In the warehouse behind the "Everyday Groceries" store, a round-faced boy in oversized cargo pants and cloth shoes is busy.

The little boy lifted a large wooden box with both hands to hold himself, and made his way all the way to the basement, gently placing the box on the shelf.

After stacking the large boxes neatly, he used charcoal to mark the dates and quantities of the day.

Then the boy swept the floor with a broom, swept the dust and cobwebs from the shelves with a feather duster, and wiped the staircase handrails, cabinets, and countertops with a rag.

After all this, he washed the cleaning utensils with water, put them back in place, and washed his hands and face. He walked all the way to the front hall and knocked lightly on the door.

"Uncle Yanbu, I tidied up the warehouse and cleaned it up. You have a look. ”

The middle-aged man who was dozing off in front of the counter rubbed his eyes and yawned: "Don't look, Ono, you work, I'm relieved." ”

He stood up and stretched, then took out two 50 city bonds from his pocket and handed them over: "Take it, don't drop it." ”

"But, Uncle Yanbu...... The weekly salary is 50 seashells? You give too much. ”

Ono's face hesitated, but he raised his hand but did not take the two banknotes.

"You deserve it."

Shiobu stuffed two banknotes into Ono's pocket, rubbed his nose and said, "A month ago, I went out to buy goods, and there was a fire in the back of the store...... The boss next door said, you tried your best to put out the fire, and you rescued this guy. ”

He looked at a brown beagle at his feet: "I'm not married, Dagu is my child, you saved it, I would like to express my gratitude." I should have given you a little more, but this store is sluggish, and I am already poor and white after the last reconstruction, and I don't know how long it will last. ”

Ono hesitated for a moment and placed both city bonds in his pocket on the table.

"Please be sure to open this shop, and when you have money in the future, pay me again."

At this time, Yan Bu was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed: "You have to think about it, if you don't take this money today, you may not be able to get it in the future, and this small shop may close down at any time." ”

"Please hold on! You are a good person who will not hold back! Business will be fine! ”

Ono bowed, then ran out as fast as he could.

The middle-aged man looked at the back of the child as if he was running away, the smile on his face gradually retracted, and he gently put away the two banknotes on the table and stuffed them into his pocket.

"What a simple stupid boy. It's because I don't know how to deduct that I can't do business. ”

Yanbu touched his dog's head: "Dagu, are you right?" ”

The puppy barked twice.

"When I saw that child, I thought it would be nice to have a child."

There was a slight melancholy on the salt cloth's face.

He looked at the puppy Dagu: "You say, how about me and Ono becoming father and son?" Do you think it's good too? What? I must adopt him, and he said that you will not rob him of the inheritance...... Do you like him so much? Alas, since you've asked me so, I'll have to think of a way. ”

……

Ono left the store, and the more he thought about it, the more he regretted it.

Without those 50 seashells, I would have to go hungry.

The boss has always had a bad business.

Ono has been working in the store for five years, and he is well aware of the situation of the store's shipments and purchases, especially since it has been losing money in the past two years. The fire not long ago caused heavy losses to Yanbu, and the middle-aged boss was in a daze for a long time, and he couldn't hear him many times, and he was hit very hard.

Ono stared at the street in a daze.

The boss is miserable, but how can I fill my stomach.

As a fire clan, Ono needs to make money to buy the Almighty Stone Belly.

The Fire Vapor Clan feeds on the Almighty Stone, which does not affect whether it is polluted or pure. However, it can only be purchased at designated stores through city bonds, and if you don't have the Almighty Stone, no matter how much you swallow coal, oil, or wood, you will still have a fierce hunger pang, no strength to move at all, and your brain will not be able to turn.

Ono could feel that the burning in the furnace in his chest was weakening.

Without the supply of the All-Power Stone, the body of the Fire Vapor Clan will become extremely heavy, and in severe cases, it will even fall into downtime and dormancy - equivalent to the death of a Fire Vapor Clan.

Even if it was filled with all-round stones and fuel, it might not be able to awaken the fire steam again, and it was just a humanoid steam furnace at that time.

O God Yao, please help me and give me a revelation...... I'm so hungry that I hear birds chirping in my head.

As a devout believer, Ono never forgot to pray.

Suddenly, a voice came from my ears.

"Kid, do you want to come and work with me? You're a fire clan, aren't you? ”

It was a smiling woman who spoke.

Xiao Ambition was vigilant.

It's hard to identify the fire vapor clan just by looking at the appearance. But if you have frequent contact with the Fire Vapor Clan, you can find that they are still different from ordinary people.

Regardless of how flesh and blood may resemble a body, damage to the body of the Fire Vapor Clan does not produce the so-called pain, so the Fire Vapor Clan was not originally considered a human, but an alien born of transmutation.

The perception of the fire vapor clan is actually very keen, they are not like ordinary people who use their five senses to touch the world, but use the extraordinary power generated by the burning of the all-powerful stone to touch other things to get feedback, and their perception ability is more three-dimensional.

It's just that because the transmutation is affected by the environment of the Yao people, they still habitually see, hear, and touch.

The strange woman recognized her identity at a glance, which made Ono very careful.

In the early days, many Huoqi tribes were abducted and deceived, but later Yaocheng and Yancheng recognized the legal status of the Huoqi clan and jointly promulgated relevant protection laws to curb this trend.

