Chapter 4: 1/2 cup of warm water
The people in the tavern were used to this kind of excessive banter, and everyone watched happily as the coolies tortured Eric. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Info The rest of the little Buniel and Andy, who were helping out in the tavern, saw that their companions were being bullied and immediately rushed up and overwhelmed the coolie, who was very unlucky today, not only lost all his money, but was also severely repaired by a few miscellaneous children. The people in the tavern did not make a fuss about what happened to the coolie, but the coolie who fell to the ground actually fell asleep under the fat beating, and the loud snoring made the proprietress very annoyed, and half a bucket of dirty water was splashed on the coolie's body.
As midnight approached, the satisfied customers began to disperse, and Andy and a few Bunier kids hurried to clean up the tables and chairs. The coolies on the ground didn't know when they had left, but instead there was an odd guest sitting in the corner.
The proprietress called Andy and a couple of Bunier kids to her side and whispered, "Keep an eye on that weird guy in the corner, he only ordered a beer all night, and didn't say a word." If he takes anything from me, your day's wages will be ruined. ā
This is not the first time the proprietress has done this, Andy knows that no matter whether or not something is really lost in the tavern, the proprietress will excuse it and not pay them, but what can they do, after all, no one can afford to mess with this crazy woman in front of them.
I remember one time when two of the city's gangsters came to Alex's Tavern at the same time, they were the hard-boiled gang who owned most of the casinos in Auston City and the newly rising Rotten Ship Bottom Gang at the docks. What started as a jealousy between two men turned into a war between two gangs overnight. The dispute began in a position that everyone knew but never dared to sit in.
It was a beautiful evening, and a coolie had finished his work on the docks early and came to the tavern with a copper plate, and there were not many customers in the tavern at this time, so he only ordered a beer and hid on a wooden bench under the stairs to savor it. The coolie thought the long wait was definitely worth it, and he had lost count of the number of lonely nights when the big white legs slowly appeared in his dreams. Now she is about to slowly descend the stairs, this is the location, the best place to observe, this is the time, the precise planning and calculation.
If anyone who is usually in the know of the situation does need a little luck and great courage to sit on this stool, because the stool under the stairs is engraved with a terrible name, Hard-Bone Henry. The coolie was extremely excited, glad that he had chosen the right time, and on the other hand, he thought that his long-held wish had finally come true today.
With the sound of high-heeled leather shoes stepping on the floor, the coolie's heart began to beat violently, his trembling right hand could barely hold the beer glass, and the big mouth that opened to the limit seemed to swallow the woman who came downstairs in one gulp, and a satisfied smile gradually appeared at the corner of the coolie's mouth.
He looked up at the spring light in the gap between the stairs, and just as everything was going well, a sharp punch knocked over the coolie who was peeping at the proprietress of the proprietress and the beer glass fell to the ground and shattered, and the back of the head of the beaten coolie slammed into the wall. The coolie wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at Henry viciously, while Henry stood at the top of the stairs and declared the sovereignty of the place in a lion-like gesture.
The next day, a retaliation spreads rapidly in Auston City, causing trouble at the casino and an attack on the docks, and when the fight for their lives spreads to Alex's Tavern, it turns into a dramatic negotiation because of the proprietress remarks. As a result of the negotiations, the two sides ceased to fight, and since then there has been no incident.
Andy has always thought that the proprietress is not only a woman with a bad temper, but also a woman who must not be messed with. Andy's rhythm of tidying up the tables and chairs stopped with the old man's cough in the corner, Eric poured half a glass of warm water on the counter and handed it to the old man at a fast speed, the proprietress squinted but did not shout, if any unpaid handouts were normally forbidden in the Alex Tavern.
The old man in the corner looked at Eric and asked, "Would you like a delicious late-night snack?" and Eric was surprised because he heard a very authentic Bunir. If you look at the figure, the old man in front of him can't be a Bunier at all, but what flows from his gray beard is indeed pure Buniel. It was hard to hear such pure Bunier in Alex's Tavern or in the entire Muddy Water Alley, and several little guys immediately gathered around.
The proprietress behind the counter could no longer contain the anger in her heart, but at the same time, she could not speak or move half a step at all. Andy watched the open-mouthed glaring proprietress stay in place as if by magic, and curiously approached the old man. They gathered around the old man, and at the same time felt peace and warmth that they had never felt before. They began to look curiously at the gray-bearded old man in front of them, and the old man also looked at the children in front of them. The old man took a sip of the warm water from his cup, smiled and asked them, "Would you like a delicious supper?"