These kinds of things were not rare sights on the Tianhun continent at all. The lives of commoners, especially those similar to Bai Yunfei’s family members — without land, jobless and having only a small house so damaged that it was almost unlivable — were not worth a cent in the eyes of the nobility and the rich.
9 year old little Yunfei was all alone. Engraving his mother’s love and his grandfather’s kindness in his heart and mind, he clenched his teeth and lived on — After imploring for 2 days and nights, he got a job as a porter at a large rice shop. Do not think that the shop owner was kind-hearted. He never gave someone even an extra half of a copper coin. Recently Bai Yunfei had only received several copper coins a day in wages.
There were many times Bai Yunfei thought that he could not take it anymore. Every night he would huddle in the damaged house through which the wind could blow freely and weep silently. But each time, when he had fallen asleep after crying, he would always see in his dream his grandfather stroke his head kindly, and weave straw sandals while teaching him characters; his mother embrace him to her bosom and point to the white clouds in the sky, saying: “One day, when my little Yunfei grows up, he will be like a white cloud in the sky, floating freely without constraints…”
The next day, he would wipe his eyes, clench his teeth and move those extremely heavy sacks of rice bit by bit — he had been moving them for 9 years… During these 9 years, Bai Yunfei tasted the fickleness of human nature to the utmost. Understanding thoroughly how bleak this world was, he simply worked hard every day, relying on his own hands and foots to survive in the lowliest way.
In fact, there were a great deal of commoners like him at the bottom of society, but most of them chose to become involved in shady activities under the pressure of life. However, Yunfei had never committed any of those acts and even never thought about committing them. For every copper coin and mouthful of food he got, he had to carry heavy sacks of rice on his shoulders in exchange,