Cosma Empire

Chapter 2 Survival is not easy

Tener City is located in the southwestern part of the empire. Compared with the grand scenery on the southeast coast, Tener City seems a bit less prosperous. But for the people living in Tenell City, compared to other countryside full of muddy smell, this place is paradise.

Du Lin looked at the busy streets with curious eyes. Although he had seen a more prosperous and advanced city than this in his dream, it was just a dream, but now it is real. He weighed the patched backpack on his shoulders, looked around the street excitedly, and at the same time was thinking about what he should do first.

Learning culture is inevitable. He doesn't know a single word of the characters in the street, which will limit his future development. Secondly, he needs to find a job that can support himself in a short period of time. It does not require much salary, whether there is fresh water, as long as he can have a simple residence and two meals.

Walking on the streets of this strange city, while there is a trace of fear in his heart, he is more yearning for the future. He feels that the sky in the city is bluer than that in the countryside, and even the air is comfortable.

"Hey..., kid over there!"

Du Lin followed the sound and saw a car that seemed a bit funny to him, but beside the world's newest car, a man wearing a round felt hat ticked his fingers.

"Yes sir, what's the matter?", Du Lin walked over immediately, he didn't know what this very rich and decent man told him to do, but he was new to setting up anything. I don't really care about such orders.

The man looked Du Lin up and down, and tilted his head slightly. There are several boxes at the back of the car, which should look heavy, "Help me move them to room 411 on the fourth floor."

Du Lin was taken aback for a moment, but soon his face was filled with a smile. He put his backpack on his back, walked to the side of the box, and lifted it up vigorously. The box is very heavy, and the outside of the box is supported by wooden strips, and some liquid seems to be shaking inside during the lifting process. The man seemed very surprised, and pointed to a small five-story building by the side of the road, signaling him to hurry up.

Du Lin carried the heavy suitcase up to the fourth floor with some breathlessness. When he was in the countryside, he was already one of the main laborers in the family, and he usually had to do some heavy physical labor. Although these things are heavy, they haven't been taken into consideration by him yet.

He went upstairs and found 411 according to the number he learned from the coins, which should be this room. He kicked the door lightly twice with his feet, and after a while the door opened a crack, and a man with a gloomy complexion looked at him from behind the crack, his eyes were a bit gloomy.

"It was a gentleman downstairs who asked me to bring these boxes up." Dulin explained.

The door opened a little wider, the guy leaned out and looked around, the long corridor was quiet, and no one could be seen. The man opened the door at this time, and Du Lin noticed a detail. While opening the door, the guy put his right hand behind his back and pulled it out again.

Looking at the three boxes in Du Lin's arms, he also had a surprised expression on his face, "You have a lot of strength!" Then he stepped aside and let Du Lin in, "Just put the things behind the door. .”

After following his instructions to put the things down, the guy pushed Du Lin out of the room a little rudely, and then closed the door with a bang.

Looking at the closed wooden door, Du Lin was stunned for a while, then shrugged and went downstairs.

The gentleman downstairs didn't leave. He didn't say anything after seeing Du Lin. He took out a one-yuan note from his pocket and stuffed it into his hand. Before Du Lin could thank him, the guy drove away.

Looking at the cars disappearing at the end of the street, Du Lin blew a whistle. It seems that making money in the city is not as difficult as imagined. Look, in just over an hour, I have earned one yuan, which is more than the income of ordinary people in three days.

There is always a certain feeling of pride about the first time in anything,

Even if it's a stupid thing. While thinking about the first dollar I earned from my labor for the first time in my life, I was looking for a place to live next on the side of the road. In fact, what he hopes most is to be able to find a place to order leather utensils. The profession of a cobbler will never be hungry. This sentence was heard from a drunkard who went to Wild Clover Town to buy wolf skins.

A wolf pelt worth ten cents—Coyotes always appear in twos and threes outside Wild Clover Town. Most of these coyotes are attracted by some domestic animals in the town, and they have become the most hated thing in the country. People in the town would trap and kill these coyotes, then skin them whole and sell them to leather merchants who came once a month.

According to the leather merchant, these wolf skins can only be sold for ten yuan, but after being carefully crafted by the cobblers, they can be sold for a sky-high price of more than ten yuan or even dozens of yuan!

So Du Lin felt that if he wanted to change his life level as soon as possible, becoming an apprentice cobbler was obviously the most direct and fastest way.

In fact, he doesn't know that other industries are similar as long as they do a good job.

Turning around the city almost made his head dizzy. He had never seen such a big city, so many people, so many roads and so many houses.

Of course, there are cars on the road.

I haven't encountered any good things like before, and as for looking for a cobbler... I haven't found it either.

With the water taken from the roadside water pump and the whole grain bread as hard as a stone, Du Lin completed his first step in life and spent the night in the city.

Similarly, he also felt something called loneliness for the first time. In a bridge hole, he curled up his body and gradually fell asleep amidst the howling wind.

In a few days, I went around the whole city of Tener, and found three leather goods stores, but the owner had no plans to recruit people. Du Lin put his hopes on other jobs, such as tailoring, carpentry, or other jobs that looked decent. I don't know if it's his bad luck or some other reason, but no one wants to recruit him. This also made him understand that there is always an insurmountable gap between ideals and reality.

After two weeks, he finally found a way to make money from numerous failures-car washing.

All you need is a bucket of water, a piece of cheap soap, a handful of vine pulp that has naturally dried up and rotted, and a towel, and you can wash the cars on the side of the road. The total cost of these things does not exceed one yuan, and at least one car wash can be paid at least five ten cents. If you wash a dozen or twenty cars a day, wouldn't you be able to make a fortune soon? According to some experiences I have experienced in the dream, at this time, I will expand my business, hire people, and form my own brand effect...

Seems like a lot of fun.

On the evening of the sixteenth day in Tener, Doolin walked to the side of the road with a bucket of water. He has observed that across the road is the Turner Theatre. Every day, many wealthy people drive here to enjoy operas and some burlesque plays. This is also the most profitable place.

After the sky gradually darkened, Tenel City seemed to wake up from a deep sleep and come alive! This city is enough to shock Du Lin, and it is hard for him to imagine what the "big city" in people's mouth is like.

Didi, the whistle brought him back from his distraction, and a new Ogham car stopped not far in front of him. A stern-looking guy in a trench coat and top hat got out of the car. He glanced at Du Lin, patted his car, then took out two five-cent coins from his pocket and threw them on the ground, before stepping up to the steps of the Tenell Theater without looking back.

What an arrogant man!

Du Lin shook his head slightly, and walked over with the bucket, thinking as he walked, if one day I become a richer and decent person than him, I can't be so arrogant like him!

People, and people, should be equal!

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