Heavy snow weighed down on the house, and the wall collapsed.

These are some of the most tragic things for the poor.

At this moment, Wang Kunpeng was standing in front of his old house where the beams had fallen and the earthen walls had collapsed, kneeling and wailing.

Half a year ago, when Zhou Qingfeng arrived in Fushun, he recruited Wang Kunpeng by his side. He originally thought that this was an idle errand, but who knew that there were constant troubles and disasters - every time Zhou Qingfeng made a big move, the people who followed him would have bad luck.

Previously, Zhou Qingfeng led a team to attack Fushun Mashi, and afterwards, Fushun guerrilla Li Yongfang sent troops to retaliate against the village involved in the looting. Although most of the villagers had followed Yehebu's Hezhuo away, there were many villagers left behind - most of them were dead.

Although afterwards, with the help of Guo Budo and Ma Chengta's face, Li Yongfang revealed the matter. But the officials of Fushun City will not easily let go of such an opportunity to squeeze oil and water - the villages involved in the looting have been looted many times, the fields have been divided, and the houses in the village have also been occupied. Those who escaped were also hunted down and had to live like rats in hiding. For example, Wang Kunpeng.

In half a year, Wang Kunpeng has changed from a young scholar to a thin beggar. Today is New Year's Day, and he wants to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors. It's just that his original village has been changed beyond recognition, and the old house of his Wang family is empty, and even the house has been crushed by the heavy snow, and there is no place to live anymore.

Woo woo woo ......, Wang Kunpeng whimpered and picked up the ancestral spirit card from the ruins. These tablets were smashed to pieces, and they couldn't be put together, so he gathered the rotten wood in his hand and wanted to hang himself.

If you're dead, you're gone.

wanted to die and was afraid of death, Wang Kunpeng could only cry. He hadn't even eaten a hot meal for the past few days, he was dizzy from hunger, and finally he didn't even have the strength to cry, so he could only sobbed and hummed a few times.

If it is cold today, Wang Kunpeng will cry all the time, and if he does not starve to death, he will be frozen to death - this thing is too common, and every day in Fushun City, you can see poor people with thin hands and feet dying under the wall, commonly known as 'starvation'.

Crying dizzily, Wang Kunpeng heard a burst of dense footsteps behind him on this snowy day, as if many people were standing at the door of their house. Then I heard a loud voice shouting, "Hey, are you dead?" If you don't die, let me ask, how did this village become like this? ”

Wang Kunpeng didn't want to deal with it, but he heard this voice a little familiar. He turned his head and saw a number of people standing at the door of the collapsed house, wearing thick leather coats, solid fur hats, scarves on their faces, and even gloves on their hands.

"There is no one left in the village." Wang Kunpeng replied weakly. He wanted to stand up, but found that both legs had been numb from the cold, and he fell to the ground with a clatter, and he couldn't get up for a long time.

The questioning outsider walked a few steps forward, stretched out his hand to pull Wang Kunpeng up from the ground, and said, "This brother, if you wear too little, you will freeze to death." ”

"That's all I have." Wang Kunpeng said and cried again. It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, but he is really at the end of his rope.

The questioning outsider took a closer look at Wang Kunpeng's face, and suddenly exclaimed, "You are Wang Kunpeng?" ”

Wang Kunpeng lost a lot of weight, his cheeks were sunken, but his eyebrows were vague. When he heard the stranger read his name, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Who are you?" ”

Hahaha...... the questioning outsider lifted his fur hat and said happily: "I still want to go back to Fushun to find an acquaintance?" I deliberately went back to this village to take a look, but I didn't even have a shadow of a kneeling ghost, but I met you, Brother Wang. ”

When Wang Kunpeng saw the face in front of him, he immediately raised his finger and scolded angrily: "You ......, you ......, surnamed Zhou, you dare to come back?" You ruined our whole village, and now it's all thanks to you, and you dare to come back? ”

The person who came was naturally Zhou Qingfeng, and after he arrived at Fushun Pass, he climbed over the side wall and entered, and went to find the village that had plundered Fushun Ma City with him. But this village has long been dilapidated, the houses have collapsed, and the population is extinct, but it is very unexpected to meet Wang Kunpeng, who once served as his personal companion.

