The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

As soon as the hand holding her was released, the little thief ran away, but before he could get out, he was grabbed by the collar.

"What's going on?" Zhao Xiangyi grabbed the thief by the collar, grabbed him, and asked.

"This kid dares to bite someone after stealing something. Return the jade pendant." Li Wen asked the little thief if he wanted the things back. Isn't the little thief too arrogant these days!If he was caught stealing something on the spot, he would still bite him. Fortunately, he retracted his hand quickly, otherwise, he might lose a piece of meat if he bites down.

"Bring it." Zhao Xiangyi stretched out his hand, looking at the person with a pair of sharp eyes, making people dare not refuse. The thief returned the jade pendant he was holding.Zhao Xiangyi took the jade pendant and gave it to Li Wen. Li Wen returned the jade pendant to Lu Zhishu and said to Zhao Xiangyi, "Forget it, let him go."

"If you don't learn well at a young age, if you walk too much at night, accidents will happen. You met us today. If you meet someone else, your legs may be broken." Li Wen looked at the other party. It's just about ten years old, the clothes on his body are all patches, and his small face is so sloppy that he can't tell what he looks like.

It's just a poor kid, and he didn't intend to embarrass him, so he asked Zhao Xiangyi to let him go.

Hearing this, Zhao Xiangyi let go of his hand.

The little thief pursed her lips and glanced at the young man who had let her go, then got into the crowd and disappeared in a flash.

There was such a little episode on the road, but it didn't affect their interest in shopping.

There were jugglers on the street, Li Wen pulled Lu Zhishu and stood by to watch for a while, then clapped and shouted with the onlookers, and then went out after paying some money.Just passing by a cloth shop, Li Wen turned around and said, "Let's go in and have a look inside." He went inside, and several people behind him followed him.

"Please come in please come in."

"What kind of cloth do you want to buy, young master? This is a batch of silk materials that have just arrived in our store. There are several colors and styles. Let's see if you like it, young master." Recommending some good cloths, he said, "Our new batch of materials is selling well, and the customers who come into the store like to buy them."

Li Wen reached out to touch the material, nodded and said, "It's not bad, it's quite slippery."

But he didn't come to buy cloth today. Li Wen took a glance and saw the green cloth next to him. He stretched out his hand to touch it, and he was sure about the green cloth from the workshop. He asked, "The shopkeeper Yes, how do you sell this cloth?"

"The cloth the young master brought is cheap." The shopkeeper quoted a price, seeing the young master's attire in front of him, the shopkeeper quoted a few cents more than the usual quotation.

"Are these cloths from your local area, or from other places?" Li Wen nodded. The transportation costs, manpower and material resources on the way from Nanyang to here are combined. It is reasonable to set this price, but it is already cheaper than theirs. The original price was several times higher.

"Oh, these green cloths are all brought in from other places. We don't have any here yet." The shopkeeper saw that the price of these cloths was cheap, so he bought a batch of goods. Not long after they were put on the shelves, half of them were sold out. When someone brings this kind of cloth over next time, he plans to buy another batch.

The width and length of these blue cloths are larger than ordinary cloths, and the price is cheaper than ordinary cloths. It's just that the material is rough, but it is better than thick.

"Young master, the raw material of the green cloth you used is not suitable for you to make clothes. Young master, look at these over here. The material is smoother than those cloths. It's perfect for summer." The shopkeeper He is strongly recommending those silk cloths just now. These silk cloths are expensive and the price is expensive, so naturally he can make more money.

Li Wen asked a few words, and learned from the shopkeeper that these cloths were all from other places, presumably only Nanyang produced this kind of cloth at present, and there were no other places.This kind of blue cloth is more popular among ordinary people because of its cheaper price.

After asking for a long time in other people's stores, he would be a little embarrassed if he didn't buy anything, so Li Wen asked, "Well, it's good, do you have ready-made clothes in your store?" Generally, cloth shops in large towns There are only ready-made clothes for sale, and cloth shops in small places sell only cloth, and there are very few ready-made clothes for sale.

However, because Yuancheng is still a relatively large town, there are ready-made clothes for sale in this cloth shop.

