Liu Ximing and Li Biao stood at the entrance of the long street behind the government office with their backpacks on their backs. They were a little surprised when they looked at the long street that was busier than the market place. They thought it was close to the government office and the residential area of ​​the rich. Most of the shops on this street

Luxury goods such as silks and satins, clothing and hats, toys, calligraphy and paintings.

Most of the pedestrians on the street were dressed in relatively gorgeous clothes, and the worst were in fine cloth. The outfits of Liu Ximing and Liu Ximing seemed out of place.

"Poor guy, get out of the way!"

An unexpected voice came from behind, and then a pair of hands pushed Liu Ximing away from the street. Liu Ximing staggered and almost fell.

You! Liu Ximing turned around and glared at the visitor.

The man behind him was dressed in blue and black family clothes. He raised his head and snorted, then turned his head and nodded behind his back: "Please, sir."

A short middle-aged man wearing red silk gauze walked forward without looking at Liu Ximing.

Liu Ximing stood up and was about to argue, but he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him, and a crack of whip sounded in the sky. Liu Ximing was shocked in his heart, and subconsciously hid to the side, only to see a riding whip coming straight from him.

As he passed by, a horse and a green figure trotted past him. The two masters and servants in front did not escape, and they screamed and were knocked down to the street.

Liu Ximing escaped the disaster, but he was frightened in his heart, but also burst into anger. If he hadn't been drinking spiritual water recently, his body's reaction speed had greatly increased, he would have been whipped by a whip or hit by a horse just now.

Damn it, Liu Ximing was about to yell, but saw the knight glance back. When Liu Ximing saw the big red mandarin duck coat on the man, he was immediately frightened and took back the words he was about to say.

, I don’t know where these soldiers and horses are. What’s the emergency?

The knight neither stopped nor slowed down his horse, but kept running forward with a stare, obviously not taking Liu Ximing and the master and servant seriously.

The bustling long street suddenly became chaotic, with women's screams and children's cries everywhere. It wasn't until the knight left that everyone calmed down. Several pedestrians were knocked down but they dared not speak out in anger.

Li Biao was lucky. Perhaps because of his long-standing awareness of rich and poor, he stood on the street as soon as he entered the street and just escaped. Liu Ximing was still laughing at him in his heart before. How could he know that he was called such a special person?

Have a sense of crisis.

The pair of master and servant were even worse. They were lying on the ground and screaming. They were both covered in blood after being hit. Liu Ximing was silently relieved and half of his original anger was gone. Seeing that they were all victims, Liu Ximing

After thinking about it, he kindly went to help the rich man. Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man took a hard look and turned around and cursed: "Get away from me, poor man. You are such a killer, Kong Bo, why don't you come and help me!"

Liu Ximing was heartbroken and said angrily: "Anyone who insults others will be insulted. Old ghost, today is God's lesson for you!" Regardless of where he continued to curse, he turned around and pulled Li Biao away.

But my heart is extremely sad, what's wrong with this world?

Powerful people bully powerless people, rich people bully poor people, and poor people bully even poorer people. No one in the entire society feels safe, so the only thing they can do is to climb up and dominate.

More resources, resulting in a vicious cycle.

The key is that these people still enjoy it, and everyone takes it for granted. They really have been in the cesspit for a long time and don’t know the smell.

Just like this pair of master and servant, Liu Ximing can be sure that they will not think that being bullied by a powerful person is a big deal. On the contrary, being scolded by him may be regarded as a great shame and humiliation!

This is so different from the cute one in my heart!

After such a fuss, Liu Ximing no longer had much thoughts to wander around. He thought that he had made a lot of money today and had also negotiated a big restaurant client. The debt crisis should have been solved. Liu Chen appeared in front of him again.

Shi and Liu Xixian, Liu Xian's clothes were patched.

"Brother Biaozi, let's go buy some pieces of cloth and bring some food to Aunt Wu." Liu Ximing said to Li Biao.

Since there are shops selling silk and satin on this street, there should also be shops selling cloth. Liu Ximing and his wife didn't go far when they saw a cloth shop named Yi Qinghe.

The shopkeeper of this store did not look down upon them because of their clothes. He smiled and said to Liu Ximing: "What do you two want?"

When Li Biao saw that the shop was full of fine fine cloths, he stood silently behind Liu Ximing. The shopkeeper didn't know who the real buyer was.

Liu Ximing cupped his hands and said, "The shopkeeper's business is booming. May I ask how you sell all kinds of cloth?"

"Haha, thank you for your words. The fine white cloth sold in the shop is six cents a piece, and the dyed cloth is two cents a piece. The most delicate one is five cents a piece. Which kind do you want?"

For wiping, fine cloth is indeed much more expensive than coarse cloth. I heard from the market that coarse cloth only costs 70-80 cents a piece.

But at this time, Liu Ximing had money in his pocket and could afford it. After thinking about the four people in his family, the three brothers were all underage, and it would not cost much to make clothes, he said: "In this case, the red one,

Get a piece of blue and green muslin."

The Ming Dynasty was actually a dynasty with a very strict hierarchical system. When Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, he not only clearly defined each social class, but also clearly specified what clothes and colors each class should wear. Things like this made of red fabric

In the early Ming Dynasty, common people were not allowed to wear clothing. However, with the development of the commodity economy, these regulations gradually became relaxed in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

"Hey, Chenghui, six cents of silver!" The shopkeeper suddenly burst into laughter. He thought that for a mere boy, he would be able to buy a few feet of cloth just because his family asked him to, but he didn't know that it was still a big deal.

