Did the tavern owner cook Chinese food today?

The first time he saw Heidi, Holly seemed to see a daisy hanging on the edge of a cliff, eroded by wind and rain.

The girl looked no older than ten years old, with delicate features.She could tell at a glance that the pain was engraved under her skin, and the blood was barely visible on her cheeks and lips.

Different from her brother's sharpness, the girl is like a pool of clear water, quiet and beautiful.

Eric brought his sister to him, Heidi smiled and said softly, "Hello."

She is much calmer and calmer than Holly imagined. Compared with Eric, whose eyes are full of nervousness, the younger sister is more like an older sister.

"Hello." Holly nodded, and couldn't help but speak softly to the daisy-like little girl.He went to the window and closed it slightly to let the breeze into the room.

"Eric said, you can write arithmetic." Hawley asked.

Heidi responded: "Yes, but I won't get much."

Stretching out his hand, Hawley pointed to a piece of leather paper on the table, next to it was a can of fish ink, and a quill.

He helped Heidi pull out the chair: "Come and sit. There are some test questions on it. I will give you half a candle to burn, and answer these questions as much as possible during the period."

"Don't be nervous." He added, "It's okay to be wrong, just treat it as an arithmetic game... Do I need to give you some private space?"

Heidi shook her head and sat down on the chair obediently.She took a brief look at the words on the paper, rubbed her fingers together, and nodded to Holly, signaling that she was ready.

Light the candle wick, the flame goes out, and the timing officially begins.

The time for half a candle is about half an hour, and Holly only wrote [-] math problems, including [-] addition and ten multiplication.

He didn't want to embarrass a little girl, but Eric recommended his own sister to him yesterday, and if he wanted to officially be his tavern accountant, he had to follow the interview process.

I didn't want to hire child labor at first, but Eric made an exception to recruit and train them due to special circumstances.The usual work load is not heavy, barely counted as half of the employees.

Eric begged Holly again and again, if his sister passed the test, he would think more about accepting her.Eric even told Hawley about the family situation.

Heidi was born weak and stayed at home all year round.When the mother was alive, she could still take care of her younger sister.

They are a hunter family, because their parents are excellent hunters, their family background is not rich, but they never worry about food and clothing, and their living standard exceeds half of the self-cultivating farmers.

Until the mother died unexpectedly, the family was broken, and the original happiness disappeared invisible-the father was devastated, and the whole person was degraded day by day.

He became moody, and the tall and reliable image that Eric and Heidi had always seen became a man-eating monster.

Father no longer cares about them, and is addicted to gambling all day long.Only the father who won the bet seems to be able to coincide with the once gentle image.

Once the gambling is not going well, he will unreservedly vent his grievances on Eric and Heidi.

The family savings were quickly depleted, and Eric had to go out to work to subsidize the family.But he is very worried about his younger sister, because his father, who is a nocturnal and nocturnal father, will stay at home during the day, if he is in a bad mood...

The reason for Eric's decision to run away from home without hesitation is precisely the premonition of the unknown, which really fell on his sister.

——One day when he went home holding a few copper coins, Eric heard sobbing and beating and cursing from the house.When he rushed through the door, he saw his younger sister with disheveled hair and snot all over her face, retreating into a corner of the house, protecting her body with thin, bruised arms.

And the father was like a ghost, with red eyes, and beat the little daughter he used to like to hug and play with with a stick.

"Where's the money?! Heidi, didn't you even listen to what your father said? You really are a little bastard, white-eyed wolf. When your unfilial brother comes back, I will clean up the two of you together!"

Driven to a desperate situation, Eric wept and tried his best to knock the man unconscious; he took all his private money and Heidi and left here without looking back.

But during the days on the Lost Island, they were not as good as before, but they were all happy and relaxed from the bottom of their hearts.But when Eric came home, he often noticed that Heidi, who was alone at home, would stare out the window in a daze.

Heidi was as warm as ever when dealing with him.They are brothers and sisters connected by blood. How could Eric not notice that Heidi's state became more and more wrong, and she became passive and silent.

He thought, if he could let his sister do something he likes to distract her energy, maybe the situation would improve a lot.

Eric, who had never been able to find a chance, finally met Boss Hawley—the human being whom he felt trustworthy after contacting him.

After listening to the narration, Holly pondered for a long time.On the second day, with dark circles under his eyes, he temporarily agreed to Eric's request.

……

The situation of these two brothers and sisters is really not what they should have endured.

He looked at Heidi, who was writing the question at the desk, and glanced again——Eric, whose tail was shaking like a sieve, was more nervous than the person involved.

Even though Hawley feels sorry for them from the bottom of his heart, he considers himself not a philanthropist and eats his kindness.

