Chapter 340 My Beloved Friends
When Xia Lulu brought her four little lolis to ask Zhang Daye for his opinion, Zhang Da was very pleased. The children had grown up and knew how to bring someone home.
If Kuina and Kaya are included, and if Zhang Da has any strange habits, the Amber will now become the Amber Girls' Elementary School.
"But that's not why I taught you the elementary school rules..."
"What nonsense are you saying again?" Perona bumped Zhang Tatsuya's waist with her head, and her pink twin ponytails twitched. "What should we do now?"
To be honest, Zhang Da also wanted to take Nami away, even though there were Shark Chili and Wendy on the boat now, one was familiar with ocean currents and navigation knowledge, and the other could predict the weather through air changes, but Nami's talent was so good that she could take on both of them alone.
Moreover, for some extreme situations, such as the waterfall in Wano Country and the surging ocean current to Sky Island, Shark Pepper may not be sure, but Nami can easily control it. Who wouldn't be greedy for such a genius navigator?
The only problem is that Nami is too young now. She will only be 9 years old after her birthday this year. It doesn't seem appropriate to kidnap her like this. Besides, she herself is reluctant to leave, and Bellemel is probably worried.
Zhang Da also looked at Nami and suggested, "How about this? I'll lend you some books and you can take them home and read them slowly. I'll come back to pick you up in three to five years. By then, you'll be grown up and have learned how to sail well, so you can travel with us."
Nojigo hurriedly asked on behalf of Nami: "Will you come back?"
Zhang Da also nodded: "Of course, this trip to the East China Sea was an accident. We have to send that colored skeleton to a place. There are many places in the East China Sea that we haven't been able to visit yet."
"That's great, Nami!" Nojigo hugged Nami happily.
"Yeah!" Nami also smiled, "Thank you, Tatsuya-nii!"
"A few years later?" Wendy compared Nami's height with her own and decided to work hard to grow taller in the next few years so that she could look more like an older sister.
"What? It'll take several more years..." Perona said unhappily , "Can't we bring their whole family with us?"
Zhang Da also whispered to her, "I've thought about it, and it's okay to bring them along. Then we can vacate a room full of stuffed bears for the three of them to live in, and then the owner of that room can sleep on the deck. How about that?"
Perona turned around, held Nami's hand, and said sincerely: "Please study hard in the past few years without us by your side!"
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It was Shark Chili who had to help Nami choose books. Although Zhang Da also read a lot of books when he was bored, he just read for fun. His actual knowledge level was not even that of an entry-level navigator. He was afraid that if he made the wrong choice, he would mislead others.
Shark Chili saw that Zhang Da also valued Nami so much, so he explained some knowledge when selecting books, and also gave her a test based on this knowledge. The result surprised Shark Chili, and he probably meant someone like Nami.
So Shark Chili activated the super transformation form on the spot, and copied a copy of his study notes with crazy speed and gave it to Nami.
In addition to some key points of knowledge, the notes also contain the experience that Shark Chili has summarized bit by bit through this period of sailing, which is very valuable for novice navigators.
Nami stuffed the notebook into her clothes and held it tightly as if it were a treasure. It seemed that this habit of hiding things inside clothes was something she had developed since she was a child. No wonder when she grew up, Nami liked to stuff important things like weather sticks and Den Den Mushi into her clothes through her collar.
Because the books selected by Shark Chili were stacked higher than Nami, Zhang Da also provided her with door-to-door delivery service. It happened that Perona and Wendy wanted to go to Nami's orange orchard to play, and Nojiko and Nami also wanted to send some oranges as a return gift.
Bellemel experienced a life-and-death crisis today, and her emotions were affected a little. Although she had almost died on the battlefield when she was a navy, she had no worries at that time, which was completely different from her current feelings.
Maybe to vent, maybe to celebrate, Bellemel drank a little too much at noon today. By the end of the banquet, she could hardly stand. In the end, it was Ajian who took her home.
After confirming that Bellemel was simply drunk and would be fine, Nojiko and Nami were dragged out to play by Perona. Ajian said that he would take care of the family and they didn't have to worry.
