Chapter 6 (1/2)

Thousand Autumns – Chapter 6

Translator: MoMoePom

Editor: Kuu Chan, Draygan

Quality Check: Kai

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Translator’s Ra:

Thanks for all the helps from my editors and quality checkers so I can push this chapter out in tiet to uy is quite involved in several parts of the story, so… Remember him! Now jump to your chapter XD

Chapter 6

Synopsis: Three donkey ers

More than two hundred years had passed since the Jin people'sof the five barbarians, the territory distribution of the North gradually settled

The two countries, Qi and Zhou, occupied the eastern and western regions respectively The Eence in regard to national affairs caused Northern Qi to gradually decline in poith refugees scattered around the country While at the same time, Northern Zhou became more prosperous day by day under the leadershi+p of its E its stability and affluence as well

There was quite so District to the country of Zhou, with a lot of refugees along the way If one were to set off on the road without being fully prepared, that would surely be the definition of ”the heavens and earth answered to no prayers”

Northern Qi had been experiencing a severe drought in the past year There wasn't ht froees could be seen everywhere along the road extending southwards from Ye City all the way to the border of Chen It was said that in soe children to eat Afterit over in his mind, Shen Qiao felt that he would probably be the first to be captured and thrown into a pot if the situation were to ever turn cannibalistic, due to his poor eyesight and lack of fighting ability

Since Funing District was located in the northern region and was relatively close to Ye City, there had been no severe disasters nearby and the situation was cohout the past year The district toas quite big; the te the town extre

The two countries of Qi and Zhou were both located in the north, and Xianbei [2] custo period of tiradually sinicized and as a result, their clothing and accessories incorporated Xianbei elements on top of the Han people's sophisticated style The upper-class nobility sought after elegant and exquisite attire, thus their clothes were often adorned with long ribbons on the side that would flutter in the wind and dangling pearls and jades that would rattle as one walked This kind of pursuit had also influenced thedresses that reached the ground, while so dresses thatthe course of the te painted the picture of a ”Little Capital” in this district town of Funing District

The Duke Jiang Temple where the temple fair was held was built at a later ti [3] The original Duke Jiang Temple was in the southern part of the city It was said to have been first built during the Han Dynasty, however, after the daes caused by warfare, it had co but a dilapidated shell, and even the statue of Duke Jiang was nowhere to be found This ears and paupers

Recently, a newhere, a

In the daytime, he worked a te rice sacks off carts and doing other e was low, he was unwilling to spend all of it on rent, so he would return to this shabby teht—a life quite free and pleasant for hi in the te; he had to carry his money on him all the time and even watch his food, so that they would not be snatched ahen he let his guard down

When he returned that evening, he immediately noticed an extra person inside the shabby temple

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Chen Gong subconsciously frowned at first The space in the shabby temple was rather limited With one more person here, it was like another part of his territory would be taken away

Then he noticed that the person had so from it slowly, one bite at a time, with his head lowered A tasty smell wafted out from the paper wrap

It was the enticing sers He could tell with ahad eaten them a couple of times But after his father passed away, his step-mother joined forces with her own children and cast him out of the house As for the few coppers [4] he earned everyday fro them in half could not double their value, how could he afford to eat so like this?

At a second glance, Chen Gong saw another bulging paper wrap next to the person

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Chen Gong was not the only one who had noticed, the other two beggars appeared to as well, as one of the, ”Hey! Have you even asked us about living here? This teet out!”

Chen Gong knew that they were picking a quarrel with hiht to the spot where he usually slept and started to gather up the heap of strahile his ears reaze stayed fixated on the donkey er out of the corner of his eyes

The grey-robedas this place still had so in for a rest If this brother could kindly do rateful”

The beggar said, ”If you want to take a rest here, that's fine too Just give us everything you've got!”

Chen Gong sneered disdainfully, ”I don't need your belongings If you can payto keep those two off your case!”

The beggar was enraged, ”Eldest Chen [5] We have done nothing to you, why can’t you just stay out of our way!”

Chen Gong was rather young Being only sixteen, he did not have a very large stature, but his flexibility and endurance were outstanding, along with an almost cruel fortitude that was deeply rooted in the ained the upper hand as a newcoest ”territory” within the temple

”So what? Only you are allowed to talk, and I' replied lazily

Even though the tere just beggars, the truth was that all of the beggars in the city had banded together while keeping in touch with one another Counting on the fact that it o against one, they figured that it

The beggar did not bother with Chen Gong any further Instead, he stood straight up and reached for the donkey ive ! You want to stay here? Well, it's ets to decide that!”

But before his hand could touch the food, soar exploded with rage, ”Eldest Chen! You're poking your nose into other people's business again! Is wanting to eat so under your feet?”

Chen Gong quickly picked up the donkey le-handedly ”I want to eat too How come you didn’t ask me?”

Right after saying these words, he tore open the paper wrap and took a bite, then said triumphantly, ”It's my leftover already Do you still want it?”

The beggar threw hi, and the latter promptly tucked the paper wrap into his clothes The two of theing the two-person fight scene into a threeso was neither more powerful nor any taller than the other two, but his secret to winning fights was that he fought at the cost of his life—in other words, very savagely

After traars, Chen Gong clapped his hands Then, with his hands on his hips, he spit, ”I've had enough of you two, picking on me all the time just because you were here first! Don't think that I never noticed you secretly spit in hts? Then co to lose anyway If worst co it on if you dare!”

This recklessness was exactly what his opponent was terrified of After hearing Chen Gong's words, he glanced at his coet up, and i his waist with his hands, he turned around and ran away at once

Seeing that his coar did not dare to continue the fight either He covered his storoans, then la with some threats such as ”you dumbass, just wait for me!”