Beiyin Great Sage

  Chapter 514 is not easy

   "Crunch..."

  The door shaft rotated, making a sharp and piercing sound, which made people worry that the door panel would fall down in the next moment.

  In the small room, five people from different places were crowded together. Not to mention the cramped space, it was also filled with all kinds of strange smells.

  Uncle Zheng was sharpening a sickle against the wall, and raised his head when he heard the sound:

"came back?"

"Um."

  Zhou Yi's complexion turned pale, he leaned against the wall and squatted down slowly, seeing the curious look on his face, he couldn't help but smiled wryly:

   "Failed and vomited blood."

   "Spitting blood?"

  Uncle Zheng frowned:

"what happened?"

   Zhou Yi shook his head, thought for a while, and told the story of the incident one by one, focusing on the method of breaking through and exchanging blood that the big man said.

  He has just arrived, and he is still full of confusion about this world.

  The original body was just an ignorant mountain village boy who had never been out of the village and could not read a single word, let alone his so-called opinions.

   Need someone to point out urgently.

   "I know about the pass." Uncle Zheng looked thoughtful:

   "When I was a soldier, Wutou was also taught, but he was not as domineering as you said, and he broke through the level once..."

   Speaking of this, he shook his head again and again, with an expression of disbelief:

   "There are such people in the world?"

  He is also a low-level person in this world, and he knows very little, at least in his limited knowledge, he has never heard of such an existence.

   "Uncle." A childish female voice sounded:

   "What is clearance? Is it very powerful?"

   "My baby is awake." Uncle Zheng turned his head, smiled and rubbed the little girl's hair, and said:

   "Actually, it's nothing. I also succeeded in breaking through the level back then, but unfortunately I couldn't complete the blood exchange. My strength is not much worse than that of ordinary people."

   "Well, the stamina may be stronger."

   "Only after the blood exchange is completed and you start to temper your muscles, can you be considered a real martial arts practitioner. At that time, three or five people can't get close, and they are called ten-man enemies in the army!"

   Ten enemies?

  Earth's top boxer is probably no more than that, Zhou Yi nodded thoughtfully.

   "Xiao Yi, don't be disappointed."

  Seeing that Zhou Yi was silent, Uncle Zheng thought he was depressed, so he comforted him in a low voice:

   "You are still young, and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. These days, you will find a job that suits you."

   "It takes one month for the porridge, enough!"

   "Uncle said yes."

  Zhou Jia nodded, his eyes fell on a pile of clothes piled aside, and asked:

   "Aunt Bai, have you found a job?"

"Yes."

  Aunt Bai is not white, she has a thin body and rough skin, she doesn't look like a woman in her twenties, she grinned and said:

   "The Hong's shop has clothes that need to be washed every day. I and the big sister Qi next door took them over. I can get five big coins a day."

   "Finally, I have paid off."

   As he spoke, he hugged his daughter Nannan in his arms with a look of relief.

  Five big coins!

   Two people can buy a catty of brown rice evenly, which is enough to meet the daily needs of her and her daughter, but it can only survive starvation.

  Eating is not enough.

   It is even more impossible to be contaminated with meat.

  The clothes on the ground were as tall as a person. If they were washed once, it would take more than half of it in a day.

  Aunt Bai was very satisfied, she didn’t need to spend money on eating and drinking for a month of porridge, which meant that all the money earned in this month could be saved.

  Next month, the Hong family also said that they would raise their wages.

   I no longer have to live a life where I am hungry and full, and I don’t know when I won’t wake up, and I have lived up to the entrustment of my husband’s family.

   "Two Dogs."

   Zhou Yi looked at the last person in the room:

   "Where are you?"

   Ergou is one year younger than him, with a thin, short body and sparse and messy hair. Hearing this, he shook his head:

   "I haven't found it yet. They... don't want me. I don't know if the Lin family is still recruiting. I want to try my luck tomorrow."

"Too."

  Uncle Zheng looked outside and said:

   "It's getting dark, let's go to sleep, save some energy for tomorrow."

