Chapter 1: Ten Years
Spring in Jiangzhou is always rainy and foggy, and it is difficult to tell what time it is by looking at the weather changes with the naked eye, and it is even more difficult to judge what season it is;
There is no spring flowers, no bright sun, not even continuous spring rain, the whole city is locked in this thick fog, feeling cold and abnormal, and it is a cold winter wax moon, but this is indeed spring is just;
The Jiangzhou Xicheng Detention Center, which was locked in a dense fog, looked looming and unpredictable, and if it was seen by people who didn't know what place it was, it would be quite interesting;
It had just come out of a place like a detention center, and no matter how you looked at it, it was a bit miserable;
The shabby jacket was no longer of any color, the long hair was haphazardly pulled on the head, which was already knotted, perhaps because the weather was so cold, the whole man shrunk into a ball, hugged himself with his arms to keep warm, and shivered a little there; when he walked, the man seemed to float, as if the wind was a little stronger, and the man would be blown away;
If there is a big Jiangzhou city, no one will pay attention to such a thing, such a thing that you can know at a glance that it is a thing living in a slum, just like what happened to him now, because there is no oil and water to fish, this is naturally released;
Zhuang Feng was indeed the most inconspicuous member of the slums, selling cheap breakfast for a living, and about a month ago, the rotten brother who ran such a broken breakfast stall with him had inexplicably become insane with him and killed someone in the street, and then the police arrived and killed him on the spot, and he, as a partner in the breakfast stall together, was naturally detained for routine inquiry;
In fact, this case is very simple and quite ordinary; isn't it that a certain person in this city suddenly has a mental illness because he can't bear some pressure, and then he hurts someone; and for this case, he is such a simple case; because on the day of the crime, after passers-by reported the crime, the police rushed to the capital, and this person danced with the chopsticks used to fry flatbread there, and then was killed on the spot;
It is really not much money to make a breakfast stall in a place like a slum, and he barely coaxes his stomach to starve to death; perhaps because of this, after the investigation of the case is clear, Zhuang Feng is released; in spite of this, it has been closed for almost a month, and it is really worthy of being called the master of the stone that can squeeze two taels of oil;
Some cold streets, wrapped in such a single coat and walking alone, for Zhuang Feng, the cold nine single clothes have come over, but I didn't expect that this is all spring, this day is still his mother's claws, but compared to the cold weather, Zhuang Feng's heart has really been frozen, and there will be no temperature;
He watched as the brother was shot in the street, like a wild dog on the side of the road, but who knew who the man who was killed like a wild dog on the side of the road? No one knows, but he Zhuang Feng knows who it is, that is also the overlord of the once dominant side, the big man who actually ruled Jiangzhou City, but he was killed like a crazy wild dog on the side of the road;
The deserted Chaotianmen Wharf, because of this thick fog locking the river, there are no ships coming, and there are only a few sticks on the wharf sitting on the steps of the wharf, holding the stick in their hands and falling asleep there;
Zhuang Feng stood on the gate building of the Chaotian Gate, looking at the cold dock below, or at the lethargic bangbangs below, a little wry, I don't know when the people of their Zhuang family will actually fall to the dock to make bangbangs in order to get such a mouthful of food from starvation, but everything is about to pass, because from today onwards, he wants to make the Zhuang family the master of this Jiangzhou city again;
"Ali......" Zhuang Feng seemed to wander aimlessly on the dock, but in fact, he quickly looked at everyone on the dock to find the person he wanted to find;
Finally, Zhuang Feng found the person he wanted to find among those sleepy sticks, but he didn't know what to say, and before he could say anything, the bamboo sticks in the sticks stabbed with the sound of breaking wind.
The so-called Bangbanger, in fact, is the practice of all places, by carrying some things for people to earn money, and in this Jiangzhou City is called Bangbanger, because they take out a stick in their hands, tie a rope at one end of the stick, and solve the pain of carrying weight for people, so it is called Bangbanger;
It's called He Li's bangbang, which hasn't opened since the morning, and there is like holding a stick like a wife and being sleepy there, this suddenly heard someone call his name, and subconsciously handed out the stick in his hand, and at the same time he smiled a little bitterly in his heart, he is now hiding in such a place, or he is all reduced to such a place, and there are still people who can find him, then it must be no good thing;
The name He Li is not what he has now, or he was called He Li ten years ago; a person has changed his name and surname for ten years, and when he is mentioned at first glance, it is natural not to think in a good direction, human nature;
However, when He Li saw the person who called him clearly, the stick in his hand slipped weakly, but he did not stage any big scene of crying there, because he would not cry, it was not a strong will, but that he had been injured, and the tear duct had been broken, and he would not cry again;
"Young master, I'm back;" After a short period of time, He Li looked at Zhuang Feng, just such a simple sentence for a whole day; maybe He Li himself was not good at words, or maybe he looked at Zhuang Feng in front of him, which was a little speechless;
The Zhuang Feng in front of him is not what it was back then; Or, the Zhuang Feng in front of him is too downtrodden, and some don't know what to say; Zhuang Feng, who was once the head of the Zhuang family who once shook the mainland, is in front of him? Wrapped in such a shabby jacket, with a miserable white and bloodless complexion, the long hair was all knotted, and the river breeze was blowing on the edge of the dock, and the trembling standing there couldn't help shaking, as if it was going to fall down at any time, it was all frozen, these were completely different from the previous Zhuang Feng;
Zhuang Feng had already expected He Li's reaction, because of what he looked like, he couldn't know it better; however, Zhuang Feng was not ready to confide in He Li how miserable he had been over the years, so he habitually exaggerated and said there: "Brother Li, is your old man going to fly up and eat people?
