A poor hero

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

In the East Village Private School in Xu County, Chen Chen was carefully mopping the floor inside the school.

These days, he is extremely depressed. Others have traveled through time and become a playboy with endless money.

But when he traveled through time, he turned out to be a penniless 13-year-old child without a father or mother.

However, although the original owner Chen Chen was poor, he had a fighting spirit and was determined to gain fame and avenge his parents.

So he exchanged his labor for the opportunity to study in a private school in the East Village.

But the only teacher in this East Village private school, Master Xu, was a greedy, vicious and treacherous guy.

Master Xu would only squeeze Chen Chen's labor, beat or scold Chen Chen, deny him enough food, and even deny the work-for-study agreement he had made with Chen Chen.

Chen Chen has been coming to this private school for three years, but he has learned only a few dozen words.

He secretly learned these dozens of words at the window with his own persistence.

On this day, Master Xu said that an adult from the county came to check, and early in the morning, Chen Chen, who had just laid down, was pulled up from the pile of straw to work.

But how could Chen Chen, who had time traveled from the 21st century, endure such inhuman treatment? Before time travel, he was an only child with nothing to wear but food to eat, and his parents loved him very much.

He was also unlucky. In order to save a child who fell into the water, he was drowned alive and traveled here.

He thought about running away, but he had just traveled to this dynasty and had no money or possessions. With the memory of the original owner, a 13-year-old child, where could he run away?

So he had no choice but to continue to replace the original owner, stay here and do hard work, waiting for an opportunity to escape from here.

After working all morning, Chen Chen finally finished cleaning up. Before he had time to have breakfast, Master Xu's disciples arrived.

Chen Chen knew from the memory of the original owner that Master Xu taught new knowledge at the beginning of every morning, so he didn't bother to eat breakfast and secretly hid in the window to learn something secretly.

But how could the treacherous Master Xu let him get his wish?

As soon as Chen Chen approached the window, he was spotted by Master Xu.

Master Xu came over, grabbed Chen Chen by the collar, carried the thin man directly to the front of the classroom podium, and started to curse.

"I don't care about your identity. Can you learn this word?"

"Look at what the students in the audience are wearing, and what are you wearing? Those smelly, rotten clothes. I feel like vomiting when I see you."

"Why don't you hurry up and go to the stable to clean up your stinky horse shit, garbage."

"My name is Cheng Chen, and your name is Chen Chen, but my name is Wenquxing from heaven and earth, but you are a stinking piece of shit on earth."

Master Xu insulted Chen Chen over and over again and trampled on his dignity over and over again.

Under the laughter of the students in the hall, Chen Chen's face turned red and burned like a fire, his head became heavy, and his ears buzzed with pain. At this moment, he really wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.

Just then, a little girl with big earlobes like the Guanyin Queen passed by the door.

Although this little girl is wearing coarse linen clothes and is thin and small, she is quite pretty.

I saw her smiling slightly at Chen Chen, which instantly warmed Chen Chen.

This girl's name is Shen Qian, and she is the original owner's only close friend in the world.

Shen Qian was also a servant in Master Xu's family and had a similar experience to Chen Chen. She received a monthly commission of twenty cents and was beaten and scolded by Mrs. Xu and Master Xu every day.

Perhaps out of sympathy for each other, Chen Chen and Shen Qian became good friends who talked about everything. They encouraged and helped each other in this difficult life.

Master Xu scolded him for a long time, and finally got tired of scolding him. Then he let Chen Chen go, told him to get out of here, and punished him not to eat today.

Chen Chen had never experienced such cowardice before, and he wanted to beat Master Xu.

But due to the limitations of his child's body, he had no choice but to lower his head and run out while sobbing.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the place where the original owner and Shen Qian usually stayed. Shen Qian was already waiting here.

"Chen Chen, I believe in you. You are not a piece of shit. You are also a literary star in the sky. You will definitely realize your dream, and you will definitely gain fame like that Cheng Chen."

Shen Qiangang also heard some of the words Master Xu scolded Chen Chen, and was afraid that he would not be able to think about it, so when she saw Chen Chen arriving, she immediately comforted him.

The Cheng Chen that Master Xu and Shen Qian were talking about also went to this private school in the East Village. At the age of 16, he was selected as a scholar and achieved fame.

This is also why the original owner Chen Chen sold his labor in exchange for the opportunity to study in this private school.

Because he has always followed that Cheng Chen as a role model, and he also wants to obtain fame like that Cheng Chen.

But Master Xu was afraid that Chen Chen would learn something and leave here, so he never let Chen Chen attend classes.

In other words, Master Xu originally wanted a free servant and was never prepared to let Chen Chen attend classes.

"Thank you, Shen Qian, you are the best person in the world to me. Only you believe in me, encourage me, support me, and warm me when I am most heartbroken."

These encouragements from Shen Qian were like a warm current nourishing Chen Chen's heart, making him so moved that he burst into tears.

"Chen Chen, you must be hungry. I stole a steamed bun here. Eat it quickly. You haven't eaten for almost a day and you are starving."

Shen Qian magically took out a steamed bun from her sleeve, swallowed, and handed it to Chen Chen.

Chen Chen knew how easy it was to steal the Xu family's things. Mrs. Xu knew how many buns there were.

This steamed bun must be Shen Qian's breakfast. She was reluctant to eat it and deliberately kept it for herself. She was afraid that she wouldn't eat it, so she said it was stolen.

So he pushed the bun back, licked his lips and said, "Shen Qian, this is your breakfast. I'm not hungry. You eat it. You are so thin that you can see your bones. I like watching you eat it."

Chen Chen said he wasn't hungry and pushed the bun back, but his stomach growled unsatisfactorily.

"Chen Chen, why don't we share it together? This way both of us can eat the steamed buns. Even though we're not full, we can both eat some."

Seeing that Chen Chen refused to eat the steamed bun, Shen Qian had no choice but to break the steamed bun into two halves and handed half of the steamed bun to Chen Chen again.

Chen Chen's stomach has not eaten anything since noon yesterday.

He stopped being polite and took the half of the most delicious steamed bun in the world and started eating it.

"Chen Qian, you are the best person in the world. I will definitely take good care of you in the future and let you eat the best food in the world and wear the most beautiful clothes in the world."

The current Chen Chen had originally traveled through time as an adult, so why couldn't he see Master Xu's viciousness.

At this time, he had made a decision that no matter how hard it was, he would leave this miserable cellar with his friend Shen Qian.

Before the time travel, his parents were so kind to him and didn't know how to cherish them. Now, Shen Qian, a friend, would rather not have enough to eat than give him half a steamed bun.

God gave him another chance to change his ways. He wanted to cherish this friend who was good to him. As a man, he wanted to make Shen Qian fed and clothed so that she would no longer be angry or scolded.

He has traveled from the 21st century and has mastered the history and knowledge that people here don't know. It is a very simple matter to support two people.

So he vowed: "Shen Qian, I have figured it out. I want to take you out of here. I want to give you a good life so that you will no longer starve and freeze."