  Here, if you can lie down, you have to lie down, not just because of laziness, strenuous activities will accelerate the consumption of food in the body.

even,

  Even thinking about it can save money. The refugees described in the mouths of literati are like walking dead, which is not unreasonable.

   "when...when..."

  The gong of patrolling the streets sounded.

   This is the official post urging the refugees to rest. Although there is a place for soup, so many refugees may still cause unrest.

  This has to be guarded against.

  The dark moon is covered by dark clouds, and the sky and the earth are pitch black.

   The whispers in the slums also gradually subsided.

  Zhou Yi pulled over a sackcloth, curled up and lay on it, his eyes were dull and lifeless, silently enduring the pain in his internal organs.

  The house is simple and shabby, unable to withstand the cold wind, the hands and feet are gradually numb, and I have to move from time to time to prevent the body from freezing.

  The two dogs huddled in the corner of the room, sleeping deeply, making unconscious speeches from time to time, sometimes crying for pain, and sometimes calling for mother.

  Nannan was held in Aunt Bai's arms.

   Uncle Zheng and Aunt Bai leaned together at some point, and the two sometimes made some inappropriate little movements, which were slightly charming.

   Thoughts tumbling, sinking into the sea of ​​consciousness, the stars in the memory are no longer there, only the Apocalypse star is still shining, and a light curtain is sprinkled.

  Name: Zhou Yi

  Age: Fifteen

  Practice: none

  Clearing progress (1/100)

   Progress!

  Although today's pass has ended hastily, the light screen of Consciousness Sea shows that no useless work has been done, and there is still a little progress.

   In this way, if the progress reaches 100, wouldn't it be a success in clearing the level?

pity.

  Crossing the pass will damage the body. If it is repeated two or three times, before Zhou Yi succeeds in breaking the pass, the internal organs may not be able to hold on.

  If you can eat enough, drink enough, and be energetic, you should not hurt yourself.

but…

  It is not easy to do this.

   Fortunately, the Lin family should have taken this into consideration and gave a one-year deadline. As long as they pass the test within one year, they can enter the martial arts academy.

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  The next day.

  The sky is gloomy, and it seems that a storm is coming.

  Zhou Yi's lips were purple, and he poured the hot soup from the bowl into his stomach tremblingly, and he could obviously feel the heat reverberating in his body.

   After two bowls of hot soup, the situation finally improved.

   "Little Brother B."

   Er Gou trotted over, shaking his head with regret on his face:

   "The Lin family is no longer recruiting."

"Um."

   Zhou Yi stood up:

   "Then go to another house to see."

"Together."

   Ergou nodded anxiously.

  Watching Ergou running back and forth, Zhou Yi's eyes were full of envy.

  The same two bowls of soup, he can only satisfy his hunger, his body is still weak, and his spirit has been sluggish, but the other party can be alive and kicking.

   Sometimes, being too tall doesn't do any good.

   Whenever a famine strikes, the first to starve to death are often tall and tall people.

   Tens of thousands of refugees gathered, and the imperial court even assigned tasks to all major shops in the city. Almost every family came to recruit domestic workers.

  The crowd is bustling, but they don't have to worry about finding a job.

  "A commercial firm needs to sign a ten-year long-term contract to recruit a long-term worker. During this period, the owner can yell at him at will, and he will pay a hundred dollars a month for food and housing."

"This is good!"

  Seeing that there is still a hundred dollars in charge of food and lodging, Ergou's eyes lit up, and he came up to ask, and then returned with a frustrated face.

   "I'm too short, don't want it, brother B, won't you try?"

   Zhou Yi shook his head:

   "Look again."

  He is tall and tall, a head taller than most adults. He is quite bluffing without using hands, but his face is too simple and honest.

   Most of the laborers who work hard will be able to apply.

  But Zhou Yi never thought of selling himself, and he didn't mind spending more time looking for a job that suits him.

  During the university internship, he wasted half a year in one place for convenience because he didn’t look for a good job with his heart. In the end, he didn’t learn anything. This was a lifelong lesson for him.

  Of course, today is different from the past. If he really can't hold on, he doesn't mind finding a temporary job to fill his stomach.

   "Cargo driver, you need to be proficient in driving chariots and horses, be honest and steady..."