Facing Wang Kunpeng, who was excited, Zhou Qingfeng's joy at returning to Daming suddenly faded. He knew that he had caused too much trouble and offended a lot of people. The official master of Fushun can't trouble himself, but he will definitely seek revenge on those who have followed him, and obviously Wang Kunpeng is one of them.

"I think Brother Wang is suffering." Zhou Qingfeng is now taller than Wang Kunpeng, he patted the other party's shoulder and said: "The past is irreparable, I can compensate Brother Wang now." ”

"Compensation?" Wang Kunpeng was still holding the broken wood of the ancestral tablet in his hand, and his neck was stiff and shouted: "I will never mess with you again when I die." You guy runs away every time he gets in trouble, leaving me to suffer. Lao Tzu was arrested by Jinyi Wei because of you, tortured by Dongchang, and hunted down by officials, and now the family is ruined, and the ancestral house cannot be saved. You're a scourge. ”

Thinking that Wang Kunpeng really didn't get any good fruit with him, Zhou Qingfeng felt more and more guilty. He nodded and said, "Okay, okay, it's me who is sorry for Brother Wang." I didn't want to call you again. It's a cold day, I'll give you a winter coat. ”

As soon as Zhou Qingfeng beckoned, someone behind him brought Wang Kunpeng a set of thick and warm leather clothes, and even leather boots. They are all made of fine fur, and they are heavy in their hands.

Buying winter clothes, Wang Kunpeng found that there were more than 20 people outside the house pulling sleds to follow Zhou Qingfeng. He really wanted to throw the winter coat in his hand to the ground to show that he was not charitable.

But Zhou Qingfeng shouted to his subordinates behind him: "Go to the village and find a few houses that can still live, we will settle here today." Gather firewood, boil water for cooking, and find a way to go into the city when you are full. By the way, it is also a portion for this royal brother, so that he can eat more. ”

When the hard-hearted Wang Kunpeng heard that he was still giving him food, his hungry stomach suddenly screamed, and he was sour with hunger - he wanted to refuse but found that he couldn't open his mouth, and the idea of filling his stomach overshadowed all grievances and hatreds.

Looking at Zhou Qingfeng's subordinates, they performed their duties and quickly started working after listening to the order. These people all followed Zhou Qingfeng through hardships and education, and they were the most essential part of the more than 1,000 slaves in Ehekulun after they were repeatedly eliminated. Everyone has a good hand and foot and cooperates tacitly.

In less than half an hour, fireworks erupted again in the abandoned village. A large iron bucket is used to cook hot soup, a large iron pot is steaming rice, and there are several special cooks in charge of eating, which is very efficient. The other subordinates cleaned up the houses in the village that they could live in, and the little leaders commanded the scene in an orderly manner, and spoke loudly and methodically, which made people feel comfortable to watch.

The hard-hearted Wang Kunpeng still changed into winter clothes under the urging of the cold wind, especially leather boots. As soon as the soles of the feet are warm, the whole person is much more comfortable. His stomach hurt from hunger, and he was naturally attracted by the cooks who were cooking, and he was stunned when he stood on the sidelines, and the more he looked, the hungrier he became.

Zhou Qingfeng laughed and said, "These cooks are treasures, I didn't expect them to be so useful." Two of them are still Jurchens, although they are not literate no matter how they teach, but they are honest and obedient, which makes me worry-free. Whether it's a march or a climb over the mountains, with a few good cooks, the morale of the whole team is guaranteed. ”

Zhou Qingfeng's chef not only cooks, but also tries his best to find ingredients. It's super good, and he makes it boast and boast.

Wang Kunpeng is paying attention to the cooking utensils in the hands of the cook, whether it is a large iron bucket or a large iron pot, it is a rare item with a lot of price. And the spatulas the cooks fiddle with are all metal, and there are a dozen or so small soup pots and pans, which can be regarded as readily available—these things are not often found in large households.

Originally, a clay jar was used for cooking, but the clay jar was too bulky and inconvenient to carry, and it was smashed when cooking soup once. At that time, the cooks who were cooking rice were all so frightened that they knelt in front of Zhou Qingfeng and trembled. Zhou Qingfeng waved his hand and didn't care, and got a complete set of metal kitchenware and cooking utensils from the technical school canteen on the isolated island of time and space.

