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Le Si was angry, "Can't you stop being so awkward!"

Luo smiled lightly and comforted her, "Aren't you good at being gentle in front of children?"

"But..." Dorothy burst into tears, "ah, why did he insist on calling me ugly?"

Luo was amused, "Praise you for being so beautiful that I didn't see how happy you are."

"..." Blinking, Dorothy pursed her lips, "That kind of happiness can be hidden in my heart, and this kind of unhappiness can't be hidden even if I want to."

"Ah." The corner of his mouth curled up, and Luo approached her again, staring at her for a long time this time, and smiled lightly, "Look carefully, it's really pretty."

"..."

"Hey, what are you still doing at the door?" Puppy called impatiently from the room, "Come in quickly!"

"Here we come." Dorothy responded quickly and ran in.

Small in stature, with slightly curly light brown hair, Puppy puffed her cheeks with her hands on her hips, and stared at her with big brown eyes, "I'm in trouble, slow-moving! Can't you move faster!"

"I don't care about it, I don't care about it." Smiling and talking to herself as she stroked her chest, Dorothy stepped forward and smiled kindly, "I'm really sorry."

"No, it doesn't matter." Baozi's face was quickly stained with two blushes, and Pabby hurriedly ran into a room inside, "Sister, I brought the guests back!"

Mela.03

Dorothy followed.The room is extremely simple, except for a bed and a table, there are not even chairs.On the bamboo table was a somewhat damaged Coke bottle, probably picked up, with a branch of delicate narcissus inserted in it, adding a different kind of beauty to the room.

Lying on the bed was a skinny woman with blond curly hair and sickly fair skin.Seeing Dorothy come in, she quickly struggled to get up, leaned against the bed, and coughed several times, "Cough, cough! Hello, I'm sorry I can't get up to greet the guests."

Puppy introduced from the side, "This is my sister, Irene."

Dorothy hastily bowed slightly, "Ah, hello, my name is Simon Shaw Dorothy."

Luo walked in and smiled faintly, "Trafalgar? Luo."

Pappy looked at her sister, waved her arms and said with a smile, "Sister, I met them at the door and they came from other places. That brother is very flattering to me. We don't want them to go to the mayor's house, but stay in our house." How is home?"

"From out of town?" She was taken aback for a moment, and Irene suddenly changed her face, coughed a few times, and waved excitedly at Dorothy and the others, as if she wanted to drive them out, "No, no! You can't live with us Here! Cough cough! You go, either go to the mayor's house or leave, don't stay in our house!"

"Ah." Dorothy was a little at a loss for her sudden change of attitude, "W-what's wrong with us?"

Luo leaned against the wall, looking at the somewhat hysterical Irene, thoughtful.

"Come on, we don't welcome you!" Irene waved her hands excitedly, "No! Cough! Cough! You can't live in our house! Cough!" The cough became more and more fierce, and Irene suddenly covered her mouth, violently Coughing a few times, a small puddle of blood remained on the palm of his hand.

"Sister, sister!" Puppy was obviously frightened, and patted Irene on the back helplessly, "Sister! Sister!"

After coughing a few more times, Irene slowly calmed down.Leaning on the back of the bed, she closed her eyes, sighed deeply, and opened them again, her sunken eye sockets were full of helplessness, "I'm sorry, just now... I was a little emotional."

"No, it's okay, what's the matter with us?" Dorothy was surprised by the woman's rapidly changing attitude.

"No...just..." Irene looked at them, sighed deeply again, and asked, "What are you doing here at Mela?"

"Ah, we are going to Soap Island, passing by here, and want to stay here for one night." Dorothy explained.

"So——" Irene looked a little nervous, and asked, "Is there a record pointer?"

"Ah!!" Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Dorothy's jaw dropped and she turned to look at Luo, "Hey, we don't even have a record pointer!"

"Yes." Luo grinned indifferently, and smiled lightly, "I forgot."

"You're still so calm!!!" Dorothy said angrily, "If someone hadn't reminded us, what's the use of just having a map!! We'll just die at sea!!" She roared, "Your confident smile really matches Luffy is of the same nature!! Good-for-nothing but useless!!"

"Humph." Luo smiled disdainfully, and Luo looked at her, although he was smiling, his eyes were provocative, "Don't compare me with that straw hat boss, it's very annoying."

"..." Dorothy looked at him for a long time, and finally sighed deeply, she really didn't give up on this weird guy.Turning around and smiling at Irene, "No, what should I do?"

