Faced with the girl's doubts, Cheng Sanli was speechless.
He didn't want his sister to know that he was a thief and that all the food he ate was stolen.
After thinking for a long time, he slowly spoke.
"I'm not great at all. If you were like me, you would be in pain."
However, as soon as he said this, he was refuted by He Yisheng.
"My brother is very capable. Our parents are adults and they thought we were a burden, so they abandoned us."
"My brother not only supports himself, but also supports me. He is more powerful than an adult! He is at least twice as powerful."
The girl said with a smile, resting her forehead on his shoulder, her black hair brushing against her cheek, giving her an itchy feeling, and they leaned against each other.
In this cold winter, relying on a small stove that could go out at any time is meaningless.
Cheng Sanli's eyes were blank as he silently added firewood to the stove.
"Am I as good as you say?"
"Of course, my brother is the best. If I had to describe him in one word, it would be genius!"
He Yisheng replied without hesitation: "Brother is just too thin. It would be better if he were a little fatter. A fatter one would be the best."
"Genius, amazing..."
Cheng Sanli repeated himself in his mind over and over again. The stove in the house crackled, and the firelight shone on his face, which looked extremely thin due to severe malnutrition. His eye sockets were sunken, his skin was yellow, and he felt very miserable.
The word "genius" doesn't seem to be appropriate here. It is one of the few descriptions that He Yisheng knows.
It was snowing heavily outside the room.
After wandering alone, Cheng Sanli first began to think about changing his mind.
He was no longer alone. He wanted to prove to He Yisheng that he was really capable. Even though he didn't know how to do it, an inexplicable motivation emerged in his heart.
If only he were just as Yisheng thought, a little more powerful...
……
3 month 21 day.
A day that will never be forgotten.
Cheng Sanli made money, not by stealing, robbing, or begging, but by earning his first salary through his own hard work.
Even though he had grown a little bit, he was still very thin, with not much flesh on his body, but at least his skeleton was supported.
I got the opportunity to work as a temporary waiter in a hotel that was busy organizing a wedding banquet.
Time is short.
It's only one day, but there are no requirements, no household registration is required, and age doesn't matter.
Cheng Sanli received his daily wages. Looking at the money he earned through legitimate means, although he was physically tired after a busy day, he couldn't help feeling happy in his heart.
He brought He Yisheng to a proper restaurant for the first time, and used the money he earned to order two side dishes and steamed buns. It was a rare occasion for him to taste meat.
The two of them sat in the restaurant for a long time that day, holding their full stomachs until the restaurant closed.
"Is it delicious?" Cheng Sanli straightened his back for the first time.
Today he doesn't have to worry and dares to ask this question.
Because the food he brought He Yisheng to eat this time was earned through his hard work.
Not by stealing, not by robbing, but by your own sweat.
"Delicious!" He Yisheng took his hand and they walked on the street together: "I also want to learn how to cook, so that brother can eat delicious food every day in the future."
Cheng Sanli shook his head: "It's hard to do if you can't see."
He Yisheng held his hand tightly: "Practice more, master the skills, and you should be able to succeed. I feel that my ears are getting better and better. Now I can tell by listening to the footsteps. Brother has gained some weight."
"Yeah!"
Cheng Sanli couldn't help but smile and reached out to support his stomach.
"Maybe he's full."
The two walked hand in hand.
The moon is bright and clear.
The light and shadows scattered on the people's bodies, stretching the figures of one big and one small into narrow and long shapes.
Life seems to be getting better, but it would be nice if it could be just a little bit better, if I could get a stable income, just a little bit...
……
I don’t know from which day it started.
I don't understand what exactly happened.
Cheng Sanli's body had undergone tremendous changes. One morning, he was working on a construction site when he felt a buzzing sound in his head and severe pain.
His body changed.
For some reason, the steel bars and stone pillars that originally weighed hundreds of pounds lost their weight in my hands, and I gained strength far beyond my usual strength. Sometimes, when I sat on the ground, the surrounding rocks and soil would involuntarily gather towards me.
At first, he didn't care. On the contrary, the sudden increase in his physical fitness made his originally thin body burst with tremendous strength, and one person could do the work of many people.
Even the foremen who were recruiting workers couldn't help but sigh, "This young man looks thin, but how come he is so strong?"
His reputation spread and he became popular in the job market. He almost had a stable job and at least earned money every day.
As the money in hand increased, the originally dilapidated little house underwent a perfect transformation. It still looked very poor on the surface, but there was a bed inside and a kitchen where he could cook. The floor was extremely clean. The traces of his wandering were being erased bit by bit.
"Brother, you've been eating a lot lately, haven't you? I'm so tired..."
He Yisheng sat in front of him. Even with his eyes closed, he accurately inserted the spoon into the spatula and filled another bowl of rice.
The girl successfully fulfilled her promise. Although she almost burned down the shabby house when she first started practicing, she learned to cook by relying on her sensitive ears and precise control of the positions of various kitchen utensils.
Even if food accidentally falls out and cannot be seen, he can still wield the soup spoon, which is almost as tall as himself, quite skillfully.
It's totally unimaginable that she is only 7 years old.
