When I took the rhubarb to return to the place where I left before, the zombies who were originally there had already left.
To be precise, it was "left".
Ronggui saw a lot of people wearing local Cicero costumes, with delicate eyebrows and fair skin... At first glance, they were locals. They were also holding several zombies in their hands, and a car was waiting next door, probably an escort car.
"Hana, are you back?" Seeing the little girl jumping off the rhubarb, one of the young men greeted her.
Only then did Ronggui know the little girl's name.
Without saying a word, the little girl just nodded. When she was in the car just now, Ronggui helped her clean up her little face, so the little girl looked clean now, and there was no trace of crying on her face.
This child is obviously not the kind of child who will take the initiative to please, but more like a little hedgehog.
But he was probably used to her attitude. The short-haired young man didn't take it seriously. After finding Ronggui and Xiaomei following the little girl, Ronggui noticed that he squinted slightly, although his face was still smiling. , but a little more vigilant.
"Hey! These two foreigners... are you new friends? Or guests?" He asked cheerfully.
Ronggui and Xiaomei wore cloaks all over their bodies. The cloaks had obvious ethnic characteristics. At first glance, they were not locals. The cloaks covered them tightly, only their hands and feet were exposed. At first glance, they were made of metal. To treat diseases with medicines, they do not use metal substitutes at all, so this is an important criterion for distinguishing them from being locals.
Little girl - well, Ronggui now knows that her name is Hana. He turned his head to look at Ronggui and Xiaomei, and when he turned his head again, he said to the young man, "It's not a guest, it's my newly hired guy."
When she said this, the little girl kept her chest up and pretended to be a boss, but her momentum weakened after a while. She looked back at Ronggui Xiaomei and found that the two of them had no other reaction. , just barely let go.
"Are you hiring outsiders? Uh... that's right." The young man was stunned for a while, then he smiled relievedly as if he had thought of something.
Saying hello to the partner next to him, he trotted over, bent down, put his hands on his knees, and smiled at Ronggui and Xiaomei: "My name is Qilu, I'm... your senior."
He pointed to Hana's shop in front of him, and said, "I used to be a guy in this shop. Although I don't work here anymore, I still come here every day to manage those... undead people, so you will see them often. to me."
"If you don't know anything about the city, you can ask Hana first, and if you're still unclear, you can ask me~"
"Ah~ thank you, my name is Ronggui, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Ronggui is a familiar person, and it is easy to meet someone who comes to greet him formally. jumped out.
There is no doubt that there is no handshake in the local area. The young man named Qilu looked at Ronggui's outstretched hand, froze for a while, and then extended his hand after a while. Before he could react, his hand immediately reached out. held by the little robot.
Also rocked up and down.
Only then did he realize that this was probably the etiquette of the other party.
As the thin lips that were slightly opened in astonishment quickly curled up into a tiny one, Chirrut said to Ronggui, "I'm also very happy to meet you."
"I come here every day, and you can ask me for help if you have anything." With official business at hand, Chirrut didn't stop there, but repeated what he said before, waved his hand, and walked away gracefully.
"What an enthusiastic person!" Rong Gui said to Xiaomei in a low voice saying goodbye to Qilu, "He said he would come here every day, and he could come to him if he had something to do~"
Xiaomei glanced at him and said nothing.
This is telling you to come and patrol every day, don't have any bad thoughts about the little girl, otherwise—
You can't hear the warning in the other party's words at all, and you can only understand the superficial meaning.
"That..." When the two little robots bit their ears, the little girl in front turned around and said hesitantly, "I'm sorry, I said you were the guys in the store."
"It doesn't matter, it's good for you to say that. Xiaomei and I will come often in the future~ If you say we are doing things here, we can come every day!" Ronggui waved his hand cheerfully.
Anyway, he and Xiaomei have nothing to do. He was thinking of finding something to do before. He was accidentally appointed as an employee by default, which saved trouble.
"However, that person turned out to be the guy here?" Immediately afterwards, Ronggui wentssips.
Nodding hesitantly, the little girl opened the door and locked the door and said, "When Dad was still here, Chiru worked here, and after Dad... passed away, he left."
"Uh... why? I think others are very nice, not like the type who makes a living without the boss." Rong Gui asked bluntly.
With a "click", the door opened, the little girl pushed it open, turned on the light, and then turned her head to answer Ronggui's question: "I don't know, they... Qilu, Yani, Dongchun, all are Nice people, but as soon as Dad's gone, they... just leave."
