Fu Xiaohu jumped out of bed, opened the door and ran out. He caught the cleaning guy and asked, "Man! Where are the three people who came with me yesterday?"
The shopkeeper replied: "Those three guests left before dawn, and they asked me not to wake you two."
Fu Xiaohu clenched his fist hard. He wanted to hit something, but there was no object around him that could vent his anger. Why should we trust Liu Kang and the others? They sneaked into Chaolan Valley more than a month ago just to cause trouble for the people in the valley. Why did they believe them?
Fu Xiaohu suddenly felt that he didn't understand anything. From the time he left the valley yesterday to now, he hadn't encountered anything that went well with him.
The two people came out of the inn and walked like zombies on the streets of Nantun Town.
Tan Wushuang was hungry again. In the valley, his appetite was second only to Amber.
"Xiaohu, what should we do?" He asked this question again, several times throughout the morning.
Fu Xiaohu was very upset because he didn't know what to do.
"How about..." Tan Wushuang said cautiously, "let's... go back?"
"No!" Fu Xiaohu suddenly became angry, "We have only been out for a long time! Even if I die! Die outside! I won't go back!"
"But we don't have a penny on hand now, do we still have to do hard work? Even if we do hard work, we still have to eat enough. This town is only half a day's journey from Chaolan Valley, let's go back... Your father Mom, as well as my parents, must be worried."
Fu Xiaohu saw a person, a very ordinary young man, about the same age as them, wearing coarse cloth. He pushed a cart of white flour cakes and sold them everywhere.
Fu Xiaohu pointed at the man and said: "He is about the same age as us, but he can support himself. Maybe he is already married, has a wife and children, and he can support a family by himself. He is just an ordinary person, we What? I have been learning martial arts from my uncles since I was a child. My father said that I am even a master of geoglyphs. Will we starve to death? Will we be inferior to ordinary people? "
Tan Wushuang said patiently: "But the question is... they have skills, do we have them?"
"Fat man, you don't want to go back."
"I think!"
"Then go back. Why are you following me? I didn't tie your feet."
Tan Wushuang stopped talking.
Fu Xiaohu continued: "Do you still remember that year? We agreed with Lan'er and the others that we were going to the depths of Chaolan Valley, but when we got to the woods, you didn't dare to go and forcibly pulled me back. Although Lan'er and the others were lost for two days and two nights that time, they dared to break in. More than a month ago, they were going to leave the valley, and the three of them were not even a little bit afraid. I heard my father say that they were going out here. Over a period of time, they have been assassinated and made trouble for others. The whole world is afraid of them. Fatty, don't you envy them? You don't want to go back from the bottom of your heart. I understand you. Uncle Tan has a bad temper and has taught you and said you bad things since you were a child. There is no future, and you are not convinced. But what's the use of not being convinced? Let's not go back, let's go out and make a difference! You might as well show your father that you are not a coward!"
Tan Wushuang knew in his heart that he didn't want to go back, but he didn't want to suffer either. If Fu Xiaohu mentioned the word "go back", it would put his mind at ease. At least when talking to others in the future, I can say without shame: "I didn't want to come back, it was Fu Xiaohu who wanted to come back."
Hearing Fu Xiaohu's words, Tan Wushuang's eyes became firm. He said to Fu Xiaohu: "Xiaohu, I understand. Now that we are out, there are no adults to control us, and we have to rely on ourselves from now on. I listen to you Yes, whatever you say, we will do."
"Okay," Fu Xiaohu nodded, "Let's get some money first. Of course, we won't do the work of robbing families and homes. If we do, we'll be real heroes. Let's go to the house yesterday to see if there is any work for us. , if not, we will look for it. If you have the strength, you will definitely not starve to death."
The two set a life goal. The first step is to make money.
We arrived in front of yesterday's big house again. Today's house was a little deserted, as if there was no need to unload the goods. The two of them were a little dumbfounded, and the little pride they had just now was drained away a lot.
When I was about to change places to take a look, the door of the house opened, and the middle-aged man in rich clothes from yesterday came out. When he saw Fu Xiaohu and Fu Xiaohu, he was stunned, and then said with a smile: "Hey, young man, here we go again. .”
Fu Xiaohu felt very embarrassed and said vaguely: "I'm just passing by."
After saying that, he took Tan Wushuang and left.
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Good boy, you haven't learned the truth I taught you yesterday."
Fu Xiaohu stopped and asked, "What's the point?"
"You have to live to save face and suffer the consequences."
"You!" Fu Xiaohu was very angry at being ridiculed like this.
The middle-aged man was very patient. He ignored the dirt on the floor and sat down on the steps: "When I was your age, I was arrogant than you. I couldn't study, I didn't have much energy, and my family was poor. I caught up with the bad guys. Year, I almost starved to death on the streets. Some kind people found me a bookkeeping job, but I was not willing to do it. Hehe, arrogance is really not a good thing. "
Fu Xiaohu asked: "Then how did you survive in the end?"
"Begging for food." The middle-aged man did not shy away from his unbearable past.
"Begging for food? It's better to keep accounts for someone else."
"That's right. Isn't this the same as you?"
"Why are you like me?"
"I ask you, answer honestly, do you want to come here to find some work?"
Fu Xiaohu closed his mouth tightly and said nothing. He could not open his mouth.
"Yes, just say yes. There are many people coming to us every day looking for work, including a few of you."
Fu Xiaohu struggled for a long time and finally let go of the last bit of his pride: "Yes... I want to find a job."
"Haha," the middle-aged man laughed, "Look, isn't this what you have learned? There is no shame in earning money to survive. If you don't ask, how do you know if there is a living here?"
