That year, he was twelve years old.
His hometown is Xiaobeicheng, but for him, his hometown is not a warm haven, but a hell in his memories.
His father was a dedicated farmer. Although his family was not well off, he could barely make ends meet.
Until one day, his father became addicted to gambling...
At first he could win back some, but slowly, he lost more and more. As a last resort, his father borrowed money from everywhere and sold all his family property. It seemed just to hear the crashing sound on the gambling table and the cynical laughter of his accomplices.
"The last time! This time I will definitely win a lot!"
His father didn't know that he was the only lamb being plucked from the entire gambling table.
He demolished the east wall to make up for the west wall, borrowed from one house and returned the other, but he was always unwilling to accept it. He always wanted to avenge his shame, and always wanted to win a big sum of money to make his relatives look down on him!
failure, failure, failure
Countless failures brought him to the verge of collapse. Faced with the aggressive debt collectors, he knelt in front of his son and begged loudly: "Just a few more days, and I will definitely get the money!"
"You are a naughty thing. No one in the village will lend you a loan! If you can't come up with the money today, I will make you look good!"
"kill him!"
A group of debt collectors blocked the door of Hu's house, yelling and cursing inside, pouring swill on him and his mother, and beating him and his mother with sticks. As a young boy, he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to cry.
"If you beat them to death, where will the money go?"
"Mom, I fainted. Keep your breath and fight again tomorrow!"
No one expected that his father quietly escaped that night...
This is very harmful to their mother and son! When the debt collectors saw that one of them had escaped, they tortured and humiliated the mother and son even more crazily. At night, when he was sitting up to take a drink of water, the glass suddenly shattered and half a brick swept across his face and hit the wooden table with a bang. The second piece is in the middle of the water tank. The water in the tank flows on the ground and is full of mud.
He was so scared. He didn't understand why these people treated him and his mother like this. He didn't understand why his father left him alone.
He hated his father and it was all his fault.
His mother was so frightened that she accidentally fell down a slope and lost both of her legs. At a young age, he became the sole laborer of the family. His mother sat on the side and directed, teaching him how to plant rice and how to herd cattle.
He only let the old cow go once, and then he was poisoned and died.
Others always release water in his field when he is not paying attention. What's even more outrageous is riding a donkey and trampling on the paddy fields, trampling the seedlings terribly. Whenever this happened, he would hold up his sickle and chase after her with loud cries, but it was all in vain... His resistance would only arouse everyone's ridicule and even more intense humiliation.
His ambition is great and his character is very stubborn. He vows to get ahead and never be bullied again!
He always keeps swear words on his lips and scolds everyone he sees. If he is forced into a hurry, he can even kill someone!
Who can spoil him? He was so foul-mouthed that he was beaten almost every day by the adults in his village. He won't be gentle because he is a child. Instead, everyone will cheer repeatedly: "Hit! Beat! Hahaha, you little bastard doesn't deserve to live!"
In winter, people would wrap it in white cloth and throw it into the deep snow-covered mountains. Shovel after shovel of snow would hit his face, making him almost breathless.
Except for his mother, no one cares about his life or death...
When he was eighteen years old, Shi Ren passed by here on his march and plundered the village wildly. There were only 500 people left in the village out of 7,000 men, women, old and young. He was going to the city to work that day and escaped death, but his mother was not so lucky and was drowned alive in the well.
He was extremely sad, but he couldn't cry.
Almost all the debt collectors died, and he finally lived a stable life.
But what was dramatic was that just after a month of peace, his bastard father came back in tattered clothes, clamoring for a drink, as if he had come back against time.
That night, he and his father had a big argument. The drunken father pointed at his nose and yelled: "You are my son! It's your turn to earn money to support me!"
"I don't have any spare money at home for you to gamble!"
"Don't be so shameless, Little Arm Boy. Every penny you earn belongs to me! You can't control what I eat, drink, and have fun with!"
Veins appeared on his face with anger. He gritted his teeth and pushed the bastard in front of him to the ground: "I tell you! From now on, I have nothing to do with you. I will leave the house to you. I want to go to a place far away from you. Break out of the sky!" After saying this, he put on his coat and left this hell that had tortured him for many years under the hazy night.
"Dare you push me? Get back here! Give me money! Money——!"
Later, he followed the refugee team to beg all the way to the bitter cold land of Bingzhou, and finally settled down when he arrived at a small village.
The man who took him in was Old Man Hu. This old man was a carpenter, and he once came here with the refugee team. There was a famine in his hometown and there was no way to survive. There were very few people who came here with him. Fortunately, he relied on his skills to earn two thatched houses and six acres of land in his lifetime. (One acre of land equals fifteen acres)
In the bitter cold land of Bingzhou, as long as you are willing to cultivate it, you can plant as much land as you want, but you must pay the full land tax. The land is already barren, and no matter how much land is reclaimed, the yield may not be satisfactory, but the amount collected by the court will not be reduced. Most people are not willing to cultivate too much, as long as they keep enough for their own rations.
