Starting from the lifting of human restrictions

Chapter 177 The World
The tray fell over by accident, and the few side dishes placed on it fell out almost in the blink of an eye.

Unbiased, the direction of leaning is Yang Chu who is sitting by the window.

"It's over, it's over!"

The moment the young scholar fell to the ground, his face was almost terrified.

At this moment, what he thought of was not how he would fall if he fell, but knowing that these dishes were overturned, especially on the guests, and he almost didn't need to think about it. It's over.

Since the rebellion of the Great Chen Dynasty decades ago, the government has been corrupted. Although the imperial court held imperial examinations, they no longer relied on talent and learning as in previous years.

And even after passing the exam, the family must be rich and powerful, donate and buy officials, otherwise there is almost no way out.

Besides, even if you become a local official of one side, it is hard to say whether it is actually useful. There are not a few county magistrates and sheriffs who have been killed by those high-ranking people in the world these years.

In today's world, it is almost entirely the case that the size of the fist is the last word, the government is like a decoration, and all kinds of mud and sand are scattered among the people, and snakes and insects live together.

He is a scholar with no power to restrain a chicken. In this chaotic and dark world, if he wants to find a way out and find a stable livelihood, it is as difficult as reaching the sky.

He had met the shopkeeper of this restaurant a few times in the past, and he was acquainted with him. He came to ask for help, but this time he ruined the food. Don't think about it, there will be no other chances.

Next to him, many diners who watched the young scholar fall down, the shopkeeper in front of the counter, and the shop waiter who was standing aside with a towel on his shoulders. Everyone had mixed expressions of surprise and ridicule on their faces. float.

Scholar Ning is well known to many people present here, he has no skills, and has always been easy to bully. Everyone likes to see him make a fool of himself.

however--

In this flash of light, the young scholar suddenly felt a blur in front of his eyes. Those side dishes and trays that had already been thrown out of his hands were caught by Yang Chu quickly, one by one, almost in an instant. The side dishes are completely placed on the tray without any mess.

At the same time, the young scholar who fell down was held up by Yang Chu's other hand, and his body, which was about to fall, was pulled to stand up.

In the blink of an eye, the young scholar found that he was standing at the table intact, and none of the dishes in his hands had been spilled.

"This this……"

The young scholar looked at the tray in his hand, then at Yang Chu who was sitting beside him smiling at him, and was speechless for a moment.

If it weren't for this moment, he clearly remembered that he had obviously fallen, and at this moment he would almost think that it might be a hallucination.

The many diners and shopkeepers in the shop all looked at Yang Chu who had been sitting by the window, and many of them showed surprise in their eyes.

Many of them have noticed Yang Chu's new face from a long time ago.After all, although Yunguo County has many merchants and people from all walks of life, it is still relatively rare to be alone.

Moreover, after Yang Chu sat down, he ordered a table of wine and dishes. The prices of many dishes were not low in this restaurant.

Not to mention the shopkeepers in the restaurant, whether it is the shopkeeper or the waiter, someone has already seen Yang Chu's every move.

Those who can continue to open restaurants these days, almost every one has some backing forces behind them.

Although it is not as in the past that most people rely on the government and wealthy families, this is even more terrifying. Those who can support and open restaurants are mostly inseparable from some scissors, thieves, bandits and the like.

It can't be said that since Yang Chu appeared, some forces have been eyeing him.

However, so far, there is no time to act.

but--

Yang Chu's sudden display of this skill is quite difficult and not easy in the eyes of some people who run the rivers and lakes.

After the young scholar falls, it is not too difficult to help him up, but while helping him up, he also catches all the spilled dishes on the tray with one hand, which is not ordinary ability.

Even, in the eyes of many people, it seemed that the young scholar staggered for a while, and then stabilized his figure.

This kind of technique made some people slightly put away their underestimation.

Many Jianghu people who had waited for Yang Chu to leave the restaurant before resorting to other measures also reassessed in their hearts.

After all, in this day and age, there seems to be no scruples in daring to walk alone, and most of them are some hard stubble.

"Put the dishes down."

Yang Chu glanced at the young scholar. From the short moment after the other party appeared, he probably saw the character of the young scholar, as well as the malice of other diners and people in the store.

However, he didn't care about these gazes.

