After a moment of silence, the little fox suddenly said: "I know you men can't live without women."
This time, Ah Jue ignored her and didn't even hum.
The little fox sighed and said with a smile: "You actually ignored Liu'er's seduction. I really admire you."
Having said this, the little fox suddenly jumped on the bed, patted Ah Wen on the shoulder, and asked: "A Jue, are you afraid of Sister Ma?"
Ah Jue shook her head and said coldly: "I'm afraid of what she will do. I just owe her money, and I will leave here after I pay it off."
When the little fox heard this, he couldn't help but sigh quietly and asked: "You...can you take me out of here?"
Ah Jue was stunned for a moment, then rejected her request and replied: "Impossible, I don't know where I'm going, let alone taking a stranger like you with me."
What the little fox didn't expect was that just when she was about to put forward her conditions, a purring sound came from her ears.
Ah Jue, who had been tired for a whole day, was like a dead dog, searching for the tenderness he wanted in his dreams.
The little fox was very unwilling and meowed a few times, then pushed Ah Jue's shoulder.
Until she was sure that Kejue was really asleep, until a scream sounded in the yard: "Little fox, where did you die? Sister Ma wants to see you for something."
The little fox reluctantly got up from Ah Jue's bed, clapped his hands, straightened his clothes and pushed the door open.
"Come on, come on, hurry up!"
When Ah Jue got up in the morning, she found five silver coins left on the bedside and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He thought that he had no life left to enjoy the tenderness here. If he missed half an hour of sleep every day, he would look like a dead person at the end of the day.
In this way, Ajue worked as a coolie in Yingyue Tower for a month and three days, and finally paid off the wine money he owed.
Amu sighed and poured him another bowl of wine.
He also picked up the bowl and took a sip: "What happened next?"
"Later...then I went to the edge of the imperial city's lake and waited under the willow tree, waiting for others to find me to do odd jobs."
At the edge of the big lake, Ah Jue waited for three days for a man to come.
A middle-aged man named Lao Meng.
Ah Jue thought for a moment and said, "Lao Meng looks a bit similar to Amu. He doesn't look like someone from the Central Plains, nor does he come from the Western Regions. He is a barbarian."
On this day, A Jue was waiting under the tree for Lao Meng who was passing by. Lao Meng looked at A Jue who was leaning under the tree and remained silent and couldn't help but ask.
"I am a bricklayer and need a helper. Can you do it for five cents a day?"
Ah Jue laughed when she heard this: "Do it, why not do it?"
So from then on, Ajue worked with the bricklayer Lao Meng and became a bricklayer's apprentice.
On this day, Ah Jue learned to climb up and down the ladder for the first time to provide tiles to Lao Mengdi on the roof.
Although he was very careful, one time he almost smashed a pile of tiles he was holding. He was so frightened that Lao Meng had to teach him: "Be careful, these tiles are more expensive than labor."
Ah Jue nodded and just kept it in mind silently without saying anything.
The next time, he was more careful, for fear that if he broke a tile, his employer would deduct Lao Meng's wages.
As the sun set, Lao Meng looked at him and asked, "Do you spend the night by that lake every night?"
Ah Jue smiled bitterly and said, "I have nowhere to go."
So Lao Meng took Ah Jue back to his home, a home with only two beds and one kitchen. Despite this, Ah Jue was still very grateful.
Finally, no more rain.
Smelling the aroma coming from the kitchen, Lao Meng sighed: "This is my mother cooking. I've been eating for half my life, but I still haven't had enough."
Ah Jue touched her unsatisfactory belly and said with a smile: "It really smells good."
"time to eat!"
While they were talking, the old woman came out of the kitchen with a pot. When Lao Meng heard this, he hurried over to help. He first made the old woman a bowl of porridge cooked with vegetable leaves, and then made a bowl of porridge for Ajue.
Finally, he took the bowl and ate it.
Seeing Ajue eating happily, Lao Meng sighed and said quietly: "Work hard. I'll treat you to meat after I collect my wages in a few days."
The old woman squinted her eyes and looked at Ah Jue and asked, "Young man, how long has it been since you've eaten meat?"
Ah Jue thought for a moment and replied honestly: "I forgot."
Lao Meng looked at the old woman and said, "Mom, Ah Jue will live with me from now on..."
The old woman was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ah Jue and said, "If you want to live with us, you have to make a bunk and sleep on the ground. Can you do that?"
Ah Jue lowered his head while eating porridge and replied: "Don't be afraid, it's much better than being under the willow tree by the lake."
The old woman sighed and said quietly: "You are really a miserable child."
Ah Jue shook his head: "It's not bitter, at least I'm still alive... Well, it's good to be alive."
When the old woman heard this, she glanced at her son thoughtfully, and then sighed: "That's good. It's good to be alive these days."
Lao Meng looked at Ah Jue and smiled: "I'm going to help you make the bed. You go wash it first. It stinks to death."
That night, Ah Jue slept more soundly than the night the little fox came to seduce him.
Because he no longer has to wash the feet of those girls, even though he has become accustomed to the different smells of girls' feet, whether they have smelly feet or not.
Although he could earn extra money by washing the girls' feet, he still felt that working as a bricklayer with Lao Meng and earning five cents a day would be more enjoyable and comfortable.
He likes to live this kind of comfortable life.
There was only a thin straw mat spread on the ground, but he still slept soundly, much better than in Yingyue Tower.
When it was almost dawn, Ah Jue had a dream. She dreamed that a beautiful girl walked in and looked at the strange man on the ground again and again.
