Since we are family, then... let's add some furniture~
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By Ronggui's strange train of thought.
When Xiaomei was studying the stones on the ground, he also studied them very seriously. People who didn't know him would think that he had figured out something~
Unfortunately——
He was just studying the shape and color of the stones.
He wanted a small table to put his head on, so that Xiaomei wouldn't have to waste a backpack to put his head on. Although it was heartwarming to put her head on the backpack because she was afraid of getting the ground dirty, it always felt a bit wasteful.
So just make a small stone table~ There are just so many stones here.
His hair was yellow and his hat was red, which was already very fancy. It was reasonable to use a low-key color, such as black, for the stand to place his head. However, the metal used for his face was also quite black.
Ronggui finally chose a whitish stone, and then he called Xiaomei: "Xiaomei, Xiaomei, let's take that white stone back, okay?"
Xiaomei: Did he see that the stone might be a marginal ore of Kuroda stone?
Without saying anything, Xiaomei looked at Ronggui in silence.
Then——
Ronggui seemed to be born to overturn Xiaomei's various speculations:
"Xiaomei, how about using that white stone to make a stand for my head? White is a classic and versatile color. It won't conflict with my yellow hair, red hat or black face...any color~"
I knew I was overthinking——by Xiaomei.
So, when Xiaomei took the stone out, the reason she explained to the administrator was the same reason as Ronggui.
Of course, Ronggui also did the explaining. He explained the reason why he wanted the stone. Ronggui also expressed his gratitude to the administrator and said how practical the radio in his waist bag was. It was a pity that there were only a few channels. "There is only one music channel, and sometimes it plays sad songs. If it weren't for Xiaomei, I always feel like I would get depression..." Ronggui said sadly at the end. The administrator just laughed. "Don't worry, you won't get depression like anyone else." He said this at last. Ronggui: Is this a compliment? I always feel that it has a different meaning... Is it an illusion? From beginning to end, Xiaomei only said one sentence, or to be more precise, asked a question: "Is there a market here? I can buy ore." In fact, the answer to this question is almost 100% affirmative. Long before entering the city, it can be guessed from the questions asked by the staff at the lighthouse. There are three cities to go to, and this is the entrance with the lowest points requirement. For those who have no points, this is certainly the only choice. However, for many people, this must be only a small option of one-half, one-third or even one-tenth of the base number.
What do those people come here for?
Coming here to purchase ore sounds like the most reliable and direct guess.
After all, there are only people and ore here. People who don't have enough points can't take it away, and it's useless to take it away. So what they call it can only be ore.
In the parking lot, he did see some people who didn't look like they were here to work.
"Of course there are, the most famous thing about Euni City is ore!" Sure enough, the tall administrator gave a positive answer.
"Can you tell me where it is?" Then, Xiaomei also asked her real question.
Of course you can find out by asking outside, but asking people who are also miners is too risky. It's better if the other party doesn't know or doesn't answer. The most worrying thing is that the other party will reveal false information.
The man looked at Xiaomei, and after a while, he took out a piece of paper and drew a few strokes on it: "The only place you can go now is here."
"Thank you, Rod!" Ronggui immediately thanked Xiaomei on behalf of Xiaomei.
"You're welcome, Agui." The tall administrator called "Rod" waved his hand casually.
Xiaomei then realized that the two people had exchanged names for some reason.
"Thank you." After quickly scanning the note and remembering all the graphics on it, Xiaomei returned the note to Rod.
Then, he also thanked them.
"Remember to go to work on time tomorrow, at this time today." Rod waved to the two people and said to them.
"Yes, yes." It was still Ronggui who answered him. After Ronggui and Rod said goodbye, Xiaomei also started to walk forward.
There was a mine car nearby. After picking up Xiaomei and waiting for two more miners, the car started. The pass was kept by the driver. When he dropped them off, the driver said, "There is a car every hour on the hour." He did not say the consequences, but the consequences were obvious to everyone: if the driver had a pass, he could not get on the car or even enter the mine, and his work would naturally fail. The consequences were serious, and no miner would be late easily. The car door opened and the miners got off the car one after another.
Xiaomei and Agui still chose to get off the car last - Xiaomei was too small and always felt fragile in the crowd.
They then found that there was a large parking lot outside, where many miners parked their cars. Ronggui asked Xiaomei to find out and found that there was no parking fee for eight and a half hours. It was obviously for the convenience of miners who lived far away to drive to and from work, so Ronggui immediately said to Xiaomei: "Let's ride Dahuang here tomorrow."
Xiaomei did not object.
It was tomorrow's thing to drive Dahuang here. Today they still had no car, and the rest of the journey had to be completely on foot.
The No. 4 mine they were going to go to was relatively close to where they lived, and it was not too far to walk there, but the No. 7 mine was a bit far away.
Fortunately, the No. 7 mine was not too far from the market on Rhodes' map.
