Hunter x Hunter: The Ubiquitous Dragon Life

Chapter 197: New life in the Jacaranda capital

Jaka Anda in April and May is the best season of the year. The vast and vast sea is like a wash of blue waves, gently surrounding this small seaside town. Under the clear and far-reaching indigo blue sky, the whole city seems to fall into In the dream-like sea of blue and purple flowers, walking on any street, the elegant but tall and sparse jacaranda is a tree full of flowers, dense and graceful with no leaves and only flowers. Looking up, the purple flower spikes divide the blue sky, and the boundaries between blue and purple are clear.

The cool breeze in the late spring blows through the big and small corners of the city, and also blows down countless small blue and purple flowers like wind chimes, like a gorgeous waltz, the flowers dance gently, swaying in the wind, fluttering. , The whole city is like a dreamy carpet of fallen flowers, the wind is emitting a refreshing but elegant fragrance, which seems thick and light, inadvertently provoking you, carefully pursued but without a trace. The flowers are warm, prosperous, and gorgeous, but because of the melancholy purple and quiet blue, this small town has fallen into a grand and poetic quiet romance.

Living in such a charming and dreamy place for a long time, the people here have also developed a romantic, slightly slender and melancholy but persistent and enthusiastic heart. Therefore, most of the local people with unprecedentedly active artistic cells are engaged in art-related work. Painting, music, sculpture, glass blowing, paper crafting, weaving, and various other types of crafts, to name a few.

Although it is not as famous as other cities with the words "music capital" or "painting capital" because of the same expertise, this city is happy with this kind of down-to-earth and complicated artistic creation. They are not bound by rules or orthodoxy. I just pursue a more free will, as if immersed in the self-admiring mood of self-admiration, stubbornly stubborn in my own world, my own world.

This is Jaka Anda, the capital of jacaranda. It is also generalized by outsiders because of the variety of art here, but it is proudly called the city of craftsmen by locals.

"It's really beautiful here." A young tourist who came to travel here kept pressing the shutter along the way, with a light of obsession in his eyes watching the psychedelic colors of the trees through the lens, only to feel that no matter what No amount of photos were enough, she was full of admiration and sent her feelings towards her companion.

"The travel magazine really did not recommend it wrong. Fortunately, I came with the mentality of giving it a try."

"Yes, yes, Huamei, but the handicraft shops here are even better, they are all so unique, what should I do, my suitcase is about to burst, and I feel that there are not enough souvenirs here, ah~ ~~It's so annoying~"

The woman who spoke was also grumbling with happiness and distress, roaming around with her eyes full of energy, trying to find those hidden and famous stores that were missed.

"Ah! I found another shop!" She suddenly pointed to the open door in front of them with bright eyes. Inward was a simple but elegant small courtyard. A jacaranda tree with a height of more than ten meters covered the entire building. In the courtyard, the huge tree canopy was covered with a tree of blue-purple flowers in full bloom, and the ground was also covered with a layer of purple falling flowers. The woman who found the store hesitated and tentatively took a step inside and muttered softly.

"What's for sale here?"

The woman who was keen on taking pictures wasn't listening at all, she just moved over in an instant, and was facing the big tree vigorously and constantly changing angles to take pictures of jacarandas in different poses, exclaiming on her lips.

"This tree is almost a hundred years old. It's really big and beautiful. By the way, what is the flower language of the jacaranda? I don't remember when I saw it before."

"The flower language of jacaranda is to wait for love in despair." An ethereal and clear but slightly smiling female voice suddenly sounded, answering the questions they had casually asked before. "In addition, this is the home of lacquerware, two guests, welcome."

The two female tourists who were addicted to different things were startled and turned their eyes to the source of the sound. They didn't notice anyone just now, but now they fixed their eyes and let out a little exclamation. , and also know why they didn't discover the existence of this talking girl at the first time.

The colors on the girl's body are completely integrated with this small town. Blue and purple, the representative colors of Jaka Anda, are almost perfectly and completely reflected in this girl.

