Master, I want to marry the eldest brother

Chapter 17
They can't sit and eat, let alone buy the necessities of life, and there is no mountain for them to eat.The next day, Yan Xiaotang decided to go out and look for work.

It is impossible for Zhao Nan to be released. First of all, he is a master, and it is necessary for disciples to do their best. Yan Xiaotang did not regard his age as a condition for preferential treatment at all.She was young, yes, but she was also the only one who was unharmed.Secondly, it’s not easy to say this reason in front of Zhao Nan. She is so good-looking that she doesn’t look like a human being. It sounds like she is scolding, but the fact is that she has already grown up like that. What the apprentice can do is also It's just to save face for the master by not saying it.

Going out like this will increase the number of bad guys in Zhaolai. Zhaolai is already messy enough, and I still have a little conscience not to destroy it any more. After all, they are now the people of Zhaolai City, and the government does not recognize the people themselves. They all recognize it.

The master is a big brother when he comes down. Bo Xi wearing a dark gold talisman is much better than Zhao Nan who is wearing a dark gold talisman. Zhao Nan is not human in any way. It is rare in the world that Bo Xi is so handsome and indifferent, but he is just Rare, not entirely uncommon.

Yan Xiaotang has a lot of ways to make Boxi look more ordinary, but shave half of his eyebrows?A birthmark on your face?With two buck teeth?Kill her... She couldn't bear it.

In fact, Yan Xiaotang really wanted Bo Xi to stay in the big house so that no one could see him, but it was difficult to achieve.She and Yuechu need to eat, while the master and senior brothers need healing medicine, it will be easier for one more person to make money, even if it is the worst medicine, it is better than none - she only planned this in her heart, and did not discuss it with them.

Speaking of this kind of thing will not have any other effect except to make them feel uncomfortable.

"Eldest brother, just cover your face as much as you can. Anyway, it's winter now, and everyone covers it tightly, so it won't look strange." Yan Xiaotang shrewdly ignored the question of what to do after the winter, and finished speaking to Bo Xi. Then he turned directly to Moonrise: "What will the third senior brother know?"

Yuechu blinked, Zhao Nan was also very curious, what do you need to know to make money in the mortal world?
After seeing them, they couldn't figure out the way at all, so Yan Xiaotang had no choice but to give examples: "Carpentry work, iron work..." After another look, she still didn't understand, so she had to explain in more detail: "Carpentry work is related to wood... "

Before finishing speaking, Yuechu suddenly interrupted, "Hey, there is no one better at playing wood spirits than Master!" He was triumphant.

What are you proud of?Yan Xiaotang thought: "That's the master's meeting, not yours."

Then he said: "Do you know how to make chairs, tables, and cabinets? I won't ask about the beams and boat bones. Brothers definitely don't know how to do it."

Moonrise is tongue-tied, despised, and asked for it.

But he was not convinced: "I think there is still a lot of work! It's not just wood."

"Well," Yan Xiaotang said, "Will the Brothers Settle Accounts meet?"

"Won't……"

"What about forging iron?" Yan Xiaotang asked again with a smile, before returning to the previous topic before Yuechu's face turned stinky: "Smelting iron ore into steel, and then molding it into the shape of an anchor or an iron hook, this kind of thing is Iron work, that’s what blacksmith shops do, and some blacksmith shops don’t make daily use, but weapons, such as swords, spears, swords, halberds, and shields.”

Moonrise can't, so I have to keep quiet with the corners of my mouth.

Yan Xiaotang said: "Zhaolai is good at finding work, that is, people who know these kinds of jobs. If they don't know how, we can only do hard work."

Zhao Nan asked, "What is a coolie?"

"For strength, to carry things." They had seen many of them, so Yan Xiaotang didn't explain in detail.

Zhao Nan wanted to say something, but he couldn't help, and it was useless to say it.

After the plan was settled, Yan Xiaotang led the two senior brothers out of the big house and went down to the sandbar to find work.

There are many houses on the cliff, but few shops. Most of the shops are concentrated on the sandbar.There are many docks, blacksmith shops, taverns and restaurants, or brothels all over the four borders. There are many houses on the sandbar. They seem to be thriving. Although they are not prosperous, they are still very lively. It should not be difficult to find a job.

But Yan Xiaotang is only at this young age, when she goes to the waiter in the tavern, she will be disliked for serving fewer plates than others, and for other hard work, she will be even less favored.

Bo Xi looked at Gao, but he could tell at a glance that he was not strong enough, and his appearance was not good enough.

Moon Ridge is very powerful, but she doesn't look too good on the outside, so she has to show off a little bit, so that people can see and see.

Difficult, the depression in winter makes it even more difficult to find a job.

It should be much easier to find Kaihai City in spring, but they can't wait any longer. Although Sunset Cloud Palace is only an outer gate, they are still watching their scent everywhere. Once they are discovered, their injuries have not recovered, and the outcome is not difficult to predict.

Therefore, when walking down, Yan Xiaotang's heart was still a little heavy.

