Zach is in good condition, with no fractures except for injuries to his head and arms.
Rock guessed that this was because Zach had gained experience from being beaten on Rock Island. When being beaten, he could perfectly protect important parts of his body. This is also an ability. At least Rock wouldn't be able to, otherwise Rock would not be able to do it last time.
If you are attacked, you won't be beaten unconscious.
After waving goodbye to the regretful Jonathan Jackson and the reluctant Melody, Rock left quickly with Zach.
"Where is your family?" Rock didn't know why Zach was living on the street. According to Rock's understanding of Zach, Zach should have family in Cape Town.
Well, the file records that Zach's father has been missing for more than ten years. In addition to Zach's mother, Zach should also have a sister.
Zach, whose head was wrapped like a rice dumpling, made babbling gestures for a long time, and Rock didn't understand what Zach wanted to say.
Zach took out a note and pencil from his pocket, and immediately looked frustrated. The note was wrinkled and the pencil had been cut into three pieces.
Rock was speechless and went to a street store to buy pencils and sticky notes so that the two of them could communicate normally.
Zach is still very smart and knows that working for Rock may bring danger to his family, so Zach leaves the money Rock gave to his mother and sister, and moves out of the house alone, living not far from the police dormitory.
in the alley.
But in these miserable years, it is not safe to live anywhere. There are many hooligans on the streets of Cape Town. They ask Zach for money, but Zach has none, so they beat Zach for fun.
Yes, it's just for fun. Maybe Zach, a living person, in the eyes of those hooligans, only has the function of having fun.
And they were using Zach's life for fun. Rock had no doubt that if Rock hadn't passed by, those hooligans would have beaten Zach to death. Not everyone is like Rock and can still feel compassion for the weak.
"So, what are your next plans?" Rock didn't know whether choosing Zach as an informant would be a good or bad thing for Zach. There should be more good things. After all, Rock brought Zach alive from Robben Island.
Bring it out.
But Zach working for Rock is itself extremely dangerous. This is just a little hooligan, it is an accident. If the Boers find out that Zach is working for Rock, then they don’t know what kind of punishment Zach will face.
.
This relationship is a bit convoluted. Rock doesn't want to figure out who owes whom and live a lifetime. Rock doesn't want to be too tired. He follows his inner guidance and doesn't think too much about right and wrong.
"I don't know." Zach still used sticky notes to communicate with Rock. It was amazing that even if Zach held the sticky notes with his hands, the words he wrote were not ugly.
"Come with me. I just bought a house and I'm renovating it now. You can keep an eye on it for me. If you behave well, I think I need someone to take care of the lawn for me." Rock sighed, but after all he still couldn't.
Leave Zach alone.
To put it bluntly, looking back thousands of times in the past life, in exchange for passing by each other in this life, this sentence is not suitable to describe the relationship between Rock and Zach, but the artistic conception is similar. Back then, Rock could
Selecting Zach from the thick files is also fate. Since it is fate, it must have an end.
What's more, Rock really needs someone to maintain the "haunted house", or rather the mansion. Think about the nearly ten acres of large lawn. Rock doesn't have time to mow the grass, as well as the fountain in front of the house, the rooms
The sanitation inside, the garden and swimming pool behind the house, strictly speaking, such a mansion requires at least three to five servants to keep the mansion tidy.
Of course, for Roque, hiring a servant is not cheap. A maid in London with room and board is paid 16 pounds per year, which is higher than Roque's salary before he was naturalized. The price of servants in Cape Town is estimated
It's not as high as London, but it's not much different. It costs ten pounds a year. It would be impossible to afford the old Rock.
If Rock hires Zach, he shouldn’t need so much, not to mention that Zach has gone through everything now. As long as Zach is still grateful, then Zach’s loyalty does not need to worry. This is what Rock values most.
As a police officer who already has gray income and will have more and more gray income in the future, the people around Rock must keep secrets for Rock.
This is not a problem for Zach. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, Zach can't even speak, and no one will take advantage of Zach.
After hearing Rock's words, Zach knelt down and kissed the toe of Rock's shoe regardless of the public.
This was a courtesy to the Pope. Rock was not used to it, but it did not attract the attention of passers-by. Zach's behavior was no different from those of beggars who accepted alms. Of course, the meanings of the two were completely different.
Since he is a servant, he must look like a servant. Zach's head is still wrapped in a bandage, which cannot be removed. The clothes on his body are dirty and stained with blood, so Rock first takes Zach to the clothing store.
Get Zach an outfit.
Of course, this ready-made clothing store is different from the tailor shop where Roque made custom clothes. The owner of the ready-made clothing store is a Jew, and the clothes are sold very cheaply. A top is 4 shillings, a pair of trousers is 3 shillings, and a pair of leather shoes is 5 shillings. Buy a suit.
Giving a pair of socks as a gift, Rock is not a stingy person. I bought two sets of the same clothes so that Zach could have a replacement. The total cost was less than two pounds. It was really cheap. Thank you to the Jews everywhere. Many people say that Jews
He was a profiteer. Rock felt that the British tailor he ordered his clothes to was obviously stingy and didn't even give him a pair of socks.
Of course, Rock was too embarrassed to ask for it. If he had asked for it, the British tailor would have given it to him as a gift. But Rock couldn't afford to lose that person. How could someone who can spend twenty pounds on custom-made clothes still care about a pair of socks?
Don’t embarrass the time-travelers!
Zach was obviously shocked when he saw Rock's mansion. Rock guessed that Zach should know that it was a "haunted house", but Zach was obviously not afraid.
This is also understandable. Perhaps in Zach's heart, the police are the most ferocious existences in the world. There are no monsters, monsters, monsters, and monsters, but only the long singing of the herons and eagles.
Zach got into the mood quickly. After clarifying his responsibilities, Zach immediately went to the wooden house in the backyard to find a lawnmower and started to build a lawn covering an area of nearly ten acres.
This workload alone is enough.
Rock didn't talk nonsense. Since he chose to trust Zach, he should give Zach enough trust. When Rock left, he left five pounds to Zach. In addition to Zach's living expenses, this also included the money he was building.
The workers of the penthouse need to pay for the temporary purchase of materials.
In fact, Rock doesn't have that much trust in Zach. These five pounds are also a test for Rock to Zach.
