Before leaving, Ye Zhou left a large sum of money for Sarah. As for accommodation, Ye Zhou didn't want Sarah to be too unsociable, so he asked Byron to arrange it.
Compared to Zou Ming, Sarah waited for him much longer.
Zou Ming waited for nearly ten years, and Sarah waited for hundreds of years.
Before leaving, Ye Zhou took a good stroll around the town. This small piece of land was well maintained. Just as he had expected, as long as there was external pressure, people would be extremely united internally. Even if they were of different races, they would put aside all prejudices in order to maintain their current lives.
He asked Byron to take Sarah to the house and room arranged for her, and he walked on the road that had been renovated by the townspeople.
Because there were no cars, the townspeople did not pave the roads with cement, but instead used stone slabs with fine grooves carved on them to prevent passers-by from slipping after rain.
Ye Zhou saw pedestrians on the road in a hurry, goblins in groups, and a little goblin who looked very similar to Byron ran in front of Ye Zhou and shouted to his companions behind him: "Have you brought your bows and arrows?! No crossbows! If they break, there's no place to repair them!"
Ye Zhou turned his head and looked at the little goblins who had just grown up, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.
The place has developed so well, and he has contributed a lot to it, and his sweat is also a part of it.
This feeling is even better than making a lot of money.
There is a thrilling sense of accomplishment.
He continued to walk forward. Ye Zhou was somewhat relieved that no one recognized him. Many people in the town now were recruited after he left, and even if they were not later, not many people had seen him before.
"Sir!" A dwarf carrying a flower basket blocked Ye Zhou's way.
She had two shiny braids, and it was obvious that she had never been lacking in nutrition. She smiled at Ye Zhou and said, "Would you like to buy a bunch of flowers? You can give them to your lover or relatives. I picked all these flowers myself, and every one of them is very beautiful!"
Ye Zhou took out his purse from his pocket and said, "Give me the whole basket. How much is it?"
This puzzled the dwarf. She looked at her basket hesitantly and whispered, "Two flowers for one copper coin, a total of, a total of ..."
Seeing that she was in trouble, Ye Zhou did not urge her. He was not in a hurry and waited for her to calculate slowly.
After counting for half an hour, using his fingers and toes countless times, the dwarf said unconfidently, "Five copper coins."
"I calculated wrong. Sixteen flowers and eight copper coins. How much is this basket?" Ye Zhou asked.
The dwarf looked at Ye Zhou in confusion: "Three copper coins for the basket."
Ye Zhou didn't have any copper coins, otherwise his pocket wouldn't fit. He took out a silver coin and handed it to the dwarf: "I don't have any copper coins. I don't have any place to put them if you give me the change. Is there a school here?"
The dwarf looked at the silver coin that Ye Zhou handed over. She wanted to take it, but she didn't dare to, for fear that others would see her and accuse her of cheating the customers.
She whispered, "There is a school."
Ye Zhou: "Then why don't you go to school?"
The dwarf said awkwardly, "I have too many brothers and sisters."
Ye Zhou: “…”
He remembered that although dwarves have the concept of family, some dwarf tribes have already practiced group marriage and group raising like the goblins. Since they don't know who the father is anyway, they might as well raise the child together.
"Go study and go to school." Ye Zhou bent down and patted the dwarf's head, "Otherwise you will lose money when you sell flowers in the future."
The dwarf nodded in confusion. She felt that Ye Zhou was right. She almost lost three copper coins!
Ye Zhou stuffed the silver coin into the dwarf's hand and asked her to hold it tightly: "Go, use this money to pay the tuition."
The dwarf nodded, and she asked curiously, "Where are you from, sir? You don't look like you're from this town."
Ye Zhou was in a good mood at the moment and had time to coax the child, so he said in a very friendly way: "From a very far place."
The dwarf asked curiously, "Is it the other side of the mountain?"
Ye Zhou smiled: "It's the other side of time."
The dwarf didn't understand and didn't know what was being said, but she wanted to ask more questions. However, before she opened her mouth, she saw the handsome and tall guest take the basket of flowers from her, then smiled at her and walked forward with ease.
She looked at the figure's back, stunned for a few seconds, then ran home excitedly.
She had never seen anyone so handsome and generous!
The dwarf held the silver coin tightly and strengthened her belief - if she wanted to find a partner in the future, she would look for someone so good-looking!
Ye Zhou was carrying a basket of flowers. After so many years, he felt that he had integrated into this town again. He even hummed a folk song and decided to visit the market outside the city before leaving.
"Lord Zhou?!" Just as Ye Zhou was about to walk out of the city gate, the person who passed by him suddenly stopped.
Ye Zhou's heart tightened. Damn! He had to run!
So he pretended not to hear, lowered his head slightly, quickened his pace and walked out of the city, not planning to go to the market.
"Is it Lord Zhou?!" The person behind him followed.
His voice was so loud that everyone around him could hear it, and the person who was about to come in stopped.
