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The "young man" had heard vaguely from the mouths of the shop assistants around him about this incident that had caused turmoil in the Holy City recently, and he was firmly opposed to Lin Ran being someone else's scapegoat. This was not the "job" that Dolma called making money. It's money that you have to sacrifice your life for.
But Linran said: "Brother Big Dan, if you don't go, what will we eat tomorrow? Without identity or ability, no one is willing to hire us. Only this kind of substitute job has a chance. You don't know, there are so many people Everyone wants to get this opportunity, so I think it won’t be that dangerous. The possibility of the host’s daughter being attacked is very small, so it’s just a precaution.”
Pran Ran was right. They didn't have to accept this "job" today, but what about tomorrow? What will they eat tomorrow? How to survive?
Their understanding of the world outside the prairie is extremely poor. Only yesterday did they learn that under this gorgeous city, there is actually a group of people who make begging a profession. The number is so large that it is unbelievable. If they do not accept this substitute If you want a "job", you have to join the ranks of beggars like these people.
But even this team is not so easy to survive. The disaster star in the sky is getting closer and closer, and the supplies in the Holy City are becoming more and more scarce. Prices are rising every day and there are fewer and fewer people willing to give alms. Many Beggars had to choose to leave the city or change careers.
In other words, they no longer have the qualifications and opportunities to survive through begging.
These days, the only person who helped them was the charming strange woman, who gave them twice the money they desperately needed to buy food.
Of course, there are other ways to survive. The war is getting closer and closer. Many streets have blood collection points in preparation for war. For example, you can sell blood, or you can rob it!
There are countless prosperous places and luxurious people in this city. The "young man" once saw a piece of women's clothing displayed in a street window. The price tag below was marked with one of the few numbers he could understand. He was stunned - that was a figure that was enough to keep him and Xingran Yuanxiu for three years!
In more high-end places, the prices of the products on display were not even marked, but the "young man" believed that he would not be able to afford them in his lifetime.
But Linran said: "Dad said, even if you starve to death, you can't steal or rob."
She would rather be a scapegoat!
Selling blood could not survive for more than a few days, and it was similar to selling blood. In fact, the "young man" had no choice but to sell blood secretly. It's just that people bullied him because he had no identity, so they took a large tube of his blood and gave him a small bag of moss cake, which was not enough for him to eat alone.
Therefore, speaking harshly is of no use. Faced with the desperate reality, even if he didn't want to, he could only accept it.
The owner was not stingy. He signed the contract and immediately paid a sum of money. With the money, he and Yuanxiu found the cheapest restaurant and wolfed down the food they had saved in the past five days. They were so full of hunger that when they left the house, they still had large moss cakes in their arms.
They were really hungry. Not to mention being in the prairie, in the "young man's" "memory", he seemed to have never had such an experience.
As soon as Pranran signed the contract, she could not be with them. Once she entered the master's house, her freedom was theirs. The "young man" had no choice but to take Jianxiu to continue looking for a "job" that could make money.
On this point, he and Lin Ran had some differences. He planned to find something that could make money as soon as possible, and then return to the prairie when he had enough money, but Lin Ran wanted to stay here.
He couldn't convince Lin Ran. Just like X Ran couldn't convince him.
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Over the past five days, the "boy" gradually gained a preliminary understanding of the city. Following a homeless man, he found a large road bridge. A simple shack was built below using garbage from the city, which barely gave him a place to stay.
Xingran did not take the first money given by her master, and gave it all to the "young man" and Jianxiu. This was life money, except for the gluttonous meal at the beginning. The "young man" didn't dare to spend it randomly, so he kept it all carefully on his body. When he woke up at night, he would take it out from time to time to see if it was still on him.
Linran said that finding a chance to find something for him to do at the master's house would definitely be better than him wandering around useless outside.
"Youngster" also hopes that she can succeed, at least the three of them can be together and not be separated like now.
The next day, the sixth day after they arrived in the Holy City, the wanderer gave the "young man" a suggestion, suggesting that he try a construction site not far from here.
The Wanderer said that it was a newly built air defense military barrier that required a large number of manpower. However, because there were so many people pouring into the Holy City, it might have been full. In short, you could try your luck.
