Night fell on the earth like thick ink, and the blood-like burning cloud on the horizon slowly disappeared, and a crescent moon began to appear in the sky.
On a grain drying ground in a remote village, several young people formed a circle, and five or six steps outside the circle stood an old man with a gray beard.
"Come!"
Ye Li took a deep breath and adjusted his breathing. The muscles in his calf seemed to be squirming invisible to the naked eye for a while and then stopped.
"call!"
"Snapped!"
After a sound of waving wooden sticks, there was a crisp sound of breaking.
The old man walked over, knelt down, looked at Ye Li's calves, then nodded and said, "Okay, I've mastered it."
Ye Li smiled widely and said, "Fifth Master, I have not embarrassed you."
"Heh, not bad, not bad. He's a bit better than I was back then. Get out of here, it's getting dark."
After saying that, the fifth master turned around and left slowly. The young men surrounding him also dispersed in a hurry, and Ye Li also turned around and ran towards home.
Ye Li ran as fast as he could, but strangely his shoulders remained motionless, as if even a bowl of water would not spill out.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back."
Rushing into his yard, Ye Li shouted loudly.
"I'm back, let's eat."
Li Fang saw Ye Li rushing in and immediately said with a smile.
"Just in time, I'm hungry."
Ye Li sat down on the stool, picked up the bowl and ate. He practiced kung fu with the village master for a day on the grain drying field today, but he was starving. Ye Li started eating like a storm. After about ten minutes,
I was already full.
"Follow me to the fields tomorrow." Ye Tie glanced at Ye Li and whispered.
Six months ago, Ye Li dropped out of school when he was in his second year of high school. It wasn't that he couldn't study. On the contrary, he was the best student in the three hundred miles radius. The teachers at the school said that he could become the first college student in the school. But his family had no money.
, there was no way - even if he finished high school, he would not have the money to go to college. So, Ye Li slapped his butt and left school. Of course he had regrets, but he didn't feel anything - stories like this are around him.
There are always hundreds or dozens of times a year in the village. If it happens too often, it is not uncommon. So Ye Li was quite single when he left.
Hearing his father's words at this time, Ye Li knew that he could no longer continue in the wild, but he had his own thoughts in his heart and said: "Dad, Mom, I want to go out to work."
"Shit, no way. Go to the ground and save a few years to find a wife for you."
Ye Tie immediately rejected Ye Li's idea without even thinking about it.
"I'm going."
"If you dare to go, I will break your legs."
Ye Tie threw the wine bowl on the dining table with a bang, stood up and walked to the back room.
Li Fang didn't expect that things would turn out like this in the blink of an eye. She didn't want her son to leave in her heart, and her mother was worried about her son traveling thousands of miles away. After thinking about it for a while, she said, "It's better not to go. Listen to your father. I'll save some for you in the past few years."
Money, marrying a wife, isn’t it the same as living a good life?”
"Mom, I have my own ideas."
Ye Li lowered his head depressedly, picked up the bowl, and continued to pick up the rice desperately. However, at this time, the rice had no taste in his mouth.
"Alas~"
Li Fang sighed, not knowing what to say.
It was late at night, and gusts of wind blew in through the open window, but Ye Li, who was lying on the bed, was not sleepy at all. After half a day, Ye Li suddenly sat up, got out of bed, and walked to the window to look out.
Under the night, there are fields and hills in the distance, and then there are patches of woods. The sound of frogs and insects can be heard. It is a pastoral scene. However, having lived in such a place since he was a child, Ye Li has no feeling for all this.
Yes, he yearned for the bustle of the big city. But his family simply disagreed.
"How about sneaking away?"
Such a thought suddenly appeared in Ye Li's mind. As soon as this thought appeared, he was startled. However, after this thought appeared, it was tempting him like a poisonous snake tempting Adam. There was no way to refuse.
.
"Oh~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
When the first rooster crow came from outside the window, Ye Li, who had already walked around the room hundreds of times, gritted his teeth, rushed to the closet, pulled out a canvas bag, stuffed a few pieces of clothes into it, and then took it from himself
He took out a small cloth bag from under his pillow and took out a handful of money...
"Oh, five hundred and thirty-four yuan and fifty cents, why is it so little?"
