If others don't sell it, I can't just grab it, but they also tell me where to buy it. If I have money, I can just go and buy it since I'm greedy.
The back of Ir Town is full of residential buildings. The best ones are usually in the front, and the worst ones are in the back. The further you go in, the worse the living environment becomes. By the time Ma Tao reaches the end, the houses in front of him are almost It can be described as a dilapidated house.
"Damn it, I forgot to ask which house it is."
Along the way, Ma Tao didn't even have anyone to ask questions, and most of the houses were closed. He couldn't go in and take a look at every house. If someone thought he was a thief, the gain would outweigh the loss.
At this time, the men have not returned yet, and the women are all left at home. One is to prepare dinner for the men, and the other is to take care of the children and other household chores. No one will open the door.
The several houses in front of him were getting more and more dilapidated, and they didn't even have doors, but they still seemed to be inhabited. Ma Tao hesitated, thinking that since there were no doors, it didn't count as an intrusion, so he picked a house to raise his legs. Went in.
"anyone there?"
The environment in the room was a bit dark. When he was at the door, Ma Tao asked in a normal voice to let the people inside have a reaction.
"who?"
Sure enough, a man's response came from the room, and Ma Tao suddenly felt happy.
It's better to have someone than no one at all. If it's really an empty room, I'll have to check with the next one.
"Sorry to bother you, I want to buy some fruit."
Now that someone had replied, it was inconvenient to walk inside. Ma Tao stood at the door and waited for the people in the room to come out.
Soon, a man and a woman, who must have been a couple, walked out of it.
Seeing Ma Tao standing at the door, they first looked him up and down, and when they saw that Ma Tao was carrying a weapon, their eyes became even more wary.
"Sorry, I just want to buy some of those little mountain fruits, so I'm disturbing you."
Smiling is the first step in building a closer relationship, and that's what Ma Tao did. When he saw them, he first showed a kind smile, and then stretched out his hand and took out a handful of G's to show his sincerity.
“The store next to us sells berries, we don’t have any.”
The woman's eyes lit up when she saw the dozens of G's in Ma Tao's hand, but she soon became disappointed because she didn't have what Ma Tao said.
The man didn't speak, but his eyes looked straight at Ma Tao.
"Oh...thank you"
Ma Tao nodded, then stepped back and said, "I'm sorry."
"Look at people! They can find ways to make some money no matter what. When will you be able to make some money? I hate poverty..."
As soon as Ma Tao walked out of the door, the woman's voice full of complaints about the man came from the room.
"Then what can I do? I have worked very hard to make money for our family."
Of course the man was not happy with what the woman said and argued.
Ma Tao didn't listen much and strode out.
Kindness takes time. The poor in this world will always account for 98%. Even if I can help them temporarily, there is still no way to change the reality of their poverty. What's more, Ma Tao doesn't intend to use it. Help like charity.
Turned around and arrived at the second house.
This can no longer be called a house, it is just a wooden shed simply built with wood. At the door, Ma Tao was about to ask if there was anyone inside. Unexpectedly, a short black figure about the height of his own waist rushed in. In his arms, Ma Tao subconsciously reached out and hugged the little figure in his arms. Looking down, he saw that he was a little boy, about seven or eight years old, with a watermelon head and a tiger-like head. Very cute.
The little guy threw himself into Ma Tao's arms, then raised his head. When he saw the unfamiliar-looking adult in front of him, he was a little scared and didn't dare to speak. He just raised his head and looked at Ma Tao.
"Xiao Ming, slow down, don't fall!"
Soon, a woman from the house chased her out. When she saw Ma Tao and her child at the door, she panicked and ran over quickly.
The woman can be in her forties or fifties, with a medium build, and her facial features are quite attractive, and her charm is still there. It can be seen that she was still quite pretty when she was young, but after so many years of hardship, she has become the same now. Gone and never returned.
"Sorry, the child is young and not sensible."
Before Ma Tao could speak, the woman opened her mouth and apologized to Ma Tao. Instead, Ma Tao was stunned. What had he done? Immediately afterwards, the woman hurriedly came to Ma Tao and pulled the seven or eight-year-old child to her side. The little boy also took advantage of the situation to save the woman's thigh, but his bright eyes were still very curious about this sudden appearance. Strangers in their home, because they had moved here not long ago, and no one would come to their home except those they were familiar with, so the children were more curious about Ma Tao's appearance.
