attack stream of life

In mid-August, Lili should cool down, but it is still very hot at this time of year, so there are no people on the street. Everyone prefers to hide in the shade and drink herbal tea. As long as you build a pergola, there will be business.Qingchuan walked all the way through the alleys, from the south of the city to the north of the city. This is a commercial area with many inns and shops.Those who couldn't afford to rent shops looked for places to set up stalls on both sides. Most of the good places were occupied by people for a long time, and only some inconspicuous corners were still vacant.

This year is the year of the imperial examination, and there are many students gathered in those inns who study and take the exam here. They are all scholars, and if they pass the exam, they will be candidates.Qingchuan knew at a glance who were scholars, most of them were dressed very decently, and the materials were made of fine cotton or silk-cotton blend, which was much better than Qingchuan's burlap at first glance, without patches, and the color was bright.He still holds books, fans, etc. in his hand. His skin is fair and delicate, and his expression is slightly reserved. At first glance, he has not suffered the hardships of life or the fatigue of life.

Reading is not something that children from poor families can persist in. A year of training alone can overwhelm a peasant family. Adding in the cost of pens, ink, paper and inkstones and books, it is simply unaffordable.The admission rate of the imperial examination is so low, not many students are admitted to Tongsheng, let alone scholars and candidates.It is difficult to breed real dragons in shallow water. No matter how good a seedling is, if it is born in an ordinary family, it will be extremely difficult to pass the imperial examination.

When the original owner's father was still there, the family still had some assets. The original owner also spent two years of elementary school and learned a few words. Later, his father got sick and passed away, and the family collapsed. He didn't go to elementary school again, but followed him. A mason learns a craft.At any rate, learning a craft doesn't cost you two taels of silver a year, and you can save yourself a bite of food.

Qing Chuan found a herbal tea stand on the side of the road, a big bowl of herbal tea for a penny, and a free refill.If you want to drink something good, there are options such as mung bean soup and sour plum soup. The store also sells snacks such as fried soybeans and fried peanuts to pass the time.Because the price is not expensive, even if the pickers are tired from walking, they are willing to spend a penny to rest and cool off.

There are too many people here, and they are unwilling to leave immediately. It is inevitable that they will have to speak a few more words and gossip about all kinds of rumors and gossip that are popular nowadays.Although this herbal tea stall is small, it has all the internal organs. Qing Chuan glanced around, there were peddlers, coolies, bums wandering in the streets, some came from the countryside with mud spots on their legs, and there were also women who were not from good families at first glance.

Opposite Qingchuan is a pair of father and son, who are pushing a wheelbarrow with fruits and vegetables beside them. The image is very desolate. The father can use the same color cloth to make patches. The child is like a little beggar, with patches on his body. The feet are bare, and thick calluses have been worn out at a young age.

The faces of both of them were not very clean, as if they were sweating and wiped with a dirty cloth, there were smudges one after another, their teeth were yellow, their hair was greasy, their hands were covered with thick calluses, although they were separated from Qingchuan A distance away from the table, the strong smell of sweat can still be smelled.From this point of view, it can be seen that the working people at the bottom are poorer than Qingchuan's class.

The father and son asked for a bowl of tea, and the father drank it and the child drank it.Compared with the dull and numb father, this child is still a little agile, his eyes are turning around curiously, both longing and fearful.His eyes met Qing Chuan, he was startled, and immediately shrank back. It took him a long time to carefully raise his head to look at Qing Chuan, and smiled at him.

Qing Chuan also returned a smirk, he is tender now, with baby fat on his cheeks, and sweet dimples when he smiles.

The child seemed to be inspired, and laughed even more silly.

Qing Chuan fumbled from his sleeve, took out a few hard fruit candies from his secret pocket and put them in front of the child. These things were very cheap, and one point could buy two catties of hard fruit candies.He had eaten a few of them, which were made with concentrated syrup, and they were too sweet, but in this day and age, even this kind of cheap fruit candy is a rare luxury that makes people happy, right?

