The alleys of the stone pavement are lined with high-walled tiled houses on both sides. The alley was quiet, and there were only three young men wearing linen and filial piety, and one of them secretly held a pamphlet and said to the other two: "Two sons, look at this painting skill, look at this content, not to mention going to the canal, even in the south of the Yangtze River, it is a fine product." If you look at it again, I don't know who drew it, but it must be a master's handwriting......"

The fat boy with a pimple on the other side, he stared at the ragged young ladies in the album, all of them were so graceful, and all kinds of actions were far beyond his imagination, the fat boy had already become a pig, and even saliva was almost dripping.

And the young man behind the fat man, who was obviously a little girl, was also much better, and he couldn't take his eyes off it, but he was still arguing weakly in his mouth: "You're too expensive, aren't you?" Ten taels for opening your mouth? ”

"It's not expensive at all." As soon as the salesman put the album away, he immediately received two hateful glances. And this one didn't see it at all, "Think about it, the saints all say that the road of humanity, this son is full of wealth and full of poetry and books, how many of the "Book of Songs" describe the love of men and women? Sexual anguish and sexual repression are very bad, and those who have a loving heart will definitely save them. Think about it again, when Childe is against his friends and reciting poems, why don't he take out this album and share it with his good friends? When the moon falls before the flower, take out this album and discuss it with your confidant? ……”

"No need to say more!" The fat boy swallowed his saliva hard, he couldn't hold back any longer, "Ten taels is it?" The fat boy took out two small ingots of five taels each from the purse in his arms, stuffed them into the hands of the salesman, and then snatched the album, as if he had fled from the desert, and ran out of the alley quickly......

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With a smile, Qin Bai slowly walked to the entrance of the alley, and the same young man wearing linen and filial piety was squatting and waiting, and when he saw Qin Bai with a smile on his face, he immediately stood up happily: "Second Brother Bai, is it done?" ”

"It's done, ten taels." Qin Bai had a breezy expression, but the smugness at the corners of his mouth couldn't be hidden.

"Great!" The young man slapped his thigh, and then suddenly thought that his wealth was not exposed, so he sneakily looked around, and found that no one noticed here, so he cautiously continued to whisper, "Second Brother Bai, you are amazing, I finally sold three copies, and only sold more than two taels, and your shot is ten taels!" ”

Qin Bai smiled and didn't answer directly. He walked to the direction of the city gate, and said with a smile as he walked: "Today, I was lucky, and I got two small bounties (one small fifty copper coins) by pretending to be a filial son and grandson, and I sold a picture album." Let's go, go to He Laosan and cut some meat, and let's make up some oil and water tonight. ”

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Unconsciously, Qin Bai had traveled to this era for more than three months, and had crossed over to a young man who was also named Qin Bai and was only sixteen or seventeen years old. When he first crossed, it took him a whole month to figure out that he had traveled to the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and was in Laizhou City, Shandong. Later, I suddenly realized that it was pointless to figure out that these things were meaningless, because the first thing I had to do was to survive!

This Qin Bai's life experience is simple and not simple, he is a lucky homeless person who has just been whitewashed. From the few memories remaining, I know that their family was once rich, that Qin Bai had three brothers, he was the second, I heard that his father was a rich and noble child in the capital, and his mother was his father's outer room in Jiangnan.

Later, my father had something to do and returned to Beijing, and at the beginning, he often asked someone to bring some money, but after a long time, he forgot about the four of them, mother and son. So life became more and more difficult, more than four years ago, after Qin Bai's mother sold most of her things, she finally couldn't stand it, so she took Qin Bai's brothers to Beijing to find a husband. However, as soon as she walked to the eastern section of the canal, her mother fell ill and returned to the west. The desperate three brothers suddenly lost their direction, and because they were too young, they didn't know much about their father's situation. In fact, even their mothers know very little. Therefore, these brothers are faced with the first choice in their lives.

But God seems to be joking, the house leak happened to rain overnight, at this time, Qin Bai's third brother Qin Gao suddenly had a high fever that did not go away, and in order to bury his mother, these brothers had no money around. I don't know how much psychological struggle there was at that time, the eldest brother Qin Tai suddenly left behind the two brothers, leaving only a letter (fortunately they were still able to live as children, and the three brothers were literate) and three or four taels of silver from nowhere, saying "I went north to find my father, and left Qin Bai to take care of the third brother", so that Qin Bai and Qin Gao were left in the local area.

Of course, a few taels of silver were spent quickly, especially since Qin Gao saved his life in the end, but he burned out his brain and became an idiot. In desperation, the two orphans asked for food while wandering around with the homeless, and in the end, they came to this Laizhou city inexplicably.

Fortunately, I met a kind-hearted person in Laizhou City, who was Aunt Li, the mother of Li Kang who was looking at the wind just now. A few years ago, their family was also homeless, and they also lived in this Laizhou city. Maybe it was because of the same illness, so he took in the Qin Bai brothers. Although he is still poor, at least he has bid farewell to the precarious life of the past.

Shandong in the Ming Dynasty was not a very good place. Due to the guarantee of water supply for the canal, it is forbidden to irrigate and dig wells at will, so disasters occur frequently, and there are many displaced people. In particular, there are many pirates and bandits in the coastal areas, and there are many people who believe in religion and burn incense from time to time to rebel, so there are many people who leave their hometowns to seek a living.

Aunt Li and her family did the same, they went to Laizhou City, and like other displaced people, they built a shack outside the city gate, and over time, this shack formed a slum. But no matter what, Qin Bai finally had a home. But unfortunately, more than a year ago, Aunt Li also had no money for treatment, and after hastily arranging for Li Dang to marry her child daughter-in-law, who was also taken in by her, she finally swallowed her last breath.

As a result, several orphans can only survive in groups. However, survival is difficult, and a few of them can only rush to work everywhere. It's really a robbery, there are not so many job opportunities in this era, and there are guilds and gangs everywhere, as well as the bullying of locals by outsiders, and the bullying of minors by adults, you can't grab it at all without using your fists or even moving the guys, so after a fire merger three months ago, Qin Bai ...... So crossed.

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"Whoever breaks the single arm, this year is too white and high." The sun was shining brightly, and he was in a happy mood, Qin Bai couldn't help reciting this poem aloud, and the name of his brother came from this Gao Shi's "Sending Bai Shaofu to Sending Soldiers to Longyou". Then Qin Bai laughed at himself again, what heroic poetry has nothing to do with his current self. The only thing on my mind - how to get money!