After walking for two hours, they finally arrived at the market. On the way, Ronggui told Xiaomei about his worries: he was worried that the market would be closed if they arrived too late. After all, Rhode didn't tell him the opening and closing time of the market, but Ronggui didn't think about it at that time and didn't ask.
However, the moment he arrived, Ronggui was no longer worried: the place was brightly lit, crowded with people, and lively!
But Ronggui soon had another worry: would there be thieves among the crowd?
So before Xiaomei raised her legs and stepped into the crowd, he decisively called Xiaomei and asked her to find a place as hidden as possible, and then stuffed his head under the miner's uniform.
"My head is the most valuable thing on you! Xiaomei, you must take good care of it! I observed that the belt under the miner's uniform is the safest, so you can stuff me here."
Xiaomei:...
Then he decisively lifted Ronggui's head and put the waist bag in the position Ronggui had originally favored.
This...does it mean that the ore is more valuable than his head...or does Xiaomei think the safest place is the chest instead of the waist?
Ronggui thought about it and decided to choose the second one.
But the advantage of hiding it on the chest is that you can unbutton it and look out. If it is at the waist, it won't work. You can't let Xiaomei not zip it up, right?
Ronggui, who showed one eye, was happy again.
Xiaomei was in a good mood because she thought Ronggui had a good idea.
So...
Neither of them realized the problem of their image now:
With a waist bag tied around her waist, Ronggui's big head stuffed in front of her chest, and her whole body wrapped in a standard miner's uniform, Xiaomei no longer looked like the petite and weak Xiaomei before. She now looked like a short and strong man with big arms and waist! Uh... her chest was bulging, and she was still a female man!
Although she was a little short, she was still quite majestic.
She actually looked a bit like the legendary dwarfs who were particularly good at smelting.
Ronggui, who paid attention to appearance, didn't notice this.
Xiaomei, who never cared, didn't notice it either.
So when Xiaomei reentered the market and found that there was an open space around for the first time and everyone kept a certain distance from him, Ronggui was amazed.
"Do you think we are dirty? They are not much cleaner!"
Xiaomei... Although Xiaomei did not nod, she actually agreed with Ronggui's statement in her heart.
Because he really couldn't think of any other reason.
"But, Xiaomei, what are you doing in the market? Do you want to buy ore? Or buy ready-made materials to make a body for me?" Ronggui's voice sounded in Xiaomei's mind - in order not to attract attention, the two of them once again adopted the mode of brain communication.
"Not to buy ore, nor to buy ready-made materials. The only known minerals in Euni City are germanium, Kuroda stone and sand. All three are building materials, and none of them can be used to make mechanical bodies." Xiaomei's voice was still flat and indifferent. Then Ronggui was surprised:
"If you don't want to buy...then why are you here?"
"I'm here to observe. The ores sold here must have been mined and identified. You can study them. In addition, by looking at the types of ores on the stalls, you can deduce the types of minerals in Euni City."
"Oh, oh, oh!" After hearing Xiaomei's words, Ronggui was even more impressed.
Is this the difference between a poor student and a top student?
Forget about studying together. He couldn't even guess the purpose of Xiaomei's coming here!
There's no way to make progress together!
But this doesn't prevent them from living together, because:
He and Xiaomei are now a family~
With Xiaohua still blooming in his heart, Ronggui didn't say anything next.
He also knew that he was nagging a bit, but most of the time he was nagging just because he didn't want the surroundings to be too quiet, and he was afraid that Xiaomei would be lonely. Now that there are so many people here and it's so lively, he can finally be a quiet handsome man again... head~
So in the following time, Ronggui seemed to be quiet and silent, but in fact he tried to see the excitement outside through the small opening on Xiaomei's chest, while Xiaomei walked from stall to stall, carefully studying the characteristics of the real raw ore.
The people who were originally surrounding the stall avoided Xiaomei. Everyone knows that dwarves have bad tempers and are good at fighting!
Especially female dwarves!
Due to the serious gender ratio, female dwarves are very rare in the tribe, and therefore very precious. A female dwarf has at least twenty suitors. What does this mean? This means that if you provoke a male dwarf, at most this male dwarf will come to beat you up. If you provoke a female dwarf, at least twenty male dwarves will come to beat you up. By the way, this does not include the female dwarf's father, brother, brother, and neighbor...
Not easy to mess with!
All the people around who have common sense quietly avoided Xiaomei. The stall owner was also very enthusiastic. No matter how Xiaomei looked at him, he did not chase her away. He also took the initiative to explain to the side. Seeing that Xiaomei put down the ore not long after picking it up, he thought that the other party was not satisfied, so he took out more good ores and took the initiative to let him see them. That was fine. In the end, when Xiaomei left without buying anything, the stall owner thought that the other party had too high standards and his goods were too bad, and he deserved it for not looking down on them.
He even waved goodbye.
"Business here is really hard. We didn't buy anything, but they were still so enthusiastic." After watching all the way, Ronggui could only come to this conclusion.
Once again, Xiaomei nodded in her heart and acquiesced.