Chapter 2 The Mayor of Frozen Town
"Cruff, creak", outside the gate of the tavern, several legs stepped into the deep snow again and again, and pulled out from the snow again and again. The white and flat snow was stepped on and out of the relief footprints, extending from a distance to the front of the tavern. In a further place, the footprints left were re-covered by falling snowflakes, and no trace of anyone passing by on the ground was found. Only a vast white snow stretched into the distance, blending into the sky with snowflakes.
With a "bang", the door was pushed open heavily, and the wind and snow were intertwined from the door, causing an instant ice rain in the tavern. Yes, ice rain, when the door opened, the cold air outside met the warm and humid air in the room. The low temperature caused the wet air in the room to condense in a short time, turning into a rare indoor rainfall.
"Oh, bastard, close that damn door." The townsmen in the tavern cursed loudly. They who lived in this town all their lives had become accustomed to the appearance of Bingyu. They were not surprised, but they were only bored. In the past, in order to avoid this, they would keep it fast enough when opening the door. However, the people entering the door this time obviously did not realize this, which led to a bad situation. The townsmen in the tavern were so excited that they could not open their eyes and could not see who was coming from outside, but this did not affect their loud roar: "Damn, who is it? This joke is really annoying. If anyone makes such a joke, I will take off him and throw it into the snow pool for three days and three nights."
In the nearby town, there are indeed people who like to use this method to joke, deliberately making trouble for the people in the house. However, this kind of joke can only be done among very familiar friends. Because it is not so popular. Of course, it is understandable to think about it. After all, in a warm room, no one likes to be drenched in such a fine ice rain.
The gate was quickly closed again, and the guests in the tavern could see clearly who was coming in. No, strictly speaking, no one could see clearly who was coming in. Because the tightness of their wraps on them made people unable to recognize them at all.
Six people came in from outside. But the footsteps were only four pairs. Six people were four tall and two short, two short, one was carried on someone's back, and the other sat on someone's shoulder. These people were wearing thick cotton coats layer after layer. Each of them had a pair of smooth leather pants, which were all facing down, and even their feet and boots were wrapped in them, and were tightly tied to their legs with thin ropes to prevent their clothes and shoes from being soaked by snow when walking in the snow. Their upper cotton coats were also covered with a layer of fur coat, and the collar cuffs were tied tightly to prevent snow from falling into the clothes.
He also wore a wide fur hat on his head and thick gloves on his hands. His face was tightly wrapped in warm cotton cloth. Even his eyes that were supposed to be exposed were covered with huge black sunglasses. It can be said that these six people did not have a centimeter of skin exposed outside. Such outfits are not uncommon for people in the town. This is the standard long-distance outfit for people in the nearby ice and snow world. Without the protection of such clothing, no one dares to go out in such blizzard weather. To be more precise, even with the protection of such clothing, no one dares to travel in such blizzards.
"Haha, look at what we saw. Six unlucky guys." The mayor of the town sitting in front of the bar had a thick beard, wiped off the wine stained on his beard, fucked the unique accent from the south of Neville, laughed rudely in a deafening voice, pointed to the six people walking into the door and said, "Let me guess, let me guess, where are you from? Xuefeng Village? Frozen Valley Village? Well, was it Baimu Town? What happened there that sent you six unlucky guys out to contact?"
In this area, transportation in winter is extremely inconvenient. If there is any emergency in the village or town, you can only draw lots and choose a few unlucky guys to run out to other villages to deliver letters. For those who live here all year round, although you will not freeze to death on the snowfield when you go to the nearby villages because you get lost, you will definitely not be able to escape the pain of being tortured by the cold along the way. Therefore, the mayor of Bingjie Town will loudly laugh at these poor guys.
However, the people entering the door did not respond to the mayor's mockery. They first put down the two people carrying their backs, then took off their sunglasses, took off their leather hats, and unbuttoned the cotton cloth tied to their faces. Only then did the people in the tavern realize that there were actually one man, five women and six people. The men were tall and strong, and the women also had their own beauty.
"Swish", when I saw the beautiful woman, several townsmen blew whistles under the stimulation of alcohol and teased loudly: "Hahaha, it's a beautiful woman, oh, my dear, in such a cold day, do I want me to use my body to help you warm up? Hahahaha."
