Chapter 1

The house leak happened to be raining all night, Song Cheng now really felt what it means to be unlucky, drinking cold water will clog the gap between his teeth.

"Bah! Little beggar, what are you? How dare you grab food from your grandpas! Get out of here!" Song Cheng firmly held the incomplete bowl in his arms, trying to protect the half he begged for so hard. Steamed bun.But after all, after several months of starvation, Song Cheng had almost no strength to resist. The other party snatched the food from his arms by cursing and beating and snatching a few times, and also sent a vicious warning: "In the grandpa's You are not honest on the site, you are looking for death!"

"Get out of Anping, you little bastard from outside!" A beggar who participated in the robbery of Song Cheng's food angrily tugged at his patched clothes, and kicked Song Cheng violently, causing him to curl up in pain body.With another "bang", he snatched the broken bowl Song Cheng had picked up from his arms, and smashed it to pieces in front of him, threatening nakedly.

The little bastards from outside... Song Cheng was circling this sentence in his mind, he gritted his teeth and picked up the broken porcelain bowl and threw it away. Do something.Song Cheng came from Linzhao Kingdom, which is a neighboring country of Lin'an Kingdom in terms of land boundary, and the long-term war caused the people to live in dire straits.His home has been occupied by a bandit-like army for a long time, and the other party drove him out and robbed almost all of his property.

When he was kicked out, in order to repay Song Cheng for his poor greeting, the army beat him half to death and threw him into a mass grave.They thought Song Cheng was dead, and they didn't even bother to cover him with a straw mat.Indeed, the original Song Cheng who lived in Linzhao and whose home was occupied by the army is dead, and the person in his body is indeed called Song Cheng, but he is a person named Song Cheng who used to live in Lin'an.

Song Cheng didn't understand what happened for a long time after waking up, but he quickly confirmed one thing after the fear of rebirth, that is, he was glad that he was alive, no matter whether he was still in his original body or not.

Back then when he was pushed out of the wooden railing from the high tower by the people who pushed him, he stumbled and fell, what echoed in his ears was not the panic and regret, but the laughter and cheers of those children.With the whistling wind echoing in his ears, he knew that he was going to die, but when he opened his eyelids and looked around, he found that he had become another person, lying in the gloomy mass grave.

Maybe he really didn't deserve to die.Supporting his aching body, Song Cheng limped out of the mass grave, and met several villagers who knew his body.At first, the villagers who thought Song Cheng’s dead body was panicked chased him away with a broom, beat him, and almost beat Song Cheng to death in the field again, until Song Cheng shouted with the last of his strength that he was still alive, and the villagers realized that he was still alive. Waking up, the person in front of him was a big living person with a shadow.

While muttering angrily about the ignorance and recklessness of the folks in his heart, Song Cheng was surprised that the owner of this body was also called Song Cheng, and he didn't know if the characters were the same.He is illiterate, and he can't manage so much.Even if you are reborn, you are homeless.Song Cheng wanted to go back to Lin'an, after all, that was the place where he had lived for 25 years.

So Song Cheng fled to Lin'an country with the people in the village, and learned a little about this body along the way. This Song Cheng, whose parents died early, lived on his own until he was 20 years old, but he didn't want to run into the barbaric army and make him homeless. Returning, almost throwing his body into the wilderness.

Song Cheng became more determined to go back to Lin'an, and hurried on his way, but when the military camp stationed at the border was investigating, they were detained for a period of time on the grounds that they suspected that spies had taken the opportunity to infiltrate them before releasing them.By the time he came out of the prison, Song Cheng had already lost contact with the fellow villagers who fled together.

Song Cheng wandered aimlessly for a few more days on the little rations left on his body, and after some inquiring, he found out that he was in Anlin County in Lin'an Country, and now he had even walked from the border to the affluent Anping Town.Song Cheng used to live in Anqiao County, but now he doesn't plan to go back, what should he do if he goes back?My parents also died years ago. Now if I go back and say that I am Song Cheng, it will only arouse the fear and panic of the villagers. Maybe it is possible to arrest myself and burn to death.Seeing this quite affluent town, Song Cheng perked up. Although he was penniless, he had healthy limbs and was young, so it shouldn't be difficult to find a job to make ends meet.

