Chapter 22: Doing Coolies

With a "squeak", the plainly dressed old man Zhang set off as soon as the sky was slightly bright.

The village is not large, and there are at most dozens of households, so it didn't take long to reach the head of the village.

I saw that more than a dozen men were already sitting there at the head of the village, as if they were all waiting for something.

"Hey, Zhang Laohan, you're finally here, if you don't come again, we have to go first. I saw that the man who spoke, Wang Erma, was dressed in white clothes and slightly darkened skin, and he was pulling a dilapidated wooden carriage in his hand.

Wang Erma, the owner of the carriage, is also a wealthy family in the village, and this business alone is enough to support his family. Each time these laborers are delivered, the store will give some labor expenses, and those laborers will also give some hardship expenses during the journey back and forth.

In this way he earned more than those who had been fortunate enough for several days, and that was the credit of the carriage that his father had left him.

After the carriage has been modified, it can pull more than ten people, and the horse is not the kind of common steed in southern Xinjiang, but a strange-looking dragon horse that is said to contain dragon blood in its body.

"Wang Erma, I brought my godson here today, you have to give me a cheaper. Zhang Laohan touched the head of the "wood" and thought: Our Zhang family finally has a man, which is beautiful in his heart.

It turned out that although this "wood" seemed to be ignorant and unconscious in the Zhang family these days, he still felt that the three members of the Zhang family were sincere to him, especially Miao Miao seemed to have some special feelings for him, which also moved him quite a lot.

So at Zhang Laohan's insistence, he readily agreed to Zhang Laohan's recognition of "wood" as his godson, so Zhang Laohan took "wood" to the town early in the morning, and planned to do some work together to subsidize the family.

"Hey, it turns out that you are the kid who hasn't woken up for more than half a month! A few days ago, I heard that you were delirious, but I didn't expect that you look pretty good now, Wang Laohan really congratulates you. That Wang Erma saw the white and beautiful face of "Wood", and his heart was also amazed.

"This is the big family Wang Erma in the village, "wood" you just call him Uncle Erma. Zhang Laohan introduced "Wood" with a smile and made a good relationship for the future, after all, making money depends on Wang Erma's foal.

"Wood" smiled shyly and shouted crisply, "Uncle Erma." When Wang Erma heard this, he laughed and said something really obedient.

Zhang Laohan and the rest of the people got into the carriage and galloped towards the town, after the politeness with the elders in the village, Zhang Laohan introduced the "wood" to the "wood" a few young people in the village who went to work together, the young men were very interested in the "wood", each shook the hand of the "wood", and said strange things along the way, and the "wood" was shocked for a while.

"It's not me who blows, that dragon soul powerhouse can flatten that mountain with one palm. A young man named Lu Fei in green clothes said that this was excited, as if he had seen the dragon soul powerhouse he talked about.

"You're talking about the cultivator of the Dragon Soul Spirit Realm, and the powerhouse of the Dragon Soul Spirit Realm can punch a big hole for more than 100 miles with one punch, which is really powerful. Another young man named Shen Tengfei said angrily.

"Those are all legendary characters, presumably they haven't appeared in the past few hundred years, it's not sure if it's true or not!" Lu Fei obviously only believed what he had seen with his own eyes, that kind of hundred-mile pit was too terrifying, he couldn't think of it.

Because the legendary characters are all stories told to these little dolls by a well-informed old man in the village in his free time, of course some children believe in this very much, because there are always some people who have all kinds of illusions about reality.

As the carriage galloped quickly, it soon arrived at the nearest small town nearby, Longhu Town.

Longhu Town, as its name suggests, has a huge lake here, according to legend, this lake was transformed by a huge demon dragon in ancient times, because this lake exudes amazing cold air all year round, so this strange phenomenon and the legendary demon dragon are extremely compatible, this explanation is also convincing.

The carriage stopped in the midst of the cries, and Longhu Town had a radius of ten miles. There are many vendors, most of whom come from the surrounding villages to earn a living, and some of them come from large families in other cities, because the special cold of this Longhu Lake also gives it a special status in the surrounding area.

On the street, you can always see some mysterious organizations depicting this dragon totem, and the common people have guessed that this must be those gods of the Dragon Soul Palace.

The "wood" who had just gotten off the carriage saw the group of people wearing dragon totems and asked Lu Fei on the side.

"Shh, these are the disciples of the Dragon Soul Palace, it seems that they are going to accept people again, once every two years, and they also came to the village to collect them once in the summer of the year before last, but unfortunately decades have passed, and there is no qualified young man in the village. That Lu Fei sighed, it seems that he has also been selected several times and has not been selected.

"Wood" watched the gang walk away, "Young man, don't look at it, you may be selected this year, but now, let's work honestly!" It was Wang Erma who spoke, and led everyone in as he spoke.

This Longhu grain shop is the official special store for the import and export of grain in Longhu Town, and it is also the first choice for many coolies in Longhu Town, because it only needs to be carried simply, so even if there is no culture at all, as long as you have the strength to do it.

As soon as you enter, you will see a large hall, surrounded by beautiful decorations, and the young men from the poor country will be amazed.

I saw a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby figure and gorgeous clothes walking in from the side door, and Wang Erma hurriedly greeted him with a smiling face.

"Steward Lin, I'm here with these helpers, and I've brought you a few more young people today, let's see if I can arrange some work for them to do." Wang Erma, even as a coachman, also had the job of begging for a living for these laborers, so he could get remuneration from these laborers.

So Wang Erma pushed several young people, including Xiao Yiqing, in front of Steward Lin, who looked at a few people carefully, but thought in his heart: These young people look so thin, I'm afraid they won't be able to endure hardship for a while, and there have been a lot of orders recently, let them try it first, otherwise they can only be replaced. Thinking of this, Steward Lin nodded

"Then let's go and give you a hand first, try it for a few days, if you don't do it well, I can't leave you to eat for nothing." Steward Lin's serious expression made several young people a little stunned.

