Chapter 1413 1400. Old friend
The 17th Avenue in the business district of Handanal City, which is about five or six hundred meters away from the main street of the business district.
The exterior walls of all the houses here are painted with white ash, which is also called Baifang Street by the residents nearby.
This area is full of small townhouses, which belong to the gathering place of merchants. There are not only rows of residential buildings, but also some warehouses in the area facing the river behind the townhouses. The warehouses are quite densely built. Walking on the north side of the warehouses On the main street, the inland river is almost invisible.
A large number of refugees gathered outside the city of Handanar. In addition to the original residents, there were also a large number of merchants, adventure groups, and mercenary groups. Although these people were scattered throughout the city, due to the division of various classes within the city It is very clear, so everyone still has their own regions.
In the merchant residential area here, almost all the people who live here are wealthy people with civilian status.
And there is a warehouse behind the row of small buildings, which is very convenient for the storage of goods, and the four-wheeled carriages can be seen everywhere in this block.
Every morning, a large number of four-wheeled carriages loaded with goods rush out of this block, and the goods loaded on these carriages will flow into the shops in various districts of Handanal City.
Ulyses loaded a sackcloth bag of onions into the carriage of the four-wheeled wagon. In addition to onions and cabbages, there were also some pumpkins and carrots, which almost filled the entire carriage.
"Okay, that's all, I'm going to send these goods to the restaurant at 49 Avenue St. Louis, hey, old Johnny doesn't like you very much, so you don't have to go with me this time, just here When I come to pick you up, we still have an order to deliver vegetables in the afternoon, so try to finish it early and go home!" The tall and thin young man with curly hair sitting on the driver's seat said to Ulysses with a smile.
Ulysses nodded speechlessly.
His personality is a bit naive, his mouth is rather stupid, and he doesn't like to talk very much.
But the advantage is also a star, simple and honest, with a strong body like a bear, who can easily carry a whole bag of onions on his shoulders, and the solid muscles under the waistcoat have a touch of bronze, which looks particularly secure.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be attracted by the owner’s daughter of restaurant No. 49, but Ulysses doesn’t plan to get married, even if it’s the restaurant owner’s daughter.
Ulyses took off the towel around his neck, wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, turned around and walked under a tree, and sat quietly on the bench over there.
The curly-haired young man smiled, not minding that Ulysses ignored him at all, and lightly lifted the horse's **** with a long whip, and the four-wheeled carriage rushed forward immediately, and disappeared in the warehouse area not long after.
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Ulysses would go to work in this warehouse area every morning, and most of the time he would follow the carriage. When he arrived at the destination, all he had to do was to move the supplies out of the carriage. At noon, usually Take a bite of the whole-wheat bread that you carry with you, deliver the goods in the afternoon, and basically rest before dark.
He is a bag bearer, but the daily work is very easy.
If there is no work, he will lie on the roof of his house and sleep on this day, and when he wakes up, he will stare at the sky in a daze.
Sometimes he would go for a walk on the street. He is a boring person who doesn't like to communicate with people.
With the influx of refugees into Handanal City, there is now an extreme surplus of labor in the city, and the number of people who are willing to work hard to carry bags is several times higher than before.
The reason why he can have this job is not only because he is strong and strong, but also because he has been in this industry for many years, and he also has a good brother Gabi, who is trusted by the bosses around here. curly-haired kid.
Ulysses silently sat on the bench by the river, staring at the slowly flowing river in a daze, until the sun climbed above his head, then took out half of the bread in the satchel, and poured half a bottle of water into it. Stomach, and then began to silently nibble dry bread.
Feeling the nostalgic scent of wheat between his lips and teeth, he silently lamented the hopeless life in front of him.
He is not a pessimist, but with the army of evil spirits eating up five counties in a row on the Warsaw plane, even optimistic people can hardly be happy at this time, who knows that the army of evil spirits will come to the city one day.
But until that day comes, I always have to continue living!