The girl's light blue hip-length hair was casually draped behind her back, and her blue eyes of the same color were as clear as water. The blue was pure, the blue was clear, but the blue was mysterious. It was like the sea outside the city and the blue sky above her head. It was difficult to be accurate. Describing the color, she was wearing a lotus-colored ankle-length long-sleeved chiffon dress, which was almost indistinguishable from the blossoms of the tree above her head, and the purple flowers on the ground under her feet. The blooming jacaranda branches stood slimly under the tree and looked at them with a slight smile.

The girl is still young, only between fourteen and five years old. Although her appearance is only beautiful, her pure and pure body makes two women in their twenties stare at the girl with admiration. The wisps of sunlight falling through the layers of purple flower clusters hit the girl, as if adding a layer of pure and flawless light to her.

A girl with a gentle smile, thus giving people a sense of distance, as if they can only be seen from a distance, but she can't give rise to the slightest jealousy, because she is not the kind of white lotus or green tea **** that women despise the most. That so-called out of the world is absolutely gorgeous and refined, or it is not contaminated with a trace of fireworks, but it is more holy, as if the gods are above the completely inviolable sense of sanctity.

The woman who was keen on crafts swallowed her saliva and straightened her crooked and casual posture, chatting with a slightly dry voice.

"...Little sister, are you from this shop?"

Celluloid thoughtfully ignored the discomfort in the eyes of the two of them and smiled.

"Yeah, if the two of you are interested, you might as well come in and have a look. Grandpa John's craftsmanship is very superb."

She introduced it generously, reaching out and making a gesture of invitation.

She was originally working in the workshop at the back, but she just took a short break in the middle and changed some flowers by the way, but she didn't want to meet the guests, because the huge power of Shuiqin has not been fully digested and integrated, she is now outside. The temperament of her unconsciously carries the divine majesty effect of a god. If it is a firm-minded person, it is fine, such as Chrollo and the others, who are hardly affected, but when ordinary people see her, they will be like the two in front of them. Unconsciously, I feel embarrassed and feel ashamed. If I badly meet someone who is malicious towards her, it will even make the other party feel that their heart is even more ugly because of the oppression of this temperament, and they will hate her even more, and even do Do something radical.

Therefore, after Cellulu left the ruins, she found that if she still followed her previous working life, her temperament would bring too much trouble, so she chose to change jobs and work in an ordinary service-oriented industry that had to face countless people. The boy has become a technical craftsman who basically only needs to work hard and ignore outsiders.

Maintaining a decent smile, and after welcoming the two female tourists who were still a little nervous, into the workshop, Cellulu raised her voice slightly and called out.

"Phoebe, are you there? There are guests."

"Come on." A clear and lively voice immediately responded, and then, behind the lacquerware display cabinet in front of them, came out a tall red-haired girl of about sixteen or seventeen. Her blue-purple eyes pointed at Celluloid playfully. Lu blinked, "Celullu, thank you, help me greet the guests."

Then, he turned around quickly and greeted with a warm and bright smile.

"Two guests, welcome to the Lacquerware House, please feel free to take a look. If there is anything you like or need me to explain, I will be on the side."

Compared with Celluloid, the clerk girl in front of her was more eye-catching even though Celluloid's appearance was more dazzling, but she still made the two female tourists relax unconsciously. She no longer had the strange but involuntarily cautious deepness of facing Celluloid. Afraid of the depressing feeling of doing something wrong and saying something wrong, the two of them excitedly went around the store for a while, exclaiming from time to time.

Celluloid smiled at Phoebe, hugged the flower in her hand, and walked to the display stand in the center of the store, where several fine lacquer wares were displayed. The jacaranda has already begun to wither. Celluloid took out the old flowers, pruned the new branches with scissors, and adjusted the positions one by one to insert and insert them. , and went forward to fine-tune and repair it a few times before nodding with satisfaction.