After saying that, the forest steward didn't say anything more, then turned around and left on his own.

"You guys can hear me clearly, you must cheer me up and work hard, I won't be so tired when I get used to it. "That Wang Erma had also worked as a coolie before, so he naturally knew that this kind of work had to endure hardships at the beginning.

"Hear me clearly, Uncle Erma, we will work hard. That Lu Fei said loudly, and then winked mischievously at several young people.

Wang Erma then received the list of goods at the counter in the store, and the rest of the people sat in Wang Erma's carriage and headed towards their destination, about two miles away from here, where is the grain storage base in Longhu Town.

"I heard that this Longhu granary is the largest granary in the entire Dongzhu area, several times larger than our village!" The young man who spoke was Liu Si from the south of the village, a family of four brothers and sisters, he was the fourth, his mother died in childbirth, his father somehow lost his heart and went crazy, and he didn't know what to say all day long.

"I think it's at least ten times bigger, and it takes half a day to walk around, which my father said himself. The chubby little young Liu Longhai was also unconvinced, thinking that what he said still couldn't vividly describe that scale.

"Chubby is right, the granary is indeed that big. That Wang Erma said with a smile.

"Really? It's so big, I've got to see it. Liu Si looked expectant and naughty.

"Look, it's right there, wow! it's so big!" Liu Longhai covered his mouth in surprise, very excited.

"yes, it's the first time I've seen such a big house. Liu Si also looked there in surprise.

"That, have you ever seen such a big granary?" Liu Si noticed the "wood" on the side without saying a word, and wanted to be close to Xiao Yiqing.

"I don't know, but I don't think it's huge. Although Xiao Yiqing had forgotten the past, he didn't feel surprised just intuitively.

"Yes, then you must have seen something bigger than this, you weren't from our village before, I guess it's a rich boy from a big city. Liu Si felt that the young man in front of him was not ordinary, not only his appearance was fair and smooth, but also there seemed to be a faint fragrance, I don't know if he smelled it wrong.

"I don't seem to remember, I woke up and saw a meteor across the night sky, as if I had seen it a long, long time ago. Xiao Yiqing looked at the sky not far away, and there seemed to be a trace of melancholy on her expression.

As everyone approached, they saw the true face of the granary, which was really huge, and it had a great visual impact on the young men from the village.

At this time, there was a long queue of carriages in front of the door to pull goods, and after the cart stopped on the side, the dozen or so coolies, large and small, entered the warehouse through the special side door.

After handing over the list to a warehouse manager, the manager looked at the young men, his expression was disdainful, and he kept muttering: "Send a few more wastes, it's not like I don't have a job to do......

"What do you say? Who do you say is a waste?" That Liu Si was a violent temper, and when he heard this, he naturally dug up with him openly.

"Hey, don't talk, don't talk ......!" That Wang Erma was startled by this short-tempered Liu Si and stopped him again and again.

"Hey, you still talk back to me, I'm talking about you, what's wrong, you look like a monkey, and you still want to work?

This made Wang Erma very embarrassed, and said again and again: "Manager Li, you adults don't care about villains, this kid has such a violent temper, you just let them try it first! Besides, Manager Lin also said that if they don't do well, they won't force them to stay." ”

As a manager, Li Guan still cares about work efficiency, so under the persuasion of Wang Erma and others, he doesn't care about this matter.

But he only gave them three days of chance, and if they didn't do well, they would have to leave, and when he said this, he gritted his teeth and looked at Liu Si.

"Let's go ......" Manager Li, who looked unhappy, led everyone into the warehouse, and several people changed their clothes into work clothes, and then they really entered the granary.

"Wood, you're going to have to come on, you're so skinny...... Alas, there is no way, you can do your best!" Zhang Laohan looked at Xiao Yiqing's thin body, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, but he had to do this for the sake of life.

"You, come here. The manager pointed at Xiao Yiqing. Xiao Yiqing walked in front of him.

"What's your name? Wait a minute, I'm going to give you a job, and I'll save money and mix up your work." ”

"My name is wood. Xiao Yiqing said.

That Li Guan looked at the thin Xiao Yiqing, but sighed secretly in his heart, this child doesn't look like a child from a poor family, but he still has to do coolies.

"Okay, this is your badge, you hang it around your neck, and if you carry a bag, it will give you a job. After saying that, he hung a sign on him.

"Come here, your name is wood, so I can remember it for you, you go over there to carry the grain." "The manager at the door was a kind old man, who looked quite old.

"Well, thank you. On Xiao Yiqing's immature face, the temperament that surpasses mortals is incomparable to mortals.

"Come here, I'll try it on your back. Zhang Laohan grabbed a large bag of grain and gently put it on the back of the wood.

I thought that the wood would not move on his back, but when Zhang Laohan put it on his back, it seemed to be placed on the flat ground, and there was no sign of instability without moving at all.

This made Zhang Laohan stunned for a while, thinking that Zhang Laohan had to endure all the hardships at the beginning to practice as light as he is today.

"Wood, do you think it's heavy?" Zhang Laohan felt a little strange, so he asked softly.

Mu turned his head, and with one hand, in Zhang Laohan's horrified gaze, he easily lifted the nearly two hundred catties of grain.

"It's light, I don't feel anything. Mu looked at the shocked Zhang Laohan, and then turned his head to look at a few tired sweaty surprised coolies.

"You can't be born with divine powers, you must be. That Liu Si reacted immediately, and everyone present was surprised.

"It seems that Zhang Laohan has picked up the treasure this time, ......but I didn't expect it" One of the middle-aged men was jealous.