Chapter 479 Where Are You Now
Chapter 479 Where Are You Now
Just by looking at the shabby and casual clothes he was wearing, the second lady Dong Liangyu concluded that Shi Chun was not the kind of person who would pretend to be polite to treat her sisters well.
Her observation and judgment of Shi Chun had no romantic feelings towards him, but rather she was attracted by Shi Chun's poverty.
It was because the third sister Dong Liangying, who worked in the lobby, had to be the shopkeeper and accountant, and also had to do miscellaneous tasks such as serving writing materials, pouring tea and water, and she was really too busy.
The eldest sister Dong Liangyi took care of the family's food and drink expenses, and was also busy in the backyard. The kitchen work alone was enough to make ends meet, so she had no time to take care of the library's affairs.
The fourth brother, Dong Liangze, is responsible for external affairs, and the work of helping in the lobby cannot be fixed.
As for my father, although he is a man of character, he doesn't care about the daily necessities of life. To put it bluntly, he doesn't care about any mundane affairs. He only reads books, strolls around the streets, visits friends and preaches. As his children are already adults, it is not easy for us to force him to work.
So the third brother in the lobby was really too busy, but the library's income was really meager, and it was a bit difficult to hire people normally. Even the minimum wage of one or two hundred gold per month was barely enough for the library to pay.
In this way, Shi Chun's poverty becomes an advantage.
What's more, he is well-educated and well-mannered, and you can tell at first glance that he is not the kind of person who would do anything reckless, which makes him even more suitable.
Because there had been a kind-hearted person who had offered to help before, but he ended up coming for the three sisters. Their father was a man who strictly abided by ethics and morals, and after discovering the man's evil intentions, he picked up a stick and almost beat the man out.
From then on, their father made a rule that dying from exhaustion was a small matter, but reputation was a big matter, and no one with ill intentions was allowed to enter without permission.
After seeing Shi Chun's strengths, she explained the situation to her siblings, who all thought it was suitable. Then the fourth brother, Dong Liangze, personally investigated Shi Chun's situation.
After checking, I found out that Shi Chun was working as a handyman in a horse farm outside the city that raised "Xilinju". He was paid 200 gold coins a month and lived in a smelly stable.
The only benefit of the horse farm is the relaxed working environment. Once you finish some work, you're done with it, which is well worth the wages.
Dong Liangze went back and told his sisters about the situation. After discussing it, they felt that there was a chance because the man loved reading and they had a lot of books here.
Of course, this matter ultimately required the consent of his father Dong Wenshu. When they explained the situation, they heard that it was not easy for Shi Chun to come and spend money on reading books even though he earned so little.
So Dong Wenshu, the old stubborn man, rarely agreed.
However, the siblings all knew that even if their father agreed, it would be useless. The other person also had to agree. After all, the wages they could offer were too low.
Afterwards, Dong Liangze found Shi Chun and offered him a monthly salary of fifty gold coins, including food and accommodation. He could read the books in the library for free and there was no hard or tiring work.
In fact, Shi Chun had already discovered him when he was following him, and thought he had some ill intentions and was observing him. He didn't expect that such a thing would come up. Hiring him to do odd jobs in the library?
But the salary is too low, only fifty gold a month.
Of course, he doesn't care about the salary now, he is a billionaire now.
He has fought his way out from the masses at the bottom of society and is a well-known figure in the entire cultivation world. He has achieved a class leap in a very short period of time.
You can buy the horse farm with a snap of your fingers, so this amount of labor cost can really be ignored.
So he was very curious, why did you ask me to go to the library?
Dong Liangze's words were useless. He said that he couldn't offer higher wages to others, and Shi Chun would not be soft-hearted. "Is it your business that you have no money? Why should I be paid less just because you have no money? What kind of logic is this?"
In the end, it was the phrase 'well-educated and well-mannered' that touched Shi Chun's heart.
Shi Chun discovered that as expected of a family of scholars, he had much better vision than most people.
Just imagine, there are so many people coming in and out of the library, but he could be picked out at a glance. What's more, he looks so poor. It seems that his poverty cannot conceal his character and great kindness.
