god simulator

Chapter 383 Sorry, I Can't Do It

In the warehouse behind the "daily groceries" store, a round-faced little boy in baggy overalls and cloth shoes is busy.

The little boy raised a large wooden box that could hold himself in both hands, walked steadily all the way to the basement, and gently put the box on the shelf.

After stacking the large boxes neatly, he marked the day's date and quantity on them with a charcoal pencil.

Then, the little boy swept the floor with a broom, waved a feather duster to clean up the dust and cobwebs above the shelves, and wiped the stair railings, cabinets, and countertops with a rag.

After all this work, he washed the cleaning utensils with water and put them back in place, then washed his hands and face.He walked all the way out of the vestibule and knocked lightly on the door.

"Uncle Yanbu, I tidied up the warehouse and cleaned it up. Come and take a look."

The middle-aged man dozing off in front of the counter rubbed his eyes and yawned: "Don't look, Xiao Ye, you work, I am at ease."

He stood up and stretched, then took out two city bonds with a denomination of 50 from his pocket and handed them over: "Take it, don't drop it."

"But, Uncle Yanbu... the weekly salary is 50 seashells? You pay too much."

Ono looked hesitant, but he didn't pick up the two banknotes with his raised hand.

"This is what you deserve."

Yanbu stuffed the two banknotes into Ono's pocket, rubbed his nose and said, "A month ago, I went out to buy goods, and there was a fire behind the store... The boss next door said, you put out the fire with all your might, and even saved this guy out. "

He looked at a brown beagle at his feet: "I'm not married, and Dagu is my child. I would like to express my gratitude to you for saving him. I should have given you more, but the store is in a downturn. I've been broke since the last rebuild, and I don't know how long I can last."

Ono hesitated for a moment, and put the two city bonds in his pocket on the table.

"Please keep this shop open, and pay me when you have money in the future."

Instead, Yanbu was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed loudly: "Think about it, if you don't take the money today, you may not get it later, and this small shop may close down at any time."

"Please hold on! You are a good man who will not skimp! Business will be fine!"

Ono bowed and ran out quickly.

The middle-aged man looked at the back of the child as if running away, and the smile on his face gradually faded. He gently put away the two banknotes on the table and stuffed them into his pocket.

"What a simple, stupid kid. It's because I don't know how to skimp that I can't do business well."

Yanbu patted the pet dog's head: "Da Gu, are you right?"

The puppy barked twice.

"When I saw that child, I felt that it seemed good to have a child."

A little melancholy appeared on Yanbu's face.

He looked at the puppy Dagu: "Tell me, how about Xiaoye and I becoming father and son? You think it's good too? What? I must adopt him, and you said you wouldn't rob him of his inheritance... Do you like him so much?" ? Well, since you've asked me so much, I have to think about it."

……

Ono left the store, the more he thought about it, the more he regretted it.

Without those 50 seashells, I would be hungry.

The boss's business has always been poor.

Ono has been working in the store for five years, and he is well aware of the situation of the store's shipments and purchases, especially since it has been losing money for the past two years.The fire not long ago caused heavy losses to Yanbu. The middle-aged boss was in a daze for a long time, and he couldn't hear him when he was called many times, which was a very heavy blow.

Ono looked at the street in a daze.

The boss is quite miserable, but how can I fill my stomach.

As a Huoqi tribe, Ono needs to make money to buy Almighty Stones to satisfy his hunger.

The Huoqi tribe feeds on the Almighty Stone, whether it is polluted or pure, it doesn't matter.However, you must pass the city bond to buy it in designated specialty stores. If there is no omnipotent stone, no matter how much coal, kerosene or wood you swallow, you will still feel a strong sense of hunger, and you will have no strength to act at all, and your brain will not be able to turn. .

Ono could feel that the burning in the gas stove in his chest was weakening.

Without the supply of the Almighty Stone, the Huoqi tribe's body would become extremely heavy, and in severe cases, they would even fall into shutdown and dormancy—equivalent to the death of a Huoqi tribe.

Even if the Almighty Stone and fuel are filled again, it may not be able to awaken the Huoqi tribe again. At that time, it was just a humanoid Huoqi furnace.

God Yao, please help me and give me enlightenment... I am so hungry that I can hear birds singing in my head.

As a devout believer, Ono has never forgotten to pray.

A voice suddenly came from the ear.

"Little friend, do you want to come to work with me? Are you a Huoqi tribe?"

It was a smiling woman who spoke.

Ono was vigilant.

It is difficult to identify the Huoqi family just by looking at their appearance.But if you have had frequent contact with the Huoqi tribe, you will find that they are still different from ordinary people.

No matter how the body looks like a flesh and blood body, the Huoqi tribe's body damage will not produce the so-called pain, so the Huoqi tribe was not considered a human being at first, but a kind of alien produced by transmutation.

The perception of the Huoqi tribe is actually very keen. Unlike ordinary people who touch the world with five senses, they use the extraordinary power generated by the burning of the Almighty Stone to touch other objects to get feedback, and their perception is more three-dimensional.

It's just that the transformation is affected by the Yao people's environment, so they still habitually see, hear, and touch.

The strange woman recognized her identity at a glance, making Ono very careful.

In the early days, many Huoqi tribes were trafficked and deceived. Later, Yaocheng and Yancheng recognized the legal status of the Huoqi tribe and jointly promulgated relevant protection laws to curb this trend.

