Standing in front of Chaotian Street again, Bai Yi was in a somewhat complicated mood.

Not long ago, he was standing on the top of the top floor of Baiwei Tower, overlooking the most prosperous streets and alleys in Beijing.

At that time, he once thought with pride that he had once again grasped the throat of fate, and in this struggle with life, he would regain control of life.

However, Emperor Jianxi's words made his life in the kitchen that he had endured for two years in the dark and meaningless.

It seems that this has always been the case, the more you try to grasp the things in your hands, the more you seem to succeed in the end.

Thinking of the happy stone pusher in Bai Ling's mouth during the day, Bai Yi laughed a little self-deprecatingly.

"Get out of here!"

A whip came from behind, pulling Bai Yi back from his deep thought, and before he realized what was happening, his body had instinctively jumped to the side, but the back of his hand was still hit hard by the whip tail, and the whole person lost his balance and fell to the ground.

The next moment, a carriage rushed past the place where Bai Yi had just stood.

"If you don't want to die, you will die far away! Don't get dirty on your way! ”

Without looking back, the coachman in the carriage hurried on, and continued to gallop forward—followed by a series of exclamations and whipping from the crowd, and the laughter of the men and women in the carriage could be faintly heard.

"Young man, are you alright?" A white-bearded barefoot old man stepped forward to help Bai Yi up, "It's really thrilling, don't be in a daze when you walk in the future." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, thank you, uncle."

Bai Yi took the old man's hand and stood up a little embarrassed, he fell into the rain-soaked mud puddle on the side of the road, and his head was dripping with water under the hem of his clothes.

Bai Yi tried to pat it, but his hands were also stained with wet mud and sand.

He snorted and wiped his dirty hands on the clothes around his waist.

"Whose carriage is this, how dare you go on a rampage here?" Bai Yi looked at the back of the carriage and asked.

"Who else can it be", the old man made a disdainful expression with a heavy face, "That's Song Ne, the son of Lord Shoufu's family." ”

Bai Yi was stunned for a moment, "Really?" Why don't you seem to have heard his name here before? ”

The old man looked at Bai Yi's clothes again, and his face changed, "Why, listen to the tone, the little brother used to come to our Chaotian Street?" ”

"No, no," Bai Yi saw his uncle's misunderstanding, and hurriedly waved his hand, "I used to work as a chef in Baiwei Building for a few years, and I have heard a little bit about things on the street. ”

"No wonder, I don't think you look like a rich boy." The old man said to himself, and then turned back to some good faces, "I didn't come here before, and now I come, there is nothing unusual in this Chaotian Street." If a person wants to learn well for three or five years, it will not be successful, and it is enough to study bad for one night. ”

Bai Yi showed a look of surprise on his face, "Uncle knows this." ”

"Do you know or not, you won't think about it," the old man drooped again, "There is a kind of Lao Tzu, there is a kind of son, the last one my granddaughter-in-law's baked cake shop was overturned by their carriage, and the mold cart was all scattered...... Alas, the world is difficult, and no one treats us small people as human beings. ”

Bai Yi frowned when he heard this, and took out a small piece of silver from his waist, "Uncle, go on." ”

Although the old man didn't react, he had already grabbed the silver coin thrown by Bai Yi quickly.

"It's-"

"Let's buy some new molds," Bai Yi said with a smile, "The boss doesn't treat us as people, let's treat ourselves as people." ”

Seeing that the old man was about to shirk when he stretched out his hand, Bai Yi ran forward with a dodge - he was most afraid of being polite with people. Hearing the old man shouting thank you to him in a surprised and happy voice behind him, Bai Yi was happy in his heart.

This is probably the joy of the bandits in the movie smashing the money from the gun into the poor man's window and listening to the sound.

However, halfway through the run, he suddenly felt as if something was wrong.

What does it matter to him that the cart mold in this old man's house is all falling apart, the old man is from a poor family, isn't he?

As a result, I couldn't bear to reach out and give money, what is the difference between this behavior and Daddy Bai Shijun's medical treatment and paying money?

Bai Yi only felt that his heart sank, as if he heard Bai Ling's sentence "If I didn't know that you also came through, I would definitely recognize you two as biological father and son" lingered in his ears again, and his face burned all of a sudden.

- No, this money is given by Concubine Ning today, and it is not my own.

- Concubine Ning made a generous move, and she originally had a surplus.

Yes, in order to help herself prepare materials, Concubine Ning casually sponsored fifty taels.

Thinking of this, Bai Yi felt better again - tonight he is not a fat man with a swollen face, because he is a fat man who is like a fake.

Along the alley where he had brought Bai Ling last time, Bai Yi had once again come to the foul-smelling muddy clearing.

The stench of the night was stronger than ever. It is most afraid of rain here because there are almost no drainage channels and once it rains, it starts to flood. Garbage piled up in corners and even dirty stuff in the low manure pits will slowly emerge and float everywhere along the stagnant water.

The wisdom of the wanderer is to take the tent, the child, and all the belongings on this night, and move to a higher place and squeeze for the night.

If you don't take the things with you, they'll all disappear when you come back the next day, and then you might still see them in your neighborhood, if you can call them neighborhoods.

Bai Yi came to the stone wall he had been to the last time, and surprisingly, a clearing in front of the stone wall was still empty.

Obviously, no one dared to pitch a tent here, even on this night when the wanderers were crowded together.

Bai Yi couldn't help but smile, he looked down, grabbed a few small pebbles on the ground and threw them to the other side of the stone wall.

There were a few noises from behind the wall, and then two small heads came out of the stone wall, "Brother Bai? ”

"Hmm." Bai Yi said softly, "Have you found all the things you are looking for?" ”

"It's all together." Ah Li took a child and turned over the wall barefoot, "Let's go out and talk." ”

……

It was the last time he brought Bai Ling to the wonton shop, and Bai Yi strode in with his two children.

Ah Li's expression was not the slightest restraint, but the little child who followed him—the child who looked to be only about six or seven years old, clutched Ah Li's sleeve tightly, not daring to let go of half a minute.

The child looked at the people in the shop with some fear, for fear that they would kick him out with a broom.

But the boss just glanced at them and didn't mean to chase people.

"This is Xiaoman! I've just arrived, I haven't seen the world, don't be surprised! Ah Li once again took on the role of the eldest brother, "Come, Xiaoman, give Brother Bai-"

"Stop, stop." Bai Yi held his cheek with one hand and interrupted Ah Li's words mercilessly, "Where's my thing?" ”

The child's eyes lit up, and he quickly stood up and took out seven or eight cloth bags from his arms.

The cloth bags are sewn with the most ordinary white cloth, and many black finger prints are printed on each cloth bag, probably because Xiao Man has been holding them in his arms since he took these cloth bags.

"This is linen thread, this is horsehair, this is leather, cotton thread...... Xiao Man seriously opened each cloth bag for Bai Yi to inspect, "There are still these, my mother and I found several kinds of vines, according to Brother Bai's instructions, each one has been soaked several times, and all of them have been rubbed." ”