"A total of... one hundred and seventy-eight thousand, six hundred and forty-two copper coins! Miss, we are rich!"
Mara put the last copper coin into the cash box, looked at Effie with surprise and said.
She has been following the lady for more than ten years, and she has watched her run a tavern by herself, selling cheap drinks, and working hard for only two to three thousand copper coins at the end of the day.
But today they renovated and opened, and they collected so much money at once.
She had never seen so much cash laid out in front of her in her life.
Effie took out a dragon coin from the money box, blew it gently, put it to her ear and listened to the sweet sound of money, and said with the same smile: "From now on, there will be so many every day, our good days are coming ”
No one would think too much money is a worry, right?
"With all this money, where are we going to put it?" Marla asked.
In the past, I only had a few thousand copper coins every day, and I just carried them upstairs. It was only enough to maintain the operation of the tavern.
Now that they suddenly had such a huge sum of money, it was unrealistic to just carry it upstairs. The two of them had to move it back and forth several times to finish the move.
And it doesn't seem very safe just leaving it in the room.
Effie thought for a while and said: "Let's put it in the wine cellar for now. When we collect one million copper coins, we can exchange it for a banknote from Buffett Bank."
"Okay." Mara picked up the box filled with dragon coins and gold coins, preparing to move the most valuable box to the wine cellar first.
"Boom!"
At this time, a heavy knock on the door suddenly sounded.
"who?"
Effie and Mara were stunned for a moment and looked in the direction of the door.
boom!
The wooden door blessed by a magic barrier was knocked open, and a giant man with a sinewy face and a giant ax jumped in, looking at Effie and Mara with a ferocious smile.
"Who are you?! What are you doing?!" Mara yelled.
"Run!" Effie looked at the strong man, her face turned white, grabbed Mara, and ran towards the back of the tavern.
The money box in Mara's hand was not steady for a moment, and the dragon coins and gold coins were scattered on the floor, making a clanging sound.
"Hey, where are you going, little girl! Give all the money to the uncle, and let him feel good again. I won't kill you!" The strong man smiled ferociously and took long strides to chase after Effie and the others. The tables, chairs and benches were all the same along the way. Knocked away.
Effie pulled Mara into the brewery, opened the cellar door, pushed Mara in, then jumped in, and used all her strength to pull down the heavy cellar door.
The moment the cellar door fell, she saw a huge ax raised high and then smashed down.
boom!
A muffled sound echoed in the cellar. Effie's hand was numb from the shock, and she quickly let go of the hand holding the handle.
Ma La fell to the floor of the wine cellar, her beauty turned pale, and her voice trembled: "Little... miss... what is he going to do?"
Effie glanced at the triggered defense circle, her face softened slightly, she got off the escalator, squatted on the ground, hugged Mara, patted her on the shoulder and said: "Don't be afraid, the cellar is safe. He can't get in."
boom!
boom! boom! boom!
A dull sound of collision came from the cellar door, the defensive array swayed erratically, and silt and dust fell from the gaps.
Effie held Mara in her arms, her expression solemn and her face equally pale.
The memories that she had left behind came flooding back again.
It was still the same wine cellar where her father used all his strength to put her into the cellar, and then blocked her body in front of the cellar.
That was the most horrific scene she had ever seen in her life. Her father was chopped to death with an ax by the thug in front of the wine cellar. The blood seeped into the analysis and dripped into the dark wine cellar.
Then the thug continued banging on the cellar door as frantically as he did now, and continued for more than ten minutes before leaving unwillingly.
When she was young at that time, she could only huddle in a corner and cry in fear, hoping that someone could open the door to the cellar and rescue her from here.
Fifteen years later, when the Titan Tavern was about to get back on track, the same thing happened again.
The light of the protective shield was dimming, and the sound of banging on the door was getting louder.
Effie hugged Marla tightly, letting the cold fear come over her again.
Different from fifteen years ago, she has grown up and is no longer a child. There is a dim light in the cellar, and there is a trembling Mara in her arms.
"Miss, he...does he want to kill us?" Mara's eyes were full of fear, and she looked up at Effie and asked.
"It's okay." Effie hugged her tighter.
She knew that the person outside was probably really coming for them.
All the money is outside, full of 170,000 copper coins.
If he came here for money, he could just withdraw it.
But here he was wasting time and effort attacking the wine cellar. It was obvious that his goal was not only money, but also them.
Thinking that she would fall into the hands of such a ferocious and terrifying man, Effie's heart felt cold.
The two cuddled up against each other in the wine cellar, praying that someone would hear the sound and come and scare away the thugs outside.
However, there are no residents around the tavern. It is so quiet at night that no one may be able to hear the sound here.
Effie thought of Mr. Hades who lived across the street, but after a second thought, she gave up the idea.
Although Mr. Hades is a wise man, he is not a strong man, and he also has two children and a beautiful lady.
She absolutely did not want him or his family to be harmed in any way.
She knew very well that such thugs would not care who showed up at the tavern.
…
"Father, someone seems to be causing trouble in the tavern opposite?" Amy, wearing bear pajamas, opened the curtains, looked at the Titan Tavern opposite, whose door had been knocked open, and turned around to say.
"Well, it seems that some bad guys have entered. Xiaomi, do you want to go fight the bad guys together?" Mag, who was wearing a bathrobe, wiped his hair with a towel and asked with a smile.
As soon as he lathered himself up, he noticed the movement coming from the other side.
However, he was sure that Effie and the others had entered the wine cellar, and the murderer had not yet broken through the magic cover of the wine cellar, so he did not rush to perform the drama of getting naked to save the beauty, but took a quick shower and covered himself with a coat. A bathrobe.
"Okay, okay! Xiaomi likes to fight bad guys the most." Amy's eyes lit up and she nodded her head repeatedly.
She looked around, picked up the small folding chair in the corner, waved it, nodded with satisfaction, looked at Mag and said, "Let's go!"
Mag glanced at her folding chair and raised his eyebrows slightly. The mother and daughter had very similar preferences.
"Okay, let's go." Mag stepped on a pair of slippers, pushed open the window, and jumped directly from the second floor.
Amy carried the folding chair and jumped directly from the second floor.
The father and daughter in pajamas walked into the Titan Tavern with a broken door.
