Kraba is a small mercenary, or in other words, he used to be a small mercenary. Now, he has become a subordinate of a distinguished big shot. He is no longer the one who was sold to the city as a thief who could not even eat enough to eat. He was beaten half to death after failing to steal things and was thrown into prison to do hard labor. It was not easy. He was just a poor boy who fled to another place with someone who escaped from prison.
His master was a nobleman, and not an ordinary nobleman. When he was in Ito, as long as the master's identity was revealed, even the tavern would not dare to charge him. With his agility and clever mind, he has already left a good impression on his master. As long as he makes two or three more achievements, he may be able to earn a small aristocrat. At that time, he can return to his hometown in an upright manner, take revenge on those guys who bullied him, and let his parents who looked down on him back then see that he will also be successful one day!
But don't let them take any advantage, he won't give them a penny, let them regret it!
Kraba imagined this wonderful scene beautifully, but was woken up by a slap from his companion: "Why are you dazed?! The fish shop has arrived!" He looked up, and sure enough, the sign of the fish shop was less than one meter in front of him. , he almost ran into it, and he complained in his heart that his companion slapped him so painfully, and without reminding him in advance, he casually said "I know" and entered the store with his head held high.
For a man as strong and powerful as him to be willing to work in a small fish shop is already very humiliating. The boss actually circled around him a few times and hesitated for a long time but refused to nod. He was anxious: "Boss! I'm very strong, just let me do it!"
The fish shop owner gave him a sideways look and took two puffs of his cigarette. After blowing the pipe a few times, he said slowly and calmly: "If you want to come to work, you can, but there are a few things I want to make clear. If you can't do it, get out of here right away."
Kraba held back his anger, lowered his head and said, "Please do whatever you ask me to do, and I will definitely do it. As long as you are willing to keep me here." Bastard! He actually allowed a great future nobleman like himself to bend to him? When the matter is over, you must teach him a lesson!
"First, your wages are one copper coin for two hours, paid once every five days. The store provides a lunch, and you can take care of it yourself when you sleep."
What? ! One copper for two hours? When he entered the door just now, he clearly heard other workers talking, saying that their hourly wage was one copper coin an hour, and they were paid on the same day! Even if he is not here to make money. There's no reason to be exploited like this, right
He just expressed a little bit of dissatisfaction, and the boss immediately glared: "If you don't like it, leave! You are an outsider of unknown origin. It's good if someone is willing to work for you, but you are too dissatisfied?!"
Kraba remembered the purpose of coming here, held back his anger and whispered: "I accept..."
The boss nodded with satisfaction. Then he said: "Second, I assigned you a job. You must do it as soon as possible. Don't be lazy! Otherwise, get out of here immediately!"
"…yes."
"Third. Uh..." The boss scratched his hair. I can’t remember what the third item is. Then he waved his hand: "Go to work! Clean all the pools in the back for me first!"
Kraba was a little stunned: "Didn't you say... that you were going to deliver the goods?"
The boss glared at him: "What are you delivering so early in the morning?! The fish hasn't even been delivered yet!" Kraba had no choice but to go.
Several old pools in the backyard have been abandoned for a long time. It exudes a fishy stench. The moss on the bottom of the pond was so thick that it was slippery. As soon as he stepped in. He fell onto his back. It was hard to struggle. Slip again. I had to half squat and use a wooden brush to clean the bottom of the pool. Water soaked through clothes. A gust of wind blew. It was so cold that he sneezed several times.
After finally finishing two of them, it was already noon. Kraba was so hungry that he felt dizzy. As soon as he stood up, his eyesight turned black. He finally stepped out of the pond. When he looked at the remaining two smelly ponds, he felt like he was vomiting. impulse.
Two workers passed by, covering their noses and staying far away, and whispered: "The old pool that has been empty for several years has finally been cleaned. Where did the boss find such a fool?" "I heard they are from out of town. , the origin is unknown, don’t worry about him, let’s go eat, I heard there is broth today.” “Really?! That’s great...”
Kraba swayed, clenched his teeth and held on. He threw away the brush and washed his hands, then wanted to go to eat. Unexpectedly, a worker pinched his nose and brought a plate and said: "The boss said, you are smelly all over." Don't go out, just eat here." After saying that, he dropped his things and ran away.
Kraba looked at the hard black bread and thin batter soup on the plate, and he really wanted to rush to the boss and slap him a few times. He is a noble future noble! How dare that smelly old man ask him to eat such a thing? ! Since he joined his current master, he has never touched this kind of untouchable food. It is really unreasonable!
