A small independent cultivator without any sect or school, but made a deal with the Heavenly Dao

Time goes back to the day before the time travel. Pei Cangli got up in the morning as usual, took out his mobile phone, opened the recruitment software, and continued the day's resume submission process. It was still the same three-part work - sales, customer service, and phone calls.

After a lot of effort, someone responded to me on the software, but the basic salary was still 3,000 yuan, with one day off a week and a flexible working system. You can just say that they are working overtime for a long time but are not paid.

I opened the refrigerator and saw only a few eggs left. I thought of ordering some takeout, but the delivery man was late on the way and was in a hurry to deliver the next order, so he asked me to go down and get it.

Considering that everyone is having a hard time at work right now, I decided to go downstairs for a walk since I had nothing to do. However, when the elevator reached the fourth floor, it suddenly stopped, just like Pei Cangli's current situation. He was too tired from living all day and wanted to take a break.

The delivery man urged him to hurry up, as his next order was about to be overdue. The elevator signal was bad. Pei Cangli only heard him say intermittently that he would put it at the gate of the community, and then nothing else...

When Pei Cangli finally came out of the elevator and arrived at the entrance of the community, he didn't see any takeaway food at the door, but under the big rock at the door, he saw snail noodles and soup scattered on the ground.

The security guard at the door saw Pei Cangli staring at the snail noodles on the ground, and immediately frowned and urged: "Pick up your takeaway garbage quickly, not only does it affect the environment, but it also smells bad."

The takeaway I ordered with great difficulty spilled, and now I have to clean the house before I could even eat a single bite. Can you please let me eat first?

After having a quick meal outside, Pei Cangli just returned to the rental house when he received a call from his father. The first sentence he said was the usual combination of urging him to get married and asking for money.

"You are already in your thirties, and you have never found a partner or married. Do you think there is anyone like you in our village? Your mother and I can't even raise our heads at home. Your brother is going to hold a one-month celebration for your nephew. Please send me 50,000 yuan. If you continue like this, you will have to rely on your nephew to support you when you are old."

Listening to the familiar tone and words, Pei Cangli said helplessly in a low voice, "Dad, I lost my job recently. The company laid off employees. I don't have that much money. Besides, my brother wants to hold a one-month celebration for his son. Why should I pay for it?"

When hearing that Pei Cangli was unemployed, her father immediately scolded her, "What's the point of raising you? You can't even keep a job. Why did the company lay off you and not others? It's because you don't know how to curry favor with your boss... You were laid off, so the company will compensate you. You've worked for a few years, so the compensation must be quite a lot. Put it all into my account. If you don't get a penny less, you won't be able to come back for the New Year this year."

After hanging up the phone and lying on the bed, Pei Cangli thought about her family and the little things that happened over the years. She was clearly the child of her parents, but she always felt like an outsider. In the family photo, she was standing in the corner holding the background wall with the lighting board.

She was kicked out of the family chat by her father because he didn't know who the profile picture was. When she was pulled in by her mother again, the group was as quiet as dead water, as if no one existed. But she could hear the sound of WeChat red envelopes arriving from the three of their phones.

The room at home was used as a storage room, and every year when they went back for the New Year, there was just enough space for a single child's bed; it seemed that her existence was to highlight the happiness of their family of three, and to be a cash machine that could withdraw money at any time;

But Pei Cangli also hoped that her existence would allow them to see different values. She was also their only daughter and her brother's only sister. Wasn't she doing enough for them? Wasn't she doing enough well?

She picked up her cell phone and transferred 30,000 yuan to her father. The remaining 5,000 yuan was used to pay the rent and to last until she found a job and received her salary. She really had no extra money, so she gave it to that family.

Less than a minute after the money was transferred, her father called her. "Why is there still 20,000 missing? Did you hide some private money? Let me tell you, your nephew's full month celebration is a big event for the family. Don't hold us back on such a big matter."

"Dad, I have to make a living out there, and I just sent money home last month. Aren't you and mom also working? Do I have to support this family by myself? I have raised my brother for so many years, do I have to support his family now?"

"How dare you say that? This family depends on you. If you hadn't almost lost your brother when you were ten years old and hadn't been taken away by human traffickers, why would your brother be so afraid of meeting strangers now?"

"Dad, you know very well that's not the case at all, and your brother is married now, so why would he be afraid of meeting strangers? I have raised him for so many years, but you didn't want him to go out to work and indulged him in living off your parents. It's not you..."

