The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Have you chosen the address of your restaurant? Is it still in the East District?

Schiller and Cobbot were led by the waiter into the Falcone Manor, and Schiller asked about the situation of Cobbot's new restaurant while walking.

Yes, the address has already been selected. It's not far from the East End Wharf, and it's in the mansion of the old Edward family. Cobbot replied.

It seems that you are very ambitious. Schiller said with a smile.

It's all thanks to the godfather. Cobbot looked down, and he said, It was originally for the rich, and I said that I would transform it into an ordinary restaurant where dock workers could also enter. There was no objection.

It shows that he likes you very much.

Schiller raised his head and looked straight ahead. Through the long porch, Schiller could already see the figure of the godfather sitting on the head seat of the restaurant. It had been a while since he had seen him. He had not aged much, and was always tall and straight. Looks in good spirits.

The two walked into the restaurant, and Schiller and Falcone hugged. They hadn't seen each other for a long time.

After all, since Alberto started to take over the Falcone family business, he has almost no free time to go to class. Only Evans will go to college step by step, but Schiller rarely gives him individual tutoring, because he The grades are very good.

God bless you, professor, what have you been up to? Falcone asked.

It's still those things. Schiller took a cigar from the waiter, put it in his mouth and took a sip, and said, Preparing lessons, attending classes, writing papers, and, I became a family with two children in the Wayne family. Teachers, they still have to teach them.”

Falcone also took the cigar, took a sip, smiled and said: I really didn't expect that Little Wayne would have a child so early, but it's okay, I'm looking forward to Evans getting married soon .”

If a man doesn't get married, he will always be a little boy. I know this very well. The godfather tapped the table with his finger and said, If he can't learn to take on the responsibilities of the family and how to protect women and children , then he has no say in anything, I have always ruled the twelve families like this.

Family does make men more mature. Schiller paused and said, But some people need to learn more.

Falkner seemed to recognize who he was talking about, and he smiled again, looking very relaxed, and he said: If a man chooses a path that is destined to be very difficult, then he should bear it himself, much older Sometimes, he will sacrifice a lot.

Schiller turned his head and saw that Falcone narrowed his eyes, and he seemed to recall something in the misty smoke.

Your Excellency, Godfather, maybe we all think this way. When you teach someone, you always hope to talk a little bit more, but you know very clearly that some things are useless to talk about. Sometimes, you don't want him to talk about it. Pay the price, but know that he must pay the price.

At this time, I will weigh what price he has to pay. If he just fell, let him fall. Falcone leaned to his left side, and put the hand holding the cigar Rest your elbows on the arm of the chair.

There will always be a certain moment in life when a person will fall and bleed, either today or tomorrow. If so, then let him go. Falcone waved his hand and said.

Schiller smiled and said, Is it the same for Evans?

Of course not, he is far from being a mature man. Falcone took another puff of smoke and said, It's gotten better recently, and maybe it will get better after getting married.

Let's get down to business, Cobbot, how is your restaurant? Has construction started yet? Falcone said to Cobbot.

Coppert never looked directly at the godfather, he just looked at the table in front of him and said, Yes, actually, the renovation is nearing completion, but there are some problems with the suppliers I contacted earlier, and I'm negotiating with them.

You have to show your wrist. Falcone shook his head and said, Don't use the word negotiation, threaten them, put a gun to their heads, don't forget, in Gotham, you have to first To be a gangster is to be a businessman.

The place you chose is the best place and the worst place. Every dock worker in the East End hates it because it's their forbidden area. No matter how much money they make, they can't get in. .”

Once, old Edward's sister, tried to climb into my bed in order to get a ticket into the mansion, and I didn't like her, so she went to someone else, and she got in, but was quickly thrown out Because at that time, she was not the young lady of the family.

I think there must be ulterior motives in opening a mansion for twelve family members to gather in the most prosperous place in the East District? Schiller asked.

Yes, I want them to see that there are too many lives in this world that they can't touch, and they will feel angry, jealous, and going crazy.

They won't work more because they know that the rewards they get from their labor will not allow them to live this kind of life. They will steal, rob, and kill people. I am promoting such behavior.

As long as they do the same things as the gangsters, they must be ruled by me. If everyone obeys the law, Gotham is over.

Following the rules means being weak and bullying. You can be a fierce slave, but you can't be an independent weakling.

Everyone in Gotham knows that they can be vicious, vicious, and indifferent, but they must not show weakness. Once they start crying, they are holding an early funeral for themselves. Once people cry, they have no strength to resist.

When Falcone said this, the cigar was already half-burned, and the smoke was very close to his fingers, winding around his fingertips, like the mist rising from the vines in the morning, shuttling among the towering trees. middle.

Why don't you cry? In a ward of the hospital, Batman looked at the eight children around him and asked, Why do you only scream but have no tears? Don't you cry?

Everyone stood around and looked at him quietly. Batman half-kneeled and looked into their eyes. At this time, the stronger one among the eight children stood up. The cutest one, he said:

Hi, what kind of work do you want us to do? He lowered his head, twisted the corner of his clothes with his hands and said, We are too young to deliver newspapers. , we can all go to the outer streets, and the rest of us can only work in the inner streets.

