Chapter 98: Ordinary people’s sorrow

July 22, 2023Ai Hrist

He Ange also blamed the ordinary residents in his heart. At this time, they have no dedication at all. Weren’t they trying their best to clear the wilderness to delay the arrival of the beast tide?

As a result, this group of people doesn’t even want to sell firewood, not to mention food. They all hid in their homes and don’t come out.

Some teammates were indignant about this: “This group of people are just like leeches, they only know how to suck blood. I will beat them one by one when I see them. I don’t believe they will never come out.”

He Ange agreed with what he said, but he knew he couldn’t do this because there might be ordinary residents peeping or eavesdropping nearby.

“Okay, it’s not easy for everyone. If they don’t want to, just let it go. We just cooperate with other teams and leave some people to collect them. We also need to fight more wild monsters.”

Now they especially need wild monsters that drop fur. The Tailor Shop NPC only made clothes with warmth properties these past few days, but the average temperature was generally around +15°C.

Since the city lord has said so, if they catch ordinary residents and scold them, they don’t know how long they have to flatter the other party.

“Boss, the family members of our team members are collecting outside. How about letting them work overtime to get more living resources? We have a little bit of confidence in working hard outside.”

Although ordinary residents were being scolded, their relatives were not included in it. On the contrary, the residents who are currently collecting outside, except for those left by the team, were the family members of the team members.

Other ordinary residents were currently not going out.

He Ange said: “But the later it gets, the colder it gets outside. I’m afraid it won’t work if you don’t wear warm clothes.”

He really hoped that the team members will buy more warm clothes, so that he, the city lord, can earn some money. Winter will always pass, right? It was impossible not to make money.

A member understood what he meant, and immediately started flattering: “Today, I have a good harvest, and I will go to the tailor shop to buy two pieces later. I can earn money at any time. Anyway, I just have to clear the field, getting more living resources is the most important thing.”

The flattering made He Ange felt at ease physically and mentally. He finally has the feeling of being the big boss in the company he used to work for. He wanted the employees to work more and get less money: “That’s the case, I can only work hard for everyone.”

The other team members realized the intention of the city lord after a while, and they all followed suit and said they would go to buy clothes.

A window of the building next to them was slightly closed. It was very close to He Ange and his party. The window was slightly open, and the surroundings were quiet, so the people inside could hear what they said.

After listening to their words, the middle-aged woman closed the window, rubbed her hands, and went back to the bedroom. A person was lying on the bed in the bedroom, which was the daughter of a middle-aged woman.

When the girl saw her mother enter the room, she quickly got up and asked: “Mom, what did you hear there?”

Before, there was the sound of fighting outside, and almost all the people who rented the rental apartment were curious and opened the windows to see what was going on. As everyone knows, the ordinary residents staying outside were relatives of professional players.

But even if there were quite a few relatives of professional players, many of them were unwilling to come out, because coming out was a waste of work.

The middle-aged woman stretched her hands over the burning charcoal brazier to keep warm: “Those people have left, and the city lord’s group said that those who want to collect resources will work overtime, and they are talking about buying clothes.”

She thought it should be winter clothes, but before the city was in chaos, she had bought some furs from professional residents, and she had also learned tailoring skills, so she could make winter clothes by herself.

Besides, their house has enough firewood, and they only burned in the bedroom, so it was not a problem to use it for winter.

The girl was amazed that the three escaped unscathed. Everyone in the city knew that He Ange had always been a face-saving person.

“Mom? He Ange let the three of them go? It’s bizarre.”

The middle-aged woman was not surprised by this: “Those people can fight against a dozen people without losing the wind, and can also stand up against the patrolling NPCs. No matter how I look at it, it is not a character to be trifled with. He Ange is not a fool.”

It was obvious that the three outsiders were masters, and they might not lose if they fight again. After all, when they fought against the stall owner and the others at the beginning, they probably thought that they would encounter bigger troubles.

And indeed it happened.

The girl was full of envy: “It’s good if you have a career, unfortunately, we were unlucky at the beginning. We didn’t encounter colorful light spots, otherwise, we wouldn’t have to be so aggrieved at home and dare not go out.”

At first, she thought that the white dots were good enough to increase her total attribute value, but who would have thought that this was just the foundation?

The middle-aged woman was more open-minded and said consolingly: “Starting a career doesn’t mean everything will be fine. I can see that they are also divided into classes when they are together. I’m afraid there are also high and low strengths in the profession.”

The girl could only sigh secretly. According to what the dialogue channel said before, many city lords and influential people played a game before the end of the world.

The equipment and props in the game have become life-saving tools today. Why didn’t she play it back then? Now she regrets it.

“I should have played that game back then, alas, maybe I can get a city building order, so Mom, you will be the mother of the city lord.”

The middle-aged woman’s hands were already warmed, so she immediately gave it to her daughter and said: “Stop daydreaming, now we have to think about what to do when winter is over, we will not be able to stay in Dragon Flood City next year.”

Of course, the girl knew that she couldn’t stay. “As soon as spring begins, ask other people if they want to go to other city-states together. I just don’t know if we will leave the wolf’s den and enter the tiger’s den.”

It was like going to work before the end of the world. Those who were unhappy will resign and hope that the next job will be better, but the results were often much worse.

The middle-aged woman can only sigh silently, this was what she was worried about: “No matter what, we have to leave here. The world is so big, it’s impossible that there is no place we could stay.”

The girl scratched her messy hair helplessly. Ever since the chaos in Dragon Flood City, she had been hiding at home with her mother, not even caring about her image.

“I hope this winter will pass safely.” This was her biggest wish at present.

She finally found out that He Ange was a scumbag, he relied on his status as the city lord. Looking at the three people they saw today, they were the real masters.

“It will be fine, the winter is only three months, the worst is to treat ourselves like animals that need to hibernate.” But they still need to get up and eat every day.

The girl listened to her mother’s nagging and continued to lie on the bed and recall the past.

She was very happy at that time, and her father was by her side. Unfortunately, on the day of the end of the world, her father was lifted by a giant tree to save her.

It was fine before, her mother can rely on her handicrafts to set up a stall in the city to sell cold cakes. Unfortunately, there was another accident in the city, and now they can only lie at home.

Now she missed her father very much, but she dare not mention it in front of her mother, for fear that her mother will be sad.

She was not only sad but also blamed herself. If it wasn’t for saving her, how could something happen to her father?

With such depressed emotions, the girl’s consciousness gradually blurred and then fell into a deep sleep.

When the middle-aged woman sees her daughter asleep, she knows that she missed her father when she sees the child’s frowning.

The middle-aged woman’s hand patted her daughter gently, coaxing her into a deeper sleep.