Chapter 5 Shock
Xie Yuan raised his head and saw a man with a sinister face walking in.
The man is not actually fat, but he has a lump of flesh on his cheeks. In addition, his mouth is tilted to one side, and the corners of his mouth are always turned down, making him look very vicious.
In fact, there is no need to look up. Just by hearing the inarticulate sound as if biting something, and the somewhat arrogant tone, everyone in the village knew who it was.
Xie Yuan straightened up and said slightly cautiously:
"Brother Zhang? What brought you here?"
"Hey, isn't that what I told you before!"
Zhang Laoer glanced at him:
< br>“It’s almost winter again It’s hard for you to be alone. My eldest brother found a job for you in the county. You had to think about it before. Do you want to be famous now?”
Xie Yuan frowned subconsciously. rise.
Is this happening again?
Why do you insist on dragging me into the county seat?
"Brother Zhang, what kind of job do you want me to do? I'm afraid I can't do it."
Zhang Laoer waved his hand and said carelessly:
"Yes. It's not difficult, just work as a servant in the master's house, clean tables and sweep the floor, serve tea and pour water, everyone can do it
"This opportunity is rare. The master is very wealthy. His servants also wear cotton-padded jackets and eat meat.
"Look at you, you are wearing a single coat, with a sallow complexion and thin skin. How do you survive the winter? For the sake of my fellow villagers, I thought of leaving this opportunity to you. ”
Xie Yuan was sweating while chopping firewood, so he took off the cotton-padded clothes borrowed by Wang Lei. It was a single piece of clothing at this time.
Hearing Zhang Laoer talk about this, he suddenly felt helpless. The fire started.
Damn it, wasn’t it your little brother who took my clothes away?
Wait, his tone sounds like he knows this...
Did he specifically instigate it?
Xie Yuan thought a lot in an instant.
Without his elder brother to take care of him, it is normal for a thin, lonely boy to be bullied by the gangsters in the village.
But these gangsters are all Zhang Laoer's subordinates, and he is bullied every day, it seems that it was after rejecting his last proposal...
Take your anger out on me?
No, it’s more like forcing me to live hard so that I can agree to his proposal!
Xie Yuan’s thoughts were spinning rapidly.
The master’s servant?
Isn’t that the kind of person who works as a slave and has to sign a bond of sale!
Damn it, you want to sell me?
Xie Yuan clenched his fists and resisted the urge to kill the crooked man with an axe.
Being a servant, serving someone as your master, does not allow you freedom. How could he, who was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze, bear this?
Don't talk about the past life, even here, there is a saying that "it is better to be a beggar than a domestic slave".
When you sign a contract of betrayal, you will be whipped by the master and have to kneel down to say thank you.
Xie Yuan, who had never knelt down once in two lifetimes, did not want to be so mean.
He was silent for a moment and whispered:
"Brother Zhang, I am timid. I am afraid when I go to the city to see the master. I am afraid that my hands will shake and I will hit the master's tea bowl. I am still in this village. It’s comfortable to stay here.”
Zhang Laoer frowned instantly. He stood up, with a coldness in his eyes:
"Yuanzi, I am so warm-hearted, why can't you tell the difference between a good person and a bad person? Tell me about you, just like this, how do you spend the winter? We are all in the same village. Yes, I don’t want to watch you freeze to death or starve to death!”
Xie Yuan pursed his lips, turned around, took out the cotton-padded jacket from the room and put it on:
“Thank you, Brother Zhang, for caring, I have something to wear.”
Zhang Laoer’s eyes widened:< br>
"How is that possible? You still have clothes... Oh, have you ever worn this cotton coat before?"
When Xie Yuan heard this, he immediately understood that the speculation he just made was true. .
He lowered his head slightly, hiding the anger in his eyes:
"I recently cut down a Tie Yang tree and bought some clothes and food, so I can barely survive."
He didn't say that he borrowed it. It's from Brother Shitou's house, so that Zhang Laoer won't find trouble.
