Chapter 29: Coolies

The money bag casino is still the same drunken and gold-obsessed with the quiet appearance of the years.

There are neatly dressed black-clad waiters sitting next to the peculiar piano case, and the soothing sound of the piano comes from the not-so-smooth fingertips, immersing the whole restaurant in a melodious melody.

When it was time for dinner, or even earlier, there were only four or five tables of guests in the restaurant, each of which was dressed up by well-dressed men and women.

The Second Highness glanced at Babu and Monica gloomily for the last time, her eyes were complicated, with a thick color of pleading, and then she lowered her head, and when she raised her head again, she had already recovered her original smoke and glamorous eyes, and let Babu and Monica move on their own, and she walked all the way, familiar with the guests at no table, laughing before speaking, and speaking softly, more tender than usual, making people feel like a spring breeze.

Watching the graceful back of the Second Highness gradually fade away, Babu and Monica looked at each other and sighed, the story just now was not beautiful, and it was already destined to have a happy ending, and the two of them, as outsiders, could only sigh in the end.

Smiling pretentiously, the two of them cleaned up the boredom in their hearts, looked up and looked around the restaurant, and several gentlemen who had heard the Babu solo performance last night immediately took off their hats politely when they saw him, and the two of them also found their target keenly among the guests at several tables.

Or was found.

The four merchants of the Hills Chamber of Commerce were sitting in a corner of the restaurant eating, and when they saw the two of them coming in with Anna in their arms, they waved to the two without thinking about it, and they looked happy, and they didn't see the slightest reluctance. This surprised both Babu and Monica, and they walked over laughing.

"How's the hand?" Before the four of them could speak, Babu took the lead and asked, "It seems that it is not a big deal to be able to run out and play." ”

In fact, Katie's right hand was in a plaster cast and bandaged, and her arm was dangling around her neck, but the round-faced woman did not show a cautious attitude at all, but insisted on eating with her left hand, and the food was more delicious.

"Hey, hey." On the contrary, Shirley on the side smiled embarrassedly, handed Katie a glass of water, and explained for her, "I just found a therapist to pick up the severed hand for her, and the therapist told her to ensure adequate nutritional supply, otherwise once some pipes inside the wound or something can't be quickly connected, it is likely to leave a lifelong disability, so we can't help it, so we can only let her eat a good time." ”

"Shirley, Shirley." Another businessman, Luke, said nervously, "I don't remember clearly, the therapist said to ensure nutrition, didn't say that you have to eat at noon and night and can't walk, she ...... Oh. ”

Poor Luke hugged his calves and wailed, almost lifting the table, Katie put down the fork angrily, wiped the corners of her mouth, and said to Monica and Babu with a red face, "I'm sorry, it's not what they say, it's just that I've just experienced so many emergencies, and only the input to eat can make me believe that I really survived, and believe that all this is not a dream." ”

Monica's heart softened and she patted the girl on the shoulder.

"Thank you for giving us a chance to sit and eat here. After coming back, the more we thought about it, the more scared we became, if it wasn't for your help, let alone the broken hand, we wouldn't even be able to continue living, it was you who gave us a second life, and it was the three of them who never gave up on me, so I could come back alive. With a warm smile on her round face, Katie nodded sincerely to the three Babu and her companions, and held up the plate, "So, can I ask for another Bolognese Noodles?" ”

Several people immediately entangled together, although they tried to keep their voices low and not so conspicuous, they were still noisy, attracting the eyes of several tables of guests around, but although the people at the tables looked unhappy, no one said anything, just changed two tables and distanced themselves from the people at this table, so as not to be confused between the two sides.

