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People were rarely found in desolate and barren regions, not fit for agriculture

Briars and vines were everywhere; there were the only things that could grow on this dried up land The sun didn’t show any etation or the occasional bird and fish, all had to hide under the breeze and gasped for air

Everything was fading away in this place Though there waswith true life see wanted to live any longer, that there was nothing worth pursuing in this world As one tried to find solace froe to bury the to live

In such a bleak place was a flat plain in the rasses and sharp weeds throwing everywhere, surrounding a hut with the fraether within a very primitive hut

From the house, one could extrapolate the level of poverty its , a life of destitution

The door was slightly opened and would quietly creak at the slightest breeze

There was a path in front of the house but calling it a path was the polite way of putting it It was covered in briars with no visible pathway but because people could walk through it, it could still barely qualify as a path

This re through the bushes froe

This was naturally Li Qiye who setable and potato far on the field He wasn’t that old, only around fifty if he was a mortal However, he also appeared weather-beaten with a sad te repeatedly washed Due to the long years, it became old and dirty despite his meticulous effort

There weren’t that many wrinkles on his face but his complexion was yellohile the rest of his skin was tanned From this, one could see that he lacked proper nutrition on top of working on the farray hair every day but they still beca

When he opened his mouth, one would find that there weren’t that many teeth left Even the ones left were stained and had cavities

This oldin the day and resting during the night He relied on this little plot of land to barely not starve to death while living one day at a tihbors, friends, or any children to speak of in this desolate place Toiling on the yellow soil during the day while sleeping on his bleak wooden bed at night; such a poor and lonely way to live

He inging his old hoe at the e, each swing took a lot of effort A young one could dig up enough soil to get a potato out with one shile he needed at least eight for the sa so, he squatted down to flatten the area and threw the potato into an old baasped for air fro each potato out

Li Qiye chuckled after seeing this and didn’t go strike up a conversation Instead, he began picking up the potatoes and put them into the basket

Just like that, the old man worked the soil with his hoe while Li Qiye searched for potatoes He would need to rest after three to five swings but Li Qiye was having fun with his scavenging gaether without uttering a single word It was as if this was how it should be, the noret out six to seven pieces He grabbed the basket and hoe before returning to his hut

Li Qiye ca the day It wouldn’t be easy to get acquainted with the sudden change