"Is that... your family?" Yan Yan asked in a low voice.
Yun Chi kept walking and answered indifferently: "Even if it was before, it is not now."
Yan Yan lowered his head. He understood Yun Chi's meaning and knew that this was a question that did not need to be explored further.
They walked through the crowd. In the festival month, the whole city was decorated with a new look. The houses of the common people were washed clean with snow water. Those who were slightly better off would use light green bricks to build the outer walls of their houses. As for the inner ring farther away and in the center, the Yunchi looked out, all was clear and shining quartz tiles, which looked like rippling water under the sunlight.
Samar is a large city. Yun Chi followed Yan Yan, turning left and right, passing through walls and shrinking the ground, and soon found the blacksmith and stonemason's shops.
The fireplaces of this era were far from the variety and exquisiteness of those of later generations, but they were better in terms of the materials used. Yunchi picked and chose, and although he preferred brick and stone fireplaces, it was a pity that this kind of fireplace required a craftsman to come to the house in person and build it according to the structure of the house.
"What's the trouble?" Yan Yan actively suggested, "Just pick a few craftsmen you like, and we'll take them to the island. When the repairs are completed, we'll blindfold them and send them out. They won't remember anything, except that they seem to have made a fortune."
Yun Chi laughed: "Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, right? They blindfolded the tailor and sent him into the cave?"
Yan Yan was puzzled and said, "I'm sorry, we are ignorant and have never heard of the story you mentioned..."
Yun Chi shook his head: "Nothing, it's not an important matter, but this method doesn't sound very reliable, and Saga may not be willing to let outsiders enter the island."
He turned around and looked at the iron fireplace again. While he was hesitating, there was a commotion outside the shop. Even the noise of pulling the bellows and hitting the anvil here could not cover the noise outside.
"Let's start, let's start!" The craftsmen seemed to be given an injection of chicken blood. They excitedly dropped their tools and ran outside to look around.
Yun Chi asked curiously: "What started it?"
The guest next to him answered him: "Touring the city! It is said that the princess will ride the thunder elephant to travel around the upper and lower city-states, bid farewell to the land that raised her, and then she will enter the temple and serve the Lord God wholeheartedly!"
Yun Chi was confused by what he heard, so he followed him out. Just as he was about to tiptoe and hop forward to look, the floor tiles under his feet suddenly bulged up in an arc without making any sound.
"Thank you!" Yun Chi thanked Yan Yan and looked towards the end of the long street. Not to mention the princess, there was not even a shadow of an elephant.
He was just wondering, at this moment, he heard a thunderous, long and distant elephant cry, penetrating from the deepest part of the city-state, shaking his eardrums. The clouds in the sky seemed to have received a shock wave, and they were blown away from the wind tower, and the sky suddenly became clear.
"Not here?" Yun Chi was stunned. "The palace is at least a few kilometers away. The princess' elephant carriage just came out of the palace and you are waiting here. It will take forever!"
"Don't worry," Yan Yan said professionally, "If you want to see it, we will take you there immediately."