Chapter 852 Life

"Look, can this watch still be repaired?"

Xia Pingan handed the watch to the counter of the watch store.

Behind the counter, an old man with fair hair and meticulously combed clothes took the watch from Xia Pingan's hand. He skillfully picked up a magnifying glass with his right eye, turned over the watch case, looked at the number on the back of the watch case, and checked it carefully. After a moment, he took off the magnifying glass from his eyelids and nodded, "Sir, this is an old Flying Eagle mechanical winding watch. It was sold in our store. It is about ten years old and can be repaired!"

"Great!" Xia Pingan breathed out, "How much does it cost?"

This watch was the only thing left to him by his adoptive father who adopted him before. Although it was not a luxury, it was always a thought that could be kept as a souvenir. Therefore, Xia Pingan came to the city and I found Ogoni Watch Shop, which has been open for many years, on Sixth Avenue in the Burton area to see if it could repair the watch.

"The sapphire mirror on the outside of this watch is broken and needs to be replaced. The strap also has traces of being cut by hard objects. It is seriously damaged and needs to be replaced. There are too many friction marks on the case and it is a bit old. It needs to be scratched and polished again. Good The 6180 movement in this watch is still in good condition and just needs to be cleaned. The total cost is 2 thalers and 13 dings, which needs to be paid in advance..."

"When can I pick it up?"

"It will take two days, sir!"

"Okay!" Xia Pingan took out 3 thalers and handed it over. The man wrote a note to Xia Pingan, and then got back 7 ding of money. "Sir, you can come to the store with the note the day after tomorrow." Get the watch!”

Xia Pingan nodded, put away the notes and banknotes, turned around and walked out of the watch shop.

The street outside the watch shop is very lively. This is the lively commercial district of Slavin. There are all kinds of fashionable shops on the street. Four-wheeled carriages are speeding down the street. Gentlemen wearing black top hats and holding canes Women wearing wide petticoats and high heels holding umbrellas can be seen everywhere on the streets, as well as young people riding bicycles speeding down the streets, causing the coachmen driving horse-drawn carriages to yell at them loudly.

Horse-drawn carriages are still the mainstream travel method for wealthy people in this era. Steam locomotives can only be used in public transportation. Although there are steam cars for private use, such steam cars are not only bulky, but also need to burn coal, causing black smoke when traveling. Gungun requires one person to drive and one person to add coal to burn the boiler. It is noisy and inconvenient. The ride is not comfortable. It is not elegant at all and it is not fun to drive. Therefore, it is rare to see rich people taking it with them when traveling privately. With a shabby boilermaker.

Xia Pingan, who has black hair and black eyes, is not an outlier on this street, because there are many people like him with a typical oriental temperament on this street, about one tenth, Red Luo The Republic of En is a multi-ethnic human country. People of all colors, races and beliefs can be seen here. The Chinese are not marginal existences in Red Roan. On the contrary, the Chinese in Red Roan It plays an important role in the industrial, commercial and financial fields. A quarter of the top 100 richest people and families in Red Roan are Chinese.

Most of the Chinese living in this city have an average living standard. The Chinese are very wealthy, united, and basically well-educated. However, they are not easy to mess with, and they will retaliate. This is the impression most people have of the Chinese, like Xia Ping'an, an orphan with no background, is considered to be doing poorly among the Chinese in this city, but because of his Chinese identity, Slavin's Chinese mutual aid organization guaranteed him a formal job in a hotel. The owner of the hotel where Xia Pingan worked before was also a wealthy local Chinese businessman.

Although Xia Pingan can't wait to fuse dozens or hundreds of world beads to reach a higher realm and reach the top, he also knows that there are some things that cannot be rushed and can only be done step by step depending on the situation. The current situation is What, even if he wants to be a robber, he doesn't know where to go to grab the world bead, so he can only hold back.

The Investigation Bureau is responsible for controlling prohibited materials such as boundary beads and divine crystals. If he can't get these things and these important cultivation resources in the Investigation Bureau, it will be more difficult to get these things elsewhere.

So, let’s start with the Investigation Bureau and then get familiar with the situation.

Xia Pingan had a sumptuous dinner at a Chinese restaurant on Sixth Avenue before returning to the small apartment he rented.

Xia Pingan's small apartment is located in a civilian area of ​​the city. The apartment is somewhat old and suitable for young people who are single but not wealthy. The rent here is 1 thaler and 15 dingning per month, and seven or eight people live on one floor. Individually, there are four floors in total.

