Chapter 8
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When Locke finished, the landlady also came out with two plates of food. She first put the food on a table, then went back to the bar and found a candle that had burned to the size of her thumb. After lighting it, the tavern lit up a little. Xiaxi noticed the repackaged package and the slightly clean ground on the bar, understood what, and her face showed a moved look. "Come and eat, my Lord." Shay greets dorlock.
"Well... When I said anything, you really did? Let's have this for dinner?" Locke pointed in surprise at the two plates of black paste on the table. Locke knows that this is baked mashed potatoes. Locke often ate this when he was a child with a poor harvest or when he encountered difficulties in life.
"This... This is the only food I have here. I'm sorry, sir." Xia Xi blushed and whispered. Maybe she thought of something and felt like crying again.
"Forget it, I haven't eaten mashed potatoes for a long time, so I'll take it as aftertaste." Look at this beautiful landlady's tendency to cry again. Change her mouth quickly. To tell the truth, Locke, as a carnivorous creature who can eat meat at once, is really embarrassed to let him go back and eat baked potatoes, mash potatoes with a little salt. Locke is curious about what this woman is going through now. You know, the little candle the size of a thumb on the table. Now let Locke take it to the military camp to change it, and you can change it to a delicious meal with meat. Candles are high-end goods, most of which are used by nobles. Because of the complex technology, their prices are very high, and they are rarely used by the people. Even some rich farmers and businessmen with small assets will use some. Uncle York's military account is only illuminated by oil lamps. As for Locke's military account, they can only play cards by torch lighting to amuse themselves at night.
"I'm just curious. You're a famous bar owner. You eat this every meal." Locke jokingly said to the sobbing landlady. After talking, he didn't wait for the landlady to say anything. He picked up the plate containing mashed potatoes and got up. He was really hungry. He drank a lot of wine and didn't eat in the afternoon. His stomach is burning up now.
When the landlady heard what she wanted to say, she saw Locke's rough and crazy eating style at this time and swallowed what she wanted to say first. Different from Locke's rough eating style with a plate, Xia Xi eats with spoons, spoons after spoons, little by little, as if she was enjoying something delicious, very elegant. Although Shaxi gave Locke twice as much as she did, Locke soon solved the battle, and there was still more meaning.
"Eat fast..." Xia Xi muttered, "here, I can't eat anyway. Please help me eat some more." After that, Xiaxi put half of the food in her plate into Locke's plate. Locke was really not full. Seeing Meiyan's landlady give him her meal, he didn't say much. He picked up the plate and began to fight.
After Xia Xi put the last bit of mashed potatoes in her mouth, she looked up and found that Locke had crossed his legs and looked at him with a smile in her eyes. Xia Xi couldn't stand the man's eyes. She quickly got up, put away their clean dishes and walked back to the kitchen.
When Xia Xi came back again, they sat on both sides of the table and calmed down again. Only the short candle in the middle of the table was still flickering. "Come on, how can life be so miserable? It shouldn't be like this according to your situation." Locke broke the calm and asked first.
Looking at the man who wanted to help herself, Xia Xi restrained her excitement and told the truth. "Although my tavern can make about 30 copper deltas a day and even 50 copper deltas when business is good, these money almost doesn't belong to me in the end." Xia Xi lowered her head and said.
"Robbed by those local gangsters? Like today?" Asked Locke.
"Well..." Xia Xi whispered, as if she remembered something bad again. The beautiful landlady's face showed a distressing look.
"How is it possible? Just these gangsters? They don't know that the service object of this tavern is the soldiers in the military camp? What about your husband? He has caught up with the top of the camp. As long as he talks to the top of the camp, I believe someone will solve your problems." Locke didn't understand. He asked in surprise.
"When people are hungry to a certain level, they won't think too much. These gangsters are poor people who can't live. Now only I and the women behind the tavern in this town can receive money." Xia Xi told the reason and added "moreover, my husband didn't want me for a long time..."
"Well? Why?" Locke was really curious this time. This beautiful landlady was abandoned by her husband. Was that man kicked in the head by a donkey? Not such a beautiful wife.
