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The 8th day of spring in the world of Ore Town. Today is the eighth day since Annie came to this world. It is also a Sunday. The weather today is sunny and cloudless. It is a very good weather for working hard or going out for an outing.
At least, that's what the residents of Ore Town, where life is relaxed and comfortable, think...
However, Annie did not choose to work in such good weather, nor did she choose to go for an outing in the back mountains or other places, nor did she go to Uncle Te's shop to spend money and eat and drink. Instead, he got up early and waited boredly while watching boring TV programs at home, including boring weather forecasts, news, ranch life guides, and boring programs about brave men saving princesses.
Finally, after it was almost eleven o'clock in the morning, she hurriedly took her dog Tibbers and rushed towards the south of her own ranch at full speed, and finally pushed away someone who seemed to be at home on time. And the wooden door of Uncle Beard’s house didn’t go anywhere.
Gala~!
"Eh?"
=????('ヮ'三'ヮ'=????)
"It's weird, you bad guy, why are you here? Don't you have to go to the hot springs today to sneak around and watch others take a bath?"
∑(′△｀)? !
As soon as she pushed the door open and walked in, Annie was surprised to find that the sneaky bad guy she met yesterday, the police officer who claimed to be a good guy, was also here. This made her ask strangely. One sentence.
"ah!!"
"It turns out it's you, you nasty little guy..."
"Annie, didn't I explain it to you yesterday? I, Harris, am the police officer of Ore Town. I went to the hot springs for patrol and everyone's safety, not for stealing or peeping!"
"Anyway, don't go out and talk nonsense again!!"
Hearing this little guy say that about himself as soon as they met, Harris couldn't help but blush, and then his expression quickly became nervous.
However, when he saw Gotz in the house and saw the bearded guy doing something there, not paying attention to the conversation between him and the little girl, he couldn't help but relax a little. One breath.
"never mind!"
"It's getting late, I should go on patrol... I guess you must have something to do here, right? Here! Your Uncle Gotz is over there, you can go find him now!"
Officer Harris shook his head and thought it would not be a good idea to stay here with such a little girl. As he spoke, he quickly stood up from the stool and signaled the little girl to go find the one who was drawing some drawing. Gotts.
According to usual habits, he usually rests here for about half an hour before continuing to patrol the back mountain? However, now that this little guy is here too, he has to change his plan temporarily.
"correct!"
"Annie? Go back early after finishing your work. Don't stay too late in the mountains or woods? Because it's dark but there are wild dogs or other wild animals. You, a little kid like you, can't deal with them."
"That's it? See you later!"
After saying that, Officer Harris did not go to say hello or farewell to Gotz. Instead, he directly warned a certain little girl who was stubborn and liked to misunderstand him. Then he hurriedly turned around and opened the door and went out, and walked step by step deeper into the forest. Walk everywhere.
"It's like this..."
┗(▔? ▔)┛
"Well, goodbye, squid! Remember not to go to the hot springs and do bad things like that again~!"
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Seeing the other party walking towards the door as if running away, Anne quickly waved to the other party, and after seeing the other party staggered, almost fell over and disappeared quickly, she turned around with satisfaction and headed towards someone. The bearded uncle who was busy with something walked over.
"Hi~!"
ヽ(⌒ω⌒)?
"Bearded Uncle Gotz, how are you doing lately?"
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After waiting for a full day and night, Annie finally succeeded in catching the other party here. Then she came up to the other party, leaned on the counter and greeted the other party with some joy.
After all, it's her who has something to do now, and it's a very important thing to entrust to the other party, so she always has to be a little polite when talking to the other party.
"oh!"
"It turns out it's Annie, you little guy... you came to the mountains alone again? Are you going to dig for mountain goods today? Then you have to be careful, although you haven't seen wild bears or wild wolves for a long time. But it’s better to be cautious?”
"But as long as you don't stray too far from the road, you don't have to be so afraid."
Thinking that the other party was just coming to dig for goods in the mountains, and then coming to his place to rest and drink water like Harris, Gotz didn't mind too much. He just warned and comforted him and prepared to continue working on the work at hand.
He has dug enough spring bamboo shoots, and it should be enough for him to eat for the next whole year, so he doesn't mind if the other party goes to the mountains to scrape the ground to collect those mountain products to sell for money, and he doesn't want to care about it. too much.
"Uncle Gotz!"
