Chapter 2 The Poor Man in the Market

Although it was past noon and the weather was not very hot, Sanpi still sweated a lot.

He looked at the ajar vermilion door in front of him, and his heart was very uncomfortable, full of loss and melancholy. It was full of opportunities, with the rations and livelihoods he craved, but no place of his own.

Now, as a dignified man in his twenties, he is precarious every day, and he can't even eat enough. It's no wonder that he often looks up to the sky and sighs: What is the point of standing between heaven and earth?

As the saying goes: "I am born to be useful", but is he really talented? Sanpi himself knows it, and he only has deep helplessness, grievances, and discomfort about this.

Inside that door, is the mansion of the rich man Liu in Guanping City, Sanpi heard two days ago that there is a need for handymen and maids here, so he came over with great interest, wanting to try his skills to see if he can come to mix and eat.

When he came to see it today, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. At the gate of the backyard of Liu's Mansion, many people had already gathered, including men and women, old and young, and there were no less than dozens of applicants. In the crowd, there are also a lot of well-dressed young women, and there are also a few elegant scholars with extraordinary bearing and full of confidence... And so on, all kinds of people have it.

In order to make a living, these people have put in a lot of effort. They all dress appropriately, behave and talk very politely, and they all try to maintain their arrogance, and spare no effort to show their good side.

Compared with these people, although they are handsome and upright, they are poorly dressed, and some shabby three-skins are obviously unattractive, not to mention that others are poor and short-minded, and the clothes they wear are still borrowed from others, and they have to be returned to others when they are done!

After waiting for a long time, when he felt that his life was like a year and wanted to retreat, he heard a painless voice in the backyard shouting: "Three... Three skins".

"Hehe, what's this name?"

"Haha, that's weird..."

......

The crowd who was originally quiet and duty-bound, after this trouble, the atmosphere has also been enlivened a lot, and there are many mockery, contempt, and dislike... And so on.

Sanpi gritted his teeth, ignored others, and walked in.

Once inside, he was ushered into a simple and bright cubicle with a chair in the middle, apparently intended for him. Without waiting for the other party to speak, Sanpi sat down a little stiffly and looked up at the two people sitting opposite.

A very elegant and delicate young woman, looking at Sanpi with a smile on her face.

Before coming, Sanpi also inquired a little, her name is Hongyuan, and she is one of the most favored maids in Liu Mansion.

The other is a middle-aged man with an impatient and disdainful face, he is Liu Shun, the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion.

may be the same sex repulsive, Sanpi didn't care much about the housekeeper Liu who could decide his own job, but the glamorous Hongyuan, which made him a little eye-catching.

Maybe it's a little inferior, as soon as Sanpi saw the beautiful woman, he was a little nervous and restrained, and the sight of his eyes fell to the ground unconsciously.

Just when he wanted to get into the wrong, the maid Hongyuan began to ask questions, and after the name and age of the relevant questions, he asked in detail.

"What skills do you have?"

Sanpi hesitated for a long time, and replied somewhat reluctantly: "No..."

It was the last question he wanted to answer, but he couldn't avoid it every time.

Although he was born in Pingcheng, Guan, his family background was okay, but his parents were nowhere to be found when he was a child, and he was young at the time, and his solid family property also plummeted. Later, he was kicked out of his house for no reason, and eventually became a beggar.

In order to survive, he did everything, and followed a medicine farmer to the barren mountains and mountains for three years.

Without excellent skills, it is equivalent to having no reliance on life.

Although Sanpi understands this, he is also powerful and has nowhere to play, and now, he has to temporarily mess around and pass the time.

"Have you ever been a servant before?"

"Nope. ”

"And what will you do?"

"I picked herbs in the mountains for three years, and then on the streets, selling herbs for three months. ”

"But this is not the same thing as working as a handyman in this house..."The housekeeper Liu Shun had a dark face and spoke breathlessly.

"I know, but I've done a lot of work and suffered a lot. I've washed people's clothes, carried water, and poured toilets...... Just give me this chance, and I won't let you down!"

