"It's better to hit the next day, let's go home together today." Liu Ximing saw that a few little hungry people were really not good, and he didn't want them to suffer for a few more days, so he let them go with him.

A few teenagers wanted to go back to pack up their things, but Liu Ximing hurriedly stopped them: "If there are any valuable things, it's fine, otherwise don't want it, let's just buy it again, now it's important to find something to eat first." ”

A group of beggars could have anything valuable, and when they heard that there was something to eat, everyone looked at each other and smiled, threw away the broken bowls and sticks in their hands, and followed Liu Ximing to the city.

Knowing that these people hadn't eaten enough for a long time, Liu Ximing didn't dare to take them to eat Haisai, so he had to find a bun stall for them to drink some porridge and eat a few buns to the bottom. A group of teenagers and children licked the porridge bowl clean, and a few small ones ate the buns and looked at Liu Ximing with expectant eyes, obviously wanting to eat.

Liu Ximing laughed, patted the heads of several of them and said: "You haven't eaten for a long time, and your stomach will definitely not be able to stand it if you overeat for a while, so eat so much in the morning, and then we will have a good meal at noon." ”

A few children were also well-behaved, and when they saw Liu Ximing saying this, they didn't make any noise, so they sat obediently on the side and shook their hands.

After eating and settling the bill, Liu Ximing looked at them and felt a little headache, these people have been living in a dilapidated house, not to mention that their clothes are all tattered, and they must be full of fleas, if they take them home directly, their mother will be busy by then.

Just in this city, a group of people went to the grocery store to buy some slaked lime and other insect repellent things, Liu Ximing saw that there was a rather deserted inn next to him, and took everyone to raise their legs and enter.

"Hey, stop, where did you come from, it's called Hanako, no one pays attention to you here, hurry up and take a walk." The little two in the store had sharp eyes and saw a group of tattered little beggars walking towards the store, and hurriedly stopped them.

Liu Ximing didn't say much, stretched out his hand to push Xiao Er to the side, walked to the counter and took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, slapped it on the counter with a "snap", and said to the innkeeper: "Shopkeeper, we are sending you money, just a dozen people, don't live in the store, just borrow your store to take a bath, the money will belong to you, do you see if this business can be done?" ”

The shopkeeper of this inn was also very unhappy to see a group of beggars, and he was a little unlucky early in the morning, but when he saw Liu Ximing take out the money, his attitude suddenly improved a lot, but he ......

He glanced at the silver on the counter, and then at the dozen or so dirty children, quite tangled, but maybe because the business in the store was not good, in the end he still couldn't resist the temptation of money, smiled and put away the silver, and yelled at Xiao Er: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and let the guy make a fire and boil water, and take them to the yard to take a bath." ”

He turned his head to Liu Ximing and smiled: "Guest officer, their bodies are too dirty, if they enter the room, the small shop will not be easy to take care of, so they can only be washed in the yard, please forgive me." ”

Liu Ximing saw that he agreed, and also knew that these inns were all run by small capital, if they entered the room and left some fleas, they were afraid of ruining their reputation, so they nodded in approval, and turned his head and instructed Yu Yongkai and others: "You wash here first, remember to rub more insect repellents, get rid of the fleas, and I will take Li Biao to buy clothes for you." ”

He inquired about the garment shop in the city, and then rushed over with Li Biao.

Liu Ximing used to think that in ancient times, there were only those who sold cloth directly, and everyone was tailor-made by themselves, but after such a long time, he knew that in fact, there were already ready-to-wear shops in ancient times, but they sold more old clothes, after all, those who were really rich were still willing to find tailors to do it themselves.

It's really extravagant, all of them are customized by professional tailors, Liu Ximing can't help but sigh at the lifestyle of the ancients.

Most of the ready-to-wear shops are in the civilian gathering area in the east of the city, Liu Ximing and the two of them walked for a while and saw one, and went in to ask the price, good guys, old clothes are not cheap, Liu Ximing thought with a toothache.

In this store, there are generally about 80 yuan for ordinary clothes for adults, and about 50 yuan for teenagers and children, Liu Ximing just counted his novices, a total of eighteen people, so it is 900 yuan, nearly six yuan of silver. However, the clothes are very neat and tidy, and you can put them on directly, saving a lot of time.

Hey, the general silver in this Nima's pocket is almost gone, Liu Ximing had a total of more than two taels of silver left, and now it is almost gone, but fortunately, it will be credited in a few days, and he keeps comforting himself.

When the two of them brought their clothes back to the inn, the shopkeeper had just boiled the first pot of water, and Liu Ximing saw that Yu Yongkai was about to take a bath after touching the body of slaked lime and other things, so he hurriedly stopped them, so he washed them down, but he was afraid that he would give birth to fleas in a few days.

He hurriedly asked the shopkeeper to borrow a clipper, and asked Yu Yongkai and them to come over and shave their heads one by one, so that they could get rid of the fleas.

Liu Ximing had always thought that the Han people did not shave their heads, but he only knew about it when he got the Meng Dynasty, which was another rumor. To be correct, the adults in the Han people do not shave their heads, but there are many teenagers and children who shave their heads, or there is a saying that Yan Yan Yan is the head of the child, in fact, most of the children's heads are shaved off, leaving only two small braids tied up called the total horn, of course, there are also those who do not shave.

