In 1998, a wave of layoffs from state-owned enterprises swept across Qilu. Under the iron shed of JN Luokou Market, the most piercing rules of survival were hidden.
Twenty-year-old Chen Lei carried a bag with his bare arms, his shoulder blades were bruised with purple blood marks from the hemp rope, and his hands were covered with calluses and blisters, just to earn tuition for his younger sister in the countryside. His parents died young, and he was his sister's only hope. However, the local snake Scar's protection money and the thug Fat Mao's troubles were like two mountains weighing him down.
"You can't touch even a penny of my sister's tuition fee!" In order to protect his life-saving money, he punched Fat Mao hard and caused a bloody and fatal blow. His brother Lao Yang was severely injured when he tried to protect him from disaster, and his sister was almost retaliated. Chen Lei had no choice but to flee ZB.
He wanted to live a stable life in a ceramics factory, but he bumped into Zhang Tuzi, who monopolized the handling business, and team leader Li Gang exploited and made things difficult for him at every turn. But Chen Lei, a person who crawls out of the mud, is not afraid of toughness the most!
If someone bullies me, I will retaliate; if my brother is in trouble, I will risk my life to protect him; if my sister is humiliated, I will pay with blood!
With no background or backing, he relied on a pair of iron fists and a benevolent heart to survive step by step in the whirlpool of black and white. From a bag-carrying man under a shed in Luokou to a gangster who shocked Qilu, Chen Lei used his blood and bones to carve out his own path in this troubled world!
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