"It's so beautiful, isn't this a flower arrangement? It turns out that a single flower can also make a flower arrangement~" A voice of admiration came from behind,

Cellulu turned around and found that it was the woman who liked to take pictures. Seeing that she was looking at her, the woman taking pictures was restrained again. Cellulu smiled softly.

"I'm just messing around and making the guests laugh."

The woman scratched her cheek embarrassedly.

"No, it's really beautiful. This kind of blue and purple always feels a little unreal. By the way, you just said that the flower language of jacaranda is waiting for love in despair? Why is such a beautiful flower so sad? I always feel so sorry, there should be a happier flower language to be worthy of such a grand beauty."

"This..." Celluloid smiled slightly troubled. "The language of flowers is just a meaning imposed by human beings. For flowers, it is enough to open them with all their strength, so it doesn't really matter what the language of flowers is. For us, we can enjoy this scene. Enthusiastic and grand flower affairs are enough."

"Celullu, your guests definitely don't like to hear your explanation. Since your work is so good, why is there no romance~" Phoebe walked over with another tourist and joked with a smile, then , and then turned to the guest who asked the question.

"The color of the jacaranda is blue and purple. Although it looks cool, peaceful, far-reaching, and open at first glance, won't it feel a little melancholy, cold and lacking in vitality after watching it for a long time? Surrounded by the ocean, all you can see is blue and purple, no matter how warm and brilliant, you can't help but feel a sense of prosperity and desertion. That's why you have to wait for love in despair, right? That kind of lonely and desperate Desperately looking forward to it~"

"Hey? You really feel this way when you say that~" The two tourists instantly agreed with Phoebe's poetic and romantic view, and Phoebe returned a smug look from Celluloid, "Look at it." Lu was helpless.

"Well, anyway, as long as you are happy, then I won't bother you and go to work later."

"Wow, what is this? Why is it so beautiful? It looks like the luster of pearls? But how is this done? And the colors will change, colorful, this, this, what is it?"

When the woman who is keen on handicrafts saw a pair of peacock perched peony butterfly dance and flying comb box on the display stand, her eyes suddenly glowed with bright brilliance, and she pointed excitedly, saying nothing like a machine or a gun. Stop and jump out.

"Huh? Haha, guest, you are really insightful. This is the new work of our Lacquerware House, the snail-pointing technique in Luodian lacquerware." Phoebe immediately grabbed Cellulo who was about to leave, and the corners of her mouth curled up in a curved line. With a radiant smile, his hands wide open, he exaggeratedly compared to Celluloid, and introduced him with enthusiasm and excitement. "And the one who created this technique is the person in front of you!"

When Cellulu heard this, she didn't rush to leave, and quickly clarified: "Don't listen to Phoebe's nonsense, this craft was not created by me, but someone else's invention. I just learned it." But she still Received two looks of admiration and admiration.

And Phoebe pouted. "You said that you didn't create it. If you ask you, you can't tell the name of the person who invented this technique. Grandpa said it. He has checked all the past records and the current industry situation. This is indeed a new craft technique. You love modesty, and being too modest is not a virtue~ Hmph~╭(╯^╰)╮”

Cellulo could only be speechless. This kind of folk technology handed down from ancient times made her go to find inventors. Feudal dynasties did not pay as much attention to artistic creation as modern society, and they also gave people the opportunity to leave their names in history.

The female tourist who loves to buy handicrafts interrupted excitedly, "Whether it's the inventor or not, it's amazing, this is made of shells, right? The luster in the shell of the abalone after eating is very similar to this, but how to do it? It looks as high as the lacquer surface, doesn't it look like a mosaic?"

Although the family makes lacquerware, Phoebe does not plan to take this road in the future. Grandpa's workshop shop will only come to help the shop and greet customers on the rest day. The grandma who knows all the situation is not here, and to make this The master of the crafts is also there, so she doesn't have to pretend to understand. Phoebe takes a look at Cellulo, and Cellulo sees this, smiles slightly, and explains softly.

