jdhmnovel Chapter 1270 Extra Old Man 1
Chapter 1270 Extra Old Man 1
The old man's father died when he was six years old, and his mother died when he was seven. From then on, he had no choice but to live with his brother and sister-in-law.
One can imagine the pain and contempt that a young child without any support would suffer when living under someone else's roof.
When he was seven years old, he learned a lot of things, such as cooking, washing clothes, chopping wood, feeding chickens, and even doing farm work. He could do everything that a woman could do.
But despite trying so hard, he couldn't win his brother and sister-in-law's favor.
He still didn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes every day, and he went barefoot all year round, even in winter. His feet were rotten and oozing with pus, and he was scolded, beaten, and looked down upon every day.
Finally, when he was eight years old, he passed away, taking nothing with him except his two sets of tattered clothes.
The little man began to wander from one county to another and became a little beggar.
It's been like this for two years.
One day, he picked up a strong man's purse. There were so many silver and copper coins in the purse. He had never seen so much money in his life. If he took the money himself, he could live a good life for several years.
He held the purse and struggled for a long time. Before he could decide whether to take the purse away, the owner showed up.
Finally, he handed over the purse.
The man was very surprised. He rummaged through his purse and found that there was not a penny missing. Seeing that the beggar was just a little beggar who didn't even have a pair of shoes, he didn't run away. So the man took him back.
From then on, he had a place to go.
The sturdy man was a martial artist and opened a martial arts school. He became the sturdy man's apprentice and from then on he had a family.
The old man thought about it many times later and felt that he was lucky. Perhaps the parents in heaven couldn't bear it and blessed him.
It's not that he wasn't tempted by the money at first, but after being a beggar for several years, he knew very well that as a small beggar, he couldn't keep or spend the money, so he might as well return it to the man.
The strong man was delighted with the boy's talent and passed on most of his skills to him. The ten-year-old boy became stronger day by day, he had enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear, and his height was increasing day by day.
The master had a daughter at home who was two years younger than him. She was very beautiful and was the most beautiful person he had ever seen.
The two of them fell in love with each other, and the master was happy to see it happen, but the master's wife would not allow it.
The master's wife despised him because he had no father or mother and had been a little beggar. He was not only unlucky but also a pauper. Her daughter was to marry a scholar and she must be the wife of a scholar in the future.
The young lady cried all day long.
A child of seventeen or eighteen is no longer young. He has learned a lot of skills in the martial arts school over the years. That night, he kowtowed to his master several times and left with his two sets of clothes. It would be better for such a poor boy not to be embarrassed by others.
At this time, he was able to support himself. With his strength, he would not starve to death even if he had to carry a bag.
I also learned a few words at my master's house. Although not many, it is enough and better than many people.
That's how he found a job as a bodyguard.
The job of a bodyguard is easy. All he has to do every day is to carry the escorts from here to there, and the biggest work of the day is traveling.
But sometimes when you encounter robbers, you still have to fight back. If you meet someone stronger than them, you may be injured, lose your darts, or even lose your life. It is hard and dangerous.
Many people can't continue working and have little time to stay at home year after year.
But he really likes this job and has no complaints at all.
Because he has no home, he likes to be on the road especially during the holidays. Others are least willing to take work at this time, but he is the one who rushes to do it and rushes to go.
Every time when he was escorting a caravan, he would fight with the robbers. He did his job well and worked hard, so he was promoted to a minor manager within a few years.
No one was dissatisfied with such a young manager. They all saw that he got the position by risking his life.
Moreover, he is very loyal and will help in any way he can, so everyone has a good relationship with him.
He followed these escorts from all over the world on escort missions, and they would practice martial arts in their spare time. As he grew older, his boxing skills became more and more powerful.
At this time, someone introduced him to a matchmaker. The young man was not good-looking, but at least he had a decent appearance and was good at martial arts, so he earned a lot of money throughout the year.
They are all common people. Whoever marries him will live a life of luxury for the rest of her life and become a lady.
Matchmakers almost broke down the door of the escort agency, but the young man didn't like any of them and didn't agree to any of them.
This made everyone very confused, and some even suspected that he was gay, otherwise how could he not like any of the many pretty girls?
She gets along well with the men in the escort agency all the time, chatting and laughing with them, and is willing to help with anything.
Rumors abound.
This time he again rejected the offer of a son-in-law from a wealthy family. The wealthy family had a huge fortune and thousands of acres of fertile land, but they only had one daughter, whom they had raised to be very well-fed. They didn't want their huge fortune to go to someone else, so someone else took a fancy to him and wanted to recruit him as their son-in-law.
If he were an ordinary person, he would be so happy. Many people in the escort agency advised him, "You should agree to this good thing quickly. This family only has one daughter. When your father-in-law dies, you will be the one who calls the shots in the family. You don't have what you want. What can a woman like her do to you?"
By then, this huge fortune will belong to the Zhao family.
It was pie in the sky.
The young man in his twenties refused to agree. "I am not suitable for a stable life. I have no plans to get married for the rest of my life. I just want to die on the road and run escorts for the rest of my life."
He likes to travel around, see different people and different things, go to different mountains, and eat different delicacies.
He had no interest in this huge fortune.
This stirred up a hornet's nest and offended the official. The escort agency encountered troubles one after another and the entire agency almost went out of business.
The young old man carried his bag again, which still contained two sets of clothes, but this time there were some more bottles and jars and a few books on boxing and shooting.
Other than that, there was the money he had saved over the years. It wasn’t much, but it was enough to ensure that he wouldn’t starve to death.
Taking this opportunity, the old man went back to the county where his master lived.
Who would have thought that the master had passed away, the young lady had married, and the martial arts school was taken over by the master's son. Unfortunately, the school was declining year by year and it was on the verge of collapse.
He knew that his master's wife didn't like him, so he didn't show up. He left most of the money he had saved over the years to them and left.
He didn't go to see the young lady, and there was no need to do so.
By the time he found the second escort agency, he was already 27 or 28 years old.
In order to avoid trouble, he directly told others that his wife and children were gone, and he didn't want to start a family in this life and be alone.
This really saved him a lot of trouble. He was so old and there were very few matchmakers looking for marriage partners for him.
In the blink of an eye, I’m already fifty years old.