This is Zhuang Feng, this is the eldest young master of their Zhuang family; He Li's joke about Zhuang Feng, this heart finally found that familiar shadow; that Zhuang Feng, who has no so-called master and servant at all, regards all the people of the Zhuang family, whether it is a family servant or guard;
He Li himself is only Zhuang's guard, of course, he is also Zhuang Feng's chief guard;
"I'm back, aren't you leaving?" For Zhuang Feng's jokes, He Li is too lazy to pick up the matter, which is also his habit, but this Zhuang family has been out of town for ten years, and Zhuang Feng has also been missing for ten years, and now suddenly appears, He Li is really not sure which young master of their family can sing, this has to be asked clearly;
"Where are you going? This is the territory of this seat, and now this seat will be taken back, and he will never leave again;" In Zhuang Feng's case, he had been hiding for ten years, and he didn't want to hide anymore, or he didn't want to be killed like a wild dog on the side of the road, so he decided to come back;
"Smack;" He Li listened to Zhuang Feng's sure that he would not leave again, and more importantly, Zhuang Feng's self-proclaim; with He Li's understanding of the young master of their family, but whenever Zhuang Feng used such a self-title, he often had his stubborn temper, and his determination would never change, and at the same time, Zhuang Feng at this time was also extremely conceited;
"Don't be so excited, Brother Li, just the two of us now, if we want to get our things back, we have to take our time, be careful who likes the dog to break the bowl;"
Zhuang Feng understands his mood when He Li pinched the bamboo stick in his hand there, but it is also human nature, ten years, falling from a high place here, hiding like a cockroach to live, this is really aggrieved for too long, and now it is no longer hiding like a cockroach, this mood is a little fluctuating;
"Let's go, let's eat;" Zhuang Feng looked at He Li's appearance, which was very unpleasant, but Zhuang Feng did not show anything unusual, or tried very hard to restrain his emotions;
Because in front of him in this cold spring season, but only wrapped in such a shabby short shirt, his hair is messy and tied in his brain at will, if he doesn't look closely, he thinks he is wearing a hood, but in fact, his hair is a little knotted, and he is condensed in a bundle; his face is also full of ginger, as if he has dissolved into all the coolies on this dock, and he has lived a long time with barely enough food and clothing;
In this regard, Zhuang Feng was really a little sad, or he blamed himself, blaming himself for being the head of the family, and he let his people get into such a situation;
"Let's go eat small noodles;" He Li couldn't guess what Zhuang Feng was thinking; just looking at Zhuang Feng's appearance, when it comes to eating, I'm afraid there is not much money in his pocket, and he doesn't have a lot of money in his own pocket, so he can only eat small noodles if he is a little embarrassed;
Zhuang Feng still didn't react to what He Li said at this time, he said that he went to eat, just because he looked at He Li's current appearance, he felt that he had created a sin, and he didn't know what to say, so he said a casual sentence to distract himself from feeling guilty;
Who would have thought that He Li would take it seriously, especially when he saw He Li's extremely embarrassing appearance, he had no money in his pocket and could only eat small noodles, so he didn't know what to say, but at this moment Zhuang Feng finally let go of the last trace of hesitation in his heart, and threw the last bit of anxiety about the future into the river to feed the fish, and no longer let the people of their family fall into the ruins, even if they die, they will never escape anymore, and live like cockroaches;
"What kind of noodles to eat, let's go eat the metropolis, I know that we don't have money, let's eat the overlord meal, don't have this expression, it's not that I haven't done it before, why do you still pretend to be a good person?"
Zhuang Feng said simply, but in He Li's opinion, the eldest young master of their family is really back, but there are many different things; however, he didn't think about it more, after all, this is ten years, and anyone will have many different things from ten years ago, including He Li himself;
"Also, I haven't been to the metropolis for a long time to eat, this can be regarded as their pick-up for the young master;" He Li also reacted there, anyway, let's come back, I don't know the way forward, but it's better than working like a cockroach in the past ten years, so why don't you play bigger;
"Haha...... That is, let them pick up the wind and wash the dust for this seat, that is to look up to them, walk;"
"Haha......"
Some bitter, some single, some laughter that didn't know what was sandwiched together, pierced through the thick fog, echoing on the banks of the two rivers;