The World of Pirates

Chapter 3 A Request That Is Hard to Refuse

Jon has been troubled by happiness recently, because the tavern has been getting busier recently.Of course, the tavern business is getting better and better, which is a good thing, but there are also many problems that follow.

With the increased demand for food and drinks, unloading by myself always takes a long time, and it is always difficult to calculate the daily bill.

The number of cups and plates to be cleaned also increased, and Mrs. Mary always complained to him and asked for a salary increase.

And because there are so many guests, it is inevitable that there will be drunken drunkards making trouble.Jon was so busy running around all day that he felt like he was going crazy, and the consolation was that his income was increasing every day.

Late night, tavern.

It was another busy day from morning to night, and Jon was wiping glasses behind the bar.Mrs. Mary has gone back after cleaning up.

"Perhaps it's a good idea to recruit another diligent apprentice." Jon tried to use his brain.

"Yes, let's do it like this! Just give the apprentice the salary increase that was originally intended for Mrs. Mary. The apprentice's salary must be much lower, and this way there will be one more person to do things, which can share a lot of work. Mrs. Mary can't ask for it. I got a raise, haha."

squeak-

Just as Jon was proud of his wit, the door of the tavern was pushed open, and a little boy walked in.

Jon looked at the villain in front of him - a fat and ridiculous vertical striped clothes, but the fabric of the clothes looked good. He is about 1 meters tall, just at the same level as the bar counter, and his figure is a bit thin.

The short black hair is softly attached to the forehead, and the smile makes people feel very kind.

"Little guy, do you want a glass of milk?" Jon asked, putting down the glass in his hand.

"Okay."

After walking along the coastline for half a day, and observing in the town until midnight, Li Cha is now tired and hungry, and it would be great if he could have a glass of milk.

Climb up on the high chair in front of the bar, watching Jon pour a glass of milk and push it over.Li Cha took the milk, took a sip, and then quickly scanned the attribute panel.

He has experimented, and no one else can see the properties panel except him.

Moreover, Li Cha also discovered that any physical condition of his body would be reflected in the attribute panel as long as he thought about it.Including but not limited to - fatigue, hunger, dizziness, poisoning...

Status: Healthy (Tired/Hungry)

There is no poisoned entry, it seems that the milk is fine.

"Tell me, little guy, what happened to you? The kid who came to drink milk in the tavern in the middle of the night, did you remember to bring any money?" Jon pressed his hands on the bar, leaned over and asked Richard.

Holding the cup in both hands, Li Cha sipped milk, heard Jon's question, raised his head and replied, "Uncle, the merchant ship my father and I were on was in a shipwreck, and I drifted to this island alone, I... No money."

Li Cha observed in the town for a period of time, and there were occasional merchant ships docking at the pier to replenish supplies.That's why Li Cha chose this statement. In the era of wooden sailing ships, shipwrecks and the like were perfectly normal.

"Well, this newly opened business road is really not safe..." However, Jon's tavern also relied on this new business road, and its business was booming.

Jon had a flash of inspiration, as if he had caught something, and asked, "Then what are you going to do? Little guy."

"You can call me Li Cha, uncle, does your tavern need a handyman apprentice?" Li Cha asked "cautiously".

"Hey, who doesn't know my Jon's tavern on this Redwood Island? Thinking of my tavern, there are many good guys doing odd jobs! Seeing how young you are, what can you do?"

No one in Redwood Island knows Jon's stinginess.

"I can read and do arithmetic. I can also wash cups, cook, serve, and clean. I...I can also help run errands. I can run fast!"

Li Cha could see through the opponent's poor acting skills at a glance, but he still couldn't turn a blind eye to the performance that should be coordinated.

"Uh..." Jon stroked his chin, and his miserly instinct made him ready to lower the price.

"Besides, I don't want a salary. As long as... I just need to provide room and board."

Li Cha clenched the cup tightly with both hands, showing his "nervousness".

"make a deal."

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Li Cha, who had changed his clothes, was sitting in the utility room of the tavern, chewing bread with his right hand and milk with his left.

After explaining (fabricating) his background in detail, Jon arranged for Richard to live in the utility room, just under the stairs on the second floor of the tavern.

The utility room was so small that Jon had to bend over every time he went in and out.However, Li Cha is still a child now, and his height is only over one meter, which is just right.

In the darkness and silence of the utility room, only Li Cha's soft chewing sound could be heard.

After eating the bread, Li Cha groped to put down the cup, and then lay down slowly.Of course there is no bed in the utility room right now, so Li Cha put together several boxes and temporarily used it as his own small bed.

Open the property panel, the number in the age column is still beating.

The status bar also slowly changed to:

Status: Healthy, (Exhausted/Hungry) status gone.

Empty all the previously determined skill columns on the right, and then, Li Cha used to drag out a "diary" entry.

This is also a new function of the panel discovered by Li Cha, which can be used as a sticky note.After clicking it, there is a sub-interface, which can record text and also has a calculator function.

first day:
I have found a place to stay temporarily. From the preliminary observation, the technology here seems to be underdeveloped, as can be seen from the wooden sailboats and the tools used by the people in the town.

But there is no doubt that this is a civilized society, and people mostly obey order.Having order is a good thing for me. Having order means that wisdom is far more decisive than power.

The reward notice posted at the entrance of the tavern showed that the law and order nearby was not very good.However, surveillance is everywhere in modern society, and there are still many wanted criminals on the Internet, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Bounty Hunter?This job name sounds pretty good, can you get a reward for catching wanted criminals?With both power and means and money, the social status of this profession should be good.

navy?Are they all looking for the navy to collect money?Why haven't you heard about the Army?
As for the Air Force, forget it, with this level of technology, what kind of aircraft do you want?

recent goals:

1. Understand the world as much as possible so that you can make plans later.

2. Adapt to the work in the tavern as soon as possible and gain a firm foothold in the tavern.

After turning off the "diary", Li Cha was thinking about how to ask Jon for some newspapers to read tomorrow. Newspapers are undoubtedly the fastest way to understand the world.

Well, the newspaper is not urgent for now, the most urgent thing is to have a comfortable bed.

After feeling the harsh wooden box, Li Cha decisively adjusted the first priority.

After all, people spend one-third of their day lying in bed. If you can’t sleep comfortably, the quality of life will be greatly reduced.·····

Looking at the beating time in the age column of the property panel, Li Cha slowly fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)