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date="2021-11-06"

title="Chapter 3 Poverty"

weight="142719"

series = ["Rejected the Demon’s Marriage Proposal Thousands of Times"]

mode = "manual"

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When Anna returned home, she couldn't help sighing when she saw her dilapidated bungalow made of stone and wood.

It's so poor.

Hearing the movement at the door, there was a gentle female voice in the back room: "Who is it?"

"Mom, it's me, Anna." Anna answered quickly.

She endured the pain and walked slowly over, pretending not to be injured, but the woman who answered in the back room had already walked out.

The hostess of this house is named Guy, who is only in her early thirties, but she is already the mother of six children-two of whom died young. The hardships of life made her skin rough, her expression always tired, and lingering fatigue in the eyes of the same color as Anna.

But seeing his eldest daughter, Guy's blue eyes were also soft.

"Anna, have you got a job?" she asked with concern.

Anna shook her head: "It's either that I don't need people, or I don't want me because of my strength."

Anna was outside today, just looking for a job. She has been looking for two days, but she hasn't found a job.

"Don't worry," Guy advised, "Dad and I both have jobs, and we are not short of money for the time being."

Anna nodded, did not show her anxiety, let alone tell Guy what a terrible thing she had just encountered.

Gay went on to do manual work, which was part of the family's fixed income, and Anna went back to her room.

That's not appropriate. In this bungalow, there are only two small bedrooms in total. Her parents live in one, and she takes her siblings to live in the other.

In the room, the seven-year-old sister Adele was playing with her youngest brother Evan. Seeing Anna, Adele ran over and hugged her: "Anna!"

"Adele, is there anyone obedient today?" Anna touched Adele's head and asked with a smile.

Adele raised her head, the sky-blue eyes that he inherited from Guy blinked, and her voice was still childish: "Adele is behaved every day! Little Evan is also behaved today!"

"Great, can you help me get a can of water in, okay?" Anna smiled.

"Good!" Adele released Anna and ran out without asking why.

Anna sat down on the bed. Little Evan was lying on the edge of the bed next to Anna, holding her skirt with her little hand, and calling her milkly, "Anna!"

"Oh!" Anna smiled and nodded little Evan's nose, as if the pain in her knees alleviated a lot.

Little Evan giggled, and almost fell on the spot, Anna hurriedly caught him.

Probably the children of the really poor were in charge early, and Anna's younger siblings were so well-behaved that it was distressing.

Adele is still too young, usually only looking at three-year-old Evan, and another brother, Jim, who is only ten years old this year, has gone to help in the tavern where his father Evan works. The income of three or four copper coins is pretty good.

Before Anna came in, the original was doing odd jobs with Guy, and the two earned more than a dozen copper coins every day. As a bartender, father Evan sometimes received tips, and he could earn five or six silver coins in a month. , And this big family would spend nearly 20 copper coins on food every day, plus the head tax that must be given to the lord, and other seven or eighty-eight expenditures, one or two silver coins can be saved in a month. NS. In this case, no one dared to get sick, and the medicines prescribed by the doctors were all in silver coins.

The basic monetary units of this world are gold coins, silver coins and copper coins, each with a ratio of one hundred. Anna never touched a gold coin in her memory.

Guy is saying that Anna should not worry, but how can Anna really not worry because she can eat every day now?

Their family has extremely poor anti-risk capabilities, and a little bit of trouble can make this seemingly subsistence family fall into the abyss.

Therefore, for the past two days, Anna ran out every day in order to find a job, save up money first, wait until she learns more about the world, and then think about ways to make a fortune. Although she inherited the memory of the original body, the range of activities of the original body is too narrow and limited to class. She has limited knowledge and knows too little.

After knowing that this is a world with spells, why didn't Anna want to learn it? But because the original body only has a "legendary" understanding of spells, she can only start with making money at the moment, and it is always right to save more money.

Adele babbled the clear water, Anna took it, and as soon as she lifted the skirt, Adele covered her face and exclaimed, "Anna, what's the matter with you!"

Anna fell so badly that her knees were torn, and the red blood even stained the lining of the skirt, but she was thankful that the skirt was not torn.

"Shhh, don't shout so loudly, so that my mother will be worried if she hears it." Anna quickly whispered to Adele. She lives in a room with Adele, and she can't hide her from her, but she doesn't want more people to worry about it, but It's a minor injury, just take a two-day rest.

Adele's eyes widened, she covered her mouth tightly, and nodded vigorously.

Little Evan did a good job, pressing his little hand on his mouth, his sky-blue eyes widened.

Anna couldn't help but laugh. When cleaning the wound, in order not to worry about her younger siblings, and to maintain the face of a elder sister, she gritted her teeth without making a painful grunt.

Little Evan squeezed over, blew carefully on Anna's knee, and said vaguely: "It's no more pain, no more pain!"

His words seemed so magical, Anna felt the pain in her knees disappeared.

In this world, there is too little entertainment for the low-level civilians. Anna can't find a job, and there is nothing to play. After her knee is not sore, she starts to clean the house.