Blindly giving alms is easy to develop an appetite called "greed". Besides, they have experienced so many things, no matter how mature they behave, they are actually still young.

Now that the requests are all in front of us, and the content is not too much, on the premise of helping if you can, you need the brothers and sisters to work hard on their own.

Take this opportunity to let them know that hard work will pay off.

While the candle flame was beating, Hawley observed Heidi, the little girl, from time to time.

Heidi is very good at the basic addition and subtraction in front of her, obviously she has practiced a lot.When the topic gradually became more difficult, such as addition and subtraction of hundreds digits and multiplication of single digits, the little girl's writing action slowed down significantly.

When the short candle burned out, Hawley took the parchment and carefully corrected the answers.Slowly, relief appeared in his eyes.

For addition and subtraction, three questions are wrong; for simple multiplication, two questions are wrong and three questions are empty.

It can be seen from the results that Heidi is extremely talented in mathematics.And the little girl is very smart, within a limited time, she didn't get bogged down in a question she didn't know, wasting the chance of checking in vain.

Next to some correct answers, there are traces of scratches and alterations.

Holly is naturally very satisfied, this answer sheet is even much better than some people who came to interview.

Heidi also performed well in the following mental and oral calculations.For the remaining half of the morning, Holly taught her to recite the ninety-nine multiplication tables, and took them home to memorize the practice. These days, she needs to come to see Holly.

Carrying a box of meringue, the two brothers and sisters walked out of the hotel gate.Before Eric could recover, he heard his sister panting heavily.

"Are you feeling unwell?" Eric asked nervously.

"No, I feel fine." Heidi shook her head to her brother, with sweet dimples on her cheeks.

There are leopard's black eye lines in the inner corner of her eyes, and now her eyes are curved, and they look more like crescent moons: "Brother, you are right, Boss Holly is really a good person."

In fact, Heidi has been holding her breath. Even if she goes to see the human boss who cooks delicious food for her brother's kindness, she can't show her timidity and embarrass her brother.

I'm really glad that I often write arithmetic with firewood ashes to pass the time.

I would also like to thank my mother, who once let her nest in a warm body, surrounded by a fire, and taught her arithmetic...

The preparations for the tavern were coming to an end, and Hawley thanked God and happily dragged Wilmer to exercise at night for two consecutive nights.

Finally, a hale and hearty old human man came to apply for the cashier job. Although he asked about the purpose of the cashier, the old man said bluntly: "The decoration of your tavern looks very suitable for the elderly."

... Anyway, anyway, it's a great thing, because he can't make a nine-year-old girl handle all the bills.

He was going to ask Heidi to work as an assistant for Ted, the old man who was also outstanding in mathematics, to learn and exercise.

Naturally, Heidi also asked Heidi to teach Ted the ninety-nine multiplication table.

To be honest, asking her to be a child and give a lecture to an elder, Heidi was so ashamed that her ears trembled.But under Mr. Ted's encouraging eyes, she still insisted on telling the other party the multiplication table.

In recent days, Heidi spent almost half of her time with Mr. Ted.

Ted seems to like her very much. Whenever they learn from each other and they answer the questions correctly, the other party will pat her on the head repeatedly, and he is not stingy at all to praise her.

Such an amiable elder can't help but make her feel dependent quickly.And Ted's willingness to teach arithmetic for free made Heidi feel that she should work harder to live up to their expectations.

Today, Heidi was working hard at home, and Eric made a special trip home to take her out.

"Trying clothes?" She opened her eyes wide and confirmed again.

"Yes. Boss Hawley is always full of ideas - of course, I tell you this often. He asked us to try on staff uniforms."

"But...brother, I forgot to bring the money just now." After finishing speaking, Heidi gently held Eric's hand, and wanted to turn around and go home.

"What money? Eric was stunned for a second, then grabbed his sister's wrist with his backhand, and led her in the same direction, his tone full of excitement, "Don't worry, Holly said, the staff uniform No need to pay us. "

"Is it free?"

"Yes, it's free!"

It turns out that I asked them to measure the size a few days ago for today.

Heidi raised her eyes to look at the sky, thinking, maybe there will be pies in the sky.

They came to the new tavern, and Heidi wasn't

It is the first time I come here, but every time I am attracted by the furnishings in the house.

She probed her head, looked at the decoration, and was suddenly taken away with her shoulders, her tail suddenly stood on end.

"Come on, Sister Heidi, let's go over there and change!"

It turned out to be the waitress sisters of two mixed-race orcs. Heidi didn't even ask for a chance to go to the ground by herself, and the two strong sisters had already carried her to the small room.

She hid in a corner, not daring to raise her eyes at all—the two sisters took off their skirts, exposed their upper bodies, and discussed enthusiastically how to put on the new clothes.

