Mr. Lem was a tall white man of about fifty years old, and his beard looked a little gray. As the owner of the only grocery store in the town, he has a perennial smile on his face, and the children in the town love this kind old man.

Thomson's car pulled up in front of his grocery store just as the town's only elementary school next to the grocery store had just finished school. So, at this time, the grocery store was crowded with a group of young guys who had just finished school in front of the candy rack and in front of the ice cream machine.

When Pei Pei and Thomson walked into the grocery store, they happened to hear a little guy haggling with Old Lem.

"Mr. Lem, I'll give you a dollar for two ice creams, can you give me two more lollipops?" Shanni said that as long as I buy her ice cream and lollipops every day, she will consider being my girlfriend! The little guy looked up at old Lem and said cutely.

"Hehe" Old Lyme laughed, the beard on his face was shaking, "How can Old Lyme make a cute little cowboy not have a girlfriend!" Old Lem plucked two lollipops from the candy rack, bent down and handed them to the little cowboy: "Take it for ——,!" ”

"Thank you, Mr. Lem! God bless you! The little cowboy took the lollipop, thanked old Lem for taking off his hat like a good one, and ran out of the grocery store.

"Mr. Lem, I want an ice cream too!"

"Mr. Lem, give me a lollipop! I want an orange flavor! ”

"Mr. Lem—"

Several more children surrounded Old Lem, and one after the other spoke.

"Okay, okay! Children, come one by one! Old Lem replied with a smile.

Pei Pei and Thomson stood in front of the cash register, watching Old Lem entertain all the little ones in the grocery store.

"Hey! The beautiful hostess of Koizumi Villa, if you want to buy something, please come in and buy it yourself, I am busy at this moment. I'll wait until we've sent away the little angels before I receive you. How could old Lem not see such two big living people standing on the edge of the cash register, and he hurriedly looked up and greeted Pei Pei and Thomson in the direction where they were standing.

"Mr. Lem. We're not here to buy something, but we want to ask you for help! You're going to get the little ones in mind first! I'll talk to you when the little customers in the store are gone. Pei Pei smiled and said.

"Hehe, are you here to buy the latest rodenticide?" Old Lem pulled out a lollipop and handed it to some of the little guys at the counter. asked Pei Pei with a smile.

- Lucy is right! There are no secrets in this town! Pei Pei shook her head helplessly.

"No, it's not! It's other requests. You'd better entertain the children first, and I'll talk about it when the children are gone. Pei Pei replied.

"Okay, let's take a look in the store first." Old Lem turned his attention back to the children in front of him.

After sending off the last little one, old Lem was finally at ease.

"Hehehe, every day when I go to the end of elementary school, it is also the noisiest time in my store. Say, beautiful Miss Pell, is there anything I need help with? Old Lem looked at Pei Pei with his pipe in his mouth.

Pei Pei sorted out her thoughts. She recounted her thoughts and requests to old Lem.

Sure enough, Old Lem shook his head directly after hearing this: "No! no！ no！ I can't agree to your request! It's too dangerous! No way! Absolutely not! ”

- Okay! I knew it would be the answer! Looks like we're going to use a killer weapon again!

Pei Pei smiled faintly, took out the wallet from the purse, and took out five green Franklin cards from the wallet and placed them directly on the counter.

Then she looked into old Lyme's eyes, smiled and spoke, and her consciousness radiated—

"Mr. Lem, I won't let you run for nothing, this is your reward! As for security, it doesn't bother you, I've got you covered! ”

Unexpectedly, Old Lyme faced Pei Pei's killer divine sense and the five hundred US dollars on the counter. actually refused: "Still no!" It's not a question of getting paid or not! Even if you pay twice as much, I still can't agree! I don't want to be held accountable for your safety! ”

- Huh? Paying is just for Thomson. It stands to reason that I've used my divine sense, so Old Lem shouldn't refuse, right? Don't?