I don't want you to work, Batman repeated, I want you to be in the hospital bed now, instead of yelling and biting at the doctor who's going to give you an injection.

But the little boy ignored him completely, and said to himself: You are our new employer, we will call you Dad, I and several other older children only need half a loaf of bread a day, and the others only need four. A quarter of a dollar, and we'll give you all the money, we're good boys.

Batman stood where he was, and he pressed his fingers on his forehead, feeling that his breathing was a little sluggish.

He approached the little boy, put his hands on his shoulders, looked him in the eyes and said, I'm not one of those 'mum and dad', I'm here to save you, I won't let you go to the street Beg and give me the money.

However, Batman saw a frightened look in the little boy's eyes. He seemed to be trying to suppress his fear and said, Dad... I mean, sir, we are still too young. Well, we...we can't do that kind of work...or, maybe we'll have to wait until we're a little older...

Batman naturally knew what he was talking about. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the other children trembling non-stop. The thinnest little girl among them finally couldn't stand it anymore, and she began to wail again: I I've seen...I've seen them treat Serena...and if she dies, I'll die too...

All the children started howling non-stop, they made all kinds of meaningless screams, but there were no tears, everyone ran to the corner, huddled together, unable to communicate at all.

do not Cry!

Batman finally got his voice down, and he stopped talking to these children in the same voice that he spoke to Elsa or Dick.

When he made this sound, he found that he seemed to be warning criminals in the tone he used to scold criminals.

But miraculously, after he finished yelling, all the children stopped crying. They squatted in place, staring at Batman. Batman took a deep breath and felt deeply helpless.

All the children in this room are bigger than Aisha, but in fact, there is not much difference in their size from Aisha. There are even a few younger ones who look smaller than Aisha.

Facing such children, Batman at this time has no way to force them to do anything, he can only comfort them over and over again, trying to give them a sense of order and security.

Until the time came late at night, the continuous night rain became heavier and heavier, and when the raindrops fell into the sea, it brought a hazy halo. The lights of Gotham Wharf continued day and night. After the logistics developed better, there were more people here. up.

Not far from the pier, there stood a mansion that was incompatible with the surrounding buildings, but now, the house number had been changed to Bingshan Restaurant.

This kind of building is really too big for a restaurant. There are seven floors up and down. It also has an extremely luxurious gate and dozens of parking spaces. Now it is empty, just because the restaurant has not opened yet, but there are already many people. I looked inside curiously.

In the middle of the restaurant, Copperpot stood in front of the reception desk and said to the nine children standing in front of him:

Listen, now, I'm your boss, your new employer, and the new job you have to do is not to beg outside, and you won't earn much money.

See? The entire building here is mine. Now, raise your heads and take a good look at this place. Use your shallow knowledge and vision to see the materials used for every thing here, and you will know who I am.

All the children raised their heads as they did. At first, they didn't look at it seriously, but soon, they were attracted by the complicated and gorgeous ceiling.

The hall on the first floor was originally a dance floor, so there were extremely exquisite carvings on the ceiling, all of which have been preserved. These children have never seen such beautiful things in their life.

There are very few children begging in Gotham. Most of these children are abandoned babies picked up by those mothers. They have lived in those narrow dark alleys since childhood. Even if they can work in the outer streets, they are just looking for a shabby Sitting in the corner, I never dare to look up at people.

Soon, they all opened their mouths, turned their heads constantly, and looked at everything they had never seen. Although they had never seen these things, they could understand their beauty, which is human instinct.

Well, I believe that you should be able to see that I am much richer than your original boss, and I killed your original employer and snatched you from them in order to To make more of my money.

Coppert spoke very plainly, without using any desperately illiterate vocabulary, so these children understood what he was talking about very easily.

At this time, one of the strongest children among them stood up and asked, What do you want us to do?

Are you the leader of this group of people? Come, come here. Cobblepot pointed to the floor in front of him, the child slowly walked over, Copott pointed to the restaurant, and he said: Now , My restaurant hasn’t opened yet, what you have to do is to clean it up during this time.”

Listen, I'm different from those poor ghosts. Starving you will only make you weak to work, so here, you can eat enough, and you sleep in the basement, four people in one room, two people in one room bed, you'll have two identical handyman's uniforms alternately.

However, working here is not about just finding a place to sit there. You must obey the rules, otherwise you will be attractive.

There are two meals at 7 o'clock and 2 o'clock in the afternoon every day. There are bread and some leftovers. The stove can be used for heating. If you want to drink water, go to the faucet. When the guests leave, go back to the room and don't run around.

On the way here, where should you see? This is the outer street where you used to work. If you run out at night, no one will go to the garbage truck tomorrow morning to find your dead bodies.

Also, don't let me find any of you stealing. You should know the consequences.

We won't steal anything, we'll give you everything, we're good boys, said the leading boy.

Okay, now, go back to your room and don't come out if you have nothing to do. Coppert played a trick and asked the tall subordinates next to him to take the group of children to the basement.

What no one saw was that the moment the leading boy turned around, he tried his best to twitch the muscles at the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile that seemed to be pleasantly surprised.

back to gotham again

Huh, go home (paralyzed)