The business of the noodle restaurant in the past two days is neither good nor bad, although there are customers every day, but they have never been full, and the money earned is not very much.

It was almost a dozen steps from the small courtyard to the noodle restaurant, and Li Mengzhou also thought about it in this short distance of more than a dozen steps.

His main difficulty was just to fill his stomach, and he could endure it without a quilt freezing at night, but the key was that it was very uncomfortable to be frozen when he was hungry.

He might as well learn how to make noodles in a noodle restaurant, and help by the way, but he doesn't need to be paid, as long as he can have a bowl of noodles to eat and not go hungry.

In the past few days, he often comes to the noodle restaurant, but also a simple understanding, the proprietress eats herself every day to make noodles, and it is okay to make an extra bowl of pour, occasionally do too much and the rest is not sold, and he has to pour it out if he can't finish eating, he can just solve this problem, don't have to trouble the proprietress, and fill his stomach, it's just a double win.

"It's Mengzhou, why didn't you come here before you had dinner today?"

Li Mengzhou called the proprietress of the noodle restaurant Mrs. Feng, not because the proprietress was surnamed Feng, but because her husband's surname was Feng, in fact, Li Mengzhou didn't know what the proprietress had her last name.

Although there are not too many customers in the noodle restaurant, because Aunt Feng did not hire a runner, everything is busy by herself, so she can't be idle for a while.

Li Mengzhou said hello, but did not immediately explain his intentions, and sat in front of the window waiting for Aunt Feng to finish.

Compared with the bitter cold of Shuning Town, Wang Pan'er and her mother run a tofu flower shop alone, and Aunt Feng's life seems to be even more miserable, after all, she also has a husband who is sick in bed, although the capital is a rich place, but there are also people struggling to survive in the dark corners.

This is not to say that the emperor of Jiang is a faint monarch, but it is difficult to avoid such a phenomenon, for many reasons, if this world is full of rich people, then this world will become a different way, maybe the dream is good, but if it really becomes like this, everyone has endless money, but it is not necessarily a good thing.

How many dynasties and emperors have been aiming to make the people prosperous, but in fact, which dynasty can really do it.

No matter what the prosperity of the world, the rich and the poor will coexist, the world is too big, there will always be all kinds of things entangled with everyone, tragedy and comedy have always been involved, it is impossible to completely pick them out.

The combination of joy and sorrow is life.

Wang Pan'er's mother and daughter in Shuning Town have never complained about anything, and Aunt Feng in Chaosi Lane in the capital has not complained, the misery is hidden in their hearts after all, they still meet with a smile on their faces to find happiness in the world.

Li Mengzhou looked at Aunt Feng who was busy in and out of the back kitchen and lobby in the noodle restaurant, and casually looked out the window.

I don't know when it started, but there were already snowflakes outside, and the snow was so light that if you didn't look at the ground, you might feel like it wasn't snowing.

Soon, however, the fine snow fell to the ground, staining the clean Chaosi Lane pavement with a light layer of silver white.

This should be the third snow in the capital.

Of course, it is a very pleasant thing to enjoy the snow quietly, if you sleep in your own small courtyard every day until you wake up naturally, and then wash up, go to Aunt Feng to eat a bowl of noodle soup, wander around the capital until you are happy, and when you return home and fall on the bed, it seems to be a very beautiful thing.

But this kind of happy life should not belong to Li Mengzhou, although he likes it very much, but he also has to think about how to break this unrealistic illusion and keep himself busy.

And he saw a man holding an oil-paper umbrella in Chaosi Alley, and he immediately felt that perhaps the days of peace and happiness should be over today.

After saying hello to Aunt Feng, Li Mengzhou walked out of the noodle shop.

There was a man standing in front of his small courtyard.

He looked at Li Mengzhou standing behind him with some confusion.

"It's rare to see you here. ”

Li Mengzhou bypassed him and opened the courtyard door.

