Chapter 66 Sixty-six. The last commission

  Happiness often comes suddenly.

   For example, finding a sizable shilling in clothing that has not been worn in a long time.

   For example, inadvertently encountering old friends who have long lost contact on the street.

  For example, Lu Li suddenly proposed to go to Simp Park.

   Although he has other purposes.

   The only thing that made Anna a little awkward was that the guy with almost the same name also came along.

   "My name seems to be easily confused with Miss Anna haha... Then you should call me Jojo in the future." Joanna scratched the back of her head and laughed.

   Her cheerful and sweet appearance is incompatible with freckles to a certain extent.

   "Ok Jojo."

   Anna is in a better mood this time.

   The rain outside became a little heavy.

   The sky was overcast as if something ominous was about to happen.

  The stagnant water flows from under the eaves and gathers on the bluestone road, forming a small stream that flows downstream. Pedestrians on the road became sparse. Occasionally, pedestrians and carriages with umbrellas and raincoats passed by, and several children who were not afraid of the rain ran by cheering.

   "I heard that the electric lights around the municipality were all turned off due to the rain. Fortunately, they still left some gas lights, otherwise I don't know how the homeless people are going to spend the night." Jojo lamented. Perhaps it has something to do with being an orphan, and she has a lot of sympathy for those who were like her.

  Anna sat beside Lu Li, holding her chin and listening quietly.

   "They should worry more about not getting wet and getting sick than this."

   The cool wind blew into the carriage, and Lu Li replied, looking at the hazy harbour in the rain.

   "Yes..." Jojo nodded suddenly, hugged her knees, and fell into memories from a long time ago. "When my brother and I were children, the world was not as dangerous as it is now. When it rained, we could hide under the eaves of our neighbors or take shelter from the sewers. At that time, our biggest wish was to have a house of our own, without the hateful landlords like vampires and those who drive them away. Our police officers..."

  Jojo said a lot and seemed to want to introduce Belfast's customs for Lu Li.

   Of course, it may just be because of chatter.

   Looking at the sky in the distance, I heard Jojo's whispered memories, the carriage shook slightly, and the atmosphere became peaceful and quiet for a while.

   But at a certain moment, Lu Li's eyes fell close. Lu Li noticed that some water tanks were moved to the street or balcony to store rainwater.

  Belfast is near the sea, the rainy season is very long, and there is an agate lake on the top of the mountain. In addition, as a commercial city to enjoy the resources of the Principality of the Ellen Peninsula, you can buy the water you need for daily life at a low price.

   Water in Belfast does not have a set amount, but is billed in containers, with one shilling per container. That is, a glass of water is a shilling, a pot of water is a shilling, and a bucket of water is a shilling.

   Naturally, the bigger the container, the better - but it still costs money.

   There is a proverb on the Allen Peninsula: Free things have free benefits.

   means something free, and its benefits are also free.

   is like the rainy season that people love and hate.

   At this time, the residents who live in difficulty will use the rainwater as drinking water, and the better ones will use it for bathing and washing clothes.

   In normal times, most residents go to the beach to solve these problems. Although a layer of salt crust is a bit uncomfortable, it is better than dirty. And after washing with a towel dipped in water, the effect will not be too bad.

   These are the things the residents will do before the disaster of the night comes.

  As disaster strikes, the ocean becomes more and more dangerous, and most residents no longer go to the beach to wash or play.

  Lu Li stared at it for a while, and the bluestone road was replaced by a bumpy cobblestone road. The roadside is no longer a stretch of houses, but an empty, bare and ugly piece of dry woods.

   The rains for several days finally allowed the dead trees along the road to sprout green shoots, and the vegetation still disappeared.

   "Are we almost there?" Anna sat up slightly, leaned forward to Lu Li, and looked at the window.

   "Sir, Miss, Simp Park is here."

  The groom's voice came in from outside the curtain at the right time.

   The speed of the carriage gradually slowed down.

  Lu Li lifted the curtain of the car, the white cobblestone road stretched in the dry woods under the rain curtain, and a low building was located in front of them, which was the goal of their trip.

  Wow——

  The wheels ran over the water on the ground, and a carriage with yellow paint was parked outside the building.

  Lu Li took out two umbrellas and handed one to Qiaoqiao.

   "I want too." Anna in the back seat leaned forward and waved her hand.

   "Do you want the groom and staff to see an umbrella floating in the air alone?"

   "Well...that's a mess."

  The tip of the umbrella protruded out of the car curtain, followed by the umbrella body, the umbrella surface opened with a soft sound of "bang", the raindrops fell, and the umbrella surface trembled.

  Lu Li stepped out of the carriage and stepped into a thin layer of standing water. Looking around, the rain line wrapped the whole world, leaving only a small piece of pure land under the umbrella.

  .

   There was a soft sound behind him, and then Jojo, who got out of the carriage, opened her umbrella, stretched out an arm, and waited for Lu Li to help her out of the car.

   But Qiaoqiao found that Lu Li was just looking at the surrounding environment, completely ignoring what was behind him, shrugged helplessly, jumped off the carriage, and splashed a small splash of water.

  Lu Li retracted his gaze at this time, and said to the groom in the raincoat: "If there is no business, you can wait for us here, and we will come out after a while."

   "Okay, I wish you two have a good time." The groom said with a smile.

   "It's three." Anna murmured softly, floated down from the carriage, and got under Lu Li's umbrella.

  Although it was a bit confusing that ghosts also sheltered from the rain, Lu Li still tilted his umbrella towards Anna. In this way, Lu Li's left shoulder was exposed outside the umbrella, and he didn't care if the rain wet his shoulder.

  Two people and one ghost walked to the door of the haunted house

  The front door of the haunted house is full of sparrows, the ticket office window is closed, and the ticket salesperson inside bows his head, holding the novel with relish, but has not found anyone standing outside.

   knock knock --

   The sound of knocking on the window alarmed the ticket salesman, she put down the novel in panic, got up, and pushed open the window.

  The cold wind poured into the small ticket room, and the chill made her subconsciously breathe, and she said with difficulty: "...Hello?"

   "Is it open today?" Lu Li asked.

   "Well, it's still open, but because of the rain, some scenes may leak a little. At present, a small number of scenes are closed. Do you want to come back another day...?"

   "Will it affect the game?"

"what?"

   "Will fewer scenes reduce the number of ghost sightings?"

   "Uh... no."

   "Okay, we're going in."

   "Okay, 8 shillings for one person and 20 shillings for two people."

   "It sounds like it's more cost-effective to have multiple people." Anna nodded ignorantly.

   Luli looked sideways.

   "Ah, no, I'm sorry to say that it was 20 yuan for three people." "How many people do you have?"

  Lu Li said calmly, "Have you seen our other friend?"

  The ticket salesperson was slightly startled: "No..."

  Lu Li nodded and said nothing.

  “…?”

  The ticket salesman was confused for a while, then suddenly woke up and prepared tickets for Lu Li with a flushed face.

  Two.

   (end of this chapter)