Before Pei Cangli could finish speaking, her father hung up the phone. Every time this matter was mentioned, her father avoided talking about it and just put the blame on her, thinking that she was at fault first and that it was because of her that her brother couldn't go out to work now.

On the Lantern Festival when Pei Cangli was ten years old, her family went to the street to watch a lantern festival. Both sides of the street were crowded with people. Her younger brother was originally sitting on her father's shoulders, but he made a fuss and wanted to get down and walk by himself, so he was let down.

Her parents asked her to keep an eye on her younger brother. As one performance after another went on, the streets were surrounded by crowds, and it was hard to breathe. The seven-year-old brother was small, so he broke free from her hand and tried to walk out.

Pei Cangli shouted her brother's name, but it was too noisy around her and she couldn't hear him at all. She could only quickly catch up and see her brother walking further and further away, faster and faster.

Pei Cangli ran and shouted, and soon his brother disappeared around a corner ahead.

"Little brother, what's your name? Who is the little girl calling you from behind?" A man in a baseball cap, holding a lollipop in his hand, was asking him.

When Pei Cangli chased after her, her brother was pointing at her and saying to the squatting human traffickers, "Her name is Ali, she is my sister, she eats little and can work, you can catch her and sell her."

Ten-year-old Pei Cangli couldn't believe it, looking at her seven-year-old brother who could actually say such words.

"Little girl, you heard it too. Your brother wanted us to take you away so that he wouldn't be sold. He was the only one left in the family. He also said your name was Ali, which was a nice name."

"Ali, then come with me. Your family doesn't like you anyway. I will find a good place for you." The man said as he stood up.

Pei Cangli didn't care about being afraid and rushed over to pull her brother away. Unexpectedly, her brother held her arm tightly to prevent her from running away. He also told her to leave with the human traffickers as soon as possible. The human traffickers liked the name Ali.

When they were about to be taken away by human traffickers, a neighbor who passed by saved them. After returning home, the younger brother complained to his parents that it was Pei Cangli who ran around and he was caught by human traffickers when he went to look for his sister.

After finally falling asleep that night, Pei Cangli dreamed of a man wearing a hat, calling her A Li and asking her to go with him.

For many years after that, Pei Cangli would be awakened by this dream, until she slowly recovered after working. But over the years, she didn't like people calling her A Li, as it always reminded her of that nightmarish experience.

In order to confirm his lie, her brother said that he dared not contact strangers from then on, even though he went out to play with outsiders all day long when he was in school.

When Pei Cangli came to his senses, it was already 6:30 in the afternoon. Thinking that he had not eaten yet, he planned to go out to buy some things and pick up a package.

The aunt who picked up the package was surprised when she saw Pei Cangli's name, then smiled and said, "Girl, your name is very nice. I can see that your parents must love you very much."

Pei Cangli asked her Chinese teacher to change her name after she entered elementary school. This was the only time she felt that her parents cared about her.

Pei Cangli's original name was Pei Qianhuo. Before she was born, everyone thought she was a boy. But she was actually a girl. Moreover, she was often called a nickname by others because of this name, so her parents agreed to change her name. Now I think it was mainly because they cared about their face.

Suddenly, the cell phone rang and a text message came in, saying that Pei Cangli had borrowed 100,000 yuan with a credit card and would pay it back next month.

At the same time, her father sent her a message on WeChat, saying that her family had used a copy of her ID card to apply for a credit card and had just cashed out 100,000 yuan, so she should remember to pay it back next month.

Just after she finished reading the message, a loud thunder exploded in Pei Cangli's ears. She stood there in a daze, holding the phone, like a wooden sculpture that would crack in the next second.

Watching the dark clouds gathering in the sky, Pei Cangli walked back woodenly. He suddenly felt that life had become boring and he felt like he couldn't go on living.

As the rain continued to pour down, the sky seemed to be torn apart. The 32-year-old Pei Cangli lay on the ground in a daze, wishing he could be struck to death by lightning.

Against the backdrop of lightning and thunder, the surrounding carports looked like a dark monster mocking the people lying in the rain.

After living for thirty-two years, Pei Cangli suddenly didn't know the meaning and value of his existence.

Did she keep giving in and making compromises, just for her family to continue to bite her more and more? To stab her in the back?

Then she is on her own, who cares?

When thunder and lightning struck Pei Cangli, a strong light flashed, and at the same time her ears were drowned by a deafening roar. She felt as if her whole body was being whipped fiercely by a fiery whip, and at the same time, a raging fire was burning every inch of her skin...