Xu Sheng changed into a decent piece of clothing today. It was not expensive, but at least it was neat.

Wu Meng said that every time she picked her up, she would be laughed at by her classmates. Although she could not look at problems that way and children could not compare with each other, but...

People rely on clothes.

"How much did this cost?" Wu Meng looked at Xu Sheng who was squatting down and helped him tidy up his collar like a little adult. The latter's beard had not been shaved, and he looked dirty.

But the clothes are new.

"The money is enough, you can go to school well." Xu Sheng touched her head and stood up to go back to the water station.

"Hey, Dad, wait a moment." After hesitating for a moment, Wu Meng tiptoed and hung an ornament in his hand in front of Xu Sheng's clothes.

This is the national emblem of the Holy Yuan Kingdom. A double-sided sword is hidden on the smoke that lingers like flames.

It looks just an ordinary toy.

"It's given to the school, you can wear it." Wu Meng pouted, said a word, turned around and walked into the school.

Xu Sheng looked down at the badge, pressed it carefully, and went back to work.

But this time, he hit a nail.

The water station is closed?

The notice reads: Due to the maintenance of the water station, it will be temporarily closed.

Just a few words.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

"When will the water station be closed!"

"It's just a water station, what else is needed for maintenance? I looked fine yesterday!"

"That's right, how expensive is the water bill now!?"

Xu Sheng also squeezed into the crowd and raised his fists: "Hey, what are you doing! What are you doing!"

Before the protest could end, Xu Sheng's corner of his clothes was pulled.

When I turned around, I saw that it was Liu Cheng.

The two men were far away from the crowd, sitting on the wasteland on the corner of the street, smoking a local cheap tobacco.

"I had expected this a long time ago." Liu Cheng deliberately lowered his voice, but it made everyone around him hear a little.

"You said... the water station is blocked?"

"More than that, brother." Liu Cheng shook his head and said, "It's weird to move this water station for us for a few days. It's like a power station in the west of the city and a granary in the east of the city. Which one is not closed if something happened?"

"Then do you think someone is messing around?"

"Hey, it's all about this, are you pretending to be stupid?" Liu Cheng raised his dark arm and pointed to the notice above: "Kaihefeng, now it's all the same person to say."

"Oh..." Xu Sheng sighed pretending to be silenced, smoking a cigarette silently, without answering the conversation.

"What do you think?" Liu Cheng asked back.

"What else can I do? We didn't decide how many jobs there are." Xu Sheng looked complaining: "I just think that opportunities should be placed in front of everyone, and those who can get them. Instead of waiting for the price to be sold, those who get them can."

"Damn it, speak human language."

"Well, don't worry about the details." Xu Sheng might have exposed his true thoughts for a while: "I'll wait, what can I do?"

"Let's go, I guess I can't handle it today." Liu Cheng pulled Xu Sheng up: "On a day off, go to my house for dinner."

Xu Sheng could not beat him, and finally glanced at the crowd making trouble, and left with a frown.

Is the Fengshui Station at this time related to his troubles at the City Lord’s Mansion a few days ago?

But during this period, nothing seemed to have happened. Xu Sheng went to the government building to see it during the day, but it was still the same as usual.

Then today, the water station was blocked.

This doesn't matter to Xu Sheng, but it makes people suffer.

"Old Xu, I tell you that I couldn't get the water bill, so I'll do it." Liu Cheng and Xu Sheng chatted while walking, and a homeless man lying on the side of the road could be seen begging along the way.

"I always feel something is wrong..." Xu Sheng thought carefully.

"Don't think about it, the water can't reach the southern district at all." Liu Cheng understood what he wanted to say: "The most workers in the southern district are moved the water and transported it to the northern city district to provide it to those special places. But in the southern district, the water can be sold by pounds. Not to mention taking a bath, I can't afford to drink it. Are you funny? I am a person who moves water and can't even drink the water."

Xu Sheng realized that because he helped the black market merchants kill strange beasts, he was not short of money. But after careful calculation, if he used the money he earned from working, he really couldn't buy enough water.

This is really ironic.

"That's it." Liu Cheng's residence is on the edge of the town, with many poor people huddled in a piece of earthen tiled houses. There is no tall building around, and you can vaguely see the government building in the center of the city from here.

"Hey hey, dad, why are you back?"

