"In order to survive, I started to compete with the old men and women in a battle of wits and courage. I was always able to snatch three or four pieces of cardboard and five or six foam lunch boxes from them."

"In order to get the first-hand waste, I simply live next to the garbage can. Whenever someone throws garbage, I can go and look through it first."

"But the truth is, for someone without experience, picking up waste is not enough to make a living, not to mention that I can only pick up two or three trash cans at most."

"At that time, my food was a 2-liang vegetarian noodle package for 7 yuan. I am a cat, and I can't eat much in my original form. 2-liang vegetarian noodles was enough for me to survive for three or four days."

"It's winter time."

"The warmth of the world has nothing to do with me. I only have one thought in my mind - I'm so hungry!"

"It turned out that my decision to save money was correct. I used the money I saved to buy quilts. Although I often caught a cold and had a fever, at least I didn't die that winter."

"Having a fever is very uncomfortable, just like someone burning charcoal in your head. The burning is red and painful, and the burning is deep inside and covered with a layer of white ash, which is a dull pain."

"I'm cured, but I have no money to eat."

"It's mainly because it's close to the Chinese New Year, the streets are deserted, there are few scraps, and I can hardly make any money."

"The shops on the street were mostly closed, so I couldn't even beg for food. The water pipes in the public toilets were frozen, and my only source of water was gone."

"But fortunately, it snowed heavily the next day."

"Snow has a taste, because it absorbs tiny particles in the air. It tastes cold and has an indescribable flavor."

"And the snow close to the ground smells like mud. Of course, it's possible that I mixed mud into it and ate it..."

While Bai Yao was talking, Fu Yan hugged him tightly, and a crystal tear ran down his cheek...

"Thanks to the grace of nature, I survived for another three days, but eating snow alone was not enough, so I started to research other edible things."

"But in the doomsday-like cold winter, there is only a vast expanse of white snow outside, and you often have to dig three feet into the ground to find a few frozen grass roots."

"I was desperate, so I chose to steal!"

"Of course, I don't steal money, I only steal food."

"I looked around for a long time and found a wealthy family. I thought that given their wealth, they wouldn't care about those two bites of food."

"I took advantage of their visit to sneak in in my original form. There was a fruit plate on the coffee table, filled with apples, pears, grapes, peanuts and melon seeds. I ate them all in two or three bites."

"The refrigerator was empty, with only two bitter melons and a piece of bacon, which I took."

"But I'm still so hungry!"

“Hunger is like a bottomless pit. Nothing can fill it.”

"It turns out that there is a reason why it is expensive."

"Some brands of toilet paper taste sweet. Thanks to my human form, I can taste the sweetness even though I'm a cat."

"I ransacked the house and stole all the sweet-smelling toilet paper. At the time, I thought I should be able to survive the winter with that."

"If you eat too much paper and it's too dry, just eat a few bites of earthy snow, and occasionally a couple of grass roots."

"I knew nothing about biology and medicine at the time, so I obviously didn't know that paper was indigestible."

"I ate it for four or five days in a row and developed intestinal obstruction. I knew I had to go to the hospital when I was sick, but I had no money. As I didn't get timely treatment, I eventually developed intestinal perforation and septic shock and fainted on the side of the road."

Fu Yan held the person tightly in his arms, with such strength that he seemed to want to embed the person into his body.

Silent tears wet Bai Yao's shoulders, and Bai Yao smiled:

"Fu Yan, why are you crying?"

Fu Yan didn't answer, but just rubbed him gently.

Love is guilt. Even if you know that the past cannot be changed, you will still blame yourself for not appearing in his life earlier, giving him warmth and telling him: "I am here, don't be afraid!"

"When I woke up again, I was in a hospital. I also met my first master, the traditional Chinese medicine master Xu Qiannian, who was known as the master of traditional Chinese medicine!"

"Teacher Xu not only helped me advance the medical expenses, but also took me back to his clinic. He did not look down on my illegal status and taught me medical skills."

"I asked him why he taught me, and he said it was because my heart was pure enough. I didn't understand what that meant at the time, but now I think it was because I hadn't fallen into the trap of money, power, wine and sex, and could truly live up to the saying 'I wish there was no suffering in the world, I would rather let the medicine on the shelf be covered with dust!'"

"Traditional Chinese medicine is the profession I have been in contact with for the longest time, and it is also the most troublesome. First, the current herbal medicines are gradually becoming extinct, and the medicinal power of artificial cultivation is insufficient. Second, many ancient books are incomplete, and it is difficult to learn them from beginning to end."

"It took me a year to learn Teacher Xu's medical skills. A year later, Teacher Xu passed away in Beijing. It was on that day that I first realized how great Teacher Xu was."

"The people who came to see him off filled several streets. Most of them were ordinary people. They just heard that their benefactor had passed away and came from afar to see him off!"

"He has been curing diseases and saving lives for more than 60 years. He has single-handedly carried half of the sky of Chinese medicine in Longguo. He has written more than one million words of medical books and saved countless patients!"

"Through the identity of Mr. Xu's apprentice, I have my own network of contacts, and the road ahead has also become smooth sailing."

"I did not inherit the clinic. In order to complete the remaining medical books and hide my identity as an illegal resident, I chose to hide my name and become one of the common people. I walked into the mountains and met those patients who really had difficult and complicated diseases."

"At the same time, I didn't forget to take assessments. I learned a variety of professional skills, from bricklayer to waiter, from computer hacker to software development engineer..."

"This kind of life lasted for three years. Three years later, my family found me and told me that the assessment was over."

"Bai Chen's legs were crushed by a truck while trying to save someone. He will never be able to stand up again. My sister has withdrawn, so I have to be the heir."

"To be honest, I don't really care about the heir. If it was the so-called desire to win that was at work in the beginning, then when I was almost starving to death that winter, I wanted to give up."

"But I can't give up, because I have no money and can't go back to my home thousands of miles away..."

"I learned medical skills and wanted to help Bai Chen heal his legs, but after losing his legs, Bai Chen's personality changed drastically. Not only did he refuse me to approach him, he also said that if I hadn't given up earlier, his legs would not have been disabled."

"I don't know what he means. He is an illegal immigrant like me. In that era when you couldn't find a job without an ID card, I don't know how he made money so quickly."

"Later, I found out that my parents liked Bai Chen more than me. I was penniless and sent thousands of miles away, while he had no worries about food and clothing. He lived in a nearby city, only ten miles away from home. Even his job was arranged by my parents..."

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