Qing Yi shook his head slightly, followed Li Mengzhou into the small courtyard, and said coldly: "Unless there is a time when there is a need to have contact, I will not appear here." ”

Li Mengzhou sat comfortably on the rattan chair, leaned back, lifted Erlang's legs, squinted his eyes and said, "It seems that the Heavenly Council has a task to be handed over to me, but I didn't expect it to be Brother Qing Yi coming in person." ”

Qing Yi didn't care about Li Mengzhou's rudeness, put his hands behind his back, looked at him lightly, and said, "Because you don't know the other people in the Heavenly Academy, I came in person, at least I can speak more clearly." The Heavenly Council does have a mission to give, and it must be yours. ”

Li Mengzhou didn't care about the content of the task, and said: "Dare to ask if there are any rewards and punishments for the mission of the Heavenly Council, you also know that although the Heavenly Council gave me a courtyard that can allow me to settle in the capital, I don't have any silver, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, not to mention that I am a big husband." Even though I have entered the Heavenly Council, I don't know anything about the benefits that should be there, which makes me very concerned. ”

The corners of Qingyi's mouth twitched slightly, and he said: "The members of the Heavenly Council have a monthly salary, but you have just joined the Heavenly Council, and you are still in the assessment stage, so you don't have a salary in the first month, as long as you complete this task and complete it well, there will naturally be a salary in your hands next month." If the task is not completed or messed up, there will be no worries about your life, but you will have to suffer a meal of flesh and skin, deducting a few months' salary. ”

Li Mengzhou frowned and said, "How many moons?"

Qingyi said: "You are a new member, so naturally you can't be compared with the old man, but the head of the department treats his subordinates gently, so you can get one or two pieces of silver a month." ”

Li Mengzhou was a little unhappy, only one or two silver a month, obviously did not meet the expectations in his heart.

Although one tael of silver is already a lot, it is enough for ordinary people to save money for a month, and Li Mengzhou is only a person and has no family, so the amount will naturally be less, if you save a little, one or two silver per person is enough to spend for two months.

But not being content is the root of human inferiority, and if you can take more, naturally no one will be willing to take less.

As the capital of Jiang Guo, Langya City has more food and clothing than other cities, and if you want to live a slightly better life, one or two silver a month is of course far from enough.

What's more, Li Mengzhou didn't have a fortune in the first month, and he couldn't get the silver until the second month, so how should he last this month now? Sure enough, do you still have to go to Aunt Feng for help?

Li Mengzhou originally saw Qingyi appear in Chaosi Lane, and thought that he didn't have to go to Aunt Feng's noodle restaurant to work, which turned out to be really annoying.

Qingyi has never had the habit of guessing other people's thoughts, the Heavenly Council is based on instructions, there is no need to ask, only need to complete, because the loyal person has a noble status, and the tasks performed are also high-level and important tasks, so there is no chatter in the Heavenly Council, and there will be no drunken gaffes.

This is a very important point in the rules of the Heavenly Council, if the content of the task is leaked at all, it is common to raid the family and exterminate the clan, so even if the mission fails, as long as you can get out of the whole body, you still have a chance, if your identity is exposed, you should apologize for the crime with death, and if it causes serious trouble, the punishment will be even more terrible.

Qing Yi was actually very dissatisfied with Li Mengzhou without going through any assessment and directly starting to carry out the task, of course, he didn't dare to be dissatisfied with the people above, so he could only put his dissatisfaction on Li Mengzhou.

If he doesn't have a certain status in the Heavenly Council, he actually doesn't even know who he is serving, Qingyi belongs to someone who knows everything, and Li Mengzhou belongs to someone who doesn't know anything, he is just a member of the outer periphery of the Heavenly Senate.

Qingyi didn't want to say too much to Li Mengzhou, he just needed to let him know what the consequences of failing to complete the task were, what should be said and what should not be said, it is best not to say it in front of outsiders, and even sometimes he can't fully trust his own people, so he can only say what he should say in this situation.

As for what to say and what not to say, everyone naturally thinks about it in their hearts.

Qing Yi frowned slightly, and said: "You are not yet an internal member of the Heavenly Council, and the benefits you enjoy are naturally not much, if you perform well, you can naturally be promoted, and then in addition to doubling the monthly salary, you can also enjoy more convenience in the capital."

Each member of the Heavenly Council has a different identity on the surface, perhaps in this Chaosi Alley, a beggar begging along the street, a laborer running around, may be your colleague. ”