"Since he took up your army, he has become the most powerful man in Giza town. Everyone in this town and refugees from other places have to bow to him. How can he lack women now?" Xia Xi smiled miserably and said, "now the women who do skin and meat trading behind the tavern belong to him, not to mention my wife."
"Maybe it's to compensate me. He gave me the tavern." Xia Xi brushed her hair and said, "at first, those gangsters were afraid of his reputation and the soldiers drinking here. Later, they were so hungry that they didn't care so much. Every time my store ran out of people, they came to rob money. More times, they also found that my husband actually didn't care about the tavern, and those gangsters became more and more aggressive."
"Why don't you ask the soldiers who drink here for help? If you ask for help from someone like me, someone should help you. After all, we still drink here." Asked Locke.
"Even if I can help you, it's only for a while. Those local ruffians won't let me go after..." Xia Xi said sadly, "now the ale in the tavern was saved before. Because the money I earned was robbed and the price soared, I haven't made new wine for a long time. It's estimated that I'll be sold out in less than a week. I may be left out like the women behind the Tavern..." The beautiful landlady's sad look makes people pity.
"You want me to protect you all the time, not just teach those gangsters a lesson?" Locke changed direction, then crossed his legs and asked her.
When Locke saw what was on her mind, the landlady's sad cheeks turned red, gently bit her white teeth and nodded slightly.
"Not to mention, I'm just a small team leader. There are 10 people under my command. There are training in the camp. There are not enough people to stay here to protect you. Besides, I'm not sure I'll go to war one day. Even if I protect you now, what will happen after I leave?" Although Locke is willing to help her, the fact is that Locke is not a hot headed person who can be tempted by beauty. She rationally refused Meiyan's boss.
After hearing Locke's refusal, Xia Xi turned white and showed a look of despair in her eyes. The candle on the table had burned to the bottom, the weak flame was shaky, and finally went out after burning the last wisp of white smoke, and the tavern fell into darkness again. The moonlight is good tonight. It shoots in through the window. The faint moonlight shines on them. They are like stone sculptures with white wax.
"Woo... Woo." Meiyan's boss sent out a low cry again. This hard-working woman may have shed the most tears in a year. She didn't know where her future was. She was very confused and helpless. Locke also has no choice. The world is like this. There is no love or hatred for no reason. Everyone has his own way of life. He can't even guarantee to survive in the war, and he has no ability to take care of a person he doesn't know.
"Alas... I'll let several people watch the tavern these days. You can do business safely for a few days, and then take the money to Peters in the occupied area or go to relatives." Or moved by the landlady's cry, Locke decided to help this beautiful woman and show her a way out. "That's all I can do." After that, Locke got up and prepared to leave. It was getting late and it was almost time to close the camp.
After listening to Locke's words, the landlady's cry grew a little louder. The tears stained the woman's face, but she still cried, as if she were helpless to the bumpy fate.
Locke walked slowly to the door of the tavern. He stopped persuading him. If you want to cry, you can cry. Only after experiencing it can future generations become stronger. The landlady's cry gradually decreased. Just as Locke came to the door of the tavern and was ready to move the board at the door to leave, a warm body hugged him.
"You can't help me in vain." The landlady said hoarsely, "I have nothing but this tavern and a few barrels of wine left. I can't think of a way to repay you except myself." Locke could hear that at this time, in addition to the idea of repaying him, Meiyan boss's heart also had the mood of extremely sad broken cans.
"You don't have to. We actually..." Before Locke finished, a hot tongue blocked his mouth. The beautiful landlady Xiaxi held Locke's strong chest and kissed wantonly, blocking what he wanted to say.
Locke is not a person who can stand it under such circumstances. He hasn't touched a woman for nearly a month. Being kissed so warmly by Xia Xi is even more dry wood met with fire. He also began to respond rudely to Xia Xi, turned and held her horizontally, ready to solve this charming goblin here. "No, not here, go upstairs..." Xia Xi was also dazed by Locke's hot kiss, but she was still sober and urged Locke to go upstairs.
