Chapter 9 Magical Sugar

The day after seeing off the young couple Ludwig Gauss and Christina Dumas, Lucifer's store experienced a peak in customer flow.

It was said to be the peak period, but in fact, in the morning, shortly after the store opened, four new customers arrived, all in pairs. They were all couples.

"Excuse me, did Miss Alexandre Dumas come here yesterday?" someone from the first couple confirmed.

While answering the new guest's question, Lucifer asked curiously: "Did Miss Dumas introduce you to my place?"

"Ah, it doesn't count." The girl in the couple waved her hands and said sheepishly, "I saw her article in Eden Daily..."

Lucifer raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Newspaper?...

"But why Alexandre Dumas?" Lucifer couldn't help but ask, "She has a sister?"

Not married, it must be different from the earth, and he does not have a son, Dumas, but this title is enough to make him a drama!

"No, there is just a younger Miss Dumas who often contributes to newspapers. I call her that for the convenience of distinction."

Lucifer: "…………"

Okay, now that Alexandre Dumas is here, I wonder if I can see this world's version of "The Count of Monte Cristo".

He didn't say anything more about this, but moved out the chessboard and asked the couple: "So, do you two have to go through a trial, or..."

The girl looked at Lucifer's smile and was in a daze for a moment. Her boyfriend coughed, and she suddenly came back to reality: "Ah, he is good at math, so he is here."

The boyfriend understood his girlfriend's behavior just now, so he wasn't angry at all. It could even be said that he sat obediently opposite Lucifer, listened to Lucifer explain the rules of backgammon, and planned to behave well.

Then I lost a lot.

Lucifer didn't want this either. How could he make money if this person lost? But his skills were so poor that he had already released the flood instead of releasing water. He still couldn't lose, and he was in a difficult situation.

Moreover, this person's level is really average, not even one-tenth of Gauss's. Even if he wants to be accommodating and say "I see what I want in you", it won't work, because the other person won't believe it himself.

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Just at this awkward moment, the second couple came in. Lucifer breathed a sigh of relief, leaving space for the first couple to discuss what to do next, and went to receive the second couple himself.

Not surprisingly, the second couple also learned about his store from the newspaper.

Among the second couple, the one who was good at math was a girl. Lucifer didn't dare to get on by himself. What if the other couple lost again, so he asked the newcomer to compete with the boys in the first group.

Although this boy already had experience playing against Lucifer, he still lost to the new girl. It can only be said that his qualifications are really not good.

The girls in the losing group couldn't help it anymore and asked Lucifer: "Well, can we borrow this chessboard for a while? We want to practice a little bit."

Of course Lucifer wanted them to pass the test, so he readily agreed: "But it can only take 10 minutes."

What if someone comes next and they don’t have enough chessboards? You can’t just use paper to draw a chessboard, it’s too expensive.

In fact, Lucifer had already realized that there was something wrong with the previous money-making model without having to experience today's situation.

He can't just make money from those who pass the test. He also has to find a way to make money from those who can't pass the test!

Otherwise, they are occupying the props, wasting his time, and not paying him. When will he get a PS4 console?

However, there is currently no good time to reform, especially since the review is imminent, so it is better to pass the review first before talking about anything else.

When Lucifer returned to the hall from the kitchen, the aroma of instant noodles was faintly wafting out. When he looked up, he saw four pairs of eyes staring at him, swallowing secretly.

Especially the losing group's eyes were very complicated and regretful.

Lucifer: "…………"

Although he looked very pitiful and wanted to give him money, and he also wanted to earn this money, there were other people watching, so he couldn't make an exception openly.

In order to make money, Lucifer used his brain a little bit.

"Well... this is a rare trip, and I don't want you to leave empty-handed, but the trial is serious and cannot be made an exception. How about this, you two." Lucifer nodded and only watched the two people who did not take action, "

The next round between the two of you, the winner will have other rewards."

Everyone knew the meaning of the other rewards. Although the first couple came for the hot and sour noodles described in the newspaper, although they were a little regretful, they still responded firmly: "Yes!"

I heard that the drinks here are also amazing, and it’s worth it to have the drinks.

The second couple who had already confirmed that they would get a meal had no objection. Anyway, no matter they won or lost, they would not lose. Moreover, judging from this posture, their opponents might be weak.

So, while the noodles were still cooking, the two groups got together and played a game of backgammon again.

Lucifer was not interested in supervising. He was not a real sage anyway. He would make money if he won, so he simply took the opportunity to go out and catch the passing newsboy: "How much does it cost to buy a copy of Eden Daily...?"

