bookmarkrole 0145: Are There Such Good People In The World?
0145: Are There Such Good People In The World?
Slums outside the imperial capital.
You Meng, a beaver sub-ethnic and the eldest son of the You family, is twenty-three years old this year and usually makes a living by chopping firewood for others.
"I should be able to give an extra copper horn this time, right?" You Meng came to the city gate with firewood on his back, waiting for the buyer to arrive.
Every day, when I go to a place ten miles away, I chop firewood and come back, and it takes six hours to go back and forth, plus it takes an hour to chop wood.
"Alas~~ Recently, firewood has become more and more difficult to cut." You Meng sighed.
The wood that can be cut around is cut down, and those who can't cut it are cut down, and their heads will be cut off.
The estates of the nobles, the hunting grounds of the royal family: ......... It is not allowed to cut wood, and you can only go farther and farther to cut wood.
In order not to toss back and forth, some people will form teams to go farther to chop wood, and then carry it back and sell it for cents, so that they can earn a little more, and no one grabs firewood.
You Meng also wants to partner with others to chop firewood, but there are still people in the family who can't live without him, so they can only run and work every day.
"You Da, there is a lot of firewood today." A strong man rushed over with a carriage and interrupted You Meng's cranky thinking.
"Boss, I want to earn more." Yu - Meng Gan's road.
"Yes, you should think of it this way, if there is a third more firewood than yesterday, then you will be given five copper horns."
The strong man boss estimated a little and asked, "How is it?" Sell or not?"
"Sell." You Meng nodded happily.
This time I sold one more copper horn than before, and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow at this price, I can buy a few more hard wheat bread.
"Give you money." The strong man boss took out five thumb-sized oval copper horns from his pocket.
You Meng helped carry the firewood to the carriage, and only then took five copper coins with both hands, planning to buy two hard wheat breads for dinner.
The strong man walked towards another man carrying firewood.
He collected firewood outside the city and transported it to the bazaar in the inner city to sell, and a bundle of firewood could be sold for twice as much as if it was in the bazaar in the outer city.
If the quantity is too small, you will not earn much, and once the number is large, you will earn.
As for the slum people carrying firewood to sell in the bazaar in the outer city, if they are lucky, they can sell it at a good price, and if they are unlucky, they will be lowered in price, and time will be wasted.
Even if you are unlucky to meet someone from an underground force to collect tips, that is to lose money.
"Bought dinner." You Meng came to the stall at the city gate.
He glanced at the meat stalls, swallowed his saliva, and bought two hard wheat breads for three copper horns, stuffed them into his arms and hid them.
"Go home." You Mengcai walked home with an axe that had been passed down from his family for three generations.
The slum environment is dirty and messy.
Sewage, excrement is everywhere, flies are flying everywhere.
"Twitter..."
You Meng's face was expressionless, one foot deep and one shallow foot walking in the muddy road.
The axe in his hand dangled brightly, so that some hungry and anxious people did not dare to act rashly, otherwise no one would care about hacking people to death in the slums.
I have to move out of the slums with my family, because I live in a big house."
You Meng's dream since he was a child is to rent a house in the outer city of the imperial capital.
However, in fact, filling your stomach has consumed all your energy, let alone saving money to rent an apartment.
The slums are very large, very crowded, and built everywhere.
You Meng has been worried about one thing in his heart.
That is, one day there will be a fire, and the slum will be immediately burned by fire, and everyone will not be able to escape.
He just had this worry, and the regiment insisted on going to live in the imperial capital.
"Ahem, cough..."
A violent cough came.
"Mother." You Meng hurried to a thatched hut, pushed open the door and entered.
"Who?" A childish girlish voice sounded.
"You Qi, it's me." You Meng hurriedly spoke up.
Otherwise, my sister will have to hold a wooden stabbing person's foot.
“ big brother。” The girl breathed a sigh of relief and the probe came out from under the bed.
Every time she heard movement, she would hide under the bed, afraid that someone would rush in and drag her away.
In the slums, girls with a little appearance must learn to hide themselves, otherwise they will be "taken away as slaves and sold into the imperial capital" by those who are hungry.
When You Mu heard the movement, she opened her eyes and said weakly, "Son, you're back?"