Ye Li cursed secretly, but he couldn't care less at this time. He knew that if he asked for money from his family, he wouldn't be able to leave.
Ye Li stuffed the money into his bag, carried the bag, opened the door secretly, and walked out of the children's courtyard in the dark.
After walking about ten steps, Ye Li suddenly stopped and turned back to look at his house. Under the night, the small yard was quiet.
"I won't come back until I look like a good person!"
Ye Li secretly screamed, clenched his fist tightly, turned around and strode away.
…
"How about calling him back?"
What Ye Li didn't know was that he thought he was unaware of the ghost, but Ye Tie and Li Fang also didn't sleep all night.
"No need, he is a man, sleep."
Ye Tie thought for a moment, slowly shook his head, walked to the bed, and lay down. Li Fang didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of worry.
…
"Dear passengers, please pay attention. Dear passengers, please pay attention... We have arrived at Shangdong City Railway Station."
Ye Li, who had "run away from home", got off the train. When he looked up, he found that there were people everywhere. He followed the flow of people and walked out. When he arrived at the square of the train station, his eyes widened even more, because the entire train station was full of people.
The square was as big as four or five football fields, and it was crowded with people. It looked like a black crow, which was quite spectacular.
"Grandma, a big city is a big city, and there are just so many people."
After a while, Ye Li came back to his senses, shook his head and walked outside the train station.
"Hotel, 30 yuan a night, with hot water, TV and air conditioning..."
"Where to go? I can't fight..."
As soon as he walked to the gate of the train station, a group of people gathered around him and started shouting. It was Ye Li's first time coming to a big city, and everything felt very fresh. He looked around, but he didn't know that he had been
Staring at him - there were several people in their twenties and thirties outside the crowd staring at themselves in the crowd.
"Boss, what about this guy? He's alone and easy to deal with. He seems to have just come out of the village, and he still has a few hundred dollars on him."
said a young man with colorful hair on his head.
"Okay, that's him. The old rules are, Xiaoliu, if you go up and grab him, run away. If you can get rid of the other party, leave him alone. If you can't get rid of him, run into the alley. We'll wait there."
The young man called Boss was shirtless, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and puffed out a cloud of smoke from his mouth when he spoke.
"Boss, don't worry, it's not the first time we've done this, I won't worry."
"V, let's do it. We already have the money for tonight's drinks."
Several young people scattered away, while the young man with colorful hair walked towards the crowd, his eyes never leaving Ye Li's body.
After finally getting rid of those people who were trying to sell hotels, hotels, etc. to him, Ye Li was finally able to get away from the crowd.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Ye Li walked forward. As he walked, Ye Li suddenly felt the bag on his back being pulled by someone, and then a figure passed by him and ran forward.
"Stop, stop!"
Ye Li immediately realized that his things had been robbed, and chased him forward while shouting.
"Oh no, I ran into a stupid kid, and this stupid kid ran really fast."
Xiaoliu cursed secretly as he ran. The reason why he was assigned to grab bags was because he ran fast, and because he was familiar with the road, he was a little faster. However, twenty minutes later, he found out that he was chasing someone behind him.
Instead of being pulled away from the person chasing him, he chased him closer and closer.
"No, I have to run to the alley."
Xiao Liu turned a corner and ran towards the alley that had been set long ago.
"Son, how dare you snatch your uncle's bag? If I catch up with you, I won't break one of your legs. My surname is not Ye."
Ye Li kicked his strong legs on the ground, chasing the young man in front of him closely. If there weren't too many people on the road and the unfamiliarity of the place, he would have caught up with the boy long ago.
"Huhu~~~~"
Xiaoliu stopped, bent down and propped up his knees to gasp for air. The running all the way was too much for his drunken body. However, after running here, he was no longer afraid.
Ye Li took a look and found that this was a secluded alley, and more importantly, besides the young man who snatched his things, there were three big men standing there. He immediately understood what the young man had brought him here for.
Already….
Ye Li was not worried at all and moved his body. Isn't it just a fight? He has never lost a fight since he was a child. The chase just now made his body sweat a little, which just opened up his body.