"Actually, the inlaid lacquer ware has been inlaid with snails before, but before, large pieces of shells were used for inlaying. This snail craftsmanship is an improved version. The shells or snails such as abalone shells or luminous snails are ground into small pieces. Silk, dots, and then stick these pieces of silk dots on the lacquer embryo according to the design draft with viscose, and then carry out fine carving and patterning on the glued soft tin. After drying, it is painted two or three times. , After repeated polishing and polishing, it became such a seemingly seamless lacquer ware."

After she finished speaking, she paused, and guided the two tourists to look at a small pit screen, a landscape figure on the other side, and said.

"Moreover, this technique is not exclusive to snails. In fact, gold and silver can also be made into similar works, which is called gold and silver flattening. You see, this ornament uses this kind of craftsmanship. This is the proud technique of Grandpa John. , the works are magnificent, graceful and luxurious, nothing worse than a snail~”

When the two of them saw it, on the black lacquer background, the golden figures were lifelike. "Ah, really, it's so beautiful." She looked at the black lacquer-backed silver-white pearl-gloss snail comb box, and suddenly felt that there was no way to compare, no matter how you looked at it, it looked good. "Both are beautiful."

Next, there is no need for Cellulo to say anything, the hand-chopping party is just a word, buy, buy, buy, after sweeping away several pieces of snail and gold and silver flat work, the two female tourists left with satisfaction.

"Wow, those two tourists are really proud, they made a lot of money today, I'm happy~" Phoebe said excitedly with his hands up in a hooray. "I asked my grandma to buy lobster and abalone. I'm going to have a seafood dinner tonight~, and then you will have abalone shells as raw materials."

"You just want to eat lobster and abalone? Use me as a raft." Cellulu replied amusingly. "I can pick up a lot of shells that can be used to make some snails."

"It's strange, why have I never picked up any shells?" It's okay not to mention it, but Phoebe asked with a bewildered face. complain. "But, the sea here is too weird. It's almost impossible to go into the water. It's obvious that we are a seaside city, but it's so difficult to even eat seafood~"

It's not unreasonable for Phoebe to say this, although the ocean on the outskirts of the city of Jaka Anda is extremely clear and charming, but the shore is full of rip currents, and people can't swim at all, because they will only be carried more and more towards the center of the sea, While the offshore sea is calm, the water is full of turbulent eddies and tall and sharp reefs. Large boats can’t go out at all. Even if small boats can barely go out, there are large ocean currents with more complicated tidal directions outside. It was taken to an unknown direction, so this is why the people of Jaka Anda did not choose fishery development, but chose an unrelated handicraft industry.

Cellulu is naturally very aware of this. She has sneaked into the water several times recently. No matter how dangerous the sea area is, under the power of Shuiqin, she is as docile and easy as a little sheep.

Phoebe quickly skipped the doubts just now and said happily.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it, anyway, I just want to eat lobster and abalone, Cellulu, I want to eat your dishes, I don't even know there are so many ways to cook seafood. In the past, it was just boiled in gravy and baked. What a waste~" She thumped her chest exaggeratedly, with a look of regret.

"Okay, I'll do it." Cellulu indulged in accommodating and responded, but still joked. "Be careful of eating like a little fat man, and your reputation in high school will be lost."

"Hey, I don't care about the high school flowers, it's better if I don't have it, that Anne Witt from the province is always looking for trouble with me, isn't it because his fiancé keeps pestering me, and I don't like that Henry either. With money and power in the family, do you think that everyone wants to follow his heart? He and that Anne Witte are really a natural match, and they both feel that the world should revolve around them. I am too unlucky to be implicated in this innocent, What a nuisance~" Phoebe complained indignantly again.

"Okay, okay, who told us that Phoebe's natural beauty is hard to give up, but just stay away from them in the future." Cellulu calmed down.

"I hate it, Cellulu, you are obviously younger than me, and you always look like a big sister. No, come to our school quickly, so that you know how to be a good school girl who is cute and respectful." Phoebe put her hands on her hips, trying to look like her sister.

