Chapter 101 The foster mother of Moshengguo
Ada scolded Thor for his reckless behavior, but he himself seemed to be the guilty one, rubbing his hands back and forth, his face was a little pale, and his eyes were wandering.
"What exactly happened just now? Why is the wizard here?" Looking at the anxious Ada, Thor was not angry, but just asked curiously.
"I've already told you not to be too curious. Curiosity is not a good thing here."
At this moment, someone suddenly interrupted Ada.
"If this skinny guy wants to settle down in the town, and doesn't know some things, aren't you afraid that he will accidentally offend someone and lose his life?"
Jayce walked out from under the eaves he was leaning against. He seemed to have been standing there just now, watching coldly.
He glanced at Thor and asked with a smile, "Do you have a sister?"
Thor shook his head, "I'm on my own."
"Oh, then don't worry." Jayce stretched out his hand. "We in Mofan Town have always relied on the Mosheng Fruit for survival. But the Mosheng Fruit is not easy to grow, and the yield always drops suddenly. In order to ensure the income of the town and to continue to seek the protection of the Wizard Tower, our respected, great, and beloved wizard will select a lovely girl every few years to be the adoptive mother of the Mosheng Fruit."
"Adoptive mother?" Thor confirmed in surprise.
"Yes, a foster mother. She is risking her life to feed a bunch of fruits. If she is not a foster mother, then what is she?"
"How to raise it?"
Jayce's face suddenly darkened, then quickly returned to his indifferent look.
"Who knows? That's the wizard's business. How can we have the chance to spy on it?"
If his expression hadn't suddenly turned so ugly, Thor would probably have believed it.
It seems that being a foster mother is not easy.
"Does this happen every year? Then there will be no girls in this town. How will people give birth in the future?" Thor continued to ask.
"It wasn't frequent before, only happening once every three or four years. It's happened more frequently recently, this year is already the third one..." As Johnny spoke, he fell down and began to ponder.
Ada finally couldn't stand it anymore and pulled Thor away.
"What are you talking about with him? He's just an old rogue who does nothing all day long and takes advantage of others everywhere. If you follow him, you will become a bad person sooner or later." Ada said naggingly.
"Ada, do you know about this adoptive mother thing?" Thor asked Ada.
Ada stopped when they walked a few dozen meters. He turned to Thor and said, "Live here for a few years, and you will know sooner or later. You don't have to worry about it. You can't do anything about it. There is nothing we can do about it. After all, our town... depends on that holy fruit to survive."
"Then do you know why the production of Mosheng Fruit has decreased?"
"How should I know? That's something that the big shots are in charge of. Just take care of yourself."
Thinking that Sol just wanted to hang out in town, Ada wanted to take him to work in the fields. But Sol ran away secretly halfway, making Ada so angry that he had to leave the town alone because he still had a lot of work to do.
After running away, Thor did not go anywhere else, but returned to the place where he had just been surrounded by the crowd.
At this time, most people had already left, only those who had some relatives and liked to watch the fun stayed.
Several people surrounded the couple who were still crying and took turns to comfort them.
Their words and actions were all telling them to accept their fate and relax, as they would still have children.
As soon as Thor walked over, he saw Aunt Jenny, who had been the most enthusiastic in persuading others, standing outside the crowd and watching coldly. There was no hypocritical smile on her face.
It's like a stone sculpture standing in the middle of the street, except it looks like a person.
Saul went over and coughed twice to get Aunt Jenny's attention.
The latter turned around and saw that it was Thor. A smile immediately broke out on his face and he breathed again.
"Aren't you the young man who came back with Ada yesterday? Why are you running out to the street by yourself?" She began to look Thor up and down again.
"I just arrived in Mofan Town and wanted to walk around the town and find some work." Thor answered casually, and then asked, "Aunt Jenny, what happened just now? Why did a wizard apprentice show up?"
"What's the difference between an apprentice and not an apprentice? You have to call me Master Wizard." Aunt Jenny made an exaggerated gesture to silence her, but her voice was not small.
Then, she began to tell Thor about the traditions of Mofan Town with great enthusiasm.
Mofan Town was originally just a poor town, with a population and area less than one-tenth of what it is today.
But one day, two wizards passing by discovered the wild Mosheng fruit here and decided to settle here.
Through their efforts, they successfully expanded the production of Mosheng Fruit, which became the main source of income for the local area.
With the help of the Mosheng Fruit, Mofan Town successfully became a vassal of a very powerful wizard organization in the distance, in exchange for a lot of materials they needed, which also brought wealth and supplies to Mofan Town.
After Mofan Town gradually prospered, it was renamed Mofan Town.
But this place is located on the border after all. After the relationship between Kma and the Principality of Knas deteriorated, the living environment suddenly became much worse.
Due to the turmoil at the fortress, most of the troops in Mofan Town were transferred to Mobian City, and the defense here became much weaker.
In addition, a group of barbarians who came from nowhere would send a few people to attack from time to time, which eventually led to a decrease in the production of Mosheng Fruit year by year, and it was almost impossible to guarantee the amount of tribute.
In order to increase production and continue to obtain protection, the wizard had to increase the frequency of using pure girls to nourish the grinding fruit.
"But doesn't that wizard organization protect Mofan Town? Why don't you ask them to come and wipe out the barbarians?"
Thor heard from Nick that the wizard tower would send third-level apprentices to regularly fetch the ripe grinding fruit. Couldn't they kill the barbarians at the same time? You know, ordinary barbarians are only physically stronger than ordinary people.
Still nothing in the face of a wizard.
"That..." Aunt Jenny couldn't say, "I don't know about that. Anyway, the barbarians usually go to the villages in the suburbs. Usually, we don't know where they hide. It's probably difficult to catch them."
As Aunt Jenny spoke, her eyes shifted sideways toward the couple who were being helped back to their room by everyone.
"Don't worry about staying here. As long as there is no problem with the Mosheng Fruit, there will be no problem with Mofan Town!" she said word by word.
After saying that, Aunt Jenny turned around and warmly invited Thor to visit her home, but her eyes looked a little strange.
Saul gets the information he wants and dumps Aunt Jenny without any hesitation.
"Thank you, Aunt Jenny. I will continue to look for work. I have no money now." Thor laughed and ran away.
Aunt Jenny was stunned, glared and cursed, but she didn't look very angry.
Thor ran in small steps on the street, and the shops and street scenes on both sides came into view.
Although this town is not particularly prosperous, the people walking on the streets look particularly peaceful and happy.
Even an old man in shabby clothes sitting on the street can sit on the stone steps and chat and laugh with the shop owner behind him about what to eat in the evening.
This seems to be a town where one doesn't have to worry about the future.
After all, they have the Mosheng Fruit.
Thor walked around the town, listened, and finally returned to the courtyard where Ada lived at noon.
There was a woman in the yard who was walking out with a wooden basin in her hand. She looked up and saw Thor, got startled, turned around and went back into the house with the basin in her hand.
The door slammed shut as if Thor was some monster.
Thor quickly looked down at his hands. The effect of the magic trick had not disappeared. Why was the other party so panicked? Ignoring the panicked woman, Thor turned left and entered the old madman's room.
The old madman fell into a deep sleep after returning last night. When he left this morning, Adada was pulling Thor in a hurry and he didn't have time to come over.
Now Saul comes in and finds that the old lunatic is no longer in the room.
The things in the house were in a mess, even messier than when Sol sent the people in yesterday. It seemed as if someone had deliberately rummaged through them, and some things were missing.
Thor stroked his chin and said, "You run pretty fast."
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