Speaking of this, the little girl's face turned gloomy again.
"But Qilu comes every day, and..." Ronggui raised his head and thought for a while: "The reason why Xiaomei and I knew about this place was that the beautiful clerk of a store told us that that person was very beautiful and tall. Yes, there is a small dimple on the left side, and the eyebrows are slightly raised..."
Ronggui described the beauty of the beauty clerk in detail.
The little girl curled her lips: "That person should be Yani. Now... the guests who will come here to buy medicine are basically fooled by him."
Ronggui who was "fudged" over:…
"There is another person called Dongchun. He drives a business at the gate of the city, and he often brings guests over to buy medicine." The little girl said, looking out of the door and in the direction Yani left.
"... It looks like they all miss you!" Tilt his head, Rong Gui concluded, "But, why did you leave?"
"I... I don't know either." Looking down, Hana said softly.
Ronggui was puzzled.
He is a simple person. If he likes someone, he will try his best to be nice to the other person. Even if it is really useless, it doesn't matter, he can at least accompany him.
As for Chiru, who just left, Yani, who had a relationship with each other, and Dongchun, who had never met, they obviously spared no effort to help their former boss and Hana, but why didn't they stay
Allowing such a little girl to live alone in such a big house, facing her parents who still go home every day even though they are dead, seeing their terrifying appearance, even if they know they are their relatives, but in fact they look When it arrives, will you still be afraid
Scared, sad and nostalgic, this young child is full of contradictions.
If this continues, sooner or later, this child will have psychological problems, and maybe he will become an anti-social personality!
Confused, Ronggui thought worriedly.
At this time, Xiaomei suddenly spoke:
"They have to leave."
"Hey?" Hearing him say that, Ronggui immediately turned his eyes to Xiaomei, not only him, but the little girl's head also raised.
"According to what you said, each store in Ciciro City has its own secret recipe. The main method of inheritance at present is still based on blood inheritance. You are still young and have not yet learned the pharmaceutical methods handed down from your ancestors. All of them have passed away, in this case, if there are three clerks of the right age who stay, people in the outside world may suspect that they have ulterior motives.”
"Others would think they stayed for the secret recipe your father left, or the shop itself."
"If you have the ability to make medicines and you can run the store as a store owner, they don't need to leave, but if you can't take over the store, they leave is the right choice to help you."
"It's not that I'm afraid, it's not that I'm cold-hearted, but I chose to help in other ways."
"It's not just them. If you hire anyone in the city, there will be other people who suspect that they have ulterior motives."
"Unless you hire out-of-towners."
"So Chirrut was relieved to hear that you hired us from out-of-town as clerks."
After saying this, Xiaomei was silent.
According to Xiaomei's personality, being able to say this is already a very face-saving performance.
"Is that so?" After hearing Xiaomei's words, Ronggui suddenly realized, and looked at Hana in front of him, and saw that the little girl was also thinking.
Seeing that Ronggui and the little girl were thinking about their own things, they all stood at the door and didn't move. Xiaomei paused, as Ronggui taught him in the morning, he first rubbed the soles of his feet on the stall at the door. , then said:
"Where's the strong nutrient solution your father made? I need to take a look."
"Ah... Okay, in the basement, please come with me." Her thoughts were interrupted by Xiaomei's voice. The little girl suddenly woke up from her own thoughts. She jumped up and led the way lightly ahead. The two walked towards the end of the first floor, down the stairs.
Only then did Ronggui realize that there was a small door there, which led directly to the basement.
It is completely different from the small basement that Xiaomei has been to in her hometown. The basement here is very spacious! It is exactly the same area as the first floor of the store, and it may even be higher. There are rows and rows of shelves with various medicines on them.
It's like the library that Ronggui has been to in his previous life!
It's just that the shelves here are not books, but medicines!
The incomparably petite Ronggui robot, which was contrasted by the tall shelf, raised its head and opened its mouth slightly, filled with amazement.
"The strong nutrient solution is here." There are so many shelves here that Ronggui is dazzled, but the little girl is familiar with the way. I saw her walking to the last shelf, squatting down, and pulling up a door on the ground. .
It turns out that there is a secret door!
The little girl struggled to hold a large cylindrical jar and took it up.
The potions in the jars glowed colorfully under the light.
Ronggui suddenly thought of the scales of the mermaid rolling in the sea under the sun...