These ordinary Jianghu people didn't even have the idea of ​​making him do more research.

The reason why Yang Chu is sitting here is just to know more about the people's livelihood and the pattern of this world.

In this short period of time, he has actually gained more and more insights.

For example, the court and government of the Chen Dynasty not only lost their credibility, but even the violent institutions seemed to have no effect.

From Yang Chu's point of view, the imperial court of the Great Chen Dynasty not only lost control of the local area, but also the violent institutions such as the army and the Yamen seemed to have suffered serious damage.

From this point of view, it seems that there is something wrong with Chen Chao himself.

"Maybe there are some monsters and ghosts who are stealing high positions above the court, so maybe it's intentional."

The thoughts in Yang Chu's mind have quickly shifted to other places. He sees everything normal and abnormal, and has various speculations and calculations in his heart.

"Thank you, thank you officer..."

The young scholar held a tray in his hand, and after hearing Yang Chu's words, he seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and quickly put down a few side dishes on the tray.

After thanking you, he turned around again, ran towards the shopkeeper with a mustache in front of the counter of this tavern with a face full of joy, and said in a somewhat expectant tone, "Treasurer, look What I can do, I can wait in court..."

"Oh, Scholar Ning, I really have enough people in this shop. The small profits are too small to accommodate so many people. You'd better go and look elsewhere." The shopkeeper with the two moustache, When Ning Shusheng placed the dishes, he had already withdrawn his previous gaze, and continued to work on the abacus in front of the counter, as if he was checking the books.

"Give me back the tray, you sleazy, if it's knocked over, you won't be able to pay for it."

The shop waiter next to him still didn't show any good looks to the young scholar, snatched the tray from the opponent's hand, turned around and ran towards the back kitchen.

The young scholar was empty-handed. Seeing everyone around him looking at him with mocking eyes, and looking at the shopkeeper of the restaurant in a little bewilderment, he said again: "Shopkeeper, I really need a job..."

"Scholar Ning, don't bother me any more." The shopkeeper of the restaurant lowered his head and didn't pay much attention to the young scholar's words.

goo goo-

Before he could finish speaking, there was a rumbling sound of hunger from the young scholar's belly.

The young scholar looked around with a bit of embarrassment. He was already hungry in his stomach. In this restaurant, the smell of food was everywhere, which made it even more unbearable for him.

"Hahaha...Little scholar Wu, are you hungry?"

On a table not far from the counter, a strong man with a ferocious face and half of his black chest bared suddenly yelled loudly, "Come on, come on, as long as you go back with me tonight, my table You can eat all the wine and meat to your heart’s content.”

"Second brother Jiang, this scholar has delicate skin and tender flesh, but he can't stand the toss of a rough man like you." Among the diners, there was another thin man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, who stood up, looked at the young scholar from a distance, touched With a smile on his chin, he said, "Scholar Ning, I think you should go back with me. Second brother Jiang doesn't care about others. You can't let other rough men ruin your white body."

Just now, when Scholar Ning brought the dishes on the tray to the table where Yang Chu was, he was hooked by this man who quietly stretched out his foot.

"I see, Scholar Ning, you still agree to the marriage of that butcher's Xishi. That butcher's Xishi is covered in soft white meat. It will be very comfortable for you to sleep on it at night."

"That's not necessarily the case. If Scholar Ning is at the bottom, wouldn't it be crushed..."

"Hahaha, even if it is not crushed, with Ning Shusheng's small physique, he will not be able to plow a fertile field for a few days."

"When the time comes, Brother Li, can you help me..."

Seeing the young scholar's distressed appearance, everyone in the restaurant began to speak more and more foul language.

Hearing the taunts and jokes from everyone in the restaurant, the young scholar just pretended not to hear it, and continued to look at the shopkeeper helplessly, and continued to beg: "Shopkeeper, please do me a favor, I can do anything, chop firewood and carry water. Burning fire and running hall, I can do it."

"Oh, Scholar Ning!"

The shopkeeper in front of the counter seemed to be unbearably annoyed by the young scholar. He slapped the account book in his hand on the counter and raised his voice slightly, "There is really nothing you can do here. If you are really hungry No... that go to the back kitchen to get two steamed buns and leave quickly, and don't come here again."

