Alien world

Chapter 1376 10. Palin's Day

A cleaner's job is both easy and tiring.

They have to make sure the streets are free of dirt, debris, and snow. In addition to cleaning, they also have to get up before dawn to earn extra money.

Fortunately, the Golden Palace has enacted a new law - but they say this is not a law, but a regulation.

The "regulations" require them to be good citizens, such as not stealing, keeping the place clean, not gathering to fight, and paying attention to hygiene.

Gone are the days when bastards defecated in corners and alleys.

But how could they bear not to spit and blow their noses? However, after hearing about someone who violated the rules and was eaten by a passing dragon, they would rather swallow their snot and wipe it on their clothes than spit on the ground.

Life seemed to be more difficult, but no one complained - because spitting and excretion were not allowed, they didn't have to avoid alleys full of disgusting yellow-brown icicles and black solidification. Gang fights were not allowed, so they didn't have to worry about being harassed by gangsters. Paying attention to hygiene was indeed a bit of torture in the winter, but soon they found that their scalps were no longer itchy, their bodies no longer had red spots, and their children no longer got sick.

Most importantly, they were no longer burdened with onerous taxes.

In the past, they had to pay taxes to the great lords whom they had never met but claimed to be their masters, pay taxes to the lords, bribe officials, and be extorted by gangsters. After layers of exploitation, a silver coin they worked hard to earn would not even get 10 copper coins.

Now, not only do the poor not have to pay taxes, they will also be helped to get through the winter.

Who said the blue dragon was an evil dragon? Even if it was an evil dragon, so what? Not to mention an evil dragon, even if it was a ratman, as long as it could make their lives better, they would learn the ratman language tomorrow!

Among them, Palin, who earns a lot of tips every day, lives a more fulfilling life.

Because he has a wife.

Gena was the widow introduced by the neighbor. Her husband died in the mines, just like Palin's father and brothers.

Palin thought he was lucky, but he didn't know that Gena thought he was the luckiest person. If it weren't for the new life brought by Liberty City, a helpless woman would have been reduced to being a prostitute.

So Gena was always very attentive. She would get out of the warm bed before Palin woke up, put his clothes by the stove to warm them up, and then prepare a hot breakfast. She would also help Palin take off his bulky coat after he came back, wash his dirty clothes, and count what he had bought today.

Her favorite thing to do was to listen to Palin talk about the thrills of cleaning the blue dragon and the funny things about collecting dragon poop while cooking.

That day, Palin returned home, and as usual, Gena helped him take off his coat, prepared dinner, and then they fell asleep in each other's arms.

Late at night, the man next to me suddenly let out a loud shout and sat up in shock.

"what happened?"

After being awakened, Gena hurried to care for her husband.

Palin said he had a nightmare in which he dreamed that everything he had now was just a dying fantasy of a man who was frozen on the side of the road...

"It's okay, everything is over..." Gena patted Palin's back and comforted him like she was coaxing a child.

"Go back to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow."

"No, Lord Wilson gave us a day off...Genna, do you want to go out for a walk?"

"Take a walk...a walk?"

"Well, take a walk."

The word "shopping" has never belonged to Gena.

She was only twenty years old, but she was already bent by time and looked as old as those women who had given birth to two or three children.

So much so that the next morning, seeing Palin's urging, she seemed a little at a loss.

After taking out the clothes that had been in the closet for a long time and had turned white due to starching, Gena followed Palin out.

Palin didn't know where to go. The Golden City was huge, but his range of activities was limited to a few nearby streets.

Before they knew it, they arrived at the Fortune Church. When passing by the gate, Palin couldn't help but chant: "Praise Annan..." "Praise Annan." Gena followed the prayer.

Continuing forward, the couple saw a street that was being renovated in full swing in the cold winter, and everything looked brand new.

Palin vaguely remembered that Lord Annan was going to build a commercial street in the Golden City, and in the future the Golden City would also have all the new things from the outside.

The commercial street is full of buildings under renovation, except for the theater.

Huge and beautiful posters were displayed side by side, and there was a long queue in front of the door.

He heard passers-by nearby say that the theater was showing magical images. Usually a ticket cost several silver coins, but on Saturdays and Sundays it cost "only" one silver coin.

“These paintings are really big…”

Seeing his wife looking up at the poster with longing, Palin suddenly pulled her into the team.

"Palin, what are you doing?"

"We'll watch, too."

In the past, Palin would never have dared to spend the money that could buy half a bag of coal to watch a magic movie - even the old woman who wandered outside the tavern soliciting customers only charged 50 copper coins at a time.

But now, Palin understands a word he didn't understand before: romance.

Gena didn't want to waste money, but there were people all around her, so she had to accommodate her husband.

It was the first time for both of them, and ten minutes ago, they didn't even know what magic images were.

After getting the tickets, the two Muggles had no choice but to follow the crowd stiffly and find their seats among the reminders.

Palin tried his best to make it look like this was not his first time here, but the sweat on his forehead betrayed him. Fortunately, no one was there to see the other spectators.

Sitting down, Palin breathed a sigh of relief. Ge Na, who was standing beside him, came over and whispered in a low voice, "There are people everywhere here..."

At this time, the curtain on the stage lit up.

The noise in the theater quickly disappeared, and hundreds of eyes looked at the three people appearing on the screen.

They were three businessmen, and they were going through a dangerous jungle with a cartload of kinnars.

The first businessman chose to hire guards, but he was harassed by endless thieves and robbers and lost all his money.

The second merchant chose to use a magic ring to carry the kinnars, but was ordered to be stripped by greedy robbers. He found the hidden ring and lost all his money.

The third businessman went into the bank before leaving and exchanged all his gold nuggets for deposit certificates. His deposit certificates were also robbed, but he was not in a hurry at all.

The scene changed, and the thief was holding the deposit certificate, scratching his head because he didn't have the password, while the third businessman easily confirmed his identity at another savings bank and got back all his money.

[The Savings House, one of the greatest inventions of the second millennium of the Yves Saint Laurent calendar, is about to open in various commercial streets]

The picture faded and the curtain returned to its original state.

The audience, which had been quiet for three minutes, suddenly erupted into noisy discussions, discussing the scene just now.

Gena said distressedly: "We just spent two silver coins? Oh my God..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the magic lights on the ceiling of the theater gradually dimmed, and the blue planet logo for the new world appeared on the curtain.

The magic image has just begun.

(End of this chapter)