Cheng Sanli temporarily stopped eating.
"It seems so, but I feel weird, like I have some supernatural powers. I don't know why, but recently I feel like I can control the rocks around me..."
He shared the recent changes in his body with his sister, stretched out his hand, and the pebbles on the ground immediately flew towards him.
He seemed to have really become stronger, just as He Yisheng had expected at the time.
"Great, brother is really the best. He can control rocks. He will definitely become a hero in the future!"
Hear the word hero.
It had only been a few days since he earned the money and Cheng Sanli, who had just quit being a thief, felt deeply ashamed.
"This isn't enough... I, how could I possibly be a hero."
He Yisheng sat beside him and leaned his head on his shoulder.
"My brother has always been a hero, that's what I think."
"Hahaha."
Cheng Sanli laughed heartily.
"Okay, then I'll try my best and be a hero. Just a little bit will do..."
……
Time flies.
As the years passed, Cheng Sanli had not yet become a hero, but his supernatural powers became stronger and stronger. He began to try to use his ability to control the earth in more and more tasks.
One day, his abilities were noticed by a big boss.
The other party wants to develop a natural scenic area, build a resort there, and develop the tourism industry.
With the foreman's introduction, Cheng Sanli received the highest salary in such a long time for the first time - 300 yuan a day.
But there is a prerequisite for getting this daily wage: you must leave your original residence and follow the construction team to the scenic area.
This was an astronomical figure for Cheng Sanli, who was 17 at the time. It was better than the salary of all the jobs he had done before, and he did not want to miss this opportunity.
only……
"Brother, where are you going?" When He Yisheng heard that he was leaving, his eyes dimmed and he sat on the small bed, not knowing what to say.
Cheng Sanli also fell into silence. He couldn't say the word "leave". Not only was he worried, but Yi Sheng also found it difficult to accept.
The same thing happened to her mother before, she said she was going to leave for a while but never came back.
After hesitating for a long time, Cheng Sanli looked at the girl beside him and finally made his decision.
"Why don't you come with me?"
"I'll contact the foreman and see if we can have the whole place to ourselves. If not, I'll spend some money. What do you think?"
He Yisheng nodded vigorously.
"If you want to go, just be with your brother!"
Got a clear answer.
Cheng Sanli used all the means he could. For the first time, he used the begging method he had used before to ask for help. Fortunately, the result was good and the two of them successfully got a small house.
It was also an abandoned house of local villagers. It was located in a very remote place in the scenic area, but very close to the address where they wanted to build a resort.
In this way, the two of them became the night guards at the construction site.
300 yuan is not easy to earn.
The foreman was impressed by Cheng Sanli's abilities and wanted to use his power to save as much money as possible. Many projects that originally required multiple people to be responsible for were thrown onto him. He might have used his abilities occasionally before, but most of the time it was for a short period of time.
But since coming to the resort, I have been using my supernatural powers almost non-stop, sometimes for a whole day.
The excessive use of his supernatural powers made Cheng Sanli feel physically and mentally exhausted. Every time he finished work, his head was buzzing and gravel was flying around him from time to time.
But he didn't care. Looking at the salary he received, he felt that he had enough money to make his and Yisheng's lives better.
Even though I was exhausted, I was almost too tired to move every time I returned to my place, but even so, as long as I could eat the food cooked by my sister.
He still felt happy and fulfilled.
This situation continued for several months.
The night before the project was almost finished.
"Brother, are we leaving tomorrow?" He Yisheng blinked his pure white eyes, his face showing an excitement that was hard to conceal.
"Um……"
Cheng Sanli nodded and began to pack his things in the room. After working for a few months, he now had more savings than he had imagined, tens of thousands of yuan.
Because of the illegal household registration, I cannot deposit my money in the bank and can only carry cash, which is a headache.
People who have been thieves are most afraid of thieves.
"After tomorrow, I'll take you to the city for a nice dinner. We're rich now, so we can rent a proper house. Then we won't have to listen to the train whistle every night."
"Yeah!" He Yisheng nodded, and his heart was full of anticipation when he thought about his future life.
Unfortunately, the two's excitement about the future did not last long.
Cheng Sanli felt unusually tired today. He didn't know why. The most tiring project was clearly over. On the last day, he just took care of the details at the resort and didn't do any heavy physical work.
But at this moment he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, and an unprecedented feeling of exhaustion came over his whole body.
Finally, my body couldn't take it anymore.
"Yisheng, I feel a little tired. I'm going to sleep first. You should also rest early." Cheng Sanli said weakly.
Hearing something wrong with the voice, He Yisheng's face showed worry: "Brother, are you feeling unwell?"
Cheng Sanli shook his head and sat on the bed. The moment he stood on the pillow, his eyes began to fight: "No, I'm just tired..."
He Yisheng nodded gently and held his hand: "Brother, go to sleep. I'm not sleepy yet. I'll watch you sleep and I'll go to bed in a while."
"Um……"
Cheng Sanli agreed in a daze. It has always been like this. Yi Sheng always likes to stay by his side at night. He has long been accustomed to it and he also enjoys this feeling.
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