There were five candies in total, all square and wrapped in white oiled paper. The child looked at him and then at the candies on the table.

The child's father came to his senses and raised his hand subconsciously, "This, this..."

"The extra candy, give it to the children." Qing Chuan took out one himself, "here, eat it after you take it apart, it's really sweet." What he took apart was a lychee-flavored, translucent white, translucent. Like gemstones, it is sweet in the mouth, with the sweet fragrance of lychees, and one can be contained for half an hour.

Qing Chuan was enjoying his meal, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the expressions of the people at the next table were not right, "?" At this moment, a shadow fell on his head, Qing Chuan raised his head, and saw a young man wearing blue satin of the noble class walking towards him. In front of him, she made a bend and sat on the bench beside him, looking straight at him.

"???"

Behind the young man followed two burly men, the kind of strong men who can participate in fighting matches in modern times, they are all tall and burly, and they also looked at Qingchuan, feeling very oppressive.

Qing Chuan hesitated for a moment, he didn't know if it was an illusion, he always felt that this violent young man in front of him was actually begging for candy from him.

He couldn't help but take out another handful of candy from his sleeve, and gently placed it in front of the young man. He could clearly hear gasps from all around him, and the way he looked at him was like looking at someone molesting Godzilla. strong man.

But the young man just stretched out his hand, moved the candy one by one to his side with his slender fingers, put it away, nodded to Qingchuan, and left as inexplicably as when he came, and the two men behind him immediately caught up .

As soon as the three of them left, the small herbal tea stand became noisy and lively again as if the seal had been unlocked, no, it was even worse than before.

"That's it, isn't it?"

"The lunatic of the Jin family..." The person who spoke was covered with a hand.

"Shut up, don't want to kill yourself? I heard that he is already a first-class master, we..."

Qing Chuan couldn't understand what was said later, but he understood the words 'first-class master', blinking and blinking.There were many people nearby, so he drank the remaining sour plum soup in one gulp, stood up and waved to the children, then turned and left.

It was only when he reached a secluded and deserted place that Qing Chuan called out to the system in a low voice, "Is this a world of martial arts?"

"If you can't beat it, don't get meddled, stay away, and don't kill yourself." The system's counsel was fresh and refined, and its counsel was justified.

"The world of martial arts." Qing Chuan rubbed his chin, ready to move.But thinking of his fighting power of [-] goose, and this thin and thin body, he silently dispelled his eagerness to move.

Forget it, isn't it good to live?

In the evening, the clay figurines began to set up stalls one by one. Qing Chuan had a meal at the fly restaurant next door. Good guy, a bowl of noodles without meat costs thirteen yuan. He ate noodles and drank soup to support his stomach Take a walk and turn around a few stalls.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, everyone’s products are also related to the Mid-Autumn Festival. It’s just that most of the patterns produced are rough because they are not as easy to accept the further study and edification of art as modern people.There are also finely made ones, which are the craftsmanship of master masters, and generally do not appear on the stalls, but are placed in the store for consignment, or they have their own small shop, and the price is also very high, more than ten times that of the stall.

These clay figurines related to the Mid-Autumn Festival are relatively traditional in shape and pattern, and have been passed down from generation to generation. Few people break the tradition and innovate, and this industry does not encourage innovation very much. There will be less risk.The low-level craftsmen can't stand the risk at all. They don't have the family background, and they will capsize when a big wave comes.

After reading other people's works, Qingchuan had a solid foundation in his mind, felt very confident, and was very happy, humming along the way, holding an osmanthus flower in his hand, and the osmanthus flowers as thin as rice grains were clustered together, clustered together, hidden Behind the leaves, but the aroma is very strong.

