The town of Great Depression experienced a plague of locusts.

The harvest in the fields is all over......

Without food, the farmers had to find another way to survive.

Going to the more prosperous city of Taize to do odd jobs and earn some money became the only choice for these farmers.

However, the locust plague did not only affect one part of Daxiao Town, but also other villages and towns.

Therefore, there are fewer opportunities to make money in Taize City, because there are too many competitors......

People will even argue with hundreds or thousands of people over the handyman work of a noodle restaurant.

Poor civilians who have no money, no food, and can't open the pot at home will not let go of any opportunity to make money.

Zhang Tinglai also plans to leave Daxiao Town today and go to Taize City to try his luck.

There has been no rice at home for several days......

A three-year-old child was so hungry that he cried.

The frail wife, who has been in poor health since she gave birth to a child, is also waiting for the time when she has money, she will buy some tonic decoction to regulate her body......

I can only leave Daxiao Town and go to Taize City to find some work.

After settling his wife and children, Zhang Tinglai set off alone.

Because I couldn't get out of the house before, I went out late, and there was no one to accompany me.

That's fine.

lest there are too many people together, and when they encounter opportunities to make money, they are not enough to score, and if they don't do well, they are anxious for each other and tear their faces......

Now that the year is not good, the affection between people has become thin.

can only take care of each other, sweeping the snow in front of the door......

Zhang Tinglai left home and went out of Daxiao Town.

In front of him was a wide loess road.

When the wind blows, the sky is full of yellow dust.

Looking at this road, Zhang Tinglai frowned.

There are no ox carts or horse-drawn carts to travel.

If you walk from this road to Tasawa Castle, it will take five days to get to ......

The delay is too long.

"Why don't you take a shortcut......"

After all, the wife and children at home are waiting to use the money, and it would be best if they could find a way to make money as soon as possible.

Zhang Tinglai didn't want to waste too much time on the road.

So I decided to take a shortcut.

You only need to climb over a mountain called Wanling, and you can walk for a day at most to enter Taize City.

So, no more delays.

He stepped up the Bay Ridge.

The mountain is not large or steep.

It's just that the terrain inside is potholes, there is a lot of water, and it is damp and muddy.

And foggy.

Not very easy to walk.

Therefore, few people are willing to travel here, and if Zhang Tinglai didn't want to take a shortcut to save time, he wouldn't have thought of entering Wanling.

However, it doesn't matter if the road is not good.

Even a two-day delay in this mountain is better than spending five days walking on that dirt road.

Zhang Tinglai soon went deep into Wanling.

I walked for about half a day.

He suddenly saw a city gate appear in the fog ahead.

I couldn't help but wonder in my heart.

"Wouldn't it? …… Is Tasawa Castle here so soon? ……”

With a full of questions, Zhang Tinglai cleared the fog and walked into the city gate.

As soon as you enter the city, you will see the bustling streets.

Peddlers are pawns, hawking along the streets.

Shops and restaurants, with colorful lights.

As soon as he saw this scene, Zhang Tinglai was overjoyed.

"It's really Taize City!"

Sure enough, it's better to take a shortcut to save time!

Now that you're in the city, you have to get down to business.

Hurry up and find a job to do, it's important to make money!

So, Zhang Tinglai walked into the crowd.

I looked left and right, and searched carefully for a long time.

Suddenly.

Found on a wall, with a job posting.

This is a ranch posted out.

This is what the notice says.

I made an appointment with a Niu official named Jiang Jia to meet under this wall, but I needed to leave for a while because I had important things to do, so in order not to let Jiang Jia be left out in the cold, I temporarily hired a small servant to wait for Jiang Jia here for me and take care of him.

If someone succeeds in doing it and does not neglect this cow official named Jiang Jia, I will make this person a servant of our ranch, and the monthly salary is 500 Wen.

That's a good thing!

Zhang Tinglai was immediately overjoyed.

So, as soon as he took the employment notice off the wall, he held it in his hand, and stood under the wall waiting for Jiang Jia.

About two hours later.

Sure enough, from the other end of the long street, a person walked over.

The man saw Zhang Tinglai standing under the wall, so he asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Tinglai immediately said, "I'm waiting for Jiang Jia." ”

The man said, "I'm Jiang Jia, what are you waiting for me to do?" ”

Zhang Tinglai was overjoyed.

He hurriedly showed the employment notice in his hand to Jiang Jia and said, "As you can see, this is an opportunity to make money for 500 yuan a month, and I want to get the job of this ranch maid." So let me entertain you until the man who posted the notice returns. ”

Jiang Jia nodded and said, "That's it...... Well, let's go to the nearby tavern for some food, I'm a little hungry. ”

When Zhang Ting heard this, he was immediately a little embarrassed.

