Chapter 51: Dockers
The next day.
Before dawn, Chen Mo got up early and left the room.
Every inch of space in the Pig Coop Walled City is extremely precious, and if you want to practice without being disturbed, then you can only go to the rooftop on the top of the five-story building.
The neighbors of the pig pen city have also gotten up, and people have shown kind smiles after meeting, although this place is full of dirt and poverty, but for the residents living here, it is a rare pure land.
"Tongzigong is divided into three layers, and the ascension of each layer will bring corresponding changes to the practitioner, of which the first layer is the easiest to cultivate."
The sun had not yet risen, and the air on the roof was slightly cool.
Under the guidance of Xuanzong, Chen Mo continued to use more arduous postures, close to the standard movements of Zama Bu.
"Practicing Tongzigong is to pay attention to abandoning distracting thoughts between movement and stillness, and tempering one's life with the concentration of thousands of tempers, combined with the wisp of innate Yuan Yang Qi in the human body. The ancients often said that the purple qi comes from the east, and the morning of the day is the time when the human body is most energetic, and it is most suitable to temper itself in a static environment......
Chen Mo's legs couldn't help shaking.
With this posture of Zama step, I can feel the so-called static of Tong Zigong and temper myself, which is really very human beings can insist on.
After only a few minutes, he felt like he was already sweating, as if the next second would be his limit, and he had to do everything in his power to realize and overcome the physical pain with great concentration.
"Hold on a little longer!"
On the one hand, Xuanzong's encouragement, and on the other hand, Chen Mo's determination.
He couldn't bear to see Xuanzong's disappointment, it felt like an hour had passed, Chen Mo finally couldn't hold on any longer, and sat on the ground with his ass, gasping for breath, wiping the sweat stains from his forehead.
"Still cold?"
Chen Mo, who was waiting for Xuanzong's reprimand, got Xuanzong's concern.
Chen Mo shook his head and said, "It's not cold." ”
"Well, tomorrow to continue."
Xuanzong took Chen Mo to leave the roof, and the whole process took less than ten minutes, which was his first day of morning exercise.
The morning sun is rising, and the light is shining.
Chen Mo's mind also seemed to become cheerful at this moment.
Last night, in the face of such a difficult living environment, Chen Mo did regret it in his heart, regretting why he didn't choose Xiaoya at that time, but chose to follow Xuanzong here and live in this difficult environment.
But at this moment, Chen Mo felt extremely fulfilled.
"Hello, how do you sell buns?"
"Five cents a piece, two cents a five."
The lame man is a hard-working man with an almost flattering smile on his face, which is also a portrayal of the vast majority of people begging for a living in the pigpen walled city.
The lame wife is a mute, constantly busy, the two have raised three children, even if they are busy all day, the family is just barely making ends meet, and they have gray hair at a young age.
"We want ten."
The hot buns were quickly sent to Xuanzong and Chen Mo.
Chen Mo felt as if he was hungry, and the buns in front of him were really not small, but they were devoured by him and eaten one by one.
Xuanzong looked embarrassed and said, "Add five more." ”
The cripple brought five more buns, took two cents, and said with a smile: "The two of you look good, are you new?" ”
"Yes."
Xuanzong asked: "My brother and I have just arrived, and we haven't found a livelihood yet, so it's not a way to sit and eat empty, I don't know if there is a good place for the shopkeeper?" Nothing else, the two of us still have the strength, as long as it is a serious livelihood and can support my two brothers. ”
"Isn't that easy? The wharf recruits workers all year round, and as long as you have the strength and can afford the goods, you can go over at any time. ”
"Thank you."
After gobbling up the buns, Xuanzong took Chen Mo to the dock five kilometers away.
There are a lot of dock workers here, and almost all of them have solid muscles, and after being exposed to the sun for a long time, their dark skin is as warm and shiny as black jade.
Everywhere is full of strong male hormones, like a group of wild beasts that can go berserk at any moment, but everyone behaves very reservedly, always with an almost flattering smile on their faces, like domesticated animals.