The short goblin saw Ye Zhou's face clearly and shouted, "It's Master Zhou! It's him!"
There were people blocking the way in front of him, so Ye Zhou had no choice but to raise his head, smile and say to the people around him: "You don't have to call me sir, you can call me sir or boss, you can go back, I just came to take a look, and I'm leaving now."
But it was obvious that no one could hear what Ye Zhou had to say. The crowd was restless, and circles of people surrounded Ye Zhou. He could only see heads and faces passing by.
"Master Zhou, are you still leaving?"
“The town has changed a lot now!”
"Some nobles came to fight us, but we chased them away!"
"Where are your employees? Are Sarah and Kelly here?"
“Will you open a supermarket again?”
"Master Zhou..."
"grown ups……"
Ye Zhou felt dizzy after hearing this, but he still had to put on a smile so as not to hurt the townspeople's feelings.
Fortunately, he didn't have to answer anything. There were too many people asking questions, so many that the townspeople themselves knew that Ye Zhou would not come back.
The townspeople did not touch Ye Zhou either, they just surrounded him and looked at him.
The goblins and dwarves were mixed in the crowd and were probably trampled badly. While asking questions, Ye Zhou could still hear the goblins and dwarves' cries of pain.
The orc relied on his tall stature to squeeze from the back to the front.
Ye Zhou listened for an hour before he was finally "rescued" by A Pu and his men.
He had no idea what the townspeople were talking about.
After finally evacuating the crowd, A Pu said to Ye Zhou with an apologetic look: "They are just too grateful to you."
Ye Zhou nodded, still feeling a little dizzy: "I understand, I understand."
Just like a child, when he grows up, he can’t wait to tell his “parents” that he can now support and protect himself.
Although he was dizzy and dazed by the encirclement, Ye Zhou was not angry. He said to A Pu, "I have to leave now. Many people in the town don't go out. This is not good. News from outside can't get in. If there is danger, there is no time to react."
"Since you have shops in several cities, you should pay more attention to this." Ye Zhou was very clear about the importance of intelligence.
It is not advisable to work in isolation.
Apu quickly said, "I will go out more often in the future."
Ye Zhou nodded: "Be careful. By the way, when you see Byron later, remember to ask him to find a few leaders of the tribes. The children still need to go to school. How is the income of the town now?"
A Pu smiled and said, "Every year, we make a lot of money just from selling tea and porcelain."
"Maybe in a few years, we'll be richer than the royal family."
Ye Zhou restrained his smile and said: "Since we have money, the children's studies should not be neglected. At least they should be able to read and do math."
A Pu lowered his head: "Yes, I remember it, I will definitely pass on your words."
Ye Zhou waved his hand: "I didn't come back to tell you what to do. This is just a suggestion. As for how to do it, it's up to you guys."
After saying that, Ye Zhou patted A Pu on the shoulder and said, "Let's go. Don't see me off."
He took a step forward, and the crowd that had been evacuated gathered together again, and those who tried to stop them were pushed to the city gate.
Ye Zhou was walking in front, with hundreds of people watching from behind. Someone was still shouting, "Master Zhou! You must come back to see us more often!"
"Next time you come, the town will definitely be better!"
"The stone statue we carved for you will definitely be able to stand up by then!"
Ye Zhou stumbled and almost fell when he heard the last sentence - no, why do all the planes with Western backgrounds love to erect stone statues so much? When he thought about his own stone statue being erected in the town for future generations to "admire", he felt uncomfortable all over.
He is not dead yet!
Some newcomers who didn't know Ye Zhou squeezed into the crowd curiously, grabbed the people around them and asked, "Who is Lord Zhou? Is he a noble?"
The person he was questioning immediately said seriously: "Lord Zhou is not a noble. The supermarket in the city is his property. Because of him, this town exists!"
"Since you have come to live in this town, you should be grateful." The man had tears in his eyes, "Otherwise, why would they accept poor people like us and let us live like this?"
The person who asked knew about the supermarket. There were many things in the supermarket and they were very cheap. After becoming a resident of this small town, he could afford salt and sugar. As long as he worked hard, he could earn money and eat meat.
"Then why didn't he stay?!" the person who asked, "You should have held him back just now!"
The one being asked rolled his eyes: "What do you mean by that? Can we still force Master Zhou?!"
Seeing that they were about to quarrel, the people around them scolded: "Can you please go somewhere else to quarrel?"
"You guys are being too loud! Master Zhou can hardly hear us!"
"If you have nothing to do, go out and till the fields!"
"Did Master Zhou say when he will come next time?"
"It seems not? Go ask Apu later."
"Oh, it's all the fault of those stonemasons. They carved too slowly."
"You can't blame them. I heard they were going to carve the largest stone statue ever."
"How big is it?"
“As high as the castle!”
"When the time comes, tear down the castle and erect a stone statue! Right in the center of town!"
"Next time Lord Zhou comes, he will be moved when he sees the stone statue!"
"Yes, I'm sure you'll be touched!"
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