Zhang Laoer then took a look in the courtyard and found that there were piles of iron, Yang and firewood everywhere.
He was stunned for a moment, frowned and said:
"You can actually cut down the iron poplar?" Frowning:
"Yuanzi, think about it again. Are you really not going? I finally found a job for you. This opportunity is not to be missed."
Boom.
With a dull sound, Xie Yuan raised his ax and slashed an iron poplar log into two halves.
Two pieces of wood exploded directly in both directions, and sawdust even hit Zhang Laoer.
Zhang Laoer suddenly stopped subconsciously, surprised and uncertain.
What's the movement?
Can wood as hard as iron poplar be cut with this effect?
Xie Yuan held the ax and looked at Zhang Laoer with a calm expression:
"Brother Zhang, I can chop wood well and can support myself. I appreciate your kindness. ”
Zhang Laoer After being silent for a long time, he showed a sneer:
"Okay, Yuanzi, you have really grown up. Okay, I won't argue with you today. But I advise you to think about this proposal carefully. It's for your own good.
"I will come back after a while. If I can't persuade you, just wait for my elder brother to come!"
After Zhang Laoer left, Xie Yuan threw his ax on the ground and sat on the firewood pile. He let out a sigh.
Why does this Zhang Lao Er insist on staring at me?
It is not a new thing for a boy with no family or friends to be sold to a bully to get some benefits.
But he still kept most of the money for selling himself. If Zhang Laoer wanted to steal this money, it would be human trafficking, but the government would intervene.
He had already shown a very tough attitude, which obviously made Zhang Laoer wary, but he finally said that he would let him consider it?
Xie Yuan was a little confused.
To be honest, if he said harshly that he wanted to look good, that would be understandable. Why did he have to let himself be this servant?
Xie Yuan couldn’t figure out what was going on inside. But he knew that the more this happened, the less likely he was to go.
“Zhang Laoer seemed to be shocked by the axe, but he is tall and strong, and he has practiced boxing and kicking with his brother. If we really want to fight, I may not be able to beat him.
"Even if he can beat him, there is still Boss Zhang. He is a real warrior. If he really calls Boss Zhang back..."
Xie Yuan felt annoyed and struck hard with his axe.
"Only if I find a way to become a martial artist... I have to save money as soon as possible and go to a martial arts school in the town or county to become a disciple. Even if it is just a registered disciple, as long as there is an entry point, with my ability , maybe you can learn something..."
He took a deep breath and stood up.
“Cheer up, just being annoyed won’t do the trick.”
Xie Yuan patted his face, swung his axe, and first chopped the stack of iron and poplar firewood in the yard.
After loading the fine firewood, he put the basket on his back and went to the village to ask from house to house.
This time he did not exchange anything, only copper coins.
After walking around for a while, he finally sold out all the iron poplar trees. Xie Yuan went home and counted a few, sighing slightly:
“Half an iron poplar tree, one hundred and twenty cents, that’s all. This is basically accepted by the village chief and Zhu Dongming, no one else wants it..."
I heard that the cheapest martial arts gym in town starts with a tea fee of ten taels of silver.
Roughly converted, that is ten guan of money, ten thousand Wen, not counting the discount of silver and copper coins, it would cost forty iron poplar trees.
“It’s a bit difficult.”
Xie Yuan took a breath, it was too difficult to just chop wood.
But he had no intention of giving up. On the contrary, his motivation increased.
The more firewood you chop, the more trees you chop down, the more progress you make, and the more money you can save in the future, the faster it will probably be.
If you stagnate because you are discouraged, it will be totally useless.
Early the next morning, at dawn, Xie Yuan picked up his ax again and went up to the forest on the hillside.
But this time, while he was posing in front of the tree, he suddenly heard a strange voice coming from behind:
"Hey, isn't this Yunzi, an expert in cutting down trees?"
The day after rejecting Zhang Laoer, trouble came to the door.
(End of this chapter)