Chapter 99 Leeks
Pension is in a bad mood today.
Since entering this home, Pensioner has been the absolute master of this home (yes, that's right). Although there is already an indigenous cat and a chicken that looks like food in this home, the cat and the chicken have maintained enough respect for it (yes, that's right), they did not run in front of it to forcibly usurp the throne, nor did they compete with it for the position on An Yuan's knees, and Pensioner has always been quite satisfied.
But today, a strange thing suddenly appeared in the house. It was a gray-haired worm with a strange face, and it tried to get close to it. This made the pension very angry. When it decided to execute the cat's claw death attack on this strange thing, the food chicken suddenly jumped out and drove it away with force.
It's really outrageous.
This is a great disrespect to a family that dominates pension funds!
Then the food chicken hid the gray caterpillar on its body. This is really, very suspicious. In the pension's cognition, the things worth hiding secretly are either very delicious food or very fun toys. There are only these two types. The food chicken hid this strange insect, which must be a hidden treasure.
The pensioner noticed this and tried to steal the gray caterpillar, but the hateful chicken kept a close eye on the caterpillar, so he never had a chance to steal it. When he followed the chicken, the hateful human Xiaozhen even picked him up and threw him on the sofa in a very rude manner.
The pensioner felt more and more wronged, so he ran to An Yuan and complained about the evil deeds of the food chicken. "That chicken hid a suspicious caterpillar! It should be handed over to me to play with or eat!"
An Yuan was sitting in front of her computer working. She had just racked her brains to think of the first three sentences of the email, when Pensioner suddenly ran to her feet and meowed continuously, interrupting her entire train of thought. She reached out to touch Pensioner's head, but Pensioner rarely dodged her hand and continued to meow.
An Yuan switched to the chat app and asked "Tuantuan Cat" Fang Ziwei: "Why is your cat suddenly meowing at me?"
Fang Ziwei said: "Maybe my son is hungry."
"I just opened the can."
"That means he wants to play with you. My son is a clingy person."
"I want to work."
"Play with it for five minutes, just a little while."
An Yuan had no choice but to take out the cat toy and wave it at Pensioner, but Pensioner refused to be tempted and continued to meow at her, even jumping directly onto her laptop and sitting directly on the keyboard. An Yuan thought about it, picked up Pensioner, put him outside the door, and then slammed the door of her study.
The pet food from Ika Toys has arrived. Captain Ban, considering his financial situation, did not order the expensive high-grade premium food, but chose the medium-priced primary feed. The appearance of the feed looks like golden rice grains.
Captain Ban placed the caterpillar in a nest made from a plastic lunch box. He poured some feed into the plastic box, and the caterpillar moved over, sniffed it curiously, and then swallowed a golden rice grain in one gulp, swallowing it slowly.
"It looks like a hognose snake," Xiao Zhen said.
"It's cuter than a hognose snake." Captain Madara said, "Enjoy your meal! And evolve quickly!"
"How do you know when it evolves?"
"Yes, use this." Captain Madara took out a pen and pressed it against the caterpillar. An image frame appeared on the caterpillar, with various data marked on it, one of which was the experience bar. Currently, the green experience value only occupied one fortieth of the gray experience bar.
"Ah, I see a future where you keep spending money to gain experience."
“This is an investment!”
"The chance of winning on your investment is about the same as spending money on lottery tickets."
Captain Madara watched with great interest as the caterpillar devoured the golden rice grains. Every time it swallowed a grain of rice, the green experience value advanced a little bit at a distance that was difficult for the naked eye to detect. The day when the gray experience bar was filled and upgraded, it was undoubtedly accumulated with a large amount of special feed. Xiao Zhen secretly glanced at the price of the medium feed, and then looked at Captain Madara who was very interested.
Well, there is really no hope, Xiao Zhen thought to herself.
Xiaozhen walked out of the house. He had something to do today.
Today was the day he interviewed the three Gnus people introduced by An Tianxin.
After Antixin's matchmaking, the three Genus people who were cheated by their unscrupulous boss immediately agreed to talk to Xiaozhen and came to apply for the job.
The three Gnus sat down in the coffee shop early.
