That morning, the snow stopped, and a fragment of a newspaper exposed to the ground moved with the wind, gradually flying away from the light snow and into the raging gray river. After a few seconds www.biquge.info the gasping water carried the fragments of the newspaper into a large water wheel by the river, whirlpooling in the rusty iron bucket.

It didn't take long for the waterwheel to turn half a circle, bring the iron bucket to the commanding height, and then pour it into the sink with a "bang". The river then flows down a waterway made of iron sheets and bamboo tubes into a pool of stone houses not far away.

Then, a large, calloused hand reached into the pool and scooped up the fragments of the newspaper.

"The Wilderness Knight from Ground Town is actually a gentleman with a sense of humor...... Not...... Last year's newspaper ...... Also gentleman...... Who are you fooling......" With the sound of self-talk, the big hand crumpled the fragments of the newspaper into a ball and threw them into the corner of the room.

Through the dim light, it can be seen that the owner of the big hand is a fat uncle with a scrucified beard. He was wearing suspender overalls and short rubber boots, with a bulging belly, and he looked very honest and honest. His name is Ahno, and the townspeople like to call him Uncle No, and he is the owner of the only bar in Watermill Town.

After throwing the newspaper, Uncle Noe fetched a bucket of water from another pool. Because there is a lot of sediment in the water of the sewage river, it must be sedimented overnight before it can be drunk. Carrying the water, Uncle Nuo gently pushed open the wooden door on the side and came to a small kitchen. At this moment, a pot of porridge is boiling on the coal stove, and it is steaming. Uncle Nuo first washed some vegetables and green onions with clean water, then chopped them into pieces and poured them in, put some salt, and then stirred them with a wooden spoon.

Finally, he tried the taste, and felt that it was almost there, so he filled half a bowl in a large wooden bowl, put a wooden spoon, and then pushed open another door in the kitchen and went to the bar. It's a small space of about twenty square meters, and you can see it at a glance. On the left is a small bar with a stone stove opposite it, in which firewood is burning, and in the middle there are three log tables and some small benches, and in the corner of the side of the stove is a small bed, and there is an old cupboard next to the bed.

At this moment, there was a figure on the bed, covered from head to toe under the quilt, and it could only be judged that it was a well-proportioned human being.

Uncle Nuo came to the bed with vegetable porridge, gently knocked on the wooden board on the edge of the bed, and said softly, "Young man, breakfast is ready." ”

"Hmm." The man curled up in the quilt answered, and then he didn't respond.

"Eat it hot, it's good for your body." Uncle Nuo persuaded.

"Hmm." The person in the quilt still didn't move, and when Uncle Nuo saw this, he had to shake his head, put the big wooden bowl on the small cupboard, and then went back to the kitchen. This young man he met on the road two days ago. At that time, the other party was lying on a stone on the side of the road, his whole body was swollen, and his skin was ulcerated in a large area. Depending on the situation, it is caused by the high concentration of radiation in the body. He originally thought it was a corpse, so he wanted to go up and search for it, and buried it by the way. As soon as he got closer, the man opened his eyes, and at some point he had drawn his gun and pointed it at him.

After a few brief exchanges, the man pulled out a gold coin and threw it to him, telling him to find a safe place to stay. So he brought the other party back, anyway, he opened a bar, and anyone can do business. However, the bars in the southern cemetery are generally small, and his bar is no exception, with only a small wooden bed in the corner for passing travelers to stay overnight. When he returned, the man slept with his head covered, curled up in bed and remained motionless except for the occasional meal. If it weren't for the sound, he would have thought the other party was dead.

Then, he made half a bowl of porridge and climbed up the attic through the small wooden ladder in the bar. It is a small triangular space with two small beds on the left and right. At this moment, a petite girl is lying on the small bed on the left. Looking closer, the girl was good-looking, with a shallow smile on her face, and seemed to sleep soundly. This is his daughter Su Shan, who is fourteen years old this year and will turn fifteen in two months.

Looking at his daughter, who was breathing steadily, Uncle Nuo sighed softly. After a while, he was to send his daughter to the "Gray Tower Town" north of Watermill Town, where he would work as a maid for the exiled nobles there. Greytower is a large surface town with a permanent population of more than 300,000 people, managed by exiled nobles sent by the Silver City World. Watermill Town is one of the six affiliated towns of Gray Tower Town, whose main mission is to store, transport and utilize water resources, which is equivalent to the reservoir and hydroelectric power plant of Gray Tower Town.

He is full of worries about his daughter's future. After becoming a maid, if she is very lucky, it is of course a good thing to marry an exiled nobleman as his wife, but this probability is very low. These exiled Silver City nobles are usually very resentful, and combined with the sadistic nature of the insects, their personalities are generally brutal and even somewhat distorted.

If Su Shan is unlucky, she will soon be tortured to death by them. And even if she survived until her service expired and she was restored to her status as a freedman, she would only be able to work as a cemetery warbler in a bar. Unless you can meet the right person to marry and have children, this life will be miserable. It's just that in this cruel land, being alive can be regarded as a kind of happiness......

