Chapter 26: Making a Living

Li Banfeng sat in his living room, summarizing his previous crazy actions.

He attacked the people of the Dark Star Bureau. Although he didn't know what kind of organization the Dark Star Bureau was, since it had the word "bureau", it must be related to the public.

He came to an incredible place and inexplicably became a dark energy user.

If he was a normal dark energy user, it would be fine, but he also practiced two completely incompatible Taoist sects.

What to do next?

Go back to Yuezhou?

Find He Jiaqing on the hospital bed?

What to buy the ticket?

Wallet, shirt, trousers, leather shoes, all left in the old house, Li Banfeng couldn't go back to get them.

All his current property includes a top hat, a mountaineering hat, a set of pajamas, a T-shirt, a pair of sweatpants, a pair of sneakers, two boxes of instant noodles, a box of potato chips, a little more than a bag of spicy strips, and He Jiaqing's copper lotus.

Sell the copper lotus and exchange it for a ticket back to Yuezhou?

The key is how much is this copper lotus worth? It's probably not suitable to sell it as scrap copper.

If I don't sell the copper lotus, what will I eat next?

I don't have a penny left.

Li Banfeng slept in "Sui Shen Ju" for a night.

"Sui Shen Ju" is very quiet, and there is almost no noise. Although there are no windows, the air is very fresh. There is no other smell except the dust accumulated over the years.

What woke Li Banfeng up from his sleep was hunger and thirst.

Yesterday I only ate a bag of instant noodles, and I didn't drink much water.

Now Li Banfeng fumbled out another bag of instant noodles, but he didn't know how to swallow it.

Chewing dry is definitely not okay. Li Banfeng left Sui Shen Ju, returned to the alley, put away the key, found a family, and knocked on the door.

Although he grew up in an orphanage and suffered a lot, asking for water... still makes people feel a little embarrassed.

"Big sister, please give me a bowl of water. I don't want to eat, I just want a bowl of water."

Li Banfeng repeatedly emphasized that he didn't want to eat, and the big sister did give him a bowl of water, but the look in her eyes made Li Banfeng feel like there were dozens of thorns on his face.

Now he is asking for water, but how far is it from begging for food?

There are only two boxes of instant noodles.

I have to find a way to make a living.

Travelers walk at least 20 miles a day. Li Banfeng ate a noodle and started strolling along the Neigou Street.

"Extra, Extra, The second lady of the Chu family attempted to kill her husband on her wedding night and fled for fear of crime. Her husband's family offers a reward of 3 million!

Sir, buy a newspaper. Today's extra edition, big news, 50 cents!"

50 cents, I don't have it.

Li Banfeng smiled and looked at the newspaper boy.

How about I sell newspapers with you.

It's not easy to find a job selling newspapers. Many children make a living by selling newspapers.

Li Banfeng didn't know the market of newspapers, nor did he know the skills of selling newspapers. In his impression, newspapers had faded from the public's sight ten years ago.

Li Banfeng found two shops in the town that were looking for odd jobs, one was a furniture store, and the other was a rice store.

Li Banfeng's requirements were not high, just doing odd jobs for a few days to earn enough money for a ticket.

But these two shops didn't hire Li Banfeng because he was dressed strangely.

A short-sleeved T-shirt with a top hat didn't seem so strange to Li Banfeng, but the shopkeepers thought he didn't look like a serious person.

At noon, his stomach started to growl again. Li Banfeng asked for another bowl of water and ate a flatbread. At this time, there was only a box of potato chips left for the meal.

It was difficult, it was really difficult.

Neigou couldn't find a job, so Li Banfeng walked all the way to the edge of the town and walked towards Waigou.

Waigou's area was much larger than Ligou's.

The situation in Waigou was also much more complicated than Ligou's.

Walking along the dirt road, Li Banfeng saw farmers working, low houses, and mountains and forests with no people for miles.

He walked all the way until dusk, and the last pack of instant noodles had long been digested, and the potato chips were also eaten.

The only good news was that Li Banfeng felt the tremors of his mind.

This was a special feeling of a cultivator, reminding Li Banfeng that he had walked twenty miles and had completed the basic practice of the day.

The home cultivators also felt this, but it was relatively milder. Every time he stayed in the living room for two hours, Li Banfeng could feel a cool and comfortable feeling.

There was a restaurant in front, a very small restaurant, with five tables in the dark tile house, and a notice posted at the door saying that they were looking for waiters.

Li Banfeng wanted to try his luck, but suddenly someone in the restaurant called out: "Brother Li, it's you!"

Li Banfeng turned around and saw a fat boy eating noodles. There were three bowls of noodles and three empty bowls on the table.

Qin Xiaopang!

Li Banfeng was stunned!

Qin Xiaopang greeted him and said, "Brother Li, come and sit down. We are really destined to meet. Do you like this restaurant too? I like it very much. The food here is cheap and affordable."

Li Banfeng told the truth directly: "Brother Qin, to be honest, I am not here to eat. I am here to find a job because I see this restaurant is hiring."

Qin Xiaopang was stunned: "Come to the restaurant to find a job, what is this?"

Li Banfeng looked bitter: "I have to find one. I don't have a penny and I'm about to eat!"

Qin Xiaopang is a righteous man. He patted his chest and said, "Hey, give me two more bowls of noodles. Brother Li, if you don't mind, let's eat first!"

