48 Hours a Day

“You're back, I made seafood soup with snails and oysters that I didn't sell this afternoon. It's just out of the pot, and it's still warm!” Marvin hears footsteps, wears a leather apron and protrudes from the kitchen, but sees a strange red-haired girl.

Zhang Heng followed her, introducing both sides, "Annie, this is Marvin of the Sea Lion, Marvin, this is Annie of the Golden Swallow, the new tenant here, she will stay for a while until... uh, she finds her place on the island. ”

“Seafood soup?” Annie sucked her nose, "can I have a bowl? ”

Marvin was stunned and then busy. “Of course, I've done a lot, even three people can drink enough, but...”

His words were not finished, the red-haired girl had rushed into the kitchen, despite the hot roll, copied the spoon and drank it. She must have been hungry for a long time. After a few big sips, she filled herself with the biggest bowl she could find, filled herself with oysters, stepped out of it and looked at the farmer's son, "But what? ”

“Well, I'd say, but if it's not salty enough, you can put some more salt in it.” Marvin was deterred by the momentum emanating from the red-haired teenager, whispering.

“Food is enough to feed on hunger. It doesn't matter what it tastes like.” Annie sat at the dining table in the living room with a bowl as she spoke.

“I… must speak out against this heretical evil.” Mr. Chef mustered courage and expressed his protest with a voice smaller than that of a mosquito.

According to Annie herself, she was born into a wealthy family, her father was a lawyer, had a large orchard, and other piecemeal industries, yet her mother was only a maid, Annie was their illegitimate daughter, and since her birth, her mother and daughter had been placed in a secret estate, and her father had been quite reliable, at least not having lost two people in terms of money, and had hired Annie a teacher to raise her as a lady.

Unfortunately, unlike other girls, Annie had no interest whatsoever in reading or prom, but rather loved dancing knives and guns, and because of her childhood experience, her growing desire for freedom, especially as a child listening to pirate stories told by her mother before bed, was unparalleled.

Eventually, she escaped from the estate with a passing sailor, fleeing the control that her father had always exercised, and all the way to Nassau, the legendary pirate kingdom, where Annie was one step closer to her dream life. However, after that, she was faced with the unexpected difficulty of finding a job. Although she easily defeated the pirates in the tavern who recruited people, no pirate ship was willing to receive her.

The reason is just because she's a woman.

And the leak was even raining at night, and the sailor who brought her to Nassau with him, James Bernie, also stalled her, saying it was unlikely that she would ever eat like this, unless Annie was willing to marry him, and the irritable red-haired girl slammed the body of the former and then fell out the door.

But now that all this seems to be in the past, Annie got the letter of recommendation from the Golden Swallow, got a job, and at the same time found a place to stay, and it looks like her life is about to open a new page.

…………

Annie's story is a little bit of an intrusion. Zhang Heng simply learned about the girl's experience and left her alone. The only advantage of the house he rented was that it was big enough. Even if he gave Annie a room, there were still plenty of empty rooms. Especially when he and Marvin went out to sea, there would often be some unexpected visitors here. Instead of cheap homeless people let Annie live, there was no reason to refuse to raise her hand.

But then Zhang Heng shifted his gaze back to the most important thing of the moment.

Given the extraordinarily long duration of this copy, he was not in a hurry, especially during the previous period, and Zhang Heng did not intend to raise the flag in a hurry.

His biggest advantage over other players is time. Zhang Heng can brush up his skills in a year or two before embarking on the mainline mission. His luck is good. The Sea Lion is one of Nassau's most powerful pirates, which means he has a lot to learn on it, where sailing is definitely one of his main goals.

Not long before their fourth sailing day, Zhang Heng found the length of the sea lion's cable on the last night before leaving the sea.

Unlike most pirates who have left their homes or come out to storm the streets, Roscoe belongs to a truly unaffiliated type of man who was said to have been the captain of a cargo ship, but on his way there was a sudden and unprovoked interception by a Royal Navy warship, who suddenly opened fire and sank Roscoe's cargo ship without any warning or intercession, and more importantly, his wife and his five-year-old daughter were on board.

Roscoe, fortunate enough to survive, lost everything and no one believed his story when he returned home. Instead, he bore a huge debt and eventually had to leave the civilized world to become a pirate.

No family, no relatives, he's kind of the most bare group on the boat, and he doesn't set up properties on the island. Every time he gets off the boat, he sticks his head in a buffet yard. Well, considering his age, his abilities in some respects are pretty good.

In short, for the old man, there were only two ideal ends to his life, either dead in the sea or in the bed of a Buddhist garden, and he saved little money to ensure that he was not taken advantage of by anyone after his death.

When Zhang Heng found Roscoe, the latter was playing a game of kings and prisoners in the house.

Zhang Heng pushed the door open, and just a glance at the view of the house, he retreated. He closed the door. Half a minute later, a gorgeous woman hurried out of the bed sheet.

It won't be good for anyone to be interrupted while doing something like this. Roscoe can't help but scold while wearing his clothes. "How many times have I said this? Unless one day I can't walk anymore, you will never learn my skills. There is no negotiation on this matter. On the count of three, if you don't get out of my face, even if I retire, you won't think...”

“Corolle, your daughter.” Zhang Heng interrupted the old man's curse, "she spent three days at sea after falling into the water. Luckily, when she was dying, she met a Spanish citizenship. The people above rescued her and then sent her back to England. But then you were gone, so she was adopted by a kind family, married to a miller in adulthood, gave birth to three sons and two daughters, and now she is a grandmother. ”

“Impossible, you're lying to me!” Rather than being happy, Roscoe said furiously, "You dirty little liar, you don't know where to hear my story, so making up such an awkward lie to try to cheat me away from my most proud technology, you will never succeed. ”

Zhang Heng did not speak again this time, but put the toy trojan horse directly in front of the old man.

When Roscoe saw this thing, his eyes immediately changed, and he was excited, "This is the toy I made for Corolle on the boat, where did you get this thing?! ”