So I thought about it seriously. After all, it might as well stay in the library. The environment in the library is indeed much better than that in the horse farm, and it would be convenient to find things in the library in the future.
So I agreed.
And wherever he is, Wu Jinliang will most likely be there.
Wu Jinliang, who was listening in, was shocked when he heard that there was such a thing. How could someone come to hire him just for reading books? The headmaster, who had practiced so many times to be elegant, could actually be seen as well-educated and well-mannered. How blind must the people in the library be!
He also didn't want to stay in this smelly horse farm, where people had to cover their noses when they went to a brothel, so he came over and asked if the library still needed anyone.
How could he possibly ask for more? Not to mention that this big guy had not been reviewed and did not meet the standards, the library could not afford the wages alone. Dong Liangze naturally declined the offer.
In this way, Shi Chun quit his job at the horse farm and moved to the library.
Dong Liangze was quite nice and even helped him find the horse farm to settle some of his wages. It could be seen that the owner of the library had a good reputation in the big city and could get some face from the horse farm. The original horse farm was not so easy to talk to. It was rich and powerful and quite fierce.
Wu Jinliang had already said, let's wait!
It turned out that the library siblings had good vision. Shi Chun did his job simply and efficiently, and his words and actions showed his magnanimity and ease. When some book friends were in a bad mood and said a few words or cursed at him, he just laughed it off.
When I meet a good-looking female book friend, I just admire her and have no intention of smelling her.
He did not do anything inappropriate or inappropriate towards the three sisters in the library.
Even the museum owner Dong Wenshu could feel this, which made him feel relieved and satisfied.
In fact, Shi Chun knew very well that he was just a passer-by in both the library and the big city. He did not want to leave any weaknesses that could be attacked. This was for his own good as well as for the good of his family, because this family was too weak to be affected by the storms around him.
When it comes to female beauty, it sounds a bit harsh to say that he looks down on the three sisters, but Lan'er is definitely prettier than the three sisters.
Dong Wenshu's personality was obvious. He would never let his daughter be with any man casually. He wanted to be together for life, and it had to be legitimate and formal. Shi Chun's diet was simple when he was with them. He would eat a little of whatever the Dong family ate, but he would stop after a few tastings, saying that he had a small appetite.
The landlord will naturally be happy to save money.
Little did he know that as soon as he turned around, Shi Chun might use the mother-and-child talisman to contact Wu Jinliang and prepare some delicious food for him. To a certain extent, or for him, the boss's food standard was really not high and was indeed a bit frugal.
The Dong family also discovered that Shi Chun basically did not practice. He worked during the day, would go out for a walk after closing the door, and would fall asleep as soon as he fell down.
In this way, the Dong family understood why he could get by with a salary of fifty sandalwood gold. This guy had no place to spend money at all.
This kind of life lasted for more than a year, and the entire Dong family became very familiar with him and even knew his family background.
Without some in-depth investigation, it would be impossible to find out the family background arranged by Master Nan.
Oh, Shi Chun's current alias is Wang Ping, and Wu Jinliang's alias is Gao He, which is changed from 'Wang Qiang' and 'Gao Sheng'.
Being away from home and because of their reputation, it was not convenient for them to use their real names. When it came to pseudonyms, they naturally thought of the names they had used during the Meteor Shower Conference. After some joking, Shi Chun casually changed it to "Wang Ping", and Wu Jinliang discussed it and changed it to "Gao He".
After the change, Wu Jinliang suddenly asked, "Chuntian, if Mulan Qingqing knew that we changed the name again, she wouldn't be angry, right?"
Shi Chun's reply was, "Are you sick or am I sick? Why tell her this?"
They came out to lie dormant this time, and did not tell Feng Chi and Xiang Lan'er where they were going. There is no need to explain the reason. Xiang Lan'er wanted to go by herself...
Some male regulars in the library envied Shi Chun for having the opportunity to deal with three beauties. Occasionally, someone would tease him, or even mock him, asking him if he wanted to be a live-in son-in-law.
