Before his father Shen Zhang left Jiangdu, he gave Shen Yi a small bag of gold. Although the bag of gold was not particularly large, it should be exchanged for about one hundred taels in silver.
One hundred taels is enough for a middle-class family to spend several years.
Therefore, Mr. Shen is not short of money at present. Not only is he not short of money, he also has spare money to "support" these children in Jiangdu City.
After all, he will be hanging out in Jiangdu in the future, and he will also need some helpers. Although these children are not old, they are actually not much younger than Shen Yi's "original body".
Among the several people, Xu Fu, the leader, was only two years younger than Shen Yi.
Help them make a living. On the one hand, it is a reward for spreading nursery rhymes. On the other hand, Shen Yi also needs to do some small business to enrich his pocket.
After all, one hundred taels of silver is certainly enough for daily use, but when something really happens, one hundred taels of silver is not so conspicuous.
As for Shen Yi, there are many things he needs to do in the future to accumulate some wealth.
It is easy to find a house for these children. After all, in a big city like Jiangdu, the house rental industry is already very mature. However, Shen Yi did not come forward in person. Instead, he found a small house in Jiangdu through Tian Boping, a local snake.
Tian Laoba had a lot of connections in Jiangdu, and he found a house in the evening. The price was not very high. The price quoted to Shen Yi was ten taels of silver a year.
Houses in Jiangdu are usually rented for one year, so Shen Yi didn't say much about this and happily paid the money.
After giving the money, Shen Yi took a few children to the gate of the courtyard and asked Xu Fu to take a few children in first.
Tian Boping also stood at the door. He first looked at the children who entered, then looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Is the young master related to these children?"
Shen Yi shook his head and said: "I happened to meet them on the roadside that day. Several children were homeless and had trouble even eating. Seeing how pitiful they were, I wanted to help them."
When Tian Boping heard this, he shook his head slightly and sighed: "Young Master Bodhisattva's heart is admirable, but there are too many poor people in the world, and we can't help them all."
Having said this, he looked at Shen Yi again and smiled at Shen Yi: "But at your age, young master, it's not surprising that you can do these things. I, Tian, admire you."
Having said this, he took out a piece of silver worth about three taels from his pocket with his right hand and handed it to Shen Yi. Then he scratched his head with his left hand and said with some embarrassment: "Young Master Bodhisattva has such a heart, I am embarrassed to eat from you anymore." There is a price difference, and I will refund this money to you, Master..."
Shen Yi looked at the money in Tian Boping's hand, and then at this local snake in Jiangdu, and smiled dumbly: "It turns out that Brother Tian also made a profit from my price difference."
"the last time."
After Tian Laoba coughed, he looked serious: "I will never do it again in the future."
Shen Qilang smiled, did not accept the silver, and said calmly: "Brother Tian, you have been busy for a long time, and you can't work in vain. Since Brother Tian has taken this silver, it should be regarded as agency fees. Brother Tian, take it." Just use the flowers.”
Tian Boping was stunned for a moment and said, "Sir, what is agency fee?"
Shen Yi blinked and tried to explain the concept of intermediary to him, but gave up the idea after shaking his head.
In this era, the intermediary industry has not yet developed, there is only a prototype.
For example, Tian Boping's behavior of taking the price difference from Shen Yi's money is actually an intermediary collecting money, but the intermediary fee is not explicitly collected.
The productivity of this era has not yet reached the level that can give birth to the intermediary industry. Shen Yi did not bother to talk about this. After chatting with Tian Boping for a few words, he sent him away.
After Tian Boping left, Shen Yi walked into the small courtyard.
The small courtyard has a total of three rooms and a kitchen. Although it is not very big and there are no flowers and plants in the courtyard, compared to the original living environment of several children, this place is no different from paradise.
Shen Yi looked around the yard and found that the small yard was empty. There was almost only one house left, and nothing was left.
This is not surprising.
Materials in this era were scarce, so when moving, you had to take pots and pans with you, especially iron pots. Even if they were broken, they would be mended again and again, and they would not be thrown away casually like in later generations.
Even if you really have to travel far away and cannot take it with you, you will sell what you can.
After looking at it for a while, Shen Yi called the six little guys to the yard. He looked at Xu Fu, coughed, and said: "For the six of you, I can get you three beds, but..."
Shen Yi looked at the skinny little girl hiding behind the five people, and continued: "But there is still a little girl here. It will probably be inconvenient for a long time. I will have four beds delivered to you tomorrow, but …”
Shen Qilang told the truth: "It may not be very good, or it may be some old beds."
The price of a new bed is too high, and it is not economical to place it in such a small yard. Shen Yi is not very rich now, so he can only ask Tian Boping to buy a few "affordable beds" for a few little ones. Just about to sleep.
Xu Fu shook his head repeatedly and said: "Master, we are satisfied with having a place to live. You don't need to pay attention to us. I still have some money in my hand. I will go out for a run these days and find some old mattresses to spread on." Just stay on the ground."
A few little guys have been wandering around Jiangdu these years, sometimes in ruined temples outside the city, and sometimes simply sleeping on the roadside. They always make beds on the floor. On weekdays, some clean withered grass is fine, and they don't expect any extravagant beds.
Shen Yi frowned slightly. He glanced at the six little guys and said, "Everyone else is sleeping on the bed, and you will sleep on the bed in the future. In two days, I will get two sets of clean clothes for each of you. Starting from today, You are no longer wandering beggars, but clean and upright people."
"An upright person."
When the five little guys heard Shen Yi's words, they didn't have any special expressions. Instead, they looked at each other and looked at each other.
They just want to be fed and clothed, and have no idea about the four words "upright and upright".
Only the boss, Xu Fu, clenched his little fists, knelt down in front of Shen Yi with a plop, kowtowed to Shen Yi and said: "Young Master's kindness, we will always remember it in our hearts!"
Seeing the eldest child kneeling down, the other five children also knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Yi.
Shen Qilang looked at the five little guys kneeling in front of him, stretched out his hand to help the eldest Xu Fu up, and then said calmly: "It doesn't have to be like this, I help you because you also helped me, and we will be friends from now on. ,help each other."
After talking about the scene and Shen Yi settled the little ones, it was already dusk.
At this time, the city gate was about to close, and it was too late to leave the city and return to the academy. Shen Yi could only go back to his home to sleep.
After returning home, the younger brother Shen Heng also happened to come home from school. The two brothers had a meal together, chatted for a while, and then went back to their houses to sleep peacefully.
Early the next morning, Shen Yi got up early and had breakfast with Shen Heng at a breakfast stall on the roadside in front of his home. As soon as the two brothers got up, they saw the third brother Shen Ling walking over quickly.
When Shen Ling saw the Shen Yi brothers, he first called out "little brother" and then said "eh".
"Lao Qi is here too."
After saying this, he sat down directly and looked at Shen Yi, with a faint look of satisfaction on his face.
"Lao Qi, something big happened in the city!"
Shen Yi looked at his brother thoughtfully and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Food prices have dropped?"
Shen Ling chuckled: "The grain store is closed!"
He had a smug look on his face, obviously proud of himself for purchasing food in advance.
After saying this, he looked around and whispered: "I heard that the owners of the grain stores are going to the capital to sue the government for embezzling the government's public funds to buy grain!"