The woman left all the money and all the valuable things. Then she knelt on the ground and called Toka her father. Then she swore to the gods that she would never step into the tavern again.


    This is Manda''s offer.


    Helena''s brother held Manda''s foot and howled. Manda kicked him away. He rushed over again, and Manda gave him another foot.


    Joel accepted Manda''s terms, took Shanghai Lianna''s brother to kneel on the ground, cheerfully shouted to Toka, "father." then he immediately left the tavern.


    He determined that Manda was an ancient god believer with unfathomable strength. As a white duck, he was lucky to think about his actions and leave alive.


    Manda piled all the coins on the counter, looked up and shouted to Leo on the second floor: "Deacon, you say you can remember every loser and every copper coin they lose. I firmly believe that the Lord''s servant will not lie. It''s time to show your piety. All those who lose money tonight can get back half of the lost money. The rest can be bought wine and have a good drink!"


    There was a deafening cheer in the tavern. All the guests gathered at the counter to get the money, but no one dared to stretch out his hand.


    Leo was a little nervous: "I may remember one or two people wrong."


    Manda shook her head. "If you really remember wrong, the Lord will punish you."


    A guest shouted, "I lost forty copper coins."


    Leo nodded, took out parchment and wrote down the guest''s name: "give you twenty."


    Another guest shouted, "I lost more than one silver coin. I don''t want any change. Just give me fifty copper coins."


    Leo counted fifty copper coins for him.


    "I lost seventy copper coins!"


    Leo looked up at the guest: "no, you only lost 20. I remember very well."


    ……


    After sharing the money, at the time of the carnival, the guests knocked on the wine glasses on the table. Toka was busy pouring wine for the people. Manda glanced in the hall and found Helena squatting in the corner crying.


    Manda kicked her ass and shouted, "are you going to squat here all night?"


    Helena stood up, lowered her head and trembled.


    "What are you waiting for?" Manda said angrily. "You''re my man. Don''t you know the rules?"


    Strange cries rang out in the hall:


    "Young man, be gentle with the girl!"


    "Don''t be too gentle, this girl is not the first time!"


    "Do you know what to do? Do you need me to teach you!"


    Helena couldn''t help crying. Manda frowned and said, "are you going to stand like this all the time?"


    Helena held back her tears, raised her head and waited for Manda to bring her into the room.


    But Manda carried a wine bucket and said, "go pour wine for the guests."


    A violent sob choked Helena''s cry.


    "I, I, pour, pour the wine?"


    "Shall I teach you this?"


    "Don''t you want to..."


    "Let me pour the wine? Can''t you do anything? Do you want to be whipped?"


    Manda put the barrel in front of Helena, carried her hands on her back and walked out of the hall slowly.


    Leo followed Manda to the yard and said, "you are a good man, at least half a good man."


    "Thank you for your appreciation, deacon."


    "As the flag says, use the power of our God to promote the name of our God. This is your faith."


    Manda was stunned: "which flag are you talking about?"


    Leo pointed to the outside and said, "the flag on the gate is written in tiri. Don''t you know the meaning of those words?"


    "Do you know tiri?" said Manda in surprise


    Leo said with a smile, "I like ancient words very much. I think ancient things are not evil. Many God punishers like me think so."


    Manda nodded and said, "you are a kind Punisher."


    "Most divine punishers are very kind," Leo drew the symbol of the sword of divine punishment on his chest. "May the Lord of divine punishment bless you."


    The next day, Manda opened the door and found Helena''s brother squatting under the eaves, dying.


    He had a fight with Joel last night and was beaten half to death by Joel without suspense.


    He climbed back to the tavern and knew that he couldn''t last long in this weather. He just wanted to see his sister before he died.


    Worm checked and found that his injury was OK and his health was good. It was OK to be a coolie. Manda simply took him in.


    "What''s your name?"


    "My name is Silva."


    "Do you have a last name?"


    "No."


    "Can you read?"


    "No."


    "What do you do?"


    "I''ve been a farmer, raised cattle and did some small business."


    Manda nodded and wrote down a deed: "it costs a lot of money to heal you, you know?"


    Silva nodded and said, "I know, sir."


    "You must pay back the money you owe me, you know?"


    "Yes, sir."


    "Your brother and sister have no money to pay back, so everyone has to work for me until you pay off your debts. Do you understand?"


    Silva was stunned: "after paying off the debt?"


    Manda said, "you will be free. Wherever you go, if you agree, write your name here. If you don''t want to, I''ll throw you out."


    Silva took the deed, shook his head and said, "I can''t write my name."


    "Then press a fingerprint. You''re lucky. Today is the day of salary."


    "What is salary?"


    "Why do you have so many questions!"


    Manda gathered everyone in the tavern, took out a piece of parchment and said, "in the first month of the new year, the business performance of the tavern is booming, which is inseparable from your sweat and efforts!"