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"I didn't come here to dig for goods in the mountains today. I came to you because I have something very important and very important!!"
s(?｀ヘ′?;)ゞ
Seeing that the other party still wanted to write and draw, Anne stretched out her hand, snatched the other party's drawing and threw it aside, indicating that the other party must listen to her first.
Anyway, from Annie's point of view, as long as something concerns her, it is a very important matter, even if it is a small matter, it is a big matter, no!
(…)
(￢?￢.)
"Oh? You have something very important today..."
"Oh well!"
"You can tell me, what do you need me to do for you?"
There was no way, the other party had snatched away his drawings, what else could Gotz say? Therefore, he had no choice but to be patient, put down the pencil in his hand, and prepared to listen carefully to see what the other party had to say.
"It's very simple! I want you to help them expand a big house!"
?(ˊ▽ˋ*)?
"I just want you to expand the small house in the ranch and build it into the largest and most beautiful one!!"
(?￣??￣??)??°
That's right, it's the one-step approach, because Annie doesn't like to come to see each other all day long!
As she spoke, Anne began to explain in detail why she needed to expand her house so urgently and the various problems she was currently facing that troubled her. All the worries were told.
"How's it going? Is there no problem?"
o(?ω?)o
After explaining her purpose, Annie couldn't wait to prop up her body on the other party's counter and looked at the other party cutely, eager to hear the kind of words from the other party's mouth that would satisfy her. Answer.
"Well……"
"I think I understand!"
"Do you want to ask me to expand the house, and expand it to the largest and most beautiful place...that means you also need to renovate the mailbox and windows?"
"Of course there is no problem with this. I am very good at this. This is what I do!"
Without making Annie wait any longer, the bearded Gotts nodded and gave Annie a very positive answer after being stunned and pondering for a while.
"But……"
"Annie, since you are going to expand your house, how many standard square meters of wood do you have in the lumber room in your ranch? Of course, I am talking about the standard wood that is the same size as a wooden pier, and it can only be processed in that way. can be used.”
"How much of that wood do you have?"
The problem described by the little girl in front of him is not a big problem at all for Goetz, who is a ranger, woodcutter, carpenter and the only house designer in Ore Town! Therefore, after just listening to it once, he knew exactly what to do next.
"Standard square wood? What is that?"
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Blinking, Anne did not answer, but asked with a confused look...Obviously, she had no idea what the other person was just pointing at.
"Well……"
"Okay, I figured it out, that means you are completely unprepared?"
He didn't even know what a standard square of wood was, so Gotz could basically confirm how much wood the other party had prepared, but the result was: not a single one was prepared!
So, after nodding, he began to think secretly, and began to wonder how he could transport the wood to the other party's pasture. Maybe, he could ask Zach to help transport the needed wood to the ranch and then store it in the other party's wood room?
"probably?"
(°ー°〃)
Anne said that she was not in the habit of preparing messy things. She had brought back a lot of wood before, but then Uncle Zach said that it could not be used for shipping, so she threw them all into the river. I don't even know where it is now.
"All right!"
"Then let me start to calculate now. If you directly expand to the largest and most beautiful place, how much will it cost? In other words, you will also need to renovate the mailbox, windows and dog house at the same time..."
"This shouldn't be difficult!"
"But it needs to be done step by step. I can expand to a medium-sized house first, and then expand to a large-sized house after the foundation is solid. Finally, bathrooms, windows and other things can be added. In this way, I can work during the day and you can still work at night. If you have a place to live, you won’t have to move to a chicken pen or a cow pen or a stable..."
"Then, the price is..."
"Okay, Annie, don't worry. I have to do the calculations first. This is a systematic project, and I can't afford to be careless. I have to go all out."
After nodding, Gotz began to draw a piece of white paper and began to scribble calculations on it with his ghost-like handwriting.
"..."
(￢д￢.)
Anne said that she would not live in a chicken coop or a cow pen or a stable. They stank to death!
And, for some reason, when she saw the blank piece of paper that the other party was calculating more and more, she began to have some bad premonitions. She always felt that something beyond her plan was going to happen?
"Well……"
"The cost of lumber, plus the cost of craftsmanship..."
Soon, Gotz had finished calculating randomly on a piece of white paper, but the result still could not come out, so after thinking about it, he turned it over and started to continue calculating with pencil on the back of the paper.
"Hello!"
!(;?o?)o
"Brother, Uncle Gotz... have you finished the calculation? How much does this cost!?"
