Chapter 132 Beggar

The sun sets over the mountainside, and golden light fills the earth.

The breeze brought a cool breeze, and the group of people who went out to sell tofu came back one after another.

It's another sold-out day, but today's time is much later than yesterday.

Qin Fangci collected the money on credit. After everyone sold out today, the most profitable one could earn more than 140 coins, and the least profitable one could get by the Ma brothers was around 100 coins.

After deducting the cost, Qin Fangci still had six or seven hundred coins left.

If the business continues like this, she can earn more than ten taels of silver a month.

Qin Fangci registered the amount of tofu needed for the next day and went back to bed early.

In the yard, Li Laoer and Yuan Shi brought three women and two men they had hired to clean the pigs.

After negotiating the business with the Xu family, Li Laoer went back to the town to find Yu the butcher and had to slaughter a pig for him today.

The next one was delivered the next day.

Maybe four or five pigs.

After delivering the extra money to Yu the butcher, he hurried back because the pig to be slaughtered tomorrow was waiting for him to see.

This business deal with the Li family was a really good one. Just the pigs sent during this period made him a small profit of more than one or two taels. If this trend continues, he will make more than ten taels this year. He can build two more houses at home before the New Year and find a wife for his son next year.

Speaking of marriage, Li Yulan was currently surrounded by several sisters-in-law.

One of the elder sisters-in-law was talking about the village where she attended a wedding two days ago, and the topic turned to Li Yulan.

"Yulan, you're not young anymore. Your mother is busy with business all day long and doesn't have time to arrange a marriage for you, right? Sister-in-law wants to tell you that I have a nephew from my mother's family. I went back to attend his wedding the other day. My nephew is about your age and looks so good..."

"Go away, we don't even know your nephew yet. You've arranged so many marriages for him, but he still hasn't found a wife. How can he be a good match for our Yulan?"

Sister He interrupted Sister Liu, "Niece Yulan, don't listen to her nonsense. Your family is getting more and more powerful now. The land allocated to your family by the village chief is already a large piece. You should go to the county town and find a man with a big house to marry into. There will be people to take care of you when you eat, drink, defecate and urinate. That's how good life will be!"

Li Yulan's lips finally curled up. "You're the one who can say that, Sister He. But I don't want to get married yet. My mother said that the family is busy right now, and if I get married, there will be one less person in the family. She said that now that the family's days are numbered, she can support me for a few more years, so that I can stay at home and earn some money, and live a comfortable life for a few more years."

He Ersao's eyes rolled, and she came forward with a smile, "Yulan, I heard that your mother pays you for your work every day. How much do you get a day? How much do you earn now?"

The news of the Li family giving out money spread throughout the village after Wang's mother spread it. At first, the villagers thought the Li family was stupid, but later they saw that everyone in the Li family was rosy with food, and even the thinnest girls had become plump, and they felt...

If we can feed them, it doesn’t matter whether we have money or not!

Today, the Li family seems to have grown wings and is no longer comparable to the people in Liantang Village.

All the wives in the village are envious...

I just regret that the Li family has few sons.

You are talking about Li Baisong!

That was the county magistrate's beloved junior brother, who had been brought to live in the county. That was something they could not even imagine.

Families whose daughters are about the same age as Li Baisong regret that they did not arrange a marriage for their daughters and Li Baisong earlier.

It would be better to settle it early. In a year or two, when Li Baisong is sixteen or seventeen years old, it will be just the right time to marry my daughter into the family. How perfect!

There's no point saying more regrets now.

Li Baisong, who is being missed by everyone, is now pretending to be a beggar with Pan He.

An old beggar and a young beggar, dirty and smelly, squatted together in the corner of the alley.

After Qin Fangci left for a few days, Li Baisong became a beggar for a few days.

In Pan He's words, it is to experience life.

Continue what he originally wanted to do.

When someone came, he would push the broken bowl around. When no one came, Pan He would shake his head and talk to Li Baisong about knowledge.

The days seem leisurely and comfortable.

Li Baisong was very busy.

The real beggars were huddled in the dilapidated temple and snoring early in the morning.

Li Baisong got up before dawn and followed Pan He to practice physical training. After the first day of teaching, Pan He lay in a recliner, covered with a blanket, and opened his eyes from time to time to look at Li Baisong.

When Li Baisong was sweating profusely after training, Pan He stretched himself, rubbed his arms and legs, and complained about the pain in his back and waist, saying that his old bones were tired.

Starting from the next day, Li Baisong started exercising in the yard by himself.

When Deng Wenyan was not busy, he would bring Changquan with him to listen to the teacher's teachings, and practice boxing with Li Baisong.

After the morning exercise, Deng Wenyan went to the yamen to work. It was already bright outside. Li Baisong washed up and went to the window to practice calligraphy.

The calligraphy copybook was Pan He's, and Li Baisong had to copy it for an hour and a half every morning.

First practice for half an hour, then have breakfast and practice for another half an hour.

After practicing calligraphy, Pan He took him into the study and asked Li Baisong to recite the content to be learned today from the book. The master and apprentice began to ask and answer questions quickly.

The content is what I learned before, it is not fixed and it is just what I learned yesterday.

Li Baisong couldn't answer, so he had to write a big character on a piece of paper as punishment when he came back in the evening.

After lunch, there was a quarter-hour nap. After the nap, the master and disciple changed their clothes and went out.

Start half a day of beggar life.

This corner was occupied by the two of them, and there were other beggars coming over.

If other beggars came over, the patrolling yamen runners would drive them away.

If it were just Pan He and Li Baisong, the yamen runners would not chase them away.

The other beggars were all stunned by the look.

Beggars are people with a keen sense of touch. After this happened twice, they knew that these two people were not easy to deal with.

He gave up this corner very simply.

I just watched from a distance in other alleys.

I've been a beggar for so many years, but I've never seen anything so strange.

Pan He in the corner yawned, sat up and stretched.

"Grandpa, are you awake?" Li Baisong skillfully picked up the broken bowl and handed it over. "I have a penny today."

This was the second time they had asked for money.

Pan He put the money in his arms and sighed softly, "What a poor place."

"Let's go back. Come, give me a hand. I can't get up. The ground is so hard. Bring me another ball of grass tomorrow."

The straw ball Pan He mentioned was made of rags stuffed with straw. Occasionally, the straw would pop out from the gaps in the rags and be very prickly.

"Understood, sir."

The two men walked deeper into the alley, and a beggar quietly got up and followed them, wanting to find out their background. The beggars' information was always very accurate.

But Gou Zi and his men had been following them for several days, but they still couldn't find out where the old and the young beggars came from.

It's like it came out of nowhere, just like now...