Learn a small skill every day and embark on a crazy life

Chapter 2 Doubt life

"Hey, General, no, no, no, I'm leaving now."

If he forced his way in, he would only be beaten to death, so Shen Qiu decided to retreat first.

"Damn it, it's just a broken city gate. I don't even want to go in!"

As Shen Qiu retreated, he cursed in his heart, "You damn beast, you beast!"

After being ruthlessly driven away by the city gate guards, Shen Qiu touched his rumbling stomach and felt even more depressed.

"Damn it, why are all the people in this other world like this? They have no sympathy at all!"

Shen Qiu couldn't help but complain, "At least I can have a bowl of instant noodles on Earth, I shouldn't starve to death here at the beginning, right?
According to the memory of this original body, Shen Qiu planned to try his luck in a dilapidated temple not far outside the city.

So, Shen Qiu walked about two or three miles along the official road out of the city, heading east, and finally saw a dilapidated temple next to a desolate cemetery.

This temple looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. Half of the courtyard wall had collapsed, leaving only a few bare pillars. There was also a big hole in the gate, revealing the dark main hall inside.

"Well, at least there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain. Let's leave it at that for today!"

Shen Qiu comforted himself by saying that he didn't want to sleep in the wild again. If he was taken away by a wolf, his journey through time would be too miserable.

He carefully stepped through the gate and walked into the temple. Suddenly, a musty smell hit his nose, choking him and making him cough.

With the faint light coming through the hole, Shen Qiu discovered that there were actually quite a few beggars living in this temple.

Seven or eight ragged beggars were lying in a mess on the straw pile, some of them were snoring, and some gnawed bones and dirty broken bowls were scattered on the ground.

Shen Qiu's arrival woke up several beggars. They raised their heads and looked at Shen Qiu with vigilant eyes.

"Who are you, kid?"

A beggar with a full beard sat up and asked in a gruff voice, "What are you doing here?"

"Ahem, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, and grandmas, sorry to bother you, sorry to bother you."

Shen Qiu tried his best to appear harmless, and said with a folded hand: "I am just passing by here and want to find a place to rest. I will not disturb you."

He thought he was down and out enough, but he didn't expect there were so many like-minded people here. It seems that living is not easy these days!

Another skinny beggar with sunken eyes frowned and said, "Boy, do you understand the rules? This temple is our brothers' territory. If you want to hang around here, you have to ask us first!"

"That's right, don't you see where you are? Get out of here and don't dirty our territory."

The beggar with triangular eyes screamed in a shrill voice, as if Shen Qiu had stepped on his family's ancestral grave.

Shen Qiu immediately realized that this group of beggars thought he was coming to seize their territory.

He secretly groaned in his heart, why is it so difficult to make a living in this strange world?

"The elder brothers have misunderstood. They have misunderstood."

Shen Qiu waved his hand and explained, "I'm new here and have no money. I just happened to pass by here and couldn't walk any more. I want to stay for one night. I have no intention of offending you."

"Stop talking nonsense. We don't accept outsiders here. Get out of here quickly."

The bearded man waved his hands impatiently, again as if to shoo away a fly.

"Boy, don't you look at yourself? You don't even have two pounds of flesh on your body, and you still want to compete with us for territory?"

A cross-eyed beggar also followed suit with a mocking tone, and even deliberately puffed out his shriveled chest, as if he were some mighty and strong man.

Shen Qiu was so amused by the logic of this group of beggars that he was mistaken for a time traveler who was trying to compete with a group of beggars for territory. Who would believe him if he told others? "Brothers, I really don't mean anything else. I just want to find a place to avoid the cold. I will leave early tomorrow morning and will not disturb you." Shen Qiu continued to persuade them kindly, hoping to impress the beggars.

"Feng Han? I think you want to steal our leftovers?" Triangle Eyes squinted and looked at Shen Qiu with suspicion, "With your small body, you probably can't even beat a weak chicken, and you still want to eat and drink for free here?"

Shen Qiu had figured it out. Communicating with this group of beggars was like talking to a deaf person.

“It’s like talking to a cow!”

Shen Qiu cursed inwardly, these guys really looked down on others. After all, he was a time traveler, so why was he looked down upon by these beggars?

"Brothers, please be kind. I'm really at my wit's end. Just let me rest here for a while. I'll leave tomorrow." Taking a deep breath, Shen Qiu tried to be humble and begged bitterly.

"No, get out of here right now, or don't blame us for being rude."

The bearded man waved the stick impatiently, as if to shoo away a nasty fly.

Several other beggars also picked up their weapons and surrounded Shen Qiu, with fierce eyes, as if they were going to tear him to pieces in the next second.

"Fuck, these guys are serious!"

When Shen Qiu saw this, his heart skipped a beat. He was powerless now, how could he be a match for this group of old foxes?

"Okay, okay, I'll leave right away."

Shen Qiu wanted to cry but had no tears. He complained, "These days, beggars are all so stubborn. Alas..."

Coming out of the dilapidated temple in shame, Shen Qiu felt even more depressed.

What a mess! On the first day after crossing over, he encountered setbacks one after another and didn't even have a place to stay. The situation in this alien world was worse than the one he had in the rental house on Blue Star.

"Gululu..."

At this time, his stomach started growling again. Shen Qiu covered his stomach and felt so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back.

"No, I have to go find something to eat first, otherwise I'll starve to death before I even start enjoying the wonderful life in this other world."

Shen Qiuqiang cheered himself up and returned to the starting point. There was a stone bridge with a river underneath.

Looking at the sparkling river surface, a glimmer of hope ignited in Shen Qiu's heart.

Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. You won't starve to death, right?
He rolled up his trouser legs, stepped into the river with full confidence, and began his fishing career.

However, the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.

In Shen Qiu's imagination, he would be like the masters in martial arts novels, with his energy sinking into his dantian, and with one slap of his palm, he would be able to stun a large number of fish.

But in reality, after all his efforts, he didn't even see the shadow of a fish, let alone catch any fish.

"Have all the fish in this river become spirits?"

Shen Qiu was so tired that he was out of breath. He sat down by the river, looking at his empty hands, wanting to cry but without tears.

"Could it be that there are no fish in this river?"

Shen Qiu wiped the water off his face and began to question his life.

He has been trying for a long time but hasn't seen even a fish scale. Could there really be no fish in this river?
"No! It must be that my method is wrong!" Shen Qiu thought secretly.

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