"It's not that I'm stingy...... I'd like to invite you to dinner, but I don't have the money......"

Jiang Jia laughed, "This is easy to do!" You're going to be the servant of that ranch anyway, so why not give a meal on credit in the name of the ranch? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Tinglai suddenly opened.

Yes! You can take credit first!

Wait for the person who posted the notice to come and ask him to pay for the meal, isn't it okay?

So Zhang Tinglai replied, "That's good! Let's go eat first! ”

It just so happened that he was hungry too.

……

In this way, Zhang Ting came to invite Jiang Jia to eat in a tavern across the long street and order the most expensive meal to entertain him.

This meal cost twenty taels.

After eating, Zhang Ting came to ask Jiang Jia, "Are you still satisfied with my hospitality?" ”

Jiang Jia burped and said, "Well, I'm quite satisfied, I'll say a few kind words for you in front of Cheng Xiang...... Oh, Cheng Xiang is the name of the rancher, and you will work for him in the future. ”

Zhang Tinglai was very happy.

He said, "Now that we have eaten and drunk enough, let's go and wait for the man who posted the employment notice to come." ”

So the two got up.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the tavern came over.

With a smile, he asked, "Which guest officer checks out?"

Jiang Jia stood up and said to the shopkeeper, "Let him settle the bill." After that, he said to Zhang Ting, "I'll go out for a little relief first."

After saying that, he walked out.

Zhang Tinglai was a little nervous at this time.

To be honest, he didn't know the bottom of his heart.

After all, there is no official servant of the ranch yet......

But by this time, the meal had already been eaten.

I can only bite the bullet, according to the words I thought of before, and take out the employment notice to the shopkeeper.

Zhang Tinglai laughed with him, "Little second brother...... Can you slow down before you check out? When the person who posted this notice comes, it will definitely not be missing your food money......"

The shopkeeper frowned.

"Do you want to eat the overlord meal? ……”

This scared Zhang Tinglai.

Shaking his head again and again, "No, no, no!" …… How dare I do that kind of thing? ……”

The shopkeeper looked at him like an honest man.

"Okay...... But you can't leave until no one comes to checkout! ”

Zhang Tinglai was a little embarrassed.

I'll have to wait under that wall...... Otherwise, why wait for the person who posted the employment notice?

The shopkeeper seemed to see his dilemma.

"It's not a short walk from where the sign was posted! With a little attention, you won't miss it? Also, don't you have a companion? You can let him wait for you! ”

When Zhang Tinglai heard this, he was immediately stunned.

Yes! Jiang Jia definitely won't leave until he waits for the rancher to arrive!

So, Zhang Tinglai waited in the tavern with peace of mind.

But, waiting, waiting, he realized that something was wrong!

Jiang Jia is gone! ……

Zhang Tinglai was a little anxious.

The tavern owner gradually saw the clues.

"Have you been deceived? ……”

"No, it won't! No, it won't! Zhang Tinglai shook his head, he took out the employment notice in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, "This notice is very clear!" As long as I entertain Jiang Jia well, I can get the job of the ranch maid! He said to his boss, "Let me wait!" ……”

But the hotelier doesn't want to waste any more time.

"Brother! We are a small business! I can't afford to spend it with you! …… Let's go to the Yamen! You can write letters to your family in prison! Just settle the twenty taels of silver! You're free! ”

When Zhang Ting heard this, he was going to go to the yamen to go to prison, and he had to write a letter to his family to raise twenty taels of silver......

Crash!

How could his poor family raise twenty taels of silver?!

Now not only did he not make any money, but he also had such an unfortunate thing.

Zhang Tinglai broke down and cried.

"No!! I don't want to go to jail!! ——”

He knelt down for the shopkeeper.

"Please don't arrest me and go to jail!! Please!! ——”

But the shopkeeper wouldn't listen.

With a cold face, he instructed a few guys, "Tie him up and go to the yamen!"

"No!! ——”

Zhang Tinglai lay on the ground, broke down and cried, and kept struggling.

"Don't arrest me and go to the Yamen!! ——”

He waved his hands and drove away the approaching shopkeeper and his buddies.

But at this moment.

Out of nowhere, a hand reached out and pressed it on his shoulder.

And, a voice came to my ears.

"Calm down."

There seems to be magic in these words.

As soon as the words fell.

Things around are starting to blur!

The shopkeeper in front of him, the shopkeeper, and the figure of the guy began to twist and shatter rapidly.

In the end, what appeared in front of Zhang Tinglai again was a person wearing a hat and dressed like a ranger.

Look around, it's actually a forest!

Zhang Tinglai was squatting in the dirt and grass at this moment.

Where else are there taverns around? Where are the bustling towns?

This is still a barren mountain in the Bay Ridge!