Chapter 77: The Red Moon is Coming
Roman sat in the dark room, and he recalled all the places he might have put things.
Didn't find it.
Something big happened, and a thought came to Roman's mind.
Roman's lilac wrench is missing.
He had to inform the family as soon as possible.
He rolls over and stands up, be quick!
He opened the door, and the third-floor lamp shone into Roman's dark room.
Things were scattered all over the room, and it was a mess.
……
Honnendine hears Roman's footsteps hurrying down the stairs, Roman doesn't like to go out and lives quietly.
In a sense, Roman is essentially a good guy but armed with a bad guy.
Ream writes to Jonanstine to tell her that she has been doing well lately and hopes that she and Roman will get along.
She wouldn't tell him even if he wasn't doing well, but at least it was a little consolation for Jonansdine.
She wrote that Roman's greetings at the wedding must not have been what Honanstine had in mind, but must have been played by Roman on the spot.
Honansteen wouldn't have said it so neatly, he must have had a lot of drafts.
Jonanstine's mind was actually blank at that time, and he forgot to say a congratulatory message, he only remembered urging Roman to hurry down.
"Where are you going?"
So, Honanstin would still be concerned about Roman's unusual behavior, even if he knew that nine times out of ten he would hit the board.
"I'm out!"
Roman was in a hurry, and the door was slammed shut with him as he left a word.
It seems that things are really urgent.
Jonanstine shrugged and walked back to his room.
……
Roman went all the way down the mountain, and his mind became more and more anxious.
The theft of the clove wrench can be big or small for the family.
was stolen by someone with a heart, and it is a latent virus for the family, and it may suddenly break out at any time.
That was the beginning of the family's catastrophe.
Hurry up, hurry up!
This mountain road Romans walked back and forth no less than a hundred times, and he had to repeat it a hundred times a month.
Months passed, and he could remember very well which corner of moss made his feet slip and which stone steps had cracks.
Roman walked briskly under the sparse street lamps, and the students at the beginning of the 0 liked the strange silence of their dorms, including Roman.
The reason why the 0-head dormitory is so far away from the noise is that they are located far away from the 1-head dormitory, located in the lonely middle of the mountain.
Star Island was extremely hot when they first landed on the island, and months passed. Star Island was gradually cooling.
It seems that Star Island is not exactly summer.
Now after dark, the sound of insects outside the house is reduced, and the temperature disappears with the sunlight. Roman, who is now descending the mountain road, will feel a little cold on his skin.
Star Island now looks like it's going through a late autumn.
Walking past the bustling 1-digit dormitory, Roman walked and looked halfway up the mountain.
Oh, their brightly lit dormitories are like stars and moon compared to the dormitories at the foot of the mountain as white as daylight.
Neither conspicuous nor bright.
Maybe the dormitory lights in the middle of the mountain can't be seen at all.
Roman quickened his pace and descended the steepest staircase, and the gentle slope of the foothills became easy to walk.
At night, when there is nothing to do, there are groups of friends who come out to hang out.
Roman glanced around at the things that were slowly moving away with his pace.
Think about it, they've been on this desert island for a quarter, and they've turned strangers into ordinary people.
Due to being far away from home, and living with same-sex students. Most students begin to gain some sort of missing sense of security by looking for the opposite sex.
He passed by his friends who hooked his shoulders and passed by his loving couple, and the cool mountain breeze spread on the gentle slopes of the foothills with the warmth of popularity.
Autumn is indeed the season of love, but this season is also the season that is easy to be squandered in Roman's eyes.
The current love is actually a waste of feelings, because love at this age will not reverberate.
Now it is a mind that is not responsible, and it is also incapable of taking responsibility.
Roman knows too well that the children of the Ingle's family are not worthy of talking about love at all, because the couple will not break through the family's blockade after all.
Robelk used to have a love affair too, so what?
So Roberk now has a wife, and that love is silent in time.
So autumn is the time that is easy to waste.
Roman exhaled deeply and slipped his hand into his trouser pocket.
When he thinks of autumn, he always has an indescribable sense of depression, and he doesn't know why.
This year, this feeling of depression is particularly strong, it may be that he is far away from the family, or it may be that he feels uncomfortable when he sees the atmosphere around him in pairs.
Arriving on this ridiculous island, he became sentimental, which is ironic.
Passers-by who passed him did not stop laughing because of his gloomy look.
What a terrible autumn ......
……
"Convene a family meeting."
After reading the wax letter from Sing Tao's expedited delivery, Frieon felt that the matter was not trivial.
Especially when this incident happened at a certain point in time, he took a puff of cigarette and cheered up.
The Sage Tower family said goodbye to the direct family elite on the island on the front foot, and announced heroically that they were preparing to convene the Red Moon Conference on the back foot.
The Sage Tower calls this particular month the Red Moon, while the Hunters refer to this month as the Akatsuki.
The reason for the appearance of "Akatsuki" is simple, this month is the final date for the Hunters Guild to shear the wool of the Sage Tower.
In the middle of winter, the Hunter Representatives would be stationed in Mordu to negotiate with the Sage Tower, and every year.
The Sage Tower, which has experienced the Akatsuki, is as desolate as the leaves of late autumn.
In addition, winter is not a season that can be spent smoothly.
……
Roman was lying in bed, rarely unable to sleep.
He can only deliver what Shambhala said - the first time to deliver.
Even if Shambhala didn't sit down as they promised, Roman himself would be helpless, after all, he was only in Star Island and not in Mordu now.
The red moon is coming, is the theft of the lilac wrench unintentional or intentional?
Roman stretched out his hand, the thumb of his left hand empty in the darkness.
He shouldn't have taken the wrench off his hand in paleontology class.
