[Hunter] Lydia's Life Story I

The person who came was very tall. When he walked to the door, the burly figure against the light almost blocked the entire door.He stepped over the threshold, and he was a little surprised by the sudden drop of the ground.

"It seems that what Sai Wen said is right, this store has really changed people!" The visitor said, his voice was deep and deep, echoing.It was a middle-aged man with a crew cut, his weathered face was covered with vicissitudes of life, and there were dots of white hair on his temples, but he was very imposing.

Even though I was standing behind the counter, Feitan even had a face-to-face meeting with the visitor, we didn't even intend to speak, and looked at Kuroro together.

Kuroro closed the book calmly and stood up, and asked politely, "Hi, may I help you?"

"Boys, are you the new owner of the shop? I'm here to collect the membership fee." The visitor's calm, business-like tone was still domineering, and he didn't express any doubts about the three of us.

"Dues?" Kuroro asked in a questioning tone.

"You don't know?" The person who came was stunned for a moment, and then laughed twice, "Ha, didn't that old Dix tell you? No wonder he ran so fast!"

Seeing that Kuroro frowned slightly, he explained: "My name is Chuan, and I am the mayor of your street. The shops in District [-] have to pay dues to the Business Alliance every month, and I am here to accept it. Monthly dues." Seeing our ignorant expressions, he showed a little pity, as if he saw the unlucky ghost who was deceived: "Before you, that old Dexter has been in arrears for three months. I was still thinking that he would never be able to delay this month, but I didn't expect... Ha, he must not have settled the arrears with you before running away."

"I think so." Kuroro said lightly.Except for frowning at the beginning, his expression was always calm. Even when he learned that he was cheated and forced to bear the debt left by his predecessor, he still remained calm.

"Oh, then you were deceived by him. That old thing has no other skills, but it is the best at deceiving newcomers." After Chuan finished speaking casually, he didn't take it seriously, but reiterated the payment: "No matter what, Newcomers," he emphasized, "you not only have to pay the next month's dues this time, but also pay off the previous three months' dues owed by this grocery store. Don't try to imitate the old man who defaulted on the dues. Unless you also want to offend the Business Alliance like him, and get out of District [-] in despair."

"So, how much membership fee do we need to pay in total? What will be used for settlement?" Kuroro asked.

"Let me do the math. The monthly basic membership fee is 500 million ring nuns. If the business is particularly good, the alliance will also take a cut. For you, the basic membership fee for the grocery store for four months is a total of 2000 million ring nuns. But eight People from outside the district rarely trade in the ring, so of course you can also pay in kind, the specific conversion standard is uniform in the eight districts, if you don’t know, you can ask Saiwen, who sells hardware next door.” Hammer said.

"Okay. But we just opened this morning, and we don't know the conversion standard yet, and we can't immediately come up with something equivalent to 2000 million ring nuns." Kurolo said.

Ku Luoluo's current height is only 1.3 meters, standing in front of Chuan only reaches the height of his thigh, and he needs to look up at him.Facing Chuan's slumped face, he asked neither humble nor overbearing: "May I ask how much time you can give us at most so that we can prepare enough fees to pay?"

"One week." Chuan quickly revealed the Gu, and said in an unquestionable tone: "I can give you a week to prepare, and I will come back after a week, but if you still can't pay enough dues..." He didn't say any more, the threat was self-evident.

Kurolo didn't blink, and said, "Okay, see you in a week."

Chuan nodded indifferently, turned and left.

"That old man..." Feitan said in a flat tone as he watched Chuan'an's figure disappear at the end of the long street. A little suppressed hostility.

"Heh." Kuroro stood there silent for a while, then suddenly chuckled.

I shuddered suddenly when I heard the sound, got out from behind the counter, threw myself on Ku Luoluo, hugged him, hung on his neck and rubbed him affectionately, and said quickly: "Oh! Where are we going to get 200 yuan?" Wan Jinni?!"

Kuroro lowered his eyes, raised his hand and patted me on the back, and said in disgust, "Why are you jumping on me?"

"I'm afraid you'll be angry." I hugged his neck and whispered.

I'm afraid you will run away.

"...I'm not angry." Kuroro said lightly.

"Sure enough, that old man should have been killed at that time." Fei Tan said.

"We're here to settle down in District [-], not to kill people." Ku Luoluo habitually held me in his arms like a baby, and said to Fei Tan: "These little things...let's talk about it later."

"Tsk." Fei Tan resentfully let go of the matter, "Then what kind of membership fee do we really pay for the alliance in the eighth district?"

"Of course." Kuroro's self-willed energy went down, and he immediately regained his senses, and calmly analyzed: "It is still difficult for us to compete with the power of the eighth district, so there is no need to conflict with the eighth district because of this. The rules of the eighth district are not For our family, it’s just property, just give it to him. Well, first of all, we need to figure out the exchange standard for nuns and real objects..."

I leaned against Kuroro, and with his unhurried voice flowing in my ears, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Leaving Feitan to look after the house, Kuroro and I went to the hardware store next door to inquire about prices.