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When Locke finished, the landlady also came out with two plates of food. She first put the food on a table, then went back to the bar and found a candle that had burned to the size of her thumb. After lighting it, the tavern lit up a little. Xiaxi noticed the repackaged package and the slightly clean ground on the bar, understood what, and her face showed a moved look. "Come and eat, my Lord." Shay greets dorlock.
"Well... When I said anything, you really did? Let's have this for dinner?" Locke pointed in surprise at the two plates of black paste on the table. Locke knows that this is baked mashed potatoes. Locke often ate this when he was a child with a poor harvest or when he encountered difficulties in life.
"This... This is the only food I have here. I'm sorry, sir." Xia Xi blushed and whispered. Maybe she thought of something and felt like crying again.
"Forget it, I haven't eaten mashed potatoes for a long time, so I'll take it as aftertaste." Look at this beautiful landlady's tendency to cry again. Change her mouth quickly. To tell the truth, Locke, as a carnivorous creature who can eat meat at once, is really embarrassed to let him go back and eat baked potatoes, mash potatoes with a little salt. Locke is curious about what this woman is going through now. You know, the little candle the size of a thumb on the table. Now let Locke take it to the military camp to change it, and you can change it to a delicious meal with meat. Candles are high-end goods, most of which are used by nobles. Because of the complex technology, their prices are very high, and they are rarely used by the people. Even some rich farmers and businessmen with small assets will use some. Uncle York's military account is only illuminated by oil lamps. As for Locke's military account, they can only play cards by torch lighting to amuse themselves at night.
"I'm just curious. You're a famous bar owner. You eat this every meal." Locke jokingly said to the sobbing landlady. After talking, he didn't wait for the landlady to say anything. He picked up the plate containing mashed potatoes and got up. He was really hungry. He drank a lot of wine and didn't eat in the afternoon. His stomach is burning up now.
When the landlady heard what she wanted to say, she saw Locke's rough and crazy eating style at this time and swallowed what she wanted to say first. Different from Locke's rough eating style with a plate, Xia Xi eats with spoons, spoons after spoons, little by little, as if she was enjoying something delicious, very elegant. Although Shaxi gave Locke twice as much as she did, Locke soon solved the battle, and there was still more meaning.
"Eat fast..." Xia Xi muttered, "here, I can't eat anyway. Please help me eat some more." After that, Xiaxi put half of the food in her plate into Locke's plate. Locke was really not full. Seeing Meiyan's landlady give him her meal, he didn't say much. He picked up the plate and began to fight.
After Xia Xi put the last bit of mashed potatoes in her mouth, she looked up and found that Locke had crossed his legs and looked at him with a smile in her eyes. Xia Xi couldn't stand the man's eyes. She quickly got up, put away their clean dishes and walked back to the kitchen.
When Xia Xi came back again, they sat on both sides of the table and calmed down again. Only the short candle in the middle of the table was still flickering. "Come on, how can life be so miserable? It shouldn't be like this according to your situation." Locke broke the calm and asked first.
Looking at the man who wanted to help herself, Xia Xi restrained her excitement and told the truth. "Although my tavern can make about 30 copper deltas a day and even 50 copper deltas when business is good, these money almost doesn't belong to me in the end." Xia Xi lowered her head and said.
"Robbed by those local gangsters? Like today?" Asked Locke.
"Well..." Xia Xi whispered, as if she remembered something bad again. The beautiful landlady's face showed a distressing look.
"How is it possible? Just these gangsters? They don't know that the service object of this tavern is the soldiers in the military camp? What about your husband? He has caught up with the top of the camp. As long as he talks to the top of the camp, I believe someone will solve your problems." Locke didn't understand. He asked in surprise.
"When people are hungry to a certain level, they won't think too much. These gangsters are poor people who can't live. Now only I and the women behind the tavern in this town can receive money." Xia Xi told the reason and added "moreover, my husband didn't want me for a long time..."