The leading Gnus had a fair face under the filter of the optical camouflage device, and his calm eyes contained a strong power. His black hair was all combed back shiny. With the appearance created by this optical filter, he looked like an ambitious student who had returned from studying abroad. Sitting next to him was another man, who was burly and had a slender eyed look under the optical camouflage. The other man had a full beard, and even with the optical camouflage, he did not look like a good-tempered person.
"Hello, I'm Yan Zhen introduced by An Tianxin."
"Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you." The leading Gnus shook hands with Xiaozhen, and his palm was full of strength, which made Xiaozhen's hand hurt. Xiaozhen knew that the Gnus were martial and respected the strong. Xiaozhen now looked like an ordinary human boy, but with An Tianxin's help, they would not regard him as an ordinary boy. Facing the heavy handshake pressure from the other party, Xiaozhen did not even frown, but smiled at them as usual , so the Gnus also smiled.
After sitting down, Xiao Zhen said, "I read the information that An Tianxin gave me. I have a question. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, are these the local names that you three are currently using?"
"That's right."
"Let me guess, these three names were given to you by Boss Han!!"
"Yes, Boss Han said that these three names have very beautiful meanings. Not only are they well-known in the local area, but they also symbolize the brotherhood between the three of us that will last until death."
You can join Bao Qingtian and Bai Yinshuang's fighting team as soon as possible.
"It's indeed loud enough. But as long as these three names appear together, people will wonder if they are fake names used to commit fraud." Xiao Zhen asked tentatively, "Are you really determined to use this name?"
"I think it's OK. During the days I came here, I looked up the legends of the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang, and I like them very much."
Well, anyway, as long as Boss Han completes all the formalities for the three of them, there should n't be any big problems. Xiao Zhen is concerned about other aspects.
Mr. Liu Bei, the leader, said: "An Tianxin said that you are recruiting crew members. Let me tell you about my experience first. Before I came to this planet, I was also the owner and captain of two ships. Most of my business is in the wide-area star zone, and sometimes I also go to the Jinghai star zone. In the past few years, my ship ran very well, and trading companies liked to ask me to transport goods. It was at that time that I met Boss Han. My ships, Tana and Darin, are like my daughters, proud and beautiful. I spent all my family wealth to buy them, and they never let me down. I thought I would be able to pay off all the loans soon and open a trading company that truly belonged to me. But then the Storm Rebellion happened. You may have heard that it was a very bad war. My Tana was recruited to transport civilians and supplies. Not long after leaving the port, it was hit and crashed, and turned into fragments together with those poor civilians in the flames. And my lovely Darin, she is a small old spaceship, unfortunately burned by interstellar pirates more than half a year ago."
"An Tianxin mentioned these things to me."
"All my ships were lost. War and pirates are the troubles that every captain fears the most. I didn't expect to experience them all." Mr. Liu Bei said, "Then my brothers and I came here."
"You have twenty years of sailing experience."
“I’ve been working on boats since I was a young kid, and I’ve actually been around boats more than you think.”
"An Tianxin assured me of your talent and character. I think you should be the person I need."
Mr. Liu Bei smiled. "Let me tell you something first. I have nothing and I'm still in debt. I have three creditors in Yidan and one in Zhiyexing. Although I've been working hard to pay them back, the creditors may still come knocking at any time. I also have two brothers. If you're willing to hire me, I ask you to hire them as well. My brother Guan Yu is the most skilled helmsman I've ever seen. The starry sea is like his home. My other brother Zhang Fei is a very good navigator. He has memorized every detail of the star maps of the entire Wide Area Star Region and the Jinghai Star Region. Even if you ask him in a dream, he can accurately report the coordinates of any planet in the star region. They are my indispensable helpers. I'm honest with you. First, I'm in debt. Second, if I hire, I ask for three people together."
Mr. Liu Bei, I don't mean to say anything, but your names are really weird.
Xiao Zhen nodded. He really liked Mr. Liu Bei's straightforwardness and honesty. He also needed crew members like the three of them. After a conversation and a probe of consciousness, Xiao Zhen had an idea in his mind. When the ship arrived, he would invite the three of them on board.
After finishing her conversation with the Gnus, Xiao Zhen left the coffee shop.