But even so, because the Huoqi tribe belongs to a special minority group, it is still easy to be targeted by some criminals.

"Don't be nervous, I'm the owner of that store, and my name is Shang Zi."

The woman pointed her finger across the street.

Ono took a look.

It was a domesticated pet shop, and it was in business to train and tame pet cubs, including various dogs, foxes, rabbits, lizards, and pheasants.

The trend of pets has become very fast in Yancheng, and it is not easy to do this business.Ono found the image of a woman in his memory, and she was indeed the owner of the shop.

"We'll have pets that aren't as grumpy."

The female boss blinked: "Ordinary animal trainers can't bear it and are often injured, but if it's Huoqi tribe, it should be fine, right?"

"Why are you looking for me?"

Ono still kept his distance from the other party.

"You work in Yanbu's shop, right? I opened the shop for two years, and you worked in his shop for two years. The weekly salary is 50 seashells. It hasn't changed in two years. Am I right? I am more concerned about the reliability and duty of employees, and according to my experience, once Yanbu’s store was burned down by that fire, it may be difficult to continue to operate.”

"Come and work with me, I'll give you a weekly salary of 140 Haibei." Shang Zi said with a smile.

"What kind of pets do you keep in your store?"

"I think about it..."

Shang Zi snapped her fingers: "There are lions, wolves, crocodiles, and pythons... Now the tastes of customers have become more serious. Without these ferocious creatures, no one wants to keep them."

"Oh, there is also an aberrant beast, but its prototype is a steam carriage, and the danger is not bad. It's just that it's not easy to appease this guy."

Ono's heart skipped a beat.

really.

The key point is the aberrant beast.

Shang Zi stated: "If you are willing to come, I can give you a daily salary. You look hungry, don't you? Eating some Almighty Stones will make you feel better, even if it's just for a day?"

In the end, Ono accepted the offer.

He followed Shang Zi into the large pet store. There was a special warehouse behind the store, and two tall Jade Rabbit bodyguards stood guard on both sides of the door.

After opening the gate, Ono saw that there was an old-fashioned steam carriage inside.

It has classic wide iron wheels, and the cabin and seat retain the old-fashioned style from decades ago.

The surface of the steam carriage is wrapped with iron cables, and there are copper chains between the iron cables. The thick iron cables are connected to the foundation stones at the four corners of the warehouse.

"It doesn't have much fuel left in its body, so it can't break free from here."

Shang Zi said: "But after all, it is a deformed beast, and it is easy to go crazy. Xiaoye, you should try to get along with it as much as possible. The coal is in the box next to it. If it is hungry, you can feed it."

"The main reason is that my client is a big man, and he likes the aberrant beast, so he took a fancy to this classic car. There is no choice but to keep it. This aberrant beast has a weird temper and is suspicious. If you throw coal to it, it will just throw it away." If it is crushed, you have to run around in front of it with the coal and let it snatch it... before it will eat."

The female boss also looked helpless: "So you know where the trouble is in this job?"

"understood."

Ono nodded.

"Then, I will work hard on you tonight. Be sure to feed it. It has been on a hunger strike for nearly a week. I don't want its quality to be inferior. It will be discounted at that time."

……

The door slowly closed.

A hanging lamp was fixed on the top of the warehouse, and the dim light shrouded the not-so-large space, coating the carriage bound by chains with a faint golden layer.

Ono first took off a whole set of thick leather armor from a hanger in the corner, put on a face helmet, boots and thick gloves, then opened a box beside him, and took out a bag of coal from it.

Then he ran round and round the coach.

There was no response from the other party.

Ono tried to throw a piece of coal, and it hit the iron horse of the classic car with a bang.

He muttered inwardly.

Is this aberrant beast... dead?
At this time, a cold voice came from the car: "Are you sick? Did I provoke you while I was sleeping? Can you be more polite?"

not dead?

Ono was taken aback, but what made him even more astonished was that this abnormal beast could speak!

"You can actually speak?"

"Nonsense, I can speak the seven languages ​​of Yao, Dragon, Bo, Elven, Bamboo and Reed, and Ghost World."

Ono was shocked.

His eyes widened suddenly: "You are not a deformed beast... Are you a Huoqi tribe?"

"Not all Huoqi tribes have easy-to-use brains, and not all aberrant beasts are primitive beasts. Some Huoqi tribes are born with disabilities, and some aberrant beasts are good at various languages. Thank you."

The steam carriage made a crackling sound, the front of the carriage slowly stood up, and the body of the carriage was greatly twisted and deformed, folded and twisted into a strong horse-headed man sitting cross-legged on the ground.Under the light of the hanging lamp, his angular body reflected a metallic halo.

"While I'm still normal, let's make a deal. You let me go, and I'll give you a box of omnipotent stones. It's very simple, you just need to put the chain over there..."

"Sorry, I can't do it." Ono kept his distance from it and shook his head.

"As much as they give you, I will give you double."

"Are you hungry?" Ono raised the charcoal bag in his hand.

"I'm talking about cooperation with you, and you ask me if I'm hungry?"

After a moment of silence, the horse-headed man sitting cross-legged raised his metal finger and said, "Half a box of washed coal, another barrel of heating magic oil that has absorbed impurities with charcoal, and another bundle of raw cut pine firewood, and finally Remember to sprinkle rose petals, dried roses are fine. That's all."

"..."

(End of this chapter)