At least have to fill the stomach and have a place to lie down and sleep.
Other than that? He didn't dare to think about anything, and he didn't even dare to have too many worries around him, because it would affect his speed of escape. He and Gabi thought that as long as there were rumors that the evil spirit army entered the big meadow, He was about to flee to Epsom City in a carriage, although it might not be safe there.
He leaned on the bench, wiped the crumbs from his beard around his mouth, relaxed his whole body, and silently enjoyed the free air in front of him.
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This is the riverside warehouse behind Baifang Street in the merchant gathering area. Usually only merchants and four-wheeled trucks come here.
At this time, Ulysses actually saw a nobleman riding a war horse, and behind him was a strong man of a foreign race with two heads on top of his head. The two walked along the alley along the river. , slowly passing Ulysses.
The armor on the master knight's body has some magical patterns, exuding a slight chill in the sun, and when he passed by Ulysses, the hairs on his body stood up one by one.
And the two-headed alien race behind him was even more terrifying. Ulysses didn't even dare to look at the totem black lines on his body out of the corner of his eye, let alone look at the two ferocious faces. When passing by, Ulysses even felt the whole earth tremble.
When the bag bearers in the alley saw them, they also retreated one after another.
Ulysses waited for them to pass by, and when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't expect that the knight stopped immediately, and suddenly turned around and shouted at him more than ten meters away:
"Ulysses?"
Ulysses trembled slightly, stood up nervously, and looked at the noble lord.
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Suldak took off his helmet, and faced Ulysses with a smiling face.
He almost gave up looking...
In the past few days, he has visited almost the entire city of Handanal, but in this city with a population of almost one million, the probability of running into an old friend is almost one in a million.
He didn't go to the refugee area outside the city, nor did he go to the aristocratic neighborhood in the city. He just wandered around in poor areas, commercial streets, magic neighborhoods, free markets, merchant residential areas, etc., just to satisfy some small expectations in his heart.
This joy is a bit like the joy of peeling off the sugar paper and finding a creamy chocolate ball hidden inside.
He suppressed this joy, and shouted at the strong man sitting on a bench by the street looking at the river in a daze.
The strong man froze for a moment, turned his head to look at Suldak, his originally numb eyes suddenly became more radiant, and then shouted to this side with a rough voice:
"Little Duck, why are you! You... still not dead?"
surprised, excited...
"Hahaha!"
Ulysses let out a burst of laughter, and there was cheering in the voice after reuniting after a long absence.
"I didn't expect to see you here, have you become a nobleman?"
Suldak jumped off the horse, let go of the rein in his hand, and let the horse go to the river to nibble on the alfalfa on the grass.
He came in front of Ulysses wearing the magic pattern structure, looked at the strong man in front of him, opened his arms and hugged him.
Then the two sat down on the bench under the tree.
Ulyses secretly looked at Suldak, his face still a little reserved.
Of course he knew that gorgeous armor, it was the 'magic pattern outfit' that only gentlemen of knights could wear.
However, Suldak didn’t care too much, and he didn’t seem to notice the anxiety in Ulysses’ heart, and said to him:
"I went back to the forest camp a few days ago, and the free market has been rebuilt there, but I haven't seen any familiar people before, and all of them are new faces."
The tragic battle appeared in Ulysses' mind, and his face turned pale.
In the past few years, he seldom thought about those things. Only in his dreams after falling asleep, would he occasionally see the scorched battlefield, the broken flag, and the corpses everywhere.
"That time when the evil spirits on Moyunling rushed out, many people died in the forest farm and camp, and all the living ones left..."
Ulyses said dryly:
"Larkin died, and I came to Handanal City with Billy on my back. After Billy recovered from his injuries, we worked in a carriage house. He could drive a carriage, and I would load and unload goods with the carriage. A large number of goods are transported here from Epsom City, and then the leather and other goods here are transported back to Epsom City. It has been running for more than two years. We saved enough money to buy a four-wheeled truck to run this line. transportation, but who would have thought that the portal of Epsom City would start to enter the state of military control, bulk goods could not enter Epsom City normally, and only military supplies could enter and exit normally, and our business suddenly collapsed because of this.”
