Mao Shuiqing is a native of Xibu.

Before the end of the world, he opened a shop in the town, a shop specializing in the business of the dead. Mainly engaged in one-stop service for funerals, what chanting mantras, wreath paper money, are all homemade, and the business is quite prosperous.

When the end of the world came, his family died of all ages, and only one was left. When the settlement was first built, the shop was taken away due to its thinness and frailty. Now there are only a few old houses left, and life is poor.

Mao Shuiqing thought about returning to his old business and continuing to do the dead man's business. But there are no more dead people in this world than before. The survivors can't even fill their stomachs, and if someone dies in the family, they can find a place to bury it, so how can they have spare money for funerals.

As a result, Mao Shuiqing lost his job. In order to make a living, he can only find some odd jobs in the city every day to barely fill his stomach.

In recent days, he and a group of casual workers have all been squatting on the streets of the town. There is a large trading house here, and it often recruits some casual workers to work. The effort is not much, and the remuneration is quite good. Under normal circumstances, as long as you can get a job, you can keep your stomach from starving for a few days.

There are quite a few people who come to squat and want to take over such good businesses. This morning, Mao Shui Qingtian came over before dawn, but who expected it to be a step late. Next to the gate of the trading house, there were already hundreds of people lined up.

There are also unwritten rules for coolie day labor. The first to come first queued, the merchant issued a notice, how many people are needed, and they stepped forward to sign up in turn. If anyone cuts the line, he will be beaten by others, and he will not want to live in a coolie circle in the future.

"Damn, I'm going to starve again today!"

Mao Shuiqing touched his shriveled stomach. With a glimmer of hope, let's go to the back of the line and line up. Perhaps, this firm has a lot of work to do today, and it needs a lot of people.

Business was booming. When the door opens in the morning, there is an endless stream of customers, and it is crowded with people.

"At the end of the day, how many food stamps do you have to earn!"

Mao Shuiqing was envious. The same life is not the same.,Before the end of the world, he was also a boss.。 Now, he can only watch, hoping that others will work for him and barely fill his stomach.

At about nine o'clock, a man and a woman came out of the firm. He is not very old, he is dressed brightly, and he looks like an upper-class person.

"Manager Fang!"

Mao Shuiqing's eyes were sharp, and he immediately recognized that the man was the manager of this commercial house. At the moment, he still has a notice board in his hand.

"There's a big job today!"

His eyes lit up and he was amazed. Under normal circumstances, it is the employees of this commercial bank who make notices, and today it is Manager Fang who personally came out. If the guess is good, there is definitely a big deal.

Other coolies also saw the clues. However, they still squatted honestly in the corner and did not swarm away.

Coolies have coolie rules, and most of the merchants do not like to be watched. The reason for this is that the coolies are difficult to maintain their lives, they are not able to take care of themselves, and they all have a bad smell on their bodies to a greater or lesser extent. If you collide with your employer, let alone work, you will be beaten up.

Therefore, they all wait for the employer to issue a notice and take a few steps back before they come forward to watch.

Xiao Fang received instructions from the boss's wife today to come out in person and issue a notice to recruit the papermaking workers that the boss needs. After he and Zhang Ting walked out, they directly put the notice board in front of a group of coolies, smiled, and said loudly: "We are going to recruit a few regular employees today, and the conditions are written on it. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the coolies were very excited. They all know that the employees of this commercial house are extremely well paid, and they are more generous than official officials. If they can become regular employees, it means that they will get rid of the coolie identity from now on, and the carp will jump into the dragon gate and become a member of the upper class society in Xibu City.

Hundreds of coolies immediately swarmed in. At the same time, there were passers-by around, and when they heard that the harvest firm was recruiting, they also surrounded them.

This job is an irresistible temptation not only for the coolies, but also for the other survivors in the city.

The black pressed the crowd and surrounded it. When they saw the recruitment conditions on the billboard, they were all dumbfounded.

"Paper workers?"

"There is no paper mill near Liyang County, who knows this technology!"

The crowd was talking. Xiao Fang listened, frowned, looking at the situation, it was still a little difficult to complete the task entrusted by the boss.

