Golden Orchard Village is located in the south of the Golden Banner Empire and in the north of the Holy Plains Highlands. It is a typical multi-racial mixed town. There are some small orcs, elves, dwarves, and the largest number of humans living in it. Like other multiracial towns nearby, it's full of energy every day.
Noon has just passed. People here do not have the habit of taking a lunch break. At noon, they are going to pick a vegetable and fruit called "Golden Fruit". This thing looks good, tastes crisp and juicy, and can sell for a good price. It is said that in A golden fruit can be sold for a silver coin in a big city.
Every time the villagers of Golden Orchard heard such rumors, they sighed in their hearts: "We finally planted it, and the golden fruit that sells 50 copper per pound per pound is so rare outside!"
Some villagers also had the idea of going to the big city to seek a living, but they soon dispelled this idea: How can a big city be so messy? The caravans that come and go have told them that the more glamorous and beautiful the rich people live, the more they can eat people. Poor people like them may only be beggars in big cities. Any big man will be beaten to death.
So the villagers of Golden Orchard Village live the same life day in and day out. Humans, little orcs, elves, dwarves, dislike each other and depend on each other. They are naturally accustomed to this kind of life.
It's good to get used to.
It was extremely hot at noon. The villagers of Jinguoyuan Village climbed high and low to pick golden fruits from fruit trees. This tree grows extremely high, which is very different from ordinary fruit trees. It has high requirements for nutrition, sunlight and water. Only two or three golden fruit trees can be planted in a place the size of a football field, but each of them can grow to a height of more than ten meters, bloom all year round, and bear fruit after flowering.
Some ordinary fruit trees can also be planted under the golden fruit trees. They cannot be planted as densely as other orchards, but only sparsely. Don’t teach them to steal the nutrients of the golden fruit.
While the villagers were sweating and working, they also talked about the fact that their village chief had released a bounty for the griffin in the southwest of the city a month ago. Three months ago, their village was attacked by a griffin and died. A few people, but a monster of the level of a griffin must have a minimum reward of five gold coins... It is estimated that no one will accept this price. With trepidation, he went into the city to find a tavern and released the task.
It doesn't matter if he has anyone to take over the task, let's buy peace of mind.
They worked on the trees, tied their waists with thick hemp ropes and hung them from thick branches, and their children were playing below. Children, both men and women, were practicing tree climbing, which will become the future of these children. means of livelihood.
"You have to learn it when you are young," said the oldest man present, with gray hair, "If you can't learn it when you are young, it will be difficult when you grow up."
His wife was lower than him and was picking fruit. The women in the Golden Orchard worked no different from men. She is also very old, a sub-elf, and from the color of her hair, it may be a mixture of wood elf and human, and now her hands are as rough and ugly as wood. After being mixed for an unknown number of generations, the so-called sub-elves do not live much longer than humans.
There were several adventurers passing by on the side road, and they were much whiter, and it seemed that the adventure in the wild did not make them suffer.
This might be the knight master who came out to play. The people at work thought.
"Yes," said the old but still working woman, "if only George would have understood our pains sooner."
Their son, little George, was crawling and playing on the fruit trees below. When the boy was in his teens, when he was full of energy, he climbed to the top of the tree. He climbed very fast, but the action was more like playing and showing off than studying. There were several boys and children under the tree. The child looked up at him, watching little George's wings like a proud bird waving to the sun.
His mother let out a sigh. When will the younger son be as steady as his older brothers and sisters, but little George seemed to have tripped over something, and he fell on his back: "Ah!!!"
Everyone watched with wide eyes, several children were stunned, and the adults on the tree hurriedly climbed down, but they couldn't keep up with the speed of Little George's fall. The fruit tree is short, which is only noticeable when compared with the golden fruit tree. In fact, the position where little George climbed was already two or three meters high.
Every year, villagers in Jinguoyuan Village fall from trees, break their legs and even die.
Of course, there are also children. A naughty child fell from a tree and broke his leg. In Golden Orchard Village, it is a little story that parents use to scare their children.
Little George's mother screamed: "No!!!"
Wood elves have the ability to control plants, but the mixed-race sub-elves do not have such magic.
Seeing that Little George was about to hit the ground heavily, some villagers held their breath subconsciously. Little George's old father threw the rope down in vain, as if his son could hold it.
