P S M Chapter 27: Cocoyasi Village.

Cocoyasi Village was once famous for being rich in oranges. The oranges produced here were big and sweet, attracting merchants from the past to come and buy the goods without any hesitation, and the villagers had also been relatively wealthy.

But all this has changed because of the arrival of the Arlong Pirates. Cocoyasi, which was once full of laughter and laughter, disappeared, leaving only a lifeless village and numb villagers brought by the production of Tangerines. Stabilizing income had become the suffering of the villagers in it. The Arlong Pirates group was here in the name of collecting protection fees, squeezing the money of the villagers here every once in a while, just like looting wool again and again, repeatedly. The once affluent towns are now dilapidated.

And there were around 20 villages like Cocoyasi, all under the oppression of the Arlong Pirates group, and the navy seemed to have abandoned this place, not paying attention to it, making the villagers here increasingly numb.

There were many reasons why the navy did not care here. One was the agreement between the world government and Jimbei. The other was that Arlong bought the Colonel Nezumi from a nearby naval base, cheating and concealing the specific situation of this sea area. Arlong only collected protection fees nearby and did not cause trouble everywhere, resulting in a low reputation, so the pirate admiral of the East Blue Sea was Don Krieg instead.

It was these various reasons that led to the tragedy in Cocoyasi and more than 20 nearby villages.

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Lin Yu was walking on the street that was in disrepair for a long time and the villagers of Cocoyasi Village by his side walked in twos and threes. Everyone's face seemed to be covered with a layer of haze, even the smile seemed so weak as if all had lost hope in life, and this village was ruled by pirates. Lin Yu squeezed the sword's hand tightly, deep in his heart facing Arlong's group of murderous intentions.

"Hey, what about you, the young man with the sword, stop first."

A middle-aged man dressed up as a sheriff with a windmill on his head rushed over and stopped Lin Yu.

"Hey, kid from a foreign country, why are you here? You don't look like a businessman."

As if aware of Lin Yu's difference, the middle-aged man questioned Lin Yu.

"Well, this my ship is passing by here. I heard that the tangerines here are very famous. I'm going to buy some tangerines. Do you know that the tangerines sold here are the best?" Lin Yu looked at the sheriff at the pinwheel overhead. He remembered the man who almost became Nami’s father in the memory. Genzo, the sheriff of Cocoyasi Village, when he saw him, thought of Bell-mère, this legendary woman, and also remembered the sacrifice in order to escape. Lin Yu’s mother, similar experience, and the same great maternal love made Lin Yu want to see the place where Bell-mère lived, so he deliberately asked Genzo this question, because Lin Yu knew that in Genzo’s heart, The tangerine grove in Bell-mère was always the best.

Sure enough, Genzo's answer did not surprise Lin Yu.

"Is that so? Okay, the best tangerines in the village are, of course, the tangerines that Nojiko takes care of in the suburbs, they are the best. Well, I'll take you there directly, so that you didn’t lose, knowing some places on this island are very dangerous." Genzo enthusiastically led the way for Lin Yu. Of course, he might be happy for Nojiko to bring an income.

"Maybe I'll trouble you!" Lin Yu didn't refuse either and followed Genzo.

The two of them were not slow, and they reached their destination after walking for more than ten minutes, and before Genzo arrived, he shouted Nojiko's name far away: "Nojiko, someone is here to buy tangerines, come out!"

"I'm here, why are you shouting so loudly? I can hear from you, really!" A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl walked out of the tangerine grove with farm tools in her hand, and one was in the tangerine orchard, looked busy inside. She had short blue hair, simply tied together with a red headband, wheat-colored skin, an energetic look, but from the right arm, there was an eye-catching tattoo that had been wrapped around the chest, which reminded people of the word bad girl at first glance.

However, Lin Yu, who had known the story, knew that this tattoo was to be commensurate with the tattoo on Nami who joined the Arlong Pirates so that she was not so lonely. Nojiko was really a gentle sister, even though she couldn't help Nami, she should show in her own way her stand alongside her sister forever.

"Haha, this isn't I am afraid that you won't hear me?" Genzo touched the back of his head awkwardly: "Because I brought you a guest, I have to go back to the village beforehand and will come when I finish my work." Genzo, the sheriff of Cocoyasi Village, was not always idle. He had often a lot of things waiting for him to deal with, but before he left, he did not forget to indicate he would come later to send back the outsider Lin Yu and explained that he was worried about Nojiko.

Of course, Lin Yu could hear another meaning of Genzo and could only touch his nose awkwardly.

"Understood, you should go back first, otherwise you will have a lot of headaches!" Nojiko was accustomed to Genzo's busyness and waved to him to leave. 

After saying good-bye, Genzo ran to the village in a hurry: "Really, I am very old and still doing things so tedious."

After watching Genzo leave, Nojiko looked at Lin Yu.

"You are here to buy tangerines. Come in with me. I just picked some tangerines. You can taste them first."

Nojiko took Lin Yu into the tangerine orchard and give it a small cart with two small boxes of tangerines that had just been picked. Then, Lin Yu took a yellow-orange tangerine from the bamboo basket, peeled it easily, took a piece, and put it in his mouth. His teeth gently bit through the film that enveloped the tangerine flesh. The tender and smooth flesh were mixed with sweet tangerine juice, which released a sweet smell in the mouth, making his saliva constantly secrete, which was really full of fluid. It seemed that Genzo did not lie, the tangerine tasted really good.

"Very sweet, this is the best tangerine I have ever tasted!" Lin Yu, who ate the delicious tangerines, did not hesitate to express his praise for the tangerines picked by Nojiko. After all, the tangerines were really delicious! Hearing Lin Yu's praise, Nojiko's face also showed a proud smile.

"Thank you for your compliment, and how many tangerines do you plan to buy?" Nojiko squinted her eyes and asked him the most concerned question.

For a moment, Lin Yu felt the two sisters Nojiko and Nami seemed to overlap. They were all so lovers of money, is this genetic? Or was she influenced by Nami? 

However, he answered honestly: "I will take the two barrels. They should be packed in oak barrels so that they can be stored on the boat."

"Okay, no problem. One bucket of oranges will bring 5,000 Bellys, and two buckets will earn 10,000 Bellys." Nojiko said happily, who had made a deal.

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