I Ascend To the Throne of God with Arcane Magic Chapter 234

Chapter 234 Todd's Morning

Xueling Town, east of the city.

Because the winter in the north is long and cold, all the houses in the town are built with black bricks and stones from the Luoxue Mountains. The all-black color in the town looks even more gloomy on days when the green leaves have fallen.

However, after the first snow fell this year, the entire Xueling Town seemed to be wearing a brighter white winter clothing, which complemented the Luoxue Mountains in the distance, bringing a different beauty.

“Todd, come over and eat quickly!”

Hearing the voice of his mother shouting downstairs, Todd didn't dare to stay in bed anymore.

He knew that if he delayed for a while, his mother would angrily come over with a spatula, open the window of his room, and let the cold wind blow away his sleepiness.

O God of Wisdom, this is so cold!

After the first snow fell this year, the temperature dropped rapidly, and winter arrived in Xueling Town.

Taking a deep breath and mentally preparing himself, Todd quickly climbed out of bed and changed into cotton-padded clothes and shoes in a matter of seconds.

After all, only the living room has a fireplace at home, and it is still relatively cold in the bedroom. After Todd changed his clothes, he quickly opened the door with a "thump, thump, thump".

“Mom, look, I'm already up!”

Standing outside the door is her mother, Brenda Croft, holding a wooden spatula. Time has left indelible traces on her face, but some of her soft facial lines still remain. The beauty of the past.

The cold wind in the north makes a girl's youth always so short.

She is now a mother of two children.

Just as she was about to open the door, she saw that Todd had already gotten up and got dressed, and the anger on his face was relieved a little.

Looking Todd up and down to make sure he was wearing all his winter clothes, Brenda nodded and said:

“Go and wash up quickly, and then come and eat. Your sister has almost finished eating, little Todd.”

“Okay, Mom.”

Todd replied honestly, he didn't want to arouse his mother's anger again.

I hurriedly came downstairs, washed my face with the warm water prepared by my mother, rinsed my mouth, and wiped it with a towel. That was done.

I heard from a bard that the nobles in the royal capital wash themselves with the whitest salt every day, but I don't know if that's true.

　　After washing up, Todd jumped and sat down on the pine wood stool decorated with simple patterns, looking at the steaming breakfast in front of him.

Today's breakfast is corn soup and oatmeal bread.

Woohoo!

Todd gave a small cheer. He liked the sweet feeling of corn chowder best.

It's a pity that fresh corn cannot be stored for long. It is estimated that this has used up the last few fresh corns stored in the cellar at home.

Thinking that he would have to drink sticky potato soup for the next few months, Todd looked solemn and scooped up the light yellow corn soup with a spoon and put it into his mouth, feeling the sweetness of the corn kernels releasing between his lips and teeth. Taste, I feel a little better today.

　　Picked up a piece of toasted oatmeal bread and put it in the corn soup to soak up the sweet soup. Todd put it into his mouth and chewed it while looking at several other relatives on the table.

There was only an empty soup bowl and a spoon thrown on the table where my sister Bev usually sat. It seemed that she had finished her breakfast and disappeared somewhere.

Father Virgil on the side has also finished his breakfast and is flipping through his account book, his brows furrowed as he wonders what he is worried about.

Mother finally finished her morning chores, wiped her hands on her coarse cloth apron, and sat at the table and took a slow sip of corn soup, with a relaxed smile on her face.

“Damn Matt, he actually raised the price of wheat by 30%. That's 30% of the price.”

Virgil threw the account book on the table angrily, and patted the black dining table made of hard cold pine wood with his dissatisfied hand.

“The Lord of the Morning, how dare he do this! Aren't you afraid of the lord's punishment?”

Brenda was shocked when she heard this. She must know that the Croft family can live a good life in Snow Ridge Town. They can live in a spacious house, have no shortage of oatmeal bread, and have firewood that fills half of the kitchen. Because of the two bakeries that opened in the town.

To be honest, the Croft family's financial situation is enough to hire a full-time maid, but every time Virgil proposed it, Brenda would reject it. “I can do it, why waste this money?”

Brenda is a typical housewife in the North, tenacious, hard-working and contented.

Vergil knocked on the table with his right hand, sighed after being silent for a while, and said helplessly:

"Forget it, I can't blame him. I have inquired from other places. The price of food in the north is rising now. Even the caravan going to Dillon Kingdom can't buy much food."

As a small town close to the Luoxue Mountains, Xueling Town is not suitable for growing food. It basically relies on caravans to resell the food, so it is also most affected by food price fluctuations.

The white bread supplied to the mayor of Xueling Town and several upper-class people was not in high demand, and he had enough in stock.

But brown bread and oat bread, which are the most produced, have been even more affected, and the cost of maintaining operations has increased significantly.

“Have you never heard that there will be a famine this year?”

Brenda asked worriedly.

“Who knows?”

Vergil shook his head and sighed.

The war in the east of the kingdom is too far away from them! The word war may have never occurred to them.

The price is so high just after autumn. The price may not come down until next year's grain harvest, or it may even be higher!

“If it doesn't work, the price of the bread sold will have to go up.”

Brenda also fell silent when she heard her husband say this.

She, who grew up in a modest family, naturally knows how hard this affects the lower class civilians.

But she couldn't say anything about not raising the price. She knew that her husband, who had always been kind, wouldn't raise the price if it wasn't really helpless.

This winter is even more difficult!

Todd on the side did not pay attention to the gloom between his parents. He had no idea what the adults meant.

“I've finished eating! I'm going out to play!”

After drinking up the corn soup in front of him, Todd pushed the bowl and prepared to go out to play in the town.

For him, besides having a full stomach every day and learning literacy from the teacher, it is also time for him to play.

Especially since it snowed these two days and the teacher gave them a holiday, he had more time to be happy.

The only pity is that all the friends have to help with household chores first, and he is the only one running outside at this time.

Todd thought for a while and came to the square in the center of the town. The black stone slabs covering the square had been washed by the wind and snow, and became round and smooth under the baptism of people's footsteps. They were now covered with white snowflakes.

Todd rolled a big snowball with a groan, and then carefully decorated it with an "indescribable" human shape.

Hands clasped together, Todd stood in front of the “statue” and prayed softly:

“Great God of Wisdom, I hope you can hear my wish and make me smarter.”

After a pause, Todd quickly added:

“As long as I'm smarter than Ryan, I'd rather not drink corn soup for the next three months!”

Feeling that he had made a great sacrifice, Todd prayed devoutly to the god. At this moment, a voice sounded from behind him.

“Are you praying to the God of Wisdom?”

Todd was startled, suddenly opened his eyes and turned around to look.

A handsome young man wearing mercenary leather armor stood behind him and smiled at him.

(End of this chapter)

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