Juliana’s workshop Chapter 5: My friend’s name is Lei

　　 After getting rid of the troublesome rat road peddler, Julius continued on to his destination. In places like Rat Road, hawkers like the old man just now are not uncommon in Rat Road, or it can be said that in Rat Road, everyone may become an existence who sells something. Some people sell goods, some sell their bodies, and some sell their lives.

　　 After walking on the crowded road for a while, Julius left the crowd and walked into a small alley. The rat path is not a straight line, it may be in the shape of an arc, or it may be a curved structure like a maze. The Rat Road where Julius is located has a wide straight line space. On this main road, there are several split trunks and branches that extend deeper underground.

　　 Julius walked to the deepest part of the alley and finally saw the person he wanted to meet. It was a thin little girl, wearing dusty and thin clothes, and the shoes on her feet were picked up from nowhere. One is larger and the other is smaller, and in different colors: the larger one is still tied with a rope. , So that it will not fall off the feet. She was wearing a linen cloth, and she couldn’t see the original gray and white, she looked very dirty. Her hair is flax-colored and has not been taken care of. It is tied into a ponytail and **** like a bunch of hay. Her hair has no gloss at all, because there is no maintenance at all, and maintenance this time It is too difficult for a child struggling in the way of the rat. Her facial features are correct. If she washes her face well, she will be a cute girl, but she is a little too thin and looks a little malnourished; the brows are raised and the brows are tightly together. This is a defensive expression. No matter what is close to her, it will make her vigilant.

　　 Julius shouted at the little girl: “Lei.”

　　 At this time, the little girl called Lei was dragging a huge piece of metal. The piece of metal was so rusty that it couldn’t be seen before. It has a curved surface with a slight bulge in the middle. With smooth and flat edges, this looks like a carapace peeled off from a giant beetle, but the shell will not be so hard and will not rust. The metal piece was **** by a thick rope and was being dragged away by Lei. The metal piece behind Lei is much larger than her, and it can be seen that it is much heavier than Lei. This makes Lei look very strenuous.

　　Lei heard Julius’s shout, turned her head to look at him, and didn’t look too wary, “Come on and help me.” She had only one sentence for Julius’ arrival, which was simple and neat.

　　 Julius didn’t say much, walked to Lei’s side, and took the rope from Lei’s shoulder. There are obvious rope marks on Lei’s shoulders. He probably knows how much effort and time Lei has spent on this piece of metal, but it doesn’t seem to be of much use. “Shoulder pain, right?” Julius put the rope around his shoulder, pulled it a few times, and the metal piece moved forward easily.

　　 “It’s much better than being whipped.” Lei replied. She rubbed the place that was pressed by the rope. There were obvious rope traces, which might be impossible to remove for a while. “This is just a little uncomfortable for a few days, and soon there will be no traces, at most there will be a little red mark, but if you get a whip, it will probably hurt for more than ten days. If the skin is infected, it will be worse… …”

　　 “Where do you want to pull this metal piece.” Julius asked.

　　 Lei pointed to a doorway in the alley, “Just throw it there. Maybe no one is interested in this thing. A piece of broken copper and rotten iron, the blacksmith is not interested in pulling it back to melt it and recast it.”

　　 Julius dragged the metal piece and walked to the door over there. The heavy metal piece left two deep scratches on the ground. “It’s heavy.” Julius said, “Where did you find this kind of thing.”

　　”At the dump site, I thought it was a good thing. I moved it back after a lot of effort. It turned out to be just garbage.” Lei replied, “You shouldn’t expect anything from the dump site. If there are still good things, it’s not the turn of a kid like me to grab it…I’m such a fool.”

　　 Julius chuckled lightly, which made Lei mutter a little dissatisfied, “You won’t treat me as a fool.”

　　 Julius shook his head, “I would not treat you as a fool. If I were not for you, I would probably still be starving now.”

　　A smile appeared on Lei’s face when Julius said about it, “Me too, if I didn’t meet someone as powerful as you, I would probably still be hungry.”

　　 Julius doesn’t know how long Lei has lived in Rat Road. Maybe she saw the moist ceiling of Rat Road when she was born. Her smile is not as innocent as a child. Although she smiles very happily, but this The smile seemed to be hazy, without the slightest childishness…this is not a smile that a child should have, it is more like a smile that a small citizen who is struggling to survive in the bottom of the city can have.

　　 Julius has become accustomed to Lei’s smile. He also lived as hard as Lei, and could not produce that kind of compassion—compassion is something that a man with surplus is qualified to have, and he Julius does not have the surplus and arrogance to sympathize with Lei, you must know He was not much better in the village less than a year ago. And after following Lulunaka, Lulunaka’s chilling smile left various shadows on him… Ray’s smile, on the contrary, relaxed his spirit.

　　 Julius dragged the metal piece, slightly lowered his head and looked at Lei who was following him. Lei was indeed a child, just about his waist, which allowed him to see the top of Lei’s head. Lei’s hair seems to have never been taken care of, dry and yellow, if it weren’t for her hair to be linen, it would probably look more obvious. Since meeting Julius, Lei’s life is still going well, much better than before; Julius, because of Lei, has the opportunity to pay Lulunaka’s money, and no longer goes hungry. But when it comes to Lulunaka’s refusal to give him food, she doesn’t do it anymore. If Julius wants to~IndoMTL.com~ he can find something to eat in the store by himself, of course, no one will do it. Prepared specifically for him.

　　 Julius dragged the metal piece near the door, and Lei opened the wooden door that had been corroded badly on the surface and walked in first. Julius dragged the piece of metal in, and there were all kinds of debris in the dark room…or rubbish. The light coming in from outside after opening the door made the room look less dark, allowing Julius to see what was in the room. Big and heavy objects like metal blocks were piled together, none of them were intact or clean, they were all rusted badly. The smaller things were thrown together, piled up into a hill and placed in a corner. When Lei walked over, she accidentally kicked it to the edge of the hill. All kinds of tatters rolled down from the surface of the hill and landed at Lei’s feet.

　　Lei squatted down, picked up the small pieces of trash that had fallen down, and put them back on the hill, but the scattered things continued to fall down, until she repeated this work several times before she settled down. Fixed on the surface of this hill.

　　 “Why do you keep this garbage? If you can sell it, you won’t keep it.” Julius said. Lei is not someone who hides valuable things as treasures, she is not a dragon, nor a miser, her living environment does not allow her to do so. But in this place where no one cares and no one wants to come, she piles up all the things that can’t be sold.

　　Lei placed the last thing on the top of the hill. It was a gear with no rust on the surface and a shiny copper-yellow metallic luster, but it was mostly broken, and it was a waste product. “It’s a pity that these things rot in the garbage dump. Maybe someone will need them someday.”