Cellulo's smile stopped for a while, Phoebe looked at it, thought she had stabbed Cellulo's scar, and quickly apologized and comforted,

"I'm sorry, I know you've lost your memory and forgotten everything and don't remember your home and identity. I'm still saying this, but don't worry, grandpa has already asked someone to help you with your identity and school. Come down, you are the child of our Derek family, my sister Phoebe, and can go to school with me too."

"Thank you, Phoebe, for really bothering Grandpa John and Grandma Gina."

Cellulo is a little bit sorry for finding such an excuse to deceive the Phoebe family. She can't tell anyone about her past experience and the problem of black households. She can only use the old-fashioned excuse of amnesia. It’s good to work part-time. I didn’t expect that Grandma Gina invited her to live at home when she knew that she was helpless and didn’t know where her home was. Later, she even thought of adopting her. She was very grateful and really wanted to After a while of peace, they accepted their kindness.

"You're welcome again, we will be a family in the future, don't say such things again." Phoebe pouted unhappily.

"Okay, I won't talk about it." Cellulu laughed in agreement.

Phoebe continued to look at the shop, Cellulo went back to the workshop at the back, Grandpa John was polishing a small table, he didn't respond when Cellulo came in, he lowered his head and continued what he was doing, knowing that Grandpa John was such a job when he came in. An exceptionally dedicated craftsman, Cellulu is accustomed to walking to her workbench. What she does now is small pieces, and now the unfinished work is a mirror. The pattern on the back of the black lacquer mirror is Aoxue Lingshuang Broken Branches. Mei, most of them have been completed at this time, just need to do some fancy embellishments, these are delicate work, the screws are only a few millimeters of fine points, the required eyesight and concentration, as well as the stability of the hand are very high, So, Celluloid quickly became engrossed.

After all the flower hearts were inlaid and pasted, and after waiting for drying, Cellulo lifted her sore neck, and was surprised to find that Grandpa John was standing beside her, looking at her with a serious look.

"Grandpa John." Cellulu hurriedly stood up and called.

"Yeah." John's face softened and nodded. John is a very traditional and old-fashioned craftsman, and his personality is extremely taciturn, but this time he spoke quickly and said a lot.

"Just now Jerry called to say that your identity has come down, and she will be my John Derek's granddaughter in the future. Go to the police station with me tomorrow to pick up the documents. There are still some documents for you to sign, and then we will go to Jacaranda Middle School. , the principal has approved your application for admission, but you still need to take the class transfer test before you can officially enter the school. Phoebe has taught you to study recently, how is your reading, are you sure? Although I know you have amnesia, you still can't study. behind."

She didn't expect it to be such a big surprise. She knew that the identity of this world is not easy to take, so although John didn't mention it, the few words that came out of Phoebe, Cellulu also knew that Grandpa John was gone. relationship, I helped her to apply for her identity after she made a guarantee, and even so, she spent a lot of money to go to the channel, and it took almost two months to get it down. She didn't say thank you, so Cellulu didn't say anything she swears. She just thought in her heart that she must repay in the future, and said happily.

"Grandpa John, thank you, I will go. Phoebe has taught me seriously, and now I can do most of the questions, so I think it should be no problem."

"Well, that's good." John nodded with satisfaction. Like all worrying parents, he also hoped that his younger generation would study hard.

"Celullu, you're done? Grandma Gina has already bought lobster and abalone, and I'm waiting for you to do it~" Phoebe looked in with a greedy look on her face.

"Phoebe, you are a girl, and you pay too much attention to appetite!" Grandpa John looked at his granddaughter, and habitually came up and reprimanded.

"Oh, grandpa, you can stop talking about me." Phoebe's face fell, unwilling to reveal it. "And it's obvious that you also like the dishes made by Celluloid. You eat them all every time."

John's old face couldn't hold it anymore, and one face turned pitch black in an instant. At this moment, a red-haired old woman in her sixties suddenly appeared from behind Phoebe, and said with a smile on her face, which also interrupted John's roar that was about to blurt out.

