Episode 391 Pearls of Tears
"You guys really don't blink to death." Donk held his chin and frowned at Michael's head on the table, meeting Michael's pale gaze.
For ordinary people, staring at a dead man's head would be a nightmare to remember, but for Donk, Michael's head is just a baby bump in exchange for a bounty, and there is nothing to be afraid of.
Donk had embalmed Michael's head, which wouldn't rot even after another three monthsβat least not beyond recognition.
Just like the navy bounty pirates, pirates are also rewarding the navy, and Michael's head can be exchanged for 150,000 gold coins when he gets the pirate city!
This number was enough to make Donk tempted, and he decided to go to the pirate city to exchange for a ransom before rushing to Dragon's Nest Island. And he also has two gold skull coins, and he can also participate in the lottery and try his luck when he arrives in the pirate city.
Donk tried to close Michael's eyelids again, but the eyes were like iron, and they wouldn't close them anyway, exuding a strong sense of resentment.
"Damn! If you provoke me, you will be hung on the bow of the ship, and you will be exposed to the wind and rain and the sun every day, and see if you dare to stare at me. Donk snorted, gave Michael a middle finger up, and shoved him into the wooden box, ignoring him.
Donk left the storage room and reached the open deck, ready to blow the air. As soon as he came up, he saw a group of people gathered around, including Audrey, Dew, and Norman, who seemed to be talking about something. He was interested, and leaned in to listen to the chat.
The green one-eared goblin said in a mournful tone: "Winter is over, and spring is warm, and the snowman is thinning and turning into a puddle of water. Finally, one day, it disappeared completely. Until the end, it was looking at the stove in the house with moist eyes, expressing its love for the stove with his heart. β
It turned out that Norman was telling a fairy tale, and he had just finished it.
"It's so touching. The snowman fell in love with the most unloving stove, which is really a sad fairy tale. Audrey's eyes turned red, and she burst into tears, turning into a string of round pearls.
As soon as the goblin saw the pearl, his eyes shot a greedy light, and two big "$$" appeared, and he hurriedly went up to catch it, and advised: "Keep your emotions, keep your emotions, think about this story in your head a few more times, and squeeze more tears out." β
Audrey sobbed for a while, creating more than a dozen pearls for Norman, and Norman couldn't even close his mouth.
When the others saw the head of the regiment approaching, they all stood up and saluted, and Donk made a downward gesture to signal everyone to sit down, and then asked, "What are you guys playing?" β
Audrey, who was sitting in the middle, stopped crying and choked up, "Mr. Norman is telling me a story. β
"Storytelling? This is not Norman's style. Doesnk glanced at the goblin and saw that the goblin was holding a small bag with bulging pearls, and it seemed that Audrey was really crying. He laughed and said, "You shouldn't tell her tragic stories just to get the pearl of tears, right?" β
"Hehe, you guessed it." Norman sneered, reached into the bag, rummaged, "But I know the rules of the sea, Captain, it's your share." With that, he handed over a handful of pearls, seven in all.
"That's it, you kid is really good enough to pick the door." Tang Ke frowned and stuffed all the pearls to Flower Dew, "You can keep it for powder and beauty." β
Norman hurriedly stuffed the bag into his pocket, looked like a miser, pointed at the mermaid and said: "If you want pearls, you have to find a way to make her cry, but the tragic story I know is all over, do you know any tragic story, commander?" β
Donk touched his chin and said, "I really know a tragic story, and it's a true story, it happened in the city where I lived when I was a child. β
Norman came to his senses when he heard this: "Tell me quickly, Miss Audrey can cry easily, as long as it is a slightly touching story." β
"Okay. It's not a bad idea to make some extra money with Audrey's tears. But before I tell the story, I have to ask you a question, do you know the roadside tree? β
"You know, aren't they just trees planted on both sides of the road, as you can find in any larger city." Norman replied first, and everyone around him nodded.
"Then you should know that watering trees with dung makes them grow faster, right?"
"Of course." Everyone spoke in unison.
"If you know this, this story will be easy to tell." Donk then opened the conversation and started from the beginning, "There used to be a male student, and he liked another female student in the class, just like other stories, the female student who was liked was very beautiful, and we will call this female student a beauty." β
"One year there was a drought, and the trees along the roads in the city were very short of water, so the lord ordered the students of the school to fetch water for the trees. Each student brought a water-carrying utensil, such as a basin or bucket. After the male student picked up a bucket of water, he found that the beautiful woman was looking at him, so he wanted to show his strength. He rushed to the tree on the side of the road like a gust of wind, and guess what happened next? β
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, I can't guess why, and they all urge Tang Ke not to sell off.