Ulysses talked about the experience of the past few years.
Suldak listened with great interest, so he was a quiet listener.
Ulysses went on to say: "Then Billy took me to do some short-distance transportation in the city. There was no business at first, but now it's all right. So many people poured out of the city that almost filled the whole city. The short-distance transportation business here has also suddenly improved."
Mentioning the curly-haired boy Gabi, Ulysses smiled a little more, and said to Suldak: "By the way, you haven't seen Gabi yet, he has delivered the goods, and he will be back later Now, if he knows you're here, he'll jump for joy."
Suldak put his hand on Ulysses' shoulder and asked curiously:
"Where do you live?"
"It's a little far away, just rent a house in the civilian area." Ulysses said.
At this time, they can still have a simple dwelling in the city. It seems that their life is not bad. Suldak thought.
"Have you started a family yet?"
Ulyses blushed slightly, then thought of the owner's daughter at No. 49 St. Louis Street, and said honestly:
"Hey, in this turbulent time, Gabi is afraid that once the evil spirits attack the city, it will be troublesome to run with the family. If there are only me and Gabi, and there is a four-wheeled carriage , pull a half-carload of supplies into the big meadow, and run for a week to reach Epsom County."
After this dull, honest and inarticulate man talked so much, some of the frustrations in his heart were also eliminated.
Ulysses then took the initiative to say:
"Well, little Duck, you're doing well... you've made a big splash, I didn't even recognize you just now!"
Suldak patted his shoulder and smiled.
"My lord?" Ulysses asked.
Suldak nodded.
Ulysses couldn't sit still, the calves of both legs were trembling, and he wanted to stand up, but was held down by Suldak's hand on his shoulder.
The two sat like this for a while, basically Ulysses would answer whatever Suldak asked.
Until a four-wheeled truck slowly drove over and stopped beside the big tree.
Suldak saw a curly-haired young man sitting on the driver's seat. The face in his memory had matured a lot, but he still had curly hair like a bird's nest on his head.
That face has changed a bit, but the bright eyes have not changed.
Curly-haired Gabi has grown a lot taller, her hands and legs have become very long, and she looks very flexible.
"Little Duck, it's really you!" Gabi shouted excitedly.
He jumped off the driver's seat and ran to Suldak with a face full of disbelief...
"Long time no see, Gabby."
Surdak leaned back on the bench, stretched out a hand towards Curly-haired Gabi, ready to shake hands with him.
Curly-haired Gabi's eyes fell on Suldak's set of magic pattern structure, and he suddenly became a little nervous. He kept rubbing his hands on his clothes, and asked anxiously: "Should I give you the first?" Salute? Master Duck!"
"Whatever you want...you can kneel, or you can sit on the bench with me like Ulysses!" Suldak said with a smile.
"I'd rather have you come to my house..." Curly-haired Gabi let out a burst of hearty laughter.
Then he sat down with Ulysses and Suldak. Their strange combination made the jaws of the people in this alley drop.
Many businessmen and bag bearers know Gabby the curly hair and the strong man Ulysses, but no one would have thought that they would know a master knight of construction, look at the war horse in black armor, on the grass beside him The two-headed aliens who were sitting, the carriages carrying goods did not even dare to pass by the road behind them.
Just under the tree, bursts of hearty laughter came from time to time.
Let people here begin to realize that Curly-haired boy actually has such an amazing friend.
People who knew them were secretly discussing in the distance: 'Gabby and Ulysses seem to be lucky this time...'
Not long after, Gabby the curly hair drove the truck and drove Ulysses out of the alley.
And Suldak and Gulitum followed behind them.
It wasn't until the group of them left that the invisible pressure in the air disappeared, and the people around these warehouses breathed a sigh of relief.
(end of this chapter)