He turned to the Qingquan Wonton Shop next to the school. After a long interview, he was a little hungry. Xiaozhen decided to go to Aunt Luo Qingxi's shop to order a bowl of wontons to fill his stomach.
As soon as he entered the store, Luo Qingxi greeted him happily. Not long after he sat down, a bowl of hot wontons was brought to the table.
"Thank you, Auntie." Xiaozhen thanked Luo Qingxi, picked up the chopsticks and prepared to eat.
Luo Qingxi sat down in front of him and lowered her voice to say, "Xiao Zhen, have you felt that Liu Xingquan is a little bit abnormal recently?"
"Something's wrong? What happened to him?"
"I think he's been a little down these past two days. So I wanted to ask you if he's had an argument with someone in class recently, or been criticized by the teacher."
Xiao Zhen thought about it carefully and then shook her head. Liu Xingquan has been among the top students in recent exams and is praised by teachers. He doesn't seem to have any conflicts with anyone in class. At this moment, the door of the store was pushed open and Liu Xingquan walked in.
"Mom, do you need help? Yan Zhen, you are here too."
"Ah, no, no. You should sit down and have a bowl of wontons with Xiaozhen." Luo Qingxi gave Xiaozhen a look and left the table.
Liu Xingquan sat opposite Xiaozhen. He slowly poured himself a small dish of vinegar, added some spicy sauce, and started chatting with Xiaozhen.
Liu Xingquan looked quite normal, and his tone was normal when he was chatting, but as Luo Qingxi said, there was an unresolved sadness between his brows, and his eyes were always wandering, as if he really had something on his mind. Xiaozhen activated the consciousness probe and carefully touched Liu Xingquan's brain with the consciousness tentacles.
(Ah. Ah. Ah.)
This touch was Liu Xingquan's unceasing inner sigh.
Xiao Zhen thought to herself, could it be that he really has something on his mind? Liu Xingquan is Yan Zhen's friend, I must help him.
(My pen pal’s latest sci-fi novel is really shitty. How could it be so shitty! If this flop novel was serialized online, it would definitely be criticized by readers. How could it be so shitty? Oh.)
“…”
(I'm really worried about the protagonist. I just hope my pen pal will show mercy.)
It turns out that this guy is tortured by the novel. Xiaozhen glanced at Luo Qingxi behind the counter. She was looking at Liu Xingquan worriedly. Your son is indeed worried. But how to explain to Aunt Luo that your son is currently feeling sad for a virtual character that does not exist in reality? This is indeed a problem.
The shop door was pushed open again.
The person who came this time was Teacher Li.
As soon as Teacher Li came in, Xiao Zhen and Liu Xingquan straightened their backs and continued to eat wontons in the correct sitting posture. Teacher Li nodded slightly in response to the greetings from the two students, and then sat down. Luo Qingxi smiled and said, "Teacher Li, you want shepherd's purse with meat filling, right?"
Teacher Li nodded with a stern face.
Before the wontons were served, Mr. Li did not play with his phone like other guests. He just sat straight, staring at the vinegar dish, as if studying the ingredients of the vinegar. He also looked very worried.
Xiao Zhen curiously stretched out his consciousness tentacles.
He saw the hen again, strolling in front of a locked door, and then the hen laid an egg.
“…” Teacher Li’s shallow consciousness was a complete mystery to Xiao Zhen.
That night, Xiaozhen entered the house and pushed the door into her room.
Mr. Cat came over and said to Xiaozhen through his brain waves: (Captain Madara is finished.)
(Did you just realize this now?)
(After you left, it had used up all the food it had bought, but it was still a long way from upgrading and evolving. So it bought six more bags of high-grade food.)
(It’s over. It’s over.)
(Not only that, it also bought enhancement catalysts, nutrients, and matching evolution-promoting drugs. Anyway, they are all supporting products of Ika Toy Company for increasing the evolution rate.)
(It’s over. It’s over.)
(In addition, it is also preparing to buy a new skin for the face-changing bug monster.)
(Skin, what is that?)
(Look, isn’t this caterpillar grey now? You can change its colour by buying a new skin.)
(There is no end to cutting leeks.)
(Won’t you persuade it?)
(I have already faced the reality that leeks are leeks because they are meant to be cut.)