Shi Chun just laughed it off, thinking it was not worth worrying about. If the other party was really unlucky and encountered such a person in the future, it would not be too late to make them change their mind.
After walking around the hall and refilling everyone's tea, he passed by the "Reward Wall Question" board and stopped to look at the reward question on it.
This wall is also a fun part of the library. Someone will give questions to test others, and the reward amount will be marked next to the questions, so you can have a little fun by gambling.
Shi Chun focused on two of these issues.
One is: Where is the ancient "Shenniao Mountain" now?
Second, where is the ancient "Jinque Mountain" now?
The reward for both questions is fifty coins, which is half a gold bar.
The topic was proposed by Shi Chun, and people were arranged to offer rewards for the topics. The reward for this kind of small interest of the library should not be too high.
The purpose of tracking down 'Shen Niao Mountain' is naturally to find the Anti-Soul Tree.
The reason for tracking down 'Jinque Mountain' is that when the Tianyu Meteor Conference fell into a secret realm, the mummy in the secret cave left behind a 'Beidou Demon Book', a demon cultivator named Jin Zhan, and asked his descendants to pass it on, saying that there would be a generous reward.
He actually didn't expect much in the way of reward. At least with his current strength, he didn't dare to enter the secret realm of the Westernmost Part again. He almost didn't escape last time, so it's better not to think about the treasure inside. So he was not sure whether to hand over the demon book or not. He had to see what happened to his descendants to see if it was worth it for him to hand it over.
This time he came to Jukuzhou, which happened to be the place mentioned in Jin Zhan's suicide note, so he wanted to look for it by the way.
There is no way. The place "Jinque Mountain" only exists in ancient books. There is indeed a person named "Jin Zhan" in the records, but because the time is too long ago, there are only a few words about him, saying that he had great magical powers and died in a battle with the Demon Ancestor in ancient times.
There was no detailed record of how powerful his magic power was in the classics they could find, but there were records in many classics that could prove that the Demon Ancestor was the number one master in the six realms at the time, and his reputation is still spread far and wide today.
So many people died at the hands of the Demon Ancestor in the past, but there is not even a single word about them in history, and they are all lost in the dust of history.
And his master Chun happened to know that Jin Zhan did not die at the hands of the Demon Ancestor at all. He was able to survive the battle with the Demon Ancestor. This "Northern Star Demon Book" must be very powerful.
Precisely because of this, he couldn’t hand it over easily. Besides, who knew whether Jin Zhan’s descendants were still around.
Unfortunately, no one in the history books has specifically written about the historical changes of "Jinque Mountain". Just like "Shenniao Mountain", this place name cannot be found even if you search the entire Jukuzhou.
Even Master Nan who came to help was puzzled as to why he couldn't find the place names you asked him to look up.
Since there were many well-read scholars in this library, and they all happened to be from Jukuzhou, Shi Chun decided to give it a try since he had nothing to do anyway and posted a reward on the wall.
However, the result is still the same. These two questions have been left unsolved for quite some time.
This made him feel a little melancholy. What a bunch of bastards. They read all the books like dogs and none of them were useful. He had also flipped through most of the books in the collection.
Putting the teapot aside, he walked to the gate, leaned against the door frame, and lost himself in thought as he watched the people coming and going on the bustling street. Sometimes he thought that now that he was rich, it wouldn't be a bad idea to live a quiet and peaceful life.
But he still has his own dream after all, and that haunting figure often appears in his mind.
In front of the people coming and going is the prosperity of this place, which is the territory of the demon world. Wherever there is a city in Xiniu Hezhou, it is basically a place where immortals and mortals live together, and most of them have rules. Demon cultivators who cannot transform into human form are not allowed to enter the city without permission, and they are not allowed to show up on the streets at will after leaving their homes.
If there were no such rule, everyone would just continue digging holes in the mountains. Why would we bother with building cities on such a large scale?
The demon world is mostly inhabited by humans. To become a god or immortal, one must savor the ultimate perfection, and ultimately it is better to savor it with the focused attention of human hands.
(End of this chapter)