Chapter 3: The Way to Survive

After leaving the hall, Lin Junxuan wandered around Lin'an City again. The sky was getting dark, and in the butcher shop, the fragrance of steamed buns wafted through the streets, Lin Junxuan felt a little hungry in his stomach, but where did he get the money, he could only endure it. He had not finished dripping rice all day, and he was a person who could endure it, so despite the hunger in his stomach, he could still survive at first. Other beggars gathered around the meat bun shop with longing on their faces, but Lin Junxuan walked by calmly.

Looking at the sky, it will be dark in a few moments. Lin Junxuansuo returned to the bridge, and squatted where he had stayed motionless.

As the night deepened, the whole city of Lin'an was quiet, the peddlers and pawns on the street had already returned, and the shops had long been closed, leaving only some restaurants, leaving a gap for those sharp customers to come in.

Lin Junxuan sat on the bridge, the sound of gurgling water in his ears, and looked at the sky, dark clouds were like a veil, shrouded in this Lin'an City. On the stone bridge, there were only a few beggars left in a ball, Lin Junxuan looked at it, and found that no one was paying attention to him, so he stood up and walked quietly outside the city, and disappeared outside the city after a while.

Lin Junxuan had just left with his front legs, and in the depths of the house in Lin'an City, an old man with two young slaves walked towards the stone bridge with a red lantern. On the lantern, there is a word 'purple', which is the symbol of the Ziyi Marquis Mansion in Lin'an City. These three were obviously servants of the Purple Marquis Mansion.

"Mrs. Butler said let's find a child of four or five years old, but she didn't mention his appearance, only that if we got here, we would know which child it was. I don't know what it looks like, so how can we find it?" complained a servant in Tsing Yi, with a small thick red padded jacket hanging from his hand, which seemed to be for children.

"Presumptuous, you dare to say that Madame is not," the old butler exclaimed, "That child was only accidentally encountered by Madame when she entered the city." They are all beggars, fatherless and motherless, with noses and eyes, how can I tell you. Since Madame said that if we get here, we will naturally be able to recognize it, then we will naturally be able to recognize it. โ€

"Yes, yes, yes, what the chief steward said!" the two young servants hurriedly said, in the purple-clothed marquis's mansion, this butler is quite mysterious, and the whole mansion is quite jealous. This time, the two of them were delayed because they were drinking, and they were afraid of punishment, so they said so.

"You don't have to ask much about what Madame says, just do it. The old housekeeper said, the two young servants were afraid and didn't dare to say more. The three of them rode the hazy night towards the stone bridge.

"Come here, come here!" said a young slave who walked to the bridge, picking up a lantern and shouting. When the sleeping beggars heard the shouting, they all woke up in shock, trembling one by one, and looked at the three people standing at the head of the bridge in horror.

"The child Madame is looking for is not in it!" said the old butler after only one glance. The two young servants didn't ask the old butler much how he knew that he wasn't inside, they already knew that the old butler had some skills.

"Master butler, what should we do then? I'm afraid we won't be able to explain to Madame, this time we drank some wine, we missed our efforts, and we are afraid that Madame will punish you when we go back." "Madame had sent the two of them to look for the child, but because of the cold weather, in order to keep out the cold, they drank a little more wine for a while, and they made a mistake. The old butler didn't see them come back for a long time, and knew that something was wrong, so he found them both with a lantern. There are many wine shops in Lin'an City, and the two don't know how this housekeeper found them.

"Otherwise, let's find a random beggar and bring it back to the house, and say that this is the kid. Anyway, this time the lady is mainly for the miss, and the young lady is far away, so she may not be able to see what the beggar looks like. We took a beggar back casually, and I guess the young lady wouldn't recognize it. Master Butlerโ€”" The two young slaves looked at the old butler pleadingly.

"Bastard, can you hide it from Madame, from Madame? Since Madame didn't say anything about the child's appearance, she called us over, and it was obvious that Madame was very impressed with the child. If it is an ordinary beggar, can it be so favored by the lady? If it is to deceive the lady, it is a capital crime!" said the old butler in a deep voice.

"We know that we are wrong, we don't dare to drink and make mistakes anymore, Lord Butler, what do you think we should do?" the two looked at the old butler pitifully.

The old housekeeper was silent, and said after a while: "This Lin'an City is huge, if he doesn't die, he will naturally still be in Lin'an City." Since he has been here, he will naturally come to this stone bridge, just ask the people in the house to pay attention to this place, and if he meets a special child, bring him to see me. - Madame will not think of the child anytime soon, so you don't have to worry for the time being. โ€

The two of them were overjoyed: "Thank you, Lord Butler." The old butler was silent, and as soon as he turned around, the three of them went back the way they came......

When the three of them returned to the Ziyi Mansion, more than half a mile away from the stone bridge, a thin figure walked out of the dense woods, and seeing that the surroundings were quiet and no one was paying attention, Lin Junxuan breathed a sigh of relief. He deliberately took a detour of more than half a mile, mainly to avoid being noticed, for fear that the things on his body would be coveted.