After the 16-year-old coming-of-age ceremony, boys and girls begin to grow their hair and drape it over their shoulders, and at the age of 20, men tie up their hair and fix it with turbans, tiaras, etc., while women begin to comb their hair in a bun and put hairpins with flowers.

So you can imagine how the Han people looked at them when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, a group of barbarians dressed left and left, not to mention, one or two still have pigtails that only little children have, they are afraid that they will die of laughter when they laugh.

When they all finished shaving their heads, more than a dozen teenagers and children looked at each other and laughed, as if they had shaved not only their hair, but also the days of suffering in the past.

After working for most of the day, they were finally cleaned up one by one, and the little two in the inn were running around and his hands were about to break, and he was only muttering and complaining while doing it there.

However, the results are also very remarkable, more than a dozen teenagers and children who have cleaned up are all looking beautiful, putting on the clothes they have just changed, and standing there in a row is very energetic.

Liu Ximing looked at them and was also very satisfied, this is my brother's team, I think at the beginning, Lao Tzudi's team had just opened...... He couldn't help but smirk in his heart.

Thinking that there was still a shortage of quilts to be placed at home, he spent another penny of silver to buy a few old quilts from the inn and bring them.

The money is getting less and less, Liu Ximing sighed for a while, how dare he eat in the city at this time, buy some steamed buns and pancakes and other food pads to cushion his stomach, hurry home.

Poverty once made me lose confidence in life! Liu Xi burst into tears.

When sitting on the boat back, Yu Yongkai reminded Liu Ximing: "Engong, I'm afraid I still have to go to the county to make a deed in a few days, otherwise I may cause trouble." ”

Liu Ximing was surprised and said: "What can happen to this, since you have entered my house, you will naturally treat it as a family member, how can you use any documents?" ”

Yu Yongkai smiled bitterly when he heard this, and Li Biao saw that Liu Ximing was so uncommon-sense, so he couldn't help but interject: "They are people without household registration, and if there is no main family, no one will be able to care if they are killed in the future." ”

Liu Ximing suddenly realized that there are really a lot of twists and turns in this cute dynasty.

When they arrived at home, Liu Chen, the third Liu Xixian, and the fourth Liu Xi'an opened their mouths in surprise when they looked at the teenagers and children standing in the courtyard, and when they came to Fuwangcai, they saw so many strangers on the side and snorted a few times, only to see that these eighteen people were all shaved heads, a few big ones were still holding a few quilts, and a few small ones timidly grabbed the corners of their clothes with their hands, and secretly glanced at the three of them from the corners of their eyes, which looked very shocking.

Fortunately, Liu Ximing had discussed with Liu Chen's before, she hurriedly came back to her senses, smiled and went to pick up the things in the hands of those young people, and said: "Yesterday, Ximing said that he wanted to pick you up, but I didn't expect it to arrive so soon, have you eaten, I'll make you some food first." ”

Seeing their mother like this, the third and fourth children also cheered and ran over to help pick up things.

Yu Yongkai and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Liu's mother being kind, and then kept rejoicing, although Liu Ximing told the family situation on the way, but seeing is believing and hearing is false, they have been living on the street for a long time, and they are used to hearing the news of how the master abused the slaves at home, and they are always a little afraid in their hearts.

Seeing this, Liu Ximing also hurriedly helped his mother Zhang Luo up, but fortunately, Liu Chen's family had already cleaned up the three rooms during the day, and now he only needs to divide the eighteen people into one room. After all, six people need to live in a room, Liu Ximing said with a smile: "Don't dislike the small place at home, now you can only settle for now, and after a few days, we will have a few more houses, and everyone will have their own bed at that time." ”

Yu Yongkai hurriedly replied in fear: "Where did Engong say, in the past, we didn't take the sky as the seat and the earth as the seat, but now we have a house to live in and a bed to sleep in, and we are already blessed by God, but we don't dare to pick and choose." ”

Liu Chen just helped to pack up things in the house, and was also satisfied when she heard Yu Yongkai's words, this young man was a good manner, originally she was worried that her family was a small family after all, and she had no experience in managing the house, but now she saw that there was a sensible person in this group of people, and she was much more relieved, and said with a smile: "I heard you call him Engong, Engong, it's weird and awkward, in the future, you will all call him the second brother, and it will sound better to outsiders." ”

Liu Ximing heard Liu Chen's words, and he also felt good, so that there would be a difference in the family, and it would not be raw.

The third and fourth hurriedly raised their hands on the side and said, "What about us, why do they call us?" ”

Yu Yongkai hurriedly answered: "Of course, it is also called the third brother and the fourth brother." ”

Seeing what Liu Ximing wanted to say, he hurriedly said again: "Second brother, there are many people in the family now, and there is a difference between respect and inferiority, otherwise outsiders will see the joke." ”

Liu Ximing saw that the third and fourth were full of courtyards, so he had no choice but to go with them. Thinking that the twenty-somethings were going to eat now, Liu Chen would definitely not be busy alone, so he hurriedly asked Li Biao to invite Aunt Wu to help him.

A group of people were busy inside and out until the evening before they really settled down, and before nightfall, Yu Qiaoman pulled Yu Yongkai and still asked in disbelief: "Brother, do we have a family here?" Will you go hungry again? ”

Yu Yongkai's heart was sour, hugged his sister, and said categorically: "We have a home, and we will never go hungry again!" ”