Chapter 41: Temporary Workers on Seven Street
Tinghai Town has two streets with prosperous business, No. 7 Street and No. 8 Street, and two commercial streets focusing on restaurants. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info They sit right somewhere between a magic school and a combat school, and they've always served as a dividing line. Seven of these is the "domain" of the Neville School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, while eighth street is the "domain" of the Spinosaurus Fighting School.
However, no matter which side they are, they are actually just passers-by on two streets, and the shops on these two "student streets" will not care about disputes between students, as long as they are willing to put money out of their pockets. However, the shops on Eighth Street may be a little luckier, after all, the number of people in the war school is higher than that of the law school.
And between the two schools, there is also a general school that is open to all. To the relief of the owners of those shops, the ordinary school did not intervene in the competition between the students of the other two schools, and they were free to choose any street to consume.
The magic school only accepts the Demon Source Awakeners, and their number is about one-third of that of the War School, and the War School only accepts the War Spirit Awakeners, and their number is only about one-third of that of the ordinary school. Therefore, ordinary schools are the biggest source of income for merchants, and the group of ordinary students alone is enough for these small shops to be busy, and at the peak, many shops even have to recruit some cheap labor to cope with the past.
The so-called cheap labor is nothing more than the most common recruitment of temporary workers from among students, and the salary of a temporary worker will not exceed five copper coins at most, and sometimes it is better, a simple meal is enough.
There is no shortage of hungry people, and these people will even rush to become cheap labor for exploitation, and if necessary, they will use force, and if this condition is counted, ordinary students will not be able to fight magic apprentices and young warriors.
In the long run, the quota of temporary workers is by default the exclusive product of law schools and war schools. As for how to divide these places, that's another story.
"Tell Gary I'm coming. Fanny walked into the quaint store and said to one of the staff. The employee answered and went into the inner room.
It was a new face, it looked like it was recruiting new employees, she sat on a small wooden chair in the store, and thought that she had been working here like that before, and now she ...... Well, everything will always be fine, a word rang in her ears.
The name of this small shop is Wolf and Wild Rose, a magical goods store, yes, a completely unrelated name. Perhaps it was because of this inappropriate name that the store was in danger of closing when it first opened. But in the end, he survived and made this shop an indispensable part of No. 7 Street, and yes, on No. 7 Street, which is dominated by restaurants.
Gary yawned and walked out: "Ahhhh......h
The long dark brown hair is pinned in front of the forehead, one end is pinned behind, and the other end slightly covers the tail of the eyes, with bony facial features, making this face slightly wild. Dressed in a black robe that has not changed for a hundred years, the hem of the robe that reaches the ground when he walks will rub against the ground from time to time, this is Gary, the boss here, a young boss. "Oh, charming little Gert, let me see what kind of good things you've brought with you this time. He sat down across from Fanny, his left hand propped up his face from the wide sleeve.
Since they have known each other, Fanny has long been accustomed to his virtue, and she has put the results of this time on display. And the effect she wanted was achieved, and Gary's eyes widened.
"Third-Order Inscription Demon Core!" Gary grabbed the magic core and injected some magic power to feel it, "And it's a good magic core! You're going to hunt the third-order magic beast?"
"Sort of. Fanny couldn't help but laugh, although this trip was a bit thrilling, but for some reason every time she thought about it, it made her mood inexplicably better. Of course, in addition to the death of the little monkey.
At home, he played with the inscription magic core, and looked at the girl who was sitting and snickering: "Can someone help?"
Of course, Fanny nodded.
"I knew it. The corners of the boss's mouth also hooked up a smile, "How could a half-bucket demon array master like you hunt a third-order demonic beast." Looks like it was a pretty good trip. ā
At this time, the new employee served two glasses of drinks, one was the boss's favorite matcha milk, and the other was according to the boss's explanation, squeezed a cup of burning fruit juice, and the juice was also filled with an exclusive cup on the shelf.
Fanny took a sip of the juice, well, the one she liked. She said, "Pleasant, no, you don't know how thrilling it was!"
"Huh?" Gary, who was tasting the milky scent, heard those two words, his eyebrows jumped slightly, and he put down the teacup: "It's still early, let's talk about it, anyway, you shouldn't be going to class today." ā
"Okay. Fanny gladly accepted the offer, and there was nothing wrong with that. She thought about the beginning of the story, and then began to tell it slowly.
Counting some gossip outside of the topic, the story took more than two hours to tell. Since it was Monday, there were no guests in the morning.