"Don't mind, we'll be leaving in a few days." Elvis couldn't stop the three companions from playing, so he could only pretend not to see it, and explained to the whole team in a serious manner, "The next time I can eat this grade of food, I don't know how long it will be, so it's up to them to mess around." ”

"The food here is not cheap." Monica and Barbu sat down next to a few people, and Monica recalled the menu she had seen last night and said, "You still have a few days, can you really afford it?" ”

"Ha, that's fine." Elvis said confidently, "Although we don't have much combat experience, we have been marginal merchants for a few years, and we have a little savings, plus in the past six months, we have received a lot of rewards from His Majesty the City Lord, and there is still no problem in terms of funds." ”

"Well, then I don't have to feel guilty." Monica muttered in an indiscernible voice.

"Huh?"

"No, no, nothing." Secretly sticking out her tongue at Babu, Monica regained her seriousness, and Babu asked for her, "Have you made up your mind?" ”

"Well, decided to leave." Elvis nodded, "Although this city is prosperous, it is ...... We are still not suitable here, even if we can get some benefits by boasting and touting, it is impossible to sustain it for a long time, and if we want to survive in this world, we still have to rely on our own strength in the end. As you can see from the experience of the morning, we have degraded almost as novices in terms of reaction and strain, and if we continue to abandon it, we may find it difficult to make a living on the fringes anymore. ”

Although Babu didn't quite understand it yet, Monica had already nodded, obviously very much in agreement.

"So we decided to go back to the fringes before we were completely abolished, to regain our previous courage and fighting spirit, and to be a group of marginal businessmen again." Elvis's tone was firm, and several other people also nodded vigorously in agreement, "We have already started to restock in the morning, in addition to the goods in the past few days, we also have to prepare enough edge equipment to increase our safety in the edge as much as possible, and I don't know how much money is left to buy." Actually, we are very fond of your caravan, but unfortunately the one in the fringe car dealership is too expensive, and we don't have any money left to buy anything else if we really buy it, so forget it. ”

A few of them said that they were happy and lively, but they didn't realize that Monica and Babu were staring at them with a very dangerous look, squinting at them, and they dared to make such an exclamation in front of two people who didn't even dare to count the zeros on the caravan's price plate...... The two immediately looked at each other viciously with a hideous expression, gritted their teeth and nodded viciously.

"Since you're in good health and you're leaving soon, why don't you do us a favor." Monica squinted at the four marginal merchants who were looking forward to the future again, thought for a moment and said, "There won't be any danger, it's just a little bit of sweat, no, it's a little sweat, to help us do a trip." ”

"Okay, no problem, just make some effort, we're the best at it." Several men and women didn't want to think about it, so they patted their chests on the spot and promised, "What time, where are you going?" ”

"Don't put it off, just tonight." Monica explained, "Go to the edge and find something. ”

"Poof......" Katie, who was drinking water, squirted all the water on her friend Luke's body, "I'm full, the therapist told me to rest, I'll go back to sleep." ”

"Uh-huh." The other three also nodded vigorously, smiling awkwardly with wandering eyes.

Monica didn't curse either, just stared at them with a smile.

"That, Lord Babu, Lord Monica." Elvis dodged his gaze for a moment, and found that he couldn't escape, so he could only laugh and say, "It's too exaggerated to go to the edge in the middle of the night and still have to rummage things in the building." It's not just the danger, we owe you a few lives, and we can ignore the danger if it's not dangerous, but with the visibility at the edge of the night, you can't see clearly when you stand face to face, and you can't find anything. We are not afraid to risk being attacked by mutants in the face for the sake of something that is destined to be impossible to find, but it is really not necessary. ”

"Ha, why should I be so embarrassed?" Monica's expression changed from surprise to relaxation in an instant, and her tone was quite natural, "Of course we have a solution to this kind of small problem, otherwise it won't be a waste of time." Don't worry about such trivial matters, just run with us and you will be responsible for moving things. If you can't find it because of visibility, it's all ours, and I'll invite you to dinner to apologize. ”

Elvis wanted to say something, but was pulled by Shirley, Shirley leaned into his ear and muttered, only vaguely heard a few words such as "special skills, stealing teachers, learning, and being safer in the future", Elvis immediately brightened up, nodded quickly, and said with a smile: "That's no problem, since you have been prepared, you don't need us to think about these details, we just take care of the work." Well, so when are we going? Now? ”

"It's too early." Monica looked at the sky outside the window, estimated the visibility on the edge, and shook her head, "Wait and go, so let's go and wait for us at Fiststorm in a while, and in order to ensure the safety of all of us, we can just find another coolie." ”

"Again?" The four businessmen always found this word not to sound good.

