Farmers' Struggle

Chapter 9

  Li Yu was looking for a job with enthusiasm. He has hands and feet. Could it be that he still can't find a job? However, things backfired. Li Yu wandered around, but his mind was at a loss.

The main reason was that the original owner was too aggressive. Everyone in the town didn't know him as a prodigal. When they heard that he was coming to find a job, they all shook their heads and refused, thinking that he had made some kind of moth. Everyone knows what Li Laosan is like.

Li Yu came to a restaurant, at first the waiter thought he was here to eat, and greeted him warmly, no one in Li Laosan town knows that when he has money, he is really generous, and he is tight on all kinds of delicious food and drink In fact, he never withholds money, but he seldom has money. This time, seeing him coming in generously, he must have gotten the money from somewhere, thinking of rewarding himself.

Although Xiao Er had a good eye, he guessed wrongly what Li Yu's purpose was today. He ignored the shop assistant and went directly to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper Liu, business is booming." Shopkeeper Liu raised

his eyelids and glanced at him. , as the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person when you stretch out your hand. This Li Yu said auspicious words with a smile. At least Liu shopkeeper answered him, "Hey! It's Li Jiasanlang? I haven't seen you in town for a long time. Come today. Now, I have to get some good wine and food to comfort myself! What do you want to eat? Just order, I will give you an extra vegetarian dish here."

Li Yu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Today, I am not here for dinner, so I will If you want to find the shopkeeper, ask if there is any shortage of manpower here? Like accountants, compradors, or shop assistants, whatever."

Shopkeeper Liu rubbed his mustache, not understanding what Li Yu meant, and asked directly: "Li Yu Jia Saburo, what do you mean by asking this?"

Li Yu rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "I'm trying to find something to do, I don't know what shopkeeper Liu thinks of me? I can do any kind of work."

Liu The shopkeeper frowned, isn't Li Laosan just making fun of him? Who is he? All the year round with nothing to do, hanging out with casinos, he came to work in restaurants? It's good not to cause trouble.

"Tsk tsk! Are you making fun of me? I don't have that much time to joke with you." Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile. There is already a posture of chasing people away.

Li Yu felt a little embarrassed, "What I said is true. Didn't I get separated from my family a month ago? I have to support myself, so I came here to find some work." He also It's very helpless. When he didn't go anywhere, others thought he was joking, but he was very serious.

"Ahem! Li Laosan, I'm really sorry, we have enough people in the restaurant, and we don't need to find another person. You want to find a job, why don't you go to another place to see?" Shopkeeper Liu also saw that this Li The third child didn't know why he was going crazy, so he wanted to find something to do, but how could they dare to use someone like this? He coughed twice, and refused without thinking.

Knowing this was the result, Li Yu walked out of the restaurant dejectedly, and the waiter's voice came from behind, "Li Jiasanlang, do you really want to eat some food and drink today?"

Li Yu was speechless, he was penniless, and he really did I'm sorry, the smell of dishes wafting from behind me, Li Yu rubbed his shriveled stomach, shook his head, and left with a sigh.

Feeling very hungry, Li Yu touched the yam cake in his arms, and Li Yu found a shady place on the side of the street, planning to cushion his stomach before talking.

I'm afraid I'm going to return without success today, Li Yu frowned, thinking that in later generations, he was a college student who graduated from a prestigious university, and he was also the youngest and most capable department manager in the company. No one came here to find a job. Yes, there is nothing more sad than this in life.

Others are princes, nobles, princes, generals, almost dudes, who will never worry about eating and drinking all their lives, but look at what script he got? I can't even sustain food and clothing, and I can't find a way to make money to support my family. Is it so miserable?

Li Yu opened the leaf bag, took out a piece of yam cake and put it in his mouth. He frowned, and didn't pay attention to the flow of people coming and going. He was only thinking about how to find a job. Do you want him to be a porter? He really can't do this.

"Grandma, grandma, I want to eat that." A passing little boy pointed at the yam cake in Li Yu's hand and shouted.

The old woman couldn't stand the noise from her grandson, and she was always fond of her grandson, so she came over and asked, "Young man, where did you buy the pastry in your hand? Can you tell me?" ?"

Li Yu came back to his senses, "This is our homemade yam cake, not sold outside." The

old woman was full of regret, but her grandson was still making noise, so she said, "This young man, I don't know if I can sell it for two yuan, my grandson is really greedy."

