Chapter 1206 Acquaintance?

Han Li drove for half an hour and finally arrived at the monastery Eleanor Nixon was talking about.

The parking area is a large square. Judging from the existing building scale and area, this monastery must have been glorious in the past.

Directly across the square is a typical Gothic church with its towering spire, complex flying buttresses and extensive sculptural decoration.

However, due to lack of maintenance, the church in front has lost a lot of color.

Han Li parked the car and walked through the long and narrow front corridor to the nave of the church. This was a large hall with an elderly nun cleaning it.

After seeing Han Li, the old nun put down the tools in her hands, clasped her hands together, lowered her head and closed her eyes, spread her right hand, put her five fingers together, pointed her forehead, chest, left shoulder, and right shoulder with her middle finger, and bowed at an angle of 30 degrees. said.

"Sir, are you here to listen to the Lord's teachings?"

After hearing this, Han Li did not return the favor, but silently rolled his eyes and complained in his heart.

"Let's not talk about whether you have faith or not. Even if you do, unless you are stupid, you will ignore the great gods in the country and listen to the teachings of a foreign god whose origins are incomplete? Isn't this purely sick?"

Of course Han Li couldn't say these words, he coughed slightly and said.

"Today is not Sunday, so there is no need to disturb the Lord's rest just because I am alone, so there is no need to listen. I heard from a friend that your courtyard can let people experience the medieval style, so I came here specially."

After the old nun finished speaking, her eyes kept looking at Han Li.

When she saw Han Li's high-end custom-made suit, a smile appeared on her face. When she heard Han Li's words, the smile on her face grew even more.

However, the old nun did not speak. Instead, she slightly bent over and made an invitation gesture to Han Li, and took him to visit the monastery.

After the two people walked out of the church, the old nun was like a tour guide, leading the way while explaining the origin of the monastery and the functions of some buildings to Han Li.

The back of the monastery church is divided into two parts, the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard. The nuns are arranged in the inner courtyard, and the outer courtyard is where the abbess receives visitors and where guests stay.

If there are male priests in this monastery, according to the regulations, they also need to live in the outer courtyard.

But now there are no male priests or guests here, only a few half-year-old children cleaning the house.

When they saw the old nun bringing guests, they all saluted, and some people immediately ran to the next room to set up tea sets. Only then did Han Li realize that the old nun was actually the abbot of the monastery.

The old nun simply took Han Li around the outer courtyard without intending to go into the inner courtyard. Instead, she led him to a room that resembled a small prayer room.

The layout of this room is relatively simple. There is a statue of God hanging on the front wall, a box on the table below, some religious oil paintings hanging on the surrounding walls, and only a few sets of tables and chairs.

After the old nun led Han Li to sit down at one of the tables and chairs, someone immediately came over to pour tea.

After everyone left, the old nun began to introduce them.

However, she talked about how difficult it was to run this monastery and how difficult it was to feed a dozen children. She did not mention a word about the medieval style.

Han Li listened patiently at first, but he didn't expect that the old nun would talk endlessly.

At this time, Han Li was a little suspicious that Eleanor Nixon had lied to him, but when he thought about it, it was basically impossible for her to tell lies in the situation where she couldn't get what she asked for.

Han Li was about to interrupt the old nun's chattering. When he asked again, he saw that when the woman was talking, her eyes were staring at the box under the statue most of the time.

Han Li really didn't pay attention to that box, but when he looked at it again, he saw that it was exactly the same as the merit boxes in some temples.

At this time, Han Li understood everything. The old nun and the abbess were waiting for him here.

So Han Li took out a hundred British coins from his pocket, stood up and put it into the merit box.

At this time, the old nun stood up with a smile, saluted Han Li again and said.

"May the Lord bless you and give you peace and happiness, Amen."

After the old nun finished speaking, she came to a table, took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer, placed them on the table, closed her eyes and stopped talking.

Han Li picked up these pieces of paper from the table and looked at them. The top one showed a civilian wearing a linen jacket and trousers.

In the middle it says: Fifty dollars, and there is a line of small words below the money number.

This price only allows for one night's board and lodging in the outer courtyard. The food and drink are the same as those in the monastery, and there is no special treatment.

Second picture: It shows a monk wearing a black robe with white or red details.

In the middle it says: One hundred (one hundred yuan), and there is also a line of small words below the amount of money.

This price is also only for one night's board and lodging in the outer courtyard, and the food and drink are the same as those in the monastery.

During this period, it is still officially not allowed to enter the inner court. As for whether you can enter, and what encounters you may encounter after entering, it all depends on your personal ability.

The third picture: What is painted above is a nobleman wearing silk clothes, a cloak, a high-top, embroidered hat, with noble badges and jewelry.

In the middle is written: Three hundred yuan (three hundred yuan). At this price, you can also choose a room in the outer court, room and board for two nights, and you can order a small amount of food when eating and drinking.

During this period, you are still not allowed to enter the inner court, but you can choose a nun to come to pray at your door.

The fourth picture: What is painted above is a king wearing a gorgeous floor-length robe, a crown on his head, and various jewelry on his body.