At this time, the matcha milk in the cup is empty. Gary took the core and stood up: "What a fun adventure. For some reason, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise up at this time. It was rare for Fanny to see him smile so seriously.
He reached out and stroked Fanny's head wildly, withdrew his hand before she could resist, and said, "Remember to call me next time something like this." ā
"Are you busy, big boss?" asked Fanny, arranging her messy hair.
Gary tossed the core in his hand and said with a smile, "yes," he walked behind the counter, "Okay, let's settle the score." A third-order inscription demon core, well, about 500 ang, but the inscription on it is a little worse......"
"What are you talking about!" said Fanny, angrily. She should be the only one here who would talk to Gary like that.
"Well, nothing, nothing. After all, this magic core can be sold for about 30 silver coins. As a rule, here's a deposit of 15 silver coins. Wait until you sell it, and then give you the rest of the money according to the specific price. ā
"Thank you then. With a smile on her face, Fanny accepted the 15 silver coins. But this is also the reward she deserves, after all, it takes a lot of material resources and energy to make an inscription core, she barely closed her eyes last night, and only finished drawing the inscription when it was almost dawn.
The income of 15 silver coins is an astronomical amount for those students who work part-time. And for Fanny, this is actually not a huge amount of money, even if she does not have the good fortune of this adventure, she can probably earn so much money in half a month. After all, if you have a unique craft, you will definitely not starve, and this is one of the advantages of a magic array master over a magic master. A more skilled Array Master can craft a variety of magic items to sell, and the price of magic items has never been low, so almost no Magic Array Master has starved to death.
And it's normal for the third-order inscription core to sell for 30 silver coins, the inscription core should be a magic item that all magicians love, compared to ordinary magic cores, it can not only provide magic elements, it is also a magic item that can stably improve the combat effectiveness of mages.
Due to the blessing of the inscription, the magic elements in the core will also have some different improvements, and just such a small increase will become a huge increase when the magic element is condensed and cast. That's why a magic core, which was originally worth up to 10 silver coins, can be sold for a high price of 30 silver coins in one go. Not only is the price high, but the sales are good, which makes the inscription magic core a staple product of the wolf and the wild rose, but most of the sales are first-order and second-order magic cores, and there are really not many people who can inscribe on the third-order magic core.
The welcome bell on the door of the "Jingle Bell Bell ......" rang, and before I knew it, it was noon. There are already students who have come out of class.
"Welcome, my beautiful guest. It was a pretty girl with long reddish-brown hair, so Gary greeted her personally.
The Wolf and the Wild Rose not only sell the things that the warlike magicians need, but also some gadgets such as music stones and light and shadow stones, and those rich little girls are also one of the sources of wealth in the store.
Seeing that a guest was coming, Fanny made a goodbye gesture to Gary and quietly left.
"Miss Qilier, what do you want to buy today?"
......
Walking out of the store, it was still raining outside, and the wind was a little strong today.
Fanny held up the white umbrella and touched her stomach, she was a little hungry. What's more, if you make a lot of money today, it's time to treat yourself.
The number of people on the street is slowly increasing, and now it's time for her to be selective. Let's have a meal with the tongue and the taste of the grilled chops there always tastes good. With that, she walked briskly towards the restaurant.
Walking into the tongue, Fanny found a place by the window and sat down. At this time, there were not many diners in the restaurant, and soon there was a maid, no, it should be the waiter who came to order for her. This is obviously a student temporary worker, so it should only be considered a waiter.
Fanny flipped through the menu and ordered a chop, a soup, and a dessert. She looked up and saw that the waitress hadn't written all the dishes on the list, and it seemed that she was a newcomer. This is understandable, who is not coming by a newcomer?
But the chefs are obviously still those old chefs, and the dishes are coming up quickly. It was the waitress who served the food, but at this time she seemed much more calm, and walked over with a dish in one hand. Although I have to admit that as a girl, she is relatively older, but serving food like this will inevitably teach her a lesson.
The taste of the barbecue is very good, and the soup is very fragrant and pure, and after eating the dessert, Fanny burps and raises her hand to pay the bill. It was still the girl who came to pay, and she truthfully reported the bill, a total of 110 copper coins. Fanny handed her a silver coin (note 1) and smiled at the girl, who had worked as a temporary worker in the past, and of course understood how heartwarming such a kind smile was.
"Thank you. "The girl's voice is very crisp, much better than the voice of the Demon Array Master himself.