Then he went to lie down next to his wife, and kept looking at the strange man in front of him with his eyes open.
In the dream, Ah Jue only saw long black hair, just like the black hair that had appeared in his life.
In the dream, Ajue sighed softly and muttered something unknown.
At dawn, Lao Meng took Ah Jue out. He would continue to work today and would have food to eat.
As the two walked, Ah Jue said: "Lao Meng, I had a dream at night and saw a woman..."
Lao Meng sighed: "You are not dreaming, he is my sister Die'er..."
Stunned, Ah Jue was speechless for a moment. So it wasn't a dream?
Lao Meng didn't say anything about his sister, but just smiled lightly: "If we are destined, you will naturally meet her, believe me."
Ah Jue nodded: "She looks like the princess in my dream."
Lao Meng was stunned for a moment, then patted him on the shoulder and laughed: "That's true."
At noon that day, Ah Jue finally met the legendary gangsters. Three gangsters as skinny as monkeys came to collect protection money from him and Lao Meng.
Looking at the thin man named Er Gouzi in front of him, Ah Jue ignored him and didn't want to.
Lao Meng looked at him and sighed: "These people are Lao Song's subordinates, and Lao Song is the subordinates of the big shopkeeper of the Imperial City. You can't fight them."
Ah Jue snorted, looked at Ergou and said, "I have no money."
"Why are you so stubborn with me if you don't have money?" Ergou was so angry that he punched Ah Jue in the stomach. The pain was so painful that Ah Jue immediately bent over and fell to the ground...
Lao Meng sighed, looked at Ergou and said, "Next month, I will pay you your wages."
Ergou thought for a while, patted Lao Meng's chest and smiled strangely: "So, you will vouch for him?"
Lao Meng replied: "Yes."
Back at Lao Meng's house, Ah Jue still touched his belly from time to time. After all, Ergou was going to beat him to death.
Lao Meng shook his head: "Ah Jue, haven't you ever fought with anyone? Or do you know how to fight back?"
In his opinion, if Ah Jue wants to resist today, he will definitely take action. At worst, he will leave the imperial city, and the world will be very big.
Ah Jue shook his head and said nothing.
When he was bullied by the guests in Yingyue Tower, he hadn't fought back yet, let alone left the place.
At the moment, Ah Jue just wants to be quiet and doesn't want to cause any more trouble.
That night, Ajue met Die'er, Lao Meng's sister Meng Xiaodie, who was buying a piece of meat from outside.
Looking at Die'er who looked like a princess, Ah Jue suddenly fell to the ground and rolled on the ground holding her belly.
That night, Lao Meng, the old woman and Die'er cooked a pot of meat. The old woman was as happy as a child, with a flower-like smile on her face.
But Ah Jue was lying on the straw mat and was in so much pain that the old woman gave him a large piece of meat and didn't eat it because he really couldn't eat it.
Not only did he have a stomachache, he also suddenly developed a fever.
Just when Lao Meng was about to go out to grab medicine for him, Ah Jue grabbed Lao Meng's trousers: "No, I'll just bear with it, I'll be fine tomorrow..."
This night was the most painful and torturous night for Ajue.
Lao Meng had worked hard all day and was already snoring loudly. Even the old woman and Die'er had fallen asleep.
But Ah Jue was lying on the straw mat. One moment she was feverish, and the next moment she was dripping with cold sweat. At this moment, Ah Jue was living in dire straits.
No one could share the pain of this moment for him. At this time, he thought of his parents and his home.
If he were at home, his parents would definitely stay by his bedside and make some concoction to keep him company.
So, when he woke up, there was indeed a person guarding him next to him.
The sun shone slantly from the window sill, shining on Die'er's shoulders and her long black hair. Ajue saw care and sadness in her eyes.
Ah Jue's mouth moved and she struggled to sit up.
Die'er fed him a bowl of water and asked, "Why are you here? How can you get sick if you are so strong?"
Ah Jue drank a bowl of water and gained some strength. He looked at her and smiled bitterly: "Where's your brother? I have to make money with him today, otherwise I will have no food to eat."
"My brother went to work, and he said you can take a day off without starting work."
Die'er looked at him and said softly: "Since you are sick, you should take a good rest here. Don't show off, or you will die if you show off."
Ah Jue sighed and smiled bitterly: "I won't die, I can't die, I can't die yet."
Die'er looked at him and said faintly: "That's right, you have to die so many times."
Leaning on the edge of Lao Meng's bed, Ah Jue thought for a while and asked: "I am a dying person and have to be lazy here. Why do you stay with me?"
Die'er shook her head, looked at him and said softly: "From today on, I will not leave my brother and mother."
Ah Jue thought for a moment and replied, "That's fine."
Die'er looked at Ah Jue's dull expression and suddenly asked, "Do you want to know about me?"
Ah Jue closed her eyes, touched her still tingling chest, and sighed: "No need for now, I'm really going to die."
Touching his chest, Ah Jue knew that he couldn't help anyone right now because he was a fool with nothing.
A guy who can only wash people's feet in Yingyue Tower, pour night fragrance, wash people's clothes and pay back their money.
At this time, the old woman came out of the kitchen, looked at Ah Jue and scolded: "You haven't eaten yesterday's meat yet. I put vegetables for you, cooked them again, and will give them to you in a moment..." "
Upon hearing this, Ah Jue couldn't help but close her eyes again.
He was afraid that he would cry when he opened his eyes. Who said that a useless fool wouldn't cry, but it was just not the time to cry when he was sad.
He had an impulse to rush out of the house immediately...
