Chapter 86 Blind Date (Part 1)
"How did you hear that Huang Jinbei is more anxious than me?" Naya teased Liu Yu.
"Alright, son, take this and give it to that little girl, remember her name is Lifi, be serious and leave a good impression." Naya waved her hand and the fox tribe maid behind her immediately brought over an exquisite wooden box and handed it to Liu Yu.
"What is this, Mother?" Naya wondered what kind of matchmaking gift she would receive. Liu Yu was somewhat curious and opened the wooden box without waiting for his mother's consent. Inside the box lay a green long gown, exquisitely crafted with beautiful floral patterns. Liu Yu reached out to touch it, and the fabric felt very smooth to the touch.
"Mother, this seems to be one of the two long gowns that Father bought for you. You won't give it away to someone else, will you?" Liu Yu wasn't very sure, after all, he didn't know how many clothes his mother had.
"Ah, this was bought by your father from those elf merchants four years ago. The color of this green robe is too bright, I'm old and can't wear such things out anymore. I've only worn this long robe once, you can take it away to give to someone else, it won't be a loss. Go, that young girl is still young, she'll definitely like it." Naya stroked the long robe in the box, her eyes full of fondness.
"Mother, this is too expensive, I don't even know if it will be successful." Liu Yu understood in his heart that Naya's words about giving away the embarrassing thing were purely humble.
The gold coins of the Beastman Kingdom are all in the national treasury, including the gold coins captured in war, which must be handed over. Ordinary beastmen who want to get some gold coins must use grain or land, servants, and exchange them with the national treasury.
The fabric of this long gown is said to be made from the skin of a special tree unique to the Elf tribe, known for being warm in winter and cool in summer, and not rotting for a hundred years. The entire Elven Empire can't produce much of it every year.
Four years ago, Gaia was given a thousand acres of land and two thousand servants by the kingdom as a reward for his military service. He gave them to the national treasury in exchange for 2,000 gold coins, which he used to buy these two long gowns for his wife.
A thousand gold coins for a piece of clothing, Liu Yu wasn't very clear about the specific purchasing power of this world's gold coins, but at that time, Gaya buying these two pieces of clothing for Naya made all her mother's female companions envy to no end. And the territory and servants used by Gaya were even more than the total of many small families' territories and servants.
This is also Gaia, the contemporary first-rate general of this meritorious beastman kingdom, who can afford to spend this money. At that time, there were still many members in the Weilin family who secretly accused Gaia of being too wasteful.
Naya now wants Liu Yu to send out this long gown, but no matter how Liu Yu thinks about it, it's not suitable. Firstly, this thing is his father's intention, and secondly, he himself already has a plan to make this blind date fail, which would leave his mother with nothing. Thinking of his mother's anger at that time, Liu Yu estimates that he will have no good days in the future.
"How dare you say it's not going to work, I've already brought out such good things. Moreover, there are only a few outstanding young Golden Bimon in the Sobel, Dila, and Weilin families in the Earth Fire Fortress, and they're all engaged or married. This is such a great opportunity, if you still can't make it happen, just wait and see how I'll deal with you."
As soon as Liu Yu said this, Naya got angry, her eyes widened and her tone suddenly rose several levels, her eyes emitting a piercing light that made Liu Yu tremble.
"Oh, kid, you must go all out." Seeing Naya's overbearing attitude, Liu Yu was so scared that he quickly promised.
In her heart, she was muttering to herself, "Why are the mothers of two lifetimes so fierce? When they get angry, they're just like a mother tiger. Oh no, this is even more ferocious than a mother tiger - it's a mother Bi Mong!"
"Alright, go ahead." Seeing Liu Yu's serious attitude, Naya's expression eased a lot, and she waved her hand to signal the fox tribe maid to take Liu Yu to meet his match.
"Mother, I'm leaving." Liu Yu added another sentence and hurriedly turned around to leave. Na Ya's appearance made him feel uneasy, compared to his previous life where his mother was feared by the whole family, she could hold her own.
"Wait, come back." Liu Yu had just walked to the living room door when his mother Naya's voice came again.
"My god, did I really cross over or not? It's just as fierce, and just as nagging." Liu Yu weakly rubbed his forehead, turning around to look at his mother who had already walked up to him.
"My son is so young and brave, with so many military achievements, he will definitely be able to do it." Naya regained her gentle demeanor of old, adjusted Liu Yu's collar, and said confidently as she looked at her son who was now a head taller than her.
