Modern Women's Charm
The Poor Brother

Marrissa's three days in another world, she couldn't work and needed a break.

Fortunately there was Juno Jean's sister, she was a good sister willing to take care of her brother, even though the food she made was very unpleasant.

"Silver eat, though it tastes a bit charred, but it's still edible." Juno gave a bowl of greenish porridge, the amount did not reach half the bowl.

Previously the porridge was so diluted that it reached half a bowl more. Since today there was an unexpected incident, the porridge was charred and shrunk to a quarter of a bowl.

The first time he ate the porridge, Marrissa fell silent and returned the porridge bowl to Juno, citing lack of appetite. He refused to vomit.

The porridge is made from grass seeds obtained by Juno around the river, there are many other children like him, they look for grass seeds for consumption.

Because many children were looking for grass seeds, Juno only got one hand at most, which was why he made a diluted porridge for his brother, to make it more and more filling.

The taste of the porridge is very unpleasant, there is no sweetness only bitter bitter taste with the smell of grass, plus the texture of the porridge is very diluted. Marrissa's tongue isn't used to that taste.

But this time it was different, if he wanted to heal faster he had to eat.

Withstand any unpleasant taste, plus a more bitter taste due to charred. Marissa finished her meal, but she still left two spoons of porridge for Juno.

If counted he only ate 4 spoons of a quarter bowl of porridge.

"Why not spend it, brother? Brother must eat until he's healed quickly." Juno thrust the bowl back at Jean hoping that her brother would finish the porridge.

"No, my brother is full. I know you haven't eaten, eat it." Jean refused gently.

"I've eaten brother, don't worry." Juno quibbles, but he can't lie to Jean.

'Groooookk' the sound of stomach rumbling was heard very clearly from the direction of Juno's stomach.

Juno's face looked surprised his ears were reddened in embarrassment his little lie was not supported by the body.

Jean looked at Juno with a faint look, "Hmmn, eat the rest of the porridge first, do not eat the rest of the porridge in the pot, it is not healthy. Tomorrow I'll buy groceries at the market."

Jean felt guilty, from the memory of the real Jean. They eat better and taste better than bitter grass seeds.

Because the original Jean always came home with rice seeds from picking up in fields that had finished harvesting, even then he did after work.

Unfortunately the result is not much, at most only two hands because many other workers also do the same thing with him.

You could say, the grass seeds on the river bank are the realm of children while the rice seeds on the land after harvest are the realm of adults.

From the efforts of the two brothers, they could eat a bowl full of rice porridge mixed with grass seeds. It tastes more mengedan than grass seed porridge.

Juno's eyes widened,

"Bought groceries? But, but what about..."

Jean cuts, "Have eaten, don't ask. Brother still has money and other plans."

Hearing that, Juno gave up asking, He shrunk his neck eating the porridge in the bowl bit by bit. There was no unpleasant expression on his face, instead he was seen enjoying the bitter gruel.

Yesterday Jean was shocked by her sister's bonyok face. Juno gave a silly smile giving one apple not caring about her bonyok face.

Juno said, "My friend said, apples are a miracle fruit that can cure all diseases. So eat this fruit, brother, so you can heal."

Jean smiled at Juno's behavior, she was still innocent and easy to believe the words of others. Fortunately, the act of stealing it succeeded and did not take his life.

Inwardly, Jean took great pity on the skinny teenager before her.

At that time, Jean received an apple stolen from her sister. He did not eat it directly, but divided the apple into two parts, one part he gave to Juno.

Juno initially refuses, but she ends up eating half an apple with a full face, without caring about the pain of her bruised face.

If only Marrisa could bring Juno to her home world, she would be presenting a variety of delicious foods and snacks that are liked by teenagers her age.

Unfortunately it was only an impossible hope to be realized, he himself did not know whether he could return to his home world.

Seeing her current condition, Jean was still weak, yet she no longer had a fever. After eating, a little bit of his energy started to return.

Juno went to bring the empty bowl towards the kitchen, probably going to wash it off.

Jean goes to her bed, she flips the mattress and picks up a black packet of cloth.

From the original Jean's memory, Marissa found money saving the original work of Jean in the cloth package.

The original Jean was also worried about debt collection from landlords. That's why he saved up his money as a rice-harvest worker, it was never used to buy more decent food.

The currency in this world is in the form of coins, ranging from copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins. One hundred copper coins was worth one silver coin, as were one hundred silver coins worth one gold coin.

The work of the rice harvest workers produced low wages, from morning to evening harvesting rice only 3 copper coins obtained by Jean.

Well, that's a very low salary. Perhaps because many workers choose to work as rice harvest workers.

The one-month salary accumulation only reached 90 copper coins while the rental price of their dilapidated hut was 1 silver a month.

It actually took only 4 working days to collect the remaining 10 pieces of copper to pay off the bill, but Jean's family had another debt of five pieces of silver and the interest continued to rise.

The original Jean once owed the landlords five pieces of silver for the cost of treating their mother's illness. Unfortunately, the mother was not helped and died half a month later, leaving behind debts and grief for the brothers.

Marissa finally found out, foraging in this world is very difficult. They have to work hard. For a weak woman it was even more difficult.

Actually Jean can work in stores with higher income, but the work as a shopkeeper is lower than that of a farm worker.

Shopgirls are often colonized or touched by the hands of striped-nose men, though unwilling, they are just weak women unable to resist, otherwise the tavern guests will get angry and they are the ones who get fired.

There is an easier and higher-earning job, which is to sell yourself like the advice of the fourth wife of the Landlord.

Jean's beautiful face plus virgin status definitely resulted in even more silver coins.

Marissa bathes,

'Until death I won't sell myself, period!!!'