When the shopkeeper heard the young master asking Tai Yi, he smiled and said, "Yes, yes, please come upstairs, young master."

When they walked out of the cloth shop, each of them bought a suit of ready-made clothes.

It was already noon now, and they found a place in the city to have a meal before going back to the inn where they were staying.This time in the afternoon is the sleepiest time for people. After eating outside, Li Wen just wanted to go back to his room and take a nap.

"Boss, do you want me to deal with it?" Xie Yunfei asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry about it." Zhao Xiangyi had long since discovered that there was someone following them all the way, but he was just a little beggar. In his eyes, he was no different from ants on the ground. He didn't take such a small thing seriously.

"Yes." Xie Yunfei glanced back from the corner of his eyes, and withdrew his gaze.

The little beggar who followed thought that no one had noticed her, so she followed outside an inn, and saw a group of people walking in front entered the inn, she took a look outside, and found a place to hide.

They stayed in Yuancheng for a day, and everyone got up the next morning, had breakfast in the inn, prepared some dry food, and was ready to set off.

"Get ready to go, everyone take your things."

"Let's go."

The carriage has already parked outside. Although the bumpy ride in the carriage is uncomfortable, but because he doesn't ride a horse often, the skin on the inner wall of his thighs will be worn out after a longer ride. Li Wen had no choice but to give up riding and be obedient. back in the carriage.

Just as he was about to get into the carriage, he was startled by a small figure jumping out from the side.

"Who are you?" Zhang Mingyu was the first to react, and blocked the little beggar who appeared out of nowhere with the sword in his hand.

"Young master, take me with you, I want to follow you." The little beggar waited outside the inn all night, and finally saw the little master who released her yesterday.

The little beggar has been wandering on the streets since she was young, and she has lived so long by begging for food. She has no family and friends, and she doesn't even know who her parents are.When the little beggar was a little older, she learned to steal from the beggars older than her, and lived on petty theft in the streets on weekdays, exchanging the stolen things for money.

Yesterday they were caught stealing on the street, and her accomplice who was stealing with her left her and ran away, and she was caught alone.At that time, she thought she was going to be sent to the government, arrested and imprisoned, but she didn't expect the other party to let her go.

Later, when she saw them eating in the restaurant, she followed them all the way to this inn.She couldn't get in the inn, so she just stood guard outside the inn all night. The little beggar didn't know why she guarded here, so she just waited here all night.

The little beggar didn't run out until this morning when he saw them coming out and was about to leave.

"Little... small, boy, why are you here?" Isn't this the thief who stole their things yesterday?Why did he come here and said he wanted to go with them, Li Wen's brain came to his senses.

"Young master, I want to follow you." The little beggar had a dirty little face and a pair of beautiful eyes.

"You want to go with us? Do you know who we are? We just follow people casually." Li Wen couldn't help laughing, and asked, "Aren't you afraid that we are bad people and sold you out? Exchange money?"

"You are a good person." The little beggar said anxiously.

"Well, even if we are good people, we can't take you away casually, right? If you want to follow us, does it have anything to do with whether we are good people?" The little beggar came to the door and wanted to follow them.

He is really a simple child, and he is not afraid of being abducted and sold, so he will open his mouth and follow others casually

Zhao Xiangyi got on his horse, glanced at the little beggar lightly, and then looked away.

"Boy, go back to your parents. If you disappear, they will be very sad. We are leaving, so don't follow us." Li Wen didn't know where this child came from, so he wanted to If you follow them, you won't be afraid that if you disappear, your family will worry about him.

It's not a kid who says to follow them, they can take people away casually0

Li Wen got into the carriage, persuaded the little beggar to go home, and said to the coachman outside, "Let's go." He didn't know that the little beggar had no family, otherwise he wouldn't have told him to go back to his parents This kind of words around me.

"set off!"

The man on horseback made a gesture, and Zhao Xiangyi turned his horse around and walked in the front.

The little beggar stood where she was, watching the carriage pass in front of her, her eyes were red.

Gritting his teeth, the little beggar was heartbroken and followed.

