Edge of the Apocalypse Chapter 1204: On the mill town (fifth)
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Before six o'clock in the morning, the morning light rising from the east had illuminated the town of Mills, a small town located in the control area of Freedom Gate. The flag of Freedom Gate will be planted on the bell tower and church in the town, representing the belonging of this town. There is a guard in the town belonging to Freedom Gate. This guard of twenty men is responsible for maintaining order in Mill Town.
Regardless of the public opinion, at least in Mill Town, the guards and residents of Freedom Gate are in peace. The town pays taxes to the guards every month, and the taxes are within an acceptable range, even three cents lower than when it was under federal jurisdiction. A relatively low tax is a means of smoothly taking over surface towns by Freedom Gate, and it has been tried and tested. As long as the federal forces in the region are eliminated, the people on the surface actually don't care who will manage them. Because whoever takes over will have to pay taxes. Freedom Gate lowered taxes, minimizing the hostility of residents towards them. This practice was denounced as shameless by the critics in Babylon, but who would care about these comments?
At least people on the surface don’t. They only care about how well today is.
The same is true for Jesse, who works for a butcher in town. Every day, cattle and sheep are slaughtered, the fresh meat is sorted and sold. Jesse spends every day in her busy life, so much so that she is now in her early thirties, but she is still unmarried. Jessie was tired of such a life for a while, and wanted to escape from it all. But recently, he has no such thoughts. Because recently, he met a girl.
It is not appropriate to say that she knew each other. After all, this girl is just one of the customers of the butcher shop. When Jesse saw her for the first time, she felt that she had fallen in love with her. Although the girl only visits the butcher shop once a day, buys fresh steaks and leaves, the whole process will not take more than 5 minutes. But those few minutes became the happiest time of Jesse's day. A look in the girl's eyes, two or three sentences, can make him remember for a long time.
So those who have known Jesse these days have all noticed a change in this man. People used to call him "Jesse with a sad face", but someone called him "Jesse with a grinning face" two days ago.
When the morning light came up, Jesse was already busy. He is dealing with the freshly thawed steak with a sharp meat parser. He needs to separate the bones from the meat, which he has already done very well. He can even look at the street outside the store as he does now, but he doesn't need to stop at all. In his eager anticipation, when people began to move on the street, the figure he was looking forward to finally appeared at the corner of the street facing the butcher's shop.
The girl is here again, and Jesse has even prepared what the girl wants, because the steaks she chooses are almost the same each time, every day. Jesse packed her food in advance, so you can talk to the girl for the time saved. For him, it's good to listen to her more.
The girl walked into the store. She still wore a heavy cloak and wrapped herself tightly, revealing only a small part of her face. She has a very peculiar pale red skin, even though Jesse's boss reminded him that this complexion is very abnormal. If the girl wasn't sick, she might not be a human being. But Jesse didn't pay attention to this, which was exactly the old saying that love would turn the wisest person into an idiot.
"Good morning." Jesse wiped his bloodstained hands, trying to squeeze a smile.
The girl said in a slightly hoarse voice in the cloak: "I need some steaks, Mr. Jesse."
Jesse's face seemed to shine, and he was even a little excited. The girl was the only person in this town who would call him her husband. He thought it was a sign that the girl had a good impression of him. He quickly took out the packaged food and put it on the counter, saying: "It's still the same, but I promise, the meat is very fresh today."
"Thank you." The girl paid the money, and then turned around to leave.
Jesse mustered up the courage and said: "I'll send you back, these things are not light."
"How about that, it will disturb your work."
Jessie ran over: "Don't say that, you are our customer, it is right to serve you, nothing will be delayed."
The girl smiled and said: "Thank you for your kindness, but I am leaving soon, but I can no longer patronize your business."
"What?" Jesse lost his voice: "You are leaving? Why, haven't you just moved to town? Why are you leaving so soon."
"Well, of course I have my own reasons, but it is not convenient to explain to you. So today, it should be the last time to visit, please take care, Mr. Jesse." The girl picked up the food, walked across the street, and disappeared Bends.
If Jesse has lost something, he walks towards the store with downcast head, and then picks up the meat-chopping knife. Jesse only feels that the knife is so heavy. Suddenly, Jesse turned his head, and Henry the butcher smoked his flue and said: "I will leave you for a long time in the morning."
"What did you say, boss?"
