Late in the cold winter night, wind leaks everywhere in the woodshed, and the cold north wind blows in.

There are holes in the ceiling, and you can even see the starry sky in the dark night. There are naturally no bedding in the woodshed, but fortunately there are more than a dozen thick piles of straw that can be used as quilts to cover it.

Su Chen and A Chou spread the thick straw on the cold ground and drilled into the straw pile. It was warmer than the quilt, but the sharp straw leaves were a bit fleshy.

The broken parts of the four walls of the wood-room were already blocked by straw piles.

The two teenagers were crowding in the straw pile to warm up, and the heat was so warm that they were extremely comfortable.

"By the way, Brother Chen, why are you alone this time? Didn't you usually come with your father to sell fish in the county?"

Ah Chou is a little strange.

"I came to the county town this time, not selling fish, but running away from home..."

Su Chen shook his head, shrank into the thick straw pile, his clear and flawless eyes looked dim and quiet. He looked at the starry sky through the hole in the ceiling, and his slightly childish face was extremely confused.

He told Ah Chou all the matter.

The family was in great difficulty this year, and they also sent the county government to donate the boats and the Giant Whale Gang to weigh the silver. The parents planned to sell him to a kind-hearted wealthy family in the county town as a slave. In addition, he had a strange disease of bluestone tears, and told Ah Chou one by one.

He did not want to be sold as a slave, nor could he continue to stay in his hometown in Zhouzhuang, so he could only come to Gusu County alone to make a living.

But in the county town, there was no place to stay for a while, so I could only ask my brother A Chou for help for the moment. At least there was a place to sit in, and there was a bite of food to eat so that I would not die on the streets of the county town if I was starving and frozen.

When Ah Chou heard this, he almost jumped up and couldn't help but feel anxious: "Brother Chen, don't agree to sell himself as a slave! The wealthy families in the county town treat their slaves as if they were pigs and dogs, and no one cares about them even if they die.

Although I was just a choreographer at Tianying Inn, I was often scolded and drunk by the shopkeeper and the guests, but they didn't dare to really beat me to death. If I was beaten to death, the county magistrate would definitely send an official to the yamen runners to punish people and get imprisoned.

But if you sell yourself to a wealthy family, you will be the cheapest slave. If you make a mistake and are beaten to death by your master, no one will make a decision for you. At most, the yamen will punish the master for one tael of silver.

Don’t listen to those people saying that they are kind-hearted or not. That’s nonsense! Even if the owner of this family is kind-hearted, one day he doesn’t want you anymore. Once you sell it, do you dare to say that the next owner will be kind-hearted? If you sell yourself as a slave, you can’t decide everything yourself!”

Ah Chou's face turned red in an anxious manner, for fear that Su Chen would be slutty for a moment and be confused, so he agreed to sell him alone.

"I didn't want to sell myself to be a slave for me, so I ran away from home and came to Gusu County to find a way to find a living to support myself."

Su Chen looked sad. Seeing A Chou so excited, he was a little strange: "But A Chou, why are you so responsive? You are even more anxious than me!"

Ah Chou's eyes were red and his expression was indescribable sadness. He buried his head and said, "You know, I am an orphan. I have no love for my parents since I was a child. I only know that my surname is Fei... But, in fact, I have a sister. She pulled me up when I was a child. One winter, I had a cough disease and had no money to treat it. I was almost unable to bear it, so in order to raise money to treat me, she had to sell herself to a wealthy family in the county as a maid.

But after only half a month, the mistress of the household said that she seduced her master, so she sold her to a brothel in the city. Over the years, I have been a mate in the inn and worked hard to earn money. I thought one day I would redeem my sister from the brothel... But, I am so useless that I can't earn a few copper coins a year!"

Su Chen was silent, not knowing how to comfort A Chou.

Even if he didn't ask about the money for redeeming people, he knew that it would be an unimaginable huge sum of money to redeem people from the brothel, which cost at least a dozen taels, or even dozens of taels of silver.

That is much more difficult than the extortion of the Giant Whale Gang than his family deals with the county government tax every year.

It’s not that Ah Chou is useless, this is not the money that an eleven-year-old boy in the inn can earn.

After a while, Ah Chou recovered from his sadness. These things were not something he could solve, and it was useless to be sad. He asked a little strangely: "By the way, Brother Chen, what's going on with your bluestone tear disease? I've never heard you mention it."

"My illness is very strange. Every time I cry, my green tears will drop, and it will soon turn into bluestones. Well, it is the small bluestone in this bag. Then I will get seriously ill and lose half of my life. At least one ten-year-old wild ginseng medicine can replenish my vitality."

