AWB Chapter 411 Why do you think tomorrow will be better?
Chapter 411 Why do you think tomorrow will be better?
No one can teach Lin Feng about mental strength.
Lin Feng didn't know what the golden light represented; he had to figure it out for himself.
The boy was thin as a rake, dressed in tattered clothes, and wearing worn-out straw sandals, but he had a certain intelligence about him.
He was chopping wood in the mountains, with two large cats, one white and one black, with him.
The two large cats were quite intelligent; they even went to the mountains to collect firewood and brought it to the boy.
The boy spent a lot of effort chopping a pile of firewood, tied it with straw rope, and carried it to the county town to sell for ten coins.
Looking at the ten copper coins in his hand, the boy smiled and spent eight coins to buy a small bag of mixed flour and another small bag of wheat bran.
Bringing this grain home and making it into steamed buns will last us a long time.
He hid the remaining two coins in the small cloth pouches around the necks of the two cats. The pouches were very small, just big enough to hold one copper coin.
The boy's expression changed as he carried the grain to the village entrance, and he involuntarily backed away.
Three village bullies stood in front of him.
The bearded man at the head of the group looked at the boy with a sneer, "Kim Sang-woo, what are you retreating for? Where can you retreat to? You can run away, but you can't hide."
Two village bullies standing next to him walked over, kicked the boy to the ground, snatched the two bags of grain from his body, and then rummaged through his clothes.
Then they started punching and kicking the boy.
They beat him while scolding him.
"Kim Sang-woo, you chopped firewood all day and only brought back this little bit of food? Are you slacking off?"
Bang bang bang.
"You're so young, and you're not even trying."
The bruised and swollen boy said angrily, "You lazy good-for-nothings have the nerve to talk to me like that? You robbed me in broad daylight! Is there no law anymore?"
Upon hearing this, the three village bullies became even more ruthless.
Bang bang bang.
“Return to the law! The clerk in the yamen is my maternal uncle’s cousin’s second uncle.”
"My fist is the law."
Meow! At that moment, the big black cat pounced on the village bully who was leading the group.
"Ouch, this beast bit me."
The village bully grabbed the black cat that had pounced on his lap and slammed it to the ground, yelling, "I'll smash you to death, you little beast!"
"Ouch!" the black cat cried out in pain, thrashed about on the ground a couple of times, and then lay still.
The boy rushed over and hugged the black cat. "Little Black, what's wrong? You'll be alright."
The village bully grabbed a handful of wheat chaff from his bag and threw it in the boy's face. "I'm leaving you some food. Chop more firewood and buy more grain tomorrow, or I'll kill and eat all the cats you raised."
The village bullies left after they finished speaking.
The boy cried for a while, then rubbed off the wheat chaff that was wet with his tears and fed it to the big black cat.
"Waaah, Little Black, eat something, don't scare me."
The big black cat opened and closed its mouth twice, and a trace of blood flowed out, but it did not eat the wheat chaff.
The big black cat looked at the boy with a somewhat unfocused gaze.
The boy got up and took the big black cat home.
His yard was very small, and the house was very dilapidated. There were two kittens inside, one yellow and one spotted.
Upon seeing their owner return, the two kittens meowed and pounced on them.
The boy paid no attention to the two kittens, and instead put the injured big black cat on the bed and covered it with a blanket.
I boiled some more hot water and fed it to the big black cat.
"Xiao Hei, have some water."
The big black cat opened and closed its mouth twice, but didn't drink a single drop of water.
The young man took out the two copper coins hidden on the two cats and left the yard.
He wanted to go to the village doctor to exchange some medicine for the big black cat's injuries.
He hadn't gone far when he was intercepted by the three village bullies again.
The bearded village bully asked, "What are you holding in your hand?"
The boy clenched the two copper coins in his hand. "No, I didn't take anything."
"Show me your hand."
The village bully was about to grab the boy's hand when he spoke.
The boy took off running.
Bang! Ouch! He hadn't run two steps before the village bully kicked him to the ground.
The village bully snatched two copper coins from his hand, then straddled him and slapped him several times across the face.
"You little brat, you have money but you dare not show respect to your elders."
If I find you hiding money again, I'll skin you alive.
The village bullies took the two copper coins and left.
The boy sat on the ground and cried loudly. After crying for a while, he still walked towards the doctor's house.
He stood at the doctor's door and said, "Uncle Qian, my son Xiao Hei was kicked and injured by the village bully. Can you prescribe some medicine to save him?"
I'll bring you the money for the medicine tomorrow.
The doctor, known as Uncle Qian, glanced at the boy and sighed.
This boy has no relatives or friends and is bullied by the village bully every day; he's quite pitiful.
The doctor gave the boy a small packet of medicine for treating sprains and bruises.
"Take it back and try it out; you don't need to pay."
The boy bowed three times to the doctor, saying, "Thank you, Uncle Qian. I will definitely bring you the money for the medicine tomorrow."
The boy ran home, boiled the medicine, and poured it into the big black cat's mouth.
After doing all this, the boy sat in the yard, picked up a stone, and wrote a few words on the ground: "Tomorrow will be better."
These are a few words he secretly learned at a private school in the county town.
At this moment, Lin Feng walked into the courtyard.
Lin Feng looked at the words on the ground and said with a smile, "Why do you think tomorrow will be better?"
What have you done for tomorrow? Only then can you dare to hope that tomorrow will be better.
Don't you think you should do something today?
Lin Feng's words contained spiritual power, causing the boy to focus only on what he said and ignore his presence.
The boy stammered, "What... what can I do? I can't beat those village bullies, and no one will help me."
I can only get up early tomorrow and gather more firewood.
Why tomorrow?
What's the use of gathering more firewood if it's still stolen?
Push all the unpleasant things you don't want to face to tomorrow, but then comfort yourself that tomorrow will be better.
Do you really think tomorrow will be better?
Lin Feng sat on the bed, reached out and stroked the big black cat, used his true energy to force out the stagnant blood from the cat's body, and then took out some healing herbs to feed the cat.
The boy asked, "Then what should I do?"
"You should deal with the person who caused the problem."
The boy shook his head vigorously, "You want me to kill those village bullies? No way, that's against the law."
"If the law can protect the people, we might as well give the law some face and be a law-abiding citizen."
But has the law reduced the harm you suffer?
In this world, morals are declining and people's hearts are no longer what they used to be. The government offices have stopped doing their jobs, and the law has become a mere shell of its former self.
Government offices outside the Sword Sect's jurisdiction basically don't care about the lives of ordinary people.
The young man seemed to have figured it out after listening to Lin Feng's words.
"But I have no power, I can't beat them."
Lin Feng raised his hand and pointed, a golden light landing on the boy's brow.
The young man immediately learned the Beast Hunting Fist Technique and the Wind-Breaking Saber Technique.
Lin Feng originally wanted to see what was special about this boy, but when he saw the boy being bullied, he felt as if he saw his past self, so he stepped in to help him.
The boy's eyes lit up, and he stood up, brandishing a machete with great flair in the yard.
It was only then that the young man noticed Lin Feng.
"Master, please accept my bow." He said, about to kneel down and kowtow to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng reached out to help the boy up, but the boy couldn't kneel down anymore.
"There's no rush to become an apprentice. Let's talk about it after you've dealt with those three village bullies."
The young man knew in his heart that if he couldn't deal with those three village bullies, the master in front of him wouldn't accept him as a disciple.
But those three village bullies also know martial arts; I probably can't beat them all by myself.
After thinking for a while, he made up his mind and said to Lin Feng, "Master, could you lend me a few copper coins?"