The capital is the capital of the Great Calendar Dynasty and the most prosperous place in the world.

The streets are wide and straight, and the teahouses, inns, restaurants, cloth villages, and pawnshops are lined up on both sides, and all kinds of signboards and banners are hung.

Hawkers shouted and sold clay figurines, sweets, calligraphy and paintings...... There are also stalls that write letters and fortune-telling on behalf of others......

The bustling crowd of people, dressed in various colors and fabrics, some leisurely strolls, scholars with scholars, old people with children, soft sedan chairs, horse-drawn carriages......

This capital is a thriving scene and very lively.

All this is fresh in Ji Xia's eyes, he is used to seeing all kinds of skyscrapers carved out of a mold in later generations, the workplace elites in suits and leather shoes but expressionless faces, the streets and alleys of this era, and the endless stream of pedestrians, look so calm and peaceful.

Ji Xia's eyes kept looking east and west, this was the first time she wandered around the streets of the ancient capital, and she was full of curiosity about everything.

Eventually, her eyes fell on a shop selling sweets and pastries. Ji Xia remembered that Xue Dabao brought him a lot of food when he was apprenticed, and couldn't help but smile, thinking that it was rare to come to the capital, but he had to bring some delicious food back to that "foodie"!

The guy at the candy and pastry shop saw that Ji Xia was dressed plainly but had an extraordinary temperament, so he hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him warmly.

"This girl, please. The small shop has the newly arrived hemp halva from Lu County, the dragon whisker candy from Hang County, the jujube paste roll from Su County, the coconut crisp from Guangzhou, the pea cake from Huxian County, and the dried cheese from the outside of the Saiwai area. What do you think you need to buy? ”

This guy is quite slippery, and a series of witty remarks are like counting treasures, and he doesn't have any gasp.

Ji Xia's eyes turned around in the store, and he said with a smile: "What you just said, put half a catty on me." ”

Ji Xia, who was carrying a few bags of candy in her hand, stepped out of the door, planning to go to a few famous snack shops to buy some snacks for Dabao to take back before returning to Taoyuan County.

But her smile quickly froze.

On a noisy street corner, under a colorful banner, there was a girl kneeling there.

He was about 14 or 5 years old, and his body was thin, like a flower trembling in the bleak autumn wind and might wither at any time.

On his feet he was wearing a pair of shoes made of worn-out hemp rope, and the soles of his feet were so worn out that they were black soles.

Her hair was dry and yellow, and a few strands of hair were entangled together, covering most of her face, and through her hair, Ji Xia saw that her face was rarely bloody, and her lips were chapped and white.

She knelt quietly on the cold ground.

In front of him stood a wooden sign, on which were crookedly engraved with a knife: Sell yourself to bury your father.

No one paid attention to her. The leisurely, affluent people passed by her and did not even look at her.

Only Ji Xia.

With a short glance, she saw the other side of the capital, and secretly sighed that the joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same. Even under the feet of the calm and peaceful Son of Heaven, there is a trace of corner that cannot be illuminated.

I was thinking about stepping forward to help, but I heard a young man rushing out of the shop next to the girl and shouting at her: "Get out of here, don't kneel in front of my store!" It's so unlucky! ”

As he spoke, he angrily kicked over the sign that the girl was erecting.

"You kneel here like this, how else can I do business? Hurry up and get out of ...... If you don't get out, I'll kick you to death believe it or not! ”

"You kick her? I'll go to the government and sue you for deliberately hurting people! ”

Suddenly, an angry voice stopped the man's movements, and he froze in place.

He turned back and saw a girl looking at him with unkind eyes. Rao is eyes were not good, and he didn't want to put this weak woman in his eyes, so he said angrily: "Hey, I said, this girl, don't be nosy!" ”

"Then you can't talk well! What are you kicking her brand for! She's kneeling down to hers, what's in your way! ”

"This ...... This girl is kneeling at my door, still wearing filial piety, it is really unlucky, the guests have bypassed her when they see her, how can I do business! ”

In fact, Ji Xia also knew that she didn't take much of it, but she felt sorry for this girl and couldn't help but want to help her.

was driven out of the funeral of her father at the door of someone's store, she understood. But she just couldn't get used to the young man's condescending posture, arrogant eyes, and indifferent face.

Ji Xia walked towards him step by step with a few bags of candy and pastries, glaring angrily.

"Everyone has a time of difficulty! If you don't help, forget it, and kill her! ”

The young man was frightened by Ji Xia's cold eyes, and his face was instantly covered with sweat.

Seeing that he was obviously not a good stubble, he secretly said in his heart: bad luck, he didn't want to be entangled any more, so he said peacefully: "Yes, yes, yes." ”

He turned his head and said to the girl who was kneeling on the ground: "Then please leave the door of my shop and kneel in another place!" Done! ”

With that, he turned and walked into the store.