"Huh?! Who threw this dime away? Hehe, I'm really lucky today......"

In a garbage dump just outside town, a young boy with a young face is staring at a crumpled dime of paper in his hand with joy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The info boy carefully spread out a dime of the bill in his palm, wiped the stain off the corner of his sleeve, and folded it neatly and put it in his jacket pocket.

"Hmm...... As long as I can save another three yuan, it will be enough to pay my brother's tuition for one semester. That's great! I can finally send him to school! ”

After patting his pocket, the little boy made a rough calculation in his mind. He whispered to himself in ecstatic breath as he packed up his little baggage, and then dragged the small homemade cart slowly in the direction of the town.

"Sugar Mound! Two cents a piece! ”

"The new ** flower out of the pot! No incense, no money! ”

"Take a look at it, don't miss it when you pass by, the authentic overpass old craftsmanship, all visitors......"

The town is still as lively as ever. The little boy pulled the cart and walked slowly down the streets of the town. As he walked, he kept staring at the lively stalls on both sides of the road.

It's noon, and the streets of the town are filled with all kinds of snacks, which is almost dazzling. The boy frowned, and finally stopped in front of a stall selling steamed buns, staring intently at the big steamed buns with white flowers, and then shook his nose a few times, and took a deep breath of the aroma of the steamed buns.

"Gollum ......"

It's good not to smell it, but this smell, I didn't expect my stomach to suddenly scream angrily. The boy rubbed his stomach, then reached into his jacket pocket and squeezed the dime he had picked up. The boy hesitated for a few seconds, but finally let go of his hand. He swallowed his saliva, lifted his dirty sleeve to wipe the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and finally turned around, walking briskly towards the scrapyard with a determined step, never looking back.

……

"Waste paper is twelve catties and three taels, and iron is four and a half catties. As for those plastics...... I'll count you five pounds. The toothpaste skin has five aluminum, and there are these...... Let's make it whole, Qianyu, you order, it's a total of nine cents and two cents, right? ”

In the yard of the scrap yard, a man who looked to be in his thirties, holding an abacus in his hand, stood in front of a pile of scrap and counted them. He "crackled" on the abacus for a while, then pushed in front of the little boy and said.

The little boy who was called Qianyu only glanced at it slightly, then nodded and said, "That's right, Uncle Cheng." Oh, by the way, I also picked up two catties of food stamps yesterday, why don't you help me take a look and collect it, okay? ”

Qian Yu said as she took out a crumpled food stamp from her baggage and handed it to the man. The latter took the food stamp, looked at it carefully, and nodded: "Okay, Xiao Yu, then Uncle will count you as a dollar today." In this way, don't leave for a while, just stay at Uncle's place to eat. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Cheng, but no, my brother is still waiting for me to go back at home. Hehe, let's go, Uncle Cheng, I'll come back tomorrow. ”

Qian Yu shook his head, politely declined Uncle Cheng's kindness, and then put away the one dollar he had earned after two days of hard work, and dragged the empty cart back.

"Huh? Boss Cheng, whose child is this, why did he come out to sell rags at such a young age? It can't be stealing things from the house and then stealing them from you to sell them for money, right? ”

Next to him, a short fat man patted Boss Cheng's shoulder and came over with a smile.

"Liu Dazhu, don't talk nonsense, this kid is much more competitive than you."

Boss Cheng pushed away the fat big hand on his shoulder with a little disgust, and then looked at the back of Qian Yu leaving and said, "That little guy wandered to our town a few years ago. It's a very poor child, who lives alone with a young brother, and doesn't steal or rob, so he makes a living by picking up rags. But, in my opinion, this kid is much better than you stinky boy, and he doesn't do his job all day long. ”

"Oh, I see...... Haha, come on, Boss Cheng, I'm just joking with you, you have a lot of adults, do you really go to your heart? Well, let's get down to business, let's take a look at the old radio I just brought you over, and you can give you a price. ”

When Liu Dazhu heard Boss Cheng's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and an evil thought quietly rose in his heart. He snorted, and then enthusiastically pulled Boss Cheng into the house.

……

The size of the town is not small, the scrap yard is located in the southeast of the town, and the home of Chiba and his brother is located in the northwest corner of the town.

Speaking of the northwest corner of the town, it is said that it was burned down by a bizarre fire for some reason in the early years. According to the old man in the town, the fire burned so evil that it seemed to have burned out suddenly without warning, and no one in the town could see where the fire had spread. By the time the people were choked by the thick smoke and awakened from their dreams, the northwest of the town was already in flames.

