After becoming rich overnight, I handed over the system.

Chapter 194 Meeting

At this moment, Chen Ergou, who had just received the reader's invitation, had no mind to reply, because another of their comrades had fallen.

"Zhu Zi! Zhu Zi! Wake up!" Chen Er Gou shook the corpse in disbelief, trying to wake it up.

"Ergou, Zhuzi, he's gone!" A companion came to comfort him, but couldn't help but shed tears, which he quickly wiped away.

If you don't wipe them away, the cold wind will freeze them on your face.

After listening to his companion's words, Chen Ergou remained silent for a long time before finally putting down the pillar. He slowly took off a layer of his clothes and covered his companion's head with it.

"Ergou, you!" His companion tried to stop him, but in the end gave up.

He knew that Er Gou and Zhu Zi came from the same place and had been together for a long time, but he never expected that one of them would leave first.

Chen Ergou was also thinking about it. Before climbing the snow mountain, the two of them were determined to conquer it and even made a bold statement about competing with it, but in the end, Zhuzi still left him.

However, he didn't blame Zhu Zi. He saw that Zhu Zi had given his coat to a thinly dressed comrade and his shoes to a smaller-looking comrade, even though they both knew it wouldn't make much difference.

Just like when he was leaning against the snow, preparing to eat, he vaguely saw a book and ended up giving the last of his cornbread to that strange book.

He really hoped that, like in the book, someone would come to help them with a large amount of supplies.

He may go hungry and cold, but he hopes that his companions can all have enough to eat and wear.

Look at them, dressed in thin clothes and straw sandals, climbing the snow-covered mountain step by step against the wind and snow. Their lips are frozen purple and their feet are covered with frostbite, but they still cannot stop moving forward.

"Here, eat up! We still have to keep going!" Sun Zhuang, his companion from earlier, gave him a wild vegetable dumpling and patted him on the shoulder.

Yes, there's no time for sadness; they have to keep moving forward.

Chen Ergou took the wild vegetable dumpling and took a big bite.

"Thank you!"

Just then, Chen Ergou finally saw the invitation to join the group.

Without thinking, he clicked "agree," clinging to the hope that he wasn't dreaming.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and eat! The snow is going to snow harder again soon!" Sun Zhuang urged him, gesturing with his arm.

Chen Ergou diligently chewed on a mixture of grass roots, rice bran, and tree leaves.

"Hello, reader..." Lin Liuyi clicked on the video call invitation with a glimmer of hope, but the person on the other end made her burst into tears in an instant.

"Hey, girl, don't cry!" Chen Ergou didn't know why this girl who suddenly appeared in the air started crying after saying just two words.

"Girl? Are you frozen stiff? Where did this girl come from in this freezing weather!"

Upon hearing Chen Ergou's words, Sun Zhuang frowned and touched his forehead, wondering if he was delirious from a fever.

Although Lin Liuyi hoped that her book could truly find the people from that time, she still couldn't help but shed tears when she saw the person opposite her for the first time.

The reader opposite me had a thin face, snowflake-like eyebrows, and was holding a dark object in his hand. His clothes were so thin. Looking at the snow-capped mountains behind him, there was a group of people walking around. Look at what they were wearing—straw sandals!

As a child born in a peaceful era, Lin Liuyi had only learned about this period of history from books. It wasn't until he saw it with his own eyes that he realized the pencil marks in the books could not express even a fraction of the hardships they had endured.

"You're on the Long March now, climbing snow-capped mountains? Wait a minute, let me see what we can use. Oh, and I'll get you some food and hot water first!"

Before Chen Ergou could ask Lin Liuyi what was going on or how he knew they were on the Long March, he was shocked by the pile of things that appeared in front of him.

"What the heck! Er Gou! What's that in front of you?" Sun Zhuang was terrified. He had only been wondering if Chen Er Gou was sick, but when he looked up, he found a bunch of things in front of Chen Er Gou. Could it be that he was sick?

"These are chocolates to replenish your energy, that pile is spicy strips, they'll warm you up too, those next to you are instant noodles, and that cup is a thermos with hot water inside! You can go get the rest later, you can eat these for now!"

Lin Liuyi also realized how little she had when she needed it. She couldn't use the snacks she usually ate, so she could only give her this much for now.

Chen Ergou stared wide-eyed, still in a daze, nodding at whatever Lin Liuyi said.

As soon as Lin Liu logged off, Sun Zhuang rushed over.

"Ergou, could this snow mountain be haunted? Could it be that Zhuzi didn't leave?" You see, this was a snow den that the three of them had specifically found, and now only the two of them were left.

Chen Ergou didn't say anything, picked up the chocolate in front of him, tore open the wrapper and stuffed it into his mouth.

Sun Zhuang hurriedly tried to grab it, reaching out to pry it out.

"Ergou, do you even know what this is? You're eating it!"

Chen Ergou pushed Sun Zhuang's hand away and suddenly burst into tears, "It's true, it's true! Why didn't you show up sooner! If you had shown up sooner, Zhu Zi wouldn't have been here!"

"Did Zhu really send us something?" Sun Zhuang asked cautiously. "Could he have become the mountain god of the snow mountain?"

Chen Ergou was crying his heart out, but Sun Zhuang's words choked him up, making him seem unable to continue crying.

He wiped away his tears and told the other person what had just happened. Sun Zhuang felt like he was listening to a foreign language.

"Then why did that book look for you and not me?" Sun Zhuang said, feeling wronged.

"Hey, tell me, can you even read? We went to the literacy class together! And you were the worst learner!" Chen Ergou glared at him, reminding him of his poor academic performance back then.

Actually, Zhu Zi was the best student back then, but unfortunately he didn't make it this far.

After crying for a while, Chen Ergou realized that he was really wrong just now. How could he blame that girl for not showing up sooner?

The other person gave him so many things as soon as they saw him, and he still blamed her; that's really wrong of him.

Chen Ergou helped Sun Zhuang pack up their things, then tore open a chocolate and stuffed it into Sun Zhuang's mouth.

"What is this? Ah, it's sweet!" Sun Zhuang's eyes lit up, then he felt embarrassed and thought about spitting it out.

"Ergou, the other comrades haven't eaten yet!"

"Don't spit it out! There's still so much left. If you spit it out, it'll all be covered in your saliva!" Chen Ergou quickly covered his mouth.

“So what if it’s drool? This is sweeter than maltose! Do you believe those young comrades will definitely want to eat it?” Sun Zhuang retorted.

"Okay, okay, I got it. We still have some left. You haven't had anything sweet in ages either! Go ahead and eat it, it's fine!"

Chen Ergou didn't know that the older members of their team always gave the best food to the younger comrades, so they never got to eat anything sweet.

Chen Ergou's words brought tears to Sun Zhuang's eyes. It's true that brothers are the best; they still care about him!