Nana turned around and saw a beggar.

She is a woman, about 20 years old, wearing a skirt made entirely of patches. The reason why it is called a skirt is actually just because she has no pants. The top is simply lengthened so that it does not cover her body.

If you don't have shoes, just wrap your feet with cloth to prevent cuts and infections from stones.

Unkempt and scrawny. A typical beggar look.

Nana could see a lot of red sores, scars, and herpes on her arms and legs.

Nana knew at a glance that this was a disease common among prostitutes.

She does not necessarily have to be a full-time prostitute, but there are always times when the poor cannot survive, when they are hungry, and they need money for emergency relief. At that time, spreading their legs is the fastest and least dangerous option.

The woman was really pitifully thin, with shriveled breasts, sunken cheeks, and was suffering from diseases. She might have had one or two sons with her, while the man died early due to an accident.

A typical image of an unfortunate lower-class woman, but she is actually very good. At least she lived to adulthood. Just like in the ancient times of a certain world, the death rate of young children is always frighteningly high. Maybe two of them are born after five or six children.

Three survived to grow up.

"Are you...wait, is this voice Meimei?" Nana suddenly remembered something, and she was so excited that she couldn't believe it: "Are you still alive?! Didn't the Sand Boy Gang kill you all five years ago?

!”

Instantly, emotions flooded her heart, and she no longer cared about going to the Silver Bell Chamber of Commerce to sell items. She stepped forward to help the beggar up and hugged him tightly, but she did not dare to use too much force for fear of breaking her bones.

When she actually touched the other person, she realized that the other person was not a beggar, because she still had a sewing kit hanging on her waist, but there was no begging bowl or anything else to hold things in. As for her clothes, I'm afraid it was because of other things.

reason.

"A lot of things have happened... You are still alive. It's great, great..." The woman also cried, but her dry eyes were only red, and she couldn't even secrete tears, because... she made tears.

But it requires salt.

"Let's go, I'll take you to eat first and tell me what happened. After that...how many of you will survive?" Nana wiped her tears and pinched the other's fragile joints, her heart ached.

It's fatal.

"Let's talk slowly later... I'm very happy. You look very good now. I know that you must be the best among us. You have always been the smartest. You have become a professional by yourself, and

We are different. Look at how good you are now, so good." The woman said with red eyes, her tone full of joy.

But Nana was just sad in her heart. She found a small shop and ordered a bowl of meat porridge first, letting the other party fill her stomach first, and then ordered a lot of food.

Seeing what Meimei wanted to say, Nana forced herself to smile and raised her head: "Don't save me money, I am rich now. I am the vice-captain of a caravan with more than a hundred people! That's right.

,What are you doing?"

"Bringing a caravan? That's great, great, but I'm not bad either. I'm working as a tailor now, and I even have a shop of my own."

Nana and Meimei talked a lot while drinking porridge.

It turns out that the original gang vendetta did not kill everyone. Meimei and another little boy Kerry escaped.

But Kerry did not live too long. He was seriously injured. Meimei had been taking care of him, but he still only lasted two days.

In the past two days, Nana did not find any survivors, so she lurked and spent two months killing the other gang. No one could escape. In that operation, she also obtained

Assassination 1.

Originally, as a thief, she only had Skill 2.

After that, Nana was kidnapped, and was finally redeemed by a baron, and became the other party's retinue, riding in front of him and behind the horse, all the way to the Demon King's City, where the baron went to do military exploits.

The two of them have been chatting a lot, but Nana is basically talking. Nana has been talking about her own affairs. There is no end to what happened in the past five years. Especially after meeting the Demon King, the things she encountered were even more unbelievable. Every day.

There are new things. I met many people in Larante, went to Ontario, and later joined a caravan and traveled around the empire. There was the laughter of everyone in the caravan gathering together, the anger after being deceived, and the

The hardships of rushing on the snow-capped mountains and almost sliding down, the achievements of returning to Ontario with the harvest, and the surprise of seeing many unknown things.

This short period of time was happier than her entire life. Although she knew it was a bit inappropriate now, she still couldn't help but smile when she talked about it.

But Meimei didn't feel out of place. Instead, she was very happy, happy that Nana was living a good life.

After finishing the porridge, Nana packed everything up: "Let's go, I've finished talking about my business. Let's go to your house. I want to hear from you. If possible, do you want to come to my caravan? I can

Let’s talk to Uncle Da Ta about it.”