At that time, in the northwest corner of the town, there were no more and no less, a total of seventeen families, regardless of men, women and children, and in the end none of them survived. What's even more strange is that after the fire burned down the seventeen families, it was quickly extinguished, and it did not affect the rest of the town, and the land that was burned by the fire has been lifeless for so many years.

As a result, all kinds of rumors arose. Some people said that these seventeen people must have done something hurtful and harmful to the heavens and offended the gods, so the gods came down in anger and punished these people with the punishment of burning; Some people think that the feng shui of this place is not good, and it is very easy to cause great disasters; Others were even more bizarre, claiming that they had heard bursts of women's laughter and babies crying from the fire, thinking that something unclean had been caused here, and that they had been discouraged.

However, most people will not listen to these nonsense, preferring to believe something practical. They speculated that it might have been due to the dry weather that night, and the grain, thatch, or other flammable objects of the families in the northwest of the town accidentally got on the sparks, and the result was out of control. Some people speculate that it may be that the robbers or bandits in the surrounding mountains and forests may have entered the town while it was dark, and then took advantage of the fire to rob, or that these people had killed people and sold goods, in order to destroy the corpses and destroy the traces, so they set a fire to burn the place to the ground.

In short, all kinds of rumors circulated in the town for a long time, but in the end there was no conclusive conclusion, and gradually it became the talk of people after dinner, and then gradually forgotten by the people in the town.

However, since that incident, the northwest of the town has become a forbidden place for people, people think that this place is unlucky, evil spirit, living here is afraid that it will be a flying disaster, so as long as you have a little money in hand, you will not live in the northwest of the town, and this has gradually become the most sparsely populated place in the whole town, only people who do not believe in evil, are bold, or are too poor to live, and there are people who have no tomorrow today, will settle here.

There are not many houses here, let alone many people living in them, only a few broken thatched huts built by later generations, which cannot shelter from the wind and rain in summer, and the cold in winter, and Qian Yu and his brother live in one of these thatched houses.

The two of them only came to this town two years ago, and they didn't know much about these old things, and at that time, Qianyu was already overstretched, living a life with a meal without a meal, and his younger brother was still young, and having a place to live was already a mercy of God, where could he manage so many taboos.

Ever since Qianyu can remember, he has been living a wandering life with his younger brother. He doesn't know where his home is, who his parents are, and if they're still alive. He didn't even know what his last name was, maybe God had mercy on him, and the only thing he remembered was what his name was.

I guess today will be another uneventful day. Since coming to this town two years ago, the same days, Qian Yu doesn't know how many days have passed, his daily life is to take care of his younger brother, and then go out to pick up scraps and sell them for money to make a living. However, Qian Yu now finally has some hope for life, as long as he works hard and saves enough money, he can send his younger brother to school. As long as he can send his younger brother to study, no matter how hard and tired he is, his heart will be sweet.

Every day, the walk from the scrap yard in the southeast of the town to the thatched hut in the northwest is not too short, but not too long, because this road has something that Chiba looks forward to seeing every day.

I heard a faint "Hey! Ha! A glimmer of light flashed in Qian Yu's eyes, and he hurriedly quickened his pace.

The reason why the town where Qian Yu is located is so prosperous is inseparable from the famous martial arts halls in the town. Among these martial arts halls, the Qin Clan's martial arts hall is the most famous.

It is said that this martial arts hall was handed down before the liberation, and the old man of the current martial arts hall used to be a well-known figure in the rivers and lakes, but now he is old, so he came to this martial arts hall to retire, and no one dared to come to the gym in Cangzhou, a place where martial arts are popular, you can imagine how deep the background of this martial arts hall is.

When approaching the gate of the martial arts hall, Chiba found that the entrance of the martial arts hall was empty today. Qian Yu was overjoyed, so he slowed down, put the dragged cart aside, and then tiptoed to the door of the martial arts hall, looking inside through the crack in the door.

Inside the martial arts hall was a group of children who looked about his age, dressed in loose clothes, and were training. The younger ones are practicing with wooden stakes, and every move and style seems to be so conformist; There are also some older ones, who are two or two pairs of each other to make a gesture, and from time to time their mouths let out "Humph!" Ha! Hey! Voice.

When Qian Yu saw this scene, a strong blood surged into his heart in an instant, and there seemed to be an undercurrent surging wildly in his body. Qian Yu couldn't help but clench his fists hard.