He turned around angrily and was about to leave, but when he thought of his mission and what the team leader said to him when assigning the mission yesterday...
Okay, he'll just endure it this time!
Kraba barely resisted the feeling of nausea, stuffed the black bread into his mouth, took two sips of the soup, and then started washing the pool again. After finally finishing the brushing, he ran to the boss with a straight face and said, "It's been cleaned up. Are you going to deliver fish to the Lord's Mansion next?"
The boss glanced at him sideways and said contemptuously: "If you wash so slowly, the things have already been delivered!"
"You!" Kraba grabbed his collar and was about to get angry, but he hit his wrist with a pipe and was so burned that he had to withdraw his hand.
The boss threw two coins casually: "You rude fellow! Get out of here! Don't let me see you again! You actually want to hit someone? Be careful, I will go to the Lord's Mansion to sue you!"
Kraba was so angry that he was trembling all over. He was no longer willing to swallow his anger. He made a fist and was about to punch him, but was blocked by an empty fish basket thrown by other workers. He wanted to take action again, but was forced out by someone. Just as he was about to get angry, he was scolded in front of him: "You idiot! You've messed up everything!"
Seeing that he was the team leader, he said aggrievedly: "They bullied me! They did it on purpose!"
The leader's eyes widened: "I only saw you trying to beat someone up! It's really useless! Why don't you come back with me quickly!" He turned around and left angrily, and Kraba had no choice but to follow with a slumped face. On the way back to the inn, everyone covered their noses and stayed away. Some women pointed at them, not knowing what to say to their children. Kraba felt extremely aggrieved.
When he returned to the inn, he immediately asked the clerk to bring him water for a bath. The clerk said indifferently: "I've already given it to him, what else do you want?" And he just left like that.
Only then did Kraba realize that he was not the only one unlucky. One of the companions worked as a part-time worker at the butcher and was assigned the task of cleaning all the pig nests. Another one was lucky enough to be hired by the lord's house. When I went there, I discovered that the cesspool was being cleaned near the back door. The luckier companions either spent the day bathing the cattle or chopped half a yard of firewood in the backyard of the winery.
In comparison, he is not the most miserable one.
The team leader first became suspicious: "Why does this happen to all of us? No one can enter the lord's mansion? Could someone be doing it on purpose..."
"That shouldn't happen, right?" the man who was bathing the cow said. "These are dirty jobs that the locals don't want to do, so they ask us from outside to do them. If we persist for two more days, they will think that we are trustworthy and leave important things to us. .I did a good job today. The boss said he would let me deliver milk to the Lord’s Mansion in a few days.”
The leader's eyes lit up: "Really? He really said that?!"
"That's great! So our plan will succeed?!" Kraba was so happy that he almost jumped up. When they finish this, he will beat up the fish shop owner to vent his anger!
The man who was bathing the cows glanced at his companions with some pride: "Of course, I said that you all are not pretending to be decent enough. What are you afraid of having to suffer a little in order to complete the task? You just want to have fun. If you don't do something, how can you explain it to your superiors? ?”
Kraba felt a little harsh when he heard this: "What do you mean you only want to have fun?! You are the most relaxed one. How dare you say sarcastic words?!"
The team leader hurriedly pulled him to sit down: "Stop arguing! Why are we arguing?!" He glanced at the man bathing the cow and felt a little dissatisfied.
The man sweeping the pig's nest raised his eyelids. Turning to the companion next to him: "I said, you have arrived at the back door of the Lord's Mansion. Can you find a chance to sneak in?"
These words immediately attracted everyone's attention, and his companion was stared at by everyone. Somewhat uncomfortable: "This... although it is at the back door, it is actually quite far away. There are many trees planted in their backyard and there are several vegetable plots. I can't see clearly what is going on inside the house, and there are many soldiers guarding it. I couldn't even get to the back door."
"That's enough!" The team leader waved his hand, "Pay more attention to the nearby terrain. If the milk delivery side fails, we can sneak in through the back door at night."
"This... okay..." The man was unwilling. Who wants to smell the smell of cesspools every day
Mingna left the wall, covered her mouth and threw herself at her mother, laughing sullenly. Alex also sat down next to her with a smile on his face: "You guy, you actually let so many people cooperate with you, but you can't do it." That’s right, those people haven’t found out yet that they’ve been tricked.”
"Isn't this just right?" Ming Na smiled and stood up, "The bosses of those stores have been worried for a long time. No one is doing the dirty work. They have great strength anyway, so they just use it, so they treat it as doing it for us. Mayton serve.”
"Then what to do next? You can play for fun, but don't really let them touch your home."
