I have a city in another world

Chapter 5350

Beside the big tree at the entrance of the remote mountain village, the young Agen was carrying a bundle of firewood, staring blankly into the distance.

At the end of the line of sight, on the other side of the mountain, there is said to be a very large city.

Early tomorrow morning, he will go to that place and start working hard for his life.

The boy's mood is very complicated, full of hesitation and reluctance, but also a little bit of expectation.

It is the choice of many young people to go to distant cities to find a job that can make money to support their families.

The barren and scarce land could not support many people. In order to survive, the young people in the village had to leave their homes.

Young people who left the village all said they wanted to return home in fine clothes, but after so many years, no such person has appeared.

The vast majority of young people who left the village had less and less contact until they finally heard nothing.

No one knows whether he became famous or died in a foreign land.

The young man has many brothers in his family, and now it’s time to go out and make a living.

Although the parents were reluctant, there was nothing they could do. The family business could only be passed on to the eldest son, and the other children had no property to divide.

Agen knew almost nothing about the outside world.

The teenager has never left home since he was a child, and he has rarely even seen people outside the village.

With a gentle sigh, Agen was ready to go home and prepare for tomorrow's trip.

As soon as he turned around, he froze on the spot.

Under the century-old tree at the entrance of the village, a strange man appeared at some point and was looking at him quietly.

The black robe on the strange man was made of unknown material, flowing and falling like a waterfall in the mountains.

The face was covered by the hood, and it was impossible to see clearly, but he could feel that the other person was looking at him.

Agen couldn't feel a trace of anger from the other party, and felt a faint sense of fear in his heart.

He immediately withdrew his gaze and prepared to return to his home.

Unexpectedly, the man in black robe suddenly floated in front of him like a paper man.

The boy was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he couldn't help shivering.

"What are you going to do?"

The boy looked at the man in black and asked in a trembling voice, his dirty face was full of fear.

At this moment, his mind was filled with legends of all kinds of monsters and ghosts. Those stories about mountain spirits and ghosts taking people's lives had scared him more than once so that he dared not go out to pee at night.

The man in black looked at A Gen, and slowly stretched out his hands holding two things.

A stack of colorful and large banknotes, and a stack of contract yellow paper with red patterns all over them were handed to the young man.

When the young man was confused, another bony arm stretched out from under the black robe.

three hands...

Such a strange sight made the boy's scalp numb. How could an ordinary person have three arms?

The black-robed man in front of him must be a legendary ghost, and he wanted to take his life at this moment.

When the young man was extremely nervous, the man in black suddenly said: "Touch the contract with your finger, pay ten years of life, and all these things will belong to you.

Your humble fate will also be reversed. "

The gangster's tone was full of temptation, but Agen's heart was at a loss.

The young man doesn't have a clear concept of Yangshou, he only wants to get rid of danger.

As long as he lets himself go, he can agree to any conditions.

The young man didn't know the contract and banknotes at all.

It's ridiculous to say that Agen has never seen a large banknote since he was a child.

He has never been to school and does not know a word.

Therefore, he didn't know that taking out one note from that pile of banknotes would be worth his family's income for a year.

According to the request of the man in black robe, the young man signed the contract in a daze.

The moment his fingers touched the contract, a piece of information flooded into his mind, allowing the young man to understand his gains and losses.

His heart was full of surprises, but he didn't have time to pay attention to it. He wanted to get rid of the crisis with all his heart.

After the contract was signed, the young man's eyes blurred, and the man in black robe disappeared without a trace.

On the grass in front of him were banknotes and blank contracts.

The banknotes worth nine years of life and one hundred blank contracts in exchange for one year of life now belong to the young man.

Holding the banknote in his hand, Agen looked puzzled.

He felt that these colorful papers should not be money, but the man in black was deceiving him.

How could such a large amount of money be given to others casually, even if he was killed, he would not believe it.

But he didn't want to show it to others, so as not to cause trouble for himself.

The boy made up his mind, and when he left home tomorrow, he secretly left a piece of paper and told his mother.

If it is really money, it can be regarded as a filial piety.

After hiding the things secretly, the boy returned home, pretending that nothing happened.

Early the next morning, the boy was ready for a long journey with his backpack slung across his shoulders.

There are several young men in the village. If you want to leave with him, you can have a companion on the journey.

There are intermediaries who are responsible for leading the way, taking villagers to the labor market in the city, and helping them find jobs.

As a thank you, the villagers have to pay the other party a sum of money.

In the nearby villages, young people basically go through this process when they go out to venture out.

The traveling teenagers, under the watchful eye of their families, joined the team that appeared at the entrance of the village.

Young people from other villages also carry large and small packages and are also going to make a living in distant places.

The intermediary sitting on the bullock cart impatiently urged the teenagers to say goodbye to their families in a hurry.

He formed a team with teenagers from other villages, and slowly moved forward with the ox cart.

In the next time, they will walk more than 200 miles until they reach the city.

"Agen heard from my mother, don't fight with others outside, suffer a little loss, put in a little more energy, and it's good to be safe in exchange."

My mother kept urging her, tears wet her eyes.

The father lowered his head and sighed from time to time, and a group of brothers and sisters also looked worried.

Agen forced a smile on his face and nodded vigorously.

"Mom, don't forget to go to the landlord, where I put things!"

A young man named Agen loudly reminded his mother at the last moment before leaving the village.

The mother was still wiping her tears, not knowing if she had heard her son's words.

Others didn't care, and didn't think that a poor boy from a mountain village could leave anything good for his mother.

The villagers quickly dispersed and began to busy themselves with their own affairs.

Similar farewells happen every year, and the villagers have long since ignored them.

There are fewer people in the family, and life will be more comfortable.

Agen's mother returned home and remembered what her son told her, so she came to the landlord's position.

In the place of a cross, there is a piece of dry bark in the hole, which seems to have something rolled up inside.

There was a smile on the mother's face, no matter what it was, it was a thought left by her son.

Pulling out the bark and untying the straw rope, the mother saw what was wrapped inside.

Then her smile froze on her face.

After more than ten seconds, he came back to his senses and rushed towards the backyard with the things in his hands.

"Master, look quickly!"

The man who was working, looking at the items in his wife's hands, also fell into a state of sluggishness.

When he came back to his senses, there was a trace of panic on his expression.

"Where did you get such a big bill?"

The man had seen these banknotes with the largest denominations before, but he didn't expect them to appear in the hands of his own woman.

His first reaction was not surprise, but some fear that it would bring trouble to his family.

"This is something left by Agen. He asked me to go to the landlord to find it. I didn't expect it to be so much money..."

When Agen's mother said this, tears welled up in her eyes again. She didn't know the origin of the money, and she was afraid that the child would do something stupid.

The father held a few bills and hesitated for a long time, and finally stamped his foot hard.

"Forget about this and don't mention it to others. If someone comes to your door one day, you won't be able to admit that you saw the money even to death.

With this money, the eldest son can marry a wife, and the eldest girl’s dowry should also be more beautiful..."

As the man spoke, his voice became lower and lower, and finally he let out a long sigh.

Suddenly got a large sum of money, a poor and humble couple is really happy, but more is deep worry.

(End of this chapter)