Chapter 5 Five Years
Zhou An will not practice to death like the protagonists of those passionate anime.
If those brainless protagonists are not covered by the protagonist's halo, they can kill themselves without even waiting for the enemy to come.
I believe everyone is familiar with the term sports injury. If you don’t have the bloodline of Sun Wukong in Dragon Ball, don’t expect to exercise like him.
On Zhou An's "Self-examination" panel, his race clearly has the word "human" written on it. There are no extraordinary chromosomes passed down from his ancestors and do not have the conditions to be born noble.
Therefore, after Zhou An practiced until he was a little tired and his body became slightly hot, he went to bed honestly.
No words all night.
In the darkness, Zhou An woke up.
The effect of Tai Chi brings to limit qi and blood, which makes Zhou An easily enter deep sleep. The side effect is that the sleep time is not long, usually no more than three hours.
Sitting in the darkness, Zhou An thought for a while, got up and put on his clothes, found cleaning tools from the room, and then walked out of the door.
The night is quiet, and in a world without street lights, no one will go out unless it is necessary until the sun rises.
Only an oil lamp was lit in the hotel lobby, and the dim light could barely illuminate the entire hall.
Drinking water and use water are separated. Drinking water comes from a well behind the hotel, while water comes from a pond in the vestibule.
Zhou An carried a bucket, fetched half a bucket of water from the pond, and carried it into the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, and began to scrub the tables, chairs and floors vigorously.
Today is his first day at work, and Zhou An wants to leave a deep impression on Mrs. Reulter.
The importance of the first impression is not necessary for fat people to describe here. In the various job search books that must be read by college graduates, there are detailed descriptions on how to perform to get the favor of their employers.
This job as a hotel guy is likely to be Zhou An’s only chance to survive in this world in a short period of time.
The pressure brought by survival is much stronger than the college entrance examination - not to mention that once you have starved to death, what is the consequence of failing the test work? No one has to tell Zhou An.
Zhou An tried hard to scrub every corner of the hall, and the sound of "brushing and brushing" continued for a long time.
Reult Hotel is the second-ranked hotel in the entire Leicester town.
There are three hotels in Leicester.
Ranked first is the Bluetail Hotel opened by the Baron, which only accepts people with status, such as knights and squires who come and go, and some nobles;
(Terligan and others are more advanced adventurers. Although they are rich, they are not qualified to stay in the Bluetail Hotel until after Terligan cultivates his fighting spirit)
The guests of the Reult Hotel are adventurers, mercenaries and ordinary merchants. These people are rich but have only identities as free people.
As for the last hotel, the straw hotel, as the name suggests, the bedding in the guest rooms is made of straw, which is the first choice for those travelers who are short of money.
The morning sun shines on the exterior wall of the Reult Hotel, shining golden light from the garlic, ham and sausages hanging on the exterior wall.
The Reult Hotel is built with black pine wood, which is the same wood as the construction of a town wall. Although this pine wood produced in nearby forests is not expensive, it is not inferior to the precious nanmu. It is a solid wood with good quality and low price.
Mrs. Reulter walked into her hotel.
Every morning, checking the situation of her hotel before the official opening is a must-do homework she has done every day for more than ten years.
The hotel was passed to her by Mrs. Reulter's father (Mr. Reulter is the son-in-law of the house), and she also wanted to pass the hotel to her son. When she thought of her son, Mrs. Reulter had a headache.
Her eldest son Ron opened a tavern in the city of Grae, and did not want to return to Leicester to inherit the family business. Her second son Porto said he wanted to see the world and joined the caravan under the Barons, but he had no intention of inheriting the family business.
The hotels handed down by ancestors cannot be without heirs. Whether to let the eldest son come back or the second son come back is a question.
While thinking about these questions, Mrs. Reult opened the door.
Let the sun shine into the first floor lobby, Mrs. Reult suddenly rubbed her eyes.
The floor, which was originally close to brown, has now turned into a pure brown color, and the dining table and seats are even clean enough to shine - is this still the first floor lobby of the Reult Hotel? Didn’t you go to the wrong place?
"What's going on? Burke? Burke?" Mrs. Reulter shouted.
Burke is the hotel guy, and he and another guy were responsible for the night yesterday.
"Mrs. Reilt, are you here?" Burke turned out of the duty room with sleepy eyes.
"Burke, what's going on?" Mrs. Reult asked, pointing to the shiny floor in the sun.
"Ah, so clean? I didn't expect that Little Ander was so powerful. Mrs. Reult, it was only after Little Ander had brushed the entire hall like this after brushing it for a long time at night."
"Little Ander? Did he do it? What about others?"
"He's exhausted, I'll let him go to bed first," Burke said.
As a guy on the night, Ande opened and closed the door and went in and out at night, and scrubbing the floor would of course attract his attention.
However, even when I saw Burke working in Under, I didn't expect that Under could scrub the floor and tables and chairs so clean.
This has been accumulating dirt for many years, and even makes everyone forget the original color of wood and always thinks that the floor should be this color.
