I, the retired legend, were forced to go ashore

"But, Mom, if the grandmother's injury is not cured, she will have to amputate."

Triss explained in embarrassment, her expression a little unbearable.

"Did you forget what I said?" Ada stood behind the counter, propped her body with her hands, and looked down at her daughter: "Come back!"

"Oh..." Forced by the majesty, he walked over listlessly.

The old woman was not happy anymore, she pointed at Ada, and jumped up: "Why are you so stingy, treating my injury is nothing more than a simple effort, and you still charge for it?"

Then she raised her arm high and showed it to the other guests in the tavern: "Everyone, let's see if this makes any sense. Are you just teaching your daughter like this, teaching her to die?"

"I don't have anything for free here. If you're not satisfied, get out and don't come again." Ada looked at her coldly: "Just to remind you, if your arm dies, it will be amputated."

Seeing the two arguing, most of the other guests in the tavern ignored them and continued to chat in low voices.

It has been a few days, and they have long been familiar with the miserly character of the proprietress.

As for the old woman, it may be because Ida is too tough, or it may be because her failed speech did not arouse the empathy of others, or it may be because the severity of her wound scares her.

Always, her attitude softened.

"How much do you want?" She looked at the glamorous proprietress like a seasoned hunter.

Ada had already assessed her wound just now, and immediately said: "If you are like this, 30 crowns, no bargaining."

This price is already more than half lower than the average price of the medical industry in Baigang.

The old woman still wanted to talk again, but Ada pointed her finger at the door and pursed her lips, very stubbornly: "Magic is noble, if you are not satisfied, go to another house."

"Okay, 30 is 30."

She finally compromised, outputting brand-new 30-kroner notes from her close-fitting wallet, and watched as the red-haired girl, under the instructions of the stingy landlady, came over and began to perform her magic.

Ada has to charge.

In the beginning, she didn't restrict Triss' loving behavior.

As a result, everyone, no matter how big or small the injury was, rushed here to ask the girl to help.

And Triss is only a third-ring magician, no matter how brilliant her natural magic talent is, the magic consumption is still fixed.

After treating more than a dozen, her magic power has been exhausted, which caused the people who were still queuing at the back to start mocking and swearing at the girl, and all kinds of ugly words followed.

Just when Triss was about to insist on gritting her teeth by consuming her source, Ada stepped forward immediately and set the rules for charging.

In an instant, the group of patients with minor injuries who could recover after a few days of care dispersed in a swarm.

Only the head of the Chimera can barely start to operate again.

"These days, there is also a fee for doing good deeds, otherwise it will lead to the results of the previous few days, have you forgotten?"

The old woman's treatment ended soon, and Ada caressed her daughter's hair and kneaded her pale face due to overdrawn magic power.

The old woman's injury was too serious, and the infection had already spread to the bones. Triss had to use several healing techniques in succession to completely remove the sequelae.

"But the old lady's clothes are very torn, I'm afraid she has no money..."

Triss threw herself into her mother's arms and explained softly. The fatigue of her body came to her mind, causing her to close her eyes unconsciously.

Ada changed into a comfortable position and let her daughter lean on her body: "How can there be no money? Your Majesty has sent money to everyone. If she can spend all the money in such a short period of time, it's not worth it." Helped."

Just as he was talking, a little girl in a red coat about eight or nine years old pushed open the door of the tavern, one step, two steps, hesitantly walked towards the counter.

Her upper lip is slightly upturned, and when the mouth is closed, some teeth are exposed.

From a medical point of view, she was slightly deformed, but not serious.

And the little girl's almond eyes and upturned nose, combined with this deformity, made her look a bit sexy.

This is the widow's widow's daughter.

The widow who had 'washed' all the men in that half street had died in the 'long night' to protect her daughter.

"What do you want?" Ada leaned half her body out of the counter and stretched out her hand to the girl.

"Aunt Ida..." The girl's mouth and cheeks twitched, and big tears suddenly flowed down. She rushed forward and held Ada's hand tightly.

