Chen Ergou has been very unlucky since he was a child.

His bad luck was known not only to everyone in the village, but also to the surrounding towns.

How unlucky is Chen Ergou?

His mother died when he was just born, and he survived thanks to his father.

The man who lost his wife suppressed his grief.

He shamelessly knelt down and begged his neighbor's daughter-in-law, who had just given birth, to feed his son for a while.

So, he survived.

No matter how hard life became after that, his father never denied him a bite to eat.

Chen Ergou grew up in this way until he was eight years old.

And his bad luck has been evident since he was a child.

Bird poop on my head, tripping over a rock while walking on the road, nearly choking to death while eating...

It's not just like this for one day, but it's like this every day.

Because of this "bad luck" physique, the villagers believed that he had angered the gods and ghosts and was therefore punished.

Everyone avoided him like the plague, even the big yellow dog at the village entrance who loved barking the most would run away when he saw him.

But even so, Chen Ergou still survived tenaciously.

However, at the age of eight, he lost his loving father...

Chen Ergou knelt in front of a small grave, crying loudly, with tears as big as beans falling with the rain.

From now on he will be an orphan without a father or a mother...

"Hey, Ergou, go home with Auntie."

The middle-aged woman with a sad face watched this scene with heartache.

She has had a very good relationship with her younger brother since childhood. Even after she married and moved to the next village, the two families often visited each other.

Her ears rang with her brother's dying plea. She looked at her young nephew and her heart finally softened.

Seven years later, Chen Ergou had grown into a tall and strong young man.

Over the years, A-gu's family treated him very well, and he reciprocated by working hard every day.

Although I am still plagued by bad luck and often encounter some bumps and bruises, fortunately, I am safe and sound.

But he is not young anymore and can no longer stay at his aunt's house.

So he exchanged a few acres of land at home for money and planned to go to Xianyang City to try his luck.

It’s not that Chen Ergou doesn’t want to farm, but the grain seedlings in his hands simply can’t grow.

Fortunately, he learned the craft of bamboo weaving from his uncle and was able to make a living by doing business in the city.

A month later, Chen Ergou was happily waving the purse in his hand and rushing home.

As soon as he entered the house, he was arrested by the yamen runners and thrown into jail without any explanation.

When the jailer interrogated him, he found out that the neighbor who moved in a few days ago was actually an assassin!

The reason they lived in the outer city was that they had obtained the news that His Majesty the First Emperor had left the city, and they were lying in ambush here to assassinate him.

After figuring out the whole story, Chen Ergou cried bitterly and protested his injustice.

But in the end, he was implicated for knowing the truth but not reporting it, and his native place was confiscated and he was demoted to a slave.

Seeing that he could not resist, Chen Ergou could only curl up on the messy hay and wait for the judgment of fate.

I just feel so sorry...

If he had known that the city was so dangerous, he would have stayed in the village and worked for others to make a living.

After three days, the sun was high in the sky, making people dizzy.

Chen Ergou waved the hammer with both hands and hit the stone hard again and again.

This was the most tiring job in the stone transport yard. Originally, the new slaves only had to carry stones.

But there happened to be a shortage of people in the position to knock the stone, and in the end it was assigned to him.

Chen Ergou already knew that he had become a slave and had no right to speak out.

The sudden and unexpected disaster shattered his years of strength.

He couldn't understand why God was so harsh on him?

The ever-present misfortune caused him to lose his parents, his livelihood, and even his rights as a human being.

Chen Ergou couldn't figure out the meaning of his life.

I can't understand why my first half of life was so unlucky...

Day after day, month after month.

Chen Ergou numbly knocked stones and ate mechanically.

No one cared about him, as if even the world had forgotten him.

The bitter winter will eventually pass, and the warm spring will eventually come.

The first day of December is the day of the emperor and empress’s wedding, and also the day of general amnesty.

Countless slaves who were innocently implicated had their household registration restored and became citizens of the Qin Dynasty again.

After hearing the news, Chen Ergou came to his senses as if his wandering soul had returned to its place.

There was also an amazing brilliance in his eyes.

After completing the formalities and walking out of the government office, Chen Ergou looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar streets in confusion.

The spacious road was paved with a whole piece of flat, solid gray stone, and the faces of the people coming and going were filled with joy and hope.

Those smiles hurt Chen Ergou's heart.

He has nothing now...

"There's work again, still 20 yuan a day, food and lodging provided, building a cement road."

Suddenly there was a noise coming from the front.

Chen Ergou staggered forward as if guided by something.

He stared at the notice written in black and white. Although he couldn't understand the words, he roughly knew from the discussions of people around him that it was a job recruitment notice.

After registering with the clerk, Chen Ergou went to the construction site to report with a small wooden sign.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, the impatient voice of the clerk came from behind him.

"I've already told you that there's no shortage of workers for the cement roads in Xianyang City. Are you from nearby Hedong County going there?"

"Ah? That's a bit far. I'd better think about it again, sir."

Chen Ergou continued to stride forward, but he clenched the wooden sign in his hand.

Am I no longer unlucky?

Is there a glimmer of luck on his side now?

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