He saw the sweet-scented osmanthus tree planted by the roadside. He didn't know whether it was domesticated or wild. As long as it bloomed, besides bees and butterflies, it could also attract many furry children. In the next pile, pick out the leaves that were brought down together, and carefully put the remaining osmanthus in your pocket.Those younger children who can't even climb trees pick up grains one by one on the ground with their buttocks pouted. Most of these children wear crotch pants, or simply wear a bellyband without pants. They played crazy all day, little butt It's also dark.

Qingchuan thought it was interesting, so he just watched from the sidelines until the sound of parents calling their children to eat came from the alley.

"If you like it so much, you can give birth to yourself." Seeing his reluctance, the system said.

"I will always worry about it after giving birth. Do you still want me to do the task? Besides, I can't take care of it well."

"It's not even born, how do you know it's not well taken care of?"

"Obvious things, okay?" Qing Chuan laughed, "It's impossible to have a baby, never possible."

After lunch on the second day, Qing Chuan came out with a cart, he came early, there were still a few empty seats, and there were wooden ornaments and small paper lanterns beside him.There are wooden blocks on the cart, which are stacked into three rows of steps. He took a piece of blue cotton cloth from the box, spread it on the cart, and pressed a few pebbles on both sides.

In the bottom row are miniature bunnies, about the size of a walnut.They sell for four pennies each, and buy three for ten pennies.

In the second row, there are big rabbits that are remade. The children have big fists. The rabbits often wear decorations such as a small flower, a small bow, a hat, gold ingots, and a pestle.This one will be a little more expensive, six yuan for one, and only ten yuan for two.

The third row is purely handcrafted boutiques, big and small, with different prices. The tallest old couples cost one or two taels of silver, and the lower bunny babies also cost half a bunch of money (fifty cash), and you can get a free gift if you buy two One of the following flip-flop rabbits.

The price of the model rabbit is not high, and the shape is also cute. If the child likes it, he can buy one if he is cruel. If there are many children in the family, he would like to buy three to take home and share them when he heard that there is a discount.There are also those who like big rabbits, and the ones with gold ingots and small flowers are the best sellers, and young girls also like them.

Qing Chuan sat on a small stool for an afternoon, and sold nearly two hundred of the model rabbits, all of which were bought in pairs.Even people in the small alleys are willing to buy one, no matter what, it is more affordable than a small paper lantern with a dozen coins on the side.If the clay dolls are well preserved, they will not go bad in a few years.

But the rabbit in the top row received the most inquiries and the fewest buyers. There were only eleven of them in total. In the end, only one was sold, which was the baby bunny holding the honey pot, with one ear sticking up. One ear is pulled back, and the chubby hand is holding a tiny wooden spoon.The family of three went out for a stroll, and the little girl liked it very much. This one looked like it had some money (tidy and clean clothes, wearing jewelry), so I bought it without bargaining.

There is no curfew in the city, so many people go out to hang out after dinner at dusk. It is cool and free at the moment, and most of them are grandfathers and grandchildren.The stall here in Qingchuan became popular all of a sudden. He brought a box of more than 500 rabbits. When he returned home, there were only a hundred left. The place where the rabbits were kept was full of copper coins.

When he got home, he took the red rope and stringed a hundred pieces, a little more than eleven.With just one day of hard work, I earned more than one or two dollars. Even if the previous effort is counted, it would only be more than a month.What's more, he has a lot of rabbit models, there are more than 2000, and they can be sold for two days.

According to the algorithm in my memory, as long as there are a few acres of land in the hands of farmers in the countryside, enough rations are left after paying the tax, and the rest can be sold for four or five taels, which is considered a very good income, which is enough for a family of five or six to live on. .Prices in the provincial capital are high, but 20 taels is almost enough for a family of six to chew for a year, and the monthly income is one tael, which is not bad among ordinary people in the market.