Pei Pei was surprised. In order to test her conjecture, she counted out ten more Franklins from her wallet, stacked them on top of the original bills, and then used her sense to look into old Lem's eyes: "If you can't double it!" And what about the triple pay? ”

Sure enough, Old Lem continued to shake his head: "No! no！ no！ As I said, it's not a question of getting paid or not! If you can't prove to me that you have the ability to protect yourself, I won't take you deep into the jungle to visit the tribe of the Indians!" ”

Old Lem's reaction fully confirmed Peipei's guess, and she did not take back the dollar bills on the counter, but changed the topic. With a smile, he asked Old Lem: "Mr. Lem, have you ever been a soldier before?" ”

"Hehehehe, who sued you? It can't be the old boy Flarley, right? This old fellow. There's no secret in your mouth! If you want to say that I used to be, but I was born in the Delta Special Forces of the United States! I was a lieutenant colonel before I retired! Hmph—old Flarley, this old boy doesn't believe it. I have to say that I drank too much and bragged! When it comes to his past experience as a soldier, even if most of his face is covered by a gray beard, he can guess his mood at the moment from the shaky beard, loud voice and shining eyes on Old Lyme's face.

"I believe in you! Mr. Lem! You must have been a brilliant military man before! Now that the speculation in her heart has been confirmed, Pei Pei does not plan to continue to use the killer weapon, and the sequelae of the province will be like the last time she dealt with Austin.

Therefore, she withdrew her divine sense, hit the snake and hit seven inches, and Pei Pei decided to directly attack the psychological defense line of Old Lyme from the front!

But—

"Little Peel, even if you compliment me, I will not be tempted by your rhetoric. Confused! As I said, I would never agree to take a man who has no ability to protect himself into the jungle! Although Old Lem was tickled by Pei Pei's compliment, he still resolutely pushed away the stack of dollar bills that Pei Pei placed on the counter, and replied with a smile.

"What if—" Pei Pei smiled slightly, and pushed back the dollar bill that had been pushed in front of her, "Can I prove that I have the ability to protect myself?" ”

Old Lem's eyes widened. "You? A delicate city lady? Ha! Don't talk about it! ”

After saying that, he took out a box of new rodenticide from under the counter and put it on the counter, "Little Peel." Don't brag in front of Uncle Lime! Uh-oh this is my new rodenticide, so you might as well take this back and give it to Joey to try! ”

Pei Pei didn't even glance at the box of so-called new rodenticides on the counter. Instead, she looked in the direction of the rows of shelves inside the grocery store, then she walked over to one of the hardware shelves, picked up a wrench from the stack of hardware tools, and walked back to Old Lem.

Pei Pei checked the metal wrench in her hand, and sighed at Old Lem: "Alas~ Uncle Lim, it seems that if I don't show some real skills, you won't believe it!" We Chinese have a saying that 'hearing is false, seeing is believing'! So. I'll have to prove it myself in front of you! ”

Then, she winked at Old Lyme again and smiled, "Self-preservation, right?" Uncle Lem, please keep your eyes open and watch—"

And so—

Under the astonishing words of old Lime and Thomson, the metal wrench was bent in Peipei's hands!

"Wow oh oh my God!" Thomson couldn't help but scream.

He reached out and took the metal wrench that had been bent from Peipei's hand, and pulled it up himself. Thomson held back his hands and exerted force until the bruises on his face came out, but the bent wrench still maintained the appearance of being bent by Pei Pei just now.

Thomson let go of the wrench and looked at Pei Pei in disbelief. Surprised, he asked, "Miss Pell, how did you do that just now?" ”

Pei Pei smiled smugly and replied, "Se-Kung-fu (Chinese Kung Fu)!" ”

"Wow! Are you sure? Miss Pell. Are you as good as Bruce Lee? Do you Chinese know Chinese kung fu? Thomson's face was full of adoration at this time, and he chattered around Pei Pei and asked.

Pei Pei smiled modestly, took back the metal wrench that had been bent from Thomson's hand, and handed it to the silent old Lem, "How is it?" Uncle Lem, can I get your approval now? ”

Old Lem silently took the wrench, then flicked the wrench in his hand, and tried to wrench it himself.

After trying to no avail, Old Lem put down the wrench in his hand. Look at Pei Pei in front of her.

The little girl was smiling triumphantly at him, and old Lem "snorted" twice. Spread her palm at the little girl and grinned, "The wrench costs $12.50!" Cash or card? ”

- Ugh! The smile on Peipei's face froze!

