In the capital city of Daliang, there are as many powerful and wealthy people as clouds, and there are countless wealthy families.

Even the beggars here are richer than those elsewhere.

But it has to be local!

Even if you want to beg for food, you must have a household registration in the capital, and you must have an acquaintance to act as a guarantor and sign a document to prove that you will not do anything bad before you can find a place to beg.

The household registration in the capital can only be obtained if you own a house. If your elders have household registration, then you will have it too.

If you don’t have such elders, you must have a house, and you must buy it, definitely not rent it, so that you can get your household registration.

If you don’t have a household registration, you won’t be able to find a decent job even if you have an acquaintance to guarantee you.

But the old Fu family has none of these.

So early in the morning, the three brothers Fu Dabai chose to bring Dalang, Erlang and Lao Futou to the dock to help people move luggage and carry heavy bags, doing this kind of hard work that does not require household registration documents to make money.

Old Mrs. Yang took a few of her daughters-in-law to look for places like embroidery shops and silk stores, hoping to get some work embroidering handkerchiefs and purses.

The strong and brave Wulang and Liulang took the initiative to take on the task of cleaning the house.

Rabbit, Yuan, Xingzi and Niu Wa started washing the dirty clothes.

By the time we finished tidying up the clothes and the house, it was already noon and the adults had not returned yet.

Several boys squatted in the garden in the backyard, holding a wooden stick and rewriting the words they had learned on the way.

Yuan and the others wanted to go out and take a look, but Rabbit was devastated by his appearance along the way and didn't want to go out at this moment.

In the end, only Yuan, Xingzi and Niu Wa said goodbye to their brothers and sisters and went out. Rabbit told them listlessly not to run too far, then went back to the house with a sad face and huddled down.

Yuan and the others were obedient and just walked around nearby.

This place is located at the end of the alley and you will reach the main street, where there are all kinds of food shops.

The prices of food here are the same as elsewhere, but these poor kids can't even come up with a penny, so naturally they can't have any of the food.

You can only watch for fun and silently drool over the taste.

I walked north along the street and vaguely heard the sound of reading nearby. Since I had nothing to do, a few of us followed the sound and went into an alley.

After turning a few corners, I found the place, a garden with white walls and green tiles. Some vines that I couldn't tell what they were were sticking out from the yard and hanging on the wall. It was winter and they were all dead, so it was hard to tell what they were.

There are two black wooden doors, and the small eaves above the doors are covered with green tiles that also look new.

The door was open at this moment, and the sound of reading came from inside. The kids wanted to go in and see what was going on, but they were a little embarrassed. They stood at the door and listened for a while. They were also reciting the Thousand Character Classic.

Reading:

“Misfortunes come from the accumulation of evil, and blessings come from the celebration of good.

A foot-long jade is not a treasure, but an inch of time is worth competing for."

The general meaning is that disasters are caused by the accumulation of evil deeds, and good fortune is the reward for doing good deeds. A jade disk that is one foot long is not a real treasure, but an inch of time is worth fighting for.

My aunt once told Yuan that good fortune never comes without reason, and misfortune never comes without warning.

Neither happiness nor disaster comes suddenly without reason.

A Yuan deeply agreed with this, but to this day, Fu Bao, the evildoer who caused them so much harm, is still at large, and no one knows whether he has received retribution.

But they are still unlucky. Yuan wants to do some good deeds to accumulate rewards from heaven, but he also needs money to do so.

When the family quietly left the dilapidated temple where Mantou Baozi lived, the second grandfather (Eunuch Qian) and the fourth uncle (Qin Mingyi) said to them:

When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace.

When you are still hungry and cold, all those messy moral rules and human kindness are bullshit. If you can't live a good life, abiding by them will only make your life worse.

However, many people who are immoral and unscrupulous actually live a better life. Only when they live a good life will they abide by the rules of this world and know propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame.

From this we can conclude that sometimes we do whatever it takes just to be able to do good things in the future!

And eavesdropping is just a way for them to do whatever it takes, so eavesdropping is equivalent to doing a good thing!

This is what the teacher said to the kids after they were dragged out by their teacher who couldn't help but sneak in to eavesdrop.