The more Sanpi spoke, the more excited he became, and he almost knelt down to beg them, thinking of the suffering he had endured, his eyes were moist. But seeing Liu Shun's face, he sighed in his heart, knowing that he would definitely be out of action today.

At this moment of despair, the maid Hongyuan asked him with some sympathy: "Do you have a relationship in the city?"

When Sanpi heard this, he was excited again, and said hatefully, "No, but I can try and build......!

Before he could continue, Liu Shun interrupted him: "Forget it, Hongyuan, don't waste time, let's be next, there are still many people behind." ”

The maid Hongyuan nodded, smiled at Sanpi with some sympathy and said, "I'm sorry, we don't raise idlers here." ”

Seeing her charming smile, Sanpi was not angry, and secretly comforted herself, it is enough to have this smile, how can there be such a beautiful woman who smiles so much at herself!

Although the maid Hongyuan spoke very politely, with a wave of her hand, the little boy at the door was ready to arrange the next person's expression, so that Sanpi's heart was instantly cold, and he knew that this time it was over again.

cleaned up, messed up, and left helplessly, returning to his deserted house in Guanping City, Nancheng District.

Because of his perennial begging, he was homeless and could only live in a deserted house.

Although life is so unbearable, other people's drunkenness is also his dream, and it has always been his dream life. But the reality is often helpless, and he can only go back to the small grass nest where he lives, lie on the dirty and moldy rotten grass, squint and rest, and starve at the same time.

In his heart, he always feels that rich and powerful people can enjoy endless glory and wealth, and they can bully men and women. In their canopy carriages, or in their luxurious mansions, they leisurely sipped fine wine, ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, and served diligently by the servants and servants.

And like him, although he is a little unwilling to fall, he has been downcast so far, and he has not even landed his own rations. At most, it can only be regarded as a hungry meal, and a full meal can barely live, where can we talk about the word "enjoyment".

This is really a wish of God, how can the word "miserable" be said and finished.

"Brother Sanpi, why did you come back so early?"

Just when Sanpi was sleeping in a daze, a man in his thirties with a somewhat thin and weak appearance came to look for him in the deserted house.

Sanpi saw that the person who came was the kudzu who borrowed the robe for him to wear.

This Gegen is a famous ruffian in Nancheng District, and the two often do some stealing and touching dogs together, so they have a good relationship, and they are one of his only friends.

"Brother Ge, don't mention it, it's not easy to get into the house there!" Sanpi saw him coming, and hurriedly beckoned him to find a place to sit.

Ge Gen was not polite, he found a random place, sat down, and said, "Hehe, it's okay, you didn't succeed, it doesn't mean that others can't succeed." ”

"Brother Ge, is there anyone else involved besides me?" Sanpi was obviously puzzled by what he said.

"Of course, that piece of fat is not small, and you and I will definitely not be able to eat it, so I found two more helpers. ”

"When will you act?"

"Just tonight, I'm coming to you now, just to confirm, do you dare to go?"

"Do I know the two of them?" Sanpi didn't rush to answer him, but asked about the others.

"You'll know when the time comes. This time it is also the old rule to divide the account, if you do a vote, you will eat for a year. ”

As soon as Sanpi heard it, he could eat it for a year, and his heart suddenly became active.

Then, the two got together and quietly discussed the details of the operation. The sound of their conversation was as small as the chirping of flies, apparently climbing the partition wall and having ears.

But from their ear-biting exchanges, some eye-catching words can still be heard, such as back garden, burial and box.

Soon it was evening, and it was dark outside.

Kudzu walked cautiously through the dark streets with three skins, avoiding pedestrians as much as possible, and slowly moved in one direction and quietly touched them.

The two of them were cautious all the way, neither of them spoke, looking for a way forward in the darkness of the backlight.

"This is ...... here"

In the dark, they sneakily came to a corner of a large mansion.

Sanpi raised his eyes and looked a little familiar, and immediately recognized that this was there and who the owner of the house was. But he didn't say anything, and continued to follow Kudzu, lurking in the corner of the root.

At this point, Kudzu took the three skins and didn't make any moves, they seemed to be waiting for something.