However, as a foreigner, especially Song Cheng who fled from the war, he did not expect that in this small town, due to its relative abundance, it would lead to extremely serious xenophobia.Not only did he fail to find a job to make ends meet, but a few days ago he was beaten up by the manager of the recruiter and thrown into a beggar's den.But even in the beggar's den, Song Cheng couldn't live peacefully, because even these little local beggars in Anping Town would look down on you, rob you of the food you finally got, and then drive you away.

"..." Song Cheng got up from the ground, brushed the dust off his body habitually, spit out a mouthful of phlegm mixed with blood, turned around and walked away without even looking at the beggar's nest.

"Stinky beggar, get out of here!"

"Father, look at that poor beggar!"

"Don't look at it, look carefully, you will grow up like those beggars! Go home soon!"

"Oh, it's unlucky to meet a beggar wherever you go!"

The chirping sound filled Song Cheng's ears, as well as the stones being thrown, but he didn't care. He touched his aching ribs and walked towards the river a little further away with his bare feet.

The stones on the road hurt my feet, and the soil that had been exposed to the hot sun for a day was a little hot against the soles of my feet. With the afterglow of the field path, I could still see clearly.The cicadas were singing endlessly in summer, and the evening wind was blowing hot air. Song Cheng faced the setting sun and thought that luckily it wasn't winter, otherwise his feet would probably be numb from the cold.Thinking about his pair of cloth shoes that were snatched by the beggar's nest, he squinted his eyes, shook his head, and continued walking forward.

After walking for about an hour, it was completely dark at this time, but the summer heat did not stop the cicadas from singing.Song Cheng stood under a willow tree, stepped on the big rocks on the river bank, scratched his back, and looked at the river in front of him.He has been living with beggars for several days, and he hasn't taken a good bath since he fled, and his body smells a little bit, which annoys Song Cheng, who used to love to be clean.

Song Cheng looked up at the man-made stone steps on the bank of the river, leading to the back door of a small restaurant on the second floor a few steps away. The sound made him realize that the business of this restaurant should be very good.Song Cheng thought that no one would open the back door to see him by the river at this time.

No matter, this river can't be owned by this restaurant!Take a shower by yourself, it's okay!Song Cheng took off his tattered clothes and soaked them in the shallow water on the stone steps. He didn't want to accidentally let his tattered clothes run away with the current.He can't swim, and he doesn't have spare money to buy clothes. If the clothes are gone, he will be shirtless from now on?What a joke!When the weather turns cold, he may not even be able to afford a piece of clothing to keep out the cold, so it's not just for fun.

Song Cheng doesn't know how to swim, but fortunately he is not afraid of water.Sitting on the stone steps built by others, he splashed water on himself comfortably, and didn't notice the "squeak" of the wooden door behind him.He hummed a little tune and rubbed the clothes he was about to wash.Just as he was rejoicing that the most peaceful and stable time in the past few months was rare, a pot of rice washing water poured over his head suddenly made him stunned on the spot.

"Hey hey! Where did the beggar come from to take a bath outside our backyard! Looking for mold!" A boy about thirteen or fourteen angrily started yelling at Song Cheng with an empty bucket.Song Cheng turned to look at the young man, who was still sitting in the water. Fortunately, it was night and the young man hadn't turned on the lamp, and the peripheral light in the yard was not enough to see Song Cheng's embarrassment clearly - he hadn't had time to put on his clothes yet.

Under the moonlight, the faint traces of water extending from the bucket indicated that the rice washing water splashed from head to toe just now was the masterpiece of this boy. Song Cheng opened his mouth, and closed his mouth again seeing the boy's angry eyes.In the past few months in Anping, he has understood the discrimination and hostility of the local people.He was a little thankful that the child didn't splash him with a liquid worse than rice washing water, which would be even worse.

"Um, beggar, you can't talk?" The boy didn't receive an answer from Song Cheng, he blinked his eyes and thought of a possibility.The young man was a little surprised by his own recognition, and then felt a little embarrassed because of this recognition, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I saw you taking a shower outside our backyard, and you splashed it when you got angry... But You can't scare me!"