"Mrs. Reulter, do you want me to call him up?"
"No need, let this child have a good rest. I wonder how much effort the child has put into the floor and the table and chairs."
Mrs. Reilt said with a smile.
With his outstanding work this day and Mrs. Reilt's kindness, Zhou An finally gained a place to settle down in this world.
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Five years later.
Reulte Hotel has become more and more prosperous in recent years. Its clean rooms, tidy halls, and several delicious and unique dishes, as well as performing shows. In the evaluation of Adventurers Guild, Reulte Hotel's reputation is almost surpassing that of Bluetail Hotel.
Compared with the cheapest price of Bluetail Hotel, the bard and dancer were invited to perform on-site, making the restaurant on the first floor of the Reult Hotel full of guests every evening.
Some people even couldn't find a seat, but they were willing to stand, chat with wine glasses, watch programs, wait for a seat to be free, and they were unwilling to leave here.
"End, come and deliver these eight glasses of wine to the guests at Table 7."
"Hello, here it's here." With a 'come', a thin young man slid out of the crowd like a swimming fish.
He held a rectangular wooden plate with one hand, and eight glasses of wine were filled with wine, walking through the crowd. Even though there were so many people in the restaurant that they were almost shoulder-to-shoulder, he raised the wooden plate with one hand over his head, shaking his body left and right, and his hands holding the wooden plate kept swaying, but no drop of wine was spilled.
"Huo, this kid is good!" someone whispered in the corner: "It's rare to have such talent. Do we want—?"
"Don't make any decisions about him. He has a good relationship with the deputy captain of the town guard Telligan. We don't make trouble if we don't have a firm foothold."
"But this young man, with a little training, he will be a qualified thief."
"That's also the future. Now the most important thing for us is to settle down first."
"Okay, you're the boss, I'll listen to you."
In the past five years, not only Leicester Hotel, but also Leicester Town has become more prosperous, and even the Thieves Union is preparing to set up a branch here.
Ander has been working in Mrs. Reult's hotel for many years, and from time to time, he also went to the town guard to visit Telligan and other three saviors. Every time, Ander would bring some snacks and food he made himself.
Over the past three years, Ender has made many inconspicuous but quite effective improvements, greatly improving his status in the hotel.
For example, he designed and installed a water tank and tap water pipe for the hotel, so that tap water was used in every room; taught Mr. Reult to steam food and cages; numbered the dining table and delivered food according to the table number, which improved the delivery efficiency; opened an area in the hall, and invited bards and dancers to perform, so that the restaurant took into account some of the functions of the tavern and could retain guests.
Although these things look inconspicuous alone, when combined, they greatly enhance the taste and status of the Reult Hotel. This is also the main reason why the Reult Hotel has become better and better in recent years. Even the Baron knows that Reult Hotel has a flexible-minded guy - a high-level water tank and tap water pipe, which has been widely used and has even been installed in the Baron's mansion.
It is precisely because of these contributions that Ender became an important technical consultant at Reult Hotel, mainly responsible for giving ideas and solving some problems. He can get a salary without having to sit on a long time.
In this way, he has a lot of time to be free to do. The job of delivering alcohol like now is just to see that he is really busy and take the initiative to come out to help.
After serving these eight glasses of wine to the guests, Ande stood by and took a break and listened to the conversation between the eight guests.
"Tomorrow is the Harvest Festival. I heard that the leaders here invite a famous circus in Grah City to perform in the town!"
"Is that true? I have to go and have a look."
All eight guests, Ander, knew them, who were a well-known adventure team member who often did tasks nearby, and the captain was named Carrien.
"Captain, you are a level 4 warrior now, only one step away from refining fighting spirit. If you can break through, our lives will be much better - maybe you can still become a knight." An adventurer named Bona sighed.
"It's not so easy. Let's not talk about how difficult it is to refine Dou Qi. Even if it is refine Dou Qi, it is difficult to become a knight. Knights must have a fief. Which noble or king will give a fief at will?"
"Terligan, the deputy captain of the town guard here, turned out to be a very powerful adventurer and was also acquainted with me. He had been practicing fighting spirit for a long time and served Baron Leicester for five years. He never forgot to become a knight-but there is no hope until now."
"If I could really cultivate fighting spirit and get the position of deputy captain of the town guard like him, I would be very satisfied."
Carrien took a sip of wine and continued, "It's better for you to work harder than relying on me to break through. There is no threshold for going from a second-level warrior to a third-level warrior. Just be more proficient in combat skills."
After hearing the captain's words, Bona couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, so he had to scratch his head and said that he would work harder and try to see if he could pass the certification of the Adventurers Guild next year.
Carrien put down his wine glass and said, "It's getting more and more prosperous here, and our lives are better than before. Everyone should work harder and take more tasks and make more money now. Adventurers can't do it all their lives. Sooner or later we will return to our hometown or find a place to settle down."
"I heard that it is because the countries in the south are fighting, and the rich people are heading towards the north. After the war is over, the place may not be so prosperous."
Another adventure team member, Biss, spoke.
Chapter completed!