When Li Changzhou returned to his room, a maid named Xiaoling prepared water for him to wash up.

He glanced around and discovered that the pipes in the house actually had both hot and cold water, making life much more comfortable than when he was a child—when he was a child, he would boil himself in a pot to take a bath, and there was no tap water, let alone any distinction between hot and cold water.

"Second Master, I heard you encountered an assassin today?" Xiaoling couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"A few petty thieves," Li Changzhou replied, rolling up his sleeves as he prepared to wash his face.

"A petty thief? What's the difference between a petty thief and an assassin?"

“You’re the petty thief, and my brother is the assassin, understand?” Li Changzhou reached into the basin and poured water to wash his face.

Xiaoling tilted her head and thought for a while, then shook her head: "I don't understand."

Li Changzhou took the towel she handed him, wiped his face, and asked, "How old are you?"

Thirteen years old.

"At what age did you come to the Marshal's Mansion?"

"Eleven, and later I did well, so I started serving the second concubine when I was twelve, and then I served you, young master, when I was thirteen!" Xiaoling said proudly, raising her little face and touching her braid.

Li Changzhou slowed down his face-wiping movements, and after wiping his face, he carefully wiped his hands.

After Xiaoling left, Li Changzhou returned to his bedroom.

His house has three rooms: a living room, a study, and a bedroom, with the living room located between the study and the bedroom.

After meditating on the "Book of Thunder" for a while with his eyes closed, he couldn't sit still any longer when the clock was about to strike 12. He took the initiative to use the Gemini Bond Summoning.

As if opening my eyes, a crack appeared in the space before me.

As his eyes widened, a patch of snow-white could be vaguely seen in the dim light, swaying like a delicate flower in the wind.

"Brother! What are you doing! I'm getting dressed!" Li Qianxia exclaimed softly from across the room.

She crouched down, turned her back to the "eyes," and curled up into a ball.

Li Changzhou turned his back: "Didn't you say you'd summon me if you had the chance? It's almost midnight now."

"Stop talking." The rustling sound of clothes being quickly put on came from behind. "Xiaoyue gave me the identity of a shoe factory worker, and I just got off work!"

She complained again, "I was just going to take a shower and then call you, but you spied on me. You didn't invite me to dinner, I'm going to tell Qinglan."

"I'm going to treat you to dinner just because I glanced at your shoulder? What about when you show off your thighs, arms, belly button, or wear off-the-shoulder tank tops? I've seen all that too, what about that?"

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"Please treat me to meals for the rest of my life... Okay."

Li Changzhou turned around, and his "eyes" had turned into a "door," and Li Qianxia jumped over from the other side.

As soon as she arrived, her two bright, intelligent eyes scanned Li Changzhou's bedroom.

"You're living the good life!" She slapped Li Changzhou's shoulder hard, gritting her teeth.

"I'll give you some money when you leave." Li Changzhou was very sensible.

"Give me money? You look down on me? I'm not leaving!" Li Qianxia threw herself onto the bed. "This blanket, this pillow, and the fragrance! It's better than my life in modern times!"

Li Changzhou smiled and explained, "It's dangerous for you to stay by my side. Let's split up first."

"Danger?" Li Qianxia looked up.

Li Changzhou recounted what had happened that day.

"Even TV dramas wouldn't dare to be this exciting," Li Qianxia commented. Her brother thought he could handle those people, but she didn't insist.

He then recounted what had happened on his side.

"I've learned a skill, I can now make shoe soles."

As she spoke, she used her left hand as a shoe sole and her right hand to hold a needle, threading the needle up and down one stitch at a time. Every now and then she would grab other tools, poke at the "sole," and even bite it with her teeth.

"It was really hard work." After finishing one "shoe sole," she sighed and pounded her left shoulder with her right hand.

After discussing work, they started talking about where they lived.

A large courtyard, rented by several families, with low partitions separating the rooms, each room only able to fit a bed, crammed together with a large family.

Husbands, wives, and children spend their entire lives eating and sleeping there; children are born and grow up there. Like a battlefield, this place is a kind of hell on earth.

Li Qianxia lived with a group of female workers from out of town; they seemed to be from the same village.

Li Changzhou thought of Xiaoling, who had been serving others since she was eleven years old. In modern times, this is the age when one is served, but Xiaoling did not feel bitter at all because there were people and lives that were even more bitter.

"Oh, right," Li Qianxia remembered something, "Have you found Qinglan?"

“No.” Li Changzhou came to his senses. “But once the news of my assassination attempt is published tomorrow, she will know where I am.”

Li Qianxia nodded and said, "Give me the money later, and I'll buy a ticket for the show at 8 p.m. on the 28th, just in case."

"good."

After the two siblings chatted for a while, Li Changzhou gave Li Qianxia 1,000 silver dollars.

"1000... Guess how much I earn for a day's work?"

"One silver dollar?" Li Changzhou held up one finger, trying to guess the smallest amount possible.

"Ha!" Li Qianxia sneered, "Dream on, two cents! And this is your invincible, cute, and super capable little sister of mine who's quick and efficient! Now guess how much my rent is a month?"

"How many?"

"Ten silver dollars!" Li Qianxia held up two fingers, which were crossed together like a cross.

"Can you afford to stay here?" Li Changzhou asked curiously.

"That's why you should share an apartment! Ten people sharing an apartment, it only costs three cents a month!"

Li Changzhou nodded.

"All you do is nod?" Li Qianxia spread her hands. "Give me some more."

"What do you need so much money for? You can't take this money out of the country." Li Changzhou gave her another thousand, this time with a check from Songcheng Commercial Bank instead of cash.

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