Old Man Hu gave him the house in the east of the village and accepted him as his apprentice. His original surname was not Hu, but he changed his name to "Hu Xiongying" after following Old Man Hu. Because he often said to others: "I want to be an eagle that spreads its wings and soars high!"
The old man cared for him like his own son and expected him to take care of him until he died. He spared no effort to teach him all the skills at hand. He learned quickly and was able to start his own business in a few years, which made Old Man Hu very happy.
He worked very hard, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, and cultivated a lot of land. However, the imperial court collected excessive taxes, and the sweat he shed did not return much to him.
Even so, he never complained, and he vowed to stand out one day.
When he was twenty-four years old, he took a big order to make furniture for a member of the city. He gathered all his young apprentices and worked day and night to finish everything before the autumn harvest.
Originally there was no need for him to deliver it, but he said he wanted to go into the city to have a look, so he got on a donkey cart and hurried to the city with the furniture.
He never dreamed that this decision would change his ordinary life...
As soon as they arrived at Yuan Wai's house, they looked around as if they had never seen the world. He was full of muscles and as strong as an ox. He picked up the cabinet and moved it to the lady's boudoir. Because of the hot weather, he was naked, and big beads of sweat clung to his shiny body. This appearance was also secretly seen by the lady in the boudoir. She shyly covered the curtain and imagined meeting him in her heart.
After that, the Yuanwai family always sent people to the door to ask for work, and asked him to deliver it in person. In the end, even a small wooden comb had to be delivered.
The lady ordered him to comb her hair herself. When he looked puzzled, the lady slowly opened the curtain and revealed her charming face. You know, a daughter who has not yet become a virgin is not allowed to meet men casually. He was in a panic, dodging left and right in an attempt to evade. But the lady held his hand: "Why are you avoiding me?"
At that moment, the lady's beautiful face knocked at the door of his heart, and he swallowed subconsciously: "I am just a country boy, not worthy of the lady."
"If you are willing, I would rather be a country woman and stay with you for the rest of my life..."
Just like that, with a few simple words, they fell in love.
He came more and more often, which made the usually cautious staff feel uneasy, so they forbade servants from ordering from him. Even so, he would climb over the wall late at night and enjoy a moment of pleasure.
Later, she became pregnant...
The officer was like a mad beast. His dream was to marry his only daughter to an official, even a wealthy businessman. But now, the daughter I have raised for so many years has been deprived of her virginity by a country man! He hired many thugs and went to the village with weapons to investigate the crime.
The embarrassing thing is that the country man they call him is not inferior to any of them in a fight. These thugs cried for their fathers and mothers after being beaten, and they were beaten and fled in all directions after a few blows. He stood in front of the members like a wall: "I will be responsible, and I also ask my uncle to marry his daughter to me!"
The member was so angry that he said, "Even if I give my daughter to a scoundrel, I won't give it to a poor boy like you!"
The girl was young and ignorant, so she drank the medicine and died. Fortunately, he was discovered in time and saved. The poor baby was stillborn.
"It's really a disgrace to the whole family! Since you are shameless, don't enter this family again from now on!"
The girl was kicked out by the police, and what was thrown out at the same time was the stillborn fetus with bruises all over its body. With nowhere to go, the girl walked barefoot to the countryside, found him, snuggled into his arms, and said with tears in her eyes: "If I am no longer a rich lady, will you still marry me?"
"I keep my word. From now on, you are my life. Really, I will give you my life!"
So, Old Man Hu took out all his family property and held a grand wedding for him, after which he paid three obeisances. During the wedding night, he stubbornly wanted to have another child, as if he was winning a medal for himself.
Finally, after ten months of pregnancy, a healthy baby boy was born. He touched the chubby baby in front of him and felt an overwhelming sense of accomplishment. He, Hu Xiongying, also has a son, hahaha.
After this young lady became a wife, her expenses did not decrease at all. It would have been nothing in the past, but she became a carpenter's wife, and the money she had now was not enough to satisfy her vanity.
After two or three years of hard life, she regretted it. Yes, she despised her husband for being incompetent and could not give him the wealthy life he deserved. He put on a bad face all day long, and because of this incident, the two of them were at odds with each other and started fighting all day long. The quarrel was that no one was cooking all day, so he would ask his son Hu Maomao to go to the old man's house for dinner.
On his son's fifth birthday, he made a special trip to the city and bought his son's favorite croissant, as well as his wife's favorite rouge. But when I got home, I found that my wife was missing. Later I found out that my wife had run away with someone else, and the other party was a noble prince in the city. The young master took a fancy to her beauty, so he used sweet words to coax her into his hand, and promised that as long as she did not recognize the son from the country, he would ensure that she would enjoy all the glory and wealth.
In fact, she did the same thing. When her husband and son came to her door and begged her to go back, she not only ignored her, but snorted in front of her husband: "Does a country man deserve to call me your wife?"
The young master also spared no effort to sarcastically say: "You look strong, but you are actually weak, right? How do I know? Your wife told me this in bed!"
The more he listened, the angrier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became. Teng grabbed him by the collar and gave him a firm slap in the mouth. The force of this move was not small! The young master flew more than two meters away, and the corner of his mouth was bleeding slightly.