Although it is next door, the hardware store closest to us is not actually bordered by the grocery store because the grocery store occupies a recessed dead corner at the corner of the two streets.Kurollo and I went out and walked along the narrow alley to the T-junction where an old tree was planted. I heard Kurolo say in my ear: "You are relieved to hear that you have to pay the dues. Why? ?”

"Ah, is it obvious?" I stopped and turned to look at Kuroro. His eyes, which are bigger and rounder than ordinary people, look at a person seriously without blinking, which makes people very excited. pressure.We are so familiar with each other, I don't feel pressured, but whenever Kuroro shows such an expression, it means that he is serious about answering.

So I also thought about it seriously, and then said while organizing my words: "I just think... if you just have to pay the membership fee, it doesn't matter if you use money or in kind. We have... that, you know, anyway It doesn't matter." I blinked at him, "And I've always felt that our buying a shop... seems to be going too smoothly, don't you think?"

I looked at him, and my tone was a little uncertain: "We were looking for a shop for sale, and we came across one right away; the old man who sold the shop promised so happily, as if he had thrown away some big burden, he ran away immediately It disappeared, as if I was afraid that we would go back on our word... At that time, I thought there would be no problem with this shop, right? Is there any trouble, or a trap or something..."

I spread my hands, saw Kuroro's frown, and said relaxedly: "Now that I know that the old man really has tricks and cheated us on the membership fee, I'm relieved—knowing that he really has problem, but the problem can only be solved with money, then we can settle this matter, can’t we open the store with peace of mind.”

"...you think the other way around." Kuroro glanced at me expressionlessly, then turned his head to look forward, and said, "Since you have doubts, why didn't you say it? If you said it at that time..."

"It's useless to say it." I took his hand and continued to walk forward, and said to him as we walked, "At that time, we only saw this shop for sale, and it seemed that we wanted to settle down quickly. There is no other choice. Besides, I just feel a little uneasy, it's just a feeling, I still feel that I am suspicious... Besides, by the time I feel something is wrong, the contract has been signed, and the old man has run away. Even if I say so, can we still bring him back for interrogation?"

Seeing Kuroro's noncommittal look, I made an exaggerated expression: "Oh my god, we, are we doing business seriously? My dear, don't be so violent!" I looked at him, wrinkled my nose, and calmed down He said calmly: "But it's very unpleasant to be cheated by others, but you think we have nothing to lose, forget it."

We turned onto the side street, and the first store we faced was the hardware store we were going to.I slowed down and leaned into his ear: "It's just paying the protection fee," I whispered with a snicker, "Anyway, we have money!"

"Hmph." Kuroro turned away, looking at the neat and tidy shop door in front of him.

The facade of this hardware store is much smaller than that of a grocery store. The counter is within two steps of walking in. There are various hardware products on the shelves behind the counter. It's simply rusted—unlike the shops outside, although the shops in Meteor Street Eighth District also have normal products, most of them are second-hand goods picked up from garbage dumps, so compared to grocery stores, hardware stores, etc. It's actually more like a recycling bin.

"Excuse me, are you the shop owner?" Kuroro stood at the entrance and said to the counter without going any further.If he hadn't opened his mouth, I really wouldn't have noticed a person sitting behind the counter.The man was wearing dark clothes, and was completely blocked by the counter. In addition, he lowered his head and shrunk his body, so he would be missed if he was not careful.

"My name is Seven." The shopkeeper named Seven moved a few times, but he couldn't meet Kuroro, so he had to stand up from behind the counter.Only then did I know why Kuroro didn't go to the front of the counter - because with his height, if he walked too close, he would be completely blocked by the counter, and he could only hear his voice but not see him.

"Well, you're new here next door. What's the matter?" This is a short and thin man with slender eyes and plain facial features, a type that can't be found in the crowd, and the way he looks at us with his eyes hanging makes people feel very uncomfortable. uncomfortable.

"The head of this street, he asked us to ask you about the price exchange ratio of the eighth district." Kurolo said succinctly.

"Hammer? He's here to collect the membership fee?" Seven smiled meaningfully. It seemed that he also knew about the arrears of the protection fee by the former owner of the grocery store. "The exchange ratio is very simple, based on food and weapons," Sai Wen said, and took out a folded paper from under the counter and handed it to Kuroro, "The bread that is enough for an adult man to eat is equal to 20 Ten thousand Buddhist nuns, enough water to drink for a day is 60 Buddhist nuns, a knife is 500 million Buddhist nuns...that’s about it. You can see the rest.”

"Okay, thank you." Kuroro took the paper and opened it. It was a large poster paper with densely packed objects, mainly food and weapons, as well as clothes and other necessary daily necessities. The amounts are large.At the bottom of the list, I saw the exchange rate between guns and bullets. A good gun is worth 5000 million rings, and bullets are 50 rings each.

"The thirteenth district and the eighth district are all traded with ordained nuns, and the exchange is mainly for people from other districts." When we were looking at the list, Seven leaned on the counter with his elbows and said lazily, "If you If you want to exchange the collected objects into nuns, you have to go to other shops to try your luck and see if anyone is willing to exchange with you..."