"Stinky boy, let me catch it today, I see if you have anything to say this time!

This undercurrent was interrupted by a sudden interruption, and disappeared without a trace in an instant. Qian Yu was taken aback, came back to his senses, and was about to turn back, but at this time, he was grabbed by the collar by a strange force.

Qian Yu was shocked in his heart, and struggled with all his might, trying to break free from the big hand and escape. But after all, he was still young, and now he was carried in the air by the neck, no matter how he punched and kicked, he couldn't hurt the person behind him.

Qian Yu was ashamed and angry, his face turned red, and he shouted angrily: "Who are you! Put me down! “

The man behind him felt very funny when he saw Qianyu's calves kicking and arrogant, and couldn't help but laugh at him and said, "Just such a hairy boy like you, what's the matter?" Do you want to compare with me? Hehe, it's not impossible to let you down, but you have to tell me first, you stinky boy is at the door of our martial arts hall, what the hell do you want to do?! ”

Seeing that this person didn't seem to have any ill will towards him, and that he was a person in the martial arts hall, Qian Yu calmed down, and no longer struggled, but pulled his limbs down, and said in a calm tone: "You let me down first, and I'll tell you." ”

When the man heard this, he was immediately happy, and said in his heart that this little fart boy really has a lot of energy, and he grabbed his neck and had no power to fight back, so he dared to bargain with him? But seeing that this little guy is as thin as a human child, he is afraid that a gust of wind will blow him without a shadow, and at first glance it is a little doll with no power to tie the chicken, and it is nothing to put him down.

Besides, he's a big man, and he bullies people with a child's neck behind his back, and it's not very good to hear about it. Looking at the child's malnourished and skinny appearance, he also relented a little.

"Forget it, I don't want to worry about you, since you want to come down, then I'll let you down, but you are not allowed to run!"

The man sighed and put the thousand feathers in his hand firmly on the ground.

Qian Yu, who landed on the ground with his feet, did not speak at first, but turned around and looked at the man carefully. The man was wearing a loose martial arts uniform, which seemed to be the same type of clothing as the children trained in the martial arts gym, but the details were slightly different. The man looked to be about thirty years old, and a martial artist of this age must be a relatively high-level existence in this martial arts hall.

As Qian Yu turned his head, his face also met the man's eyes. In his opinion, Qianyu's face is immature and delicate, and there is a trace of heroism in his clear eyes, but unfortunately, it seems that because of the lack of nutrition, this face looks very thin, so pale that his face is almost bloodless, which makes people really distressed to see.

“…… Say, boy, what the hell were you doing here? ”

The man was silent for a moment, then crouched down, his eyes were level with Chiba, and asked in a gentle tone.

Seeing that this man actually squatted down to talk to him, Qian Yu vaguely felt that this person seemed to be a kind and good person. Qian Yu lowered his guard a little in his heart, and confessed to the man the reason why he was standing in front of the door of the martial arts hall and sneaking inside.

It turned out that Qianyu would pass by this martial arts hall every day on his way home from the scrap yard.

At first, he didn't pay attention to it, but then once, he happened to hear the sound of training and fighting coming from inside the martial arts hall, and the front of the martial arts hall was as unguarded as it is today, so he stepped forward and looked inside through the crack in the door of the martial arts hall.

There were some teenagers of his age in the martial arts hall, and these people were either standing on the stump or fighting each other, humming between each move. In this situation, it seems that there is an inexplicable sense of familiarity in Qianyu's eyes. It was from that time that Qian Yu felt an inexplicable impulse that made his blood boil for the first time, and there seemed to be an undercurrent surging in his body, making him suddenly have an irrepressible desire to fight.

But the feeling was only for a moment, it quickly disappeared, and he didn't care at the time. But later, whenever Qian Yu passed by this martial arts hall, watching the people who practiced martial arts inside practice and fight, and took the opportunity to steal the master to learn the arts, he would have this wonderful feeling, and it became stronger and stronger every time, as if it was growing, and it was becoming more and more difficult to suppress.

However, although Qian Yu had no intention of lying to the man, he did not intend to tell the man all this. He had reservations, but told the man that he longed for martial arts and wanted to learn them, but he had no money, so he could only come here to peek, thinking that he might be able to learn a trick and a half, but he did not mention his instinctive impulse. Qian Yu felt that such strange remarks would only make people suspect that he was not mentally normal.

"Oh...... Do you practice martial arts...... No way! No, no, no! This is not the place for you! You'd better hurry up! ”