Su Chen said, taking out a small cloth bag from his arms and pouring out more than ten small bluestones from the cloth bag.

These are what he has accumulated since he was a child and has been carefully preserved.

Each one is as round as a teardrop, and it seems to emit the soft light of Qingying, which is quite mysterious.

But Su Chen thought of the bluestones dripping from his eyes, and he almost lost half of his life, and he was still scared of these small bluestones.

"What a beautiful little bluestone, are these your tears?"

Ah Chou looked strange and took a small bluestone and bit it hard, almost breaking his teeth, "It's so hard, I can't even bite!"

He looked through it carefully and couldn't tell what it was. He just thought the bluestone was very beautiful, like a small pearl and jade.

"Some doctors in the county have seen it. They said that it was a sick stone and they didn't dare to touch it! However, I have always carried them with me since I was a child, which is similar to ordinary little stones, and I didn't find anything special. I slept in the same bed with my younger brother and sister, and they didn't get my disease either."

Su Chen said and sighed softly.

This strange bluestone tear disease has been his heart disease since he was a child and never mentioned it easily to others, so A Chou didn't know about it before.

Ah Chou seemed to be indifferent to this strange disease, but was surprised by these shining bluestones and smiled and said, "My sister often says that if you survive a disaster, you will have good fortune! You have not cried to death over the years, and you will definitely be very lucky in the future.

Brother Chen, do you think this bluestone is so beautiful, is it a very valuable jewelry? I have seen a jewelry store in the county town that specializes in selling these strange small red, red, green and green stones to those big ladies. It is always valuable. If this bluestone can be sold for money, then you will be rich."

Su Chen curled his lips and shook his head with a wry smile, "It's definitely not a gem, otherwise the doctors of the medicine shop will not recognize it? My father once used it to ask the old master Hanshan Taoist Temple, Hanshan Zhenren, who has great magical powers. Even he can't see it. If it's really valuable, Hanshan Zhenren must have seen it at a glance. My family doesn't have to worry about the money for buying ginseng medicine. One ginseng medicine is worth one or two silver, and my family is almost worried."

Ah Chou scratched his head, and he was right to think about it. He was worried about Su Chen's strange disease: "I work as a mate in the inn. I only earn a squash every day, and I can only earn a ounce of silver a year. The money I earned in a hard year is only enough to eat. It is too difficult to help you earn money to buy ginseng medicine. Brother Chen, what kind of work do you want to find in the county now? "

"I originally came to the county town and was thinking about finding a job as a clerk. But outside the inn in the afternoon, I saw you being bullied by the shopkeeper and thinking that being a clerk is not a long-term solution. I still have to find a promising job."

Su Chen said seriously, "When I was at Ximen Wharf, I accidentally heard a wealthy businessman say that the Medicine King Gang recruited a group of disciples and apprentices in the twelfth lunar month.

I thought about it for a long time in the afternoon and planned to go to the Medicine King Gang to try it tomorrow. If I become an apprentice of the Medicine King Gang and have many medicinal materials, I might not have to spend money to buy ginseng medicine. I even have the opportunity to learn medicine and become a noble pharmacist."

"You want to go to the Medicine King Gang?"

Ah Chou was shocked, "That's a big gang in the world! Are you going to go to the world? You're exploring in the world, but your head is hanging on your belt, and it may fall off at any time! If you are killed, the government will not care about you."

For the civilians in Gusu County, the world is another world.

The rich men from the major gangs of Wu County are domineering, generous in their actions, and have a very high status. Even the county officials dare not offend them, and the common people are even more in awe.

But those vast power and wealth are exchanged for superb force and life.

If a slave died in a wealthy family in the county town, the county government would send a yamen runner to ask about the cause of death and fine a sum of money. However, if the gangs in the martial arts world died, the county government would turn a blind eye and never ask, just pretending that nothing was seen.

"I didn't think so much. If this strange bluestone tear disease cannot be cured, I might not be able to afford to be ill one day, and I can't afford to sell ginseng medicine to help me, and I will die directly. I will go to the Medicine King Gang, maybe I can live a few more years, which is a waste of life."

Su Chen shook his head, not caring about the dangers in the world.

No matter how dangerous it is, it will not be more deadly than his bluestone tear disease.

After leaving home, he didn't have much concern and just wanted to support himself.

If you can become a pharmacist and be a well-known figure in the county town, then even if you succeed in your life, you won’t have to live a hard life anymore and you will be discouraged.

"Brother Chen, so you really decided to go to the world!"

