Chapter Thirteen: The Clever Beggar

  This time going out is to do voluntary labor, but the new recruits are enthusiastic. Although there are restaurants and shops in the military camp that can be eaten and bought, it's still more colorful outside. Being trapped in a cage for too long always makes you want to go out and stroll around. Moreover, the captain also said that this time entering the city, apart from the necessary itinerary, everyone will also have some time to wander around. What's even more rare is that the twelve military flowers are also following the team on this trip.

  The task of the seven classes and three groups was to sweep the floor, responsible for a very long street, named "sweeping out a beautiful city". Qin Si Hai saw Li Sang Chao Mu Rong Liu Nian glance back and smile, but when he looked at Mu Rong Liu Nian, he found that Mu Rong Liu Nian was actually looking at a beggar.

  However, another unexpected scene unfolded. The beggar didn't even look at the banknote and threw it directly to the ground, looking down on Qin Sihai with an expression that seemed to say, "Is there still a philanthropist who gives out 100-yuan bills in this day and age? Don't think you can bully me just because I'm a beggar." The beggar then looked down on everyone present, miraculously stood up, pulled his wooden cart, hummed a tune, and walked away. Qin Sihai was left standing there, looking like a weathered sculpture, becoming the most peculiar sight.

  Li Sang gazed at Murong Liu Nian, a smile that made a hundred flowers pale in comparison.

  Qin Si Hai also knew that this was a very complex social society, and the strange light had complicated people's hearts. The beggar is an interesting term in today's world. The origin of the beggar is unknown, but one thing can be confirmed: it is related to private ownership and the emergence of classes. Classes are the product of interest distribution, so the low-level class of beggars and the emergence of private ownership are also reasonable.

  For five thousand years, the history of human society has been progressing, with new and old classes evolving or disappearing like a fleeting dream. However, the beggar class has existed since its birth and continues to evolve. Different eras have given different meanings to beggars. In written records, beggars represent people who are poor, destitute, and in need of relief, which is also the inherent meaning of the word "beggar" since its inception. But now, the connotation of beggars has broadened, and society has become very complex, making everything complicated. Beggars are like spring shoots after rain, or a wildfire that cannot be extinguished by the wind. A society without beggars can only exist in idealistic blueprints. In the vast ocean of people, there will always be some who become beggars, as if it is a curse etched on the trajectory of human life, impossible to shake off. However, they are not born to be beggars, just as not everyone is born to be a billionaire, even if they are born with a golden spoon in their mouth. As a beggar, one must ask for alms; this is an unwritten rule. The question is how to ask and who to ask. Beggars are a non-productive class, which can be understood as them being like parasites that need the relief of the entire society. In this complex social context, whether a beggar deserves relief has become a problem that cannot be ignored. Perhaps he really needs your sympathy, perhaps he is too lazy to work for himself, perhaps he is taking advantage of your so-called widespread sympathetic heart, or perhaps he just wants to try the taste of being a beggar... The various possibilities are like the dazzling array of goods in the market, leaving the buyer hesitant and wavering.

  Qin Si Hai once heard someone say that beggars are the best reflection of human nature. He didn't think so before, but now he deeply agrees with it.

  Qin Si Hai looked at Murong Liu Nian with a puzzled expression: "Do you know he's pretending?"

  "He didn't say he was disabled." Yeah, nobody says they're disabled, so why do you think they're pitiful. Murong Liuyue's next sentence made Qin Sihai feel even more depressed: "But I don't have a lot of cash on me."

  "Why didn't you give me some small change?" After saying that, Qin Sihai felt awkward. Who stipulated that alms must be given in small change? Qin Sihai cleared his throat and said again "Why didn't you give me any?"

  "I don't have small change either."

  "Can't you just say it directly for once?"

  "For me, all banknotes are big notes."

  Qin Si Hai was taken aback, thinking that it was no wonder he hadn't seen Murong Liu Nian carrying luggage before. It turned out that he was so stingy that he didn't even want to spend money on clothes and just wore his military uniform directly.