=????('ヮ'=????)
At this time, even if she was as slow as Anne, she realized that something was wrong with the situation. At the same time, the uneasiness in her heart became stronger and stronger, and she had a vague premonition that things today would not go as smoothly as she thought.
"Soon!"
"Little guy, don't worry, I have to do the calculation again, it will be fine soon, I promise you!"
Although he said it would be done soon, Gotz showed no intention of stopping in his hands. While muttering something to himself, he smoothly pulled out a piece of white paper from the side. Then he started writing something quickly on it.
"..."
=????(???*)
Come on!
Now, seeing that the other party had not calculated the result for a long time and the calculation was getting more and more, Anne knew that in a while, something bad would definitely happen, or something surprising would happen to her. It must be That kind!
(…)
(●￣(?)￣●)
(Yes! Tibbers knows that his bad little master will definitely start to worry later. Is he waiting to see what happens?)
"!!"
"alright!"
"Annie, because you are going to expand directly to the largest house, including the cost of expanding to a medium size, plus the cost of decorating windows, bathrooms, mailboxes and dog houses, as well as design costs, and because you did not bring any wood of your own , so the total price is..."
After picking up the last piece of paper with the result and looking at it, when he saw the number, the bearded Gotz suddenly hesitated to speak. He first looked up at someone who was lying on his counter waiting for him. The little girl who answered didn't know whether to tell the data that he thought was outrageous.
"Hey! Uncle Gotz, tell me, how much does it cost?!"
o(*｀ー′)o
Anne urged and protested loudly, because she really, really hates this kind of bad guy who suddenly shuts up and stops mid-sentence, making her feel unsure!
"All right!"
"Annie, you're doing well. If we do the renovation as you said, the total cost will be..."
"Four hundred and twenty-seven thousand five hundred G!!"
Finally, after struggling for a while, Gotz, a woodcutter, carpenter and ranger, had to bite the bullet and reported the one that even he felt was a bit high, and felt that the little guy in front of him would not be able to pay it anyway. Affordable exaggerated figures.
"!!"
!? (?''??)?
"Why is it so spicy? Uncle Gotz, did you miscalculate?!"
=????(???????)无━=????(???????)━情!!!
As expected, Anne was so frightened that she jumped down from the hard counter and exclaimed loudly.
Annie had heard about it before. Some profiteers on the earth, those bad guys in real estate, are just trying to increase prices. A shabby house that costs less than 100,000 yuan to build, they dare to sell it for millions or even 100,000 yuan. At the level of millions and tens of millions, they would not hesitate to destroy the entire earth's economy... Now look at this world, the real estate developers in this ore town are indeed all the same, rebuilding a broken wooden house , how dare he ask for so much money from her? !
(…….)
(●￣?￣●)
(There is no doubt that from the beginning, Tibbers has already guessed how his bad little master will react in the end, so he really won’t be surprised at all now!)
"Annie..."
"I didn't dare to collect money from you arbitrarily. If you don't believe me, can I report it to you item by item now?"
"Look... the cost of expanding a small house to a medium-sized house is 50,000 G, and the wood requires two hundred standard cubic meters. Because you don't have any wood in your pasture, you need to calculate each standard cubic meter of wood. It costs 50 G to buy it from me, so the total here is 60,000 G!"
"As for a large house, the cost of expansion is 200,000 G, and it requires 700 standard square meters of wood, which is 235,000 G..."
"Look? This adds up to nearly 300,000 G..."
"Finally, there are decoration costs, such as the bamboo frame sealed pipes that lead to the hot springs from the back mountain hot springs. The materials and materials are almost 70,000 to 80,000 G. There are also the costs of modifying the mailbox, dog hut and windows, so..."
"never mind!"
"You'd better see for yourself. Look, I must have made a mistake in my calculation, right?"
Seeing that the other party's face seemed a little unpleasant, and his expression gradually became a little stiff, Gotz sighed and directly handed the final data summary in his hand to the other party's hand, motioning for the other party to go directly. Calculate it yourself, what if such a little guy could be that good at mathematics?
"..."
!(;?o?)o
Annie just took a look and came up with the result, and naturally knew that the other party did not make a mistake in the calculation just now, did not charge her more money, and did not seem to cheat her?
However, the price is too...
"It's too expensive, Uncle Gotz, can't you make it cheaper?"
???(＿＿*)??
It was rare for Anne to start bargaining with the other party.
