Did the lord get rid of poverty and become rich today?

Almshouses are actually orphanages.

The name of the orphanage is not Qiqidian, so the children who come out of the orphanage will not all become CEOs, marry Bai Fumei and go to the pinnacle of life, let alone the golden elixir will shatter the void.

Most of them are still struggling in the quagmire of the bottom of society when they are adults, struggling to survive for three meals a day and three winters.

Stalov brought a total of 17 men, big and small, who had experience in going to sea. The oldest was 39 years old, and he boarded the ship at the age of 18. He has been floating at sea for 20 years and has rich experience.

Most of these young men had previously served on the same ship.

Three years ago, the owner of the ship came to the poorhouse and wanted to recruit a group of sailors, even if they had no sea experience, the treatment they gave seemed to be very generous.

This is a huge allure for young people who have just grown up and can't find a good job.

They signed a contract and went to work on the ship.

However, the owner of the ship turned his back on his promise and exploited the loopholes in the contract deliberately set up to squeeze them for three years.

In fact, among this group of sea merchants, few people treated the sailors as favorably as Stalov.

In the eyes of those capitalists, these miserable sailors are a squeezeable resource that can be replaced at any time. If they get sick or injured due to excessive labor, they will find an excuse to terminate the contract and replace them. By the way, they can also blackmail the sailors. Liquidated damages.

The general environment is like this, don't treat them as human beings.

The bustling business of Kanas City has almost saturated many ordinary jobs that don't require brainpower. They can't survive in the city, and they are crowded out and bullied by street fighters, so they can only choose to go to sea.

So they often have no choice, and they have to admit it even if they pinch their noses.

It's clear at a glance how to choose between being starved to death and freezing to death because you can't find a job, or being squeezed but having something to eat anyway.

They just want to live.

Only half a month ago, the ship they were on encountered pirates at sea.

The boat and cargo were towed away by the pirates, and they were thrown overboard, but fortunately not far from shore, they floated back to land with a few oak barrels and small sampans.

Of the 31 sailors in total, only 12 returned alive. As for the owner of the ship, he was killed by pirates.

Starov's ship can accommodate a limited number of people, he can't arrange them all on his own ship, and he doesn't want them to continue to be bullied and exploited, so he can only look around for a good character ship owner, it just so happens that Qiao Yi and Lando Entered Starov's field of vision.

In any case, at least the elves absolutely disdain to exploit a group of poor human sailors.

For this reason, Stalov also specially transferred several experienced seamen from his own ship to express his sincerity.

After all, those young people with only three years of sea experience are really helpless, while experienced old sailors are treasures and living maps at sea.

Once Joe was going to take these young men, he had to add something else.

In this way, as soon as Joe recruited seamen, the matter was settled. They agreed to set off from Canas Port two days later, and Stalov would send them north.

After signing the contract and agreeing on the meeting time and location, it was already dark when Qiao Yi and Lando returned to the hotel.

Lan Ni was sitting at the counter, holding a snow-white kitten that came from nowhere, and was feeding the cat milk.

"came back?"

Lenny pinched the cat's ears without raising her head, and asked, "Joe One, are you taking orders? Just those things you sent me today. Mrs. Serrael wants to order some porcelain and wine bottles and glasses for the next month's birthday party."

Joe looked at Lando.

Lando also looked at Qiao Yi.

Sure enough!

"Take it." Joe grinned and showed his small white teeth.

……

After dinner, Qiao Yi and Lando went for a walk on the street to digest food.

Compared with the city building day event that I met when I came last time, Kanas City is cooler now.

Although there are still many people on the street, it is not crowded.

There are still many pirated dolls in those stores, even more than before.

In the past two months, there has been no cargo going south from Stormwind, which made these guys even fatter.

But soon, not long before, it will be over.

Joe dragged Lando around aimlessly, and before he knew it, he came to the flower shop from last time.

The owner, Liz, is cleaning up and preparing to close, but she doesn't seem to be in a good mood.

