By chance, Liu Bei was on his way home from helping his mother collect raw materials and met Liu Hui, a member of the same clan who was being bullied by the naughty kids in the village.
Liu Bei recognized Liu Hui at that time and knew that his father Liu Bo and Liu Yuanqi were the most important figures in the clan. The family business was running well and the family property was quite rich. He was also the only kind person willing to occasionally help Liu Bei and his mother.
Liu Bei was very hungry at that time and was planning to avoid the trouble that came with him. However, after walking a few steps, he still sighed.
Just think of it as repaying a favor.
That day, Liu Bei stared with bloodshot eyes, carried a stick and fought with wounds all over his body, knocking over the four naughty children who bullied Liu Hui, and saved Liu Hui.
Liu Hui was a thin man. He was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground unable to move. When he saw Liu Bei coming up to help him with a bruised nose and swollen face, he fainted from fright, which made Liu Bei depressed for a while.
Liu Bo originally remembered Liu Hong's help to him back then, and now Liu Bei helped his son avoid being bullied and beaten. For this, he was very grateful to Liu Bei.
He dealt with the people who wanted to cause trouble, paid for Liu Bei's doctors to treat his injuries, and also sent a lot of extra five baht money and rice grains to Liu Bei's family, and even a few chickens and ducks, saying that he wanted Liu Bei to
Eat some meat to replenish your body.
Liu Bo's thanks helped Liu Bei and his mother improve their lives for a while, allowing them to have enough to eat.
During that meal, Liu Bei finished three large bowls of food in one go and felt the long-lost feeling of "strength".
I also ate chicken and drank chicken soup for the first time in a long time.
It was a simple chicken soup sprinkled with salt, without any spices, but it was so fragrant that it was so fragrant that it made Liu Bei burst into tears, as if all the chicken soup he drank turned into tears.
This bowl of chicken soup completely soothed his heart.
Later, after Liu Bei recovered from his injury, mother and son combined their efforts and used the remaining belongings to slightly expand their business scope. As a result, mother and son no longer struggled to have enough food and clothing, but could barely make ends meet.
According to the mother's idea, the mother and son can get rid of hunger, run a small business well, have enough food and clothing, and save some money. When Liu Bei grows up, they can marry him and continue the family line and comfort their ancestors.
But Liu Bei didn't think so.
Because from this experience, Liu Bei realized the benefits that force brought to him, as well as the pleasure of beating the enemy, and further developed his thoughts.
He found that with his current background, he really couldn't take the path to become famous in the world, and he didn't have the capital.
However, there may be another way to go, which may be more in line with the current actual situation and have a higher success rate.
Street fighter.
He felt that at the moment when he had no choice but to become a street fighter, although it was disgraceful, it might not be a way to make a living.
Youzhou is a border area of the Han Dynasty. The Han people in Youzhou have lived together with the barbarians since ancient times. It was fine when the Eastern Han Dynasty was strong. After the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Youzhou was often plundered by foreign barbarians and horse bandits, and the Han army could not protect it.
In order to protect themselves and their families, the people of Youzhou naturally had to resist. As time went by, they became full of martial virtue, brave and ruthless, respected the power of force, and followed almost the law of the jungle.
It can be said that the light of civilization from Luoyang cannot shine on the land of Youzhou at all.
To put it bluntly, most people in Youzhou tend to burn books and humiliate scholars. They are undecided when faced with problems. They will never speak out if they can do something, and they will never let you go if they can kill you. Dead people are not news, but immortal people are news.
The power of the government is huge, but there are always areas that the government cannot control and is unwilling to control.
For example, on the street where Liu Bei and his mother weaved mats and sold shoes, there were always people coming to collect protection fees.
Even though his income could only guarantee food and clothing, he still had part of it taken away by these guys. Liu Bei felt unhappy many times, but his mother always stopped him from fighting with these people. She would rather waste money and eliminate disasters than have conflicts with these people.
