Although this is not the first day Anne has lived in this small wooden house, but if you think about it carefully, this is indeed the first time she has truly used her scrutiny to carefully look at the supporting building matched by the ranch that others gave her for free!
But, I might not have felt anything before, but as I looked at it, a little girl gradually became a little messy, and the more I looked, the more I felt colder...
“…”
━(?Δ?∥)━ン
"How could this look..."
=????('ヮ'Three'ヮ'=????)
Yes, Anne seemed a little unbelievable. What she saw today turned out to be such a desolate scene?
Before, she had lived in this house for so long, and it had been several days, but she didn't seem to mind at all, or she didn't notice the details at all?!
"How could this happen..."
=????(???*)
"No stove...no kitchenware...no refrigerator...no cabinets..."
(?﹏?,)
"Tibers, this is the first time I have discovered that this house that I have lived in for a whole week is so small and pitiful..."
?°(°ˉ??ˉ?°)°?
Yes, that's right!
After Anne rushed back from the library of Miss Mary's house, she finally discovered that her home in the corner of the farm, this building seemed to be just a pitiful small wooden house of only about thirty square meters? Moreover, it was not only small, but also only a small broken bookcase, a TV, a single wooden bed, a storage box, a simple dining table, a square table, a calendar and two bedside tables, that's all?
As for other things, such as those key items related to whether she can eat other delicious foods in the ore town, such as stoves, refrigerators, cupboards for food, pots and pans, etc., there is no one!!
“Woo…”
o(T▽T)o
"So stingy! So stingy, how could they be like this?!"
?(?﹏?,)?
Yes, Anne expressed strong dissatisfaction with the old Thomas who was so petty and angry that little-selling mayor! Because, the other party didn't even prepare a stove for her? That is, Queen Anne, if she changed her own person to take over the farm, wouldn't she not even have a place to cook, and then she was starved to death?
(…)
(￢?￢.)
"Tibers, tell me, what should I do now?"
?°(°ˉ??ˉ?°)°?
Annie no longer wants to have a big meal at the shop of Uncle Dart and Sister Lin, because she is tired of it! So now she is eager to have a stove and various cooking tools, and then try to make the kind of big meal that is said to be super delicious. Try to see how delicious it is?
(What's the difficulty of such a small thing? The house is small, so you can expand the house yourself? Then buy a stove and kitchenware yourself? What a big deal?
ε=(′?●))) Alas
——A bear "Wang" Tibers lay listlessly on the ground, his ears and tail drooping, and he didn't want to pay attention to his own bad little master. He just thought the other party ran back fiercely because he found it stole honey? Then he wanted to beat it up? But how could this be true? But? It didn't understand. She clearly had ten thousand ways to achieve any goal she wanted, but she was trying to mess with it here...)
“!!”
!(;?o?)o
"Yes! The woodcutter, Uncle Gates, told me a few days ago that he could help him expand the house... That's right, that's it? People will look for him now! Hey! Tibers? Come with me quickly, let's go to the woods in the south and find the bearded uncle and ask him to build a big house for us!!"
-=????=?????(?)?
After saying that, Anne hurriedly opened the door, and then didn't close. She called her own little bear Tibers and ran to the south of her farmland.
She remembered that Uncle Gotz said that his house was just south, after crossing the small river where her farm drew water, near the main road to the east of the woods, and there was a logging farm there, which was very easy to recognize?
(Report to the respected little master, that guy's name is Gotz, not Gates!)
~(′???`)~
(Seeing that a bad little master didn't seem to discover some of his little secrets, Tibers quickly became energetic, then stepped on four dog legs and followed closely behind the other person's butt.)
"I don't care what he calls me, I just need to know what it means!"
(????-)
In fact, if Tibers hadn't talked about it, if he hadn't used the bearded man named Gots Gates, and needed the other party to help him expand the house, Anne might have forgotten the other party at any time!
(…)
ε=(′?●))) Alas
(As sure, Tibers knew that this was like this... So, there was no way, so it had to trot and follow the other party, even if it was not possible to follow. Who made it the other party's dog-legged now? However... there was one thing that Tibers didn't tell the terrible little master of its family, that was: based on the consumption level of the ore town, it calculated that it did not think that the balance of less than 100,000 in the ranch account of its family's little master was enough to pay for the cost of amplifying the house.)
"But Tibers, you said that the money left now should be enough to expand, right?"
☆?(o*?ω?)?
(Sorry, the master, I don’t know...)
(●￣?￣●)
"I don't know this, nor do I know that, Tibers, what's the point of raising you?"
(??ˇεˇ??)
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
(Tibers did not dare to refute, although he wanted to say: a bad little girl had never raised it for a day? Even if it was turned into a little local dog by magic, it was all about looking for something to eat on its own every day. Where did it ask her to raise it?)
“!!”
