Everything seems absurd, but it makes sense.

I became the second leader of the beggars. Looking at the wave after wave of support, my vanity overcame everything.

Bai Jingxing asked me, "Is there anything you want to say?"

I tried to recall what Bai Jingxing said at the Chaohu Martial Arts Conference that day. After thinking about it, there are only three sentences that can be used. I raised my voice and said, "First, it is strictly forbidden to fight privately; ”

I felt that I didn't know the bottom of my heart, and I didn't know if it was appropriate for me to say this, so I glanced at Bai Jingxing. He nodded to me in satisfaction. I was immediately full of confidence, raised my voice and shouted, "Three, wait until I think about it." ”

Bai Jingxing kicked me in the ass and scolded, "You little rabbit cub." ”

The elderly beggar came up to me and asked, "How dare you ask what the gang leader is called?"

My cheeks were hot, and I whispered, "Ji, Ji Danbing." ”

His reaction was different from anyone I'd ever seen before. When I finished reporting my name, he stared at me with a straight gaze, and instead of laughing, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Then, a mouth, saliva flowed out again.

Even so, I still named that beggar the first elder of the beggar gang to make up for Wang Chong's shortcomings. Because, in my heart, as long as people don't laugh at my name, they will make me subconsciously feel good.

When I returned to the Louqin Inn, it was already dawn.

Lou Qin and Li Xiaoqian were waiting for us to come back in the inn. As soon as he entered the door, Li Xiaoqian ran over to the vicious dog and asked, "How is it? Who is the new leader of the beggar gang?" ”

I said, "Me." ”

Li Xiaoqian said, "What are you?"

I said, "I'm the leader of the beggar gang!"

Li Xiaoqian jumped back and shouted, "Why?!"

Bai Jingxing walked in with a drink and said, "He saved the beggar gang and is the benefactor of the beggar gang." ”

Li Xiaoqian said angrily: "I also have a part in saving the beggars, why don't my predecessors let me be the leader of the beggar gang?"

Bai Jingxing smiled faintly, shook his head, and did not speak.

Lou Qin walked up to me and gently cupped my face with her gentle hand. I felt like a spring breeze on my cheeks, and a fire burned inside, and my whole body was hot.

She said, "Congratulations, little Dan Bing. ”

Li Xiaoqian was still not convinced that I was the leader of the beggar gang, he said: "With his IQ, it would be strange if he didn't bring down the beggar gang." ”

Bai Jingxing said: "With the old man here, it will be fine." ”

A warm feeling rose in my heart. However, I still don't understand why Bai Jingxing would push me to be the leader of the beggar gang. I still have lingering palpitations when I think of the process of being cheered and supported as the leader of the gang by seven or eight hundred beggars at the main altar of the beggar gang.

I asked Bai Jingxing, "Why me?"

Bai Jingxing didn't speak, he turned around and walked to the backyard. I felt very uncomfortable in my heart, and I always wanted to ask Bai Jingxing the reason.

So, I chased it out.

I continued to ask, "Why me?"

At this time, I realized that Bai Jingxing's old face was full of tiredness. His eyes were bloodshot, as if he hadn't slept for a long time. He looked at me, smiled faintly, and said, "Do you know why these people from the Beggar Gang get together and are used by the Jinren?"

I shook my head.

Bai Jingxing said: "Because they are living hard, but they want to live a good life." They share a common vision. ”

I said, "But I can't help them." ”

Bai Jingxing said: "I will help you." ”

I asked, "Why?"

Bai Jingxing said, "Because you ......" He suddenly shook his head and smiled faintly.

I said, "I think Li Xiaoqian is more suitable than me." "Because, he's smart and quick-witted, and he has more ideas than I do. Perhaps, he can really help those poor people out of their predicament.

Bai Jing walked. He landed on his feet and crossed the courtyard wall of the Louqin Inn. Before leaving, he left a sentence: "If the mind is not right, it cannot be used." ”

In the thirteenth year of Shaoxing, August Shuodan.

It has been less than five days since the scientific expedition. Students from all over the country who went to Beijing to take the exam poured into Lin'an Mansion like refugees.

And it's not just the numbers.

Rather, ragged.

