Chapter 1364: Side Story: Mu Bowen (2)
For people who finally achieved success after having suffered hardships when they were young, some would go to the extreme and were unwilling to recall their once humble selves. However, there were some who would constantly remind themselves to remember those hardships and work hard to prevent others from having to suffer that same fate.
Mu Bowen undoubtedly belonged to the second category.
Smart but not arrogant, Mu Bowen had always known what he wanted. This was why he could steadily advance towards his goal step by step.
Ever since he could remember when he was three years old, he knew that his family was living such a difficult life because of him and his mother.
Seeing his young older sister carrying a bow and arrow as she followed his father into the mountains to hunt in the snowy night, the young Mu Bowen experienced sadness for the first time in his life.
The Mu family was the only hunter family in the entire Nearhill Village. Even if the villagers were kind, the little Mu Bowen could always hear some things about his family.
Those adults thought that he was young and ignorant, so they spoke freely in his presence. Therefore, he knew that hunting was very dangerous, and was an occupation where one risked their life. Not only was it not as stable as farming, but it was also more dangerous.
He also knew that their family could have lived a better life, but because he and his mother had to take medicine all year round, no matter how hard his father and sister tried, the family did not have any savings.
At that time, the young Mu Bowen did not understand why his parents and sister did not choose to farm instead. Wasn’t farming stable and safe?
At that time, although he was puzzled, he did not pay much attention to it. This was because in the child’s heart, the risk of losing one’s life was the same as going on a long trip. He did not have a specific concept of it.
Until he experienced war when he was five years old.
At that time, he finally understood what death was. His old friends had vanished and never returned. His old uncles and aunts had also disappeared after their deaths. In fact, no one mentioned them anymore, as if they had never existed.