Urban Sims

Chapter 592
"Plop~"

The thin boy knelt down in front of Zhou Ming.

"Honorable sir, I... I think you need a servant by your side, so I... I followed."

"Oh~"

Zhou Ming's expression softened a little, he withdrew the brewing magic, looked at him twice and asked, "What's your name?"

The boy was overjoyed: "Henry, Henry Max, you can call me Henry!"

"You followed me because you wanted to be my servant?" Zhou Ming asked again.

"Yes, yes, I can help you with many, many things!"

Henry said loudly, his eyes were full of hope, the servant of the magician, the position that many people dream of, and the opportunity for many people at the bottom to change their destiny, but very few people can seize this opportunity, only from some legendary stories, envy Those lucky darlings.

But today, through his own observations, Henry boldly took this step to change his destiny, and saw the light of hope.

"I do not need."

Zhou Ming's faint words sent Henry into the ice cave in an instant.

"I don't need a servant. I need an assistant who can read and write. Do you know how to read?"

What Zhou Ming added made Henry, who was in despair, tremble with excitement.

He immediately said: "I know, I know! My father used to be the accountant of the Compass Hotel. He taught me to write a lot of words! I can read and write!"

"Are you sure? Do you know the fate of deceiving a magician?"

Zhou Ming frowned and said, the common script in the human world is the Elvish script that has been handed down for tens of millions of years. Although it has been simplified and improved many times, it is still extremely difficult to learn and write, and it takes a lot of energy to learn.

In addition, the pronunciation of elven script, in addition to the regular pronunciation, magicians must also learn pure elven script pronunciation, so that they can release magic smoothly... and the pronunciation of elven script, and the pronunciation used by humans, can be said to be two different ways of reading.

This has led to an extremely high illiteracy rate in the human world. Anyone who can read and write Elvish fluently is a middle class with a higher income.

The thin boy in front of him said that he could read and write, Zhou Ming was skeptical.

"Really, I can read and write! I'll write it for you!"

The young man searched around, found a dead tree branch from the corner of the wall, walked forward a few steps, and used the dead tree branch to write and draw on the stone floor in front of Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming glanced at it, and found that what the boy wrote was indeed a bit like elf writing.

He seems to be really literate.

"Okay, okay, don't write anymore. Three days later, go to Hongmopan Street and wait for me at Dongjiekou. Then I will give you an interview and written test. If your performance passes, I can consider letting you be mine." assistant."

Zhou Ming said that there is a mid-to-high-end apartment building on Hongmopan Street. Zhou Ming bought a three-story independent villa there. The interior decoration is complete and the furniture is complete. The total construction area exceeds 300 square meters. , the price is only 50 gold coins... It can be said to be quite conscientious.

Of course, Zhou Ming didn't tell the skinny boy the specific house number. He understood the desire of these low-level people to change their fate, but he didn't want to be harassed by various people in the future because of his temporary kindness.

He doesn't mind taking one or two assistants, but only if they are talented enough.

However, the cleverness of this boy named "Henry" caught his eye. If he could really read, Zhou Ming would accept him.

"Thank you sir, thank you sir!"

With ecstasy on his face, the young man kept bending and bowing.

"Go back first and get ready for the interview in three days. If your performance is not up to standard, I won't ask you."

Zhou Ming said with a serious face.

"Yes! Thank you sir, I'll be right back!"

The boy got up from the ground, bowed finally, turned around with ecstasy, and ran towards his home.

Zhou Ming shook his head.

……

West of the city.

In a dilapidated slum area.

In a low, dirty one-room house.

"Bang~" sounded.

The door was almost smashed to pieces.

The woman who was sewing in the house was startled!
"Sister, sister, I have met a noble person, I have met a noble person, I can change our lives soon!"

As soon as Henry entered the house, he was very excited and authentic.

"Your Excellency? What Honorable Person?"

With red and swollen hands, the woman stopped working and looked at her younger brother.

Henry immediately told his sister what happened this afternoon.

The elder sister's eyes opened wider and wider, her thin body was trembling slightly, tears of excitement flashed in her eyes, and she asked again and again: "Henry, is it true, is this true?"

"It's true! It's true!"

Henry said loudly.

"Great! Great!"

Lina hugged her younger brother, tears welling up in her eyes.

Since the death of their father, in the past few years, the two siblings really don't know how they survived?

In fact, their family background was not bad. Their father's income was enough for a family of four to live a moderately prosperous life. He even hired a servant to help with housework.

But a huge disaster came to this family without warning.

