A few days later, one evening, An Rui walked alone on the street, his hands in his trouser pockets, chewing betel nut in his mouth, looking leisurely.

In the evening streets, without the hustle and bustle of the day, the workers have finished their work and returned to their homes. Smoke rises from every house, and the aroma of all kinds of food wafts out of the window, whetting people's appetites.

An Rui had just had dinner with Shafi, and she wasn't very hungry at this time. He came out this time mainly to take a walk and digest the dinner in his stomach.

These days, he has been busy with a lot of things, and he has hardly stopped. He sent the black widow spider silk he had just obtained to the Iron Hammer shipyard to weave a brand new canvas.

Shipbuilder Jia Wei saw that these silk sacs were very fresh, they should have been obtained from hunting the black widow just now, but he didn't say much, in this world, killing a few extra-large spiders is not a commendable rare thing.

While sending the silk sac, An Rui checked the shipbuilding progress by the way. Under Jarvey's supervision, nearly a third of the hull wood has been manufactured, and the progress is not bad. When the timber for the hull is ready, plus a suitable keel, a complete hull can be formed.

In order not to delay the progress of the shipbuilding, An Rui had to get the Thundering Demon Tree as soon as possible, if the hull wood was ready, he could not get the keel, so he could only use ordinary wood as the keel. He didn't want that to happen.

In addition, he also found a blacksmith shop with a good reputation, sent the half-finished bone shield over, and let the blacksmith master polish it well, and painted it to make it a finished product. Now the bone shield is bloodless, cleaner and prettier.

As for the two relatively intact Weasel furs, he also sent them to the tailor's shop, where they were made into a belt and a pair of gloves for Shafi to wear.

An Rui's next goal is to make money, and only when he makes enough money can he have the capital to defeat the Thundering Demon Tree, and there is a clear causal relationship between the two. In order to make money as soon as possible, he thought of fishing as a way. Of course, you can't make money fishing for ordinary fish, you can only make a lot of money by fishing for special fish. In order to fish, he has already bought the necessary fishing gear and bait, and is fully prepared.

This is all the things An Rui has been doing these days, it is easy to say, but it is not so simple to do, and he is very busy.

Fortunately, everything is already busy, and tomorrow An Rui will set off with Sha Fei to go fishing at a special fishing spot on Jingtie Island, and use his fishing rod to earn his second pot of gold since he came to the island.

Just as An Rui was thinking like this, a familiar figure walked over from the opposite street.

This person is a young and handsome male elf, wearing a tight suit, carrying a bow and arrows behind his back, the expression on his face looks a little lonely, his head is slightly hanged, and he looks lifeless, without the slightest bit of vitality that a young man should have.

"Berego......" Anrui muttered, recognizing the identity of the male elf on the other side.

Berego didn't see Anrui, still walking with his head down. Halfway through, he turned a corner, glanced up at the side of the street, then lowered his head again and turned into a noisy tavern.

Anrui watched Berego turn into the tavern, habitually touching his chin, thinking for a moment, and then followed him, and entered the tavern as well.

The tavern's business doesn't seem to be very good, or maybe it's not a good time now, and there aren't many people in it. Several tables were all empty, only two groups were drinking inside, and even the prostitutes* hid to the side, gathering there to play cards, instead of busy courting customers.

An Rui stood in the doorway, glanced around, and suddenly locked his eyes on Berego, who was sitting in the corner.

Berego ordered a drink, did not ask for any food, and was pouring himself a drink there, looking very lonely.

The bartender, holding a white rag, approached with a smile and asked Anrui what he ordered.

Anrui casually asked for a glass of rum and walked over to Berego with the glass in hand.

"How are you?" Berego noticed Anrui approaching and glanced at the latter.

"Why can't it be me?" An Rui asked with a smile.

Berego was speechless, pursed his lips, and took another sip of wine.

Anrui sat down across from Beregor with a grin, who didn't refuse, but he didn't show much enthusiasm, but while drinking, he glanced at the Hawkeye Ring on Anrui's left hand, intentionally or unintentionally.

An Rui noticed Berego's gaze, pointed to the ring on his finger, and said with a smile: "The effect of this ring is very good, it has helped me a lot recently, I have worn it to kill a lot of black widows." ”

"Of course my rings are good." Berego snorted and muffled.

"You don't seem to be happy, huh?"

"It's none of your business if I'm unhappy."

"You still have that smelly and hard temper, and it's really not likable at all."

"I'm sorry, I'm not a gold coin, I can't be liked by everyone, if you hate me, you can leave."

