“Alright, enough complaining. You all are injured or sick now, and with two little ones, someone needs to take care of them. I’ll have Shejiang come cook for you at every meal.” His master was now taking responsibility for their food. They needed to look out for each other. As for the second senior brother, he lived at Meng Mengda’s house since he had no one else. He sorrowfully added, “This is too hard for you! Master, neither my senior brother nor I can work; we have to rent the land to someone else now.”
It will be difficult to live even after our recovery! Why is it so hard to survive?” They couldn’t just find any random piece of land to perform on; the land had owners, especially in bustling areas where there were established rules. They had to rent from the landlords to perform in those spots, as good places were in high demand. If someone else rented the land they had previously occupied, it would be hard to find such a good spot again in the future. His master didn’t perform in the same place, as he had his own rented space, so he couldn’t keep it for them. Other disciples had their own situations too; it wasn’t feasible to rent land just to help them. By now, Qi Shejiang roughly understood the situation; in this upside-down world, he was the little junior brother, while the current senior brother Meng Mengda and the second senior brother were facing difficulties. He wanted to comfort his junior brother, telling him not to be dejected; life was tough, but just keep holding on. As long as they could endure until the new society arrived, they would be considered veteran artists. “Senior… brother, why don’t I go perform on your land?” Qi Shejiang said, drawing everyone’s attention. “You little rascal, what nonsense are you talking about?” His master frowned. “Isn’t that better than doing nothing?
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Master, just give me a bit of rent, and I’ll try it for a day!” Qi Shejiang realized the urgency of the situation and couldn’t bear to see his junior brother and master fall into hardship again right in front of him.
