Chapter 172: Contentment, Greed
"Open the door, I'm back!"
Ruth walked to the dilapidated courtyard door of her house, although this door could be kicked open with a little more strength, but it was finally sheltered from the wind and rain, and she did not dare to ask too much for it.
"Sister, did you bring food back, my brother was hungry for another day, so he drank some water and fell asleep! I'm afraid, I'm so afraid he won't wake up if he falls asleep! ”
It was a girl of fifteen or sixteen, three years younger than Ruth, who pushed the door open. But the thin body looks no different from a child in his early tens, and the tattered clothes make the little girl look pitiful.
"I brought a lot of food! It's still hot, sister, you can eat some too, I'll feed my brother! ”
Ruth had tears in her eyes, but she didn't dare to stand outside the door for too long. She felt the door close when she entered, and then pressed the wooden door against the unstable deadbolt and a long stick before pulling her fleshy sister towards the dilapidated room.
Because of the lack of food and clothing, what the family could sell and what could not be sold had already been sold. Although there are occasionally well-wishers who come to help and send some food, there are also some wicked people who occasionally come to the door to make trouble, and they have been living a miserable life that they may not know if there will be a tomorrow.
There are still many people like them in the town, but most of them are concentrated in the eastern part of the city. Most of the maids who served Jonny were from their families here.
After Ruth closed the door, she couldn't wait to take out the lunch boxes, and stuffed one of them into her sister's hand. Then he walked towards a thin figure lying on a haystack, covered with a worn quilt.
"I've already eaten it, you eat it quickly! Don't be aware that we didn't even have this bite at that time! ”
Perhaps it was tempting to open the lunch box, and the figure lying in the haystack moved, and then a faint moaning sound came out. Ruth heard tears in her eyes, and hurriedly knelt down to the side, helped up the younger brother who opened his eyes and forced a smile on his face, and stuffed the food in the lunch box into his mouth little by little.
"Sister, you eat too, I'm full!"
After eating a few bites, the very sensible little boy regained some strength in his body, and said weakly to his sister who was hugging him to feed.
"There's more, there's more, you eat more, we'll never be hungry again!"
Sister Ruth, who was squatting on the side, also looked a lot better, but because she hadn't taken care of it for a long time, she looked so embarrassed and difficult to see. The moonlight is nice tonight, and you don't need to light the lights to see some of the surrounding objects clearly. The younger brother may have seen that there was indeed a lunch box, which was held by another sister, and he was indeed hungry, so he swallowed more and more.
That night, the three of Ruth's siblings snuggled together and slept soundly and sweetly. The feeling of their stomachs being filled with delicious food also makes their little hearts feel particularly satisfied. Even in the night when the night wind was howling, they had a sweet dream that they hadn't had for a long time.
However, this town is not all so quiet and beautiful, and it is in the vicinity of a few new shops that are doing particularly good business today. Several figures were blocked by the shadows in the corners, occasionally spilling into the moonlight, reflecting a pair of greedy eyes.
Almost at about the same time, one by one the figures drew out some rudimentary weapons and ran cautiously over. They climbed onto the roof or pried open the door of the store, and then rushed into the store as if they couldn't wait.
In the midst of a wail and howl, accompanied by the sound of ping-pong weapons colliding, followed by the figures who crawled one by one and fled from the door of the store. However, they had only half stepped out of the threshold, and there seemed to be a huge force pushing them behind them, and for a moment, the figures that flew or crawled out of them crowded down at the door.
"Get out!"
There was a scolding with cold killing intent from inside the store, and the group of people who were originally wailing and moaning instantly gave birth to a chill from the bottom of their hearts. Ignoring his injured body, he walked into the distance with half a limp.
The few unlucky people who were thrown out seemed to be more seriously injured. Seeing the person standing at the door of the store who couldn't see his face clearly, he was about to draw the sharp blade of the scabbard in his hand, and he hurriedly didn't care about pretending to be dead, and called his companion who went away to take him away. However, their call was like a talisman of death, but it made those who were already far away go faster. But they had to move forward in embarrassment, not daring to stay here any longer.
More than a dozen shops, except for the few new ones that were bought today, most of them were approached by uninvited people. It's just that there is no one who takes advantage of it. In the dead of night, the slightest movement will wake people up, and some of the people who live near the store push the window to look at it for a while, and some have the audacity to open the crack in the door, and the view is even more real.
The next day, the rumor that the newly opened shop was robbed by someone at the door, but it was taught a terrible lesson, suddenly made the people in the city have a lot more to talk about after dinner. But all the signboards on the door of the store, with the word "supermarket" written on them, no matter how remote they are, are all entered and looked at by curious people.
In the morning, the business sales of more than 20 stores caught up with the turnover of the whole day yesterday. When Jonny heard the news, he just smiled, and then waved his hand for Ruth and Dori to take a dozen maids and start busy with the affairs of the restaurant.
Today, not only some servants and servants who heard the news, but even Libido also pulled Regolo to visit in person. They discussed for a morning, drank several pots of tea, and then took a few large boxes from the two frames with satisfaction, and walked in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion.
"Go tell Thatch and Anzigo that the news will be out tonight! By the way, you should also find someone who is reliable, stay to help with things or help, no one will be able to do it! ”
"Yes, Manager Joe!"
Jonny waved his hand and told the burly men to leave. The maids who were busy packing up their things on the side looked a little eager to say anything after hearing the words of the castle master, but seeing that Jonny looked as if he was thinking about something, he lowered his head again and silently cleaned up the things in the yard.
The three mermaid sisters have been able to walk in and out of the courtyard freely, although the fish tail on the lower body is a little inconvenient, but now these people who are left to serve, after a day of getting along, have accepted the existence of the sea tribe. They didn't dare to show the panic and uneasiness in their hearts, Qiao Li and the others didn't look vicious, but they could occasionally say a few words. Please Baidu "Throw Book Network" Thank you for your support!