"Hey, you did a good job!" Ling Qingyi sat in the carriage carriage, raised the curtain and shouted with a smile at Xu Lei, who was acting as a groom in front of him, whipping his horse, and shouted, what Xu Lei did to the cavalry captain at the city gate just now
The move made her nod secretly. To achieve great things, network resources always come first. No matter how strong she is, she cannot do without the assistance of various talents. The cavalry captain is undoubtedly an excellent cavalry general. His future will be bright.
When Lei creates his hegemony, such talents are indispensable.
"How many extra points?" Xu Lei waved his riding crop and shouted without looking back.
"Five points!"
"So many!" Although Xu Lei did not look back, his tone showed that he was laughing.
Ling Qingyi secretly cursed an idiot and didn't answer why, but asked, "By the way, what is it that Lord Huojin wants from you? You would rather give up millions of dollars than give it up."
"Of course it's the most important thing." Xu Lei answered ambiguously.
"What is it?" Ling Qingyi asked.
"secret."
"Can't even tell me?"
"cannot."
"Ten points deducted!"
"I won't say a hundred points will be deducted!" Xu Lei did not waver at all.
Ling Qingyi smiled and stopped asking. She was not unhappy because the boy who usually obeyed him violated him for the first time today. Instead, she felt a little satisfied. A man must have his own bottom line and principles. The so-called bottom line and principles
It is something that cannot be crossed by anyone, whether he is your life or death brother or close relative. A man without principles and bottom lines is not called a man, he is called a coward.
Xu Lei drove a carriage with Ling Qingyi for more than three months. During these three months, they visited many places. Xu Lei would carefully record the local human geography wherever they went.
Qing Yi once again used the extraordinary reserve of knowledge in her mind, occasionally adding in what Xu Lei had missed, and reminding Xu Lei of things he had not seen or thought of.
But Ling Qingyi never asked Xu Lei where he wanted to take her, because she knew that Xu Lei must have his own plans, and she was smart enough to accurately guess where Xu Lei was going based on the route they had taken in the past few months.
, but she didn’t point it out and deliberately looked confused. A truly smart woman is that she knows when to make herself less smart.
It wasn't until one day that Xu Lei took Ling Qingyi up a mountain that the destination became self-evident.
When he was at the lowest point in his life, when almost all his thoughts were gone, she appeared in front of him and took him to the top of the mountain. Then he started to cheer up again, and then he became what he is today no matter what.
He will never give in completely no matter what he encounters.
Xu Lei stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking this small town that strictly speaking could not be called a town. It was called Yinluo Town, which was still dilapidated and depressed. It was already dusk, and the blood-red fire clouds in the sky reflected the whole town red.
"Starting from today, this place will one day become the center of this continent!" Xu Lei suddenly said loudly, his words trembling with excitement. Looking at Yinluo Town, which was reflected red by the burning clouds, he suddenly felt that the blood in his body started to start.
It started to boil, and then there was an urge to cry, because not far from Yinluo Town is Yas City. Here, he has too many memories, those wandering on the streets and wild dogs snatching food, the school preparations
Suffering humiliation, being looked down upon by others, then becoming superior, destroying nine tribes, and then being doomed, each scene clearly flashed through Xu Lei's mind.
She stood beside him quietly, without saying a word from beginning to end. She also looked thoughtfully at the small town at the foot of the mountain. This depressed and dilapidated place where refugees gathered was also very important to her, because it was just like this.
Here, she made a decision that could be described as crazy for her life and family background, but she knew that she would never regret this decision in her life.
Silverfall Town is still the same as before. The residents here are still refugees from several surrounding countries such as Yas and Newer. They still live a lazy and decadent life. When a man is drunk, he will still complain because his woman did not pick up the girl today.
Visitors beat her up after earning money. Most of them were hungry because they had nothing to do during the day and had no good luck.
There used to be two taverns in this town. The owner of the tavern at the west end closed down the year before last because he was too lazy to cook. The remaining tavern at the east end of the town became the only tavern in the town, which was regarded as a "monopoly" on Yinluo.
The town's tavern industry.
The proprietress of the tavern is still the obese woman with dark skin and bloated body. She is just a little bit more diligent than the proprietor of the tavern in the west. She defeated the competitor with almost no effort. Now she is the owner of Yinluo Town.
Although her one-year income as the "richest man" is not equal to the three-month income of an ordinary person in other countries, she is still the number one "resident" figure in the local area.
"It's closed today, come back tomorrow!"
The fat proprietress yawned and waved her arms, which were thicker than pig's trotters. She didn't even glance at who was coming. She was considered the most diligent person in the local area, but her head was far away from her.
The gap was never even a tiny bit. It was just getting dark, so she was ready to close the door and go to sleep. She never thought that if she worked harder, she could earn more. If she had such thoughts, she would not become a refugee and be eliminated by her empire.
Drive me here.
"Lady boss, you're fine."
The person standing at the door of the store didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, and he smiled and said to the impatient fat woman.
The fat landlady was stunned for a moment, feeling that the voice was somewhat familiar, but for a moment she couldn't remember where she had heard it. She turned around and saw a look of surprise on her fat, broad face. She looked at the man standing at the door.