At this moment, a thin middle-aged man squeezed in, sweating profusely, and shouted at Xiao Fang: "Manager Fang, I can make paper!" I will! ”

This man is naturally Mao Shuiqing. It is true that he can make paper, but he can only make straw paper for sacrifices. As for the finer ones, there is no such technology.

From the discussion of the crowd, he learned that the harvest firm was recruiting paper workers, and he didn't think much about it, so he squeezed in to sign up for the first time.

"Lao Mao, just a few times for you, you can only get some straw paper out, but the business houses recruit regular paper workers!"

"Yes, if you mess up, I'm afraid it won't end well!"

In the crowd, there were coolies who knew Mao Shuiqing, and they laughed at each other. Most people have a mentality of envy and jealousy, they can't meet the conditions, and they also want to mess up other people's jobs.

This is the general mindset of end-time survivors.

"Straw paper is also paper, Lao Tzu can make it, can you do it!"

Mao Shuiqing is also an old fritter, he doesn't eat these guys at all, and he retorts loudly with his head held high.

Xiao Fang walked over at this moment, glanced at him, and asked, "You really know how to make paper?" ”

"Ancestral craftsmanship, there is no falsehood!" Mao Shuiqing straightened his chest. Full of confidence. But I still have some apprehension in my heart, I don't know if the straw paper I made is qualified?

"Good!"

Xiao Fang nodded, and pointed at Mao Shuiqing and said: "You go with me to see the boss now, if it is suitable, as long as you have a trial, you can become a regular employee of Fengshou Commercial Bank!" ”

The headquarters of the comptoir.

Li Ba took a shower, refreshed, and went straight back to the room. When I opened the door, I saw that the room was full of waste paper, and it was messy.

These waste papers, as if they had been scribbled by children, are full of crooked symbols. It's very strange at first sight.

There are more than 100 kinds of five elements of introductory runes. If you want to comprehend it all, you will never be able to do it in a short period of time. Therefore, Li Ba selected a few items and began to study them first.

Rune pen, rune paper, spirit ink. With these three things, you can draw symbols.

According to the records of ancient books, the drawing talisman pays attention to the emptiness of the spiritual platform, and there is no distraction, and it is done in one go. The first condition is to be proficient in the talismans drawn, so that it can be easily obtained, in order to be successful.

Therefore, before the rune pen, rune paper, and spiritual ink were not in place, Li Ba began to use ordinary pen and ink, practicing day and night.

The few talismans he selected included the talisman of water attack, the talisman of the golden royal, the talisman of wood forbidden, and the talisman of fire. Four runes, both offensive and definite. If he can fully grasp it, his own strength will be greatly improved.

Now, after a few days of day and night practice, Li Ba has a basic grasp of these four runes, but he is not yet proficient. What he has to do is to continue to practice, copy and portray, until he is proficient in his heart and can be regarded as a small success.

Coming to the table, Li Ba picked up the brush, held his breath and concentrated, dipped the tip of the pen in ink, and slowly fell towards the rice paper in front of him. The dragon flew and the phoenix danced and began to write.

The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were all left by the former owner of this villa. That greedy and lustful old guy has a habit of vassal elegance, and has collected a lot of high-quality pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and now it happens to be used by Li Ba to practice drawing talismans.

On the pen holder next to the table, there are two more pens. A hairy black hair, taken from the mustache on a small black tail. The other hair is golden yellow and is taken from the monkey hair on the monkey brother's body.

The production method is very simple, just replace the original hair. It's just that it takes a lot of effort to get the hair. Xiao Hei Hei was solved by Li Ba. As for the monkey uncle, he didn't dare to provoke it, so he asked his aunt to do it.

The hair of the mutant beast is made into a talisman pen, and I don't know if it works?

In this regard, Li Ba has no bottom in his heart. Just wait a few days for all the materials to be ready, and you will know.

After practicing for a while, the intercom rang. There was news that the papermaking workers had been recruited, and the boss of Li Ba was asked to interview in person.

Li Ba put down the brush, left the villa, and went directly to the office building.

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