But even so, because the Huoqi clan belongs to a special minority group, it is still easy to be targeted by some lawless people.

"Don't be nervous, I'm the owner of that shop, my name is Shangzi."

The woman raised her hand and gestured across the street.

Ono took a look.

It is a pet domestication shop that raises and tame pet pups, including dogs, foxes, rabbits, lizards, and pheasants.

The pet wind direction in Yancheng has become very fast, and it is not easy to do this business. Ono found the impression of a woman in his memory, and she was indeed the owner of that shop.

"We'll have pets that aren't so good-tempered."

The female boss blinked: "Ordinary beast trainers are a little unbearable and often injured, but if you change to the Fire Vapor Clan, it should be fine, right?" ”

"Why are you looking for me?"

Ono still kept his distance from the other party.

"You work in a salt cloth shop, right? I opened the store for two years, and you worked in his store for two years, with a weekly salary of 50 seashells, and it hasn't changed for two years, I'm not wrong, right? I'm a person who cares more about the reliability and duty of my employees, and according to my experience, the salt cloth shop was burned down by that fire, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to open again. ”

"Come and work with me, I'll give you 140 seashells a week." Shang Zi said with a smile.

"What pets do you have in the store?"

"I want to think about it......"

Shang Zi snapped his fingers: "There are lions, wolves, crocodiles, pythons...... Nowadays, the tastes of customers have become heavier, and without these fierce guys, everyone doesn't want to raise them. ”

"Oh, there's also an aberrant beast, but it's based on a steaming carriage, and it's dangerous. It's just not easy to appease this guy. ”

Xiao Ambi chuckled in his heart.

Really.

The point is the aberrant beast.

Shang Zi said: "If you are willing to come, I can give you a daily salary." You look hungry, don't you? Would it be more comfortable to eat some all-round stones, even if it's just for a day? ”

In the end, Ono accepted the offer.

He followed Shang Zi into the large pet store, behind which there was a special warehouse, and two tall Jade Rabbit bodyguards stood guard on either side of the door.

After opening the gate, Ono saw that there was an old-fashioned steaming carriage inside.

It has classic wide iron wheels, and the cabin and saddle retain the old-fashioned style of decades ago.

The surface of the carriage was wound with iron cables, and copper chains were wound between the iron cables, and the heavy iron cables were connected to the foundation stones at the four corners of the warehouse.

"It doesn't have a lot of fuel left in it, so it can't break free from here."

Shang Zi said: "But after all, it is an aberrant beast, and it is easy to go crazy. Ono you try to get along with it as well as possible, the coal is in the box next to it, and if it is hungry, you feed it a little. ”

"The main thing is that this customer of mine is a big man, and he likes the aberrant beast and has a crush on this classic car. There is no way, you can only raise it. The aberrant beast has a strange and suspicious temper, and if you throw it coal, it will only crush it, and must run around in front of it with the coal, so that it can grab it...... It will not eat. ”

The female boss also looked helpless: "So you know what's the trouble with this job, right?" ”

"Understood."

Ono nodded.

"Well, you're going to have to work hard tonight, so be sure to feed it. It's been on hunger strike for almost a week, and I don't want to lose its quality anymore, and it will be discounted then. ”

……

The door closed slowly.

A hanging lamp was fixed on the top of the warehouse, and the dim light shrouded the small space, gilding the chained carriage with a layer of gold.

Ono first removed a full set of thick leather armor from the corner hanger, put on a covered helmet, put on long boots and thick gloves, and then opened the box next to him and took out a bag of coal from inside.

Then he ran around the steaming carriage.

There was no response.

Ono tried to throw a piece of coal and smashed it on the head of the iron horse of the classic car, making a clang.

He groaned in his heart.

Could it be that this aberrant beast ...... He's dead?

At this time, a cold voice came from the car: "Are you sick?" Did I sleep and provoke you? Can you understand a little politeness? ”

Not dead?

Ono was taken aback, but to his even greater astonishment, the aberrant beast could actually speak!

"You can talk?"

"Nonsense, I know the seven Chinese languages of Yao, Dragon, Bo, Elf, Zhulu and Ghost Realm."

Ono was shocked.

His eyes widened, "You're not an aberrant beast...... Are you a fire vapor clan? ”

"Not all Vapor Clan brains are easy to use, and not all Morph Beasts are primordial beasts. The Fire Vapor Clan has a natural disability, and the Aberrations also have those who are good at various languages, thank you. ”

The steaming carriage made a cacha chacha sound, the front of the chariot slowly erected, and the body of the chariot was greatly twisted and deformed, folding and twisting into a strong horse-headed man sitting cross-legged on the ground. Illuminated by the hanging lamp, his angular body reflected a metallic halo.

"While I'm still normal, let's make a deal. You let me go, and I'll give you a box of all-purpose stones. It's simple, you just need to put the chain over there......"

"I'm sorry, I can't do it." Ono distanced himself from it and shook his head.

"How much they give you, I'll give you double."

"Are you hungry?" Ono held up the charcoal bag in his hand.

"I'm talking to you about cooperation, and you ask me if I'm hungry?"

After a moment of silence, the horse-headed man sitting cross-legged raised his metal finger and said, "Bring me half a box of washed coal, another bucket of heated magic oil with charcoal to absorb impurities, and a bundle of woodwood from the original cut pine trees, and finally remember to sprinkle rose petals and dried roses." That's all. ”

“……”