Harold also agreed with this point. He used cultural differences to increase the sense of mystery without making the rainforest people and desert people with different beliefs dissatisfied. He really has business acumen.

"But his vision and luck were still a little lacking," Dolly said with some regret. "After he discovered this kind of peach, he immediately started breeding it, and in a few years he had grown a large area of ​​'immortal peaches'.

He thought that this new type of Dun Dun peach, which was much sweeter than ordinary Dun Dun peaches, would be a big seller. However, everyone thought that this type of Dun Dun peach was too sweet. It was sweet at first bite and lacked the unique fruity flavor that Dun Dun peaches should have. As a result, no one was interested in the several acres of Dun Dun peaches he planted. In the end, they could only fall to the ground and become fertilizer for the soil.

Harold was listening attentively when Dolly suddenly raised her voice: "But just when he was most desperate, the merciful Sangge Mahabayi lent him a helping hand! He bought all the fruits and the tubers of the fairy peach in his hands at 70% of the price of the Dun Dun peach!"

Damn it, the twice-sweet Dun Dun peaches were bought out by this unscrupulous businessman!

Harold immediately understood what Dolly meant, and immediately wanted to take out the book and hit her on the head.

"Would you like to try it?" Dolly jumped down from the box, kicked open the lid of the box in front of her, took out a peach, cut off a piece with a knife and handed it to Harold, raising her eyebrows at him, "Hmm?"

Harold reached out, took the fruit slice and put it directly on his tongue. The sweetness instantly took over his taste buds.

Harold nodded after eating: "It is indeed sweet."

It really doesn't have much fruity flavor, no wonder it can't be sold in the fruit market.

Why don't you try selling them as condiments?! Do you have to sell them to Dolly?

Harold felt resentful of an unknown plantation owner, even though he was just a victim.

But Harold knew that if he wanted to complete his research, he had to buy this peach that was twice as sweet, unless he wanted to take the chance of less than two in a million.

Harold had no doubt that Dolly was planning to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune from him.

"How about it, are you tempted? If it were someone else, I wouldn't take these things out. I can definitely make a lot of Mora by selling them myself, but it's different for you. We are friends, right? Friends should take care of each other. Today, you only need to give me 5 million Mora and you can take all these peach vines away," said Dolly.

...Five million again? Isn't that the price of five liar flowers?

Harold looked at the flower cage that was lying idle with the experimental equipment, his thoughts wandering.

...When you think about it this way, it doesn't seem to be a loss... After all, it's a buyout, so it's understandable that it's a bit more expensive.

Anyway, after buying this, he will still have 20 million Mora left, which is enough for him to finish the project of Pianpianhua. When he completes the first phase of research and produces corresponding results, he will write a report to Azar and ask that old Deng to give him more gold coins.

Well...anyway, it's Hazard's money that he spends, so he doesn't feel bad about it, really.

Harold convinced himself.

"In addition, I will give you three boxes of 'immortal peaches' as a gift!" Dolly patted the wooden box beside her, "Am I being nice to you? These are all the research materials you need, but the immortal peaches will soon become shriveled if left in the air. How are you going to preserve them?

Of course, I bought the latest fruit preservation machine from Fontaine! It is driven by pure elemental force and has a large capacity. As long as there is enough energy, it can keep fruits fresh for a year. How much should I spend to buy such an excellent product? Let me see, wow~ Today's special offer, it only costs 5 million Mora! It's really affordable!"

Harold: ...

So you were waiting for me here?

"What is that?" Dolly dodged and passed by a marble book. A pink and purple town spirit suddenly appeared and expanded to the size of a water-shaped phantom man.

"My book, it's a little naughty," Harold stretched out his hand, and "Sumeru Ancient Characters Collection" fell into his hand like a boomerang with a "whoosh".

He didn't mean to hit Dolly, really, it was just that when he got emotional, he hit people.

"I bought it," Harold said as he "carried" the book back.

He really needs this thing. Originally, he planned to buy it in the next experimental stage, but since he needs to store the boxes of Dun Dun Peaches that Dolly gave him, he may as well buy it now. As for the funding...it may be a little tight at this stage, but 15 million Mora will definitely be enough.

"You are worthy of being my friend Dolly. I knew you had good taste!" Dolly smiled happily. "My friend Harold, I have shown my sincerity. What about yours?"

Harold: ...

Then the ten million Moras doesn’t count, right?