Liu Ximing gritted his teeth. Even though he had thought carefully before deciding to buy, he still felt that his back alveolus was bitten. He waved to Li Biao and asked Li Biao to count 600 Wen from the basket on his back.

Shopkeeper,!!!,???

Liu Ximing,!!!,???

The shopkeeper and Liu Ximing stared at each other for a while, realizing that this kid probably didn't understand the market, so they said in a dumbfounded voice: "Sir, the current market price is 1,500 wen to exchange for one tael of silver, you are still not good, I

Look, three hundred articles."

Liu Ximing felt like ten thousand horses were racing through his heart, and there is still such an operation! I have been selling vegetables for a whole day, and in the end I have not been exploited by your inflation! How disgusting!

But no matter how angry he was, thinking about his family, Liu Ximing gritted his teeth and counted another three hundred coins. This time, Li Biao felt relieved when he went back, and the copper coins in the basket on his back were reduced by more than half!

However, the money was spent and the service purchased was not worth talking about. While the shopkeeper asked them to take a break and drink tea, he asked the waiter to quickly and carefully wrap the cloth layer by layer in coarse paper.

In just one cup of tea, Liu Ximing was very satisfied with the neatly wrapped packages in his hands, and he and Li Biao packed up and walked out.

“Thank you for your patronage!”

Well, this cute shop has a bit of a modern service feel!

Liu Ximing looked around on the street and wanted to know the market situation of silk in the Ming Dynasty. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the door, the waiter in the silk and satin shop waved his hand impatiently: "Go out, go out, you bought the things here."

Are you up?"

"Hey, I have such a bad temper, how dare you look down on others." Liu Ximing said angrily.

"Haha, the cheapest silk here is two to one, you can buy it as long as you want!"

mmp, I am a big dog dealer again. I hate these things of yours the most. I really want to buy them. Liu Ximing said firmly: "What's the matter if I don't have money today? When I have money later, I won't be here with you either."

purchase!"

"Haha, the poor guy still wants to show off!" Before the waiter could speak, another voice came from behind, accompanied by a woman's chuckle.

Liu Ximing turned around and saw a paunchy old man wearing a square scarf and a red and blue silk robe with a cross-collar collar. He had a beautiful woman in his arms. When the waiter saw this man, he hurried out of the counter and bent down to bow.

He said with a flattering smile: "Master Huang invited me, today is really an auspicious day, it's so rare!"

The man did not even look at Liu Ximing, who had not yet entered the door. He waved his big hand boldly: "I am happy today, and I will wrap up everything that Miss Yun likes!" The gorgeous woman suddenly beamed with joy.

"Oh, Mr. Huang, aren't you making fun of me? You don't need to come to my little shop to buy silk fabrics." Before the waiter could say anything, a short, fat, middle-aged man came out of the shop and bowed his head.

He smiled at Mr. Huang.

Mr. Huang was about to reply, when a discordant voice came: "Master, I'm so pitiful, let's spend some time!" A little girl in ragged clothes and unkempt hair came over at some point, pitifully

He stretched out his hand and looked at the man.

When the old man surnamed Huang saw the beggar, he immediately changed his color. He moved aside without much sensitivity, fearing that the hands would touch him, and then kicked the little girl to the ground.

The gorgeous woman also shouted next to her: "Where did you come from, little beggar? Can you afford to pay for such expensive clothes if they are stained?"

When the waiter in the shop saw the man surnamed Huang scolding him, he rushed out and poked the girl with his foot, yelling in a bad tone: "Who told you to come in front of my shop? Get out of here. You have to pay for your life if you hit the noble man."

Sorry!"

"Son of a bitch"

Liu Ximing had heard the man surnamed Huang making sarcastic remarks before, and originally thought that doing more would be better than doing less. Now seeing this scene, he could not hold back. He threw the package in his hand into Li Biao's arms, and kicked it away

He kicked her down hard, picked up the little girl and ran away.

Li Biao was smart now. He came to his senses and ran forward, leaving only the three unresponsive people there. After a while, yells and groans kept coming from behind Liu Ximing.

Liu Ximing hugged the little girl and ran out for a few streets before stopping. When he turned around and saw Li Biao following closely, he couldn't help laughing.

It was really refreshing, and all the bad energy from before seemed to have dissipated.

Seeing that no one was chasing him, Liu Ximing let the girl down. The girl was estimated to be about ten years old. Although she was dirty and unkempt, she was very sensible. Even though she was kicked, she was not seen crying.

Noisy.

Liu Ximing's heart softened, and he took out ten cents from his arms: "Here, here is this for you, take it to buy some food."

"Thank you, Master." The girl saw that Liu Ximing was not a bad person, so she accepted the money and thanked him timidly.

"Haha, I'm not a young master. Now that my family is poor, I can only help you so much. You can take care of yourself and don't go there again these days." Liu Ximing rubbed her hair and called to Li Biao.

Got up and left.

The girl watched Liu Ximing and Liu Ximing walking away in silence. Suddenly she heard someone calling her, turned around and ran towards a group of teenagers dressed as beggars like her.

"Qiaoman, what did those two people do to you just now?" A boy who seemed to be the leader asked warily. Originally, they were a group of beggars who often begged together, but who knew that he had just asked a scholar on the long street?

After begging, he turned around and saw Liu Ximing running out with Qiaoman in his arms, and then he called on the beggars to follow him quickly.

The girl named Qiaoman beamed with joy: "They are good people. Well, the young master rewarded me with ten cents, so we can buy food!"
Chapter completed!