Chapter 421 Rules of Begging
Jiangnan City East Street.
At this time, Gu Chanzheng and Ma Zheng were sitting on the street together. There were two broken bowls in front of them, looking like two little beggars.
Ma Zheng suddenly laughed and said, "Boss, do you feel it? It's like we were in Jiuyang Village on the border before! We were all poor at that time, our clothes were all in tatters, and we ate every day It’s a shame to think about it now.”
“Yes! It’s a pity that we can’t go back. The burden we carry is much heavier now than it was then.” Summary.
Before time travel, she was guarding a run-down pet shop every day, and was also worrying about mortgage and car loans.
After traveling through time, she originally wanted to live a carefree life, but life did not allow her to do so. She could only earn money desperately to make herself live a better life.
But as she earns more and more money and becomes more famous, the pressure on her becomes greater and greater.
She really feels now, what is the purpose of living?
Just when Gu Chan was thinking about it, a dirty old beggar came over and sat next to them.
Looking at the two empty broken bowls in front of them, the old beggar shook his head and said, "You two are still beggars!"
"What do you mean?" Gu Chan said.
"You can't get any money like this." The old beggar said with a smile.
Gu Chan and Ma Zheng looked at each other, both of them looking confused.
Don’t beggars just sit on the street, pretend to be pitiful, and win sympathy from others?
Is it possible that here in Jiangnan, being a beggar requires some knowledge?
The old beggar chuckled and said, "Just watch! I'll teach you."
After saying that, he immediately cleared his throat and started singing a very famous song in the south of the Yangtze River in the street. The son is "Pear Blossom Brand".
The general idea of this song is that a girl just got married to the man she loved, but a war broke out and the man joined the army. After that, the girl waited alone at home for eight years. What she finally waited for was the news that the man died in the war. The girl Heartbroken, depressed and unhappy, he eventually died of depression.
The song is both sad and extremely melancholy. It is really easy to make people feel sad and cry when listening to it.
Coupled with the blessing of the old beggar's unique cigarette voice, the song even penetrated people's hearts.
"Boring, boring, boring..."
No, as he sang from the beginning to the end, people passing by threw copper plates one after another into the broken bowl in front of him. inside.
When the old beggar finally stopped speaking, there were already dozens of copper coins in his broken bowl.
While counting the coins in the bowl, he said, "Did you see that if you want to be a beggar in Jiangnan City, you must have some talent. For example, I can sing, and the other beggars have Some can tell stories, some can do three-legged cat kung fu, and some weaker physical skills. They can all perform and be rewarded by everyone."
"So that's it! In terms of talent, I also have it." Gu Chan said confidently.
Then she reached out and picked up the bowl in front of her and smashed it into pieces. Then she picked out two larger pieces that fit her hand, and polished them on the ground to avoid cutting her hands.
After grinding the porcelain bowl pieces, she held the two porcelain pieces in her hands and started knocking them open and closed.
Soon the two pieces of porcelain made a crisp tinkling sound, which was as pleasant as the sound of Tianjin Allegro. With this sound similar to Allegro, Gu Chan began to sing. Ma Zheng was sitting aside and was stunned, thinking that he had been following Gu Chan for so long, but he really didn't realize that she had such a talent!
The old beggar was also a little confused!
This kind of talent performed by Gu Chan is something that is not seen in this world. It can be said that it is completely refreshing for him. Moreover, when she plays the porcelain pieces, the rhythm is clear, coupled with her unique voice, it sounds It's really comfortable.
Everyone coming and going on the street was also attracted by their attention. After a short stay and dropping some coins to reward him, they left without feeling satisfied.
After a while, hundreds of copper coins were piled up in front of Gu Chan, which was more than the old beggar had received from singing the song just now.
Gu Chan stopped, looked at the old beggar and said, "How about it, my talent is not worse than your singing, right?"
"What a good little beggar you are! You really have some skills. What's your name?" the old beggar asked curiously.
“This is called Allegro. It was originally made with bamboo slices or fine wood chips and was beaten with hands. But I didn’t think of preparing Allegro when I went out, so I had to temporarily use the broken porcelain pieces from this bowl. Instead." Gu Chan explained.
“You are not from Tiancang country, are you? We in Tiancang country don’t have such a thing as Allegro!” the old beggar said doubtfully.
Gu Chan rolled his eyes and said with a sly expression, "This is a talent from my hometown, but my hometown is quite far away, thousands of miles away from Tiancang Kingdom!"
"Can you teach me how to play this allegro?" the old beggar said.
"I won't teach you." Gu Chan refused without even thinking.
The old beggar said angrily, "Look at how stingy you are, teach me how to play Allegro, and I will let you beg for food in this area, and then I will take you to see our gang leader and ask him to naturalize you. The beggars in the Jiangnan area will not bully you two little beggars, isn't it good? "
"Hiss... can you still take us to see the gang leader?" Gu Chan said.
She really didn’t expect that she would encounter such a good thing when she first became a beggar.
Originally, she thought that she would sit here until the afternoon, then she would be thick-skinned, and then go find a beggar to inquire about the news. Who would have thought that she would just show her hand casually, and she would actually touch him? How about such a big mallet!
The old beggar wanted to learn allegro. He stretched out his hand and patted his chest and said, "Nonsense, don't go and ask around. I, Mangy Dog, am one of the top ten beggars in the Jiangnan area. My status is lower than that of the baggage beggar, but higher than all other beggars." , If I didn’t think you two were kids and drove you away just now, how could I teach you how to ask for money?”
“Ouch! It turns out that you are so awesome! That's disrespectful, we thought you were just an ordinary beggar!" Gu Chan said in surprise.
"Yes! Then we will ask you to take more care of us from now on." Ma Zheng shouted.
Indeed!
They really didn’t expect that an old beggar who suddenly appeared would have such a high status in the beggar gangs in the south of the Yangtze River.
The mangy dog said proudly, "I am in charge of this area of East Street. Any beggar who wants to beg here must first come to me to say hello and make an offering to me. Since you two are young, I will not get along with you." You're careless."
"I'm sorry, old man, we don't know the rules of being a beggar here, and we have offended many people. I hope you can forgive me." Gu Chan apologized respectfully.
Right now, she was very lucky that the two of them had taken advantage of their younger age, otherwise the mangy dog would not have been so easy to talk to when he came to look for them.