Doomsday Totem

Chapter 361 Traveler
This morning, the snow stopped, and a fragment of newspaper exposed on the ground moved with the wind, and gradually flew away from the light snow and floated into the raging gray river.Seconds later, the rushing water carried the newspaper fragments into a large water wheel by the river, where they swirled in a rusty iron bucket.

Not long after, the waterwheel turned more than half a circle, brought the iron bucket to the commanding height, and then poured it into the water tank with a "crash".Then, the river flowed down along the channel made of iron sheets and bamboo tubes, and flowed into the pool of a stone house not far away.

Then a large, calloused hand reached into the sink and scooped up the scraps of newspaper.

"The Wild Rider from Ground Town is actually a humorous gentleman... um... last year's newspaper... still a gentleman... Who are you kidding..." With the voice of talking to himself, the big hand crumpled the fragments of the newspaper, casually Throw it into the corner of the room.

In the dim light, it can be seen that the owner of the big hand is a fat man with a shaggy beard.Wearing overalls with suspenders and short rubber boots, with a round belly, he looks very simple and honest.His name is Ah Nuo, and people in the town like to call him Uncle Nuo. He is the owner of the only bar in Shuiche Town.

After throwing away the newspaper, Uncle Nuo fetched a bucket of water from another pool.Because there is a lot of silt in the river water of the sewage river, it must be settled for one night before it can be drunk.Carrying the water, Uncle Nuo gently pushed open the side wooden door and came to a small kitchen.At this moment, a pot of porridge was cooking on the coal stove, which was steaming.Uncle Nuo first washed the vegetables and green onions with clean water, then cut them into pieces and poured them in, then added some salt, and then stirred them with a wooden spoon.

Finally, he tried the taste and felt that it was almost ready, so he filled half of the bowl with a large wooden bowl, put a wooden spoon on it, and then pushed open another door of the kitchen and came to the bar.This is a small space of about [-] square meters, which can be seen at a glance.On the left is a small bar. Opposite the bar is a stone stove in which firewood is burning. In the middle are three round wooden tables and some small benches. There is a small bed in the corner on the side of the stove. Small cupboard.

At this moment, there was a figure on the bed, covered from head to toe in the quilt, it could only be judged to be a well-proportioned human being.

Uncle Nuo came to the bed with the porridge, tapped on the wooden board beside the bed, and said softly, "Young man, breakfast is ready."

"En." The person curled up in the quilt responded, and then there was no response.

"Eat it while it's hot, it's good for your health." Uncle Nuo persuaded.

"Yeah." The person under the quilt still didn't move. Seeing this, Uncle Nuo had to shake his head, put the big wooden bowl on the small cabinet, and then went back to the kitchen.This young man, he met on the road two days ago.At that time, the other party was lying on the stones by the side of the road, his whole body was swollen, and his skin was festered in a large area.According to the situation, the radiation concentration in the body is too high.He originally thought it was a corpse, so he wanted to go up and search for it, and buried it by the way.As a result, as soon as he approached, the man opened his eyes, and at some point he drew his gun and pointed it at him.

After a few simple exchanges, the man took out a gold coin and threw it to him, asking him to find a safe place to stay.So he brought the other party back. Anyway, he runs a bar and can do business with anyone.However, the bars in the southern cemetery are generally very small, and his bar is no exception. There is only a small wooden bed in the corner for the passing travelers to stay overnight.When he came back, the man fell asleep with his head covered, curled up on the bed, motionless except for occasional meals.If it wasn't for the sound, he must have thought that the other party was dead.

Then, he made another half bowl of vegetable porridge, and climbed up to the attic through the small wooden ladder in the bar.This is a small triangular space with two small beds on the left and right.At this moment, a petite girl is lying on the small bed on the left.Looking closer, the girl was pretty, with a faint smile on her face, as if she was sleeping soundly.This is his daughter Susan, who is 14 years old and will be 15 in two months.

Looking at his daughter who was breathing steadily, Uncle Nuo sighed softly.After a while, he will send his daughter to "Grey Tower Town" north of Waterwheel Town as agreed, to be a maid for the exiled nobles there.Huita Town is a large ground town with a permanent population of more than 30, managed by exiled nobles sent by Silver City World.Waterwheel Town is one of the six subsidiary towns of Huita Town. Its main task is to save, transport and utilize water resources, which is equivalent to the reservoir and hydroelectric power plant of Huita Town.

He is full of worries about his daughter's future.After becoming a maid, if she is very lucky and can marry an exiled nobleman as his wife, it is of course a good thing, but the probability of this is very low.These exiled Silver City nobles usually have a lot of resentment, coupled with the sadistic nature of the worms, their personalities are generally brutal, and even a little distorted.

If Susan was unlucky, she would soon be tortured to death by them.And even if she lived to the end of her service period and regained her status as a free citizen, she could only work as a cemetery warbler in a bar.Unless you meet the right person to marry and have children, your life will be miserable.However, in this cruel land, being alive is considered a kind of happiness...