  Walking with Lisan is a girl who looks like she has not yet shed her baby fat. On her, you can feel the very lively and vibrant vitality of youth. Such girls always make you feel that they are still young and need to be spoiled and need adult care. Also like the lark in the Hundred Flowers Garden, fresh and lovely.

  The girl followed Lisan's line of sight and looked over, her eyes clear and her voice pure and slightly puzzled: "Lisan sister, is that the boy He Lian Grandfather said had a destined relationship with you?"

  Li Sang looked at her and smiled softly, saying: "Does Mi Yan like him?"

  "He's so handsome! I really like him!"

  Li Sang looked at Murong Liu Nian and murmured: "Really? Does Mei Yan like him?"

  Tang Miyan kept looking at Murong Liu Nian, nodding seriously. This city, which was dyed with worldly noise, stood on the street but was spotless.

  The Tang and Li families have been on good terms for generations, with a deep affection between them. Tang Miyan and Li Sang grew up under the care of their elders, and their feelings for each other were even stronger than those of biological sisters. Li Sang and Tang Miyan were born on the same day, and miraculously, they were both delivered from their mothers' wombs at the same time. Although they should be the same age, Tang Miyan always felt like she was younger and liked to follow Li Sang around, even getting into the habit of calling her "older sister". This time, when Li Sang insisted on coming to the military camp, Tang Miyan also wanted to come along, so with a pouty face, their family agreed.

  Lisang thought of what her grandfather had said about Meiyan and couldn't help but have a lot on her mind.

  After a long while, Li Sang finally withdrew his gaze and smiled: "Mi Yan, let's go."

  Tang Miyan gazed longingly at Murong Liu Nian, then followed Li Sang with a smile on her face as smooth as jade. Her cherry lips moved slightly, and her voice was as ethereal as Li Sang's, yet even more enchanting, as she hummed: "The peony blooms for a thousand years, falls for a thousand years, its flowers and leaves never meeting. Love is not bound by the cycle of reincarnation...". Someone had once told her about the many wondrous things in this world that transcended past lives and present ones, but she couldn't forget the Peony on the Other Shore, nor did she particularly like the song he sang, "The Peony on the Other Shore".

  The singing stopped abruptly. Tang Miyan suddenly smiled and said: "Lei Sang wants happiness."

  Li Sang turned his head and looked at Tang Miyan with a smile.

  The activity came to an end at noon. You can either follow the car back to the campsite or stay behind and arrange your own time, as long as you return to the campsite before bedtime tonight. Class leader Lin Jianbing returned to the campsite to see the company commander and left Mu Rong Liu Nian and others behind.

  Yu Bo excitedly said: "Xu San Du, let's go to Ppy together!" Since the last time Ma Lian Cheng let Xu San Du off easily, everyone had given Xu San Du a nickname called Xu San Lv (Xu Three Donkey).

  Xu Sanduo burst out laughing, revealing his teeth, and looked at Murong Liuyue, saying: "Liuyue, are you going?"

  Murong Liuyue didn't make a sound, neither indicating he would go nor that he wouldn't go. But in Xu Sanduo's eyes, his silence represented agreement. So Xu Sanduo looked at Yu Bo again and smiled as he nodded.

  Qin Si Hai casually stopped a taxi and said: "You go back and reunite with them first." After finishing speaking, he got into the taxi and drove away.

  No one is a hypocrite, so everyone doesn't mind Qin Si Hai's "arrogant" departure. Yu Bo rubbed his belly and shouted: "Find a place to eat, I'm starving! Where should we go? White Swan?"

  Murong Liuyan rarely spoke up and suggested: "Let's have a big break."

  Others also felt that wearing military uniforms and rushing to the White Swan Hotel was not the way to go, and instead, going to a food stall would be more atmospheric. So Murong Liu's suggestion was adopted. However, for this group of people, finding a decent hotel or restaurant was easy, but finding a food stall in Guangzhou that was open during the day was difficult.