Modern Women's Charm
Departure
The next day, probably around 5 a.m., Jean was neat to wear the clothes of her late father. She doesn't wear hunter accessories just a white shirt with brown cotton long pants.
The shirt was oversized on Jean's body, but it didn't matter if there was a belt of snake skin made by her father. Both of her arms were out to her elbows.
For shoes, Jean wears her own shoes, fortunately she has shoes from the skin of a wild animal a gift from her father that she has kept until now.
For Jean's first plucking today, he decided not to carry the sword of his late father, in fact he understood the basis of the difference from the father's teaching.
Unfortunately Jean is not good at it, her job is now a picker not a hunter. Instead of him having trouble carrying a sword, he brought a dagger instead.
The shiny black dagger revealed its sharpness, it was the first and last weapon the father had given him. Marissa was grateful the real Jean didn't sell the dagger.
For supplies on the road, Jean had bought dry biscuits at the market, they were coarse and hard when bitten, but still worthy of being food in the middle of the forest.
Everything's done, Jean's leaving. Before that he got a hug from Juno.
"Be careful, you must return!" Juno's face still looked unwilling with her brother's departure.
"Yes, in about 3 or 4 days you'll be back." Jean's convinced.
Jean is not worried about leaving Juno alone, she knows her sister is an independent child, understanding to avoid trouble.
About the food Jean had bought rice stocks the day before. So, Jean left with a calm heart.
Mia yesterday said to gather near the gates to the 16 great walls.
Once there, Jean is approached by Mia, who introduces the group members who have gathered.
In total there were twenty people, from which Jean knew the leader of the picking group was named Marco, this group had the name of the Marco group according to the name of the leader of the group.
From his introduction and brief conversation, Jean also finds out that Mia is Marco's lover.
Jean was astonished by Mia, why she showed off her lover as the most handsome man she was among the pickers when she invited him to join.
He admitted Marco was handsome with short red hair and eyes. But the question arises in Jean's mind, 'Does Mia want her lover taken away?'
Marco smiled kindly and greeted Jean.
"May we work well together. If there's something you don't understand, just ask. As fellow pickers we should help each other instead."
"Yes, thank you for accepting me in this group, please help." Jean replied politely as she was the only beginner.
In the group were 17 low level pickers, two middle level pickers and one beginner level person that was himself.
The picker level indicates what items they once brought back, the high and low value of the goods will determine the class of the pickers.
The higher the picking class, the Mission Hall will increase the exchange price of goods.
This can be considered as a form of appreciation for the pickers who dare to come out risking their lives outside the wall. It was the same with the hunter-gatherer class.
They leave.
Marco's group of pickers follows a team of low-level hunters out of the gate into a fringe forest arena.
Because this work is so risky, most picking teams follow low-level hunters, but there are terms that both sides agree on.
Marco's team agreed to give 10 percent of the quotation to the hunters. It was only known to Jean before leaving, but she agreed. Security costs are not a bad thing while not overdoing it.
"It's a Fireflower plant, we just take the seeds as a warmer in winter. But be careful there are a lot of fire ants around that plant. If you are bitten, the burning itching will be felt for several weeks or even several months. That's very uncomfortable. So a lot of pickers don't like collecting sparks seeds, I don't like them either." Mia explained very skillfully.
"Oh so that's the reason fireflower seeds are expensive on the market." Jean realizes a new thing not written on the mission board.
"Yes, maybe it's like that." Mia raised her shoulders uncertainly.
"There's really no way to pluck it without getting bitten by a fire ant?" Jean asked.
"Hmmn, I don't know about it." Mia sealed her head not knowing.
"One way, you can wear a wet protective cloth when picking it, fire ants do not like and avoid things exposed to water, do not forget your shoes must also be wet." Marco beside Mia answered.
"Don't I just heard, have you tried Marco?" Mia asked with her head tilted
Marco replied, "Okay, I just heard. To try that way honestly I've never."
Jean just nodded in understanding.
***
In the small hut of Jean's house, Juno seemed to be holding the door from the inside with a face of panic and fear. There was a loud bang outside the door.
"Open up, open the door! Little rancid boy I said open the door!" The cry of the woman with a face full of powder and the makeup of the menor, her snake-like eye line glared at emotions. She was the fourth wife of the Landlord.
"I know you're inside. You and your brother have to pay the debt today!"
That sentence made Juno even more steadfastly unwilling to open the door.
As his words were not responded to, the fourth wife of the Landlord grew even more furious.
"Brack down the door, bring the rancid boy to his knees before me!" his orders to the two burly guards in the back.
"Good mistress." The two bodyguards answered quickly, they came forward and broke down the door very easily.
Juno who was holding the door from the inside fell forward due to the strong push from the outside.
Not yet had time to complain of illness, Juno was arrested and brought before the fourth wife of the Landlord, the guards forced Juno to kneel.
"Finally you're here too, let me see your face." The Landlord's fourth wife held Juno's chin, pointing it right and left.
Juno looked at the evil woman in front of him with a sharp look.
"Hmmn, there's some bruising and it's too thin, no problem. Just need to take care of two days with a good product. I'm sure with a face like yours, you'll be a prima donna." The fourth wife of the Landlord turned to the servant beside him.
"Take good care of him, I want him not to be deformed in the slightest." he answered a nod from the servant.
"Good mistress."
"You bad woman, you once said give us seven days to pay off the debt, now only 2 days have passed, you can't take me, there are still five days left." Juno shouted and mutinied trying to escape the grip of the two burly bodyguards holding onto him.
The fourth wife of the Landlord turned to look at Juno, she leaned forward and whispered.
"Snick boy, I gave your family a debt, so I'm free to collect a debt whenever I want. Because today your brother can't pay it off, you're the one who has to replace the debt." The fourth wife of the Landlord explained with a cold face.
