At this time, the foreman was sitting under the tree, cross-legged, playing the abacus on the table, a worker carrying a sack passed by, and the strong man with a big waist and a round waist next to him was responsible for issuing a bamboo stick.

Responsible for issuing bamboo sticks is an idle job, and you can get a day's salary for white-collar workers if you don't do any work.

Of course, this idle job is not enviable, it is the most powerful coolie in the whole wharf is qualified to do it, in fact, it is also a small means to motivate workers in the wharf.

As long as someone can defeat the person in charge of issuing the bamboo sticks and become the strongest coolie, then the challenger can take his place until the next challenger appears.

The rules are clearly written, on a small blackboard in front of the table, the successful challenge can also get an additional fifty yuan bonus on the spot, you must know that at that time, ordinary patrol officers were only a little more than a hundred yuan a month, which is almost equivalent to half a month's salary.

However, under normal circumstances, no one will come to challenge, just look at the big waist and round head who issued bamboo sticks, how can ordinary people defeat him, that is the foreman's living signboard, and he is the undefeated god of war.

"What do you see? Go, go, go! The strong man in charge of handing out bamboo sticks drove Chen Xijiu, who was looking at the small blackboard.

Because Chen Xijiu has just been liberated from the foot of Wuzhi Mountain, his body has already been hollowed out, and his thin arms and legs are not materials for work at first glance, and it is estimated that he will not be able to walk two steps on his shoulder with a sack of rice and grain.

The dock is not a charitable place, and only those who are really capable of working will be accepted. Incompetent, how far away is nature for them to roll.

"You even look down on me, okay, the first knife after crossing will be opened by you." Chen Xijiu secretly decided in his heart to return to the tea stall again and sit on the big bench.

The old man who opened the tea stall was not a person who hated the poor and loved the rich, and the people who patronized the tea stall were all coolies and made a little money, so there was no need to offend people.

The old man took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Chen Xijiu, and asked kindly, "Little brother, do you want something to cushion your stomach?" ”

At the time of the crossing, Chen Xijiu was staying up all night and reading hard, of course, reading hard was the online text, and the bowl of instant noodles he ate in the evening had already been digested, and now after being reminded by the old man, he really felt a little hungry.

"Okay, then it's troublesome for the old man, just take some food." Chen Xijiu said. Because he doesn't know anything about this era, he naturally doesn't understand what he eats now.

Soon, a dish was served, and inside the dish was a round-shaped object made of flour, which seemed to be called potstickers, and it was easy to make.

Generally, when the fish is stewed, the noodles are pasted around the pot, and when the fish is stewed, the potstickers are cooked.

Chen Xijiu grabbed the potsticker and dipped it in the fish soup and took a bite......

Suddenly, the mouth was full of fragrance.

Food without additives just doesn't taste the same.

"You have tasted new food, and the creator god is satisfied with +1, +1, +1, +1......"

Chen Xijiu stopped chewing, attracted by the hint in his mind.

I eat, and the creator god is also satisfied? It's really interesting, what's the use of adding satisfaction?

"You stop eating, so that the creator god can't go up or down, satisfaction -1, -1, -1......"

Chen Xijiu was taken aback, and immediately stopped thinking about other things, and concentrated on dealing with the food on the plate until the fish soup was dipped and the potstickers were eaten up.

"If the Creator God satisfaction reaches 10, you will be generally satisfied, and you will be rewarded with 10 points, which can be used to upgrade your skill level."

Can skills be upgraded?

Chen Xijiu only then noticed that the level of the skill "weak" is lv1, which means that it can be promoted higher, the higher the level, the stronger the power must be, after reading the online article for so many years, Chen Xijiu has already understood the basic rules, and there is no need to ask the creation god extraordinarily.

"Thanks to the patronage, it's a total of five cents." The old man smiled and begged Chen Xijiu for food.

A plate of potstickers, a bowl of fish soup, and tea may still be given for free, and you can eat for five cents a piece, which is really not much at all.

However, Chen Xijiu can't take out a penny on him now, and he may be able to borrow a little bit in Huabei, but the mobile phone has already been "confiscated" when he crosses, and the old man doesn't have a QR code, and people are also old, so I'm sorry for the elderly if I really want to eat a bully meal, right?

"Uncle, can I give you the money for food later? Guaranteed to you. Chen Xijiu swore a curse.

"Okay, okay." The old man nodded in agreement, still smiling, but there was obviously a hint of bitterness underneath the smile.

How could the old man not see that Chen Xijiu had no money, but everyone was poor, and there was no need for unpleasant things to happen for a bowl of rice, just make less money.

Chen Xijiu sat at the tea stall for a while, until the sun gradually set in the west, and the people working on the cargo ship began to go to the foreman one after another to exchange money with bamboo sticks, and then he stood up and walked over there.

"Hey, Master Ju, why is the salary so small today?" A coolie complained to the foreman.

Do you really think you can get as much money as you do? That's naïve.

It is not false to carry a sack of rice grain for a bamboo stick, but when exchanging money, the foreman will also deduct it, and in the end only one-third of it can be obtained.

For example, if you save 24 bamboo sticks in one afternoon, but when you exchange money, the foreman will only count your money for eight bamboo sticks.

"What, why so little?! We don't want to pay the fee?! The price of the strips has increased, and the price of Bingye and them has also increased, and we can only draw a little more, otherwise how can we live? Took the money and hurried away. If you don't want to do it, leave the work to the person who wants to do it, next! The foreman impatiently sent the coolie away.

"The grass is special, no matter how much you do, it's useless, and you'll be given such a little bit of exhaustion in an afternoon." A young man with a hooked nose beside Wu Shihao said with a gloomy face.

"Amin, don't complain, this society is like this, you have no rights, there is no way to make rules, then you can only live under other people's rules, go, go back to wash and go to bed early, and where do you want to work tomorrow." Wu Shihao patted Wu Ming's shoulder and said.

The wharf does not have work every day, only when there are cargo ships coming, there is work, when the wharf is not working, you can only go to other places to fool around, where there is money to make, what to do to make money, where to go.

In this era, everything can be done without the Spring Port, but the only thing that cannot be missing is money, without money, it is difficult to move an inch, and you can't live a day.

"Hey, Brother Hao, do you want to make a little more money?" Chen Xijiu stopped Wu Shihao and his party, and encouraged Wu Shihao, who was the leader.

Hearing that there was money to be made, Wu Ming immediately came over with a hooked nose, and the thief asked Chen Xijiu with a smile: "Fellow countryman, where is there a money-making business?" ”

Those who can make money are generally illegal, and Wu Ming takes it for granted that Chen Xijiu has a wire newspaper and a wire newspaper that has no capital to trade.