Seeing a familiar guest again, Liz was obviously a little surprised.

This is too good-looking for customers, and the impression is too deep.

The girl was holding the broom and standing at the door, smiling at Qiao Yi and Lando, but she couldn't hide the tiredness on her face: "Uh... Hey, we meet again. Do you need to buy flowers? There are still some today, but not It's so fresh, you can come back tomorrow."

Lando tightened his grip on Qiao Yi's hand.

Obviously still thinking about the rose that Liz gave last time as an extra head.

childish!mean!Still hold grudges!

Qiao Yi put a bunch of labels on Lando in his heart, went into the store and plucked the bright red petals of the roses beside the remaining bunches of flowers, and smiled at Lise: "Just passing by...but These flowers look nice, can you sell me this bouquet?"

"what……"

Lise opened her mouth, came over and took a look at the bunch of slightly wilted roses, and hesitated: "This... sir, these are not fresh anymore, are you sure you want them?... If you really like them, pick new ones tomorrow." When the flowers arrive, I can send them to you."

"Also... OK?" Qiao Yi thought for a while, then nodded: "I live in the Green Field Hotel, you can come to see me tomorrow morning. But I want this bunch too."

Lisi froze for a moment when she heard Qiao Yi's request, and then hurriedly waved her hands and said, "Then you won't be charged for this bunch, since it's going to be closed anyway, so I'll treat it as a gift for you."

No, don't give it away.

Otherwise, some elf vinegar jar will blow up.

He still wants to sleep well tonight.

Qiao Yi insisted on giving the money, and pulled Lando out with flowers, elbowed Lando, "Lando, I'll show you a magic show, do you want to watch it?"

"Magic?" Lando's blue eyes blinked, a little dazed.

"Hmm...you can understand it as magic?" Joe shook the flower in his hand.

Lando nodded hesitantly.

"Then close your eyes."

"it is good."

Lando's senses are extremely keen. Lando, who possesses the powerful magic power of the ancient elves, can feel any fluctuation of magic around him.

At the moment when the fragrance of the flowers suddenly became stronger, Lando didn't notice anything unusual.

"Okay, open your eyes."

He opened his eyes.

In front of him was a bouquet of blue roses.

There are very few blue roses in nature.

That's why Lando was obviously taken aback when he saw the big dazzling blue in front of him.

"Like it? It's as beautiful as your eyes."

"Ah."

Lando took the flowers without asking how they got there.

He was waiting for the day when Qiao Yi would take the initiative to tell him.

But it was obvious that his mood became visibly happier, and the corners of his lips were slightly upturned.

There was no one on the corner, and he wouldn't care if there were.

Nobody here knows them anyway.

"But compared to it, I like you more."

So Lando approached Qiao Yi, lowered his head slightly, and lightly touched Qiao Yi's lips.

Lisi, who happened to close the door and was about to go home, passed by and saw this scene.

Eyes intertwined, Lise was stunned for a moment, then blushed and smiled clearly, and ran away with the basket.

emmmma...

See it when you see it.

Joe smacked his mouth, grabbed Lando, whose ears were flushed, and yawned: "Let's go, go back to sleep. I'm sleepy."

"it is good."

Just as they were about to go back, a woman wrapped in a kerchief suddenly turned out of the alley and bumped into Joe's shoulder unexpectedly.

"boom--"

Joe was unsteady on his feet, and took a few steps back, being supported by Lando.

Turning his head, the person who hit him had already turned his face and ran away, looking a little flustered.

Qiao frowned slightly as soon as he saw the figure disappearing into another alley.

"what happened?"

Qiao Yi glanced over there: "The one just now... seems to be Sirius's wife?"

But it looks much different from the image when we met last time.

The clothes on his body are just ordinary linen, the jewelry on his ears and neck are gone, his face is not very good-looking, and there are heavy dark circles under his eyes.

Joe blinked and felt the smell.

