I am the rise of an empire of ants

Chapter 1 The Tragedy Caused by One Dollar

well!Li Chunsheng never dreamed that he would turn into an ant after he casually swore a poisonous oath without provoking anyone.No one would believe this kind of thing, but it really happened to him. Thinking of this, Li Chunsheng burst into tears.

It's a long story, and I have to start this morning.

Before 06:30 in the morning, Li Chunsheng got up from the bed in pain.As soon as he woke up, he was busy brushing his teeth and washing his face, and after breakfast, he rushed desperately to the bus station, making him as nervous as a war.He is going to pick up a decoration job from a client today, and he has already made an appointment to meet at the client's home at [-]:[-] in the morning.

This job was introduced by the foreman Lao Jia.Last night when he was giving work to Li Chunsheng, he had repeatedly told him to be there on time, otherwise he would never use him again.So this time Li Chunsheng went out early, he didn't want others to catch him.

Li Chunsheng is 23 years old, and his family lives in the countryside far away from the city.Like thousands of rural youths, when he graduated from high school, he left the land where his parents and grandparents lived for generations, and came to this city to work, and his current job is home decoration.

The decoration industry is actually very profitable.Other migrant workers go out to work, and they will return home more or less after a year. It is not unusual for there to be as few as [-] to [-], and as many as [-].Li Chunsheng is an outlier among them. He is empty-handed and penniless all year round.The wallet is swollen all day long, and even the thieves on the bus rarely look at him.

The main reason why Li Chunsheng earns less money is because he is too lazy, unwilling to endure hardships, doesn't like to sweat, and likes to lie in the shed and sleep lazily all day long.In addition, his workmanship is rough, and he likes to be opportunistic in his work. Over time, he has become notorious in the entire decoration industry. None of the employers is willing to come to him to work, so he has no business.

This time he had the audacity to ask his fellow villager Jia for help, but there was really nothing he could do.The bed fee for the rented room will be paid the day after tomorrow, but he only has five yuan left in his pocket, not to mention the bed fee, and now even food is a problem.

Lao Jia is quite loyal, after all, he used to be from the same village.After listening to Li Chunsheng's difficulties, he immediately promised to find him a job, so this morning's agreement was made.

Li Chunsheng is now walking along the sidewalk.The right side of the sidewalk is the store, the left side is the non-motorized vehicle lane, and the station is in front of it.It was still early, and there were not many people waiting on the platform, only two or three people.On the sidewalk behind the platform, an old beggar dressed in shabby clothes was sitting on the ground with a bunch of long and short pipes bundled together in his hand, blowing vigorously. In the iron can in front of him, scattered Put a few coins.

Li Chunsheng knew that the instrument played by the old beggar was called a sheng, and it was also played in the countryside of his hometown. Generally, only when the old man died in the family, someone would play it at funerals.The sound of that musical instrument is ugly, monotonous and boring, and there is no flatness in the tune. No matter how you listen to it, it is the same tune. In addition, the old man's playing skills are very poor. Listening to him playing that thing is like urging his life.

Li Chunsheng frowned and ignored the beggar in front of him, but turned to the platform to wait for the train.He glanced in the direction of the bus, and began to think about what he should tell Lao Jia when he met him.Since he is such a talkative person, it is best to convince him to be a good person to the end, and pay himself some food in advance, otherwise he can only buy two meat buns for lunch to satisfy his hunger.

The car hadn't arrived yet, the road was empty, and there were very few pedestrians on the street, they were all housewives who came out to buy vegetables.Li Chunsheng walked up and down the platform a little irritably. He touched his pocket and happened to touch the five yuan in his pocket. Then he remembered something: coins are required to board the bus. I can't find the five yuan.

Looking back at the coins in the old man's jar, Li Chunsheng thought of asking him to exchange them for change.He thought that the old man would not refuse him, since he had plenty of change, and he could exchange it for him, it would be convenient for him to hold it.

He held the five yuan in his hand and walked up to the old beggar in two steps. In order to get the change smoothly, he greeted him very politely: "Hi, hello old man, can you help me?" Can you do me a favor?"

The haunting sound finally stopped, the old man put down the Sheng in his hand, rolled his eyes and asked him: "What's the matter?"

Only then did Li Chunsheng notice that the old man in front of him was blind.He held out the five-yuan bill in front of the old man and asked him, "Can you change it for me? It's five yuan. I need it for the car."

The old man took the banknote, put it on his nose and smelled it, and then nodded in relief.It is said that there is a smell on the money. A thief can smell it with his nose instead of seeing it.As long as you have banknotes on you, no matter how ragged your clothes are, he can smell them with his nose.Now that Li Chunsheng saw the action of the old beggar, he felt that the man was right.

The old man smelled the banknotes, held the five-yuan banknote in his hand and said to him, "I can't say that you can help, but you can exchange money. Five yuan can be exchanged for four yuan. What do you think?"

What?A 20.00% handling fee will be deducted for changing change. This old man must be a bit dark, and he has caught up with those money launderers.Li Chunsheng felt that the old man in front of him must be crazy about money and thought he was a fool. He snatched the banknotes from the old man's hand and said, "Forget it, I won't change it!"