Then, Xingzi Niuwa was picked up by his teacher and thrown out of the door. Yuan dodged flexibly and ran out by himself.

The teacher chased away the students who were watching the fun behind him, pointed at the child who was not justified but still arrogant, and cursed after a long while of anger:

"Who is your teacher? Find him here! I want to ask him how he taught you! You are full of sophistry and fallacy! Isn't this misleading the students?"

Yuan, standing with his hands on his hips in front of the already scared Xingzi Niuwa, said:

When the children heard that he was looking for someone to settle a score with, they all backed away timidly and dared not say a word.

Mr. Chen was still angry: "You don't want to tell me! Come on, I'll take you to look for it one by one. There are only a few teachers in Changlefang!

Mr. Liu, Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Xu, they can't escape!"

A Yuanxin suddenly started to run, but he was too close and was grabbed by the back of the neck.

The short-legged Niuwa was also late, only Xingzi ran to the entrance of the alley, realized something was wrong, and looked back at the two of them.

Mr. Chen held a child in each hand and shouted angrily, "You! That little girl! Come back here!"

Xingzi shrank her neck and ran even faster, before she could think about shouting:

"You can do it! Hold on! I will definitely find someone to rescue you!"

A Yuan stretched out his hand sadly: "I can't, come back soon!"

Niu Wa cried, "You are still my biological sister! Do you have any sense of loyalty at all?"

Mr. Chen was almost amused:

"That's enough! Stop yelling! You guys are really quick at learning how to judge the situation and run away when the opportunity arises!

What nonsense is your teacher teaching you? You even eavesdropped. Didn't he tell you that eavesdropping is a taboo?"

Ah Yuan smiled awkwardly and looked up at him:

"Just, is it possible that we don't have a sir?"

Mr. Chen said sternly, "How dare you lie! Don't think you can fool me by dressing like this! How can you read without me?"

Niu Wa: "My Second Grandfather and Uncle Si Gou taught me!"

Mr. Chen still wasn't ready to let them go:

"Then take me to find them!"

Yuan said with a bitter face: "They are not here, and we don't know where they are!"

Mr. Chen got even angrier, his beard was flying:

"You guys think you're invincible, right? Then take me to find your parents! I want to have a good talk with them about how to educate children!

Don't say you're not here! I'll find you! You two kids, you think you can get away with your cleverness!

If you want to learn, then learn well. It's not nice to eavesdrop secretly and then try to argue your way out of the crime after being caught! "

Yuan muttered: "He looks poor, what else can he be like!"

Mr. Chen also had good ears, and he immediately cursed:

"What nonsense! Since ancient times, how many poor students have gone through so much trouble to study, and their families have tightened their belts to support them!

Having no money is not an excuse. Beg, earn, work instead of tuition, borrow money, there are countless ways to study if you really want to.

I just asked you to eavesdrop. Even if you were caught, you should apologize sincerely. Look at what you look like!

You dare to learn by stealing just because you have some cleverness! Is that how you can learn those principles? !

Do you know your level and where to start? What can you learn if you hear a lot of things here and there? What can you learn?

If I go out with such a half-baked level of skills, wouldn't it be embarrassing and disgraceful?

What will people say then? They will only say that it is because your teacher did not teach you well and your parents neglected to discipline you!

But the master you eavesdropped on didn't even know when he accepted you two evil disciples, and his reputation was damaged for no reason! Do you think this is reasonable? ! "

"outrageous!"

A Yuan, Niu Wa answered obediently with tears in his eyes after being scolded by him, and then he dared not say a word, let alone say that they just wanted to watch the fun and had no intention of eavesdropping at all.

They had a feeling that such words would make the old man even angrier!

Mr. Chen took the two of them back to the school and let all the students in the room finish school first. Then he locked the door and took the two children away.

Yuan and the others wanted to run away but couldn't. They took him home but the door was locked and no one was there.

Facing the look Mr. Chen gave to the little liar, the three of them stared at each other for a long time. The two kids didn't know where their grandmother and mother had gone, but they remembered where their fathers had gone in the morning.

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