Ye Chen distributed the remaining half of the bag of broken coins to the children, and as soon as he walked to the door of the tavern, he heard a commotion coming from inside, and gently opened the "creaking" door panel, and walked into the tavern with a completely cool heart.

However, the light in the tavern was not dim, there was no imaginary smell of mold, and although the furnishings were old but very tidy, if it weren't for the shouting of the five people who looked like hooligans, Ye Chen really had the urge to have a drink.

In line with the principle that it is not about himself, Ye Chen bypassed the five people and came to the counter, and asked the beautiful bartender brother with a smile: "May I ask the little brother, is Granny Hu here, I was assigned by Mu Lao to help, my name is Mu Chen." ”

When Ye Chen came to the counter, the five men stopped shouting, stared at them neatly, and when Ye Chen finished asking, he burst into laughter, and the bartender was even more angry, and pointed at Ye Chen and scolded: "Little brother, you are a big-headed ghost, your whole family is a little brother, and the old lady is a woman, are you blind." ”

Ye Chen was stunned when he heard this, pointing to the bartender's chest and then to his chest, the meaning is self-evident, but it's okay not to point out, he stabbed the hornet's nest with one finger.

The bartender leaned out of the counter as if he was about to bite, showed a mouthful of white teeth, and said fiercely: "Does a woman have to have breasts as big as steamed buns, what is so beautiful and inconvenient!" ”

Ye Chen hurriedly retreated, still squirting saliva, and innocently spread his hands to explain: "It doesn't have to be as big as a steamed bun, but there must be certain ups and downs, don't believe you ask them." ”

Feeling that his words were not convincing, Ye Chen stretched out his hand and pointed at the other five men, and these five brothers nodded their heads very cooperatively, rolled the bartender's eyes angrily, and fell backwards as soon as his hand was loosened, and the screams and the sound of items falling to the ground were mixed together.

Then, the back door in the counter was pushed open, and an old woman similar to Mu Lao's grade walked out slowly, holding a cane in her right hand, blocking her mouth with her left hand, coughing a few times from time to time, and her eyebrows showed a painful look, and her state was worrying.

At the same time, the eyes of the five men all lit up, and the leader shouted: "Old Lady Hu, there is less than a month left, you give up, you will definitely not be able to pass this assessment of your giant tavern, hand over the tavern early, and my master can still give you a few pension money." ”

Granny Hu ignored the five of them at all, came to the counter to pick up the bartender with grinning teeth, and said a little weakly: "Why are you so frizzy, clean up this place quickly, so as not to snub the guests." ”

Seeing that his words were like farts, the man in charge took a step forward and wanted to drink again, but was glared back by Granny Hu's sharp gaze that suddenly looked back.

Immediately afterwards, the old man turned his gaze to Ye Chen, and said with a salty accusation: "Did Old Man Mu let you come to see the excitement?" Why don't you clean up these five garbage quickly, don't break the tables and chairs, you can't afford to pay for it. ”

Well, domineering enough, Ye Chen secretly praised in his heart and stepped forward quickly, put the letter of recommendation on the counter, and turned to face the five men, probably thinking of the feeling of helping out, and persuaded with a smile on his face: "Can the five give me a face, I will definitely invite you to drink another day, please go back today." ”

The five men looked at Ye Chen in points, and the leader looked down contemptuously by virtue of his height, and the meaning expressed was obvious, and Ye Chen liked to hear it and snap his fingers twice.

Immediately, the door of the tavern was opened, Tie Dan'er took the lead in shaking his head and tail, Zhang, Li, the two followed left and right with their heads held high, and the purple clothes stood on Tie Dan'er's back and made a chirp, this pomp was really domineering, the two magician badges alone were already very scary, Tie Dan'er grinned again, and the five people who were immediately scared crawled out of the tavern.

I don't know when, the bartender stared at Ye Chen with starry eyes on the counter, and the corners of his mouth were unaware of the saliva overflowing, and he looked at Ye Chen as a head or two, but fortunately, Granny Hu's voice sounded in time.

"Girl, go prepare a meal for the guests, and get some aged fruit wine."

Granny Hu took out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone from the counter, and casually ordered the bartender.

"Mother-in-law, I'll go now."

The bartender agreed and trotted to the back door, and before entering, he looked at Ye Chen and said, "By the way, my name is Hu Fei'er."

Looking at the back that disappeared without even closing the door, Ye Chen had a hard time understanding how the same person could have such two completely different sides.

didn't let Ye Chen continue to be sentimental, Granny Hu knocked on the counter with a cane: "Don't look at it, you kid, you don't deserve her, hurry up and get the paperwork done, and submit it before dark." ”

Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh, walked to the counter to check the content of the paperwork, the title was very concise "Mercenary Application", and it was also noted that it was submitted by the Giant Tavern, and after passing the review, he would become a mercenary under the Giant Tavern, and the task to accept the task was mainly in the tavern, and participating in any mercenary union activities could only represent the Giant Tavern.

didn't feel anything wrong, Ye Chen happily signed the word "Muchen", and was just about to put down the pen, Granny Hu reminded again: "If you don't want to reveal your real name, you can write another code name, and the real name can only be accessed by the senior management of the mercenary union." ”

Hearing this, the pen was immediately straightened, Ye Chen's childlike heart rose, he glanced at Tie Dan'er and turned to write hard, put down the pen and smiled with satisfaction, when Granny Hu took the document to check the black line on her face, the three big characters of "Steel Egg" were extremely impactful.