Li Chunsheng left the old man's place, looked up and looked around, it was still too early, and none of the surrounding shops were open.He went to the platform and asked the people standing there waiting for the train one by one if they had any change. All of them shook their heads and said they didn't have any.

He turned around but couldn't find anyone willing to change the change, so he had no choice but to turn back to the old man.

Standing in front of the old man, he scolded the old man first: "Tell me about you... you won't even change change with you, if you insist on plucking your hair, you're out of money's eyes Huh? You need money for everything, and the current social atmosphere is ruined by you people like this!"

The old man was not in a hurry. He sat there, rolled his white eyeballs and sighed to Li Chunsheng: "Young man, don't talk about me like that. I have my own difficulties. Sit early in the morning. It’s here, the saliva has dried up and it’s almost a catty, and I haven’t asked for a single one. You also know that the current social atmosphere is not good, and you don’t know how to take care of the disabled. Even if you do a good job, give me an extra dollar Money, help me open it!"

If he wants money after boasting like this, it is not bad if no one goes up and kicks him. Li Chunsheng feels that he should not get money.He looked at the coins in the jar, and felt a little strange at the same time. There was obviously money in the jar, so why didn't he open it?

He pointed to the coins in the jar and asked the old man curiously: "You said you didn't open the business, where did the coins in the jar come from?"

The old man smiled bitterly and replied: "I put these in when I came here. For the sake of looking good, people will only put money in the jar when they see there is money in it!"

Li Chunsheng understood that the money in the jar turned out to be advertisements.Today's social competition is really fierce. Even beggars are talking about marketing methods. Using advertisements to stimulate consumers' consumption is not known who came up with this trick.

He took out his cell phone in his pocket to check, it was almost seven o'clock, if he delays for a while, he might be late today.He sighed: "Oh, forget it, just change it! The car is coming soon, and I don't want to have the same knowledge as you."

He handed the old man the money in his hand, and grabbed the coins out of his jar one by one.While scratching and sighing, I didn't have much money on me, but I didn't expect to be slaughtered for change.

The old man sat there staring at him with a pair of white eyes, with a hint of complacency on his face.

After grabbing three coins and coming up, when he was grabbing the last one, Li Chunsheng's heart suddenly moved: Why are you so obedient, he can take as much as he says?Since this old man is not kind, I can't be polite to him.So he swiped his hand and grabbed two, so in fact he still took his five dollars out.

After getting the money, Li Chunsheng deliberately shook his hand grabbing the money in front of the old man, and then said to him: "You see clearly, I took you four dollars!"

He knew that the old man was blind, so he deliberately blinded him.

The old man didn't stay at all, he didn't just listen to what Li Chunsheng said there.He shook the jar, and when he heard only two coins in the jar "jingle" and "jingle", his face immediately sank, and he said sharply to Li Chunsheng: "You caught one more!"

Li Chunsheng suddenly felt flustered, how did he know that I caught one more, this old man opened his eyes?He looked carefully at the old man's eyes again, and then said firmly: "No, I caught it four times, one at a time, four in total. If you don't believe me, you can ask the people around you!"

Where are people around?Anyway, he can't see it, so let him talk nonsense.

The old man reached into the tin can and touched it, and then said to Li Chunsheng with certainty: "You took out five, don't think I don't know, I knew the money when I put it in, it's seven yuan in total. , now there are only two yuan left!"

Li Chunsheng was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the old man had counted the money in the jar.Hey!Although this old man is blind, his mind is quite active!
He felt very embarrassed all of a sudden. Now that he was riding a tiger, he had already got all the money, and if he returned one yuan to him, Li Chunsheng would not do this kind of thing even if he was beaten to death, so he had to bite him to death and refuse to admit it.

He bite the bullet and said to the old man: "I don't know how many you put in, anyway, I just took four out of conscience, I swear to God!"

The old man was not to be outdone, and immediately responded viciously: "You swear, do you dare to swear to God that you didn't take it? If you took it, you will die a terrible death, and you will be trampled under your feet for the rest of your life."

Li Chunsheng suddenly felt a tight breath in his chest, "Who is this old man scaring? I swear, I swear, I'm really afraid that you won't succeed?" Then he sneered in his heart: You want to use this method to scare me, you are too childish Well, I, Li Chunsheng, am not trying to scare the older ones!

So he faced the beggar and raised his right hand and swore: "I, Li Chunsheng, swear to God here today, I only took four yuan from you. If I took five yuan, I would immediately grow horns on my head and thorns on my body. People will step on it, ten thousand people will step on it, and the sky will be struck with thunder and thunder, and you will never be able to stand up again!"

After swearing, Li Chunsheng looked at the old man with a smile, hehe, how is it?You have made such a poisonous oath, you can't do anything to me now!

The old beggar knew that Li Chunsheng was deliberately fooling him, and the muscles on his face trembled with anger.He pointed at Li Chunsheng, the corner of his mouth twitched, but he couldn't say a word.

Li Chunsheng was proud there, when a flash of lightning suddenly appeared in the clear sky above his head, followed by a thunderclap.Amidst the thunder, Li Chunsheng felt his head go numb, and then he was knocked down to the ground, knowing nothing!

(End of this chapter)