Susan is an ordinary human and has no insectivist talent. Five years ago, she strayed into the heavy radiation zone, and in order to save her, he owed the "Gray Wolf Mercenary Group" a large sum of money, a full thirty gold coins. By last year, the interest had more than tripled, and the interest was as high as 93 gold. In order to pay off his debts, he had to borrow money from an exiled nobleman named "Brown Joel", and promised to let Susan go to the Gray Tower to work as a maid for five years after this winter, if he could not pay his debts.

However, he simply couldn't scrape together enough money in a year. The reason why he borrowed this money was just to delay the time of the debt and tear down the east wall to make up the west wall. In his opinion, there was no essential difference between the people of the Gray Wolf Mercenary Group and the exiled nobles, and no matter who Su Shan fell into, it would not be a good fate to greet her.

His only hope now was for a passing traveler. A few months ago, he had hit it off with a man who had stayed overnight. When the two were drunk, he cried to his strange friend about his predicament.

When the traveler heard about him, he showed him a badge engraved with a wolf's head, claiming that he was a landwalker and that he was willing to help him, and made a promise with him that he would return to pay all his debts next year before the snow melted. Although he didn't have much hope for this, after all, they just met in the water, but there is hope, it is better than no hope......

Whenever he thought of that friend's words, a warmth inexplicably rose in his heart.

"I am the fire that walks on the vast earth, the most faithful friend of the good people, waiting for me to return." As he left, the man put his arm around his shoulder, making him feel more relieved than ever, and he couldn't help but believe in this illusory promise.

However, most of the winter had passed, and there was still no sign of the man. As time went on, he became more and more worried. Perhaps, it's time to wake up, in this cold world, there are never miracles......

Before I knew it, I was full of tears. After a moment, he recovered from his thoughts, wiped his eyes, then tapped lightly on the edge of the bed, and whispered, "Little lazy worm, get up and have breakfast." ”

The girl's eyelashes moved, but she didn't open her eyes.

"Little lazy worm, the sun is drying your ass." Uncle Nuo said with a smile.

"No~ I'm going to sleep for a while~" The girl slowly opened her eyes, stretched, yawned, and then turned over and refused to get up on the bed. If she is placed in the western continent, she is not particularly beautiful, and there are some freckles on the tip of her nose, which can only be regarded as delicate. But if you look closely, there is still a little bit of charm between her eyebrows, coupled with the green spirit of cardamom years, she has a general style at a young age.

"I'll give you another ten minutes of sleep, and then I'll get up and eat, and get to work." Uncle Nuo said with a straight face.

"What are you doing? It's winter, and there are no guests. The girl said lazily.

"The guest is going to change the bandage later, you go and help." Uncle Nuo said.

"Didn't he want help?" The girl sat up and said.

"His bandaging technique, every time he wraps himself into a mummy, I look pitiful." Uncle Nuo said.

"That's his will~" The girl pouted.

"We can't be like this, we have to be more considerate of others, so that others will be kind to us." Uncle Nuo said earnestly.

"......Uncle No," the girl deliberately lengthened her voice, calling her father like everyone else, and then added, "No wonder others call you a good old man, and you don't look like an insect at all." ”

"What's wrong with the Wormbreaker? Can't the insectizer be a good person? I know a lot of good-natured insects......" Uncle Nuo was interrupted by his daughter in the middle of his sentence.

"That's a minority, okay?" The girl said with some disdain.

"In fact, many insects are kind in their hearts, but the difficult living environment makes them have to ...... I have to ......" Uncle Nuo thought for a while, but he couldn't think of a suitable adjective.

"Be selfish." The girl reminded.

"Yes, be selfish,......" then, with a wave of his hand, Uncle Nuo said, "All right, get up, wash, eat, and get to work." ”

"Yes, my father." The girl stood up, hung her hands, and said weakly.

About half an hour later, the girl brushed her teeth and washed her face, finished her breakfast, and then, dressed in loose pajamas and stepping on slippers, lazily climbed down the attic and came to the bed in the corner of the bar with her shoulders slumped. I saw her kick the foot of the bed casually and shouted: "Hey~"

The man covered in the quilt from head to toe did not move at all, and there was no reaction.

"Hey!" She raised her voice and screamed again.

"Huh?" The person on the bed finally moved.

"Get up and help you change your dressing." She said reluctantly.

"No, you don't." A cold voice came from the quilt.

"Well, I respect your decision...... "The girl shrugged her shoulders and said again, "but I must tell you that if you don't treat the wound properly, it will become inflamed, suppurated, and smelly, and then my father and I will throw you out......"

After a long while, the person on the bed finally moved, lifted the quilt, and revealed a face wrapped in bandages and revealing only two eyes.

"What's your name?" The girl asked curiously, looking at the young man in front of her. I saw the latter's eyes move, as if to glance at her, and then he turned around under the quilt and continued to sleep.

ps：

Seeing that the brothers are so supportive, add a change today.

Even if I don't write it in the future, today's friendship will be remembered by the captain.