Chapter 152 6. Annan’s Team
In the cold morning that seemed like late autumn, Losi crawled out of the abandoned kennel, circling around the kennel and squatting and jumping to warm up his frozen body.
The bleary-eyed younger brother Silo crawled out of the kennel, nostalgic for the warmth of last night: "Brother, can we take the house with us?"
"No... not yet." Losi's His tone was a little loose, "Let's go to the square first, and come back if you don't want us to."
Loxi moved stones to block the door of the kennel, and took his younger brother Wei Leng's hand to the square.
He thought he had arrived early, but many refugees had already gathered in the square. Photographed in front of two felt tents.
The refugees walked to a felt tent to check for lice and ringworm. If there were no diseases or problems, they would be selected as residents and receive a cotton-padded coat to keep out the cold from the felt tent next to it.
The autumn wind that swept away yellow leaves and dust made the brothers shiver, and they hid in the crowd to resist the cold wind. Taking advantage of their advantage, they squeezed from the back to the front.
“Damn it, someone ran away again.”
The statistical official flipped through the lists of previous batches, called out a few names, and crossed out the names when there was no response: “No matter those idiots... Next...Next?”
"We're here!"
An arm comes from deep behind the table.
The statistical official had to stand up and lean forward to see two malnourished boys, one about twelve or thirteen years old, and the other about six or seven years old.
"You...can't do it, you are too young." The two children reminded the statistics officer of his sons of the same age and he couldn't bear to say.
"Please sir, we will die here..."
"The city lord will not let you die."
But Losi didn't believe it. Their thinking is quite simple - what you see is what you see. Annan gave them three silver coins, so they believed that Annan was good.
“We will never run away, and we only have one meal is enough!”
There was a echo behind:
“I’ll have one too Rice! ”
"I won't eat a single meal!"
"We have met Mr. Jie...Annan, he knows us!"
The magician next to him said at this time: "He didn't lie, These two little guys have indeed come into contact with Mr. Annan."
For the sake of the King of the North, the statistics officer thought: "Okay, what are your names?"
"I. It's Luo Xi, he's Xi Luo," Luo Xi said hurriedly.
"Brother Xiluo, younger brother Luoxi?"
"I am Luoxi, and my younger brother is Xiluo."
"It's really hard to pronounce."
The statistics official hesitated After a while, he didn't let the two of them take off their clothes in the cold morning. He wrote down their names, took out two pieces of paper and handed them to them, pointing to the felt tent next to them: "You pick out the lice on your body first before you get the cotton clothes."
“Thank you, sir!”
Losey, who was holding the piece of paper, looked like Jack had received an invitation. He ran to the felt tent with his younger brother, then leaned in a corner sheltered from the wind and searched for lice in his younger brother's hair. He could not restrain his excitement in his words:
"We don't have to wander anymore! We are citizens, the citizens of the King of the North!"
"Can we take a house with us?" But Silo was still thinking about his kennel.
“We will live in a big house and no longer have to live in that kind of place!”
“Really?”
"Is Brother Jack a bad person?" Losey asked his brother.
Silo shook her head: "He saved Sister Ruth, gave us silver coins, and gave us cotton-padded clothes. He is a good person."
"Yes, he is not a bad person, that must be He is a good person.”
……
City Lord’s Mansion, second floor office.
Annan and Olmedo looked down at the homeless people in the square. There were also "preparatory residents" who sneaked away with cotton-padded clothes in their hands.
Annan didn't stop him. Cotton clothes are now not much more expensive than linen clothes. "I thought you would directly recruit a thousand people." Olmedo asked the guards outside the door to bring two cups of coffee.
"That way I might be in a hurry, start with five hundred people, and then slowly increase."
"But we don't have much time."
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This was the second time Annan heard Olmedo say this: "Are you pessimistic?"
"Are you optimistic?" she asked.
“I asked first.”
“I am just seeking truth from facts...” Olmedo replied, “The South failed to resist the invasion of the Ratmen, why can we? By virtue of the defense The demons in the north of the snowy mountains? But if the rat people really invade, we will have to face both sides at the same time."
"My answer is, look, it's cold and dark now, and there is no hope." The guard sent. Come for coffee, Annan took his cup and looked at the morning light that had just emerged behind the eastern roof, "But the sun is rising..."
"Those who remember hatred will also live in hatred. If life gives you lemons, make it lemonade."
"What is a lemon?"
"A kind of Very sour fruit.”
“Your example can be that if life gives you coffee beans, just make it into coffee.”
Annan’s explanation helped Olmedo relieve a lot of anxiety. .
Olmedo's sense of security and pessimism stems from her father's departure. In the past, she had Augusta to rely on, but now she only has herself, and...
"When will the North freeze? ?”
Annan’s question brought Olmedo back to his senses, and he thought for a while and said: “In previous years, it was at the end of October or early November.”
“It seems that I will buy another one. Approval of warm clothes...Jeffrey..."
"...You should call me Olmedo, what's the matter?"
"I can't manage it alone."
"Where are Michael and the others?"
"They will still stay in Breeze City. Only Francois will go to Star Moon Bay with me. "
Olmedo said that she would let her assistant go over to assist Annan for a while.
The reception of the refugees will continue until at least the morning. Annan first went to invite Tina Wright to join Xingyue Bay.
Tina hugged her chest: "What do you want to do?"
"I just think this cooperation is quite pleasant."
Tina Wright did not agree, and Annan ran to the scavenger again Headquarters.
"Your magic image is very beautiful, but why is there no scavenger?" the centurion asked jokingly.
Annan euphemistically said that the scavenger was among the deleted parts - in fact, it was to persuade others with "Look, even the scavenger has joined, are we going to miss the opportunity?"
Then there are the spinning mills.
Annan told the female workers that they could bring their families with them. Some of the female workers agreed to go to Xingyue Bay, while most of the rest stayed in Breeze City.
The goblins all chose to follow Annan.
“We are participating in the legendary revival of the King in the North!” said Dorai.
There was an interlude during this period. Old Zoron also had to go there at his own expense. Seeing that he was a scavenger patrolman and knew Aunt Susan's family, Annan agreed to him.
Finally, when we returned to the city lord's palace, the list sent by the statistics official was very small, only 268 people. Many refugees ran away after receiving their cotton-padded clothes. Even including the people Annan brought back outside, there were only 300 people.
However, Olmedo promised to continue to accept refugees.
On the eve of departure, Annan summoned the blue dragon and tried to send out an invitation.
“I will build you a beautiful lair made of gems and gold in Xingyue Bay.”
The blue dragon did not agree to Annan, but its attitude was not that firm either. Annan felt that as long as he persisted, there would soon be a blue dragon nest in Xingyue Bay.
(End of this chapter)