What happened in an instant was both fast and slow, and people's eyes couldn't keep up. However, a figure, a figure swept over from the side of the road, rushed to Little George like lightning and caught the child.
He gently put little George on the ground, the boy didn't move, he seemed to be stunned, and he cried out after a while.
Only then did the villagers from the nearby trees climb down. Little George's mother stumbled on the hemp rope. His father ran over and hugged Little George and cried. The old man's gray temples were soaked with cold sweat.
While crying and beating his son, he was about to kneel and kowtow at the kindhearted man who saved little George.
Xu Jun became a "hero" once again. Although he only saved a child this time, he received a lot of thanks. The villagers surrounded him. After such a big fright, these people didn't want to continue to work and pick fruit - here People believe that bad luck will not come only once, if one person falls, it is a warning from the god of bad luck to them, telling them not to climb trees today.
After all, little George was young, but he recovered the fastest. The child will be able to run and jump soon, as if the previous thing was a dream.
"I'm fine, Mom," he said, grabbing his mom's hand toward him.
"Good-hearted lord knight," Old George, the father of little George, said cautiously, "we have no money... Please accept the golden fruit we just picked."
Xu Jun comforted the old man as usual, telling him that he didn't need money and fruit as a thank you gift. The old man looked more at ease, and then held Little George to thank Xu Jun. The boy secretly raised his head and squinted at Xu Jun, looking very unconvinced.
When Xu Jun said "I don't want money", the boy snorted coldly, and his father hurriedly lowered his head even lower.
Oh Huo, a junior in middle school, Xu Jun smiled, feeling a little itchy in his hand.
He seems to have the disease that he wants to beat up when he sees a bear child_(:зゝ∠)_
The dragon boy Lance, the unicorn man Jess, and Mantou were still waiting for Xu Jun, but Mantou didn't feel anything. To him, it would be strange if Xu Jun saw a child fall and didn't try to save him. After all, he The owner is so kind~(≧▽≦)/~
Jess and Lance have never seen such a human. Lance has no knowledge, but he has heard from the elder dragon in the clan. What kind of human race is inherently selfish? Yes, he thought at that time, his father must not be that kind of person! His dad must be a better man than all the frost dragons put together!
—If the Frost Giant Dragon Clan Patriarch knew that Lance thought so, he would probably spit out a mouthful of old blood.
Mama's elbows are not turned out like this, right? ! !
Now seeing Xu Jun going to save a child he had never met, Lance was even more proud: Look, his father is such a virtuous human being!
When he returns to the Frost Dragon's territory, he must show off!
Of course, Jess is different from Lance. He has seen a lot and knows the human race very well. There are many people like Xu Jun who are willing to do good things for free, but... Jess said loudly: "Xu Jun Jun, aren't you a hero?"
"I remember that if the hero helps others, he can ask for a bonus, right?"
One second Xu Jun was appeasing the group of villagers who were asking for money but not Jinguo. The next second, he watched the villagers scattered. Only little George's parents were still here, and the few children who didn't want to leave were caught. Their parents were pulled away, "What are you doing here? Are you rich?"
Little George's elderly parents bowed their heads, as if they were about to indent into the cracks in the ground: "... We... Jin Guo... "
Xu Jun smiled bitterly: "No need, forget it, sigh, I'd better go."
He shook his head at the unicorn man Jess: "You really shouldn't say that."
"These are ordinary villagers. It is estimated that they can't take out a single gold coin. What are you doing to scare them?"
The unicorn man Jess was half-smiling: "So you are doing good deeds for free? Why?"
They chatted while walking leisurely to the village. After these two days of getting along, a few people... Well, except for Xu Jun, the others are not people—it's considered a familiarity, especially Xu Jun and the unicorn male Jess, who can speak calmly now. Xu Jun felt that this unicorn man was really unworthy of his identity. The setting of the unicorns and even the unicorns in this world should be holy, aloof, and abstinent. As a result, this man named Jess didn't know. The old monster who has lived for so many years is very frivolous and flirtatious. If Xu Jun had not seen his animal shape, he would not have believed that he would be a unicorn.
"It's not a good deed for free, right? They didn't ask me to save people."
He took it lightly and exposed the matter.
Two days ago, he had a discussion with this unicorn man on this kind of topic, but he almost didn't get annoyed by this guy. It was a set of principles and philosophies. Xu Jun really didn't want to bullshit him.
If you have this time, let's see if the scenery of the surrounding villages is not good.