Even if Boss Hawley used that handsome brother Wilmer, who looked like a descendant of a god, to demonstrate how to wear women's clothes, he still needs to think about it in his own hands.

After some rustling and fiddling, with the help of her sisters, she successfully changed into this strange costume cut in half.

When they went out, the two met each other, and they were both attracted to each other.

There was a young orc boy who blushed uncontrollably as he stared blankly at the two young and beautiful women.

He was pushed and teased by his companions, but the heat from his cheeks and ears just couldn't go away.

On the other side, two female half-breed orcs surrounded Heidi, praising her with flowers to cover up the restlessness in their hearts.

Both of them thought to themselves in unison: "Why do they usually look so ordinary, but wearing this outfit, I somehow feel that they are more energetic and handsome/beautiful."

Heidi also likes Eric's new look very much. She thinks the clothes make her brother more calm, and the blonde hair matches the blue-black clothes very well.

But when she saw Boss Holly, she suddenly changed her mind: black is the most suitable... No, or rather, it seems that the clothes should be worn on Holly by nature.

The ink-like pure black, coupled with the dark and black clothing, is like a canvas; the green bamboo leaf embroidery on the collar reflects Holly's emerald green eyes.

The usual and seemingly strange face, now like bamboo patterns, complements the clothes, bringing a low-key and elegant temperament.

Holly smiled, as if a cold spring of ice melted in an instant, green bamboos swayed and made rustling sounds.Coupled with its own unique temperament, inject a touch of romantic and easy-going.

Brother Wilmer beside him was also shocked - his clothes were of a different color than everyone else's, and it seemed that the boss had specially made them for him.

The style is the same, but it is a more elegant off-white; the shoulders are embroidered with clouds, and there is a golden red fish pattern under the hem, as if a fish is swimming among the clouds.

Staring blankly at the two people in front of her, Heidi felt for no reason that the red fish should not be in the sky, but should jump into the deep pool next to it.

A splash of water was stirred up, breaking the tranquility of the pool.And Tanshui is also willing for the return of the fish, and embraces it deeply and kindly.

They are indispensable to each other.

What am I thinking... Heidi shook her head gently, throwing this weird thought out of her mind.

……

Looking at the refreshed employees, Hawley nodded with satisfaction.He put one arm on Wilmer's shoulder, kept his eyes on the employees who were whispering and discussing the clothes, and asked, "How do you feel, is this suit okay?"

Western faces with Chinese clothes, in fact, Hawley's eyes can't tell it's a bit inconsistent.At least it blends in with the interior decoration, which is not bad.

He needed Wilmer, a native, to help judge.

"Hmm..." Wilmer said in a low voice, his red eyes staring at Holly for a moment, "It looks good."

...You boy look at me, what tricks can I see?That's all.

Probably because of the customized filter, after watching it for a long time, Hawley feels that the combination of Chinese and Western is more pleasing to the eye.

It’s like serving Peking duck on a western dish, and it takes a little effort to shape it: the cake skin, shredded vegetables such as green onions and cucumbers are pre-arranged, and a drop or two of sweet bean sauce is added at the end, and it can still be blended.It even looked high-end to the naked eye, but after being multiplied several times, it looked like I couldn't afford it.

For staff uniforms, Hawley didn't think too much about it, and directly finalized and paid attention to the arrangement.

It's all strange, so let's just blame it to the end-get a full set of Chinese style from the inside to the outside.

Of course, he is not a fashion designer after all, so he cannot design more exquisite clothes.I can only rely on my memory to create an improved costume with a little Han element.

Men's jackets are made of Tang suit-like stand-up collar buttons.The whole body is mainly blue and black, and the inside is white.In order not to look too boring, he specifically asked the tailor to embroider green bamboo patterns on the collar and loose trouser legs.

Women's wear is a style with a stand-up collar and a slanted lapel. The upper body is off-white, paired with a gray-toned lake-blue horse-face skirt, and the skirt has more embroidery.

This is already the result of his hard work. He thinks that the aesthetics are up to standard, not outstanding, at least he can see it.

Why spend time on employee uniforms?Firstly, this kind of special clothing can attract customers and create an "exotic style" theme; secondly, as mentioned before, it needs to match the tavern.

You can't eat Shaxian snacks like wearing a suit-it's possible, but it's unnecessary, and it's a bit weird.

Then arrange for the staff to clean up the tavern and move the decorations.

After so many days of work, everything is almost ready.According to local customs, choose a "good day and auspicious day", and the tavern can be officially opened.

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The author has something to say:

Holly: "Is the roasted rabbit delicious?"

Wilmer: "Delicious."

Holly: "Well, eat and eat, do me a favor tomorrow, just try on that dress..."

#On how an unscrupulous boss used a roasted rabbit to trick innocent teenagers into a thief ship#