   "The waiter in the restaurant is articulate and agile..."

   "A stonemason apprentice, sign an apprenticeship contract, and the master will not be responsible for any casualties during the period. Only after three years as an apprentice, three years as a long-term worker, and three years as a helper can you become a teacher..."

   "Baicao Pharmacy recruits apprentices, literacy is preferred..."

"Um?"

   Zhou Yi stopped and stopped in front of a pharmacy.

   "Brother B, do you want to study medicine?" Ergou blinked and nodded again and again:

   "This job is not bad. Even in disasters and disasters, being a doctor can fill your stomach. Let's try it in the past."

   As he spoke, he stepped forward and merged into the crowd.

  There are quite a few apprentices, and there are more than a dozen people in front of them alone. However, after seeing the test, many people's faces changed and they retreated.

   "Three years of apprenticeship, it is inevitable to lift heavy objects." A middle-aged scribe said slowly:

   "And if a medicine basket is brought in, the pharmacy doesn't have to do business, it just keeps it, so physical fitness is very important."

  He stretched out his hand and said:

   "Pick up this thing, even if you have passed the first level."

   pointed out that it was something like a millstone, weighing at least a hundred catties, which was not easy for the refugees who lacked nutrition.

  Er Gou looked bitter, and chose to give up without trying.

   "You don't have to try."

  Seeing Zhou Yixing coming, the middle-aged scribe raised his eyebrows:

   "Can read characters?"

   "I don't know." Zhou Yi shook his head, feeling relieved.

  He looks tall, but he is exhausted. If you really try, you may not be able to hug him, but it is not difficult if you are full of food and drink.

   "Illiterate?" The scribe subconsciously frowned, shook his head, and took a tattered booklet from the counter behind him and handed it over:

   "Go and stand over there. Let me tell you how much you can recite. If you can recite more than a hundred words, you will pass."

   Zhou Yi's eyes lit up.

  He came from a liberal arts background, among other things, he is best at reciting poems, and the words in this booklet must be coherent, making it easier to recite.

   "Listen."

  The middle-aged scribe put his hands behind his back, shook his head and said:

   "Plunderhead cloud mushroom, beneficial to the stomach, reducing phlegm and regulating qi, nourishing yin and protecting yang..."

  Zhou Jia lowered his head, squinted his eyes, and his brain was running fast. Although he didn't know the words on the booklet, it didn't affect the use of Chinese characters to replace them first.

   "Master Wu."

   At this moment, a person interrupted the scribe's voice and said:

   "The number of pharmacy apprentices, someone just approached Master Zhao, and it has been set, your side..."

"Um?"

  The scribe's complexion changed slightly, he stopped his voice, and looked a little displeased on the face of the visitor, but he didn't say much, just shook his head:

   "Since that's the case, forget it."

   Immediately, he glanced at Zhou Yi with a dull face, and waved his long sleeves lightly:

   "You go!"

Uh…

   Zhou Yi opened his mouth, stuffed the booklet into his sleeve, and said goodbye.

   No matter what, you can't come here in vain.

"pity!"

   Ergou trotted to keep up, saying:

   "I asked just now. Baicao Pharmacy is very famous in the city. Many people want to go in and become apprentices. This time, someone must have gone through the door and snatched the position that should belong to us refugees."

   "Forget it." Zhou Yi shook his head:

   "Refugees, there is nothing to be proud of."

   "Clatter..."

   While speaking, drizzle fell from the sky like a curtain.

   "It's raining!" The two looked at each other:

   "Go back quickly."

   At this time, if they were caught in the rain and caught a cold, it would not be an exaggeration to kill people. Many refugees were even knocked down by a minor illness.

  Back to the residence, Uncle Zheng was busy doing something excitedly, when he saw the two of them he hurriedly said:

   "You are here, get ready and go up the mountain when the rain stops."

"what!"

   Ergou was taken aback:

"why?"

   "Mushrooms grow after the rain." Aunt Bai said:

   "The price of wild mushrooms in the mountains is not cheap. I heard that if you are lucky, you can earn dozens of dollars in one day."

  (end of this chapter)