Liu Jiacheng is a hard-working man in Yuanbao Town, unloading goods for this mountain goods store for a few days, and then going to that leather store to move skins for two days.

Although the money he earns is not too much, he is the only one left in the whole family who went to Kanto, and the whole family is not hungry because he has enough to eat. If you don't think about the future, this small day can be regarded as a leisurely life.

On this day, having just received the wages of the past few days from Chun Hesheng's account office, Liu Jiacheng was going to the tavern to drink some wine to satisfy his hunger, and by the way, he heard the storyteller tell the story of the sharpshooter Yuan Pengfei to meet his spiritual needs.

While humming a little music, a ragged and dirty beggar blocked his way, and he asked vigilantly, "What are you doing?" ”

"Big brother, let me ask you personally, is Yuan Pengfei in this town?" The beggar asked respectfully.

This beggar is Chen Letong who came all the way to the east of the country, this is the fourth pedestrian he asked, and the three people in front of him all said that they had never heard of this person.

But he clearly remembered that before leaving, Yuan Pengfei said that he would go to Yuanbao Town in Sanjiangkou.

He had worked hard to get here, and if he couldn't find Yuan Pengfei and find out her sister's whereabouts, he really wouldn't even have the heart to die.

Liu Jiacheng looked him up and down, and became more vigilant in his heart, "Little brother just came to Yuanbao Town?" ”

"yes, just came today." Chen Letong replied without thinking.

"Then who are you this Yuan Pengfei?"

"He saved my sister and is my benefactor."

"Really? Then I can take you to him, come with me! Liu Jiacheng said with a smile and walked with him to the side door of the tavern.

"Knock~Knock~, Knock"

Two long and one short knocks sounded, and the man inside shouted outward, "Who, what's the matter?" ”

"Brother Zhang, I'm a little adult! There is a person who wants to find the relatives of Lord Yuan. ”

The door creaked open, but they were greeted not by the pleasant janitor, but by two large knives and the muzzles of four black holes.

Chen Letong was taken aback, is this a thief's den?

But before he could react, two men went up and knocked him down and escorted him in. The leading man snorted coldly, "Dare to seek revenge on our Lord Yuan, isn't it good to find death in another way?" Search for me! ”

Chen Letong heard that they seemed to have misunderstood something, and hurriedly shouted injustice, "Big brother, I'm really not revenge, I'm just here to find someone, Yuan Pengfei is my benefactor!" ”

A man searched his whole body, except for dozens of copper plates and two dried steamed buns, there was no sharp blade to kill at all.

The leading man let down some of his guard in his heart, and ordered a few of his subordinates: "A few of you have shown me a good look at him, and I will report to the eldest brother first." ”

In fact, there is a reason why they are so vigilant.

Blocking people's money is like killing their parents, why not Yuan Pengfei blocking people's money! In the past six months or so, there have been almost twenty bandits destroyed under his command, and how many bandits have formed a blood feud with him.

To be able to escape from under his hands, in addition to luck, you have to have some strength. These people either come to avenge themselves alone, or form alliances to secretly plot revenge.

Chen Letong's routine of looking for relatives and then seeing people break out has already happened. That time, their subordinates thought that they had met the truth, and they didn't dare to offend a little, so they respectfully invited people in.

If Yuan Pengfei hadn't known what his situation was and alerted in advance, it was very likely that he would have succeeded that time.

Since then, all the people in charge of security have been specially guarded and taught. Except for those few familiar faces, it was impossible for anyone else to come in without passing through the inspection.

However, this time it was really real!

"Chen Letong, is that you?"

Yuan Pengfei really couldn't recognize it. Is this emaciated beggar with two half-foot-long scars on his face the same person as the polite and somewhat bookish little brother he had ever seen?

"It's me, Chen Letong from Longkou Port. Brother Yuan, how is my sister? Chen Letong asked anxiously.

"Your sister is doing well, and she is in the countryside with my godmother!" Yuan Pengfei also knew his anxiety, and hurriedly ordered: "Zhang Hu, you take the two brothers to pick up people in person, bring my sister Yaofei back, and tell her by the way that her brother is back." ”

Just as he was about to arrange for Chen Letong, he saw Chen Letong suddenly collapse on the ground and faint.

His sister is his only spiritual support, and it is also the reason why he has come here. Now that I heard the news that my sister was safe and sound, my tense spirit was relaxed, and I couldn't hold it anymore.

After a long time, when Chen Letong woke up again, his lovely sister was already sitting in front of his bed, affectionately calling him "brother".

"Brother, how do you feel?"