Being able to eat hot soup and hot meals in the middle of winter is a magic weapon for Zhou Qingfeng to maintain the morale and cohesion of the team on the way back. He also erected a basic rule in his own team - to keep his men fed and clothed, so that no matter how difficult the task is, it is not terrible, otherwise any team will be scattered.

It was difficult to hunt in winter, but Zhou Qingfeng passed through many rivers on the way back, chiseled ice for fishing, and stored a lot of fish and meat. Since there is not enough cooking oil, the fish can only be stewed in soup. Waiting for the hot soup to roll, Zhou Qingfeng personally greeted his subordinates and called his subordinates to drink the soup.

Wang Kunpeng also held an iron bowl and drank hot soup in small sips. The soup is also filled with sun-dried onions and mushrooms picked in autumn, which smell fragrant and appetizing. He had been hungry for days, and the hot meal had not been eaten for some unknown time. This will be a mouthful of hot soup and a handful of tears, obviously happy, but can't stop crying.

After the hot soup, there was wild vegetable rice, Zhou Qingfeng felt that the taste was not very good, but Wang Kunpeng ate more and more delicious. He ate four or five bowls in one go, and when he choked on it, he rolled his eyes and clutched the rice bowl and didn't let go. Zhou Qingfeng's subordinates didn't laugh at him when they saw him eating, but just helped him pat him on the back and persuade him not to eat too much, he would die of support.

With winter clothes and hot soup and rice, Wang Kunpeng's hardness was digested in his stomach along with the food. He suddenly lowered his head and felt sad - after eating this meal, what about the next? Can you survive the next meal, but what about the next meal?

Zhou Qingfeng had just eaten, and arranged for his subordinates to rest and be on guard in shifts. He was also walking towards Wang Kunpeng, wanting to ask about the situation in Fushun now. But before he could speak, Wang Kunpeng shouted at him and said, "This ......, young master." ”

Ah......, as soon as he heard Wang Kunpeng be so polite, Zhou Qingfeng grinned. He searched around his body and took out a silver ingot and stuffed it to Wang Kunpeng, "When I first came to Fushun, Brother Wang helped me a lot, and also caused a lot of trouble for Brother Wang. Thinking that Brother Wang is strapped for money now, these few taels of silver will subsidize Brother Wang's family. ”

There wasn't much silver, but Wang Kunpeng didn't want to take it. He pushed back and said, "Young Master, I ......, I was wrong. I ....., I ....... ”

Wang Kunpeng didn't know how to speak for a long time, but Zhou Qingfeng said: "I am back in Fushun now, and I will never send anyone to the fence again." I want to recruit talented people and expand my career. I wonder if Brother Wang can come to help me again regardless of his previous suspicions? ”

Zhou Qingfeng's words were frank and sincere. He still knows Wang Kunpeng well, and now is the time when talents are needed, and taking the initiative to recruit can also give the other party a face.

In the face of the great rights and wrongs of life, what is there to worry about? Wang Kunpeng's mouth trembled, and he couldn't say anything, so he simply kept nodding his head. This can be regarded as getting on Zhou Qingfeng's thief ship again, but he feels down-to-earth in his heart, at least he doesn't have to be hungry.

Zhou Qingfeng and Wang Kunpeng asked about the current situation in Fushun City, and arranged for him to meet other members of his current team, and introduced Old Man Sun, Sun Ren, Cai Zhiwei and others. Everyone in the team sat around the campfire at night and chatted, which was also a great time.

After resting at night, Wang Kunpeng and Cai Zhiwei were arranged to live in a room. Cai Zhiwei's painting boy Jin Ge was curious about this person who suddenly joined the team, and asked him when he met the chief before going to bed?

Wang Kunpeng was also curious about how Cai Zhiwei and the others got acquainted with Zhou Qingfeng, and when he learned that everyone in the team was following Zhou Qingfeng in Ehekulun, he suddenly straightened his chest and said, "I have known Young Master Zhou for a long time, and I followed him two months earlier than you." ”

This pride, in the future, will be ranked in seniority, and it will be from the dragon elders!