"What!" Tianming stared blankly at Master Ban who was blocking him in front of him, and yelled, "You still have to work!?"
"Otherwise?" Master Ban put his hand on his normal arm and asked cheerfully, "Young man, you can't always think about getting something for nothing."
"If you don't do something for a day, you won't do it for a day. This is the rule passed down by our Mohist ancestors."
"But...but this is not your Mo family, this is Jinghu Medical Village!" Tianming argued hard.
Master Ban was not surprised by his desperate struggle, and replied proudly, "This is indeed not the Mohist family, but Miss Rong thought this rule was good, so she applied it."
"Except for patients who cannot move, everyone else living in the medical village must abide by this rule, otherwise, there will be no food."
"Haha, I'm still a child and a family member of a patient, so I don't have to be like this, right?" Tianming tried his best to squeeze out a flattering smile, and You struggled hard without giving up.
Master Ban nodded politely, but did not give Tianming the answer he wanted, "That's right, so you can work less."
"But if you have a big appetite, you still have to work more."
"How much work you do, how much food you eat!"
Tianming's fake smile completely froze on his face, and he asked in a dull tone, "Then...then Chitaki and the others also have to work?"
"Of course!" Master Ban asked righteously, "Do you think that Xiao Qiantaki's work for Miss Rong is not considered labor?"
"What about Sister Yuki-onna?"
"She will help Miss Rong take care of the medicine field behind."
"What about you?"
"I don't want to work." Master Ben was delighted and gloated, deliberately irritating Tian Ming and said, "Old man, I will leave immediately and won't stay to eat."
"Of course, if you are tolerant enough and willing to go to the agency city, you can bear it without eating. I will pick you up in a few days to go to the agency city, and you can eat as much as you like there."
How many days have you been hungry?
After a few days of starvation, you can collect the corpse for me!
Tian Ming rolled his eyes, secretly cursing the old man in front of him, but subconsciously asked, "Don't the Mo family have the same rules? How can we eat?"
"Because at that time, you were a guest of the Mo family." Master Ban explained seriously, "Guests, of course, do not have to obey this rule."
"I'm also a guest here!" Tianming couldn't accept this explanation at all.
"No, you're not." Master Ban denied his statement.
Tianming bit his head and argued, "No, I am!"
"Okay, old man, let me ask you, have you paid the consultation fee?"
"Pay...the medical...fee!" There were three words in total. Tianming's tone also jumped three times in a row. He could hardly close his mouth and could only stumble and say, "We are all children of the world, and we often talk about money."
Outside!"
"So just work honestly." Master Ban smiled, patted his shoulder, and said, "Come with me."
"Oh..." For the sake of his stomach, Tianming had no choice but to succumb to the rules of the doctor's office. He lowered his head and followed Master Ban.
After walking a few steps, the two of them came to the well. Master Ben waved his hand and pointed at the water tank beside the well, "Your task is to fetch water and fill the water tank."
Tianming's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide as he looked up at the huge water tank, which was half a head taller than himself. He was speechless for a long time.
Master Ben kindly urged, "Hurry up, otherwise you may not be able to finish a bowl of rice before dinner time."
A three-layer wooden ladder is thoughtfully placed next to the water tank to ensure that the person fetching water will not be unable to reach the side of the tank.
Tianming stepped up and took a look inside!
Good news, the water tank is not empty.
Bad news, only one-third water.
Tianming asked with a trembling voice, "This... I want to fill it up?"
"Uh..." Master Ban pondered for a moment, then made some calculations, "No need, if it's just a bowl of rice, just half of it will be enough."
Tianming looked at the small bucket by the well, and then at the water tank, which was wider than his waist and wider than his own body, and felt his eyes darken.
Seeing this, Master Ban showed a satisfied smile, patted Tianming on the shoulder and comforted him, "You are lucky, you are just carrying water."
"If someone else hadn't done the firewood work lately, you would have been even more tired!"
This water tank looks big, but in fact it can only hold dozens of buckets of water at most. It is much easier than stacking firewood the size of an entire wall.
Tianming no longer wanted to listen to what Master Ban said, and he didn't even bother to care who the person cracking firewood was.
He just wanted to research whether there were edible things like pheasants, hares, wild fruits, etc. on this island.
Well... at least there should be fish in the lake, maybe it can help me survive for a few days.
"Okay, just take your time, old man, it's time for me to leave."
"Oh, walk slowly..." Tianming was still in a daze, and his brain didn't even make any unnatural reaction. He just mechanically replied with the most commonly used polite words.
Master Ben looked at it and shook his head, stroking his beard, laughing and sighing again before leaving.
After Tianming stayed there for a long time, he still sighed and resigned, walked to the well with heavy steps, and began to repeat the process of fetching water.
Young Hero Tianming has never been weaker than anyone else in his life and has never been afraid of any difficulties.
He can shamelessly bully the class master, but the problem of eating...
It's really impossible to ask him to go to the rice cooker and grab food like a hungry ghost!
………………
"Ha...ha...ha..."
After Qianlong finished working with Duan Murong and walked out of the lobby of the medical village, he saw Tianming lying on the ground like a dead dog by the well in the corner of the courtyard, breathing heavily, and the surrounding ground was full of water stains.<
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She walked over quickly and asked with concern, "Tianming, what are you doing?"
"Ha... work... ha... carry water!" Tianming gasped and tried his best to answer Qiantaki.
He also wanted to straighten his back and stand up, but unfortunately he tried several times but failed.
Chitaki nodded suddenly, "Oh yes, you have to work."
"Then how much water did you pump?"
Tianming really didn't have the strength to speak, so she could only point to the water tank and motion for her to look at it.
Chitaki approached the water tank and stood on tiptoe to take a glance...
Uh...it doesn't seem to be very different from what she saw this morning.
"This... I'm afraid you won't have enough to eat tonight." Chitaki warned carefully.
Tianming lay on the ground, looking at the sky with a pair of eyes.
He doesn’t know enough, but what can he do? He is also helpless!
We were almost tired, so we managed to get almost ten buckets of water, which was about half of what Master Ban said for a bowl of rice.
The rest... can only be hungry.
To be honest, he didn't expect that the bucket didn't look big, and it wasn't particularly heavy to carry after it was filled with water, but using the bucket to draw water from the well would be so tiring on the waist and arms.
Tianming, who has been homeless since childhood, once again laments this helpless life...
Why does it feel like living in this medical village is more difficult than being homeless!
At this time, Ah Ci, who had disappeared for a long time, suddenly appeared again. He squatted in front of Tianming's head with his hands on his knees, and he moved up and down, making eye contact with him.
