Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 27 Mouse: It turns out that being a human is so difficult
Ping'an Lane, at the entrance of the courtyard where Chen Xu lives.

A wheat-skinned boy was squatting huddled by the door, with a pair of baskets beside him. The baskets were filled to the brim, but they were covered with a coarse linen cloth, making it impossible to tell what was inside at a glance.

The boy was wearing a half-worn indigo shorts. Although there were patches on the collar and cuffs, they were neatly kept clean.

Chen Xu got off the carriage at the alley entrance and came to the door of his house with the help of a cane. The moment his eyes met the young man's, the young man immediately jumped up from the ground with joy.

"Second brother!" the young man shouted repeatedly, rushing forward with joy and enthusiasm, and steadied himself just before bumping into Chen Xu.

Then, his eyes fell on Chen Xu's right hand, which was leaning on a cane, and his expression changed instantly: "Second brother, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Xu sighed, knowing that he could no longer hide it.

The person who came was his third brother in this life, Chen An.

Since Chen Xu came to the county to study after the New Year, he only sent a verbal message back once to tell his family that he was temporarily staying in Ping'an Lane, but he did not tell them about his broken leg.

At this moment, Chen An's face changed, and Chen Xu immediately said: "Don't worry, I just fell down, this leg can be cured."

The words "it can be cured" barely appeased Chen An. The young man hesitated for a moment, but in the end did not dwell on the issue of Chen Xu's leg injury. Instead, he turned around and picked up the two baskets on the ground with a carrying pole.

"Brother, today is your birthday. Mom and Dad asked me to bring some food and eggs to celebrate your birthday. Come on, let's go to the yard first."

After the two entered the yard, Chen Xu turned around and closed the gate.

Chen An carried the two baskets to the kitchen and put them away, then carefully took out a cloth bag from his lapel.

He poured out everything in the cloth bag, which turned out to be seven or eight pieces of white silver coins. At a glance, they could add up to at least four or five taels.

Seeing the silver in his hands, Chen An breathed a sigh of relief.

He held the silver in both hands, as if holding some rare treasure, and brought it to Chen Xu, saying with a smile: "Look, second brother, this is five taels of silver that our family collected. Mother said you would need money to take the imperial examination, so she asked me to bring it to you."

This year's college entrance examination was scheduled for mid-April. Chen Xu came to the county at the beginning of spring, originally to prepare for this examination.

This was also the last chance Chen Xu gave himself in his heart. He had originally thought that if he still could not take the exam smoothly this time, then he would put the imperial examination aside for the time being.

He saw all the difficulties at home. As a real man born into this world, he cannot ask his family to support him endlessly just for the possibility of climbing up the ladder.

Chen Xu looked at the small pile of silver in Chen An's hand and sighed softly.

He stretched out his hand and pushed Chen An's five fingers towards his palm, allowing Chen An to hold the silver coins in his palm tightly.

"Xiao An, tell me honestly, where did this money come from?"

Chen An was startled, a trace of panic flashed across his face, and he said anxiously: "Second brother, what are you talking about? The money, the money was collected by our family!"

"You can't lie to me," Chen Xu said. "When I left home at the beginning of the spring, my family gave me five taels of silver. Tell me the truth, where did all that money come from? Lying to me won't benefit you in the slightest. On the contrary, all those years of studying as your second brother weren't in vain. I'm definitely better than you..."

"Second brother!" Chen An raised his voice with trembling lips, finally unable to hold back any longer, "It's eldest brother. Eldest brother is going to Jun County to dig a canal! The government will give you three taels of silver for digging a large canal."

After the voice fell, the two brothers looked at each other in silence.

Chen An's heart was beating wildly. For some reason, he was a little afraid of his second brother at this moment.

Chen Xu remained silent for about ten breaths. No one knew that while he was silent at this moment, the noisy squeaking sounds of two mice rang in his ears again.

"It turns out that being a human being is so difficult. It's so pitiful to be short of money." The mouse sighed, his voice innocent but with some carefree sympathy.

Jiu Ye's old voice was filled with surprise as he said, "Hey, this scholar's bad luck has all gone. How amazing! But since the bad luck is gone, just give him some more time. I think with his current luck, making money shouldn't be difficult."

Chen Xu listened to it and his heart was slightly moved.

He started studying at the age of seven, and when he was young, he was mainly dependent on his family for support.

But once he became familiar with his surroundings, he quickly began to think about making money on his own.

As a science and engineering man, he actually had no shortage of ways to make a fortune in ancient times. However, making money was easier than keeping it, and in today's world, using some overly prominent methods was fine, but once used when weak, it would be a disaster.

Chen Xu made some quick money by doing small things, such as making small toys like the Nine-Link Tangram puzzle and selling them to his classmates, and helping his classmates solve problems and answer their questions.

In addition, he secretly wrote storybooks, copied books, sold calligraphy, etc.

These methods worked well at first, but everything changed when Chen Xu failed the college entrance examination for the first time.

His bad luck manifested itself in many aspects——

There is no need to elaborate on this matter. Now that Chen Xu has solved this problem, he should be able to make his own way in the vast ocean.

The rat demon's words reminded him of the silver he was short of when he was in trouble before.

That was before the Chinese New Year last year. A storybook he wrote achieved good sales results throughout Yunjiang Prefecture.

According to the original agreement with Boya Bookstore, Chen Xu should have received a 10% dividend.

This was already an extremely low dividend ratio, but that day, when Chen Xu went to collect the compensation he deserved, the owner of Boya Bookstore, relying on the power behind him, was so shameless as to refuse to pay the compensation on the grounds that "money was stolen."

Then, the shopkeeper named Sun Wu said to Chen Xu hypocritically: "Mr. Chen, our entire Boya Study has been robbed. What can we do about it? Of course, Mr. Chen, you can rest assured. No matter what happens, you will not be deprived of what you deserve.

Just wait a couple of months until our boss recovers, and even if we have to sell everything we have, we'll pay you back the writing fee, right?"

They are so powerful that there is nothing we can do.

At that time, Chen Xu was thinking about passing the imperial examination next year and obtaining the title of scholar.

Even if it is just the title of scholar, this grandson shopkeeper will never dare to deceive me again.

Even if he doesn't say anything at that time, won't the man surnamed Sun take the initiative to deliver the royalties?

The idea at that time could not be said to be naive, but it was also a helpless move under the general trend.

But now and then.

Now, after a series of adventures, Chen Xu's entire worldview has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The world has changed. Should he still stick to the rules established by those shackles as before?
Rules are meant to be broken from the day they were established.

Chen Xu thought about what he was going to do, and for some reason he felt a little excited.

(End of this chapter)