Lorraine stayed up all night, clutching the gold coin in her hand and keeping her eyes open until the next day. She really couldn't sleep, her mind was buzzing with thoughts, but she didn't know what she was thinking about - gold coins were thrown at the back door of the tavern
The scene just happens repeatedly.
When she heard the hotel owner walking into the basement with heavy steps and cursing to collect rent, Lorraine knew that the night had passed. She got up from the thatch on the ground and carefully opened the door of the small compartment.
The air in the basement was turbid and there was zero light. The hotel owner held an oil lamp and kicked the door of each compartment with his foot, cursing and shouting: "Get up, poor people, it's time to pay the rent. I have no money."
Just get out of here."
Two stout guys came down behind the boss, and they were equally vicious. They were never merciful to the poor, and would fight when they couldn't collect the rent. No pleading was in vain, and they would just throw people on the street and let them die of cold and hunger.
Every cubicle in the basement of the hotel was crowded with people. There was no dignity or reputation to live in such a place. But many people couldn't even afford the rent of five copper coins a day, so they had to kneel down in vain to let the boss
Show mercy.
Noises and pleas came one after another, mixed together, and this cycle continued every day. Until a crisp voice stood up and shouted: "Boss, I will pay the rent for everyone here."
What?
The innkeeper turned his head, raised the oil lamp, and illuminated a thin boy and a bright yellow coin in the boy's palm.
Gold.
"Boy, where did you steal it from?" the innkeeper yelled and reached out to grab him. The two stout guys behind him also stared and tried to push him.
The emaciated Lorraine stood still, but shouted loudly: "Take your dirty hands away, I got a very good job, this is the advance salary I got. A nobleman expressed his favor to me,
Do you dare to touch me?"
In a foreign world with strict hierarchies, there is a huge gap between nobles and commoners. There are a lot of laws and regulations for commoners in society, but nobles have privileges and can ignore those terrible restrictions.
The hotel owner stopped extending his hand, looked at the gold coin, and then looked at the confident face of the thin boy. He didn't dare to make a mistake for a moment. Lorraine, however, sneered disdainfully and threw away the gold coin that he finally got.
go out......
It’s so refreshing, it turns out that being given from a high position is so refreshing!
This was the first time for Lorraine's whole family to see a gold coin, and now that she was throwing it out, she was even more imposing. She was obviously shorter than the hotel owner, but she was so arrogant at the moment that it felt like everyone in front of her was a head lower than her.
The hotel owner stretched out his hands to receive the gold coin, and was very happy, "Okay, okay, you can all stay here in the future until this gold coin is used up. By the way, you must be hungry, I will prepare food for you."
and hot water.”
Everyone squeezed their heads out of the basement, and they couldn't believe that someone actually took out a gold coin to help them. It was like pie in the sky.
Lorraine's father also walked out of the cubicle and sighed in a low voice: "Son, that's a gold coin. Our family has never made such a sum of money."
Yes, it's a lot of money.
Lorraine relaxed her shoulders and replied softly: "Dad, bless me. This time someone gives me a chance to live, and I will give others the same chance. Ilmat is guiding me, and I will do whatever it takes."
Go get it."
In order to earn that gold coin, the hotel owner sent a lot of food to the residents in the basement. In order to please Lorraine, he even sent her a piece of meat.
When Lorraine saw the piece of dried meat that had been there for who knows how many years, she waved her hand disdainfully: "Give it to someone else, I'm going to eat something better."
The hotel owner was even more surprised and did not dare to offend easily.
Only Lorraine knew that the food that made her stomach ache after eating last night had long been digested, and now she felt hungry again. But she also knew that this was a world of cannibalism, and she had to put on a good show so that no one could see her.
Lower.
After leaving the hotel and heading to the tavern, the two places were actually only half a street apart and only a short walk away. Lorraine discovered that she was not the first one. There were people earlier than her, and they even stayed all night, blowing in the cold wind all night.
.
It was a middle-aged man hiding in the corner of the tavern with his arms folded. His thin, dark face had an unhealthy and sick look. He kept his eyes closed and was trembling, as if he would die in the next second.
"Hey...are you also waiting to go into the pub to meet the big shot?" Lorraine asked in a low voice.
The dark, thin middle-aged man seemed to be unable to bear it anymore. He opened his eyes slightly and then closed them weakly.
Lorraine took out the remaining half of the pancake from last night and said, "Here, eat it."
What to eat? The dark and thin middle-aged man was almost hungry. He stretched out his withered palms to grab the half of the pancake and stuffed it into his mouth. But he only stuffed half a mouthful, then turned around and ran towards the alley near the tavern.
Lorraine tilted her head and followed a few steps, only to see two children huddled deep in the alley, crying from hunger. She sighed in her heart, "It's great, I saved another family."
Lorraine brought home pancakes last night, and her parents naturally couldn't eat them all. Saving food has become a deeply ingrained thought in their family's mind. When she went out, her father stuffed half of the pancakes and said
The phrase 'come back if it doesn't work'.
"There's nothing I can't do. I can do it." Lorraine waited and waited at the door of the tavern. After waiting for several hours, she didn't wait for the tavern to open. Instead, she waited for many people who were still unsatisfied with yesterday's meal and wanted to continue today.
The guy who taught Lorraine how to hide food last night also came. He greeted Lorraine warmly and discussed how to go in for another meal. Lorraine quietly distanced himself from him without saying a word.
The girl walked toward the back door of the tavern, and the thin, dark-set middle-aged man who accepted her food followed silently...
"Child, can you tell me what happened last night?" The dark and thin middle-aged man asked pleadingly. "I knew the news too late. I finally rushed over and the pub was closed. I asked many people and I felt like this
It’s like recruiting people.”
The thin and dark middle-aged man gave food to his children first, which greatly improved Lorraine's favorable impression of him. She nodded slightly and said: "Yes, there was a big shot here last night distributing food for free. But only those who pass his test can
You are qualified to see him."
"Kid, you must have passed the test, right?" The dark, thin middle-aged man asked anxiously, "What is the test? Is it still available today?"
"I probably passed." Lorraine roughly told what happened last night. She saw the dark and thin man showing some regret, and suddenly realized that the other man might not be telling the truth, "I was told to come to the pub today.
I don’t know about the rest.”
The thin, dark middle-aged man was even more anxious and begged again: "Son, help me. I have two little ones to raise. If I can't find a job, our whole family will die."
Lorraine did not refuse face to face. She lowered her voice and said, "I saw your child. But I don't know how to help you. I don't know who is favoring me. What is his temper and temperament? I have no idea.
Estimate.”
The dark, thin middle-aged man's face trembled, and he knelt down and cried to Lorraine.
At this moment, a violent shout sounded at the door of the tavern, and the orc owner came out and shouted: "Get out of here, there is no free food today. Only those who received the notice last night can come in, and everyone else, get out of here."
"
Lorraine's voice became weaker, "Sorry, I have to go. My fate is not yet certain."
The skinny girl left quickly, and the dark-skinned middle-aged man was about to cry without tears. Behind her, two young children were half-eaten and weakly calling "Daddy".