I ascend to the throne of God with arcane magic

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 never dared to stay in bed again.

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.

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 to prepare himself mentally, 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 at home had a fireplace, and it was 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 Todd had already gotten up and got dressed, and the anger on her face was relieved a little.

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

"Hurry up and wash up, 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 up 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.

Alas!

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

Unfortunately, fresh corn doesn't last long. I guess 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.

Picking up a piece of toasted oatmeal bread and putting it in the corn soup to soak up the sweet soup, Todd put it into his mouth and chewed it while looking at the 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.

Next to him, his father, Virgil, had also finished his breakfast and was flipping through his account book, his brows furrowed as he wondered what he was worrying 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.

"Lord of the Dawn, 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 conditions were 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 Northern housewife, tenacious, hard-working and contented.

Duoduo~

Virgil knocked on the table with his right hand. After being silent for a while, he sighed and said helplessly:

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

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

The demand for the white bread supplied to the mayor of Xueling Town and several upper-level figures was not too high, and he also had enough inventory.

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 of a famine this year?"

Brenda asked worriedly.

"Who knows?"

Virgil shook his head and sighed.

The war in the east of the kingdom is too far away from them! The word war may never have 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 only increase."

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

She, who grew up in an average 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 always kind-hearted husband wouldn't raise the price if it wasn't really helpless.

This winter is even harder!

Todd on the side didn't pay attention to the gloom between his parents. He didn't understand what the adults meant at all.

"I'm done 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 around 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 become round and smooth under the erosion of wind and snow and the footsteps of people coming and going. They were now covered with white snowflakes.

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

Putting his hands 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 moment of pause, Todd quickly added:

"As long as I'm smarter than Ryan, I'm willing not to drink corn chowder 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)