Chapter 246 I was born with a disability and I am a poor little thing
"wilderness."
Alan finally gave his name and uttered these two words with a grunt.
"Wasteland?" Rong Zhen read the word curiously, and searched the original owner's memory, but it seemed that he had never heard of it.
Alan said it was somewhere on the other side of the forest.
Rongzhen understood. "So you came here through the forest?"
Alan lowered his head and said embarrassedly, "Yes, I met elves. They gave me a robe and food, and took me to a place with a big tree. I saw you there, and I followed you out."
Ah, this, Rongzhen didn't expect that this would happen. Does this count as her indirectly stealing people from the elves?
However, Alan is not an elf. The other party may have saved him because he looks similar to an elf, and probably wouldn't care much if he ran away.
"So what are your plans for the future?" Since he had come to her and had shown her so much kindness, Rong Zhen felt that if she could help, she should help him. After all, as a fellow human being, she couldn't even compare to an elf.
Alan rubbed the dirt under his feet with his shoes, "I don't know..."
"Think about it. Think about what you want to do."
"I want to stay with you."
Rongzhen coughed twice again, brushing her hair that had been ruffled by the night wind. "You want to work on my farm? Do you have any skills?"
Alan took out a small red flower from his robe and gave it to her. "Does it count for me finding this?"
Rongzhen patted his head. He was so excited about the conversation that he almost forgot to ask him about the origin of the little red flower.
"Where did you find it? I remember elves liked this kind of flower. You picked a lot just to give to me. Is that okay?"
Although the flowers are indeed beautiful, what if the elves are angered? Although they are quite friendly to humans, the premise is that humans do not infringe on their interests or threaten their survival.
Otherwise, the elves will definitely teach you why the flowers of thorns are so red.
It's all watered with the blood of the enemies.
Therefore, Rongzhen cannot afford to be careless.
Alan answered honestly, "I found it further in from the end of the lake, near the edge of the forest. There were no elves guarding it, so I picked it at will."
Oh, that's fine, as long as it's not from the forest, Rong Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and asked him how he got in.
Alan pointed in the direction of the gate and said that they climbed in from the fence next to the gate.
Rong Zhen had people use large trees cut down from the dead woods as raw materials to build a fence on the edge of the farm on the basis of the original burned fence. It prevented petty thefts, but it failed to prevent this guy.
But thanks to him for finding this loophole for them.
Since he could find the ownerless thorn flowers, Rong Zhen suddenly had a good idea. "Why don't you stay and plant thorns for me? Plant a circle outside the fence to protect my farm."
Once the thorns grow up and climb along the fence to form a thorn wall, not everyone can climb it. It can definitely prevent anyone from climbing over the wall.
"Okay, I'll go dig now!" Alan's eyes lit up and he couldn't wait to start working for her.
Rongzhen quickly stopped them and rang the bell to call Aunt Mary who was sleeping downstairs.
Mary saw the uninvited guest standing under Miss Jenny's window sill and said with vigilance and guilt, "Miss Jenny, I was sleeping so soundly that I didn't notice anyone breaking into your attic."
Rongzhen comforted her and introduced Alan. "Just be more careful next time. Luckily, it wasn't a thief this time, but our friend Alan from the wasteland. He helped me find the loopholes in our farm fence. I want to keep him here to work for me. Aunt Mary, please arrange a place for him to stay and let him meet everyone tomorrow."
Alan behaved harmlessly, well-behaved and obedient throughout the whole process. Even though he had a delicate and beautiful face, it did not make Mary more defensive.
The main reason was that he was too thin, wearing an empty black robe, with not a pound of flesh on his body, and he didn't look like he had much strength. Mary estimated that she could beat five of him by herself, and he was completely defenseless.
There was also the black robe he was wearing. When Mary learned that it was a gift from the elves, she immediately let down her guard.
Since they are people who have been treated kindly and certified by the elves, they have nothing to worry about.
Mary felt that what she should be most careful about was that this boy was so handsome, and he might seduce Miss Jenny. Miss Jenny was so kind and beautiful, she should find a gentleman of status, not a poor boy who came from the wilderness.
Therefore, when arranging accommodation, she deliberately placed Allen in a location farther away from the attic where Miss Jenny lived, giving him a separate cabin to live in.
Next to the cabin is a hillside covered with wild flowers, and on the hill are the tombstones of the original owner's parents.