After looking at it from beginning to end for a long time, Cai Ah screamed and shouted: "Xiao Lei, why are you back!"
The person who came was none other than Xu Lei, but it was different from the time when he came here to work as a waiter in a down-to-earth job a few years ago. His clothes now are not gorgeous, but he is very neat, especially his energetic look and his smiling face.
The obese landlady would never associate him with Xiao Lei, the waiter who always shrugged and left without saying goodbye a few years ago.
"A plate of green bamboo shoot tips, a plate of coleslaw, and a pot of wild flower tea." Xu Lei looked at the landlady with a smile, picked a slightly cleaner table, took out his handkerchief and put it on a bench.
After wiping it down, he asked Ling Qingyi to sit down.
Only then did the fat boss lady notice that there was another girl coming with Xu Lei. She knew this girl. Although she had only met her once, she was extremely impressed. It was precisely because of this girl who appeared here inexplicably a few years ago that Xiao Xiao
Lei Cai disappeared silently. The most important thing is that since seeing this girl, she has become more beautiful. Every time she wears new clothes or puts on rouge and looks in the mirror, she will be comparable to the girls here.
As time went by, she actually had the illusion that she was just a little bit on par with that girl.
Now after seeing her again, her fat and broad face was filled with disappointment, because she suddenly felt that even if she shaved off more than a hundred kilograms of fat from her body and became a hundred times whiter, she would not be as beautiful as this woman.
1/2, and then there was a burst of gnashing of teeth for no reason, hoping that the girl in front of her who she could not reach in this life would be disfigured one day before she would be happy.
But Ling Qingyi just smiled politely at her, and the hatred in the heart of the fat landlady disappeared without a trace in an instant, replaced by an inexplicable excitement. No matter how domineering and vulgar the people in Yinluo Town behaved,
They all have one thing in common, that is, low self-esteem. As long as they are outsiders, they don't have the courage to look each other in the eye. Now this girl who looks like a fairy actually smiles at her, which makes her feel an inexplicable and great sense of satisfaction.
, hurriedly greeted warmly.
"Ah ah ah, Xiao Lei is back, and he brought such a beautiful little wife with him. Please sit down for a while, and I will prepare food for you!" She said with a smile and used her fat hands to
After rubbing it on her body for a few times, when she noticed something strange in their eyes, she quickly smiled awkwardly and said: "I will wash my hands..."
It was the first time that the landlady cooked a meal so seriously and carefully. It was also the first time that she washed her fat hands cleanly. She cleaned the plates and bowls and chopsticks over and over again, and the tips of the bamboo shoots were never pinched more than three inches.
, the cabbage is full of golden buds, she doesn’t know why she does this, she only knows that the girl outside who just smiled at her and the very different Xiao Lei must love cleanliness, dirty things are
Used to feed the people of Yinluo Town and herself.
She prepared three pairs of bowls and chopsticks, but after mustering up the courage for a long time, she never dared to sit down at the table and dine with the two of them. The deep-seated inferiority complex in her heart prevented her from even having the courage to sit down and eat with others.
Xu Lei and Ling Qingyi carefully ate the two simple dishes on the table. Xu Lei continued to devour the food, while Ling Qingyi remained orderly. The proprietress stood behind the counter and watched Ling Qingyi's eating from a distance, and the inferiority complex in her heart could not help but deepen.
A few points.
Xu Lei naturally knew the meaning of the three pairs of bowls and chopsticks prepared by the landlady, but he did not invite the landlady to sit down and eat together. He ate the food thoroughly before wiping his mouth and shouting to the landlady: "Check out."
"No... no need." The proprietress came to her senses and said quickly and generously. It was the first time since she opened the tavern that she said such words. If she were a local, she would never walk out of this door even if she only owed one copper coin.
"This meal is mine..." The boss lady suddenly stopped talking because she saw a burst of light that was so brilliant that it took her breath away. The light blue was like a mist, and the light came from a bead in Xu Lei's hand.
Even if the landlady has never seen this bead, she knows that it must be worth a lot of money, but if she really knew the value of this bead, her fat body would definitely tremble with shock.
Xu Lei signaled, and the landlady walked over with her eyes dazed, involuntarily and tremblingly, as cautiously as a slave seeing his master. Xu Lei handed the bead to her hand, and she took it mechanically, and after a while
Finally, he asked tremblingly: "What do you want me to do..."
Although the boss lady is lazy, she is not stupid. Lazy people are usually not stupid, but they are too lazy to use their intelligence. The boss lady knows that giving her this bead is not as simple as paying the bill.
"At this time tomorrow, you call all the bullies in the town to come to your place and let them eat and drink for free." Xu Lei said calmly, looking at the two boss ladies with dazed eyes.
"It's just...that simple?" The lady boss couldn't believe that the other party's request was so simple.
"If there is one less bully here tomorrow, I will kill you." Xu Lei said lightly, and then he ignored the lady boss who was stunned and walked out of the door with Ling Qingyi and disappeared into the night.
It wasn't until Xu Lei left for a long time that the landlady came back to her senses, but found that her whole body was soaked in cold sweat. She slowly opened her palms and saw the bead emitting brilliant light. She suddenly felt a little dazzling.