Xuanzong and Chen Mo were instructed to come to the place where the iron shopkeeper was.
This is a strict thin old man, followed by two big-shouldered and round-waisted retinues.
The dock workers who came early in the morning were not only Xuanzong and Chen Mo, but also more than a dozen sturdy men, who had already lined up, and the two of them were not special among these people.
"There's a sack over there, carry it up and walk a hundred steps this way, go around the stone pillar and go back again, and you can stay behind it."
Chen Mo looked at the iron shopkeeper and suddenly gasped.
This sack seems to be filled with sand, and with such a volume, I am afraid that it will not be less than 120 kilograms.
After gritting their teeth, the people in front of them began to behave, those who passed the test were neither rewarded, nor were those who failed the test spurned, and the iron shopkeeper was like an indifferent and ruthless machine, writing down the names of those who passed the test one by one.
"My wife is sick, I don't have money for medicine, and I have two hungry children at home, I have to earn money, please ......"
A thin man who had not passed the test actually knelt on the ground with a puff.
"Go, get rid of him."
The iron shopkeeper looked indifferent, and instructed the two men behind him to drive away the crying man, and then scolded: "What's the matter, I'm crying poor." ”
Soon it was Xuanzong and Chen Mo's turn.
Xuanzong naturally had no pressure and successfully completed the test.
It seems that even if his physical functions are impaired due to the side effects of the potion, he is still much stronger than ordinary people.
Chen Mo was a little struggling, carrying this huge sandbag, very reluctantly completed the test of the iron shopkeeper, when he put down the sandbag, he felt that the whole person was about to collapse, and he couldn't stop gasping for breath.
Ultimately.
After the selection of the iron shopkeeper, only about one-third of the two dozen people met his requirements.
"Try it for three days, and then one dollar a day, those who agree here will press their fingerprints, and those who don't agree will get out."
Everyone stepped forward one after another and pressed their handprints.
"Urinal pot!"
With the shout of the iron shopkeeper, a tall man ran over with a brisk walk.
"Here we are."
The iron shopkeeper said casually: "Take these people with you." ”
"Okay, don't worry."
After the iron shopkeeper left, the man, known as the urinal, walked in front of several people with a stern face.
"I'm the big brother of the dock gang, you can call me Brother Long in the future. The dock gang has the rules of the dock gang, you have to do more things, interfere less, and learn more from the brothers here, if I see you disobeying discipline, or playing clever tricks with me, hum. ”
After a warning, this dragon brother sneered and left.
"The goods are coming!"
With the shouts in the distance, the workers of the dock gang rushed up, the weight of the goods was not large, each bag was only about seventy or eighty catties, and a shipload of goods was quickly delivered to the trading house according to the requirements.
Taking advantage of the rest, Chen Mo would quietly activate the telekinesis bomb and the despicable telekinesis mask skills to improve his skill proficiency until he squandered the energy in his body, and waited for the energy to slowly recover before continuing to practice.
The morning passed.
Although the wages of the dock workers are not high, they are still good for the low-level residents of the city that never sleeps.
At least three days can be stained with a little meat, otherwise there is not so much strength.
It's time to eat.
Except for a few who brought their own food, most of the workers went to the nearby market, and the most popular among them were the water vegetables and staring vegetables.
The so-called water dish refers to meat food made from animal offal.
Because of their cheapness, these offal meals have become a rare meat tonic for dock workers, and when combined with a large number of spicy condiments, they hide the fishy smell and are extremely delicious.
As for the staring dish, it is in a pot of boiling soup, with chopsticks to pick out the meat, these meat is often from a variety of high-end restaurants, night restaurants to collect the scraps, each time the chopsticks need to be handed over to the boss a dime, as for the quality of the income is all up to luck, so it is called the staring dish.
This is one of the few forms of entertainment for dock workers.
After seeing many workers leaving one after another, Xuanzong took Chen Mo to a no-man's corner.