"Is this what you are talking about?" He clenched his fists, wanting to give the man who had taken advantage of him a beating. But his wife hurriedly wiped away the young master's blood with a handkerchief. In front of the father and son, they hugged and kissed each other.
His heart is going to be broken...
He could only stand there, helplessly watching her love someone else...
He gave her his whole heart. He worked hard to make money and worked hard, but he got this result.
Who said you want to stay with me forever? !
"Eagle! Please let me go!"
Her eyes were filled with disgust and hatred. Suddenly, she remembered that she had snuggled in his arms, pressed against his chest, and asked cautiously: "If I was kicked out of the house and no longer a rich lady, would you marry me?" me?"
He made three cuts on his arm with a knife, and the hot blood dripped with severe pain, as if it were the tears of his heart.
No one knows the meaning of those three swords.
He always said that one day he would become famous and would never be looked down upon again! But after experiencing this incident, he almost collapsed. He spent the whole day drinking to drown his sorrows. Who could he talk to about his depression? I could only tell it to Maomao, who was only five years old, but the child was too young to understand. He just felt that he was scared when his father shed tears.
Gradually, as the child grew up, looking at his father's decadent appearance, he began to hate him and complain about him. He felt that everything was caused by him, and gradually alienated him. When he learned about this, he ran into the mountains alone late at night, knelt on the ground and cried loudly. He didn't understand, why no one understood him?
It's so boring to live... He always thought this way. Every time when no one was paying attention, he would try to tie a rope and try to hang himself, but that was all he could do. When the knife was held on his wrist and blood marks were already visible, the image of his son suddenly came to mind.
"I can't die. What if my son dies?"
From then on, he gave up hope in life and just kept working in cycles like a wooden man. He was numb. It didn't matter whether his son hated him or not. He was stubborn by nature and would not explain it.
"When he reaches my age, he will naturally understand..."
Destiny always likes to play tricks on people. Who would have thought that he would also become addicted to gambling...
It was just a try for the first time, but I didn’t expect to win four or five taels of silver, which is enough for a month or two! Gradually, he left the farm work behind and spent all day hanging out in the casino. The sound of silver falling on the table sounded very comfortable.
"Forget it, I'm a waste anyway, just wait for my son to raise me..."
Sure enough, after a few small wins, he began to lose. Gradually, the house and property in the east of the village became the bets on the gambling table. He began to borrow money from everywhere, and like his father, he was demolishing the east wall to pay for the west wall.
Later, he actually thought of putting his son on the line.
He has become a complete madman!
The old man Hu was so angry that he picked up a shovel and beat him violently. The old man was so strong that he couldn't fight back and his whole body was covered in bruises.
"You bitch! Do you want to follow your father's footsteps? I'll beat you to death!"
Old Man Hu hated that iron could not become steel, so he slapped him firmly several times.
"Anyway, my life is painful..."
"What a fart! Who can't live a good life without you? Because a bitch who betrayed you is in a state of confusion all day long. What a coward! If you are a man, you have to stand up to him and make a career for him!"
The son obediently took a towel and wiped his sweat.
At that moment, he felt like a villain! He beat himself desperately, why was he so cowardly? Why do I live as the person I hate the most?
He is finally back, the same person he once was.
But fate would not accommodate his life. When his son was ten years old, he suffered from an extremely rare disease. All his assets were used to pay off gambling debts, and he was already penniless.
He started borrowing money again.
Although all previous debts were paid off, the villagers still refused to help and threw out a few pennies as if they were begging for food. He knelt down from house to house like this, and the cold wind in Bingzhou almost froze him into ice. In the end, he even struggled to fight.
If this continues, my son will die!
He is a dutiful civilian! He had never done any evil in his life, so why did God play such a trick on him? Look at the indifferent and even indifferent expressions on the faces of the villagers. This dignified seven-foot-old man is kneeling in the snow, whimpering helplessly, with tears frozen on his face, as if taking root.
This is all forced...
In order to save his son from death, he robbed a local bully landlord alone with a sickle. All 200 men, women and children in his family were spared, and he became famous in one fell swoop.
He cured his son's illness and began his life on the run.
Later, he met the thieves Zhang Zijian and Du Hong. The three of them responded to the rebel army and defected to Wei Hua, the then commander-in-chief of Bingzhou. With their martial arts, they repeatedly performed extraordinary feats. Coupled with Shi Qingyun, the master at the time, the five of them shared weal and woe, helped each other, and formed a life-or-death friendship. Later, the five of them became sworn brothers, ranked in order of age, and he ranked fourth.
Later, the eldest brother became the lord of Bingzhou. He was granted the title of southern Bingzhou, became a lord, and returned home in glory. When he saw his former home, he couldn't help but feel emotional. He asked Old Man Hu to go with him to enjoy the happiness, but was refused on the grounds that it would be more enjoyable to be a carpenter.
wake up……
Hu Xiongying woke up leisurely with a smile on his face, as if he had just had a sweet dream, as if he was in a dream just now. There is only happiness and no pain.
His life was indeed a dream.
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