"Idiot, don't any girls like you." Henry took the knife in Jesse's hand and pushed him: "I'm leaving now. If you like her, you can tell her quickly. Maybe There is still a chance."
"Really...really?" Jesse hesitated: "But what's the use, she's going to leave."
"It's so annoying." The butcher kicked him. "Hurry up and tell the girl that you want her to stay. Understood, idiot. If you go, you may still have a chance, but if you don't, you will never Chance."
Jesse's eyes lit up when she heard it, and she nodded and said: "I see, boss."
"What a dumb guy, I said you, at least change your clothes first." Henry yelled as Jesse had run into the street, but Jesse didn’t mean to stop. In the end, the butcher only I can shake my head and laugh and curse: "What a shy guy."
The sun pours down from above, and Jesse walks briskly. The town of Mills is not big. For Jesse, who was born in this small town, he can go to any place he wants with his eyes closed. He had delivered food to a girl before, so he knew that the girl lived in the old Jili Street area. It is the most remote place in the town, and the low bungalows are characteristic of the old street. Those houses have low rents, and usually the poor people in the town will rent them on this street.
Jessie couldn’t imagine how a good girl like her could live here. When walking through the old street, the eyes of the idle guys in the houses, windows and under the eaves made him unbearable. , Let alone a girl. Suddenly Jesse got an inexplicable anger. He even thought that if the girl was willing to stay for himself, he would rent a house on Andre Street in the best environment.
In random thoughts, Jesse stopped in front of a two-story building. In Laojie, the two-story building is already considered luxurious. He walked up the steps, stood in front of the door, raised his hand to knock on the door, but hesitated. Suddenly the door opened by itself, and the girl stood in the door, looking at each other. Jesse flushed with embarrassment, but the girl said generously: "Mr. Jesse, is there anything wrong?"
The girl who returned home took off her cloak, and Jesse only noticed that she was unusually tall. The long, jet-black hair hanging down to the hips is like black silk and satin, and the delicate features are as beautiful as sculptures. Although she was standing in front of her, Jesse suddenly felt that the girl was far away from him, far out of reach.
For a while, he didn't know what to say.
At this moment a man's voice sounded upstairs: "Lola, what's the matter?"
"Nothing."
Jessie knew that the girl was called Lola, and the young man's voice upstairs made him feel a little trembling. He asked hopefully, "Is that your brother?"
"No, it's my husband." The girl blinked, her eyes shining with happiness.
Jessie staggered back down the steps like being hit by a sledgehammer, and accidentally twisted himself and fell to the ground. He got up quickly again, and the girl went out and asked: "Mr. Jesse, are you okay?"
"Nothing, excuse me, I want to tell you a good journey..." Jessie smiled reluctantly, and then left with a bit of embarrassment. He looked back upstairs and saw a young man standing at the window on the second floor. He has striking short silver hair and no expression on his face, but his features are impeccably handsome. Jesse smiled bitterly and completely lost her mind to the girl.
Alan drew half of the curtains and walked back to the hall. In the hall, Adele shrank herself on a patched sofa. She flipped through a book of yellowed poems, lazy like a winter cat. At this time, Laura opened the door and said with a small smile: "That's the butcher's clerk, who came to say goodbye to me."
"I didn't say that I was leaving tomorrow. That was only Mirren's wishful thinking."
Adele put down the collection of poems and said, "Ellen, it’s been a week. It’s been a week since we left the Iron Prison. I think we must leave regardless of whether we have news or not. If you don’t want to bring Beskard More troublesome words."
Allen resolutely said: "I won't go anywhere until there is no news from Grandpa!"
"Mr. Horn will be fine, a Fendi, plus the inexplicable guy, I’m sure they can’t do anything with Mr. Horn! You should think about yourself and think about the people around you. People!" Adele said in a rare solemn tone.
Ellen looked at her, and sighed after a moment: "Sorry, I know that if I continue to stay, it will cause trouble to you and General Mirren. But I don’t worry about Grandpa, if I’m a Fendi I'm not worried at all, but there is that person, he is the murderer who killed Tangliou."
"But don’t forget that the reason he succeeded at the time was because Tangliou and Lord Swordsman fought first, and he took advantage of the sneak attack before he succeeded. But this time the situation is different, Horn My husband will never let him have a chance to succeed." Adele insisted.
"I hope so too, but you said it too. Adele, it's been a week. Grandpa should always contact me anyway. But now, we don't even have any news."
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