"No, no, no."

The young scholar waved his hand, "I can't bear this... Goooooo..."

Before he finished speaking, the young scholar's stomach growled again.

"Hahaha……"

All the diners in the restaurant lobby burst into laughter again.

At this time, the waiter in the back kitchen came out from inside with a tray and several fist-sized steamed buns in his hands.

"Take it!"

The shopkeeper of the restaurant stretched out his hand to greet the waiter, took two steamed buns from above, stuffed them into the hands of the young scholar, and then said, "Ning Caichen, Ning Shusheng, looking at how your parents took care of me in the past, this is my last time Help you, don't come to my hotel again in the future."

The young scholar looked at the two big steamed buns in his hand, swallowed, but did not leave. Instead, he looked more firmly at the shopkeeper of the restaurant, and suddenly put the steamed buns on the counter. , This... I can't accept this."

As you said that, you walked out of the restaurant without looking back.

"This scholar is quite interesting."

Yang Chu watched the whole process of the young scholar's actions by the window, with a faint smile on his face.

Since he entered this world, apart from the few people in the reincarnation world, the mortals he has seen and heard cannot be said to be warm-hearted, but most of them seem to have distorted mentality after the loss of order.

Outside Yunguo County, there were many scenes of fighting with swords drawn, many of which were caused by trivial matters.

Yang Chu also had a further understanding of the so-called decline of humanity from another aspect.

That is the corruption of the heart.

The world is difficult, the order is broken, and everything becomes naked.

But the behavior of this young scholar made Yang Chu feel a little different.

"return."

Just when the young scholar named Ning Caichen was about to walk out of the restaurant, suddenly the shopkeeper on the counter, who looked like a mouse, with a mustache, yelled again.

The young scholar stopped in his tracks, but he didn't look back, he just looked up at the market outside the restaurant in a daze.

The street market looked lively and chaotic, and there were occasional sounds of fighting.

"Scholar Ning, I remembered. I have something for you to do here." Seeing the young scholar stop, the shopkeeper of the restaurant added another sentence.

"what?!"

Hearing this, the young scholar turned his head and jumped to the counter in three or two steps, his clear eyes seemed to be shining, "Shopkeeper, you said there is something for me to do, please tell me what it is ?”

"Hey, look at these!"

The shopkeeper of the restaurant rummaged through a cabinet behind him and found an account book that was more than a foot thick, and smashed it in front of the young scholar with a bang.

"What is this?" The young scholar looked at those ledgers, momentarily at a loss.

"These are all debts. If you have the ability, go and help me recover all these debts." The shopkeeper of the restaurant shook his head and said helplessly, "If you can get it back, you can get it back for every ten taels of silver. , I'll give you one or two, will it work?"

"Good good."

The young scholar was very excited when he looked at the full account books, and when he turned his eyes, he stretched out his hand and stuffed a steamed bun on the counter into his mouth, then went to look through the account books, and said vaguely, "Shopkeeper, I will definitely be able to do this." The account was returned."

"You don't need to collect the bills in the county. Most of them are dead debts. Those who owe money either died or ran away."

The shopkeeper of the restaurant watched the young scholar gnaw on the steamed buns as if he had been reincarnated from starvation, and shook his head again, "Only these are from Guobei County down below. Go and help me get back the debts from previous years."

"Guobei County?!"

Many diners in the restaurant had been watching the excitement of this young scholar, but after the shopkeeper mentioned Guobei County, many people raised their heads and looked at the counter one by one, with some strange flickers in their eyes. shine.

"Ok?"

Yang Chu was sitting near the window, and also noticed the movement here, and turned his head slightly.

He clearly felt that after the shopkeeper of the restaurant uttered the three words "Guobei County", the atmosphere in the restaurant seemed to change slightly at many moments.

"This Guobei County doesn't look simple. I'm afraid these people know something."

Yang Chu thought about it, thinking of what happened in Linguo County before, and vaguely caught something.

"Okay, I will help you, the shopkeeper, to recover the account."

The young scholar in front of the counter didn't notice the strangeness around him at all, he just swallowed a steamed bun, then looked at the remaining steamed buns, "Just, shopkeeper, if you have to hurry, can... can you give me some?" Dry food?"

(End of this chapter)