The newsboy said quickly: "It's 10 copper coins each. If you order for the whole year, you can get a discount of 3 silver coins and 500 copper coins."

1000 copper coins = 1 silver coin, which is a discount of less than 200 copper coins... Okay, since you plan to learn more about the world, it's time to order a newspaper.

Although Lucifer was short of money, he was not stingy when it came time to spend money. He readily took out 4 silver coins and handed them to the newsboy, and directly ordered them for one year.

The newsboy leaned on the wall and wrote the receipt, then handed it to Lucifer along with a copy of the Eden Daily and the remaining change.

Of course, if you think about it, you will know that normal people will not carry so many copper coins with them, otherwise they will be too heavy to walk, so the newsboy gave Lucifer banknotes.

Lucifer was not surprised at all.

Although he complained a lot about this world, the trust between people is really much stronger than the world he went to before. Since gold, silver, and copper coins are inconvenient, it is natural for them to have paper money.

Deception may not necessarily disappear here, but making counterfeit banknotes, which seriously damages people's trust in others and even affects the economic development of the entire world, will definitely be severely punished by God. Therefore, there are almost no obstacles to the circulation of banknotes and they are directly integrated into the circulation of banknotes.

replaced the original monetary system.

Lucifer looked at the change in his hand and calculated that 1,000 copper coins = 1 silver coin = 100 yuan.

Well, 1 silver coin for a bowl of noodles sounds okay, but for 100 yuan for a bowl of noodles, I feel like I have suddenly become a shady businessman.

But in the same way, if the ordinary pool costs 1,000 yuan for ten consecutive rounds, the alarm clock has an even darker heart! At least the price of the noodle was what Einstein thought of, but the price of the krypton gold pool was set by the alarm clock!

Lucifer cursed and counted the time to go back and serve the noodles.

Just as it happened, when it was served to the table, the winner was decided over there.

Since they are all novices, the gap is not particularly big. This time the winner is the first group.

The two groups exchanged their chess experience in a pleasant atmosphere where they both gained something.

After all... Although it is called a trial, this trial is really interesting! Even if there is no reward, they still want to play a few more games!

After Lucifer brought the hot and sour noodles to the second group, he began to award special rewards to the first group.

The girl in the first group looked a little confused as Lucifer put a small package in her hand.

Lucifer smiled: "This is popping candy."

sugar!

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Since the city of Eden does not produce sugar cane, it can only import cane sugar from cities with sugar cane gardens, but those places are far away. This makes Eden's sugar relatively rare and the price is naturally very expensive.

Fortunately, sucrose is not a necessity. If you don’t eat it, don’t eat it. There are sweeter fruits anyway, but the feeling is still different.

The closest thing is honey. When you encounter wild honeycombs, it’s not bad to imagine the delicious taste of sugar through honey. However, honey is also very expensive and is usually used for sacrifices or as medicine, so “sugar” is still “sweet” in people’s minds.

", synonymous with "dream".

If Einstein or Gauss were here today, their families would be able to provide some sugar to satisfy their cravings from time to time, but the ones here today seem to be the type who live frugally just to have a happy day with their lovers. Sugar is huge for them.

What a surprise.

but……

"Why is it called popping candy?" the man holding the small bag of candy asked in confusion.

"As the name suggests, when you eat it, the candy will jump in your mouth, so it's called popping candy."

Lucifer felt that he had explained it clearly, but no one understood what it felt like to have this thing jumping in his mouth.

"Is it similar to the 'white sparkling water' described by Alexandre Dumas?" someone asked.

Lucifer raised his eyebrows: "It's a little different, but it's definitely similar."

What did Alexandre Dumas write? He will read the newspaper in a moment!

With curiosity and expectation, the couple who got the popping candy opened the package.

There were uniform and fine particles inside, like sand. They poured a little into their hands, then stuck out their tongues and licked it cautiously.

"!!!"

The two of them opened their eyes suddenly, and subconsciously closed their mouths tightly, maintaining this somewhat weird expression, and looked at each other.

This popping candy... so weird!

Although it is called sugar, the first thing they feel in their mouth is the sour taste, and saliva begins to secrete subconsciously. At the same time, those particles magically jump up and down in their mouths, and this exciting feeling makes them have to swallow quickly.

, but the more they swallowed, the happier they jumped.

But at this time, the sour taste gradually receded, and the sweetness hidden under the sour taste spread out bit by bit, and became sweeter and sweeter. They were reluctant to swallow as much as before, and could only sip it carefully, for fear that they would melt.

Too fast.

This strange silence made the second group of lovers eating noodles next to them curious.
To be continued...