"It's okay, I was worried about bumping into him."
Ma Tao replied with a smile.
It seemed that she was a little surprised by Ma Tao's polite behavior, which also made the woman feel that Ma Tao was not a bad person, and she felt relieved about him, and then asked: "You...what's the matter?"
"I heard that you sell mountain fruits. I want to buy a few."
As he spoke, Ma Tao took out the G again.
"Sorry, those berries were brought back by my man. He is not at home now."
Although Ma Tao was holding a lot of G's, the woman had no intention of inviting Ma Tao in, nor did she stare at the G's in his hand. She just stood at the door talking to Ma Tao.
"That's right..."
He felt a little disappointed, but Ma Tao didn't want to give up, and then asked: "Then when will he come back?"
"he……"
The woman reached out and exposed the little boy while answering Ma Tao's words. She was about to say that the time for his return may not be certain, but her eyes flashed when she suddenly saw a figure appearing behind Ma Tao. She took a closer look and saw that it was her man. Hurry up. He changed his words and said, "He's back."
As soon as the woman stretched out her hand and pointed behind Ma Tao, the little boy also saw the figure. He quickly released his hand around the woman's thigh and ran straight towards the figure like a loach, shouting happily as he ran. To: "Dad! Daddy!"
Ma Tao turned around and saw a middle-aged man slowly walking back with a shovel. When he saw the little boy running towards him quickly, the middle-aged man's face was filled with an extremely happy smile, and then he quickly walked towards the little boy. When he ran up to him, the middle man picked up the little boy and kissed him on the face several times.
"I'm home"
The woman saw the man and took the shovel from his hand with a smile.
"Who are you?"
The middle-aged man noticed Ma Tao's presence from afar. When he walked to the door, he looked at him and saw the G in Ma Tao's hand, with a confused look on his face.
"He wants to buy fruit"
It seems that the return of her man gives women a lot of confidence, the woman said.
"Yes, I heard about you selling wild fruits at the well, so I looked for them myself and planned to buy some."
"How much do you want to buy? I don't have much left, and I have to leave some for the children."
After hearing this, the middle-aged man glanced at the G in Ma Tao's hand.
"Is five enough?"
Ma Tao also knows that fruits are scarce and generally very uncommon. Finding fruit trees in the wild is a matter of great luck, and he doesn't expect to find many.
"That's no problem, twenty-five G"
The middle-aged man stared at Ma Tao's hand and hesitated for a while, then he said such a number. Looking at him, he seemed to have a lot of courage.
"Old Liu, aren't there two G's for one!"
As soon as she heard her husband say this, the woman reached out and tugged on her husband's sleeves, and then winked at the man.
"It doesn't matter, twenty-five G is twenty-five G."
This price is really not high and can even be said to be quite low. This price is simply a bargain. I think back then, I almost got into a fight with someone because of a few apples, but now I can find fruits that can be bought for only 25 G. What's there to say? If you don't get it quickly, you'll be sorry for the price.
Seeing the woman's expression, Ma Tao also knew that the man might have deliberately raised the price because of the G in his hand, but it was still cheap. When Ma Tao heard this, he didn't want to bargain anymore and just picked out two of them. He put fifteen G's into the man's hand, and then he was about to put the remaining G's back into the backpack. Unintentionally, a piece of dried meat slipped out of the backpack and fell to the ground.
The little boy named Xiao Ming's eyes immediately turned to the piece of dried meat on the ground that was as thick as a thumb and as long as chopsticks. He couldn't help but click his mouth twice, but soon, the middle-aged man's position in the boy's arms slightly adjusted. But the boy turned his head and continued to stare at the piece of dried meat on the ground.
"us……"
Poor parents in the world, the one who knows their children best is of course the child's mother. Women also love their children too much. They couldn't bear to see their children like this. They looked at Ma Tao with an embarrassed face and opened his mouth to say something, but he just said it. I couldn't say two words.
"What?"
Ma Tao was just about to bend down to pick up the fallen piece of dried meat, but as soon as he bent down, he saw that the dried meat was stained with a lot of soil and became muddy. He happened to hear the woman's hesitant words again.
"Can we trade fruit with you for this piece of meat?"
After hesitating for a long time, the woman finally couldn't bear to see her child so greedy, so she finally spoke out.
