Chapter 9: Have you ever had a dream

The sound of the brush brushing the floor reaches the back hall; the apprentice stands at the door holding bread that is a bit hot, switching hands back and forth.

His eyes looking at Lan Si also reveal a trace of mockery, as if saying "even if a native chicken occasionally has a time to fly into the sky, it will eventually fall back to the ground," which is probably the meaning of this expression, although he himself couldn't say such a profound thing.

Lan Si straightens his waist, holding the brush, "Is the bread from the day before yesterday delicious?"

The room still remains with the rich fragrance of cheese and ham; the smile on the apprentice's face that hasn't had time to melt disappears in a very short time.

The corners of his mouth droop down little by little, and his face looks as ugly as if he had pulled it into his pants; he originally wanted to say something, but in this kind of confrontation for a month, he has never won.

He is always the one who loses; not wanting to ask for trouble, he learned to be good this time, didn't argue with Lan Si, just snorted coldly to maintain his last stubbornness, and then walked away silently.

The apprentice didn't continue to argue with Lan Si, because past lessons told him that no matter what he did, the one who felt uncomfortable in the end was himself.

The whole world is bad; he feels very hurt, especially when he can clearly smell the rich milky fragrance and ham fragrance in the air, but there is only some bitter bread in his mouth that is mixed with sand and difficult to swallow.

That kind of feeling of being hurt by the world and abandoned by the world is strong!

Lan Si knows that Jonny is not a good person, but he needs a place that can accommodate him now.

Actually, going to other places is also fine, but compared to the things that need to be worried about and guarded against in other places, it feels easier here instead.

Because in his view, Jonny is an idiot; apart from being able to take advantage of his mouth, he actually cannot cause him any substantial harm.

Money?

That kind of thing is in the drawer; when he decides to leave, no one can stop him from taking away the money that belongs to him.

The three days of the weekend are very busy in the bakery; the apprentice might have been stimulated by the pizza, and has not come out in the back hall for these few days.

His mental state seems to have some problems, but the fat owner doesn't care about this.

All he needs is an idiot who helps him work and doesn't need to pay wages; he has never thought about teaching his craft to this little thing.

Seeing that his mother, although not young, has skin that is still tight, and her mouth work is good, he allowed him to learn technology here.

As for whether he can learn anything, that has nothing to do with him.

After all, this line is all walked over like this; smart people can learn things, and idiots only deserve to work.

If there were no Lan Si, perhaps for the fat owner, this would be the most beautiful life.

But there is no if.

Lan Si teases the fat owner when he is free, making him angry, which has also become a little fun for Lan Si.

Monday morning, the time when there are the fewest guests in the week, Lan Si shakes open the newspaper the fat owner has read, and soon sees the news about the Empire.

The Emperor and his crazy army have been defeated by the insurgent army, and the Emperor personally issued the strongest conscription order in history; all imperial males over fourteen must go to the battlefield to defend the country.

And it does not rule out the possibility of conscripting women to the battlefield, because there are not many people willing to fight for the Emperor and the royal family.

Even the nobles chose to remain neutral at this time.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for an insurgent army from the bottom of society to defeat the Royal Knights one after another, forcing the Emperor to leave the Imperial Capital to escape.

Completely crazy, that is what the Emperor is at this time.

The reason why the Federation reports this news is because the continuous white-hot war in the Empire has affected two shipping lanes, and the prices of some commodities have shown a continuous upward trend.

And the trading house reminds the market that the prices of such commodities are unlikely to fall back in a short time, unless the war ends suddenly.

Below this news, it mentions that there will be more refugees in a short time to avoid the war and come to the Federation.

The number of illegal immigrants in six months is much more than in the past few years; the discussion about whether to expel black immigrants is being carried out fiercely.

New Jincheng and some prosperous cities have rapid economic development, and job positions are constantly increasing, so the contradiction between illegal immigrants and natives has not yet broken out.

But in some areas where economic development is relatively lagging, this contradiction has begun to appear.

The newspaper says that three states in the Midwest have decided to increase the crackdown policy on illegal immigrants; after catching illegal immigrants, they will order them to leave the Federation within a time limit, otherwise they will lock them up.

But Lan Si feels that this kind of countermeasure is of no great use, because for most illegal immigrants, going to jail is also a "way of making a living."

The situation in New Jincheng also has some changes; the cost of work cards has begun to increase, which is the most obvious.