After checking that nothing was left behind, the well-fed Demon Array Master made a restaurant, and then she had to take a good look to make her slightly swollen lower abdomen more comfortable.
"Wait, that young lady!"
Fanny had just walked out of the dining room when she heard a shout behind her, the voice was not unfamiliar, and when she turned around, it was the girl.
The girl's speed was fast and she had already run in front of her. "Miss, this is your change. ā
Now Fanny was a little surprised, this girl looked like a newcomer, yes, but she didn't expect it to be so "new". Since there were a lot of people around, she had to lean into the girl's ear and whisper, "Put them away, they belong to you." ā
"Thank you for your generosity, Miss Magician. Actually, I've already taken my tip," and from the magic school uniform that Fanny was wearing, it was true that she could only tell her identity as a magician, "It's only 19 copper coins here, please keep them, they are not easy to come by." The girl smiled and handed the coin into Fanny's hand.
Only then did she realize that the girl was actually very beautiful, her delicate and small face exuded a very clean beauty, and her brown hair was long and thick, although it had not been carefully cared for, it should have only been played with by hand, but it looked so fresh and romantic. Looking at the girl's sincere smiling face, Fanny rarely admired the beauty of other girls from the bottom of her heart.
Yes, in her opinion, it was just 20 copper coins for random alms, but in the eyes of some, it was a day's living expenses, and in the eyes of the poor, it was even a week's food expenses. She herself has been through those days, and she should not forget this, they are not easy to come by.
"Can you tell me what your name is?" asked Fanny.
"Amy, Amy Ponchi. ā
"Bang, Ping-Pong, Bang-......"
Fanny was about to give her name when there was a loud noise in the dining room, and the girl ran back to the dining room in an instant.
At a table in the center of the restaurant, steaming thick soup was running from the floor, roast legs, mashed potatoes and chicken wings were poured everywhere, and standing in the middle of the mess was a waiter, whose hot soup had already soaked his legs, and he just stood there silently facing the diners at the table.
Obviously, that's where the noise came from. At this time, the people around almost forgot the movements in their hands and quietly turned their eyes to this side.
"I really don't understand why such a good restaurant would hire a dirty bastard from a war school here. Among the troublemakers, a tall blonde boy said, "Bah, it's disgusting." ā
Hearing that the waiter turned out to be a student of the war school, the people who were thinking about fighting just now will also sit on their butts, this is the seventh street, if you go to help that war school student, isn't it against the law school forces on this street?
"You," the blonde boy pointed to the waiter, "yes, what about you, mongrel, come closer." ā
Shouted at the mongrel in such a harsh voice, the waitress did not retort or get angry, but walked over to the blonde in a very cooperative manner.
"Let me tell you, did you just look at the food on my table and spit?" blonde's voice deliberately put it wide, as if to tell the people around him that it was not his fault.
The waiter was silent.
Another boy next to the blonde took the last plate of chicken wings on the table and placed it in front of the waiter. The blonde gave the man an approving look, then turned to the waiter and said, "Don't you really want to eat?" ā
The waitress held out a shaking hand to the chicken wings, "Yes... Not great. ā
A smug smile appeared on the blonde's face, and he grabbed the trembling hand: "It's too quiet, I can't hear it." ā
"I'm sorry!" was loud enough for everyone to hear, and the four sides became quieter, and now those who had thought of helping before felt that they were too stupid.
"Hahaha," the blonde laughed and let go of his hand, and the three people next to him laughed as well.
However, another slender hand grabbed the hand that went straight to the wings.
"Monchi, why apologize!" the girl named Amy.
Monchi tried to shake off her hand, but couldn't, he looked up at her and yelled, "Because I'm hungry!" All his courage was used to yell at the girl, who hadn't eaten since he had paid the "rent" with the only money he had.
"Little beauty, you just let him eat, that's what I promised him. This chicken wing really should land in the mongrel's mouth. The blonde on the side came up with a smile on his face.
"Oh!" almost everyone in the room gasped, they couldn't believe what they had just seen. The waitress actually picked up the chicken wings on the table, grabbed the plate and pressed the chicken wings into the blonde boy's mouth, and she moved so fast that the blonde group did not react.
"Come with me, Monchi. Emmela was about to leave when she got on Monchi, but she didn't pull him, "Monchi, you ......" He didn't want to leave, why?
"Little beauty, why are you in such a hurry to leave?" The blonde hair who spit out chicken wings over there had already motioned to the person next to him to go over and "please" Amy, and he only then noticed that the waitress who suddenly broke in turned out to be a beauty, and the three people next to him left their seats and walked out with a gesture.