"Don't worry." Ming Na raised the corner of her mouth, "The show is not over yet."
After the group of people next door had finished their discussion, they remembered that each other stank, and hurriedly got up and went back to their rooms to take a shower. Unexpectedly, the innkeeper came to the door with two strong and strong clerks, and said casually: "A few guests are here." I have stayed here for so many days. The rule of the store is that long-term guests pay their bills once every five days. Please pay for these days first."
The leader frowned: "Didn't I say we would tie the knot together when we left?"
The innkeeper glanced at him: "Isn't it convenient to pay now? Guest, the premium room in our store is three silver coins per night. If you can't afford it, you can change to an ordinary room."
The team leader was unhappy after hearing this and took out the money to pay: "Is this okay?"
"Okay." The innkeeper collected the money and said, "But the few guests must not have much money, right? Otherwise, they wouldn't be looking for odd jobs everywhere, and they would even do the work of digging out manure! But you guys I make myself stink every day and drive away all my guests. I'm sorry, but please leave. I won't accept guests like you."
"Speak clearly, what do you mean?!" The team leader straightened his waist, revealing half of a dagger, "We haven't lost a penny to you!"
The innkeeper took a few steps back and then said: "Who knows where your money comes from? Guys who dig dung and chop firewood only earn a few copper coins a day, but they dare to stay in a room with three silver coins a night?! It must be so! You want to eat and live for free! Now you want to threaten me? Someone is coming! Someone is going to kill someone!" He shouted loudly, and the two clerks also shouted.
The team leader was shocked. If the local patrol team and the people in the lord's mansion were alerted, it would be difficult for them to escape. If he revealed his true identity, even if he could be freed, he would be exposed to the identities of his group. You must know that they are also somewhat famous in Ito. Thinking of the trouble that would bring to his master after revealing their identities gave him a headache.
Kraba saw that the team leader was in a daze, and the innkeeper had already left with his people shouting, so he hurriedly dragged the leader past: "Boss, let's go quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late!"
The lord just woke up and hurriedly asked everyone to jump out of the window and leave from the backyard. He didn't realize that as soon as they left, the boss stood by the window and looked at them quietly. He turned around and said with a smile: "Miss Minna, they really ran away."
"It's better to run away." Ming Na weighed several cloth bags in her hands, "Is this done by people in your store? If you do a good job, the things will belong to you."
The boss smiled happily: "Thank you, miss." The two clerks who took action were also very happy. Looking at the heavy cloth bags, they could share a lot of money.
Kraba followed his companions and ran a long distance before stopping. When he looked back, he was relieved to see that there were no pursuers. The man who was cleaning the pig nest smelled it and said with disgust: "It stinks! No wonder everyone is avoiding it. Go to another store to take a shower."
Everyone agreed with what he said, but before they took two steps, they discovered that the money bag originally placed in the package was missing. Except for the leader's money bag, there were also a few silver coins. Two people took with them the money they had just received. Apart from the ten copper coins salary, there was no more money. Kraba was puzzled and suddenly slapped his thigh: "It must have been lost while working in the store. I will go to the fish shop owner to settle the account!"
The team leader hurriedly stopped him: "Don't go! I feel something is wrong! Maybe someone from that inn stole it, but we can't go back now."
I couldn't go back, but a few silver coins were enough to rent a room for two nights. They planned to find other hotels, but who knew that all the hotels would not accept them. Not to mention that they smelled too bad. Just looking at the situation that they could only do odd jobs and do dirty work, they knew that they had no money to stay in the hotel. If If you are really rich, why do you still have to do that kind of work? Is there any shady purpose
The tour leader deeply felt that his previous decision was not wise enough. Because he did not want to treat himself badly, he booked a superior room in the best hotel, but who knew that it would make people suspicious. He immediately took the people away and while wandering on the street, he suddenly heard two people passing by talking: "There is an abandoned house in the eastern suburbs outside the city. No one lives in it now. Didn't you say that your nephew has no place to live when he comes? Go there?" There, just tidy it up." "Now my nephew has found a job and lives in the store, so he doesn't need to find an apartment, but thank you anyway."
The leader's eyes lit up and he turned around to greet his companions: "Let's go outside the city!"
As soon as they left, the two passers-by looked at each other, ran to the corner of the street and smiled at Ming Na who was waiting there: "Miss, they really went."
Ming Na paid the money with a smile and looked at Alex next to her: "What do you think they will encounter?"
Alex smiled: "I don't care what they will encounter. I want to know when they will fall into the real trap."
(Poor cannon fodder classmates, in order to mourn them, please vote more for little pink)