Fu Xiaohu asked: "Uncle, then...is there any work in the house?"
The middle-aged man shook his head: "No."
"you!"
"Hey, hey, don't be angry. Just because we don't have life here doesn't mean there isn't anything else. Come in with me."
The two were hesitant, but still followed the middle-aged man into the house.
After the middle-aged man entered the door, he shouted into the courtyard: "Xiao He! Xiao He!"
A young man ran out of the backyard and asked, "Butler Cui, have you negotiated a price with the Zhenyuan Escort Agency?"
"I didn't find the Zhenyuan Escort Agency. The goods are not valuable, it's just troublesome. The Zhenyuan Escort Agency charges a lot."
"Then how do we send it there?"
Butler Cui pointed at Fu Xiaohu and the others and said, "Let them deliver it."
Xiao He looked at Fu Xiaohu with some suspicion and said, "Them? Who are they?"
"The two kids who resisted yesterday."
"Can they make it?"
"Don't worry, I'm not bad at heart, just a little arrogant. I can see that these two are practicing masters... Let someone take out their things."
Not long after, two servants came over carrying two baskets. The baskets were placed on the ground, and after opening the lids, Fu Xiaohu saw that there was a stone brick in each basket. The stone bricks are quite big, weighing about fifty kilograms.
Butler Cui said: "Mr. Hou of Luoyang, two square tiles in the house are broken. I looked it up with a discerning eye and found that we must use marble from Jinan Prefecture. It happened that my master went there to do business, and Mr. Hou asked me to buy two bricks." This thing is quite heavy, it’s not worth sending a carriage, and the Zhenyuan Escort Agency probably won’t be willing to take on such a wasteful job, so you two go ahead.”
It was no problem for one person to carry fifty pounds for a day or two, so Fu Xiaohu decided to take over the job.
He asked: "How much do you give me?"
"One hundred and twenty coppers per person."
Fu Xiaohu said: "Okay, we will take this job, but... you have to pay twenty coppers first."
Steward Cui said disdainfully: "Twenty? It takes a day to walk to Luoyang City and another day to come back. Twenty coppers are not enough for you to eat. Boy, don't be reluctant to ask. Xiao He, take sixty coppers."
Taking the sixty copper coins given by Butler Cui, Fu Xiaohu had a subtle expression on his face. He couldn't tell whether he was happy or embarrassed.
Butler Cui waved his hand and said, "It's still early, let's go quickly."
Fu Xiaohu clasped his fists and said, "Thank you very much for this kindness. I..."
Butler Cui interrupted him: "I pay and you do the work. There is no need to thank me."
Carrying baskets on their backs, the two set off towards Luoyang City.
Although I haven't done much heavy work, I have a lot of strength. Apart from the pain in my shoulders, there was no other discomfort. From Nantun Town to Luoyang, it took half a day by carriage and a whole day on two legs. They didn't dare to delay and walked faster.
After walking for a long time, the two of them, who had not eaten in the morning, were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs. They happened to see a tea shed on the roadside and went to have a rest and eat something. This money could not be saved.
While the two were eating, they heard several martial arts people at the table next to them discussing something loudly.
"Four people broke into the Songshan Sect. Qian Zhishui was a top player on the Tianzi Ranking back then, but what happened? He was still no match."
"I heard that one of the four people is Zhu Mingyu from Qingfeng Temple."
"Yes, but there are three left, one boy and two girls, both from Changfeng Tower."
"No, no, I heard someone said that Changfeng Tower sent three people out, and all three of them are young girls."
"This...I don't know..."
Hearing what they said, Fu Xiaohu and Tan Wushuang were startled and looked at each other: Aren't these Li Fenglan and the others?
Fu Xiaohu turned his head and asked the people in the arena politely: "Excuse me, I would like to inquire."
Those Jianghu people were also very polite and asked him: "Brother, what do you want to know?"
"Those people from Changfeng Tower are fighting the Songshan Sect?"
"Yes."
"Isn't the Songshan Sect a big sect? Just four people got in?"
"Hey, brother, you're right. The Songshan sect is indeed a famous sect, but it can't stand up to other people's martial arts. I heard that there was a woman in yellow who defeated two masters of the Songshan sect without any effort. Nowadays, martial arts people According to predictions, these guys are probably among the top ten experts in Tianzi."
"What happened next?"
"It won't come later."
"No, didn't the Songshan sect take revenge?"
"Revenge?" The martial artist smiled, "What revenge? How to take revenge? The Songshan sect's more than 100 people had not beaten anyone that day, and they had already lost their face. How about gathering more than 100 people to be beaten? Another person to be humiliated? "
Fu Xiaohu was silent for a while and said, "Thank you, I have no problem."
After speaking, they turned around and those people in the world continued to talk loudly. Fu Xiaohu and Tan Wushuang looked at each other in confusion.
Tan Wushuang whispered: "Amber...is it really that powerful?"
"My dad said that if it was a fight to the death, he might win Jade or Amber, but if it was a sparring match...my dad had no hope of winning."
After saying that, the two of them stopped talking, but they both knew what each other was thinking: Look at Li Fenglan, it has only been more than a month, and she has already shocked the martial arts world. Looking at myself again, I still have to live by doing hard work.
Just when the two of them were dejected, they heard the people behind them say: "I heard that the four of them did not fight in vain, and even extorted two thousand taels of silver from the Songshan sect. The martial arts sects that participated in that siege are now all I am saving money, I just hope to lose it and eliminate the disaster.”
After Fu Xiaohu and Tan Wushuang heard this, they immediately felt that the pickles in the bowl were no longer fragrant...
