Chapter 16 - Give Me the Name of God - NovelsTime

Give Me the Name of God

Chapter 16

Author: Saragus
updatedAt: 2025-06-23

After living for 80 years in the Jurassic, Manda forgot most of the rules of human society. He almost said everything he saw.

    But seeing Pluto''s excited tears, Manda swallowed her words back, not out of sympathy, but out of reason.

    His life God didn''t speak too clearly. He thought he had the ability to judge the value of goods and the value of smoke stone, but maybe it was just a coincidence or a different understanding of value.

    In other people''s eyes, the real golden apple may be worth 40 gold coins, but for the full-scale believers of radon, the value of the golden apple is far from gold coins.

    Even if the golden apple is false, how should Manda explain her judgment? He didn''t want to expose his power, and a baron''s illegitimate son could never have seen such high-grade goods as golden apples.

    Even if he can find the right reason, who can guarantee that Pluto will not lose control on the spot and kill him directly.

    Some words are not good if they are right, but even worse if they are wrong. It''s best to rot in your stomach and never say them.

    After lunch, Bruto will guard his golden apples. Leon is ready to indulge in the tavern. Quinta can only stay with Bruto because of her special appearance. Sphinx takes Manda to the market, which is their only pastime before leaving the drawing city.

    There is also a market in Tieshan Town, but it is far from comparable to the drawing city in terms of scale. Hundreds of vendors gather in the spacious and noisy streets, and Manda is overwhelmed with goods.

    He really doesn''t know why he is surging. He is not a person who has never seen the world. No matter how prosperous the market in drawnwork city is, it can''t compare with the supermarkets in previous generations. Moreover, he doesn''t have such a strong shopping demand or such a strong consumption power.

    More than half of the merchants in the market were selling cotton yarn, which was a specialty of the drawing city and was well-known in the whole continent. Sphinx spent 60 silver coins on the cotton yarn until their carriage could hardly fit, so they put away their money bags.

    For the sake of Manda helping him carry all the cotton yarn, Sphinx gave him two silver coins as a reward for this trip. What a vicious woman, she has two hundred silver coins.

    Manda strolled around the market. From food to clothes, from pottery to iron, there was no commodity worth seeing more. Until she saw a boy of his age, Manda finally stopped.

    The boy''s feet were covered with a sheepskin with a short bow, several arrowheads and a dagger.

    Such a stall is too shabby to attract anyone''s attention, but it has attracted Manda''s attention.

    He squatted in front of the stall and smelled an attractive smell. It''s definitely not mutton smell. It''s much more attractive than that. He picked up the short bow, touched it, looked at the pile of arrowheads, and finally stopped his eyes on the dagger.

    "How much does this knife cost?"

    The boy has black curly hair, a pair of small eyes on his dirty face, a high nose, thin lips, and always close together, so that people can see his cramped and nervous heart at a glance.

    "Just... Eleven copper coins."

    The boy''s asking price was not high, but Sphinx instinctively came up and cut.

    "Such a knife is worth eleven copper coins? Fifteen copper coins can buy a dagger!"

    The boy lowered his head and blushed as if he had been wronged and did something wrong.

    "Ten, ten copper coins."

    "Seven copper coins, I''ll give you seven!" seeing that the boy gave in easily, the lioness decided to cut harder.

    "Seven, seven..." the boy was a little unwilling. The price was too low, but he hesitated again and again. He still nodded.

    Manda always felt something was wrong. He stretched out an index finger and turned himself into a cockfighting eye. He stared at the knife and almost didn''t sit on the ground.

    A small pile of gold coins appeared next to the knife. When you count carefully, there are 43. This knife is even more valuable than the golden apple!

    Not only this knife, but also more than 20 gold coins appeared next to the short bow, and dozens of silver coins appeared next to each arrowhead.

    After taking back her magic power, Manda smiled at the little boy and said, "is it really seven copper coins?"

    The little boy lowered his head and said, "no more, no less..."

    Manda smiled proudly, "you''re lucky today."

    He took out a handful of copper from his pocket and just counted seven. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his head.

    "Fair trade, do you understand?" the voice of Benming God echoed in my ears.

    Manda responded loudly in her heart: he was willing to sell it to me!

    "You can have no conscience, but you must understand the rules, do you understand?"

    Manda could find a hundred reasons to explain the rationality of the deal, but his God didn''t argue with him. He kept kneading Manda''s brain.

    In great pain, Manda took out a silver coin.

    I''ll take out half of my wealth. It''s OK!

    "You know how much this knife is worth. Give me more sincerity!"

    Manda took out both silver coins and the headache finally disappeared.

    "Here you are, here you are," Manda took a deep breath. "I want this knife."

    The boy looked at Manda in surprise. He couldn''t earn a silver coin a month. He took two steps back, shook his head and said, "don''t tease me. I don''t know you and haven''t offended you."