"Well? Why?" Locke was really curious this time. This beautiful landlady was abandoned by her husband. Was that man kicked in the head by a donkey? Not such a beautiful wife.
"Since he took up your army, he has become the most powerful man in Giza town. Everyone in this town and refugees from other places have to bow to him. How can he lack women now?" Xia Xi smiled miserably and said, "now the women who do skin and meat trading behind the tavern belong to him, not to mention my wife."
"Maybe it's to compensate me. He gave me the tavern." Xia Xi brushed her hair and said, "at first, those gangsters were afraid of his reputation and the soldiers drinking here. Later, they were so hungry that they didn't care so much. Every time my store ran out of people, they came to rob money. More times, they also found that my husband actually didn't care about the tavern, and those gangsters became more and more aggressive."
"Why don't you ask the soldiers who drink here for help? If you ask for help from someone like me, someone should help you. After all, we still drink here." Asked Locke.
"Even if I can help you, it's only for a while. Those local ruffians won't let me go after..." Xia Xi said sadly, "now the ale in the tavern was saved before. Because the money I earned was robbed and the price soared, I haven't made new wine for a long time. It's estimated that I'll be sold out in less than a week. I may be left out like the women behind the Tavern..." The beautiful landlady's sad look makes people pity.
"You want me to protect you all the time, not just teach those gangsters a lesson?" Locke changed direction, then crossed his legs and asked her.
When Locke saw what was on her mind, the landlady's sad cheeks turned red, gently bit her white teeth and nodded slightly.
"Not to mention, I'm just a small team leader. There are 10 people under my command. There are training in the camp. There are not enough people to stay here to protect you. Besides, I'm not sure I'll go to war one day. Even if I protect you now, what will happen after I leave?" Although Locke is willing to help her, the fact is that Locke is not a hot headed person who can be tempted by beauty. She rationally refused Meiyan's boss.
After hearing Locke's refusal, Xia Xi turned white and showed a look of despair in her eyes. The candle on the table had burned to the bottom, the weak flame was shaky, and finally went out after burning the last wisp of white smoke, and the tavern fell into darkness again. The moonlight is good tonight. It shoots in through the window. The faint moonlight shines on them. They are like stone sculptures with white wax.
"Woo... Woo." Meiyan's boss sent out a low cry again. This hard-working woman may have shed the most tears in a year. She didn't know where her future was. She was very confused and helpless. Locke also has no choice. The world is like this. There is no love or hatred for no reason. Everyone has his own way of life. He can't even guarantee to survive in the war, and he has no ability to take care of a person he doesn't know.
"Alas... I'll let several people watch the tavern these days. You can do business safely for a few days, and then take the money to Peters in the occupied area or go to relatives." Or moved by the landlady's cry, Locke decided to help this beautiful woman and show her a way out. "That's all I can do." After that, Locke got up and prepared to leave. It was getting late and it was almost time to close the camp.
After listening to Locke's words, the landlady's cry grew a little louder. The tears stained the woman's face, but she still cried, as if she were helpless to the bumpy fate.
Locke walked slowly to the door of the tavern. He stopped persuading him. If you want to cry, you can cry. Only after experiencing it can future generations become stronger. The landlady's cry gradually decreased. Just as Locke came to the door of the tavern and was ready to move the board at the door to leave, a warm body hugged him.
"You can't help me in vain." The landlady said hoarsely, "I have nothing but this tavern and a few barrels of wine left. I can't think of a way to repay you except myself." Locke could hear that at this time, in addition to the idea of repaying him, Meiyan boss's heart also had the mood of extremely sad broken cans.
"You don't have to. We actually..." Before Locke finished, a hot tongue blocked his mouth. The beautiful landlady Xiaxi held Locke's strong chest and kissed wantonly, blocking what he wanted to say.
Locke is not a person who can stand it under such circumstances. He hasn't touched a woman for nearly a month. Being kissed so warmly by Xia Xi is even more dry wood met with fire. He also began to respond rudely to Xia Xi, turned and held her horizontally, ready to solve this charming goblin here. "No, not here, go upstairs..." Xia Xi was also dazed by Locke's hot kiss, but she was still sober and urged Locke to go upstairs.
