Chapter 49: The Fallen Poet
The enforcers partyed until late at night before they left the Tavern.
A total of 35 silver coins were recorded, and the net profit reached 22 silver coins, which can be described as a good start.
But today is because of the information provided by Xiao Hei to help the law enforcement team solve the murder case, such a success cannot be replicated, presumably after tomorrow the business of the tavern will become the same as today's daytime, the door is very busy.
As soon as the enforcers left, the tavern fell silent, and Caroline and the others cleaned up the mess.
Blackie crawled out from behind the counter, it was really dangerous just now, if it hadn't seen Raymond walk towards the bar, let Agthius enter the back of the bar in advance, and then let Agthyus repeat his words word by word under the bar, Blackie's identity would have been exposed.
"Let's go to bed early after packing up! Everyone has worked hard today, get a good night's sleep, and open the store again tomorrow at 11 o'clock." Xiao Hei said to everyone, and then when he sat on top of Erha's head and was about to go upstairs, he suddenly thought of something, turned to Caroline and said: "There may be more and more people drinking in the future, wait for you to post a notice for recruiting waiters and post it at the door, and if the salary is to be negotiable!"
Xiao Hei didn't dare to write in the information of a monthly salary of 3,000 copper coins and food and housing.
If so, the candidate must not have broken through the bars of the tavern.
And in this southern district, excessive salaries will also make people feel bad, but the gains outweigh the losses.
Anyway, let's see first, and if there is no suitable candidate, wait a little longer.
One night has passed, and another day has passed.
After sleeping until noon, Xiao Hei slowly got out of the thick futon.
There are three rooms on the second floor, one for Xiao Hei and Li Feng, one for Hezhestus and Agthius, and one for the two Caroline sisters.
Now Li Feng doesn't know where to go, and Erha is still dozing off on the ground.
Wake up Erha and come to the corridor, there was a crisp sound of breaking the air from Agthius's room, probably holding a firewood knife again, doing a chopping motion.
The Caroline sisters' room was quiet, and they didn't know if they got up or not.
Descending the hall, Caroline was busy in the kitchen, while Karina was sitting on a long sofa with a notebook in her hand and a pile of scraps of paper on her left.
Frowning and biting her fingernails, Karina took out a piece of shredded paper from her left from time to time, looked at it, put it on her right, and then flipped to a page of her notebook to write and draw.
If Blackie had read and could read, he would have found out that the scraps of paper were all the news he had told Karina yesterday.
"Did you see Li Feng?" Xiao Hei asked.
Karina glanced at Xiao Hei and buried her head again: "I went out just now, he showed my sister an empty plate before leaving, I guess he went to collect fruits!"
Fruit gathering?
How can you buy fruit with a dumb person?
But after thinking about it, Li Feng probably wanted to learn the language of this world, so he went with him.
Soon, Caroline came out of the kitchen with steamed white bread: "Dumb brother has been out for a while, and he hasn't come back yet, can't he be lost?"
Li Feng is 25 years old, and there is nothing wrong with Caroline being called an older brother.
"Why don't I go out and have a look! The dumb brother can't speak, and if he gets lost, he won't even have anyone to ask for directions. Little Black nodded, and Caroline immediately unbuttoned her apron and walked towards the door.
The door opened, and a man with a thin body, shabby clothes, and a sloppy face sitting in the doorway with his back in his hand, fell in.
"Ahh
Caroline yelled, she thought someone had died at the door, this kind of thing was not uncommon in the South End.
The screams woke up the man.
He opened his eyes in a daze, sat up, and the moment he turned his head to see Caroline, he immediately stood up and grabbed Caroline's arm, and his dirty palm stained Caroline's cuffs black: "May I ask if you are recruiting people here?"
Caroline nodded confusedly: "You want to apply?"
"Yes, yes, give me food! I can do anything!"
Seeing the white bread on the table, the man swallowed, pushed Caroline away, stumbled to the table, picked up the bread and stuffed it in his mouth.
At this time, Li Feng came back with a bag of fruit and saw the man swallowing food.
Thinking that there had been a robber in the store, he immediately put down the fruit bag and tried to drive the man out.
Caroline hurriedly pulled Li Feng down: "He's a candidate." β
"Applicant?" Li Feng put down his fist at this time, and he looked at Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei nodded to him and asked Erha to get closer to Caroline: "Wait for the interview to come, don't talk about the reward first, just ask him where he came from and find out his details." β
After a day of contact, Caroline also had a general impression of this mysterious little black group.
Li Feng can't speak, Xiao Hei can't speak, and Agthius can't speak.
She is the only one who is the best person to be the interviewer.
"I'll try!"
Caroline took a glass of water and put it next to the gobbling man, and sat down beside him.
"Eat slowly, if it's not enough, there will be in the kitchen." Caroline chatted casually with the man like a friend, "What's your name, where are you from?"
The man ate so fast that he choked, and it took a long sip of water to calm down, and then continued to deal with the white bread in front of him.
This time he ate much slower, glancing back at Caroline from time to time: "My name is Sanka, and I'm a troubadour. β
"Isn't that good, troubadour?" said Caroline.
Sanka shook his head: "You don't understand, I like heroic stories, and I also like immortal friendships, and most of the stories I tell are about this type of story.
In the past few years, everyone loved to listen to my voice and the stories I brought, and everywhere I went I was warmly welcomed and applauded.
But in recent years, everything has changed, the demons no longer invade the land of strife, and the orc royal court has also converged a lot.
Without a new story, my story becomes unappealing.
At that time, a whole new genre was suddenly born among the troubadours, who called themselves romantic troubadours, who admired aristocratic love and sang the praises of the lives of the upper classes.
This whole new genre was quickly embraced.
While people accepted the new genre, they began to dislike the traditional troubadours.
Say that there is no beautiful melody in my voice, only endless dry roar.
The story of My Me is full of violence, destroying their pure hearts and stirring up hatred in their hearts.
Say that we are evil, vicious!
But no! We don't! We just want them to remember those who fought for us!"
At this point, Sanka's mouth was full of bread and he suddenly choked.
Caroline gently patted Sanka on the back to soothe him, but the action only provoked Sanka, who fell on the table and cried even louder.
Sanka, who is almost 30 years old, is crying like a child at the moment.
"The stories of heroes are not necessarily interesting, the interesting stories are mostly vulgar, and the job of a waiter is not for you. β
"No, I'm suitable, I can do any job, just give me food. Hearing this, Sanka immediately stopped crying, and he hurriedly turned around, and there was no one behind him, and further down, there was only a small black mouse sitting on the head of a bald dog.
"Are you talking?" Sanka wiped tears from his face and looked at Blackie.
Xiao Hei nodded: "I lack a storyteller here, I don't know if you want to?"
There are a lot of talking monsters in Sanka's story, but this is the first time I've seen it.
"But my storyβ" Sanka's eyes widened as he thought of something.
If you can put this talking mouse into the story and whitewash it, maybe you can bring the traditional genre back to life.
Xiao Hei saw through Sanka's thoughts at a glance: "I advise you not to beat my idea, I don't want to be famous, and I don't want to use your old-fashioned stories."
Now answer me, stay, I will give you a salary of 30 silver coins per month, including food, not accommodation, and the guest's reward is half a cent.
Leave, and in a few days you will starve to death on the streets.
Take your pick!"
As long as you are not a fool, you know how to choose.
Sanka immediately replied, "I'll stay!"