The root of everything still lies in his own mother - that beautiful woman with a heart like a snake.

Their mother came from aristocratic family, a nobleman whose family was in decline, the father was able to marry the mother, it was purely the mother's father who owed the father a debt that could not be repaid, and had no choice but to marry the daughter to the father.

And the father really likes the mother, and after marriage, he does his best to satisfy all the material needs of the mother, so that she has no worries about food and clothing, and becomes the happiest woman in the world.

Even so, the mother still looked down on the father who was a commoner, and hooked up with a baron through an upper-class ball.

The baron is the boss behind the Combas Hotel - the immediate boss of his father.

In the end, her father died because she attacked a nobleman and was punched to death by the other party—Lina knew that her father was about to beat up the baron because she saw her mother having an affair with the baron. A mid-level swordsman with fighting spirit.

After his father died, his mother took away all his property and married the baron. At that time, he and his younger brother, who were only 10 and 8 years old, could only live on the streets.

In the blink of an eye, 6 years have passed.

In the past 6 years, Lina didn't know how she survived, but she didn't relax for a moment in her brother's education.

The things my father taught the siblings were useful. She learned cooking, female celebrity and aristocratic etiquette, while the younger brother learned writing and accounting. These two sets of skills can only be learned at home, and they can all live in the middle class. Life.

However, life in the slums is extremely difficult. The money earned by helping people wash and mend clothes every day is only enough to feed two people.

On the other hand, Henry helps out with the work of giving directions and being a guide to outsiders. In addition, he is clever and clever, and sometimes earns her income equivalent to more than ten days a day.

This further strengthened Lina's idea of ​​cultivating her younger brother to be a talent. As long as she had some spare money, she would buy books for her younger brother, urge him to study, and never let him get mixed up with those high school students.

Now it seems that his younger brother Henry is finally going to be promising.

Magician's assistant, this job has a brighter future than my father's job!

At this moment, Lina wept with joy, her heart was full of relaxation.

However, she was only excited for a while, then pushed Henry away, and said to him with a straight face:
"Henry, don't go out to work these few days, read books at home carefully, and you must pass the written test and interview of the magician!"

"Well, I know my sister!"

Henry nodded, picked up a book sensibly, and read it very seriously.

Lina smiled in relief.

……

On the other side of the slums.

In a dilapidated building.

The location of the Blood Ax Gang.

On the old sofa and soft chairs, several gang members are having a meeting.

"Boss Rick, I went to talk to Lina this morning and introduced her to work at the 'Little Sweetheart Tavern', saying that she could earn at least 5 gold coins a month, but she still refused. This is the third time she has refused. Me!"

"Andre, why do you care so much about Lina? She's so skinny, doesn't the customer like her?" asked a burly man with tattoos next to her.

"That's right, Andre, I heard that you like wooden girls who are as thin as wood, but this is your taste, and the customers of 'Little Sweetheart Tavern' don't like it." Another person laughed.

"You idiots! You don't even know how great a woman's potential is. Do you know who Lina's mother is? Belle Mona, the 'Royal Rose', heard that three men have fallen under her skirt. Her Her husband went from commoner, baron, viscount, to the current earl. With her beauty, she climbed to the peak of her life step by step. It is said that her next goal is His Royal Highness Prince Luther. She also wants to become a princess and finally Her Royal Highness Queen !"

"Although we don't know whether this is true or not, Bellemona has become the idol of many prostitutes."

"Lina is Belle Mona's own daughter, her appearance will never be so bad, as long as we get her, eat and drink for a few days, grow out the white flesh, and let the old man teach her Some clever tricks for serving men...she will definitely be the number one in the 'Little Sweetheart Tavern'!"

"Besides, she is still a virgin. For her first time, if there is an auction, there must be noble people who are willing to spend a lot of gold coins to buy it. This amount of money is enough to earn back the money we invested!"

"Boss Rick, let's do this, just tie Lina here! After a few more meals, she will definitely agree to work, and she will definitely become a cash cow for our Blood Ax Gang!"

Andri's eyes lit up and he said that not only did he see a way to make money, but when Lina became the top card of the "Little Sweetheart Tavern", he would also want to prostitute her!
Thinking of this, Andri's lips were dry, and his lower body couldn't help but feel hot.

"That's a good idea."

With a scar on his forehead, complicated tattoos on his chest, and a big fat man, the boss Rick, his eyes lit up, he thought Andre's idea was very good.

"This vote can be done."

The others also nodded, with evil smiles on their mouths.

(End of this chapter)