When Locke finished, the landlady also came out with two plates of food. She first put the food on a table, then went back to the bar and found a candle that had burned to the size of her thumb. After lighting it, the tavern lit up a little. Xiaxi noticed the repackaged package and the slightly clean ground on the bar, understood what, and her face showed a moved look. "Come and eat, my Lord." Shay greets dorlock."Well... When I said anything, you really did? Let's have this for dinner?" Locke pointed in surprise at the two plates of black paste on the table. Locke knows that this is baked mashed potatoes. Locke often ate this when he was a child with a poor harvest or when he encountered difficulties in life."This... This is the only food I have here. I'm sorry, sir." Xia Xi blushed and whispered. Maybe she thought of something and felt like crying again."Forget it, I haven't eaten mashed potatoes for a long time, so I'll take it as aftertaste." Look at this beautiful landlady's tendency to cry again. Change her mouth quickly. To tell the truth, Locke, as a carnivorous creature who can eat meat at once, is really embarrassed to let him go back and eat baked potatoes, mash potatoes with a little salt. Locke is curious about what this woman is going through now. You know, the little candle the size of a thumb on the table. Now let Locke take it to the military camp to change it, and you can change it to a delicious meal with meat. Candles are high-end goods, most of which are used by nobles. Because of the complex technology, their prices are very high, and they are rarely used by the people. Even some rich farmers and businessmen with small assets will use some. Uncle York's military account is only illuminated by oil lamps. As for Locke's military account, they can only play cards by torch lighting to amuse themselves at night."I'm just curious. You're a famous bar owner. You eat this every meal." Locke jokingly said to the sobbing landlady. After talking, he didn't wait for the landlady to say anything. He picked up the plate containing mashed potatoes and got up. He was really hungry. He drank a lot of wine and didn't eat in the afternoon. His stomach is burning up now.When the landlady heard what she wanted to say, she saw Locke's rough and crazy eating style at this time and swallowed what she wanted to say first. Different from Locke's rough eating style with a plate, Xia Xi eats with spoons, spoons after spoons, little by little, as if she was enjoying something delicious, very elegant. Although Shaxi gave Locke twice as much as she did, Locke soon solved the battle, and there was still more meaning."Eat fast..." Xia Xi muttered, "here, I can't eat anyway. Please help me eat some more." After that, Xiaxi put half of the food in her plate into Locke's plate. Locke was really not full. Seeing Meiyan's landlady give him her meal, he didn't say much. He picked up the plate and began to fight.After Xia Xi put the last bit of mashed potatoes in her mouth, she looked up and found that Locke had crossed his legs and looked at him with a smile in her eyes. Xia Xi couldn't stand the man's eyes. She quickly got up, put away their clean dishes and walked back to the kitchen.When Xia Xi came back again, they sat on both sides of the table and calmed down again. Only the short candle in the middle of the table was still flickering. "Come on, how can life be so miserable? It shouldn't be like this according to your situation." Locke broke the calm and asked first.Looking at the man who wanted to help herself, Xia Xi restrained her excitement and told the truth. "Although my tavern can make about 30 copper deltas a day and even 50 copper deltas when business is good, these money almost doesn't belong to me in the end." Xia Xi lowered her head and said."Robbed by those local gangsters? Like today?" Asked Locke."Well..." Xia Xi whispered, as if she remembered something bad again. The beautiful landlady's face showed a distressing look."How is it possible? Just these gangsters? They don't know that the service object of this tavern is the soldiers in the military camp? What about your husband? He has caught up with the top of the camp. As long as he talks to the top of the camp, I believe someone will solve your problems." Locke didn't understand. He asked in surprise."When people are hungry to a certain level, they won't think too much. These gangsters are poor people who can't live. Now only I and the women behind the tavern in this town can receive money." Xia Xi told the reason and added "moreover, my husband didn't want me for a long time...""Well? Why?" Locke was really curious this time. This beautiful landlady was abandoned by her husband. Was that man kicked in the head by a donkey? Not such