CIATB Chapter 234
Chapter 234
It was dusk outside.
The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the ground.
The members of the Roger Pirates surrounded the house, obeying the ship's doctor's instructions and keeping no one close.
Suddenly, the door of the house was pushed open with a "squeak", and Raleigh and Jabba walked out of the house.
On Riley's back was Roger.
"Rayleigh, this is..."
Colonel Mu Lian was just about to ask, when Jabba signaled him to be quiet.
"Let's go, let's go back to the ship. The ship's doctor has no intention of leaving with us," Raleigh said.
"Then let's go." Duolingo flapped his little wings and followed Rayleigh.
After everyone walked several hundred meters, the old boat doctor opened the door.
Looking at the backs of these former companions, he showed a gratified smile.
"Go, this vast world is ultimately your world."
"Gol D. Roger, Silvazz Raleigh, Jabba Spark, Sambell, Colonel Mullian, Duolingo, Spencer, Oden..."
"I'm really happy to meet you in the last period of my life. I hope you can help Roger land on the last island. The old man will go first."
He walked out of the house tremblingly and found the only coffin shop after walking for a long time.
The boss also went to join in the fun in the afternoon, and naturally knew that this person was a member of the Roger Pirates. He was afraid that the old man would be upset and slap his head off.
He didn't dare to neglect, and immediately knelt down on his knees to greet him.
The old boat doctor shook his head and said: "You and I have never lived, and I have never saved your life. What are you doing to welcome me on your knees?"
"Get up, the old man came to you today because he wanted to buy a coffin for myself. Let's see what coffin to buy."
The boss was stunned. Coffins are for the dead. Why did the old man buy a coffin for himself?
The old ship doctor guessed what the boss was thinking, and said: "Boss, you have been the coffin shop owner for so many years, can't you see that I am not far from death, old man?"
The boss took a deep breath. The old man should understand when he said this.
This old man is going to die.
"Old sir, follow me."
He stood up and walked into the coffin shop.
The old ship doctor smiled and followed.
The two walked about seven or eight meters, and stopped next to the door at the end of the coffin shop.
The boss pointed to the bottle coffin parked by the door, "This coffin is made of high-quality wood, what do you think?"
The old ship doctor didn't hesitate, took out a money bag from his pocket, and stuffed it into the boss's hand.
"Old man, what do you mean? I can't sell such a high price for a pair of coffins." The boss asked inexplicably, touching the heavy purse.
"The old man has saved countless people as a barefoot doctor all his life. He has no descendants when he dies. This money can't be taken to the coffin. Boss, you can keep it. Just send the coffin to my house later on." .”
When the boss sells coffins, he always sells as much as the price, and there has never been such a saying.
Besides, in the business of selling coffins, there must be some things that cannot be touched.
The boss dare not accept this money.
However, what the old boat doctor meant was that money cannot be taken into the coffin.
The boss's eyes wandered for a while, and finally he thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.
"Old man, you have no descendants, who will take care of you?" the boss asked.
"If my old man feels that he is going to die, he can just lie down in the coffin. Why do we need others to see me to death?" the old ship doctor stroked his beard and said.
The boss shook his head and said: "The old man is wrong. Life, old age, sickness and death are determined by the heavens. How can we know when we will die? I was an orphan since I was a child. Let me worship the old man as my adoptive father, and die for the old man."
The old ship doctor's laughter stopped abruptly.
He always felt that this middle-aged man seemed a little seriously ill.
You say you are a coffin seller, what do you do for me, a lonely old man?
"No need, old man, I really don't need it." The old ship doctor refused.
The boss didn't say much, opened the money bag, took out a few Baileys, and returned the money bag to the old ship doctor.
"What does that mean?" asked the old ship doctor.
"Our business also has its own rules. It is impossible to get this money for nothing. A coffin is not worth the price." The boss said righteously.
"But it's impossible for me to take this money down, boss."
The old ship doctor thought for a long time, and then said: "If you really think you can't take the money, then I will have to recognize you as your father."
Trembling, he walked to the place where the boss was sitting before, and after sitting down, he put the money bag on the table next to him.
The boss knelt down on his knees and said, "Little Kerry, pay homage to foster father."
"My son Kerry, my father's name is Sid, remember my father's name, come and accept the gift my father gave you, my son."
He handed the money bag to Kerry, the owner of the coffin shop. Kerry held the money bag in both hands and thanked his adoptive father.
……
It was late at night when Roger woke up.
He felt that his physical condition was very good, so he got up from the bed, pushed open the door of the ship building, and walked out of the ship building.
On deck, the crew members were doing their own thing.
"Roger, how are you feeling?" Spencer hurried over.
"Well, I feel much more comfortable on my body, and why do I always feel like I slept for a long time this time." Roger was at a loss.
"You slept through that one sleep for three days," Reilly said.
Roger let out an "oh", rubbed his eyes and looked at his crew.
Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and shouted, "Where is Sid? Where is he?"
According to Sid's previous instructions, Raleigh said: "Didn't we buy a house for the ship doctor on Skele Island? The ship doctor lives there now. He said that he has no way to cure your illness now, so he has to give you a house." After undergoing an operation to extend his life, he disembarked there."
Roger wondered: "Rayleigh, that's not right, why didn't the ship doctor tell me when he got off the ship? I haven't said goodbye to him yet?"
"The ship's doctor said that if you kowtow to him when we parted, he would not be able to leave, so he didn't wake you up, and asked us to carry you away the afternoon after the meal off the ship. He's old now and doesn't want to go out and make troubles anymore."
"That's right, that's right. The old ship doctor is already old, so it's reasonable to disembark now." Roger sat down next to Jabba, snatched the sherry from Jabba's hand, and poured it into his mouth.
"By the way, what did the old ship doctor say before? It seems that Roger is not allowed to drink, right?" Jabba asked Raleigh suddenly.
Raleigh said: "That's right, Roger, the old ship's doctor said that your body can't drink anymore, but you still can't control your mouth! Hurry up, Jabba, take the wine from his hand."
Jabba reached for the sherry and handed Roger a bottle of juice.
"I drink this?" Roger's face was full of disbelief.
"Haven't reached that place yet, Roger, take good care of your body, the juice is delicious." Jabba stuffed the juice into Roger's hand.