    Ogg shouted, "what is performance?"


    "I''ll explain later!" you''re so talkative! Manda deducted two silver coins under Ogg''s name. Ogg looked serious and said, "the great prophet told me that something bad had just happened."


    There will be more bad things if she speaks again. Manda rekindled her emotions and said impassioned: "You are members of the tavern. The achievements of the tavern have your contribution, and your diligence will be rewarded. Toka, start with you first. You work very hard, and the guests like you very much. The most important thing is that when you fall into the clutches of Kampala, although you were beaten and cried miserably, and you peed your pants, you didn''t say a word of mercy, just this courage Your salary this month is fifteen silver coins! "


    Toka sniffled and said, "Sir, are we playing games?"


    "Don''t call me master, call me boss. It''s not a game," Manda took out fifteen silver coins on the spot. "It belongs to you."


    Toka took the silver coins, counted them one by one, then looked up at Manda: "really belongs to me?"


    Manda nodded.


    Toka wiped his nose and grinned: "I won''t cry next time someone beats me!"


    "Silly boy, it''s not wrong to cry," worm laughed. "Trust me, I won''t let anyone hit you again."


    Toka gave the money to her mother. Manda frowned and said, "this belongs to you. Why give it to others?"


    "I asked my mother to keep it for me..."


    "No! Your mother is not good at keeping money!" said Manda, looking at Toka''s mother, "Linda! You lost the gold coin I gave you, which made your mother and son''s life in a dilemma. You can not investigate the previous things. After coming to the tavern, you worked very hard and were a qualified cleaning woman, but you couldn''t work because of illness for a long time, so your salary was eight silver coins."


    "Thank you, sir."


    "I said, call me boss!" Manda turned to Ogg. "You are also very diligent, but you are too slow to learn and careless to do things. You broke four wine cans in less than a month, and you didn''t take good care of Toka, which hurt him..."


    Ogg protested, "I wasn''t there!"


    Manda glanced and said, "you talk a lot, look scary, and the guests don''t like you. Your salary is eleven silver coins."


    Ogg didn''t protest any more. The salary was equivalent to his part-time job for half a year.


    "Silva and Helena, you just came to the pub and haven''t made any contribution. You only have a base salary this month."


    With that, Manda gave them two silver coins each.


    Helena widened her eyes and said, "we can take two silver coins without doing anything?"


    Manda sighed, "so you''re lucky."


    "Is there nothing to do in the future? There are two silver coins every month."


    "Do you want to be whipped?"


    "Can I..." Helena wanted to ask again. Ogg immediately covered her mouth.


    "I''m sorry, sir. She doesn''t understand the rules. What can I do for you?"


    "You heal first. When you''re well, follow Ogg as a coolie."


    Ogg''s eyes lit up: "what about Helena?" he seemed to like the girl.


    Manda looked at Ogg, then Helena, and said with a knowing smile, "Helena follows Toka as a waiter."


    Ogg was extremely disappointed. Manda said with a smile, "beauty and beast are a perfect couple. I will create countless hardships on your way of love."


    After the money was paid, the crowd dispersed. Worm laughed and said, "what''s that without me, salary?"


    "No," Manda shook her head. "You know we''re different."


    "I see." when worm nodded and was about to leave, he suddenly heard Manda say, "we are partners. We can''t divide the accounts in front of them, otherwise they will be unbalanced."


    Manda took out ten gold coins and put them into worm''s hand: "you deserve it."


    Worm was stunned and returned the gold coin to Manda: "I don''t need money, and the tavern can''t make so much."


    "People should learn the fun of spending money," Manda slipped the gold back to worm. "I made some money through other channels. Although I can''t share it equally with you, at least you should have a share."


    Worm hesitated for a moment, did not refuse, and stuffed the money into his pocket.


    Manda told, "don''t save it, don''t leave it to your son, and don''t give it to the count. Enjoy the flowers and do what you want to do."


    Worm nodded and asked, "do you want to learn tiri today?"


    Manda frowned, "let me think."


    Of the 232 ancient tiri words, Manda recognized 221, leaving only 11 words, but Manda didn''t want to "read" the historical records of tiri.


    Not because of laziness or fear of pain, but because of low efficiency. These 11 words should be rare words. None of the four ancient books that Manda read in the past has appeared.


    Why is there no dictionary in this era?


    With the encouragement of worm, Manda finished reading two ancient books and still got nothing. He simply gave the remaining 11 words directly to worm.


    It''s just a word. Even if worm revealed the news to the count, he wouldn''t reveal much information.


    Worm recognized seven words and four more.


    It seems that worm can only eat more books, but where can I find tiri books? It must also be a translation


    Looking for an old goat to buy? What if I still can''t hit these rare words?


    "Drink less wine and waste less food. The Lord will bless you." Leo came to help greet the guests again. Looking at the figure of the deacon, Manda had a bold idea.