"Mother, how's it going?" You Meng looked worriedly at his mother lying on the bed.
You Mu said hoarsely, "I'm fine, I'm sorry for you." "
I am already an old problem, I have the strength to lie down, I either cough non-stop, or faint, I want to die and can't die, it's a drag.
If he hadn't been able to let go of his little daughter, he might have already gone to her husband and several children.
"I earned an extra copper horn today."
You Meng shared the joy and handed over the remaining two copper horns in his hand, "You Qi, you put it away." ”
"Okay." You Qi suppressed his joyful voice and hid the copper horn in the hole dug under the bed.
"Give, dinner today." You Meng took out two hard wheat breads and divided one for his sister.
You Qi tore half of the bread and soaked it in water, ready to soak it soft and feed it to his mother.
"Click, click, click..." You Meng nibbled on the bread and waited for dark.
It is impossible to really wait until dark to eat bread, otherwise the black flat will not be able to see the surroundings.
He chops firewood, but he is reluctant to burn it.
"Knock knock..."
The old wooden door was suddenly knocked.
"Who?" You Meng clenched the axe and stood up.
You Qi immediately got under the bed.
Generally, people who come to grab things, seeing that there are no beautiful girls, only a sick woman and a young man with a weapon, will probably choose to retreat.
"Something good is looking for you, You Meng." A crisp female voice came from outside the door.
"Women? Good thing?" You Meng heard that it was a woman's voice, but he was not so nervous.
0 Ask for Flowers...............
He stepped forward and carefully opened the wooden door, and saw a woman with heavy eyes standing outside the door.
"I am Winnie, a subordinate of Viscount Qiao Ji." The woman with heavy pupils directly reported her name and power.
"Noble subordinates, what are you going to do?" You Meng's inner tension accelerated to beat.
He recognized the other party as an Eagle subhuman, and heavy pupils were one of the representative characteristics of the Eagle subhuman.
"There is a good thing, I have come to invite you to participate in the knight training of Lord Viscount Qiao Ji." Winnie said calmly.
She also lived with Lianxin for half a year, and then went out to work for two years, and now she has become one of the cadres of the Misty Court.
This time, recruiting personnel in the slums to participate in knight training is also one of the assessments of cadres in the Misty Court.
"Why did you recruit me?"
You Meng frowned and said suspiciously, "You won't be recruiting dead soldiers, will you?"
He knew that many nobles came to the slums to recruit people to be dead soldiers, and exchanged one life for a stable life for the whole family.
If this is really the case, it is okay, You Meng will give up his life, after all, it is too painful to live, and there is no hope.
0.........
He was afraid that he would be deceived, his mother was a patient, his sister was only thirteen years old, and he was very timid.
When he died, the two were really helpless.
"Because you have nothing, my family is willing to give you a chance to climb up.
Winnie said expressionlessly, "If you don't want to, just because I didn't say it." ”
She turned around to go to the next one, but she silently thought in her heart: 1, 2...
There is still one sentence that has not been said, that is, the other party still has its own bottom line, and is willing to fight hard to survive.
Otherwise, he would not have come to him.
"...... Wait a minute. You Meng was stunned and hurriedly shouted.
He was unwilling to give up such an opportunity, not everyone could be selected by the nobles.
In addition to his life, there is nothing to remember, and there is a way out if he fights.
"I'll tell you about the treatment."
Winnie turned around and said coldly, "If you participate in the training of knights, you can receive five copper horns every day, including food and clothing."
She paused, then continued, "If you are successfully selected to become a knight, in addition to salary, housing is allocated, and the family can get a job. ”
"Huh?" You Meng opened his mouth wide, wondering if he had heard the dream words.
Give salary, include food and housing, and return the house to live in? Does the family still arrange work?
Is there such a good person in the world?
He didn't quite believe that there were such good people, maybe he just tricked people into it.
However, it is very good to give a salary and food, and when the time comes, it will be good to go to the outside city to rent a house for my mother and sister.
The most important thing is to have the money to hire a doctor to treat my mother.
"The place to participate in the training: Hundred Flowers Manor outside the city." Winnie also found it incredible.
She dropped a sentence and left, "Time, five days later."
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