Damn it.
He clenched his fists in the dark.
The red moon is coming, and there must be no things in the eye of the joint.
……
"Roman's lilac wrench is missing, check your wrench."
Flione motioned for the family hierarchy to examine their wrenches, which each of Flione and his seven brothers represented the seven spices that Sindari was rich in.
Black pepper, coriander seeds, cinnamon, cloves, cumin, cardamom and flesh.
The upper echelons of the family also have their own fingers, and they represent the five precepts and eight regions of Sindari.
Sindari Zones 1 to 7 also have additional special Angel Zones.
The Five Commandments are just two sentences written at the city gates, and the fungiver will remember them once they read them.
The gold does not go out of the city, everyone is free, if there is an addict and look at the gate of the city. Make a wish where you can hear it, and the red-eyed and goats will know.
After checking the wrench, Flione confirmed that Roman was the only one whose whereabouts were unknown.
"Taking advantage of this emergency, I will discuss with you the details of the red moon and the wedding and funeral matters of the family after the red moon."
Frion said with a cigarette in his mouth that he had been a bit tired lately, and that he often burned in the cigarette stick in order to refresh himself.
"We've made an alliance with the three-legged goat, and the good thing is that we can save our dignity when we're being cut. The amount of tax we pay remains the same, and we can double the amount of goods we buy, so that we don't lose money. ”
Frieon knows that things always sound rosy when it comes to the benefits.
After hearing "don't lose money", everyone's expressions at the family chief's table relaxed, but after a moment of relaxation, everyone's expressions were serious again.
"Our estate at Sindari has been a source of abundant money for the family, and we have increased our estate there at the goat's behest. We're one step closer to working together with the goats. It's ridiculous. ”
After Frieon finished speaking, he was amused by his own words.
Quite ironic.
The Hunter Guild, which owns a large fiefdom, has a natural advantage when negotiating.
For example, the Three-legged Goat, the Lord of the Far West.
The three-legged goat is located in Sindari City, the largest freshwater lake in the Iron Sand Continent, on the shores of Moon Lake.
In the harshest desert region, the food self-sufficiency of Sindari City is already quite remarkable.
Of course, the reason why Sindali City is famous all over the world does not rely on its special rice that has been cooked for two years and five stoves.
Sindari's gambling, the precious metals under the Moon Lake, the spices baked in the incense shop, and the blonde and blue-eyed tea-skinned western beauties in the Ladies Market are all Sindari's wealth.
"Speaking of the downside that even I don't want to hear...... Baseiles asks us to keep our mouths shut in the Red Moon, after all, we have to sell well when we get benefits. ”
Speaking of benefits, Flione frowned and smoked silently for a moment, organizing his words.
Alcoholism was manic, and he felt that he was soon going to follow in the footsteps of cigarettes.
"That's where I think the most crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. In the first foot, he allowed us to expand the business of the casino, and in the second foot, he encouraged the Sage Tower to fight against the hunters. So our casinos will have a period of off-season. Oh, our dear ally. ”
Flione grinned as he clamped his cigarette stick.
Perhaps, as Roman thought, Ingle does not deserve love, and Ingle does not deserve to have friends.
All they have are allies for different time periods.
"It's all about the allies that make people sad and happy. Recently, the old man of the family has passed away, and we will arrange the funeral before the arrival of the red moon, and take advantage of the family's abundant funds to do everything that should be done. This matter was handed over to the uncle, and the family tradition was used to have a serious and decent funeral. ”
Taking advantage of the fact that the Red Moon had not yet arrived, the Sage Tower and the Hunter had not started a cold war, and the sucking capital was ready to deal with the tense period.
"Also, half a year after the funeral, it was Shatifa's turn to get married, and the marriage family was the Sanwen family, and the object was the illegitimate son of the recently recognized by the family, the sage Ban Nian Rika. Considering our poor financial situation in half a year, this money will be transferred from the funds that have been absorbed back this year in advance. Other than that, there will be no more solemn events for the family this year and the next. ”
Do everything you need to do and don't do anything superfluous.
Frione propped himself up on the table with his hands crossed, motioning for him to finish.
"Taking into account the peculiarities of our allies, we need to adjust the details of the order for goods purchased in bulk from Sindari."
Speaking was a relatively older member, who was the father of Frion's biological mother.
All of you here are at the heart of the family's power, along with Frieon.
The struggle for the head of the family is a bloody process, and the final seizure of parental power is eliminated by dissidents.
The absence of impurities in the family is a guarantee that Frieon is firmly at the pinnacle of power.
"Do you think that in recent years, whether you have been rich or poor, and whether you should buy cash crops or basic food?"
Society is a cycle, a few years of prosperity and a few years of poverty.
Barren years throw out grain, and rich years throw out cash crops. Only in this way will the family business not be rotten.
"I propose to reduce the amount of precious metals purchased. Cash crops are purchased with a shelf-stable basis, and basic grains are purchased on a large scale. There have been some years without a barren year, and I fear that the hunters are planning to make a comeback and push up food prices again after more than a decade. ”
At the long table, he heard the hunter-led grain blitz more than ten years ago, and his face was different.
Decades ago, the hunters used this trick to crush half of the old families of the Sage Tower in one winter, causing the families to have a long period of downturn.
Because of this, the Buda family was able to take advantage of the situation.
The old man in the family is warning the young patriarch not to forget the predecessor of the family.
“…… Indeed, this reminds me. It is necessary to arrange for the family to go out to investigate, to the north, to the southwest, and to the east. ”
Frion smoked for a while, thinking that it was.
"It seems that I am still a little too blindly optimistic. Is there anything else you want to remind me of? ”
Flion looked at the people at the table, and after the old man, someone stood up.