In the afternoon, Erwin brought Ethan, Mero, and other little friends over.

Today's work is not too much, and everyone chose to take a day off, gathered together and decided to relax.

Lan Si opens the door to welcome them, hugs everyone, and calls them "brothers."

This approach makes these young people have different emotional expressions; most people have an inexplicable excitement; they will similarly hug Lan Si hard, pat his shoulders and back, and then also call him brother.

Pedestrians occasionally look sideways, but soon skip over, because this looks like there is nothing abnormal.

This time everyone came together, on the one hand, Ethan wanted to thank Lan Si for his help to him in person, and also wanted to connect feelings.

After all, although this matter of Ethan was a bad thing for everyone, what it extended was a good thing.

Let the young people realize "we are a group"; this feeling for young souls in a foreign land is not only full of attraction, but also full of security.

Lan Si asked for leave from the fat owner and was deducted one dollar, but he actually didn't care about this money at all.

A group of young people walked on the road full of era atmosphere; there were small cars everywhere, and those fashionable modern girls could be seen everywhere.

The whole city is glowing with peculiar vitality!

You can feel the pulse of the city, feel it developing, progressing.

Lan Si hadn't strolled through New Jincheng after coming, so this time he just happened to stroll around with everyone.

The more streets they walked, the more things they saw, the more blurred shadows in their hearts became clearer.

Lan Si lights a cigarette; he bought it for five cents; the quality of the tobacco is not very good, and it is a bit choking to smoke.

Ethan couldn't help but want to take a puff, "Let me try..."

Lan Si gives him one, and other little friends all want to try it; when they were at home, who tried this?

Afraid of being beaten to death by the old father with a stick!

But after coming to the Federation alone, the shackles in the heart are being broken, and they have become more unrestrained and enthusiastic about life.

Sure enough, everyone coughed after taking a puff; Ethan originally wanted to endure not coughing, but finally coughed out after holding his face red.

Lan Si looks at these young people who are fighting and making noise with a smile; there is a vitality belonging to young people recovering in the body.

He flicks the ash and asks, "What kind of people do you plan to become in the future?"

Ethan, while coughing, raises his hand, "I want to become a rich man, buy a big house, and pick up my mother."

Lan Si looks at Erwin; he tilts his head and considers for a while, "I want to become a lawyer; I heard that lawyers make a lot of money."

Some little friends start to boo, "But you haven't been to school; if you want to become a lawyer, you have to go to university; you don't even recognize many words!"

Erwin is a bit annoyed and hammers the person twice, "Then I will be like Ethan, be a rich man, and then hire a bunch of lawyers to work for me!"

Some people hope that God can give him a beautiful girlfriend, and some people hope that they can win the lottery.

Mero is older, twenty-two years old, and looks much more stable than others; when others are fighting and making noise, he sits on the side and smiles.

Lan Si looks at him, "What about you, Mero?"

Mero scratches his head, "I hope I can have a legal status as soon as possible; I actually don't have much desire for money; my family has always been a very ordinary family, not rich, and a bit poor."

"But this will make me very at ease; sometimes I feel that having more money is not a good thing."

"I hope to create wealth through my own hands, as well as everything I need for life."

"But sometimes the practices of these people make me unable to breathe; I just want to get rid of these now, so that when I face life, I can stand up, instead of bending over."

This is a very heavy answer; the little friends who originally had smiles on their faces have all become a bit different.

Some sigh, some complain about the dissatisfaction in their hearts about the current work, but no matter what, this has strengthened the idea that people want to become richer and have more status.

The seeds that have already sprouted slightly were fertilized with special fertilizer today; no one can predict what kind of fruit it can grow in the end.

Finally, the topic returned to Lan Si, Erwin asks Lan Si, "What about you, what kind of person do you plan to become?"

Lan Si takes a deep breath of smoke, spits it out with a hiss, smiling but not smiling, "I plan to become a person useful to society!"

The young people are stunned for a moment, and then someone pushes Lan Si down, and they fight and make noise again.

In the process of fighting and making noise, some confusion in the soul is being worn away little by little; for integrating into this era, it has a deeper level of effect.

Lan Si feels that he is gradually no longer a passerby of the world; he is integrating here, becoming a real person who lives in this era, lives here!

"Lan Si, you say... can our dreams be realized?"

Lan Si pinches the cigarette, nods hard, and says in an incomparably firm tone, "Definitely!" ===== CHAPTER 10 =====