"Who should I be? It's Master Rogers!" a voice burst in, and it was Fanny. "What's wrong? Are you idle and playing with people here?"
"It's you!" the blonde Rogers also recognized the Demon Array Master, and he suddenly looked a little flustered, his past encounters with this crazy woman had left him with unpleasant memories, "It's none of your business!"
Fanny walked up to Amy, patted her on the shoulder and said, "This is my sister, do you think it's none of my business?"
Amy didn't expect her to say that, flattered to look at her who exuded confidence from head to toe.
"Well, if you insist......" Before Rogers could say something and let his followers rush up, Fanny had already shown the magic scroll that had been hiding behind him just now, and the magic array on it was shining red, and everyone knew that the magic circle on the magic scroll could not be stopped once it was activated.
The red one, which represents the fire magic, no one wants to taste the sparks, even the other diners on the side got up and evacuated, the scene became a little flustered for a while, the restaurant was filled with the sound of chairs scratching the ground, and the people near the door had already run out of smoke.
"Alright, alright, madwoman, you won!" Rogers didn't expect this madwoman to dare to take out a magic scroll in the room, "Let's go." ā
"Don't forget to pay. Fanny kept the scroll pointed directly at him.
Rogers threw down four or five silver coins and ran for the door.
"Cut, coward!" waited for Rogers to run out of the dining room, and Fanny smirked, completely forgetting that the real coward was still standing next to him. The scroll flashed red, and black smoke began to emit out, and there was no flame or anything like that. Yes, it's the broken magic scroll.
The steward of the restaurant belatedly appeared: "Who is making trouble here?" At this time, the diners in the restaurant were almost gone, but Fanny's previous words also reminded them to pay, and most of them threw the money on the table.
Fanny pointed to the doorway with the magic scroll she was still holding, "They've just left." ā
A waiter who crawled out from under the counter whispered a few words into the ear of the diminutive steward. The steward said dejectedly: "Count me unlucky, and the loss will not be counted with you." Get out of here. ā
Fanny didn't want to waste any more time here, so she took the lead with an umbrella, and Amy pulled Monchi to follow her.
Leaving the tongue, Amy stepped forward and thanked her: "This sister, thank you so much just now, without your words...", perhaps out of gratitude, she even changed her name to Fanny.
If there was no magic array master to help just now, she estimated that she would have knocked the four thin mages to the ground by herself, after all, as she had seen just now, those four people didn't dare to use magic indoors.
"It's not a big deal, I hate that kind of person in the first place. It's you," Fanny turned to look at Monchi, who was silently following behind, "Where did all that sharp energy go in the mountains yesterday? "If she remembers correctly, yesterday he rejected Saza with a very hard attitude, how did he become what he is now?
Monchi stopped suddenly, as did Fanny and Amy, and it was a long time before he spoke, "Thank you." After answering the two words that were not asked, he ran away in the rain, but due to his lack of strength, he shook his body and almost fell to the ground.
The phrase "thank you" should normally be a pleasant two words, but now it sounds a little harsh to Fanny's ears. He said thank you, and thanked the mage who was clearly disgusted, which only showed that he gave in, just like he had just done in the cafeteria. She didn't know what had happened since she came down the mountain yesterday, it had changed him so much, was it really just hunger?
Amy looked at Monchi's back and said, "Sister, do you know each other?" Monchi was unlucky enough to meet that person," Fanny understood that the person she was talking about was Rogers, "That person seems to be a mortal enemy with the boss that Monchi used to talk to, so I didn't think it was good to see him appear in the restaurant before." ā
"Do you know him well?" asked Fanny.
"I used to see it in school a lot, but I didn't know it until today. Amy shook her head and replied.
"I'm sorry to get you fired today. Fanny couldn't help but feel a little sorry for this, although the blame was not entirely on her, but it was true that the magic scroll was the key factor in making things a mess. She knew the rules of temporary workers on both streets, and once she had a record of being fired from a shop, she would never think about being a temporary worker again.
Hearing the apology of the Demon Array Master, Amy hurriedly waved her hand and said, "It's nothing! And I'm not going to do that job anymore, I'll look for a job somewhere else in a few days. ā
"I've got a great idea!" Fanny said with a smile on the patting of her head, "Come, follow me." She grabbed Amy and ran to a small shop at the end of Seventh Street.
Note 1: Repeat the exchange rate of the Terran currency
130 copper coins = 1 silver coin
60 Silver Coins = 1 Gold Coins