She awkwardly pushed the fifteen dollar bill on the counter, muttered and replied, "Isn't this money?" ”

Old Lyme took away all the Franklin on the counter with his big fan-like palm. Then he glared at the little girl, "This is the reward you promised me for leading the way!" The money for the wrench is calculated separately! ”

Then, after the elder Lime stuffed the $1,500 back into his pocket, he continued to spread his big palm towards Peipei: "$12.50!" ”

- Hah! Nailed it!

Pei Pei smiled proudly again, and after taking out the $12.50 bill from her purse, she couldn't wait to ask Old Lem, "Then when are you going to take me to the Indian Reserve?" Also, what do I need to prepare? ”

Old Lem threw the small 12.50 bill into the drawer of the cash register, and replied lazily with his pipe: "Bring your own tent!" Also, bring some extra dry food! If you can, it's better to bring a gun again! Wait for me at seven o'clock tomorrow morning in front of my grocery store on time! ”

- Still need to bring a gun?

Pei Pei scratched her head helplessly, she was not yet 18 years old, and she should not be able to buy firearms.

"Uncle Lem, I just remembered that I shouldn't be of legal age to buy a gun! Is that okay without a gun? ”

"Alright, if you don't have a gun, you don't have a gun! Will you use crossbow arrows? Old Lem asked, taking off his pipe, taking a puff of the smoke ring.

"Uh, yes!" Pei Pei replied with a weak heart.

Old Lem nodded at Pei Pei: "Okay! You just need to know how to use crossbow arrows! I'll get you a set of crossbow gear. Well, did you prepare the tent and dry food yourself, or did I prepare it for you? ”

"Tents? Food? Do you have it in your grocery store? Pei Pei pulled out her wallet again.

"Hah, Uncle Lem's has everything in this grocery store!" Old Lem walked out of the counter and walked in the direction of the shelves, rummaging through several shelves, and after a while, he walked back to the counter with a set of tent equipment and several bags of food.

Then he picked up the barcode reader at the cash register and scanned the prices of the goods on the counter one by one.

"That's $82.60 in total! Count you in for $80! Cash or card? Old Lem asked Pei Pei for money again.

"Swipe your card!" Pei Pei pulled out the Centurion Platinum Credit Card from her wallet and handed it to Old Lem.

After settling the bill, Old Lime handed the credit card back to Pei Pei, and then took out a large cloth bag and bagged all the bags of dry food.

After packing the bag, he said to Pei Pei: "Just put all your equipment in my shop, tomorrow at seven o'clock!" Come to the store on time and come to me! ”

“okay！ Put it in your store! Tomorrow at seven o'clock, I'll be on time! Pei Pei replied with a smile! He patted Thomson beside him and turned to leave the grocery store.

After leaving the grocery store, Thomson drove Pei Pei to the door of the only motel in town. After sending Thomson away, Pei Pei went to the hotel to check in the formalities.

The dinner for the night was settled at the "donut" café where Lucy worked. On the streets of the town after eight o'clock, there were few pedestrians except for the dim streetlights. After saying goodbye to Lucy, Pei Pei went straight back to the hotel, washed up and watched TV for a while. As soon as ten o'clock arrived, she lay down in bed and recuperated for tomorrow's trip.

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The next day, Pei Pei woke up on time at six o'clock.

After washing up, she changed into a denim outfit and went downstairs.

After leaving the room, Pei Pei walked down the street towards the grocery store in the early morning light.

In the distance, he saw two sturdy horses tied to a pillar at the entrance of the store. Pei Pei walked to the door of the store, touched the bridge of the nose of one of the horses, and shouted into the store: "Uncle Lem, I'm here!" ”

"Come in!" Old Lem was dressed in jungle clothes and beckoned to Pei Pei.

"Here's your tent, your water bottle, and your crossbows! This bag is dry food and food, and you carry it to the door, and oh - do you see that speckled horse? Hanging from the saddle of this horse, we rode over. ”

Under the command of Old Lem, Pei Pei packed up all her equipment neatly. Old Lem did another check, and when he was sure he was satisfied, he locked the door of the grocery store and turned on his horse. Then, on horseback, he grinned at Pei Pei and said, "Let's go—let's go!" (To be continued)

ps: Two chapters in a row tonight! After Meow checks the typo, he won't put it in the manuscript box.,Publish it directly! I haven't even eaten dinner yet! Book friends, don't forget to give tips, pinks, and recommendations!