Originally, Liu Bei thought that his mother was right. Being kind to others was the way to survive. He worked hard and carefully accumulated wealth, and maybe he could still make a living.
But after what happened to Liu Hui, Liu Bei realized that if he didn't show his courage and force and let others know that he was strong in martial arts and not easy to mess with, he would always be regarded as a bully by others.
Afterwards, Liu Bei achieved his second epiphany on a thunderstorm night and decided to transform.
He no longer regarded himself as an honest businessman, but began to embark on a brave and aggressive path.
He began to consciously practice martial arts. He made himself a wooden knife and a wooden stick, and took time to practice every day.
After he grew a little taller and stronger, he began to participate in some collective multi-person sports on the street.
It was just a small fight at the beginning, and Liu Bei, with his small stature, could only follow the other big guys and wave the flag and become a follower.
When the boss wins, he will rush up with the minions and kick the enemies who are lying on the ground. If the boss is knocked to the ground, he will follow the minions and run away without caring about the boss.
Life or death.
It became more dangerous later on, because Liu Bei gradually grew taller and gained appearance, and he began to become one of the main forces who followed the bosses to participate in multi-player sports on the streets.
The number of injuries he got began to increase unabated. There were times when he beat people, and times when he was beaten by others. When he beat people, he was majestic, but when he was beaten, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen and miserable.
His mother was very worried and often scolded him for this, but could not restrain him.
With his desperate ruthlessness and a well-polished stick, he quickly made a name for himself and attracted the attention of some street figures.
When he was eleven years old, Liu Bei successfully joined the gang on the street where he did business because of his bravery and ruthlessness. As the saying goes, if you can't beat it, then join it.
After that, he continued to rely on his hard work to gather a group of local street gangsters who admired him, and soon gained a status in the gang.
And because he was literate, educated, and sharp-tongued, he quickly gained the appreciation of the gang boss, became the gang's second-in-command, and began to handle some of the gang's core business.
This change not only reduces all maintenance costs for the straw sandal shop, but also provides an additional income.
Liu Bei took this opportunity to expand his business scope, upgraded his straw sandal shop to a daily necessities store, and began to sell a series of civilian daily necessities, thus increasing his income.
From that time on, Liu Bei and his mother entered into a well-off life where they had enough food and could occasionally show off a small bite of meat.
Hunger no longer followed him like a shadow, and no longer chased him like an evil ghost seeking his soul. For a period of time, Liu Bei felt that his soul had transcended.
Although his mother was dissatisfied with Liu Bei's behavior and worried about his safety, Liu Bei did not give up his hard-won "foundation."
"The child knows that this road is difficult, but other than that, the child has no choice. The child does not want to let his mother continue to suffer."
After hearing this, his mother could only shed tears and told Liu Bei to pay close attention to his own safety.
Although she was very worried and didn't want Liu Bei to do such a thing, the reality made it impossible for her to care for Liu Bei as a child.
There was no man left in the family. In Youzhou, a hot land where everyone mingled with each other on a daily basis, Liu Bei had to go out and fight as a man to prop up his appearance. He couldn't escape.
Even though he was not even twelve years old at the time.
Perhaps it was due to his natural ruthlessness, but Liu Bei became more and more courageous, and became more and more fierce in his actions. He was also self-taught in using the contents of the Art of War in group sports.
He especially likes to lead his troops to carry out sneak attacks, and is a thief who attacks east and west with one hand.
Under his leadership, his own gang is developing better and better. More and more street gangsters have heard of his reputation, admire him, and want to follow him. They see the road of street fighter becoming smoother and smoother.
However, when Liu Bei was fourteen years old, the gang leader was trapped in a trap by a hostile gang. The gang was leaderless and was about to break up and face collapse.
When everyone was generally panicking, Liu Bei did not panic.
He stepped forward and led more than a dozen street gangsters in the gang who admired him to raid the opponent's lair at night. They fought tooth for tooth and eye for eye, killing all the leaders of the opponent who were celebrating by drinking and eating meat.
He himself didn't realize that he had become so fierce.