"Really..." Irene's eyes were full of worry, "I originally wanted to persuade you to leave here, but if there is no record pointer... that thing is only owned by the mayor, you have to live with him, and he will give it to you ..." paused again, and said very slightly, "I just don't know...can you wait until the record pointer is full..."

"Ah, are you going to the mayor's place?" Dorothy scratched her head, "But, is it not good to live at the mayor's house?" Judging by Puppy's reaction, it seems very bad.

Puppy still had a childish voice, "Well, none of the people who went to live in the mayor's house..."

"Puppy!" Irene frowned and shouted, interrupted him, coughed a few more times, and said, "Anyway, we can't keep you here. Sorry."

"Forget it, thank you." Dorothy smiled politely, "However, the people in this town seem to be very rich. The uncle who bought the map just now didn't even need to charge us. Why..." No more , Dorothy just looked at the poor house.

Smiling slightly, Irene looked out of the window helplessly, and sighed, "That guy doesn't charge you money. Firstly, he is not short of money. Secondly, he should have a bad conscience. I'm sorry to ask you for money. After all, they So it is not because of you that you are so rich..."

"Huh?" Dorothy was puzzled.

Irene continued her own words, "The residents of this town have no worries about food and clothing all their lives, but unfortunately, the people in our alley are not residents." She smiled sadly, "They are just slaves, flower farmers here. Those Elizabeths, all We cultivated it."

After a pause, she smiled softly, "There is no record pointer. It seems that you have to go to the mayor. I'll ask Pappy to show you the way."

"Ah, yes, thank you." Dorothy replied blankly. ...a flower farmer?Cultivating and selling flowers that make the townspeople enjoy the glory, but I am so poor and destitute...

"I can't let you stay at home anymore..." Puppy puffed her cheeks.

"It's okay." Luo said lightly, "Take us to the mayor's house." Looking at Irene again, he smiled, "Thank you."

"Ah." With a flush on her face, Irene was in a daze for a moment.

Puppy takes Dorothy and Lo to the mayor's house.Along the way, Dorothy asked him, "Your sister seems to be very ill, has she taken any medicine?" Thinking of Irene's pale face, being so weak, is it really all right?

"No." Puppy lowered her head and pursed her mouth. "There is no money at all. You can't get Bailey by cultivating Elizabeth. The town government only provides us with food and housing."

"Really." Dorothy replied softly, living in that kind of place, presumably the food would not be much better.Then he said, "Shall we help you buy medicine for your sister?"

"Hey." Puppy raised her head in dissatisfaction, frowning and puffing her cheeks, "Don't look down on us, I am a responsible adult! I will take good care of my sister. I caught a few fish during the day to make up for my sister! Hmph, you This ugly bastard who thinks being rich is great!"

Luo Dan smiled and patted Dorothy's head, "It's pretty."

"I don't mind, I don't mind." Patting her chest to comfort herself, Dorothy took a deep breath and smiled, "Haha, it's okay, I understand you, understand, understand... But this time you take us to the mayor Home, but it was a great help. We owe you kindness, so if you need help, come to us at any time."

"Hmph." Puppy folded her arms around her chest and raised her head, "A responsible adult like me will never need help!"

"..." Dorothy clenched her fists and couldn't help shouting, "Can you stop being like this..."

Before she could say the word "awkward", Luo patted her head again and smiled slightly, "The heart is also very beautiful."

"I don't mind, I don't mind." So he continued to stroke his chest and relax.

The two of them followed Pappy around several alleys and came to a wide pool.Pappy pointed to the tall tower building with a steeple in the center of the pool, and said, "Hey, this is the village chief's house." Dorothy looked up, and the top of the tower went straight into the sky, and light yellow curtains floated outside the semicircular windows. The blue and white lattice exterior wall is slightly peeling off, and it seems to be old.As I was watching carefully, a group of skinny people suddenly came from a distance, staggering towards this side, followed by a few domineering soldiers, shouting and reprimanding them for their slowness.

"What's that?" asked Dorothy.

Puppy looked at the soldiers in disgust, frowned and said, "It's the flower farmers who are in charge of building the Elizabeth tunnel, and those soldiers are escorting them to the work site."

Dorothy wondered: "Why don't you work?"

"We can rest for two hours at noon, and we will go to work later."

"It's like this..." Taking out the notebook habitually, Dorothy suffered another occupational disease, "How long do you usually work?"

"We went to the cultivation center at six o'clock in the morning, except for two hours at noon, we had to