The squat businessman's loud shout attracted the attention of many people, especially at this special stage. It didn't take long for the news to spread within Cosi City.
In the streets and alleys, women were chattering and discussing.
In the tavern, Gordon raised his head and poured a bottle of beer into his mouth. He was a well-known blacksmith in Cosi City. His ancestors had been working in this industry in Cosi City for three generations.
He had been in a bad mood after learning that Count Grein's Barony, where he belonged, had lost the battle. However, the businessman who came as Griffin Barony actually dared to shout the so-called "Long live the Viscount!" in the street without being punished, and his mood became even more depressed.
In the forty or fifty years he has lived in Cosi City, when has he ever seen Count Grein's Barony being so angry?
Especially after hearing the chatter of those in the tavern, I became even more irritable.
"Have you heard? In the war that Griffin Barony fought with us, no one was injured... This is too outrageous."
"Not only that, let me tell you, their lord personally went into battle and killed two Gold Rank knights..."
"Oh my God! Gold Rank's knight, doesn't he have to be as strong as Great Knight?"
"No, I heard that he is a noble magician."
"Let's not talk about it anymore. Let me tell you something interesting. My neighbor Lu Xiu came back and found out that his wife is actually four or five months pregnant, hahahaha!"
"Ah? Didn't your neighbor go to the Iron Ore farm to mine? Didn't he come back once a year? Why did he come back suddenly?"
"I don't know about this, but he was quite miserable. He sent all the money he earned in the mine back home. Unexpectedly, he came back with an extra hat..."
"I know this! I just came back from another territory, and we don't allow it to be spread here. I'm telling you secretly, but don't tell anyone."
"Tell me, tell me. You have always known that we are the most strict-tongued."
"After we Count Grein's Barony fought that battle with the opponent, we lost miserably and lost all the minerals to the opponent. In the end, we seemed to have lost 200,000 Gold Coins to them."
"Oh my God! Two hundred thousand Gold Coins, I can't spend them all in a lifetime!"
"Two hundred thousand Gold Coins, I never dared to think about it in my dreams."
"Hey, don't talk about this. Let's talk about your neighbors. Those are too far away from us. I'm still more interested in this."
"Come, come, come here, that's what happened yesterday..."
"Bang!" Gordon slammed the wine glass on the table. The voices of the surrounding discussions lowered, and everyone turned to look over.
"This is drink money..."
Gordon threw a few Silver Coins on the wine table with an ugly expression, then stood up staggeringly, pushed open the door of the tavern and walked out.
After leaving the tavern, the refreshing evening breeze blew on his face. Gordon rubbed his face vigorously to wake himself up, and then walked towards home.
"Back!"
Gordon As soon as he opened the door and entered the home, he heard his wife complaining.
"Where have you been all day? I can't find you when there are customers in the store."
Gordon ignored his wife's complaints. He had gotten used to it over the years and continued walking inside while holding on to the wall.
A little girl of six or seven years old and a boy of about ten years old came over. The boy stood there without blinking, while the girl smiled and ran over with open arms.
"Dad, give me a hug!"
"Hehe." Seeing his lovely daughter, Gordon also laughed happily, picked her up and rubbed her pink face with his beard.
"Hehe, daddy, don't prick me, it's so itchy." The little girl struggled in Gordon's arms with a happy face.
At this time, the wife also came over from the kitchen. Before she got close to Gordon, she smelled the smell of alcohol coming from him. She immediately frowned and snatched her daughter from Gordon's arms.
"Why are you still hugging Bev after drinking?" After putting her daughter back on the ground, the wife continued to nag, "Why are you drinking again? Didn't I tell you to drink less? Bev will have to go to school in a few days, so save some money for her tuition!"
Gordon nodded helplessly and responded, "I know."
"Every time I talk about you, you always say I know, I know. When I see you, you will change."
Gordon had no choice but to nod his head and accept his wife's "scolding", but he knew in his heart that his wife was just talking nonsense. In fact, she was a rare good wife, and she had to take care of all the big and small things in the family.
"Mom, don't talk about Dad, he will definitely change." The little boy standing next to him said, and the little girl also hesitated and wanted to defend her father.
"Okay, okay, no more." The wife looked at her two children with a doting look on her face, and finally rolled her eyes at her husband.
"The food is ready. Hurry up and get rid of your alcoholic smell, and then we can eat together."
Gordon showed a smile and asked his two children to wait at the dining table while he went to wash up first.
Food was already placed on the dining table. When Gordon sat down, his hand stopped as soon as he picked up the knife and fork.
He looked at his wife and said in a bad tone, "What's going on? Why is there only one meat dish? When did we become so poor?"
His wife didn't give in at all and just yelled back.
"Didn't I tell you just now! Bev is going to school, and you can't afford snacks! We have to save some money to pay for her tuition! We can't let them both be like us, illiterate, or let them become a blacksmith like you!"
Gordon lost his momentum and muttered, "What's wrong with being a blacksmith?"
However, he still divided the steak into three parts with a knife and fork, gave the two large pieces to the children, and gave the remaining smaller piece to his wife.
"Eat, I'll work hard these days to do more work."
Bev showed a happy smile and waved his little fist at Gordon, "Come on, Dad!"
Gordon also smiled heartily and touched her little head, "Eat well so you can grow taller."
The wife used a knife and fork to fork the piece of meat on her plate and put it back on Gordon's plate. "It takes effort for you to work, so you should eat this piece of meat."
The little boy suddenly raised his head and hesitated. "Dad, I have to spend more than ten Gold Coins every semester to go to school. If I don't go to school, my family's expenses will not be that much... And you see, Uncle Fenn is also a blacksmith, not as good as you, dad. His son doesn't go to school either. His family life is much better than ours..."
"Pa!" Gordon slapped his son on the back of the head and said angrily, "What are you talking about! The book must be read to me! Although I don't know a few words, I know that literate people can have a greater future! Our family is not so poor that we can't support you in school!"
The wife quickly slapped Gordon's hand away, hugged the boy's head and touched it, then turned and shouted, "Just tell me, why are you beating the child?"
Gordon retracted his palm and snorted, "Humph! Just protect him."
After touching the back of her child's head and finding that there was no injury, Gordon's wife returned to her seat and picked at the food in front of her. She looked hesitant and looked up at her husband opposite her from time to time.
Gordon Seeing his wife's expression, he inexplicably recalled the content of the conversation he heard in the pub today. He frowned and asked, "What do you have to say to me from time to time?"
"Uh..." My wife pulled her hair back to her ears, "There is indeed something I want to talk to you about."
Gordon Hearing this, the food in his mouth instantly lost its flavor, and he put down the knife and fork, "Tell me, I can bear it."
"I heard from others that the lord of Griffin Barony is recruiting some blacksmiths and other talents, and the prices offered are higher than those here. Can we consider moving there?"