Lou Qin said that every time there is a scientific examination, students from all over the world will come by trekking through mountains and rivers. Many of them come from poor families, but they still do everything they can for this glimmer of hope. The journey was hard, and many people were penniless when they arrived at Lin'an Mansion. Even, some people can't get to Lin'an at all.

She sighed: "Even if you enter the court, what can you do, but it is just to add a few shackles to yourself, it is better to be unruly all your life, debauchery in the rivers and lakes, and be at ease." ”

Li Xiaoqian said: "This is the siege of the city, the people in the city want to go out, and the people outside the city want to come in. ”

I said, "Then open the gates!"

With more and more students entering Beijing to take the exam, Louqin Inn ushered in a busyness that I had never seen before.

Lou Qin began to worry.

She felt pity for those students in her heart, not only did she not take the opportunity to raise the house price, but the price was very low. As a result, the people in the Louqin Inn rubbed shoulders one after another, lying on the counter in order to grab a room.

In order to grab a room. Students are starting to drive up house prices.

"I'll give you three taels of silver!"

"I'll pay three or two dollars!"

"I'll give you five taels of silver!"

"I'll pay five taels and one money!"

"Why do you always have an extra dollar than me?"

"One penny is enough, many are useless!"

The two began to argue.

Seeing that housing prices were rising, Li Xiaoqian gave a thumbs up and said, "Sister Lou, you are so clever!"

Lou Qin took a sip and said, "Hugh wants to talk nonsense." She tried her best to suppress the emotional students and said, "Our store will charge two taels of silver." Don't raise the price for yourself!"

Li Xiaoqian's eyes Lou Qin put the silver and didn't earn it, so he hurriedly raised his eyebrows and said, "Sister Lou, why do you ...... such a good opportunity?"

Lou Qin no longer bothered him. Li Xiaoqian had no choice but to give up.

However, there are more than 20 guest rooms in total, how can they accommodate 100 students in this room? Lou Qin's face showed embarrassment.

Li Xiaoqian suddenly smiled and said, "Sister Lou, I have an idea." ”

Lou Qin asked, "What's the idea?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "Let's make some bunk beds. This way you can arrange them all. ”

Lou Qin was puzzled: "What is a bunk bed?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "Two beds, one on top and one on the bottom, are stacked together. He gestured, but it was still very puzzling.

Li Xiaoqian saw that we were all at a loss, so he simply took a piece of paper, drew a picture, pushed it in front of our faces, and said, "That's what it looks like!"

Lou Qin clapped her hands and exclaimed, "It's really a good idea." ”

She took Li Xiaoqian's drawings and found more than a dozen carpenters in Lin'an Mansion, and finally placed more than 50 bunk beds in more than 20 rooms in Louqin Inn before dark.

Lou Qin's face showed a long-lost joy.

Li Xiaoqian counted them one by one, his eyebrows fluttering, and he was overjoyed. He said, "Now you can make a fortune, two taels of silver for a bed." That's more than a hundred taels of silver on this day!"

Lou Qin said: "Two bunk beds in a room, originally cost two taels of silver, but now you can charge five yuan." ”

Li Xiaoqian shouted: "What?! It cost more than 30 taels to make these beds!"

Lou Qin didn't respond to him and left with a smile.

Due to the large number of students moving in, Li Xiaoqian and I could only live with two other students.

Li Xiaoqian lives above me.

I lay underneath him.

There are still four days left before the scientific expedition. Lu You still didn't appear. I asked Li Xiaoqian, "When will Lu You come?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "Maybe tomorrow." ”

I asked, "Tomorrow?"

Li Xiaoqian said again: "Maybe it's the day after tomorrow." ”

I felt him teasing me again, and I raised my foot and kicked him hard at the bed.

"Bang". Li Xiaoqian cried. Seeing him cover his head and cry, I panicked. I asked him, "What's wrong with you?"

Li Xiaoqian sobbed and said, "In the past, I used to sleep on the top bunk at school!"

It turned out that he couldn't let go of that incident in his heart. He was missing the home he couldn't go back to.

Lying on the bed, listening to Li Xiaoqian's sad whimper, I suddenly felt envious. He has a home to remember, but where is my home?

Suddenly, I thought of the beggars again, and I felt a heavy burden on my shoulders. What can be done so that they can live a stable life and stop being beggars?

Can I really do it?

Will Bai Jingxing really help me?