Seeing the woman's embarrassed look and careful tone of voice, Ma Tao noticed how eager the little boy's eyes were for the piece of meat that fell to the ground.
To be honest, Ma Tao really didn't care about the gain or loss of this piece of meat, but if he had the opportunity to exchange for something he needed more, that would be a profit, let alone a piece of meat that fell on the ground.
"If you don't think it's appropriate, we can add a few more berries, what do you think?"
Seeing that Ma Tao didn't speak, the woman raised the stakes again with a pleading tone. The man beside her didn't say a word, which was regarded as acquiescing to the woman's words.
In fact, they all misunderstood Ma Tao. He just felt that this matter was a bit incredible. The price of twenty-five points was already low enough. Now you can also exchange it for dried meat. This is naturally the best. After listening to it, I was told that I could exchange for a few more berries, which made me even happier.
"Of course, that would be great"
Ma Tao's face was filled with joy and he was extremely happy.
For her, meat is far less important than fruit, and although these things are expensive, they can be bought. On the contrary, fruits are not easy to preserve because they are not easy to preserve. It is precisely because of this that Ma Tao feels Exchanging meat for fruit was a big bargain. In fact, it was because of his different needs. For this family, there were only a handful of opportunities to be willing to spend money to buy meat. On the other hand, fruit, as long as the man was lucky, there were always available outside. There is a high chance of encountering various fruit trees, at least a few days apart, and at most ten days and a half month, and you can always bring back some mountain fruits.
"Thank you so much……"
When she heard Ma Tao agreed, the woman was also very happy. Everyone was happy. She immediately picked up the piece of dried meat on the ground. Then she thought of something. She glanced at her man and saw him nodding slightly. Then he said: "Thank you very much. Come in and sit down."
After contact, the family felt that Ma Tao was not a bad person, and finally thought of inviting Ma Tao in for a sit-down.
"That's fine,"
Ma Tao nodded and agreed.
"Okay, we have guests here. We haven't had guests since we came from Wuge Village. That's great."
As soon as the little boy heard the words on the man's shoulders, he clapped his hands happily to welcome Ma Tao to their home.
Songless Village!
When Ma Tao heard this word again, he immediately thought of it, wasn't it? The dilapidated house behind it looked like the kind of house that no one lived in before. It was precisely because people from Wuge Village gathered together because they had no place to live. Here, temporarily live in such a place.
The house is very simple, with one bedroom and one living room. The inside should be the bedroom, and the outside is the kitchen. As soon as you enter the door, you are facing the kitchen. There is a square table in the kitchen. Ma Tao is sitting at this table, and the man is He sat opposite Ma Tao.
"You...are from Wuge Village?"
The atmosphere was somewhat silent. The woman went to fetch wild fruits for Ma Tao. Ma Tao looked at the environment in the room, then smiled slightly at the man and said.
"Yes, bandits often visit our village. Those guys burn, kill, and loot, and they do all kinds of evil. If they really can't live anymore, who would like to leave their hometown and come here to make a living?"
The middle-aged man sighed and said.
"Uncle, there are a lot of bad guys in our village. Every time they come, they take away a lot of things. We have nothing to eat."
The little boy followed suit.
"Those bandits are a bunch of villains who do all kinds of evil."
At this time, the woman had already taken out the mountain fruits that Ma Tao wanted. It was a small bag with about seven or eight pieces.
Putting a bag of mountain fruits on the table, the woman then said with a worried expression: "I hope those bandits won't come to this town."
"Lai Yier? No way. The guards here are so tight. Are the bandits very powerful? Or are there a lot of them?"
Hearing what the woman said, Ma Tao didn't quite believe it. After all, Ir was a large town with a population of tens of thousands. How could it be said that it was captured by bandits?
"Don't say that. Those bandits are very powerful. If you encounter them, it's better to run away if you can."
Seeing that Ma Tao didn't believe it, the middle-aged man quickly tried to persuade him.
sharp?
How powerful can it be?
Ma Tao really didn't take this kind of thing seriously. He was just a bandit, and he only engaged in road robberies and crowing of chickens and dogs. How could he be so grand?
"Those bandits are all organized. There is a girl named Nana in our village who escaped from the bandits. It is said that she suffered an old crime and was completely harmed when she took it out."