Sitting up with Chen Yaofei's support, Chen Letong looked at his sister's face and smiled: "It's okay, there's no problem." It's you, Brother Yuan's family treats you well, and the emaciated little face has also become a small round face. ”

Chen Yaofei wrinkled her cute little nose, "Yes, Brother Yuan's family is very good to me, my godmother and sister-in-law take special care of me, and I am about to become a little fat pig." But brother, how did you get over the past year, you have suffered a lot. ”

"It's okay, it's okay!" Chen Letong said perfunctorily.

He has experienced a lot and learned a lot in the past year, but more of it is the hardships along the way, and he is reluctant to talk to his sister about these experiences, which will not do her more than worry.

I remember that when they first separated, the two of them became one person, and the dry food on their backs became richer.

But just after a few days of walking north, while resting in a forest, he met those guys who had turned from desert escapees to bandits in order to survive.

They had no other purpose, and they didn't say anything about killing, but they just snatched the fleeing people's luggage and dry food so that they could continue to survive.

Chen Letong's luck was good, and the other escapees acted as a barrier, and he escaped the catastrophe with his luggage on his back.

It's just that luck is not always on his side, and in the next few robberies, one happened to meet the robber head-on.

The food in the bag was life-threatening, how could he let the robbers rob it. So he resisted, and then was brutally beaten by several robbers, if it wasn't for the robbers and other robbery targets, he would definitely sell his life there.

Dragging his bruised body, he gritted his teeth and continued on his way. Without dry food and luggage, he could only put down his dignity and beg and go to Kanto step by step.

During this period, he saw the warmth and coldness of human feelings, and also understood what it means to have stinky wine and meat in Zhumen, and there are frozen bones on the road.

There is an old lady who does not reciprocate and divides half of her food with him. There are kind-hearted people who let him do some odd jobs and give him two more meals.

But more of it is an indifferent look, there are too many people begging all the way over, and no one's food comes for nothing, and it is impossible to save all of them if they save one. The number of times he hits the wall is dozens or hundreds of times that of success.

As for the more odious ones, he has not seen them.

The local ruffians and hooligans liked to bully them, the fleeing foreigners, and he was at most subjected to two revivals alone, and it was okay to be careful.

But those guys who took their wives and children to Kanto can be regarded as suffering, and he once saw a good-looking big girl snatched away by bullies.

As for what happened next, he didn't know, but it wouldn't be too good to think about.

There are also large families who give away steamed buns, maybe the host is kind and good. But in fact, the conscience of the dogs who do things is black, and they throw the white steamed buns on the ground like feeding dogs, and stand aside to watch the excitement.

These escapees who went all the way to the east of the country to ask for food to beg for their lives, those who clinged to their dignity would have starved to death a long time ago, and if they could get food alive, their dignity would have been thrown into the ground and trampled to pieces.

The steamed buns stained with mud are also snatched heads, which can be regarded as a joke for these dogs.

Later, he was arrested by the government and worked as a coolie for a period of time, eating the same as pig food, all wheat bran and millet mixed with sand, but fortunately he escaped if he was not strictly guarded.

He also got a few copper plates from well-wishers because of begging, and was beaten by those beggars who formed gangs, on the grounds that this was their territory, and there were rules for begging.

By the time he crossed the Shanhaiguan, it was almost winter. In order not to freeze to death, he worked as a part-time worker in a fairly good family for a period of time and survived the winter.

It's a good day to have a job, a place to eat, a place to live, and a few wages. If he was alone, he would have stayed here.

However, he still can't let go of his sister in his heart, is she doing well, is she suffering?

Chen Letong couldn't rest assured, and after saving enough coils, he continued on the road.

But in this world, if you don't encounter some situations on the road, it's not normal!

Halfway through the encounter, he met a horse bandit, and he turned into a beggar again. But the most dangerous were not the horse bandits, but the Japanese and Russians, because they killed people with impunity.

Once, he followed a group of refugees to the warning area of the Russian garrison. The Russian GIs were not polite, and directly regarded them as spies for the Japanese, chasing them like rabbits.

Bullets whizzed around, and many refugees were shot in the back and fell to the ground. Then the Cossack cavalry, brandishing their sabers, chased after them, and they chopped at sight, regardless of men, women, and children!

Chen Letong burst out of the strength to eat milk and ran into the forest, but the Cossack cavalry thought it was troublesome to chase them in, and they didn't bother to chase them, so he escaped.

On that occasion, only a few lucky ones escaped from the refugee contingent of dozens of people, and the rest became the heroes of the Russian GIs. The Russian GIs would make a note in the credit book about how many spies they had killed on a certain day of the month.

He was unfortunate and went through so much suffering.

But he was also lucky, at least alive to see his relatives.

Those who are more unfortunate than him have long since become corpses and graves along the way.