Li Banfeng was embarrassed. We just met by chance. Why should he eat someone else's food?

"If you don't eat, you are looking down on me!" Qin Xiaopang pulled a chair and pulled Li Banfeng to sit down. The steaming Yangchun noodles were served after a while.

Food repair, five pounds of rice a day, five bowls of noodles a meal, this is the basic operation for the little fat man.

Li Banfeng was also starving. There was no meat in Yangchun noodles, only half a bowl of broth, a spoonful of soy sauce, and two cabbages. However, Li Banfeng felt that this was the most delicious delicacy he had ever tasted.

After finishing the two bowls of noodles in a flash, Xiaopang paid for the meal and said to Li Banfeng, "Brother Li, this place is a mess. Let's find a place to talk."

The two of them left the restaurant and found a quiet place on the edge of the woods. Xiaopang asked in a low voice: "Brother, are you ready?"

"I'm done." Li Banfeng nodded.

Qin Xiaopang lowered his voice lower: "Which door did you enter?"

Xiaopang is a sincere person, and Li Banfeng also knows Xiaopang's Taoism. It would be a bit dishonest not to tell the truth at this time.

"I entered the traveling training camp."

Li Banfeng didn't say anything about the house repairs. He couldn't explain it clearly and couldn't talk about it easily.

Qin Xiaopang scratched his cheek: "It stands to reason that traveling monks have no shortage of livelihood. They can deliver letters, escort, and bodyguards. Even if they don't have enough money, they can even pull a car."

Li Banfeng smiled, he really wanted to pull the rickshaw.

He inquired about it. As a traveling repairman, if he went to pull a cart and was a cart driver with a steamer, it would be very easy for a business trip to cost several hundred yuan.

Especially Li Banfeng’s hiking hat, it has the temperament of a coachman!

To pull a foreign rickshaw, you must first have a car. Li Banfeng didn't have a car.

If you don't have a car, you can rent it, but you need a deposit, and Li Banfeng can't afford the deposit.

Moreover, the driver pulling the cart must have a license, and Li Banfeng will not be able to obtain a license in the short term.

The most important thing is that you have to know the road when pulling a cart, and Li Banfeng doesn't know the road.

The traveler has the gift of knowing the way, but he does not know the most basic place names, which obviously does not meet the basic business requirements of a coachman.

Seeing that Li Banfeng remained silent, Qin Xiaopang smiled and said: "It's my fault that I can't speak. What kind of people are our brothers? How can we be able to pull carts?"

Brother Li, I have a small business here. I don’t have much money, but I can make some emergency money. It depends on whether you are willing to take action. "

"Brother, I've already gone to the restaurant to find food, so what's the point of being picky? It's just that you are talking about doing business, and I have no capital."

"No capital is needed. This is a capitalless business. The capital is our life. Have you heard of Kuwu Mountain?"

Kuwu Mountain?

Li Banfeng shook his head: "I haven't heard of it."

Qin Xiaopang said: "There is no one in Yaowanggou who doesn't know about Kuwu Mountain. This mountain has been shrouded in thick fog all year round. The fog is highly poisonous. Most people who go up the mountain will definitely die."

Li Banfeng frowned. This was simply a natural gas chamber: "What business are you doing here?"

"Have you ever heard of the Serpentia in Bitter Mist Mountain?"

Li Banfeng shook his head, he must have never heard of it.

Qin Xiaopang raised his voice slightly: "This snake flower blooms once a year, and the flowering period lasts only one day.

Serpentia chrysanthemum is the main ingredient for refining Serpentine Pill. One Serpentine Pill can be worth a day's practice.

Didn't I tell you before that it takes ten years of practice to improve one level of cultivation. If you take a snake-spotted pill every day, it is equivalent to practicing for one more day. Calculated in this way, you can improve one level in five years.

The day after tomorrow is the day when the serpentia blooms, and several medicine stores have already offered prices. One serpentia plant costs 85 yuan.

In Kuwu Mountain, if an ordinary person is lucky and can find two or three plants in one hour, and twenty or thirty plants in ten hours, he can earn two thousand yuan.

You are a traveling monk with good footwork. You can earn three thousand in ten hours at least, and there are some who can earn five thousand. What do you think of this business? "

Three thousand yuan, the ticket will definitely be fine, and I can still live a happy life for two days when I return to Yuezhou.

This deal can be done!

Li Banfeng was about to agree, but then he thought: "No, since the mist is highly poisonous, isn't going to the mountain to collect medicine a risk of death?"

Qin Xiaopang said: "Most people will die if they go there, but we are different!

We have cultivation skills and our bodies are much better than ordinary people. A traveling cultivator like you can endure ten hours on the mountain. If you grit your teeth, you can endure fifteen hours.

After going down the mountain, I vomited for a day to clear up the vomiting, and then rested for two days and it was over.

I am a food cultivator. I have enough to eat and drink, so I can stay on the mountain for twenty hours. "

This business really costs one’s life!

Li Banfeng thought about the profits, nodded and said, "Brother, I've done this business."

Qin Xiaopang smiled and said, "You can run fast, but I can handle it. Our brothers will definitely make a profit from this business!"

PS: Dear readers, let’s go picking chrysanthemums with Banfeng!