Alien world

Chapter 937 Chapter 168. Free Blade
"Maybe he wants to sell the grain at a high price?"

"So much meat will go bad in just one day, who are you going to sell it to?"

"We can make it into bacon."

"I know Dar, he is not a bad person." Lame Babu's words made Dar quietly straighten his chest. He raised his head and sniffed: "And I know my nose... the smell of cooking meat."

"I am... Olme just fine." Francois kept his promise, "Then, tell me why you are here."

"What if I just come for a bowl of broth?"

"Of course." Francois asked someone to bring a chair.

Lame Babu decided to get straight to the point: "Actually, I want to ask, is there anything I can do to help?"

Francois stared at Lame Bob for a few seconds, then glanced at the reactions of Dar and the others, and turned sideways: "Come in first."

The magic image had been temporarily put away. Meat was bubbling in three large pots, and the aroma of meat began to emanate. The gang members gathered around the bonfire, their eyes devout, as if they were performing some evil ritual.

Someone brought a chair to the lame Babu who was leaning on a cane, and Francois stood in front of him: "To be honest, since you came here on your own initiative, I don't believe you... But Dar said you are a wizard's apprentice and can heal diseases."

"I do know a few herbs..."

"How about I share your food with you to treat my gang members?"

Lame Babu glanced at the honest thugs and said, "Is that all we need to do?"

"That's all we need to do for now..."

The lack of trust between Francois and Lame Babu will take time to accumulate.

While the meat was in the pot, Lame Babu checked the condition of the gang members and the children. In addition to some people with untreated external injuries, there were two gang members with fever, which was most likely a precursor to the epidemic.

"But it could just be a fever. Winter is coming, and it's getting colder outside. You can observe again—"

"No, if you need any herbs, I'll give you money and you go and prepare them." Francois said without hesitation.

Lame Babu gave Francois a long look and said, "It's in my shed. Send your men to come with me and get it."

Francois asked Little Small to go with him, and then followed from a distance, watching Lame Babu direct Little Small to find the herbs without any surprise, and then return to the nest before them.

The thugs gathered in front of the pot, as if they wanted to suck up all the air around it.

Francois sniffed it and said, "It's still a little short of flavor... Don't you have any spices?"

"There's salt in the kitchen!"

The man who had been Darl's lackey, and who was now Francois's lackey, ran to get the salt shaker.

"I hid some spices!"

One of the thugs said this as he took off his shoes and took out the cloth bag inside. He was then kicked away by his companions while they were cursing at him.

At this time, Lame Babu also came back and ground herbs for the two gang members who had a fever. He said, "After eating and resting for a night, you should be fine."

The meat was finally cooked, and the aroma of meat that met Francois's expectations finally wafted out.

Dahl and the others brought the bowls, waiting anxiously for Francois to speak.

"Eat it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the thugs rushed forward.

"Don't grab it—don't grab it!" Dahl used his prestige as an old boss to make the thugs obey him, "I'll serve it to you!"

He glanced at Francois cautiously, and seeing that the new boss had no objection, he gave Little Smo a look that said "You're still a little naive, kid", and proudly ordered his gang members to carry the sacks of black bread, fill them with meat and broth, and stuff them with a piece of black bread.

The adults ran to the corner to tear into the cooked meat, and then it was the turn of the greedy children.

At this time, Lame Babu said, "Let the child eat less."

A few older children glared at him, but he didn't care: "They have been hungry for too long. If they eat too much all of a sudden, their stomachs will burst."

"Do as Babu says." Dahl took the children's broken bowls, filled them with broth, and handed them a slightly smaller piece of black bread.

All complaints and dissatisfaction disappeared after taking the first sip of the broth with oil floating on it. The children soaked the black bread, which was as hard as a stone, into the broth, and the delicious taste almost swallowed their tongues.

Dar finally served Francois a bowl, no soup, all meat, and the bread was also better white bread.

"Where did it come from?"

"It saves some money in the kitchen." Dahl said with a flattering smile.

Francois took the bowl and bread and walked up to Lame Babu.

Lame Babu waved his hand: "I am an old man and cannot eat so much meat."

Francois poured back half of the soup and served him some more. Dahl was not polite.

There was no talking in the big house, but the sound of chewing could be heard everywhere. Dal also served himself a bowl and squatted aside to start eating.

The thugs were lying everywhere with bulging bellies.

After a meal of hot and fragrant meat soup, the morale of the Salted Fish Gang reached its highest point, and no one objected to Francois becoming the boss anymore.

"Do you have any family?" Francois asked.

There was almost a pot of soup and half a pot of meat left.

Orphans are only a minority, most gangsters have families.

"Take them over too."

"You can't just leave them here to die, can you?" The gangsters hesitated, and Francois said patiently. Without giving them time to hesitate, he asked Dahl to bring all the gangsters' families over.

"You want to escape from Xing'er City?" Lame Babu's guess was a little off. "Excuse me... it's the same everywhere else."

“But not outside.”

"What do you think..." Lame Bob wanted to say something, but Francois' attention was on the older child who walked in front of him.

"what happened?"

"My mother sold me here..."

"You want to pick her up?"

"No." The older boy shook his head. This was the part that made him hesitate: he didn't like selling out his family, but the new boss wanted them to...

"Then don't answer it."

Francois didn't believe that she would follow them firmly if she saw someone who would sell her own child - even if she would... there were so many people who needed to be saved, why waste time on someone who was not worth saving?
Soon, the gangsters' families were brought in. In addition to them, there were also some residents who came over after seeing the greasy look on the gangsters' lips.

The chef - or rather, the thug in charge of cooking from the Salted Fish Gang - added some water to the broth and cooked three pots of authentic broth, but still managed to feed the family a full meal.

Francois told them his origins in front of Lame Babu: "I am here to rescue you."

Except for the gangsters who were already determined to fight, most of the people looked confused. Some even wanted to slip away, but were stopped by Xiao Smo and his men.

"I should have known...you are different from the people here." Lame Babu said with emotion.

"Do you want to join?"

Francois didn't plan to investigate further. Lame Babu was an old man with prestige here, and his joining could save a lot of trouble.

"So, can you tell me your names?"

"Salted Fish Gang!" Dal's voice was loud.

Francois looked at him, thought for a moment and said, "Free Blade, this is our name."

(End of this chapter)