It says in the middle: Five hundred yuan (five hundred yuan). At this price, you can also choose a room in the outer court, have room and board for three nights, and order a large amount of food when eating and drinking.

During this period, you can go around the inner court every day, and you can designate three to five nuns to pray at your door.

The fifth picture: What is painted above is a senior church official wearing a Gothic black and red robe inlaid with various gems, pearls and precious metals, a four-cornered hat on his head, and a scepter in his hand.

In the middle is written: One thousand yuan (one thousand yuan), you can choose from the inner court or the outer court.

Room and board are also only for three nights, and you can order whatever you want when eating and drinking.

Whether it is the inner court or the outer court, you can receive inspections, guidance, clinical inspections, and teachings anytime and anywhere.

After reading it, Han Li sighed in his heart. He originally thought that the consumption last night was high enough, but he didn't expect to encounter a darker one today.

You must know that if the average person in England can currently get forty British dollars per week, this person's income is already quite good.

Even if ordinary people accidentally learn about this matter and this price, they probably won't be willing to spend this money, even for the cheapest civilian package.

This is really a foreign version of a wealthy family that is full of wine and meat, but people are counting on this to make money to support their families. For this reason, they even take out the top church officials as examples.

But these are none of Han Li's business. He doesn't care about money, so he didn't consider the first four packages at all. At this moment, he is thinking about the pros and cons of the fifth package.

Just now, Han Li learned from the old nun, the abbess, that there were a total of fifteen nuns living in the inner court of this monastery. Because the monastery was in recession, the older ones were all let out to fend for themselves.

Although Han Li has not met anyone yet, his age is still there.

Even if you pick and choose generals from among the dwarfs, according to the elimination rate of one-third, you can still choose ten out of fifteen people.

Calculating it this way, the per capita consumption is only 100 yuan, which is cheaper than Han Li's cost of going to a bar to drink and fish. I wonder if this is a wholesale price discount for large quantities?

After Han Li made up his mind, he readily took out a thousand yuan and put it on the table.

"I really yearn for the feeling of the fifth life, but I don't have time to stay here for three consecutive days, so I ask to start experiencing it now. If there are no special circumstances, I will leave at this time tomorrow."

The old nun opened her closed eyes when she heard Han Li speak. She nodded slightly after seeing the money on the table, but she still didn't say a word in the room.

The old nun stood up, made an invitation gesture, and walked outside. She first made a false sign of the cross on her chest, then turned to Han Li and said with a smile.

"Sir, please come to the inner court with me. I will give you a brief introduction to the layout and situation inside."

The old nun led Han Li into the inner court, briefly introduced the purpose of each house, called everyone out to greet Han Li, and then left.

When she appeared in the outer courtyard again, the door leading to the inner court was tightly closed. When it was opened again, Han Li left.

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The next day, Han Li left here in his RV around ten o'clock in the morning.

After the old nun sent Han Li away, she cursed in her heart why the people in the inner court were acting like fools today. Even if they were dissatisfied, they couldn't just let the guests leave alone.

Why did they forget to win over the guests and send them away? If this continues, who will come here a second time?

If this continues, the monastery where I have lived all my life will soon close down. It seems that I have been too good to them recently. If that doesn't work, I will contact the shelter to see if it is available.

After the old nun came to the inner court with a cold face and thoughtful thoughts, she found that these people were still sleeping, and the fire in her heart became even greater.

The old nun woke up the person she was most optimistic about, and after scolding him, she realized what happened yesterday.

This made the old nun feel extremely regretful. Why did she leave at that time? If you stay, maybe you can get a share of the pie and experience it.

But that guest left too fast. These people must have failed to take good care of each other, and they didn't know if he would come again in the future.

Han Li had no idea what the old nun was thinking at this moment. If he knew, he would definitely kick him away.

The reason why Han Li stayed here was not only to feel the medieval style and experience the enjoyment of the nobility at that time, but also to rely on numbers to find someone with a talent similar to He Mi's.

Unfortunately, this kind of situation is hard to come by. Han Li went from knocking on doors one by one yesterday to gathering together and fighting against the crowd with a small number of people.

Line up, circle, uneven bars, thousand-layer tower

At first, the expectations were good, and they were all different, but in the end Han Li still did not achieve his wish.

Han Li drove the RV back to St. Andrews and checked out of the hotel room. After buying a lot of sanitary napkins and some foreign wine on the street, he left the hometown of golf.

Because the road was in good condition, Han Li was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery for the time being. He stepped on the accelerator and arrived in Edinburgh in the evening of the same day.

Han Li still chose the hotel he stayed in last time because the grade and service here were very good.

But what Han Li did not expect was that when he was checking in, a familiar voice came from the side.

"Dear Han, I finally waited for you."

Han Li followed the voice and saw Vivian Richards, who had Celtic ancestry, red hair, and a very white complexion, but no blue pain and freckles.

Han Li: "Hi Vivilla, what a coincidence, I just arrived here today and I met you."

Vivilla: "Not a coincidence at all, but I know that if you come to Edinburgh, you will definitely stay here, so I will come here to take a look when I have time recently."

Han Li