Chapter 1 Chen’s Pharmacy, errand apprentice! 【Please collect】
Chapter 1 Chen’s Pharmacy, errand apprentice! 【Please collect】
Dali Dynasty
Pingzhou Prefecture, Qingshan County
The biting cold wind was howling and snowflakes were falling all over the sky.
There were few pedestrians on the street and the cries of vendors had long since disappeared.
The cold and dirty bluestone streets were crowded with shivering, ragged refugees from famine. The numbness and misery on their faces cast a layer of sadness over the county town.
Outside Chen's Pharmacy on Southwest Street.
There was a long queue formed early in the morning.
Hundreds of skinny disaster victims blocked the area, making it impossible to get out.
A middle-aged manager in blue clothes shouted impatiently, "What are you doing? Why are you crowding together? Everyone, spread out. Today the pharmacy is not distributing porridge, it's just hiring people!"
"Listen to me, everyone. Our Chen's Pharmacy is the leading pharmacy in Qingshan County. It is a great place that many people can't get into even if they try their best."
"Today, the master is kind-hearted and considers the difficulties you have faced in fleeing the famine, so he is recruiting a group of young men under the age of 16 who have clean backgrounds and can read and write to serve as apprentices and menial servants."
"Although there is no salary for working in a pharmacy, you will be provided with three meals a day, bonuses during festivals, two seasons of changing clothes a year, and you can also learn how to make medicine and treat illnesses. The treatment is absolutely generous."
"What are you all standing there for? Those who meet the requirements should come forward and queue up to register. Those who don't meet the requirements should get out of here and stop being an eyesore!"
The blue-clad steward was giving a lecture
While directing several servants, he began to register and select people.
The victims swarmed forward, each with a look of eager anticipation on their face.
In the hearts of these poor people who were starving and cold, Chen’s Pharmacy, which provided food and shelter, was like a paradise.
So much so that many people who are over the age limit also want to take advantage of the situation.
"Your grandma, you don't understand what people say, right?"
"We only want teenagers under 16 years old. Are you trying to get yourself killed by squeezing in here at your age?"
The blue-robed steward viciously whipped the crowd several times before the chaos came to an end.
Not far away, a young man with dry yellow hair, thin body but bright eyes was watching the farce with a strange expression.
His name is Wei Han and he is 14 years old!
No one knows that he is actually a time traveler!
Three months ago, Wei Han was just an ordinary programmer on Blue Star.
But because of working overtime and staying up late, he died suddenly, and when he woke up, he found himself in this strange world.
Before the time travel, Wei Han's company was developing a text-based cultivation game. The selling point was that an immortal person, how long can he survive in a dangerous and mysterious world?
In this game, players have unlimited lifespans, and as long as they are not hit by devastating attacks, most injuries can be recovered instantly, which is equivalent to having a youthful version of immortality.
But who could have thought that Wei Han would suddenly die and travel through time just after the game was developed.
Moreover, the system of this game actually bound him here.
[Immortal and AFK System]
【Player】: Wei Han
Age: 14
[Lifespan]: Eternal life [Fixed]
【Cultivation】: None
【Cultivation Method】: None
[Skills]: Cooking [Minor, 35/3000], Fishing [Beginner, 12/1000], Planting [Beginner, 88/1000]
【Automatic hang-up position】: three
Look at your own attributes.
A helpless smile flashed across Wei Han's face.
Immortality is a very cool thing.
But this ancient mysterious world is extremely dangerous.
The Dali Dynasty has been passed down for more than 600 years. Not only have all kinds of monsters and demons emerged one after another, but disasters have continued in various provinces and cities, and the people are living in dire straits.
As soon as Wei Han came through, he encountered a flood that happened rarely in a century.
Of the more than 1,000 people in the village, only one in ten survived. The young boy followed the fleeing army all the way south and arrived here after two months of wandering.
Along the way, he encountered strange murders.
There was also a time when I didn't have a drop of water for half a month and witnessed others eating their own children.
Because of the immortality setting of the system, he should have died thousands of times but he is still alive tenaciously.
Unfortunately, the system only ensures that he will not die. People will still get hungry and feel cold.
The feeling of hunger and cold tormented him all the time.
In order to have a full meal, Wei Han had no choice but to stand here.
"The pharmacy is a good place. At least I can learn a skill here, and it provides food and shelter. It's better than other disaster victims selling themselves as servants!"
"I'll wait until I'm stable, then find an opportunity to practice martial arts and cultivate immortality. People always have to eat."
Wei Han comforted himself silently.
After a long wait, it was finally his turn to register.
"Name?" the servant asked.
"My name is Wei Han. I am from Kaoshan Village, Tu County, Yuzhou. I am 14 years old this year!" Wei Han said clearly, "All my relatives died during the escape. When I was young, I studied in a private school in the village and can read and write."
"Um!"
The servant nodded with satisfaction.
There was also a hint of pity in his eyes when he looked at Wei Han.
Seeing that he was eloquent and well-mannered, he met the requirements very well.
"This is a five-year contract. Please sign it." The servant pushed a piece of paper over.
Wei Han glanced at it casually and found that the terms of the contract were not too excessive. It just required not to change jobs within five years.
Slavery is strictly prohibited in the Dali Dynasty!
Although apprentices and servants have a low status, they don't have to worry about being sold.
Wei Han readily signed his name and pressed his fingerprint, thus officially joining Chen's Pharmacy.
"So what if I am immortal? Filling my stomach is the most important thing."
"Finally I don't have to live on the streets shivering in the cold tonight!"
Wei Han muttered with a dumb laugh.
Try to blend in with the crowd and keep a low profile as much as possible.
He is not that idiot like Long Aotian, who thinks he can defeat anyone and everything in his life because of the system he has traveled through time and space, and is fearless.
Immortality does not mean invincibility. He is still powerless now.
If his secret were to be exposed, many people would be interested in studying him.
So what if no one can kill you? Can't I just tie you up with a block of iron and throw you into the sea?
It makes my scalp tingle just thinking about how I would choke to death and then be resurrected again in the sea.
"That's enough, the quota is full. Those who are not selected are unlucky. Go away!"
"Those who have signed and sealed, follow me. We are all family members from now on. Go to the backyard to wash up and change clothes first. The shopkeeper will give you a lecture later, so hurry up."
After a busy period
The blue-clad steward selected 30 young men.
He turned around and led everyone into the pharmacy.
This is a large shop with eight doorways wide, three floors, three courtyards in front and back, and covering an area of more than ten acres.
The store was crowded with people and the air was filled with a strong smell of medicine.
The doctors and pharmacists were busy as the patients lined up in a long queue.
The backyard was equally bustling with activity, with guards practicing martial arts, apprentices boiling medicine, and servants drying herbs.
Compared with the cold and silent chaos outside.
This place seems to be another world.
A gleam of light suddenly appeared in the boys' eyes.
Even Wei Han couldn't help but show some interest: "This place is pretty good!"
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(End of this chapter)
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