Donk continued: "At that time, he was still young and didn't know that there was manure around the trees next to the road, so he was defenseless, rushed directly to the tree, and stepped into it. He felt a softness under his feet, and then the stench hit the sky - by the way, after the manure dries up, it doesn't smell much, but as soon as you step on it, the smell comes out. The boy's head buzzed suddenly, and the ridicule of his classmates rang in his ears, and he turned his stiff head to find that even the beautiful woman he had a secret crush on was covering his mouth and snickering. For a moment, he felt that his life was over. β
Hearing this, the pirates burst into laughter, and Dew and Audrey laughed so hard that they even burst into tears. The goblin harvested a few more pearls and gave the regimental commander a straight thumbs up.
"Hahaha, that's so funny, but where is this tragic story?" Audrey laughed.
"Isn't it a tragedy to make a fool of yourself in front of your beloved girl?" Donk asked with a smile.
"Well, that boy is really pitiful." After such a reminder, Audrey became sympathetic and smiled a lot.
"Of course it's a tragedy, I said I was going to tell a tragic story. But the story isn't over yet. The smile on Donk's face disappeared completely, and his voice was a little lower, "That boy has often been ridiculed by his classmates since that day, and he feels that there is no hope of winning the love of beautiful women, so he is desperate and decides to commit suicide." β
"His school has a very tall building, and if you jump from it, you can definitely fall to your death. Taking advantage of the unpreparedness, he climbed to the top of the building and decided to end his life and condemn those who had mocked him with his own death. He said 'goodbye, my life,' jumped and jumped. β
Everyone asked, "Is he dead?" β
"If you die, it's a relief. When this guy jumped off the building, he was worried that he wouldn't be able to make up his mind, so he didn't dare to look down and jumped with his eyes closed. At this time, the school's excrement truck passed downstairs, and he plunged into it, like a dive, and all of a sudden, all those yellow things splashed out. Imagine the spectacle of the time, I won't describe it in detail. Donk shrugged.
This sudden and very pitiful turn of events made everyone laugh again. Norman laughed so hard that he couldn't even get his hands on the pearls in time, and the pearls rolled to the ground and were snatched away by the quick-eyed sailors.
Flowerdew wiped the tears from her laughing eyes and asked, "Isn't it?" How unlucky was that boy? β
Donk cocked his index finger and said, "By the way, when he fell into the dung truck, that beautiful woman happened to see it again." You can imagine his despair. β
There was another burst of laughter, some of whom covered their stomachs and pounded the ground.
"This guy must have killed himself again, right?" A sailor asked, laughing.
Tang Ke shook his head and said, "Then I don't know, the story I heard ends here." How's that, it's tragic, isn't it? β
It's a tragic story, but everyone laughs when they hear it.
Norman's eyes flickered, and he leaned up and asked, "Leader, could the boy in the story be you?" β
"Norman, when you ask this question, do you already have the consciousness of death?" Tang Ke's eyes were cold, and he was murderous.
The goblin crawled and ran away, laughing and saying: "Just kidding, just kidding, don't be angry, you have the blessing of the sea god, how can you be so unlucky." β
Tang Ke looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, as well as a small group of eagle people flying freely, and said lightly: "I really hope to go to school to make girls, but I don't have that blessing." β
He grew up in a welfare home, and he didn't have a chance to go to school, and I heard that story from a friend. Because the whole story was so, it was widely circulated at the time.
Audrey stared at Donk's side face, felt a sense of vicissitudes, and asked, "Grand Master, can you tell me your story?" β
Tang Ke scolded with a smile: "Stinky girl, are you indirectly saying that my life is a tragic story?" β
"Don't dare, don't dare." Audrey's delicate body leaned back and waved her hand repeatedly.
Donk follows Audrey's wishes and tells some of his own story, but with some processing to make it sound like it's happening in this world, not on the distant blue planet.
Everyone was chatting energetically, and the hawkman shouted from the sky: "Report to the head of the regiment!" There's a flying boat coming towards us! β
Tang Ke frowned, and guessed: "The flying boat, could it be her?" β