Chapter 116 Stingy Old Man
After taking a shower and changing into new clothes, the three girls had already gone shopping with other female compatriots. Only a group of men lying in a mess and a bug pretending to be dead were left at home.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't be lazy." I kicked Loki and the others' butts: "I said, who among the brothers has nothing to do? Can you go shopping with me and buy something?"
"No," Billy said.
"I didn't sleep well yesterday, I was sleepy," Jackson said.
"I have to clean the toilet later. If you are willing to help, I will accompany you," Zach said, shaking the newspaper in his hand.
"Ignore me, captain, I'm counting how many hairs Billy has." Gordo squinted and stared at Billy's arm.
"Boss, my butt hurts and I can't get up," Loki said to me, covering his butt.
"Are you being raped?" I raised my eyelids and looked at him very unhappy. When I came in just now, this guy was picking his nose and scratching his butt with a comfortable expression. There was no mention of a pain in his butt.
"No, I was injured by a kick from you, boss." After saying that, he thought for a moment and added, "It's an internal injury."
I really wanted to kick him in the butt, but seeing how desperate he looked, I gave up the idea.
Walking alone on the street, looking at the scenery and looking for stalls selling combat skills.
When passing by Patch's weapons shop, through the window, I saw old Patch wiping his weapons. After checking that it was still early, I opened the door and walked in.
Old Patch did not look back at first, but asked: Welcome to Patch's weapon shop, what kind of weapon do you want to buy?
But there was no response for a long time. He raised his head and glanced at the door. When he saw it was me, he became excited. Before he could speak, he walked out of the counter in a few steps and held my hand tightly. His whole body was I was shaking unconsciously, my lips were trembling for a long time, but I couldn't say a word.
"Don't get excited, expert. Speak slowly if you have anything to say. I have plenty of time today." As I said that, I leaned on the counter and handed the tea cup he was drinking from into his hand: "Drink some water first."
He wanted to say something, but he was too excited. Let alone talking, he could not even hold the water glass steadily. He shook out half of the originally full glass of warm water.
I nodded towards him, indicating that he should drink water first.
Old Patch nodded abruptly, raised his neck, and drank the warm water in the cup.
However, Old Patch, who only drank a glass of water, seemed to be unable to dilute his overly excited mood. Then, he drank four or five more glasses of water in a row, and then he patted his round belly filled with water and stretched out his long hair. Take a breath.
I thought it was time for him to get down to business. Unexpectedly, this guy couldn't hold back his urine just after drinking the water. He nodded to me with an embarrassed look on his face and hurriedly rushed into the toilet again.
I was left standing by the counter, looking dumbfounded.
After a while, Patch walked out of the toilet with a very happy expression on his face. It seemed that he had had a good time peeing.
After seeing me, although he was still too excited to contain himself, he was much calmer than before.
"Thank you, thank you for saving my niece." Patch grabbed my hand and said, "I just, I really don't know how to thank you!"
"Haha, it's okay, this is what I should do." Pulling my hand out, I asked casually, "By the way, have you washed your hands after going to the toilet?"
"Oh," Patch patted his shiny forehead and said with shame on his face, "I was so excited that I forgot about it. Just wait, I'm going to wash my hands right now."
"Ah, it's okay, haha." I said with a black line on my forehead, "I just want to wash my hands too, let's go together."
After washing my hands three or four times in a row to make sure that there was no more Patch's urine smell on my hands, I breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as he walked out, he saw Old Patch taking out a small package and carefully unfolding it layer by layer. There were three yellow-orange gold coins lying quietly inside.
"This is yours." Old Pachi suppressed his heartache and pushed the gold coins to me. It could be seen that three gold coins were already a huge sum of money for him.
In fact, it's not just Patch. Three gold coins are a lot of money to many people. In Airui City, in addition to nobles, senior leaders of large guilds, masters with various titles, and those high-ranking officials Except for adventurers of the highest level, there is almost no one who would not be moved by three gold coins.
I think back on those days when I had three gold coins stolen from me, I would dream about those three gold coins spinning above my head every night, but I just couldn't catch them. Therefore, I would often wake up from this dream.
It can be seen how much impact three gold coins have on an ordinary person like me.
Picking up one of the gold coins with two fingers, he put it into the palm of his hand and weighed it twice. Old Patch's eyes swayed up and down along with the gold coin, and his heart beat a few times. He swallowed. , the reluctance on his face was clearly revealed.
I played with the gold coins for a few times, threw them away, and then threw the gold coins into the package. Looking at the distressed look on Old Patch's face, I shook my head, pushed the package back to Old Patch: "I have gold coins. No, take it back."
Old Patch's eyes widened in surprise. He moved his lips a few times before he said, "You, you, what did you just say?"
"I said I don't want the gold coins. You can take them back."
"This, how is this possible? It was all agreed upon at the beginning."
"It's your business if you post a reward, it's my business if I don't charge a commission, so don't worry about it." I thought about it and reminded: "By the way, please withdraw that reward order, it will save someone." Take advantage of the opportunity."
"Actually," Old Patch said a little embarrassedly, "It has already been withdrawn."
"Has it been withdrawn?" I raised my eyebrows: "When?"
"I withdrew the reward on the day you picked me up." Seeing my strange expression, Old Patch hurriedly explained: "Don't think too much, I just don't want to pay the 15% fee to the adventurer base. However, I sincerely hope that you can accept your three gold coins, and I absolutely believe that you can rescue my niece."
I looked at him with a half-smile, and finally understood what the old man was thinking. Except for the fact that I was able to save his niece in the end, the rest were all false. The best proof is that until now, the old man still has a pair of eyes. He stared at the three gold coins in front of him and refused to move an inch. How could he, who was so stingy, really want to give me such a large sum of property?
I smiled and raised my hand to stand between him and me: "Put the gold coins away from me. I'm sure I don't want the gold coins."
Seeing him happily putting away the three gold coins carefully, I continued: "Although I don't want the gold coins, I still need you to do me a favor, which is to repay the favor of these three gold coins."