A few hours later, Bellumel opened his eyes dizzily and felt a little headache.
Ah Jian quickly poured a glass of water and advised: "Don't drink so much next time."
Bellumel didn't respond to him, nor did he take the water from his hand. Instead, he pulled his collar and looked inside.
Ah Jian was frightened by her and quickly backed to the door, spilling half of the water in his cup: "What are you doing? I'm still here, pay attention to your image!"
"Eh~~" Bellemel pretended to be disappointed and said, "Mr. Jian didn't take the opportunity to do something to me? What a coward~"
Ah Jian roared: "Who would do that to you! "
Bellumel blinked and pretended to be innocent: "I was talking about helping me wipe my face or something, what kind of thing is that, Mr. Ken?"
Ah Jian's face suddenly turned red, and then his mustache stood up in anger. He was fooled by this bad girl again. He put the cup of water heavily on the table and said unhappily, "Since you are awake, go wash yourself!"
Ajian turned around and went out, and then saw Zhang Daye with a shocked look on his face.
Zhang Da also stood at the door and watched Bellumel pulling at his collar, then looked at Ajian's red face and the sweat on his forehead: "Sorry to bother you, I'll come back later."
Tom beside him stretched his neck curiously to look inside. Zhang Da also stuffed a pile of books into Tom's arms to block his view: "Little kid, don't look around. Let's go and play with Nami and the others in the orange orchard first."
Ah Jian was stunned for a few seconds, looking at Zhang Daye and Tom's backs getting farther and farther away, and hurriedly chased after them: "Don't go!"
A few minutes later, the four of them sat around the round table. Zhang Daye and Tom took a sip of tea at the same time and listened quietly to Ajian's blushing explanation of what had just happened.
Bellemel also blushed a little. She often teased Ajian, but this was the first time she was seen by outsiders - she had obviously forgotten the time when she got drunk at noon.
Ah Jian's throat was dry as he spoke: "In short, things are not what you think!"
Zhang Da also nodded: "Oh, I believe it."
"I know this kind of thing is hard for people to do..." Ajian looked at him, "Do you believe it?"
"Yes, Mr. Jian looks like an honest man who is trustworthy."
"Haha, it's not as good as you said..." Ajian felt inexplicably embarrassed after being praised.
Zhang Da also reflected for a second whether he was more praising him or making fun of him, and then put the matter behind him: "This is not important. The main reason we came here this time is to talk about Nami."
"Did Nami get into trouble?" Bellemel asked nervously. She knew that Nojiko, Nami and the two little girls from the Amber Pirates played well together, and she was worried that Nami might have broken something or something.
"Don't worry. Actually, we discovered that Nami has a talent for navigator, so we made an agreement with her without her permission." Zhang Da also briefly explained the matter.
"In short, these books are our investment in future navigators. I think I should talk to her parents about this matter. If you disagree, we can discuss it again."
"How can we let such a young child go out to sea? Nami will only be 12 years old in three years, and only 14 years old in five years!" Ajian was the first to express his objection, "Besides, the sea is so dangerous. If we encounter..."
He wondered what to do if he met a pirate like Arlong again, but then he thought that the Arlong Pirates had been wiped out by the people in front of him, so it seemed that it would be safe to follow them?
Zhang Da also said: "It's just a trip, not a pirate trip or anything like that. It doesn't matter if they are younger. Our Wendy is only twelve years old, and Perona is only thirteen. If she wasn't reluctant to leave her family, we could take her away now."
Perona will be 14 years old after her birthday this year. As for Wendy, Zhang Da didn't know how to calculate her age for a moment. In fact, he didn't even know how to calculate his own age now.
Bellemel thought for a moment and smiled: "Is that so? Thank you for your help."
Ah Jian was a little surprised to see Bellemel act so decisively: "Bellemel..."
"It's okay. This is Nami's dream. Even without Mr. Tatsuya and the others, she will go to sea one day." Bellemel thought clearly. Instead of waiting for Nami to board an unknown ship in the future, it would be better to help her find a reliable team now.
Ajian stopped talking. He was no longer related to Nami. Since Bellemel had agreed, he didn't seem to have the right to say anything.