Time passed slowly.

Until the third watch, there was a cat's meow inside the courtyard wall.

"Meow ......"

It was a very soft voice, and if you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't have heard it at all.

In the middle of the night, the night cat came out to catch mice, and a cat meow should be normal, and ordinary people will not care too much.

But when Ge Gen heard it, he attached great importance to it, and he only learned to scream when he heard him.

"Meow ......"

The voice is also very soft, very small, like a nocturnal wild cat, replying to another house cat.

"Smack......

At this moment, a rope was thrown from the wall.

Kudzu quickly let Sanpi pull the rope and climbed up first, and then he also climbed up the wall.

Behind the wall, there was a wooden ladder, and the two of them followed the wooden ladder to the courtyard wall.

After Sanpi landed, he found that there was already a person waiting here. After a short look, he found that the man was not tall, with a short build, wearing a tight-fitting black suit and a black cloth covering his face.

Ge Gen saw him staring at the masked man, and whispered: "He is Qian Leopard, Second Brother Qian, let's just follow him." ”

The masked Qian Leopard ignored the conversation between Gegen and Sanpi, and walked straight forward.

Ge Gen was not angry with his contempt, and pulled Sanpi and followed.

The three of them were in the courtyard, turned left and right, sneaked all the way, and came to a courtyard full of flowers.

In the courtyard, the dense fragrance of flowers made Sanpi, who was panicked here, guess that this was a garden.

At this time, the night sky was pitch black, but in this garden, there was a faint light, floating in the darkness.

When Sanpi looked closely, it turned out to be a dim lantern floating from the depths of the garden.

"Brother Ge, are you finally here?"

Among the flowers and grass, a masked man dressed like Qian Leopard walked over with a lantern.

Sanpi looked at it and was surprised to find that although this person was covered with his face, his body and appearance, he seemed to have seen it somewhere, but for a while, he couldn't recognize who it was.

"Brother Qian, I'm sorry, I'm late!" Ge Gen said polite words, and did not forget to introduce Sanpi again, telling him: "This is Qian Hu, Qian Leopard's brother." ”

"This isn't the Three-Skin Brother! Not bad..."Qian Hu listened to Ge Gen introduce himself, and also said hello to Sanpi.

Listening to Qian Hu's greeting himself, Sanpi heard a sense of déjà vu in his voice. But he didn't dare to be sure that it would be that person, because he had met with that person at noon this day, and had a few conversations.

Moreover, at that time, he was denied the opportunity by that person to eat by himself.

Although Qian Hu's identity could not be confirmed for the time being, and now was not the time to delve into it, Sanpi still gave him a salute back out of politeness, saying, "I've seen Brother Qian......"

"Okay, okay...... Brother Sanpi, I'll continue when I'm free..."Qian Hu didn't say much, politely said, and no longer paid attention to Sanpi.

When Ge Gen saw them, he finished getting acquainted, and looked at the surrounding situation, as if he wanted to find something, so he asked Qian Hu and said, "Brother Qian, where is the thing? ”

"There's no hurry... It's important that we get down to business first......" Qian Hu said, glancing at Sanpi, as if there was something in his words.

Sanpi was looked at by him like this, and his heart involuntarily panicked, and then his mouth was blindfolded by a stinky big hand.

It turned out that when Qian Hu's words just fell, Qian Leopard on the side had already started to move. I saw that at this time, he quietly touched Sanpi's side, and without allowing Sanpi to notice, he quickly reached out and sealed his mouth.

Seeing this, Ge Gen not only did not come to save Sanpi, but took out a rope and tied Sanpi up.

Sanpi wanted to resist, but found that his strength was too small, and he was not Qian Leopard's opponent at all, he wanted to struggle, but he couldn't.

After Sanpi was gagged by Qian Leopard with a filthy rag, and was tied into a dumpling by Kudzu, Qian Hu said to Sanpi: "Brother Sanpi, you won't betray us, will you? You also have a part in this matter, otherwise there will be no ...... of you in this Guanping City in the future."

After he finished speaking, he took Qian Leopard and Ge Gen into the depths of the garden.