    "It''s just a fair deal. What else do you mean to tease and offend?" Manda stuffed two silver coins into the boy''s hand and took the knife from the sheepskin. Manda had gone far before the boy came back.

    Sphinx quickly caught up with Manda, grabbed his arm and said, "are you crazy? You spent two silver coins for such a knife?"

    Manda looked at the lion girl helplessly. He didn''t know how to explain. Not far away, an old vendor squatted in the corner and shouted, "young man, I have something good for you."

    Manda looked back and saw the ragged old man. He looked very special. His head was large, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, his forehead was high, and he also had two swollen bags. His eye sockets were very shallow, his eye bags were very heavy, his nose was very high, his lips protruded forward, and a lock of goatee grew on his pointed chin.

    This wisp of goatee really suits him. The old man looks like a refined goat.

    There was also a shabby stall in front of him, which was even shabby than the boy''s stall.

    On a piece of linen, there are a mess of gadgets, a dirty puppet, a rusty little iron man, a top almost the same as the earth, a twelve line chess without several pieces, and more than a dozen palm sized stone statues with green moss.

    What is this? Inferior second-hand toys? Sphinx covered his nose and said, "how dare you sell this kind of thing?"

    The old man raised his dark face, bared his teeth darker than his face, and said with a smile, "only those who know the goods know their value, young man, are you right?"

    Manda squatted on the ground and nodded. At the moment he opened his divine power, the gold coins in front of him had almost drowned it.

    There are at least 100 gold coins around the puppet. Each little iron man has 40 gold coins. The top may exceed 200 gold coins. The value of the twelve line chess is at least twice that of the top

    The most terrible thing is the dozen small stone statues. He can''t count the gold coins around the stone statues. The place where the stone statues are placed has become a hill piled with more than a dozen gold coins.

    What the hell is this? Why is this pile of junk so valuable?

    Manda got up and sighed, pretending to be mature and said, "it''s a good thing, but I can''t afford it."

    The old man stroked his beard, bared his yellow teeth and said with a smile, "the price can be discussed. How about a gold coin? These things only need a gold coin."

    "You know what you''re talking about? Have you seen gold coins?" the lioness sneered. "Change these things into a earthen pot and keep them for begging."

    With that, she picked up Manda and turned to go. The voice of the God of life appeared in Manda''s mind again.

    "Why not buy such a good thing at such a low price?"

    What good is this?

    Manda resisted her anger and carefully replied in her heart: I really can''t afford it.

    "Just a gold coin."

    I can''t take out a gold coin.

    "Think of a way."

    What can I do? Besides, it''s not fair. You said you wanted a fair deal.

    "Don''t contradict me!"

    The spirit grabbed Manda''s brain again. Manda turned her eyes, foamed at her mouth and broke free from Sphinx''s arms.

    Whatever your reasons, he has a tight hoop. Manda lay on the ground, hugged the lion girl''s thigh and cried, "give me a gold coin, please, I''ll double it back to you!"

    The lioness squinted at Manda. In the setting sun, her outline became so clear that Manda felt her hair rising slowly.

    Manda gave up the extravagant hope of asking for gold coins. He was thinking whether to escape or beg for mercy next, but unexpectedly saw the lioness empty her purse.

    "Sixty two silver coins, only so much, and the rest was distributed to them."

    Manda took the silver coin and looked at the old man. The old man shook his head and said, "I only want a gold coin. You should know how cheap you have taken."

    Damn old man, can''t you be as simple as that child?

    Manda looked at the lioness again. The lioness sighed and took off her earrings.

    The old man took the silver coins and earrings, shrugged up the middle part of his upper lip, revealed two front teeth, and said strangely, "just think you owe me, and give me back what you owe me."

    Is there any royal law? I spent a gold coin and bought a pile of junk. I still owe him!

    With this pile of dirty rags on her back, Manda walked carefully behind the lioness. When she was about to get on the carriage, she suddenly heard the lioness say fiercely: "on the way back, you can only eat black bread and don''t want to drink a drop of meat soup. When you get to the Valley, you have to clean my room for a year!"

    Manda smiled awkwardly and suddenly heard someone shouting behind her: "please wait a minute!"

    Manda looked back and saw the little boy who sold him the dagger catching up. He held the dirty sheepskin in his arms, wrapped with a short bow and arrowheads.

    "Let me go. No matter what price you offer, I can''t afford it and don''t want to buy it. Please don''t be embarrassed..."

    The boy stuffed the sheepskin into Manda''s arms: "here you are, and this..."

    The boy took out a long brass wrist guard from his backpack and stuffed it into Manda''s hand: "it may be a little bigger and can be used in a few years."

    "Thank you for your kindness, but I really..."

    Before he finished, the boy turned and ran away. Manda waited nervously for the instructions of the gods.

    He gave it to me. I really have no money

    "Remember today''s kindness, remember you owe him."

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