"Why not set up a special shop to exchange rings?" Kuroro raised his head and asked.

"You're going to ask the business alliance." Seven shrugged, leaned over and asked, "Do you have anything you want to exchange for a nun? I can exchange it here..."

I know why he makes people feel uncomfortable when looking at people-his black eyeballs are small, and when he opens his eyes to look at people, there are too many white parts of his eyes, which are fierce and tragic, and people can't bear to look directly at them.

"What's the exchange rate? I mean, if what's not listed on the list..." Kuroro asked as he put the list back on the counter.

"That depends on what you are offering and what price I am willing to pay for it." Seven showed a greedy and cunning smile.

Coming out of the hardware store, we turned back the way we came.When I passed the old tree at the intersection, I asked, "Should we exchange with him? Pay the dues with a nun?"

"Let's go to the market tomorrow to have a look." Kurollo said.Today has passed, and the distant and fiery sunset slowly sinks behind the roofs of the street, and its black shadows stretch long under our feet.

"Well, I haven't seen Ginny yet," I said, poking my cheek with a finger.

"I've seen it. The outside of Meteor Street is also used by Buddhist monks." Kurolo said, thinking: "This shows that Meteor Street is more closely connected with the outside world than we imagined..."

"There must be supplies from outside—there are so many fresh foods and brand-new products in the eighth district, and the thirteenth district is no different from the outside." Recalling the heavy traffic in the thirteenth district, I drooped my shoulders in frustration, "just We are just unlucky, living in a garbage dump..."

I stopped in surprise—walking along this street, we were facing the gate of the grocery store, and I clearly saw a burly figure flashing through the wooden door of the grocery store that I installed by myself, Even if you can't see its appearance clearly under dim light, you can definitely tell that it's not Feitan.

That's the guest?

Or another one collecting protection fees?

Kuroro and I looked at each other and continued to walk forward.Passing by that tall figure, I saw that it was a very simple and honest face, unexpectedly young, as if it was still a teenager.He held a square object in his hand near the wall, and I recognized at a glance that it was the clock I put on the third shelf with only the hour hand running.

So he is really a guest?I turned to look at the unhurried back of the young big man, and pulled Kurolo to speed up his pace.

Walking into the grocery store, Feitan was sitting on the counter dangling his legs and counting...money?

"Back?" He raised his head, his long and narrow golden eyes shining brightly in the dim room, and he looked very happy.

"I just made a deal." He flicked the paper in his hand and said proudly.

"Is that a jenny?" I asked.He stretched his neck eagerly to look at the colorful paper in his hand.Fei Tan handed it to me, and I lifted it up to take a closer look with the light. It was printed with messy patterns, and there were no portraits... I counted it again, and it should be 200 million precepts.

"Is that the one who just went out?" Kuroro was not interested in Jini, and he didn't even look at me having fun, so he only said to Fei Tan, "We walked across from him. What did he buy?"

"That clock." Fei Tan looked at the empty space on the third shelf.

"Only the clock? How many nuns did you sell?"

"1000 million." Fei Tan said. "I just said it casually. Was it cheap? I knew it would be 2000 million ring nuns." His expression was very clear, so he could collect enough membership fees at once.

A knife costs 500 million ringgits, a knife costs 5000 million ringtones, and now a broken clock costs 1000 million ringtones... Is that guy too rich, or is our shabby shelf actually very poor? valuable?

Kuroro was also a little uncertain. He took the kinny from my hand and looked over it over and over again. I think he suspected that Feitan, who had never seen the world like me, was cheated and the money was fake.

"...What did that guy say when he came in?" Kuroro asked, it seemed that the money was real.

"He came to look for that old man." Fei Tan said, saying "old man" with a murderous look. "I told him that the old man quit, and he said that he would come here every once in a while to pick up something to buy. I said what's so good about these rags, but if he wants to look at it, he can do whatever he wants." Fei Tanping Narrated lightly, "Then he picked the clock and asked me how much it was. I said 1000 million kinnyas, and he took out the paper and gave it to me. I asked him what it was, and he said it was kinnyah. He didn't seem to be lying, so he took the money and let him go. Is the money real?"

"It's true." Kuroro looked at Feitan with a speechless expression.If he is still willing to buy things like this, that guy is either just eating Feitan, or he is being taken advantage of!

"What's that look on your face?" Fei Tan sat on the counter and looked down at us, frowning: "Why, that guy still lied to me? I'll chase him and kill him..." He said and jumped off the counter Get down and rush out.

Kuroro stopped him: "Don't go, you took advantage, that clock is not worth the money at all." He shrugged, showing an indifferent expression, and found a heavy weight on the counter to hold the clock The monk pressed on the counter, "And that guy is not bad at skills, and you may not be his opponent."

Seeing that Fei Tan's golden eyes became brighter, he rubbed his temples helplessly, and said, "It's rare that someone has been taken advantage of, so you can just let him go.... I don't know if he will come next time or not?"

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Hahahaha, the modification is finally successful!Originally, it was finished on Monday, but I couldn’t post it all the time, it’s all Jinjiang’s fault TAT~