newbobooks Chapter 1298 Extra Wu Jiang
Chapter 1298 Extra Wu Jiang
Wu Jiang, who was in his teens, struggled to make a living with his younger siblings. Now that his parents were gone, he had the responsibility to take good care of his younger siblings.
But in troubled times, people are like grass and it is extremely difficult to survive.
They had nothing and wandered around everywhere. In the end, the younger brother and sister couldn't bear it anymore and passed away.
Wu Jiang was heartbroken. He was the only one left in this huge world. He tried to understand himself several times, but when he thought of his parents' last words, he knew that if he was gone, this branch of their family would be truly extinct.
He wiped away his tears and decided to live on no matter how hard or difficult it was.
In fact, he didn't have any purpose. He just planned to go wherever he could and live as long as he could.
At this time, there were wandering beggars everywhere, or refugees from various places, and there were many children like him who were alone.
He felt sorry for them, as they were all alone and often bullied. Thinking of his own younger brothers and sisters who had passed away, he was moved and pulled them over to protect them behind him.
Anyway, he has no family left and doesn't know where to go, so he'll protect whoever he can.
In this way, the team grew larger and larger, from a few to a dozen, twenty or thirty, and by the time they reached the north, there were already forty or fifty people.
A very large group of people.
They are all children, and most people don’t dare to bully them.
But no one was bullying them anymore. It was just that food was becoming increasingly difficult to find. Even if they had to dig up wild vegetables, they had to dig up a lot to get enough for one meal. The few steamed buns and baked cakes they could get were not enough for each of these people to eat.
He had no choice but to take his brothers and sisters to find work, but it was very dangerous for homeless people like them, and there were very few jobs they could find. Even if they said nice things and people hired them, they usually didn't get paid and even gave them very little food.
There were so many things like this that my younger brothers and sisters refused to do it anymore. They did so much work but couldn't even get a bite to eat. They were just being ordered around for nothing. They spent so much effort but had nothing to eat. How could they make up for it?
Wu Jiang didn't want to go either.
Later, they were so hungry that they had no choice but to take risks and start robbing.
They looted a lot of things, enough for them to eat for several days.
They are all children. Once they have tasted the sweetness, it is impossible for them to turn back.
Wu Jiang thought that this would be his life from now on, and maybe one day he would go up the mountain to become a bandit, but then Zhou Guo came to him.
What kind of person is that?
The little person was obviously much smaller than them, but she was so calm in the face of so many people older than her. This calmness was not pretended, but emanated from within. She was truly fearless.
He was first impressed by her courage, and then by the robe she was wearing. It was so beautiful. He had never seen such a beautiful dress before, and there was such a big gold locket hanging on her chest...
He admitted that he was tempted by the gold lock. If they sold such a big gold lock, they could live a normal life. All they had to do was take a step forward and snatch the lock from the child.
Moreover, judging from her appearance, her family should not be short of such a gold lock. For her, it is no loss at all, but it can enable so many people to live a good life.
Wu Jiang pinched his palm hard, and just when he was about to give everyone a signal, the other party spoke and found a job for them.
Wu Jiang secretly raised his hand and pressed it down. He found a job???
This guy found a job for them???
The landlords were unwilling to pay homeless children like them for working, and were even unwilling to provide them with sufficient food.
This person actually wants to find work for them?
Are you trying to trick them again?
Are you using them for nothing?
Every day and night that followed, Wu Jiang thanked his luck countless times. Fortunately, he encouraged himself for a little longer. Otherwise, if he had waved his hand away too early, who knows what would be waiting for them.
Fortunately, this man was not deceiving them, but really gave them life. In addition to money, he also gave them food and meat. He almost thought he had met a living Bodhisattva. Before this, no one was willing to give them even a bite of coarse grains, so how could they give them meat and money?
Their good days have come!
Even when he was asked to sign a contract to sell himself, Wu Jiang only hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.
In such a world, what does it matter if you are a commoner?
Civilians don’t even have food to eat and can’t even survive, so what’s the point of keeping this identity?
Moreover, Zhou Guo treated them so well and paid them high wages. In the north, they could eat enough and wear warm clothes, and eat meat every now and then. This was much better than the life of ordinary civilians.
Many families in Cangshan Village do not live as well as they do.
He could even read and write. This was something he had never imagined before. People like them who should have died on the road could actually read and write one day.
At this moment, Wu Jiang felt that he was different, and his younger brothers and sisters were different too. After learning to read, write and count, they were different from others. In this world, how many people can learn these things?
Therefore, he was very grateful to Zhou Guo and secretly made up his mind that since his master was so good to them, he would devote his whole life to repaying her.
He thought so at first, but as Zhou Guo became more successful and his status changed, he didn't even dare to think about it. Let alone repaying him, he just wanted his master not to abandon him.
He was able to follow Zhou Guo when she just started to become successful. It was really a blessing from God. Otherwise, even if he had accumulated blessings for several more lifetimes, he probably would not have been able to be with her.
That’s the King of Yan!
The most precious people in the world.
Later, Zhou Guo stripped the group of people who had followed her at the beginning of the war of attrition, but none of them left and continued to work honestly under her.
Even if they were stripped of their citizenship, they learned to read and write, and passed the imperial examinations. What they pursued throughout their lives was to be loyal to the royal family, and they had achieved this long ago.
Wu Jiang has always been by Zhou Guo's side, working diligently all his life, and is an indelible contributor to the establishment of Zhou Guo's business empire.