"Ahem, anyway, after you're full, go to Fist Storm and wait for us first." Monica and Babu both looked secretive, "Let's go get something and I'll get to you in a moment." ”

Soon, the confused merchants dragged Katie out of the casino, and Babu and Monica silently exchanged a sly look and a whimsical smile.

Casually ate a few bites, although the food was very exquisite, but the two of them didn't even taste the taste, just to fill their stomachs, as soon as they finished eating, the two hugged Anna, snickered and slipped out of the casino, while the sky was not completely dark, as soon as possible to the blacksmith shop during the day.

The strong blacksmith remained in the blacksmith shop and waited, and only then did he smile reassuringly when he saw Babu and Monica return in time. After looking behind the two of them, and making sure that no soldiers from the monitoring team were following, he carefully closed the door and took out the custom-made items from the back room, which was the metal box that Babu had customized.

"Yes, your craft is good, much better than the blacksmith in a place we passed through called Thor."

Babu pursed his lips and pulled out another drawing that had already been drawn, although he didn't know why he knew it so clearly, but he could naturally remember every parameter detail of the above set of equipment. It was a very delicate and small set of metalwork, with hooks and locks, and it seemed to be put together, and he had taken it out once before leaving Thor, trying to make it out, but unfortunately, Jimmy, the blacksmith in Thor, was able to make a few farm tools, and he was not able to meet Babu's requirements, so he had to delay it until now.

"Look at this, if you can make a work that I am satisfied with, a gold coin. Also, I'll borrow the countertop inside you and assemble the equipment. ”

"Hiss......" Monica took a breath of cold air, but didn't say anything, just a heartache twitch at the corner of her mouth, watching the blacksmith take the drawings and start researching, and she didn't know whether she should expect the blacksmith to make it or not. Soon there was a sound of crushing metal grinding and clashing in the back room, and after the last clanging sound, Babu walked out with a smile on his face.

"It's finished?" Monica saw Babu silently stuff the iron box into her handbag, and patted her handbag clearly, Babu blinked knowingly, and then turned her gaze to the blacksmith, and found that he was already engrossed in staring at the drawings in his hand.

"Yes, but at least three to five days." The blacksmith finally looked up from the drawing, "It's too delicate, it's cumbersome to do, it's barely five days, and there's nothing else to do in the meantime, so a gold coin...... Actually, it's a bit of a loss, but if you saved me today, I should repay your kindness. Otherwise, my fate would probably be no different from Buck's, oh, the one who was taken away at noon. ”

"Does this happen often?" Babu asked in a low voice, "I heard that it started ...... more than ten years ago."

The strong man sighed, shook his head tastelessly, obviously didn't want to say any more, and sullenly opened the closed window, which just happened to see the castle construction site.

It was already dark, and the lights around the castle were once again bright, and it looked extremely prosperous, and in the shadows under the lights, there was a tinkling sound from time to time, as if it was full of energy.

If you look closely under the light of the lights, it is not a big project, except that the castle has been raised by another section, which has exceeded the height of the idol of Ira, it is a lot of exquisite patterns carved on the outer wall of the castle, which makes the castle look complex and gorgeous.

Seeing the strong man staring at the castle stunned, Babu patted him on the shoulder comfortingly: "Don't forget it tomorrow, hold on, maybe there will be changes one day." ”

"Hmm." The strong man nodded covertly, "You're leaving?" Don't worry, I'll do my best to build your custom-made goods, don't forget to come and have a look when the time comes. ”

"Well, I'm leaving, there's a big business to discuss." The two snickered at each other, waved their hands without looking back, made a farewell gesture, and soon disappeared into the night street.