Chapter 222
Aphra likes living in Cheng Yu's house. Not only can she slack off and mess around freely, but she can also eat the food made by Cheng Yu.
Compared with the food made by Cheng Yu, the food in the Demon Realm can only be described as unpalatable.
Her personality is also very compatible with Cheng Yu, both of them are people who like to mess around.
There are many pedestrians on the street, merchants, travelers, mercenaries, local residents... bustling.
The two walked side by side and strolled along the street.
Cheng Yu eats braised meat with wood roots every day to strengthen his fighting power. Suddenly, he remembered that the raw material of the braised meat, the wood dragon root, is almost used up, and he has to buy some more.
"Xiao Fu, I want to buy some wood dragon root." Cheng Yu said to Aphra.
"What do you want to buy wood dragon root for?"
Afra knew that wood dragon root was a magical material, often used in alchemical potions, but Cheng Yu was not an alchemist.
"Make a dish that can strengthen yang." Cheng Yu said with a smile.
"Hmph, you~"
As the blood queen of the vampires, Aphra has good hearing. She can often hear the moans of girls coming from Cheng Yu's room at night, sometimes two, sometimes four.
She glared at Cheng Yu unhappily, and finally understood why Cheng Yu could satisfy four girls at the same time. It turned out that there was a dish that could strengthen his yang.
"Hehe~"
Cheng Yu smiled.
"Let's go."
The two went to the Magic Materials Wholesale Market in Pease Harbor.
Crossed several streets.
Came to the door of a magic materials store.
"Wait for me at the door, I'll go in and buy wood dragon roots." Cheng Yu said.
"Yeah."
Afra nodded and waited for Cheng Yu at the door of the store.
At this time, a group of ragged beggars came along the street to beg, their tattered clothes were covered with dirt, their faces were dirty, their hair was stuck together by oil and sweat, and they exuded a foul odor.
Pedestrians on the street were afraid to avoid these beggars.
"Miss, our village was flooded, please have pity on us."
"Sir, please give me some money, I haven't eaten for three days."
"Our home was swallowed by the flood, and we can only beg for a living."
...
The ragged beggars told the pedestrians on the street about their miserable experiences, hoping to get sympathy from passers-by.
Some people ignored it, while others generously donated ten copper coins, twenty copper coins, fifty copper coins, or even a silver coin.
Afra stood at the door of the magic material store waiting for Cheng Yu. A skinny little girl with sunken cheeks walked up to Afra and handed her a broken bowl, "Beautiful sister, please give me some money, Ellie and Ellie's parents are so hungry."
There are so many poor people in this world, Afra had no expression on her face, she was not a human, and she had no sympathy for the human girl in front of her.
However, Cheng Yu had just given her ten gold coins, and it was a bit troublesome to carry them on her body.
He took out ten gold coins and threw them into the little girl's broken bowl.
Wow~
Looking at the ten glittering gold coins in the bowl, the little girl widened her eyes in surprise and hurriedly thanked, "Thank you, big sister, thank you, big sister."
Afra said nothing, waved her hand, and signaled the little girl to leave.
The little girl ran to a middle-aged woman and three middle-aged men, "Father, mother, uncle, second uncle, I got the money."
Handed the ten gold coins to her family.
"I actually got ten gold coins. Who is so generous?"
"Finally, I can have a full meal."
"Little Ellie, who gave you ten gold coins?"
The three men and one woman were very surprised that someone was so generous.
"The big sister in white over there."
The little girl pointed to Aphra.
The other beggars on the street looked at Aphra and got excited.
This lady in white is not only rich, but also beautiful. Even if you can't get money from her, it's good to take advantage of her.
Dozens of people rushed towards Aphra like hungry wolves.
"Miss, please have mercy on me. I haven't had a full meal for several days."
"Miss, I fell and injured myself when I was fleeing from the famine. I'm afraid I will die if I don't get treatment in time."
"Miss, I am willing to be your male lover. You can do whatever you want to me."
...
With a flash of disdain in her eyes, Aphra raised her hand lightly, and the blood-red magic power around her body burst out, and the invisible powerful force hit the beggars who rushed over.
Puff~ Puff~ Puff~
Dozens of beggars were severely injured, spitting blood, and flew backwards.
Some died on the spot, and some had a collapsed chest and were dying.
Seeing this scene, pedestrians on the street were frightened and retreated.
Aphra likes to play bad and fish, but it doesn't mean she is easy to talk to.
In Aphra's eyes, these ordinary humans are nothing but ants.
After buying the wood dragon root, Cheng Yu walked out of the store and saw dozens of beggars lying in the street with blood on the ground. He asked Aphra, "LittleFu, what happened? "
"These beggars came to me to beg, but I blasted them away." Aphra said calmly.
Cheng Yu saw the dead and injured beggars, and thought to himself that Aphra was really heavy-handed.
Maybe because he had seen too many professional beggars before crossing, Cheng Yu did not have much sympathy for the beggar group.
Professional beggars pretend to be pitiful and beg during the day, and stay in hotels at night.
Some professional beggars even bought three houses in the city center by begging and achieved financial freedom.
"Let's go."
Someone died here, and the Peace Harbor City Defense Force will be here soon.
Cheng Yu took Aphra away.
Just after walking two steps, a young beggar rushed to Cheng Yu and the others fearlessly and knelt on the ground, "Sir, Miss, I'm dying, I just want to have a full meal before I die. "
"Uh~"
Cheng Yu stopped and was about to say something.
Another woman holding a child rushed to Cheng Yu, "Sir, my child is starving to death, please give me some money."
A sick young beggar who kept coughing came over with a cart with seven or eight corpses lying on it, "Sir, I am willing to be your slave and sell myself to bury my family."
"Fuck, who taught you to sell yourself to bury your family?"
Cheng Yu felt that this scene was familiar.
"There was a flood in the south, our homes were flooded, and we begged all the way to Pease Harbor." Another beggar said.
"Oh? So you are refugees. "
Cheng Yu was slightly stunned. Just now he thought these people were beggars.
There is still a big difference between beggars and refugees. There may be lazy beggars, but refugees have to become beggars due to natural disasters.
When returning to Bailu Island from the Holy Kingdom, Cheng Yu and Meiweier passed through the south of Pease Port. There was indeed a heavy rainstorm there. Many villages and farmlands were flooded and civilians were displaced.
Cheng Yu looked up at the beggars on the street, mainly young and middle-aged people.
The old, weak and disabled died of starvation and disease on the way to escape famine. Those who can walk to Pease Port are all physically fit.
Bailu Island is now short of manpower for land reclamation. It would be a good idea to bring these refugees to Bailu Island as farmers.
"Do you want to have enough food?"
Cheng Yu asked the refugees.
"Yes. "
The refugees said in unison.
"Tell your relatives and friends that there is a small town not far south of Pease Harbor called Dark Night City. Go to Dark Night City and wait. I will arrange for people to give you food and allocate land for you to cultivate."
There is food and land to cultivate. When the refugees heard about this good thing, they all headed south.