There has always been a saying in the city of Cali. If you encounter any doubts, go to Mr. Doka An who lives in the middle city. He will help you get out of your predicament. Of course, this is not free, but necessary.

Some prices, such as prices or some valuable items. But in general, Doka An is still a very good scholar. But for Lake, who has extremely difficulty getting up every day, his adoptive father Doka

He is considered a difficult opponent. His chattering mouth and ubiquitous figure have always been the last thing he wants to face in the morning.

The morning breakfast clock rang in my ears, and the sun, which had successfully taken over with the moon, had already poked its head out from the horizon, sending its light equally through the clouds and falling on the human world. Lake, who had long since woken up from his drowsiness, was wrapping his head around the world.

He was squirming on the bed under the quilt, struggling in his mind: should he wait for his father to wake him up, or should he get up now to avoid his father's endless nagging later during dinner.

"Dong dong dong"

A man with a serious expression stood outside the room, knocking on the wooden door rhythmically, waiting for Lake in the room to get up from the bed consciously.

"Oh! Is it so fast? It didn't take long for the genius to shine!" Lake complained at first, and finally felt the warmth of the quilt, then leaned out of the quilt, stretched out and leaned against the wall in a daze.

"Lake! I know you're up! Do you think you can continue to sleep in without opening the door? A good day starts with a cup of hot milk in the morning!" The man's voice was so loud that it could directly penetrate the thick wooden board and reach Lake's ears.

in, "Get up! Get up!"

"Yeah! Got it, Dad!" Another sigh came out, as if his ears had to be tortured every morning to wake up his brain.

Lake turned sideways and took off the blanket on his legs, took off his smelly pajamas, and put on the clothes he had prepared last night. After confirming that there was nothing he had forgotten, he walked to the door and unlocked the wooden door.

Pulling it open suddenly, he saw his neatly dressed father standing in front of him.

Doka, who was just about to continue banging on the door, saw the door being opened. His hand was suddenly suspended in the air without any support: "Ah? Why did you get up so early today? You haven't stayed in bed yet?"

Lake's movements did not pause, he just glanced at Doka, took down the wooden 'Do Not Disturb' sign he made on the door, and said angrily to his father: "Today is the month-end cleaning of the library.

Day, I’m going to help.”

"Indeed, it's the end of the month and the library has to check the inventory, but the director alone is not enough." After Lake's reminder, Doka finally remembered the work he had to participate in every month, although it was not

How embarrassing, but after all Doka slighted Lake, which made him a little embarrassed.

"Dad, I have to hurry up and wash up and eat. Can you stop blocking the door and give way?" Lake looked at Doka who was occupying the only exit and had a headache. He wanted to push Doka away and go to the bathroom.

"Of course." Doka readily accepted, turned a 180-degree turn, leaned against the wall, and made a face at Lake.

Lake ignored his troubled father, closed the door without looking back, and walked straight forward.

Take out the toothbrush from the drawer, dip it into the jar on the sink, and get some green gel-like substance from it. Put it into your mouth and rub it up and down. Wait until the coolness spreads in your mouth.

Lake finally took the toothbrush out of his mouth. After briefly rinsing the toothbrush, he drank a large mouthful of water, spit out the foamy impurities in his mouth, and wiped his cheeks with a towel randomly. He felt that it was almost done before he was satisfied.

Walk out of the bathroom.

"Lake, how many times do you want me to tell you this! You must wash your face after rinsing your mouth! You can't just wipe it with a towel." Doka, who was sitting in the kitchen eating, looked at the green particles on Lake's face and preached.

"Oh, Dad, you are so annoying. Didn't I already wipe it with a towel?" Lake wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, trying to wipe away the remaining toothpaste, hiding that he was not strictly following what Buti said.

operate.

"I heard that this thing has a very good protective effect on teeth, so I asked your uncle to send it from Calendar City. You kid actually dared to dislike it." Doka waved his left hand and released a suspended tooth in mid-air.

The water-making technique skillfully used the condensed water element ball to clean the corners of Lake's mouth. After removing the traces, he guided the small water ball to fly to the sink.

"I know this thing is very good, that's why I brush my teeth every morning! Also, I have to leave quickly, otherwise it will be late." Lake impatiently perfunctory Doka's words, and then took the cup.

He drank all the milk in his cup and hurried downstairs to go out with the sandwich on his plate in his mouth.

Doka mixed the sandwich in his mouth with the freshly poured coffee and chewed it quickly. Then he came to the window and shouted loudly: "Lake, I'm going out to pick up a friend this afternoon. I don't know when I'll be back. Remember to do it yourself."

There is food, too! Don’t let me see you not cooking and then eating my sauced meat in the refrigerator!”

As soon as Lake opened the door of the grocery store, he heard his father's call. He raised his head and saw Doka lying on the window edge. Lake, who had been used to this for a long time, did not speak, but nodded clearly to inform his father that he was

I understood, and after expressing myself, I walked out of the store without looking back and walked briskly on the sidewalk that was well greened by the municipal government.

The grocery store is not very far from the library where Lake wants to go. You only need to walk up a few long sidewalks and then cross a few intersections with not too much traffic to reach it.

There were not too many pedestrians this morning. At least there were no short thieves on the road squeezing into the crowd to rub against Lake. However, not long after, he still encountered a boy wearing coarse clothes and squeezed towards him. Fortunately,

He was someone he knew, otherwise Lake would definitely punch him, although it wouldn't hurt too much.