The landlord of the apartment, Matthew, lives on the first floor of the apartment. He is a greasy, stingy, pot-bellied and perverted old man with a pair of gray eyes. He stands guard at the door of the apartment every day, wearing several large gold rings on his fingers and a pair of small, beady eyes. Scanning everyone who comes in and out of the apartment, Matthew will turn into a warm and considerate uncle when he meets those beautiful single female tenants, asking for help, wanting to cast his eyes into other people's cleavage, and even take the initiative to knock on them at three o'clock in the middle of the night. The female tenant's door repaired a broken clothes hanger, and when meeting young people like Xia Ping'an who worked hard, the most common thing Matthew said was...

"406, I will be ready to pay next month's rent in a few days. Don't worry about Lai Ma Xiu's debt. I just need to say hello and the police will come to your door with a move-out order..."

It was dark, and Xia Pingan had just returned to the apartment when he met the waiting landlord Matthew downstairs. For a single male tenant like Xia Pingan, Matthew rarely called him by his name, but called his room number. Just like the person who rents is just a string of numbers, this makes people very uncomfortable but there is nothing they can do about it.

"My rent has been paid until the end of this month. I will move out before the end of the month and will not renew the lease..." Xia Pingan said to Matthew and didn't bother to pay him any attention, so he walked upstairs. He wouldn't If he stays in this city for too long, he will go to Andesburg to report in a few days. Andesburg is located in Corland, more than 500 kilometers away from Slavin. It takes six or seven hours by train. There is an investigation center. The Bureau's important base in Brandi Province is well-known. Compared to Slavin, Kelande is the provincial capital and economic center of Brandi Province. It is also close to the border, has developed commerce and trade, and is much more prosperous than Slavin.

The Investigation Bureau also has a stronghold and related personnel in Slavin, but newly awakened gods like Xia Pingan have not undergone induction training and will not be assigned to specific places to perform specific tasks.

Xia Pingan also wants to go to Corland, because a prosperous city means a lot of resources, and his chances of getting the Boundary Pearl will greatly increase.

"406, have you found a girlfriend?" Matthew came over, his small gray eyes flashing with a lewd light, and he licked his lips, "There is a bigger apartment on the third floor, if you two can live there , I can make it cheaper for you, and I can give you a discount of 2 Ding Ning per month. By the way, what’s your girlfriend’s name? She’s pretty?”

"What?" Xia Pingan was stunned for a moment. He didn't have a girlfriend.

Matthew raised his eyebrows, stretched his neck like a rooster that lost its feathers, glanced at the top of the stairs, and chuckled, "That woman has been waiting for you for a long time?"

Under Matthew's gossipy and lewd gaze, Xia Pingan went upstairs with some doubts. When he came to the fourth floor, he turned around from the aisle at the top of the stairs. After walking a few steps, he saw a woman standing in 406. front of the room.

The woman waiting at the door is really beautiful, about 20 years old, over 170cm tall, with light red hair as thick as seaweed, a straight nose, fiery lips, a graceful figure, and a corset. Wearing a green dress, a white shawl, and an umbrella hanging on her arm, because of that woman, the aisle was filled with the scent of seductive perfume.

The woman was waiting here, slightly embarrassed.

Hearing the footsteps, the woman turned her head and saw Xia Pingan, her eyes flashed, and she suddenly showed a look of surprise.

"Angela..." Xia Pingan was also stunned. This woman was the girl who worked in the hotel. He had saved this woman before, which caused a series of things to happen.

"Are you okay?" Angela took a step forward, and the sweet smell on her body suddenly hit her face. She looked at Xia Pingan with concern, "I heard that something happened to you and you resigned from the hotel. I asked someone to inquire. , I didn’t know you lived here..."

"Uh, I'm fine!" Xia Pingan shook his head.

Angela laughed, "Well, I think you're fine. I've been waiting for you here for more than half an hour. I'll be here as soon as I get off work. Won't you invite me to sit inside?"

Xia Pingan hesitated for a moment, then took out the key and opened the door to the apartment, "Please come in, I live here alone, it's a bit messy..."

Xia Pingan opened the door, and Angela came in. The moment he closed the door, Xia Pingan saw the landlord Matthew looking around the corner. Alas, this old guy, luckily there is no such thing in this world. If there were pinhole cameras, Xia Pingan suspected that the old guy would install one in every room and toilet in the apartment.

Light the lamp in the room, and the room will become brighter.

The apartment is not big, just over forty square meters, with one bedroom, a small living room, a kitchen with a fireplace, and a bathroom. The furniture in the apartment is a bit old, but it is not messy at all. Xia Ping'an habitually tidied it up very well. Clean and tidy, no smell at all,

There were two apples on the table in the living room, but they were a little wilted because they had been left there for too long. The surface of the apple skin became dry and wrinkled, and then the whole living room was filled with a faint apple fragrance.

Xia Pingan poured Angela a glass of water from the glass-filled thermos kettle, but found that the water in the kettle was already cold. He could only put the cup down and smiled apologetically at Angela, "Sorry, this is the place. I live alone and have nothing to entertain!”