Volume 3 Chapter 55 - People who spend New Years outside (1/2)

The morning sun came over the eastern horizon and the white dazzling light fell over the Black Rice Wasteland.

It had just snowed last night. Although it stopped before the sun rose, there was thick snow on the ground. When Cook stepped on it, it covered him up to his thigh.

Shaking his head as he pulled his right leg out, Cook continued step by step forward until he was around the non-ferrous metal smelting factory.

As the manager of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s non-ferrous metal smelting factory by the Voller Tribe, Cook naturally had more responsibilities compared to the others. Even if it was the first day of the new year, he still chose to guard his post, inspecting the factory as soon as he got out of bed.

But because there was a vacation for the New Years, the factory had been shut down for several days. There was no one here now, so Cook didn’t find anything unusual after walking around, ending his day’s work.

When he was thinking about whether to head back to the warm dormitory with the Magic Air Conditioner to go back to sleep or to go inspect the mine, a wolfman quickly came out of the Voller Tribe.

Cook looked at him and found that it was Wulf who worked at the factory as a transporter, so he raised his hand in greeting.

“Hey, Wulf, it’s the first day of the new year. Why aren’t you at home with your wife and kids, what did you come to the factory for?”

Wulf gave a big laugh with his wolf mouth and ran over to grab Cook’s arm, “Manager Cook, the chief had me come here to invite you to the tribe, so come with me.”

“Invite me to the tribe?” Cook was stunned, “I am a human, it isn’t right for me to run to your tribe on the first day of the new year, right?”

“What? Manager, are you looking down on us wolfmen?” Wulf looked at him with wide eyes as he asked this.

“No, no, no, I didn’t mean that. I just feel that today is the first day of the new year, so you wolfmen should have your own activities. It isn’t right for a human like me to participate in them.”

“What isn’t appropriate?” Wulf revealed a grin and said in an uncaring voice, “We’ve worked together for half a year and you’re treating yourself as an outside? The chief said that you must be bored by yourself for New Years, so he had me invite you over and to let you experience how us wolfmen spend the New Years.”

“But…..”

“Alright, stop talking about it. You weren’t this hesitant when you came drinking with me last night, come!”

Without another word, Wulf pulled him along.

Cook couldn’t resist the power of an adult wolfman like Wulf, so he was pulled along by Wulf towards the Voller Tribe.

When he entered the Voller Tribe, Cook found that the tribe was different compared to normal. Other than each household being decorated with red cloth, there was a strong meat scent that wafted out of each window, stirring the appetites of anyone who smelt it.

After seeing Cook, every wolfman in the tribe, regardless of gender or age all revealed a friendly smile towards him.

Although these wolf smiles didn’t look that good, one could feel the friendliness that came from them.

Cook couldn’t help feeling touched.

When he had just been sent to this non-ferrous metal smelting factory by sir chairman, the Voller Tribe’s wolfmen all looked at him with doubt and vigilance, there were even some bad gazes.

But in just half a year, the attitudes of the wolfmen had greatly changed.

Actually the reason was very simple, it was because the mine had started and the non-ferrous metal smelting factory that Cook was responsible for was built, so each wolfmen family had someone who was working there, allowing them to earn a few gold coins a month.

When it came to the year’s end, each wolfman worker was the same as human workers, receiving a bonus of no less than thirty gold coins.

With this kind of stable income and the human products they purchased with the labour card, the Voller Tribe’s wolfmen had their lives improved.

For example, not only did chief Voller’s house have a Magic Air Conditioner, making the room as warm as spring, there was also a Magic Stove, a Magic Water Kettle, a Magic Bread Maker, and all kinds of other household magic machines.

Of course they were all Frestech Brand items.

Cook looked over the household magic machines and he couldn’t help secretly laughing.

When CEO Kennard came to inspect the non-ferrous metal smelting factory last time, he had talked to Cook in secret about selling Frestech Brand household magic machines to the Voller Tribe.

According to their stats, in just half a month, the wolfmen had purchased three hundred Magic Air Conditioners and five hundred Magic Stoves, as well as one or two of the other household magic machines.

With the household magic machines they sold, it could be said that their wages from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce was taken back. It was equal to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce not spending any money to hire these wolfmen workers.

These wolfmen workers were grateful to the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, even being friendly and respectful towards Cook.

In the end, his life was much better compared to before.

Now the wolfmen of the Voller Tribe were most envied by the surrounding beastmen tribe. When the other beastmen saw the good living conditions the Voller Tribe had, they quickly changed their attitudes from the past vigilant to taking initiative to welcome them.

The production base of the four companies that wasn’t far from the Voller Tribe, it had taken initial form in just two months.

If it wasn’t for the fact that it was winter and it was rather cold on the Black Rice Wasteland, so they had to stop their work, one or two factories would have already been finished.