Not long after, Hu Fei'er came in from the back door with food and wine, Granny Hu instructed a few words to turn around and leave, I have to say, Hu Fei'er's craftsmanship is really good, and the wine is also mellow and delicious, if Hu Fei'er can not ask questions on the side, it will definitely be a perfect lunch.

After she was full of wine and food, Granny Hu returned as promised, called Ye Chen to the private room on the second floor of the tavern, and waited for Hu Fei'er to bring tea and snacks, and began to talk about the topic.

Granny Hu took a sip of hot tea to suppress her cough, put down the teacup and said: "The tavern joined the mercenary union a long time ago, and has cultivated many powerful mercenaries, and the name of the giant tavern is unknown to no mercenaries in the empire. ”

"In recent years, my mother-in-law's health has deteriorated, and the tavern has been neglected, and its mercenaries have left one after another, and the tavern qualification assessment will be carried out in less than a month, and the purpose of looking for you is to help the tavern pass the assessment."

Barely finishing her words, Granny Hu coughed violently again, and it lasted for a long time before gradually relieving.

Ye Chen frowned, and did not ask about the assessment, but asked about the condition: "Granny Hu, can your disease still be cured, such as the precious medicine of Golden Spirit Chalcedony?" ”

Granny Hu stared at her suspiciously, and seeing Ye Chen's sincere expression, she shook her head and sighed: "Alas, the body of the wood is about to die, and there is no way to return to the sky, so you kid has a heart." ”

Nodding silently, Ye Chen fell into thought, and after a while, he said solemnly: "How can I pass the assessment, I am willing to help." ”

There was a bit of joy between her eyebrows, and Granny Hu drank a whole cup of tea, her complexion improved, and she immediately explained: "Actually, it is not difficult to pass the assessment, as long as the Giant Tavern can send a black iron-level mercenary subordinate to it to participate in the mercenary union hunt held at the end of the month." ”

Ye Chen has long understood the level of mercenaries, not according to personal strength, but needs to complete tasks to obtain points, and accumulate to a certain value to improve the level, from low to high, it is divided into, bronze, black iron, silver, gold, diamond, five levels.

Therefore, at first glance, this kind of assessment is not difficult to achieve, but it is not easy to combine with the time, Ye Chen must be promoted to a black iron level mercenary before the end of the month, which is very challenging for novices.

The joy gradually subsided, the cough slowly worsened, Granny Hu called Hu Fei'er and asked her to arrange accommodation for Ye Chen and the others, put down a bronze-level task directory and went back to rest, looking at the old man's back, Ye Chen felt that if it weren't for the tavern, it was estimated that the old man would not be able to hold on for a long time.

"Mu Chen, I'm two years older than you, I allow you to be called Sister Scarlet, what about me, I'll call you Little Chenchen, how about it, are you happy?"

As soon as Granny Hu walked downstairs, Hu Fei'er immediately rushed to Ye Chen's side and muttered to herself.

Ye Chen frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Granny Hu's health is already so bad, why do you still have the leisure to frolic, didn't you pick it up?" ”

As soon as he said a word, Ye Chen immediately regretted it, and hurriedly took a step back to beware of Hu Fei'er going crazy.

However, Hu Fei'er did not make any radical moves, and her smile became a little reluctant: "I didn't pick it up, my mother-in-law likes to watch me laugh, since time is running out, I don't want her to be unhappy, no matter laughing or crying, life still has to go on." ”

His pupils shrank sharply, Ye Chen's embarrassed face was a little spasmodic, and he didn't know what expression to use to face others, so he said after holding back for a long time: "I'm sorry, I was reckless." ”

"Haha"

Hu Fei'er chuckled, broke the dull atmosphere and pulled Ye Chen away: "Sister makes an exception and lets you experience the luxurious double room in this tavern for one night." ”

Ye Chen let him be pulled, obediently followed, and secretly praised Hu Fei'er's inner tenacity, which was not at the same level as his own heart.

At dawn, Ye Chen stretched out comfortably and got up to wash, the luxurious big bed room really lived up to its name, and he didn't see Granny Hu until he had breakfast, and was told by Hu Fei'er that the mercenary application had been approved, and the badge needed to go to the mercenary branch in the town to get it.

Don't procrastinate, since you should inherit it, you have to go all out, and Ye Chen also has a little yearning for the life of mercenaries, so he immediately called Zhang, Li, and the two of them to instruct, leave twenty gold coins, assign the two to Hu Fei'er to command, and leave happily with iron eggs and purple clothes.

The mercenary branch of Wanglai Town is located in the center of the town, although it is not magnificent, but it is also spacious and tidy, and the flow of people in and out is like a carp crossing the river, all because of the proximity to the endless forest, ten people are met on the road in the town, if you dare to scold the mercenary is not a person, there will be eight people who will come up to beat you.

At this time, Ye Chen was leading Tie Dan'er into the door of the mercenary branch with the anti-purple clothes on his shoulders, and immediately attracted the attention of the seven adults in the lobby, and his forehead instantly sweated slightly.

Under the gaze of dozens of people, Ye Chen came to the counter and handed over the identity certificate issued by the Giant Tavern, and the service staff glanced at ten lines, and after reviewing it, he gave a mercenary badge.

"Mr. Steel Egg, this is your bronze mercenary badge, please keep it safe, you need to use it every time you receive and submit a task, and you can also check your mercenary status and the information of the tasks you have received."

The service staff obviously held back a smile and reluctantly introduced.

However, after listening to the first half of the service staff's words, all the people in the lobby who paid attention to Ye Chen burst into laughter, regardless of gender.

Ye Chen didn't care, and still said politely: "I want to read the Black Iron level task, please help me arrange it." ”