Sending off the disciples, Zhao Nan closed the door of the big house, turned around and walked to the corner of the room, brushed off the floating dust on the wall, and pondered the patterns on the broken wood.

There was no snow for two days in a row, and all the residual snow accumulated on the sandbar melted, making mud everywhere, and it was even colder. On the dilapidated streets, except for those who had to work to eat, there were hardly any people to see. other people.

There are also three, six, and nine grades in Shazhou Haimin. The merchants are naturally the best, but they are not the best.

The best ones only appear in spring, whistling over the sea, and returning to the cliff as soon as they reach the sea market. Although those families living in mud brick houses may not have their own household registration documents, at least they have the same relationship with someone from the government office. A Zaoli can talk, and he can buy a house with money. After living in this way for three generations, the descendants of the family will have the household registration of Yong State, so that they can escape from the humble profession of Haimin.

The ones who are inferior to merchants are those who run a small shop on the sandbar and don't have to fight for a bite of food in the wind and waves.

Wait a second again, the kind of shop assistants and apprentices in the business, the taverns, restaurants and brothels in Shazhou, all rely on this group of people to make a living. Although they live a hard life, they still have some spare money to use.

The lowest class, not to mention spare money, would probably still not be full after eating one meal a day, would be perpetually hungry, would have to walk barefoot in icy water if their legs were rotten from the cold, and would have to carry heavy loads around when their spines were crushed.

Although Yan Xiaotang heard some news from hearsay, she was not a local after all, and she never had to think of ways to eat, so she couldn't help but take it for granted.After inquiring about the location of the biggest dock in Shazhou, she led her two senior brothers to look for it. The plan was very simple, the bigger the place, the more people it would need, so it shouldn't be wrong.

The three walked and talked.

In fact, it was mainly because Yan Xiaotang was looking for something to say to Boxi, and Yuechu felt sad on the sidelines.

"Eldest brother, when you arrive at the place in a while, I will tell you that you can read and write. If someone asks you, remember to nod your head."

Moonrise sneered.

"Ah."

Bo Xi replied lightly, and a flower blossomed in Yan Xiaotang's heart. His voice was more pleasant than any other voice, even if it was just "um", I don't know if it was a voice coming from his lips.

"No one is willing to let literate people do hard work, so that senior brother can do some light work." Yan Xiaotang doggedly said.

"I can also read!" Moonrise angrily.

"I can also read." A pair of Yuechu talked, and Yan Xiaotang's ingratiating smile immediately disappeared, and he said bluntly: "The three of us are all literate, and three people who can read at once, they have so many letters for others to write." Are there so many accounts to be settled? There are so many..."

"When I didn't say..." Yue Chu was short of breath.

Yan Xiaotang did not take advantage of the victory, but patiently said: "Senior brother, you don't know, literacy costs money, and it costs a lot of money. We rent a house for five hundred yuan, which is less than half of it. Find a gentleman to teach literacy. A whole string of money is 240 six Wen."

Yuechu's clearest understanding of the mortal world lies in the word "money", and when he heard the number, he immediately gasped, his face full of disbelief.

"A common people's family is so great that it can only support one person to learn to read, so it is very honorable to have one literate person in the family. If all three of us can read, it will be scary to say it."

Yuechu understands, this is the same as directly saying "our identities are problematic", it is too suspicious, but it is impossible to make him not jealous, he looks at Bo Xi, hoping that Bo Xi has a senior brother Consciously, give way.

Yan Xiaotang suddenly jumped among them, "intercepting" Yuechu's line of sight, showing two rows of small teeth smiles.

"Damn..." Moonrise wanted to grind his molars.

"Ah! We're here." Yan Xiaotang pointed forward.

There is a big row of docks, surrounded by a large number of new or old wooden ships, countless ships under construction, or unfinished masts, sails, anchors, etc. are randomly placed, even the docks are not neatly repaired, wide The narrow ones, the tall ones, the short ones, and the crooked ones and leaky ones. Some of them used the masts on the ships to lift the sails to serve as roofs. The ropes pulled by the masts not only contained sails, but also suspected unwashed trousers to dry. Clothes, in a mess, out of order.Moreover, the roof is attached to the roof, and the walls are strung together. To find the way, the only way is to walk along the worst muddy pits on the ground.

As soon as you walk in, the sky is divided and smashed by all kinds of high-rise sundries. The wood eroded by sea water and wind emits a unique haggard groan and groan, which can be heard from corners that are not far or near. If you are a timid person, In a daze, I was afraid that I had broken into some demon's territory.

Seeing that it was such a place, with no one in sight, Yan Xiaotang couldn't help but hesitate, did she come to the wrong place?

Isn't it just coming to the wrong place?Yan Xiaotang didn't know that common coolies were looking for work, and they would never dare to go directly to the docks to find jobs. Every shipyard has its own clerks. Going to the door to find work is like trying to grab the clerk's job in person.

Although the guys are also the kind of people who are bullied in the dock, they also follow the example when they leave the dock, and spread their anger on others, let alone words of compassion between the poor and the poor. This is still the case between countries, maybe The same is true of heaven.

(End of this chapter)