"Hehe, alright, the two of you, like children all day long, you will only fight over trivial matters."

"Grandma Gina." Celluloid and Phoebe called out at the same time.

"Celullu, I'm going to trouble you again. I also like to eat your dishes. When I learn it later, you won't have to work so hard." Gina smiled and blinked.

"What's the trouble, I like to cook too." Cellulu waved her hand indifferently and went to the kitchen with Gina.

The evening was a rich seafood feast. Gina bought a large lobster and two large abalones. Half of the lobster was made fresh with celluloid. Because fresh mustard could not be found, and some materials were insufficient, so she slightly The traditional golden glutinous rice bowl recipe was improved, only fine **** paste, garlic paste, shredded green onion and basil leaves were added, and only the orange peel shreds were taken, and then vinegar and soy sauce were added to make a dipping sauce.

For the chilled taste, the lobster thorns were cut into thin snow-white transparent slices, which were placed on the ice piece by piece, sprinkled with colorful seasonings and sauces. Phoebe's saliva increased greatly, and he quickly forked a piece of lobster dipped in the dipping sauce, and sent it into his mouth. Suddenly, the sour, salty, sweet and spicy fragrance of spices and the unique Q-bomb fresh and smooth taste of lobster were like a tide. Phoebe's senses are overwhelmed.

"Wow, it's so delicious. I didn't expect raw seafood to be so delicious."

As she spoke, she forked a few slices for Grandpa John, Grandma Gina, and Celluloid, and urged, "Grandpa, Grandma, eat quickly, it's really delicious, Celluloid, you eat too." Impatiently, he forked another slice and put it into his mouth, enjoying the deliciousness.

John and Gina also ate it with a smile. The taste was indescribably good. Cellulu poured out two bowls of white porridge with lobster head, sprinkled some shredded green onion, and brought it to Gina and John, saying: .

"Grandpa John, Grandma Gina, you can drink some porridge to warm your stomach. Eating too much raw will put a heavy burden on the stomach and it is not easy to overcome."

"I want it, I want it too~" Phoebe has already shifted his position and started to specialize in the typhoon shelter lobster and shrimp **** made of the other half of the lobster meat. This is the lobster meat fried with salt and pepper bread crumbs. The finished product is golden in color. Fragrant, hot and appetizing, crispy and delicious.

Phoebe has gotten carried away eating, Jaka Anda is a western city, so she has really never eaten this kind of Chinese food called flame art.

"I have your share, I won't forget it." Cellulu laughed angrily, and she took another piece of abalone with her chopsticks. "And the steamed abalone slices should be eaten while it's still hot. I'm still simmering abalone and stewed chicken on the fire. I'll have a bowl of soup later. If I can't finish it, I can eat it tomorrow. It's also a great taste."

The steamed abalone slices are eaten in the original flavor. The unique umami of seafood is poured with soy sauce and hot oil. Instead, it adds more freshness and sweetness.

At this meal, everyone who ate it couldn't move any longer before putting down the knife and fork contentedly. John seemed to feel that he was eating a bit exaggerated, coughed uncomfortably, and left the table with his hands behind his back.

And Gina smiled, "This old man, I'm sorry."

The three women cleaned up the table, tableware, cutlery and fork together. Cellulo went to rest after doing the inlay work after dinner. She was also assigned to a separate room, which was cleaned up by Gina. It's warm and cute, although it's a little too pink and childish, but the feeling of being cared for makes people happy, so Cellulo is also happy to live in it.

Remembering that she has to go to the police station and school tomorrow, Cellulu hurriedly prepared all her clothes for going out before she climbed into bed.

Before closing her eyes, she unconsciously showed a soft smile, no matter what, I hope this new life can last a little longer.

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Jacaranda is really beautiful when it blooms. As soon as spring arrives in Sydney, this kind of flower is everywhere. It's not worse than cherry blossoms at all.

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