"Mother, I'm leaving." After Naya finished speaking, Liu Yu carefully asked a question to make sure his mother wouldn't call him back before he left the living room. And Naya's personal fox tribe maid followed closely behind Liu Yu as they exited the stone building, master and servant walking one in front of the other towards the southern road where the Ke family was stationed.
Liu Yu was thinking about how to get rid of this relative while recalling information about the Luke family.
The Luke family, although not as powerful as the three super families of Dira, Weilin and Sobel, is also a top-notch family within the Mongolian tribe. With a history of over 1,000 years, they have produced seven or eight beastman kings and have always maintained a relatively neutral attitude in the political situation of the Beastman Kingdom, not leaning towards any particular super family.
In Liu Yu's image, the Lu family also had two ninth-level elders in the Council of Elders, but they didn't hold any real power and weren't particularly prominent.
The earth fire fortress was not big, and Liu Yu and Naya's maid did not walk for a long time before arriving in front of a continuous stone building. Among the many stone buildings at the very front, on a high stone tower of over ten meters in the middle position, were written two golden beast tribe characters "Lu Ke".
"You wait for me here, take this first, and bring it in when I need it later." Liu Yu instructed the maid in a low voice, then walked into the stone building ahead of her.
Because this was the first meeting, Liu Yu couldn't be too formal and use his family's authority to meet with the elders of the other family. Instead, he had to quietly take away the object of the blind date and find a suitable place for them to meet.
Liu Yu had just walked into a stone building when a middle-aged woman about the same age as his mother, Naya, came forward to greet him.
"Your Highness, you have arrived." The woman bowed slightly and paid her respects to Liu Yu.
"Aunt, hello." Liu Yu also bowed slightly and returned the courtesy. This woman was older than him and was the wife of the current young patriarch of the Luoke family, and was of the same generation as his mother, Naya.
"Auntie, I..."
"Your Highness, don't worry, we've made all the arrangements. Please wait here for a moment." Before Liu Yu could speak up, that female Da Di Meng spoke out the words he wanted to ask.
"Alright, I'll leave everything to Auntie's arrangement." Liu Yu knew that in general, when it came to blind dates among the Mongols, the woman's side would arrange a safe meeting place, and all the man had to do was wait for the meeting.
A few moments later, outside the Earthfire Fortress, a young golden-haired couple appeared riding high-headed horses. They slowly urged their mounts on and rode along the main road at random.
"Lifi, this is what my mother asked me to bring to you." Liu Yu's face twitched slightly as he handed the wooden box prepared by Naya to Huang Jin Bimong, who was riding alongside him in a golden uniform.
"Then thank the princess for me, I'll definitely go visit her another day." The female Huang Jinbi smiled more politely than Mo Meng and took over the wooden box with a gentle smile.
Liffy Luke, before meeting her, Liu Yu thought the name sounded pretty good and even had a little fantasy, hoping that this female Golden Mongol wouldn't be too strong and would have some feminine charm. But after meeting her, he knew he was still too naive, in the Mongol tribe where strength is beauty, how could the strongest bloodline of the Golden Mongols possibly be a weak woman?
Members of the Bi Mon tribe are generally tall and large, like Liu Yu, who is eighteen years old this year. In the two years since he joined the army, his height has been growing continuously, and he privately estimates that his height has already exceeded 2 meters.
While Bi Meng's growth period was probably around 20 years old, which is also the time when Liu Yu finished his military service. At that time, Liu Yu estimated that he would be about 2 meters 20 centimeters tall, which in his previous life would have been a giant, and playing basketball or dunking would not have been a problem.
But among the Bimon, this is just a normal height. Liu Yu has seen that most males over 20 years old are basically over two meters tall, except for a few like Tolemmy and Elder Tuluo. Female Bimons are generally slightly shorter than male Bimons, but also have a height of around 1.8 to 1.9 meters.
But there are always exceptions, and the Luffy Luke in front of Liu Yu is an exception. She didn't disappoint the bloodline of Huang Jin Bimont at all, she was half a head taller than Liu Yu, and with her strong physique, she gave Liu Yu a few points of pressure.
From the simple understanding of the road from Dihu Fortress to outside the city, Liu Yue knew that Lifi and her cousin Ailina were new recruits of this generation, 19 years old this year, who had just completed their two-year military service in the northern centaur territory and returned to Dihu Fortress in autumn.