Although, she might not be able to pay the fee even after the other party offers a discount? To be honest, before coming here again, Annie thought that there was still a lot of money left in her ranch account, but looking at it now, it seemed that it was not enough at all?
And what’s even more frightening is that if she spends all her money on building a house, what will she eat and drink in the future? If she can't spend money, eat, drink and have fun because of a shabby house that she can't live in for long, then what's the point of living for her?
"this……"
"Annie, I'm afraid this won't work..."
Although the other party looks cute, pitiful, and helpless now... However, the bearded Gotts said: The price he is offering now is already the friendly price in Ore Town, and most of it is cost and labor costs. There is no way to charge much.
If it were the big cities outside Ore Town, and those profiteers' quotations, let alone 420,000 G, even 4 million G wouldn't be able to withstand it! !
"But, Annie, how much money do you have now?"
After thinking about it, Gotz felt a little pitiful when he saw the other party's expression, and finally decided that he seemed to be able to reluctantly accommodate the other party. He could charge part of the necessary material fees first, and his labor fee could give the other party a break. ?
"About that much?"
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Anne hesitated for a moment, and finally shyly stretched out her white and tender index finger.
"How much is this?"
Goetz didn't dare to guess, for fear that he would come up with a number that he couldn't believe.
"Probably only..."
(*/?＼*)
"It's less than 100,000 G?"
(???3?)
Although she was a little embarrassed, Annie finally had to tell the number she had earned by using various means and even scraping the back hill of Ore Town three feet away... Of course, that was only part of it, because A considerable part of it has been squandered by her in the past few days.
"!!"
"No, no! It's too far off, absolutely not possible! Annie, you should use the money to go back and run your ranch properly, and then come back to me in a year or two, right?"
Goetz shook his head and sighed, and thought to himself that this little girl was indeed unreliable, and she wasted half of his morning in vain. He should continue to draw his unfinished drawing.
"hateful!"
(?????)
"That's it!"
?(?`^′?)?
"Uncle Gotz, although I don't have enough money now, you can prepare first and wait two days until I have earned enough money before I come back to pay you. Then you can start working directly!"
(?╭╮?)
Anne gritted her teeth and felt that no matter what, she wanted a big house, no matter what, she wanted a stove, kitchen utensils, and the most delicious food, so she secretly made a certain determination.
Anyway, no matter what, she will definitely be able to earn enough money for a whole big house and decoration in just one or two days at most! Of course, there may be money to splurge for quite some time to come? !
"!!"
"T-two days later? Annie, are you sure you're not joking?"
Gotz obviously didn't believe that the other party could make such a large sum of money so quickly. In his opinion, it would definitely be impossible in two days. Maybe, it would be about the same in two years?
Therefore, he just shook his head in confusion and did not take the other party's words to heart.
"Of course I'm not kidding!"
?(`⌒′*)?
"Then, Uncle Gotz, let's make an agreement! If I come back to you in two days, I'll pay the price you just said!"
o((*^▽^*))o
After saying that, Annie ran out directly.
Because she was going to make money, and it was the kind of money that had to be made in two days! However, she hasn't figured out how to make money yet. Anyway, it is definitely impossible to plunder the back hill of Ore Town, because she only made a little bit after plundering for three whole days, so this Once, she had to think of other better and faster ways.
Of course, it must be legal and reasonable. She must not steal money or invade the bank system like some bad guy bear fooled her. Queen Anne is a super good person who never does bad things. , how could she do something like that? How embarrassing would it be if word spread about it?
(…)
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"Hello!"
"Annie? Wait..."
Carpenter Gotz just wanted to say something, but the other party had already run away.
"this……"
"Oh! How can two days be enough? Forget it, let's just ignore her for now..."
Obviously, Gotz didn't believe it, and he didn't take what the little girl who ran away just said to his heart into mind.
Besides, he doesn’t have anything to prepare here, such as wood, which is already available in his lumberyard. If the other party can pay the money, he can order other materials needed by the other party while starting work, so there is no need at all. If he prepares in advance, he will not delay any construction period.
Therefore, he didn't make any preparation at all, and just continued to draw his drawings on the counter. Only he himself could understand the drawings.
"Well......"
"I don't know what Uncle Mucci is thinking about. His cowshed is damaged in some places. If it is not repaired early..."
"If he makes up his mind to rebuild it, I will definitely design the best cowshed for him!"
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