The city gate opened early in the morning, and there were many caravans and people lining up at the city gate, waiting to leave or enter the city, and their chariots and horses left the city smoothly.The clever little beggar mixed in with the crowd and got out too.

As soon as they got out of the city, the carriage picked up quickly. Li Wen and Lu Zhishu who were sitting in the carriage didn't know that someone was following them.Zhao Xiangyi and Xie Yunfei who were riding on horseback knew that someone was following them,

It's just that they have no intention of taking the little beggar away

"Brother Yunfei, that little beggar is still following us, aren't we?" Zhang Mingyu glanced back, feeling a little unbearable.

Seeing that the carriage in front was going farther and farther, the little beggar running behind was about to be unable to catch up. The little beggar fell hard and fell to the ground. The little beggar got up from the ground and continued to chase forward.

But no matter how hard she tried, the two-legged horse could not catch up with the four-legged horse, and fell far behind. The carriage and horse in front went further and further until they could not be seen...

Big tears fell down and fell to the ground...

"Da da da……''

A horse turned its head, and the man on the horse ran towards the little beggar, "Yi!" Zhang Mingyu reined in the horse rope, saw the little beggar whose legs were covered in blood, and cursed, "Trouble!" little things."

"Let's go, don't you want to follow us?" Zhang Mingyu stretched out his hand to the little beggar and said.

The little beggar's eyes were stained with tears, and they looked even brighter. The little beggar reached out and grabbed the hand that was offered, and then sat on the horse's back.

"Drive..." After picking up the little beggar, Zhang Mingyu rode a horse to catch up with the convoy ahead, but when he returned, there was a half-grown child in front of him.

Zhao Xiangyi found out that Zhang Mingyu had brought a child back, but he didn't say anything.

When they stopped to rest in the middle, Li Wen was still a little surprised when he saw the little beggar in the line, and asked, "Who brought this child?" When you see him, go to him and get 3

When Lu Zhishu saw the little beggar who appeared here, he also couldn't understand why he appeared here.

"Master." The little beggar stared at Li Wen with a pair of eyes, a pair of eyes shining brightly.

Li Tong, who was following their young master, watched the little beggar who appeared out of nowhere with a pair of eyes warily, for fear that the little beggar would do something unfavorable to his young master.

"Yes, I brought the man here." Zhang Mingyu touched his feet, and he was the one who took the initiative to become Ren. He couldn't bear to see the child running after him, so he rode back and took the man away. Picking it up, Zhang Mingyu said, "I have already asked him just now, he has no parents or other relatives, so let's take him in."

"What's your name?" Li Wen glanced at Zhang Mingyu, and there was nothing he could do to blame him.Li Wen turned to look at the child in front of him, and asked 3

"I, my name is Xiaoyue." The little beggar was named by the old beggar. The old beggar was gone when she was seven years old. After the old beggar died, she was alone.As long as she can remember, she has been begging in the street with the old beggars, living off the food she begged for.

The old beggar who brought her up was the only one who knew that she was a girl. The old beggar told her not to let others know that she was a girl, or she would be sold to Yilou as a prostitute.Xiaoyue knows that being a prostitute is not a good thing, she would rather be a beggar on the street than a prostitute in a brothel to accompany those men.

So until now, the accomplices who were thieves with Xiaoyue on that street did not know that she was a girl.In addition, Xiaoyue has always been dressed like a kid, her face is always dirty, and no one has seen her face, so naturally those friends don't know that she is a girl.

But can she let the young master know that she is a little girl?Or don't tell the little boy?Xiaoyue was a little tangled in her heart.

"How old are you, are you alone? What about your parents?" Li Wen asked.

Xiaoyue shook her head, she didn't know, she didn't know how old she was, and she didn't know where her parents went, why she wasn't wanted.

Li Wen asked a few more questions. Seeing that the child didn't know where he came from, Li Wen had a headache, so he had to say, "Forget it, follow if you want. Boy, what do you want?" Xiaoyue gets something to eat.

"Yes, young master Li Tong went to bring food and water for Xiaoyue.

They rested for a while on the road, and after eating dry food, they continued on the road.