The boy's reaction surprised Song Cheng.He thought of the half steamed bun that was robbed by other beggars in the afternoon. It was a child who carefully skimmed half of his steamed bun and forced it to Song Cheng.The child said with a smile: "Big brother, you are very hungry.".

Song Cheng didn't explain what the boy said.In many cases, children who are less mature than adults know better, and have a unique heart for things that need to be treated kindly.Whether it is out of sympathy or pity, at least it will not drive people to a dead end.

He sat in the water without saying a word or responding.The boy became more and more apologetic for throwing rice washing water all over his body so recklessly. "Hey, wait for me! I'll come as soon as I go!" The boy put the bucket on the ground without taking it, shouted a few words at Song Cheng, and ran into the yard like a gust of wind, not knowing what to do.

Song Cheng knew that the boy would come back.So he hurriedly wiped his body while no one was around, put on his underpants, and lowered himself to find the clothes he just rinsed.This search made Song Cheng, who was already helpless, even more helpless. He was frightened by the boy just now, and he threw his clothes into the water so casually, and he was taken away by the current.

"Uncle j□j!" Song Cheng couldn't help but swear a curse word, misfortunes never come singly, he couldn't bear it anymore.

The front hall of the restaurant was scattered and there were not many diners. When the boy ran in, he was dragged by a customer and forced him to deliver the food to the inn opposite.After rushing to deliver, he ran back like a gust of wind and lay down on the counter. The young man stared at the person behind the counter with sparkling eyes.

"Are you in trouble again?" The person who was settling accounts did not raise his eyes, and spoke slowly as usual.The fingers of the left hand kept on cracking the abacus, and the right hand held the pen to write notes on the ledger.After a long time, Gu Lousheng didn't hear the boy lying on the counter speak, so he put down his pen and closed the book: "What's wrong?"

"Lousheng." The boy rolled his eyes around and called out to his shopkeeper: "Lousheng! Hehe! Lousheng, I poured rice washing water on him!" Gu Lousheng felt that this child always It is also a kind of torture to be straightforward and straightforward.He actually poured rice washing water on the person in a good manner. It was really restless all day. Gu Lousheng came out from behind the counter and said, "Where is it? Did you apologize? Take me to have a look."

Making troubles all day long, Gu Lousheng stretched out his hand to grab the boy's ears, but the boy avoided him and ran to the backyard.

Gu Lousheng, who went to the backyard to apologize to Song Cheng because of his youth, was holding a lamp. Looking at Song Cheng who was standing by the river and wearing shorts and bare back, he could see the milky white rice washing water left on the other party's hair at a glance. Quickly slapped the boy, and blamed him with eyes: "Apologize!"

The boy nodded hastily: "I apologize! But Lou Sheng, he didn't respond, he seems to be a mute..." The deliberately lowered voice did not escape Song Cheng's ears, but he still didn't intend to explain anything, after all, it was over. Tonight, there are passers-by A, B, C, and D who don't know each other.But Song Cheng liked this young man very much, and knew that some facts should not be spoken out loudly to hurt others. It should be the man standing in front of him who taught him well.It can be seen that the two are not masters and servants, but seem to be family members.

Gu Lousheng expressed his apologies, and he insisted on asking Song Cheng to enter the restaurant to change clothes: "My child made a mistake and caused inconvenience to my husband, so we have to give us a chance to make amends." Song Cheng was a little confused by Gu Lousheng's attitude. I'm not too embarrassed, but I really need to get dressed or sit down and drink a cup of hot tea. At these times, I shouldn't make trouble with my body. Only with the capital can I have the strength to go on!

Song Cheng, who was invited into the front hall, stood there, always feeling that he shouldn't be sitting on someone's bench. After all, although he just took a shower, he was splashed with rice washing water, so it's not easy to dirty the place where people do business. .The young man seemed to see the other party's worry, ran into his room and took out a small round stool, and asked Song Cheng to sit down, "Sit down, Lou Sheng has gone to get you clothes, my name is Douer, I'll go Boil the water in the firewood room, you will take a bath later...well, wash off the rice washing water!"

The boy made a grimace and ran out, Song Cheng smiled when he saw it, and suddenly a thought came to him, I don't know if this family is still recruiting workers?

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