That's right, how can you forget about this stubble? The personnel recruitment of the upper class will always serve the upper class, especially in this era when the upward channel of the class is almost blocked, and I really am still the concept of the previous life, otherwise how can there be such delusions?

Both options were denied, and there is only one path left, but this path is not easy to follow. On the one hand, women are the preferred choice for nobles to accept people, and on the other hand, they have no way to do so, and most of them will only be driven away if they go directly to the door of people's homes.

Originally, he didn't look down on the path of becoming a soldier under the lord - the battle loss ratio was too large, on average, for every 100 people who signed up, it would be good to have one message back in the second year, not to mention that there would be no knights out of 10 million.

This kind of thing with slim benefits and huge risks, he would not do seriously. However, there may be opportunities to find another way from this path. You know, those lords are all nobles among the nobles, the highest dukes. Correspondingly, the lowly servants under their command may have a much higher status than the ordinary people in this city. Then, trying to curry favor with your superiors may be the only way out.

It is impossible for him to fight a war, and it is impossible for him to fight a war in this life, and only by using a brain that is a little smarter than others and a little more knowledge can he win a civilian job for himself, and move from the front to the rear, so that he can barely survive.

Yes, survive. He always asked himself at night when he was so hungry that he couldn't sleep, and in the end he could only come to the fact that he was just an ordinary person, and he accepted all this with peace of mind, no longer thinking about those empty ambitions and unnecessary dignity, and survival became his only purpose, at least the only purpose at the moment.

"Have you got your tax deduction card back?"

As soon as I stepped into this place that the predecessor called home, I was greeted by this sentence. The boy raised his head, and a thin and cold man across from him was the biological father of this body.

"I haven't signed up yet, so I'll go when there are fewer people at noon. ”

The man frowned, the young man's cold face had been hanging on his face since he recovered from his illness last year, especially today, the sense of alienation brought to him became more and more obvious. But he didn't take it to heart, people are not pigs, it doesn't matter if they are sick or sold, it's normal not to give their owners a good look.

He didn't care, anyway, didn't he give birth to a teenager just for the day he was released from the cage? There are several piglets in the family who have also reached the age of being released this year, and he wants to sell them all in time, so that he can earn back the food expenses that have been invested in them all these years with interest.

"Then go to work. ”

Poor does not mean idle, and the poor also have the work of the poor, but sometimes they may not be able to earn a full meal after a busy day. As usual, the young man is naturally a man who knows the times, and in order to avoid being beaten by men, in order to eat, no matter what he thinks in his heart, he has to work honestly. But today, he has the confidence to refuse.

"Lao Tzu is not in this mood. ”

The corners of the man's mouth twitched, and one hand was raised high.

"I think you're tired of it!"

"Don't forget last year, do you want me to smash it in your hands for another year?"

The man's hand froze.

That's right, in fact, the teenager reached the age of registration last year, but that serious illness turned him away. Although the requirements for physical fitness are not high, it does not mean that there are none, and no one wants to cause trouble for no reason.

However, the boy is growing his body, and his appetite is slowly increasing, and he will only lose money if he continues to stay at home, so he wishes he could do it sooner. So, just as a teenager tolerated a man for more than half a year, a man also tolerated a teenager for more than half a year.

Maybe it was because of the serious illness last year, the young man's already thin body became weaker and weaker, and now he raised his voice and stood up against the man, and he began to gasp. Seeing this, the man finally slowly lowered his hand. It's not because it's pitiful, but I'm afraid that even if I don't do it, just confronting him like this, maybe I will collapse the boy's body, so that I will have to lose another year of money just like the boy said.

No matter how secretly he hated in his heart, when he thought that the young man would be eaten alive by the minions of those extraterritorial devils in the future, but he would be able to lighten the burden and enjoy a period of peace, he thought about it so many times, comforted himself, and finally put away his anger.

"Don't forget to sign up at noon. ”

Looking at the worthless and powerful young man before he died, the man sneered, dropped this sentence, and left.

The boy had a rare half-day of leisure.

The first thing he did was to take one last look at the body's birth mother before parting. It wasn't his own thoughts, but instinctive thoughts that came from this body.

Just glanced at the old woman who was locked in the fence, thin to the point of protruding skeleton but with a big belly, and her eyes were blank and humming like a sow, he immediately walked away. He is not from this world after all, if the other people in the slums see this scene, they will laugh at most and say, "Hey, look, there is still the strength to call". However, for himself, even if he has watched it several times in the past half a year, he still thinks about it.