This is not worth anything, so Li Yu gave the child two yuan, "Take it and eat it, homemade, it's nothing Valuable things." The

old lady was very sorry, they were in a good family, so they didn't care about such a small amount of money, took out a penny, and handed it to Li Yu without any explanation, "It's so easy to take your food for nothing, just accept it for such a small thing "

The grandparents and grandchildren gradually went far away, and Li Yu took the penny in his hand and turned it over and over in front of his eyes. Did he make money? so easy? That's right, looking for a job is to make money, can't you also make money selling food? Go back and make some yam cakes and sell them. This is also a business, isn't it? There are a lot of yams on the mountain. The honey at home has not been used up, and it doesn't cost much. He makes some and makes more when he makes money, so the snowball will always get bigger and bigger.

Now that he has figured it out, Li Yu is not staying here, so he should go back as soon as possible and make preparations.

When Li Yu returned home, Wen Jinbai had already assembled a new plank, which was next to the original plank bed. It wasn't that he didn't want to divide the bed into two, but the house was too narrow to fit two beds, so they could only make one. A larger bed will accommodate two people.

Li Yu talked to Wen Jinbai about a day's experience, and later said that he wanted to make some yam cakes to sell in the town, anyway, it didn't cost much, so he could give it a try.

Wen Jinbai didn't speak all the time, but listened carefully to Li Yu's words. What Li Yu said may not be unfeasible. There was no such yam cake in the capital back then, and the largest and best dim sum shop in Beijing was just steamed egg cake. , Jasper mille-feuille cake, lotus paste crystal cake, etc., he can also make these things. Maybe he can prepare some ingredients to make these and sell them after earning money. He can also add more varieties, but I don't know if this person agrees. Thinking of this, he sneaked a glance at Li Yu, this person must be different. He did what he said, and early the next morning, Li Yu was going to go up the mountain to get more yams and came back. As soon as he went out, he found Wen

Jinbai following him. He turned his head, "You want to go up the mountain with me?"

The meaning of desperately pulling the corner of his clothes is self-evident.

"Forget it, forget it, just follow if you want to go. Let me tell you, the mountain road is not easy to walk. There are many snakes, insects, rats and ants in the mountains, all of which will bite people." Li Yu warned.

Li Yu kept nagging along the way, just to keep Wen Jinbai from being embarrassed and bored. Hearing Li Yu's voice and the chirping of cicadas and birds in the forest, Wen Jinbai relaxed his heart for the first time in so many years.

Li Yu really treats Wen Jinbai as a younger brother, and he can't go back now. He used to have a younger brother who was ten years younger than him. After his parents left, his younger brother was also very dependent on him. I don't know if his brother is doing well after he left that world.

Thinking of these things, Li Yu felt a little sad for no reason. After all, there is still concern about that world.

Sensing Li Yu's mood change, Wen Jinbai opened his mouth, but finally lowered his head.

However, Li Yu soon had no extra thoughts to think about other things. The roots of yams are deep and difficult to dig, and there are no suitable tools. The rusty shovel is already very blunt. I dug a few yams yesterday. He had blood blisters on his hands, and the pain was so tight that he could only wrap a thick layer of cloth on his hands today to prevent the blood blisters from being worn out. The feeling would be even more uncomfortable, and it would be better this way.

Li Yu and Wen Jinbai alternated digging the soil with shovels, and the speed was much faster than yesterday, and they dug out more than ten or twenty roots in one day. With these, it was enough, because of the cloth cover, Wen Wen Jinbai's hands are okay, but they are a little red and swollen, and there is no blister. They just need to rest and they will be fine. It seems that when they earn money, they should buy usable tools the most. To do a good job, you must first sharpen your weapon, at least it can save people some effort.

After finding the vines, Li Yu tied the yams into two bundles, one big and one small, and carried the big one on his back, while Wen Jinbai carried the small one on his back and went down the mountain together.

Wen Jinbai followed Li Yu's footsteps, step by step, Li Yu turned around on the difficult road, pulled him, and watched Wen Jinbai's sweat beaded, but made his face even fairer, Li Yu He admits that he is jealous, he is a rough old man, but he is really not as refined as others.

The two were talking, it should be Li Yu walking back while talking alone.

"Be careful, you have to bypass the stones here." Li Yu turned around and said, ready to hold Wen Jinbai's hand. However, at this moment

, Wen Jinbai's complexion changed drastically. He pushed Li Yu hard: "Be careful!"

There was a huge piebald snake hanging on it, and he immediately understood what happened. Fortunately, Li Yu reacted quickly. Before the snake could do anything, the shovel in his hand had already swung out, hitting the snake just in time. Taking this opportunity, Li Yu's subordinates were not merciless, and the shovel waved wildly again, directly beating the snake to death with random sticks.

As soon as he was in shock, Wen Jinbai hurried over and said anxiously: "You, no, are you okay?" He hadn't spoken for a long time, so every sentence was a little knotted, his voice was dull and hoarse, like a husky. Wen Jinbai pursed his lips tightly, and his face became inexplicably pale.