The Dark King

Chapter 11: Back to the slums

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When leaving, Fino drove alone. Instead of going to the Scavengers Castle that Du Dian had seen earlier, he went directly to the residential area, stopped under the high wall, let Du Dian get off, and walked back by himself.

"Don't I have to be a "scavenger"? "Du Dian was a little puzzled.

Fino jumped back into the carriage, and said impatiently: "We have already tested you, so there is no need to go there for another test. After a few days, someone will take you to report." After finishing speaking, the horse rope in his hand shook , the black carriage sped away.

Du Dian frowned slightly, turned around and walked down the street towards the home of the Juras. Fortunately, he had followed Al's carriage back once before and wrote down the route, otherwise he would have to get lost.

When he returned to No. 108, Linkang Street, he was already panting heavily, his whole body was dripping with sweat, and his legs were sore. Although the Juras live not far from the high wall, only seven or eight miles away, his body has not yet recovered from the sequelae of the freezer, and his physical strength is much weaker than that of ordinary children of the same age.

At the door of the house, the Jura couple stood there looking around, and when they saw Du Dian appearing from the corner of the street, their eyes lit up immediately, and they quickly greeted them.

Grech said, "Why didn't anyone see you off? You walked back by yourself?"

Zhu La gave him a blank look, and said, "Let's go back first."

Gray came to his senses, immediately picked up Du Dian's tired and weak body, and hurried back home. After closing the door, Jula found a cotton towel to wipe Du Dian's sweat, and said with concern: "Son, are you okay, those people didn't do anything to you, did they?"

Seeing their reaction, Du Dian knew that they probably knew something, and asked, "You know?"

"Someone from above notified us, saying that you are qualified to join the guards." Gray looked at Du Dian's hot red face, and said suspiciously: "Did you fail the test?"

Du Di'an thought to himself, it seems that the identity of the "scavenger" also needs to be kept secret, and said: "I passed it, and someone will take me to report in a few days, but I don't want to go, can I refuse this matter?"

If he could choose, he would still like to learn the law first, master more things, and then go outside the giant wall to see the scenery there.

Gray breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Do you know how many people want to go and have no chance, you kid still want to refuse, being able to be a guard will let you not worry about food, drink, life, old age, sickness and death in your life, just stand on guard every day, just How nice it is to have a big salary and no one dares to bully you."

Jula looked at Du Dian tenderly, and said, "Do you still want to study the law?"

Du Dian nodded seriously.

"I asked for you." Jula smiled and said, "When you go there for training, you can also study law, and not only can you study law, but you can also study medicine, geology, sewing, etc. It is a comprehensive school. .”

School? Du Dian was taken aback.

Many people can't tell the difference between a college and a school. To put it simply, a college is a specialization, such as a law school and a sewing school, but a school is composed of multiple colleges, and the things learned are very comprehensive!

"What's so easy to learn about the law? When you become a guard, you won't have to worry about anything." Gray patted Du Dian on the shoulder, smiled and encouraged: "Come on, I heard that there will be eliminations in the training camp, you You have to concentrate and don't get brushed off."

Du Dian felt relieved, learning comprehensively? It was exactly what he wanted.

"Auntie." Du Dian seized the opportunity and said to Jula: "I want to borrow some pocket money, and I will definitely pay you back in the future!"

Zhu La was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'll give you whatever you want. Whether you borrow or not, it's all a family."

"That's right." Gray smiled and said, "After living here for so long, it's time for Dean to change his mind."

Du Di installed as if he didn't understand what he said, so he estimated in his heart, "About a hundred copper coins."

"So much?" Jula and the two were taken aback, one hundred copper coins was almost equal to half a month's living expenses, Grech said, "What do you want to buy, you need so much?"

Du Dian had already thought of the reason, and said: "I want to buy some food and go back to visit my partners in the orphanage." After finishing speaking, he said silently in his heart, let me borrow you first, and then I will visit you later.

Jura smiled slightly, and said: "It should be, here you are." After speaking, he took out a stack of green copper coins from his wallet, counted them, and handed them to Du Di'an exactly one hundred integers.

Since the emergence of printing technology ten years ago, Xinghai Bank under the management of Sylvia Jubi has issued a large number of banknotes. In just a few years, they have replaced coins and circulated to various households in residential areas. Gradually got used to trading with light banknotes.

"Thank you!" Du Dian took it immediately, without any points, and put it directly into his pocket.

Seeing this, Gray couldn't say anything more, and waved Jula to make dinner.

Early the next morning.

Du Dian got up on time, had breakfast after washing up, said hello to the Jula couple, and went straight out. Although I don't know when the "scavenger" will send someone to pick him up, but he doesn't have to go to the law school for classes these days.

"Sulphur..." Du Dian vaguely remembered how to make gunpowder. It was a festival when his sister told him when he made firecrackers for him, but he didn't know what else he needed besides sulfur. These things are not of interest.

Du Dian didn't go directly to buy sulfur, but called a carriage, went to the slums, and got back something that belonged to him.

Soon, after entering the slums, Du Dian walked directly towards the Meishan Orphanage, and then turned into a remote and dilapidated street four streets away, and walked straight forward. The smell of feces and rotting insects along the way , making him frown slightly, and not long after, he came to a huge garbage dump.

A dump in a ghetto is really a dump.

Here, you will never find anything that is worth using. If you want to search for treasures in it, it is a dream.

Therefore, even the poor will not come here, because all the items discarded here have long been rummaged.

Standing far away, Du Dian could smell a strong smell of rancidity mixed with feces and urine. Many poor people or homeless people are still willing to solve their excretion problems here.

There are seven or eight black garbage dumps, which are as huge as a hill. Du Dian came to one of the garbage dumps as if he was familiar with the road, looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one nearby, he bent down and opened a black and sticky garbage dump. The black cloth of garbage and unknown slime, this black cloth reveals a tiny hollow, just enough to accommodate his small and thin body.

Naturally, this is not a coincidence, but this hole, which he opened up with his own hands.