Chapter Twenty-Six: Dying
The owner's memory is very simple, she is 12 years old this year, she has been full of hunger, she can be said to be skinny, of course, her head is very big, and she looks like she is sick at first sight, no wonder the traffickers are reluctant to pick her up and sell her. Before the age of 7 or 8, he had been following an old flower, and the old flower could still get her a little food every day and didn't starve to death, and then the old flower also died in winter. The owner's memory of time and era is not clear, mainly because all her time revolves around finding something to eat.
However, the body owner can survive to the age of 13 or because the winter is getting colder and colder year by year, she remembered the number of winters, Sixi is still more admired, in the face of survival human potential is infinite, now the body owner has not eaten for 3 days, hungry at night in the moat outside the city to drink water, but also can withstand a beating without fractures and other phenomena, can only say that everyone is hungry, do not have much strength.
As for what kind of era this is, whether it is a certain dynasty in our country, whether there is a war or anything like that, sorry, there is no such thing in the memory of the body owner, and it can only allow Si Xi to judge whether this is the ancient world, or because the body owner has the experience of being arrested and thrown out of the city one night in his memory. Yes, the beggars of this world, cannot stay in the city at night.
After sorting out the memories of the owner, Si Xi has a new understanding of beggars. Do you think that the beggar of this period is just a broken bowl, a bamboo pole and then curled up on a street corner, and then the phrase "have mercy on me" will have good Samaritans to give alms? Wrong, big mistake, the beggars of this world are technical jobs!
The beggars of this period were organized and managed, and they were divided into districts. Beggars are mainly divided into Wen beggars and Wu beggars, Wen beggars' walking props in addition to bowls and bamboo poles, but also add an allegro, yes, you read that right, it's Allegro! Their way of begging is to go to the door of each shop to play allegro and say auspicious words and rhyme, or sing a small song, ask the merchant to give money, if the merchant does not give, will also make up words and sarcasm, until the merchant gives. Generally, merchants will give it when their business is prosperous, after all, the status of merchants is low at this time, and they do not want to tie the knot, not to mention that if beggars come to make trouble, it will affect business.
There is also a category of beggars who are old, disabled or very young, they will beg along the street, props: bowls and bamboo poles (bamboo poles here are mainly for the role of pathfinding or supporting people), standard words: "Old lady and miss, poor and pitiful, poor and pitiful", the image must be pitiful. They were specialized in begging for food, and of course they were required to give money.
Wu beggar walking props: pig blood bag (hidden in advance), bricks, stones, must be young and middle-aged, similar to street performance, when you see a rich person coming over, you will slap the brick on the chest or head, and the pig's blood will flow down as soon as you slap it. Supporting words: "The old lady will enjoy the food", and the people who come to get it have to give it if they don't give it, mainly begging for money.
You see, ancient beggars also relied on their craftsmanship to eat!
In the past, it was said that beggars were organized, and they were called pole heads locally, and each pole head was responsible for an area and had to report to the yamen before they could beg, otherwise they would not only not be able to beg but would also be driven out of the city. If there are foreign beggars, they must first report to the pole head in this area, and the pole head is delivering news to the yamen, and they can only enter the city after the process is completed, so that it is convenient for the yamen to distinguish and block the foreign refugees. The head of the pole is responsible for distributing food and money, and if there are old beggars who cannot take care of themselves or beggars who are sick and cannot go out to beg, the head of the pole will appoint other beggars to help, and when the money is abundant, it will also ask Langzhong. That is to say, as long as you worship the head of the pole, in fact, there is medical insurance and social security.
There is also a type of temporary beggars, that is, the surrounding farmers, in the slack time, they will pretend to beg to beg to subsidize the family, but they still have to worship the pole head first to obtain the city entry permit, they only need to pay a little silver to the pole head every day, and the pole head will not arrange their food and silver.
And the old beggar who was with the owner before worshipped the pole head in another district, but for some reason she was kicked out, and now she is a wandering beggar who has a registered beggar in the yamen but no pole head protection, so she can beg in the city but not on the territory of the owner. This time, because I was really hungry, I came to the eastern district, but I was found to be beaten. Usually, her scope of activities is basically in the southern area, which has always been chaotic and basically no merchants are poor.
The northeast of this town is richer, especially the east gate, the east gate is the official road, and the foot traders basically come in from the east gate, so there are many rich people here, and there are many small merchants and hawkers.
Si Xi sighed that she was a person who had experienced the second life of the university and the nursing profession (in the previous life, she thought she was doing the work of nursing), and she felt that there was no place here, and she might be a beggar and she might not even be as good as her master, and she would starve to death.
Now Si Xi is dizzy from hunger, no matter how good she is, she will go to the pharmacy to try her luck first, see if the nursing hours in the previous life can come in handy, and whether there is a shopkeeper who can discern the pearls and let her be an apprentice.
According to the memory, I came to a shop, well, traditional Chinese, I only recognized the word "benevolence", Si Xi stepped in directly and was scolded before he could open his mouth, "Little beggar, how dare you step into my pharmacy, get out!" ”
Si Xi sighed in his heart, forgetting that all beggars here are not allowed to step into the shops to beg! But I came in, and I didn't have a chance to go out. So, "Shopkeeper, I am ......"
"Get out, do you know the rules! Get out! A stocky middle-aged man interrupted her directly.
Oops, Nima didn't give a chance, it was all rolling. Well, you can endure! So Si Xi made a decision, and when the little medicine boy came out of the medicine cabinet and was about to push her out, she rolled her eyes, and her body fell limply in the store, and by the way, she had a convulsion all over her body, pretending to be dizzy. My aunt and grandmother won't come to be your apprentice, and my aunt and grandmother will blackmail you! Now there are people in the lobby who are grabbing medicine, and there are people who come to the pulse for treatment, I'll see if you dare to throw out a person who was knocked down by you and was convulsed in public!