Mortal Mirror

As the man entered the courtyard from the street corner, the little boy rushed up to him, playfully saying, "Dad, you're back! When are you going to buy me the meat buns you promised?"

The man was not old, appearing to be in his twenties, but his face already bore some wrinkles, and his eyes were filled with weariness. He looked at the child with affection and said, "Tiger, how about Dad finishes these two days of work, gets paid, and then buys you big meat buns, okay?"

Tiger happily replied, "Great! I'll have big meat buns to eat soon."

The man's name was Wang Dazhuang, a bricklayer. It was a good name, but at the moment, he was skin and bones, with a sallow complexion, clearly from not getting enough to eat. Alas, how many people in this Rotten Mud Alley could eat their fill?

He looked at the woman, his eyes filled with guilt, and said, "Wife, I'm sorry, I didn't bring back any money today. Sigh, it's getting harder and harder to find work. I haven't found any work for two days now. If this continues, what are we going to do?"

At this point, Wang Dazhuang slapped his forehead and squatted down, his voice choked with emotion.

The woman looked at the man, a hint of disappointment in her eyes, but she still comforted him, "Husband, it's okay. No matter how hard life is, we'll get through it. Heaven never starves a blind sparrow. Where there's life, there's hope. Everything will be alright."

The man's eyes reddened as he said, "But, but I feel like I'm a good-for-nothing, unable to even buy a meat bun for my child."

It is said that a man does not easily shed tears, but only when deeply hurt. As the man spoke, he felt more and more useless, and tears began to fall.

Seeing this, the woman quickly comforted him, "Dazhuang, don't be like this. You are the backbone of this family. If you lose heart, this family is finished. The child is looking up to you; you are his role model."

Hearing these words, Dazhuang nodded, but life was too hard. What could a poor wretch like him do?

The woman looked up at the sky, a trace of confusion in her eyes. Although her husband was a bit of a wimp, he was extremely good to her. For a moment, she couldn't help but think of another figure.

That was also a poor wretch, even poorer than herself. She recalled the year when the shepherd boy kept stealing wool from the landlord's sheep to make her a warm piece of clothing.

But that fool always sheared from the same sheep, and was eventually discovered by the hateful landlady, who nearly beat him to death.

Fortunately, the wool was still there. The boy didn't want to use it himself and secretly made her a glove. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough wool, so he could only make one.

She stroked the wool glove she had treasured for many years, and inexplicably missed that person.

Unfortunately, the bitterness of the world ultimately did not spare these poor wretches. That year, he left the village, and her father married her off to the bricklayer.

Since then, she had never seen the boy's shadow again and didn't know if he was dead or alive these years, and if he was alive, whether he was doing well.

She remembered that the night before she was to be married, she stood at the village entrance for a long time, hoping to see him one more time, at least to say goodbye, right?

"Cuihua, come inside and eat. Perhaps, as you said, things will get better in the future," Wang Dazhuang said, wiping away his tears.

If Li Ergou were here at this moment, he would be extremely surprised. He probably wouldn't dream that his childhood sweetheart, the woman he wanted to marry, would be here.

However, the once round Cuihua no longer looked the same. Although she wasn't skin and bones, she was close to it. Nevertheless, a village flower is still a village flower, even when she's thin, she's still so beautiful.

Unfortunately, everything was different, and it was no longer the same as before.

Outside of Tiangou Town, Dabaixiang and the others finally caught up with the demon wolves, and a battle began. The demon wolves were fierce and incredibly powerful, but they were no match for Dabaixiang and the others.

Moreover, there was Ye Wanwan, the sharpshooter, whose every arrow took the life of a demon wolf.

Just as everyone was fighting happily, the leading wolf king in the pack suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a stream of cyan flames. The flames were scorching, instantly creating a gap in the encirclement.

The wolf king abandoned the demon wolves and fled for its own life. This place was not far from Tiangou Town, and the demon wolf was so fast that it had already run into Tiangou Town.

Dabaixiang said anxiously, "Stop it! Don't let it enter the town!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a sword light flying away. The one standing on the flying sword was none other than Li Ergou. It turned out that Li Ergou, after chasing closely, had finally found Dabaixiang and the others.

However, before he could greet them, he saw the wolf king break through and flee.

Seeing the wolf king run into Tiangou Town, Li Ergou felt anxious, after all, those civilians were no match for the wolf king. Once the wolf king went mad, he didn't know how many people would die.

In his anxiety, he directly flew on his sword and chased after it.

The wolf king fled, causing chaos wherever it went. Several people who didn't have time to escape were knocked away by the wolf king. If he didn't kill this guy immediately, he didn't know how many lives would be harmed.

In Rotten Mud Alley, at the street entrance, Cuihua's family was holding broken bowls, drinking a bitter vegetable soup with no oil.

Then they heard a loud bang outside. The already dilapidated house was suddenly struck by a huge force and collapsed with a crash.

The family saw a giant wolf, twice the size of an ox, lying on the ground, constantly spitting blood from its mouth.

Looking ahead, they saw a person flying towards them. That person was none other than Li Ergou.

It turned out that just now, when the wolf king ran to the street entrance and was about to hurt someone, Li Ergou directly took out his turtle shell and smashed it at the wolf king. Although the wolf king was powerful, it was only a Great Demon early stage guy, and was directly knocked away by the turtle shell.

By chance, it crashed into Cuihua's house.

Li Ergou didn't think much and rushed up. When he came to the wolf king, he directly punched the wolf king's head. No matter how hard the wolf king's head was, it was not as hard as Li Ergou's fist. He directly punched its head and burst it, killing it completely.

This series of actions was smooth and flowing, attracting countless villagers to watch. Everyone was speechless with surprise at Li Ergou's ferocity, and some of the bolder ones cheered for Li Ergou.

Li Ergou directly reached out and sucked, wanting to put the wolf king into his Qiankun bag.

At this time, he saw a tiger-headed boy running to the wolf king, drooling and saying, "There's meat to eat! There's meat to eat! Mom, look, we have meat to eat! The strange uncle is so awesome!"

Li Ergou glanced at the child and couldn't help but feel that the child was really brave. He unintentionally looked at the child's mother, but the woman was staring straight at him, with an incredible look in her eyes.