As soon as she swept the dirty things to the door, Anna saw a young man poking his head over there and meeting her gaze. The young man was taken aback and seemed a little embarrassed. He quickly turned away his sight, and quickly turned back, whispering. Shouted: "Anna."

There is this person in Anna's memory. His name is Little Tim, the son of Old Tim, the owner of the bakery. Those who can afford to open a bakery are of course much better off than Anna's.

In this area, Anna is the best-looking unmarried girl, and little Tim will give Anna something to express his feelings from time to time.

Anna walked over, smelled the sweet smell of bread as soon as she approached, and instantly secreted water in her mouth.

You know that she didn't like to eat bread, but now she is greedy just by smelling the sweet smell of wheat bread.

Who told her to eat rye bread that was so rough that it would scratch her throat every day and was terribly unpalatable?

Little Tim handed over a palm-sized wheat bread. The bread was made into a regular oval, fluffy, fragrant and soft, and exuding the tempting atmosphere of "Come on and eat me, I'm super delicious".

"Anna, here you are!" Little Tim didn't dare to look at Anna's eyes, his ears were red, and he whispered.

Maybe the original body is still ignorant about the relationship, but how can Anna fail to see the young and tender but sincere feelings of little Tim?

But now she just wants to make money, she doesn't even want to fall in love at all!

She restrained her stomach clamoring desire, did not reach out to pick it up, only said: "Did you secretly bring it with your dad? Take it back quickly, or he will scold you."

Unlike Bobby, who would beat and scold his wife and children regardless of whether he was drunk or not, although the old Tim was also very vicious, he had always cursed his son and would not do anything.

Little Tim didn't expect Anna would not accept it. His emerald green eyes were a little gloomy. He shuddered slightly when she mentioned his father, and then suddenly forced the wheat bread into Anna's hands, turned and ran away.

"Little Tim!" Anna couldn't help but sigh when she couldn't stop him.

This little wheat bread costs seven or eight copper coins. If it is replaced with rye bread, three or four of the same volume can be exchanged, which is enough for her family to eat. And this in his hand is nothing more than a slaying ceremony.

Anna remembered little Tim's goodness in her heart, and was ready to pay him back when she became more developed. When she turned around, she saw a girl not far away, looking at her with hostile eyes.

Seeing Anna turned her head, the girl not only did not hide, but strode over, holding her chin with a disdainful expression: "Cut, it's just white bread. When I become the maid of Lord Lord's house, I can eat it every day!"

There is this girl named Lily in Anna's memory. Lily was the same age as her, with straw-yellow hair and small freckles on her face. Because she was not as pretty as Anna, Lily had never dealt with Anna since she was a child, and always aimed to overwhelm Anna.

Anna didn't want to care about with the little girl, just wanted to get past each other, but Lily didn't want to miss the opportunity to show off her majesty. She stopped her and said: "I tell you, I didn't lie to you! My aunt Anna works in the earl's mansion, and she recommended me to go to the earl's mansion. Work in the kitchen, such a bad white bread, I will never look down on it in the future!"

The name "Anna" is rather bad. Half of the ten girls are called by this name. Anna knows that in this pomegranate lane alone, there are three girls named Anna. Common people do not have a surname, so to distinguish which Anna is, one must add a qualifier. For example, she is the Anna of Evan's. However, there are not many opportunities to use the upper qualifier, because each family does not actually have many opportunities to interact.

Lily specifically pointed out that "my aunt Anna" was just to answer Anna, and everyone called "Anna", but her aunt is now a good person who serves noble lords.

Anna didn't want to talk to Lily, but when she heard Lily's words, she paused and asked: "The kitchen in the earl's mansion is hiring?"

Seeing Anna answered, Lily said triumphantly: "Yes! This is a secret that only a few people know. My aunt Anna told me and recommended me to Lord Lord! Tomorrow I can become Lord Lord's maid. In the future, untouchables like you will never want to see me easily!"

Anna didn't correct Lily's remarks about "recommend to Lord Lord". It was just a little maid in the kitchen. Where could Lord Lord be alarmed?

What she cares about is the news revealed by Lily—Earl's Mansion is hiring, and she just wants to find a job!

But immediately, Anna became a little frustrated.

That terrible demon with horns is on Master Parrish’s body, and the Earl’s Mansion is Master Parrish’s home... If she goes, wouldn’t she be in the mouth?

Seeing Anna’s look dimmed, Lily thought that Anna was stunned by her bright future, and couldn’t help being even more proud: “Don’t think that you can seduce Master Parrish with your face. He’s not such a beautiful woman. Have you seen it? Untouchables will always be untouchables!"

Anna raised her gaze, looked at Lily's smug face, and said: "It's you who pushed me just now?" Otherwise, Lily's words would be too endless.

At this moment, Anna realized that she seemed to underestimate Lily's viciousness. In modern times, pushing people is at best bullying, but this different world is different. Nobles and commoners are two solid classes. No one will listen to her explanation. She will be treated as deliberately ramming the nobles, just like the coachman. As said, encountering a cruel nobleman, it is possible to be hanged.