(ー`′ー)
"Tibers, are you thinking about something bad about others?"
o(*'　〼')o
(No!!)
!(;???)o
"Really not?"
(???.???)??????
Annie was a little unbelievable. While running south from the wooden bridge on the side of her farm, she turned to a small local dog behind her and asked suspiciously.
Because she felt that a bad dog must be using some bad idea or hiding something from her! However, now she is busy finding someone to expand the house and buy a stove and kitchenware. She has no time to clean it up for the time being... Wait, if you have time in the future, see if she doesn't have time to clean it up!
No!
At least... at least several meals?!
(Not really!!)
?????:Ao!
“…”
(??????)
"Anyway, people think there is, then there must be!!"
??(??￣?￣)?????
Obviously, Tibers' protest was invalid for Anne, so she just asked and confirmed it. Since the other party did not admit it, there was no doubt that there must be some! So, she wrote this in her small notebook first, and then there was a time to deal with the other party in the future.
"ah!!"
!?(?''??)?
Suddenly, Anne, who ran through the small bridge by the river and ran into the woods, almost hit an uncle's thigh just like Miss Mary who was wearing glasses in the library before!
However, fortunately, she was quick-witted this time. When she saw that the other party was an uncle she didn't know and didn't intend to get close to the other party, she hurriedly jumped to the side, almost preventing the other party from being knocked over by her head.
"ah?!"
"Hello……"
"You...you should be the Annie in the ranch, right? Why, look at how you almost fell down just now, aren't you injured?"
However, before Annie could speak, the uncle, wearing a hat, uniform and tie, asked Annie with concern with a smile.
“Eh?”
∑(′△)?!
"Uncle, who are you? Is it the kind of bad guy who specializes in kidding children in the woods? If that's the case, then you'd better be careful, because his puppy, Tibers, is very fierce, and he's not afraid of you!"
(*?′?`?)
After being blocked by the other party and forced herself to stop, Annie snorted at the other party in a warning tone, ignoring the other party's smiling expression at all.
Because she knew that in such a wilderness, when you encounter such a kind of guy who laughs and shows off your favor in a wilderness, you must be careful!
(…)
(￢?￢.)
"ah?"
The "strange uncle" in uniform subconsciously glanced at the little puppy behind Annie, and then added with laughter and cry:
"Annie, you misunderstood..."
"I'm not a bad guy. I'm the police officer of Ore Town, the only police officer. My name is Harris. I think the mayor Thomas should have told you about mine, right?"
When he met, he was regarded as such a little girl as a bad guy with bad intentions. Harris didn't know what to say... Could it be that the police uniform he was wearing was fake? However, seeing such a little guy being so vigilant that he did not risk his risk of trusting a stranger, Harris nodded with relief.
Although their Mine Town has not had a criminal case for more than ten years and the security environment is very good, such a little guy is more vigilant when he goes out. He knows not to trust strangers and knows how to protect himself. He does not intend to correct the other party's advantages too much.
"Officer Harris?"
(′???`)
"I don't remember it... Anyway, I always feel that when I meet a guy like you who sneaks in the woods and wants to talk to a cute little girl like others, I always feel that I don't look like a good person!"
s(?'ヘ′?;)ゞ
Did that bad old man Thomas introduce this guy, Annie, really doesn't remember it, because the other party said so much at that time, and she felt very annoyed. She didn't listen carefully to one sentence, but how could she know who the old man said?
“!!”
"I'm not sneaking. I'm on a routine patrol and am about to go back to town through your ranch. I just came from the east and took a walk around the back mountain and the hot springs. Now I'm planning to leave here."
He shook his head helplessly. In order not to let such a little guy treat himself as that kind of sneaky bad guy, Harris still replied kindly.
"Parking at this time? Hot springs?!"
(⊙o⊙*)
"Wow! I know, would you go to the hot springs to peep at Miss Perbully or Sister Lin and the others for a bath? You are indeed a bad guy!!"
!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ
Yes, Annie has heard of it. Miss Perbley or Sister Lin usually likes to take a bath at this time of day when no one goes to the hot springs to take a bath. Now, this guy is also patrolling the hot springs at this time, so there is definitely nothing good!
"No! I don't!!"
"Anne..."
"Don't talk nonsense! I'm really patrolling, and I didn't run to the hot springs. There are people watching, I can't get in, and the men and women's soup is separated... Also, I like Deek's daughter Azo, although she lives in the city now..."
"Anyway, I definitely won't like little girls like Perbley or Lin, nor will I peek at them for bathing. I guarantee it with my reputation!!!"
Harris suddenly felt very tired, especially after finishing his day patrol routine, he had to meet such a difficult little girl... What's even more terrible is that he couldn't help but not explain, otherwise the other party would run out and talk to others, so should he stay in the Mine Town again?