a beautiful wife."Since he took up your army, he has become the most powerful man in Giza town. Everyone in this town and refugees from other places have to bow to him. How can he lack women now?" Xia Xi smiled miserably and said, "now the women who do skin and meat trading behind the tavern belong to him, not to mention my wife.""Maybe it's to compensate me. He gave me the tavern." Xia Xi brushed her hair and said, "at first, those gangsters were afraid of his reputation and the soldiers drinking here. Later, they were so hungry that they didn't care so much. Every time my store ran out of people, they came to rob money. More times, they also found that my husband actually didn't care about the tavern, and those gangsters became more and more aggressive.""Why don't you ask the soldiers who drink here for help? If you ask for help from someone like me, someone should help you. After all, we still drink here." Asked Locke."Even if I can help you, it's only for a while. Those local ruffians won't let me go after..." Xia Xi said sadly, "now the ale in the tavern was saved before. Because the money I earned was robbed and the price soared, I haven't made new wine for a long time. It's estimated that I'll be sold out in less than a week. I may be left out like the women behind the Tavern..." The beautiful landlady's sad look makes people pity."You want me to protect you all the time, not just teach those gangsters a lesson?" Locke changed direction, then crossed his legs and asked her.When Locke saw what was on her mind, the landlady's sad cheeks turned red, gently bit her white teeth and nodded slightly."Not to mention, I'm just a small team leader. There are 10 people under my command. There are training in the camp. There are not enough people to stay here to protect you. Besides, I'm not sure I'll go to war one day. Even if I protect you now, what will happen after I leave?" Although Locke is willing to help her, the fact is that Locke is not a hot headed person who can be tempted by beauty. She rationally refused Meiyan's boss.After hearing Locke's refusal, Xia Xi turned white and showed a look of despair in her eyes. The candle on the table had burned to the bottom, the weak flame was shaky, and finally went out after burning the last wisp of white smoke, and the tavern fell into darkness again. The moonlight is good tonight. It shoots in through the window. The faint moonlight shines on them. They are like stone sculptures with white wax."Woo... Woo." Meiyan's boss sent out a low cry again. This hard-working woman may have shed the most tears in a year. She didn't know where her future was. She was very confused and helpless. Locke also has no choice. The world is like this. There is no love or hatred for no reason. Everyone has his own way of life. He can't even guarantee to survive in the war, and he has no ability to take care of a person he doesn't know."Alas... I'll let several people watch the tavern these days. You can do business safely for a few days, and then take the money to Peters in the occupied area or go to relatives." Or moved by the landlady's cry, Locke decided to help this beautiful woman and show her a way out. "That's all I can do." After that, Locke got up and prepared to leave. It was getting late and it was almost time to close the camp.After listening to Locke's words, the landlady's cry grew a little louder. The tears stained the woman's face, but she still cried, as if she were helpless to the bumpy fate.Locke walked slowly to the door of the tavern. He stopped persuading him. If you want to cry, you can cry. Only after experiencing it can future generations become stronger. The landlady's cry gradually decreased. Just as Locke came to the door of the tavern and was ready to move the board at the door to leave, a warm body hugged him."You can't help me in vain." The landlady said hoarsely, "I have nothing but this tavern and a few barrels of wine left. I can't think of a way to repay you except myself." Locke could hear that at this time, in addition to the idea of repaying him, Meiyan boss's heart also had the mood of extremely sad broken cans."You don't have to. We actually..." Before Locke finished, a hot tongue blocked his mouth. The beautiful landlady Xiaxi held Locke's strong chest and kissed wantonly, blocking what he wanted to say.Locke is not a person who can stand it under such circumstances. He hasn't touched a woman for nearly a month. Being kissed so warmly by Xia Xi is even more dry wood met with fire. He also began to respond rudely to Xia Xi, turned and held her horizontally, ready to solve this charming goblin here. "No, not here, go upstairs..." Xia Xi was also dazed by Locke's hot kiss, but she was still sober and urged Locke to go upstairs.