Out of respect and taboo, other hired workers who needed to stay overnight on the farm did not come to stay here, so Mary arranged for Allen to stay here.
The cabin was originally there and was rebuilt after the disaster. It has all the basic living facilities. You just need to add some bedding, pillows, clothes and so on, and you can move in directly.
Mary gave him a set from the servants' share, and used the leftover dark green cloth to sew him a change of robe overnight.
Because he was half a head taller than the average person, the uniforms worn by other male employees were not suitable for him, so Mary simply made him another robe based on the one he was wearing.
When Rongzhen learned about this, Alan had already changed into the dark green robe sewn by Mary and came to report to her.
Rongzhen: "I forgot about this. Sorry to bother Aunt Mary. I still have a lot of cheese I brought back from the forest market last time. Please cut yourself an extra piece to taste."
Mary understood that this was Miss Jenny's reward for her trouble, and she happily accepted it.
In fact, although Mary is the cook of Rongzhen's family, she is actually more like her housekeeper now. However, Mary prefers to study and make delicious food and is not interested in being a housekeeper.
Therefore, we still need to find a suitable and reliable person to take on the position of housekeeper. If that doesn't work, we can train Daisy to be more inclined in this area.
From a little maid to a personal maid and then to a butler, it is also a very good path to promotion.
After Rongzhen had this idea, she inevitably added some difficulty to her studies, which made the little girl headache and happy. She thought that Miss Jenny valued her.
Now, Alan changed into a dark green robe, which matched his long snow-white hair, making him look more like an elf.
But Rongzhen was very sure that he was not an elf, because the area around his ears was flat, without the pointed ears of an elf, so he was obviously a human.
The human's ears are completely covered by his hair, hiding most of his face. In addition, he likes to hang his head and hide himself in the hood, making him look a little melancholy.
"Why don't you tie your hair up?" Rongzhen asked Daisy to get a hair tie made of rubber band from her dressing table.
Alan quickly shook his head, "No, no, I like it this way."
Rong Zhen: "But it will affect your work. You might get hooked when digging and planting thorns, and then it will be troublesome."
Allen insisted: "I will pay attention, don't worry."
Rongzhen noticed something was going on, waved him over, gestured for him to squat down, and let him see what was going on.
Allen couldn't refuse her, so he slowly moved to her side and squatted down, his face pale and his eyelashes trembling. He lowered his head pitifully and said, "Don't look down on me when you see me. They all say I'm ugly."
In fact, no one said it because no one had seen it before. Rongzhen was the first person he was willing to show it to.
As for the elves who had seen it, they were too busy sympathizing with him to say anything bad to this poor fellow.
It was Alan who compared himself with Rongzhen and felt that he was ugly and unworthy.
Even though the lack of an ear allowed him to hide his identity and stay with Rongzhen, he didn't want her to see the ugliness of his congenital disability.
Since it involved personal privacy and he didn't refuse to let her see it, Rongzhen hesitated.
In the end, she just gently touched the sides of his head, and surprisingly, she didn't touch the outline of his ears.
Rongzhen suddenly felt that she was being too harsh. Even if it was to eliminate danger and avoid being deceived, there was no need to let a poor person expose his weaknesses.
"Is this natural, or was it caused by someone?" She carefully withdrew her hand and asked him.
Alan replied sadly: "It's natural."
Rongzhen's conscience pricked, and she immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have doubted you. From now on, you can wear your hair however you want. Just be careful not to get hooked while you're working."
"It's okay. Do you still want to see?" Seeing her attitude, Alan wanted her to lift her hair and touch there, just like she had just touched his hair covering his ear holes, gently and with pity and care, which made him feel warm in his heart and numb in his body.
He, he still wants it.
Alan blushed slightly.
Mary's alarm immediately sounded, and after Miss Jenny shook her head to refuse, she immediately said that she would take the new Alan to meet other colleagues, and quickly dragged the lustful boy away from Miss Jenny.
Daisy waited until they left before she dared to whisper, "Poor Alan! He must have suffered a lot."
Rong Zhen warned, "So we have to keep it a secret for him. If he doesn't tell anyone about it, we shouldn't tell anyone else."
Mary knew what to do without her having to tell her.
Daisy nodded heavily.
At this point, Allen successfully settled on the farm and became a thorn planter at Will Farm.
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