The river not far in front of him was dark, and there was a layer of cold water vapor floating on the water, Lin Junxuan walked out of the woods, walked to the river and squatted down. Lin Junxuan took off the star-shaped pendant chain from his neck. In Lin Junxuan's hand, this star-shaped pendant chain was emitting a faint, faint and soft goose-yellow halo. Lin Junxuan didn't know what was going on, he only knew that after entering this world, every night, this falling chain would automatically emit a faint light. Lin Junxuan held the pendant chain in his hand, bent down on the bank, and slowly lowered his palm, allowing the star-shaped pendant chain that emitted a faint light to dip into the river. In the darkness, quietly, the star-shaped pendant emitted a glow like a firefly on the surface of the river. Lin Junxuan held a star-shaped pendant chain and lay motionless by the river. After a while, around the star pendant, a circle of smart black shadows emerged from the depths of the river, and under the faint light of the star pendant, it could be vaguely seen that it was a small fish with a tail finger width.

"Wow!~" Lin Junxuan's empty palm suddenly poked into the water, caught a small fish like lightning, and didn't wait for the small fish to swing its tail to escape, and with a flick of his five fingers, he had already dialed the finger-wide small fish and a small handful of river water to the shore.

"This dinner has finally come to an end," Lin Junxuan chuckled, and with a punch, the little fish fainted and stopped jumping. At night, a faint light source can easily attract fish in the river. When the fish sees the soft light source, they think it is the starlight in the sky, and they will automatically surround it. Before Lin Junxuan entered this world, the people of that world used this principle to hang glowing night buoys on the fishing line at night and run outside to Jun Fish.

Lin Junxuan has been in this world for more than a month, and he has always used this star-shaped pendant chain that glows at night to catch fish and fill his stomach. After a period of training, he is now very skilled at catching small fish that patrol near the light source. As for the big fish, with the body of his four-year-old child, even if it is put on the shore, he will not be able to hold it.

Retrieving the star-shaped necklace, Lin Junxuan still hung him back around his neck and hid it under his loose clothes. As soon as the falling chain was hung up, a warm feeling immediately rushed over and dispelled the chill around him.

Lin Junxuan grabbed the small fish with a finger width, floated in the water, removed the dirt around the fish, and then cut the stomach and intestines, and ate it like this. In late autumn and near winter, the water is slightly cold, and the fish at this time has the softest, smooth, and refreshing meat, and it is not so difficult to swallow.

In Lin'an City, compared to those beggars who can only compete with dogs for food, eat moldy leftovers, and even can only go hungry, Lin Junxuan already feels very satisfied. As before the crossing, he wasn't very after the taste of food. Fish provide the nutrients he needs to grow, and it's not that hard to swallow, that's fine.

A fish was eaten in a short time, Lin Junxuan took off the pendant chain again, and acted according to the law, after eating more than ten small fish in a row, he found several plants rich in salt and water in the woods and put them in his mouth and chewed them, Lin Junxuan has learned how to survive in this environment with his previous knowledge. He can only eat once a day, and only at night, and the necklace only attracts fish at night, and most of the rest of the time he has to starve. So for the only meal of the day, he ate a lot, and he had to be ready for the day.

After eating more than a dozen small fish in a row, Lin Junxuan left the riverside and slowly walked into the dark woods. Although it was dark and gloomy outside the city, Lin Junxuan had no fear in his heart. With the help of the light of the necklace, Lin Junxuan found an old tree with branches and leaves stretched out and a large crown in the middle of the woods, and then sat down cross-legged.

"When the heavens descend on the people, they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they are tempted to endure and gain what they can't ......."

There was silence outside the wilderness, only the sound of reading was far away from the treetops with the sound of the wind, and the originally gloomy woods suddenly became a righteous atmosphere, as if even the trees were contaminated with the majestic righteousness.

Lin Junxuan kept reciting for half an hour before stopping. Half an hour later, Lin Junxuan's mind returned to a calm and complete realm.

Standing up, Lin Junxuan climbed the tree as neatly as an ape, then found a branch that was not thick or thin, hooked his legs, and hung on the tree to fall asleep slowly. For more than a month, Lin Junxuan fell asleep like this, because he thought that by falling asleep like this, he could unconsciously exercise his body and make his now thin body stronger.

After a while, Lin Junxuan woke up heavily. Between his chest, the star-shaped pendant chain exuded a warm breath, pouring into Lin Junxuan's body, driving away the cold, Lin Junxuan only felt warm around him, and there were bursts of whispers from time to time in his dreams.

Lin Junxuan didn't notice that after he fell asleep, on a treetop not far away, a long white shadow looked at him faintly through the night, and when he fell asleep, he turned around and stepped on the treetops and left quietly......

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