Zhao Lin got on the boat with Ma Jiu, carried two bags of rice down, and the overseer gave him two bamboo sticks.

The bamboo skewers are polished and smooth, carved with patterns, and have two grooves.

Zhao Lin asked and found out that the bamboo sticks were used for remuneration, and the two grooves were worth two pennies.

One trip earns two cents, and ten trips are twenty cents!

"It's not easy to work in the city, but it's faster than farming."

Zhao Lin thought to himself.

The price of goods in this world is roughly equivalent to that in the nineties of the previous life, one penny could buy two catties of brown rice, or half a catty of pork, and a small street shop could be fed for three pennies.

It's just that this year's harvest is not good, grain prices have skyrocketed, and coins have shrunk as in previous years.

"Brother Ma, how long have you been doing this business?"

A bag of rice weighs more than 100 pounds, Zhao Lin didn't feel it difficult to carry two bags, and chatted with Ma Jiu casually.

"Two and a half years."

Ma Jiu is a stuffy gourd and never takes the initiative to speak, but he also has to answer questions.

When Zhao Lin first arrived, he knew that he should see and listen more, and pay attention to the location of inns, restaurants, vegetable markets, green houses, tea shops and other shops on the street along the way.

He also deliberately observed the way passers-by looked at him, some contemptuous, some dodged, some defensive, and some pity......

"Proper social underclass."

Zhao Lin has a general understanding of the profession of Lifu.

The two walked through the streets, delivered the rice to the grain store, and then returned to the dock to carry the rice, running back and forth a few times.

Ma Jiu finally couldn't help but say, "Brother Zhao, don't you know that you're tired?" ”

Qinghe County is close to the mountainous area, and often has to climb the slopes, and Lifu can only rely on his hands and shoulders to carry goods.

In addition to carrying two bags of rice on the first trip, Ma Jiu could only carry one bag in the back, and he was so tired that his face was red and his neck was thick, although Zhao Lin was also sweating profusely, he still looked like he still had spare strength.

Zhao Lin gasped twice and said, "I'm still quite tired!" There is no way, I can't open the pot at home, so I can only do more. ”

In fact, he was not tired, but his shoulders were painful.

I have to say that the spirit beast diagram is indeed magical, after absorbing the spirit of the old scalper, he transformed his body from the inside out.

Not only does it have strength far beyond ordinary people, but it also has long-lasting endurance.

But along with it, the appetite is also much greater.

Zhao Lin moved the goods for a while, and he had to stop to eat something.

If it weren't for the bread that his mother brought him before he went out, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on.

After all, power can't appear out of thin air, it's all energy converted from food.

No matter how powerful the golden finger is, it must follow the laws of physical energy.

As the sun went down, the cargo on the ships was loaded and unloaded, and the wharf gradually calmed down.

"Lu Fa, twenty signs."

"Miao four, twenty-one signs."

"He Quanshui, Eighteen Signatures ......"

The Lifu gathered at the dock and waited in line for Bangye's account office to calculate the day's pay.

When it was Zhao Lin's turn, he handed over the ten bamboo sticks in his hand to the account room.

"Zhao Lin, ten signs."

The bookkeeper sang the count, gave him five cents, and the deducted five cents were used as a deposit.

Zhao Lin rubbed his red, swollen and painful shoulders, and thought, "It's really not easy to earn this money, if there is no spirit beast map, I can't hold on to it." ”

Although there is not much money, life finally sees hope.

After taking the money, Zhao Lin was not in a hurry to go home, but walked to the grain store where the delivery was made just now.

I spent four pennies to buy two catties of white noodles, one or two sesame oils, and a small packet of salt, and the rest of the pennies were reserved for tomorrow.

"Meat buns, meat buns just out of the cage, two pennies, big stuffing and thin skin......"

Zhao Lin came out of the grain store and saw the owner of the bun shop next to him shouting loudly.

The cage drawer was lifted, the hot mist rose, and the large, white buns were mouth-watering.

Zhao Lin swallowed his saliva, the saliva in his mouth secreted wildly, and he resisted the urge to go over and buy two, and walked away.

"When you have money in your hand, you must come here to eat!"

Zhao Lin quickly crossed the street and ran out of the city in the direction of Baitou Mountain.

When he returned to the village, his parents were standing at the head of the village looking in the direction of the county seat.

"Daddy, I'm back."

Zhao Lin shouted, "Alas, it's such a cold day, don't come out." ”

"It's the first time you've gone out on your own, and we're not at ease."

"Just stand for a while, out of the way."

Hearing what his parents said, Zhao Lin was also helpless and told them not to do this tomorrow.

When he got home, he took out rice, flour, oil and salt, and briefly talked about his experience in the county today.

"Found a job so soon?"

"I'm out of breath!"

The second elder was surprised, he didn't expect his younger son to find a job so quickly.

It's not easy to find a job in the city these days, but things are right in front of them, and they can't help but believe it.

Zhao Lin took a look at the kitchen, the stove was cold, and he knew that his parents hadn't eaten yet, so he said, "I'll cook tonight, let's eat white noodles!" ”

After speaking, pour the noodles into the basin and boil the water.

"Use less noodles, your father and I won't be hungry."

The mother came into the house to help, scooped a large spoonful of elm bark powder from her noodle pocket, and was about to add it to the basin.

Zhao Lin reflexively stopped, "Mother, don't add this, I don't dare to eat more." ”

"Okay, listen to you."

Mother Zhao put the things back with a smile, and asked with concern: "I'm tired, right?" ”

Zhao Lin replied while making a face: "I'm not tired, I have a lot of strength now." ”

Mother Zhao said: "It's a good thing to have a lot of strength, but don't be arrogant, listen to the foreman in everything, be polite to others, and be more tolerant in case of trouble......"

Zhao Lin yawned, feeling that this was familiar......

Knead the dough, wake up for a while, roll it out with a rolling pin, cut it into long strips and put it in the pan.

Cook and take out, sprinkle with minced mountain garlic, add salt and sesame oil, pour in the noodle soup, and the fragrant hand-rolled noodles are ready.

Zhao Lin ate the most satisfying meal since the crossing, and even ate the noodles and soup cleanly, and the second elder was also full of praise.

"Dry more tomorrow, and you can eat meat at night!"

Zhao Lin observed the spirit beast diagram in his mind, and the white mist in the first grid was obviously much more than when he had breakfast and lunch, which proved that the vitality was indeed closely related to diet.

After eating, he changed into the old clothes worn by his brother and took the clothes off to the yard to be washed.

"Lin Er is tired for a day, go back to the house and sleep, my mother will wash."

Mother Zhao snatched the clothes, then her body stiffened, and tears suddenly flowed down.

It turned out that Zhao Lin was carrying bags and transporting goods, and he sweated a lot repeatedly, and his clothes were covered with a thick layer of white sweat stains.

Although Zhao's mother couldn't see clearly, she knew what was going on with her hand.

"My son has suffered, O iniquity."

"It's not hard, how can you work without sweating?"

Zhao Lin didn't care, and comforted his mother in turn: "As long as you can eat enough, it's okay to be tired." ”

After saying this, he was slightly surprised.

If this matter had been placed in his previous life, he would have complained about this injustice and injustice, but now he can take the initiative to take the burden of the family.

It seems that I have really changed......

At this moment, Zhao Lin felt that he had truly accepted and integrated into the world.

Dragging his tired body back to the house, he lay on the bed with his clothes.

When he seemed to be asleep, Zhao Lin floated through the big and white buns in his mind.

"Buns...... Sooner or later, there will be. ”

He muttered in a daze.