The past between Melissa and Madam Penélope was already an old story in the castle.
Madam Penélope scolded Melissa, thinking that Melissa could not tolerate her. With the Marquis backing her, she could not afford to offend him and could only move out of Tulip Castle.
Liszt, however, felt that Madam Penélope was too mean. More than ten years had passed, yet she was still complaining endlessly.
Moreover, in the past ten years, Melissa had passed away, and Madam Penélope was still unable to move in because she was at odds with the new Countess and her daughter-in-law.
"You are lucky to have come back today. The Baron's daughter is not in the castle, otherwise I would have been the first to turn around and leave. That woman has a smell that makes me uncomfortable, and your father cannot tolerate her. Now, the entire castle is filled with her smell, and I feel uncomfortable even if I stay here for a moment. "
Li Weiwei, who was sitting next to Madam Penélope, wrapped her arms around her, changed from her usual domineering manner, and said in a coquettish tone: "Grandmother, if you don't like Tulip Castle, you can come to my Falcon Town. I have a very beautiful manor and a hot spring there. You will definitely like it."
"My little girl, as a noble lady, you must sit properly. Look at you, you are already nineteen years old this year, yet you still haven't found a satisfactory other half. You are not a lady enough."
"Grandmother is right, Li Weiwei, you have to learn to be a lady, and not ride horses and carry guns like us." Levis teased, then said to Madam Penélope, "Grandmother, if you think the castle smells bad, I can put more fragrance in it."
"This is not something that can be solved by fragrance. Having two women enter the house one after another has already exhausted me. I don't want to come to the castle if it is not necessary." Saying that, Madam Penélope turned her head and said to the butler, Louis, who was standing to the side, "Louis, you will help me pass on these words to the Baron's daughter, right?"
It was very provocative.
Louis smiled gently: "Madam, you know that I prefer to keep my mouth shut."
"Boring Louis, from young to old, you are always so boring."
Ever since Madam Penélope entered the castle, the entire conversation revolved around her. Of course, eighty percent of the conversation was done by her.
Liszt just smiled awkwardly but politely.
It was not until the count returned from outside and announced that the banquet was ready to begin that Liszt was freed from this awkward atmosphere.
The banquet in Tulip Castle was obviously not comparable to the banquet in Flower Town's small castle.
Just the number of people was incomparable.
At tonight's banquet, almost all the nobles in the castle were seated, including the Count's family, his tutor, the Knight Captain, and a few of the Count's followers who were guests in the castle. There were a total of 16 nobles, including Lord, Knight, Baron, Viscount, and Count.
At the banquet, with Madam Penélope around, there was naturally no awkward silence. They kept chatting at all times.
Liszt concentrated on enjoying the food. Although he had never gotten used to the Western-style cuisine, but compared to the coarse food in Flower Town, the food here could be called delicious. He did not participate in the conversation much, and few people came to talk to him. Just like in the memory of his predecessor, he became invisible in the castle.
However, before, he wanted to interrupt, but he could not.
Now, he did not want to interrupt. After all, he was just a transmigrator who had reincarnated in a corpse. He could not integrate himself into the Tulip family. He could only look at it calmly like a bystander, keep a low profile, do things in line with the times, and then immerse himself in development. Perhaps one day, there would be no need to keep a low profile, and he could do as he pleased.
… …
The day after the banquet, Liszt got up early because the three siblings had to go with the fleet to Red Crab Island to visit their sick grandfather, Marquis Merlin Longtaro.
"Send my sincere regards." The count also got up early and enjoyed breakfast with his three children.
As a son-in-law, he should have visited in person. However, his current identity was that of an ex-son-in-law, and his relationship with the Taro family was estranged. As such, it was inconvenient for him to visit.
Madam Penélope had already returned from her stroll. She said in a bleak tone: "Levis, Li Weiwei, Liszt, send my regards to Marquis Merlin. In my memory, he was a handsome aristocrat with a strong and outstanding physique. I did not expect that after a few years, he would become so ill that he could not work, and even lose his position as the captain of the court fleet. "
"Birth, aging, illness, and death are the rules of heaven and earth. Mother, you do not have to worry about it."
"Are you trying to tell me that I am also a damned old woman?"
"Why do you think so? I am looking forward to you living for more than a hundred years."
"From the two women you married, it can be seen that you have been looking forward to my death for a long time, so that you can be at peace. No one will disturb you from doing anything on the Coral Island. "
The count could only smile awkwardly and politely.
Liszt, together with Markus, was followed by a castle servingman, who was responsible for carrying his luggage. After saying goodbye, the three siblings went to the wharf together. The wharf was part of the Coral City. Although it was called a city, Liszt was more willing to call it a "large toilet". The streets and alleys were filled with the sour smell of fermented feces.
Because of this, the Tulip family produced a kind of Tulip with a strong fragrance, which was widely popular among the citizens.
Tulip flowers would be pinned on their chests to dilute the disgusting smell on the streets.
Putting aside the smell of feces.
A large city like the Coral City was not as majestic as a small county in Liszt's hometown.
There were no tall buildings or mansions, only scattered wooden houses next to stone houses, spreading into the distance along the streets of varying width. There were all kinds of shops along the streets, and pedestrians in a hurry would inevitably step on all kinds of feces – the citizens always liked to dump their feces on the road.
If it was a pile of dog shit, one could certainly choose to avoid it.
But if it was a street full of dog shit, then the correct way was to step on it with a frown.
As a result, layer upon layer of feces, after constant trampling, merged with the road surface, creating the city's unique "Feces Road", which naturally carried a stench.
Why was hygiene so poor?
Because the civilians were busy with their livelihood and simply did not care about hygiene; the aristocrats lived in castles on the edge of the city and did not care about the dirtiness of the city.
The only good thing was that the Coral City was just an island city with a limited population. The scale of the feces and urine produced was still tolerable under the constant weathering of nature.
If it was a larger city, then perhaps the feces and urine could submerge the city.
"Could it be that the ability of the elves has limited my horizons and I can't think of using feces for farming?" As Liszt looked at the Coral City, his imagination went wild, "Maybe I can collect the feces on the island and take them all to the Flower Town, in the town … no, in the outskirts of the town, build a few methane ponds."
He understood the principle of methane ponds, but it was a bit difficult to use methane for lighting and cooking.
After simple fermentation, using it to fertilize the fields was the fastest way. The barren soil of the Flower Town was comparable to yellow soil, and it was really in urgent need of fertilizer.
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