The "young man" was going to go to Linran's master's house to try his strength - this was his only ability, but after hearing what the wanderer said, he was ready to go there to try it first, because the wanderer said that what they needed was exactly People who exert endless efforts, and may not need an identity. After all, the enemy who needs to be kept secret comes from the sky.
If this is the case, "Youth" is confident that he will be hired. Isn't this his biggest and only advantage?
The construction site was indeed not far away. According to the route mentioned by the wanderer, he and Jianxiu quickly found a place where dust was everywhere. All kinds of huge machinery roared non-stop, large multi-wheeled vehicles kept coming and going, and there were flights from time to time. I don’t know what the plane is doing in the sky.
After asking people along the way, the "young man" found the door that might be the hired man's door, but when he arrived, the front was already crowded with people. If he hadn't been strong, he wouldn't have been able to get in.
In front, on several large boxes, stood a middle-aged man with blue hair, holding a loudspeaker and shouting loudly to the people around him: "You guys should go somewhere else, we have no shortage of people here!"
The crowd around turned a deaf ear and begged one after another: "Sir, please use two more. We have all traveled a long way here. If we can't find anything to do, we may have to sleep on the street."
At this time, a person who seemed to be an official discussed in a low voice with the blue-haired middle-aged man holding a loudspeaker: "Let's order a few more, otherwise I won't be able to do my job. People are pouring in these days." There are too many people, and if they are not evacuated as soon as possible, there will be a big problem for public security."
The blue-haired middle-aged man could ignore the crowd around him, but when facing this official, he could only show helplessness and embarrassment and said: "It's not that I don't want to help, but there are actually many people already there."
The official said: "Think of a way, don't worry, I will never make things difficult for you tomorrow. The third batch of larger military strategic barriers will be approved and implemented. By then, people will be needed everywhere."
The blue-haired middle-aged man thought for a while. He held out a finger and said, "Okay, since your Excellency has said so, I will ask for another one. I can only ask for one."
Although the officials were a little dissatisfied. But he didn't say anything more. He turned to the crowd around him and said, "Everyone, be quiet. Listen to me. Manager Lille has already accepted hundreds of us. It is indeed impossible to accept everyone. But don't worry, we will be there soon." The construction of the third batch of military barriers will begin, and everyone will find something to do. Now that the General Manager of Lille has agreed, he can also give everyone the last quota. I hope everyone can understand."
The official's tone was very kind, as if he was thinking about everyone. Finally, he said that there was still one more spot, and he quickly calmed down the crowd who refused to disperse. Everyone was trying to get the last spot.
There are many nouns in what they say. The "young man" didn't know what it meant. When the blue-haired middle-aged man pointed to a flagpole in the distance and didn't know what he said, the crowd dispersed with a roar. Everyone picked up a large box from the ground and rushed to the flagpole.
After they were all gone, the "young man" led Jianxiu to the blue-haired middle-aged man and asked carefully: "General, manager, can you hire me? I have a lot of strength!"
The blue-haired middle-aged man only glanced at him and continued talking to the officials next to him.
"Youngster" asked carefully again. These days, in order to find something to do, he got a lot of glares, and he was used to it.
The blue-haired middle-aged man waited until he asked for the third time. Then he pointed at the flagpole impatiently and said, "Didn't you have ears just now? Hold a box and run to the flagpole first, and I will use him."
After saying that, without giving any more explanation, he turned back to chat with the official, probably to persuade him to go have dinner somewhere. But the official was really busy and kept pushing back.
The "young man" heard clearly this time and roughly understood it. He glanced at the crowd who had already run a long way away, immediately picked up a big box from the ground and ran towards the flagpole.
But after just two steps, he came back immediately. The blue-haired middle-aged man saw it out of the corner of his eye. It was a little strange. He quickly carried Yuanxiu, who was staying at the same place, on his back. Then, as if he was afraid that the blue-haired man would not use him, he also I stopped holding it, picked up a large wooden box in one hand, and ran forward.
The blue-haired middle-aged man smiled. They were almost halfway there, and this idiot was actually carrying a person on his back and two boxes... But his smile quickly solidified on his face, and after a while, he cursed A dirty word: "Beg is numb!"
