Section 488: Walking in the Snow (1)
Jon sat at the counter of the bar, shaking the wine and ice in the glass in one hand, and holding a cigarette in the other, the young man had just completed an adventure, the target was the old ruins of the Ingmar Empire in the north, which had been ruled by Chaos for so long, and the ruins were full of Chaos remnants, Jon and his companions wasted a lot of effort to clear a safe passage, from which they found an old engineering artifact, the screen was still working, but the text on it was not the old era letters they were familiar with, Rather, it's more like a text in Thai.
This made Jon wonder - had the Tynanes been in contact with them before the Great Destruction? If there was ever contact, why was it never mentioned in the history books?
With this in mind, they returned to Fort Carter and handed it over to the Adventurers' Guild along with some of the sundries they had found, in exchange for a good pay.
"Jon, we're going to hang out, what about you." The young man's companions came down from the second floor, apparently preparing to go to the south of the city to play some unseemly games with unseemly girls.
"I'm going home once, it's been a long time since I've seen my father and mother." Jon let go of his grip on the cup and took the cigarette into his mouth, he picked up his trench coat beside him, "Have fun, my friends." ”
"You too, young boy, your next adventure is in a week's time, and you can rest at home for a week." The captain of the adventure team, a big man with two points of giant blood, said with a smile.
"That's great." Jon said goodbye to them at the gate, and walked home.
It's been three years since he graduated, and although Jon hasn't been able to join the army, becoming an adventurer is also a feasible path for the second son of the family - instead of eating and waiting for death in the family's factory, Jon wants to go out with his youth and make a fortune, in case he is lucky enough to make a name for himself, not to mention becoming a big nobleman, at least it is not impossible to have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime.
Although it is more likely that they will die in a foreign country, Jon also has a beloved girl and wants to take advantage of each other's youth to complete the wedding.
As a man, you can't let her be each other's eternal lovers with herself.
Pausing at the intersection of the avenue and watching the self-propelled forbidden street lamps powered by the magic crystals jump to red, Jon watched as the carriages and locomotives that were walking with him stopped, and the carriages and locomotives on the sideways began to move.
When did it all start? Jon was a little confused, after all, he hadn't been home for two years...... However, this should control what passes on the road, so that the disorderly traffic does not block the entire avenue.
It's strange, but it's surprisingly easy to use, and no one dares to break through that boundary at all.
When the green light came on, Jon stepped forward and walked through the passage marked by the white line that marked the pass, and there were many people walking with him, and Jon heard their whispers, as if talking about work.
The Marin Group has opened a new factory, and in Rongma, it is recruiting new workers.
Some people want to go, and some people don't want to.
Jon thought of his sister, and Lilim didn't know how.
Hey, the little lamb who liked to push his brother with his horns back then is now someone else's bride.
Walking around the corner, near Church Street, Jon noticed that there were no outcasts and beggars gathered on the road, which was almost a sight to behold in other cities, but why not in this city?
As he was thinking this, he saw a stall, a shelter from the wind and snow, and a young man holding a stove in the wind and snow.
"What are you doing...... Recruiting workers? Jon glanced at the small sign on the table and let out a puzzled exclamation.
"Yes, sir, you are a local, I don't accept you here, I am only responsible for the refugees and beggars who have fled to Fort Carter." After the young man finished speaking, he noticed Jon's dress as he looked up: "Hey, sir, did you just come back from outside?" ”
"Yes, how do you know." Jon realizes that his Fort Carter accent is brought by his mother's womb.
"People like you ask this kind of question are people who have lived outside for a while, and the people of Fort Carter are not afraid of starvation now as long as they have the heart, and there are too many places where people need to work." The young man smiled when he said this: "You see, three months ago, I was only a young man in the northern village, this year the village was affected, a nest of bear goblins who don't know where they came from burned down the village, we knew that all of them had already run away, and His Excellency Marin said that it was unrealistic for us to go back to repair the village in the winter, so he gave us this job." ”
Seeing the young man's happy face, Jon nodded and smiled and gave the young man a cigarette, "Thank you for your explanation." ”
"You're so polite." The young man took the cigarette and lit it with a smile from the fire in the stove in his hand: "I see that you are also a decent gentleman, if you want to find a decent job, go to the gate of the north of the city, you are welcome over there, if you have a skill, you will definitely be able to find a very good job, it is a good job enough to marry a mother-in-law in Carterburg." ”
"Thanks, but I like someone now." Jon said goodbye to the young man and moved on.
The Harvest Church still looks the same, but it's the weekend, and it looks like the afternoon evangel is being prepared, but even so, Jon still sees a lot of pious gentlemen walking into the church with their families.
Well, the noon sacrament looks like it's going to be a lot to prepare.
Across Church Street, Jon approached the north of the city, and there was indeed the registration point that the young man had mentioned on the other side of the city gate, Jon had no interest, but only took a cursory glance and realized that applicants needed a lot of knowledge—such as arithmetic, or other skills suitable for the job.
Jon was not good at it, so the young man walked through the door while staying away.
The closer he got home, the more overwhelmed Jon became—how would his mother blame him and his father blame him after not coming back for two years.
Eventually, the young man saw his brother sitting on the steps of his house, dressed in the uniform of a major in Sidney United, who also looked like he had just returned from visiting family.
Seeing his brother smoking a smoky cigarette, Jon slowed his steps, and it wasn't until he came to him that the young man saw his brother's leather boots, and he looked up and saw his brother's smile.
"You idiot, let's talk about it, how did you make your father angry."
"You think I made a mistake? It's Marlin coming! ”
The conversation between the elder brother and the younger brother came to this point, and Jon was a little curious: "What if Marin is here, after all, he is the son-in-law of our family, and he is richer and more handsome than you, what else do you have to be angry about, you and his life have been different from the beginning." ”
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"Lilim is pregnant."
When Marin said this to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, it was visible to the naked eye that his father-in-law's originally cloudy face suddenly became clear.
The middle-aged man, who was still angry about Marin kidnapping his daughter, immediately greeted his butler and said that he was going to prepare lunch.
Marin declined, saying that he would go to a few more houses to report the letter.
"Got it all?" The mother of the little lamb was very keenly aware of the meaning of Marin's words.
Marin nodded.
So in a burst of congratulations, Marin left a few bottles of potions and invitations, hoping that they would bring their families to fight horses when they had time.
Unlike their husbands, who were outside the fussy, his wife promised Marin that he would go to Rongma after the beginning of spring.
So Marin said goodbye to them and left the house.
I saw the eldest and second sons of the family sitting on the steps smoking a smoky cigarette.
"Jon?" Marin greeted him, who nodded sadly.
Broken out of love?
Marin assessed the state of these two in his heart, and finally decided to stay away - a lovelorn man still needs to calm down alone at this time.
So he said goodbye to the two of them and finally walked out of the courtyard gate.
Where are we going next? Well...... Marin opened the small notebook in his hand.
It's Jessica's house.
Speaking of which, I haven't seen an old wolf for a long time, and I don't know if this lame old man has been doing well recently.