Her palms were clenched with sweat, and her throat couldn't stop sobbing, but in the end, she said in a crying voice: "Aunt Ada, I want you to help me, I was robbed by the Haixin Gang Yes! Mom’s belongings were also taken away!”

No. 200. Free labor +1

Poverty breeds evil. As the poorest bay area in White Harbor, there are many gangs here.

Even the leader of the Chimera often has gangsters making troubles and collecting protection fees, but after the gangsters who came to the door several times paid a large amount of protection fees, this place has become a blank area recognized by the gangs.

At that time, everyone thought that the beautiful proprietress was a low-level fighter.

The strength is not high, but it is enough to survive in the Bay Area.

After the long night, His Majesty distributed a large amount of cash compensation to the victims, and the homeless people made many gangs absorb a lot of new blood, and they would naturally start to plunder and expand.

Among them, Chimera Street, which received the most compensation, naturally became the hot target of many people.

The official explanation is that the residents of this street fought bravely against the invaders, and became the place where the least damage was done and the most enemies were killed. Therefore, a considerable part of the reward is included in the compensation.

But that doesn't stop people from being jealous.

But there are too many people gathered in this street at present to make it impossible to rob arrogantly.

They had no choice but to adopt the strategy of squeezing persimmons, picking the weakest person, threatening with a knife a few times after grabbing something, and running away before other people with a sense of justice could react—the orphan of the harelip widow, that The girl named Little Wicker became the target.

This is also because the number of Haixin Gang is too small to deter others.

There were only five of them, and they were not so much a gang as a wandering gang.

The temporary resident is just an open space between two ruins.

Xiao Liutiao took Ada, twisted and turned, and was already nearby.

She lived here since she was a child, and she didn't have to go to school. Because of her work, her mother didn't let her stay at home. Naturally, she went out to run wild every day, and was very familiar with the nearby terrain.

"So...why do you call me that, Little Wicker, it's strange."

Ada walked behind the girl, looked at her steady steps, and asked curiously.

Xiao Liutiao looked back and confirmed that the proprietress who hardly had any contact with her was still following her firmly and had no intention of retreating. Then she said: "My father gave it to me. He hoped that I could be like Willow Tiao, no matter what kind of wind and rain I go through. It will not break, and it can grow into a towering tree wherever you insert it."

When she speaks, her conditioning is relatively clear, and her walk is not as brisk as a girl of her age.

Ada remembered that the girl hadn't been like this before.

It was as if the death of a loved one had dealt a huge blow to her, and she had grown up overnight.

"It's the alley in front, you can see it when you go in." The girl pointed to the corner, with hope in her eyes, and gestured with her hand: "It's a pair of copper earrings, round...very ordinary."

She thought for a long time, but couldn't find any more words to describe it.

It's not worth a single crown.

Ada sighed, pulled the girl aside, and let her squat on the ground: "Okay, you just wait for me here, don't go anywhere." After thinking about it, she urged: "If there is any danger, just Shout loudly."

This little girl is not a few years younger than her adopted daughter, and Ada always thinks of Triss when she sees her.

The bottom of my heart can always be touched by compassion.

Maybe this is motherhood?

Hearing Ada's words, Little Wicker nodded obediently.

She just squatted there, watching the aunt walk into the alley calmly.

Then I heard the voices of the two parties negotiating in the alley.

The general idea is that someone mistakenly believed that Aunt Ada was a prostitute who should be recruited, and then lamented that now is a good time, you can find this kind of thing for only a hundred kroner, and already regretted using the rest of the money to pay off the debt.

Others invite aunties to join their gangs, robbing people by day and riding them by night.

Finally, the aunt politely asked them to die.

Then there was a series of sounds of hard objects breaking and short screams.

Little Wicker blocked his ears at first, but soon forced himself to let go of his hands to listen to the sound that made him have nightmares at night.

I am already a person now, I have to be strong, if I can't bear this, how can I grow into a big tree in the future?