Anrui rolled his eyes and glanced at Bereg, who was sitting opposite. The elf in front of him looked handsome and handsome, but his personality in his bones was terrible, if he didn't have another purpose, he really wanted to get up and leave this place. He took a few deep breaths, then suppressed his impulsive emotions, and said patiently: "Berego, I am half of your lifesaver, you don't need to reject people thousands of miles away like this, right?" ”

"What happened in the Misty Forest is just a fair deal, not a life-saving grace, if you want to call yourself my life-saving benefactor, I'm afraid you won't be able to get my approval." Berego said expressionlessly.

"Okay, take a step back, I'm not your savior, but an ordinary friend is finally right?"

Although the two sides have had suspicions and quarrels, they have fought side by side and can barely be regarded as friends.

This time, Berego did not refute, and glanced at An Rui helplessly.

"Since we are barely friends, let's have a brief chat as friends today. Tell me, how are you doing these days? An Rui said deliberately.

"Do you have to know the way?" Berego asked angrily.

"Well, you have to know the way."

Berego glanced at An Rui depressedly, and said reluctantly: "After I came back, I disbanded the adventure group and paid the corresponding settling-in expenses to several members out of my own pocket. However, I have too little savings to come up with, and the rest of the money will have to wait until I sell the Weasel King furs before paying the families of the deceased. ”

"Has the Weasel King's fur found a good buyer?"

"No, the businessmen who used to deal with me have taken a boat to other places to seek development, and I can only find other businessmen to cooperate. However, I didn't know any other merchants, so I had to send the furs to a consignment shop to sell them, and I didn't know when I would be able to sell them. ”

"Which consignment house did you send to?"

"Fair is called a consignment house."

"Fair name? Where did you send the fur? An Rui suddenly raised his voice, and reacted a little aggressively.

"yes, what's wrong?" Berego didn't know why.

"No, nothing." An Rui shook his head, not saying anything clearly. The reason why he overreacted was because of the background of the store, the owner behind the store was not a good thing, and it was easy to suffer losses when doing business with this store. However, all Berego did was sell a piece of fur, so he didn't think it would be fine, and there was no need to make too much of a fuss. "How much do you price for fur?" He digressed and continued.

"Nine gold coins."

"The asking price is a bit low, and it stands to reason that this fur can sell for more than ten gold coins, and if you find the right buyer, it can sell even higher."

"No way, I'm in a hurry to use the money."

"As for the urgency? How much settling-in money are you going to give to those who died? ”

"The price varies, two people can give five gold coins each, and two more people will give some, and I'm going to give eight gold coins. I'd like to give a little more, if I can. ”

"You're going to give that much money?" An Rui was stunned for a moment, more or less surprised. He is well aware of the purchasing power of gold coins in this world, and a single gold coin can buy a lot of things, which is enough for an ordinary family for a year. Eight gold coins is already a huge amount of money that cannot be ignored for an ordinary family.

"No way, the family conditions of those two people are very poor, and they need this money very much, one of them is the only laborer in the family, and one of them has a sister who is seriously ill and is waiting for the money to be cured......" Berego said this, suddenly couldn't speak anymore, and took a sip of wine, "I'm sorry for them, I killed them." Not to mention a few gold coins, even if their family stabbed me a few times, I would not complain. ”

An Rui was silent, and looked at Berego opposite with some sympathy. Although the other party's temper stinks a little and he doesn't like what he says, he is not bad in his bones and has a good side.

Not every adventuring party leader will pay a settling-in allowance to a deceased member, and many leaders don't care about the life or death of a party member, let alone overpay it. It is important to know that there is an agreement between the head of the regiment and the members of the regiment, and after the members of the regiment are killed unexpectedly, the regiment commander only needs to pay the settling-in allowance written in the agreement, and there is no need to pay more money. Berego did this out of pure kindness.

"May the dead rest in peace." An Rui was silent for a moment, then suddenly broke the calm and raised the wine glass in his hand.

Beregor glanced at Anrui, hesitated, and raised his glass to meet him.

"Ding."

The glasses collided with each other with a crisp sound, and the two of them drank at the same time, drinking the rest of the wine in the glasses.

Drinking alcohol can shorten the distance between people, especially for men, after a glass of wine, the two seem to be closer, and there is no difference in the life just now.

"Bereg, what are your plans for the future?" What An Rui said before was actually just foreshadowing, and now it's finally time to get to the point. He didn't just come to Beregor for small talk, but for a purpose.