A Chou Chang immediately looked at Su Chen with great admiration.

He worked as a friend at Tianying Inn for several years and met many high-ranking tourists in the inn. He has always been extremely awe-inspiring, but he has never had the bold idea of ​​becoming a high-ranking chef himself.

Brother Chen is going to go to the world... Yes, why don’t I follow him to the world? Maybe I can become a hero!

A strange light surged in Ah Chou's eyes, and a passionate impulse suddenly arose in his heart, and his whole mind became hot.

He didn't want to be a choreographer at Tianying Inn for the rest of his life. He was shouted by Manager Wang every day, either beating or scolding. He lived a life of a servant, and he also wanted to make a name for himself!

If one day he becomes a tycoon in the world, he will no longer be bullied by the shopkeeper. He will still be able to eat big fish and meat at the Sky Eagle Inn every day, so that the snobbish shopkeeper will serve him with a humble attitude and serve him tea and water.

It is possible that you can even make a lot of money to redeem your sister.

The inn guy can’t make much money at all. Only by exploring the world and becoming a hero can he become rich and powerful.

right!

Just do it!

"Since Brother Chen is going to go to the world, I will go together. I have long since I didn't want to work in this Pou Bird Inn. I am always bullied by the shopkeepers and the guys, beating and scolding every day, and beating and shouting all their birds! If you go to the Medicine King's Gang, I will go to the Tianying Sect, learn a few powerful martial arts, become a great hero, stand out, and be powerful!"

Ah Chou felt sure in his heart and waved his fist vigorously.

He was not interested in the medicine of the Medicine King Gang, and was only envious of the martial arts of the Sky Eagle Gate's rich men, so he just went to the Sky Eagle Gate to go to the Sky Eagle Gate.

This Tianying Inn is an industry under Tianying Sect, and he is also familiar with Tianying Sect.

"Okay! I'll go to the Medicine King to learn pharmacy, and you go to the Tianying Gate to learn martial arts. In the future, our brothers will be successful in learning skills. A great pharmacist and a great rich man will go on a journey together!"

When Su Chen heard that Ah Chou wanted to join the world together, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, so he would have a good brother in the world in the future.

"Well! As soon as tomorrow dawn, we will set out and join the gang!"

The two ignorant and reckless boys became more and more excited as they talked. They thought that they would go to the Medicine King Gang. After Tianying Sect, they became masters in the gang and their status rose sharply.

Their desire to make a name for themselves has never been as strong as this moment!

After chatting for an hour or two, Su Chen and A Chou said that they were tired and their sleepiness became stronger and the small firewood house gradually became quiet.

Late at night, the cold wind blew.

The cold wind, as cold as a knife, roared in the broken house and poured it into the woodshed.

Ah Chou started a beautiful dream, waved his fists and whispered a few times, occasionally making murmurs and giggles. He was already a young man who had become a young man in the dream and went on a tide of the world, beating the fallen waters of the shopkeeper Wang and his men, and no one dared to bully him again.

Su Chen shrank in the straw pile and was awakened from time to time. He shivered and tightly wrapped in a torn linen cloth, trying to get into the depths of the straw pile.

He endured the harsh straw and silently thought about the words of the rich businessman of Li.

"The Medicine King Gang recruits a group of apprentices every twelfth lunar month. It's probably these days! I'll go to the Medicine King Gang tomorrow morning! From tomorrow on, everything will become different and life will be better!"

Su Chen was finally tired and tired. He lay in the straw pile and gradually fell asleep, having one beautiful dream after another.

He dreamed that he joined the Medicine King Gang, and after studying hard for more than ten years, he became a great pharmacist, gained fame in the world, and even had the honor to visit Hanshan, the best man in Wu County, again.

True Man Hanshan is indeed the best man outside the world, and told him how to cure this strange disease.

Su Chen cured the strange disease and no longer became a burden at home. He returned home in glory and returned to Zhouzhuang water town. He was highly respected and respected by the fishermen in Zhouzhuang, becoming the pride in the hearts of his parents, brothers and sisters, and the pillar of the family.

Then he returned to the Medicine King Gang to practice martial arts and became a great man for twenty years. He held a green sword and stepped on the ripples of Taihu Lake. He beat the giant whale gangs who were robbing the houses and robbed the water bandits in Taihu Lake to cry and cry, and let down his hatred. Since then, no gang in the martial arts world dared to oppress the fishermen and villagers in Zhouzhuang.

It was very cold in the thatched hut, and Su Chen was awakened from time to time and fell asleep in a drowsy way.
Chapter completed!