"Shut up, you idiots, your eyes are decorations, are your brains? Have you ever seen a village where women come out to deliver letters and run errands? Are you all a group of stupid pigs? Or have you been buried in your ears and eaten up your brains since you were young?" The mayor who mocked the first time stopped smiling, his face became serious, holding a beard and looked at the six people up and down for a while. A pair of small eyes were shining with shrewdness and asked seriously: "If you guess correctly, adventurers? Or mercenaries? Those pig-like idiots are blind in their eyes. Don't bother with them. Come on, have a drink together?"
The six people obviously had no interest in tangling with the rude townspeople whose brains were soaked in alcohol. The five girls didn't even look at those people, and walked straight to the mayor who invited them. Only the short-blond haired man glanced at several people with a smile. The few people felt an inexplicable panic in their hearts, as if they were staring at the fierce snow wolf pack on the snow field, their spine was numb, and they lowered their heads and dared not speak.
"Adventurer, I am the leader of the group, Catherine." The dark-haired girl walked straight to the bartender, popped up a silver coin at the bartender, picked up a large glass of liquor that the bartender had just poured, and touched the glass of wine in the hand of the bearded mayor: "Cheers for the harvest after the heavy snow."
"For the harvest after the heavy snow." The mayor was stunned, touched his beard and laughed loudly. He raised his head with Catherine to drink the whole glass of wine in one sip. He turned the cup and squished it on the bar, and gave Catherine a thumbs up: "Good."
Catherine wiped the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand, and pointed to the bartender and the mayor's cup. Before coming here, the Knight Girl checked a lot of information to understand the personality characteristics and etiquette of the people in the southern snow field, so she could deal with the mayor easily and win a lot of favor. A glass of strong wine was poured into her mouth, and a strong stimulation rushed straight from her mouth to her stomach. A warm feeling spread from her stomach and slowly spread to every part of her body. Catherine exhaled a sip of alcohol and said with a faint smile: "This snow has been falling for a long time."
"It's been thirteen days." said the mayor: "I really didn't expect that such a big snowstorm would lead to our town. Are you planning to venture in the Warcraft Forest in winter?"
"Yes, some things can no longer be delayed, and it would be good to be done one day earlier." Catherine nodded and said, "But it is not realistic to continue walking south with such heavy snow. Do you know when this snow will stop?"
"Who knows?" the mayor took another sip of the strong wine and muttered: "It's really a god, I haven't encountered a blizzard that lasted for so long in more than ten years. If it goes down for a few more days, it's probably a house that will not be able to hold on."
"House?" Catherine asked in confusion: "Oh, does the snow cover may crush the house?"
"Yes, my town, I don't want to see someone frozen to death because the house collapsed." The mayor sighed and said, "So not only are you anxious, but we also hope that the blizzard will stop as soon as possible. However, I heard from the old man in the town that the snow will almost stop after two or three days. I guess there will be a few good days at that time."
"Is that so? This is the best news I've heard in a month." Catherine breathed a sigh of relief and said with a glass of wine: "You guys are working hard enough. Life is not easy to live in such an environment."
"Hahaha, you don't understand this. Actually, it's still very good here." The mayor burst out laughing and shook his head and said, "You still don't understand this place. Little girl, although it is cold, the land is fertile enough. If you farm in summer, the food produced in four months is enough for the whole town to eat for one year. In winter, people will often go out to hunt. There are still many wild animals on the snow field in winter, and the hunting prey is also very rich, and there are also a lot of fur to keep the cold. Life is over.
It's very good. As for safety, as long as you don't leave the town too far, you will not encounter threats from monsters, and basically will not affect the normal life in the town. A lot of extra fur will accumulate every winter. In the summer of the next year, many merchants will come to the town to buy it at a high price. We don't have to go out to get a lot of gold coins, and live a very leisurely life. After getting used to life here, we don't want to move to other places, and everyone will feel uncomfortable."
"So that's the case." Catherine listened to the mayor's proud boast with interest. He smiled and said, "Is this the villages on the snow field like this?"
Chapter completed!