Bellemel looked at the tall stack of books and asked, "But these books are expensive, right? Is it okay to just give them to Nami?"
Zhang Da also said: "It's okay, this is a necessary investment and it's worth it. With Nami's talent, it's no problem to advance her salary for a few years."
These professional books are indeed not cheap, but for Zhang Daye, they are nothing. If he lets Altria go without a meal, he will have everything he needs - of course, he would definitely not do that.
Moreover, Shark Chili has already memorized the contents of these books using his sleep learning function. You can ask him when you need them. If it doesn't work, you can buy them again later. It's not a big problem.
An advance on her daughter's salary? Bellumel found herself shamefully tempted, but then rejected it immediately. She had already made up her mind to be a qualified mother, so how could she count on her daughter's future salary?
Bellumel said: "No need for salary, the rest will be done as you say."
After saying the most important thing, Zhang Da also picked up an orange and peeled it while asking, "I heard that you were a navy officer before?"
Bellemel nodded and said, "Yes, I barely made it to the rank of lieutenant, and then I almost died in a battle. If I hadn't met Nami and Nokigo at that time, I would have lost the will to live."
Even as she talked about these thrilling past events, Bellemel had a smile on her face. She would never forget the day she saw baby Nami laughing in Nojigo's arms.
Clearly surrounded by ruins and numerous bodies in miserable states, the child smiled innocently. At that moment, Bellemer felt that the world in his eyes suddenly had color and his life had found meaning.
While listening to the story, Zhang Daye put a slice of orange into his mouth. It was a little sour, so he chewed it slowly, and then stuffed the rest of the orange into Tom so that he could get some vitamin C.
Tom was touched for three seconds that his master had peeled the orange for him. He threw the orange into his mouth and chewed it. Then his face gradually turned green. He gulped down a pot of tea before he came to his senses, panting with his tongue sticking out.
Zhang Da also touched Tom's head against his conscience as a way of comforting him, then took out a booklet and handed it to Bellumel: "In that case, I will give you something."
"This is..." It is the training method of Six Styles and Haki. Bellemel was only a lieutenant in the branch before, and her rank was not high enough to understand these things, but after a quick look, she knew that these were very precious things.
Zhang Da also explained: "This is the reward the navy gave me for a certain incident. They said not to spread it casually. I thought that passing it to you, a former naval officer, would neither be considered 'casual' nor 'spread'."
Ajian widened his eyes. Is this how you understand the phrase 'don't spread it around'?
Zhang Da also said: "I believe you can see that there will be more and more pirates in this world. You need to become stronger to protect your daughters. Let Nami and the others try when you have time. It is always good to have more self-protection ability."
At this point, Bellemel had no way of refusing. She thought that it seemed that she would have to work harder in the future to pick up her previous training programs, or even double them, because the things above were not something that ordinary people could master.
"I understand." She nodded and solemnly tucked the booklet into her clothes through the collar.
Ajian's eyes were a little out of control, and he subconsciously wanted to scold.
Zhang Da also looked up at the ceiling. Nami learned all her good habits from her. It is true that a tiger mother will have a dog daughter.
Tom ignored all that and carefully picked out an orange from the remaining ones, peeled it, broke off a slice and tasted it.
It's sour! Tom's eyes lit up, and he followed suit and stuffed the orange into Zhang Daye's hand, pretending to be a good boy.
Zhang Da also took the orange and glanced at Tom. This kid was too honest. He looked like he was up to something.
He broke off a petal and put it into his mouth. Noticing Tom's increasingly unbridled expression out of the corner of his eye, Zhang Da also grinned wickedly and stuffed his hand and the orange into Tom's mouth. After pulling his hand out, he kindly pinched Tom's mouth and helped him chew it.
Tom covered his mouth and his face gradually turned green again.
"You have a really good relationship with this cat." Bellemel had only seen people feeding their pets, but this was the first time he saw both sides feeding each other. If Nami followed him, she would probably be well taken care of as he was such a good person at taking care of pets.
"Yes, yes." Zhang Da nodded shamelessly, and nodded while pressing Tom's head. "Although Tom is a pet, he is like my beloved relative, brother, and sibling."
