I played the world alone

Chapter 121 The Seed of Hatred

This may also be the characteristic of this era.

Shine someone else's shoes.

Although child labor has been banned during this period, situations like this are still common.

For example, on this street, at a glance, you can see several similar children earning living expenses in whatever way they can.

And the reason why he chose this child may be because this child wiped the most seriously, even if it was the commotion caused when he jumped off the building, he didn't look back.

More importantly, there were several obvious bruises on his arms and cheeks where he had been beaten.

Obviously the family environment is not very good.

Lu Chen paused.

The first goal can basically be determined.

……

Anthony wiped the leather shoes vigorously until they were polished and shiny before he pursed his lips in satisfaction.

Looking up helplessly at the gentleman in front of him, he raised his leg to look at the leather shoes, nodded in satisfaction, and took out a pound from his pocket.

"Not bad work."

Anthony gratefully took the coin, stuffed it carefully into his breast pocket, and breathed lightly.

"I made money... I shouldn't be beaten today."

He subconsciously touched the bruise on his arm, and the tingling made him tremble uncontrollably.

His parents died in a fire when he was young, and he was sent to an orphanage when he was only three years old.

There, he was bullied by older children every day, and his snacks and toys were taken away, and he was forced to lie and take the blame. The director did not want to believe his explanation, but instead punished him again and again for not allowing him to eat.

Probably since then, his physical development has not been very good.

When he was seven years old, a middle-aged man came to the orphanage. He looked very gentlemanly dressed, and his family conditions should be good. He said bluntly that because he had no children and no one to inherit the family property, he needed to adopt five children this time.

The dean was very happy and called all the children in the orphanage, and Anthony was naturally one of them.

Originally, he thought that he, who had been unlucky all along, would not be selected, but unexpectedly, the man chose him and the other four children directly.

This made him ecstatic, and he began to look forward to his better life in the future!
However, when they came to the man's manor, the man immediately tore off the veil of hypocrisy, directly used them as slaves, and threatened that if they did not work, they would be sold overseas.

Only then did they know that this man was a down-and-out aristocrat, the family property left by his ancestors had already been squandered, and he didn't have the ability to raise children.

The previous glamorous appearance was only a disguise.

The real purpose is to let these children work and earn money to support him!
But what scares him even more is that there are differences among the children who were adopted together.

The grievances in their hearts that had been abused were getting bigger and bigger, but they didn't dare to resist that man at all, and only dared to attack children who were weaker than them.

And that's Anthony.

Sometimes, he may be so beaten that he can't walk for a day, and even passed out for a while.

But when he woke up, he could still find that he was not in the hospital, but in the familiar narrow and dark basement.

This place is used by men to punish them. Anyone who does not earn money and hand it over to him will be locked here for a whole day without food or drink. Whether he can be released the next day depends on his mood.

If the bad luck is really forgotten, you can only pray to God that you will not starve to death inside.

Little Anthony sighed.

He also wants to run away, but where can he run as a child?

Some even tried to escape, but after being caught, they were beaten severely and screamed for a long time, which scared them so much that they had nightmares about it at night.

What was even more frightening was that they had never seen that child appear since that night.

Was it directly beaten to death or sold?They didn't dare to think too much!

He can only hope that there will be more guests today so that he can make more money.

In this way, when most of them are handed over, they can also secretly hide a little in the small treasury, which will be used as funds for escaping in the future.

What disappointed him was that there were no more than six or seven guests throughout the day, and two of them refused to pay or only paid half because they thought he didn't wipe well enough.

If he dared to entangle, the other party would dare to hit someone directly.

He is no match for a brat.

He could only comfort himself and let it go.

However, until it was dark, he failed to make any more money.

And once it got dark, he didn't dare to stay on the street any longer, so he could only go home before it was completely dark.

The man's manor has not been taken care of for a long time, and no one is willing to associate with this down-and-out nobleman. He can't even hold a basic daily social dance, so most of it has been abandoned.

Only one old house handed down from the ancestors is still standing upright, which can be regarded as a shelter from the wind and rain.

On the way home, the sky was already gray, and it was probably going to rain.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the door of the house, there was a patter of rain outside his hind feet, and it was like a screen was hung between the sky and the earth, which was continuous.

If this is left outside, [-]% will catch a cold and fever.

But with his current physique and situation, it is basically no different from walking through the gate of hell.

It's just unlucky that as soon as he entered the door, two boys who were a head taller than him and with adolescent freckles walked up to him.

The two held their hands in front of their chests, with a playful smile on their lips, as if they had been waiting for a long time.

Little Anthony felt bad for a moment, stopped, and immediately turned and ran outside.

But his movements were still too slow.

Before he could take two steps, the two big boys rushed up and pushed him to the ground.

"Run what!"

"Show us how much money you made today!"

"Is it hidden in this pocket?"

"Hurry up and hand it over!"

Little Anthony tightly guarded his chest: "This is the money I earned! You are not allowed to grab it!"

But with his meager strength, he was no match for them. After a while, his fingers were forcibly snapped open, and the five pounds he earned today were snatched from his pocket.

"Just so much?"

"Are you being lazy today?"

"Little bastard, if you dare to be lazy, believe it or not, we will beat you up again!"

The two big boys cursed, stepped on little Anthony's back and kicked him twice, and after giving a stern warning, they tossed a coin and turned away.

He looked up at the direction the two left, knowing that he must be in trouble tonight.

Relying on their physical strength, the two big boys spend three days fishing and two days drying nets when they work outside, and if they can't make money, they rely on robbing him.

It happened a few times before, and after tasting the sweetness, they went too far, and now they take it for granted!
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(End of this chapter)