He pointed to the wide river and motioned for Chen Mo to go down.
"Noon is the heaviest time of the day, you can use the masculine energy of heaven and earth to practice Tongzigong at this time and realize the power of dynamics. Ling's foundation is relatively weak, if you forcibly cultivate, it will not be replenished, and even some negative effects will appear, so you can use the water vapor here to shield some of the masculinity of heaven and earth, and swim over. ”
Chen Mo gritted his teeth and swam to the other side of the river without saying a word.
However, the river was turbulent, and Chen Mo had just reached the halfway point of swimming, and he felt that he had reached the limit.
Goo, goo.
Chen Mo was dragged ashore by Xuanzong, it seemed that he had expected it, and he had been following Chen Mo all the time, and only came to the rescue after noticing that Chen Mo was physically exhausted.
"Tomorrow to continue."
Chen Mo gasped, feeling that he was about to be full.
However, when he followed Xuanzong to the market, he smelled the aroma of rice, and immediately couldn't help but drool, and his stomach growled.
A piece of water, although it is the offal that the city that never sleeps, the two of them still eat it with relish.
The sense of happiness made Chen Mo forget his tiredness for a while and let out a hehe laugh.
An afternoon passed, dragging their tired bodies, and the two returned to the pigpen walled city.
In order not to attract attention, Chen Mo did not practice basic mental power, but chose basic boxing, basic palming, basic fingering, basic footwork, basic jumping, basic body method, basic blocking, basic slashing, basic assassination, etc., to carry out all-round exercise.
Chen Mo didn't expect to improve his proficiency in these basic skills, he just used this as a relaxation and leisure.
That's it.
The two worked at the dock for three days in a row and spent the so-called probationary period.
The fourth day of construction has finally ended.
Sunset dusk.
Xuanzong and Chen Mo put towels on their shoulders, smelled of sweat, came to the iron shopkeeper and received a one-yuan salary, but at this moment, Brother Long, not far away, waved to the two and signaled to go over.
"Brother Long!"
"Brother Long."
"Hmm."
Facing the greetings of the two, Brother Long naturally hummed and said lightly: "Pay the help fee, one yuan per person per month." ”
"What!"
Chen Mo's face suddenly became gloomy.
It's not that this yuan is so precious to Chen Mo, but in the past few days, in order to earn this yuan, he has worked too hard, and the three-day probationary period of the iron shopkeeper is just that, this bastard is going to take away their wages for a day when he opens his mouth?
"Call your mother!"
Brother Long snorted, and turned around to make a move with Chen Mo.
Seeing this, Xuanzong hurriedly stepped forward.
"Children are not sensible, these are the ones who should be filial to Brother Long."
As he spoke, he snatched the yuan from Chen Mo's hand and stuffed it into Brother Long's hand along with his own share.
"Boy, don't be ignorant, Lao Tzu has a hundred ways to let you lie down and get out!"
After Brother Long put down a cruel word towards Chen Mo, he turned around and left.
Xuanzong looked at Chen Mo, who was almost angry, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted: "Endure the calm for a while, take a step back and open the sky, since you choose to follow me, you must learn to retreat with me, in some ways, this can also exercise your mind, and it will be beneficial for you to practice "Tong Zi Gong". ”
"I see."
Chen Mo took a deep breath and tried to control his emotions.
"Heaven descends 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 motivated to endure and gain what they cannot."
Chen Mo's self-consolation made Xuanzong slightly moved.
"It's really rare that you can have such a heart."
When Chen Mo heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head.
However, Xuanzong's words are also right, since he has decided to grow as low-key and safe as possible through the talent of the traverser, and regard the hardships encountered in this process as an experience, this grievance at this moment will indeed not make a big move.
After all, even if this extra yuan is enough, it is just a few full meals.
After thinking about this, Chen Mo suddenly felt that he seemed to be much more free.
This is probably what the ancients said, a small hidden in the city.