"You really didn't go to the hot springs to peek?"
(??ω??)
"Really not!"
"I'm a police officer in Ore Town. How could I do that kind of thing? In fact, I'm the one who is specifically responsible for catching that kind of bad guy!!"
There was no way. Seeing that the other party was still staring at him with a suspicious look, Harris had to cheer up and pat his chest hard to ensure that he could guarantee.
"All right……"
(*^▽^*)
"I don't think you look like that kind of bad guy, so I'll let you go for the time being!"
ヽ(⌒ω⌒)?
Annie would not tell the other party: She had heard that the other party was telling the truth, she just deliberately teased the other party! So, after she finished speaking, she nodded directly, continued to raise her head and take her dog-legged Tibers with her family, and walked to the south of the forest.
(…)
ε=(′?●))) Alas
"etc!"
"Annie, where are you going? You won't be digging mountain goods in the mountains again, right? The sun is very big today, maybe there will be poisonous snakes. Zach was bitten a few days ago. Please be careful at your feet!"
When the police officer Harris, who saw that the other party was about to leave, didn't know whether the other party was going to the back mountain or the hot springs, asked vigilantly while caring.
As a police officer who is in charge of this acre of three-point land in Ore Town, Harris certainly knew some big things that a little girl had done, so he was a little worried, for fear that a little girl would do the irrational thing that would hollow out the back mountain again, but others had no mountain goods to eat.
"ha!"
?(?▽′)??
"I'm not as stupid as Uncle Zach! I don't have time to dig mountain goods now, so I'm going to find Uncle Gotz for something!"
(????-)?
Annie said that the unlucky Uncle Zach who had just taken two days off after being bitten by a bee, and then had to take four days off because he was bitten by a snake, and what happened to the other party had nothing to do with her. It was all because the other party was too stupid, so she would not feel guilty or feel sorry for her.
(…)
(lll￢?￢)
"oh!"
"That's good, then you go!"
"Don't worry, the security in our small town is very good. You can live here with confidence. When you are walking around the forest or the mountains, you only need to be careful of those dangerous animals. If you have any questions, you can directly contact me or the forest ranger Gotz. I believe you already know him?"
When Harris heard that the other party was looking for the guy Gotz, he felt relieved. Then, after seeing that the other party just waved his back to him and did not answer, he let out a sigh, and said nothing more, and walked northward, intending to cross the other party's one, must still be very dilapidated pasture, and then back to the town.
Speaking of which, Harris was actually against the mayor Thomas who hurriedly assigned the ranch to the other party without investigation. Now, he looked at it. It was indeed not unreasonable for his worries at the beginning, because the little guy was too young and was indeed not a farming material... It has been a week since he passed by the other party's farm every day, but he had never seen the other party cleared even a small piece of field and tried to plant any crops!
It seems that it is definitely a long time for their second specialty of Ore Town, those delicious and blessed agricultural products that want to be re-shipped and set off the sign of Ore Town.
"ah!!"
"I just forgot to tell that little guy something..."
At this time, Harris, the police officer who had just walked forward, suddenly stopped and shouted in the direction where a little guy left.
But it's a pity that the little guy who made him feel embarrassed just now had already jumped and ran to wherever he went, and where could he see half of the figure of the other person?
"never mind!"
"Anyway, she can see it herself later, so let that hateful little guy go for nothing!"
After hesitating for a while, he had been tired for a day, and then the police officer Harris, who felt that the little guy was a little unhappy, shook his head and turned around and continued patrolling the ranch in the north.
...
Half an hour later, Anne arrived at the door of the big house built in the woods on the roadside.
"Hello?"
?(ˊ�ˋ*)?
"Is Uncle Gotz at home? Is he here to find you today and I have something to do!!"
?(⊙o⊙*)?
However, Anne knocked on the door of the other party's house made of logs for a long time, but found that the house was still quiet, and it didn't look like someone wanted to open the door for him.
"strangeness……"
(ー`′ー)
“Aren’t you at home?”
(???.???)??????
There was no way. After knocking for a long time, I didn't see anyone opening the door for me. The house was quiet, and even the logging yard with piles of wood around the house did not look like someone. Anne had to turn around hesitantly and look at a small door sign next to the door.
———
"The Woodman's Home"
Business hours: 11 am to 4 pm
Off on Saturdays.
———
“!!”
⊙﹏⊙‖∣°
"How can you look like this? It's Saturday?!"
(??ω????‖)?
"I hate it! I came here specially~!!!!"
?°(°ˉ??ˉ?°)°?
Soon, a sharp wailing sound from a little girl rang in the woods south of the pasture, and frightened groups of birds flying away from the branches in panic, as if they were frightened by some terrible existence.
Quarre~!
..∑^){=...
Quar~! Quar~!
..∑^){=....∑^){=...
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Chapter completed!