Really dreamy color!
Reaching out, Xiaomei took the jar from the girl's hand and held it firmly. He said to the other two, "Take me to the studio, and I'll start analyzing it now."
"Ah... Okay!" She didn't expect Xiaomei to start working immediately. The little girl was stunned, then led the two back to the first floor, climbed the stairs, and brought the two to the optical shop owner's studio. .
Xiaomei is too short, standing in front of the workbench almost flush with the table top, the little girl contributed a very wide footstool.
"My father made this for me. When he made medicine, he always liked to let me stand by and watch."
Pushing the footstool in front of the workbench, and watching Xiaomei stand up, the little girl was stunned.
Ignoring her words, Xiaomei put the jar on the huge workbench, her eyes and hands slowly drifted over the various instruments on the workbench, and he became familiar with the usage of these instruments.
The pharmacy here is really very special. Many instruments cannot be used for a while. He is not in a hurry. Once he returns to Rhubarb, he takes out his toolbox. After piecing together for a while, he assembled several instruments by himself.
Taking a test tube of strong nutrient solution from the jar, Xiaomei began the difficult work of cracking the ingredients.
Crouching under the workbench, the little girl looked up at the little robot in front of the workbench.
Her eyes were lost and full of nostalgia, she seemed to be in a daze.
"Hana, do you want to stay here and watch Xiaomei work, or do you want to take charge of the cleaning work with me?" This time, it was Ronggui who interrupted the little girl's thoughts.
When Xiaomei got back to the car, Ronggui went back with him, took out the gloves and head scarf specially used for work, he used a set himself, just in case, he also brought a set for the little girl.
"I... go to work with you!" Between Ronggui, who was wearing a cute headscarf and equally cute gloves, and Xiaomei, who had an indifferent face, the little girl resolutely chose Ronggui.
Uh... In fact, she chose not a person, but a type of work: the physical work represented by Ronggui and the mental work represented by Xiaomei, I want to know which is more suitable for her~
The little girl jumped up, patted the dust on her butt, and ran towards Ronggui happily.
Putting on the same cute gloves and headscarf, the little girl began to clean up with Ronggui!
They first started cleaning from the little girl's own bedroom. Since the death of her parents, the little girl's bedroom has not been cleaned properly. The sheets and sheets are dirty, and the sheets and sheets placed in the cabinet are also dirty. Xi, after asking the little girl, Ronggui realized that the little girl had not washed the sheets for nearly a year.
"Change it when it's dirty. Fortunately, Dad made a lot of sheets and sheets for me before..." The little girl was obviously a little embarrassed when someone saw her dirty sheets, she explained in a low voice.
"However, since last month, there have been no replacement sheets and sheets. Just put the earliest ones replaced."
Honorable Mention: …
This kind of standard lazy man's approach, girl, do you have the soul of a sloppy uncle living in your body
Dirty is only a small problem, and there is also a problem with the way the sheets are set. It is simply stuffing the quilt randomly, shaking it and reusing it.
but-
Ronggui looked at the blushing little girl next to him. The little guy was still young, and it was good to know that changing the quilt alone was a good thing. She was so short that it was difficult to even shake the quilt inside the quilt. No wonder...
"Let's get all your sheets and sheets off first, shall we wash them?" Raising a finger, Ronggui looked very "virtuous" and said to the little girl.
Little stars appeared in her eyes, and the little girl nodded vigorously.
Then-
Rong Gui, who seemed very smart just now, somehow trapped himself in the quilt and couldn't get out when he took off the quilt.
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no way! The little girl's quilt is too big!
Hearing Ronggui's cry for help from inside the quilt, the little girl was clumsy and busy for a long time to find his position. The two equally clumsy people took a longer time to straighten the quilt. When it was time to put it in the washing machine, they encountered a problem again.
I don't know how to use a local washing machine. Ronggui just pressed a few buttons at random. The washing machine turned twice and broke.
There was no way, Ronggui could only call Xiaomei who was busy in the studio with a sad face. Xiaomei did not leave after repairing the washing machine in silence. He put washing powder in it, and finally pressed the cleaning button to make sure that the washing machine had started working. , he just left.
Looking at Ronggui who kept saying "thank you" to Xiaomei's back.
The little girl blinked, and suddenly snickered.
The last trace of haze covering the little man's face also dissipated, and she finally looked like an ordinary little girl.