Treasure Sword Town is a small town not far from the city center, but the buildings on both sides of the road have turned from the densely packed city buildings into flat grasslands and scattered trees in the fields.
The taxi driver was quite talkative along the way, especially interested in the work and living conditions in the UK. This is because his child went to the UK after completing their university education.
Although historically, the relationship between the UK and Ireland was not very good, many Irish people went to work in the UK due to economic reasons and the common language between both sides.
Perhaps because it was not rush hour, the traffic was not very heavy along the way. The taxi took only about half an hour to travel the ten-plus kilometers to this small town not far from Dublin.
Before, Leonard Ethan noticed that the light spot was in the center of Dublin, but since this place was so close to home, he naturally went home first instead of going to the city center to look for things.
"Finally home." Looking at this tranquil little town, Leonard Ethan gently sighed. One very lucky thing for him is that although the world has changed, his family has not changed at all.
There was only one road in the small town, and some two and three-story buildings with white walls and gray roofs stood on both sides of the road. Since Leonard Ethan in this world grew up in this small town, he knew most of the people he saw along the way.
Greeting people along the way, Leonard Ethan walked along the road towards the outskirts of the town. That's because his home was not in the town, but in a farmstead about two or three hundred meters away from the town.
The reason for getting off the car in the town was simple- the road leading to the farm was a one-way street, which would be inconvenient for the taxi to come back out after entering.
That's right, in this life, Leonard Ethan's family runs a farm of more than three hundred acres.
And it was precisely because of this farm that in the early 1990s, Leonard Ethan's father, who had already obtained a master's degree and a secure job at a school, abandoned everything in his homeland, and took his then pregnant mother to cross the vast ocean to come here.
"Here we are, finally home." After dragging his suitcase to the gate of the yard, he stared at the two-story building through the gap in the iron gate for a while before taking a deep breath and pressing the doorbell.
"Who is it?"
"Mom, I'm home." Leonard Ethan replied in Chinese, straining his voice.
Soon, a middle-aged woman came over from the side of the house, wiping her hands on her apron as she walked.
"I've been preparing a good meal for you since I heard you were coming home today. I was just picking eggs from the henhouse." Leonard Ethan's mother said as she put an egg into the pocket of her apron while talking to him. "I've prepared all your favorite dishes for dinner tonight—"
"By the way, where's dad?" After entering the living room with his mother, Leonard Ethan put his suitcase aside and asked.
"What are you, confused? Today's Wednesday, not the weekend. So your father should be at the town elementary school teaching the students about Chinese culture and Northeast Asian culture."
Leonard Ethan's mother was mainly responsible for the work on the farm, and his father was a math teacher at the town elementary school.
Of course, Irish elementary schools do not have classes until 6 o'clock in the afternoon. There is a considerable amount of time in the afternoon for extracurricular interest classes, and public elementary schools in rural towns also suffer from a shortage of staff.
So, in addition to teaching math lessons on a daily basis, Leonard Ethan's father also served as a instructor for the extracurricular interest classes in Chinese culture and Northeast Asian culture.
In fact, for those who live abroad, there are often two tendencies. One is to imitate local people's lifestyles as much as possible, thinking that this is the way to blend into the surrounding environment.
On the other hand, some will consciously retain their national characteristics and try to emphasize their ethnic features in their daily life.
It's not easy to say which method is better, but Leonard Ethan's family has chosen the latter.
Even back then, when his father realized that their family was the only Chinese in the entire town, which could easily turn a child into an ABC, he specifically reported to the principal and arranged an Eastland culture after-school interest class.
That's why Leonard Ethan remembers being able to speak fluent Mandarin and still exhibits a strong sense of his nationality despite having Western aspects in his daily habits.
"By the way, didn't you say you were working for an Antique Shop in London? Why did you suddenly come back this time?" his mother asked as Leonard Ethan reached for the pastries fresh from the oven on the dining table. "Did you do something wrong?"
"You have to trust your son." Leonard Ethan chuckled, and then dragged the suitcase from the hallway into the room, "The main reason I came back this time is to bring back something valuable and do some treasure hunting on the island."
"Valuable things?" His mother, who was washing vegetables, turned off the faucet and walked over. "With your luck of buying a lottery ticket every week for a decade without even winning the two-pound minimum prize, how could you get a good thing?"
"You really can't make this up, but this time your son's luck has really turned around — " Leonard Ethan said while opening his suitcase, taking out the copper pot, and recounting his past two months.
About ten minutes later, his mother finally understood that her son had indeed made something of himself and could stand on his own in society.
"That's wonderful, finding a suitable job for yourself is a good thing—" His mother excitedly patted Leonard Ethan's hand.
After he graduated from university, his family hoped he could find a stable job; becoming a Civil Servant would be even better. But with his Golden Finger, Leonard Ethan spent a considerable effort convincing his parents before venturing to London on his own.
Contrary to some people's imagination, being a Civil Servant is an excellent job not only in Chinese, but in most countries around the world.
Although the salary is not high, it is not as busy as private companies, and the job is stable. In addition, Civil Servants often enjoy various bonuses, allowances, insurance, and other benefits.
Therefore, in his parents' view, having such a respectable and stable job after graduating from university was the best option, while the family farm could be entrusted to a series of agricultural companies to manage.
This was why it took so much time and energy to convince his parents before deciding to venture out on his own.
However, now his parents could finally rest assured, because even in a high-income country like the United Kingdom, an income of several hundreds of thousands within two months is considered high-income.
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, Leonard Ethan's father also came home, and the family gathered around the dining table for dinner. After a few rounds of wine and dishes, his parents started to care about Leonard Ethan's life in London.
Of course, urging marriage was an inevitable topic. At least in his parents' view, Leonard Ethan now could stand on his own in society, so it was time for him to settle down and start a family.
"Alright, alright, you guys can rest assured on this matter—" Seeing his parents discussing the matter back and forth, Leonard Ethan could only helplessly accompany their laughter.
It seems that no matter which world he is in, he can't escape the fate of being urged to marry by his parents.