Chapter 190: 14 Maple Street
"Hurry up, my eyelids are starting to fight!" Cooper yawned and sat down in the car with his hands on the door.
Then came Jeanne and Viclico, and just as Delano was about to board the carriage, the coachman sitting in front of the carriage suddenly tapped the roof of the carriage and shouted to him, "There are four people on board, my horse has been running all day, and I can't afford to be tired!" β
Then don't go out on the street at night to solicit customers! Draenor didn't bother to bargain with the coachman, so he took out a gold coin from his money bag and stuffed it into the driver's arms.
"Special circumstances, be considerate." With that, Draenor boarded the carriage and politely reached out to Jetra to the top.
"Go to 14 Maple Street, the intersection with Gardenia Road." Jett sat down, removed his bulky helmet and placed it under the seat, and took out his lunch box and placed it on his lap.
The coachman glanced back suspiciously, and when he was sure that there was no one around, he put the gold coin to his mouth and bit it hard, leaning over to the street lamp to carefully observe the traces left behind.
"Hmm...... Please sit tight, distinguished guests! After running this order, I simply went home from work and got ......"
Whatever you want, as long as you can send me to 'home' first...... Draenor rubbed his hands together and closed half of the window, the weather getting colder.
But to be honest, it was a bit inappropriate for five people to be crammed into the same carriage, and he didn't mind sitting with Jeanne, but Cooper's fat body took up most of the seat like a beer keg, and he seemed to have a habit of shaking his legs, and he had been jolting since he got into the car.
ββ¦β¦ You talked about curfews before, but Kerton still has such a rule? Draenor turned to Jett and asked, hoping to distract him.
"This is normal, after all, it is a special period, and it is for their good that residents are not allowed to go out after 10 o'clock in the evening." Jett grabbed the meat roll and took another bite, trying to maintain the elegant image of the knight even if he was dizzy with hunger.
Draenor looked sideways at the empty street, almost all the shops were closed, and those that were still lit were closed, and it seemed that if he stayed overnight in the Hydrangea Hotel, he would not be able to leave until the next morning.
"There are so many outsiders in Kerton that there are some of them, and it turns out that the crime rate has dropped significantly." The coachman sitting in front of him interjected.
Some of the characters? Delano always felt that he had said it on purpose, and he impatiently closed the window on one side to show the coachman his disgust.
"Mr. Delanor, look!" Jeanne pulled a crumpled piece of brown paper out of her pocket and carefully unfolded it over Draenor's lap.
"What is this?"
"Kerton's map, you ripped it off that sign, right?" Jett swallowed the food in his mouth and asked Jeanne.
"Well, since we're going to be staying here for a while, it's imperative that we get acquainted with the terrain so we can figure out where our prey and food supply stations are." Jeanne smiled and tipped twice across the map, apparently still maintaining the habits of her tribe.
This little fool, where is the prey and what supply depot in the city...... Draenor was completely defeated by Jeanne's naivety, she barely spoke to her previous passes through Spiritwater and Peera, and seemed to be unaccustomed to living surrounded by strangers. As a result, she never took into account Jeanne's feelings, and in her eyes the city might just be a slightly larger village with large stone houses.
"That's right, we should also pay attention to our surroundings, after all, we have to go to the street at a regular time every day to buy some ingredients, so as not to get lost on the street alone." Draenor smiled at Jeanne, not wanting to point out the naΓ―ve mistakes, but simply repeating what Jeanne was trying to say.
But the moment he shifted his gaze to the map, Draenor realized that the most innocent one was actually himself, there were densely drawn large and small buildings on it, and the ten-meter-wide street was only replaced by a few intricate thick lines, and the names of places were marked horizontally and vertically with unfamiliar words, which was as complicated as the test paper obtained in the examination room!
Jett seemed to notice Draenor's trouble, moved the lunch box to the edge of his seat, leaned forward and pointed to the map, and introduced Draenor:
"The city of Kerton is divided into three districts, the military center of Kailar in the south, the reserve district of Tello in the west, and the economic center of Delier in the east, and we are now on the border between Tello and Delier."
"Is this street called 'Maple' where we're going to live?" Jeanne asked, pointing to the intersection of the two streets.
"That's right, it's the neighborhood of Tello. You may have discovered a wonderful pattern, all streets named after trees are residential areas, flowers are named after entertainment venues, and people are named after either commercial streets or offices. β
I didn't care too much about this, and I didn't dare to guarantee anything else, but the "Lily of the Valley Road" did leave some bad impressions on Draenau.
In other words, Mikhail is indeed a personal name...... Maybe it's just a coincidence, right? Cooper stroked his beard thoughtfully.
"And then here, Gardenia Road, is an entertainment area tailored to the residents of Maple Street, and of course there are some small shops where you can buy some groceries and food. Rest assured, prices are reasonable considering the income of the residents of Tello, and it won't cost you a little more to relax. β
If it's the kind of place you imagined, it's better to skip it...... Draenor quickly shook his head, the illustration he had seen on the sign seemed to linger in his mind.
"What a hassle! Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to just live together as usual? Hunting during the day and chatting around the campfire at night, there's no need to be so complicated! Jeanne frowned and wondered, she didn't want any excessive conditions, or no need at all, she just hoped that she could live with the person she liked freely in the future.
Draenor was silent, all this is indeed a bit troublesome, but it is a necessary way for civilization to develop. When there are more people, they will gather together like cells, and only by passing enough nutrients to each other can they maintain the operation of the city, and this nutrient is not a simple food can be replaced, it is a more complex, more abstract but well-known concept - money.
As the conversation ended, the carriage gradually stopped on the side of the road. The driver struggled to climb out of the front seat and opened the door for the crowd as if he were trying to curry favor.
"Here we are, sir."
Delano stepped out of the carriage and looked up at the unfamiliar building in front of him, different from the architectural style of Mikhail Street, the floors here are obviously much higher, although a little rough, but it is not difficult to see the shadow of the Baroque style, the vague but figurative reliefs, the dispensable semi-recessed stone columns, it seems that they were deliberately designed in pursuit of the so-called "romanticism".
There is only one entrance to each building, and there are four or five stairs in front of it, and the iron-barred windows reveal a looming fire, and those neighbors should be known in the future.
There was a sign at the intersection where the carriage had stopped, and although it was still an unfamiliar word, Delano was convinced that it was the name of the place in Jett's mouth:
"14 Maple Street."