Maybe I shouldn't die.

In Yishui City, it is not easy for ordinary people to find a job. The Fang family searched for a long time but could not find a suitable job.

Finally, when they were about to give up, they passed by a narrow street and Fang Yue saw an old bookstore deep in the alley.

There was a recruitment notice posted at the door of the bookstore, which read:

"Hiring a clerk, must be literate, good-looking."

Seeing this simple recruitment requirement, Fang Yue's eyes lit up and she quickly pulled Fang Li towards the bookstore.

As you walk into the store, a faint scent of ink hits you. Although the bookstore is not big, the shelves are full of books and neatly arranged.

Walking in, an old man with a white beard was taking a leisurely nap in a recliner at the counter, flipping through a book. Because he was quite far away, Fang Yue could not see what was written on the cover.

"Old sir," Fang Yue called softly.

After hearing the voice, the old man slowly raised his head, sat up, looked at Fang Yue and motioned her to continue.

"Are you looking for a clerk for your shop? Do you think my brother is suitable? He passed the imperial examination, has good academic knowledge, and is also handsome."

The old man then looked at Fang Li carefully, and asked Fang Li to stretch out his hands for him to see. After confirming that Fang Li had calluses on his hands from years of practicing calligraphy, the old man nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad."

"Do you have a place to stay?"

"Yes, yes," Fang Yue replied quickly.

"The job content includes tidying up the bookshelves, copying books, and cleaning. You can browse the books in the store at will, but you cannot take them away."

"Work starts at 7:00 pm every day and ends at 10:00 pm. No lunch is provided. The monthly salary is 10 spirit beads. If you do not stay overnight, you will be given an additional 5 spirit beads."

"Come to work tomorrow if you can."

Fang Yue and Fang Li looked at each other and showed joy on their faces.

Fang Li stepped forward respectfully, bowed to the old man, and said

"Thank you, old man. I will come to work on time tomorrow morning."

Fang Yue was very happy to have solved Fang Li's work problem. In addition, Mr. Fang also found a job as an accountant, which paid him 20 spirit beads a month, so the total was 35 spirit beads. If they were frugal, it would be enough for the family's food and expenses for a month.

Think about it again, one spirit bead is equivalent to about 1 taels of silver, with a spirit bead, you don't need to spend your own money. Saving is earning, Fang Yue was even more happy.

In the following days, Mr. Fang and Mr. Fang had to go to work early every day. At first, Fang Yue could only stay in the small courtyard and waste time alone, bored.

Later, the nanny began to take her to pick up the reserved lunch from the Governor's canteen every day and deliver it to Master Fang and Fang Li.

After lunch, she would occasionally help her elder brother sort out books. Seeing that Fang Yue was young but well-behaved and sensible, the bookstore owner allowed her to read in the store.

So Fang Yue’s daily routine became: sleep until she wakes up naturally in the morning, eat with her nanny, and after dinner, play with ants in the yard for the whole morning.

At noon, accompanied by the nanny, she went to the canteen of the Governor's Mansion to get lunch, which she first gave to her father and then to Fang Li. Then she had lunch with Fang Li. After lunch, the nanny went home, and Fang Yue read in the bookstore. She waited until the evening hour and then went home with her brother.

Once the days become regular, one can no longer feel the passage of time. In the blink of an eye, the Ascension Meeting is approaching. During this period, several things happened that left a deep impression on Fang Yue.

One of them happened to Fang Li. After staying in Yishui City for a few days, she clearly felt that some changes had taken place in Fang Li. These changes were not physical, but in concepts.

The Fang family is actually an ancient family deeply influenced by traditional concepts, and ancient society has many restrictions on women. Fang Yue used to think that there was nothing wrong with her family having such a concept.

After all, living in such an era and with the surrounding environment being like this, it is normal for the Fang family to have such ideas. After arriving in Yishui City, Fang Yue initially discovered that Fang Li had gradually become silent.

Until one day, Fang Li was a little dazed when he got off work and accidentally bumped into a passing woman.

He hurriedly bowed and apologized, worried that he would tarnish the woman's innocence. However, the woman waved her hand nonchalantly and walked away, leaving him standing there in a daze.

After returning to the courtyard that day, Fang Li locked himself in the room and did not even come out to eat dinner.

Fang Yue was very worried when she saw this, and hurriedly told Mr. Fang about her elder brother's abnormal behavior during this period.

That night, the candlelight in Fang Li's room did not go out for a long time, and Fang Yuanwai talked with him for a long time. Even through the thick wall, Fang Yue could still clearly hear her elder brother crying.

There was a certain kind of sorrow in his crying.

Since that day, Fang Yue noticed that Fang Li started recording something.

After observing the vendors hawking and bargaining with passers-by, after arguing with an old man about morality in the study, and after listening to an old man tell a shocking story in the teahouse, the books he used to record became thicker and thicker.

Fang Li would occasionally tell Fang Yue what he was thinking. He said:

“Although I cannot cultivate immortality, just by being in Yishui City, I can feel that the people living here are different from those in the mortal world in terms of clarity and insight. It is a clarity and ease that cannot be seen in the mortal world.

I have also thought about the future. Even if I embark on a career, no matter the ups and downs, it is framed in an established framework. The people in this world, whether they are poor or rich, are just living in an established framework.

Throughout a woman's life, from birth to marriage to death, her fate cannot escape this framework. I don't know who compiled this framework to frame the world.

I want to change this situation, but what can I do? If I do nothing, I will be unwilling to accept it. I always want to try to see if I can escape from this framework, and then help the world to try to escape from this framework. "

Fang Yue was shocked by his thoughts. Even in the previous life, in that open and diverse society, people with such thoughts were rare.

Most of those who have such thoughts have left their footprints in the long river of history. She secretly sighed in her heart, a certain audio did not deceive me, and never underestimate people. No matter in which era, human beings' yearning for freedom has always been an unchanging theme.