Two dirty children ran towards him and hugged Liu Cheng. The latter drove them to the side of the road, and the children rolled around like two little beasts.

There was an old lady in the messy room who was sewing clothes on her own, holding something like a cigarette in her mouth. She looked up at Xu Sheng, then lowered her head to do her own thing.

"Come on." Liu Cheng carefully took out the leftover beer the size of a palm from the cabinet, and greeted Xu Sheng with the leftover peanuts he ate yesterday.

Xu Sheng didn't know why he lived so poorly, but he just felt that his smile was not very comfortable.

They are not very familiar friends, at most they are coworkers.

Now Anhuo City can be said to be poor and destitute. If it weren't for the top entertainment venue, it would be difficult to finish a drink happily.

Liu Cheng took a sip and drank the beer as distilled liquor.

"Old Xu, have you heard of something?" Liu Cheng suddenly spoke.

"you say."

"There are rumors these days that the city lord has hidden a lot of true energy. Not only these, but those scarce water sources and mining stations are all from the city's main trunk."

"Really or not?" Xu Sheng pretended not to know.

"Don't matter if he is true or not." Liu Cheng finished drinking: "Many people take it seriously."

"What can I do?"

"It doesn't matter if one person is really taken seriously, but if everyone is taken seriously." Liu Cheng was ready to beat his hands: "That would be fine."

“Where’s the best place?”

"The hard days are over." Liu Cheng looked disappointed: "I have long been disgusted with the city lord's approach. There are poor and rich in this world. I understand the truth, but why can't it be me, Liu Cheng? I have been working as a worker for Anhuo City for more than 20 years. My wife has paid for it, so I gave me two scoops. Lao Xu, you understand me, don't you do this too?"

"Are you saying..." Xu Sheng lowered his voice: "Rebel?"

"Hey, don't say that you're so quiet. Yes, rebellion is just a fucking rebellion!" Liu Cheng threw the broken bowl to the ground, and a few laughs came from outside the door. His mother tsk and turned her head.

"Rebel...but that bodyguard...how could we beat it?"

"Hey, there are so many people and great power, you don't have to worry about this." Liu Cheng said: "We all saw it on the street that day, and it was just that. When people surrounded him, he was just a waste."

"Ao." Xu Sheng nodded and finished drinking the wine in the bowl.

The two chatted for a long time, and no one had any work today, but Xu Sheng found an excuse and said that he wanted to pick up his daughter for lunch and wanted to get out of here.

But just when he wanted to leave, Liu Cheng grabbed him, looking slightly drunk.

"Old Xu."

His tone changed, and Xu Sheng frowned and looked at him.

"Can you lend me some money? You know... I'll buy some knives... or something. Really, it's the last time, and after the matter is done, I'll definitely pay you back. I've contacted them all. They have an organization, and when the resource car arrives in half a month, they will take action."

I'm waiting for me here.

"no."

Although Xu Sheng is now a "rich man" with several gold coins, if you take out one gold coins, it will be enough for Liu Chengzi to live a year of moist life.

But reason told him no, and if he gave him one, he would want a second one.

No one will be content, and even this contentment comes from comparing each other. If both of them are poor, they may not breed malice at all.

But if one person lives better than another, it will be different.

Especially, the other party can't see the best.

Xu Sheng remembered his cousin, the cousin who stabbed the poison-tempering dagger into his heart.

"Old Xu, Lao Xu, I beg you." Liu Cheng pulled his trouser legs, pushed and knelt down halfway, showing a bitter look: "I really have no money. Even if the water station is opened, I can't work for long. My waist and legs are not good. You may be able to work for more than ten years, but I really can't do it. Just lend me this time, I make money, I will double it back to you. Lao Xu, Lao Xu..."

Xu Sheng was determined to refuse, but just when he gave up half of his clothes and stepped out the door, he saw Liu Cheng's two children.

He knew that these two people had been eavesdropping outside, but when he really saw the eyes of the two children, he hesitated again.

The big one is wearing the small one, her body is covered with snot, and her face is full of snot.

Xu Sheng probably has no resistance to children.

Although Liu Cheng is an incompetent middle-aged bastard, there are still many such bastards in this city.

"I only have so many." Xu Sheng took out two silver coins from his pocket, and Liu Cheng's eyes shone and wanted to rush up to grab them: "But you must return them to me."

"Sure, certain!"
To be continued...