On the second day, Qingchuan came again, still in the same place, with those two neighbors on the side.The two little bosses took a rabbit clay figurine from Qingchuan yesterday, and they looked very good towards Qingchuan today. When there were not many people at noon, they sat and chatted under the shade of a tree.The seller of wooden hairpins also brought a couple of children by the side, saying that the daughter-in-law was sick and no one would take care of the children. Qingchuan saw that they were well-behaved, and stuffed them with sugar.

Yesterday Qingchuan was afraid of missing the time to buy things, so he didn't even eat dinner. Today he remembered his lesson and made two local sandwiches, cut two big steamed buns, sandwiched blanched vegetable leaves and fried eggs, and smeared with bacon sauce , Even if it is cold, it is delicious.Sure enough, it was right to make preparations. There are more people buying mud rabbits today than yesterday.

"This is the one! My rabbit is bought by his family."

Old customers came with new customers, and the new boy stood in front of the stall and carefully selected, holding a few copper coins in his hand, his eyes wide open.Although they are all rabbits from the same mold, Qingchuan paints the colors very casually, so each rabbit is different, children can only buy one, and it is often difficult to choose.

On the other hand, some adults said that they were for the children at home, and they didn’t really pick and choose. They just took it when they saw the different shapes.

Qingchuan was so busy that he couldn't even greet him by himself, so he sent the two children away, and another one was surrounded by the stall. Ten Wen, big rabbit six Wen, two ten Wen, rabbit dolls buy two and get a rabbit free, the shape is optional. This round appearance is only available in our family, and there is no other place. If you miss it, you have to wait until next year Mid-Autumn Festival, as long as it does not get wet, it can be stored for several years, you..."

A silver ingot was placed in front of him, seeing that there were twelve taels, Qing Chuan was stunned and raised his head.

Today, the young man dressed in moon-white satin and green gauze looked at him with lowered eyes. His facial features were originally pretty, but because of his slightly aggressive expression, he looked rebellious.He stretched out his pale fingers, and clicked on the bunnies he liked one by one, there were six of them.

Bunny has a special small box, the wooden box that Qingchuan bought specially, and each one is only a few pennies.He packed the baby bunny and was about to change money, but he saw that the man picked up the simple wooden box three times in each hand, turned around and left without saying a word, he was so cool that he had no friends.

Spend ten taels to buy a few clay puppets that add up to less than one tael?drink!Fat sheep.

As soon as this person left, the two small stall owners who had been avoiding him came up again, and looked at Qingchuan's silver ingots with some envious eyes.

"It's really generous to make a move. These people from the Jianghu... It's easy to get money, and it's easy to spend it. It's a pity that the young master of the Jin family is rich, powerful, and good-looking."

"What a pity? People in the Jianghu family have a lot of money. How dare you marry your daughter?"

The lantern seller sneered, and said in a low voice, "If you don't say anything else, just talk about Young Master Jin's mother..." He looked around and made sure there was no one there, and then continued, "Who in the provincial capital doesn't know, then Young Master Jin's father had gone wrong in his practice, and he went crazy and killed all the family members, including hundreds of people, old and young, and there was only one loyal servant who kept Young Master Jin's only seedling, and then that man left, I heard Now he is the number one expert in the world. Young Master Jin went crazy after witnessing all of this. Usually he looks fine, but when he becomes crazy, he doesn't recognize his relatives, just like his father."

'Click! '

Qing Chuan looked down at a little rabbit that he crushed.

Seeing that his expression was wrong, the wooden hairpin seller asked concerned, "What's wrong?"

Qing Chuan showed a slight smile, "It's really surprising."

"No, who wouldn't be shocked to hear that? Although it happened 20 years ago, I still get chills when I think about it. Sigh, you said that all these Jianghu people have good skills and are safe and sound. Is it impossible to live? You have to fight to the death, and it’s like going crazy when you hear that there are cheats one by one.”

The two little bosses were chatting lively, but Qing Chuan couldn't help looking at the direction the tall young man was leaving, playing with the broken rabbit in his hands for a long time in a daze.