In the dark room, Zhang Hai opened his eyes, sat up, and glanced at the sky, it was still early, and he hadn't even returned yet.

He was awakened by hunger.

I touched my somewhat shriveled stomach, which was really uncomfortable.

......

"I have to find a job today, or I'm going to starve to death. The child, who was still quite young, was silent for a moment, and whispered harsh words.

Zhang Hai got up from the bed, and first looked through the leaky window to see if there was anyone outside, there was a lot of chaos around here.

Good thing no one

Zhang Hai walked back to the bed, and with his thin figure, he was able to squeeze in.

It was still dark under the bed, Zhang Hai stretched out his hands and kept groping, but it was really a little troublesome in this small place where it was a little difficult to turn over.

When his right hand touched a small piece of soft soil, Zhang Hai was overjoyed and slowly peeled off the soil, which was a piece of cloth that did not know what to wrap here.

Zhang Hai gently wiped the soil off it and opened the cloth as if he were treating the most precious thing in the world.

It's seven or eight copper plates.

Two copper plates for white steamed buns!

Zhang Hai thought for a while and took out two pieces from it, but feeling the hunger in his stomach, he gritted his teeth and took out two more pieces and put them in his arms.

Carefully put the rest away, bury it again, quickly get out from under the bed, and run to the window to see if there is anyone.

It's a mess around here!

As soon as the morning dawned, Zhang Hai walked out of the dilapidated hut, this was a slum, because there was no one at this time, Zhang Hai looked around for a while, and walked out quickly.

Those people weren't there.

"Today is good," Zhang Hai thought.

"I heard that the second miss of the Ye family is back, that's a spiritual practice, the only spiritual cultivation around!"

Zhang Hai's ears moved, and he quietly approached the group of people.

"Spirituality, human beings, alas, I don't have this life," one of them sighed.

"Forget it, how little spirituality is, the second lady of the city lord's family in the entire Yecheng is a spiritual cultivator, and you still want to become a spiritual cultivator?

"I don't just think about it, how difficult it is to become a spiritual cultivator, the first talent has stumped countless people, how few people in the spiritual vein, and how difficult it is to open the vein, I heard that the city lord spent a whole vein in order to let the second lady open the vein, a whole mine, enough for dozens of families to live for several lifetimes" The first person to speak looked yearning.

"Hey, forget it, anyway, we don't have any chances, I heard that Liangzi guy found a good mother-in-law, and he's about to get married."

“......”

Obviously, everyone's topic has shifted to other places, after all, spirituality is an unattainable thing for most people, not as good as practical, such as one's own work, such as how to live oneself, these are much more practical and important than spirituality.

Zhang Hai wants to find a stable job, he can do it steadily, it doesn't matter if the pay is small, as long as he can support himself

Such a job is not very easy to find, in Yecheng, there are countless people who need such a job.

And he's just a fifteen-year-old!

"Steamed buns, fragrant steamed buns" shouted into Zhang Hai's ears.

Zhang Hai touched the four copper plates in his pocket and walked over.

"Boss, how much is this steamed bun" Although he was fifteen years old, Zhang Hai was very small because his nutrition could not keep up, but he was covered by a steamer.

"One for two copper plates"

"Come one" Zhang Hai hesitated, touched the four copper plates in his pocket, and only took out two.

"Haole" has seen many times to the boss of people like Zhang Hai, poor ghosts, widows, beggars, everyone in Yecheng has it, this child is afraid that he is the most pitiful orphan, but it doesn't matter what his identity is, as long as he has money.

"Boss, don't you want any of these?" Zhang Hai said, pointing to a pile of flavorful steamed buns next to him.

"I didn't sell it yesterday, it's rancid, but I can eat it, but the taste is not very good, why do you want to buy it, two copper plates"

This is what the owner of the steamed bun shop intends to give to his pigs, and he naturally knows what it means when he sees Zhang Hai's blank eyes.

Zhang Hai took out another copper plate from his pocket and handed it to the boss.

I took the three steamed buns handed over, and this time I was full.

Today he is looking for a job that he can continue to do to support himself, and it is not easy for him to live until he has been an orphan since he was ten years old.

"Stop" When passing through an alley, a flowing voice sounded behind Zhang Hai.

Zhang Hai trembled, pulled his legs and ran.

"I still want to run, I saw you sneakily go out this morning and know that your kid is still hiding money, tsk, white steamed buns"

is a beggar, a beggar who has been bullying Zhang Hai.

Zhang Hai is still just a child after all, and he can run past this adult there, and he will be caught up in two or three clicks.

"Bring it to me" The beggar grabbed the steamed bun in Zhang Hai's hand and was about to snatch it.

Zhang Hai grabbed the steamed bun tightly.

"Yo he, if you don't beat you for a few days, you'll still have your skills" The beggar kicked up, how could the thin child stay in a low grade and was kicked to the ground immediately, and the steamed bun in his hand was naturally snatched over.

And that's not all!

"I'll see if you kid has any copper plates on you. The beggar was not satisfied, and when he lifted Zhang Hai and squeezed on the wall, he searched his pocket.

Zhang Hai grabbed it tightly, but the beggar's hand didn't reach in several times.

"It's not enough to fight, isn't it? The beggar punched Zhang Hai again.

This time it was just right in the chest, and Zhang Hai, who was already weak, was able to withstand his heavy punch and coughed up blood, but his hands were still tightly clenched in his pockets.

Seeing the blood, the beggar was also a little panicked, if he got a human life, it would be over, and he tore off Zhang Hai's pocket.

A copper plate falls down.

The beggar immediately threw down Zhang Hai and picked up the copper plate.

"I really don't know how to lift, damn it, there are two rancid steamed buns" The beggar put the copper plate in his pocket, sniffed the steamed buns, and threw away the two rancid ones.

"Bah" The beggar spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm and walked away

Zhang Hai lay on the ground, and after a long time he recovered his breath, turned over and lay on the dirty ground, staring at the sky

He just wants to live well! But why is this the way of the world?

After a long time, he got up with difficulty, picked up the two steamed buns that the beggar had thrown on the ground, found a clean place on his clothes, wiped them, and ate them.

If you don't eat, he'll die!

......

At dusk, Zhang Hai walked back to the hut with tired steps, obviously not gaining anything this time.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Zhang Hai was silent and didn't know what he was thinking.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, Zhang Hai opened the door, and what caught his eye was an old man with some charitable eyebrows

"Grandpa Li" Zhang Hai recognized that he was a neighbor who lived around when he was a child, and later came to Yefu to do chores, if it wasn't for Grandpa Li's occasional help to Zhang Hai over the years, he would have been swallowed up by this world a long time ago

"Grandpa Li, why are you here?" Zhang Hai invited him in while trying his best to cover his wounds, he didn't want this old man who was over half a hundred years old to worry about himself

"I heard that you have a job, I have a good job here, do you want to try it?" Grandpa Li has worked hard all his life, his eyes are already a little dizzy, and he naturally can't see Zhang Hai's small movements clearly.

"Really, then thank you Grandpa Li, I don't know what kind of job it is?" Zhang Hai was a little happy, he was missing a job now, no matter how hard and tired he was, as long as he could support himself

"Yefu horse breeder, I'm old, I can't do it anymore, someone has added my seat, since there is a place to come down, fortunately, I have also worked for many years, and the housekeeper allows me to introduce someone, how about it"

Grandpa Li stopped and looked at Zhang Hai.

Zhang Hai didn't expect that it would be such a good job, Ye Mansion, the mansion of the city lord.