"I can't protect myself......"

Unable to walk out of the house, he suddenly moved from the dim interior to the bright outside, and his first reaction was that the sunlight was so dazzling, but there was no slight warmth. The cold wind poured into the hole in his worn clothes, and he subconsciously shrank back into the house.

Just shrunk like this, the picture of the old woman appeared in his mind again, and after hesitating left and right, he finally made up his mind and went directly to the side hall of the church.

Don't wait for noon, go now.

As he walked on the road, he was getting faster and faster. The scenes of the lives of the poor on both sides of the road, in the eyes of these numb poor people, fell on his eyes, but they always evoked the figure of the old woman, and he began to bury his head in the hurry.

When I came to the gate of the side hall, there were only a lot more people around here than at the beginning, and there were quite a few people on the periphery who were idle and came to see the excitement. It's a carnival of the poor, and it's a monkey show for other people.

The boy cautiously bypassed the wagons carrying the rich and noble, and plunged headlong into the poor pile.

The sun was rising, and the people watching the theater from the periphery walked and came in waves, and at this moment, it was finally the turn of the young man to come to the front of a few knights.

Now the knights had already lost their armor and were sitting behind the table in civilian clothes, leisurely sipping refreshments. Having just left the pauper, they seem to enjoy this feeling of superiority. Only then did he wave his hand and drive away a group of people, and when the young man stood in front of them, no one looked up.

In addition to the laughter of the knights among themselves, all that remained was the sound of the paupers swallowing their saliva.

After a long time, someone finally glanced at them impatiently.

"Do you still need us to tell your name and family?

At last, someone under the table was babbling.

But seeing that there was a person behind the table, the pen rustled, and it was the turn of the young man, and he honestly reported his name.

"Dickens Greene. ”

"The one in Dongcheng Lane?"

"No, I live in Dongjiao Lane, and besides, I'm the only one in my family. ”

"Just you?"

The person who recorded it finally raised his head, and his suspicious gaze was cast.

The young man Mu Ran nodded.

The person who recorded it smiled: "You should know that if you ask a noble lord to borrow money to buy a woman, have a few more children, and your life will be better in the future, you have to sell yourself now, is it so risky?"

"I am weak, I can't work, and I can't support the day when the child grows up, so I only have this one life left. ”

The boy was telling the truth, and a discerning person could tell his physical condition at a glance. As soon as he finished speaking, a small sack was thrown at his feet, and there was a sound of ding and clattering from inside.

"As is customary, since you are the only one left in your family, then this is the money you are given to sell yourself. The recorder watched the young man pick up the money bag, and then looked at the other poor people who looked at the young man with red eyes and panting, and finally couldn't help but add, "I advise you to spend it as soon as possible before you leave, otherwise you will lose more than just money by then, and I don't want to make a loss-making transaction." ”

"So, can I go first?"

"Hey, you're pretty clever. ”

The recorder waved his hand, and the young man put away his money bag and immediately rushed out the door.

When he went out of the door, avoiding those greedy glances, a big stone in his heart had only fallen halfway.

The time of departure was after six o'clock in the evening, and I heard others say that this was to prevent some people from becoming deserters, and that they set out at night so that they could not recognize the way back.

The boy did not have any trouble in this regard, he was worried that until then there would be a group of men who tried to make money and kill him who would be constantly looking for him, and that he would not be able to return to his house after noon, otherwise the man who learned the truth would take his own life.

It's best not to go back now, maybe as soon as the gang comes out, they will go to Dongcheng Lane to find a man first. It's not that there have been no such examples before, some people hide from their families, hide from knights, and take a sum of money, thinking that it is rare for them to be chic before they die, but they are caught, and the end is even more miserable than going to war.

In this way, just by dodging around, you can exhaust him half to death, and you may not be able to dodge it in the end.

The gains outweigh the losses, and he shouldn't have done that.

It's just that the teenager is so risky, but he has to do it.

On the one hand, the knights would not prepare food and clothing for the poor, and the family members who sold them would not spend an extra penny on them, and they would travel at night, and they would not know how long they would have to hike in the cold.

On the other hand, he wanted to help the poor old woman more or less before leaving, even if it could only put her current situation on hold, and make him feel better.