After eating, she washed the pots and pans, threw the towel into a clay pot, added water, and burned it on the fire that had not yet been extinguished. This is what the doctor told her, her mother's disease is contagious, and it must be clean, not to cause cross-infection, and not to infect her, and it must be boiled.

Then she took out some of the dirty and torn clothes, the dirty clothes were soaked in the barrels, and the torn clothes were placed on her laps, and she took out the needle and thread and began to sew and mend them.

That's how she makes money.

It's just that because she is young and has little strength, there are still patients at home to take care of, and she can't wash much clothes in a day. The sewing work is more crafty, those clothes that can make a lot of money can't be her turn, and others don't worry about sewing for her, so she can only take the work of ten or two coppers.

It would take her an afternoon to get all these clothes done, and all these clothes would add up to almost a silver coin's income.

In some small cities, such as Greentown, one silver coin is already the amount of money that an adult can earn in a day, and if you don't care about the quality of food, you can eat three full meals. But in the imperial capital, this silver coin can't even eat a meal, at most you can buy a small black bread. But this money has to be kept to buy medicine for my mother, and I don't get these jobs every day.

She is very serious about what she does, and every stitch and thread has a special idea, and she hopes that her craft will be noticed, and she will be appointed to do it in the future. Although no one had to let her take the job for so long, she still did it seriously.

"It's the weekend in two days, and the church is going to give alms again, and last time my mother-in-law told me to go to the church for help. They are all kind people and should help us. I'm a little scared of ......", she was silent for a moment, and the movements in her hands paused for a moment, what was she afraid of? Afraid of other people's disgusted eyes, afraid of other people's rejection, afraid of the last hope being extinguished, "but I think we should give it a try, maybe they are really like what my mother-in-law said?"

The woman's lips on the bed moved, but she didn't speak.

The girl had long been accustomed to her mother's silence, and since she became ill, she had rarely spoken. The girl's mind was very delicate, and she vaguely guessed that it was because her mother felt that she had such a disease, and she had no face to say anything, and she had no face to face her daughter.

But she got used to it, and said to herself, "Do you remember Brother Bernie on the east side of the street? It's the guy who stole eggs and was spanked, I went out and saw him yesterday, you don't know, he's rich now." I heard that it seems that he went to follow people to run business, and he made more than a dozen gold coins after several trips, and now he doesn't follow others anymore, and does it alone, and I plan to ask them if they can accept people, but I'm a little worried about you. When you're well, I'll go into business with Brother Bernie, and maybe I'll be a businessman in the future?"

"Uncle Bird hit his foot when he was striking iron last week, and said that it was a big crack, and he was really careless, and I heard that he broke his bones, and now he is lying in bed. Hearing that he had spent three gold coins on a doctor, and that his son had sold all his donkeys, Uncle Bird scolded his son for a long time. ”

"I don't know what good things are in the Acquired Church, but last time I had a lot of effort to grab two loaves of bread. The bread was delicious, fragrant and soft, and there was no sand in it, and I still drooled when I think about it! My mother-in-law said she could take me to get something, I don't know if it was true, if only there was bread this time. ”

Bai Li talked about the daily occurrence of the family, but the woman kept crying until she fell asleep, and finally fell into a daze.

In the afternoon, Bai Li finally finished everything and put her clothes on the edge of the fire to dry. She folded them neatly, wrapped them in a clean cloth, and carried them over her shoulders. She glanced back at her sleeping mother, slammed the wooden door shut, and walked out.

Walking on the street, there is a feeling of being out of place, as if the world does not belong to you, and you do not belong to this world.

She greeted her neighbors cordially, but there was indifference in her eyes.

She could feel that her mother's days might be numbered.

When I got to the street pulp washing shop, I handed the clothes to the counter, and the man checked them, and took advantage of the boss's unpreparedness, and gave her an extra twenty coppers. Bai Li picked out the twenty coppers and quietly stuffed them back into the man's hand. She did need money, and she needed handouts, but she knew that it shouldn't be given by a fellow. Last time, because of taking this money, the guy was beaten by the boss.

In this lower city, the poor have no human rights.

This young man works here without a salary, the boss is only responsible for three meals a day and a shelter from the wind and rain, don't dislike it, if you don't want to do it, there are other people who want to do it.

There are many children in poor families, and they can't support a few, and those who can have a way to live are sent out, and those who can't be sent out are fostered in such a shop like slaves, and let the boss beat and scold, even if they are killed by mistake, the family members are more happy, because they can get a pension. When they reach adulthood, see if there are any other doorways. The better ones go out and work alone, and the ones who almost live like this for the rest of their lives.

Leaving the pulp shop, Baili ran to the pharmacy, where the doctor glanced at her and turned away.

Bai Li bit her lip and turned to leave.

It's not that the doctor in the pharmacy is impersonal, it's not that he's cold-blooded, it's that he really can't afford to give charity. The medicine to treat Baili's mother is expensive, and he has given alms several times, but he can't continue to give, and he has to live.

After leaving the pharmacy, while the sky was still dark, Baili went to the labor market again.

When many of the uptown gentlemen needed someone to do the work, they would send someone here to hire people. There is only one drawback, that is, you need to follow them to the uptown, and you can go for many days.

Bai Li can't leave here, and once she does, there is no one to take care of her mother.

For more than a year, she had enough trouble with her neighbors, and she couldn't open her mouth to continue to trouble, and the neighbors may not be willing to serve a woman who has contracted a dirty disease.

With nothing to gain, she walked home dejectedly.

It was getting dark, and the lower town was quiet, and the smell of rice was filling the roadside, and Bai Li shrunk her neck, wrapped her belt tightly, and lowered her head.

She didn't cry, she was strong.

It was not enough to be a hundred meters away from home, and she suddenly found that many people were surrounding her door, her heart tightened, and one heart almost jumped out of her throat, and she was so weak that she almost fell to the ground.

At this time, she had only one thought - her mother was gone!

She gritted her teeth, didn't let the tears flow out of her eyes, ran hard, squeezed through the crowd, completely ignored the sound in her ears, and rushed into the house in one go.

She saw a man, a man she had seen from afar.

He wore a cloak as white as jade, the edges of which were embroidered with mystical patterns in gold. He had golden-brown hair and eyes that were as bright as stars. He had a smile on his face, like a warm breeze in his heart.

Rosie, that big shot!

She was stunned for a moment, missed Rossi's body, and ran into the house.

Her eyes widened in disbelief as she watched what was happening in front of her.

The woman sat up, her face still weary and exhausted, but the gray dead air had disappeared without a trace. At this time, she was holding a bowl of thick broth and drinking it in small sips.

Seeing Bai Li come in, the woman had a surprised smile on her face, she barely supported her body, staggered over, put her arm around Bai Li's shoulders, pulled her in the direction of Rosie, and pressed hard, and both knelt down at the same time.

"Kowtow to Lord Rosie....... ”