The middle-aged man persuaded Ma Tao again as if he was a newborn calf and not afraid of tigers.
Nana?
Ma Tao frowned. Where had he heard this name before?
"Now I work as a dancer in a bar to make money. Fortunately, no one here knows about this girl's past, otherwise.........sigh"
The middle-aged man sighed.
After a few brief conversations, Ma Tao left the family.
Holding a small bag of mountain fruits in his hand, Ma Tao imagined the expressions of Xiao Jinzi and the others when they saw these fruits, and felt happy in his heart.
Walking all the way back, when we arrived at the hotel, my dear, this guy is not awake yet. He is not thinking. Gao Han and Su Lanyu must not be awake either.
Looking at the sky, the fiery red sun has already set four-fifths of the way down. Night will be coming in a while. These three people don't have to guess, they will definitely sleep until tomorrow.
The dinner delivered by James Lao was taken into the house by Ma Tao. It was quite sumptuous. This kid took advantage of Ma Tao even before he woke up.
After wandering around the house for a while, Ma Tao really had nothing to do, so he rested for a while, and then left the house again when the sky darkened completely.
One bad thing about the night is that there are mosquitoes, especially outside. Ma Tao wants to find the Bounty Hunter Service Center, because the matter of three people and one dog has always been a stone that cannot be left in Ma Tao's heart. Grumbling.
After many inquiries, Ma Tao finally found the location of the Bounty Hunter Service Center in Ir Town. It was actually located on the outer edge of the town, door-to-door with the tank supply point.
Walking into the Bounty Hunter Service Center leisurely, you can see two giant posters. One of them is an elephant chariot with a bounty of 10,000G, which has been covered by a large clear character, representing the bounty. The head has been cleaned.
The monster on the other wanted poster is a man whose face is invisible. He is wearing a dazzling array of sophisticated equipment. He doesn’t know what the equipment is. The weapon is quite special. It is actually a large metallic hammer. , but Ma Tao doesn't think that the thing in this guy's hand is really a big hammer. Even if it is a hammer, it must be an extremely special hammer, otherwise it would not be a bounty head, and it is priced at 50,000G.
This is quite a high price. Looking at the guy labeled Gomez on the wanted poster, Ma Tao rubbed his nose.
"Do you need any help? That guy costs 50,000G, but I advise you to stay away from him if you encounter him."
The staff in the Bounty Hunter Service Center was idle and bored. When he looked up, he saw a man coming in. Ma Tao was staring at the 50000G on the wanted poster in a daze.
"Is this guy worth 50,000G?"
Ma Tao watched for a long time but didn't understand how this product named Gomez was worth 50,000G. In his opinion, the elephant tank was much more difficult to deal with than this person.
"Unfortunately, I don't have any useful information to tell you here. I only know that this guy is a bandit leader, that's all."
The staff member at the service center spread his hands and made a helpless gesture.
"Thank you, this is already the best information you have."
Ma Tao cupped his fist at him.
The lack of information can only mean two things. One is that this wanted criminal is the latest to appear, and no one has traces of it yet. The other is that this guy is very scary, and everyone who can see it has been killed by it, so that’s why There is no data. In contrast, Ma Tao is more inclined to the latter.
"Can I use this to find out something else?"
Ma Tao reached out and took out his silver pinnacle level bounty hunter glory badge from his arms. He just wanted to try using it to see if he could get some useful information.
"Hey!!! Is there any new news?"
But at this moment, the door of the Bounty Hunter Service Center was pushed open forcefully, and a cursing voice immediately cheered up Ma Tao.
It's him!
A name came out of my mouth.
That's right, the person who came in was actually the big boy named Axel whom he had met at the bar in the morning.
He was the only one who came to the Bounty Hunter Service Center. As soon as he entered the door, the boy glanced at Ma Tao, but he only glanced at him and did not pay too much attention to Ma Tao.
"Dear warrior, it is my honor to serve you. I am disappointed. There is still no news today."
When the staff at the service center saw him, he didn't dare to say anything else. He stood up respectfully and replied to him.
"Okay, remember to tell me if you have any news!"
Axel glanced at him with his eyes, then snorted, kicked open the door of the service center with his foot, and walked out.
"Who is this person?"
Although Ma Tao already knew the boy's name, he knew that he knew it, and the service center staff in front of him didn't know that he knew it, so Ma Tao asked knowingly.
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