Soon, Ada came out carrying a bag of rice.

"Here, your earrings, but the money has been spent."

Ada handed over the copper earrings, then patted the bag of rice on her shoulder: "Let me carry this for you first."

Strictly speaking, this bag of rice is also a relic of the harelip widow—it is what she earned through "labor", which is enough food for her daughter to spend half the winter.

However, Xiao Liutiao unexpectedly shook his head, put away the earrings, and looked at the bag of rice: "This is a reward, I understand the rules."

"How much is this worth? That's five lives." Ada immediately shook her head without changing her expression.

"Then..." The girl rolled her eyes back and forth, thinking about how she could repay this benefactor.

Ada suddenly said: "Do you have a place to live, and it's a pity that you can be robbed of a thousand crowns."

The house of the widow with a harelip was in ruins. The child must have lived on the street, so he was robbed of money and rice.

The girl shook her head, without any resentment on her face: "No one wants to take me in."

Everyone is very realistic.

The girl has no labor, and it is impossible to live alone. If anyone feels sorry for this child now, then he must make a plan to raise her for the rest of his life.

Now that we are experiencing a famine, our family will have a more difficult life if they have an extra mouth to eat.

Ada understood these things, and after thinking for a long time, she sighed slowly: "Oh, then you can go to my place, you should be able to work?"

Pity is pitiful, but I can't raise a little ancestor.

Moreover, this skinny girl must have a very small appetite, and she doesn't even need to prepare anything extra. It's just a free labor for nothing!

And in the current situation where Triss and Deep Shadow spend most of their time in the backyard using magic to ripen the plants, it would be inconvenient to have such a helper at home.

Xiao Liutiao blinked: I was taken in by kind people?In the future, there will be hot meals to eat, and a big house to shelter from the wind and rain?

The girl was overwhelmed by happiness for a moment, and before she could recover, she murmured: "I can do laundry..."

As soon as the words fell, she was shocked to see Aunt Ada quickly throw the bag of rice on the ground, then bent over, beat her shoulders, sighed, and looked very tired.

"What's wrong?" Little Wicker was a little worried.

Could it be that he was too useless to make this kind aunt regret her decision just now?

But right away, she saw Ada blinking at her covertly.

Then, around the corner, an elf wearing a simple traveler's robe came out.

"Deep Shadow!" Ada made a surprised look, pointing to the bag of rice: "Come and help me, I'm exhausted!"

"Really, you're so lazy, you don't usually exercise."

The elf rolled his eyes at his friend, deployed his mana, and picked up the bag of rice out of thin air.

She went on to say: "Hurry up, there is a nasty guy at home, I can't handle him a bit."

Although he said so, the elf's face was full of smiles, and there was no trace of boredom in his eyes.

"Who is it?" Ada scratched her head, a little confused.

But she immediately pointed to the little wicker and introduced: "By the way, I hired a waiter for the family. From now on, it will be her job to sweep the floor, wipe the table, and do the laundry."

Chapter 201. Difficult people

As soon as she stepped into her tavern, Ada knew why the elf said she couldn't handle it and didn't hate it.

In the middle of the hall, there is a middle-aged man who has cleaned himself up very well, but unfortunately his eyes are wrinkled and looks very wretched. He is taking the opportunity of helping someone to heal his illness, and is stroking the hand of a young woman back and forth.

It wasn't until he rubbed her that her face was flushed red that he smiled narrowly "Jie Jie Jie" and chanted a spell to heal a bruise on the little young woman's arm.

Unfortunately, the effect of treatment is not good.

Ada could see clearly that the bruises on the arm were gone, but the redness was still there. This skill was far behind Tris, and it also showed that this person's healing talent was not outstanding.

However, this man was not discouraged, so he went up to help the young woman rub her arms with an excuse.

It's a pity that he has been completely seen through. After the young woman pulled her arm out, she gave him a cold look, turned her head and walked out of the tavern.

"Not bad, old prostitute, have you changed your taste?" Ada sat down opposite him.