When the official saw him swearing, he turned his head curiously, only to see the black-haired boy disappear into the dust. When the smoke cleared, he had already passed the running crowd and was only one step away from the flagpole. small distance.
"How could it be so fast? It couldn't be high-energy...?" The official was also a little stunned and hurriedly took out an instrument from his arms, but strangely, the instrument seemed to have malfunctioned, so he had to give up.
At this time, there was only one person left in front of the "young man". That person had been far ahead. He thought victory was in sight, but who knew that such a strange person would appear halfway.
At this time, there were only a dozen steps away from the flagpole. The man who was not willing to be robbed of the opportunity roared violently, with the veins on his hands showing, and he rushed forward with all his strength.
At the same time, he nervously looked at the "young man" with his peripheral vision, his eyes red!
But to his despair, the "boy" carrying two boxes easily passed him and ran straight towards the flagpole.
No!
The sweat on his head flowed into his red eyes, and his whole body rushed forward like crazy.
At this time, the "young man" had already surpassed him by a few steps.
He was breathing heavily, his face was flushed unhealthyly, his nails clung to the box tightly, and he ran with all his strength.
The flagpole was getting closer and closer to him, but also getting farther and farther away.
He roared angrily, kicked the ground hard with his feet wearing tattered shoes, then bounced up, hugging the box tightly, and flew towards the flagpole desperately.
But he was still too late. The shadow of the "boy" just flashed in front of his eyes. He dropped the wooden box, pulled up the flagpole, turned around suddenly, and drew the flagpole in a half circle like a gun. He put it behind his back and pointed diagonally at the ground. , the body is as straight as a sword.
At this moment, the officials in the distance were in a trance, thinking that they saw a high-powered man who came out of the mountain of corpses and sea of blood!
That moment of sharp turning, that moment of killing momentum...
It seemed as if the swooping man flew out instantly, and it seemed as if the crowd holding the box instantly turned upside down like a tidal wave.
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But in fact, an excited voice came from the flagpole and immediately interrupted the official's ups and downs of "fantasy":
"Manager, I have captured the flag, hire me!"
Seeing the "young man" waving the flagpole excitedly, the official seemed to have been hit by something. He smiled silently, said a few words to the somewhat surprised middle-aged man with blue hair, and then got into the four-wheel drive on the roadside. He took the car and left immediately without waiting for the defeated crowd to crowd up and block him.
As soon as the officials left, the "young man" brought the flagpole to the blue-haired middle-aged man.
"It's you. The commission is paid every day. If you are strong, you may not be able to do a good job. If you can't do it well, you will be fired at any time!"
The blue-haired middle-aged man lost much interest when he saw the official leaving. He just looked at the "young man" in surprise and left in a hurry.
Later, someone took the "young man" to register. When he passed by the original location of the flagpole, he found that the man who had just roared and rushed towards him was sitting on the ground blankly, with blood on his forehead, a big hole in his pants, and a scratch on his shoes. Only gone.
The man's red eyes glanced at him resentfully, gritted his teeth and stood up, limped to the roadside, picked up his shoe that flew out, walked back to the starting point, and handed over a man who was about only 10 years old. The thin child of two or three years old was tied with a cloth strip and carried on his back. Without saying a word, he slowly disappeared from sight in a depressed manner.
The "young man" felt that he was a little pitiful, but he could not give up the opportunity to him because he also wanted to live.
The "young man" touched Jiaoxiu's head, looked at the figure limping away, and suddenly said:
"Jianxiu, you have to live!"
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On the sixth day after arriving in the Holy City, the "young man" became a lowest-level worker at the military fortress construction site who could only do menial work.
Because he has no identification, he can only get half of other people's commissions.
However, he was not popular with other workers. He took half the money but did the work of several people. The reason was just because he was worried that he would be fired at any time, so he had to work hard.
While eating, a dissatisfied worker deliberately made fun of him and said sarcastically: "Sesbia, you have so much energy that you can't use up, why don't you go find the pervert who has been causing trouble recently? Have you read the newspaper? Safety?" The reward for clues given by the ministry is enough to make you a rich man. If you catch him again, won't you become rich immediately?"
^(To be continued.)