Susan is an ordinary human, without the talent of a worm.Five years ago, she strayed into the heavy radiation area. In order to save her, he owed the "Grey Wolf Mercenary Corps" a large sum of money, a full thirty gold coins.The rolling interest has more than doubled since last year, and the interest with principal is as high as 93 gold.In order to repay the debt, he had to borrow money from an exiled nobleman named "Brown Joel", and promised that after this winter, if he could not repay the debt, he would let Susan go to the Gray Tower as a maid for five years.

However, there was no way for him to raise enough money within a year.The reason why he borrowed this money was just to delay the time of the debt, and tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall.In his opinion, there is no essential difference between the members of the Gray Wolf Mercenary Group and the exiled nobles. No matter who falls into the hands of Susan, it will not be a good fate to meet her.

His only hope now is in a passing traveler.A few months ago, he hit it off with a man who stayed overnight.While the two were drunk, he cried out to strangers about his plight.

As a result, the traveler took out a badge engraved with a wolf's head and showed him after hearing his story, claiming that he was a land walker and willing to help him, and made an agreement with him that he would come back before the ice and snow melted next year Pay all his debts.Although he doesn't have much hope for this, after all, they just met by chance, but it is better to have hope than to have no hope...

Whenever he thought of that friend's words, he felt an inexplicable warmth in his heart.

"I am Huo walking on the vast land, the most loyal friend of kind people, wait for me when I come back." When he was leaving, the man hugged his shoulder vigorously, which made him feel at ease like never before, and he couldn't help but believe this. Vain promises.

However, most of the winter has passed, but there is still no sign of the man.As time went on, he became more and more worried.Perhaps, it's time to wake up from the dream. In this cold world, there has never been a miracle...

Before I knew it, tears filled my chest.After a while, he recovered from his thoughts, wiped his eyes, then tapped the edge of the bed lightly, and said softly, "Little slob, get up for breakfast."

The girl's eyelashes moved, but she didn't open her eyes.

"Little slob, let the sun dry your ass." Uncle Nuo said with a smile.

"No~ I'm going to sleep for a while~" The girl slowly opened her eyes, stretched her waist, yawned, then turned over, laying on the bed and refusing to get up.If placed in the western continent, she is not particularly beautiful, and there are some freckles on the tip of her nose, so she can only be regarded as pretty.But if you look closely, there is still a touch of charm between her brows, coupled with the youthful youthfulness of the cardamom age, she has a special charm at such a young age.

"I'll give you another 10 minutes of sleep, then get up, eat, and start working." Uncle Nuo said with a straight face.

"What are you doing? It's winter, and there are no guests." The girl said lazily.

"The guest is going to change the bandage later, so go and help." Uncle Nuo said.

"Didn't he not want help from others?" The girl sat up and said.

"His dressing technique, he wraps himself into a mummy every time, I look pitiful." Uncle Nuo said.

"That was voluntary~" the girl pouted.

"We can't behave like this. We need to be more considerate of others, so that others will be kind to us." Uncle Nuo said earnestly.

"Uncle Nuo..." The girl deliberately elongated her voice, calling her father like everyone else, and then said, "No wonder people call you a good old man, you don't look like a worm at all."

"What's wrong with worms? Can't worms be good people? I know a lot of kind worms..." Uncle Nuo was interrupted by his daughter in the middle of speaking.

"That's a minority, okay?" the girl said with some disdain.

"Actually, many worms are kind in their hearts, but the difficult living environment makes them have to... have to..." Uncle Nuo thought for a while, but he couldn't think of a suitable adjective.

"Be selfish," the girl reminded.

"Yes, be selfish..." Then, Uncle Nuo waved his hand and said, "Okay, get up, wash up, eat, and then go to work."

"Obey, my father." The girl stood up, with her hands hanging down, and said weakly.

About half an hour later, the girl brushed her teeth and washed her face, finished her breakfast, then lazily climbed down to the attic in loose pajamas and slippers, and came to the bed in the corner of the bar with drooping shoulders.She kicked the foot of the bed casually and called out, "Hey~"

The person covered from head to toe in the blanket was motionless and unresponsive.

"Hi!" she called out again, raising her voice.

"Huh?" The person on the bed finally moved.

"Get up, and help you change your medicine." She said reluctantly.

"No need." A cold voice came from under the quilt.

"Well, I respect your decision..." The girl shrugged and said again, "But I must tell you that if the wound is not treated properly, it will become inflamed, suppurative, and stinky, and then my father and I will kill you." throw it out..."

After a while, the person on the bed finally moved, and lifted the quilt, revealing a face covered with bandages, with only two eyes exposed.

"What's your name?" The girl asked curiously, looking at the young man in front of her.The latter's eyes moved, as if he glanced at her, and then he turned around under the blanket and continued to sleep.

(End of this chapter)