"Good morning, Lake! There shouldn't be a lot of work today, I guess I can finish it in the afternoon." The boy who put his hand on Lake's shoulder was panting. It was obvious that he saw Lake from a short distance away and ran over quickly.

"Tuke, are you here to help today?" Lake was confused about the situation of his companions. "Didn't you say you wanted to go hunting with your dad?"

"Forget it, my dad was injured the day before yesterday when he went to the countryside to collect medicine. He went to see Dr. Bruce who runs a clinic on Weir Street. Then Dr. Bruce said that he probably injured a bone in his foot. The good news is that there is a treatment.

He prescribed medicine for my dad. The bad news is that the medicine is very expensive and requires a Lindobutil. I’m really annoyed. I told him a long time ago to be careful! Be careful! But he just didn’t listen.

My, is it okay now? Did something happen?" Tu Ke straightened the slightly tilted hat on his head and said in a depressed mood, "Such an expensive medicine can only be used for a few days. If you don't get better after using it, you still have to go to hospital.

Buy it! You don’t have so much money to spend casually!”

"A Lindo Butier?!" Lake said in disbelief. "Although I often see these banknotes at home, my dad doesn't use them very often. He only uses them when there are big deals.

After all, it’s just for convenience, the price of ten coppers is much heavier than a piece of paper.”

"I know your family is rich, and I can give you the copper price as pocket money. It's not like we can only get the worst iron price." Tu Ke pushed hard and was still thinking.

Lake smiled very reluctantly. It was obvious that he did not want to continue talking on this topic, "Go in, the curator uncle has already started working."

Lake staggered through the half-opened doorway. Due to Tuco's sudden attack, he couldn't find the center point to maintain his posture. He had to reach out to touch the door frame on the side, and barely managed to maintain his balance. After standing firm, Lake

When he raised his head, he saw benches and tables neatly placed in the corner, and a middle-aged man in a brown robe sitting under the window in the corner, who was concentrating on reading a book.

"Director, good morning!" After Lake bowed respectfully to the man, he consciously went to the bookcases inside the library and counted whether the books were missing or damaged according to the list on the cabinets.

"Uncle Curator, what happened to the change of place you applied for?" Tu Ke did not immediately go to work with Lake. Instead, he took out the apple from his bag and simply wiped it with the corner of his clothes.

He gave it to the man.

"Thank you, Tuke." The man didn't care about Tuke's cleaning method. He took the apple that Tuke handed him and took a bite. After feeling the sweetness of the apple, he said with satisfaction, "I just submitted that.

, I still don’t know when it will be approved. Even after the approval is successful, I still have to find land to build a house, so it will take a long time, so I can’t rush it.”

"Hey, is it going to take a long time?" Tu Ke was a little disappointed. He was not satisfied with the result.

"Tuke is lazy! Mr. Curator can chat at any time, and you should come over and help me now." Lake poked his head out from between the bookshelves, focused his eyes on Tuke, and held his hand

The constantly waving list expressed Lake's dissatisfaction with Tuq.

"I know, I know. I checked most of the bookshelves yesterday, and there isn't much that needs to be sorted out!!" Tu Ke waved his hand nonchalantly, walked slowly to the bookshelf next to Lake, picked up the list, and started working.

.

Tuke works very efficiently, cleanly and neatly, much better than Lake, which is why everyone likes to ask him to do work.

"When my dad gets better from his injury, our family will move out." After tidying up for a while, Tuke moved his body to Lake's side and recounted the family news in a low tone.

"What? Tuke and your family are moving away? Are you planning to leave Cali?" Lake stopped what he was doing, pinched the list in his hand, and asked the boy beside him in a low voice.

"I don't really want to think about it, but as you know, my dad will do what he says. No one can persuade him, so I have no choice." Tuke sighed and shook his head helplessly.

"Hey." Lake suddenly lost the interest to continue talking, closed his mouth and continued to fuck.

Seeing that Lake stopped talking, Tu Ke's hand speed increased a lot, so he also closed his mouth and maintained his speed at Lake's normal speed.

The morning passed by in a hurry, and they didn't even read a few of the curator's books. Lake and Tuke just heard him flipping through the books, and they didn't know what he was reading. Anyway, Lake didn't see the curator get up.

Instead of going to get the book, I kept sitting on the chair and reading quietly.

"Ah!" Tu Ke yawned loudly and put the list in his hand into the storage box in front of the bookshelf. Even after finishing today's work, he walked to the curator very tiredly.

"Today was quite fast." The director checked the situation in the library and after confirming that everything was correct, he handed over the promised reward to the two of them.

"Hey, curator, you've been reading the books all morning, so you can help check them in the afternoon." Tu Ke took the copper price given by the curator and complained.

"The curator is counting the total number of books to see if he needs to purchase new books." Lake put the books handed to him by the curator into his bag.

"But, we have been working all morning!" Tu Ke stared at Lake, "We are the same team, Lake!"

"Little Tuke, but I am the one who pays the remuneration." The curator did not take what Tuke said seriously. After rubbing his head, he said with a smile, "Okay, boys.

Today’s work is over, go home early!”

Because Tuke had to go to Weir Street to get medicine for his father, he left early. Lake, who had nothing to do, chose to stay in this small library and read a book. After all, there was no one at home. If he was anywhere,

If you are alone, why don't you choose to stay here and read a book?

Along with the setting sun, the sound of the evening clock came to Lake's ears. Lake closed the page of the "Album of Common Edible Plants in the Wilderness" in his hand and said "goodbye" to the curator who was still reading.
Chapter completed!