"Boy, do you know that you have to waste money to prevent disaster? You just robbed it and you want to get it back? In this case, the brothers will have to beat you up."
A bald man with a cigarette in his mouth walked towards Ye Li while showing the tattoos on his arms.
Ye Li rolled his eyes at the other person, wondering why in reality this gangster was really so talkative? He was not talkative when others were talkative, so he took advantage of the other person's approach and kicked him.
After all, Baldhead has been working in this industry and has fought a lot and has experience. Although he did not expect that Ye Li would take the initiative to attack him, his reaction was still very fast after all. When Ye Li kicked him, he had no time to retreat. In his haste,
Suddenly he raised his hand to block it.
"Snapped!"
The bald head felt a sharp pain in his hand, and then he took a few steps back and squatted on the ground with his hands in his arms, screaming "ah".
Seeing the bald head like this, everyone else was stunned. Knowing that something was wrong, they all gathered around him.
Ye Li didn't have any fear at all. He went up to him. He first stretched out his hand to ward off the hand of the tall and thin young man, and then clenched his right hand tightly into a fist. His middle finger formed a triangular bulge, and he held it fiercely from bottom to top.
On the opponent's belly.
The tall and thin young man opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he squatted down like a dying fish. With his mouth open, he couldn't take in air, and finally he retched.
The fat man's fist hit Ye Li's body, and he was overjoyed. He knew very well how powerful his fist was, and he thought that the other party would not be able to eat it this time. However, just as his pride had not disappeared,
At that moment, his pupils suddenly dilated, and then he felt his stomach being hit by a hard knee. Then he felt his whole body fly back, and then fell to the ground with a "pop" sound.
"Hey~~~~"
With a sneer, Ye Li took another step forward and swung the fist of his right hand towards the opponent's fist.
"Snapped!"
Ye Li felt that the bones of the opponent's fist that came into contact with him suddenly cracked, and then the person squatted down and could not get up again.
Xiao Liuzi saw three people being knocked to the ground in the blink of an eye. His eyes widened and he made a meaningless sound:
"This this……"
"Snapped!"
Stretching out his hand, Ye Li slapped Xiao Liuzi hard on the face, and then said harshly: "Steal my things? Aren't you looking for death?"
Ye Li's power was so great that Xiao Liuzi was whipped around twice by the slap. A stream of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, and then he fainted and fell to the ground.
"Grandma, I can't help but beat you."
Ye Li looked at the four people lying on the ground, rolled his eyes a few times, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face:
"Hey~ I just arrived in Shangdong City and I'm short of money. This is coming to my door. I won't be polite."
After saying that, Ye Li knelt down and searched the bodies of Xiao Liuzi and others. About ten minutes later, Ye Li took four mobile phones and more than two thousand yuan and picked up his canvas bag on the ground.
, slowly left the alley.
Turning a corner, he saw a shop that recycles mobile phones. Ye Li shrugged, sold three of them, and stuffed a few hundred yuan into his pocket.
After walking a few more steps, he bought a new card and put it into the cell phone he had left behind. After thinking for a while, he dialed his home phone number, and it happened to be the old lady who answered the call. After saying it was safe, Ye Li hung up.
"Damn it, I never thought I could get my first mobile phone like this. Big cities are great, even little hooligans are so rich!"
Although he was in a completely unfamiliar place, Ye Li was not worried at all as he walked slowly along the streets and alleys. He believed that as long as he worked hard, nothing was impossible and one day he would be able to be like him.
He returned home in fine clothes as he had promised the night he left home.
"No matter what, I still have my fists. No one in this city can bully me. Hum, even if I hit them with my fists, I can still create a future. However, the most important thing now is to find a job first and settle down."
Let’s talk later.”
Suddenly, Ye Li stopped. He saw a piece of red paper taped to the wall of a shop, with a few words written on it: "We are looking for a delivery worker, basic salary plus commission."
"Brother, my luck is so good!"
Ye Li strode towards the store. He had just come to Shangdong City and did not have a high school degree. He did not have any ambitious ideas. Delivering food was actually not bad. The food had to be eaten one bite at a time and the road had to be walked step by step.
"Boss, are you looking for a takeout delivery person?"
After entering the store, Ye Li shouted loudly...
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