"But I don't know anything..."

"Aren't you a tailor? We are in short supply of tailors! Clothes are easily torn when walking outside."

The two people were talking as they walked towards Meimei's home.

But no matter what, Meimei was unwilling to go with Nana, as if she still had some concerns.

After walking for a while, we came to a commercial street. This place was similar to the former Larante Market. It was dirty and run-down, but it was crowded and very lively.

Meimei's home is better than the slums, but it is still very dilapidated. There are a few holes in the windows, but there are no boards to repair them. She is the best tailor on this street because she is a level 1 tailor and a professional.

But she is poorer than anyone else.

It's not her fault, it's just that without a husband, she has to raise four children by herself, and she is not allowed to abandon or give away the children.

Abandoning some children and letting them fend for themselves or giving them to the church to be raised is what many poor people often do.

"Then how do you feed them? There are four of them! You definitely don't have enough money to be a tailor." Nana felt a little distressed.

"Actually, it's still barely okay." Meimei sighed and said, "But I have to let the children go to work, my poor babies, I need more money to pay the rent, otherwise the landlord will evict us.

"

That's why she is said to be the nicest person on this street, because many people nowadays don't care much about their children and just see them as mouths waiting to be fed, or as investments for the future.

"Where do they work? How are they paid?" Nana asked with concern.

"Three of them are working for Early, the manager of the silver bell workshop. They earn one Star Maple silver coin every week, which is not much at all. And if Early comes to buy things from me, he can also get a special reward.

discount, I'm probably being ripped off in the long run...but there's nothing I can do about it."

"It's actually not bad. In any case, three silver coins a week is more than what you earn now, and labor is also good for the boys."

Meimei sighed again: "Maybe that's the case... But they are always tired and don't have enough to eat, because he works for a big shot, and the pay is not as much as I expected... These rich people are

Very stingy. They think they are very 'holy' and we should serve them for free."

When talking about Nana before, she seemed so happy, but when talking about her own affairs, she sighed and was very frustrated.

Everyone could see that she was malnourished and suffering from pain.

She loved her children dearly and it was hard to see her in this situation. However, life went on...

Nana could see that with her skills, there was no need to live such a life.

There was even an employee in her shop, a little girl. The girl helped Nana move all the packaged food to the shabby tailor shop without saying a word.

Nana knew very well that she was probably a slave purchased by Meimei.

This is a world where children only have a few paths to go...

Or be sold into slavery, which is the worst luck.

Or be beaten up and down by yourself.

Either you are lucky enough to have a mother like Meimei and you can get rare care.

This child has a mother and a slave at the same time... Meimei probably treats him as her own child. She said there are four children, but only three of them work outside. The last one,

Seeing this, Nana became sentimental again.

"Don't be like this, she's gotten a lot better recently." Seeing Nana's expression, Meimei comforted her.

"What's a good idea? Is it so good that you don't want to come with me?" Nana is puzzled. It is clear that the caravan does lack a tailor, and the wages are definitely better than here, and maybe the work will be much easier.

Speaking of this, Meimei looked at her old friend Nana, who grew up together in the streets and was in a small gang together, and seemed to have made up her mind.

She looked at Nana: "If I tell you, can you keep it secret for me?"

"Of course, I will keep it secret for you!" Nana said, patting her chest.

So, Meimei gave all the food to the helper boy and asked him to leave some for her brothers. Then she took Nana to a place.

Then, Nana saw a familiar place.

Union Workshop.

Meimei is still receiving treatment for Hualiu disease here. Meimei said that this place helps her treat her illness. She has also been helping here recently. Her tailoring skills can be of great help to the people here. She does not want to leave here and follow an unknown caravan.

Go out.

This was just established a month ago. Meimei was one of its first members. It was built here by a craftsman from the royal city.

Many people have joined.

Nana saw many familiar things, familiar simple classrooms, familiar blast furnaces, familiar atmospheres, familiar thoughts, and familiar conversations.

Many people are working hard here.

Nana did not force the other party to leave. She just left half of her money, 46 Xingfeng silver coins, to Meimei, saying that she would come back every year and hoped that the money could be turned into other things.

Then, she embarked on a journey to find the Silver Bell Chamber of Commerce.
Chapter completed!