This is... a car overturned?It seems that time management is not good.

Joe spread his hands towards Lando: "Never mind him. Go back, I'm tired."

……

Qiao Yi had actually coveted the little milk cat in Lenny's arms for a long time.

Creatures like meow are simply born to enslave human beings.

Whether it is the furry and round back of the head or the soft and tender meat pads, they are all very attractive to people.

So when Lenny pried open the door of Qiao Yi and Lando's room, and stuffed the kitten into Qiao Yi's arms, hoping that Qiao Yi and Lando would take care of it for two days, Qiao Yi held the soft, warm and furry little thing My heart will melt.

He agreed to the request without hesitation.

The kitten who has just learned to run and jump after weaning is very energetic and not afraid of strangers. After entering the house and being put on the bed, she wagged her little tail and began to explore on the soft bed.

This is a long-haired Xiaobai with golden blue mandarin duck eyes, and its short legs are sunk in the soft quilt, making it look like a snow-white fluffy ball.

As soon as Joe lay down on the bed, he stretched out his finger and poked its head.

"Mi~"

The milk cat shook its head from being poked, stumbled and purred in a ball, and protested softly.

Qiao Yi squeezed the milk cat's pink and tender meat pad, showing a cat slave's smile.

How can cats be so cute?

Lando obviously also likes small animals, which can be seen from the second meeting when he fed Kaka the squirrel under the tree.

The two of them just lay on the bed and watched the little white pompom chasing its tail in circles on the bed, and then laughed together when their eyes met. They both felt quite happy.

Until the milk cat was tired from tossing around, she fell asleep with her head on her back and began to purr.

Joe squeezed the little paw, gently moved it to the pillow at the head of the bed, and kissed Lando's ear by the way: "Go to sleep."

Lando turned over to hold Qiao Yi, leaned over and kissed Qiao Yi's lower lip, and after a long kiss, he turned back to embrace Qiao Yi, and kissed the soft hair on the top of Qiao Yi: "Good night, Qiao Yi .”

"Good night, Lando."

Joe Yi, who was so sleepy that the corners of his eyes were watery, replied, thinking in a daze, it seemed that Lando had never called him Stuart or his full name, but only called him Joe Yi.

Then darkness came and consciousness sank into the depths.

The moonlight came in through the window and sprinkled on the bedside.

The ears of the sleeping cat curled up on top of Lando's head moved, and a layer of moon-white brilliance gradually appeared on its body as the moonlight shone on it.

Then those light spots slowly floated and entangled...

Lando's cheeks and forehead seemed to be affected, and the silver-white totem pattern that appeared on the day of the ceremony gradually emerged.

A good night's sleep.

When Joe woke up, Lando didn't seem to be on the bed.

He swam for a long time with half-open eyes, and slowly came to his senses, only to find that he seemed to be holding something soft and warm...something in his arms.

Like a... child?

With a dazed head, Joe lifted a corner of the quilt, dumbfounded.

In his arms, there was indeed a blond child snuggling with milk.

The child looked about five or six years old, and was holding Qiao Yi's arm in his arms.

The light golden soft hair spread out on Qiao Yi's chest and the bed sheets, the white and soft face seemed to be covered with water, and there was some round baby fat, and the round elf pointed ears were sticking to Qiao Yi's cheeks obediently. on the chest.

The child's eyelashes were very long, drooping like butterfly wings, his small mouth was slightly opened, and his breath fell on Qiao Yi's skin like a feather.

As soon as Qiao looked at the exquisite and cute child in his arms, his brain froze.

this? ? ? ? ? ?

The milk cat on the bedside turned over to face the sun, revealing its belly, shaking its little paws and continuing to sleep on its back, as if nothing happened last night.

The author has something to say: I'm just curious, why are there still boys playing basketball when it's dark and the lights are still on?

Can you see where the basketball is?

The eyesight is not so good, passing the stadium at night I thought they were catching chicks in the eagle? ? ?