Chapter 0259 Different Fate
Saved.
Lorraine didn't sleep all night, holding the gold coins in her palm and opening her eyes until the next day. She couldn't sleep, and her mind was rumbling, but she didn't know what she was thinking about. The scene of throwing gold coins at the back door of the tavern appeared repeatedly.
When she heard the hotel owner stepping heavily and cursing and walking into the basement to collect rent, Lorraine realized that the night had passed. She got up from the thatched grass on the ground and carefully opened the door of the small compartment.
The air in the basement was turbid and the light was zero. The hotel owner held an oil lamp and kicked the door of each compartment with his feet, shouting, "Get up quickly, poor guys, the time to pay the rent is up. If you don't have money, get out."
There were two stout guys behind the boss, who were also angry. They were never ruthless in dealing with the poor, and they fought hard without collecting rent. No begging was useless and they threw the person on the street and let them die of starvation.
Every cubicle in the hotel basement is crowded with people, living in such a place without dignity and reputation. But many people can't afford to rent a day with five copper coins, and have to kneel down in vain to make the boss show mercy.
Noisy and pleading sounds came one after another, mixed together, and they were like this every day. Until a crisp voice stood up and shouted, "Boss, I'll pay for everyone's rent here."
What?
The hotel owner turned his head and raised the oil lamp to illuminate a thin boy and a yellow coin in the palm of the boy.
Gold.
"Boy, where did you steal it?" The hotel owner cursed loudly and reached out to grab it. The two thick guys behind him also stared at him and were about to push him forward.
The thin Lorraine stood still and shouted loudly: "Put your dirty hands away, I got a very good job, this is the advance salary I received. A nobleman expressed his favor to me. Do you dare to touch me and try?"
In the other world with strict hierarchy, there is a huge gap between nobles and civilians. There are a lot of laws and regulations for civilians in society, but nobles have privileges to ignore those terrible constraints.
The hotel owner stopped with his hand, looked at the gold coins, and then looked at the thin boy's confident face, and did not dare to act rashly for a while. However, Lorraine sneered disdainfully and threw out the gold coins he had finally obtained.
It’s so cool, it turns out that the condescending gift is so cool!
It was the first time Lorraine's family saw gold coins. Now she threw it out, and she was even more imposing. She was obviously shorter than the hotel owner, but she was arrogant at the moment, and she felt that everyone in front of her was lower than her.
The hotel owner stretched out his hands to pick up the gold coin, and was very happy. "Okay, okay, you can stay in the future until the gold coin is used up. By the way, you must be hungry, I will prepare food and hot water for you."
My heads were squeezed out from the basement, and I couldn't believe that someone had taken out a gold coin to help me. It was like a pie falling from the sky.
Lorraine's father also walked out of the compartment and sighed in a low voice: "Child, that's a gold coin. Our family has never made such a sum of money."
Yes, it's a lot of money.
Lorraine loosened her shoulders and replied softly: "Dad, bless me. This time someone gave me a chance to survive, and I also gave others the same chance. Ilmat is guiding me, and I will seize it at all costs."
In order to earn that gold coin, the hotel owner brought a lot of food to the residents in the basement. In order to please Lorraine, she also sent her a piece of meat.
When Lorraine saw the piece of jerky that had been left for many years, she waved disdainfully: "Give it to others, I want to eat better."
The hotel owner was even more surprised and dared not offend him easily.
Only Lorraine herself knew that she had already digested the food she had eaten last night, and she felt hungry now. But she knew that this was a world of personal eating people, and she had to put her posture out and not be looked down upon.
After leaving the hotel and heading to the tavern, the two places were actually half a street away, and they arrived after walking for a while. Lorraine found that she was not the earliest, and there were people who had not left even overnight and blew all night in the cold wind.
It was a middle-aged man hiding in the corner of the tavern with his arms held in his arms, his thin and dark face was filled with unhealthy and sickly delicacies. He kept trembling with his eyes closed, as if he would die in the next second.
"Hey, are you waiting to go into the tavern to meet the big guy?" Lorraine asked in a low voice.
The black and thin middle-aged man seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, so he opened his eyes slightly and closed it weakly.
Lorraine took out half of the leftover bread from her clothes last night and said, "Give it, let's eat it."
What to eat? The black and thin middle-aged man was almost hungry to eat. He stretched out his shriveled palm and grabbed the half of the bread and stuffed it into his mouth. But he only stuffed it half a mouthful, then turned around and ran towards the alley near the tavern.
Lorraine turned her head and followed a few steps. She saw two children huddled inside deep in the alley, crying hungry. She sighed in her heart, "It's great, I saved the family again."
Lorraine brought the bread home last night, so naturally her parents couldn't eat it all. Saving food has become a deep-rooted idea in their minds. When she went out, her father forced half of the bread and said, "If you don't work, come back."
"There is nothing wrong, I can do it." Lorraine waited at the entrance of the tavern. After waiting for a few hours, she didn't wait for the tavern to open. Instead, she was waiting for people who hadn't finished their meal yesterday and wanted to continue today.
The guy who taught Lorraine to hide food last night also came. He greeted Lorraine enthusiastically and discussed how to go in and have another meal. Lorraine quietly distanced him and said nothing more.
The girl walked towards the back door of the tavern, and the thin black middle-aged man who received her food followed silently.
"Child, can you tell me what happened last night?" Hei Slender Middle-aged asked pleaded, "I know the news is too late. I finally arrived and the tavern has closed. I asked a lot of people, and it feels like it is recruiting people."
The black and thin middle-aged man gave his children first when he had food, which greatly increased Lorraine's favorability for him. She nodded slightly and said, "Yes, there was a big man here for free last night. But only those who passed his test were qualified to meet him."
"Child, you must have passed the test, right?" asked the black and thin middle-aged man anxiously, "What exactly is the test? Is there any more today?"
"I probably passed it." Lorraine probably told what she encountered last night. She saw the thin black man showing a little regret, and suddenly realized that the other party might not have told the truth. "Someone told me to come to the tavern today, but the others are not clear."
Hei Shou Middle Age was even more anxious and begged again: "Child, help me. I have two little guys to raise and can't find a job. Our whole family will die."
Lorraine did not refuse in person, and her voice was low, "I saw your child. But I don't know how to help you. I don't know who is favoring me yet. I can't predict his temper at all."
The black and thin middle-aged man had a trembling skin and was about to kneel down and cry to Lorraine.
At this moment, a irritable shout rang at the door of the tavern. The orc owner came out and shouted, "Get out, there is no free food today. Only those who received the notice last night can come in, and everyone else gets out of here."
Lorraine's voice was weaker, "Sorry, I have to go. My fate is still uncertain."
The thin girl left quickly, and the thin middle-aged man was crying without tears. Behind him, two young children were only half full and were calling "Dad".
Chapter completed!