After dinner, he said to Xuan'er, who came out with a wooden basin to pour water: "Xuan'er, tomorrow I will go outside to find a job, and you can stay in the inn and take care of Miss Ling." ”

"What are you going to do?" Xuan'er asked a rare question, since the incident last time, she Xingzi was even more silent, and sometimes she couldn't say a few words a day.

Shi Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't know how to do it, but I can always find a job if I am strong, don't worry." ”

Xuan'er didn't say anything more, she went to the backyard with the basin, and after pouring the water, she didn't go back to the guest room immediately, but went to the front to find the shopkeeper.

The next day, Shi Sheng went out early in the morning, and waited until very late to come back, looking very tired, but in good spirits, he did not see Xuan'er in the room, so he went to the backyard to look for her, and found her drying clothes. Tell Xuan'er with a smile that he has found a good job, and he can earn almost one and a half dollars of silver a day, although now he has to live in the store and grab medicine, this money and a half silver is not enough at all, but Ling Ruo's illness is temporary after all, as long as she is well, this medicine of one dollar and silver a day does not need to be grabbed anymore.

"Xuan'er, that job started very early, and I had to go out before dawn, and it was late at night; Can you help me talk to the shopkeeper and ask him to delay us paying for the house for a few days? Shi Sheng discussed while helping Xuan'er dry her clothes, and by the way, handed over the salary he received today.

After Xuan'er took it, she bowed her head and said, "You don't have to worry about the money for staying in the hotel." ”

"For what? Have you already told the shopkeeper? Shi Sheng asked in surprise.

"After you told me yesterday, I went to the shopkeeper and told him that I would work in his store in the future to pay for the house, and it happened that there was still a shortage of people in his store, so the shopkeeper agreed."

Shi Sheng was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting Xuan'er to do this, and then said with some worry: "Are you busy in this way?" "Usually Xuan'er finished washing her clothes very early, but today she is so late, it must be because there are a lot of chores in the store, so she can't spare time.

A hint of sarcasm flashed in Xuan'er's eyes, and she sneered: "Don't worry, I won't neglect your Miss Ling, I will take care of her before I go to work." ”

"That's not what I meant." Shi Sheng hurriedly said: "I'm afraid that you will have to take care of Miss Ling on the one hand, and work on the other, and your body will be unbearable." ”

His words made Xuan'er's face look a little better, but her voice was still cold, "You don't have to worry about my business." It's you ......," she said in an inaudible voice, biting her lower lip, "If you go out early and return late, be careful." ”

"I will." For some reason, when he heard this, Shi Sheng's heart suddenly became very lively, and even the fatigue was much lighter.

Because he doesn't need to pay for the store, the silver he earned is enough for expenses, but what kind of work he does, Xuan'er never knows what he does, only that he goes out early and returns late, and every time he comes back, he looks tired, and sometimes he doesn't even take a shower, and just falls asleep. When I asked him about dinner, he always said that he had eaten it outside.

However, one and a half dollars of silver a day is not a lot, sometimes even two dollars, but on the contrary, Shi Sheng's face is becoming more and more ugly, and his originally strong body has also been thinned.

After taking the medicine for nearly twenty days in a row, Ling Ruo's fever finally subsided, and he was much more energetic and could go to the ground, but his appetite was still poor, and he could barely eat a bowl of porridge.

After she woke up, she didn't see Shi Sheng's figure for several days, and couldn't help but ask Shi Sheng when Xuan'er came in with medicine.

Xuan'er slowly fiddled with the yellow-brown decoction with a scoop to make it cool faster, "When you were sick, our silver ran out, so he went out to find a job to earn money, and he had to come back late every day." If you want to see him, you'll have to go to bed later. ”

"What kind of errand is he doing so late?" When he woke up every day, Shi Sheng was no longer there, and it can be seen that he went out very early, so he worked for at least ** hours every day.

"He didn't say it." As soon as Xuan'er said this, she heard the second shopkeeper shouting: "Xuan'er, someone can't settle the bill, you hurry up and clean up." ”

"Hey, I'll be right here." Xuan'er hurriedly agreed, put the medicine to the side and said, "The medicine is almost cold, drink it quickly." When I'm done, I'll make you porridge. ”

"Xuan'er, thank you." Ling Ruo said sincerely, Xuan'er helped work in the inn to pay for the house, she knew the truth, this illness, if it weren't for Shi Sheng and Xuan'er, she wouldn't have survived.

Xuan'er's footsteps froze, but she didn't look back or say anything, although the dead knot in her heart was put down, but there were still some pimples in the end, not to mention that there was a stone in the middle.

This night, Ling Ruo waited until late, and finally saw Shi Sheng, but this saw her startled, Shi Sheng's appearance was much haggard than before, his eyes were sunken, his eye circles were black, and his steps were a little weak, obviously he was overtired, but no matter how Ling Ruo asked, he refused to say what kind of work he was doing, only that he could still hold on, and the errand was not very heavy, so Ling Ruo did not have to worry.

Ling Ruo would believe his words, and after Shi Sheng went out, he discussed it with Xuan'er, and the two decided to follow Shi Sheng to the place where he went to work early the next morning.

Because of being careful, there was just a little noise outside the door, Ling Ruo woke up, and Xuan'er was about the same, the two of them dressed lightly and followed Shi Sheng out from afar.

Ling Ruo's body was not very good after all, and he felt tired after walking for a while, but fortunately, with Xuan'er by his side, he could still support him.

There is a rather prosperous wharf next to the town where they live, and many bad ships come here every day to unload a lot of goods, and every time the trough ship arrives, there will be many strong men who will rush to the wharf to carry the unloaded goods to a special warehouse, and every time you move, you can get the corresponding wages, as long as you are willing to endure hardship, you can earn one or two dollars of silver here every day.

Shi Sheng was mixed in with these men, took a bag of rice grain brought down from the boat and put it on his back, the heavy rice grain made him bend down a little overwhelmed, so five or six times back and forth, each time it was a bag of sixty or seventy catties of rice grain, when the goods on this boat were carried away, Shi Shengfang took the time to go to the steward's place to get two coarse cakes, and ate them with a bowl of cold water. This is what he eats for three meals a day, nothing but coarse bread made from the worst rice.

While eating, two workers who also came to receive the coarse bread walked up and said with a smile: "Shi Sheng, the person in charge can say that you got the most salary last month, which is at least four or five taels of silver, and you can even afford to eat meat, and you still eat coarse bread here every day, but it is enough to save money!" ”

Shi Sheng raised his head and said with a smile: "No way, where there is money at home, you can't save some." ”

"That's right, but eating this kind of coarse bread every day, you can also fill your stomach, how to consume your body, no matter how you have to take care of your body, otherwise you can't do it for a long time here, if there is really any difficulty that can't be solved, you might as well talk to us, you can help you." One of them kindly reminded them that these men had not read any books, but they were all warm-hearted, and they usually helped each other with everything.

"Thank you Brother Niu, but it's not a big deal, just run a few more times to earn more money." Seeing Shi Sheng say this, Brother Niu and the others were inconvenient to say any more, shook their heads and went to eat.

After eating the two coarse cakes, Shi Sheng was drinking water, and when he noticed that there were two more figures in front of him, he hurriedly raised his head and asked, "But there is work again?" ”

When Shi Sheng saw the two people standing in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "You guys...... How did you end up here? ”

"If we don't come with you, how long are you going to hide it from us?" Vast expanses of bright and dazzling sunlight were pouring down from the sky, and even though it was early in the morning, a hint of the impending heat could already be smelled.

[Author's digression]: Tomorrow Ling Ruo's misunderstanding of Yinzhen will be solved.