Chapter 12 Two more props
It was necessary to rest for a while after the meal, especially for Tom, because he was so full that his belly was as big as a ball.
Baier squatted beside Tom and poked Tom's round belly curiously.
"Ahhh~ Roar~" Tom lay on his back, making sounds that sounded like both laughing and screaming in pain. His funny expression made Bayer laugh.
"Is Tom okay? All that food... I think I gave him too much." Molly asked worriedly.
"It's okay, he just needs to lie down for a while." Zhang Da also has confidence in Tom's physique. His intestines and stomach can go all the way to the tip of his tail.
"I just ate a little more. When I was young, I could eat the portion for ten people in one meal!" Goodman said proudly, "Byer also needs to eat more so that he can grow up faster!"
"Yes, Dad!" The words "grow up quickly" have an incomparable temptation to Bayer.
Mrs. Molly pointed out angrily, "You're bragging again. How come I didn't know you could eat enough for ten people?"
Goodman remained calm: "Haha, that's a bit exaggerated. In fact, I can only eat nine and a half portions!"
"Really..." Mrs. Molly held her forehead with her hand. Finally, she decided to save some face for her husband and turned around to clean up the dishes.
After bragging for a while, Goodman got down to business: "Brother Tatsuya, I went to inquire about the salary of a tutor, and then I learned that it was only the nobles who would hire them, and that scholars like us simply can't hire them..."
Goodman was a little embarrassed when he talked about this. He was teased by his coworkers for the whole afternoon because of this. They said "Goodman wanted to be a noble lord" and so on. Only then did he realize how "disrespectful" he was.
"Don't worry about these. Uncle, you have helped me a lot, with work and so on..." Zhang Daye didn't expect that tutoring in this world would be such a high-end thing. He thought about finding someone else.
Seeing that Zhang Da had also misunderstood, Goodman quickly interrupted, "No, no, no, what I mean is that our family doesn't want to train any nobles, so the salary for you may not be that high. If you take an hour's class every day, how about 100,000 Baileys a month? Of course, we will still be responsible for food and lodging."
Zhang Da didn't know much about the prices here, but he remembered that Nami's adoptive mother, Bellemel, was killed by A-Long because she couldn't raise 200,000 Baileys for protection. (A-Long's rule was 100,000 for adults and 50,000 for children. She only had 100,000 in savings, which she used to buy Nami and Nokigo's lives.)
So it is not easy for ordinary people to earn 100,000 yuan a month, and Zhang Da can earn this much by teaching children to read for an hour every day, which is already very high in comparison.
"Isn't this too much? If you give me so much money, your family..." Zhang Da also expressed his concerns. This family treats him well, and this "tutoring" job seems to be taking care of him. It would be bad if he affects the life of this family.
Goodman patted Zhang Daye on the shoulder and laughed, "Hahaha, don't underestimate my income. I am the best boatman on Island No. 59!"
Zhang Da felt relieved after hearing what he said. That's right, the ships in this world are equivalent to luxury cars in another world. In the Chabaoti Archipelago, both shipbuilding and ship repairing are estimated to cost a lot, so ship workers should be high-income people.
I have to mention here that buying a second-hand ship of similar size to the Merry would cost around 100 million berries, so a new ship like the Merry would probably cost two or three hundred million. Kaya gave it away as a gift, she is really a rich woman, damn Usopp, she is a winner in life.
As for the later Little Lion Sunny, the wood from the treasure tree Adam alone cost 200 million, plus the top shipbuilders in the entire Water Seven City worked tirelessly to build it, plus a lot of black technology. According to the bounty of the Straw Hat Pirates at that time, it would be difficult to buy this ship even if they sold their entire group.
"It's getting smaller! It's getting smaller!" Bayer's excited voice came from the side.
Goodman and Zhang Da also turned their heads to look, and saw that Tom's belly, which had swollen like a ball, was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally returned to its original shape, as if nothing had happened.
Tom sat up and rubbed his belly, then ran over and rubbed Zhang Daye's legs.
Zhang Da also picked up Tom and touched Tom's belly. He always felt that this cat's physique was very similar to Luffy.
"What an interesting cat," Goodman asked with interest, "Would you like some more?"
Tom shook his head. He was really full and didn't want to eat anything else... unless there was food that made him drool at the smell.
Feeling that he had rested enough, Zhang Da planned to go out for some more exercise before it got dark.
Bayer clamored to go along, but was pulled back by Goodman.
When Zhang Da also walked out of the door, he heard Goodman asking, "What kind of nonsense did you hear from old Bob again?"
I took a step forward, and while running, I kept an eye on the energy changes: 45%, 46%...
Until it reached 81%, Zhang Da also felt pain in his trachea when he breathed, and his gasping for breath felt like pulling a bellows, so he had to walk slowly.
He himself could not have imagined that although he was so tired in the afternoon, he could still hold on for so long just by taking a short rest and having dinner. The three servings of food were not eaten in vain. It seems that the goal of exercising for an hour and a half every day is not difficult to achieve.
After the pain in his legs eased, Zhang Da finally gathered up the remaining energy and started summoning again. Just like last time, the energy was instantly reduced by 80%.
[Congratulations on getting: Bandage * 1, Little Mouse Teffy's Pocket Firecracker * 1]
[Already stored in inventory. 】
Does this mean that two items will appear every time I summon? And it seems that only items from Tom's world appear. I just can't remember whether there are any items in that world that can permanently increase strength.
Zhang Da also clicked on the two newly appeared icons:
[Bandage: Tom's favorite bandage to use when he is injured, but his abnormal recovery speed seems to have nothing to do with the bandage. ]
[Little Mouse Taffy's Pocket Firecracker: It's smaller than Tom's nose, but its power will never let you down. No one would be stupid enough to put this kind of firecracker on their nose, right? ]
Tom, who was watching the fun on Zhang Daye's shoulder, silently covered his nose. He actually put the small firecracker on his nose, and it exploded and hurt him so much! He was almost killed!
The bandage seemed to be just an ordinary thing, but as for the firecracker, Zhang Da knew from Tom's expression that it was really powerful, even though it was less than 1 cm long.
Zhang Da also returned with satisfaction. Today was considered a fruitful day. He set a small goal and will continue training and summoning tomorrow!
